cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fold sphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Center of curvature for the 3.75-m fold sphere is accessible for in situ testing of this mirror.
ref: 2006 July, Burge et al., “Design and analysis for interferometric measurements of the GMT primary mirror segments”, in Proceedings of SPIE, volume 6273, →DOI, retrieved 27 Dec 2021, pages 62730M-5:
glosses: A fold mirror that is a "sphere", i.e. a spherical mirror
Related terms: fold flat
linothorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈliːnoʊθɔːɹæks/
Forms: form: linothoraxes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λινοθώραξ (linothṓrax).
Senses: glosses: A kind of upper body armor made of linen used in the ancient Mediterranean world, from the sixth century BCE through at least the second century CE.
linothoraxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linothorax
mainfaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mainfaires
Senses: examples: text: 464. Demi-chanfron, with central spike in the middle of the forehead, hinged crinière at the top. Dec.: none. Attached is a mainfaire of eleven arched plates with rounded ends; each plate is pierced on either side with an oblong opening.This will considerably lighten the mainfaire, and make little difference in the strength of the plates. Italian, about 1580.
ref: 1901, Wallace Collection (London, England), Sir Guy Francis Laking, Catalogue of the European Armour and Arms in the Wallace Collection at Hertford House, page 127
text: Saddles, chanfrons, and mainfaires of both bards are preserved, these sets being that of the dragon chanfron on the horse A190, and that with the inlaid work on the present figure; but the cruppers and poitrels of both have been […]
ref: 1907, Albert Frederick Calvert, Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid, page 134:
text: Complete Guard for a Horse's Head and Neck (Chanfron, with Hinged Crinet and Mainfaire of twelve plates). The borders are slightly roped. The inside edges of the eye apertures are guarded by narrow flanged plates rivetted on.
[…], with radiating curved slightly sunken bands, from the centre to the edge of the chanfron, etched with birds, satyrs, and scrolls, gilt on a blackened ground. The same decoration borders the plates of the mainfaire, down each side of which is a vandyked fringe of mail; this has been added, and is of […]
ref: 1910, Henry Morse Stephens Collection, page 183:
text: It was usually attached to the Mainfaire, which covered the horse's mane and the neck.
ref: 1957, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research:
glosses: Alternative form of manefaire (“horse's neck armor”).
mainfaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mainfaire
plane mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mirror with a flat surface (i.e. the surface is a single plane)
Coordinate terms: distorting mirror
parabolic mirror
spherical mirror
spherical mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A curved mirror with a reflecting surface that forms part of a sphere (as opposed to, for example, a paraboloid)
Coordinate terms: distorting mirror
plane mirror
parabolic mirror
Related terms: spherical aberration
parabolic mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A curved mirror with a reflecting surface that forms part of a paraboloid (as opposed to, for example, a sphere)
Hypernyms: parabolic reflector
Coordinate terms: plane mirror
spherical mirror
Related terms: burning mirror
cuissette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kwisɛt/
Forms: form: cuissettes
form: guissette
Etymology: From Middle English quischete, Old French cuissete (modern French cuissette).
Senses: examples: text: The cuissettes are in several pieces and covered by cuissarts. The upper edges, in this instructive specimen of plate armour, of the pauldrons, are turned up so as in some degree to protect the neck, which evidently gave rise to […]
ref: 1821, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity, page 145:
text: […] two pairs of cuissettes, and two testieres for horses.
ref: 1842, Samuel Rush Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II: Ill. by a Series of Illuminated Engravings : with a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages, page 159:
glosses: A small or light cuisse.
Related terms: cuisse
cuissard
guissette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guissettes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of cuissette.
guissettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guissette
cuissettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuissette
Hardingstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7657).
cuissart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuissarts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cuissard.
cuissarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuissart
parabolic reflector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A reflector with a curved reflecting surface that forms part of a paraboloid (as opposed to, for example, a sphere)
Related terms: plane mirror
spherical mirror
parabolic mirror
neophyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The 2-methyl-2-phenylpropyl functional group, PhC(CH₃)₂CH₂-.
ISIM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Integrated Science Instrument Module, a component of the James Webb Space Telescope.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Initialism of International Society for Invertebrate Morphology.
glosses: Initialism of Institute for the Study of International Migration.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of IP Multimedia Services Identity Module.
Hubble sphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hubble spheres
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: Hubble volume
Hubble volume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hubble volumes
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: the spherical region of the observable universe surrounding an observer beyond which objects recede from that observer at a rate greater than the speed of light due to the expansion of the Universe.
Synonyms: Hubble sphere
subluminal sphere
causal sphere
sphere of causality
Related terms: cosmological horizon
Hubble limit
Hubble volumes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hubble volume
oligarchic accretion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːʃən
Forms: form: oligarchic accretions
Etymology: By analogy to oligarchies, where a few people dominate the leadership of a state.
Senses: qualifier: cosmogony
glosses: A regime of accretion of material in a protoplanetary disk where only the most massive objects can continue to grow.
Duston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7261).
glosses: A surname.
Redbourn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in City of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1012).
guide board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: guide boards
Senses: glosses: Synonym of guardrail.
synonyms: word: guardrail
guide rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guide rails
Senses: glosses: Synonym of guardrail.
synonyms: word: guardrail
examples: text: There are 11 tunnels on the branch. The longest is 350 metres. There's an additional guide rail on the sharper bends.
ref: 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 44:
glosses: Synonym of check rail.
synonyms: word: check rail
side rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪl
Forms: form: side rails
Senses: glosses: Synonym of guardrail.
synonyms: word: guardrail
traffic barrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traffic barriers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crash barrier.
synonyms: word: crash barrier
traffic barriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traffic barrier
guide boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guide board
guide rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guide rail
side rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of side rail
great helm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪthɛlm/
Forms: form: great helms
form: greathelm
Senses: synonyms: barrel helm
bucket helm
heaume
pot helm
glosses: A helmet in the form of a flat-topped or curved barrel of metal with small openings for sight and ventilation, worn chiefly from the 12th to 14th century.
greathelm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greathelms
Senses: examples: text: Robin gripped his shield and his greathelm, and he waited with the other squires on the display ground. Around them the murmur of the crowd continued to swell.
ref: 2015, Tim Hall, Shadow of the Wolf, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN:
text: At first, they would wear a metal cap and mail coif under a larger greathelm, but later helmets such as bascinets had removable visors.
ref: 2017, Ken Mondschein, Game of Thrones and the Medieval Art of War, McFarland, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of great helm.
greathelms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greathelm
great helms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great helm
ophiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: a form of alopecia areata characterized by the loss of hair in the shape of a wave at the circumference of the head
eternity collar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eternity collars
Senses: examples: text: This is an eternity collar. You will find no latches or clasps. The effect is that of an unending circle. Accepting this collar is a commitment.
ref: 2009, Trina Lane, Shield's Submissive:
text: Sure, many people who came to the club wore collars, but eternity collars? The ones that required special tools to remove?
ref: 2020, Gabbi Black, Amber Eyes:
text: She said, "I would like either an eternity collar or a chain that I could hang a pendant from that showed signs of our relationship that I wore all the time."
ref: 2023, Michael Fording, The Unwanted Gifts:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A collar worn by a submissive as a sign of devotion and never taken off.
supersun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsupɚsʌn/
Forms: form: supersuns
Etymology: From super- + sun.
Senses: examples: text: This doubtless explains why we find no evidence of the existence of supersuns of tremendous mass.
ref: 1925, W. Scott Lewis, In the Depths of Space, Theosophical Press, page 41:
text: This rising supersun, an Inner voice seemed to be saying, really was a symbol of the dawn of a new day on earth — the coming of an era in which any sizable war had become Impossible, because no aggressor could from now on ever dare to start an aggressive war without the certainty of absolute and swift annihilation.
ref: 1957, United States, Congress, Congressional Record, Washington, The Congress, page 6091:
text: The author tells of the discoveries of the great pioneers—Henri Becquerel, the Curies, Einstein—and of the explorations into the unknown by Rutherford, Planck, Fermi, Bohr, and many others, that culminated in the “great green supersun” rising over the New Mexico desert in 1945.
ref: 1960, The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary-School Principals 1960-01: Volume 44 Issue 252, Sage Publications, Inc.:
text: At that great moment in history, ranking with the moment in the long ago when man first put fire to work for him and started on his march to civilization, the vast energy locked within the hearts of the atoms of matter was released for the first time in a burst of flame such as had never before been seen on this planet, illuminating earth and sky for a brief span that seemed eternal with the light of many supersuns.
ref: 2002, Anthony Lewis, Written into History: Pulitzer Prize Reporting of the Twentieth Century from the New York Times, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 218:
text: Those lucky enough to experience sun hours during the day (that is, practically the entire earth population except a few tribes living well inside the Arctic Polar Circle) will witness a larger sun than usual, officially dubbed by myself "supersun", in analogy with the same-effect "supermoon".
ref: 2017 December 30, RedGolpe, “The Supersun on January 3 (x-post /r/space)”, in reddit.com:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A full or giant sun (solar star).
Related terms: supermoon
barrel helm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrel helms
Senses: examples: text: Barrel helms, and iron caps fitted with nose-guards of the ancient fashion, are also found. Except for the head-pieces no plates appear beyond greaves, or bainbergs and small knee-caps. It is worthy of remark that the ...
ref: 1910, George Clinch, English Costume from Prehistoric Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century, page 34:
text: He transferred his attention to Isabelle, resting his hand on her arm as he glared at the ring of barrel helms and drab grey surcoats. His frustration had burned to ashes, and he was ready to accept the truth.
ref: 2018, Graham Shelby, The Wolf at the Door, Canelo, →ISBN:
glosses: A great helm.
barrel helms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barrel helm
greatshield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪt.ʃiːld/
Forms: form: greatshields
form: great shield
form: great-shield
Etymology: Probably modeled on greathelm, greatsword, etc.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:greatshield.
topics: fantasy
video-games
glosses: A particularly large, durable shield.
greatshields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greatshield
pixane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pixanes
Senses: examples: text: The pixane collar tightened again, and I yanked at it, needing more air than it would allow. “I wouldn't worry,” Sir Wynn said.
ref: 2013, Mysti Parker, Hearts in Exile, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 87:
text: In addition to his horse, a knight's other important equipment was his armor. […] he might also wear mail gloves (mitons), leggings (chausses), and a hood (coif) or collar (pixane) to complete his ensemble.
ref: 2016, Andrew Coddington, Strategic Inventions of the Crusades, Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, page 50:
text: 2019, J. R. Tomlin, Noble Traitor: A Historical Novel of Scotland, Albannach Publishing
As Kirkpatrick sorted the armor, they could hear the increasing hubbub of the crowd. […] He pulled on his mail coif, and Kirkpatrick helped him into the pixane that added protection to his neck and upper chest.
glosses: Alternative form of pisane.
pesane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pesanes
Senses: examples: text: But the most important feature in this display was made by John Chisholm, comptroller of Her Majesty's Ordnance, who had under his orders a band of cannoniers, armed with swords and daggers, and clad in salades and pesanes of steel ...
ref: 1851, James Grant, Bothwell: or, The days of Mary queen of Scots, page 15:
glosses: Alternative form of pisane.
pesanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pesane
biscuit weight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Well.... I'm 2 piece weight now. But, like, 2 piece and a biscuit weight. This goes as plan^([sic]) and I'll be 2 piece swimsuit weight.
ref: 2011 March 15, TheJazzyBelle [username], Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2021:
text: i'm sending for MOTHER dropping secret babies like ms. Janet if you nasty girl it's written all over your face you don't have to say a word or is that stress little gain honey biscuit weight what is she hiding.
ref: 2014 October 14, officialsources [username], “Rihanna dines at Nobu in NYC - 10/19/14”, in Lipstick Alley, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2021:
text: Well, to be blind, short, black and, um... Look, and I have a whole bunch of biscuit weight.
ref: 2021, Rodnet Evans, “Vision Portraits” (25:06 from the start), in Rodnet Evans, director, America ReFramed, season 8, episode 5 (television production), spoken by Kayla Hamilton, Stimulus Pictures, Black Public Media, via WORLD Channel:
glosses: Bodyweight, particularly fat, that is gained from eating food and considered excessive.
Related terms: food baby
Ophiussa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ophiusa.
pauncer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pauncers
Senses: examples: text: Sleeves and pauncer were added, then sword and dagger. “But, my lord—” “Have all able-bodied men remain in the town, but send everyone else up here,” Hugh ordered. “Have the people round up their livestock and herd their animals inside ..."
ref: 2014, Margo Maguire, Dryden's Bride, Harlequin, →ISBN:
text: The man got moving and produced his many garments, Outfitting Gawain in a fashion that was fitting. First he wrapped him in underclothes to ward off the cold, Then his other equipment, all cleaned and cared for, Then his pauncer and ...
ref: 2015, Norris J. Lacy, James J. Wilhelm, The Romance of Arthur: An Anthology of Medieval Texts in Translation, Routledge, →ISBN, page 462:
glosses: Alternative form of paunce (“abdomen armor”).
pauncers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pauncer
Chihuahuan Desert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A desert which covers large parts of northwestern Chihuahua, in Mexico, and southern New Mexico and western Texas in the United States.
Chihuahuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Chihuahuan
form: most Chihuahuan
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Chihuahuan Desert, Chihuahua State, or Chihuahua City.
Chihuahuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chihuahuans
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of the state or city of Chihuahua.
schynbald
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪn.bɔld/
other: /ʃɪn.bɔd/
Forms: form: schynbalds
Etymology: From Middle English schynbalde, schynbawde, from shin. The second element may be Old French baldrel, baudrel.
Senses: examples: text: […] early leg defence, such as poleyns and schynbalds, can be seen on the incised tomb-slab of Pakoslaw of Mstyczów, which was made around 1319 (see page 21).
ref: 2012, David Nicolle, Witold Sarnecki, Medieval Polish Armies 966–1500, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: A piece of plate armor (from the 1200s to the 1400s) for the lower leg (shin): a metal plate, often strapped over mail or padding, now especially one which did not completely enclose the lower leg like a greave might.
schynbalds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schynbald
gotten wet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get wet
Chersonesus Taurica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taurica.
synonyms: word: Taurica
Tavria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taurica: (historical) An ancient geographic region and peninsula, the name used by the Greeks and Romans for the modern Crimean Peninsula in Eastern Europe, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia.
synonyms: word: Taurica
extra: (historical) An ancient geographic region and peninsula, the name used by the Greeks and Romans for the modern Crimean Peninsula in Eastern Europe, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia
Whyvillian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whyvillians
Senses: glosses: Someone who uses or plays Whyville
Provis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Provises
Etymology: Variant of Provost.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Puglisevich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pulˈjɛs.ə.vɪt͡ʃ/
Etymology: From Maltese Puglisevich, from Serbo-Croatian Puljizević.
Anglicised spelling of Puljizević. The earliest reference to this surname in Malta is in a notarised document from 1814 testified by Andrea Puglisevich, then a resident of Valletta but originating from the Dubrovnik region. The coat of arms shows two roosters, a sun, and a Cyrillic acronym, possibly relating to IHS.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Maltese [in turn from Serbo-Croatian].
Cantrills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cantrill
not a moment too soon
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: There's impatience too: He writes that Morrison "expired, bloated and burnt out, in a bathtub in Paris at 27, not a moment too soon. His life was a bad influence."
ref: 1991, “Top Spin”, in SPIN, June, vol 7 number 3 edition, page 10:
glosses: Synonym of not a minute too soon.
synonyms: word: not a minute too soon
Cantrells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cantrell
took to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take to
Matsells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Matsell
Grippis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grippi
Provises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Provis
none too soon
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Tommy took to his heels and ran—none too soon. The front door opened and a hail of bullets followed him. Fortunately none of them hit him. He turned the corner of the square.
ref: 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 17”, in The Secret Adversary:
glosses: Synonym of not a minute too soon.
synonyms: word: not a minute too soon
Foiles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Foileses
Etymology: Variant of Foyle.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Franses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Frans
Foileses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Foiles
Gardinier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gardiniers
Etymology: Borrowed from French Gardinier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Hulsizer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hulsizers
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Hulsizer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Hodgkisses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hodgkiss
Gardiniers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gardinier
Hulsizers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hulsizer
Huntress
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Huntresses
Etymology: Feminine form of Hunter.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: hunt
Hunt
Hunter
hunter
huntress
huntsman
Huntsman
Iams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪmz/
Forms: form: Iamses
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps an altered spelling of Eames.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Iamses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Iams
Huntresses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Huntress
Komperda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Komperdas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Komperda.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Komperdas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Komperda
Oakleigh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Oakley, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -leigh "lea".
Senses: glosses: A suburb in south-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A small settlement south of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.
Related terms: Oakleigh Park
Lunney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lunneys
Etymology: Variant of Looney.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Ludemann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ludemanns
form: Ludeman
Etymology: Borrowed from German Lüdemann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ludemanns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ludemann
Lunneys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lunney
Lumb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lumbs
Etymology: Variant spelling of Lum.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet south of Haslingden, and west of Edenfield, Rossendale borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD7819).
glosses: A place in England:
A small village north-east of Rawtenstall, Rossendale borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8324).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet south-east of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1513).
Lumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lumb
McWhirt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McWhirts
Etymology: Variant of McCord.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Chongqing dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chongqing dogs
Senses: glosses: A dog of a particular breed developed for hunting in the mountains of East Sichuan, China.
Zellerses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zellers
McWhirts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McWhirt
McGahas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McGaha
Sudworths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sudworth
snorkel parka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snorkel parkas
Etymology: The shape of the hood resembles the portion of a snorkel visible above the water
Senses: glosses: a parka whose hood encircles and protrudes forward from the face
exo-Earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exo-Earths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of exoearth.
nail someone to the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nails someone to the wall
form: nailing someone to the wall
form: nailed someone to the wall
form: nailed someone to the wall
Senses: examples: text: They would find him with the file he never sent in, nail him to the wall. There would be no time for explanations. His unmarked body would be found floating down the Charles
ref: 2000, Alvin L. Ureles, The Mizar Project, page 209:
glosses: to punish or discipline extremely harshly
banana spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana spiders
Senses: glosses: Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
In Cupiennius, of South and Central America
glosses: Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
In Phoneutria, a South and Central American genus of extremely venomous spiders
glosses: Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
A golden silk orb-weaver, of genus Nephila, a widespread genus of large but rather harmless spiders, noted for their large durable webs
glosses: Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
Argiope appensa, a black and yellow spider on several islands in the Western Pacific Ocean
glosses: Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
Trichonephila clavipes, indigenous to continental North and South America
coconut spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coconut spiders
Senses: glosses: Large fanciful spiders with coconuts forming the body and root-like growths forming the legs.
Peets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Peetses
Etymology: Probably a variant of Peet.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
nanobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanobes
Etymology: Blend of nano- + microbe; by surface analysis, nano- + -obe. From being nanoscale particles similar to microbes.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
geography
geology
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: geochemistry; microscopy
glosses: A structure similar in appearance to a cell, but only nanometres in size.
Nanoscopic abiotic life, acellular life, or protolife.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
geography
geology
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: geochemistry; microscopy
glosses: A structure similar in appearance to a cell, but only nanometres in size.
A nanoscopic self-replicating structure.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
geography
geology
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: geochemistry; microscopy
glosses: A structure similar in appearance to a cell, but only nanometres in size.
Petrified nanoscopic structure, fossil or pseudofossil.
Related terms: microbe
nano-
nano
nanobacteria
nanobacterium
half-forgotten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Save for a short distance at one end both its northern and southern extremities are desolate and unused for some miles, and grass covers the platforms of half-forgotten stations; but of its central portion, part is a busy electrified suburban branch and another part used for goods traffic.
ref: 1941 September, Guy Bakewell, “Melbourne's Outer Circle Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 397:
text: Now the model sits on a shelf in York's 'Warehouse' (known these days as the 'North Shed'), together with racks full of lamps, cutlery, and other ephemera from half-forgotten railway companies of long ago.
ref: 2023 January 25, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 975, page 71:
glosses: Not completely forgotten.
helionium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helionia
Etymology: * (helion-antihelion pair): helium + -onium
Senses: glosses: Any atomic system containing a helium nucleus and an antihelium nucleus.
Hypernyms: word: exotic atom
sense: helion-antihelion pair
word: onium
Related terms: antihelion
helion
helium-3
helonium
South Yarra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located south of the Yarra River.
Yarra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in southern Victoria, Australia, which flows through Melbourne to Port Phillip.
glosses: A local government area in Melbourne, Victoria; in full, the City of Yarra.
glosses: A locality south-west of Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms: South Yarra
Yarra Junction
Yarra Ranges
cabbage patches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabbage patch
covidiocy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of COVID + idiocy.
Senses: glosses: Foolish or reckless behavior with respect to avoiding or contracting COVID-19.
Related terms: covidiot
go out with the ark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes out with the ark
form: going out with the ark
form: went out with the ark
form: gone out with the ark
Senses: glosses: To become obsolete.
glosses: To become old-fashioned.
Kew East
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Kew itself.
Mescudi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mescudis
Senses: glosses: A surname.
goes out with the ark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go out with the ark
going out with the ark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go out with the ark
went out with the ark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go out with the ark
gone out with the ark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of go out with the ark
pot noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pot noodles
Etymology: From a trademark; see Pot Noodle.
Senses: examples: text: 'Just a pot noodle. Oh - and I found a tin of dog food on the tool shelf.'
Misery hissed through Lister's gritted teeth. 'Well,' he said finally. 'Pretty obvious what gets eaten last. I can't stand pot noodles.'
ref: 1990, Rob Grant, Doug Naylor, Better Than Life:
glosses: instant noodles
wikipedia: Pot Noodle
work like a nailer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works like a nailer
form: working like a nailer
form: worked like a nailer
form: worked like a nailer
Senses: examples: text: Boyce was working away like a nailer at His Grace's colt, an exertion he might have spared himself , but that it is necessary to do something for one's money
ref: 1834 September, Craven, "Goodwood Races – Tuesday, July 29", The Sporting Magazine (London) s. 2, vol. 9, no. 53, p. 388
text: You might as well understand in the beginning that he'll have to work like a nailer for a good many years before he gets anywhere in the diplomatic service
ref: 1918, George Barr McCutcheon, The City of Masks, New York: Dodd, Mead, page 191:
text: Lee had to work like a nailer to get the awkward craft turned about, and then by great labor at the crank "for the space of five glasses by the ships' bells, or two and a half hours," at last he arrived under the stern of what he felt certain was the Eagle.
ref: 1947 January 13, Stewart H. Holnrook, “Lost Men of American History”, in Life, volume 22, number 2, New York, page 84:
qualifier: simile
glosses: To work very hard.
Related terms: busy as a nailer
blue ammonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: ammonia produced from blue hydrogen and nitrogen
Hypernyms: ammonia
Related terms: brown ammonia
gray ammonia
green ammonia
grey ammonia
green ammonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: ACME Clean Energy Private Ltd, a 70:30 joint venture between India’s ACME Group and Japan’s IHI Corporation, currently developing India’s largest green ammonia project in Gopalpur, Odisha, said the project had achieved “significant milestones” since the signing of their initial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2023. […] Manoj Kumar Upadhyay, Chairman, ACME Group, “Amidst the growing need for decarbonization, India and Japan face similar concerns around energy security and sustainability. Our joint venture is a milestone not only for ACME Group but for India’s journey towards becoming a global leader in green hydrogen and green ammonia.”
ref: 2025 September 12, Lalatendu Mishra, “ACME, IHI Corporation’s Green Ammonia JV achieves ‘significant milestones’. According to the joint venture arrangement, ACME and IHI will jointly establish the green ammonia project for supply to Japanese domestic industry across diverse fields including power generation and chemical industries”, in The Hindu:
hypernyms: ammonia
<
substance
coordinate_terms: blue ammonia
grey ammonia
gray ammonia
brown ammonia
glosses: ammonia produced from green hydrogen and nitrogen using power from renewable energy sources.
blue hydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: hydrogen generated from methane feedstock, typically from natural gas/petroleum gas, whose carbon residue, typically carbon dioxide, is captured, resulting in a low-carbon process.
Hypernyms: hydrogen
Coordinate terms: carbon capture and sequestration
carbon capture and storage
CCS
Derived terms: blue ammonia
Related terms: black hydrogen
brown hydrogen
gray hydrogen
green hydrogen
grey hydrogen
Glen Waverley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Waverley, a novel by Sir Walter Scott.
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the City of Monash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
wikipedia: Waverley (novel)
decocoons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decocoon.
agitants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agitant
dwelf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwelfs
form: dwelves
Etymology: Blend of dwarf + elf
Senses: examples: text: The dwelf brought them boiling water and let them choose the leaves for the tea. Patience inquired about the possibility of getting rooms with closable windows for the night. “That depends,” said the dwelf. “On what? Tell us the price. […]”
ref: 2003, Orson Scott Card, Wyrms, Orb Books, →ISBN, page 167:
text: “Dwelves are half-elf, half-dwarf.” “Certainly not! We are not half-elves or half-anything. We are not dwarves. We are not elves. We are a unique race.” “Do their peoples descend from yours?” “Maybe. Giants did descend from fairies.”
ref: 2018, Austin Dragon, Comes the War Wizards' Wrath: Fabled Quest Chronicles (Book 3), Well-Tailored Books, →ISBN:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A member of a fictional race of creatures which combine the qualities of, or are hybrids of, dwarves and elves.
dwelfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwelf
dwelves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwelf
warhammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warhammers
Senses: examples: text: Related to pollaxes were warhammers such as King Robert's. The difference between the two was that one has a head-smashing axe-blade, while the other had an armor-crushing hammerhead. Some weapons had both; ...
ref: 2017, Ken Mondschein, Game of Thrones and the Medieval Art of War, McFarland, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of war hammer.
warhammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warhammer
greathammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greathammers
Etymology: From great + hammer. Probably modeled on greatsword, greathelm, etc.
Senses: examples: text: A knife may inflict 5 points on a hit, but a Greathammer would inflict 25 points of Damage, shatter bone, and severely dent a suit of armour. This reflects the differences in size, weight and design of various weapons.
ref: 1993, David B. Pilurs, Sun and Storm: The Enchiridion, →ISBN, page 60:
text: […]some gigantic man spinning a polearm or greathammer—struck her sister a solid blow in the chest, knocking the woman to the floor. The hammer danced, and the woman holding it rushed to capitalize on the heavy strike she had just landed.
ref: 2011, Christopher Rowe, Sandstorm: A Forgotten Realms Novel, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN:
text: Just to the left of these is the final Rhogar Statue we can destroy with the Tor Greathammer for the final piece of the Armour Set (Chest - Last Traitor).
ref: 2015, GamerGuides.com, Lords of the Fallen - Strategy Guide, Gamer Guides, →ISBN:
text: White Hair Ancestor looked carefully, only to see that in Qin Feng's hand, a pitch black octagonal greathammer had already appeared. "Hello..." "Then ..." Qin Feng bellowed, and threw the Sky-splitting Hammer over to the other party.
ref: 2019, Deng XiaWuYu, Supreme Emperor: Volume 8, Funstory, →ISBN:
text: Ti'erra went to the middle of the tavern and placed the head of her greathammer on the floor, with the haft in the air. When it was set this way, at the top of the greathammer was a leather loop, […]
ref: 2021, Nicholas Stanosheck, Vhaidra & the DRAGON of Temple Mount, Notion Press, →ISBN:
topics: fantasy
video-games
glosses: A gigantic (combat) hammer; a particularly large or powerful hammer.
greathammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greathammer
New Right
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the New Right
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, advocates of individual freedom not only continue to exist, but are increasing in number. Refugees from the Old Right, the Old Left and the New Left, they are organizing independently under the New Right banner of libertarianism. The birth of the New Right occurred when libertarians finally accepted the fact that they had been abandoned by the liberals, used and misled by other radicals and sold out by the conservatives.
ref: 1971 January 10, Stan Lehr, Louis Rossetto, “The New Right Credo–Libertarianism”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Various right-wing political groups or policies in different countries:
A conservative political movement formed during the 1960s and 1970s in response to the liberalism of the New Left.
examples: text: While clearly opposed to the political thrust of much 'Heritage' cinema (Sammy and Rosie, in particular, in programmatically anti-Tory: for example, the property developer who ousts the 'straggly kids' is one of Thatcher's MPs and her vision of a 'new Britain' is blatantly lampooned), Kureishi's films do not, however, endorse traditional kinds of Left oppositional politics as the best means by which to challenge the hegemony of the New Right.
ref: 2001, Bart Moore-Gilbert, Hanif Kureishi, page 89:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Various right-wing political groups or policies in different countries:
A strand of conservatism influenced by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, committed to economic liberalism as well as being socially conservative.
examples: text: Employing the lambda symbol, identitarianism has gained increasing purchase amongst youth across western Europe, and France in particular, growing out of the (European) New Right (Nouvelle Droite), which dates to the 1970s and GRECE (Research and Study Group on European Civilization).
ref: 2020, Tim Nieguth, editor, Nationalism and Popular Culture, Routledge, →ISBN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Various right-wing political groups or policies in different countries:
The European New Right.
Derived terms: New Righter
Related terms: neoconservatism
New Left
Old Right
boxer-briefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: BOXER-BRIEFS > At A Glance: Is it a boxer? Is it a brief? Surprise, it's both!
ref: 1995, Orange Coast Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 12, page 19:
glosses: Alternative form of boxer briefs.
Related terms: boxer shorts
briefs
bikini briefs
incantors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incantor
incanters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incanter
goes with the flow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go with the flow
going with the flow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go with the flow
went with the flow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go with the flow
gone with the flow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go with the flow
kung flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌŋ ˈfluː/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: Kung flu
form: Kung Flu
Etymology: Blend of kung fu + flu, in reference to the disease's presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.
Senses: examples: text: Hart: Kung Flu Virus will blow over
ref: 2020 February 20, headline, Chattanooga Times Free Press
text: "By the way, it's a disease, without question, has more names than any other in history. I can name, ‘kung flu,’ I can name, 19 different versions of names," Trump said.
ref: 2020 June 23, Eliza Relman, quoting Donald Trump, “White House press secretary says Trump's racist 'kung flu' comment was 'linking' the coronavirus 'to its place of origin'”, in Business Insider:
text: A source close to Mr Cummings said: 'From March through to the autumn, the PM said we should never have locked down. That was why he was so reluctant to do it again in November.' He said, 'the big danger is not Kung-Flu but the harm caused in trying to stop it.'
ref: 2021 May 25, Simon Walters, “PM 'wanted to be infected with Covid on live TV, called virus Kung-Flu and was slow to act because he was on holiday with Carrie'”, in Daily Mail:
glosses: Synonym of COVID-19.
synonyms: word: COVID-19
wikipedia: Donald Trump
Related terms: China virus
Chinese virus
Wuhan coronavirus
Wuhan flu
Wuhan virus
Wuhanvirus
put someone in a box
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts someone in a box
form: putting someone in a box
form: put someone in a box
form: put someone in a box
Senses: synonyms: pigeonhole
glosses: To judge someone unfairly as a member of a category of person, based on very few factors.
puts someone in a box
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put someone in a box
putting someone in a box
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put someone in a box
right-libertarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The synthesis or attempted synthesis of libertarianism with conservatism and the alliance of certain libertarians with the Republican Party led to the development of conservative-libertarianism, which has obscured the character of right-libertarianism. In practice, right-libertarianism is often reduced to conservative-libertarianism.
ref: 2014, A. Terrance Wiley, Angelic Troublemakers: Religion and Anarchism in America, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 99:
synonyms: libertarian capitalism
coordinate_terms: left-libertarianism
glosses: A type of libertarianism that supports capitalist property rights and defends free market distribution of natural resources and private property.
Related terms: laissez faire
minarchism
neoliberalism
objectivism
left-libertarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Unlike most versions of egalitarianism, left-libertarianism endorses full self-ownership, and thus places specific limits on what others may do to one's person without one's permission. Unlike the more familiar right-libertarianism (which also endorses full self-ownership), it holds that natural resources[…]may be privately appropriated only with the permission of, or with a significant payment to, the members of society.
ref: 2012, Hillel Steiner, quoting Peter Vallentyne, “Left Libertarianism”, in Gerald F. Gaus, Fred D'Agostino, editors, The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 412:
text: This is in line with what we know of [John] Carpenter’s political attitudes, which on balance veer towards a kind of post-60s left-libertarianism.
ref: 2017 January 9, John Patterson, “They Live: John Carpenter's action flick needs to be saved from neo-Nazis”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
synonyms: social libertarianism
coordinate_terms: right-libertarianism
glosses: A type of libertarianism that stresses both individual freedom and social equality, and advocates shared ownership of natural resources.
Related terms: left-libertarian
cheekguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheekguards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheek guard.
cheek guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheek guards
form: cheekguard
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cheek plate.
synonyms: word: cheek plate
cheekplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheekplates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheek plate.
cheek plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheek plates
form: cheekplate
Senses: synonyms: cheek guard
cheekpiece
glosses: A piece of a helmet which protects the cheek.
cheekguards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheekguard
cheek guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheek guard
cheekplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheekplate
cheek plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheek plate
psychic vampire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychic vampires
Senses: glosses: Synonym of energy vampire (“an emotionally draining person”).
synonyms: word: energy vampire
extra: an emotionally draining person
psychic vampires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychic vampire
reëvokes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reëvoke
reëvoking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reëvoke
reëvoked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reëvoke