cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rearchitects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rearchitect
Kutsch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kutsches
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kutsch.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
backstrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backstraps
Etymology: From back + strap.
Senses: glosses: A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
glosses: The backbone of a book.
examples: text: As a dressing, combine the extra-virgin olive oil and garlic in a small bowl, seasoning with salt and pepper. Arrange the whole eggplants and tomatoes on a large platter. Slice the lamb backstraps diagonally and lay the meat over the eggplants and tomatoes.
ref: 2010, Guy Mirabella, Eat - Ate, page 110:
glosses: A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
glosses: An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: backroll
antonyms: frontstrap
glosses: The rolling of a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion.
backstrap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backstraps
form: backstrapping
form: backstrapped
form: backstrapped
Etymology: From back + strap.
Senses: glosses: To apply or make into a backstrap.
Islamification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Islam + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: The ghettoization and Islamification of certain urban areas is also perceived as a disturbing problem.
ref: 2005, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., The Brown journal of world affairs: Volume 12:
glosses: conversion of a region or a society to Islam.
Synonyms: Islamization
Related terms: Islamication
backstraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backstrap
member function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: member functions
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A function that belongs to a class and can be called on instances of the object defined by that class.
Synonyms: method
member functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of member function
scryer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scryers
Etymology: From scry + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Kelly knew Dee was dependant upon him as his "skryer"[.]
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 134:
glosses: One who divines, sees or predicts the future by means of a scrying tool; especially a crystal ball.
Related terms: scry
scryers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scryer
scruzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scruze
scruzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scruze
boodie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boodies
Etymology: Variant of body.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of body.
boodie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boodies
Etymology: Modification of Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man, churl, miser, ghost”), from Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”), from bot (“penis”) + -ach.
Senses: glosses: A hobgoblin.
boodie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boodies
Etymology: From Nyunga burdi.
Senses: examples: text: However, the boodie, once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed.
ref: 1968, Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia, page 34:
text: The bettongs live in moderately dry country and with the exception of the Boodie, which digs burrows, all make nests of grass on the ground.
ref: 1985, Australia's Amazing Wildlife, page 304:
text: The work on Boodie Island was the first attempt in Australia to eradicate black rats in the presence of a threatened, non-target mammal.[…]It is likely that as many as 200-300 boodies now inhabit the island.
ref: 2002, C. R. Veitch, Michael Norman Clout, editors, Turning the Tide: the Eradication of Invasive Species: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Eradication of Island Invasives, page 224:
glosses: A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur.
Synonyms: sense: species of bettong
word: burrowing bettong
sense: species of bettong
word: Lesueur's rat-kangaroo
shrining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹaɪnɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shrine
lentic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lentic
form: most lentic
Etymology: From Latin lentus (“slow”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to, or living in still waters (such as lakes, ponds, or wetlands).
Hypernyms: aquatic
limnic
Hyponyms: word: lacustrine
word: piscinal
sense: may also be considered coordinate term
word: wetland
Coordinate terms: lotic
littoral
snaggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnæɡ.əl/
rhymes: -æɡəl
Forms: form: snaggles
Etymology: From snag + -le.
Senses: glosses: A tangled, knotted, or intertwined mass.
glosses: A problem, particularly after orthopedic surgery.
Derived terms: snaggly
snaggletoothed
snaggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnæɡ.əl/
rhymes: -æɡəl
Forms: form: snaggles
form: snaggling
form: snaggled
form: snaggled
Etymology: From snag + -le.
Senses: glosses: To become tangled, knotted or intertwined.
snaggles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snaggle
snaggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snaggle
overshading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overshade
Athelstan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈæθ.əlˌstæn/
/ˈæθ.ɛlˌstæn/
Etymology: An Anglo-Saxon male given name derived from Old English æþele (“noble”) and stān (“stone”), meaning "Gem". Old English variants are Æþelstān and Æðelstān. In modern English it is also found as Æthelstan, Athelstane, Addleston, Athelston, Athelstone and Ethelstone, usually surnames or place names. It is akin to the Dutch noun edelsteen and German noun and surname Edelstein and the Icelandic male given name Aðalsteinn.
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A small town south of Huntingdon in Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A community in Iowa.
glosses: A king of the Anglo-Saxons.
deafferent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈæfəɹənt/
Etymology: From de- + afferent.
Senses: glosses: Detached from the nervous system.
deafferent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈæfəɹənt/
Forms: form: deafferents
form: deafferenting
form: deafferented
form: deafferented
Etymology: From de- + afferent.
Senses: examples: text: The researchers deafferented the monkeys' limbs.
glosses: To detach from the nervous system.
Related terms: deafferentation
deafferented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deafferent
deafferents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deafferent
deafferenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deafferent
Draize test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Draize tests
Etymology: Developed in 1944 by American toxicologists John H. Draize and Jacob M. Spines.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: An acute toxicity test in which a small amount of the test substance is applied to the eye or skin of a restrained, conscious animal (typically an albino rabbit) which is subsequently observed.
Draize tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Draize test
bergerette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bergerettes
Etymology: From French bergerette (“shepherdess”).
Senses: glosses: A form of early rustic French song.
bergerettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bergerette
poundmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poundmasters
Etymology: From pound + master.
Senses: glosses: The person in charge of an animal pound.
poundmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poundmaster
ventriloquistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ventriloquist + -ic or ventriloquy + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist, ventriloquists or ventriloquism.
Derived terms: ventriloquistical
ventriloquistically
behear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: behears
form: behearing
form: beheard
form: beheard
Etymology: From be- (“at, about”) + hear. Cognate with Scots behere, behear (“to hear, hear our cry”), West Frisian beheare (“to administer; manage”), Dutch behoren (“to belong”).
Senses: examples: text: All that beheard three witty young men, 'Twas Robin Hood, Scarlet, and John, […]
ref: 1826, Robin Hood, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: In some incidental way he beheard him of the poor widow's difficulty, and at once the manhood in him asserted itself.
ref: 1877, The Sunday magazine:
text: "Did you do it yoursel', Grizel ? God behears, she did it hersel!"
ref: 1896, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Scribner's magazine, Volume 20:
text: "The good Lord behear!" he exclaimed, stood stock-still for a moment, and waddled off at top speed towards the back door. "We must tell Aunt at once! […]"
ref: 1897, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, The novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson:
text: All that beheard his little footepage, As he watered his masters steed […]
ref: 1901, A Book of romantic ballads
text: Or behear ye the sheep, to the husbanding rams how they bleat to the shade! Or behear ye the birds, at the Goddess' command how they sing unafraid!
ref: 1911, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Brother Copas:
text: A' this beheard a little footpage, Fast hid ahind a tree; An' he's awa' to seek his laird, Sae fast as he can hie.
ref: 1923, H. P. Lovecraft, The Conservative:
text: He has a touch so precise yet delicate that it is a joy to behear.
ref: 1972 August 26, Billboard:
text: We knew that feedback could affect the turntable/arm/cartridge resonances in ways unpleasant and unrealistic to behear. To our surprise, the Linn, compared against the est Japanese and European turntables, did sound better.
ref: 1978, Jazz:
text: His cymbal wash during the five songs taken from a live Swedish radio broadcast is a wonder to behear.
ref: 1996, Musician:
text: Still, this is a pretty joyous thing to behear.
ref: 2008, The Wire:
text: They worked completely in unison, doubling the parts in a mirror-like fashion that was a sight to behold and a sound to behear.
ref: 2012, Alan Goldsher, Modest Mouse:
glosses: To give ear to; hear (intently); attend (to); pay attention or give heed to; listen to.
behelm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛlm
Forms: form: behelms
form: behelming
form: behelmed
form: behelmed
Etymology: From Middle English *behelmen, from Old English behelmian (“to cover over”), equivalent to be- + helm. Related to Old English helan (“to cover”). More at hele.
Senses: examples: text: And hundred-folded Briareus, and Lerna's Worm of dread Fell hissing; and Chimaera's length and fire-behelmed head, [...]
ref: 1876, Virgil, William Morris, Cedric Chivers, The Aeneids of Virgil:
text: He went to the Thing in gold-reddened helm, and all his company was behelmed.
ref: 1895, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga library:
glosses: To cover; cover over.
examples: text: Stepped forth a virgin, with behelmed head Like to a martial goddess, fair at once And dreadful to behold; [...]
ref: 1985, Friedrich Schiller, Friedrich Schiller, poet of freedom, Washington, D.C.: Schiller Institute:
text: Now come the days for fighting to the finish, bemail thy body and behelm thy head; Rally all those that desert thee, and put away forests and dice.
ref: 1998, Margaret Bent, Andrew Wathey, Fauvel studies:
glosses: To cover as with a helm or helmet.
phantasied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phantasied
form: most phantasied
Senses: glosses: Dated form of fantasied.
phantasied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phantasy
phantasizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phantasize
blacklead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blackleads
form: blackleading
form: blackleaded
form: blackleaded
Etymology: From black + lead.
Senses: glosses: To cover, treat or polish with graphite
blacklead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackleads
Etymology: From black + lead.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of black lead.
weale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weales
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wale.
glosses: Alternative form of weal.
glosses: Alternative form of weel.
wyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of weir.
glosses: Obsolete form of wire.
nt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of n/t (“no text”).
examples: text: Hi Parkaboy. nt
ref: 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: abbreviation of neurotypical
Scanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scanians
Etymology: From Scania + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Scania.
Scanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Scania + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Scania, a region of southern Sweden.
Scanian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Scania + -an.
Senses: glosses: The dialect of Swedish spoken in the region of Scania.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Scanian terms
fesh fesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The habitats range between lakes with sandy, low-mud floors and lakes with thick sequences of lake carbonates which, after desiccation, are transformed into fesh fesh (a powdery weathering product of lake carbonate) or almost pure diatomite.
ref: 1999, Proceedings of the VXth INQUA Conference: Durban, South Africa, 3-11 August 1999, →ISBN, page 275:
text: At one time I went up trails which had about three inches of fesh fesh (really fine sand) on them, […]
ref: post 2008, Oisin Hughes, That I may die roaming, page 74
text: I'd had enough trouble with the fesh fesh and I was leading.
ref: 2009, Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman, Long Way Down: An Epic Journey by Motorcycle from Scotland to South Africa, page 164:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fesh-fesh.
Maecenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌɪˈsiːnəs/
Forms: form: Maecenases
form: Mæcenas
Etymology: From Middle French mecenas, and its source, Latin Maecēnās (“literary patron”), from the name of Gaius Maecenas (c. 70–8 BCE), Roman statesman and patron of Horace and Virgil.
Senses: examples: text: […] thou art his dear and loving friend, good and gracious Lord and Master, his Maecenas.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
text: [O]ur young gentleman was shewn into another room, where half a dozen of his fellow-adherents waited for their Mæcenas, who in a few minutes appeared, with a most gracious aspect, received the compliments of the morning, and sat down to breakfast, in the midst of them, without any further ceremony.
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 103, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 367:
text: The government […] maintained one of the largest armies in Europe; it developed what became, by the 1780s, a navy as big as the British; and it played the role of cultural Maecenas.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 329:
text: The contemporary art space created within the Palais de Tokyo (also home to the Paris Museum of Modern Art) is a pretty sad example of government as Maecenas.
ref: 2010 November 5, Katherine Knorr, “For November, Paris Is the City of Lenses”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN:
glosses: A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.
wikipedia: Gaius Maecenas
Derived terms: Maecenatism
subtilely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more subtilely
form: most subtilely
Etymology: From subtile + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of subtly.
Pitta Pitta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Pitta-Pitta.
toder
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: 1472, The Coventry Leet Book: Or Mayor's Register, sxn 57, "Joh. Thrumpton Mayor"
[…] the wheche old men all & euerych of hem by hym self deposed & swar openly vppon a boke in the presence of the forseid worshipfull men, all the grownde betwen Whitley broke & Barons ffeld of Couentre, that lyeth betwen the kynges hye waye ledyng from Whitley to Couentre on the one syde, and the kynges Parke on the toder syde, to be Comen to the Comeners of this Citee of Couentree;
glosses: Obsolete form of tother.
Abxazo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from Abxaz, a variation of Abkhaz
Senses: glosses: Abkhaz; a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Abkhaz
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Abkhazian
Bidhabidha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pitta-Pitta.
Pita Pita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pitta-Pitta.
Pitha-Pitha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pitta-Pitta.
Bida-Bida
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pitta-Pitta.
hamfatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamfatters
Etymology: US, a. 1880. Possibly from a minstrel show song called The Ham-Fat Man (1863).
Senses: topics: acting
broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: A low-grade actor; a ham.
Synonyms: ham
hambone
hamfat
overactor
tear-cat
Derived terms: ham
ham it up
ham radio
bowge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bowges
form: bowging
form: bowged
form: bowged
Senses: glosses: To bulge or swell out.
glosses: To cause to leak.
spell work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spellwork.
spell-work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spellwork.
modern antique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modern antiques
Senses: glosses: A relatively modern object that is collected because of its enduring style or design.
hainted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hainted
form: most hainted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haunted.
hainted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of haint
Brems
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brem
Lesviot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Lesvos + -iot.
Senses: examples: text: Constructed from gray Lesviot marble, the aqueduct stretched 26 km (16 miles) from Olympos mountain at Tsingos to Mytilini.
ref: 2018, Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor's Essential Greek Islands, Fodor's Travel:
synonyms: Lesbian
Lesvian
glosses: Relating to the island of Lesvos (Lesbos) in Greece.
Lesviot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lesviots
Etymology: From Lesvos + -iot.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike most of the country, Lesviots know that they're Europeans, and they feel that they share with the continent a rich cultural legacy.
ref: 1992, Kyle McCarthy, John Levy, Greece '93-'94 on $45 a Day (Frommer's Budget Travel Guide), New York: Prentice Hall Travel, →ISBN, page 549:
text: Three Lesviots (1 male, 2 females) sue organized lesbians in Greece with the aim to interdict the use of the word "lesbians" for homosexual females. The use of this word for an aberration, they argue, makes Lesviots a target of ridicule when they tell where they come from.
ref: 2008 April 29, Wolfgang, “BS: Lesviots against Lesbians”, in Mudcat Café, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2022:
text: Lesbos is called Lesvos in Greek and the inhabitants call themselves Lesviots.
ref: [2008 May 7, The Highlander, “Scotch vs. Scottish”, in soc.culture.scottish (Usenet):
text: Stand anywhere on the east coast of the Greek island of Lesvos and Turkey looms across the Aegean. The Lesviots did not stand a chance when Sultan Mohamed II sent over the mighty Ottoman army in 1462.
ref: 2010 March 6, “The good oil”, in traveller.com.au, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2022:
text: Not only will scholars find much of value in this seminal tome, but Vatoussans and other Lesviots will benefit from the invaluable genealogical data, especially the lengthy index of individuals in the appendix.
ref: 2014 September 4, “Book release for The Archives of Vatoussa: 1733-1912 written by Christos Stavrakoglou”, in Hellenic Communication Service, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2015:
text: From Perivolis, we continued west to the small harbour of Sigri, where we had lunch in a taverna named 'Australia' because members of the owner's family, like many Lesviots, had emigrated there.
ref: 2014 November 14, Chris Murphy, Reg Thorpe, “Lesbos in Autumn: Naturetrek Tour Report”, in naturetrek.co.uk, Cheriton: Naturetrek, page 2:
synonyms: Lesbian
Lesvian
glosses: An inhabitant or a resident of Lesvos (Lesbos).
pindling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Possibly alteration of spindling.
Senses: glosses: frail, delicate
glosses: fretful
molybdic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈlɪbdɪk/
Etymology: From molybdenum + -ic. See also plumbic.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, the citric acid method is laid down as a means for estimating the phosphoric acid in phosphates of alumina. Recent investigations have fully proven the superiority of the molybdic process for such determinations.
ref: 1873 February 14, E. Esilman, “Dr. Morfit’s Work on Mineral Phosphates”, in The Chemical News, volume XXVII, number 690, page 74:
text: Having set a start-up date of early 2015, the company has begun metallurgical feasibility testing. The reopening plan also includes the production of potential final marketable metal products from the FTZ such as ammonia para-tungstate (APT) and molybdenum dioxide or molybdic oxide, which are in demand in the high tech metals industry.
ref: 2012 February 16, “Tungsten-Moly Development: Adex updated plans for Mount Pleasant mine”, in Canadian Mining Journal:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to molybdenum, especially describing compounds of molybdenum in which it has an oxidation state of +6.
examples: text: That manganese and iron are associated by the strongest analogies is generally admitted, and the parallelism of nickel and cobalt is indisputable. Chromium serves to connect the ferric with the molybdic family, but appears to be more ferric than molybdic.
ref: 1857, William Odling, “On the Natural Grouping of the Elements”, in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, volume XIII, number LXIV, page 486:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Belonging to the group of elements now recognized as groups 5 and 6.
Derived terms: molybdate
molybdic acid
phosphomolybdic
silicomolybdic
Related terms: molybdenic
molybdenous
ECIS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of European Committee for Interoperable Systems.
BAML
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Binary Application Markup Language.
mouse lemur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouse lemurs
Senses: glosses: Any of the nocturnal lemurs of the genus Microcebus native to Madagascar.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Microcebus rufus
word: brown mouse lemur
taxonomic: Microcebus coquereli
word: Coquerel's mouse lemur
taxonomic: Mirza spp.
word: giant mouse lemur
taxonomic: Microcebus murinus
word: grey mouse lemur
Chartres blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chartres blues
Senses: glosses: A shade of blue created for the stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral, containing traces of red for enhancement.
CDP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CDPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of census-designated place.
glosses: Initialism of chef de partie.
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of customer data platform.
CDP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Constitutional Democratic Party.
copyfight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑpiˌfaɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɒpiˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: copyfights
Etymology: Blend of copyright + fight
Senses: examples: text: Unless users and developers of open source software join the copyfight, they will find the new reality of copyright law restricting not just their freedom to play blockbuster movies, but also their core freedoms to write and run interdependent and interoperable software.
ref: 2005, Chris DiBona, Danese Cooper, Mark Stone, Open sources 2.0: the continuing evolution, page 150:
text: For participant-fans, they valorize interventionist and interruptive art and music that broaden the discussion of the copyfights raging within the culture industries.
ref: 2010, Patrick Burkart, Music and cyberliberties:
glosses: A dispute over copyright.
copyfight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑpiˌfaɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɒpiˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: copyfights
form: copyfighting
form: copyfought
form: copyfought
Etymology: Blend of copyright + fight
Senses: glosses: To engage in a dispute over copyright.
copyfights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copyfight
copyfights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of copyfight
double-ues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
ref: 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
glosses: plural of double-u
sekanjabin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Persian سکنجبین (sekanjabin, “honeyed vinegar”), from Arabic سِكَنْجَبِين (sikanjabīn), from Persian سکنگبین (sekangabin), from earlier سرکنگبین (serkangabin), from سرکه (serke, “vinegar”) and انگبین (angobin, “honey”).
Senses: glosses: An Iranian syrup (or the drink made by diluting it) producing by boiling water, dissolving sugar in it, and adding vinegar; the drink is often spiced with mint.
Related terms: oxymel
ues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːz/
Senses: examples: text: WWW: three double-ues.
text: These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
ref: 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
text: 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone
to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more
glosses: plural of u, the name of the letter U.
ues
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːz/
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of UES (“Upper East Side”).
sorbates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sorbate
antivampire
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antivampire
form: most antivampire
Etymology: From anti- + vampire.
Senses: examples: text: This is a revealing passage, for van Helsing is the stern realist, the guiding hand directing the antivampire confederacy.
ref: 1996, Howard L. Malchow, Gothic images of race in nineteenth-century Britain, page 146:
text: The Oscar, Time, and Murrow formed a magical antivampire crucifix that would do more than protect Mr. S from the bloodsuckers of Hollywood; this figurative talisman would also convert the naysayers into idolators.
ref: 2003, George Jacobs, William Stadiem, Mr. S: my life with Frank Sinatra, page 137:
topics: arts
fantasy
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: Opposing or countering vampires.
Győr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /djɜːr/
ipa: /d͡ʒɜːr/
Etymology: From Hungarian Győr.
Senses: synonyms: Raab[German]]>
glosses: The capital city of Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary.
Szeged
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɡɛd/
Etymology: From Hungarian Szeged.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád County, Hungary.
sorosilicates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sorosilicate
Nyíregyháza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Hungary.
Miskolc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hungarian Miskolc.
Senses: glosses: A city in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary.
wikipedia: Miskolc
southern screamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southern screamer
souties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soutie
spam relays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spam relay
time-book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-books
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of timebook.
timebook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timebooks
form: time-book
form: time book
Etymology: From time + book.
Senses: glosses: A book recording the time spent on tasks by employees.
Related terms: timesheet
timebooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timebook
species names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of species name
Tatabánya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Hungary.
Sopron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Hungary.
Related terms: Győr-Moson-Sopron
Kecskemét
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Hungary.
spangled kookaburras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spangled kookaburra
spectrum analyzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectrum analyzer
Toomooroo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: to͞omo͞oro͞o
ipa: /tuːmuːɹuː/
Senses: examples: text: There lay, in the space between the head-quarters of [the first] brigade and of the second at Gullery, the military posts of Koladah and Toomooroo, both furnished from the second division.
ref: 1842, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia XXXIX (№ 155), “Sketches of the Goomsur Campaign” № III, page 189
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A former military post located in what is now the Ganjam district of Orissa state in the Republic of India.
raw_tags: of British India
spherands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spherand
crested screamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crested screamer
spectrum analyser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spectrum analysers
Senses: glosses: British spelling of spectrum analyzer.
spectrum analysers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectrum analyser
Moloc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Moloc.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Moloch.
backbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backboxes
Etymology: From back + box.
Senses: examples: text: The game is made exclusively in the new-type Williams cabinet design (a longer, lower styling with pedestal-mounted backbox).
ref: 1960 August 15, Billboard, page 69:
text: Backbox animation was a steady attraction during the 1950s.
ref: 1997, Gary Flower, Bill Kurtz, Pinball: the lure of the silver ball:
text: As if all of that were not enough to make this game special, it also comes with a board game in the backbox. Accomplishing success in the board game is about as important as playing good pinball toward achieving good scores (and it is the easiest way to get tokens to spit out at you).
ref: 2005, Kevin Strasser, The PinBotz Guide to the Greatest Pinball Machines of the 80s and 90s, page 50:
qualifier: pinball
glosses: The rear upright section of a pinball machine, usually incorporating the score display.
Synonyms: lightbox
backboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backbox
backglass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backglasses
Etymology: From back + glass.
Senses: qualifier: pinball
glosses: An upright graphic panel mounted on the front of the backbox and decorated with game artwork.
backglasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backglass
flipperless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flipper + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The game, a flipperless unit, features entirely new cabinet, playfield and glass.
ref: 1966 November 19, Billboard, volume 78, number 47, page 90:
text: Two old farts wallowing around like a couple of flipperless sea lions – no wonder they were killing themselves laughing back on shore.
ref: 2008, Anne Barry, Never Say Old, page 29:
antonyms: flippered
glosses: Without flippers.
gobble hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gobble holes
Senses: examples: text: Pinball is a metaphor for life, pitting man's skill, nerve, persistence, and luck against the perverse machinery of human existence. […] But it is replete with perils, too: culs-de-sac, traps, gutters, and gobble holes down which the ball may disappear forever.
ref: 1987, Gerald Henry Levin, Prose models:
text: Happy Days had nine gobble holes, but no outlanes or gap between the flippers. Each gobble hole would light a square of the backglass's tic-tac-toe board […]
ref: 1997, Gary Flower, Bill Kurtz, Pinball: the lure of the silver ball:
qualifier: pinball
glosses: A hole in a pinball table that ends play of the current ball if the ball falls down it.
mfd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: related: word: MFD
coordinate_terms: mfg
MFG[manufacturing]]>
glosses: Abbreviation of manufactured.
mfd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mfds
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of manufacturing date.
phantasists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phantasist
outhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outholes
Etymology: From out + hole.
Senses: examples: text: Marvel's latest product is highlighted by an outhole feature which is specifically designed to give the players peak interest until after the final ball in each game has come to a complete stop.
ref: 1948 April 17, Billboard, page 117:
qualifier: pinball
glosses: The hole at the bottom of a pinball table where each ball is eventually lost.
Synonyms: drain
outholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outhole
square drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of square drive
square leg umpires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of square leg umpire
keep it between the ditches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps it between the ditches
form: keeping it between the ditches
form: kept it between the ditches
form: kept it between the ditches
Etymology: Originally an Irish saying referring to keeping your horse (and buggy) on the road when either the terrain or your spirit or speed was challenging, it was brought to America by immigrant settlers and made popular in the Southern states. It was also popularised by the fictional "Duke Brothers " in the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard" based in rural Georgia. In recent years the phase has morphed into the meaning of "Clean Living", The rock band Drive By Truckers used the phrase in their song "The Righteous Path." Some members of the band are from the northern part of Alabama.
Senses: glosses: To stay out of trouble or follow a righteous (God-fearing) path.
syngenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or arising from syngenesis
syngenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From syn- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The genetic origin of an individual derived from material from both parents (by sexual reproduction).
glosses: Descent from a common ancestor.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: epigenesis
glosses: The theory that the germ formed by the union of spermatozoon and ovum contains the germs of all future generations.
Related terms: syngenetic
akashic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: akasic
Etymology: From akasha + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to akasa.
Derived terms: Akashic Records
Gadhang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Worimi language.
guyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From guy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Here's what he would have brought to City Hall: "Juicy quotes, comedy, regular guyness, and an infinitely greater understanding of the executive branch of government operations."
ref: 1988 December 16, Michael Miner, “The Candidate of Cool; Common Ground: George and Mikhail”, in Chicago Reader:
text: Kerry impugned his own manhood in the Badger State by referring to the Green Bay Packers' stadium as "Lambert Field" and couldn't restore his guyness there by cramming for the debate in Spring Green, Frank Lloyd Wright's old stomping grounds.
ref: 2004 October 8, Ted McClelland, “Foul-Weather Dems”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: The state of being a guy.
Synonyms: manhood
masculinity
Related terms: tough-guyness
impresst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: impress + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of impress
rhymical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhyme + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: […]for say what you will about accent being the only element of English verse, any one with a sensitive ear must be conscious that the harmony of a line depends upon some other rhymical element than mere accent.
ref: 1900, Hermann Sudermann, Poet lore: Volume 12:
text: And in that indulgent epoch it was no uncommon thing to find rhymical twins made of "chime" and "shine", while "roof" and "cough" and "enough" strayed hand in hand through many a flowery page of the old pastorals, and no critic was ever intrepid enough to dare protest against the strange mésalliance.
ref: 1913, James Whitcomb Riley, Edmund Henry Eitel, The complete works of James Whitcomb Riley:
text: We must look, then, for its place in the formal pattern, the metrical scheme, the rhymical pattern, and the syntactic pattern.
ref: 1978, Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Poetic artifice: a theory of twentieth-century poetry, page 3:
glosses: Of or pertaining to rhyme.
Related terms: rhythmical
dutied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From duty + -ed.
Senses: examples: ref: 1979, Gary M. Walton, James F. Shepherd, The economic rise of early America, page 210:
text: Our tobaccos are heavily dutied in England, Sweden, France, and prohibited in Spain and Portugal. — Thomas Jefferson.
glosses: On which duty must be paid; taxable on import or export.
Synonyms: dutiable
Jeffersonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jeffersonian
duteousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From duteous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being duteous.
Synonyms: dutifulness
obedience
submissiveness
referrible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin referō.
Senses: glosses: referable
outlane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outlanes
Etymology: From out + lane.
Senses: examples: text: Hitting the top yellow button awards the points and increases the point values for the central rocket button targets and the side outlanes.
ref: 1997, Gary Flower, Bill Kurtz, Pinball: the lure of the silver ball:
text: Some newer games have a slot - instead of screw holes - which allows the post to be slid back and forth. You have to visually determine the mid-range position and then tighten the outlane post.
ref: 1998, Walter Day, Twin Galaxies' official video game and pinball book of world records:
qualifier: pinball
glosses: One of the outer lanes toward the bottom of a pinball table that cause the ball to drain if not propelled back upwards.
Related terms: inlane
outlanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outlane
spiral dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiral dances
Senses: glosses: A neo-pagan group dance emphasizing community and rebirth.
playboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playboards
Etymology: From play + board.
Senses: examples: text: Professional puppeteers hang their puppets upside down from a ring on the playboard shelf inside the puppet theater and slip the puppets on like gloves. […] When the puppet is removed, it is hung back in its place on the playboard.
ref: 2005, Carol R. Exner, Practical Puppetry A-Z: A Guide for Librarians and Teachers, page 106:
glosses: A ledge or shelf used in puppetry for balancing props.
examples: text: Nothing moves on these playboards except the ball itself which rolls down the inclined playboard by gravitational pull.
ref: 1969, Rufus King, Gambling and organized crime:
text: Playing pinball requires total concentration, the right combination of skill and chance, a mastery of indeterminacy as the ball moves across the playboard and interacts with bumpers and cushions.
ref: 1983, Heinz R. Pagels, The cosmic code: quantum physics as the language of nature:
glosses: The playfield of a pinball table or similar game.
playboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playboard
autoplunger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoplungers
Etymology: From auto- + plunger.
Senses: examples: text: Does a ball ever enter the autoplunger lane, and if so, is it ever served?
ref: 1999, Ryan Avery, “TZ questions”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet):
qualifier: pinball
glosses: An automatic plunger, one that propels the ball onto the table without being operated mechanically by the player.
autoplungers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoplunger
retheme
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rethemes
form: retheming
form: rethemed
form: rethemed
Etymology: From re- + theme.
Senses: examples: text: The amusement park has closed some of its rides for retheming.
glosses: To redesign with a new theme.
rethemes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retheme
retheming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retheme
rethemed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retheme
rolldown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from roll down.
Senses: examples: text: Then he rolled down the wooden blinds inside, opened the door and pulled halfway down the metal rolldown shutter outside.
ref: 1992, Aras Ören, Please, no police:
glosses: Capable of being rolled down.
rolldown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolldowns
Etymology: Deverbal from roll down.
Senses: examples: text: New rolldown uses pinball-size balls and, except for the fact that the game has the conventional open rolldown table end and does not use a plunger, the game's playing surface resembles the pinball variation of Bermuda.
ref: 1948 January 24, Billboard, page 76:
text: Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily in pins and rolldowns prior to last spring.
ref: 1949, Billboard, volume 61, page 82:
qualifier: pinball
glosses: An older form of pinball where the player rolls a ball manually down the table rather than propelling it onto the table with a plunger.
rollcalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rollcall
rollcalls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rollcall
rollunder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rollunders
Etymology: From roll + under.
Senses: examples: text: Also, I still remember the sound of the bells as I went through the upper left and right rollunders.
ref: 2003, Jay, “CC Beatniks: Any Fun?”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet):
qualifier: pinball
glosses: A raised target above the pinball table that is activated when the ball rolls underneath it.
Related terms: rollover
rollunders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rollunder
watcht
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: watch + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of watch
operatour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operatours
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of operator.
operatours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of operatour
pastours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pastour
pastours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pastour
possessour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: possessours
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of possessor.
metatask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metatasks
Etymology: From meta- + task.
Senses: examples: text: It involves taking on the additional metatask of supervising the execution of group activities.
ref: 1993, Stephen Worchel, Jeffry A. Simpson, Conflict between people and groups: causes, processes, and resolutions:
glosses: A task that deals with other tasks.
metatasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metatask
Universiade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Universiades
Etymology: university + olympiad
Senses: glosses: an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes
electrolyses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of electrolyse
electrolyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrolysis
ǃ'OǃKung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ǃOǃKung.
doosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more doosed
form: most doosed
form: dooced
Senses: examples: text: "Upon my word she's a doosed good-looking little thing," said Archie, coming up to him, after having also shaken hands with her; — "doosed good-looking, I call her."
ref: c. 1867, Anthony Trollope, The Claverings:
text: I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.
ref: 1872, Laurence William M. Lockhart, Fair to see, page 149:
text: Accepted me, did she? Doosed awkward, that. I thought she had more sense.
ref: 1938, G.B. Lancaster (Edith Joan Lyttleton), Promenade, page 143:
qualifier: degree
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of deuced.
Zetlandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zetlandic
form: most Zetlandic
Etymology: From Zetland + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Zetland.