cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trophy hunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trophy-hunting
Etymology: From trophy + hunting.
Senses: glosses: The killing of a carefully selected animal, particularly big game, under or without government license to acquire a part of the animal, such as the head or skin, as a souvenir.
Related terms: trophy hunt
trophy hunter
trophy hunting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From trophy hunt + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trophy hunt
telekungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telekung
friend at court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friends at court
Senses: glosses: A friend whose influential position is likely to prove useful.
friends at court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friend at court
dolphinese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delphinese
Etymology: From dolphin + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The rudimentary language used by dolphins.
Synonyms: dolphinspeak
delphinese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dolphinese.
dolphinspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dolphin + -speak.
Senses: glosses: dolphinese
months of Sundays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of month of Sundays
stellar month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stellar months
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sidereal month.
synonyms: word: sidereal month
stellar months
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stellar month
unwhetted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + whetted.
Senses: glosses: Not having been whetted.
long rows to hoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long row to hoe
BTFO
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: BTFO! Back WAY off! This kind of ranting doesn't belong here and is only tangentially involved (if at all) with the issue at hand.
ref: 1995 May 31, Dan Morisseau, “Scanning Ethics or "S”, in rec.radio.scanner (Usenet):
text: NO, Nate! I will not BTFO! Dammit! I mean, I won't back off!
ref: 2011, Ashley E. Dozier, KTHNX, →ISBN:
text: “I'm Liv, and I'm Tyler's girlfriend,” I emphasized. “So that would make him my boyfriend, and give me the right to say: please BTFO.”
ref: 2013, Brittany Watson, Blaze Earl and Nikta, A Long Way to Go, →ISBN:
text: Maybe you should take Emmett's advice and BTFO (Butt The Fuck Out). Leave him be. Give him the time and space to get his life changed for the better.
ref: 2015 April 19, pandora, “A Little Message to This Group”, in alt.usenet.kooks (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of back the fuck off or butt the fuck out.
BTFO
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It stood for Broke the Fuck Off. By the time we made it back to California, he was well beyond the threshold of BTFO as he dragged himself and his gear into the Shaft and immediately asked us to administer an IV for him
ref: 2013, Jared Maxwell, Unsung: Memoirs of an Infantryman, →ISBN, page 199:
text: Either they come out and support him and this weakens the divide they have been trying to build, or they come out in support of the protests and get BTFO by their own supporters (like Ratboy Cruz now).
ref: 2016 March 13, brian mitchell, “Protests”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of blown the fuck out or broke the fuck off; utterly defeated or rejected.
BTFO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I only knew it had something to do with plans for a diversity panel during BTFO.
ref: 2017, Melinda Worth Popham, Grace Period: My Ordination to the Ordinary, →ISBN:
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Before the Fall Orientation.
fourspine sculpin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourspine sculpins
Senses: glosses: Cottus kazika, a freshwater sculpin found in Japan.
work of necessity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: works of necessity
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Work that is sufficiently important to be done on the Sabbath, despite the usual prohibitions against working on that day.
works of necessity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of work of necessity
dyadism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyadisms
Etymology: From dyad + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Many intersex people and intersex studies scholars note how various oppressive systems—interphobia, heterosexism, phallogocentrism, queerphobia, as well as compulsory dyadism, heterosexuality, and able-bodiedness—work together to justify curative violence.
ref: 2021, Rohini Bannerjee, Karim Mukhida, From Band-Aids to Scalpels: Motherhood Experiences in/of Medicine, Demeter Press, →ISBN:
glosses: The tendency to categorize things into dyads or pairs; binary classification.
dyadisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyadism
Japanese dace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese daces
Senses: glosses: Any fish of species Pseudaspius hakonensis (syn. Tribolodon hakonensis).
Synonyms: sense: big-scaled redfin
word: Pseudaspius hakonensis
Chinese hibiscus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese hibiscuses
Senses: glosses: A China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), native to east Asia.
Synonyms: sense: Hibiscus rosa-chinensis
word: Chinese rose
sense: Hibiscus rosa-chinensis
word: Hawaiian hibiscus
sense: Hibiscus rosa-chinensis
word: shoeblack plant
sense: Hibiscus rosa-chinensis
word: shoe flower
blankish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blankish
form: most blankish
Etymology: From blank + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: A blank (or even blankish) sheet of paper does not constitute an adequate agenda for complex negotiations in which neither side fully trusts the integrity of the other.
ref: 1978, Foreign Press on Cyprus, page 75:
text: We pulled up at the blankish wall of a multi-storey car park.
ref: 1997, Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street, page 169:
glosses: Somewhat blank; more or less blank.
witch house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Inspired by early rave and dream-pop, witch house also takes its cue from the "chopped and screwed" remix technique so prevalent in early 90s hip-hop.
ref: 2010 September 25, Tim Jonze, “Witch house and the musicians taking us back to the future”, in The Guardian:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: haunted house
drag
glosses: A style of music characterized by chopped and screwed hip-hop soundscapes, industrial and noise experimentation, and the use of synthesizers, drum machines, obscure samples, droning repetition and heavily altered, ethereal, indiscernible vocals.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch, house.
oar in someone's boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Mr. Betteredge," he said, "as you have honoured me by taking an oar in my boat, and as you may, I think, be of some assistance to me before the evening is out, I see no use in our mystifying one another any longer, and I propose to set you an example of plain speaking on my side.[…]"
ref: 1868 January 4 – June 6, [William] Wilkie Collins, “First Period. The Loss of the Diamond (1848). […]”, in The Moonstone. A Romance. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1868, →OCLC, chapter XV, page 238:
synonyms: stake
glosses: An interest in someone else's affairs, possibly through meddling.
Westerhold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Westerholds
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Westerholds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Westerhold
heavy wet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drink of strong ale and porter mixed together.
glosses: Malt liquor.
secessive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Senses: glosses: Set apart; isolated.
Related terms: secession
PGmc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Proto-Germanic.
sublogarithmically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sublogarithmic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a sublogarithmic manner.
nonlogarithmically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not logarithmic.
unlinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlinguistic
form: most unlinguistic
Etymology: From un- + linguistic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: linguistic
glosses: Not linguistic.
accompaniable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From accompany + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be accompanied.
expansibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more expansibly
form: most expansibly
Etymology: From expansible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an expansible manner.
Hexateuchal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Hexateuch of the Bible.
subarborescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + arborescent.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat tree-like.
Swahilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Swahilian
form: most Swahilian
Etymology: From Swahili + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Swahili-speaking people.
Swahilian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swahilians
Etymology: From Swahili + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person who speaks Swahili.
gammerstang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gammerstangs
Senses: glosses: A tall, awkward person, especially a wanton girl.
gammerstangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gammerstang
whazzat
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Contraction of what's that.
steno pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: stenographers, or more generally very low-level, unskilled office workers, taken collectively
golyhedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golyhedron
Vi and Bot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The loveteam of Filipino actors Vilma Santos and Edgar Mortiz.
KathNiel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Kathryn + Daniel.
Senses: glosses: The loveteam of Filipino actors Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla.
LizQuen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Liza + Quen.
Senses: glosses: The loveteam of Filipino actors Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil.
stenothermy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being stenothermal.
Melason
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Melai + Jason.
Senses: glosses: The couple consisting of Filipino actors and reality show contestants Melisa Cantiveros and Jason Francisco.
subpalpebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + palpebral.
Senses: examples: text: A subpalpebral catheter, also called a subpalpebral lavage system, is a delivery system for topical ophthalmic drugs that provides an easy and safe way to administer medications to horses that have become refractory to direct instillation of eye medication.
ref: 2009, Norman Edward Robinson, Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, page 652:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Underneath the eyelids.
customly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From custom + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was customly made for her on their 5th anniversary.
ref: 2016, Andrew Gagnon-Reyes, Avelar's Treasure:
glosses: In a custom manner.
Micius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mozi.
synonyms: word: Mozi
Derived terms: Mician
blecherous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blecherous
form: most blecherous
Senses: examples: text: The blecherous names bestowed on each ornament only compound the horror: "Frozy Cozy," "Warm 'n' Woolly Mitten," "Chirpy & Chilly," "Merry Meows," "Rootin' Tootin Nick."
ref: 2001 December 19, Alison Cook, “Attack of the Mega-ornaments: Christopher Radko, the man who super-sized Christmas”, in Slate, Brooklyn, New York: The Slate Group, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2016:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bletcherous.
Vehicle Identification Number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vehicle Identification Numbers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vehicle identification number.
Vehicle Identification Numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vehicle Identification Number
Bacon-Shakespearean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bacon-Shakespeareans
Etymology: Compound of Bacon + Shakespeare + -an.
Senses: glosses: One who believes that Francis Bacon (1561–1626) or a relation of his was the author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare.
Synonyms: Baconian
Bacon-Shakespearean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Compound of Bacon + Shakespeare + -an.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the Bacon-Shakespeareans and their beliefs.
Bacon-Shakespeareans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bacon-Shakespearean
synanthrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synanthropes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An animal that lives near, and benefits from human habitation
non-shedding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonshedding
Senses: glosses: Not inclined to shed.
Not moulting, not shedding hairs or fur.
examples: text: The farmer wants non-shedding heads of a cereal which can be gathered without shedding their grain.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Not inclined to shed.
Indehiscent, not shedding seeds or fruit.
Synonyms: indehiscent
synfibrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: synfibroses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The connection of bones by means of fibrous tissue
seminiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the form of a seed
synanthropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synanthrope
cluster fig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cluster figs
Senses: synonyms: Indian fig
gular
glosses: Ficus racemosa, a species of plant native to India, southeast Asia, and Australia.
tertiparous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Terti- as in tertiary, Latin tertiō (“I do for the third time”) + -parous.
Senses: glosses: Pregnant for the third time.
glosses: Having given birth three times.
Related terms: primiparous
secondiparous
thigmomorphogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thigmo- + morphogenesis.
Senses: examples: text: Some of these, such as thigmomorphogenesis, are quite well defined, but the basis of perception and response is poorly understood although some advances are being made at the molecular level.
ref: 1991, J. A. Callow, editor, Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 18, Academic Press, page vii:
text: This effect, called thigmomorphogenesis (see chap. 3), involves the motion-induced inhibition of growth. Thigmomorphogenesis can be expressed in plant organs either exhibiting or lacking secondary growth, as well as in organs that have indeterminate or determinate growth.
ref: 1992, Karl J. Niklas, Plant Biomechanics: An Engineering Approach to Plant Form and Function, University of Chicago Press, page 322:
text: Thigmomorphogenesis was first demonstrated by submitting plants to (artificial) mechanical bending.
ref: 2011, B. Moulia et al., “Integrative Mechanobiology of Growth and Architectural Development in Changing Mechanical Environments”, in Przemyslaw Wojtaszek, editor, Mechanical Integration of Plant Cells and Plants, Springer, page 272:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The response of a plant to touch or other mechanical sensation.
Related terms: thigmomorphogenetic
thigmomorphogenic
thelygenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to thelygeny
Gò Vấp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Vietnamese Gò Vấp.
Senses: glosses: A district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
trachelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of cervical.
synonyms: word: cervical
trichromate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichromates
Etymology: From tri- + chromate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt that has three chromate ions
Related terms: trichromacy
trichromat
trichromatic
trochantinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the trochanter
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to the trochantine
trephocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trephocytes
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of trophocyte.
synonyms: word: trophocyte
trephone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trephones
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hormone that stimulates growth and division of cultured cells
worm cast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worm casts
Senses: glosses: soil excreted by a worm and carried to the surface
tympanosclerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tympanoscleroses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: calcification of the tissue of the eardrum and middle ear
Related terms: tympanosclerotic
trichromates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichromate
grand tour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand tours
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Grand Tour.
Indoasia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪʒə
Etymology: Blend of India + Asia
Senses: examples: text: At any rate we can say that it seems likely from the present distribution of A. duodenale and N. americanus as determined in surveys recently made of selected groups that there were originally races of man parasized exclusively by A. duodenale and inhabiting the Holoarctic region, that is Europe, Asia, north of the Oriental region, and northern Africa; and that there were other races of man parasitized exclusively by N. americanus and inhabiting the Oriental region, that is the southern peninsulas of Asia and Indoasia or the Malay Archipelago ; and also the Ethiopian region, that is, Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
ref: 1897, Maynard Mayo Metcalf, Collected Reprints, page 18:
text: The Dartians were separated in 5 major areas : Africa, Australasia, Indoasia, Sinasia, and Caucasia. Evolution from Dartian to modern race took place separately in each of the areas.
ref: 1949, Aleš Hrdlička, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, page 265:
text: The Philippines melds birds of Malaysia and Indoasia, southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan — 572 species in all.
ref: 2001, South Dakota Bird Notes - Volumes 53-55, page 35:
glosses: Alternative form of Indo-Asia.
The subcontinent of Asia.
examples: text: If the harvest of 1930-1931 is as good as that of 1929-1930 is proving to be, we can expect the market price to fall below the cost of production throughout the Philippines, for Indoasia will also carry over large stocks because of the diminished purchasing power of Chinese brought about by the fall of silver and the exchange rate.
ref: 1930, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Journal - Volumes 10-11, page 27:
text: Aid to a developing country like India or Indoasia is based on certain geostrategic calculations.
ref: 1995, Rachna Chaitanya, The New World Order, page 39:
text: Turkey is one of the regional actors with ambitions to influence regional developments in Indoasia, which is geographically a large substantial land mass between Indian Ocean and China.
ref: 2014, Piotr Dutkiewicz, Richard Sakwa, Eurasian Integration – The View from Within, Routledge, →ISBN, page 226:
text: This bureaucratic security-minded elite has invariably weathered changes in government by maintaining the personal ties that continue to dominate political life in the newly independent states. Political patronage continues to thrive in Indoasia.
ref: 2017, The Newly Independent States of Indoasia: Handbook of Former British Republics, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 297:
glosses: Alternative form of Indo-Asia.
Geopolitical region.
Indoasians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indoasian
Indoasian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Indoasian
form: most Indoasian
Senses: examples: text: Stocks of Indoasian rice are still large; there is a considerable holdover.
ref: 1926, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Journal - Volumes 6-7, page 22:
text: Chinese and Indoasian miniatures and precious stones are of such delicacy that the Chinese of antiquity must have worn spectacles and must have been versed in the science of optics before our Western World.
ref: 1952, Chemical Microscopy: Laboratory Outline, page 1:
text: Indoasian cultures have produced numerous aphrodisiacs for aging males.
ref: 1974, Stadler Genetics Symposia - Volumes 6-9, page 83:
glosses: Alternative form of Indo-Asian.
Of or pertaining to Indoasia.
examples: text: In 1947, the French military joined the colonial government's search for abandoned Eurasian children, this time seeking out Afroasian and Indoasian children as well.
ref: 2007, Christina Elizabeth Firpo, "The durability of the empire": race, empire and "abandoned" children in colonial Vietnam 1870-1956, page 4:
text: TB prophylaxis should be considered and usually instituted in patients with previous history of TB and in patients deemed at high risk of developing TB post-transplant such as those of Indoasian ethnic origin.
ref: 2014, R Charif, J Galliford, D Game, A McLean, “Management of the Acute Transplant”, in Practical Nephrology:
text: Recently, in an Indoasian family, three members of the same family with GPA who share the allele HLADPB1*04:01 were described, furthermore demonstrating the HLA locus is involved in AAV genesis (18).
ref: 2017, Giuseppe A. Ramirez, Cornelia Weyand, Augusto Vaglio, Vascular Inflammation in Systemic Autoimmunity, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Alternative form of Indo-Asian.
Having mixed Indian and Asian ancestry.
Indoasian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indoasians
Senses: examples: text: A belated report from Antara 's correspondent in Samarinda has confirmed that a proa (small boat) with several dozen Indoasians on board was shot to splinters by a British patrol boat early in April.
ref: 1963, Antara, page 25:
text: The 'platerans', Chinese/Indonesian indoasians, were sometimes able to study two family systems, but it was not common for them to teach others until fairly recently- most kuntao was taught and practiced by ethnic Chinese.
ref: 1999 August 14, Chas, “Dim Mak versus”, in rec.martial-arts (Usenet):
text: The presence of 97 million Japanese, 100 million Indoasians and 900 million Chinese forced the 12 million Australians to accept social reality.
ref: 1984, Boniface Bolognani, A courageous people from the Dolomites: the immigrants from Trentino to U.S.A. trails:
text: In a recent analysis of the 1996 Census in relation to Toronto, Ornstein (2000, p. 51) notes that groups with low chances of dropping out include Caribbeans and Indoasians, the Japanese, koreans, West asians, Europeans, Germans, ukrainians, and Jews.
ref: 2008, Vappu Tyyskä, Youth and Society: The Long and Winding Road, →ISBN, page 83:
text: Compared with other world regions, Indoasians are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes at a lower body mass index, develop it at a younger age, and undergo a more aggressive progression to macrovascular and microvascular complications.
ref: 2017, Robert Gifford, Sisira Siribaddana, Shareen Forbes, Michael Eddleston, Endocrine disrupting chemicals and the diabetes epidemic in the WHO South East Asia region:
glosses: Alternative form of Indo-Asian.
chiliocosm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiliocosms
Etymology: From chilia- + Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”).
Senses: examples: text: It is he who in the Fa houa king is called the Lord of the Savaloka, the great Brahma, who governs the grand chiliocosm, that is the greatest of the three aggregations of universes, containing a thousand million of suns, of Sumerus, and quadruple continents such as we behold.
ref: 1848, Faxian, Abel Rémusat, & Julius von Klaproth, The Pilgrimage of Fa Hian, page 131:
text: Beyond one such chiliocosm, there lies another and so on to endless. All chiliocosms alike are under the domination of the Supreme Law of Nature of the Law of Karma.
ref: 2003, Pram Nguyen, The Ultimate Theory of the Universe, →ISBN, page 233:
text: It has the similar meaning with a poem written by William Blake, a British poet: To See a World in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour. So, a better translation is put forward: A tiny flower represents a chiliocosm, as a single tree covers the bodhi.
ref: 2015, Ford Lumban Gaol, Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Sciences, →ISBN:
text: The first order chiliocosm encompasses one thousand worlds, each of them identically structured, with Mount Meru at the center, surrounded by four major continents and eight subcontinents. The second order chiliocosm has one thousand times as many worlds as the first, and the third order chiliocosm has one thousand times as many worlds as the second.
ref: 2016, Text, History, and Philosophy: Abhidharma across Buddhist Scholastic Traditions, →ISBN, page 319:
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A collection of many worlds.
Related terms: trichiliocosm
chiliocosms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiliocosm
Indo-Asia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Indoasia
Senses: examples: text: The Exhibition Rooms open to the public are the Synoptic Room, the rooms containing the various systematic collections, those devoted to the various faunal collections (Europe, North and South America, Indo-Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans); also the rooms devoted to special collections and to the Quaternary, Tertiary, Mesozoic, and Palaeozoic fossils.
ref: 1914, Harvard University, General Information, page 792:
text: Based on preferred hosts and host plant origins it is probable that the natural distribution of the fern scale is tropical Indo-Asia and Indo-Australia while that of the liriope scale is coastal China, Japan and Korea.
ref: 1993, Southern Nurserymen's Association Research Conference:
text: Of all modern mankind, only in six or seven small areas would clusters of refugees remain; western Africa, southern Africa, southeastern Indo-Asia, southwestern Iran, and southeastern China.
ref: 2016, Richard Kwiatkowski, The Country That Refused to Die: The Story of the People of Poland, →ISBN:
glosses: A landmass on Earth, consisting of the Indian subcontinent and adjacent parts of East and Southeast Asia, particularly the tropical and subtropical regions.
examples: text: The contrast between the Lao and the Vietnamese is an example of how the Annamite Chain has served as a cultural fault line dividing Indo-Asia and Sino-Asia, as well as a geographic divide.
ref: 2014, Nick Ray, Greg Bloom, Lonely Planet Laos, →ISBN:
text: China's three decades of unprecedented growth and military modernisation, coupled with US global overreach and budget burdens, signal a considerable shift in greatpower hegemony in the Indo-Asia Pacific (IAP).
ref: 2017, Tiang Boon Hoo, Chinese Foreign Policy Under Xi, →ISBN:
text: Indo-Asia has had two instances of bombings of train track generator centers; the tau wave guidance tracks vanished over large areas of the interior, so the trains following those tracks lost their guidance system instantly.
ref: 2017, J.E. Spelman, The Last Prophet, →ISBN:
glosses: A region comprising countries of South Asia and Southeast Asia within the Indian cultural sphere, contrasted with Chinese-influenced Sino-Asia.
Synonyms: sense: geopolitical region
word: Indian Union
Hypernyms: Afro-Indoasia
Hyponyms: word: Indian Peninsula
word: Himalayas
word: Greater Middle East
word: Southeast Asia and Indian subcontinent itself respectively
sense: landmass
word: Asia
sense: landmass
word: Europe
Indo-Asian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
-eɪʒən
Forms: form: more Indo-Asian
form: most Indo-Asian
form: Indoasian
Etymology: From Indo-Asia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The Indo-Asian car really has revived the speculation on vast possibilities of reaping benefits from trade and tourism that could take place between NER and South-East Asian nations.
ref: 2010, Jaynal Uddin Ahmed, Development Vision of North-East India, →ISBN, page 35:
text: Asian frogs of the tribe Paini (Anura: Dicroglossidae) range across several first-order tectono-morphological domains of the Cenozoic Indo-Asian collision that include the Tibetan Plateau, the Himalayas, and Indochina.
ref: 2012, Issues in General Science and Scientific Theory and Method, →ISBN:
text: This is another one of those unexpected Indo-Asian dishes that keeps things interesting.
ref: 2014, Tina & Mark McCrorey, Perfect Blend: Irish-Indian-American Fusion Cooking, →ISBN:
text: One certainly finds far more nostalgia for Nehruvian Indo-Asian unity in Delhi than in any of the capitals of Southeast Asia.
ref: 2015, Jonah Blank, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Angel Rabasa, Look East, Cross Black Waters: India's Interest in Southeast Asia, →ISBN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Indo-Asia.
examples: text: The diplomat summed up, 'as far as I could make it out, the line of the President's thought is that an Indo-Asian or Eurasian or (better) Eurindasian race could be developed which could be good and produce a good civilisation and Far East order to the exclusion of the Japanese, languishing in Coventry within their original islands'.
ref: 2006, Diana Preston, Before the Fall-Out: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima, →ISBN, page 490:
text: Over the last 30 years, the makeup of Skokie's population has become more ethnically diverse as new families have moved into the area. Many of these families have Indo-Asian origins.
ref: 2010, Amanda J. Hanson, Richard J. Witry, Skokie, →ISBN:
text: At that point, Cindy had a little coughing fit, and one of the female grad students, a girl who looked Indo-Asian, stood a bit straighter and got a weird look in her eye.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Mummies of the Motorway & Scarborough Fair: Short Stories, →ISBN:
text: The gentleman, who identified himself as Mohamed, was of Muslim heritage; his skin had a very dark hue, and the nose and his facial structure were that of an Indo-Asian heritage.
ref: 2015, Onaly A. Kapasi, Kashmir on fire, →ISBN:
glosses: Having mixed Indian and Asian ancestry.
Indo-Asian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
-eɪʒən
Forms: form: Indo-Asians
form: Indoasian
Etymology: From Indo-Asia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: This is typically the case in West London in vegetarian Indo-Asians with chronic renal impairment.
ref: 2007, Alun H Davies, Christopher P Gibbons, Vascular Access Simplified, →ISBN:
text: That's because obesity-related complications are much more common, and start at a lower BMI, in some ethnic groups. The World Health Organisation defines obesity in Indo-Asians, for instance, at BMI over 27.
ref: 2010, Sarah Jarvis, Alan L. Rubin, Diabetes for Dummies, →ISBN:
text: His wife was Lucina Singh, a Third Gen Indo-Asian with a hugely bad attitude, who acted as the ship's navigator.
ref: 2015, Jamie Sawyer, The Lazarus War: Redemption: A Lazarus War Novella, →ISBN:
text: In contrast the prevalence rate was lower amongst in Indo-Asians, at 0.6% [78].
ref: 2016, Nikolaos Papageorgiou, Cardiovascular Diseases, →ISBN:
glosses: A person native to the Indo-Asian continent or of mixed Indian and Asian ancestry.
common crossbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common crossbills
Senses: glosses: Synonym of red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
synonyms: word: red crossbill
extra: Loxia curvirostra
lyreleaf greeneyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Berlandiera lyrata, a sunflower native from Kansas and Colorado in the US to Jalisco in Mexico.
Synonyms: sense: Berlandiera lyrata
word: chocolate flower
sense: Berlandiera lyrata
word: chocolate daisy
annual mercury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: French mercury
word: mercurial
glosses: Mercurialis annua, a spurge native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East and invasive elsewhere.
red crossbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red crossbills
Senses: glosses: Loxia curvirostra, a small passerine bird in the finch family, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
Synonyms: sense: Loxia curvirostra
word: common crossbill
love quadrangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love quadrangles
Etymology: Based on love triangle.
Senses: glosses: A situation in which three people vie for the love of a fourth person.
Synonyms: love rectangle
love quadrangles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love quadrangle
have one's mind about one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: has one's mind about one
form: having one's mind about one
form: had one's mind about one
form: had one's mind about one
Senses: glosses: To be composed or lucid (especially of an elderly or mentally ill person).
Related terms: have one's wits about one
MLAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MLATs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of mutual legal assistance treaty.
glosses: Abbreviation of modern language aptitude test.
examples: text: Evaluation of Multilateration technology as a possible replacement for the E-scan PRM at Detroit (DTW) was initiated, as required by Congressional language. The MLAT subsystem, known as PRM-A, will provide accurate position and identification Information on transponder equipped aircraft and surface vehicles by "mulblaterating" on signals transmitted by the transponder.
ref: 2008, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2009:
text: Among these new techniques, MLAT (Multilateration) is one of the most representative and typical. MLAT locates a target by accurately computing the TDOA (time difference of arrival) of a signal emitted from the target to three or more receivers, and it has attracted the world by its potential to achive high accuracy and update rate.
ref: 2013, Yu Lu, Donglin He, Hui Yao, “Optimal MLAT Tracking Based on Improved Simulation for Airport Surveillance”, in Energy Research and Power Engineering:
text: The WAM system provides surveillance in the en route airspace while MLAT is used to ensure surveillance of the terminal area airspace or ground traffic at the airport.
ref: 2019, Oleg Nicolaevich Skrypnik, Radio Navigation Systems for Airports and Airways, page 204:
glosses: Abbreviation of multilateration.
cone of confusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cones of confusion
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A region directly above a VOR navigation station where the aircraft's navigation receiver experiences signal ambiguity.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An area near a magnetic pole where compass readings become unreliable due to the Earth's magnetic field lines converging vertically.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cone-shaped region originating midway between an organism's two ears, and radiating outwards, where a sound's location is indeterminate.
urodeum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urodea
Etymology: From uro- + a latinized and nominalized form of Ancient Greek ὁδαῖος (hodaîos, “on the way”), modelled after proctodeum and stomodeum.
Senses: glosses: The central part of cloaca that receives urine from the ureter.
Related terms: coprodeum
proctodeum
LNP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Liberal National Party (of Queensland).
topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of Liberal and National parties (coalition).
Synonyms: COA
L/NP
LNP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LNPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of lipid nanoparticle.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
coordinate_terms: FMNP
glosses: Initialism of local number portability.
vasointestinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vaso- + intestinal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the blood vessels of the intestines
ONP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: One Nation
glosses: Initialism of (Pauline Hanson's) One Nation Party.
vespiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling a wasp
Vidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪd.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɪdiən
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin Vidianus. By surface analysis, Vidius + an. Named after Italian surgeon and anatomist Vidus Vidius (1509–1569).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Italian anatomist Guido Guidi (latinized name Vidus Vidius).
Derived terms: Vidian artery
Vidian canal
Vidian nerve
blood volume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood volumes
Senses: glosses: The volume of blood circulating in an individual.
Synonyms: BV
volaemia
volæmia
volemia
Derived terms: word: BV
alt: MBV
word: microvascular blood volume
alt: MBV
word: myocardial blood volume
desert kite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desert kites
Senses: topics: anthropology
archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A funnel trap constructed of stone and found in Middle Eastern deserts, intended to trap migrating game animals.
funnel trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funnel traps
Senses: topics: biology
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: A large funnel-shaped trap constructed of netting or wire mesh and intended to trap ducks, geese, etc.
Coordinate terms: desert kite
funnel traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funnel trap
desert kites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desert kite
Val do Dubra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
renunciable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: renounceable
glosses: Capable of being renounced.
cuartillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuartillos
Etymology: From Spanish cuartillo (“¹⁄₄₈ Castilian bushel, &c.”), from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”) in reference to its forming a fourth celemin, from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuartilla and quartilho.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Castilian unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1.2 L.
glosses: A traditional Castilian unit of liquid measure, equivalent to about 0.5 L.
glosses: A former coin in Spain and parts of Latin America equal to a quarter-real.
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of dry volume
word: medio (2 cuartillos)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: celemin (4 cuartillos)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: cuartilla (12 cuartillos)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: hemina (20 cuartillos)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: cuarto (24 cuartillos)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: fanega (48 cuartillos)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: saco (96 cuartillos)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: carga (192 cuartillos)
sense: unit of dry volume
word: cahiz (576 cuartillos)
sense: unit of liquid volume
word: azumbre (4 cuartillos)
sense: former coin
word: real (4 cuartillos)
sense: former coin
word: peso (32 cuartillos, in some contexts)
cuartillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuartillos
Etymology: From Galician cuartillo (“¹⁄₁₂₀ Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese quartillo, from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”), &c.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured.
glosses: A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a cuartillo of seed, varying from 2.5–30 m² in different parts of Galicia.
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of volume
word: cunca (2 cuartillos)
sense: unit of volume
word: esca (12 cuartillos)
sense: unit of volume
word: ferrado (24 cuartillos)
sense: unit of volume
word: fanega (120 cuartillos)
sense: unit of area
word: cunca (2 cuartillos)
sense: unit of area
word: ferrado (24 cuartillos)
tighty-whiteys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We never had time to do laundry, so I would rinse my tighty-whiteys in the sink and hang them to dry inside the van during the next day’s ride.
ref: 2016, NOFX, Jeff Alulis, NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories, page 198:
glosses: Alternative form of tighty whities.
robolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːʃən
Forms: form: robolutions
Etymology: Blend of robo- + revolution.
Senses: glosses: The design and manufacture of revolutionary forms of robots.
PHON
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
KAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KAPs
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Initialism of knowledge, attitude(s), and practice(s): a type of representative survey, originated in the 1950s, that examines the level of knowledge, beliefs, and behaviours of a population in the context of a specific topic.
KAP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Katter's Australian Party.
epichorion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epichorions
Etymology: From epi- + chorion.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The part of the endometrium that covers the implanted early embryo
Related terms: epichorial
NXT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Nick Xenophon Team.
AFLPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of AFL Players Association.
AFLCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of AFL Coaches Association.
AFLUA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of AFL Umpires Association.
VFA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Victorian Football Association, now known as the Victorian Football League.
SANFL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsænfəl/
ipa: /ɛs ɛn eɪ ɛf ɛl/
Senses: qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: Initialism of South Australian National Football League.
QAFL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Queensland Australian Football League.
NEAFL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of North East Australian Football League.
AFLW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪ ɛf ɛl ˈdʌbl̩.juː/
Senses: qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: Initialism of AFL Women's.
NTFL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Northern Territory Football League.
TSL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of time spent listening (initialism)
synonyms: word: time spent listening
extra: initialism
TSL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Tasmanian State League.
glosses: Initialism of The Student Life.
SOSE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Studies of society and environment.
Peterborian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Peterborian
form: most Peterborian
Senses: glosses: Of or from Peterborough
Peterborian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peterborians
Senses: glosses: Someone from Peterborough
Scunthonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skʌnˈθəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /skʌnˈθoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Scunthonian
form: most Scunthonian
Senses: glosses: Of or from Scunthorpe
Scunthonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skʌnˈθəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /skʌnˈθoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Scunthonians
Senses: glosses: Someone from Scunthorpe
Wirepuller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wirepullers
Etymology: From wire + puller, in reference to Warrington's wire industry.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Warrington.
Caulkhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Caulkheads
Senses: examples: text: Well I am a Caulkhead (islandborn) so I think it is beautiful.
ref: 2008 May, Ian McMillan, “Island life”, in Learning Disability Practice, volume 11, number 4:
text: The island nation's main islands Britain works to keep its myriad small islands in the fold, from the southerly Isle of Wight (where genuine natives are called Caulkheads) to the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland (closer to the Arctic Circle than London)
ref: 2009, A Whittaker, Britain: Be Fluent in British Life and Culture:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of caulkhead.
Hypernyms: Englander
Horshamite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Horshamite
form: most Horshamite
Etymology: From Horsham + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Of or from Horsham
Horshamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Horshamites
Etymology: From Horsham + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Horsham
Keelie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkiːli/
Forms: form: more Keelie
form: most Keelie
Senses: glosses: Of or from Glasgow
Keelie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkiːli/
Forms: form: Keelies
Senses: glosses: Someone from Glasgow
safety boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safety boots
Senses: glosses: A boot with a reinforced toecap which protects the wearer's foot from accidental injury.
Synonyms: safety shoe
steel-toe boot
Sheffielder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sheffielders
Etymology: From Sheffield + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] and with the two promised Sheffielders, Driver Elliott and Fireman Lewis, we were soon on our way over the most unapproachably dreary region of the whole run, scarcely to be paralleled in the Black Country itself.
ref: 1949 March and April, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–2”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
glosses: Someone from Sheffield, Yorkshire.
safety shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safety shoes
Senses: glosses: a shoe with a reinforced toecap which protects the wearer's foot from accidental injury.
Synonyms: safety boot
steel-toe boot
safety shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safety shoe
get it how one lives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets it how one lives
form: getting it how one lives
form: got it how one lived
form: got it how one lived
form: gotten it how one lived
form: get it how one lives it
form: get it how one gets it
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To achieve wealth or success by any means necessary.
safety boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safety boot
get it how one lives it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets it how one lives it
form: getting it how one lives it
form: got it how one lived it
form: got it how one lived it
form: gotten it how one lived it
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get it how one lives.