cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hospiticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hŏspĭʹtĭsīd
ipa: /hɒˈspɪtɪsaɪd/
Forms: form: hospiticides
Etymology: From Latin hospiticīda or *hospiticīdium, from hospes (“host, guest”) + -cīda (“killer”); equivalent to + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: Armed with the weapon which was destined to destroy himself, Imnaz sprang down the ladder, — found the door, and, emerging from the abode of crime, sought a more secure resting place, leaving his hostess to discover, with return of day, in whose blood were imbrued the hands of an hospiticide.
ref: 1837, Edward Smallwood, Manuella, the Executioner’s Daughter ; A Story of Madrid, volume II, pages 275–276:
glosses: One who kills his guest or host.
examples: text: Anniversary of the Massacre of the Prado — the Defeat of Quesada — Murderous Reprisals — Hospiticides.
ref: 1837, Edward Smallwood, Manuella, the Executioner’s Daughter ; A Story of Madrid, volume II, page 261:
glosses: The act of a guest killing his host or vice versa, or an instance thereof.
hospiticides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hospiticide
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the United Kingdom of Great Britain
Senses: glosses: the Kingdom of Great Britain
glosses: United Kingdom
Synonyms: sense: Sense 1
english: official name
translation: official name
word: Great Britain
sense: Sense 1
word: United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Senses: glosses: Former official name of the United Kingdom: a country in Northern Europe; in use from 1801–1927 (before being renamed by the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 following the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922).
homotopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homotopy
GBNI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
noses out of joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nose out of joint
bullet trains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullet train
autaptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek for self sensing.
Senses: glosses: Capable of self-sensing, as in an autapse
cyber squatters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyber squatter
U.S. G.P.O.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of United States Government Printing Office.
hyperregulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hī'pərĕʹgyo͞olāt
ipa: /ˌhaɪpəˈɹɛɡjuːleɪt/
Forms: form: hyperregulates
form: hyperregulating
form: hyperregulated
form: hyperregulated
form: hyper-regulate
Etymology: From hyper- + regulate.
Senses: examples: text: If the FCC truly believes there are going to be plenty of broadband options soon, a “no-opoly,” why is the FCC planning to hyperregulate the local telcos' DSL spectrum and DSL offerings?
ref: 2000: United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary, Internet Freedom Act and Internet Growth and Development Act of 1999: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1686 and H.R. 1685, part 2, page 48 (United States Government Printing Office)
text: Teens with insecure-dismissing states of mind, as well as those who hyperregulate/deactivate their attachment system and defensively exclude […]
ref: 2005, Maryfrances Ruth Porter, The Exploration of Mechanisms Linking Adolescent Attachment Organization and Friendship Competence, University of Virginia, page 12:
text: 2008: Gregory S. Parks [ed.], Julianne Malveaux [foreword], and Marc Morial [afterword], Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun, page 331 (University Press of Kentucky; →ISBN
These nonblack members are trying to synthesize the tension of an anti-discrimination logic, a multicultural yearning for diversity, and a simultaneous defense of BGLOs’ core “blackness”. How do the multicultural nationalists navigate this tricky terrain? They hyperregulate other nonblack aspirants’ access to their BGLOs.
glosses: Regulate to an excessive degree; stifle with a plethora of rules.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To regulate (salt content etc) to a greater than normal degree
Related terms: word: hyperregulation
word: hyperregulative
word: hyperregulator
word: hyperregulatory
word: hyporegulate
passive armours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passive armour
to-do lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of to-do list
handwrit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhændɹɪt/
rhymes: -ændɹɪt
Forms: form: handwrits
Etymology: From Middle English hande-writt, from Old English handġewrit (“handwriting, autograph, written agreement”), equivalent to hand + writ.
Senses: glosses: manuscript; any nonprinted or handwritten text
glosses: a book or document written by hand
giant tortoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant tortoises
Senses: glosses: Any member or species of the genus Geochelone, land tortoises reaching 1.3 meters in length and with average life spans exceeding 100 years.
glosses: Any of several species of reptile of the extinct genera Cylindraspis and Dipsochelys and species Meiolania platyceps.
Bondye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Haitian Creole Bondye (“God”).
Senses: examples: text: As among the Yoruba, Vodouisants must also recognize Bondye as the first and the last.
ref: 2000, Leslie G. Desmangles, The Faces of the Gods, page 162:
text: According to the Vodou worldview, Bondye created the world—and then, after finishing with his labors, he turned things over to the angels, saints, and lwa.
ref: 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 27:
text: As is the case in much of the African tradition, Bondye is not the object of any direct cult or worship.
ref: 2009, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama, editors, Encyclopedia of African Religion, volume 1, page 136:
glosses: God, as worshipped in Haitian voodoo.
Russify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːsɪˌfaɪ̯/
ipa: /ˈɹʌsɪˌfaɪ̯/
Forms: form: Russifies
form: Russifying
form: Russified
form: Russified
Etymology: From Russo- + -ify.
Senses: antonyms: derussify
glosses: To render or become more Russian.
Derived terms: Russification
Russifier
giant tortoises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant tortoise
African elephants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of African elephant
brunions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brunion
fireside chats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fireside chat
Nic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Nicola, Nichola, and Nicole.
congenital insensitivity to pain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A rare inborn disorder, where one cannot feel pain.
Synonyms: congenital analgia
congenital analgesia
congenital pain insensitivity
nonvisually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonvisual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonvisual way.
stallkeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stallkeepers
Etymology: From stall + keeper.
Senses: glosses: The person in charge of a stall (small open-fronted shop).
stallkeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stallkeeper
ashet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashets
Etymology: From the Scots form of French assiette. Doublet of assiette.
Senses: glosses: A large, shallow, oval dish used for serving food.
ashets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ashet
Marie Rose sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mary Rose sauce
Senses: glosses: A condiment made from a blend of ketchup and mayonnaise, most often served with seafood, especially prawns.
cumdumpster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cumdumpsters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cum dumpster.
scalogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scalograms
Etymology: From scale + -o- + -gram.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: A visual representation of a wavelet transform, having axes for time, scale, and coefficient value, analogous to a spectrogram
Related terms: scalographic
scalograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scalogram
home truth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: home truths
Senses: examples: text: The old adage is that a banker is someone who lends you an umbrella, then asks for it back when it is raining. The banks may find out this home truth for themselves: UBS joins the string of financial institutions looking to raise major amounts of capital to shore up their balance sheets.
ref: 2008 May 22, Megan McArdle, “Bank on it”, in The Atlantic:
text: If Todd Boehly thought visiting Chelsea's dressing room to deliver some home truths would inspire a Champions League miracle against Real Madrid he was, as he has been so often since arriving at Stamford Bridge, very much mistaken.
ref: 2023 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea Champions League exit: Where do 'disjointed, broken' Blues go from here?”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A true but unwelcome statement.
noncoupon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + coupon.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a coupon (financial instrument).
polyhydramnios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + hydramnios.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An excess of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac.
Synonyms: hydramnios
polyhydramnion
Derived terms: twin oligohydramnios-polyhydramnios sequence
oligohydramnios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oligo- + hydramnios.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus
bleu celeste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French bleu céleste (“sky blue”).
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A rarely-occurring sky-blue tincture, lighter than azure.
Synonyms: ciel
celeste
kitchen paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchen papers
Senses: glosses: Paper towels intended for kitchen purposes such as absorbing spillages and wrapping sandwiches.
Synonyms: kitchen towel
paper towel
Related terms: kitchen roll
kitchen towel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchen towels
Senses: glosses: A dish towel.
synonyms: paper towel
glosses: A sheet of kitchen paper.
diazoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪ.əˈzɑkˌsaɪd/
Etymology: Blend of (benzothia)diazine + dioxide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A potassium channel activator which causes local relaxation in smooth muscle by increasing membrane permeability to potassium ions, used as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and in diabetes to decrease the secretion of insulin.
insulinomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insulinoma
insulinomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insulinoma
Synonyms: insulinomata
lachrymations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lachrymation
lacrimations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacrimation
griefless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From grief + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without grief; ungrieving.
Derived terms: grieflessly
grieflessness
grieflessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From griefless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being griefless; lack of grief.
Synonyms: ungrief
echolalias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echolalia
grieflessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From griefless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a griefless way; without grief.
ungrieving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + grieving.
Senses: glosses: Not grieving; griefless.
Derived terms: ungrievingly
ungrieving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + grieving.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ungrieve
grievings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːvɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of grieving
pemoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pemolines
Senses: glosses: A medication used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy, having similar action to methylphenidate.
ungrievingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ungrieving + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ungrieving way; grieflessly, without grief.
pemmicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pemmican
catabolisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catabolism
anabolisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anabolism
role-playing video games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of role-playing video game
somatotropins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatotropin
somatotrophins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatotrophin
whistle note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whistle notes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: voice
glosses: A note extremely high in the register, but not falsetto.
albification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: albifications
Etymology: From Latin albus (“white”) + -fication.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of making white.
alyaunte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alyauntes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of alien.
glutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glutches
form: glutching
form: glutched
form: glutched
Etymology: From Middle English glucchen, a variant of gulchen (“to drink greedily”). Doublet of gulch.
Senses: examples: text: And now Robert Creedle will be nailed up in parish boards 'a b'lieve; and noboby will glutch down a sigh for he!
ref: 1887, Thomas Hardy, chapter 43, in The Woodlanders:
glosses: To swallow.
glutch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glutches
Etymology: From Middle English glucchen, a variant of gulchen (“to drink greedily”). Doublet of gulch.
Senses: glosses: A mouthful.
glutches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glutch
glutches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glutch
glutched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glutch
glutching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glutch
snoozles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snoozle
snoozled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snoozle
snoozling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snoozle
digital remastering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digital remasterings
Senses: examples: text: Thanks to digital remastering, you can really hear the sound of the music at last.
glosses: A process of creating a digital master from existing analog recordings
laughing gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laughing-gear
Senses: examples: text: 2005, Brian Castro, The Garden Book, Giramond Publishing, NSW, page 110,
His dumb face made me believe him. I told him if he saw anything unusual to come and tell me. Sure, Mr Damon, he whimpered. Sure, Mr Damon...I could have knocked out his laughing-gear.
text: Wrap your laughing gear around these luscious Lebanese swamis (meat and spice wrapped in Lebanese bread).
ref: 2007, Danny Palmerlee, South America on a Shoestring, Lonely Planet, page 801:
text: You will recognize him instantly — a man with his laughing gear permanently attached to a liquor bottle.
ref: 2008, Teri Louise Kelly, Sex, Knives and Bouillabaisse, South Australia: Wakefield Press, page 59:
text: Wrap your laughing gear around fresh bread and tasty spreads to set yourself up for the day.
ref: 2008, Charles Rawlings-Way, New Zealand:
text: ‘Get your laughing gear round that lot,’ Frank drawled as he put the chops, steaks and bangers on the table.
ref: 2009, Mark Abernethy, Second Strike, NSW: Allen & Unwin, page 586:
text: Despite having pretty mean teeth, it lacks the laughing gear of the pike and thus smaller baits tend to be used.
ref: 2012, Peter Kaminsky, Fishing For Dummies, UK: John Wiley & Sons, page 63:
glosses: The mouth.
dolmeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dolma.
grass widows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass widow
doogh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /duːɡ/
rhymes: -uːɡ
Forms: form: dough
Etymology: Borrowed from Iranian Persian دوغ (duġ), from Classical Persian دوغ (dōġ).
Senses: examples: text: For a counterpoint to its molar-tingling sweetness, you might try a glass of doogh, the Persian yogurt drink, bracingly tart with a high note of dill.
ref: 2009 September 6, David Corcoran, “A Rare Appearance for an Exotic Cuisine”, in New York Times:
glosses: A savory Persian yogurt drink with a mint flavor.
Related terms: airan
mirza ghasemi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dialectal Iranian Persian میرزاقاسمی (mirzâġâsemi), from Classical Persian میرزاقاسمی (mīrzā-qāsimī).
Senses: glosses: A Persian dish made from fried aubergine (eggplant), egg, garlic, and tomato
confectioner's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confectioner's
Senses: glosses: A shop that principally sells confectionery
Synonyms: sense: a shop that sells confectionery
word: candy store
gheimeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian قیمه, that from Turkic. Compare Turkish kıyma.
Senses: examples: text: WHAT WE LIKE Grape leaves, panir-sabzi (raw vegetables with nuts and cheese), sautéed and grilled eggplant dips, marinated olives; zereshk polo (barberry rice), gourmeh sabzi (herbed stew), gheimeh (veal stew), lamb chops, kebabs; baklava.
ref: 2009 September 6, David Corcoran, “A Rare Appearance for an Exotic Cuisine”, in New York Times:
glosses: An Iranian stew dish made from meat and split peas.
raisiny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more raisiny
form: most raisiny
Etymology: From raisin + -y.
Senses: examples: text: They were like small, elongated cranberries, but more sour than bittersweet — a deep, oxblood red, with a faint raisiny perfume that seemed to infuse the basmati rice in which they had been cooked.
ref: 2009 September 6, David Corcoran, “A Rare Appearance for an Exotic Cuisine”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or containing raisins.
daggering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daggerings
Senses: glosses: A stab from, or as if from, a dagger.
examples: text: She also submitted herself to daggering, the shameless, controversial dancehall dance maneuver that involves rapid-fire pelvic thrusts.
ref: 2009 September 7, Jon Caramanica, “A Dose of Raunch on a Night of Stars, Shtick and Slapstick”, in New York Times:
glosses: A type of dance associated with dancehall, where dancers simulate dry sex to the musical beat.
daggering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dagger
exultance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exultances
Senses: examples: text: He stares off into the nullness of the blue-grey sky, upright in the saddle, and there is no exultance in his face as we are led away.
ref: 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, page 169:
glosses: exultation.
pokerfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pokerfaced
form: most pokerfaced
Senses: examples: text: Easy to say; so very tricky to do with a motivated, if diminished Williams, waiting pokerfaced for the next serve.
ref: 2009 September 7, Christopher Clarey, “Clijsters Reclaims One Position: Fan Favorite”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of poker-faced.
keeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keel
keeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keelings
Etymology: Compare Icelandic keila, Swedish kolja, Danish kulle.
Senses: glosses: A cod, especially a small one.
perichoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek περιχώρησις (perikhṓrēsis, “going round, rotation”), from περιχωρέω (perikhōréō), from περί (perí, “around”) + χωρέω (khōréō, “go forward, travel”), because the relationship between the three members of the Trinity was described by early Christians as an eternal interpenetrating circulation.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The doctrine of the Trinity.
Related terms: circumincession
brewhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brewhouses
Etymology: From Middle English brewhous, brouhous, brewehous, equivalent to brew + house. Compare Dutch brouwhuis (“brewhouse”).
Senses: examples: text: A large window between the restaurant bar and the small brewhouse was covered with newspaper.
ref: 2009 September 9, Joyce Wadler, “Chew It Up, Spit It Out, Then Brew. Cheers!”, in New York Times:
glosses: A brewery, a place where beer is made.
circumlunar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circum- + lunar.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding, or traveling around the Moon
snaffler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snafflers
Etymology: From snaffle + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who snaffles.
snafflers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snaffler
circumsolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circum- + solar.
Senses: examples: text: According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet [Theia], still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force.
ref: 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Surrounding or moving around the Sun
nubiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nubile
circumzenithal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circum- + zenithal.
Senses: glosses: Around the zenith.
uglies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ugly + -s.
Senses: examples: text: Yet while the protection premise is solid, cellphone cases are often plagued with a bad case of the uglies.
ref: 2009 September 7, Robert Cribb, “Rubbery cases for your loved one”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Ugliness.
uglies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Feudatory States' stamps, with their distinctive designs, are philatelically known as "uglies", a name well deserved in many cases.
ref: 1960, The Illustrated Weekly of India, Publisher, Times of India, Volume 81, Issue 2 - Page 67
text: British collectors have sometimes referred to these as “the Uglies,” though it’s unclear when or where this term originated.
ref: 2017, India feudatory ‘Uglies’ shine at Cherrystone auction, Author:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: The stamps of the Indian feudatory states.
Related terms: bump uglies
uglies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ugly
uglies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ugly
neshness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nesh + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: I should be inclined to think it was from general neshness of constitution.
ref: 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, Chapter 41:
glosses: The condition of being nesh.
Khrushchov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Khrushchev.
Khrushchyov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Khrushchev.
chainsawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chainsaw
chainsawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chainsaw
repolish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repolishes
form: repolishing
form: repolished
form: repolished
Etymology: From re- + polish.
Senses: glosses: To polish again.
stepdancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepdancers
Etymology: From step + dancer.
Senses: examples: text: We follow Stevie Lane, an old Irish stepdancer, who shuffles from bar to bar along the strip stopping in when the music calls him to bust out his step-dancing shoes.
ref: 2009 September 9, Ivy Knight, “newfoundlander's dictionary”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Someone who dances the step dance.
arseload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arseloads
Etymology: From arse + load.
Senses: examples: text: After a supper of various preparations of garden veg, fresh pasta with chanterelles and butter and "an arseload of parmesan," we head outside to the bonfire.
ref: 2009 September 9, Ivy Knight, “newfoundlander's dictionary”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2009:
synonyms: word: abundance
word: arseload
word: assload
word: bellyload
word: boatload
word: brimful
word: busload
word: bucketful
word: bucketload
word: butt-ton
word: bumload
word: buttload
word: cartload
word: crapload
word: deal
word: fuckload
word: fuckton
word: fuckwad
word: great deal
word: hantle
word: heap
word: hecatomb
word: helluvalot
word: horseload
word: lashings
word: load
word: lot
word: mampus
word: many
word: mass
word: metric fuckton
word: metric shitload
word: mickle
word: mountain
word: muckle
word: multiplicity
word: multitude
word: pile
word: ream
word: shedload
word: shitful
word: shitload
word: shitton
word: slew
word: spadeloads
word: sum
word: superflux
word: ton
word: trainload
word: truckload
word: tun
word: vaultful
word: wagonload
glosses: a large amount.
multitab
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + tab.
Senses: examples: text: Using a multitab home page is easy when you know the secret. Just follow these steps to set up your own multitab home page.
ref: 2007, Steve Sinchak, Hacking Windows Vista:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Involving multiple tabs.
Synonyms: multitabbed
offwing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Federal Express relied upon Ingram Industries in arguing that the expenses related to its offwing maintenance program should be deductible as repairs to the aircraft, just as the repairs to the tugboat engines in Ingram Industries were deductible.
ref: 2004, Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures and Other Strategic Alliances, page 1117:
text: Engine removal rates for commercial engines are lower and in the case of the B-52H, it has been believed that the interval between installation and any expensive 'offwing' repairs or maintenance might be longer than the remaining B-52H.
ref: 2005, Martin W. Bowman, Stratofortress: The Story of the B-52, page 116:
text: Engine test facility offers the opportunity of convenient testing of an offwing engine with recurring operational problems that are difficult to troubleshoot.
ref: 2015, Michael Loong, The essentials of airplane maintenance:
glosses: Occurring with the engines removed from the aircraft.
examples: text: Airbus also has issued Service Bulletin A320-25-1156, Revision 01, dated February 2, 1990, which describes procedures for an additional modification of the offwing escape slides.
ref: 1999, Federal Register - Volume 64, Issues 196-199, page 55643:
text: At exit 3L, the offwing slide/raft portion of the escape system did not inflate.
ref: 2001, Jason T. Fedok, Evacuation slide and slide/raft reliability:
text: Unless the airplane is equipped with an offwing descent means, stands or ramps may be used for descent from the wing to the ground.
ref: 2004, Federal Aviation Administration, Far-fc 2005: FAR for Flight Crew, page 450:
text: The mechanical interface between the offwing emergency evacuation slide assembly and manual handle to an overwing door inflation actuation system interface is depicted.
ref: 2015, Helperus Ritzema Rautenbach, Ryan Schmidt, Systems and devices for installing an evacuation slide actuation cable in a connection box assembly of an emergency evacuation slide and overwing door actuation system interface (US patent 9755347B2):
glosses: Attached to and descending from the wing of an aircraft.
offwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: offwings
Senses: examples: text: The Czechoslovaks' stick work is exquisite, and they also exploit their use of the "offwing" — a right-handed shooter, for example, will play the left wing.
ref: 1980, Gerald Eskenazi, Miracle on ice, page 16:
text: If they have the ability, it is recommended players play their offwing, e.g., right-handed shots play left-side positions ( P1, P2, P4).
ref: 1986, Coaching Review- Volume 9:
text: It would require moving Nylander to his offwing on the left, from which he can be lethal with his shot.
ref: 2019, Wilbert Timmermans, “Toronto Maple Leafs: Solving the John Tavares Conundrum”, in Fansided:
qualifier: field hockey or ice hockey
glosses: The wing that is on the opposite side to the player's dominant hand.
onwing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: on + wing
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: On the wing(s) of an aircraft.
Tibetan script
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An abugida writing system of Indic origin used to write Tibetan as well as Dzongkha, Ladakhi, and sometimes Balti.
areca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arecas
Etymology: Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
Derived terms: areca nut
areca palm
Related terms: beetel
betel
paan
arecas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of areca
areaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: areaways
Etymology: From area + way.
Senses: examples: text: “I have three rooms here, and the back one opens into a kind of areaway from which I get into an abandoned storeroom, or I guess it’s an attic. […]”
ref: 1922, Zane Grey, chapter 7, in The Day of the Beast, New York: Harper, page 116:
text: At the basement door, which as in all these houses led out into the areaway below the front stoop, Krupong said, “Is there a toilet down here?”
ref: 1969, Hortense Calisher, chapter 11, in The New Yorkers, Boston: Little, Brown, page 307:
glosses: An outdoor passage offering access to a basement.
areaways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of areaway
anismus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ano- + -ismus.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A malfunction of the external anal sphincter and puborectalis muscle during defecation, sometimes causing constipation.
let the perfect be the enemy of the good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets the perfect be the enemy of the good
form: letting the perfect be the enemy of the good
form: let the perfect be the enemy of the good
form: let the perfect be the enemy of the good
Senses: examples: text: More data and more analyses will provide better information for the future, but we dare not let “the perfect be the enemy of the good”.
ref: 1960: Macdonald College, The Macdonald Farm Journal, volumes 21–22, page 7 (R. J. Cooke)
text: Of course they are far from perfect, of course we are more than ready to welcome constructive improvements to them, but I beg Parliament and also Member Governments not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
ref: 1973, Official journal of the European Communities, numbers 165-169, page 161:
text: Incremental reform can move us forward and can improve the plight of the poor. I hope we do not let “the perfect be the enemy of the good” in welfare reform.
ref: 1978, Welfare Reform Proposals: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, volume 3, United States Government Printing Office, page 572:
text: But we shouldn’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
ref: 2007, Chris Brian, The Politics Show, Wales regional report:
glosses: To insist on the total realization of a goal and reject any compromise, thereby decreasing the chance of achieving even a part of that goal.
Related terms: if it ain't broke, don't fix it
perfect is the enemy of good
touchably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more touchably
form: most touchably
Etymology: From touchable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a touchable way or manner.
by ear
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To learn to play (an instrument) or sing by listening to recorded music without reading or memorizing sheet music or without any formal instruction.
qualifier: language learning
glosses: To learn a language without instruction.
glosses: To do by guessing, to improvise.
Derived terms: learn by ear
play by ear
play it by ear
Related terms: routiner
Ck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cks
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of creek.
topics: banking
business
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of check.
chief justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chief justices
form: chief-justice
Senses: glosses: The senior presiding justice of a court.
Synonyms: CJ
otary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otaries
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὠτάριον (ōtárion, “little ear”), diminutive of οὖς (oûs, “ear”).
Senses: glosses: An eared seal.
Related terms: oto-
otaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of otary
burimamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bjʊəˈɹɪməmaɪd/
Senses: glosses: A thiourea derivative that acts as an antagonist at the H2 and H3 histamine receptors and whose discovery ultimately led to the development of cimetidine.
Derived terms: thiaburimamide
bepotastine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɛpəˈtæstiːn/
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
bamipine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug sometimes used as an antipruritic.
thonzylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug sometimes used as an antipruritic.
arithmeticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arithmetic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being arithmetic.
constructible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: constructable
Etymology: From construct + -ible.
Senses: glosses: Of a land, suitable or allowable for constructing a building on.
glosses: Of a building or other thing, capable of being constructed.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: That can be constructed in a plane using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge.
raw_tags: of a regular polygon
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Such that the line segment joining it to the origin can be constructed using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge.
raw_tags: of a complex number
topics: algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Admitting description as a finite union of locally closed (with respect to the Zariski topology) sets.
raw_tags: of a subset of the spectrum of a noetherian ring
Synonyms: buildable
Derived terms: nonconstructible
time-constructible function
unconstructible
methdilazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
thenyldiamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌθɛnɪlˈdaɪəmiːn/
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
etymemazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɛtɪˈmɛməziːn/
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
chlorothen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
Synonyms: chloropyrilene
histachlorylene
buclizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From (tert-)bu(tyl) + chl(oro)- + -izine (“diphenylmethylpiperazine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antihistamine that is a piperazine derivative, used as an antiemetic.
promethazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈmɛθ.ə.ziːn/
ipa: /pɹoʊˈmɛθ.əˌzin/
Etymology: From pro(p)- + meth- + (phenothi)azine.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:promethazine.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: Phenergan
pro
glosses: A first-generation H₁ receptor antagonist derived from phenothiazine, used as antihistamine and antiemetic medication with strong sedative effects.
histapyrrodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhɪstəˈpɪɹədiːn/
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine with anticholinergic properties.
orphenadrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɔː(ɹ)ˈfɛnədɹɪn/
Senses: glosses: An anticholinergic drug of the ethanolamine antihistamine class, closely related to diphenhydramine, used to treat painful muscle spasm and some aspects of Parkinson's disease.
thenalidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /θɪˈnælɪdiːn/
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine used as an antipruritic.
methafurylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmɛθəˈfjʊəɹɪliːn/
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
clocinizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chlo(ro)- + cin(namyl) + -izine (“diphenylmethylpiperazine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
tripelennamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A psychoactive drug of the pyridine and ethylenediamine classes, used as an antipruritic and first-generation antihistamine.
stripelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stripelike
form: most stripelike
Etymology: From stripe + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a stripe.
chest wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chest walls
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The set of tissues that bound the thoracic cavity, including the rib cage, fascia, muscles etc.
Synonyms: thoracic wall
setastine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
moxastine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular histamine antagonist.
cinnarizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug, mainly used to control vomiting due to motion sickness.
enzymelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enzymelike
form: most enzymelike
Etymology: From enzyme + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an enzyme.
dacemazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈsɛməziːn/
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug derived from phenothiazine.
hydroxyzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈdɹɑk.səˌziːn/
Forms: form: hydroxyzines
Etymology: Blend of hydroxy- + piperazine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A first-generation antihistamine of the piperazine class, used as an antihistamine, antiemetic, anxiolytic, and weak analgesic.
Derived terms: decloxizine
etodroxizine
chlorphenoxamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌklɔː(ɹ)fɛˈnɒksəmiːn/
Senses: glosses: A particular antipruritic drug.
flail chest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A severe injury of the rib cage where fragments of ribs become detached from the rest of the cage.
pimethixene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antihistamine drug often used to treat hyperactivity, anxiety, sleep disorders, and allergies, also used for anesthesia and as a bronchodilator.
arnot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arnots
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of arnut.
arnots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arnot
chloropyramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular first-generation antihistamine drug.
clemizole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈklɛmɪzoʊl/
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
azelastine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug used to treat hay fever and allergic conjunctivitis.
embramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular histamine antagonist.
isothipendyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌaɪsəʊθaɪˈpɛndɪl/
Senses: glosses: A particular antipruritic drug.
deptropine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dibenzheptropine
Etymology: From d(ibenzo) + (cycloh)ep(tane) + -trop- (“atropine derivative”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular antihistamine drug with anticholinergic properties.
Website
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/
Forms: form: Websites
Etymology: 1990s on, as a variant of website.
Senses: examples: text: A "watchtower" Website, keeping track of paedophile groups around the world, is expected to be up and running next year. The campaign will also liaise with law enforcement agencies around the world and share information on suspected Internet paedophiles.
ref: 1999 June, “Unesco steps up fight against Internet paedophiles”, in BBC News:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of website.
mequitazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
phenindamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug, closely related to cyproheptadine.
conessine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conessines
Etymology: From + -ine, after the name of a tree.
Senses: glosses: A steroid alkaloid found in a number of plant species of the Apocynaceae family, sometimes used in herbal medicine as a treatment for amoebic dysentery.
azatadine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aza- + -tadine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular antihistamine drug
niperotidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -tidine (“cimetidine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A histamine antagonist, proposed as a treatment for excessive gastric acidity but withdrawn after human trials showed liver damage.
clobenzepam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chlo(ro)ben(zene) + -(a)zepam (“diazepam derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
impentamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛntəmiːn/
Senses: glosses: A particular histamine antagonist.
etaerio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etaerios
Etymology: From French étairion, from Ancient Greek ἑταιρείᾱ (hetaireíā, “association”).
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes the achenia are aggregated upon a common receptacle, forming what is called an etaerio, as in the ranunculus, in which they are placed upon a dry receptacle, or in the strawberry, in which the receptacle is fleshy.
ref: 1882, Achenium, entry in The American Universal Cyclopædia, Volume 1, [Reprint of Chambers Encyclopædia], S. W. Green's Son, page 66
text: 1953, John Melvin Lowson, Textbook of Botany, University Tutorial Press, page 318,
Clematis: actinomorphic; 4 petaloid sepals; petals 0; fruit an etaerio of achenes with persistent hairy styles.
text: Four types of aggregate fruits include etaerios of achenes, follicles, drupelets, and berries. Ranunculaceae species, including Clematis and Ranunculus have an etaerio of achenes, Calotropis has an etaerio of follicles, and Rubus species like raspberry, have an etaerio of drupelets. Annona have an etaerio of berries.
ref: 2018, Donovan Stevens, Daxton Ware, Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops, ED-Tech Press, page 62:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An aggregate fruit comprised of achenes, drupelets, follicles, or berries.
Related terms: hetaera
cyberholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Consequently, their long-awaited decision letters were waiting unnecessarily in vacant cyberholes somewhere.
ref: 2003, Southern Management Association, Journal of management:
glosses: plural of cyberhole
antazoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A first-generation antihistamine drug used to relieve nasal congestion and in eye drops, usually in combination with naphazoline, to relieve the symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis.
Synonyms: phenazoline
tritoqualine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈtɒkwəliːn/
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
isopromethazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + promethazine.
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
mebhydrolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mebhydroline
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
mebhydroline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mebhydrolin.
baronially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more baronially
form: most baronially
Etymology: From baronial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a baronial manner.
hydroxyethylpromethazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydroxy + ethyl + promethazine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A promethazine derivative used as an antihistamine.
dimebolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug with potential applications as a nootropic and neuroprotective.
iodophenpropit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /aɪˌɒdəʊˈfɛnpɹəpɪt/
Senses: glosses: A histamine agonist whose radiolabelled form is used for mapping the distribution of H₃ receptors in the body.
niaprazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug derived from piperazine.
epinastine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪˈnæstɪn/
Senses: glosses: A particular antihistamine drug used in eye drops to treat allergic conjunctivitis.
clobenztropine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chlo(ro)- + benztropine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular antihistamine drug.
ciproxifan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɪˈpɹɒksɪfæn/
Senses: glosses: A highly potent histamine antagonist proposed as a treatment for sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and to improve vigilance in old age, particularly in the treatment of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
rupatadine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -tadine (“tricyclic compound”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A second-generation antihistamine used to treat allergies.
thioperamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌθaɪəˈpɛɹəmaɪd/
Senses: glosses: A potent histamine antagonist that crosses the blood-brain barrier.