cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
p'i-p'a
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá), Wade–Giles romanization: pʻi²-pʻa².
Senses: examples: text: This completes the observations made with the help of the Chinese musicians at the Health Exhibition. But, in addition to these, I measured the lengths of string in several instruments at the South Kensington Museum. They very great uncertainty of the scales deduced from such measurements induces me to pass over the results. I may mention, however, that these measurements show, in a second P'i-p'a, that the four large round frets already named probably gave a Fourth, divided into a Tone and three Semitones of some sort ; that one "Moon Guitar" seemed intended to give 12 equal Semitones, that only trace of Amiot's scale which I have found, and another Moon Guitar seemed to divide the Octave into 8 Threequartertones of 150 cents each.
ref: 1885, Alexander J. Ellis, “On the Musical Scales of Various Nations”, in Journal of the Society of Arts, volume 33, number 1688, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 519:
text: Hsi-men Ch'ing was drinking wine with Li P'ing-erh in her bedroom when he suddenly heard the sound of someone playing the p'i-p'a in a nearby dwelling. "Who's playing the p'i-p'a?" he asked.
"It's the sound of the Fifth Lady, over there, playing her p'i-p'a," replied Ying-ch'un.
ref: 2001, David Tod Roy, The Plum in the Golden Vase, or, Chin P'ing Mei, volume 2, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 400:
text: Above, a young Chinese child plays the p'i-p'a, a stringed instrument similar to a guitar or lute.
ref: 2005, Gillian Houghton, China: A Primary Source Cultural Guide, Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 77:
text: In the city, the moth-browed girl,
her jade pendants like tiny wind chimes chiming.
She is playing with a parrot in the flowers;
she is playing on her p'i-p'a in the moonlight.
Her songs will echo for three months;
a little dance will draw ten thousand watchers.
Nothing lasts as long as this:
beautiful face of the hibiscus,
can't bear the frost's caress.
ref: 2011, Stephen Addiss, Fumiko Yamamoto, Akira Yamamoto, Haiku: An Anthology of Japanese Poems, Shambhala, page 34:
glosses: Alternative form of pipa.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
e-collection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-collections
Etymology: From e- + collection.
Senses: glosses: A digital collection of material, especially one available to library users.
e-collections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-collection
green bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green bridges
Senses: examples: text: Elsewhere, green bridges and mammal tunnels are being used to provide routes across the railway for animals to cross.
ref: 2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, in RAIL, number 990, page 35:
glosses: A vegetation covered bridge over a motorway or railway that allows wildlife to safely cross over; a wildlife bridge.
glosses: Any bridge with a substantial amount of greenery, gardens, etc.
glosses: A bridge in an urban environment that allows only foot and cycle traffic and helps reduce motor vehicle emissions.
green bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green bridge
wildlife bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wildlife bridges
Senses: glosses: A bridge over a motorway that allows wildlife to safely cross over.
wildlife bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wildlife bridge
bikini bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikini bridges
Etymology: Started as a hoax by 4chan users
Senses: glosses: A space between the abdomen and the top of the bikini bottom stretched from one protruding pelvic bone to the other, as can occur on a slim bikini-clad woman when lying down face-up.
bikini bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bikini bridge
Shao-shan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 韶山 (Sháoshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Shao²-shan¹.
Senses: examples: text: In July, 1951, Hua was transferred to Hsiang-t'an as county Party secretary. Although technicially not a promotion, this new assignment afforded Hua greater opportunities, because Hsiang-t'an county was larger, encompassed a large municipality for greater exposure and, most importantly, included Shao-shan, Mao's home town. During this one year assignment, Hua concentrated on organizing and implementing mutual aid teams (MATs) and monitoring the counties' efforts in the Anti-Locust Campaign.
ref: 1979, Terence P. Labrecque, The ‘Operational Code' Belief System of Hua Guofeng; Chairman of the Communist Party and Premier of the State Council, Peoples^([sic – meaning People's]) Republic of China, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, →OCLC, page 17:
text: Through the arch, supported this time on a walking stick with a carved buffalo-bone handle, came the old woman with bound feet he had seen at the hotel in Shao-shan. Wexford gave an exclamation. Mr Sung stopped talking and said sharply, 'Something is wrong?'
'No. It just seems extraordinary. That woman over there, I saw her in Shao-shan yesterday. Small world.'
'Small?' said Mr Sung. 'China is a very big country. Why lady from Shao-shan not come Chang-sha? She come, go, just as she like, all Chinese people liberated, all Chinese people flee. Light? I see no lady. Where she go?'
ref: 1983, Ruth Rendell, Speaker of Mandarin (Fiction), New York: Ballantine Books, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 20:
text: Mao was born on the 26 December 1893 in the village of Shao-shan in Hunan province.
ref: 2005, Nigel Cawthorne, Tyrants: History's 100 Most Evil Despots and Dictators, New York: Barnes & Noble, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 157:
glosses: Alternative form of Shaoshan.
wikipedia: Defense Mapping Agency
double tax agreement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double tax agreements
form: DTA
Senses: topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: A bilateral treaty between two countries to resolve issues related to double taxation.
differential forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of differential form
subtornal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subtornal
form: most subtornal
Etymology: From sub- + tornal.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Located below the tornus of the wing.
anal vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anal veins
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: A vein running along the dorsum of the wing.
anal veins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anal vein
terpens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terpen
COAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of COA
CoAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CoA
OMON
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the OMON
Etymology: From Russian ОМО́Н (OMÓN), Отря́д Ми́лиции Осо́бого Назначе́ния (Otrjád Mílicii Osóbovo Naznačénija, “detachment of special-purpose police”).
Senses: glosses: Special Purpose Mobile Unit, the riot police in Russia and Belarus.
chorohydrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chlorohydrin.
clown therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A from of drama therapy that helps patients discover their "inner clown".
nodopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nodopathies
Etymology: From node + -o- + -pathy.
Senses: examples: text: Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN), the axonal motor variant of GBS, is the prototypic nodopathy; antibodies against GM1 ganglioside—an axolemmal nodal antigen—lead to disruption of sodium channels.
ref: 2020, Michal Vytopil, Ted M. Burns, Michelle Mauermann, Jayashri Srinivasan, “Acquired Polyneuropathies”, in Jayashri Srinivasan, Claudia J. Chaves, Brian J. Scott, Juan E. Small, editors, Netter's Neurology, 3rd edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 665:
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.
Related terms: paranodopathy
nodopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nodopathy
cobaltocalcite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobaltocalcites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of calcite containing small amounts of cobalt
sinopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinopathies
Etymology: From sino- + -pathy.
Senses: examples: text: In our case in fact a history of sinopathy was already present at the age of 6 and objectified with a radiological exam at the age of 10. […] The symptoms of the CG are notably non-specific since the nasal obstruction, rhinnorhea and facial pain that characterize it are similar to many inflammatory sinopathies.
ref: 2009, Michele Cassano, Antonio Pennella, Francesco Di Taranto, Paola Limosani, Matteo Simone, “Cholesterol granuloma of the maxillary sinus in a young patient with associated neurosurgical pathology”, in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra, volume 4, number 3, →DOI, page 132:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease affecting the paranasal sinuses.
Related terms: sinusitis
Caldwell-Luc surgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Caldwell-Luc surgeries
Etymology: Named after George Caldwell and Henry Luc.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
synonyms: Caldwell-Luc operation
Caldwell-Luc procedure
Caldwell-Luc antrostomy
glosses: An operation to remove irreversibly damaged mucosa of the maxillary sinus when maxillary sinusitis is not cured by medication or other non-invasive technique.
Caldwell-Luc surgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Caldwell-Luc surgery
Caldwell-Luc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the surnames Caldwell and Luc. Named after George Caldwell and Henry Luc.
Senses: examples: text: Because it is a chronic monolateral disease of the maxillary sinus, a surgical therapy using the Caldwell–Luc technique has been used in the past for the radical removal of the process.
ref: 2009, Michele Cassano, Antonio Pennella, Francesco Di Taranto, Paola Limosani, Matteo Simone, “Cholesterol granuloma of the maxillary sinus in a young patient with associated neurosurgical pathology”, in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra, volume 4, number 3, →DOI, page 130:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Pertaining to the Caldwell-Luc surgery.
uncribbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cribbed.
Senses: examples: text: The eldest wore the white tie, high waistcoat, and thin-brimmed hat of the regulation curate; the second was the normal undergraduate; the appearance of the third and youngest would hardly have been sufficient to characterize him; there was an uncribbed, uncabined aspect in his eyes and attire, implying that he had hardly as yet found the entrance to his professional groove.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 22:
glosses: Not cribbed.
clipsing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: `'Tis melancholy work facing and footing it to one of your own sort, and no clipsing and colling at all.'
ref: 1893, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, 5th edition, New York: Harpur and Brothers, page 13:
glosses: The act of clasping.
cassiosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cassiosome
tread a measure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: treads a measure
form: treading a measure
form: trod a measure
form: trodden a measure
Senses: examples: text: She remained with her comrades till dusk, and participated with a certain zest in the dancing; though, being heart-whole as yet, she enjoyed treading a measure purely for its own sake[.]
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 27:
glosses: To take part in a dance; to dance.
morocota
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morocotas
Etymology: From Spanish morocota.
Senses: glosses: A twenty-dollar coin of Venezuela.
clinograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklaɪ.nə.ɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈklaɪ.nə.ɡɹæf/
Forms: form: clinographs
Etymology: From clino- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A measuring tool that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
goes the way of the dodo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes the way of the Dodo
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go the way of the dodo
going the way of the dodo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: going the way of the Dodo
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go the way of the dodo
went the way of the dodo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: went the way of the Dodo
Senses: glosses: simple past of go the way of the dodo
gone the way of the dodo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gone the way of the Dodo
Senses: glosses: past participle of go the way of the dodo
coronectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: coronectomies
Etymology: From corona (“crown (of a tooth)”) + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
synonyms: decoronation
glosses: The removal of the crown of a tooth while leaving the roots untouched.
Derived terms: coronectomize
coronectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coronectomy
decoronation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decoronations
Etymology: From decoronate + -ion. Compare corona (“crown (of a tooth)”).
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
synonyms: coronectomy
glosses: The removal of the crown of an ankylosed tooth while leaving the roots untouched.
examples: text: Near-synonym: accession
text: More likely, should there be a decoronation of Old Fitz, is that there should be one crowned for the nonce, a caretaker king, who would reign until the special convention six months hence, when blood would flow as jousting takes a serious and earnest turn.
ref: 1978, Fleet Owner, volume 73, page 64:
text: This explains why there has been a constant stream of posthumous decoronations of Russian dictators: de-Ivanization followed the reign of Ivan the Terrible, de-Petrinization that of Peter 1, de-Nicholization that of Nicholas I and so on.
ref: 1987, Слово, numbers 1–8, page 24:
text: The State Tinkers is one of many recoronations or even decoronations of George III that appeared in response to the unprecedented threats to the monarchy during the closing decades of the century.
ref: 1990, Vincent Carretta, George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron, Athens, Ga.; London: The University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 251:
text: Perhaps the Farsa served as the first step in a concrete political action by creating the dramatic space in which Alfonso could make his challenge effective, a space already imprinted with his presence and with the violent decoronation of an extant king.
ref: 1999, William Egginton, Theatricality and Presence: A Phenomenology of Space and Spectacle in Early Modern France and Spain, Stanford University, page 80:
text: […] it celebrated the ‘decoronation’ of the Communist party and the promise of free elections. / Yet, in spite of the NP’s supposed ‘decoronation’, the outgoing party was not as marginalized as some might have expected.
ref: 2014, Martha Evans, “The Televised Birth of the Rainbow Nation: The Election and Mandela’s Inauguration”, in Broadcasting the End of Apartheid: Live Television and the Birth of the New South Africa, London; New York, N.Y.: I.B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 191:
text: Then a passage at the end of the sack of Musasir is interpreted as a kind of decoronation of King Rusâ: “one statue of Rusâ, with two of his horsemen, (and) his charioteer, with their shrine, cast in bronze, on which was engraved his own haughty (inscription), ‘With my two horses and one charioteer, my hand attained to the kingdom of Urartu’; (these things) together with his great wealth, which was without calculation, I carried off.”
ref: 2017, Josette Elayi, Sargon II, King of Assyria, Atlanta, Ga.: SBL Press, →ISBN, page 142:
synonyms: dethroning#Noun
dethronement
antonyms: coronation
crowning#Noun
enthroning#Noun
enthronement
glosses: The deprivation of a crown; the deprivation of the status of monarch or of authority.
Related terms: decoronate
decoronations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decoronation
concordism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concordisms
Senses: glosses: The view that scientific discoveries (especially on the origin of the world) coincide with the teachings of the Bible
coronectomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coronectomizes
form: coronectomizing
form: coronectomized
form: coronectomized
Etymology: From coronectomy + -ize.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
synonyms: decoronate
decrown
glosses: To subject (a tooth) to coronectomy.
coronectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coronectomize
contrastography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: radiography after administration of a contrast agent
Otaheitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Otaheitans
form: Otaheitean
Etymology: From Otaheite + -an.
Senses: glosses: A Tahitian.
Otaheitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Otaheitan
form: most Otaheitan
form: Otaheitean
Etymology: From Otaheite + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Whether in Otaheitan groves accurst, / Or Europe's polisht scenes the fiend be nurst.
ref: 1810, Lucy Aikin, Epistles on Women:
text: [A]pparently Sandwich's Otaheitean servant, Omiah, had frequently observed the familiarities between the lovers and, although mute, reported the events in gestures and signs to Lord Sandwich who then threatened to cut her off.
ref: 2004, Julie Peakman, Lascivious Bodies, Atlantic Books, published 2005, page 127:
glosses: Tahitian.
Betteshanger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement and former colliery in Northbourne parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3353).
Crashaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæʃɔː/
Forms: form: Crashaws
Etymology: Variant of Crawshaw.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Northbourne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0895).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3352).
creatorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The abnormal excretion of muscle fibre in the feces
cricetide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cricetides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cricetid.
crystallophysics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The physics of crystals and their growth
Aqsu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A rice kernel a half inch long is said to have been developed in the Sinkiang oasis of Aqsu during Manchu Dynasty times, the grapes of Turfan have long been considered unequaled in sweetness and perfection, and today it is the fabulous wealth of Sinkiang's undeveloped natural resources that is inspiring wondrous tales.
ref: 1944, Martin R. Norins, Gateway to Asia: Sinkiang, Frontier of the Chinese Far West, John Day Company, page 34:
glosses: Synonym of Aksu.
synonyms: word: Aksu
cruralgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruralgias
Etymology: From crural + -algia.
Senses: glosses: crural pain
hunkered down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hunker down
Philistim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Philistine
given place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give place
Zaghouan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Zaghouan, from Arabic زَغْوَان (zaḡwān).
Senses: related: word: Zaghwan
glosses: A town in Tunisia.
oil firing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Another solution of the problem, shortly to be the subject of extensive experiments on the G.W.R., is oil-firing. This was abandoned on the G.E.R. forty years and more ago because the rising price of oil made it too expensive a method to continue; but the boot is now on the other leg, and the high cost and poor quality of present-day locomotive coal add considerably to the attractiveness of oil as a substitute. Other conditions being equal, oil-firing has much to commend it on long runs, and the firebox equipment needed is of a relatively simple construction.
ref: 1945 November and December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 330:
text: Oil-firing was now becoming more expensive than coal and no more "Claud Hamiltons" were so fitted after No 1859; the apparatus was gradually removed from the engines so equipped, [...].
ref: 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Salute to the "Claud Hamiltons" & "Directors"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115:
glosses: The burning of oil in a furnace to provide heat, or in a firebox to generate steam in a boiler.
Related terms: oil-fired
Ajim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Tunisia, on the island of Djerba.
Djerba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jerba
form: Jarbah
Etymology: From French Djerba, from Arabic جِرْبَة (jirba).
Senses: glosses: An island of Tunisia.
Synonyms: word: Meninx
Jerba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Djerba.
last-named
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: last named
Etymology: From last + named.
Senses: examples: text: James Holden had been succeeded in 1907 by his son Stephen Dewar Holden and the latter in his turn in 1912 by A. J. Hill. The last-named introduced a revolutionary change in 1922 by rebuilding No. 1805 with a new high-pitched boiler [...].
ref: 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Salute to the "Claude Hamiltons" & "Directors"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115:
glosses: The last person or thing named, e.g. in the preceding text.
Related terms: last-mentioned
last-named
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From last-name + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of last-name
alumnx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.əmˌnɛks/
Forms: form: alumnx
Etymology: The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered Latinate suffixes -us and -a. Compare Latinx, Mx.
Senses: examples: text: Since re-booting the Alumnx Council last fall, we've embarked on a fresh direction that we're very excited about. Through projects and initiatives aimed at you, our mission is to provide support, encourage connection, and strengthen the ties of our alumnx community.
ref: 2018 Winter/Spring, John Schwerbel, “Alumnx HQ: A Note From the Chair”, in The Pool, number 2, California Institute of the Arts, page 63:
text: vsc & vcfa alumnx exhibition: “It went like this: the skyline was beautiful on fire,” works by 24 alumnx created in response to contemporary political upheaval, juried by Meg Onli.
ref: 2018 May 9, “Art: New This Week”, in Seven Days, volume 23, number 34, Burlington, VT: Da Capo Publishing Inc., page 76:
text: This study examines the relationship between undergraduate experience and alumnx factors on perceptions of campus climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, and queer (LGBTQ) graduates of four-year higher education institutions in the U.S. […] Findings from the step-wise regression explained 45% of the variance in perceptions of campus climate for LGBTQ alumnx.
ref: 2018 Fall, Jason C. Garvey, Maureen A. Flint, Laura A. Sanders, “Perceptions of Campus Climate among LGBTQ Alumnx”, in Philanthropy & Education, volume 2, number 1, →DOI, page 97:
text: A typical process entails bringing together staff responsible for designing these interactions: admissions, new student orientation, housing, academic advising, student affairs, LGBT+ resource center (if a campus has one), registrar, health providers and health educators, development and alumnx relations, and so forth.
ref: 2020, Kristen A. Renn, “Success for LGBT College and University Students”, in Gail Crimmins, editor, Strategies for Supporting Inclusion and Diversity in the Academy: Higher Education, Aspiration and Inequality, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 191:
glosses: An alumnus or alumna (of any gender).
Synonyms: sense: of any gender
word: alum
sense: of any gender
word: alumn
sense: of any gender
word: alumni
Hyponyms: word: alumna
english: of unspecified gender or masculine
translation: of unspecified gender or masculine
word: alumnus
demod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demods
form: demodding
form: demodded
form: demodded
Etymology: Clipping of demodulate or demodulator.
Senses: examples: text: General Instrument now claims compression rate of 14 to 1. Also the signal is not demodded at the cable headend, just some form of downconversion, then 1 satellite transponder W/14 services then becomes 14 services in a 6 mhz TV channel.
ref: 1997 May 23, Lee Haefele, “Re: All TV ?”, in rec.video.cable-tv (Usenet):
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To demodulate.
demod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demods
Etymology: Clipping of demodulate or demodulator.
Senses: examples: text: The saleperson said that Yamaha didn't realize the popularity of demods and they will start production soon after some engineering updates/improvements and they expect delivery in May.
ref: 1999 March 12, JackH35785, “Re: Anybody know a cheap source for an AC-3 RF Demodulator?”, in alt.video.laserdisc (Usenet):
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A demodulator.
demod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demods
form: demodding
form: demodded
form: demodded
Etymology: From de- + mod (“moderator; to moderate”).
Senses: examples: text: We finally understood why moderators were not allowed to talk about the mod center without fearing the possibility of being demodded. (Try it yourself, ask a mod about the mod center and they will either become dramatically silent, or just say no.)
ref: 2007 April 15, TheAsianIn...@gmail.com, “Re: hack runescape accounts.”, in comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc (Usenet):
glosses: To demote (someone) from moderator status.
Related terms: deop
demod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demods
form: demodding
form: demodded
form: demodded
Etymology: From de- + mod (“modification; to modify”).
Senses: examples: text: The guy who sold me this one said that he was glad it went to someone with the knowledge and maturity to appreciate it. Funny that you mentioned mods. He said that the previous owner modded it for 6L6's but that he had it demodded when he bought it.
ref: 2011 June 2, haligonab, “Re: Ampeg Gemini II”, in alt.guitar (Usenet):
glosses: To undo the modifications of (an object).
demods
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demod
demods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demod
demodding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demod
demodded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demod
Pilsley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2471).
glosses: A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4262).
op-edding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of op-ed
op-edded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of op-ed
Xboxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Xbox
Xboxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Xbox
Molle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Molles
Etymology: Borrowed from French Molle.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
allodimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allodimers
Senses: glosses: An allomeric dimer
allotrimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An allomeric trimer
biodistinctiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + distinctiveness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being biodistinctive
biodistinctive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + distinctive.
Senses: glosses: biologically distinctive
ichthyogeographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ichthyo- + geographical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ichthyogeography
ichthyogeography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ichthyo- + geography.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The biogeography of fish
Related terms: ichthyogeographic
ichthyogeographical
lateroinferior
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Etymology: From latero- + inferior.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: lateral and inferior
penguin diagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penguin diagrams
Etymology: Coined by John Ellis in 1977, based on the shape of the diagram and inspired by a bet made with Melissa Franklin to put the word "penguin" in his next paper.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A type of unicyclic Feynman diagram in which a quark temporarily changes flavor and engages in an interaction.
wikipedia: Melissa Franklin
monohierarchical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + hierarchical.
Senses: glosses: Composed of a single hierarchy
pompiloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pompiloids
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Pompiloidea
Senses: glosses: Any wasp of the superfamily Pompiloidea
spinofected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spinfected.
Related terms: spinofection
spinofection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinofections
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spinfection.
unapoptotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + apoptotic.
Senses: glosses: That does not exhibit apoptosis
decapoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decapoises
Etymology: From deca- + poise.
Senses: glosses: A unit of viscosity equal to ten poises.
decibar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decibars
Etymology: From deci- + bar.
Senses: glosses: A unit of pressure equal to one tenth of a bar
dehost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dehosts
form: dehosting
form: dehosted
form: dehosted
form: de-host
Etymology: From de- + host.
Senses: examples: text: Traceroute for the domain returns a "DNS Authoritative: Host not found". […] Might this be compatible with the owner having 'dehosted' the domain?
ref: 2012 May 12, Iain Archer, “Re: Police pursuits”, in uk.legal.moderated (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To cause (a website etc.) to lose connection with its host.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: To separate (a CRS or GDS) from the internal reservation system of an airline.
dehosts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dehost
dehosting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dehost
dehosted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dehost
cytoalbuminologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to cells (especially white blood cells) and proteins.
Synonyms: albuminocytologic
albuminocytological
cytoalbuminological
Derived terms: cytoalbuminologic dissociation
diatopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Diatopic variation.
diazoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazomas
form: diazomata
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δῐάζωμᾰ (dĭázōmă, “girdle”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A corridor that divided sections of an Ancient Greek theatre.
lipoprivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lipo- + privation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Reduction in lipid availability for cells
diazomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diazoma
crower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crowers
Etymology: From crow + -er.
Senses: glosses: A bird which, or person who, crows.
crowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crower
Mecklenburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mecklenburger
Lackawaxen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lenape : lechauwéksink : "the fork of the road."
Senses: glosses: A major river in the northeastern United States.
tooraloo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: So long! See you soon! Too-ra-loo!
ref: c. 1921, D.H. Lawrence, Phoenix II:
text: —Toraloo, Lenehan said. See you later.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: So poor Admiral Nelson, toora loo
ref: 1966, Joseph Dolan, “Nelson’s Farewell”, as covered by The Dubliners, Transatlantic Records
text: Tooraloo, must get at the new White Mule. […] I didn’t set out to write a letter as long as this. What the hell’s the matter with me?
ref: 1984, William Carlos Williams, The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams, New Directions,, →ISBN, page 184:
glosses: Goodbye.
examples: text: Here, a lark sprang up at his feet and darted into the air with its thrilling rush of exquisite moldy.―“Faith, you’ve given me my answer sure enough, my purty lark—that’s as much as to say, they may go whistle for them—oh, my poor fellows, how I pity yiz;”―and here he broke into a “too ra lal loo” and danced along the path:—then suddenly dropping into silence he resumed his walk, and applying his hand behind his head, cocked up his caubeen* and began to rub behind his ear, according to the most approved pleasant practice of assisting the powers of reflection.
ref: 1837, Samuel Lover, “The Burial of the Tithe”, Legends and Stories of Ireland, series 2, Baldwin and Cradock, page 68
glosses: Variation of tura-lura.
tooraloo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tooraloos
form: tooralooing
form: tooralooed
form: tooralooed
Senses: examples: text: His light and Gallic spirits underwent a sudden, miraculous change. He hummed a blithe San Salvador Opera Company tune; he grinned, smirked, bowed, pirouetted, twiddled, twaddled, twisted, and tooralooed. Gayly, the notorious troubadour, could not have equalled Étienne.
ref: 1917, William Sydney Porter, “The snow man”, in Waifs and strays, Doubleday, page 115:
text: George was sitting in his shirt-sleeves among his pigeons; snow-white creatures that tooralooed and paced and ducketed on the gravel about his feet, while two of their fellows cooed love secrets into his ear.
ref: 1955, Walter de la Mare, A Beginning and Other Stories, Faber & Faber, page 97:
text: The little meat that survived this amateur undertaking went to Aisling, who was so happy, he serenaded her for the rest of the day with too-ra-loos. […] Her slingshot and some rocks went into her pockets, and a good coil of rope went onto her shoulder and then it was out into the plains for Taryn and her too-ra loo-ing little man.
ref: 2006, Robin Lee Smith, The Care and Feeding of Griffins:
text: I looked at Donal and he shook his head slowly. “Those cunts’ve changed their route...they must be sending one of the big parades down here and this mob are joining up to them local-like, that’s how come they’re still hangin’ around....shite.”
“Too-ra-loo, fuck the Pope!
The old orange flute played the Protestant Boys!”
The blue band too-ra-looed to the next corner and then too-ra-looed a 180, right back toward us.
ref: 2011, John Callaghan, Black Wind Blows, Lulu.com,, →ISBN, page 300:
glosses: To express as in song.
semiquincentennial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛmiˌkwɪnsɛnˈtɛniəl/
Forms: form: semiquincentennials
Etymology: From semi- + quincentennial.
Senses: examples: text: The year 2026 will mark the semiquincentennial of the founding of the United States.
text: Parades, pageants, flag-waving and fireworks. These, plus a good dose of history, will all play a role in the United States Semiquincentennial celebrations leading up to and on July 4, 2026 — the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
ref: 2025 July 2, Chloe Veltman, “America has a major birthday coming up — here's what to expect for the big 2-5-0”, in NPR:
synonyms: sestercentennial
glosses: A 250th anniversary.
semiquincentennials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiquincentennial
Sawley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4731).
glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Bolton-by-Bowland, Gisburn Forest and Sawley Parish Council) in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7746).
glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Grantley, Sawley, Skelding and Eavestone Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2467).
glosses: A surname.
were-creature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From were- + creature.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of werecreature.
tura-lura
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: “Well, off with you then, and I’m off too. Sing tura la, tura la, tura lura la.”
ref: 1853, Frederick Marryat, Poor Jack, H.G. Bohn, page 213:
text: Over in Killarney, many years ago / My Mother sang a song to me in tones so sweet and low / Just a simple little ditty, in her good ould Irish way / And I’d give the world if she could sing / That song to me this day
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral / Too-ra-loo-ra-li / Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral / Hush now don’t you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral / Too-ra-loo-ra-li / Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral / That’s an Irish lullaby
Oft, in dreams I wander to that cot again / I feel her arms a huggin’ me as when she held me then / And I hear her voice a hummin’ to me as in days of yore / When she used to rock me fast asleep outside the cabin door
ref: 1913, James Royce Shannon, “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral”, “That’s an Irish Lullaby”, M.Witmark & Sons, New York
text: Bring your old iron, bits o’ brass / Tura-lura-laddi / Bring your old iron, bits o’ brass / Tura-lura-lido
ref: 1964, “Old Iron, Bits o’ Brass”, in Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 102:
text: Tur-a-lur-a-la, tur-a-lur-a-lae / A small bird sat on an ivy branch, and the song he sang was a Jug of Punch
ref: 1982 June, unattributed/traditional, “Jug of Punch”, Soodlum's Irish Ballad Book, Oak Publications, unpaged
text: Toora loora toora loo rye ay / And we can sing just like our fathers […]
ref: 1982 June 25, Kevin Rowland, “Come On Eileen”, Too-Rye-Ay, Mercury Records
roman: Toora loora toora loo rye ay / And you’ll hum this toon forever
glosses: A filler lyric (vocables).
tura-lura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tura-luras
Senses: examples: text: Carole was gracious. “You don’t do so badly. They tell me Mick Kelly’s throwing too-ra-loo-ras in your direction.”
“Mick’s swell,” Betsy agreed. “I like him a lot. He’s got ideas.”
“Well, don’t let him get away with them.” Carol’s eyebrows arched.
ref: 1945 June, Daphne Alloway McVicker, “I Weep for You”, part 1 of 3, Cosmopolitan, Hearst’s International, volume 119, page 103
text: Ava thinks I’m miffed because she didn’t use my suggestion of a shamrock garland so I could make a tura lura lei, but she’ll be sorry comes the day when someone else cashes in on the idea.
ref: 1998, Richard McKenzie, Turn Left at the Black Cow, Roberts Rinehart, page 273
text: And all this because of a desired destiny that now is not literature, that goes beyond profession and artifice, that is incandescent Tura-lura-lura where the imagination recognizes no other limit than that of the word constrained to enunciate the order that everything disturbs and perturbs.
ref: 1999, Saúl Yurkievich, “Julio, Oh Buccaneer of the Remington”, in Critical Essays on Julio Cortázar, G.K. Hall, →ISBN, page 27:
text: I heard a thing or two coming from that place, let me tell you! Tura-luras and the blood running high! and the squawks of the seagulls during the storms...
ref: 2003, Henri Godard, Fable for another time, translation of Férie pour une autre fois (1952), University of Nebraska Press, page 67
text: She sang songs like ‘Ça va venir découragez-vous pas’ and ‘La Gaspésienne pure laine’, which sketched a humorous portrait of ordinary life at the time, inventing a distinctive ‘turlutage’—a technique using nonsense syllables (not unlike the ‘tura-luras’ or ‘diddle-dum-dees’ of traditional Irish songs)―as a refrain.
ref: 2004, The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343:
text: A few more minutes and I feared I’d start sounding like one of these tura-lura-lura motherfuckers myself.
ref: 2004 July, Tim Mcloughlin, “When All This was Bay Bridge”, in Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
text: This creature […] hisses and sings, applauds and hoots, tempers Hallelujah with turalura, chants all sorts of rhythms from De Profundis to the Chie-en-lit […]
ref: 2013 October, Victor Hugo, “Paris Atomized”, Les Miserables, Penguin, section 3, unpaged
glosses: The Irish lyric.
Related terms: tooraloo
shippery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ship + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: I found both the leads annoying and it seemed like nothing more than a showcase for two famous actors one of whom is deaf. It seemed very artificial and I'm not really a shipper in any way and it was 2 hours of continuous shippery.
ref: 2005 August 6, Bill Jillians, “Re: Hey”, in alt.tv.farscape (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The act or practice of supporting or approving of a romantic relationship (ship) between characters.
shippery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shippery
form: most shippery
Etymology: From shipper + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I'm a noromo. I mostly care about the story. I don't pick up on or remember shippery things that Mulder and Scully do with each other during the ep that don't advance the story.
ref: 2000 June 13, laura capozzola, “Re: Noromos, help me understand...”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Related to, characteristic of, or appealing to a shipper (a person who ships characters).
defibre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: defibres
form: defibring
form: defibred
form: defibred
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of defiber.
papulla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papullae
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of papula.
papullae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papulla
pit straight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pit straights
Senses: examples: text: The race was punctuated by two red flags, the first caused by a pile-up on the pit straight, the second by a high-speed crash for Lance Stroll.
ref: 2020 September 13, Andrew Benson, “Tuscan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims 90th win after incredible race”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A straight section of a racecourse with an entrance to the pit on one side.
Roexit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹəʊˈɛɡ.zɪt/
ipa: /ˌɹəʊˈɛk.sɪt/
ipa: /ˌɹoʊˈɛɡ.zɪt/
ipa: /ˌɹoʊˈɛk.sɪt/
rhymes: -ɛksɪt
Etymology: Blend of Romania + exit.
Senses: topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: Brexit
Czexit
Frexit
Grexit
Huxit
Polexit
glosses: The potential act of Romania leaving the European Union.
Knibbs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
South Lynn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of King's Lynn, King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6118)
Huxit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌɡ.zɪt/
ipa: /ˈhʌk.sɪt/
rhymes: -ʌksɪt
Etymology: Blend of Hungary + exit, modeled on Brexit.
Senses: examples: text: Hungary may be resisting the decision-makers in Brussels, but, for now, nobody is talking about a "Huxit" – a Hungarian exit from the EU. The referendum is not legally binding, nationally or internationally.
ref: 2016 September 24, Adam Lebor, “Hungary likely to reject European Union refugee quota”, in The Independent:
text: When they joined the Union, Eastern European citizens thought they were finally safe from authoritarianism. In theory at least, that leaves more room for outsiders to pressure the government. An exit from the EU, or Huxit, is an empty threat, and Hungarians do not want to be the black sheep of Europe.
ref: 2017 May 20, Jan-Werner Müller, “Hungary: The War on Education”, in The New York Review of Books:
text: Neither law nor political theory can proceed on the basis of measures of popularity – but it is worth remembering that approval ratings for (and trust in) the EU remain among the highest in Hungary and Poland.³² Huxit or Poxit do not appear to be credible threats at this point.
ref: 2020, Jan-Werner Müller, “What, If Anything, Can the EU Do?”, in János Mátyás Kovács, Balázs Trencsényi, editors, Brave New Hungary: Mapping the “System of National Cooperation”, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 327:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: Brexit
Czexit
Frexit
Grexit
Polexit
Roexit
glosses: The hypothetical withdrawal of Hungary from the European Union.
Hockney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Caersws
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh Caersŵs.
Senses: glosses: A village and community on the River Severn in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0392).
Iron Guardist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iron Guardists
Etymology: From Iron Guard + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: Guardist
glosses: A member of the Iron Guard.
Iron Guardists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iron Guardist
Larkham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
slowrie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Gaelic "slabhraidh", Manx slouree.
Senses: examples: text: ...a pot of potatoes in their jackets which swung from the slowrie, the hook over the fire.
ref: 1894, Hall Caine, The Manxman:
text: Fill the three-legged pot 3/4 full of water and hang it on the slowrie.
ref: 1908, Sophia Morrison, Manx Cookery Book:
qualifier: chiefly Isle of Man
glosses: A chain or hook used for hanging a pot while cooking.
as-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Assimilated form of ab- + before -s-, from Latin ab (“of, off, from, away”).
Senses: examples: assail, assoil, assault, assoil, assemble, assent
glosses: Away from.
sqround
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹaʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
Forms: form: more sqround
form: most sqround
form: scround
form: squround
Etymology: Blend of square + round
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a rectangular prism, but with a round top; (commonly said of bottles).
sqround
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹaʊnd/
rhymes: -aʊnd
Forms: form: sqrounds
form: scround
form: squround
Etymology: Blend of square + round
Senses: glosses: A rectangle with rounded corners.
glosses: A container of this shape.
Related terms: squircular
squircle
squoval