cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Rem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rems
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.
ref: 1997 December 23, Marcus [username], “Re: New Pre '64 or 700 action?”, in rec.guns (Usenet):
glosses: A Remington firearm.
fishfeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fish feed.
fishfood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishfoods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fish food.
pigeon chest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigeon chests
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pectus carinatum.
synonyms: word: pectus carinatum
Derived terms: pigeon-chested
Gorgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gorgias
form: gorgia
Senses: qualifier: among gypsies
glosses: A female Gorgio; a woman who is not a gypsy.
prison camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prison camps
Senses: glosses: A camp in which either prisoners of war or political prisoners are interned.
glosses: A low-security federal prison.
Related terms: concentration camp
gulag
internment camp
labour camp
prisoner-of-war camp
POW camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: POW camps
form: P.O.W. camp
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prisoner-of-war camp.
synonyms: word: prisoner-of-war camp
prison camps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prison camp
prisoner-of-war camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prisoner-of-war camps
Senses: synonyms: POW camp
glosses: A camp in which prisoners of war are interned.
Related terms: prison camp
POW camps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of POW camp
nanobarrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanobarriers
Etymology: From nano- + barrier.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale barrier (especially in a biological cell)
nanobarriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobarrier
nanobiocomposite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanobiocomposites
Etymology: From nano- + biocomposite.
Senses: glosses: A biocomposite of nanoparticles
nanobiocomposites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobiocomposite
nanoenvironment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoenvironments
Etymology: From nano- + environment.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale environment
nanographenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanographene
nonlipophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lipophilic.
Senses: glosses: Not lipophilic
oxopentanoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxopentanoates
Etymology: From oxo- + pentanoate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of a pentanoate in which a methylene group is replaced by a carbonyl group; a salt or ester of an oxopentanoic acid
oxopentanoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxopentanoic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a ketocarboxylic acid formally derived from pentanoic acid by replacing a methylene group with a carbonyl group
Related terms: oxopentanoate
white lash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white lashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whitelash.
imbabala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imbabalas
Etymology: From a Bantu language.
Senses: glosses: A bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus), one of two species, ranging more into southern and eastern Africa than the other species, the harnessed bushbuck
Synonyms: Cape bushbuck
GTHA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The evidence for the GTHA is compelling: unless we expand our transit infrastructure in a way that is sustainable, congestion costs and productivity losses will compound.
ref: 2013 October 21, Anne Golden, Paul Bedford, “Six hard truths about transit in the GTHA”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Initialism of Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
Related terms: GTA
GMA
next level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: next levels
Senses: examples: text: We will also discuss our goal of continually advancing web search to next level by applying data mining, machine learning, and knowledge discovery techniques into the process of information analysis, organization, retrieval, and visualization.
ref: 2004, Xiaofang Zhou, Web Information Systems -- WISE 2004, →ISBN:
text: Many of us want to go to that next level, to grasp the next rung on the ladder, to crash through the glass ceiling, but we aren't willing to stretch to get there. But truthfully, the only way we can extend ourselves to reach the next level is to move beyond our comfort zone and utilize more of our talents and capabilities.
ref: 2005, T. D. Jakes, Ten Commandments of Working in a Hostile Environment, →ISBN:
text: Some relationships that can get you to your next level are partnerships. Joining forces with other women or with men can help to bring your vision into fruition even earlier.
ref: 2014, Traverro Harden-Ali, Next Level Woman Series: Black, Female, & Rising, →ISBN:
text: What we need is someone to get us to that next level. Because, guys? We've done all we can here.
ref: 2015, Erika Kelly, You Really Got Me, →ISBN:
glosses: A significantly more advanced or unusual state or situation.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see next, level.
Derived terms: take to the next level
next level
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more next level
form: most next level
Senses: examples: text: And Pharoahe and his crew definitely on some serious next level poetry type ishhh, and the next millennium rap is some next level poetry.
ref: 2006, H. Samy Alim, Roc the Mic Right: The Language of Hip Hop Culture, →ISBN, page 153:
text: I enjoy me some pussy, but making love to a man is some next level shit.
ref: 2011, Susan Horton, A Tribute to Bullying:: "What They Call Ugly", →ISBN, page 98:
text: That was some next level Twilight Zone stuff.
ref: 2014, Rob Fee, Thought Catalog, I Was Raised By Television, →ISBN:
text: That was some next level shit! This weekend is going to be off the hook.
ref: 2014, Renee Flagler, Society Wives, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of next-level.
big shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big shops
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, shop.
examples: text: I do a monthly big shop and get bits in between. I think I would be better off planning meals for the week and going weekly.
ref: 2007 July 23, Angela, “Food shopping: Weekly or Monthly?”, in Netmums, retrieved 17 Nov 2016:
text: These changes, experienced by all the "Big Four" supermarkets, suggest that the era of the once-a-week big shop is nearing an end.
ref: 2014 October 5, Katie Hope, “The death of the weekly supermarket shop”, in BBC News:
text: A lot of consumers are moving away from one big shop a week to ‘basket shopping’. They visit two or three times a week to top up.
ref: 2016 May 4, Emma Reynolds, quoting Brian Walker, “Woolies’ woes promise cheaper prices for customers”, in new.com.au:
text: If they are trying to get people to enjoy their time there, whether going out for a meal, to the cinema or for a big shop, they don’t want to be keeping an eye on the clock.
ref: 2016 October 27, Aaron Sims, quoting Rosalind Eastland, “Shoppers speak out against car park fines in Yate”, in Gloucestershire Gazette:
text: If your order is under the threshold, you’ll have to pay a delivery charge, which can vary from £1.49 to £6 depending on what you purchase. So try and do a big shop rather than lots of little ones.
ref: 2016 November 8, “Amazon launches Certified Refurbished store selling cheaper electronics”, in BT.com, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2016:
glosses: A large, regular purchase of groceries; as opposed to ad hoc or impulse purchases.
big shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big shop
honyocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honyockers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of honyock.
twi-night
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: twinight
Etymology: Blend of twilight + night
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a doubleheader: occurring between the hours of twilight and night.
twi-night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twi-nights
form: twinight
Etymology: Blend of twilight + night
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A twi-night doubleheader.
twi-nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twi-night
ferric chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: an inorganic compound with the formula FeCl₃.
Synonyms: iron(III) chloride
iron trichloride
Related terms: ferrous chloride
through the looking glass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of through the looking-glass.
bodyblock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bodyblocks
form: bodyblocking
form: bodyblocked
form: bodyblocked
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: to block with the body
bodyblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bodyblock
bodyblocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bodyblock
bodyblocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bodyblock
selving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The selving process is one that cannot be reduced to origins or to a repetition of antecedent/repressed conditions.
ref: 1996, Robert S. Corrington, Nature's Self: Our Journey from Origin to Spirit, →ISBN, page 40:
text: Moral selving among the drafted volunteers at The Salvation Army exposed an organization that believed in mandated change.
ref: 2000, Rebecca Anne Allahyari, Visions of Charity: Volunteer Workers and Moral Community, →ISBN, page 152:
text: In these novels, one comes to understand, as I elaborate in Chapter 5, the ways in which intercultural negotiations can become forms not only of 'othering' but also of selving – of processes by which one might reconstitute one's own self.
ref: 2012, A. Mohan, Utopia and the Village in South Asian Literatures, →ISBN:
text: In the course of this work it was borne in on me, increasingly, that the notion of I-schemes, schemes of selving, as the basic structures of our dynamic selves is congruent with developing directions of inquiry both within psychoanalysis and outside it.
ref: 2013, Irene Fast, Selving: A Relational Theory of Self Organization, →ISBN, page xii:
glosses: The formation or modification of one's identity.
semiconjugacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiconjugacies
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mapping that is semiconjugate.
aminochronological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of aminostratigraphic.
synonyms: word: aminostratigraphic
semimonocoque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semimonocoques
Senses: examples: text: The design and manufacture of the aluminum-alloy-reinforced monocoque, or semimonocoque, was developed to great perfection in the 1930s.
ref: 1998, Ahmed Khairy Noor, Structures Technology: Historical Perspective and Evolution, →ISBN, page 240:
text: The buckling behavior of the modern aerospace structure differs, therefore, from that of the earlier semimonocoque in that it is primarily not a local phenomenon but involves the entire structure, being predominantly global buckling or general instability.
ref: 2002, J. Singer, J. Arbocz, T. Weller, Buckling Experiments: Experimental Methods in Buckling of Thin-Walled Structures., →ISBN:
text: To summarize: in semimonocoque fuselages, the strong, heavy longerons hold the bulkheads and formers. These, in turn, hold the stringers, braces, web members, etc. All are designed to be attached together, and to the skin, to achieve the full strength benefits of the semimonocoque design.
ref: 2015, Michael Leasure, Michael S. Nolan, Unmanned Aviation Systems: The Definitive Guide, →ISBN, page 44:
glosses: Alternative form of semi-monocoque.
semimonocoques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semimonocoque
semi-monocoque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-monocoques
form: semimonocoque
Etymology: From semi- + monocoque.
Senses: examples: text: Semi-monocoque is the most popular type of structure used in aircraft nowadays, composed of a long tube shape with a large number of longitudinal reinforcements (stringers) and circumferential reinforcements (frames) which carry all stresses .
ref: 2012, Pedro M.G.P. Moreira, Lucas F. M. da Silva, Paulo M.S.T. de Castro, Structural Connections for Lightweight Metallic Structures, →ISBN, page 241:
text: The semi-monocoque construction provided higher strength with less weight, the aerodynamic shape required less horsepower to pull (improving gas mileage) and it provided smoother towing.
ref: 2013, Tara Cox, Airstream: The Silver RV, →ISBN:
text: Incredibly strong, and capable of supporting the weight of several people, the cardboard laminates operate as semi-monocoques with an intermediary plywood armature.
ref: 2015, Beverly Russell, Eva Maddox, Farooq Ameen, Fifty Under Fifty: Innovators of the 21st Century, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: A modification of the monocoque design to include reinforcing members such as stringers or frames to increase strength while minimizing weight.
semi-monocoques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semi-monocoque
meo more
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪəʊˈmɔːɹeɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin meō mōre (“as is my custom”).
Senses: examples: text: Faſted, meo more, on account of indigeſtion and gripes.
ref: 1755 March 25, John Rutty, A Spiritual Diary, and Soliloquies, 2nd edition, London: Printed and sold by James Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street, published 1796, →OCLC, page 27:
text: Destined this day for fast-day, meo more, with that degree of abstinence which may best qualify my weak body to go through the day without molesting the soul.
ref: 1803 September 9, Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce, quoting William Wilberforce, The Life of William Wilberforce. … In Five Volumes, 2nd edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, published 1839, →OCLC, page 122:
text: I will, meo more, tell you the story of one [plant] which has just delighted me and my household, and has won golden opinions from wondering and admiring friends.
ref: 1864 July 26, P[hilip] H[enry] Gosse, “An Amateur’s Pencillings: The Bromeliaceæ”, in George W[illiam] Johnson, Robert Hogg, editors, The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman: A Magazine of Gardening, Rural and Domestic Economy, Botany and Natural History, volume VII (New Series; volume XXXII, Old Series), number 174 (New Series; number 826, Old Series), London: Published for the proprietors, 171, Fleet Street, →OCLC, page 64, column 2:
glosses: As is my wont (custom, habit).
palaeoaeolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palaeoaeolian
form: most palaeoaeolian
form: paleoeolian
form: palaeo-aeolian
form: paleo-eolian
form: paleoaeolian
form: palaeo-eolian
Etymology: From palaeo- + aeolian.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:palaeoaeolian.
topics: climatology
geography
geology
geomorphology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or caused by, ancient winds
semi-naive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semi-naive
form: most semi-naive
form: semi-naïf
form: seminaive
form: seminaïve
form: semi-naïve
Etymology: From semi- + naive.
Senses: examples: text: Shy, naive boy meeting semi-shy, semi-naive girl.
ref: 1980, Inside Sports, page 106:
text: They are semi-civilized and semi-naive people.
ref: 1985, Tejvir Singh, Jagdish Kaur, editors, Integrated Mountain Development, Himalayan Books, →ISBN, page 403:
text: Broken Hill also produced the actor Chips Rafferty, famous for his portrayal of the laconic Australian male, and the artist Pro Hart, whose semi-naive paintings of inland Australian life, especially in mining towns, captured the imagination of many who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s.
ref: 2018, Peter Spearritt, Where History Happened: The Hidden Past of Australia’s Towns and Places, NLA Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:
glosses: Partially naive.
examples: text: We would like to know if correlating some of the disjoint (and conditionally independent) feature subsets of a semi-naive Bayes can improve its predictive accuracy.
ref: 2013, Concha Bielza, Antonio Salmeron, Amparo Alonso-Betanzos, Advances in Artificial Intelligence, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Predominantly naive but including modifications that improve efficiency.
paleoeolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paleoeolian
form: most paleoeolian
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:palaeoaeolian.
glosses: Alternative spelling of palaeoaeolian.
palaeo-aeolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palaeo-aeolian
form: most palaeo-aeolian
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:palaeoaeolian.
glosses: Alternative spelling of palaeoaeolian.
paleo-eolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paleo-eolian
form: most paleo-eolian
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:palaeoaeolian.
glosses: Alternative spelling of palaeoaeolian.
seminaive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more seminaive
form: most seminaive
Senses: examples: text: We concentrate on bottom-up techniques, in particular, the seminaive evaluation and the magic-set transformation.
ref: 2005, Johann Eder, Hele-Mai Haav, Ahto Kalja, Advances in Databases and Information Systems, →ISBN:
text: Furthermore, the locally stratified programs produced by our seminaive methods, also have a least-Fixpoint based semantics (Saccà and Zaniolo, 1988).
ref: 2014, Hassan Aït-Kaci, Maurice Nivat, Algebraic Techniques: Resolution of Equations in Algebraic Structures, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of semi-naive.
seminaïve
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more seminaïve
form: most seminaïve
Senses: examples: text: Although it can almost entirely be considered as a (finite) specialization of mathematical logic (with its two parts corresponding to the closed and, respectively, open first order formulae), its roots come also from the seminaïve algebraic theory of sets, relations and functions, as well as from the computational complexity, computer programming, formal languages, etc.
ref: 2016, Christian Mancas, Conceptual Data Modeling and Database Design, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of semi-naive.
semi-naïve
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semi-naïve
form: most semi-naïve
Senses: examples: text: The semi-naïve evaluation technique described in this section can also be used when performing inference from scratch, by treating the inferred triples in each round as delta D.
ref: 2010, Peter F. Patel-Schneider, Yue Pan, Pascal Hitzler, The Semantic Web, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of semi-naive.
palaeo-eolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palaeo-eolian
form: most palaeo-eolian
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:palaeoaeolian.
glosses: Alternative spelling of palaeoaeolian.
paleoaeolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paleoaeolian
form: most paleoaeolian
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:palaeoaeolian.
glosses: Alternative spelling of palaeoaeolian.
time jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time jumps
Senses: examples: text: A time-jump shows the once natural, statuesque Martin shriveled by wealth, fame, and substance—his hair is bleached blond, his teeth are stained.
ref: 2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack London gets an Italian makeover in the tragic and romantic Martin Eden”, in AV Club:
glosses: A change to the same thing at a different time.
time jump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: time jumps
form: time jumping
form: time jumped
form: time jumped
Senses: examples: text: Agent J: You helped Boris the Animal time jump.
Jeffrey: Okay, I had to. That dude's a freak.
Agent J: […] I want to know when and where you sent him.
ref: 2012, Men in Black 3:
glosses: To time travel. (to travel through time)
time jumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of time jump
time jumping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of time jump
time jumped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of time jump
leisuresome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leisuresome
form: most leisuresome
Etymology: From leisure + -some.
Senses: examples: text: It is a tributary of the Shenandoah, and winds gracefully under cliff and willow in its leisuresome and quiet way toward the sea.
ref: 1876, The Virginia Spectator, page 76:
text: Most managements display sufficient munificence to allow their researchers a measure of self-indulgence when company problems are not imminent, and this liberality on their part gets amply rewarded when leisuresome research activity sprouts into a potential discovery of long term benefit.
ref: 1990, Vidula Jakatdar, Destiny Makers of Indian Industry:
text: It was not that he placed great store by the veiling of women; no woman veiled herself in the countryside because it would have been impossible to work, and the women who covered themselves in this town, small as it was. merely did so as a point of vanity, to indicate that they enjoyed a leisuresome life.
ref: 2010, Louis de Bernieres, Birds Without Wings:
glosses: Characterised or marked by leisure; leisurely
humansexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhjuː.mənˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
ipa: /ˌhju.mənˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl
rhymes: -ɛkʃuːəl
Etymology: From human + -sexual.
Senses: glosses: Of people: sexually attracted to other people, without specifically identifying as straight, homosexual, bisexual, etc.
corpser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corpsers
Etymology: From corpse + -er.
Senses: glosses: An actor who corpses.
corpsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corpser
unstitchable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stitchable.
Senses: glosses: Not stitchable; that cannot be stitched.
bookstop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bookstops
Etymology: From book + stop.
Senses: examples: text: Librarians obsess about edging the collection (bringing all books up to the edge of the shelves to make them easier to find and to look tidy). If you have paperbacks or novels stored in deep shelves, make bookstops from free wood.
ref: 2010, Sheryl Kindle Fullner, The Shoestring Library, page 107:
text: He arranged his little library on the shelf in order of size, lining the edges up neatly, using the horn as a bookstop, making adjustments until the tip of it faced the room directly.
ref: 2011, Catherine Hall, The Proof of Love:
glosses: A bookend.
bookstops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookstop
Icelandics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Icelandic
Icelandic horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Icelandic horses
Senses: glosses: A horse of a small, hardy breed developed from ponies taken to Iceland by Norse settlers in the 9th and 10th centuries.
Synonyms: Icelandic
Icelandic horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Icelandic horse
Vyv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female or male given name Vyvyan.
shanzhai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʃɑːnˈd͡ʒaɪ/
Etymology: First use appears c. 2000s, from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 山寨 (shānzhài), literally "mountain fort", suggesting a lair of bandits or counterfeiters.
Senses: examples: text: Many “shanzhai” goods sport altered names, trying to tread a fine line between imitation and straight-out fake, and cost much less than their above-board, well-known brand-name equivalents.[…]
The brazenness of the imitations has added to their attraction. Beijing’s electronics markets enjoy a roaring trade in “shanzhai” goods.
ref: 2009 February 6, Tyra Dempster, Ben Blanchard, “"Sham glam" sweeps China as fakes get trendy”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2023, Lifestyle:
glosses: The imitation and trademark infringing of brands and goods of usually poor quality, particularly electronics made in China.
Related terms: zhing-zhong
chillstep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of chill + dubstep
Senses: glosses: A subgenre of dubstep music that is relatively slow and relaxed.
Futurama theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From "The Prisoner of Benda" (2010), season 6, episode 10 of Futurama. The episode and the theorem were written by the mathematician Ken Keeler.
Senses: topics: group-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theorem which proves that, given a mind swap machine that can't be used on the same pair of people more than once, it is possible to reverse any number of mind swaps by introducing two more people that did not have their minds swapped with anyone before.
wikipedia: Futurama
Ken Keeler
The Prisoner of Benda
Calexit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkælˈɛɡ.zɪt/
ipa: /ˌkælˈɛk.sɪt/
rhymes: -ɛksɪt
Etymology: Blend of California + exit, modelled on earlier Brexit.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The (possible) act of California's secession from the United States.
Coordinate terms: Texit
Derived terms: Calexiter
Related terms: Brexit
Frexit
Grexit
Orkxit
Quexit
Texit
Waxit
Wexit
peptidogenomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peptido- + genomics.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The genomics of peptides and related biomolecules
phenanthrenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenanthrenyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of five isomeric univalent radicals derived from phenanthrene
peptidogenomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to peptidogenomics.
photocrosslinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photocrosslinkers
Etymology: From photo- + crosslinker.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound that aids photocrosslinking
photocrosslinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photocrosslinker
precoordination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precoordinations
Etymology: From pre- + coordination.
Senses: glosses: coordination prior to some other process
glosses: the inclusion in a dictionary (or other text) of all terms used in the definition of other terms before that definition is published
predissolved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dissolved.
Senses: glosses: dissolved prior to some other process
purchaseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of purchasable.
pyrazoleamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrazoleamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amide containing a pyrazole ring attached to the carbonyl group; several are antimalarial drugs
pyrazoleamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrazoleamide
rhodanines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhodanine
skuxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skux
sialoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sialosides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside of sialic acid
Derived terms: disialoside
sialosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialoside
sialyllactose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sialyllactoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligosaccharide of sialic acid and lactose
water parsnip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water parsnips
form: water-parsnip
form: waterparsnip
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Sium, as the skirret.
Derived terms: word: great water parsnip
taxonomic: Sium latifolium
word: greater water parsnip
taxonomic: Sium suave
word: hemlock water parsnip
water parsnips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water parsnip
sallats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sallat
Carlin pea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Carlin peas
Senses: glosses: pigeon pea
Carlin peas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Carlin pea
spiroindolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiroindolones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of spiro compounds derived from a carboline, many of which have antimalarial activity
spiroindolones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiroindolone
streptomonomicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular lasso peptide, found in a halophilic actinomycete, that has antibiotic activity
thiadiazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiadiazines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A six-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one sulfur atom, two nitrogen atoms and two double bonds
thiadiazines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiadiazine
mosque affiliations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosque affiliation
chili non carne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chili con carne and non-.
Senses: glosses: A vegetarian version of chili con carne.
Synonyms: chili sin carne
Nuxalkmc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Nuxálk peoples collectively, composed of four tribes: the Kimsquit, the Tallheo, the Stuic, and the Kwalhna.
Islamo-leftism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Islamo- + leftism.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A political alliance between leftists and Islamists.
Related terms: red-green alliance
BASL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Black American Sign Language.
Synonyms: BSV
Hypernyms: ASL
red-green-brown alliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-green-brown alliances
Etymology: From the colours used by each faction listed in the term. Red is for leftists, green is for Islamists, and brown (as in brownshirts) is for ultranationalists.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: An alliance of leftists, Islamists, and ultranationalists.
big money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big-money
Senses: examples: text: When people see puppies going for the cost of vaccinations at animal shelters, and then hear about ones that sell for $500, they think big money is to be had in dog breeding.
ref: 2011, Steve Gillman, 101 Weird Ways to Make Money, page 143:
glosses: A large amount of money, especially a significant source of revenue or income.
examples: text: Republicans push Big Government to raise cash from one religious sect, but stomp on Big Government antitrust measures that prevent big money control of illegal monopolistic corporations like Wal-Mart and Microsoft.
ref: 2011, Rick Martin, No Money!: The Surviving Middle Class American, page 31:
text: To oversimplify a bit[…]the [Bernie] Sanders view is that money is the root of all evil. Or more specifically, the corrupting influence of big money, of the 1 percent and the corporate elite, is the overarching source of the political ugliness we see all around us.
ref: 2016 January 29, Paul Krugman, “Plutocrats and Prejudice”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The political triumph of Donald Trump shattered the establishments in the Democratic and Republican parties – both wedded to the rule of Big Money and to the reign of meretricious politicians.
ref: 2016 November 17, Cornel West, “Goodbye, American neoliberalism. A new era is here”, in The Guardian:
text: The progressive wing of the Democratic Party is skeptical: The Republican Party has gone authoritarian. Mitch McConnell is obstructionist. Big money pulls the strings. The system is broken.
ref: 2021 August 5, David Brooks, “The Biden Approach Is Working”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: big business
corporatocracy
glosses: Large corporations, the people who run them, or corporate interest generally, seen as exerting political influence and prioritising profits over other political concerns.
big money
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: big-money
Senses: examples: text: Unless their candidates can amass a considerable campaign chest, one assumed to come from big money donors, they do not stand a chance of winning.
ref: 1997, David Reynolds, Democracy Unbound:
text: The Blues, without new big-money signings Fernando Torres and David Luiz, relied on their old guard to dig them out of an early hole.
ref: 2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC:
glosses: Involving or transacting a large amount of money.
cyberfeudalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + feudalism.
Senses: glosses: A social system akin to feudalism in cyberspace.
cyberfeud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberfeuds
Etymology: From cyber- + feud.
Senses: glosses: A feud in cyberspace or on the Internet.
cyberfeuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberfeud
Mopologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mopologist
ride the cotton pony
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides the cotton pony
form: riding the cotton pony
form: rode the cotton pony
form: ridden the cotton pony
Etymology: Sanitary pads are made from cotton, with the placement of the pad giving the image of "straddling" a pony".
Senses: glosses: To menstruate.
Synonyms: ride the cotton bicycle
ride the cotton horse
ride the cotton horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides the cotton horse
form: riding the cotton horse
form: rode the cotton horse
form: ridden the cotton horse
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ride the cotton pony.
synonyms: word: ride the cotton pony
ride the cotton bicycle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides the cotton bicycle
form: riding the cotton bicycle
form: rode the cotton bicycle
form: ridden the cotton bicycle
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ride the cotton pony.
synonyms: word: ride the cotton pony
bright green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Alex Steffen and the other contributors to worldchanging.com - and this big book which the website has spawned - describe that puritanical branch of ecological thought as "dark green" and, in opposition, describe themselves as "bright green".
ref: [2007 March 17, Josh Lacey, “Review: Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Of or relating to a form of environmentalism based on the belief that the convergence of technological change and social innovation provides the most successful path to sustainable development.
Elsassians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Elsassian
stumpest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of stump
see Naples and die
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: see Naples and then die
Etymology: Calque of Italian vedi Napoli e poi muori, popularized by a 3 March 1787 letter by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published in his 1816–1817 Italienische Reise. Unknown further derivation, although probably originally in reference to its relative wealth and prosperity as the capital of the Kingdom of Naples in addition to its famous scenery. Compare the various Chinese idioms beginning 生在蘇州 /苏州 (Sūzhōu)... praising the surpassing beauty of Suzhou's residents, Hangzhou's scenery, Guangzhou's cuisine, and Liuzhou's coffins and tombs.
Senses: examples: text: I won't say another word about the beauties of the city and its situation, which have been described and praised so often. As they say here, "Vedi Napoli e poi muori!" "See Naples and die!"
ref: 1962, Wystan Hugh Auden & al. translating Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as Italian Journey, Pt. 2, letter of 3 March 1787 from Naples, p. 180
glosses: One can die at peace after having seen Naples, Italy, nothing else on Earth surpassing its beauty.
wikipedia: Italian Journey
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
thiazolidinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiazolidinones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclic amide formally derived from thiazolidine by replacing the methylene group at position 2 with a carbonyl group
triazolopyrazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triazolopyrazines
Etymology: From triazole + -o- + pyrazine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic heterocycle composed of a triazole ring fused to one of pyrazine
trimethylsilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The organosilane (CH₃)₃SiH
arrhythmology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study, diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmia
gradeschooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gradeschoolers
form: grade schooler
form: grade-schooler
Etymology: From grade school + -er.
Senses: glosses: A pupil in a grade school.
gradeschoolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gradeschooler
portovenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːnəs
Etymology: From porto- + venous.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to a portal vein
radiofrequent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to radio frequency
squamocellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From squamo- + cellular.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of squamous cells
transtelephonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + telephonic.
Senses: glosses: transmitted (automatically) by telephone
iron(III) chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ferric chloride.
synonyms: word: ferric chloride
Related terms: iron(II) chloride
ironsand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ironsands
Etymology: From iron + sand.
Senses: glosses: A type of black sand with a high iron content, found on many west coast beaches in New Zealand, as well as elsewhere.
antimisogynist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimisogynist
form: most antimisogynist
form: anti-misogynist
Etymology: From anti- + misogynist.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to misogyny; serving to prevent misogyny.
antimisogynist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimisogynists
form: anti-misogynist
Etymology: From anti- + misogynist.
Senses: glosses: An opponent of misogyny.
Hypernyms: antisexist
Hyponyms: feminist
whimsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whimsome
form: most whimsome
Etymology: From whim + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, while I worked away at various duties concerning my rank and station, the country folk conspired against me, muttering suspiciously behind closed doors like a band of cowardly rodents, and so chanced one another into some dreadfully whimsome labels and a fairly hasty, hand-tailored casus belli – all seditious themes which turned distrust to anger and anger to transgression, whence a single handful of...agitators somehow convinced their would-be peers that my assets and, more importantly, my right, had somehow worsened their condition.
ref: 2009, Bruno Massé, The Noxious and the Daemon Flower:
text: John Franks is scary enough, that whimsome little smile covering the fact that he has done something awful.
ref: 2012, Kirsty Stonell Walker, The Kissed Mouth: The Pug of Doom:
text: A condescending tone is evident in a Photoplay article titled “Little Miss Practicality” in which the author characterizes her as a “Winsome, whimsome little lady” and “just a charming, fascinatingly pretty girl, whose charm is such a strange, wayward, elusively and delightfully feminine thing”.
ref: 2013, Kristian Moen, Film and Fairy Tales: The Birth of Modern Fantasy:
glosses: Characterised or marked by whim; whimsical
stirrup iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stirrup irons
Senses: glosses: The metal hoop on a stirrup, in which a horserider's foot is inserted when mounted in the saddle.
moyity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moyities
Senses: examples: text: They were faire Ladies, till they fondly ſtriu’d / With th’Heliconian maides for mayſtery; / Of whom they ouer-comen, were depriu’d / Of their proud beautie, and th’one moyity / Transform’d to fiſh, for their bold ſurquedry, / But th’vpper halfe their hew retayned ſtill, / And their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake traueillers, whom gotten they did kill.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31, pages 370–371:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of moiety.
moyities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moyity. (Obsolete spelling of moieties.)
stirrup irons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stirrup iron
teabowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teabowls
Etymology: From tea + bowl.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tea bowl.
tea bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea bowls
form: teabowl
Etymology: From tea + bowl.
Senses: glosses: A bowl used for preparing and drinking tea.
teabowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teabowl
tea bowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea bowl
chawans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chawan
gaiwan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡaɪˈwɑːn/
Forms: form: gaiwans
form: gaiwan
Etymology: From Mandarin 蓋碗 /盖碗 (gàiwǎn, literally “lidded bowl”).
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps the greatest vessel for brewing tea is one of the most simple in construction and design: the gaiwan. In use since at least the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), the gaiwan is ubiquitous in Chinese tea culture and consists of only a saucer, a bowl, and a lid.
ref: 2015, Joseph Wesley Uhl, The Art and Craft of Tea, Quarry Books, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: A Chinese lidded cup or bowl, used to steep tea, sometimes including a saucer, developed during the Ming dynasty as an improvement upon the (lidless) chawan.
gaiwans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaiwan
Siraya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /səˈɹaɪ.ə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Siraya sidaia (“person, human, man”).
Senses: glosses: An aboriginal people from Taiwan
glosses: The Formosan language of the Siraya people
Siraya
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /səˈɹaɪ.ə/
Forms: form: more Siraya
form: most Siraya
Etymology: Borrowed from Siraya sidaia (“person, human, man”).
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Siraya people
uglisome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uglisome
form: most uglisome
Etymology: From ugly + -some.
Senses: examples: text: The sun climbed higher and beads of moisture formed at her hairline before Sir Hopkin deigned to poke his uglisome head out.
ref: 2005, Deeanne Gist, A Bride Most Begrudging:
text: The sun climbed higher and beads of moisture formed at her hairline before Sir Hopkin deigned to poke his uglisome head out.
ref: 2011, Deeanne Gist, The Trouble with Brides:
text: And treated our fathers like scum, / Those uglisome messiahs that Bade us come, [...]
ref: 2013, Chisom Ohuaka, First Gong Vol.3:
text: Devilish heads, five cubits in bigness from brow to chin, were carven in high relief along the five other walls: thirteen heads in all, very deformed and uglisome, laying out their tongues; and on the end of each tongue was stood a lamp brightly burning, and the eyes of the great faces were looking-glasses nicely cut up with facets to throw back the rays of the lamps, so that the whole banquet-room was lit with a brilliance of lamplight.
ref: 2016, E. R. Eddison, Mistress of Mistresses:
glosses: Characterised or marked by ugliness
twinsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twinsome
form: most twinsome
Etymology: From twin + -some.
Senses: examples: text: The Pattern and perfected Universe Havona / In twinsome co-ord with the Spirit Infinite.
ref: 2011, Nicholas P. Snoek, Urantia The Earth-The Origin Of It All:
glosses: Characterised or marked by twinness
twinsome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From twin + -some.
Senses: examples: text: But when the cargo hold was one-fourth empty his plan threatened to hit a snag . If the Spican twinsome had their way the Homingbird's hold seemed doomed to stay three-fourths full, unless Boyd jettisoned his cargo—but that would only alert Tar Baby.
ref: 2015, Edward Wellen, The 21st Golden Age of Science Fiction:
glosses: A group of two, especially two twins
Synonyms: couple
pair
duo
fame-ish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fame-ish
form: most fame-ish
form: fameish
form: famiish
Etymology: From fame + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: You need to provide fame-ish photos and music that sounds sufficiently close to famous music that it won't freak people out.
ref: 2013, Miranda Ward, F**k The Radio, We've Got Apple Juice:
glosses: Characteristic of fame; famous
squandersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more squandersome
form: most squandersome
Etymology: From squander + -some.
Senses: examples: text: They could blast the ship to Venus in a few days — at so squandersome a fuel expenditure that ten ships couldn't carry it.
ref: 1987, Frederik Pohl, Cyril M. Kornbluth, The Space Merchants:
text: Worldwide, China is the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, releasing around twice as much carbon per unit of energy produced as even the squandersome US.
ref: 2013, Jennifer Duggan, Village Magazine: China: the US circa 1970:
text: I began finding it easy to change my minor but squandersome daily ways.
ref: 2013, Claudia Kolker, The Immigrant Advantage:
glosses: Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful