cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
twanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twangers
Etymology: From twang + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who twangs something.
glosses: Any of various species of cicada of the genus Diemeniana, of south-eastern Australia.
glosses: A stringed instrument, especially a guitar.
Derived terms: golden twanger
twangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twanger
creepsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more creepsome
form: most creepsome
Etymology: From creep + -some.
Senses: examples: text: The premise is creepsome. Two “celebrity stylists” watch videotapes of women who dress poorly that have been supplied by their friends and families.
ref: 2007, Celia Rivenbark, Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank:
text: Yet their broken and ruined towers and walls still look creepsome.
ref: 2016, Terry Deary, Horrible Histories: Crackin' Castles:
glosses: Characterised or marked by creepiness; creepy
twyere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twyeres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tuyere.
twyeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twyere
twyformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: twy-formed
Senses: examples: text: What shall be likened to gods? The unknown, who deep in the darkness / Ever abide, twyformed, many-handed, terrible, shapeless.
ref: 1858, Charles Kingsley, “Andromeda”, in Andromeda and Other Poems, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, pages 6–7:
glosses: Having a double form.
Empire
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛmpaɪə/
ipa: /ˈɛmpaɪɚ/
Etymology: See empire.
Senses: examples: text: However, the first style of this century was known as Empire furniture. It was a derivative of the French Empire furniture, popular at that time.
ref: 1997, Mark McGrail, Furniture Brasses: A Short History of English Furniture Fittings, Armac Brassworks, →ISBN, page 21:
topics: art
arts
fashion
furniture
lifestyle
glosses: Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
examples: text: ...and for a moment he could not identify the lady in the Empire dress, nor imagine why her presence created such excitement among the initiated.
ref: 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, New York: Random House, →OCLC, page 17:
topics: art
arts
fashion
furniture
lifestyle
glosses: Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist.
raw_tags: of a woman's dress
examples: text: Wine from Portugal and France showed an irregular downward tendency over the period, while Empire wine from Australia and British South Africa rose rapidly, the former increasing nearly threefold between 1925 and 1927.
ref: 1966, Richard Stone, D.A. Rowe, The Measurement of Consumers' Expenditure and Behaviour in the United Kingdom, 1920-1938, volume 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, page 179:
glosses: Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.
raw_tags: of wine
Empire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛmpaɪə/
ipa: /ˈɛmpaɪɚ/
Etymology: See empire.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, named after the Empire State.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place and former town in Dodge County and Bleckley County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and coal town in Christian County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Leelanau County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A district of the city of Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former community in Goshen County, Wyoming.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships, listed under Empire Township.
Related terms: Empire biscuit
Empire cookie
New Empire
Planck star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Planck stars
Senses: examples: text: The entire matter of the sun condensed into the space of an atom: a Planck star should be constituted by this extreme state of matter.
ref: 2015, Carlo Rovelli, translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Penguin, published 2016, page 44:
topics: astrophysics
glosses: A hypothetical astronomical object whose energy is around the Planck density (5.155 × 10⁹⁶ kg/m³).
Coordinate terms: Planck relic
Planck stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Planck star
CD52
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CD52s
Etymology: from cluster of differentiation
Senses: glosses: a peptide of 12 amino acids, associated with certain types of lymphoma and targeted by alemtuzumab.
Synonyms: CAMPATH-1 antigen
buccopharynx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æɹɪŋks
Forms: form: buccopharynxes
form: buccopharynges
Etymology: From bucco- + pharynx.
Senses: glosses: The mouth and pharynx
Related terms: buccopharyngeal
CD319
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CD319s
Senses: glosses: a cell surface protein that is used as a marker of plasma cells, targeted by elotuzumab.
Synonyms: alt: SLAMF7
word: SLAM family member 7
Abadon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abadons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Abaddon.
Voyseyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Voyseyan
form: most Voyseyan
Etymology: From Voysey + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Charles Voysey (architect) (1857–1941).
monkey boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey boots
Senses: examples: text: “I hadn’t been involved in anything since I was at uni: Reclaim the Night, shaved head, monkey boots, nought-to-60 radicalisation in about two weeks.”
ref: 2016 November 20, Doon Mackichan, The Guardian:
glosses: A type of heavy, durable ankle boot.
monkey boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey boot
prudify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prudifies
form: prudifying
form: prudified
form: prudified
Etymology: From prude + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Nor was he wrong, as far as regarded Gertrude and himself; Miss Freemantle soon forgetting her strange gallants, their hoped-for proposals, and the anticipated delight of weighing, and calculating and prudifying, previous to the magnanimous finale of rejection.
ref: 1829, The English in France, volume 1, page 139:
text: Of course, what was available to those literates was shaped by a complex of academics, journalizing mandarins, puffing publishers, and alternately propagandistic (read this) and prudifying (don't read that) politics.
ref: 2003, Bridges, volume 10, numbers 1-4, page 113:
glosses: To make prudish.
prudification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prude + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: He had an immense influence in the prudification of America, instilling terror into legitimate publishers and doctors as well as crooks, cranks, quacks and pornographers.
ref: 2011, Stephen Bates, God's Own Country: Religion and Politics in the USA:
glosses: The increase of excessive propriety on matters related to sex.
sourkraut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sourkrauts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sauerkraut.
flavodomain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flavodomains
Etymology: From flavo- + domain.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A flavoprotein domain
flavoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flavoglobins
Etymology: From flavo- + globin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any flavoprotein that is a globin
flavoglobins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flavoglobin
flavohemoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flavohemoglobins
Etymology: From flavo- + hemoglobin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A flavoprotein related to hemoglobin
flavohemoglobins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flavohemoglobin
glycopolypeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycopolypeptides
Etymology: From glyco- + polypeptide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound of a carbohydrate and a polypeptide
Related terms: glycoprotein
glycopolypeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycopolypeptide
haloalkanoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From halo- + alkanoic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any halo- derivative of an aliphatic carboxylic acid
Related terms: bromoalkanoic
chloroalkanoic
fluoroalkanoic
haloalkane
iodoalkanoic
heterospecificity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + specificity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being heterospecific
hydroxyacid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxyacids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hydroxy acid.
intraserotype
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + serotype.
Senses: glosses: Within a serotype
intrastereotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + stereotypic.
Senses: glosses: Within a stereotype
iridophoroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iridophoromas
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A tumour compose of iridophores
iridophoromas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iridophoroma
melanophoroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melanophoromas
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A tumour composed of melanophores
melanophoromas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melanophoroma
deckplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deckplates
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A watertight plate (purlin) at the edge of a deck
Derived terms: deckplate leader
deckplate leadership
kithul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kittul.
worn away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of wear away
deckplate leader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deckplate leaders
Senses: glosses: A leader who understands a project's mission, knows his team and their individual skills, and leads by example
Related terms: deckplate leadership
deckplate leadership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of a deckplate leader
wears away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wear away
wearing away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wear away
wore away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of wear away
multicriterion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + criterion.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple criteria
nonneutralizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + neutralizing.
Senses: glosses: That does not neutralize
osteodysplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osteo- + dysplastic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to osteodysplasia
premelanosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premelanosomes
Etymology: From pre- + melanosome.
Senses: glosses: A non-pigmented vesicle, in a melanocyte, that develops into a melanosome
Related terms: premelanosomal
promelanosome
premelanosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of premelanosome
retroposable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From retro- + posable.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Able to undergo retroposition
serotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of serotypical.
synonyms: word: serotypical
thymidylyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌθaɪmɪˈdɪlɪl/
Forms: form: thymidylyls
Senses: glosses: A univalent radical derived from thymidylic acid
cravatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cravat.
small "l" liberals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of small "l" liberal
cafiso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cafisos
form: cafisso
form: caffiso
Etymology: From Italian cafiso, from Sicilian cafisu, from Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of qafiz (particularly in Italian contexts)
Synonyms: Italian qafiz
spud-bashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Most of the work was classed as spud-bashing; each volunteer squatted on an unturned bucket and with a sharp knife peeled potatoes from one pile and then threw them on another.
ref: 2001, James Leasor, The Marine from Mandalay, →ISBN, page 7:
text: For these first few weeks you do your basic training: square-bashing, spud-bashing, a bit of cryptography, a bit of sea-time, then you learn your Russian and play at being spies, right?
ref: 2006, Jack Rosenthal, By Jack Rosenthal: An Autobiography in Six Acts, →ISBN, page 83:
text: Anything from dishwashing to salvage, from spud-bashing to coal-heaving.
ref: 2010, Arnold Wesker, Political Plays, →ISBN, page 61:
glosses: Alternative form of spud bashing.
spud bashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spud-bashing
Senses: examples: text: I managed to get on jankers (punishment) a couple of times and did a bit of spud bashing.
ref: 2004, David Sinnett-Jones, Passion for Life: Adventure Against the Odds, →ISBN, page 39:
text: You six will report to the chief cook to begin your two-week spud bashing duty until we dock at Singapore.
ref: 2012, Joe P. Plant, Up to Their Necks - the Story of a National Serviceman, →ISBN, page 184:
text: Dad met Mr Draper one day and asked if he had a bit of work for us kids to earn some pocket money. Yes he had, so the three of us went to his farm to do a bit of spud bashing.
ref: 2015, Derek Gambie, Tall Tales from Hadley, →ISBN, page 58:
glosses: The chore of peeling potatoes, especially when given as a punishment.
bundlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bundlesome
form: most bundlesome
Etymology: From bundle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: She looked up and saw a man across the bayou carrying a bundlesome sack of groceries.
ref: 2008, John Dufresne, Deep in the Shade of Paradise:
text: “Hey! They've got a buffalo robe!” George seized his brother's outstretched arm. “Leave it! It didn't save them and it won't save you. Besides, it's too damned bundlesome.”
ref: 2013, R. E. Mitchell, Souls of Lions:
text: Still huddled together, bundlesome in cold-weather gear, they moved awkwardly to the personnel hatch, which on command opened and deployed the short escalator.
ref: 2016, Keith Laumer, Star Colony:
glosses: Characteristic of a bundle or bundling
huddlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more huddlesome
form: most huddlesome
Etymology: From huddle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: [...] and not so much as an escape either, but rather as an acceptance of their shorn lot and curse, and as a movement towards a tribunal, where no trees or other life existed and where they would be forced to contemplate the stark searing stare and voice of Almighty God all day and all night, pounding out their flintless existence upon rocks, into huddlesome shelter, and cupping the occasional drops of rain in their hands as a glorious nectar given them by Almighty God, yea though that water be only their tears, forever and ever, until death them do part, or until a sign of blinding light lifted their cataracts.
ref: 2001, Leon Forrest, The Bloodworth Orphans:
glosses: Characteristic of a huddle or huddling
puddlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more puddlesome
form: most puddlesome
Etymology: From puddle + -some.
Senses: glosses: Characterised by puddles or puddling
fuddlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fuddlesome
form: most fuddlesome
Etymology: From fuddle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: I understand that Mrs. Bassett's ill, and I suppose Bassett didn't like to leave her. There's nothing fuddlesome in that.
ref: 2008, Meredith Nicholson, A Hoosier Chronicle:
text: I wanted to sully the hedgehog's pudsy, fuddlesome reputation and discover that the females were somehow harlots and the males were skulduggerous peddlers of filth.
ref: 2014, Jules Howard, Sex on Earth:
glosses: Characterised or marked by fuddling
coddlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coddlesome
form: most coddlesome
Etymology: From coddle + -some.
Senses: glosses: Characterised or marked by coddling
nibblesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nibblesome
form: most nibblesome
Etymology: From nibble + -some.
Senses: glosses: Characterised or marked by nibbling
tottersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tottersome
form: most tottersome
Etymology: From totter + -some.
Senses: glosses: Characterised or marked by tottering
splattersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more splattersome
form: most splattersome
Etymology: From splatter + -some.
Senses: glosses: Characterised or marked by splattering
scattersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scattersome
form: most scattersome
Etymology: From scatter + -some.
Senses: examples: text: In general, theoretical evaluation of Ψ is not feasible, because of the lack of basic information on steel-concrete bond properties and the scattersome nature of the phenomenon.
ref: 1970, Fatigue Life of Prestressed Concrete Beams, American Society of Civil Engineers:
text: Sunshine in his mind Kittelsens her hair, where stirs neither milk nor myth for whose skin so fair; sure were these prayers which abounded by cairn, but surer the year he disowned the stones, casting scattersome them 'to drear, [...]
ref: 2016, Hugo Hennegau, Society Ludvika:
glosses: Characterised or marked by scattering
middlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more middlesome
form: most middlesome
Etymology: From middle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: The Necessity of having one to assist him in measuring his Lines with the Chain, as oft as he would practise his Skill, or get more; and the exposing of his Unreadiness to the View of middlesome People, while he is yet raw and unexperienc'd, as every one must needs be at first: Both which may in a good measure be avoided by this easy Knack.
ref: 1711, The Country, Survey, Book:
text: Frequent and middlesome interference by the politician with details of day-today administration will not only hamper smooth working of government but also shake the morale of the Civil Servants. A.D. Gorwala in his Report on Public Administration in India refers to the following instance.
ref: 2000, R. D. Sharma, Administrative systems of developing societies:
text: Meddlesome and / I'll say middlesome; all right middling / people / You / and me / Dost You Care?
ref: 2006, Richard Rampello, Acts of Novelty Are Unburdened Truths:
text: Angelo has high HP, but middlesome defences, so it won't be too long before he gets his just desserts.
ref: 2016, Bravely Second: End Layer - Strategy Guide
glosses: Characterised or marked by moderation; tending toward the middle; intermediate; middling; average
middlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more middlesome
form: most middlesome
Etymology: From middle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: '[...] Don't drink too little and don't drink too much – drink middlesome.'
ref: 2015, Nikolay Leskov, The Steel Flea:
glosses: In a middlesome manner; moderately
squash shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squash shots
Senses: examples: text: Trying to get the ball in play, she ducked and hit an awkward squash shot.
ref: 2011, Yolanda Wallace, Lucky Loser, →ISBN:
text: Roger ran back and, instead of hoisting a defensive lob, went for a reverse between-the-legs squash shot, which didn't come off.
ref: 2013, Paul McNamee, Game Changer: My Tennis Life, →ISBN, page 289:
text: That was the last squash shot I trained with her.
ref: 2014, Syed Raza Haider, A Tulip In The Desert, →ISBN, page 231:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A forehand shot with the arm at full extension, typically made as a desperation shot to slice the ball back into the court.
squash shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squash shot
environmental assessment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: environmental assessments
Senses: glosses: An assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, or project prior to the decision to move forward.
train crossing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: train crossings
Senses: glosses: An area on a road where a train crosses.
Synonyms: level crossing
grade crossing
railroad crossing
supercomposite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercomposites
Etymology: From super + composite.
Senses: examples: text: It is against this background, where a need for simplicity can already be detected, that Kraepelin brought about his supreme effort of synthesis by reducing the multifarious field of simple and composite psychoses to what can be called 'the two supercomposite insanities', dementia praecox and manic-depressive insanity.
ref: 1979, Eliot Slater, Martin Roth, Brian Barraclough, Psychiatry, genetics and pathography: a tribute to Eliot Slater, page 168:
text: In order to determine if the amount of variance explained by drifters was significantly higher than that of groupthink, I created a supercomposite by collapsing across all unsuccessful cases.
ref: 1996, Pamela Diane Owens, Corporate Decision Making Cultures and Organizational Outcomes:
text: Waller and the three other members of Icon's investment team start with a pool of about 1,950 stocks, based on the Standard & Poor's 1500 Supercomposite Index.
ref: 2006, Bloomberg Markets - Volume 15:
text: To conserve resources at large projects, sub-samples or aliquots from each of the soil samples from the five different locations can be pooled to form a single supercomposite sample for each OU or 1,000 acres.
ref: 2007, Central and Southern Florida Project, Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir: Final Project Implementation Report:
glosses: An amalgam of composites; a combination of elements that are themselves combinations.
examples: text: Supersymmetry and compositeness can be combined to yield supercomposite models, which are characterized by two different energy scales: Ms, where supersymmetry breaking occurs, and Mc, the scale of compositeness.
ref: 1988, H. V. Klapdor, Hans Volker Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, Bogdan Povh, Neutrino physics:
text: However it is formed, the sharp pair decay of this supercomposite state is expected to dominate over the One-Photon decay (and also over the e⁺e⁻γ), and (γγ) decays) and therefore to contradict the γ dominance expected for a conventional IPC process.
ref: 1996, Benito Arruñada, Gary D. Westfall, Advances in Nuclear Dynamics 2, →ISBN, page 323:
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: A model of subatomic particles that combines supersymmetry with the study of composite particles.
examples: text: In a supercomposite, SC (n >2), on the other hand, a mono/multi-phase matrix can be reinforced by single or composite fibre/particle complex phases to impart non-structural properties also, such as heat resistance, for example.
ref: 1981, Res Mechanica Letters - Volumes 1-2, page 139:
text: Superalloys, Supercomposites and Superceramics reviews the state of superalloy technology and some of the more salient aspects of alternative high temperature systems such as superceramics and supercomposites.
ref: 2012, J.K. Tien, Superalloys, supercomposites and superceramics:
qualifier: materials science
glosses: Any of several high-performance structural composite materials.
supercomposites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercomposite
riding the ... train
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ride the ... train
rode the ... train
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ride the ... train
ridden the ... train
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of ride the ... train
post-singularity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: postsingularity
Etymology: From post- + singularity.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: After the technological singularity.
postsingularity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of post-singularity.
Singularity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The notion of the Singularity is predicated on Moore's Law, the 1965 observation by the Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, that the number of transistors that can be etched onto a sliver of silicon doubles at roughly two year intervals.
ref: 2016 April 7, John Markoff, “When is the Singularity? Probably not in your lifetime”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2018:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: The technological singularity.
Derived terms: Singularitarian
ROTL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of release on temporary licence: a form of parole for prisoners.
Tanagras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tanagra
tangoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangoists
Etymology: From tango + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who dances the tango.
tangoists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tangoist
tanistries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanistry
tannoying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tannoy
tannoyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tannoy
taperstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapersticks
Etymology: From taper + stick.
Senses: examples: text: It would appear that candlesticks and their smaller accessories, tapersticks, did not come within the scope of the glass-maker until shortly after Ravenscroft's discovery of glass-of-lead, and it is probable that the baluster type stem, and its heavy, solid knopping, suggested a convenient stem, both for holding and to give the candlestick stability.
ref: 1960, E. M. Elville, English tableglass, page 125:
glosses: A miniature candlestick.
tapersticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taperstick
tapstry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapstries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of tapestry.
tapstries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapstry
palesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palesome
form: most palesome
Etymology: From pale + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed then, there was little sleep there, that night. The next morning broke as a palesome, and rain-scudding greyness, with the sombre clouds riding low in the sky.
ref: 2009, David Mace, The Eternal Watchtower Book:
text: To see the crimson on her palesome face [...]
ref: 2012, Natalie Belousov, Collection: Words by the Heart:
glosses: Characterised or marked by paleness
tapsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapsmen
Senses: glosses: A head servant who is in charge of other servants.
glosses: The chief of a company of drovers.
tapsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapsman
tarantases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarantas
tarres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tarre (obs to incite or provoke)
tartanry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tartan + -ry.
Senses: glosses: kitsch elements of Scottish culture, emphasized by the tourist industry
tartarly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tartarly
form: most tartarly
Etymology: From tartar + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Of course you and your father will do what is proper," she said, putting on that air of sulphuric-acid sweetness which so many tartarly people have at command, and which profits them so little.
ref: 1871 May 24, “Kate Beaumont”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 27, page 576:
glosses: fearsome and aggressive
HOU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Houston (in Texas).
taxonomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taxonomers
Senses: glosses: One who studies or creates a taxonomy.
taxonomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taxonomer
teagled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of teagle
teagling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of teagle
fascist Germany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fascist Germany
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nazi Germany.
synonyms: word: Nazi Germany
Fascist Germany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of fascist Germany.
teazling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of teazle
teazled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of teazle
teddie bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teddie bears
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of teddy bear.
teddie bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teddie bear
telechiric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a telechir.
MAG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MAGs
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of maximum absorbency garment (astronaut diaper / space nappies).
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of myelin-associated glycoprotein.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A gene which encodes for myelin associated glycoprotein
scare-the-birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Miss Padsoe looked very fragile and old, more like a scare-the-birds than a woman as she carefully wrapped a mothy old bit of fur round her thin neck, and Miss Baker wondered if she ought to come out in this bitter cold, and said as much.
ref: 1934, Stella Gibbons, Bassett:
text: A black wooden toy windmill on a stick meant for a scare-the-birds was warped and immovable.
ref: 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 22:
glosses: A scarecrow.
toothcarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toothcarps
form: toothcarp
Etymology: From tooth + carp.
Senses: glosses: Any of the minnow-like toothed fish of the order Cyprinodontiformes
Synonyms: cyprinodontiform
killifish
highest-resolution
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of high-resolution: most high-resolution
WSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Written Standard Chinese, Mandarin, Putonghua, Guoyu
glosses: World Series Cricket
board member
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: board members
Senses: synonyms: director
;
boardsman
glosses: A member of a board in an association or company, especially the board of directors.
glosses: a provincial assembly member or councillor.
Related terms: word: boardmanship
english: sometimes hyponymous
translation: sometimes hyponymous
word: managing director
word: on the table
word: seat at the table
Poncelet wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Poncelet wheels
Etymology: Invented by Jean-Victor Poncelet.
Senses: glosses: A kind of undershot water wheel.
Poncelet wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Poncelet wheel
venire facias de novo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪˈnaɪ.ə.ɹiː ˈfeɪ.ʃɪ.as deɪˈnəʊvəʊ/
ipa: /də-/
ipa: /vɪˈnaɪ.ə.ɹiː ˈfeɪ.ʃɪ.as deɪˈnoʊvoʊ/
ipa: /də-/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin venire facias de novo (“that you make/cause to come anew”), from the opening words of the writ.
Senses: examples: text: After verdict, it was moved in arreſt of judgment, that one John Wale was returned upon the venire facias, and upon the diſtringas one John Wats was returned and ſworn. Upon examination it appeared that the juror was named John Wats, and not John Wale.—Wherefore the Court held, that the trial was ill, and the record not amendable. But it was then moved, Whether there might be a venire facias de novo, or that the writ ſhould abate?—And it was reſolved, that venire facias de novo ſhould be awarded; for the fault was only in the trial.
ref: 1791, George Croke, “Goddard against Hampton”, in Harbottle Grimston, Thomas Leach, editors, Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight, formerly One of the Justices of the Courts of King's-Bench and Common-Pleas, of such Select Cases as were Adjudged in the Said Courts during the Reign of James the First. Collected and Written in French, by Himself; Revised and Published in English by Sir Harbottle Grimston, Baronet, Master of the Rolls. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, with Marginal Notes and References to the Later Reports, and other Books of Authority, by Thomas Leach, Esq. of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law, 4th corr. edition, volume II, London: Printed for E. and R. Brooke, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar; and Whieldon and Butterworth, No. 43, Fleet-Street, →OCLC, page 458:
text: I have thought proper to refer this decision, in order that it may be laid before the Court of Common Pleas, when this case shall be tried again. I am of opinion, that the judgment should be reversed, and a venire facias de novo awarded.
ref: 1841, William Tilghman, Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Third Circuit, “Levy against The Commissioners of Northumberland County”, in Thomas Sergeant; William Rawle, Jun., Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, volume X, 2nd rev. and corr. edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Robert H. Small, Minor Street, OCLC 768073896, pages 292–293
topics: law
glosses: A judicial writ directing that a new jury be impanelled and that a new trial be held, due to some irregularity (especially a procedural irregularity) arising in the original trial.
Related terms: venire
venire facias
prime gap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prime gaps
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: gap
glosses: The difference between two successive prime numbers.
recreatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recreative
Haratins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Haratin
prime gaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prime gap
dands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dand
male chauvinistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more male chauvinistic
form: most male chauvinistic
Etymology: From male chauvinist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: They also give assent to their and our own oppression by reinforcing the misogynistic attitudes and male-chauvinistic structures which are at the roots of Gay oppression.
ref: 1982 April 10, Mikhael Iktin, “Over-indulgence”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: Of or pertaining to male chauvinism or male chauvinists.
anellovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anelloviruses
Senses: examples: text: With the exception of anelloviruses, bidnaviruses, spiraviruses, and some inoviruses, the replicative protein of ssDNA viruses is the so-called HUH endonuclease that cuts genomic DNA at a specific site and initiates rolling circle (or rolling hairpin) replication.
ref: 2021 February 24, Encyclopedia of Virology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: Any virus of the family Anelloviridae
Related terms: anelloviral
anelloviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anellovirus
ciliostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cilio- + stasis.
Senses: glosses: The loss of movement of the cilia
Related terms: ciliostatic
ciliostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cilio- + static.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing ciliostasis
cubilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkjuː.bɪl.ɪn/
Etymology: From CUB domain (protein domain) + -il- (probably arbitrary) + -in (“protein”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein that plays a role in vitamin B₁₂ absorption.
Derived terms: cubam
ecoepidemiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eco- + epidemiological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or using ecoepidemiology
enterobacteriophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterobacteriophages
Etymology: From entero- + bacteriophage.
Senses: glosses: A bacteriophage that infects an enterobacterium
enterobacteriophages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enterobacteriophage
fibropapilloma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibropapillomas
Etymology: From fibro- + papilloma.
Senses: glosses: A fibrous papilloma
Related terms: fibropapillomatosis
fibropapillomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibropapilloma
harderian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Harderian.
Harderian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: harderian
Etymology: From Harder + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or named for the Swiss anatomist Johann Jacob Harder (1656–1711)
Derived terms: Harderian gland
hypoglandular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
-ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
-ænʒʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From hypo- + glandular.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or caused by abnormally decreased glandular activity
clambersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clambersome
form: most clambersome
Etymology: From clamber + -some.
Senses: examples: text: "[...] Mind where ye are comin', you Geordies, wi' your big, clambersome feet!"
ref: 1908, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Princess Penniless:
text: Your guardian wood remains unbowed, / full of clambersome concealing; [...]
ref: 1976, Rainer Maria Rilke, Poems, 1906 to 1926:
text: In my children's arms, in my children's eyes / there is love and anguish and knowing too wise / for this piddledunk world and its spinachy ways / its clambersome nights and blistering days / I offer my arms for their snuggletug ease / for their dream down wares and their 'zactly stuff, please God / let it be enough
ref: 2011, Traci L. Slatton, Dancing in the Tabernacle:
glosses: Characterized or marked by clambering.
sheol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Sheol.
Jussie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌsi/
Senses: glosses: A male or female given name from Latin.
24/7/365
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Based on 24/7.
Senses: examples: 2011, "Peeps", season 2, episode 4 of Regular Show
Benson: Say hello to Peeps. It's a surveillance system. Now I'll be able to see what you're up to all the time, 24/7/365. Isn't that great?
2017, The Lego Batman Movie
Batman: I don't talk about feelings, Alfred. I don't have any, I've never seen one. I'm a night-stalking, crime-fighting vigilante, and a heavy metal rapping machine. I don't feel anything emotionally, except for rage. 24/7/365, at a million percent.
glosses: 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days out of the year (including February 29 in leap years, as well); constantly, without interruption, twenty-four seven, the entire year.
Smollett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmɒlət/
ipa: /ˈsmɑːlət/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
pandersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pandersome
form: most pandersome
Etymology: From pander + -some.
Senses: examples: text: It so avoids the two extremes of mock delicacy and pandersome detail with such good sense, that we could wish it put into the hands of every American girl and woman.
ref: 1870, Water-cure Journal, volume 50:
text: The one jazz organist I almost always enjoy, though his latest records are dull and pandersome.
ref: 1968, High Fidelity, volume 18, numbers 7-12:
text: As a rule, New York Knucklehead Awards don't appear at the top of this column. But today, we make an exception. For two exceptionally pandersome politicians: state Sen. Frank Padavan and Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza. Who are pandering at the expense of critically ill infants and children.
ref: 2008, Daily News Editorials, Pols' sick ploy:
glosses: Characterised or marked by pandering
plundersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plundersome
form: most plundersome
Etymology: From plunder + -some.
Senses: glosses: Characterised or marked by plundering
CD30
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CD30s
Senses: glosses: a cell membrane protein of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family, serving as a tumor marker and the target of brentuximab vedotin
Synonyms: TNFRSF8
miniwarehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniwarehouses
Etymology: From mini- + warehouse.
Senses: glosses: A small warehouse.
brentuximab vedotin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), directed to the protein CD30 and used in cancer treatment
Synonyms: Adcetris
minisculpture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minisculptures
Senses: glosses: A small sculpture
miniski
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniskis
Etymology: From mini- + ski.
Senses: glosses: A short ski.
mini roundabout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini roundabouts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mini-roundabout.
miniconvention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniconventions
Etymology: From mini- + convention.
Senses: glosses: A small convention or gathering.
mind-altering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mind-altering
form: most mind-altering
Senses: synonyms: psychoactive
psychotropic
glosses: Changing the way someone's mind works.
raw_tags: of a drug
miminy-piminy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more miminy-piminy
form: most miminy-piminy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of niminy-piminy.
millimetrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more millimetrical
form: most millimetrical
Senses: glosses: millimetric
Derived terms: submillimetrical
milk toast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪlk təʊst/
ipa: /ˈmɪlk ˌtoʊst/
homophone: milquetoast
Forms: form: milk toasts
Senses: synonyms: graveyard stew
glosses: A food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk, typically with sugar and butter, but which also may contain other ingredients.
Derived terms: milquetoast
milking parlor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milking parlors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of milking parlour.
milking parlour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milking parlours
form: milking parlor
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: barn < dairy farm < farm
text: Two North American models (Rodenburg 2002, Rotz et al., 2003) suggest that on large farms, as the hours of use of large automated milking parlours increase, their relative economic advantage over AM-systems increases.
ref: 2004, Albert Meijering, Automatic Milking: A Better Understanding, page 35:
coordinate_terms: milkshed#Etymology_2
;
milkhouse#Noun
glosses: A large room (in a barn) designed for the mechanical milking of cows.
Related terms: milk can
milk churn
milking machine
milk truck
milk house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk houses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of milkhouse.
Milk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Milks
Senses: examples: text: American gay rights activist Harvey Milk was known for keeping his face and name on the front pages of San Francisco’s newspapers.
ref: 2025 June 4, Andy Rose, “Gay rights icon Harvey Milk’s legacy slighted by decision to rename Navy ship”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
Related terms: MILC
milk
mike stew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But the tin ear of the mike picks up all sounds, without selection, in an indiscriminate hodge-podge which sound men call "mike stew."
ref: 1950, Dore Schary, Case History of a Movie, page 139:
glosses: Unpleasant background noise generated from the sound of a microphone.
mike sock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mike socks
Senses: qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: A cover placed over a microphone to reduce external sounds
microphonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microphonists
Senses: glosses: Someone who performs using a microphone, for example a speaker or as part of a show
method air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: method airs
Etymology: From method + air. From being a method to make it appear that the person has achieved a higher altitude than they actually have.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
snowboarding
sports
glosses: A trick where the boarder grabs the heel edge of the board with their front hand, between their feet, and then pulls the board towards their back, while arching their back and bending knees.
Mexican hat dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mexican hat dances
Senses: synonyms: hat dance
glosses: A dance from Mexico, performed by a man and a woman, in which the sombrero is placed on the ground and used in various ways.
Huginn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Norse Huginn (“thought”), from hugr, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: one of a pair of ravens, the other being Muninn, who fly throughout the world and report any unusual events back to Odin. They are essentially Odin's messengers.
lamp post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamp posts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lamppost.
lamp posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamp post
cataptromancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catoptromancy.
catoxtromancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catoptromancy.
mike socks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mike sock
comiserates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comiserate
comiserated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of comiserate
comiserating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of comiserate