cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
coalternative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + alternative.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coalternate.
coaltitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coaltitudes
Etymology: From co- + altitude.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The complement of an altitude
glosses: The same altitude as that of another aircraft
coastwaiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coastwaiters
Senses: glosses: A landwaiter who deals with coastal shipping
coastways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coastwise.
cobaltammine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobaltammines
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ammine of cobalt, especially the hexamminecobalt(III) cation
Anns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ann
Tunxi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtʊnˈʃiː/
enpr: to͝onʹshēʹ
Forms: form: T'un-hsi
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 屯溪 (Túnxī).
Senses: examples: text: The bronze vessels discovered at Tunhsi, in Anhwei province south of the Yangtze River, were found in several tombs of the Western Chou dynasty.
ref: [1973 June, Nai Hsia, “600,000 Years of Labor and Struggle”, in China Reconstructs, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24, column 3:
text: The same is true of Western Zhou bronzes excavated in Dantu county, Jiangsu Province, and Tunxi, Anhui Province.[...]The bronzes from a tomb of the Western Zhou at Yiqi, Tunxi, also have some of their own peculiar designs, such as a gui with a weaving pattern commonly seen on bamboo-woven articles of south China, but rarely encountered in the Central Plain.
ref: 1980, Li Xueqin, 中国青铜器的奥秘 [The Wonder of Chinese Bronzes], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 77:
english: The Wonder of Chinese Bronzes
translation: The Wonder of Chinese Bronzes
text: Thus, it was only with the help of supporters that Gale was able to take postgraduate medical courses at Columbia Medical College, and prepare for the new mission field in Tunki Anhwei.
ref: [2001, M. Cristina Zaccarini, The Sino-American Friendship as Tradition and Challenge: Dr. Ailie Gale in China, 1908–1950, Lehigh University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 97:
text: Round-trip flights between Shanghai and Huangshan City (also known as Tunxi) start at 580 renminbi (about $93)[…]
ref: 2011 October 28, Justin Bergman, “In Anhui, China, Centuries-Old Charm”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 May 2017, TRAVEL:
text: An hour later, we said hello to Tunhsi. Tunhsi is the gateway to Huangshan, China’s most spectacular mountain.
ref: [2016, Bill Porter, “Huangshan & Chiuhuashan [黃山 九花山]”, in South of the Yangtze: Travels Through the Heart of China, Counterpoint Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 139:
english: 黃山 九花山
translation: 黃山 九花山
glosses: A district of Huangshan, Anhui, China.
Synonyms: english: postal romanization
translation: postal romanization
word: Tunki
Chia-i
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: jē-äʹēʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 嘉義 (Jiāyì) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-i⁴.
Senses: examples: text: Recently the poppy bas been planted In the Changhua and Chia-i districts in Mid-Formosa, and although it is not at present cultivated to any great extent, and the opium produced is entirely consumed in those districts, there no reason that the cultivation should not spread to other parts of the island.
ref: 1891 June 17, “Opium Trade of Tainan”, in Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, page 35:
text: The Imperial Guards met with occasional stubborn resistance on the part of i-yung and i-min forces, supported by Black Flag detachments, as they drove southward toward the Yün-lin and Chia-i districts early in October. Nonetheless, their advance was rapid. The district seat of Yün-lin (Tou-liu) fell on October 7, and the important center of Chia-i two days later. After a brief rest, the Imperial Guards pushed to a place within ten miles of Tainan city on the twentieth.
ref: 1970, Leonard H. D. Gordon, editor, Taiwan: Studies in Chinese Local History, Columbia University Press, page 54:
text: The plane, a twin-engined B-1900, also carried three lieutenant colonels, one major, one captain, one sergeant and one engineer. It crashed in bad weather in Yunlin county on its way from Taipei to Chia-i, the officials said.
ref: 1990 August 21, “Top Taiwan Military Officers Among 18 Killed in Air Crash”, in New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015, page A3:
text: In research with S. T. Tina Huang, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at the National Chung-Cheng University in Chia-i, Taiwan, Dr. Enright found that the longer people hold on to their resentment, the more it tends to affect their blood pressure readings.
ref: 1994, Patricia Fisher, editor, Age Erasers for Women, Emmaus, Penn.: Rodale Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 488:
text: Once at full strength, the Yokosuka 1st SNLF was made a part of the 21st Naval Air Fleet of the 11th Air Fleet and sent to Kagi Airfield at Chia-i on the island of Taiwan.
ref: 2010, Gene Eric Salecker, Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20:
glosses: Alternative form of Chiayi.
Kirkton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From kirk + -ton.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A hamlet near Douglastown, Angus council area (OS grid ref NO4246).
glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A small village in Dumfries and Galloway council area (OS grid ref NX9781).
glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A suburb of Dundee, Dundee council area (OS grid ref NO3933).
glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A small village in Fife council area (OS grid ref NO3625).
glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A hamlet near Hawick, Scottish Borders council area (OS grid ref NT5413).
glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A settlement near Aberfoyle, Stirling council area (OS grid ref NN5100).
glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A suburb of Livingston, West Lothian council area (OS grid ref NT0366).
glosses: A community in South Huron municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Kirkton of Auchterhouse
Kirkton of Cults
Kirkton of Skene
asthenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asthenic
on a good wicket
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: A phrase from the sport of cricket.
Senses: glosses: In a favourable situation.
honeymoonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honeymooning
Kyropoulos method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kyropoulos method
Etymology: Named after Spyro Kyropoulos, who proposed the technique in 1926.
Senses: synonyms: Kyropoulos technique
coordinate_terms: Czochralski process
glosses: A method of bulk crystal growth, involving a seed crystal dipped into molten alumina and slowly pulled and rotated to form a single large crystal.
hep-cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hep-cats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hepcat.
comparative illusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comparative illusions
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A kind of comparative sentence that superficially seems acceptable but actually has no clear meaning. Example: "More people have been to Russia than I have."
comparative illusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comparative illusion
hep-cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hep-cat
LIFG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LIFGs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of left inferior frontal gyrus.
LIFG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Libyan Islamic Fighting Group.
LIFGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LIFG
MOJS equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MOJS equations
Etymology: From the last initials of the four authors: J. R. Morison, M. P. O'Brien, J. W. Johnson and S. A. Schaaf.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Morison equation.
synonyms: word: Morison equation
first reading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first readings
Senses: glosses: In the UK and various other countries, the initial presentation or announcement of a bill (proposed legislation) to a parliament or legislature, or chamber thereof. In the UK, this takes place without debate and is followed by the publication of the bill for members to examine prior to the second reading.
Related terms: second reading
third reading
Morison equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morison equations
Etymology: Named after J. R. Morison, one of the authors of a related paper in 1950.
Senses: topics: fluid-dynamics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: MOJS equation
glosses: A semiempirical equation for the in-line force on a body in oscillatory flow, used to estimate the wave loads in the design of oil platforms and other offshore structures.
Morison equations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Morison equation
MOJS equations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MOJS equation
Jiles-Atherton model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Jiles-Atherton model
Etymology: Introduced in 1984 by David Jiles and D. L. Atherton.
Senses: glosses: A model of magnetic hysteresis that enables connection with physical parameters of the magnetic material.
Athertonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæθəˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌæθɚˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Athertonian
form: most Athertonian
Etymology: From Atherton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gertrude Atherton (1857–1948), American author.
lead in one's pencil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: THINK RAMBO needs Viagra to put lead in his pencil? Guess again, my friends!
ref: 1998, Weekly World News, volume 19, number 40, page 17:
glosses: A state of erection of one's penis.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, pencil.
Pinhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pinheads
Etymology: So called because they sold pin-on lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Sticky
glosses: A member of the Provisional IRA.
wikipedia: Easter Rising
Pinheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pinhead
BWT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BWTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Burrows-Wheeler transform.
BWTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BWT
peniston
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penistons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of penistone.
penistons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peniston
pennystone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pennystones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of penistone.
peneston
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penestons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of penistone.
penestons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peneston
pennystones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pennystone
pennistone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pennistones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of penistone.
pennistones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pennistone
Douglastown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Douglas + town.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet south-west of Forfar, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4147).
glosses: A neighbourhood of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A community in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.
base form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: base forms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of basic form (“the uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry”).
Synonyms: basic form
canonical form
citation form
dictionary form
headword
lemma
Gunning fog index
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gunning fog index
Etymology: Developed in 1952 by Robert Gunning.
Senses: glosses: A readability metric for English writing, estimating how many years of formal education a person needs in order to understand the text on the first reading. It is based on the average sentence length and the proportion of words of three or more syllables.
Walberswick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4974).
programming in the small
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
coordinate_terms: programming in the large
glosses: Writing individual lines of code in a programming language.
programming in the large
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
coordinate_terms: programming in the small
glosses: Designing a complex software system as a composition of smaller parts.
babyest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of baby: most baby
Gunning transceiver logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Invented by William Gunning while working for Xerox.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: word: GTL
glosses: A kind of logic signaling used to drive electronic backplane buses, having a voltage swing between 0.4 and 1.2 volts—much lower than that used in TTL and CMOS logic—and symmetrical parallel resistive termination.
Ousterhout's dichotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced by computer scientist John Ousterhout.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: The tendency for high-level programming languages to fall into one of two groups: systems programming languages and scripting languages.
Related terms: programming in the large
programming in the small
cradle-to-cradle design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cradle-to-cradle designs
Senses: glosses: A biomimetic approach to the design of products and systems that models human industry on nature's processes, where materials are viewed as nutrients circulating in metabolisms.
Related terms: cradle-to-grave
cradle-to-cradle designs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cradle-to-cradle design
cobalticyanic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The parent acid H₃Co(CN)₆ of the cobalticyanides
cobalticyanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobalticyanides
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion Co(CN)₆³⁻; any salt containing this ion.
rhema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhemas
form: rhemata
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A spiritual communication or inspiration from God to an individual, as opposed to the universal Logos.
rhemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhema
rhemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhema
cobaltised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cobaltized.
cobaltized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Treated with, or fortified with a salt of cobalt (typically the sulfate)
Berger Picard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bâr-zhā' pĭ-kärʹ
ipa: /bɛəˌʒeɪ pɪˈkɑː/
ipa: /bɛɹˌʒeɪ pɪˈkɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: Berger Picards
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French berger picard (literally “Picard shepherd”).
Senses: synonyms: Picardy Shepherd
glosses: A French breed of medium-sized sheepdog.
cobbra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobbras
Etymology: From an Aboriginal word.
Senses: glosses: head, skull
cobbras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobbra
dysplastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysplastic
wombo combo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wombo combos
form: wombo-combo
Etymology: Reduplication. Popularized following its use by commentators on a 2008 tournament match of the fighting game Super Smash Bros. Melee in a video clip which spread virally. Likely an oblique reference to a menu item from the Northern California pizza chain restaurant Round Table Pizza introduced in 2004.
Senses: examples: text: One League player showcased a superb wombo combo in a Reddit post yesterday, which began with Gnar and Sett’s ultimates and ended with a Vayne pentakill.
ref: 2020, Andreas Stavropoulos, “Insane Gnar and Sett wombo combo helps Vayne player secure pentakill”, in Dot Esports:
text: […] it would not be surprising if Ox and the Bison were to gang up against this wretched foe. In a visually comical but spiritually inspiring act of animal solidarity, they instinctively go for the obvious wombo-combo: The Bison charges Mr. Hoosier Pride, who trips over the bulldog braced behind him.
ref: 2021, Juno Martin, “OPINION: Which of IU’s historical mascots would win in a fight for the soul of Hoosier pride?”, in Indiana Daily Student:
topics: video-games
glosses: A combination of actions which create a decisive advantage (often involving coordination between teammates).
wombo combo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wombo combos
form: wombo comboing
form: wombo comboed
form: wombo comboed
form: wombo-combo
Etymology: Reduplication. Popularized following its use by commentators on a 2008 tournament match of the fighting game Super Smash Bros. Melee in a video clip which spread virally. Likely an oblique reference to a menu item from the Northern California pizza chain restaurant Round Table Pizza introduced in 2004.
Senses: examples: text: Just leave it as it used to be so we can stop worrying about "balancing" teams. It is supposed to be fun games with a friend to wombo combo on other bros with silly dumb synergies.
ref: 2014, Justen A.K.A Panda, “AdeptiCon Rules Packets are off to the printers”, in Chicago Malifaux Players mailing list:
text: Kaiba is completely wombo-comboed by Yugi this turn, as he uses the effect of Apple Magician Girl to bring Lemon Magician Girl onto the field, who then brings out the Dark Magician Girl to just absolutely trash Kaiba.
ref: 2020, Eric Jeffries, “Yu-Gi-Oh!: Every Magician Card Yugi Ever Used”, in CBR.com:
topics: video-games
glosses: To perform a wombo combo (against someone).
cobelligerency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobelligerence
Senses: glosses: The condition of being cobelligerent
Kretschmerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kretschmerian
form: most Kretschmerian
Etymology: From Kretschmer + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Ernst Kretschmer (1888–1964), German psychiatrist, or his typology of human constitutions.
wombo-combo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wombo-combos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wombo combo.
wombo-combo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wombo-combos
form: wombo-comboing
form: wombo-comboed
form: wombo-comboed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wombo combo.
cobless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒbləs/
Etymology: From cob + -less.
Senses: glosses: That lacks a cob
cobless
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒbləs/
ipa: /kəʊˈblɛs/
ipa: /ˈkɒbləs/
Forms: form: coblesses
form: coblessing
form: coblessed
form: coblessed
Etymology: From co- + bless.
Senses: glosses: To bless along with another
cobelligerence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cobelligerency.
Weyl tensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weyl tensors
Etymology: Named after Hermann Weyl.
Senses: qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: A measure of the curvature of spacetime (or, more generally, a pseudo-Riemannian manifold), differing from the Riemann tensor in that it does not convey information on how the volume of the body changes, but only how its shape is distorted by the tidal force.
Related terms: Weyl curvature
Weyl tensors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Weyl tensor
wake-on-LAN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: WoL
glosses: A networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened by a network message.
Related terms: magic packet
WoL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of wake-on-LAN.
the first step is always the hardest
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: The hardest part of a process is always the beginning; things get easier afterwards.
Tolstoy shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tolstoy shirts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kosovorotka.
synonyms: word: kosovorotka
Tolstoy shirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tolstoy shirt
wombo-combos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wombo-combo
wombo-combos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wombo-combo
grandfather rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandfather right
Senses: examples: text: He was able to drive a 7.5-tonner using his grandfather rights, as he obtained his driving licence before the law was changed.
text: What is described as 'grandfather rights' has allowed older equipment to continue in operation where a financial case cannot be made to adopt new regulations. But such dispensations are inevitably time limited and ultimately a decision to replace or modify them must be made.
ref: 2021 January 27, Industry Insider, “Surplus to requirements”, in RAIL, number 923, page 68:
glosses: Rights granted because of a pre-existing right or privilege, e.g. before a change in the law.
confinement loaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A nutraloaf.
foodloaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From food + loaf.
Senses: glosses: A nutraloaf.
Llanbister
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A small village and community in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO1073).
shit rolls downhill
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Problems originating at the top of the chain of command or organizational hierarchy tend to become the responsibilities of those lower down.
Related terms: the fish rots from the head
trickle-down hypothesis
sabils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sabil
at someone's throat
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: They were at each other's throats all evening.
glosses: Behaving very aggressively or snappishly toward someone.
Related terms: jump down someone's throat
overgreen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overgreens
form: overgreening
form: overgreened
form: overgreened
Etymology: From over- + green.
Senses: examples: text: […] all the rocks and roots
With olden film were overgreened; the pool,
Broadened from falling water, sparkled with fires
Of shafted crystal, and the sounding drops
Splintered their fleeting pearl against the stone.
ref: 1928, Geoffrey Johnson, Mad Echo:
text: The door itself, wrought of a swarthy bronze all overgreened by time, stood slightly ajar.
ref: 1944, Clark Ashton Smith, Lost Worlds:
glosses: To cover with greenery or a green color.
overgreened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overgreen
overgreens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overgreen
overgreening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overgreen
finnac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finnacs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of finnock.
finnack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finnacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of finnock.
finnacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finnac
finnacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finnack
fissipedes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fissipede
virogene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virogenes
Etymology: From viro- + gene.
Senses: glosses: A gene involved in the development of a virus.
virogenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virogene
backwards-compatibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more backwards-compatibly
form: most backwards-compatibly
form: backwards compatibly
Senses: glosses: In a backward compatible manner.
wakeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wakemen
Etymology: From wake + -man.
Senses: glosses: A watchman
glosses: A man employed to preside over a nightly curfew in the city of Ripon, England.
wakemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wakeman
warrand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: warrands
form: warranding
form: warranded
form: warranded
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of warrant.
warranded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of warrand
warrands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of warrand
warranding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of warrand
watchout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watchouts
Etymology: Deverbal from watch out.
Senses: examples: text: Half of the beggars observed appeared to have watchouts and, similar to those on the Strand, on some pitches two watchouts operated looking out for police coming from different directions.
ref: 1995, Jeanne Moore, The Faces of Homelessness in London, page 218:
glosses: A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something.
examples: text: A change in wind direction is a watchout.
text: Being uninformed on firefighting strategy and tactics is a watchout.
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: Any potentially hazardous condition or situation that may make a fire more dangerous.
watchouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watchout
waxcloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxcloths
Etymology: From wax + cloth.
Senses: glosses: An oilcloth.
waxcloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxcloth
weaponing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of weapon
weighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: weighters
Etymology: From weight + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, for example, if i assigns j a weight of 0.3 as a weighter of weighters of others in the group, it is reasonable to suppose that if i asks himself what weight to assign to j at the next level as a weighter of weighters of weighters of members of the group, he will have no new information and again assign j a weight of 0.3 as he did at the previous level.
ref: 2012, R. Hilpinen, Rationality in Science, page 59:
glosses: One who weights or assigns a weighting.
weighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighter
willied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of willy
willied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A little-willied Virgo guy's horizontal memorable moments will be, most often, those spent on his shrink's couch.
ref: 2012, Sabrina Simon, In the Stars, page 115:
synonyms: dicked
glosses: Having a specified kind of penis.
willey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: willeys
form: willeying
form: willeyed
form: willeyed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willy (“cleanse wool etc. with a willow”).
willeyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of willey
willeys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of willey
willeying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of willey
wiliwili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiliwilis
Etymology: From Hawaiian wiliwili (literally “repeatedly twisted”), in reference to the dehiscing seed pods.
Senses: glosses: A fabaceous flowering tree of species Erythrina sandwicensis, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
wiliwilis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiliwili
wolver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolvers
form: wolfer
Etymology: From wolve + -er.
Senses: glosses: A ravenous or savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf (1593)
Derived terms: wolverine
wolvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolver
wurzels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wurzel
exhalents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exhalent
deticks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detick
deerweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deerweed
dekares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dekare
delfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delf
dewaterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dewaterers
Etymology: From dewater + -er.
Senses: glosses: A machine for removing water.
dewaterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dewaterer
didakai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didakais
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of didicoy.
didakei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didakeis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of didicoy.
didakais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of didakai
didakeis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of didakei
Gyantse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: gyänʹtsěʹ
Forms: form: Gyangtse
form: Gyangzê
Etymology: From Tibetan རྒྱལ་རྩེ (rgyal rtse).
Senses: glosses: A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
glosses: A town in Gyantse County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Jiangzi
word: Chiang-tzu
opisthodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opisthodont
Pakhoi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: bäkʹhoiʹ
Forms: form: Pak Hoi
form: Pak-hoi
Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 北海 (bak¹ hoi²).
Senses: examples: text: Junks from Pakhoi, Hoihow and Tinpak, in the south-west, commenced in 1846 a prosperous trade with Hongkong.
ref: 1895, E. J. Eitel, Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882, London: Luzac & Company, page 242:
text: But this is not all. It will be remembered that from Hanoi, the capital of Tonkin, a second line has been spoken of as leaving for Chinese territory — the Hanoi-Langson-Lungchow Railway. This strategic railway is already in fair way of being entirely completed, and the extension to Nanningfu, Pakhoi, and the leased port and territory of Kwangchow-wan will shortly be taken in hand.
ref: 1905, B. L. Putnam Weale, The Re-shaping of The Far East, volume II, The Macmillan Company, page 308:
text: Since Shaemas couldn’t leave the service of the Customs and come to live in England, she would, since she could, go to join him in his new post Hoi-how in China; and thence they were to move to the last post, Pakhoi.
ref: 1939, R. Ellis Roberts, Portrait of Stella Benson, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., →OCLC, →OL, page 284:
text: With the exception of Shiukwan on the Canton-Hankow railroad, Kwangtung’s regional centers are situated along the coast, notably in the Canton delta. There, in addition to Canton, are the cities of Fatshan, Kongmoon and Shekki. The metropolis of western Kwangtung is Tsamkong, and Pakhoi is the chief town of the western panhandle.
ref: 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 166:
text: The Japanese pleasure at China’s obvious disunity created pressure for a settlement, which was enhanced by their reaction to an incident at Pakhoi, in southwestern Kwangtung. The only Japanese in that city, a medicine dealer, was murdered by troops of the Nineteenth Route Army; in retaliation, Japanese gunboats moved into Pakhoi harbour, and for a while seemed about to use the Incident as a pretext for aggression in that area.
ref: 1974, Diana Lary, Region and Nation: The Kwangsi Clique in Chinese Politics, 1925-1937, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198:
glosses: Synonym of Beihai: the Cantonese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Beihai
extra: the Cantonese-derived name
wikipedia: Frederick A. Praeger
gets back to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get back to
getting back to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get back to
got back to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of get back to
glosses: past participle of get back to
gotten back to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get back to
nanogradients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanogradient
organbuilding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organ-building
Etymology: From organ + building.
Senses: glosses: The construction of organs (musical instruments).
Related terms: organbuilder
timbergetters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timbergetter
timbergetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timbergetters
Etymology: From timber + getter.
Senses: glosses: A worker whose occupation is to harvest trees.
Synonyms: logger
cocashweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocashweeds
Senses: glosses: Packera aurea (syn. Senecio aureus; golden ragwort).
cocashweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocashweed
coccagee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coccagees
Senses: glosses: A variety of apple used to make cider
Hoihow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: hoiʹhouʹ
Etymology: From the Postal Romanization from Cantonese 海口 (hoi² hau²).
Senses: examples: text: Junks from Pakhoi, Hoihow and Tinpak, in the south-west, commenced in 1846 a prosperous trade with Hongkong.
ref: 1895, E. J. Eitel, Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882, London: Luzac & Company, page 242:
text: But the rolling had become chronic. We rolled all day and we rolled all night, we rolled all next morning and most of the afternoon, for though we should easily have been in what passes for the harbor of Hoihow early that second day we—well, it was foggy, to be sure, and Hainan Straits are among the most dangerous in the world.
ref: 1925, Harry A. Franck, Roving Through Southern China, The Century Company, →OCLC, page 321 to 322:
text: By late August, over twenty-five Catholic orphanages had been attacked, and the nation-wide campaign was in full swing. Four institutions were denounced in that month alone, including those at Hoihow, Hainan Island, at Kwangchowan, Kwangtung, at Wenchow and Hangchow, Chekiang.
ref: 1953, Gretta Palmer, God's Underground in Asia, New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 205:
text: The main city of Hainan is Hoihow, situated on the northern coast of the island opposite the Luichow Peninsula. A shallow-water port, with a population of about 50,000, Hoihow has replaced the formerly island center of Kiungchow or Kiungshan, just south of the port.
ref: 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, page 168:
text: In Hoihow, the provincial capital, I stayed in the French Catholic Mission. Shortly after my arrival, the French Bishop Dominique Desperben led me to the flat roof of the mission. We looked over Hoihow, a dirty sprawling city of 250,000 people, many of them living in old two-story buildings made of mud and white plaster, across the narrow Hainan Strait to the Liuchow Peninsula on the mainland.
ref: 1972, Seymour Topping, “Departure”, in Journey Between Two Chinas, Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101:
glosses: Synonym of Haikou: the Cantonese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Haikou
extra: the Cantonese-derived name
coccerin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coccerins
Senses: glosses: A wax present in cochineal
coccidology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The zoology of scale insects of the superfamily Coccoidea
Derived terms: coccidological
coccidologist
coccinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A triterpenoid carboxylic acid present in Schisandra pubescens
coccinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coccinites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of mercuric iodide (HgI₂) mined in parts of Australia and Mexico
Kongmoon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 江門 /江门 (gong¹ mun⁴).
Senses: examples: text: Reaching Samshui the stream bifurcates, one branch moving northward past Fatshan and Canton, thence being known as the Chu Kiang or Pearl River, and the other still retaining the name of West River and sweeping past Kongmoon to the sea.
ref: 1910, The Provinces of China, Together with a History of the First Year of H.I.M. Hsuan Tung, and an Account of the Government of China, Shanghai: "The National Review" Office, →OCLC, →OL, page 111:
text: Tang Pun-yan (the pro-Chan general now holding the southern peninsula of Kwangtung) is advancing by two routes to attack Kongmoon. Fighting has broken out at Yanping (in the Sze Yap districts).
ref: 1925 October 28, “Chan's Allies”, in China Mail, number 19,635, →OCLC, page 1, column 3:
text: The Japanese Army had taken Kongmoon, South China, in 1939, but the American priests there went on with their mission tasks and in addition dispensed rice and wheat daily to the thousands of starving refugees.
ref: 1945, Mark Tennien, Chungking Listening Post, New York: Creative Age Press, Inc., →OCLC, page 37:
text: With the exception of Shiukwan on the Canton-Hankow railroad, Kwangtung’s regional centers are situated along the coast, notably in the Canton delta. There, in addition to Canton, are the cities of Fatshan, Kongmoon and Shekki.
ref: 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 166:
glosses: Dated form of Jiangmen.
Xinhui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shǐnʹhwāʹ
Forms: form: Hsin-hui
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 新會 /新会 (Xīnhuì).
Senses: examples: text: Hsinhui is one of the four famous counties in Kwangtung Province, where the great bulk of Overseas Chinese in North and South America originally came from.[…]Because of its picturesque landscape with one of the oldest banyan trees in existence, Hsinhui county has become one of the eight most scenic resorts in Kwangtung Province, which included the visits of Chou En-lai and Yeh Chien-ying.
ref: [1973, T. K. Cheung, “My First Encounter and a Political Debate”, in Ex-CIA Man: In and Out of China, Hong Kong: Asian Research Service, →OCLC, page 23:
text: A number of Jiangmen's townships have become highly concentrated production areas. For instance, in 2001, Siqian, in Jiangmen's southern city of Xinhui, produced 80 percent of its industrial value from metal kitchen products.
ref: 2003 April, Michael Enright, Edith Scott, “Jiangmen”, in The Greater Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong: Invest Hong Kong, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101:
text: The smell of tangerines wafts across Jiangmen’s Xinhui district on a late autumn day, as it has done for centuries.
But ambitious urbanisation plans for the city on the west bank of the Pearl River, part of the Chinese government’s “Greater Bay Area” drive, mean it may not do so for much longer.
ref: 2017 November 19, Huifeng He, “Pearl River Delta’s poorer cities plan big changes in ‘Greater Bay Area’ push”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2017, Policies & Politics:
glosses: A district of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Cantonese
word: Sunwui
syrh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From syr, short for Syriac, + abbreviation of Harclensis, Harklean or Harqel.
Senses: qualifier: Biblical studies
glosses: An abbreviation for 7th century Syriac manuscripts of the Bible also known as Harclensis or Harklean version, translated by Thomas of Harqel.
sBCMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of serum B-cell maturation antigen.
βTrCP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: β-TrCP
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of beta-transducin repeat containing gene or protein.
β-TrCP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of βTrCP.
digastric muscles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digastric muscle
coccobacilliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a coccobacillus
state of grace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace, He freeth him from his natural bondage under sin; and, by His grace alone, enables him freely to will and to do that which is spiritually good; yet so, as that by reason of his remaining corruption, he doth not perfectly, nor only, will that which is good, but doth also will that which is evil.
ref: 1646, “Of Free-Will”, in The Confession of Faith of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, published 1946:
text: I found these statistics, in a condensed form, in a telegram of the Associated Press, and preserved them. They made it apparent that St. Louis was in a higher state of grace than she could have claimed to be in my time.
ref: 1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 51, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC:
text: This is a state of grace / This is the worthwhile fight
ref: 2012, Taylor Swift, “State of Grace”, in Red:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A condition free from mortal sin, in which one has the favor of God and enjoys unmerited divine assistance.
coccolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of coccoliths
coccostean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coccosteans
Senses: glosses: Anu extinct fish of the infraorder Coccosteina
coccosteans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coccostean
coccothraustine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to finches of the genus Coccothraustes
galunisertib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An experimental drug for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
meta-analytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metaanalytic.
haymower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haymowers
Etymology: From hay + mower.
Senses: examples: text: Early next morning the gudewife took a scythe on her shoulder, and went out in the fields with the hay-mowers to mow.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 41:
glosses: A person who cuts grass to make hay, especially using a traditional scythe.
glosses: A mechanical device for cutting grass to make hay.
haymowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haymower
thiolix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of endosulfan.
synonyms: word: endosulfan
perseline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Fat coleworts, and comforting perseline, / Cold lettuce, and refreshing rosmarine
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of parsley.
turf-roof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turf-roofs
Senses: examples: text: He thought it was too far to take the cow to the field where she generally grazed, so it struck him he would put her on the roof; the cottage had a turf-roof, and there was a splendid crop of grass growing there.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 42:
glosses: A roof of a building covered over with turf.
turf-roofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turf-roof
turf-roofed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Straight before him was a field of barley with ears so large and full that he had never seen their like, and through this field a narrow path led up to a green turf-roofed hut at the other end of the cornfield.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 48:
glosses: Of a building, having a turf-roof.
fishing-smack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishing-smacks
Senses: examples: text: The farmer on Udröst owns his fishing-smack just like any other farmer in the north; sometimes the fishermen see it under full sails, and steering right down upon them, but just as they expect to be run down, it disappears.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 46:
text: ON a Monday morning two missionaries came down to the beach of a little harbor on the Hokchiang coast and boarded a fishing-smack to go over to the Island of the Southern Sun.
ref: 1912, S. Moore Sites, Nathan Sites: An Epic of the East, Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 123:
glosses: A type of sailing vessel, commonly rigged fore and aft and having a hold for the catch.
fishing-smacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishing-smack
cutty-pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutty-pipes
Senses: examples: text: Outside the hut sat a little old man on a wooden stool, smoking a cutty-pipe.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 48:
glosses: A short pipe for smoking tobacco.
cutty-pipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutty-pipe
reefwalker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reefwalkers
Etymology: From reef + walker.
Senses: glosses: A person who partakes in reefwalking.
examples: text: His magnificent golden outfit disappeared. He wore frayed khaki shorts, calf-high reefwalkers with tabi toes, and a grubby yellow t-shirt imprinted dalriada windsurfer racing team. His distinctive physiognomy was hidden under a ratty straw sombrero and he had a silver torc about his neck.
ref: 1984, Julian May, The Adversary (Saga of Pliocene Exile; 4), Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 187:
glosses: A type of thick-soled shoe used for walking on coral and coastal rocks.
reefwalkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reefwalker