cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fire coral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire corals
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Millepora of colonial marine organisms that physically resemble coral.
Related terms: poison fire coral
fire corals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire coral
dredgable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dredgable
form: most dredgable
Etymology: From dredge + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be dredged.
dredgeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dredgeable
form: most dredgeable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dredgable.
nonant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonants
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nōnum, accusative singular of nōnus (“ninth part of something, ninth”), with -ant from similar Latin words such as octans.
Senses: glosses: One of the nine sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular sets of two parallel lines.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: One ninth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 40°.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A theoretical measuring device with a graduated arc of 40° used in locating an altitude.
Related terms: quadrant
octant
sextant
Wriglesworths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wriglesworth
Mowsleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mowsley
Podolski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Podolskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Podolski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Raffield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raffields
Etymology: Variant of Rayfield.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Raffields
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Raffield
Podolskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Podolski
Peddies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Peddie
Pittas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pitta
Pasquarellis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pasquarelli
Nauert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nauerts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Nauert.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Nistler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nistlers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Nistler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Nistlers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nistler
Nauerts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nauert
Snedegar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Snedegars
Etymology: Variant of Snedeker.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Stehman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stehmans
Etymology: Variant of German Stehmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Sinyards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sinyard
Snedegars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Snedegar
Stehmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stehman
Sovereign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To the security of the Protestant interests—to the security of the Protestant Church—it is not only our duty, as Members of the British Parliament, to pay particular attention, but, it is also the particular duty of the Sovereign himself.
ref: 1832 April 11, “Parliamentary Reform—Bill for England—Second reading—Third Day—Debate again Adjourned—Discussion as to fixing the Day for the Committee”, in parliamentary debates, page 285:
glosses: The title of a monarch.
examples: text: Alas! and did my Saviour bleed? / And did my Sovereign dye?
ref: 1707, Isaac Watts, “Godly Sorrow ariſing from the Sufferings of Chriſt”, in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, London: J. Humfreys, page 86:
text: My Sov'reign, to thy throne, / With humble hope I preſs, / O bow thine ear to hear the groan / Of indigent diſtreſs.
ref: 1795, Elizabeth Scott, “Prayer in Sickneſs”, in Jeremy Belknap, editor, Sacred poetry consisting of psalms and hymns, adapted to Christian devotion, in public and private. Selected from the beſt Authors, with variations and additions, Boston: Joseph Belknap:
text: We trust You, Sovereign of our years / With all of our tomorrows
ref: 2020, Dave Fournier, Ryan Foglesong, “All of Our Tomorrows”Sovereign Grace Music:
glosses: God, the supreme being who has power over all creation.
Sovereign
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sovereigns
Etymology: Americanized form of an unidentified German surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Starkman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Starkmans
Etymology: Variant of German Starkmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Starkmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Starkman
Sovereigns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sovereign
Ter Bush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ter Bushes
form: TerBush
Etymology: Americanized form of Dutch Ter Busse.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Scarpulla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Scarpullas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Scarpulla.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Scarpullas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Scarpulla
Ter Bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ter Bush
Hakewill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hakewills
Etymology: Variant of Hackwell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Whotton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Whottons
Etymology: Variant of Wootton.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hackwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hackwells
form: Hakewill
Etymology: Probably a habitational surname; possibly from Hockwill or Hawkwell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hackwells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hackwell
Hakewills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hakewill
Whottons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Whotton
Waratah-Wynyard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in north-west Tasmania, Australia, which includes the named places.
deep tech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Move to Leeds and benefit from the jobs boom, says Melissa Berthelot, boss of medical appliance maker WarnerPatch, who relocated her business from London two years ago to benefit from a burgeoning deep tech industry in the West Yorkshire city. […] Deep tech refers to sectors including artificial intelligence, robotics and bio-technologies.
ref: 2022 June 4, Phillip Inman, “From deep tech to high finance, why Leeds is luring companies north”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: hard tech
glosses: Technology based on recent scientific discovery or engineering innovation; startups that work in this field.
examples: text: As deep tech evolved, it began to incorporate sonic bells and whistles from UK rave; chopped-up ragga, hip-hop and diva vocals, shuffling syncopations winding around the 4x4 beat, build-drop song structures, and most importantly, floor-rumbling, chest-rattling sub-bass.
ref: 2014 December 30, Dominic Morris, “Deep tech: clubbing's biggest success story”, in The Guardian:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A UK subgenre of house music.
chronocentrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chrono- + -centrism.
Senses: glosses: The perception that a particular time period is uniquely important or impactful.
Related terms: chronocentric
Copernican time principle
Copernican principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Nicolaus Copernicus by Austrian-British cosmologist Hermann Bondi in reference to his model of Copernican heliocentrism.
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: A principle which states that the location of humanity has no special significance (in constrast to traditional views that the Earth or Sun are located in the center of the Universe).
wikipedia: Copernican heliocentrism
Hermann Bondi
Nicolaus Copernicus
Derived terms: Copernican time principle
Related terms: Copernican Revolution
Copernican system
Copernican model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Copernican system.
synonyms: word: Copernican system
Copernican time principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An extension of the Copernican principle (“a principle which states that the location of humanity has no special significance”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: A principle which states that the current time has no special significance.
Related terms: chronocentrism
hold the floor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds the floor
form: holding the floor
form: held the floor
form: held the floor
Senses: examples: text: ... floor of the Senate under which it is possible for a Senator to take the floor, and then an understanding be reached that he will hold the floor over the night recess and have the floor at the beginning of the next day's session.
ref: 1945, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, page 8124:
text: 23 presiding officer to recognize first the majority leader when no other Senator holds the floor and the majority leader seeks recognition . This precedent is the structural basis for the majority leader's capacity to propose unanimous[…]
ref: 2004, Richard G. Forgette, Richard Forgette, Congress, Parties, & Puzzles: Politics as a Team Sport, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: To give a speech at a gathering of people, particularly one that lasts for a long time and is the focus of attention in the room.
Related terms: take the floor
give the floor
have the floor
CliffsNotes version
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CliffsNotes versions
form: Cliff's Notes version
form: Cliffs Notes version
Etymology: Derived from CliffsNotes, a series of literature study guides published by Clifton Hillegass.
Senses: examples: text: As a reboot, Man of Steel is pretty much required to give us Superman's backstory, but that doesn't have to be the arc of the whole movie. Just give us a CliffsNotes version; there's no reason Snyder can't get us from Krypton to Earth in 15 minutes, even with his beloved slow-motion camera tricks intact.
ref: 2010 October 12, Scott Meslow, “5 Ways to Revive the 'Superman' Franchise”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2022:
text: While receiving CliffsNotes versions of scouting reports on the Blue Jays' hitters between innings, Hefner, who gave the Mets three scoreless innings in his major league debut last month, pitched five innings, allowing two runs while striking out five.
ref: 2012 May 20, Andrew Keh, “Mets Fall to Blue Jays Despite Stout Pitching”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2022:
text: Former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley has said the case could drag on for several months as the new jury reviews evidence and hears opening statements, closing arguments and witness testimony in a "Cliffs Notes" version of the trial
ref: 2013 May 24, “Jodi Arias jury deadlocks on penalty”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2015:
text: The CliffsNotes version is that DCI John Bentley is a wrongun, the police in general are scum and really, really thick.
ref: 2018 July 29, James Donaghy, “Unforgotten series 3, episode 3 recap – DCI Stuart spots the weakest link”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:
synonyms: Cliff notes
glosses: A summary or shortened version of something.
wikipedia: CliffsNotes
Clifton Hillegass
CliffsNotes versions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CliffsNotes version
Cliff's Notes version
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cliff's Notes versions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of CliffsNotes version.
Cliff's Notes versions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cliff's Notes version
Cliffs Notes version
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cliffs Notes versions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of CliffsNotes version.
Cliffs Notes versions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cliffs Notes version
Senses: glosses: plural of Cliffs Notes version
abrasionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From abrasional + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It is suggested that abrasionally produced carbonate fines are winnowed from the continental shelf and deposited in the deep sea.
ref: 1971, Petroleum Abstracts:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: In an abrasional manner.
Wynyard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An urban area in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north-west Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A town in the Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A civil parish in Hartlepool borough, County Durham, England, formed in 2022 from part of Elwick parish.
glosses: A civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England. The two parishes adjoin each other.
Derived terms: Waratah-Wynyard
aet.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of æt..
ætat.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of æt..
dirty weather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Bad weather, especially foggy or stormy weather.
unweathering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unweather
unweathers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unweather
Ruto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Lutos (“a Central Sudanic language”).
synonyms: word: Lutos
extra: a Central Sudanic language
Ruto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rutos
form: Rutto
Etymology: From Kalenjin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Kalenjin
Related terms: arap Ruto
Kipruto
Kipruto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kiprutos
form: Kiprutoes
Etymology: From Kalenjin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Kalenjin
Related terms: arap Ruto
Ruto
Kip-
Kips
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kip
Big Quill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Possibly after Big Quill Lake.
Senses: glosses: A rural municipality in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308.
wikipedia: Big Quill Lake
acetator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæsɪˌteɪtɚ/
Forms: form: acetators
Etymology: From a theoretical Latin *acētātor from a acētāre (“to turn into acētum (“vinegar”)”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A device wherein bacteria process a liquid containing alcohol with the help of oxygen into carboxylic acid.
acetators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acetator
anti-worker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + worker.
Senses: examples: text: "The Government has decided to bring in this anti-worker law because it wants to make effective strike action illegal in Britain," said RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch.
ref: 2023 January 25, “Network News: Government forges on with minimum service levels bill”, in RAIL, number 975, page 6:
glosses: Alternative form of antiworker.
mucolytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mucolytically
form: most mucolytically
Etymology: From mucolytic + -ally.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: In a mucolytic way.
documentarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: The study of the writing or sourcing of texts.
voissoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voissoir
voissoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voissoirs
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Alternative form of voussoir.
bondwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bond + -work.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Synonym of bond (“style of bricklaying”).
synonyms: word: bond
extra: style of bricklaying
borepins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borepin
borepin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borepins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A seven-membered unsaturated ring which includes one tricoordinate boron atom.
vitusite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Vitus + -ite after arctic explorer Vitus Bering (1681–1741).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare, varicolored, orthorhombic mineral found in Greenland.
franciscanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Franciscan + -ite named after the Franciscan Complex geological formation near San Francisco California.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A brownish-red trigonal mineral containing manganese and vanadium found in California.
Arimaa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Aamir, the name of the son of the inventor of the game (Omar Syed), spelled backwards, plus an initial a.
Senses: glosses: A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen pieces moving according to fixed rules across an 8×8 board with the objective to get one rabbit to the opposite side, kill all the opponents rabbits on your turn, or make the opponent have no legal moves on their turn.
Related terms: checkers
chess
draughts
scacchic
ALAN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Skyglow is a form of artificial light at night (ALAN) whereby the atmosphere scatters light back to Earth, creating a glowing dome of diffused light that can extend hundreds of kilometres into the sea.
ref: 2021 March 16, Mattias Green, Yueng-Djern Lenn, 30-Second Oceans: 50 Key Ideas about the Sea's Importance to Life on Earth, 30 Second, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of artificial light at night.
NZSL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of New Zealand Sign Language.
salesrobot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salesrobots
Etymology: From sales + robot.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A robotic salesperson.
salesrobots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salesrobot
stack rank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stack ranks
Senses: examples: text: Eventually, the vice presidents would have to bargain among themselves for how many bonuses and raises they would get for their entire organizations, then ration them out according to the stack rank.
ref: 2013 August 26, David Auerbach, “Tales of an Ex–Microsoft Manager”, in Slate, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2023:
text: Yahoo — which puts employees in one of five "buckets", from "greatly exceeded" goals, down to "missed" targets — says its system is not a stack rank. But according to Nicholas Carlson’s recent book, the effects were the same.
ref: 2015 May 4, Andrew Hill, “Relegation fear works on the pitch but not in the office”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 01 May 2022:
text: The first time a person is No. 1 in the stack rank versus their peers, a light turns on. The first time a person tastes a large bonus, a light turns on. For every "first time," a light turns on. Once you taste success, you want to repeat, repeat and repeat.
ref: 2022 March 24, John Pierce, “Recruiting The Best Talent: Strategies To Implement In 2022”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2022:
topics: business
glosses: A ranking of employees conducted in order to identify and oust the lowest performers in a company or organization.
stack rank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stack ranks
form: stack ranking
form: stack ranked
form: stack ranked
form: stack-rank
Senses: examples: text: "We do not, nor have we ever, stack ranked our employees. This is not a practice that Amazon uses," said spokesperson Jaci Anderson, in an email. She said the goal of the company’s performance review process is to "give employees more information and insights to continue to grow in their careers at Amazon."
ref: 2021 June 21, Katherine Anne Long, “Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company pressures out 6% of office workers”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2022:
text: People talk about a hybrid workplace — mixing virtual and more "intentional" in-person gatherings rather than having a full-time physical workplace or a full-time virtual one. But others think it will depend on the employee and their performance, so it is a good idea to stack rank your workers?
ref: 2022 March 17, Kara Swisher, “Yuri Milner's Russian Clapback”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2022:
text: Just as companies put workers on performance improvement plans or stack rank them, executives must be held accountable to the same policies.
ref: 2022 December 28, Jack Kelly, “Should CEOs And C-Suite Executives Be Let Go Before Laying Off Workers?”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2023:
text: At ten that same night, they told managers they should "stack rank" their teams, a common but cold method of evaluation that forces managers to designate their lowest performers.
ref: 2023 January 17, Zoe Schiffer, Casey Newton, Alex Heath, “Inside Elon Musk's "extremely hardcore" Twitter”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2023:
topics: business
glosses: To organize in a stack rank.
examples: text: It houses my daily brain dump of everything that needs to get done that day, where I can then visually stack-rank in order of priority and timelines.
ref: 2019 September 19, Allison Duncan, quoting Christiane Lemieux, “The 26 most essential apps and devices every entrepreneur needs in their toolbox, according to founders and CEOs”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2021:
text: Looking at contributions from workers at five large companies doesn't tell the complete story of Silicon Valley's financial support. But it offers one concrete way to stack-rank how the "tech industry" — so nebulously defined — is splitting when it comes to political support.
ref: 2020 February 6, Theodore Schleifer, Rani Molla, “Big Tech opponent Bernie Sanders raises more money from Big Tech employees than anyone else”, in Vox, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2022:
text: Take this process as an opportunity to develop your supply chain team and empower them to help stack rank where investments are needed.
ref: 2022 December 30, Mathew Elenjickal, “What Decisions Should Shape The Supply Chain In 2023”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2023:
glosses: To rank something by order of importance.
Derived terms: stack ranking
Related terms: rank and yank
stack ranks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stack rank
stack ranks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stack rank
stack ranking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Stack ranking had come into fashion after GE CEO Jack Welch used a similar system, called rank-and-yank, to turn around that company in the 1980s and 1990s.
ref: 2015 January 2, Nicholas Carlson, “The Day Marissa Mayer's Honeymoon At Yahoo Ended”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022:
topics: business
glosses: The act or process of creating a stack rank.
stack ranking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stack rank
stack ranked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stack rank
stack-rank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stack-ranks
form: stack-ranking
form: stack-ranked
form: stack-ranked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stack rank.
stack-ranks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stack-rank
stack-ranking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stack-rank
stack-ranked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stack-rank
ACRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ACR
Odjick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈoʊdʒɪk/
Forms: form: Odjicks
Etymology: From Algonquin Odjick.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Algonquin
'straunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'straunts
Senses: examples: text: By the time we left the 'straunt, Scatty was into a rad red grind, an' I could see he was in a state to cause someone pain; didn't matter much who.
ref: 2013, P. D. Skelton, Renascence: A Story of Christianity in an Atheistic Future, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 62:
text: Tom Sandoval tells her the Korean BBQ restaurant he picked out will have lots of vegetarian options. Really, Sandoval? Tell me more about this mythical vegetarian KBBQ 'straunt.
ref: 2013 December 17, Kristie Rohwedder, “'Vanderpump Rules' Keeps Getting better”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2020:
text: If you were blindly visiting Oxford, you'd never know it's a sister 'straunt to City Grocery, the classic, balcony-bearing spot that earned chef John Currence his reputation.
ref: 2015 February 2, Liz Childers, “The 13 Best Restaurants in the South”, in Thrillist, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2022:
glosses: Clipping of restaurant.
'straunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'straunt
silepin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silepins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A seven-membered unsaturated ring molecule containing a silicon atom.
silepins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silepin
phosphepins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphepin
phosphepin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphepins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical substance with a seven-membered unsaturated ring molecule containing a phosphorus atom.
virovore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virovores
form: virivore
Etymology: From viro- + -vore.
Senses: examples: text: Curtis Suttle, a microbial ecologist who led several early studies on protists that might eat viruses, said his team’s unpublished experiments suggested that certain choanozoa could be die-hard virovores, too.
ref: 2020 September 24, Katherine J. Wu, “Nothing Eats Viruses, Right? Meet Some Hungry Protists”, in New York Times:
topics: biology
ecology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: An organism whose diet is primarily composed of viruses
glosses: An organism which deliberately eats viruses.
Coordinate terms: carnivore
granivore
herbivore
insectivore
omnivore
Related terms: virivorous
virivory
virovory
virophage
virivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virivores
Etymology: From viri- + -vore.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of virovore.
Related terms: virivorous
virivory
virovory
sober-curious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Probably modelled on earlier bi-curious.
Senses: examples: text: Nonalcoholic beer is having a renaissance. Booze-free cocktails are all the rage. But wine, that most rarefied of libations, has been a little slower to the sober-curious party.
ref: 2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: Habitually drinking alcohol, but interested in becoming teetotal or in drinking less alcohol.
virovory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virivory
Etymology: virovore + -y
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:virovory.
glosses: Alternative form of virivory.
Related terms: virivore
virivorous
virovore
virivory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virovory
Etymology: From viri- + -vore + -y.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: The eating of viruses. The dietary consumption of viruses. The condition of being virivorous. The condition of being a virovore.
Coordinate terms: carnivory
herbivory
omnivory
Related terms: virivore
virivorous
virovore
virovores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virovore
virivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virivore
supinine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pyrrolizidine alkaloid with IUPAC name [(8S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-3-methylbutanoate.
hydroborations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroboration
virivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From viri- + -vorous.
Senses: examples: text: It is thus tempting to believe that virivorous organisms, like bacterivorous ones, should be able to optimize their food uptake by exploiting patches of high prey abundances.
ref: 2005, Bettarel et al., “Low consumption of virus-sized particles by heterotrophic nanoflagellates in two lakes of the French Massif Central”, in Aquatic Microbial Ecology, volume 39, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 205–209:
text: The salt-forced extinction of potential virivorous nanoflagellates is a possible explanation, but the ability of these viruses to better resist ambient UV radiations is not unrealistic either.
ref: 2011, Bettarel et al., “Ecological traits of planktonic viruses and prokaryotes along a full-salinity gradient”, in FEMS Microbiology Ecology, volume 76, number 2, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 360–372:
text: Finally, the higher increase of VA in comparison to HBA in hypersaline systems was probably related to a higher resistance of halophages to environmental virucidal agents and, to a lesser extent, due to a lack of virivorous nanoflagellates or ciliates.
ref: 2017, Junger et al., “Salinity Drives the Virioplankton Abundance but Not Production in Tropical Coastal Lagoons”, in Microbial Ecology, volume 75, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 52–63:
text: If the researchers could prove that the microbes were growing by eating chlorovirus, they would have compelling evidence that these protists can sustain themselves with a virivorous lifestyle.
ref: 2023 January 17, Jasna Hodžić, ““Virivores” discovered: Microbes that survive on a virus-only diet”, in Big Think, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2023:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Involving or sustained by the consumption of viruses.
Coordinate terms: carnivorous
herbivorous
omnivorous
Related terms: virivore
virivory
virovore
aminoboranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoborane
viri-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of viro-.
dicoordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a coordination number of two.
Synonyms: dicoordinated
Coordinate terms: monocoordinate
tricoordinate
tetracoordinate
borocation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borocations
Etymology: From boro- + cation.
Senses: glosses: A cation with a positive charge on a boron atom.
oath-helper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oath-helpers
form: oath helper
Etymology: From oath + helper, probably a calque of German Eidhelfer (also Eideshelfer), Dutch eedhelper, West Frisian eedhelper.
Senses: qualifier: Anglo-Saxon
glosses: One brought into court to swear to the truth and testify on oath on behalf of the accused, to clear them from suspicion of crime.
oath-helpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oath-helper
borocations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borocation
poviats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poviat
poviat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poviats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of powiat.
priestx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priestxs
Etymology: From priest + -x.
Senses: examples: text: I’ve been ordained as a pagan priestx!
ref: 2019, Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer: A Memoir, The Lion Forge, LLC, →ISBN, page 189:
text: It turns out that across cultures and through recorded history, creating culture and recording history are among the most essential functions of the priestx.
ref: 2019 October 15, Kristian Wilson Colyard, quoting Mya Spalter, “Let These 9 Witches Tell You How You Can Be A Witch, Too”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2019:
text: There will always be another teacher, leader, priestx, organizer, etc.
ref: 2020 July 29, Sidney Eileen, “Words Have Power – We Need Acceptance Instead of Tolerance”, in The Balancing Path (Patheos), archived from the original on 24 Sep 2020:
text: The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel (ASW) issued a press release announcing an amendment to their charter to be more inclusive and affirmative to non-binary leadership, and have added the gender-neutral term, “Priestx” as an option for leaders.
ref: [2020 August 17, “Pagan Community News: Unauthorized ritual at Istrehågan in Norway, Assembly of the Sacred Wheel amends its charter, and more!”, in The Wild Hunt, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2020:
text: To be honest, I didn’t even know Hekate that well when I began, but within weeks I had gone from a sideline observer to a dedicated priestx.
ref: 2021, Rowan “Briar” Rivers, “Foreword by Rowan “Briar” Rivers: Coming to the Crossroads”, in Jennifer Teixeira, Hekate: Temple of the Bones, Moon Books, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:
text: I CAN FINALLY COMPLETE OUR TRIAD WITH A REAL FREAK PRIEST/PRIESTESS/PRIESTX.
ref: 2022, John Allison, Steeple, volume 3 (That’s the Spirit), Dark Horse Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Non-binary or gender-neutral equivalent of priest.
Venuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Venus
Venuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Venus
osteotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteotoxins
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: An osteotoxic substance.
Imtiaz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Imtiazes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kumeyaay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kumeyaays
form: Kumeyaay
Senses: glosses: A member of Native American people of Southern California and Baja California.
Related terms: Diegueño
full bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full beds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of double bed (“a bed designed for two adults, typically measuring 54 by 75 inches (1.35 by 1.9 meters)”).
synonyms: word: double bed
extra: (“a bed designed for two adults, typically measuring 54 by 75 inches (1.35 by 1.9 meters)”).
Hypernyms: bed
full beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full bed
Ecclesiastical State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ecclesiastical State
form: Ecclesiastical States
Senses: examples: text: And although in March, Captaine George Fransperg was taken with a fit of an Apoplexie, which caused his death, yet because the army was entred into the Ecclesiasticall State, and still marched forward, the Pope in the end of the moneth, resolued to come to an accord […]
ref: 1629 [1619], Paolo Sarpi, translated by Nathaniel Brent, The Historie of the Councel of Trent […], London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, →OCLC, book 1, paragraph 97, page 43:
text: They solicited the aid of the miscreant Saracens, invaded the ecclesiastical State, entered the city, profaned the churches, extorted an oath of fidelity from the Romans, and dared to imprison the successor of St. Peter.
ref: 1789–92 (date written), Edward Gibbon, Antiquities of the House of Brunswick, published 1814, pages 26–27:
text: In the same year a conclave was permitted to be held at Venice; and in 1800, cardinal Chiaramonti, who was elected to the papal chair, took the title of Pius VII., and resumed the dominion of the Ecclesiastical State.
ref: 1883, George P. Putnam, Frederick B. Perkins, Lynds E. Jones, “Ecclesiastical State or States of the Church”, in The World’s Progress […], volume 1, page 360:
glosses: The Papal States.
Ecclesiastical States
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ecclesiastical State
Anlaby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in Anlaby with Anlaby Common parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0328).
Derived terms: Anlaby Common
awl-flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of awl-fly
fly-backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fly-back
fly-unders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fly-under
Anlaby with Anlaby Common
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, next to the western boundary of Kingston upon Hull.
Anlaby Common
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A western suburb of Kingston upon Hull, with its western half in Anlaby with Anlaby Common parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0428).
nosied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nosy
nosying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nosy
Clare and Gilbert Valleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After the Clare Valley and (presumably) the Gilbert Valley.
Senses: glosses: A local government area in the Mid North region of South Australia, Australia.
wikipedia: Clare Valley
Gilbert Valley
Related terms: word: Clare
gaze-hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaze-hounds
Senses: examples: text: And foresters, in green-wood trim, / Lead in the leash the gaze-hounds grim, / Attentive, as the bratchet's bay / From the dark covert drove the prey, / To slip them as he broke away.
ref: 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto Second: To the Rev. John Marriot, M.A.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, page 61:
glosses: Alternative form of gazehound.
gaze-hounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaze-hound (alternative form of gazehounds)
prohemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proheme
Vrindavan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi वृन्दावन (vŕndāvan), from Sanskrit वृन्दावन (vṛndāvana).
Senses: glosses: A city in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Binodini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.
Saraswatichandra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit.
yangire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yangires
form: yangire
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ヤンギレ.
Senses: glosses: A type of yandere, lacking romantic motivation for their violence.
let one loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets one loose
form: letting one loose
form: let one loose
form: let one loose
Senses: examples: text: Uh oh. I gotta let one loose.
glosses: To break wind; to fart.
Synonyms: sense: euphemistic: to break wind
word: fart
word: break wind
word: pass gas
word: toot
word: pass wind
word: cut the cheese
word: cut one loose
word: step on a duck
word: step on a frog
Eastside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From east + side.
Senses: glosses: An area east of the city centre of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0786).
glosses: A settlement on the east side of South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND4691).
glosses: A loosely defined area on the east side of the River Tawe, Swansea, Wales, stretching north from St Thomas.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A group of neighborhoods east of the Los Angeles River in the City of Los Angeles, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood on the far east side of Atlanta, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Flint, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood in south-eastern Lexington, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Paterson, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
The collective suburbs of Seattle on the east side of Lake Washington, Washington State.
Deritend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An area of Digbeth, east of the centre of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0886).
shize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: So to bash Bush, for being the fool he is, is America bashing? What a crock! You Bushophiles don't give a shize about true democracy, or freedom of speech.
ref: 2002 September 24, eric davis, “Re: "Bush Squandered World Good Will after 9-11"”, in alt.prophecies.nostradamus (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of scheisse (“shit”).
shize
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Ack! I think they just heard me screaming in Kansas. Shize, man, don't scare me like that, I nearly choked on my toast.
ref: 1998 December 12, GLC, “Re: Yonder Wacky December Survey!”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of scheisse (“shit”).
Bushophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bushophiles
Etymology: From Bush + -o- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: Eventually, the Bush platters will go to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Texas, where planners hope to build a sophisticated multimedia system that will allow Bushophiles to see correspondence, polls, press reports and video clips on computer workstations.
ref: 1993 January 25, Mitch Betts, “Bush Presidential Library first to employ high tech”, in Computerworld, volume 27, number 4, →ISSN, page 22:
text: So to bash Bush, for being the fool he is, is America bashing? What a crock! You Bushophiles don't give a shize about true democracy, or freedom of speech.
ref: 2002 September 24, eric davis, “Re: "Bush Squandered World Good Will after 9-11"”, in alt.prophecies.nostradamus (Usenet):
topics: government
politics
glosses: A fan or supporter of George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) or George W. Bush (born 1946), former presidents of the United States.
Bushophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bushophile
Prayagraj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi प्रयागराज (prayāgrāj).
Senses: synonyms: Allahabad
Praag
Prayag
glosses: A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India, formerly Allahabad.
UNISFA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of United Nations International Interim Security Force for Abyei.
pleio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: See at pleo-.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pleo-.
thrashgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of thrash + bluegrass.
Senses: examples: text: The album boasts amazing stripped down country, thrashgrass and gutterbilly grit sure to burrow a way into your heart from Farmageddon artists like Jayke Orvis, The Goddamn Gallows, Highlonesome, James Hunnicutt and more.
ref: 2009, J. J. Diablo, “Danielle Colby”, in Prick, page 20:
text: Veteran "thrashgrass" band Days N Daze has spent more than a decade doing it themselves in a way few can match.
ref: 2020 June 21, “Bringin' it Backwards: Interview with Days N Daze”, in American Songwriter, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021:
text: Touring in support of their EPs, Easy Listening for Jerks Pt. 1 and Pt. 2, released earlier this year, folk-bluegrass act the Dead South hit Grinders KC with country-roots act Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and the thrashgrass of Tejon Street Corner Thieves.
ref: 2022 August 22, Chris Ortiz, “Photos: The Dead South heat up Grinders Friday night”, in The Pitch, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2022:
glosses: A music genre that mixes traditional thrash music with bluegrass.
meat sweats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Some dieticians^([sic]) and health care providers may claim meat sweats has to do with something called the thermic effect of food, in which eating large amounts of protein causes your body temperature to increase, thus making your body sweat to cool you down. However, others will counter how even eating pounds of food would only slightly raise body temperature, but not enough to cause excessive sweating.
ref: 2022 December 2, “Are Meat Sweats Real?”, in INTEGRIS Health, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2023:
glosses: Excessive perspiration resulting from eating large quantities of meat.
Bangaon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali বনগাঁ (bongã). The -gaon suffix is possibly by influence of place names like Gurgaon, Sonargaon etc.
Senses: glosses: A city in West Bengal, India.
TSPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TSPSs
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: Abbreviation of Traffic Service Position System.
Meccano-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Meccano-like
form: most Meccano-like
form: meccano-like
Senses: examples: text: [I]t could be bolted onto the Sydney Williams principle with infinite variety to extend the already meccano-like principle of the original construction method.
ref: 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 130:
glosses: Built or constructed with parts like a Meccano set; resembling something made with Meccano, especially having the construction elements visible.
meccano-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more meccano-like
form: most meccano-like
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Meccano-like.
sit right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sits right
form: sitting right
form: sat right
form: sat right
Senses: examples: text: She's in the bathroom ― I guess the food was not sitting right.
glosses: To suit one's constitution, so as not to upset one's stomach or make one sick when consumed.
raw_tags: in the negative
of food or drink
glosses: To make one feel comfortable, to seem appropriate or acceptable to.
raw_tags: in the negative
with with
Santaphobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Santaphobes
Etymology: From Santa + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: He asked me to do a piece exploring the dark and hitherto hidden phases of the childhood of Santa Claus as revealed by the searchlight of modern child psychology; […]. What hard-line Santaphobe could resist such a lure?
ref: 1967, Ogden Nash, “Foreword”, in Santa Go Home: A Case History for Parents, Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, unnumbered page:
text: During my bachelor years it was my habit to spend Christmas firmly shut away with a fellow Santaphobe, dedicating the day itself to work and study, with a quiet meal of roast pork and claret at the end of it.
ref: 2008 February, Roger Scruton, “Santaphobia”, in The American Spectator, volume 41, number 1, →ISSN, page 50:
text: Even if a kid accepts Santa, she or he may panic about the bearded icon in certain situations. "I would always leave out cookies and milk for him, [but] when it came to meeting him in person, I couldn't handle it," says Jane, a 25-year-old former Santaphobe.
ref: 2016 December 11, Emalie Marthe, “Why Kids Are Unreasonably Terrified of Santa Claus”, in Vice:
glosses: Someone who dislikes or fears Santa Claus.
Related terms: Santaphobia