cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
℞
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: Rx
form: r.
Etymology: An R with a cross-stroke indicating an abbreviation (of recipe, response, retrograde etc). In the case of a prescription, abbreviating Latin recipe (“take this”, second-person singular imperative of recipiō); it is sometimes typeset as, or even interpreted as, a digraph Rx. Compare also Dx (“diagnose, diagnosis”) and Hx (“history”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: Prescription.
examples: text: BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole.
ref: 1583, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Making Bolus”, in The Methode of Phisicke, Conteyning the Causes, Signes, and Cures of Inward Diseases in Mans Body from the Head to the Foote. […], London: […] Thomas Vautroullier […], →OCLC, book VI, page 288:
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: Take (used to begin a list of ingredients of a compound).
synonyms: R
glosses: Marks the congregation's response to the versicle.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Retrograde.
Coordinate terms: sense: liturgy
word: ℣
Related terms: sense: abbreviation of words starting with R
word: R
sense: abbreviation of words starting with R
word: r.
sense: abbreviation of words starting with R
word: r
sense: abbreviation of words starting with R
word: R.
sense: abbreviation of words starting with R
word: ℟
reclimbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reclimb
reclimbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reclimb
reclimbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reclimb
fishbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Fishbed.
Fishbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fishbeds
Senses: qualifier: NATO code name
glosses: The Soviet MiG-21 aircraft.
Rooney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːni/
rhymes: -uːni
Etymology: Anglicised from Irish Ó Ruanaidh (“descendant of a person named Champion”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Derived terms: Rooney rule
Rooneyesque
Clooney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkluːni/
rhymes: -uːni
Forms: form: Clooneys
Etymology: Variant of Cloney.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Derived terms: Clooneyesque
opera houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opera house
Schreiber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German of German origin.
glosses: A township in the Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada, named after Sir Collingwood Schreiber.
Related terms: Shriver
daïses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daïs (alternative spelling of daises).
cask wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cask wines
Senses: examples: text: At the end of the 1970s, a production line for cask wines was introduced.
ref: 2003, Nicholas Faith, Australia's Liquid Gold, unnumbered page:
text: Also, the big wine companies of the eastern states have put cask wine on supermarket shelves tor less than it costs local Swan Valley to produce, let alone sell. And it must be said that the big company cask wine can be easier to live with the morning after.
ref: 2006, James Halliday, Wine Atlas of Australia, page 263:
text: In this context, bottled wine is a premium product and not generally drunk in the same way or for the same reasons as cask wine.
ref: 2009, Ralph Horne, Karli Verghese, Tim Grant, Life Cycle Assessment: Principles, Practice, and Prospects, page 37:
glosses: Wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder and packaged in a cardboard box.
examples: text: Holland followed suit with a great increase in cask wines and a slight increase in bottled wines.
ref: 1901, Great Britain Board of Trade, Board of Trade Journal, volume 33, page 660:
text: Most common cask wines were a blend of the third, fourth, and fifth cuttings, and they were sold inexpensively and as quickly as possible.
ref: 2009, Tilar J. Mazzeo, The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It, page 53:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cask, wine.
Synonyms: box wine
goon
box wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box wines
Senses: synonyms: cask wine
goon
Chateau Cardboard
cubitainer
qualifier: packaging
glosses: A type of wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder and packaged in a cardboard box; cask wine.
knee-deep in the Big Muddy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: waist-deep in the Big Muddy
Etymology: From Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (1967), a folk song by Pete Seeger, protesting the war in Vietnam.
Senses: examples: text: Polls show three-quarters of the people don't want us to invade Haiti. Nonetheless, it appears we're about to go knee-deep in the Big Muddy.
ref: 1994 September 16, Cal Thomas, “Clinton should heed Gore advice”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 04 Jan 2010:
text: The 40-year-old Fastow, a hot-tempered financial whiz, engineered the controversial partnerships that led to Enron's meltdown. . . . "He's knee-deep in the big muddy," Meagher says.
ref: 2002 July 16, Edward Iwata, “Enron faces 'hornet's nest' of charges”, in USA Today, retrieved 04 Jan 2010:
text: In the classic ‘knee deep in the Big Muddy’ scenario (Staw, 1976), individuals continue to contribute to a losing cause long after it is clear that this is a tremendous waste of money.
ref: 2007, Janice Langan-Fox et al., Research Companion to the Dysfunctional Workplace, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: Stuck in a predicament; mired in a difficult situation, especially one resulting from poor judgment or bad leadership.
Synonyms: bogged down
waist-deep in the Big Muddy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of knee-deep in the Big Muddy.
synonyms: word: knee-deep in the Big Muddy
Caucasology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Caucasiology
Senses: glosses: The historical, linguistic or geopolitical studies of the Caucasus.
Derived terms: Caucasologist
Caucasiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Caucasology.
Kartvelology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kartvelology
Etymology: From Kartvelo- + -logy.
Senses: qualifier: humanities
glosses: Kartvelian studies
proportionator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proportionators
Etymology: From proportionate + -or.
Senses: glosses: An unbiased stereological method used to estimate population size.
proportionators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proportionator
stereological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stereology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to stereology
Armenologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Armenologist
peanutbutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːnʌtˌbʌ.tə/
ipa: /ˈpi.nʌtˌbʌ.tɚ/
Forms: form: peanutbutters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of peanut butter.
polliniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollinisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pollenizer.
pollen counter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollen counters
Senses: glosses: A device used to measure the amount of pollen in the air, to determine the pollen count.
pollen counters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollen counter
Regents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Regent
regos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rego
riddle me this
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Riddle me this, and guess him if you can, / Who bears a nation in a single man?
ref: 1760, John Dryden, The miscellaneous works of John Dryden, volume 1, page 250:
text: Somebody riddle me this. Why do people find pro-gay slogans on T-shirts so threatening?
ref: 2011, J. H. Trumble, Don't Let Me Go, page 115:
glosses: Answer this riddle (or other difficult or tricky question) for me.
Derived terms: riddle me that
riddle me that, Batman
riddle me this, Batman
gatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gat
Chrismahanukwanzakah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹɪs.məˌhɑ.nəˈkwɑn.zə.kə/
Forms: form: Chrismahanukwanzakahs
form: Christmahanukwanzakah
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Christmas
English Hanukkah
English Kwanzaa
blend
English Chrismahanukwanzakah
Blend of Christmas + Hanukkah + Kwanzaa.
Senses: examples: text: Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah! Merry HanuKwanzMas! (Whew... that covers everyone, right?)
ref: 2005 December, “Diversity Calendar 2006”, in Cincinati Magazine, volume 39, number 3, Emmis Communications, →ISSN, page 66:
text: How could Fox ever win its holiday war now? Surely all would be lost, and the nation would be forced to endure another Chrismahanukwanzakah.
ref: 2007, Joseph Minton Amann, Tom Breuer, Fair and Balanced, My Ass!: An Unbridled Look at the Bizarre Reality of Fox News, →ISBN, page 247:
text: Have a Blessed Chrismahanukwanzakah and a Spectacular New Year!
ref: 2009 December 16, "John H", “Approval ratings not the best...”, in rec.boats (Usenet):
glosses: A fictional holiday in December combining aspects of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa into one festival.
Related terms: Chrismukkah
Chrismahanukwanzakahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chrismahanukwanzakah
nonapplied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + applied.
Senses: examples: nonapplied mathematics
glosses: Not applied.
Croft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun croft (“small piece of land”).
* Also as an English surname, variant of Craft.
* As a Danish, Swedish, German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kraft.
* The place in Leicestershire is from Old English cræft (“device”).
Also compare Kroft.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English, from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft.
glosses: A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6393).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5195).
glosses: A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5061).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pratt County, Kansas, United States.
Related terms: Croft and Yarpole
Croft-on-Tees
Croft Spa
*nices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of *nix
*nixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of *nix
in the eyes of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: in someone's eyes
Senses: examples: ref: 2004, Ian Buruma, Avishai Margalit, Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: Suddenly she felt an insidious suspicion. She saw this version of Brian in the eyes of the world, and she saw herself, too. Did people think he was basically a moron? Did they laugh at her for being with him?
ref: 2008, Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Random House, →ISBN:
glosses: In the opinion of, from the perspective of, as far as concerns.
Melina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
cannista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannistas
Etymology: Blend of cannabis + barista.
Senses: examples: text: “Our cannistas have worked tirelessly to understand how to guide people … where we can show them what a terpene is, what THC and CBD are, what strains are potentially the best for the outcomes they’re looking to have,” Mison said.
ref: 2018 October 16, Dayla Lahring, “Cannabis is legal – now what?”, in St. Albert Gazette:
text: The store also has a dedicated “education room” or “experimental room,” where customers can search tablets or talk to the shop’s cannabis educators — or “cannistas” — about different strains and consumption methods.
ref: 2019 April 1, “As retail pot shops launch in Ontario, Ottawa’s three stores open their doors”, in Global News:
text: Our Cannistas share inspiring insights, easy-to-follow advice and as much or as little education as you want, making your purchase simple and snappy.
ref: 2020 March 22, “Cannista (Educator)”, in Canada Jobs, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2020:
glosses: A service employee at a marijuana shop.
Emmeline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Medieval English form of Old French Ameline, diminutive form of Amélie, cognate to English Amelia.
Senses: examples: text: With no notice from her father's family, Emmeline had attained her twelfth year.
ref: 1788, Charlotte Turner Smith, Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle, White, Wogan, published 1789, page 4:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
arc-connected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Such that every pair of points in the space comprises the boundary of some arc embedded in the space.
raw_tags: of a topological space
Hypernyms: connected
path-connected
Mitzi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mitsy
form: Mitzy
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mitzi in the 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: "Helen," he called, "is this Mitzi?" and held out the burnt blackened doll. The child seized it with a scream of joy. "Mitzi! Mitzi!" she cried.
ref: 1922, Claude Carlos Washburn, The Lonely Warrior, Harcourt, Brace and company, page 245:
glosses: A female given name from German.
Fátima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Ourém municipality, Santarém district, Portugal.
ǀXam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: anglicised pronunciation
ipa: /kɑm/
note: anglicised pronunciation
ipa: /kæm/
rhymes: -ɑm
rhymes: -æm
Senses: glosses: An extinct Khoisan language once spoken in South Africa.
colp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of collop.
colp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colps
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of colposcopy.
Halfrican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Halfricans
Etymology: Blend of half + African
Senses: examples: text: My son who calls himself a Halfrican-American flattens his hair by pressing the top of his head against the wall in our hallway.
ref: 1994, Myra Goldberg, Whistling and Other Stories, page 177:
text: […] ¶ “White girl!” ¶ “Nigger bitch!” ¶ “HALFRICAN!” ¶ “MUTT!” ¶ “HALF-BREED!” ¶ […]
ref: 2004, Nicole Bailey-Williams, Floating, Random House, →ISBN, page 128:
text: "Oh, Biracial Humor!" Devin laughed. "Too clever for me!"
He laughed, but the comment stung. It always had. It meant that even his closest friends saw him as inauthentic, the fake McCoy, a Halfrican.
ref: 2005, Wendy Coakley-Thompson, What You Won’t Do For Love, Dafina Books, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: A person who is biracial, with one black parent and one of another race.
Synonyms: mulatto
histotechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: histotechnologies
Etymology: From histo- + technology.
Senses: glosses: The preparation of tissue for examination under a microscope, as a field of study and practice
Related terms: histotechnical
histotechnician
warishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of warish
warishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of warish
statute of frauds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statutes of frauds
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A statute that bars enforcement of an oral contract.
statutes of frauds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statute of frauds
warished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of warish
coöperated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coöperate
coöperating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coöperate
coöperates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coöperate
coördinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coördinate
SOS's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SOS
SOSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SOS
askes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aske
cantaro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cantaros
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A clayen pot used as a percussion instrument in South America.
Canuto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Canutos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Canuto.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
cannolicchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian cannolicchi.
Senses: glosses: Pasta in short twisted tubes resembling razor clams.
birdsit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: birdsits
form: birdsitting
form: birdsat
form: birdsat
form: birdsitted
form: birdsitted
Etymology: From bird + sit.
Senses: glosses: To babysit for (take care of) a bird.
Synonyms: birdysit
birdsits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of birdsit
birdsitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of birdsit
birdsat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of birdsit
dogsit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dogsits
form: dogsitting
form: dogsat
form: dogsat
form: dogsitted
form: dogsitted
form: dog-sit
form: dog sit
Etymology: From dog + sit.
Senses: examples: text: Our new neighbor down the street asked me to ask you if you want to dogsit for her when she is on vacation?
ref: 2003, Julia DeVillers, True teamwork:
text: And when he took Shoe for a run, Mom and I would dogsit Lucky.
ref: 2012, Ann M. Martin, Because of Shoe and Other Dog Stories, page 51:
text: It was Wednesday after school, and Jake made it clear that he wanted to dogsit Tiki and Milkshake.
ref: 2016, Coco Simon, Emma Raining Cats and Dogs . . . and Cupcakes!, page 23:
glosses: To babysit for (take care of) a dog in its owner's absence.
Derived terms: dogsitter
dogsits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dogsit
dogsitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dogsit
catsit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catsits
form: catsitting
form: catsat
form: catsat
form: catsitted
form: catsitted
form: cat-sit
form: cat sit
Etymology: From cat + sit, by analogy with babysit.
Senses: glosses: To babysit for (take care of) a cat.
Derived terms: catsitter
catsits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of catsit
catsitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catsit
petsit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: petsits
form: petsitting
form: petsat
form: petsat
form: petsitted
form: petsitted
form: pet-sit
form: pet sit
Etymology: By analogy with babysit.
Senses: examples: text: Sam, Jo, Matthew, and Katie have been hired to petsit Trixie-Belle, a very aristocratic Yorkshire Terrier.
ref: 1998, Tessa Krailing, Trixie and the Cyber Pet, page 98:
text: If you don't want to make the longterm commitment of taking on a pet, offer to petsit for a friend.
ref: 2008, David Bordon, Tom Winters, 101 Things You Should Do Before Going to Heaven:
text: “Do you do a lot of petsitting? Can I petsit, too?” Jessie asked eagerly.
ref: 2018, Heidi Lang, Rules of the Ruff:
glosses: To babysit for (take care of) a pet.
petsitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of petsit
put that in your pipe and smoke it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: stick that in your pipe and smoke it
Senses: examples: text: You musht know that I om (do you take me? see!) an owld rubble that has found marsee and purteckshin from ago-burn-mint, that mite very justly have scent me and awl my comerogues, sowl and boddy, piking off to the divle (Christ bless us!) and the two looking eyes in my foolish head is so opent, by this and other matthers, to see owld times and time to cum, fwhen I should be afther being dead of the himpen or leaden disorder, that I think I can give the peephill that reeds the Water-fart Chronickhill, sum hints worth shmoaking; and af yew don't prent them, fwhy-Na bocklesh! That's all! Put that in your pipe and shmoak it!
ref: 1800, James Alexander, Some Account of the first apparent Symptoms of the late Rebellion in the County of Kildare:
text: "There's plenty of room for improvement in it, I don't deny; but it's my belief, Snap, if you was to try to do some of the improvement, you'd find you'd such a lot to do in your own self that you'd begin to doubt whether you was quite a proper judge about other folk's badness. Put that in your pipe, old boy, and smoke it. Good night, Snap; we'll be going now, sir, if it's convenient."
ref: 1871, Richard Rowe, Episodes in an Obscure Life, Kessinger Publishing, page 91:
text: "Lie number one," said the old man; "I never saw either of them until two months ago, and I have never been in Africa in my life, so you can put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Busybody Holmes!"
ref: 1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:
text: "'And you two can put that in your pipe and smoke it!' Tea over, Harry pushed back his chair and got up."
ref: 1988, Janet Tanner, The Emerald Valley, Critics Choice Paperbacks, page 228:
text: "Mamma set up a card table, and one of the men said, "You don't want a table for a picnic." She said, "I do. I can't stand dirt. Put that in your pipe and smoke it." She had started saying that a lot, like a habit, and I did, too."
ref: 1996, Mary Lee Settle, Charley Bland, Univ of South Carolina Press, page 27:
text: "The reason why grow ups and kids fight is because they belong to separate races. Look at them, different from us. Look at us, different from them. Separate races and 'never the twain shall meet.' Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Tom!"
ref: 1946, Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine, page 27:
glosses: Used after stating something surprising or undesired, to emphasize its truth. Also used after refuting an argument. Sometimes an adjective is inserted before pipe.
Related terms: how do you like them apples
stir the pot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stirs the pot
form: stirring the pot
form: stirred the pot
form: stirred the pot
Senses: examples: text: Ukrainian top brass stirs the pot with talk of Bakhmut counterattack [title]
ref: 2023 March 25, Dan Sabbagh, “Ukrainian top brass stirs the pot with talk of Bakhmut counterattack”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To cause unrest or dissent.
Synonyms: stir shit
Derived terms: pot stirrer
forholden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of forhold
asyndeta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asyndeton
headsail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌsəl/
/ˈhɛdˌseɪl/
Forms: form: headsails
Etymology: From head + sail.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any sail (of a sailing vessel) set forward of the foremost mast.
Synonyms: foresail
master mariner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: master mariners
Senses: examples: text: That B. C. S., late, &c., master mariner, on, &c., at a foreign port or place called Valparaiso, in South America, then and there being the master and commander of the "Henry Clay," ...
ref: 1849, Francis Wharton, Precedents of Indictments and Pleas:
text: 1901, Joseph Conrad, Falk: A Reminiscence,
He was a Schiff-fuhrer: Ship-conductor. That's how they call a Master Mariner in Germany. I prefer our way. The alliteration is good, and there is something in the nomenclature that gives to us as a body the sense of corporate existence: Apprentice, Mate, Master, in the ancient and honourable craft of the sea.
text: 1987, D. J. House, Seamanship Techniques, Volume 2, chapter heading,
Certificate of Competency for Master Mariner, Class 1
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A seaman who has qualified to be a captain of a merchant ship
mullahcracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mullahcracies
Etymology: From mullah + -cracy.
Senses: examples: text: […] a firm stand against Mullahcracy is essential for the political and religious health of the country.
ref: 1953, New Statesman, volume 45, page 474:
text: […] officials of the ruling mullahcracy threaten to haul one of the French diplomats before an Islamic court on charges of espionage.
ref: 1987 August 30, “Khomeini's Guile”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016:
text: He said that, unfortunately, the mullahcracy is politicising religion to serve their selfish ends.
ref: 2009 October 21, “‘Govt-mullah axis leading to anarchy’”, in Daily Times:
glosses: Rule by Islamic religious leaders, or mullahs.
Hypernyms: theocracy
Derived terms: mullahcratic
crêpier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crêpiers
Senses: examples: text: Choose from assorted size “Walnut” frypans, “Super Beige” heavy duty base frypans, crêpiers, “Imperial” saucepans, dutch ovens & frypans with new “durabase” & splatter covers!
ref: 1985 October 26, “Pascal... The Complete Choice In Houseware!”, in The Weekend Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.:
text: A seasoned crêpier waited next to a wide sauté pan, where butter for a sauce sizzled in a slow, circuitous melt.
ref: 1996, Diane Mott Davidson, Killer Pancake, Thorndike, Me.: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 122:
text: In less time than it takes to fry a burger, a competent crêpier can cook a thin, eggy pancake, flip it, fill it, fold it and present it ready to eat.
ref: 2005 March 27, Jeremy Iggers, “Crêpes are the French answer to fast food”, in Lompoc Record, number 73, Lompoc, Calif., page C8, column 2:
text: It is ironic that Chen assumes the role of a crêpier after criticizing Chinese food in Paris on the grounds that it is made in establishments run by Cambodian and Vietnamese and presumably cooked by them.
ref: 2010, Michelle Bloom, “Translating Crepes: Politics, Economics and Culture in Philipe Massonnet’s “La crêperie de Pékin””, in Cheleen Ann-Catherine Mahar, editor, Cuisine and Symbolic Capital: Food in Film and Literature, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, page 20:
text: The ground floor showcases an open kitchen for customers to observe crêpiers at work, and the first floor is the traditional ‘Salon Breton’ with textures, pastel-coloured walls and stained mirrors.
ref: 2019, Bianca Bridges, Breakfast London: Where Real Londoners Eat, Ebury Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of crepier.
crêpier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crêpy: more crêpy
crêpiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crêpy: most crêpy
tête-à-têtes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tête-à-tête
croisés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of croisé
fillérs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fillér
coryphées
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coryphée
syrphid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /səɹfɪd/
Forms: form: more syrphid
form: most syrphid
Etymology: From translingual Syrphidae.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to flies of the family Syrphidae.
Synonyms: sense: of or pertaining to hoverflies
word: syrphian
syrphid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /səɹfɪd/
Forms: form: syrphids
Etymology: From translingual Syrphidae.
Senses: examples: text: 2008, Robert L. Bugg, Ramy G. Colfer, William E. Chaney, Hugh A. Smith, James Cannon, Flower Flies (Syrphidae) and Other Biological Control Agents for Aphids in Vegetable Crops, University of California Division of Agriculture an Natural Resources, Publication No. 8285, page 12,
Because they are strong fliers and able to hover and inspect foliage for aphids, syrphids may be especially good at locating aphid colonies.
text: A single syrphid larva can consume hundreds of aphids during its development. Syrphid larvae also feed on other soft-bodied insects, such as mealybugs, psyllids, and whiteflies. Adult syrphids, also called flower flies or hover flies, are not predaceous.
ref: 2012, Steve H. Dreistadt, Integrated Pest Management for Citrus, Third Edition, page 94:
text: The impact of syrphids has seldom been assessed and their role may be underestimated due to their nocturnal feeding behavior.
ref: 2012, Vaughn M. Walton, Kent M. Daane, Pia Addison, “Biological Control of Arthropods and Its Application in Vineyards”, in Noubar J. Bostanian, Charles Vincent, Rufus Isaacs, editors, Arthropod Management in Vineyards: Pests, Approaches, and Future Directions, page 99:
glosses: Any species of the hoverfly family Syrphidae.
Synonyms: syrphian
Hyponyms: english: genus Syrphus
translation: genus Syrphus
word: syrphus
malaised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more malaised
form: most malaised
Etymology: From malaise + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Experiencing malaise.
over-age
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more over-age
form: most over-age
Senses: examples: text: The dolorous effects of the second world war on train services, and its protracted legacies of over-age equipment and shortages of material for replacement, are too fresh in memory to require recapitulation here; […].
ref: 1957 July 24, D. S. M. Barrie, “Sixty Years of British Express Trains”, in Railway Magazine, pages 455-456:
glosses: Alternative form of overage.
foodful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfuːdfəl/
ipa: /ˈfudfəl/
Forms: form: more foodful
form: most foodful
Etymology: From food + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: […] Athens the fair, where great Erectheus ſway'd, / That ow'd his Nurture to the blue-ey'd Maid, / But from the teeming Furrow took his Birth, / The mighty Offspring of the foodful Earth.
ref: 1715, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book II”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 31, lines 657–660:
text: The democratick commonwealth is the foodfull nurſe of ambition. […] Whenever, in ſtates which have had a democratick baſis, they have endeavoured to put reſtraints upon ambition, their methods were as violent, as in the end they were ineffectual; as violent indeed as any the moſt jealous deſpotiſm could invent.
ref: 1791 August 3, [Edmund Burke], An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 120:
text: Mid stormy vapours ever driving by, / Where ospreys, cormorants, and herons cry; / Where hardly given the hopeless waste to cheer, / Denied the bread of life the foodful ear, / Dwindles the pear on autumn's latest spray, / And apple sickens pale in summer's ray; […]
ref: 1791–1792 (date written; published 1793), William Wordsworth, “[Juvenile Pieces.] Extracts from Descriptive Sketches Taken during a Pedestrian Tour in the Alps.”, in Poems […], volume I, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], published 1815, →OCLC, pages 78–79:
text: Of all the conifers[…], this foodful little pine is the commonest tree, and the most important.
ref: 1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California:
text: It seems that most seeds are foodful in the arid regions, most berries edible, and many shrubs good for firewood with the sap in them.
ref: 1903, Mary Hunter Austin, The Land of Little Rain:
glosses: Supplying food.
extramundane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkstɹəmʌndeɪn/
Forms: form: more extramundane
form: most extramundane
Etymology: From extra- + mundane.
Senses: glosses: Beyond mundane, beyond ordinary.
glosses: Extraterrestrial; occurring or originating outside of the Earth.
artificial florist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artificial florists
Senses: examples: text: Some stores in New York are confined to the sale of materials for artificial florists.
ref: 1863, Virginia Penny, The employments of women: a cyclopaedia of woman's work:
text: All artificial florists are not good feather dressers. Feather dressing is an art by itself and has to be learned by apprenticeship.
ref: 1916, Thomas Oliver, Occupations from the Social, Hygienic and Medical Points of View:
glosses: Someone who makes or sells artificial flowers.
Synonyms: artificial flower maker
artificial flower manufacturer
osseointegrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of osseointegrate
osseointegrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of osseointegrate
osseointegrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of osseointegrate
yees
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: "Oh, Mr. Munro, shure here's a card for yees," handing me a lady's card.
ref: 1873, Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 30. September, 1873:
text: "Where does yees get the jug?"
ref: 1911, Edward S. Ellis, The Lost Trail:
text: Yere Granddaughter will marry and this house will be too big for the three of yees.
ref: 1912, Irene Elliott Benson, Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl:
glosses: you
yeeld
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yeelds
form: yeelding
form: yeelded
form: yold
form: yeelded
form: yold
form: yolden
Senses: examples: text: The guider of all crownes, Graunt that our deeds may wel deserve your loves: And so they shall, if fortune speed my will, And yeeld our thoughts to height of my desertes.
ref: 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Massacre at Paris:
text: This doone, […] he compelled capteine Gilbert to yeeld vp the fortresse into his hands.
ref: 1577, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (2 of 12):
text: […] they shall yeeld finer wool then the yeer before they came to feed in it, and courser again if they shall return to their former pasture, and again return to a finer wool being fed in the fine wool ground.
ref: 1676, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of yield.
yeelde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yeeldes
form: yeelding
form: yeelded
form: yolde
form: yeelded
form: yolde
form: yolden
Senses: examples: text: […] my minde giues me, that this place yet will yeelde us all our suppers this night, the other holding like opinion with him, there likewise walked vp and downe, looking when occasion would serue for some Cash.
ref: 1592, R. G., The Third And Last Part Of Conny-Catching. (1592):
text: And to please the eye, the faire fruite was in no place wanting, where it should yeelde content.
ref: 1592, R.D., Hypnerotomachia, translation of original by Francesco Colonna:
text: […] without this rest, and these seasons, it is impossible to make these Clayes harrow, or yeelde any good mould at all.
ref: 1613, Gervase Markham, The English Husbandman:
glosses: Archaic spelling of yield.
yerth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Maybe the great anes o' the yerth get sic a forlethie (surfeit) o' grand'ur 'at they're for nae mair, an' wad perish like the brute beast.
ref: 1875, Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Vol. XV., No. 85. January, 1875.:
text: Den he drap right ter de yerth, en I des stop long enough ter put a tin bucket on my haid 'fo' I began ter crawl atter Marse Dan.
ref: 1902, Ellen Glasgow, The Battle Ground:
glosses: earth
sibilancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪbɪlənsi/
Forms: form: sibilancies
Senses: examples: text: How do such words differ from hilltop, townend, candlelight, rushlight, cityman, and the like, where no double s can be made the scapegoat? Certainly Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote […] verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath.
ref: 1876, James Russell Lowell, “Milton”, in Among My Books. Second Series., Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 280:
synonyms: sibilance
glosses: The property or state of being sibilant.
laterality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lateralities
Etymology: From lateral + -ity.
Senses: glosses: the state or quality of being lateral
Derived terms: bilaterality
frication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frications
Senses: glosses: friction
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: turbulent and noisy airflow
Hegelese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hegel + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: We have felt it ourselves when the obvious meaning of Shakespeare has been rewritten into Hegelese, by some Doctor of Philosophy […] eager to apply his new theory of fog as an illuminating medium.
ref: c. 1886, James Russell Lowell, “Don Quixote”, in Lowell's Works, page 122:
text: To speak Hegelese for a moment, since the deductive processes so discriminated require for their own development, for their own self-realization, to be combined with and enriched by their ampliative complements, in the broad view of these matters required by an investigation of philosophical governance the opposition between them must be overcome.
ref: 1988, Frederick L. Will, Beyond Deduction, page 152:
text: In Hegelese, the fatal weakness of representational language resides precisely in its representational character: in the fact that it remains stuck at the level of Vorstellung, […].
ref: 2005, Slavoj Žižek, The metastases of enjoyment: six essays on women and causality, pages 44–45:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The convoluted, obscure style of writing associated with the works of G.W.F. Hegel
Related terms: Hegelian
Coombs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
glosses: A community on Vancouver Island in the Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
loudness war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loudness wars
Senses: glosses: The music industry's practice of producing ever louder versions of recorded music by mastering albums to such an extent that it distorts their sound quality.
Synonyms: loudness race
loudness race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loudness races
Senses: glosses: Synonym of loudness war.
synonyms: word: loudness war
thioacid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thioacids
Etymology: From thio- + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acid formally derived from an oxyacid by replacement of one or more oxygen atoms with sulfur.
glycollate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycollates
Etymology: From glycolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of glycolic acid.
Derived terms: thioglycollate
taken out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take out
took out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take out
Rider
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun rider.
* Also as an English surname, from Old English rēodan (“to clear out”), from Proto-West Germanic *reudan. Compare Reeder.
* Also as an English surname, from dialectal rithe (“small stream”).
* As an Irish surname, calque from Irish ó marcaigh (“descendant of the (horse)rider”). This is also found directly in Markey.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Reiter.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation. More often spelled Ryder.
master mariners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of master mariner
Adélie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Adélies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Adelie (“Adelie penguin”).
Adélie Land
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Adèle Dumont D'Urville (wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville).
Senses: glosses: One of the five French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a subdivision of the Antarctic.
Shore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun shore.
* As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Schorr, Szor, Schauer.
Senses: glosses: A topographic surname from Middle English.
glosses: A place in England:
A suburb of Littleborough, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD9216).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet near Cornholme in Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9126).
Derived terms: degree Shore
Shore durometer
Shore hardness
Straw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English straw, as a nickname for a thin person or one with straw-coloured hair, or an occupational name for a dealer in straw.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
teglach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teiglach.
headsails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headsail
syrphids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syrphid
chirr
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɜː/
ipa: /t͡ʃɝ/
ipa: /t͡ʃɪr/
ipa: /t͡ʃøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /t͡ʃeː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /t͡ʃɛː/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: chur
homophone: churr (both fern–fir–fur merger)
homophone: chair (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: chirrs
form: chirring
form: chirred
form: chirred
form: churr
Etymology: Imitative, ca. 1600. More at churr.
Senses: glosses: To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).
Synonyms: chirp
stridulate
chirr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɜː/
ipa: /t͡ʃɝ/
ipa: /t͡ʃɪr/
ipa: /t͡ʃøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /t͡ʃeː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /t͡ʃɛː/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: chur
homophone: churr (both fern–fir–fur merger)
homophone: chair (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: chirrs
form: churr
Etymology: Imitative, ca. 1600. More at churr.
Senses: glosses: The trilled sound made by an insect.
chasséing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chassé
chasséd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chassé
syrphian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsəɹfi.ən/
Forms: form: more syrphian
form: most syrphian
Etymology: From syrphus + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to flies of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae.
syrphian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsəɹfi.ən/
Forms: form: syrphians
Etymology: From syrphus + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A fly of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae.
syrphus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səɹfəs/
homophone: surface
Forms: form: syrphuses
form: syrphus fly
Etymology: translingual Syrphus
Senses: glosses: A fly of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae.
syrphus fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syrphus flies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of syrphus.
syrphus flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syrphus fly
syrphuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syrphus
syrphians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syrphian
moon illusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the moon illusion
form: Moon illusion
Senses: glosses: The optical illusion whereby the moon looks larger when it is low in the sky than otherwise.
Ebbinghaus illusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ebbinghaus illusions
Etymology: Named after its discoverer, the German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850–1909).
Senses: glosses: An optical illusion whereby a disk appears smaller if surrounded by larger disks than if by smaller.
city states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of city state
Ponzo illusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ponzo illusions
Etymology: First demonstrated by the Italian psychologist Mario Ponzo (1882–1960) in 1911.
Senses: glosses: An optical illusion whereby a horizontal bar looks wider when farther up a picture of railroad tracks than when lower.
Ponzi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒnzi/
ipa: /ˈpɑnzi/
rhymes: -ɒnzi
Etymology: Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949) who notoriously ran such type of scam.
Senses: examples: text: Officers, who say he [Kautilya Nandan Pruthi] was Britain's most prolific Ponzi fraudster "by some way", fear that only around £2m will be returned to his victims.
ref: 2012 March 8, “Fraudster jailed for Britain's biggest Ponzi scam”, in The Guardian:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Pertaining to a scheme whereby investors' returns are paid for directly by later investors' investments, giving the false impression that the investment is viable.
Ponzi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒnzi/
ipa: /ˈpɑnzi/
rhymes: -ɒnzi
Forms: form: Ponzis
Etymology: Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949) who notoriously ran such type of scam.
Senses: examples: text: To be fair, degenerate gambling and poorly designed Ponzis have consumed some corners of the crypto market, […]
ref: 2003, Ben Armstrong, Catching Up to Crypto, page 67:
glosses: A Ponzi scheme.
piecewise-linear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of piecewise linear.
chirrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chirr
chirrs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chirr
chirring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chirr
glosses: present participle and gerund of chirre
chirring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chirrings
Senses: examples: text: American toads still fill spring nights with prolonged chirrings, while tree-frogs trill from perches in trees and shrubs.
ref: 2008, Cornelia F. Mutel, The Emerald Horizon: The History of Nature in Iowa, page 166:
glosses: The sound of a chirr.
chirred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chirr
glosses: simple past and past participle of chirre
silurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silurids
Etymology: From translingual Siluridae.
Senses: glosses: Any catfish of the Siluridae family.
Synonyms: word: sheatfish
silurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silurid
sexagenaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexagenary
silure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silures
Etymology: From Latin silurus (“a sort of river fish”), from Ancient Greek σίλουρος (sílouros, “a very large sort of river fish”).
Senses: synonyms: silurid
siluroid
glosses: A fish of the genus Silurus, such as the sheatfish.
silures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silure
brain drains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brain drain
brain drains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brain drain
hermandades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hermandad