cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Schlemm's canal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Schlemm's canals
form: canal of Schlemm
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: a circular channel in the eye that collects aqueous humour from the anterior chamber and delivers it into the bloodstream; if it is blocked, a glaucoma results
Synonyms: scleral venous sinus
South Carolinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of South Carolinian
South Dakotans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of South Dakotan
Tennesseans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tennessean
Schlemm's canals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schlemm's canal
Tennesseeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tennesseean
canal of Schlemm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canals of Schlemm
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of Schlemm's canal.
canals of Schlemm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canal of Schlemm
aqueous humor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aqueous humors
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of aqueous humour.
Dubliners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dubliner
Montegonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Montegonian
tattle tell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tattle tells
Senses: glosses: A telltale.
Saskabushers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saskabusher
Sierra Leonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sierra Leonian
West Virginians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of West Virginian
forelead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foreleads
form: foreleading
form: foreled
form: foreled
form: forlead
Etymology: From Middle English forleden, from Old English fōrelǣdan (“to lead forth”), equivalent to fore- + lead.
Senses: examples: text: " [...] But you twin sister of the morning sun, Forelead the Sun!"
ref: 1902, Thomas Edgar Pemberton, Ellen Terry and her sisters:
text: This interactive and informative site follows Spanish exploration by way of a map showing the trails (now highways) where the conquistadores foreled.
ref: 2003, Gary B. Nash, The American people: creating a nation and a society:
glosses: To lead forth; lead forward; lead before.
ciliary processes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: inward folding of the choroid with the function of producing aqueous humour
Related terms: ciliary body
ranke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rankes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of rank.
formay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: formays
form: formaying
form: formayed
form: formayed
Etymology: From for- + may. Compare amay, dismay.
Senses: examples: text: He went into Burgoyne all formayed.
ref: 1470, Harding, Chron.:
glosses: To dismay.
formelt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: formelts
form: formelting
form: formelted
form: formolt
form: formelted
form: formolt
form: formolten
form: foremelt
Etymology: From Middle English formelten, from Old English formeltan (“to melt away, dissolve, liquefy, burn up”), equivalent to for- + melt. Compare German verschmelzen, Dutch versmelten.
Senses: examples: text: Loue's vshering fire Foremelting beautie, and loue's flame itselfe.
ref: 1606, Gentleman Vsher, Chapman:
glosses: To melt; melt away; dissolve.
mirken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪn
Forms: form: mirkens
form: mirkening
form: mirkened
form: mirkened
Etymology: From Middle English mirkenen, merknen, from Old Norse myrkna (“to darken”). Cognate with Icelandic myrkna (“to darken”), Swedish mörkna (“to get dark, darken”), Danish mørkne (“to darken”), equivalent to mirk + -en. More at murk.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:mirken.
glosses: To grow dark.
Derived terms: mirkening
mirkning
merels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French mérelle, marelle, marelles, Late Latin marella, marrella. Compare morris (“the game”).
Senses: glosses: nine men's morris
puts two and two together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put two and two together
putting two and two together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put two and two together
Stockholm effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Stockholm syndrome.
aww yeah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔː jɛə/
ipa: [ɔ˥˩ jɛ˥ə˩]
ipa: [ɔː˧˧˦ jɛː˨˩ə˩]
Senses: examples: text: Aww yeah, I got a new video game!
glosses: an exclamation of excitement or joy
Synonyms: sense: exclamation of excitement
word: oh yeah
Abgesang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑp.ɡəˌzɑŋ/
Forms: form: Abgesangs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Abgesang; ab- (“down, from”) + Gesang (“song”).
Senses: topics: communications
human-sciences
journalism
linguistics
literature
media
phonology
poetry
prosody
publishing
sciences
writing
glosses: Repetition of the same word or phrases for emphasis; epistrophe, especially the concluding section.
Abgesangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abgesang
abhinaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɪn.ə.jə/
Forms: form: abhinayas
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit अभिनय (abhinaya, “acting, dramatic action”).
Senses: topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Use of the face and hands, in an expressive manner, similar to the kathakali dance of India.
abhinayas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abhinaya
abhiseka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abhisekas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abhisheka.
abhisekas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abhiseka
con crud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒn kɹʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: concrud
Etymology: From con + crud (“disease”). The former part a shortening of conference or convention. The latter part meaning any disease, from earlier army and student slang for venereal disease (“sexually transmitted disease”).
Senses: examples: text: Much has been said about those who go to furry and SciFi conventions and return with the "Con Crud."
ref: 1999 September 18, Allen Kitchen, “A proposal for ALFers”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet), message-ID <A6D29FFCD278DB9B.8E59F475769021D7.8D510A7C0C424992@lp.airnews.net>:
text: The root canal will be done again as soon as I've recovered from my Worldcon dose of con crud.
ref: 2002 September 19, Julia Jones, “Re: US Dentristy and Optometry”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <BmkrtFJ+Zli9Ewvi@jajones.demon.co.uk>:
text: any con crud? lots of people seem to have gone down with something, some are still stranded in Vancouver too ill to fly home :-((
ref: 2003 September 22, diane, “Re: Gatecon report”, in alt.tv.stargate-sg1 (Usenet), message-ID <20030922013153387+0100@news.btinternet.com>:
text: [I]t [the 6-2-1 Rule] is a well-known rule that every con-goer should follow, because it will help you to avoid the dreaded con crud.
ref: 2017 June 10, Lightning Bliss, “Lightning Bliss's Guide to Con Survival”, in YouTube:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An illness resulting from having people from a wide variety of places at a single gathering such as a convention, allowing disease to spread easily among them due to lack of immunity.
Synonyms: blorch
con flu
Related terms: english: contracted at universities
translation: contracted at universities
word: freshers' flu
exergasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛks.ɚˈɡasi.ə/
Forms: form: exergasias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐξεργασία (exergasía, “working out, completion”), from ἐξεργάζομαι (exergázomai, “to work out, finish”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Senses: glosses: Restatement, a form of parallelism where an idea is repeated and the only change is in the way it is stated.
exergasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exergasia
buff out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buffs out
form: buffing out
form: buffed out
form: buffed out
Senses: examples: text: Other carriers buff out their fuselages instead of painting them, reasoning that cracks can hide under layers of thick exterior paint.
ref: 1992, Diana Fairechild, Jet Smart:
text: But I think that it is an act of barbarism to color sand and buff out acrylic enamels in restoration work.
ref: 2005, Collector Car Restoration Bible: Practical Techniques For Professional Results, page 357:
text: Sammy, There are products on the market designed to buff out scratches in glass, not a wax but a rubbing compound much like jeweler's rouge, a fine jewelry-buffing compound.
ref: 2010, How to Make Your Car Last Forever: Avoid Expensive Repairs, Improve Fuel Economy, Understand Your Warranty, Save Money, page 131:
text: “Ford's war on graffiti, which no artist really acknowledged, has done the exact opposite of what he wanted it to do,” Chirico says. “He wanted to eradicate graffiti, but if you keep buffing out walls, artists consider it a blank canvass.”
ref: 2012, The North Bay Nugget, Filmmaker hits streets for latest project:
glosses: To remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.
examples: text: Nevertheless, if a man has the salesman's qualifications, a little scientific study of salesmanship will sandpaper him, buff out his inequalities and make him a better man.
ref: 1914, Fra Magazine, volume Fra Magazine: A Journal of Affirmation, January 1914 to June 1914, page 178:
text: Like everybody I've met, he spoke exquisite English, right down to the American syntax, as if he wanted to buff out his German cultural ties. That's common too.
ref: 1983, Marie Brenner, Intimate distance:
text: So, the momentum alone has been built up quite well for Wimbledon and Nadal still has roughly one week to buff out the rough spots on grass.
ref: 2012, Bleacher Report, Rafael Nadal: Early Exit at Gerry Weber Means Nothing Heading into Wimbledon:
glosses: To bring something to proper shape by removing or masking minor defects, by straightening out the residual shortcomings.
Coordinate terms: sandpaper
sandblast
depaint
burnish
polish off
sand down
konk out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: konks out
form: konking out
form: konked out
form: konked out
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of conk out.
three-ring circus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-ring circuses
Senses: glosses: A large circus in which three separate performances, each within its own circular enclosure, are staged simultaneously before a single audience.
examples: text: Indoor track can be a three-ring circus, with so much going on in the space of a few evening hours that the fans hardly know where to look first.
ref: 1963 February 22, “Sport: Look! Another Record”, in Time:
text: British television viewers had seen how proceedings in US courtrooms can almost turn into a three-ring circus during the OJ Simpson trial.
ref: 1997 November 1, Kim Sengupta, “Nanny Trial: Sharp contrast in US justice style”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 28 Jun 2012:
text: The Italian Parliament has long been a three-ring circus.
ref: 2011 April 1, Rachel Donadio, “Rude and Crude Behavior Stains Italian Parliament”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Jun 2012:
glosses: A disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation or set of events, which is a source of bewilderment, amazement, or amusement.
Synonyms: sense: idiomatic: disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation
word: commotion
word: pandemonium
three ring circus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three ring circuses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of three-ring circus.
v. a.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of vicar apostolic.
glosses: Initialism of vice admiral.
glosses: Initialism of visual acuity.
v. a.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: topics: epigraphy
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: Acting in place of; from Latin vices agens.
analyzand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: analyzands
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of analysand.
analyzands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of analyzand
LPI
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of low-probability-of-intercept.
Related terms: LPIR
LPI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LPIs
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of leading pedestrian interval, a brief period when pedestrians are allowed to start crossing a street before vehicles are allowed to move.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of limited price indexation.
LPI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Lunar and Planetary Institute.
MPPG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Mars Program Planning Group.
Chittoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu చిత్తూరు (cittūru).
Senses: glosses: A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
glosses: A surname.
Nellore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu నెల్లూరు (nellūru).
Senses: glosses: A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
glosses: A surname.
Kurnool
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Srikakulam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit श्री (śrī).
Senses: glosses: A district and town in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Karimnagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district and town in Telangana, India.
Kadapa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cuddapah
form: Cuddappah
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu గడప (gaḍapa, “gateway”).
Senses: glosses: A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
glosses: A surname.
Khammam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district and town in Telangana, India.
Medak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district and town in Telangana, India.
AMSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
dextrogyres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dextrogyre
hypovitaminoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypovitaminosis
methyladenosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl- + adenosine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An N-methyl derivative of adenosine found in the mRNA of some viruses
methylcytidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl- + cytidine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An N-methyl derivative of cytidine
methyluridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methyluridines
Etymology: From methyl- + uridine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A methyl derivative of uridine.
mesocolons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesocolon
microelement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microelements
Etymology: From micro- + element.
Senses: glosses: trace element
mucine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of mucin.
first-class object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first-class objects
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: An entity that can be constructed at run-time, passed as a parameter, returned from a function, or assigned into a variable.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: An entity that can pass a value as a parameter, can be returned from a subroutine, and can be assigned into a variable. (This is the definition according to Raphael Finkel, who uses the terms of second- and third-class objects.)
Synonyms: first-class citizen
first-class entity
first-class value
Related terms: second-class object
third-class object
first-class objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first-class object
second-class objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second-class object
third-class objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third-class object
second-class object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second-class objects
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: languages
glosses: An entity of which the value can be passed as a parameter, but that can neither be returned from a function, nor be assigned to a variable. (Used by Raphael Finkel, the first-class object does not need to have run-time constructability according to his definition.)
Synonyms: second-class citizen
second-class entity
second-class value
Related terms: first-class object
third-class object
third-class object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third-class objects
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: languages
glosses: An entity of which the value can neither be passed as a parameter, nor be returned from a function, nor assigned to a variable. (According to the usage by Raphael Finkel, the first-class object does not need to have run-time constructability.)
Synonyms: third-class citizen
third-class entity
third-class value
Related terms: first-class object
second-class object
first-class citizen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first-class citizens
Senses: glosses: A member of a class of individuals that receive fair treatment.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: languages
glosses: Synonym of first-class object.
synonyms: word: first-class object
first-class citizens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first-class citizen
second-class citizens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second-class citizen
third-class citizen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third-class citizens
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: languages
glosses: Synonym of third-class object.
synonyms: word: third-class object
first-class entity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first-class entities
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: languages
glosses: Synonym of first-class object.
synonyms: word: first-class object
first-class entities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first-class entity
first-class value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first-class values
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: languages
glosses: Synonym of first-class object.
synonyms: word: first-class object
first-class values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first-class value
third-class entity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third-class entities
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: languages
glosses: Synonym of third-class object.
synonyms: word: third-class object
third-class entities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third-class entity
third-class value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third-class values
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: languages
glosses: Synonym of third-class object.
synonyms: word: third-class object
third-class values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third-class value
third-class citizens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third-class citizen
second-class citizen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second-class citizens
Senses: glosses: A member of a class of individuals that receive inferior treatment.
qualifier: programming languages
glosses: Synonym of second-class object.
synonyms: word: second-class object
second-class entity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second-class entities
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: languages
glosses: Synonym of second-class object.
synonyms: word: second-class object
second-class entities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second-class entity
second-class value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second-class values
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: languages
glosses: Synonym of second-class object.
synonyms: word: second-class object
second-class values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second-class value
thread pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thread pools
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pool of threads of execution created to perform a number of tasks.
thread pools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thread pool
job queue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: job queues
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of batch queue.
synonyms: word: batch queue
job queues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of job queue
batch queue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batch queues
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A system software data structure maintained by job scheduler software.
Synonyms: job queue
batch queues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batch queue
job scheduler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɒb ʃɛdjələ/
/ˈdʒɒb skɛdjələ/
Forms: form: job schedulers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software application that is in charge of unattended background executions known for historical reasons as batch processing.
Synonyms: scheduler
job schedulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɒb ʃɛdjələz/
/ˈdʒɒb skɛdjələz/
Senses: glosses: plural of job scheduler
batch processing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batch processings
Senses: qualifier: operations management
glosses: the processing of materials in batches rather than in continuous flow or in an assembly line
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: the execution of a series of programs on a computer, called jobs, without manual intervention
Related terms: time-sharing
batch processings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batch processing
replicated workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of replicated worker
ugg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uggs
Senses: glosses: ugg boot
ugg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uggs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ug.
ugg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uggs
form: ugging
form: ugged
form: ugged
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ug.
ugg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uggs
form: ugging
form: ugged
form: ugged
Senses: glosses: To eat a light meal.
Derived terms: english: lunch
translation: lunch
word: uggin
uggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ugg
uggs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ugg
replicated worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: replicated workers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a number of identical tasks in a thread pool pattern.
bassman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bassmen
Etymology: From bass + man.
Senses: examples: text: "We have 10 eyes on it -- all four of us you can see and the one you can't," says Martin, referring to band members Buckland, drummer Will Champion, bassman Guy Berryman and the so-called fifth member, former manager Phil Harvey.
ref: 2009 March 8, James Wigney, “Coldplay running hot”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2009:
glosses: A man who plays the bass guitar.
Synonyms: bassist
command pattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: command patterns
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A behavioural design pattern, in which an object is used to represent and encapsulate all the information needed to call a method at a later time.
command patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of command pattern
bassmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bassman
pangamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + gamic.
Senses: examples: text: Alfalfa tea was added to her fare and it helped further, then rice water because of its pangamic content — all these drinks just warm and never drunk hot, or taken cool if desired and without fail sipped slowly, not gulped down the throat.
ref: 1982, Marsh Morrison, Doctor Morrison's Amazing Healing Foods: With Miracle Health Promoter M:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to pangamic acid or its derivatives.
examples: text: Yes, there is, in the pangamic system of marriage.
ref: 1897, Manie Sands, The opposites of the universe: or, Light and shade, good and bad, love and hate, glad and sad, page 58:
text: […] which means that in the case of pangamic mating the variability is reduced only about 11 per cent by selecting the entire ancestry.
ref: 1907, Eugene Davenport, Principles of breeding, page 536:
text: The chances of conjugal union of persons of the same colour class, if the mating occurs at random or is pangamic, are greater than if they lived all together as one group in a densely populated town.
ref: 1908, James Fowler Tocher, Pigmentation Survey of School Children in Scotland, page 65:
text: The attempt at conscious selection and segregation, especially in the presence of heterogeneous social strata, which intensified the risks of pangamic or indiscriminate mating, need not be condemned off-hand […]
ref: 1921, Radhakamal Mukerjee, Principles of Comparative Economics, volume 1, page 220:
qualifier: eugenics
glosses: Mating in an indiscriminate or random manner.
Related terms: pangamy
pangamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several related derivatives of gluconic acid that have some characteristics of a vitamin
phycotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phycotoxins
Etymology: From phyco- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: Any of many toxins produced by various forms of alga and seaweed
Vali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: King of Kishkindha, a son of Indra and the elder brother of Sugriva in Ramayana.
Janaki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit जानकी (jānakī), from Sanskrit जनक (janaka).
Senses: glosses: An epithet (patronymic) of Sita in Ramayana.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
Related terms: Janaka
cheeselip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheeselips
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheeselep.
balance of power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balances of power
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.
ballet dancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballet dancers
Senses: synonyms: ballerina
glosses: A person who performs ballet.
administrative law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: All the laws that pertain to the administrative agencies of government.
abranchious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪˌbɹæŋ.ki.əs/
Etymology: From a- + branchia + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having no gills
Synonyms: abranchiate
abranchial
debranchiate
atomic physics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: atom physics
glosses: The branch of physics that studies the atomic structure and the interaction between atoms.
awkward squad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: awkward squads
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A squad of inept recruits assembled for special drill.
glosses: A group of inept or incompetent individuals in an organization.
Realo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Realos
Etymology: German Realo
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of a more pragmatic faction within a leftist organisation, often the FRG Green Party.
Realos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Realo
bandspread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandspreads
Etymology: From band + spread.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: A form of tuning control (especially on old shortwave radios) that spread all the stations of a particular band over the full extent of the dial.
Related terms: bandspreading
tin snips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tinsnips
Senses: examples: text: My husband spent the next day inside the plane, cutting out an unused gasoline tank, piece by piece, with tin snips.
ref: 1934 August 30, “A Fast-Moving Narrative”, in New York Times, Books Section, p. 21:
text: If you plan to do much work sheet metal, a pair of curved-blade tin snips will save wear and tear on your nerves in the long run.
ref: 1957 May 4, “Curved-Blade Snips”, in Calgary Herald, Canada, retrieved 28 Jun 2012, page 23:
text: This bend eliminates unsightly waviness that often develops as you cut the copper with a tin snips.
ref: 2004 October 24, Tim Carter, “Ask the Builder”, in Telegraph Herald, Iowa, USA, retrieved 28 Jun 2012, page 5E:
glosses: Large, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.
Synonyms: tinner snips
tinner's snips
tinner snips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tin snips.
synonyms: word: tin snips
tinner's snips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tin snips.
synonyms: word: tin snips
nyctohylophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nycto- + hylo- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Such was the great man's nyctohylophobia (fear of dark wooded places and forests) he divided his garden into a very formal area where he felt safer and rougher woodland of which he was fearful.
ref: 2002, Country Life, volume 196, page 88:
text: I didn't suffer from nyctohylophobia but if I did this would have been the time and place where I would have been reduced to a screaming pile of shot nerves on the forest floor.
ref: 2008, Bill Wonders, Orion Too, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 131:
text: Related to dendrophobia but less well known are hylophobia (fear of forests), nyctohylophobia (fear of dark wooded areas or forests at night) and xylophobia (fear of wooden objects).
ref: 2013, Peter Young, Oak, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 118:
glosses: The fear of dark forests or wooded areas.
Hypernyms: hylophobia
diserve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of deserve.
PPH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PPHs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of PP&H.
topics: medicine
obstetrics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of postpartum hemorrhage.
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Initialism of permanent private hall.
P&P
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of p&p (“postage and packing”).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of principles and parameters.
P&P
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: P&Ps
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Initialism of Port and Policy.
scepticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scepticists
form: skepticist
Etymology: From sceptic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who is skeptical; a sceptic.
soccer mum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soccer mums
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of soccer mom.
skepticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skepticists
Etymology: From skeptic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scepticist.
double-quote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-quotes
form: double quote
Senses: glosses: The symbol ".
double-quote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: double-quotes
form: double-quoting
form: double-quoted
form: double-quoted
form: double quote
Senses: glosses: To surround (something) with a double-quote on each side.
double-quotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-quote
double-quotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of double-quote
double-quoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of double-quote
double-quoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of double-quote
double quotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double quote
double quotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of double quote
oesophagean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oesophagus + -ean.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of esophagean.
œsophagean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From œsophagus + -ean.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of esophagean.
talud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taluds
Etymology: From Spanish talud.
Senses: examples: text: Many of these manmade structures have collapsed over the years, and, consequently, a large percent of the taluds have been lost. Numerous dams remain, however, [...]
ref: 1974, Mesa Verde National Park (N.P.), Proposed Wilderness: Environmental Impact Statement, page 21:
glosses: An inward-sloping surface or panel, in talud-tablero architecture.
œsophagical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From œsophagic + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The maniacal attacks increased in severity, attended with œsophagical spasms, and the patient died from meningitic congestion, alopecia having, like his attacks, resisted treatment.
ref: 1881, M. G. Echeverria, The Journal of Mental Science, page 506:
glosses: Obsolete form of esophagical.
oesophagical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oesophagic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Rare form of esophagical.
esophagical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: oesophagical
form: œsophagical
Etymology: From esophagic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Esophageal, oesophageal, œsophageal.
Synonyms: esophageal
esophagean
esophagic
esophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: oesophagic
form: œsophagic
Etymology: From esophagus + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to an oesophagus; esophageal.
Synonyms: word: esophageal
word: esophagean
word: esophagical
œsophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From œsophagus + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: 3. The circular and longitudinal fibres of the œsophagus, which, by their peristaltic motion, determine the descent of the food, an effect which gravity itself would not suffice to produce, especially in the case of other animals than man : thanks to this mechanical combination, œsophagic degutition is possible, despite the horizontal situation of the œsophagus.
ref: 1905, Paul Janet, Final Causes, age # 76:
glosses: Obsolete form of esophagic.
oesophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oesophagus + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of esophagic.
Derived terms: oesophagical
babuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babul
ALLL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ALLLs
Senses: topics: banking
business
finance
glosses: Initialism of allowances for loan and lease losses.
etapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of etape
clinometres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clinometre
dosemeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dosemeter
hexametres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexametre
hydrometres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrometre
manometres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manometre
RBSP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Radiation Belt Storm Probes, a spacecraft for NASAs LWS program.
LWS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Living with a star.
glosses: Initialism of Late West Saxon.
grif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: grifs
Senses: examples: text: His colour is nearly that of a grif or cobb, the produce of a mulatto and negro.
ref: 1807, François Raymond J. de Pons, Travels in South America, during ... 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. Transl, page 249:
text: […] in the inventory of the estate of Jean Decuir in 1771, she was listed as one of 3 mulatto children of a grif mother.
ref: 1992, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth-Century, LSU Press, →ISBN, page 263:
text: Lisette also had two older daughters: Magdaleine, born in 1749; and Francoise, born in 1753 and variously identified as a grif or mulatto.
ref: 2012, Andrew Sluyter, Black Ranching Frontiers: African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500-1900, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 82:
text: [This] author of one of the most detailed contemporary discussions about the prophetess and the Trou Coffy insurgency, was the first on record to refer to the prophetess as a “grif,” meaning someone born to one black and one mulatto parent.
ref: 2017, Terry Rey, The Priest and the Prophetess: Abbé Ouvière, Romaine Rivière, and the Revolutionary Atlantic World, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50:
glosses: Alternative form of griffe (“person of mixed (black and white) race”).
turn button
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turn buttons
Senses: glosses: A simple fastener, for a door or window, consisting of a short bar that rotates about a pivot attached to the frame
mandal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mandals
Etymology: Ultimately from Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala, literally “circle”). Doublet of mandala.
Senses: glosses: An administrative division in some countries in South Asia.
abiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abience
myocardites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myocarditis
multicopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: High expression rates and multicopies of the plasmid have resulted in very high yields of individual proteins.
ref: 1981, New Scientist (volume 91, number 1270, page 666)
text: Multicopies can easily be produced and distributed.
ref: 1986, SAMA, Bulletin (volume 17, page 27)
glosses: Multiple copies.
laugh up one's sleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: laughs up one's sleeve
form: laughing up one's sleeve
form: laughed up one's sleeve
form: laughed up one's sleeve
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laugh in one's sleeve.
laugh in one's sleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: laughs in one's sleeve
form: laughing in one's sleeve
form: laughed in one's sleeve
form: laughed in one's sleeve
form: laugh up one's sleeve
Senses: examples: text: Nixon boastfully called the seven days he spent on the Chinese mainland "the week that changed the world"–without, however, specifying whether the change was for the better or for the worse. The way he humbled himself before Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai reminded me of the tribute-bearing foreign emissaries of the previous centuries who went to Peking to pay homage at the Chinese Imperial Court. Nixon's hosts must have laughed in their sleeves at his behavior during their meetings.
ref: 1983, James C. H. Shen, “Beginnings of Endings”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7:
glosses: to laugh in secret or to oneself, usually gloatingly
put on the block
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts on the block
form: putting on the block
form: put on the block
form: put on the block
Senses: glosses: To sell something.
glosses: To execute by beheading.
putting on the block
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put on the block
Menaka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit मेनका (menakā).
Senses: glosses: In Hindu mythology, one of the most beautiful of the apsaras and the wife of Himavat.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
Menaka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Meñaka
form: Meñaca
form: Menaca
Etymology: From Spanish Meñaka, from Basque Meñaka, from Basque Meña.
Senses: glosses: A town in Spain.
apsara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑp.sə.ɹə/
ipa: /ˈʌp.sə.ɹə/
Forms: form: apsaras
form: upsara
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi अप्सरा (apsarā), descended from Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras).
Senses: examples: text: But the boy's relatives don't sit on their behinds and wait for a pari or an apsara to drop out of the heavens.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 40:
text: But here was an apsara rising out of the waters of a holy Ganga, raising her arms in salutation to the sun rising above the range of hills and offering her behind to him to marvel at and worship.
ref: 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 102:
text: Don't burn us with your fierce austerities, O master. I'll have to send apsaras to distract you.
ref: 2006, Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games, volume 1, Penguin, published 2007, page 17:
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
qualifier: Indian mythology
glosses: A female spirit of the clouds and waters.
apsaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apsara.
Rambha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit रम्भा (rambhā).
Senses: glosses: One of the most beautiful apsaras in Hindu mythology.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
Urvashi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit उर्वशी (urvaśī).
Senses: glosses: One of the most beautiful apsaras in Hindu mythology.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
stockable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒkəbəl
Etymology: From stock + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It is normal for any organization to have two types of expense items, stockable and non-stockable. The stockable expense items – factory consumables etc – are booked into a subinventory and can be accrued on receipt.
ref: 2012, John Priestley, Oracle e-Business Consultancy Handbook, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: Able to be stocked, or kept on hand for sale etc.
examples: text: Stockable gaps are subject to reduction by intensified management.
ref: 1980, The Forestry chronicle - Volume 56, page 59:
text: A bridge crossing over or culvert installation within class vi stockable trout waters of Maggodee Creek will be required under Segment 379 of Build Alternative Options 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c;
ref: 2006, -73 Location Study Between Roanoke and the North Carolina State Line Commonwealth of Virginia: Environmental Impact Statement:
glosses: Able to support farming, such as tree farming, fish farming, or grazing of livestock.
raw_tags: of land or water
petricolous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more petricolous
form: most petricolous
Etymology: From Latin petra (“a rock”) + colō (“to inhabit”).
Senses: examples: text: Alpine plants that cannot establish themselves in earthy gorges must adapt to a petricolous habit in cracks in rocks.
text: […] in the mighty Andes, this petricolous people who reared in very truth a culture of the stone[…]
ref: 2004, Harold Osborne, Indians of the Andes, page 68:
glosses: Rock-dwelling; living among or on rocks.
trioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triose
encyclopædiacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more encyclopædiacal
form: most encyclopædiacal
Etymology: From encyclopædiac + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Its influence extended to works of the encyclopædiacal character.
ref: 1872, Hugh Miller, Leading Articles on Various Subjects, age # 321:
glosses: Archaic form of encyclopediacal.
encyclopaediacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more encyclopaediacal
form: most encyclopaediacal
Etymology: From encyclopaediac + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of encyclopediacal.
encyclopediac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more encyclopediac
form: most encyclopediac
form: encyclopaediac
form: encyclopædiac
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to encyclopaediae; relating to encyclopedias.
Synonyms: word: encyclopediacal
word: encyclopedic
word: encyclopedical
word: encyclopedian
encyclopaedian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From encyclopaedia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of encyclopedian.
encyclopaedian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encyclopaedians
Etymology: From encyclopaedia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of encyclopedian.
Trojan planets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trojan planet
encyclopædian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Even the writers of encyclopædian articles have, after devoting much space to the elements of civilization as it has been in the past is now viewed by man, balk at a definition and gracefully end their dissertation with the observation that it is an open question.
ref: 1910, author uncertain, Alaska Reports, page 488:
glosses: Dated spelling of encyclopaedian.
encyclopædian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encyclopædians
Senses: examples: text: is not my friend the encyclopædian, regarded as a transgressor, and a high traitor because he uses the undoubted right of free thought, does not blindly believe, but looks abroad with open eyes and a clear intellect?
ref: 1904, Luise Mühlbach, Frederick the Great and his Family, page 124:
glosses: Dated spelling of encyclopaedian.
encyclopedial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: encyclopaedial
form: encyclopædial
Etymology: From encyclopedia + -al.
Senses: glosses: encyclopedic
Synonyms: word: encyclopediac
word: encyclopediacal
word: encyclopedian
word: encyclopedic
word: encyclopedical
encyclopaedial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From encyclopaedia + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of encyclopedial.