cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
outbest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outbests
form: outbesting
form: outbested
form: outbested
Etymology: From out- + best.
Senses: examples: text: Always the competitor, he usually outbested me in everything we did, but Battle-Cry was his Achilles Heel.
ref: 2010, David Mittler, Legacy of Fire:
text: Before long, the brothers were outbesting each other, recanting their childhood antics until Drake relaxed.
ref: 2013, Pat Simmons, Her Dress:
glosses: To be better at something.
outbests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outbest
outbesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outbest
outbested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outbest
crosstrack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crosstracks
form: crosstracking
form: crosstracked
form: crosstracked
form: cross track
form: cross-track
Etymology: From cross + track. From crossing over the track of another.
Senses: glosses: To impede another speedskater by crossing over their projected track and cutting them off.
Derived terms: crosstracking
crosstrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosstracks
form: cross track
form: cross-track
Etymology: From cross + track. From crossing over the track of another.
Senses: glosses: An instance of crosstracking.
crosstracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present of crosstrack
crosstracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crosstrack
crosstracking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosstrackings
form: cross tracking
form: cross-tracking
Etymology: From crosstrack + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The action of to crosstrack.
glosses: The name of the penalty for those who crosstrack.
Synonyms: sense: penalty
word: impeding
crosstracking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross tracking
form: cross-tracking
Etymology: From crosstrack + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of speedskating
stat mech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As we have seen, “stat mech” can be understood very well from a probability theory perspective.
ref: 2010, Daniel Zuckerman, Statistical Physics of Biomolecules: An Introduction, page 153:
glosses: statistical mechanics
angeiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of angiology.
angeiotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of angiotomy.
angiectasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiectasias
form: angioectasia
Etymology: From angi- + ectasia.
Senses: glosses: Dilation of a lymphatic or blood vessel.
Synonyms: angiectasis
Derived terms: angiectatic
telangiectasia
angiectatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angiectasis + -ic, in parallel with stasis → static and other morphologically similar terms, such as homeostasis → homeostatic and metastasis → metastatic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characterised by angiectasia (angiectasis).
Related terms: telangiectatic
anginoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angina + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or relating to angina.
anginophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fear of angina; The irrational fear of choking, angina or narrowing of the throat. This is mainly caused by experience or being a witness to someone choking.
angiocholitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cholangitis.
synonyms: word: cholangitis
angiodynography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The medical imaging of blood vessels by means of ultrasound
angiofollicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angio- + follicular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to follicles of blood vessels or of the lymph system
Derived terms: angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia
angioglioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiogliomas
Etymology: From angio- + glioma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A highly vascular glioma
angioinvasive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more angioinvasive
form: most angioinvasive
Etymology: From angio- + invasive.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or characterised by, the infiltration of vessels (blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, or both).
Related terms: angioinvasion
worrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɹəl
Forms: form: worrels
Senses: examples: text: The rat, called ichneumon, which has been fabled to destroy the crocodile, by leaping down it's throat and gnawing through it's belly; the cameleon; and the worrel, which is said to be affected by music; all are natives of Egypt.
ref: 1785, William Frederick Martyn, The Geographical Magazine; or, a New, Copious, Compleat, and Universal System of Geography, page 639:
glosses: Obsolete form of worral (“monitor lizard”).
waral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warals
Senses: examples: text: The other is the monitor, improperly called the tupinambis, of which there are two species, both called in Arabic by the name waran or waral, but distinguished by the titles of the land waral and the water waral.
ref: 1836, George Long, Egyptian Antiquities, volume II, page 303:
glosses: Alternative form of worral, a monitor lizard
angiokeratosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiokeratoses
Etymology: From angio- + keratosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of many angiokeratomas
angiolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angioliths
Etymology: From angio- + -lith.
Senses: glosses: A calcareous deposit in the wall of a blood vessel
Related terms: angiolithic
angiolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characterised by angioliths
angiolymphoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angio- + lymphoid.
Senses: glosses: Relating to lymph and blood vessels
Derived terms: angiolymphoid hyperplasia
thromboprophylactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Serving to prevent thrombosis.
thromboprophylactic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thromboprophylactics
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medicine which prevents thrombosis.
tetradecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetradecahedra
form: tetradecahedrons
Etymology: From tetradeca- + -hedron.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyhedron with fourteen faces.
Synonyms: tetrakaidekahedron
Related terms: tetradecahedral
antihypoglycemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: antihypoglycaemic
Etymology: From anti- + hypoglycemia + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Counteracting hypoglycemia.
antihypoglycemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihypoglycemics
form: antihypoglycaemic
Etymology: From anti- + hypoglycemia + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An agent that counteracts hypoglycemia.
clerical script
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clerkly script
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 隸書／隶书 (lìshū). Tradition holds that clerical script developed out of the needs of clerks.
Senses: glosses: An archaic style of Chinese calligraphy, dominant during the Han dynasty. Characters are rather wide (in comparison with modern styles), with long, bold, and deliberate sweeping strokes. Unlike the preceding seal script, it is still easily legible to modern readers, and thus remains in decorative use.
Phazania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Phazānia. Doublet of Fezzan.
Senses: glosses: Fezzan
Derived terms: Phazanian
angiomyoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiomyomas
Etymology: From angio- + myoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A benign, solitary tumor associated with blood vessels
angiomyoneuroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiomyoneuromas
Etymology: From angio- + myoneuroma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of glomangioma.
synonyms: word: glomangioma
angioneuromyoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angioneuromyomas
Etymology: From angio- + neuro- + myoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of glomangioma.
synonyms: word: glomangioma
angioparalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angio- + paralysis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: paralysis of blood vessels
Synonyms: vasoparalysis
angiorrhaphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiorrhaphies
Etymology: From angio- + -rrhaphy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: suture of a blood vessel
angiorrhexis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angio- + -rrhexis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: rupture of a blood vessel
angioscotoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angioscotomas
form: angioscotomata
Etymology: From angio- + scotoma.
Senses: glosses: A defect in the visual field caused by a dilated retinal blood vessel
angioscotometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angioscotoma + -metry.
Senses: glosses: visualization of an angioscotoma
angiospastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From angio- + spastic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to angiospasm
angiostrongylosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A classical compound, from international scientific vocabulary, from Angiostrongylus + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Infection (principally of dogs) by lungworms of the genus Angiostrongylus.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
angiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angioses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease of the blood vessels
Derived terms: chorangiosis
chorioangiosis
angiotonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiotonins
Senses: glosses: A vasoconstrictor that causes narrowing of blood vessels
idolon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊlɒn
Forms: form: idolons
form: idola
Senses: examples: text: Thus, as out of the body sat our recumbent doctor in the room underneath the bed in which his snoring idolon lay, Tom Dunstan stood beside the table, with the short white threads sticking out on his blue sleeve […]
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: Alternative form of eidolon.
final B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: final Bs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of B final.
final A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: final As
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of A final.
web development
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: web dev
glosses: The work involved in developing a web site for the Internet or an intranet.
Related terms: web developer
CDO-cubed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CDO-cubeds
form: CDO cubed
Senses: examples: text: Given the number of CDO Squared transactions in the marketplace, and the continued narrowing of corporate spreads, the emergence of CDO Cubed could be regarded as almost inevitable.
ref: 2005, Jan Job de Vries Robbé, Paul U. Ali, Securitisation of Derivatives and Alternative Asset Classes: Yearbook 2005, Kluwer Law International, page 41:
text: But what if you can't sell all the bottom tranches of the CDO-squared securities? You guessed it. You form another pool of those untouchables—called a CDO cubed—and tranche away again.
ref: 2009, Les Leopold, The Looting of America: How Wall Street's Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed our Jobs, Pensions, and Prosperity and What We Can Do About It, Chelsea Green Publishing, page 92:
text: A CDO squared is a CDO that only uses other CDOs as collateral. The CDO cubed is a special purpose vehicle with securitization payments in the form of tranches. A CDO cubed is backed by CDO squared tranches, allowing the banks to resell the credit risk they had taken once again by repackaging their CDO-squared.
ref: 2012, Oonagh McDonald, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac: Turning the American Dream into a Nightmare, Bloomsbury Academic, page 317:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A type of CDO (collateralized debt obligation) that invests in CDO-squareds.
pancreatic duct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pancreatic ducts
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: duct of Wirsung
glosses: The duct joining the pancreas to the common bile duct to supply pancreatic juice provided from the exocrine pancreas which aids in digestion.
pancreatic ducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pancreatic duct
CDO-cubeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CDO-cubed
duct of Wirsung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vɪɹ.sʌŋ/
/-sʊŋ/
Forms: form: ducts of Wirsung
Etymology: Named for German anatomist Johann Georg Wirsung.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: Wirsung's duct
Wirsung's canal
canal of Wirsung
glosses: The pancreatic duct.
ducts of Wirsung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duct of Wirsung
CDO cubed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CDO cubeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of CDO-cubed.
CDO cubeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CDO cubed
CDO squared
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CDO squareds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of CDO-squared.
CDO squareds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CDO squared
diplomatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Certain it is that many of the young docents whose specialty is Semitic philology, or Hebrew archaeology, or Church history, or diplomatology, have no deep interest in or little knowledge of the distinctively Christian doctrines […]
ref: 1881, Granville Stanley Hall, Aspects of German Culture, page 14:
glosses: The study or science of diplomatics, charters, decrees, etc.
band camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: band camps
Senses: topics: education
entertainment
lifestyle
music
hypernyms: camp
coordinate_terms: summer camp
glosses: An intensive program organised for primary, secondary or tertiary students of instrumental music, usually the members of a school band or several such bands, typically lasting a number of weeks and integrating rehearsals with social activities.
band camps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of band camp
rascalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rascal + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The behaviour of a rascal; villainy.
Sicambrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sicambrians
Senses: glosses: A member of the Sicambri tribe.
Sicambrians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sicambrian
Sicambri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Germanic people who during Ancient Roman times lived on the right bank of the Rhine river, in what is now Germany, near the border with the Netherlands.
pyrenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrenia
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
synonyms: excipulum
glosses: The wall of the perithecium.
Russian salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Russian salad
Olivier salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Olivier salad
finless porpoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finless porpoises
Senses: glosses: Neophocaena phocaenoides, a species of porpoise that lacks a true dorsal fin and is found in the coastal waters of Asia, especially around Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Bangladesh.
finless porpoises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finless porpoise
consuites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consuite
awlbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: awlbills
Etymology: From awl + bill.
Senses: glosses: Any hummingbird of the genus Avocettula.
Derived terms: fiery-tailed awlbill
odontobothritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odontobothrites
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: alveolitis of the jaw
curmudgeony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From curmudgeon + -y.
Senses: examples: text: But she's got — that is, she used to have — an uncle, the very rich, curmudgeony sort, you know, who never gave anyone a penny.
ref: 1938, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, The Dawson Pedigree and Lord Peter Views the Body:
text: 1986, United Methodist Church (United States). West Michigan Conference, Minutes of the West Michigan Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
Offered daily thanks for Editor Ed (Duncan) with appreciation for the fact that he continues to be crusty, curmudgeony, competent, committed, caring, crafty and cool, at least five days out of every seven, proving to the amazement of absolutely everyone that preachers can print... or is it that printers can preach.
text: Dancing, she knows this can' t last. Tomorrow she'll be back to her usual curmudgeony self.
ref: 2007, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Queen of Dreams, Anchor, →ISBN, page 339:
glosses: Curmudgeonly.
anhaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid, 4-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]phenol, found in peyotes of the genus Anhalonium
anhydration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anhydrations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of an anhydrate
anhydro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having had water removed.
anhydrogalactose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anhydro- + galactose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The major sugar which forms agarose.
Salmon River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Many of the rivers are named for the presence of salmon.
Senses: glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A tributary of the Portland Canal, in northwestern British Columbia.
glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia.
glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A river in northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A small river in Langley district municipality, British Columbia.
glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A tributary of Shuswap Lake in the Shuswap region, British Columbia.
glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A river on Moresby Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, British Columbia.
glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A river in New Brunswick.
glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A river and unincorporated community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A small rural community of Digby County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A small community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A number of rivers and communities in Canada:
A river in Ontario.
glosses: A number of rivers in the United States:
Several rivers in Alaska.
glosses: A number of rivers in the United States:
A tributary of the Klamath River, in western Siskiyou County, California.
glosses: A number of rivers in the United States:
A tributary of the Connecticut River in Connecticut.
glosses: A number of rivers in the United States:
A long tributary of the Snake River in Idaho, at 425 miles the longest river of this name in the United States.
glosses: A number of rivers in the United States:
A tributary of Lake Ontario, in upstate New York.
glosses: A number of rivers in the United States:
A small tributary of Lake Champlain, in far northern New York, south of Plattsburgh.
glosses: A number of rivers in the United States:
A tributary of the Sandy River in Clackamas County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of rivers in the United States:
A coastal river mostly in Lincoln County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of rivers in the United States:
A tributary of the Queets River in Washington.
Related terms: english: Idaho
translation: Idaho
word: Salmon
Grahamian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Graham + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to various people with the surname Graham.
Of or relating to American investor Benjamin Graham or his approach to value investing.
glosses: Of or relating to various people with the surname Graham.
Of or relating to American minister Sylvester Graham or his social movement and proposed dietary reforms.
value investing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
coordinate_terms: growth investing
glosses: An investment paradigm that focuses on buying securities at a price lower than their intrinsic value.
Related terms: margin of safety
static separation of duty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Your organization might decide to use static separation of duty (SSD).
ref: 2016, Michael Gregg, CISSP Exam Cram, →ISBN:
text: First, static separation of duties (SSD') is based on user-role membership (Gavrila & Barkley, 1998).
ref: 2006, Merrill Warkentin, Enterprise Information Systems Assurance and System Security, →ISBN:
glosses: A form of separation of duties which is enforced at the user-role assignment level rather than dynamically based on previous user actions.
Lemhi County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Fort Lemhi (originally Fort Limhi after Limhi in the Book of Mormon).
Senses: glosses: One of 44 counties in Idaho, United States. County seat: Salmon.
wikipedia: Fort Lemhi
Limhi
separation of duties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In modern business, tasks that require separation of duties include: Deployment of a nuclear weapon. Two or more staff members are required to insert a key or type a password. Opening a bank vault. Two vault tellers each possess one half of the combination to the vault.
ref: 2015, Peter Gregory, CISSP Guide to Security Essentials, →ISBN, page 258:
topics: management
synonyms: word: segregation of duties
word: SoD
qualifier: security
glosses: The requirement that two or more people must be involved in order to complete a high-risk task.
Related terms: separation of powers
SoD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Separation of duties (SoD) is one of the key concepts of internal control and is the most difficult and sometimes the most costly control to achieve. SoD states that no single individual should have control over two or more phases of a transaction or operation, which makes deliberate fraud more difficult to perpetrate because it requires the collusion of two or more individuals or parties.
ref: 2009, Catherine Paquet, Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS), →ISBN:
qualifier: security
glosses: Initialism of separation of duties.
SSDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SSD
salmon river
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salmon rivers
Senses: examples: text: Scotland has long been renowned for its salmon fishing on some of the most famous salmon rivers in the world.
text: The Tweed is a salmon river, and the Blessing of the Nets ceremony heralds the start of the fishing season.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 296:
glosses: A river frequented by salmon, particularly as young fish, and as adults for spawning. These rivers are also popular for fishing.
salmon rivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salmon river
foxshit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fox + shit.
Senses: examples: text: They gallop around chasing a bag of foxshit.
ref: 1979, Gutcheon, Beth Richardson, The New Girls, →OCLC:
text: You wreck my palate with your brew of nettles and foxshit: What kind of stomach do you think I have?
ref: 1999, Mitchell, David (David Stephen), Ghostwritten : A Novel in Nine Parts, →OCLC:
synonyms: billiting
scumber
glosses: The excrement of a fox.
ubudehe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There is muted concern from some stakeholders that the concept of ubudehe unless monitored carefully, could come to be used in a top-down way, which would limit meaningful participation by the rural poor.
ref: 2002, Rosemary McGee, Josh Levene, Alexandra Hughes, Assessing participation in poverty reduction strategy papers:
text: For me, what I believe in most is ubudehe, which gives jobs to local people and they get paid. This does not mean that in some areas, ubudehe has not been mismanaged.
ref: 2012, Samuel Kale Ewusi -, Weaving Peace, →ISBN:
text: Using the example of recent ubudehe deliberations by members of one community in his sector, the official related the following account.
ref: 2012, Marc Sommers, Stuck: Rwandan Youth and the Struggle for Adulthood, →ISBN:
text: In ubudehe, cells receive small funds (i.e., 1,000 USD) that they complement with their own resources (i.e., labour) to carry out locally designed projects such as upgrading or formation of anti-erosion terraces, upgrading or construction of roads, construction of schools, etc.
ref: 2015, Andrea Purdeková, Making Ubumwe: Power, State and Camps in Rwanda's Unity-Building Project, →ISBN:
glosses: A movement for combating poverty through projects involving community participation.
dongba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dongba
form: dongbas
Etymology: From Mandarin 东巴 (dōngbā).
Senses: examples: text: By 1949 there were dongba practising only in the rural areas of Lijiang. We have no figure on the exact number, but according to interviews many Naxi villages had a dongba at that time, or would invite one from a neighbouring village. After the Communist take-over the dongba's activities were prohibited as expressions of feudal superstition (mixin), and partly for this reason there are extremely few dongba today.
ref: 1998, Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, David Strand, Reconstructing Twentieth-century China, →ISBN:
text: Dongba of the Baisha schoolwere skilled and prolific in the script, and they could read and write geba script as well. In an analysis of the title pages of seven thousand dongba books in Western libraries, Pan and Jackson found 1,233 written by some forty-five authors from the Baisha school.
ref: 2011, Erik Mueggler, The Paper Road: Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West, →ISBN:
text: When the Buddhist monks and the dongbas went to the west to seek the sacred scriptures, the dongbas won the race and got the pants. This is why Tibetan Buddhist monks only wear robes, while we dongbas wear robes and pants.
ref: 2014, Marie-Rose Phan-Le, Talking Story: One Woman's Quest to Preserve Ancient Spiritual and Healing Traditions, →ISBN:
glosses: A priest of the Nakhi people.
Nakhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Na-Khi
form: Nashi
Senses: examples: text: I wanted to know if the Nakhi folktales were different, given that they originated in a matriarchal society. Mu Ji Xin. a Nakhi friend, helped me find a collection of tales that had been translated from Nakhi to Chinese.
ref: 1997, Carolyn Han, Tales from Within the Clouds: Nakhi Stories of China, →ISBN, page x:
glosses: An ethnic group centered in the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China.
dongbas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dongba
JNS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JNSes
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of jump not scored (a score on a scoresheet, for an insufficient/incomplete judged jump).
effodicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: effodicates
form: effodicating
form: effodicated
form: effodicated
Etymology: From Latin effodiō, effodicō.
Senses: examples: text: ... occlude it then cloſe together, [...] a cubite vnder grovvnd, agaynſte the ſurrection of the Sunne, in ſome Garden, and there let it remayne the continuance of a moneth thẽ effodicate, or digge vp the ſame & diſtille it.
ref: 1599, Oswald Gäbelkover, The Boock of Physicke, page 54:
glosses: To dig up.
effodicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of effodicate
effodicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of effodicate
effodicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of effodicate
upgrowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upgrowing
glamourising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glamourise
glamourised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glamourise
boardmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boardman
technical skier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iə(ɹ)
Forms: form: technical skiers
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A skier who specializes in technical skiing, the technical events of alpine skiing, the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom. (The speed events of the sport of alpine skiing are downhill and super-G)
Hypernyms: alpine skier
skier
Coordinate terms: topics: alpine-skiing
skiing
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: speed skier
Related terms: english: a skier who specializes in speedskiing, a discipline not part of formal alpine skiing
translation: a skier who specializes in speedskiing, a discipline not part of formal alpine skiing
word: speedskier
Grooms of the Stool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Groom of the Stool
grooms of the stool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groom of the stool
baroreception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From baro- + reception.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The physiological sensory response to changes in blood pressure.
pulmonocardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pulmono- + cardiac.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Cardiopulmonary.
gunnish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gunnish
form: most gunnish
Etymology: From gun + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Jane . . . who was she but mere decoration as he proved his gunnish manhood . . . ? Jane loved his guns.
ref: 1989, Joe Rosenblatt, The Kissing Goldfish of Siam, Exile Editions, Ltd., →ISBN, page 28:
text: Rafi's fingers knew about loading that gun the way you know the particular push and pull of your own house keys in the door. I shoved cold hands back in his pockets and touched the metal thing I had felt before. A bullet, of course. "All right." He held the gun toward me. A very gunnish gun, black with a long barrel. "This is a Smith & Wesson .357 magnum. I own quite a few firearms. This one I love. Now, I'm going to fire, then you will."
ref: 1991, Erika Taylor, The sun maiden, Scribner, →ISBN:
text: It was a rifle. Sort of. It was a pistol. Sort of. It was in between a rifle and a handgun, but it didn't look quite like anything Clint Eastwood ever waved around. It had some long tanklike cylinder sticking out from the handle like an exhaust pipe, and as Gunnar's redrimmed eyes focused—sort of—on me, he was attaching some kind of canvas balloon to another pipe sticking up out of the barrel. The more familiar gunnish qualities of the thing were: It was long and black and steely ...
ref: 2013, Chris Lynch, Babes in the Woods, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
glosses: Gun-like.
barochemoreceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barochemoreceptors
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A receptor sensitive to both changes in blood pressure and chemical stimuli.
cologastric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the colon and stomach; gastrocolic.
retrosternally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: In a retrosternal manner; behind the sternum.
odynophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or characterized by odynophagia.
oesophagoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oesophagoplasties
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of esophagoplasty.
esophagoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esophagoplasties
form: oesophagoplasty
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical repair of the wall of the esophagus
Derived terms: coloesophagoplasty
coloenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From colo- + enteric or colo- + enter- + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of enterocolic.
synonyms: word: enterocolic
enterocolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From entero- + col- + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: enterocolic fistulas
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to the small intestine and the colon, usually with reference to a fistula therebetween.
Synonyms: coloenteral
coloenteric
enterocolonic
Hypernyms: enteroenteric
colocolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to two parts of the colon.
gastrogastric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to two parts of the stomach.
rectorectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From recto- + rectal or recto- + rectum + -al.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to two parts of the rectum, as, for example, in a rectorectal intussusception, in which the two parts telescope together.
wikipedia: malapropism
presacral space
rectovaginal fascia
rectovaginal fistula
relaparoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relaparoscopies
Etymology: From re- + laparoscopy.
Senses: glosses: A second laparoscopy.
postperitoneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Posterior to the peritoneum.
gluteolumbar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the buttocks and the lower back.
parapancreatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Located close to the pancreas.
hemiagenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Failure of development or formation on one side of the body
Related terms: hemiagenetic
oligonodular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Characterized by a small number (often fewer than five) of nodules.
hepatogastroenterology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A branch of medicine that incorporates the study of liver (and nearby structures), stomach and small intestine as well as management of their disorders.
Derived terms: hepatogastroenterologist
reresect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reresects
form: reresecting
form: reresected
form: reresected
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: To resect again.
gunneress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunneresses
Etymology: From gunner + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Away, then, away ! The seized cannon are yoked with seized cart-horses : brown-locked Demoiselle Theroigne, with pike and helmet, sits there as gunneress, "with haughty eye and serene fair countenance;" comparable, some think, to the Maid of Orleans.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
text: ... France, the patroness of officers, the inimitable model of the pupils of Saint-Cyr, and the romantic Druidess, the inspired woman-soldier of the national guard, the patriot gunneress of the Republicans, ...
ref: 1909, Anatole France, The Life of Joan of Arc:
text: At Jemappes there were at least two other Amazons, Catherine Pochelat and Duliere, both artillery women. At Lille, a widow, Mary Guillot, was gunneress; and when she came to Paris the Jacobin Club invited her to sit on the President's right hand.
ref: 1922, Winifred Stephens Whale, Women of the French Revolution, page 185:
text: Most strikingly, too, Bellmer's 1937 sculpture, Mitrailleuse en état de grâce (Machine-Gunneress), replaces phallic weapon associations by a voluptuous construct of buttock-head, breasts, and petal-like claws (reproduced in Rubin, Dada 151).
ref: 1992, Angela Moorjani, Aesthetics Of Loss And Lessness, Springer, page 65
text: It was a huge house and several other refugees were also camping with Dr. Umberto, most of them, like me, victims of genitourinary calamities. The retired Israeli machine gunneress with the prolapsed uterus, for example: she dropped her intestines in the toilet one morning.
ref: 2011, Donald O'Donovan, Tarantula Woman
glosses: A female gunner.
gastropancreaticoduodenectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure for the removal of part of the pancreas, part of the stomach and the duodenum.
admag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: admags
Etymology: Shortening from advertising magazine.
Senses: examples: text: The admag was unique to Britain, and there was a kind of backdoor bravado about them in the way every admag transmission cheekily bumped up the amount of advertising per clock hour.
ref: 1980, Jo Gable, The Tuppenny Punch and Judy Show: 25 Years of TV Commercials, page 74:
text: This particular admag focused on a married couple who ran a pub in the fictional village of Wembleham, and they would discuss the price and quality of various real consumer products with their customers.
ref: 2007, Rob Turnock, Television and Consumer Culture: Britain and the Transformation of Modernity, page 145:
text: […] ABC operated under the same advertising structures as the BBC when it came to programme material – the parameters of which had been tested by the controversy surrounding the advertising magazine, or 'admag'.
ref: 2007, Su Holmes, "A friendly style of presentation which the BBC has always found elusive?", published in Re-viewing Television History: Critical Issues in Television Historiography, page 75
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A television programme in which actors advertise real products in a fictional setting.
admags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admag
pygmy owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pygmy owls
Senses: synonyms: gnome owl
glosses: Any of various species of small owl from the genus Glaucidium.
counterinflation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of counter-inflation.
counter-inflation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: counterinflation
Etymology: From counter- + inflation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anti-inflationary.
synonyms: word: anti-inflationary
anhydroleucovorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anhydro- + leucovorin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An intermediate, 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate, in the interconversion of glycine and serine that is catalysed by folic acid
aniacinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aniacinoses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of aniacinamidosis.
synonyms: word: aniacinamidosis
aniacinamidosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aniacinamidoses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A deficiency of niacinamide that is sometimes associated with pellagra
anidrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anidroses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An inability to tolerate heat, typically as a result of reduced sweating
Related terms: anidrotic
anidrotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to anidrosis
anilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to aniline or to anil
Derived terms: anilic acid
anilino-
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aniline + -o-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from aniline by loss of a nitrogen atom from the -NH₂ group
anisognathous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anisognathous
form: most anisognathous
Etymology: From an- + isognathous.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Having different sizes to the upper and lower jaws
Derived terms: anisognathously
anisokaryosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an- + isokaryosis.
Senses: glosses: A larger than normal variation in the size of the nuclei of cells
anisotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From an- + isotonic.
Senses: glosses: Not isotonic (in any sense)
ankylo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: ancyl-
form: ankyl-
Senses: examples: e.g. ankylosaurus, ankylosis
glosses: bent, crooked
examples: e.g. ankylothecodont, ankylose, ankylurethria, ankyloblepharon
glosses: fused
examples: e.g. ankylotic, ankyloglossia
glosses: stiff in movement
ankyloblepharon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ankyloblepharons
Etymology: From ankylo- + blepharon.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: fusion of the margins of the eyelids
annuloaortic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From annulo- + aortic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to the aorta and the aortic annulus
Derived terms: annuloaortic ectasia
annulospiral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From annulo- + spiral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: wrapped around the centre of the intrafusal fibre
raw_tags: of the ending of a nerve fibre
annulospiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annulospirals
Etymology: From annulo- + spiral.
Senses: glosses: Such an axon
emetophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emetophobe
epiphanises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of epiphanise
epiphanising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of epiphanise
epiphanised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of epiphanise
epiphanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of epiphanize
epiphanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of epiphanize
epiphanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of epiphanize
libertarian Marxist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more libertarian Marxist
form: most libertarian Marxist
Senses: topics: communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to libertarian Marxism.
libertarian Marxist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: libertarian Marxists
Senses: topics: communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: One who subscribes to libertarian Marxism.
libertarian Marxists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of libertarian Marxist
pansocialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pansocialist
form: most pansocialist
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of pan-socialist.
decentralized planning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decentralised planning
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
synonyms: decentral planning
glosses: A mechanism for allocating resources decentrally; economic planning that does not rely on any authorities.
decentral planning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of decentralized planning.
synonyms: word: decentralized planning
decentralised planning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of decentralized planning.
centralized planning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centralised planning
Senses: glosses: Synonym of central planning.
synonyms: word: central planning
centralised planning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of centralized planning.
United Mexican States
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈmɛk.sɪ.kən ˈsteɪts/
ipa: /juˌnaɪtɪ̈d ˈmɛk.sɪ.kən ˈsteɪts/
Forms: form: the United Mexican States
Etymology: Calque of Spanish Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Senses: glosses: Official name of Mexico: a country in North America.
ear-bud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear-buds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ear bud.
extortee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extortees
Etymology: From extort + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One from whom something is extorted.
pelfie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛlfi/
rhymes: -ɛlfi
Forms: form: pelfies
Etymology: Blend of pet + selfie.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, if 2013 has been the year of the selfie, our elected leaders have put their own fluffy spin on things with the “pelfie” (yep, I went there), unabashedly pimping out their pets for cheap RTs.
ref: 2013 December 26, Charlotte Lytton, “Bo and Sunny Obama Are Definitely The Leaders of the Political Pets”, in Daily Beast:
text: Buyagift has launched a nationwide competition to find the best "pelfie" – a pet selfie – all in the spirit of raising money for two animal charities – Angels Animal Rescue and Wood Green,
ref: 2014 June 30, Sophie Alexander, “Selfie, belfie, now it's the pelfie! Animals get snap happy for charity”, in Daily Star:
text: Even rural puppies on the other side of the world are apathetic when I try to take selfies with them,” he jokes of his pelfie in the Philippines.
ref: 2017 August 4, Kate Hogan, “30 Photos of PEOPLE's Pet Vet Dr. Evan Antin Cuddling with Puppies (You're Welcome)”, in People:
glosses: A self-taken photograph of one's pet.
pelfie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛlfi/
rhymes: -ɛlfi
Forms: form: pelfies
Etymology: Blend of penis + selfie.
Senses: examples: text: Given that it's technically illegal to show an erect penis in movies, here's to assuming some poor production assistant was sent several pelfies (penis selfies? Does it work?) of Shia's floppy, non-erect penis.
ref: 2014 January 7, Dale Neuringer, “Shia Is the New Joey Tribbiani”, in Bustle:
text: And while we're on the subject of messaging, how many of us have sent or received a penis selfie? (A pelfie, if you will.)
ref: 2014 June 28, Emma Jane Unsworth, “A feminist's guide to dating”, in The Guardian:
text: Another argument for the growing trend for pelfies is the widespread availability of free porn
ref: 2017 December 17, “The rise and fall of the penis selfie”, in The Times:
text: Just 22% of men in the same age bracket admitted sending the racy shots, known as "pelfies".
ref: 2018 February 16, Alexander Brown, “Willy pics on the rise: Almost half young women get unwanted snaps”, in Daily Star:
glosses: A self-taken photograph of one's penis.
somethingburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somethingburgers
Etymology: Blend of something + nothingburger, equivalent to something + -burger.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the undeniable corruption, Hillary called the scandal "the biggest nothingburger ever." […] This was a somethingburger with everything on it, for crying out loud. And the media did its best to sweep it under the rug—not just for Hillary's sake, but Obama's as well.
ref: 2018, Matt Margolis, The Scandalous Presidency of Barack Obama:
glosses: Something believed or claimed to be unimportant that turns to be of some importance.