cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
outside of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: It never happens outside of the story-books that a baby so deserted finds home and friends at once.
ref: 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “Waifs of the City’s Slums”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 188:
text: 'Don't think of what's past!' said she. 'I am not going to think outside of now. Why should we! Who knows what to-morrow has in store?'
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter LVIII, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume III, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the seventh (Fulfilment), page 260:
glosses: Outside.
examples: text: Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, pages 115–116:
text: A book is a man’s best friend outside of a dog, and inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.
ref: 1954, Jim Brewer, Boys' Life, volume 44, number 2, Think and Grin, page 78, column 1:
glosses: Aside from; besides.
whaddup
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of what's up.
teosinte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiːəʊˈsinteɪ/
ipa: /tiːoʊˈsɪnteɪ/
ipa: /tiːoʊˈsɪnti/
rhymes: -ɪnti
Forms: form: teosintes
Etymology: From French téosinte, from Spanish teocinte, from Classical Nahuatl teocintli, apparently from teōtl (“god”) + cintli (“dried maize”).
Senses: glosses: Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Zea diploperennis
glosses: Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Zea perennis
glosses: Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Zea luxurians
glosses: Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Zea nicaraguensis
teosintes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teosinte
passphrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passphrases
Etymology: From pass + phrase.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A password that comprises a whole phrase.
Synonyms: keyphrase
Related terms: password
watchword
passphrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passphrase
secularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more secularly
form: most secularly
Etymology: From Middle English secularelie, seculerli, seculerly, equivalent to secular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a secular fashion.
sociogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociogeneses
Etymology: From socio- + -genesis.
Senses: examples: text: We studied sociogenesis in certain species of ants.
glosses: The development of social organization, such as among insects
examples: text: There are many theories regarding the sociogenesis of language.
glosses: The social origin of a particular phenomenon
Derived terms: sociogenetic
sociogenetically
Related terms: sociogenic
microprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microprints
Etymology: From micro- + print.
Senses: examples: text: To this end, for instance, microprint may be used, which is beyond the resolution of copying systems but requires a magnifier to be verified.
ref: 1994, Rudolf L Van Renesse, Optical Document Security:
glosses: Extremely small print
glosses: A document bearing a microreproduction of printed text
Related terms: microprinter
woo woos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woo woo
inorder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inorders
form: inordering
form: inordered
form: inordered
Etymology: From in- + order.
Senses: glosses: To arrange; order; put in order.
inorder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in + order.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of a tree traversal, recursively visiting the root in between the left and right subtrees.
postorder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + order.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of a tree traversal, recursively visiting the left and right subtrees before the root.
postorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postorders
Etymology: From post- + order.
Senses: examples: text: Then a postorder on T is obtained by concatenating postorders of the subtrees of T rooted at ...
ref: 1995, Mîkā Šārîr, Micha Sharir, Pankaj K. Agarwal, Davenport-Schinzel Sequences and Their Geometric Applications, →ISBN:
glosses: A postorder tree traversal.
pre-order
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of preorder.
pre-order
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pre-orders
form: pre-ordering
form: pre-ordered
form: pre-ordered
Senses: examples: text: Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?
ref: 2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68:
glosses: Alternative form of preorder.
pre-order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-orders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of preorder.
in-order
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of inorder.
post-order
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of postorder.
key fobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key fob
keyfob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keyfobs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of key fob.
keyfobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyfob
noseguards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noseguard
nose guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nose guard
nuh-uh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈnʌ̃ʔʌ̃]
ipa: [nʌ̃ˈʔʌ̃]
Senses: examples: text: Peebee: Nuh-uh-uh, no peeking. I'm putting the finishing touches on my personal project.
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tempest:
glosses: No; uh-uh.
Related terms: yeah-huh
off-gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off-gases
form: off-gasses
Etymology: From off- + gas.
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: Gas produced as a side effect of a chemical reaction, sometimes hazardous.
off-gas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: off-gases
form: off-gasses
form: off-gassing
form: off-gassed
form: off-gassed
Etymology: From off- + gas.
Senses: examples: text: Since solvent-based paints can off-gas for a long time as they dry, when trapped in a tightly sealed building they can contribute to an unhealthy cocktail of chemicals in the air.
ref: 2004, Old-House Journal, page 86:
glosses: To emit gases, especially noxious ones.
raw_tags: of a solid or liquid
Synonyms: outgas
Hyponyms: desorption
off-gases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of off-gas
off-gases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of off-gas
kitchen garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchen gardens
form: kitchen-garden
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vegetable garden.
synonyms: word: vegetable garden
kitchen gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitchen garden
Bharatanatyam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit भरतनाट्यम् (bharatanāṭyam), from भरत (bharata, “name of Bharata Muni”) + नाट्य (nāṭya, “dance”).
Senses: examples: text: Bharatanatyam is the most geometrically multidirectional of the Indian genres — in the nritta sections, Ms. Balasubramanian turned in quick succession to address right, left, behind, ahead, above and below, as well as various diagonals — and the sharp transitions are often not just exciting but also powerfully expressive of the dancer’s setting herself within a larger context.
ref: 2015 August 30, Alastair Macaulay, “Review: At Indian Dance Festival, Subtleties in the Sway of a Torso”, in New York Times:
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A form of classical dance originating in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
pseudoscientist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoscientists
form: pseudo-scientist
Etymology: From pseudo- + scientist.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: scientician (in its modern sense)
text: The pseudoscientist will claim that these theories are well supported by the evidence...
ref: 1972, Michael Martin, Concepts of Science Education: A Philosophical Analysis:
antonyms: scientist
hypernyms: nonscientist
glosses: A practitioner of pseudoscience; a bogus or sham scientist.
Related terms: pseudoscience
pseudoscientific
pseudoscientistic
science
pseudoscientists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoscientist
South India
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A geographic region of India, comprising the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. These regions speak mainly Dravidian languages, and have distinct cuisine and culture.
sensitizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sensitization
significand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: significands
Senses: synonyms: mantissa
coefficient
argument
fraction
coordinate_terms: exponent
glosses: The part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits.
TV-phobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more TV-phobic
form: most TV-phobic
Etymology: From TV + -phobic.
Senses: examples: text: It helped that there were plenty of celebrities — from Billy Graham to Tiny Tim to Johnny Carson to Leonard Nimoy to TV-phobic John Wayne […]
ref: 2004, Joe Garner, Richard Pryor, Made You Laugh!:
text: Even the short-lived phenomenon of Twin Peaks, which attracted otherwise TV-phobic intellectuals to the television set when it debuted in 1990 […]
ref: 2008, Gary Richard Edgerton, Jeffrey P Jones, The Essential HBO Reader:
glosses: Having a dislike of television.
débuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of début
débuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of début
débuting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of début
débuted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of début
latticelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more latticelike
form: most latticelike
form: lattice-like
Etymology: From lattice + -like.
Senses: examples: a latticelike structure
glosses: Resembling a lattice
Synonyms: latticed
interlaced
leukemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukemia
co-induction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-inductions
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coinduction.
co-inductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-induction
lucks out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of luck out
lucking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of luck out
lucked out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of luck out
subcomponent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcomponents
Etymology: From sub- + component.
Senses: glosses: A lesser or secondary component.
subcomponents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcomponent
out of print
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: media
publishing
synonyms: word: OP
english: printed matter
translation: printed matter
word: OOP
antonyms: in print
qualifier: music industry
glosses: Not available from the publisher (of a printed work, especially a book, or a music release).
preon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preons
Etymology: From pre- + -on, coined in 1974 by Jogesh Pati and Abdus Salam.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too.
Related terms: spreon
subquark
preons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preon
chargino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charginos
Etymology: From charge + -ino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical supersymmetric particle.
charginos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chargino
sociogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociogenesis
micropsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micropsias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μικροψία (mikropsía), from μικρός (mikrós, “little, small”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disorder in which objects appear much smaller than normal, most often the result of a neurological dysfunction.
Synonyms: micropia
micropia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: micropsia
microkelvin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microkelvins
Etymology: From micro- + kelvin.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 10⁻⁶ kelvins. Symbol: μK
Synonyms: µK
ponerine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ants in the subfamily Ponerinae
ponerine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ponerines
Senses: glosses: Any ant in the subfamily Ponerinae
Related terms: doryline
ecitonine
macroinvertebrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroinvertebrate
macroinvertebrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroinvertebrates
Etymology: From macro- + invertebrate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An invertebrate that is large enough to be seen without the use of a microscope
magnetotelluric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From magneto- + telluric.
Senses: examples: text: A magnetotelluric survey was conducted.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Using magnetotellurics.
magnetotellurics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magneto- + telluric.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A natural-source, electromagnetic geophysical method of imaging structures below the Earth's surface.
proteosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proteosomes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of proteasome.
Related terms: proteosomic
dimethylimidazol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dimethylimidazole.
preponderance of the evidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that evidence be sufficient to determine that a claim is more likely to be true than false.
Synonyms: balance of probabilities
Coordinate terms: clear and convincing evidence
beyond a reasonable doubt
probable cause
clear and convincing evidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legal standard for deciding the outcome of a dispute: evidence that clearly indicates that a claim is more likely to be true than not, without needing to eliminate all doubt.
Coordinate terms: beyond a reasonable doubt
preponderance of the evidence
probable cause
beyond a reasonable doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: beyond reasonable doubt
form: beyond reason of a doubt
form: beyond a reason of a doubt
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: word: BARD
glosses: A legal standard for deciding the outcome of a criminal charge, requiring evidence that is sufficient to eliminate any doubts that a reasonable person might entertain about whether a claim is true or false.
Related terms: beyond a shadow of a doubt
balance of probabilities
clear and convincing evidence
preponderance of the evidence
probable cause
bird-dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bird-dogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bird dog.
bird-dog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bird-dogs
form: bird-dogging
form: bird-dogged
form: bird-dogged
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bird dog.
bird dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bird dog
bird dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bird dog
bird dogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bird dog
bird dogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bird dog
bird-dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bird-dog
bird-dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bird-dog
bird-dogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bird-dog
examples: text: Among his tasks in the lead up to 2000 was "bird-dogging", following candidates and asking pointed questions at each stop.
ref: 2021, Barbara Trish, William J Menner, chapter 4, in Inside the Bubble:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Following candidates and asking pointed questions at each stop.
bird-dogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bird-dog
Falun Gong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑː.lən ɡɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈfɑ.lən ɡɔŋ/
Forms: form: Fa-lun kung
Etymology: Transliteration from Mandarin 法輪功／法轮功 (Fǎlún Gōng) via Hanyu Pinyin. "法輪" is a Chinese term referring to the Buddhist concept dharmachakra, and "功" means gong, a high-level or advanced type of spiritual meditation practice in China.
Senses: examples: text: Of all the qigong exercises practised in China, Falun Gong is the only one that can have the effect of "the Law refining the practitioner".
ref: 1998 May, Li HongZhi, CHINA FALUN GONG (REVISED EDITION) (English Version), Hong Kong: Falun Fo Fa Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 34:
text: More recently, the Chinese authorities' paranoia in religious matters has become apparent in the persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual movement. It was banned in July 1999 and thousands of its members have since been arrested.
ref: 2002, Margaret Thatcher, Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 174:
text: As President Bush addressed students at Qinghua University in Beijing on the 30th anniversary of Richard M. Nixon's momentous trip to China, where was the mention of the six Qinghua graduate students recently sentenced in southern China's Xiangzhou District Court, in Zhuhai City, for "utilizing an evil cult to sabotage legal enforcement"? All are practitioners of Falun Gong, the outlawed meditation movement that numbers its followers in the tens of thousands. They had been writing articles about the persecution of Falun Gong members.
ref: 2002 February 23, Bei Ling, Andrea Huss, “Warming Up to China, Neglecting Democracy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2010, Opinion:
text: The decision to ban the group entirely was made after 10,000 Falun Gong adherents staged a silent protest outside the gates of Zhongnanhai, the Communist Party’s leadership compound in Beijing, to complain about reports in the state-run media that the group said were defamatory.
ref: 2009 April 27, Andrew Jacobs, “China Still Presses Crusade Against Falun Gong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2011, Asia Pacific:
synonyms: Falun Dafa
glosses: A spiritual practice founded in China by Li Hongzhi (李洪志) in 1992, purporting to enable practitioners to ascend spiritually through moral rectitude and the practice of exercises and meditation.
lingzhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪŋt͡ʃi/
ipa: /ˈlɪŋd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˈlɪŋd͡ʒə/
enpr: lǐngʹjûʹ
Forms: form: lingchih
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 靈芝 /灵芝 (língzhī). Doublet of reishi.
Senses: glosses: A medicinal mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine, Ganoderma lucidum and other closely related mushroom of the genus Ganoderma.
organy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of oregano (“wild marjoram, Origanum vulgare”)
organy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more organy
form: most organy
Etymology: From organ + -y.
Senses: examples: text: an organy sound
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an organ (musical instrument).
drop-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drop-in
heere
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of here; see also heereby.
heere
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of hear.
refed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refeed
prediagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + diagnosis.
Senses: examples: text: the prediagnosis stage of dealing with cancer
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Prior to diagnosis
Synonyms: prediagnostic
prediagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prediagnoses
Etymology: From pre- + diagnosis.
Senses: examples: text: The prediagnosis of disease through the use of mass biochemical screening techniques utilizes systems of analysis in which we have considerable experience.
ref: 1965, Instrument Society of America, Advances in Instrumentation, page xxiii:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A preliminary diagnosis, particularly one made before the occurrence of symptoms
Related terms: pretreatment
Saxbe fix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After William B. Saxbe (1916–2010), who was confirmed as Attorney General in 1973 after Congress reduced the office's salary to the level it had been before Saxbe's term commenced.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A solution to violations of a clause in the United States Constitution that prevents sitting members of Congress being appointed to jobs created for them or for which the salary was increased while they were in office.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Specifically, a method for correcting violations of Article 1, Section 6, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
refeed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: refeeds
form: refeeding
form: refed
form: refed
Etymology: From re- + feed.
Senses: examples: text: The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks.
ref: 1997, David M. Garner, “Psychoeducational principles in treatment”, in Garner & Garfinkel, editors, Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders, 2nd ed., →ISBN, page 156:
text: It's natural if you are coming out of a dieted state to see a rapid surge in appetite as you begin refeeding.
ref: 2013, Matt Stone, Diet Recovery 2, page 47:
glosses: To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
glosses: To feed (material) back into a machine.
examples: text: The printer was refed with paper.
glosses: To feed material back into (a machine).
Derived terms: refeeder
refeeding syndrome
refeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refeeds
Etymology: From re- + feed.
Senses: examples: text: For this reason, you may wish to schedule a refeed on a day when you're not working, so that you're not dealing with the fatigue that can accompany wide blood sugar swings.
ref: 2005, Lyle McDonald, A Guide To Flexible Dieting, page 49:
glosses: The process of giving food again.
glosses: The feeding of material back into a machine.
examples: text: During the current season, PBS will transmit […] 1,482 hours of program transmission and 2,366 hours of refeeds, station services, and regional split.
ref: 1973, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power, Public Broadcasting - 1973: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, page 29:
text: The network also provides a refeed of programs which schools feel warrant repeating […]
ref: Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission, Annual Report - Volume 7, Parts 1974-1975
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: A retransmission.
refeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refeed
refeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refeed
refeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refeedings
Senses: synonyms: renutrition
glosses: The process of feeding again, typically after a fast.
Derived terms: refeeding syndrome
prediagnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prediagnosis
Sasak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A people, related to the Balinese, who live mainly on the island of Lombok, Indonesia.
Sasak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by the Sasak people.
semimajor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-major
Etymology: From semi- + major.
Senses: examples: a semimajor radius
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the semimajor axis, the long axis of an ellipse
examples: text: He waited by court sixteen, a semimajor court. It had the most seating next to the Stadium and Grandstand, though less than most high school gyms.
ref: 1997, Harlan Coben, Drop Shot, page 291:
glosses: Less than major, but still significant
Derived terms: semimajor axis
Related terms: semiminor
woods colt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woods colts
form: woodscolt
Etymology: Originates from the unplanned breeding of horses that allowed to roam in unsupervised areas.
Senses: glosses: A child born out of wedlock.
glosses: A horse of unknown parentage.
Synonyms: word: old-field colt
word: catch colt
chevelure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌʃɛvəˈljʊɚ/
/ˌʃɛvəˈlʊɚ/
Forms: form: chevelures
Etymology: Borrowed from French chevelure.
Senses: examples: text: A bright star with a considerable milky chevelure
ref: 1802, William Herschel, Catalogue of 500 new Nebulae, nebulous Stars, planetary Nebulae, and Clusters of Stars; with Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens:
glosses: The nebulous part of a comet or star.
glosses: A head of hair.
glosses: A periwig.
plica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplaɪkə/
Forms: form: plicas
form: plicae
Etymology: From Medieval Latin, from Latin plicare (“to fold”).
Senses: glosses: A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
glosses: Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The bend of the wing of a bird.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A neume, in the form of a tail at the end of a ligature, indicating an additional note.
Derived terms: circumplicial
microplica
plica abomasi
plica circulares
plica fimbriata
plica glossoepiglottica
plica gubernatrix
plical
plica neuropathica
plica polonica
plica rumenoreticularis
plica semilunaris conjunctivae
plica vascularis
plica venae cavae
i-breve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: i-breves
Senses: glosses: The Latin letter "I" with the breve diacritical mark.
legal name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legal names
Senses: examples: text: He signs his name "Johnny Reb Smith", but his legal name is "Jean-Marie Smith".
topics: law
synonyms: word: government name
word: wallet name
glosses: The name of a natural person recognized on official records, especially as recorded on a birth certificate or as changed by a legal process.
examples: text: The legal name of "Jack's Mattresses" is "JM Enterprises {2006} (Illinois) Inc.".
topics: business
law
glosses: The name of an organization as indicated in its founding documents, or as subsequently changed by a legal process.
merrie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: merrier
form: merriest
Senses: examples: text: The annual meet of the National Archery Association will take place at the Soldiers’ Home next week, commencing on the 27th. It will be a merrie meet, and all the skilled bowsmen and bowswomen in the districts are expected to compete for the admirable prizes.
ref: 1889 August 21, “City Items”, in The Dayton Daily Herald, volume XII, number 21, Dayton, Ohio, page [3], column 3:
text: Crossbowmen from such distant realms as Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Delaware, all right there in Merrie Olde Arkansas, in the non-medieval year of 1973.
ref: 1973 November 25, James G. Andrews, “In Merrie Olde Arkansas”, in The Commercial Appeal Mid-South Magazine, page 4:
text: And watch this ailing Knight of a Merrie day / Extend a sagging hand and fall into a chair; […]
ref: 1991, Nicholas Hagger, Selected Poems (1960-1990): A Metaphysical’s Way of Fire, Element Books, →ISBN, page 76:
glosses: Obsolete form of merry.
polyteny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polytene + -y.
Senses: qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids)
Related terms: polytene
polytenic
polyploidy
endomitosis
postgermination
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + germination.
Senses: examples: text: There have been few studies of early postgermination growth in plants in relation to heterosis.
ref: 1950, J.W. Gowen, editor, Heterosis, page 105:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Occurring after germination
Related terms: pregermination
posttranslationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + translationally.
Senses: examples: text: The conversion occurred posttranslationally.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Subsequent to translation
Related terms: posttranslational
pretranslationally
bundle of His
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bundles of His
Etymology: Named for Swiss cardiologist Wilhelm His, Jr., who discovered the function of these cells in 1893.
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: AV bundle
atrioventricular bundle
His bundle
glosses: Specialized heart muscle cells that transmit electrical impulses from the AV node in the heart to the muscle cells of the heart wall, which contract in response producing the heart beat.
laconica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laconicum
meane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mēn
homophone: mean
Forms: form: meanes
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?].
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.
meane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mēn
homophone: mean
Forms: form: meanes
Senses: examples: text: […] vſing all meanes to let all thoſe that are his to ſee the danger,[…]
ref: 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 50:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of mean.
upsot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He got into a drifted bank
And we—we got upsot.
ref: 1857, James Lord Pierpont, Jingle Bells:
glosses: simple past and past participle of upset
horopter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horopters
Etymology: * From Ancient Greek ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”) + ὀπτήρ (optḗr, “observer”).
Senses: glosses: For any system of binocular vision, a three-dimensional curve containing all points from which the light will converge into a single image.
Derived terms: horopteric
graduality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gradualities
Etymology: From gradual + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gradualness.
synonyms: word: gradualness
stashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stash
stashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stash
steelier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of steely: more steely
steeliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of steely: most steely
syncopates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of syncopate
syncopating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of syncopate
sourdoughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sourdough
torpedo tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torpedo tubes
Senses: examples: text: The Canet torpedo tube, mounted on a movable carriage of a special type, somewhat like that mounted on the decks of ships, can be usefully employed for the defence of narrow channels and rivers.
ref: 1889, C. Sleeman, Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare: Containing a Complete Account of the Progress of Submarine Warfare; […], 2nd edition, Portsmouth: Griffin, page 200:
text: The armament consists of a torpedo tube, which is provided with five Whitehead torpedoes.
ref: 1901 June 22, “Launch of the Submarine Torpedo Boat ‘Fulton’”, in Scientific American, volume 84, number 25, New York: Munn, page 388:
text: A new feature which has not before been adopted in the United States navy is the submerged torpedo tube, of which the “Missouri” will carry two. The dangers of above-water torpedo tubes were well exemplified in the Spanish war and in the battle of the Yalu between China and Japan. In both wars a vessel which carried above-water tubes was completely wrecked by the detonation of its own torpedoes–the result of their being hit by the enemy's shell fire.
ref: 1902 January 11, “The Launch of the Battleship ‘Missouri’”, in Scientific American, volume 86, number 2, New York: Munn, page 20:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A metal tube mounted in a submarine or surface warship into which a torpedo may be loaded and launched through the hull or from the deck; a torpedo launcher.
servery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serveries
Etymology: From serve + -ry (“place of”).
Senses: glosses: A place where food is served, either the surface itself or the room; a food counter or canteen/cafeteria service area.
Coordinate terms: butlerie
butlery
Related terms: server
serverie
serving pantry
lanoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanolines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lanolin.
lanoline
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lanolines
form: lanolining
form: lanolined
form: lanolined
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lanolin.
carvery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carveries
Etymology: From carve + -ry.
Senses: glosses: A restaurant specializing in roast meat, particularly roast beef and Sunday roasts.
glosses: The station within a buffet where such food is served.
glosses: A meal consisting of such food.
Related terms: roast beef
Sunday roast
northwest by north
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The compass point halfway between northwest and north-northwest, specifically 326.25°, abbreviated as NWbN.
NWbN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of northwest by north.
northwest by west
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The compass point halfway between northwest and west-northwest, specifically 303.75°, abbreviated as NWbW.
NWbW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of northwest by west.
puissances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Puissances
Senses: glosses: plural of puissance.
noonmeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonemeat
Etymology: From Old English nōnmete, equivalent to noon + meat.
Senses: examples: text: At this she clapped a savory conserve into the pouch, directing me not to show it till our halt for noonmeat.
ref: 1914, Alber Hale Plumb, When Mayflowers Blossom: A Romance of Plymouth's First Years, page 337:
glosses: A midday meal (especially including meat).
dépôt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dépôts
Senses: examples: text: Not less prompt were the Third and Eighth regiments, for they began to arrive in Boston as early as nine, each company welcomed at the dépôt by applauding thousands.
ref: 1864, James Parton, chapter III, in General Butler in New Orleans, Mason Brothers, page 67:
glosses: Rare spelling of depot.
molad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hebrew מוֹלָד (“birth”).
Senses: examples: text: Prior to Mi She'asah Nisim it is customary, in the Ashkenazic rite, to announce the molad ("birth"), that is, the precise time at which the New Moon will become visible in Jerusalem.
ref: 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 243:
glosses: On the Hebrew Calendar, the time at which a new month begins.
molases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of molasses.
molas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mola
Mandchou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mandchous
Etymology: From French Mandchou.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Manchu.
Mandchou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Mandchou.
Senses: examples: text: The volume before us presents, first of all, a paradigma, or specimen sheet, on which each letter of the English alphabet, small and capital, written and printed, is accompanied by its pronunciation in Chinese phonetic signs, as well as in Mandchou letters.
ref: 1844, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, The Eclectic Magazine, page 569:
glosses: Obsolete form of Manchu.
reinvoice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reinvoices
form: reinvoicing
form: reinvoiced
form: reinvoiced
Etymology: From re- + invoice.
Senses: glosses: To invoice again; to send a second or subsequent invoice for the same goods.
Y-jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Y-jacks
Etymology: From its shape, like a capital Y.
Senses: examples: text: The answer is a small, inexpensive, plastic doodad called a splitter (or Y-jack), which as its name suggests splits a single phone jack into two. So now you can plug your computer and phone into the same wall jack
ref: 2006, Edward C. Baig, Macs For Dummies, 9th edition, page 137:
text: If you bring along your own pair of headphones and a Y-jack, two people can share one audioguide and save.
ref: 2007, Rick Steves, Pat O'Connor, Rick Steves' Ireland 2008, page 14:
glosses: A splitter; a device used to split a single jack into two.
Synonyms: Y-splitter
Y-jacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Y-jack
unbook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbooks
form: unbooking
form: unbooked
form: unbooked
Etymology: From un- + book.
Senses: glosses: To undo the process of booking; to cancel a booking.
unbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unbook
unbooking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unbook
unbooked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not booked.
unbooked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbook
unlist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪst
Forms: form: unlists
form: unlisting
form: unlisted
form: unlisted
Etymology: From un- + list.
Senses: synonyms: delist
glosses: To undo the process of listing; to remove something from a list.
unlisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unlist
unlists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unlist
up shit creek without a paddle
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of up shit creek.
unkillable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + killable.
Senses: examples: text: The phrase, “tank meta”, is one that carries a lot of weight when it comes to MOBAs. These metas are generally characterized by tanky, unkillable behemoths dominating the meta and leaving any character that isn’t focused around raw DPS in the dust.
ref: 2022 November 17, Carver Fisher, “League of Legends preseason 13 has made tanks unkillable”, in Dexerto:
glosses: Not killable; unable to be killed.
Related terms: everliving
undying
unironed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ironed.
Senses: examples: text: In his unironed shirt, the salesman looked tired and unprofessional.
glosses: Not ironed.
udders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of udder
unartistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnɑːˈtɪstɪk/
ipa: /ˌʌnɑɹˈtɪstɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: more unartistic
form: most unartistic
Etymology: From un- + artistic.
Senses: examples: text: If you have never had it, and you are devoid of an interest in what is truly beautiful, then you will belong to the unartistic group of people.
ref: 1942, Mildred Graves Ryan, Your Clothes and Personality, D. Appleton, pages 107–8:
text: If such works—altered by ritual use, incorporating the most “unartistic” materials from the traditional Western viewpoint, and as far from illusionistic in style as Picasso could ever have seen—can appear “reasonable” to a Western artist, that artist has performed an almost magical act of projection and inversion of the ordinary meaning of the work as “rational.”
ref: 1990, Patricia Leighten, “The White Pearl and L’Art nègre : Politics, Primitivism, and Anticolonialism”, in The Art Bulletin, volume 74, number 4, →DOI, page 623+:
text: They've gotten their foot up that high, and they want to show it off. Well, that's an unartistic idea about dancing. It's a plebeian, low-class idea.
ref: 1993 October 24, Jennifer Dunning, quoting Paul Taylor, “Paul Taylor Hates Ballet. (Want to Bet?)”, in The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, page 1:
glosses: Not artistic.
mother tongues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mother tongue
unbid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: unbidden, uninvited.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: Which have not been bid for.
Derived terms: unbid major
unbid minor
unbid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbids
form: unbidding
form: unbid
form: unbid
form: unbidden
Senses: glosses: To undo the process of bidding; to cancel a bid.
high-riser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high-risers
Senses: glosses: A bed comprising a top frame and mattress and another that can be collapsed and stashed beneath the first.
Synonyms: truckle
truckle bed
trundle
trundle bed
Related terms: high-rise
southeast by east
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The compass point halfway between southeast and east-southeast, specifically 123.75°, abbreviated as SEbE.
SEbE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of southeast by east.
underpays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underpay
high-risers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-riser
trundle beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trundle bed
uninsurable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + insurable.
Senses: examples: text: “We’re not in a crisis yet, but all of the trends are in a bad direction,” said Dave Jones, who is completing his eighth and final year as California’s insurance commissioner. “We’re slowly marching toward a world that’s uninsurable.”
ref: 2018 November 20, Mary Williams Walsh, “How Wildfires Are Making Some California Homes Uninsurable”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Not insurable; unable to be insured.
Related terms: uninsured
uninsurable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uninsurables
Etymology: From un- + insurable.
Senses: examples: text: So-called uninsurables are a rapidly diminishing group, according to the Institute of Life Insurance. Persons who cannot qualify for life insurance are becoming fewer every year, the organization said yesterday.
ref: 1960 July 20, “Few Uninsurable in the Jet Age”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A person or thing that cannot be insured.
southeast by south
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The compass point halfway between southeast and south-southeast, specifically 146.25°, abbreviated as SEbS.
SEbS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of southeast by south.
unkissed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unkist
Etymology: From Middle English on-kyst, unkest, unkissid, unkist, unkyste. By surface analysis, un- + kissed.
Senses: glosses: Not kissed; not having been kissed by someone.
unkissed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unkist
Etymology: From unkiss + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unkiss
unkiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unkisses
form: unkissing
form: unkissed
form: unkissed
Etymology: From un- + kiss.
Senses: examples: text: Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me.
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
glosses: To cancel or annul something that was done or sealed with a kiss.
unowned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + owned.
Senses: glosses: Not owned; not having an owner.
glosses: Not avowed or acknowledged as one's own property or one's own work.
unpeg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unpegs
form: unpegging
form: unpegged
form: unpegged
Etymology: From un- + peg.
Senses: glosses: To remove from a peg.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Synonym of depeg.
synonyms: word: depeg
unpegs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpeg
unpegging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpeg
unpegged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unpeg + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpeg