cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
air admittance vent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air admittance vents
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
plumbing
glosses: a mechanical sewer vent that allows air to enter into the sewage system but does not allow exhaust of sewer gases, to aid the flow of sewage by providing air behind water, where a standard vent stack to atmosphere is not possible, by drawing in interior air but keeping harmful sewer gases contained.
Synonyms: word: AAV
word: mechanical vent
word: mechanical waste vent
word: mechanical sewer vent
ushioni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ushioni
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 牛鬼 (うしおに, ushioni).
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: An ox ogre or demon; an evil ox spirit.
Related terms: oni
minotaur
gentle-hearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gentle-hearted
form: most gentle-hearted
form: gentlehearted
Etymology: From gentle + hearted.
Senses: examples: text: I am not sure how our "gentle-hearted" little girl will take the sight of the sheep's death, but when it happens she seems as matter-of-fact as the other two children.
ref: 2010, Barbara W. Olson, Gondar, Ethiopia, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: Kind and compassionate.
examples: text: Were these that worshipped here more reverential of the dead? or more affectionate in attachments unsevered by the grave? or more abundant in resources to procure what gentle-hearted poverty might sigh for in vain, a monument, or tablet, or grave stone;
ref: 2010, William Henry Foote, Sketches of North Carolina, →ISBN, page 416:
text: The officials shall go on addressing the troops and say, "Is there anyone afraid or gentle-hearted? Let him go back to his home, lest he melt the heart of his brothers, like his heart!"
ref: 2007, Murray Polner, Stefan Merken, Peace, Justice, and Jews: Reclaiming Our Tradition, →ISBN, page 254:
glosses: Meek and mild.
examples: text: And here's to right our gentle-hearted King!
ref: 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 3,:
glosses: Refined and cultivated, high-born
Derived terms: gentle-heartedly
gentle-heartedness
gentlehearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gentlehearted
form: most gentlehearted
Etymology: From gentle + hearted.
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, meek, kind, gentlehearted Annamaria had cultivated the two most lamentable, most damning traits known to womanhood: She was nice.
ref: 2011, Siri Mitchell, A Heart Most Worthy, →ISBN, page 51:
text: Lady Swinburne was watching him covertly and read some of his thoughts, for she was a discerning gentlehearted woman.
ref: 2014, Anya Seton, Devil Water, →ISBN:
text: The dell and dingle have their different spirits, the wood and rivulet theirs; and the gentlehearted peasants who inhabit them are, in some instances, almost as rigidly tenacious of the privileges of the genius loci, as they are of their own rights ...
ref: 1838, William Gilmore Simms, Carl Werner, an Imaginative Story:
glosses: Alternative form of gentle-hearted.
Derived terms: gentleheartedly
gentleheartedness
gentle-heartedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentleheartedness
Etymology: From gentle-hearted + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: There was a halo about everything that Uncle John did, the radiance that goes with great kindness, the jovial gentle-heartedness of a humane man.
ref: 2008, Albert Bigelow Paine, A Short Life of Mark Twain, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: Kindness and compassion.
examples: text: Gentle-heartedness follows from humble-heartedness. When I know my proper place, and am therefore free to appreciate and affirm the invaluable goodness of my neighbor, I can afford to be gentle.
ref: 2008, Robert J. Spitzer, Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life: A Practical Guide to Prayer for Active People, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: Meekness, mildness.
examples: text: And she was deserving of this love, because of her graciousness, her refinement, her gentle-heartedness and her piety.
ref: 2003, Darussalam, Child Companions around the Prophet, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: Refinement; high-born graciousness.
gentleheartedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gentlehearted + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He was unquestionably kind, but it was a sort of lazy kindness, owing not so much to gentleheartedness as to a desire to avoid conflict at all cost.
ref: 1999, Alexander Poznansky, Tchaikovsky Through Others' Eyes, →ISBN, page 97:
text: So in the human world, young people who really deserve to be loved because of their modesty and gentleheartedness are likely to be little cared for when brought into rivalry with women who are much more clever and cunning, and probably less pure hearted.
ref: 1916, Lafcadio Hearn, John Erskine, Interpretations of literature - Volume 2, page 125:
text: And thus Mnestheus in his gentleheartedness created beauty. It is a beauty of gracefulness and withal of strength, simplicity and dignity and although black, colorful!
ref: 1926, The Western Architect - Volume 35, page 70:
glosses: Alternative form of gentle-heartedness.
gentle-heartedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gentle-heartedly
form: most gentle-heartedly
form: gentleheartedly
Etymology: From gentle-hearted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gentle-hearted manner.
gentleheartedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gentleheartedly
form: most gentleheartedly
Etymology: From gentlehearted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gentle-heartedly.
hollowhearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hollowhearted
form: most hollowhearted
Etymology: From hollow + hearted.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hollow-hearted.
Derived terms: hollowheartedly
hollowheartedness
hollow-heartedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hollowheartedness
Etymology: From hollow-hearted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being hollow-hearted.
hollowheartedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hollowhearted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hollow-heartedness.
hollow-heartedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hollow-heartedly
form: most hollow-heartedly
form: hollowheartedly
Etymology: From hollow-hearted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a hollow-hearted manner.
hollowheartedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hollowheartedly
form: most hollowheartedly
Etymology: From hollowhearted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hollow-heartedly.
chestly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chestly
form: most chestly
Etymology: From chest + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But we hope that this able Artist will not be tempted to pursue this tinsel practise, this converting the chestly-coloured dress of the Graphic Muse into Harlequin and Columbine finery, making a plaything of his noble profession.
ref: 1825, Leigh Hunt, Albany William Fonblanque, John Forster, The Examiner - Issues 883-933 - Page 290:
text: When he came within a foot away from me, with the debonair Homeboy strolling style, and flexible, chestly posture, he waiked around me analyzing [...]
ref: 1982, Gus Frias, Barrio Warriors: Homeboys of Peace - Page 117:
text: The Message Bears, which carry chestly greetings such as "Have a Happy Day," appeared in four colors, several of which …
ref: 1986, Entertainment Law Reporter - Volume 6 - Page 112
glosses: Of or relating to one's chest, especially in reference to placement, position, or posture.
examples: text: It was the heat from this fire which had domed up the fog blanket and then dissipated it. When the fire died, the fog gradually came back, and remained there until noon, when the sun burned it off. Rather chestly at being the only pilot to come in and go out that morning I called on Captain Joe Wilson, [...]
ref: 1933 Apr, Flying Magazine, page 223:
glosses: swelled up; proud.
Related terms: chesty
shallow-hearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shallow-hearted
form: most shallow-hearted
form: shallowhearted
Etymology: From shallow + hearted.
Senses: examples: text: What, what, ye sanguine, shallow-hearted boys!
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
glosses: Frivolous, incapable of deep feeling.
Derived terms: shallow-heartedly
shallow-heartedness
shallowhearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shallowhearted
form: most shallowhearted
Etymology: From shallow + hearted.
Senses: examples: text: She is mindless, brainless, shallowhearted.
ref: 1900, Mrs. Frederick Townshend Marryat, Mummer Mystic Plays, page 53:
glosses: Alternative form of shallow-hearted.
shallow-heartedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shallowheartedness
Etymology: From shallow-hearted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being shallow-hearted.
shallowheartedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shallowhearted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shallow-heartedness.
Kordylewski cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kordylewski clouds
Etymology: Named after Kazimierz Kordylewski, who made the first observations of the phenomenon.
Senses: glosses: Any of the dust clouds found at the Trojan points, the L4 and L5 Lagrange points, in the Earth–Moon system, and of any other such system.
wikipedia: Kazimierz Kordylewski
Related terms: zodiacal cloud
zodiacal light
gegenschein
Trojan asteroid
restitutive fantasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restitutive fantasies
Senses: examples: text: In restitutive fantasy, the person imagines some goal object which is not present in the environment: the fantasy thus serves as a replacement for the absent real object. The lonely child imagines his parents when they are away from him.
ref: 1963, Jesse E. Gordon, Personality and behavior, page 158:
text: If Keats cannot, in restitutive fantasy, resurrect "the teeming autumn, big with rich increase," his imagination will, in a second attempt, rise to another response in an effort to deny the obdurate blankness of the stubble-plains […]
ref: 1985, Helen Vendler, The Odes of John Keats, page 256:
text: The patient's aim is therefore that the analyst replace a missing part; it is not the process of self-exploration. The enactment of such a restitutive fantasy serves the defense against the depressive affect about loss: the defense against mourning.
ref: 2007, Leon Wurmser, Torment Me, But Don't Abandon Me:
text: Jeremy's father gave him a leg up into the restitutive fantasy of specialness by providing the adoption story of the “chosen” and “special” child.
ref: 2013, Susan Miller, Shame in Context, page 116:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: An imaginary reality created by someone to avoid what they cannot handle emotionally.
humourism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humourisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of humorism.
utility programme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utility programmes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of utility program.
application programme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: application programmes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of application program.
computer programme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: computer programmes
Senses: glosses: Rare form of computer program.
programme trading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of program trading.
arsecunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsecunts
Etymology: From arse + cunt.
Senses: glosses: Rare form of asscunt.
federation furniture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the era of Australian Federation in 1901.
Senses: glosses: a style of wooden furniture from the early 1900s.
deceiptfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more deceiptfully
form: most deceiptfully
Etymology: From deceiptful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of deceitfully.
deceiptful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deceiptful
form: most deceiptful
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of deceitful.
Derived terms: deceiptfully
deceiptfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deceiptfull
form: most deceiptfull
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of deceitful.
champas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Champas, or peat, was cut as a substitute; but instead of being piled up in stacks, it was scattered over the country to dry, so that if the royalists attempted to burn it, the destruction would be a work of time, and of difficulty.
ref: 1828, John Miller, Memoirs of General Miller: In the Service of the Republic of Peru, volume 2, page 117:
glosses: The native peat of Peru.
manodanda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मनोदण्ड (manodaṇḍa, “complete control over one's thoughts”).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: complete control over one's thoughts
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: mental deeds
glosses: mental punishments in the Indosphere, such as being cursed
Related terms: kayadanda
kayadanda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit कायदण्ड (kāyadaṇḍa, “complete control over one's body”).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: complete control over one's bodys
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: bodily actions
glosses: corporal punishments in the Indosphere
Related terms: manodanda
exodos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exodoi
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “a departure”). Doublet of exodus.
Senses: examples: text: 1994, Carlo Ferdinando Russo (author and translator), Aristophanes: An Author for the Stage, [1962, Aristofane autore di teatro], page 173,
The exodos requires three actors, one for the Athenian (thirty iambic trimeters), one for his companion (five iambic trimeters) and one for the Spartan Singer (three iambic trimeters and around forty lyrical lines).
text: Then scenes alternate with choral songs, till the final exodos ("going-out") of the actors and chorus.
ref: 2003, Francis Blessington, The Bacchae; Euripides: The Frogs; Aristophanes, page xix:
text: Every Greek drama ends with an exodos. It is obligatory that the stage be left empty. It is left by the actors and the chorus.
ref: 2006, Olga Freidenberg, Image and Concept, page 271:
text: Non-speaking Characters
Hermione in prologue and exodos, Pylades in exodos, Electra in exodos, Helen in exodos
ref: 2013, Cecelia Eaton Luschnig, editor, The Orestes Plays, page 140:
text: In this respect, the parodoi and the exodoi of Old Comedy may operate as typical literary sphragis-like pieces; see details in Hordern (2002) 228-9; Calame (2004a); on the exodoi of Aristophanes as signature pieces see Calame (2004b) 182-3.
ref: 2013, Sophia Papaioannou, “Chapter One: The Innovator's Poetic Self-Representation”, in Sophia Papaioannou, editor, Terence and Interpretation, footnote, page 27:
topics: broadcasting
drama
dramaturgy
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: A final scene or departure in a play, especially a tragedy.
Related terms: exodus
gulti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: golti
form: gult
form: golt
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil குல்தி (kulti), reverse of தெலுகு (teluku).
Senses: glosses: a Telugu
pulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puture
Etymology: From Old French peulture.
Senses: glosses: The claim to food for men, horses, and dogs within the bounds of a forest, etc.
underappreciation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + appreciation.
Senses: glosses: insufficient appreciation
beautiful music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: BM
glosses: A mostly instrumental middle-of-the-road music format, prominent on American radio from the 1960s to the 1980s.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beautiful, music.
playstreet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playstreets
Etymology: From play + street.
Senses: examples: text: The Police Athletic League of New York City began operation of 75 playstreets and playgrounds in July for city youngsters who could not leave the city's streets during the hot months.
ref: 1951, Federal Probation News Letter, page 61:
glosses: A scheme by which a road is temporarily closed to allow local children to play there, e.g. in neighbourhoods where playground facilities are not available.
playstreets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playstreet
unasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unass
unassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unass
unassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unass
pignistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Coined by Philippe Smets from Latin pignus (“a bet”) + -istic.
Senses: qualifier: decision theory
glosses: Being or relating to a probability that a rational person will assign to an option when required to make a decision.
Related terms: credal
impressures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impressure
shot sample
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shot samples
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sample taken for assay from a molten metallic mass by pouring a portion into water to granulate it.
shot samples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shot sample
sciascope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sciascopes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skiascope.
sciascopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skiascopy.
sciascopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sciascope
Skoptsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Russian скопцы́ (skopcý)
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: An underground religious movement in Russia, known for practising castration and mastectomy in accordance with their teachings. The movement was active to the mid 20th century.
glosses: The members of this movement. Singular form is Skopets
Related terms: nullo
Sobranje
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bulgarian събрание (sǎbranie, literally “assembly”).
Senses: glosses: The parliament of Macedonia or (formerly) of Bulgaria.
soft steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft steels
Senses: glosses: Steel low in carbon; mild steel; ingot iron.
solid-drawn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Drawn out from a heated solid bar, as by a process of spiral rolling which first hollows the bar and then expands the cavity by forcing the bar over a pointed mandrel fixed in front of the rolls; said of a weldless tube.
weldless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From weld + -less.
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: unwelded#Adjective
glosses: Made or done without welding.
Stundist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stundists
form: Shtundist
Etymology: From Russian, probably from German Stunde (“hour”), from their meetings for Bible reading.
Senses: glosses: A member of a large sect of Russian radical Protestant dissenters founded near Odessa around 1860, who adhere to a literal reading of the Bible and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship, influenced by German Protestant settlers.
Related terms: Stundism
Stundism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shtundism
Senses: topics: Christianity
Protestantism
glosses: The beliefs and practices of the Stundists.
Stundists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stundist
superdreadnought
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superdreadnoughts
form: super-dreadnought
Etymology: From super- + dreadnought.
Senses: glosses: A battleship of a class more powerful than the earlier dreadnoughts.
superdreadnoughts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superdreadnought
swagsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swagsmen
Etymology: From swag + -s- + -man.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of swagman (“itinerant traveller”).
synonyms: word: swagman
extra: itinerant traveller
glosses: Synonym of swagman (“middleman for stolen goods; a fence”).
synonyms: word: swagman
extra: middleman for stolen goods; a fence
swagsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swagsman
syndactyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syndactyls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of syndactyle.
syndactyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syndactyl
syntonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From syntonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In syntonic fashion.
syntonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dated form of syntonic.
footcandles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footcandle
Uwaine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ywain
canelé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canelés
Etymology: From French canelé.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Do you play chess?’ Sophia asked, helping herself to a canelé.
ref: 2020, Eley Williams, The Liarʼs Dictionary, William Heinemann, page 153:
glosses: A small French pastry (from Bordeaux) with a soft center and a golden crust, made with rum-flavoured crepe batter, cooked in small molds.
canelés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canelé
chamisal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of chamise (“American shrub”).
peched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pech
peched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peched
form: most peched
Senses: examples: text: The poor old dog did look fairly peched, and didn't bat an eyelid when I lifted up the nearest pup, a black and white ball of fluff.
ref: 2008, Jess Smith, Sookin' Berries: Tales of Scottish Travellers, published 2013, unnumbered page:
text: “I'm fair peched,” Grandad said, as he said every Sunday.
“That's 'cos you're old, Granda.” Wee Jean cooried into the old man's side, hiding from the North Sea wind.
ref: 2010, A. D. Scott, A Small Death in the Great Glen, page 94:
glosses: Tired, out of breath, worn out.
chatter mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chatter marks
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the fine undulations or ripples formed on the surface of work by a cutting tool which chatters.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A short crack on a rock surface planed smooth by a glacier.
chatter marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chatter mark
Chippendale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪpn̩deɪl/
Etymology: From an assimilated (alveolarized) variant of the placename Chippingdale, from Old English ċīeping (“market”) + dæl (“valley”).
* (furniture): Named after English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779).
Senses: glosses: A style of furniture designed by, or resembling that of, Thomas Chippendale, generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on.
glosses: A style of rococo bookplate.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Chinese Chippendale
Chippendalism
Chippendalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Chippendale + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An ornamental style resembling that of Chippendale furniture.
chuprassie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chuprassies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaprasi.
chuprassy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chuprassies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaprasi.
chaprassy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaprassies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaprasi.
chuprassies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chuprassie
glosses: plural of chuprassy
clash gear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clash gears
Senses: glosses: A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding endwise.
clash gears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clash gear
Clydesdale terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Clydesdale terriers
Etymology: After Clydesdale, a district in Scotland where the dogs were bred.
Senses: glosses: One of a breed of small silky-haired terriers related to, but smaller than, the Skye terrier, having smaller and perfectly erect ears.
Clydesdale terriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Clydesdale terrier
lightning arresters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lightning arrester
Concord buggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Concord buggies
Etymology: From Concord, New Hampshire, where first made.
Senses: glosses: A kind of buggy having a body with low sides, and side springs.
Concord buggies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Concord buggy
compressed yeast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compressed yeasts
Senses: glosses: A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour.
corah
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कोरा (korā, “fresh, unused; (of silk) plain or undyed”).
Senses: glosses: plain, undyed
raw_tags: of Indian silk
corah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corahs
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कोरा (korā, “fresh, unused; (of silk) plain or undyed”).
Senses: glosses: A plain, undyed Indian silk.
cordy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cordy
form: most cordy
Etymology: From cord + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of, or like, cord; having cords or cord-like parts.
corrobboree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corrobborees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corroboree.
corrobborees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corrobboree
Cracker State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Cracker State
Etymology: See Georgia Cracker.
Senses: glosses: Georgia, United States.
Crofton system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Sir Walter Crofton, Irish prison director.
Senses: glosses: A system of prison discipline involving periods of confinement to one's cell, associated imprisonment under the mark system, restraint intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, and liberation on ticket of leave.
wikipedia: Walter Crofton
crotch chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crotch chains
Senses: glosses: A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, etc.
crotch chains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crotch chain
Croydons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Croydon
curials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curial
Ywain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A knight of the Round Table and the son of King Urien in Arthurian legend.
pekes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peke
Crookes space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Crookes spaces
Etymology: After Sir William Crookes, English chemist, who first described it.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode of a vacuum tube, observed only when the pressure is low enough to give a striated discharge.
Synonyms: Crookes layer
Crookes layer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Crookes layers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Crookes space.
synonyms: word: Crookes space
court circular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: court circulars
Senses: glosses: An official record that lists the engagements carried out by the monarch and Royal Family of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, and appointments to their staff and to the court.
court circulars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of court circular
court guide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: court guides
Senses: glosses: A directory of the names and addresses of the nobility and gentry in a town.
crackaloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crack-loo
Senses: glosses: A gambling game in which players throw coins at the ceiling of a room, aiming to have them fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor.
crack-loo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crackaloo.
bacterioscopist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacterioscopists
Senses: glosses: One who carries out bacterioscopy.
bacterioscopists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacterioscopist
bacterioscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bacterioscopic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Two cases of diarrhoea during the voyage were shown bacterioscopically to be cholera, one being a passenger, the other a member of the crew.
ref: 1914, Great Britain. Local Government Board, Report of the Medical Officer, page 145:
glosses: By means of bacterioscopy.
ausubo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ausubos
Etymology: From Spanish [Term?].
Senses: glosses: balata tree
Synonyms: balata
bulletwood
bully tree
cow-tree
massaranduba
ausubos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ausubo
ballotage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballotages
Etymology: From French ballotage, ballottage.
Senses: glosses: In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a runoff election.
ballotages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballotage
bank discount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bank discounts
Senses: glosses: A sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it becomes due.
barrel process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel or drum, with mercury, chlorine, cyanide solution, or other reagent.
basic process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A Bessemer process or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment.
Synonyms: Gilchrist-Thomas process
Thomas process
Thomas-Gilchrist process
Coordinate terms: acid process
Related terms: basic slag
basic steel
Basuto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Basutos
form: Basuto
form: Basutho
form: Basotho
form: Basoto
Etymology: From Sotho Basotho.
Senses: synonyms: Mosotho
Mosoto
Mosutho
glosses: A member of the Basotho people.
Basuto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Basutho
form: Basotho
form: Basoto
Etymology: From Sotho Basotho.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Basotho.
Derived terms: Basotholand
Basotoland
Basutholand
Basutoland
Related terms: Lesuto
Mosuto
Sesuto
Suto
Basutos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Basuto
bunkoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bunko
bunkos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bunko
bunkoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bunko
bumblepuppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bumble puppy.
Bull Mooser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bull Moosers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bull Moose.
Bucephalus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bucephalas
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās).
Senses: glosses: The warhorse of Alexander the Great.
Bucephalus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bucephaluses
form: Bucephalas
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās).
Senses: examples: text: the Bucephalus which he bestrode
ref: 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
glosses: Any horse used for riding.
examples: text: It will suffice to say that when I started on my journey into the realms of lexicography, I regarded Kʻang Hsi as a Bucephalus on whose tail — 蠅附龭尾 — a foreign fly might safely get an advantageous lift.
ref: 1892, Herbert A. Giles, A Chinese–English Dictionary, 1st edition:
glosses: That which is the greatest of its kind.
Bucephaluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bucephalus
bromoiodized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bromo- + iodized.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Treated with bromides and iodides.
bromoiodism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bromo- + iodism.
Senses: glosses: poisoning induced by large doses of bromine and iodine or of their compounds
bromanil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bromine and aniline.
Senses: glosses: A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine.
box kite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box kites
Senses: glosses: A kite consisting of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open on two sides, and fastened together horizontally.
Synonyms: cellular kite
Hargrave kite
Derived terms: box kite spider
Hargrave kite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hargrave kites
Etymology: From the inventor's surname.
Senses: glosses: box kite
box kites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box kite
Hargrave kites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hargrave kite
cellular kite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellular kites
Senses: glosses: box kite
cellular kites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellular kite
Bower-Barff process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the surnames of the two men who developed the process.
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A method of coating iron or steel with magnetic iron oxide in order to minimize atmospheric corrosion. The articles to be treated are put into a closed retort and a current of superheated steam passed through for a period, followed by a current of producer gas (carbon monoxide), to reduce any higher oxides that may have been formed.
unifiliar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Composed of a single electric wire
box tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box tails
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aircraft's tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.
decimal candle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decimal candles
Etymology: Translation of French bougie décimale.
Senses: glosses: A photometric standard formerly used in France, having the value of one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than a British standard candle.
decimal candles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decimal candle
bod veal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Veal too immature to be suitable for food.
Bodhisattwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bodhisattwas
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of bodhisattva.
Bodhisattwas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bodhisattwa
bodhisat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodhisats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bodhisattva.
synonyms: word: bodhisattva
bodhisats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodhisat
Blue Hen State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The state bird is the Delaware Blue Hen.
Senses: glosses: The state of Delaware.
wikipedia: Delaware Blue Hen
Related terms: Blue Hen's Chicken
block signal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: block signals
Senses: topics: railways
transport
glosses: One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system, often coupled with a switch so that opening or closing the switch also operates the signal.
block signals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of block signal
Blackwater State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Alluding to the dark colour of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mould in the soil.
Senses: glosses: Nebraska
hajilij
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Arabic هَجْلِيج (hajlīj).
Senses: examples: text: They dug a grave in the shade of a hajilij tree.
ref: 2012, Steve Kemper, A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa:
glosses: The tree Balanites aegyptiaca, from which zachun is derived.
Synonyms: desert date
soap berry tree
Thron tree
Egyptian myrobalan
Egyptian balsam
Zachum oil tree
bidarkee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bidarkees
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of bidarka.
bidarkees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bidarkee
backfirings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backfiring
only-begotten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English oonlybigeten, equivalent to only + begotten. Compare also Middle English only geten, oonly geten (“only-begotten”, literally “only-gotten”) and Middle English onbygoten, oon be-gotyn, one bygeten, oon bigetun, oon bigeten (“only-begotten”, literally “one-begotten”). Calque of Latin ūnigenitus, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μονογενής (monogenḗs).
Senses: glosses: Being the only child of one’s parent (especially one’s father)
examples: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
And [we believe] in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God.
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: One of the attributes of Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God the Father.
take the back track
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the back track
form: taking the back track
form: took the back track
form: taken the back track
Senses: glosses: To retrace one's steps; to retreat.
Synonyms: backtrack
balopticon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balopticons
Etymology: From βάλλω (bállō, “throw”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visual”). At the same time it reflects the initials of the company Ba(usch) & L(omb) Optical.
Senses: glosses: An early kind of stereopticon or projector.
balopticons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balopticon
backstream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backstreams
Etymology: From back + stream.
Senses: glosses: A current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy.
backstream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backstreams
form: backstreaming
form: backstreamed
form: backstreamed
Etymology: From back + stream.
Senses: glosses: To flow in a direction opposing the current or the intended direction.
backstreaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backstream
backstreamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backstream
backstreams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backstream
backstreams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backstream
Baraca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named in allusion to the Hebrew בְּרָכָה (bərɔḵɔ̂, “blessing”) that occurs in 2 Chronicles xx. 26 and 1 Chronicles xii.
Senses: glosses: An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes for young men, founded in the late 19th century.
Babiism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Bábism.
Sufiism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sufism.
Barnburner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Barnburners
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, around the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848.
Barnburners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barnburner
bebeeru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bebeerus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bibiru.
bebeerus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bebeeru
bibiru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibirus
form: bebeeru
form: bibiri
Senses: glosses: A tropical South American tree, Chlorocardium rodiei, the greenheart.
Derived terms: bebeerine
bibirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibiru
Belleek ware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Belleek wares
Etymology: A very fine kind was made at Belleek in Ireland.
Senses: glosses: A porcelain-like kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent.
Belleek wares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Belleek ware
Egyptian clover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Trifolium alexandrinum, an annual clover cultivated mostly in irrigated subtropical regions.
Synonyms: berseem
berseem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berseems
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بِرْسِيم (birsīm).
Senses: glosses: Egyptian clover
Bielid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bielids
Etymology: From Biela + -id, after Biela's Comet.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Andromedid
wikipedia: Biela's Comet
Bielids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bielid
Andromedid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Andromedids
Etymology: From Andromeda + -id.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of meteors appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation of Andromeda, associated with Biela's Comet (which had broken up by 1846).
Synonyms: Bielid
Andromedids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Andromedid
beaumontague
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beaumontage
form: Beaumontague
form: Beaumont's Egg
form: Beaumont Egg
Etymology: Said to be from French beau montage, "beautiful face", referring to the appearance of the filled surface. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6vA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT157&lpg=PT157&dq=%22beau+montage%22
Senses: glosses: A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, they are white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil.
Becquerel ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Becquerel rays
Etymology: Radioactivity was discovered in 1896 by the French scientist Henri Becquerel.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A radioactive ray of any kind.
Becquerel rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Becquerel ray
X-light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: X-ray radiation
derma ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derma rays
Etymology: Perhaps because they were found to cause dermatitis.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A weak radioactive ray arising from the impact of cathode particles with the molecules of gas contained in an X-ray tube or with the glass walls of the tube.
derma rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derma ray
Bickford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Bickford fuse
Bickford fuze
Bickford match
Boulangism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French boulangisme
Senses: glosses: The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Georges Boulanger (1837–1891), who promoted an aggressive nationalism which opposed Germany and called for the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) to be avenged.
Related terms: anti-Boulangist
Boulangist
Boulangist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Supporting Boulangism
Derived terms: anti-Boulangist
Boulangist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boulangists
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Boulangism.
Boulangists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boulangist
bouled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boule
debaucherously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more debaucherously
form: most debaucherously
Etymology: From debaucherous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a debaucherous manner.
Bissel truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bissel trucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bissell truck.
Bissell truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bissell trucks
form: Bissel truck
Etymology: Invented in 1857 by Levi Bissell.
Senses: glosses: A single-axled bogie that pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it to negotiate curves more easily.
Synonyms: pony truck
pony truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pony trucks
Senses: examples: text: A bogie has been provided at the front end of the engines in place of the original pony truck; it is identical with that fitted to the class "B1" 4-6-0 locomotives.
ref: 1944 September and October, “New Pacific Locomotives for the L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 286:
text: The outermost non-driven axle forms a pony truck within the bogie frame, with its bearings in a cannon box.
ref: 1959 June, “The first "Peak" class 2,300 h.p. diesel-electric locomotive for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 296:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Synonym of Bissell truck.
synonyms: word: Bissell truck
pony trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pony truck
Bissell trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bissell truck
Röntgenize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Röntgenizes
form: Röntgenizing
form: Röntgenized
form: Röntgenized
Etymology: From Röntgen + -ize.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To render (air or other gas) conducting by the passage of X-rays.
Röntgenizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Röntgenize
Röntgenized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Röntgenize
Sudetes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sudetes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Sudeten.
synonyms: word: Sudeten