cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Beaufort County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Washington. Named after Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort.
glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Beaufort. Named after Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort.
sleeping draught
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleeping draughts
Senses: examples: text: In the evening, when the princess came and brought him his drink, he made appear as if he drank, but he threw it over his shoulder, for he felt sure she had put a sleeping draught in his drink.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 240:
text: 'My wife always takes a sleeping draught when travelling by train. She took her usual dose of trional.'
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 7, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 123:
glosses: A liquid medicine that induces sleep.
sleeping draughts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleeping draught
Charleston County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The county seat was named after Charles II of England.
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Charleston.
wikipedia: Charles II of England
post-alveolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + alveolar.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of postalveolar.
Clarendon County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon.
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Manning.
wikipedia: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
upland sandpipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upland sandpiper
gonja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gonja
Senses: examples: text: “How much for the gonja?” I asked. “Three for a thousand shillings.” “Too much.” “Three gonja for seven hundred shillings,” a shorter boy in a brown shirt said. “I will take three.” I purchased gonja, water, and two muchomo.
ref: 2011, Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, Susan Urbanek Linville, A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka:
text: You are, however, more likely to find the roasted chicken and gonja on the left side, the presumption being that you missed these in the city. In that way, the prevalence of roast chicken and gonja on the left side on the outbound journey is also a cultural comment on the state of cooking in the middle class urban kitchen.
ref: 2018 May 2, Charles Onyango-Obbo, “Uganda’s roads, villages, and the sound of silence”, in Daily Monitor:
glosses: The plantain, especially when served fried.
bring up short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brings up short
form: bringing up short
form: brought up short
form: brought up short
Senses: examples: text: The soldiers spurred their horses forward but were brought up short by Lieutenant Montoya.
ref: 2009, Matthew Baca, The Antiquarian, →ISBN, page 145:
text: Frowning, Guld stepped forward, but was brought up short by the guardsman's hand.
ref: 2010, Steven Erikson, The First Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, →ISBN:
text: As soon as its paws touched ground, it darted forward with an excited yelp, only to be brought up short by the ribbon around its neck.
ref: 2014, Jane Feather -, Trapped at the Altar, →ISBN:
glosses: To arrest (someone or something's) forward motion; to halt before a goal is reached.
examples: text: I suppose things can go well for just so long before events bring you up short.
ref: 2000, Donald S. Vogel, Memories and Images: The World of Donald Vogel and Valley House Gallery, →ISBN:
text: Some of us are lucky enough to have students who ask sharp questions that bring us up short and force us back to basic and difficult issues.
ref: 2006, Richard Wilk, Home Cooking in the Global Village, →ISBN:
text: The article was intended to bring readers up short, to prompt in them a thought or two about why they were doing what, day in and day out.
ref: 2010, Robert Coles, David Cooper, Lives We Carry with Us: Profiles of Moral Courage, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Any minister to whom it might occur that a change would be desirable would certainly be brought up short at the prospect of alienating the heir to the throne.
ref: 2012, Paul P. Bernard, Joseph II and Bavaria, →ISBN:
glosses: To startle or interrupt (someone), causing them to stop or reevaluate what they are doing.
Synonyms: pull up short
Related terms: hit the buffers
in one's tracks
brings up short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring up short
bringing up short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring up short
brought up short
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring up short
Dagatan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Lipa, Batangas, Philippines.
bromantical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹəʊˈmæntɪkəl/
ipa: /bɹoʊˈmæntɪkəl/
Forms: form: more bromantical
form: most bromantical
Etymology: Blend of bro + romantical, equivalent to bromantic + -al.
Senses: examples: 2011 Marc Anthony, Will Smith, and Dwyane Wade Get Bromantical for Monday Night Football, Miami New Times
2013 Brad Pitt & Shia LaBeouf Went On A Bromantical Camping Trip With Their Fury Team, PerezHilton.com
2014 Enlisted Stars Crash the Bones Set to Annoy David Boreanaz and Celebrate Their Milestone 4th Episode Eonline.com
to make sure that this momentous occasion does not get overlooked, Geoff Stults and Parker Young have prepared a bromantical celebration with Bones' David Boreanaz
glosses: Of or pertaining to a bromantic tendency or character.
Related terms: bromance
sismance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sismances
Etymology: Blend of sis + romance.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Sis-mance’, or ‘sister-mance’ (the best I could come up with for a female version of ‘bromance’) was rampant this week
ref: 2013, What have Your Favourite Celebs been up to? Find out on ‘The BFF Special’ of #WorkFlow! – Your Weekly Entertainment News Bulletin, BellaNaija:
text: 2014 Joséphine Japy : "Mélanie Laurent place la barre assez haut dans son cinéma" Premiere
Joséphine : C’est une amitié passionnelle, au sens de l’adoration de l’autre. Ce que les Américains appellent une « sismance ».
Le féminin de « bromance » ?
Joséphine : Voilà. Ces deux jeunes filles ont un rapport d’exclusivité l’une envers l’autre. Elles doivent toujours tout faire ensemble, tout partager. C’est particulier, deux filles qui décident qu’elles sont faites l’une pour l’autre.
text: So, when Amy showed up to Elle's Women in Hollywood Awards Monday (Oct. 19) night in what must've been her Jennifer Lawrence Halloween costume because literally everything about her look was a direct throwback to Jennifer Lawrence's iconic 2011 Academy Awards style, we knew this sismance was at peak levels.
ref: 2015, Amy Schumer And Jennifer Lawrence Just Completed The Twin Transformation, MTV:
text: Romeo and Juliet ended their relationship in similar fashion. So did Thelma and Louise, come to think of it. Is that a Sismance?
ref: 2016, Ten great movie bromances, The Irish Times:
text: 2017 Rahul Da Cunha: Padmavati Bar & Grill, Goa Mid-Day
I wanted to make a low budget sismance movie — the female equivalent of 'bromance' — but was told by the studios that chick flicks are out
text: 2018 Kareena Kapoor Khan and Sonam Kapoor starrer ‘Veere Di Wedding’s trailer to release on THIS day Free Press Journal
She will be seen in ‘Veere Di Wedding’ which also stars Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania in the key roles. Ever since the announcement of the film, their fans have been excited to watch this mixture of sismance on the big screen.
glosses: A close but nonsexual relationship between two women.
Synonyms: girl crush
womance
Coordinate terms: bromance
man crush
Derived terms: sismantic
sismantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sismantic
form: most sismantic
Etymology: Blend of sis + romantic.
Senses: examples: text: Sweetest thing i saw when i was at the esplanade was there was a couple and they came up with this idea of taking pictures of other couples in love, and also those who just wanna be bromantic and sismantic.
ref: 2009, Matthew Goh, locked inside my head ., Creating-Miracles:
text: January 2010 Kyle Frazier Distributed time for others leads to healthy relationships
A fine balance of chilling with friends and hanging with a significant other is the key to a good relationship, whether the relationship is of the romantic kind or the bromantic/sismantic kind.
text: February 2010 The Uncelebrated Love Affair of the Single Girl, Ruth's Gleanings
The Benefits of Bro-/Sismantic Love
text: Special thanks to my beta, dolimir_k and my sismantic twin, maplelump.
ref: 2011, together, we are the oceans (part 4):
text: there is nothing in the rule book stating that you must celebrate only romantic love. Why not celebrate the love you have for yourself and your closest friends by having a “single girls night” at home? While all the couples out there are waiting for their turn in a jam-packed restaurant, you and your friends can enjoy a fun, sismantic (okay, I made that up, how come guys have bromances, but we don’t have a term for our bond as women?) night in the comfort of your own dining room.
ref: 2012, Nicole Etolen, Celebrate Single Girls Night on Valentine’s Day with Bormioli Rocco, Pretty Opinionated:
text: Root’s sismantic (/romantic) relationship with Shaw is also fascinating.
ref: 2015, Laura Dallars, Great Women II, We're Being WATCHED:
text: If a scene is between two or more characters, does it advance the story or character development arc between those characters? This includes all sex scenes and romantic or witty bromantic/sismantic interludes.
ref: 2016, James Osiris Baldwin, Fix Your Damn Book!: How to Painlessly Self-Edit Your Novels & Stories, page 72:
glosses: Of or relating to sismance.
Synonyms: womantic
Coordinate terms: bromantic
stick the landing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks the landing
form: sticking the landing
form: stuck the landing
form: stuck the landing
Etymology: Evidently by metaphor with sticking (placing quickly, thrusting) something quite accurately into a specific place. The term is not specific to aviation: see stick. Thus, this term evidently does not come from a reference to an aircraft's stick (“control stick”). It also does not involve the same metaphor as deadstick landing, whose stick is, originally, a wooden propeller that has lost its engine power.
Senses: examples: text: When Park came down from his vault, sticking the landing perfectly upright and unwavering, a huge roar went up from the 13,596 spectators.
ref: 1988 September 24, Lawrie Mifflin, “Seoul Olympics: Soviet Men on Another Roll”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 May 2018:
text: Holland also did many of his own stunts, including his entry flip. Apparently the studio didn't want the 19-year-old to perform the flip, but the directing duo told him to go for it and he stuck the landing.
ref: 2016 May 10, Jack Shepherd, “Captain America: Civil War: How Tom Holland won over Marvel to become Spider-Man”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 01 May 2018:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To complete a gymnastic or other athletic routine involving leaps, vaults, somersaults, etc. by landing firmly, solidly, and flawlessly on one's feet.
examples: text: When the Philae lander, released by the comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft, first tried to touch down on Nov. 12 in an area later named Agilkia, it could not stick the landing. The anchoring harpoons and retro-rockets did not work and the lander bounced off the comet.
ref: 2015 July 31, Amina Khan, “After a bounce, Rosetta's Philae lander serves up cometary surprises”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 01 May 2018:
text: Still, SpaceX stuck the landing the last time under similar conditions. And now in its quest to launch and recover rockets so that they may be used again, SpaceX is acquiring quite a collection of previously used booster stages.
ref: 2016 May 26, Christian Davenport, “Elon Musk’s quest to make rocket landings routine continues today”, in Washington Post, retrieved 01 May 2018:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
astronautics
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To execute a flawless landing (of an aircraft, rocket, or space capsule).
examples: text: This was a big speech with a high degree of difficulty. And, Don Jr. stuck the landing.
ref: 2016 July 19, Chris Cillizza, “Winners and losers from the second night of the Republican National Convention”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 01 May 2018:
text: In the end, the third season of Fargo stuck the landing so well that its missteps seem more like scars on fine leather than signs of a show in decline.
ref: 2017 June 21, Scott Tobias, “Fargo Season 3 Finale: Bled Out”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 May 2018:
glosses: To complete a process in an impressive and conclusive manner.
Related terms: word: deadstick landing
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: grease
hot as a pistol
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hotter than a pistol.
pinealectomise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pinealectomises
form: pinealectomising
form: pinealectomised
form: pinealectomised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pinealectomize.
pinealectomised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pinealectomise
pluribacillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pluri- + bacillary.
Senses: glosses: Having many bacilli
postembryonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + embryonically or postembryonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Following development of the embryo
preneurogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + neurogenic.
Senses: glosses: Prior to neurogenesis
prereceptoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + receptoral.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Prior to processing by a receptor
rot gut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The merchants were notorious for heavily watering down this “rot gut” whiskey; and thus, a little something else was needed to give a bottle of rot gut the right amount of “kick”.
ref: 2009, John Loscher, The Bolsheviks: Twilight of the Romanov Dynasty, page 14:
glosses: Alternative spelling of rotgut.
rot gut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rot gut
form: most rot gut
Senses: examples: text: As a result of their laws in some of the states statistics furnish the facts that more “rot gut” whiskey is used than ever before, the milder and more harmless beverages having been in a measure embargoed by the law by reason of the fact that they cannot so easily be smuggled and handled as the concentrated “forty rod” whiskey.
ref: 1887, William Hibbard, Rays of Reason: Or Religion Refuted, page 115:
text: “This time it ain't gonna be none of that cheap rot gut stuff is it?” Nate posed to Marten.
ref: 2015, Randall Von Hartman, A Slip of the Cog:
glosses: Unrefined, low quality.
raw_tags: of whiskey
pseudonormalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: pseudonormalizations
Etymology: From pseudo- + normalization.
Senses: glosses: The process of becoming pseudonormal, such as (usually, more specifically)
glosses: The process of becoming pseudonormal, such as (usually, more specifically):
A change in the waves on an electrocardiogram whereby abnormal or unusual waves become closer to normal-looking but not necessarily for the reasons that would produce a truly normal wave.
Related terms: pseudonormalize
recircumscription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recircumscriptions
Etymology: From re- + circumscription.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent circumscription
ribonomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of ribonucleic acids and ribozymes
Related terms: ribonomic
sialylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialylate
sstDNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sstDNAs
form: sstdna
Senses: glosses: single-stranded template DNA
sstdna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sstDNA.
stereolithograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereolithographs
Etymology: From stereo- + lithograph.
Senses: glosses: The object produced by stereolithography
subumbrellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + umbrellar.
Senses: glosses: Underneath the umbrella (of a jelyfish)
glosses: Relating to a subumbrella
umbrellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: umbreller
Etymology: From umbrella + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an umbrella (of a jellyfish)
Derived terms: subumbrellar
nearmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: The mountain ridge forms the nearmost boundary of the county.
glosses: nearest
tetraglycine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + glycine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oligopeptide composed of four glycine monomers
thoracotomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thoracotomize
thoracotomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: That has undergone thoracotomy
tropicamidum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A preparation containing tropicamide
ventroflexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Modified by ventroflexion
ventroflexion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ventroflexions
Senses: glosses: ventral flexion of the head
Related terms: ventroflex
thoracotomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thoracotomize
thoracotomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thoracotomize
envenymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more envenymous
form: most envenymous
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of venomous.
European War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the European War
Etymology: From European + war. From being a war fought in Europe.
Senses: glosses: Former name of WWI / World War One / First World War / The Great War.
qualifier: 1940s-onwards
glosses: The European theatre of World War II / WW2 / Second World War
Synonyms: sense: The
word: War in Europe
Coordinate terms: sense: Pacific War
word: WWII
Pacific War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pacific War
Etymology: From Pacific + war, due to it being fought in the Pacific Ocean, and along its coasts.
Senses: qualifier: 1940s onwards
glosses: The Pacific theater of World War II.
glosses: Synonym of War of the Pacific (Chile–Peru War).
synonyms: word: War of the Pacific
extra: Chile–Peru War
Synonyms: sense: WW2
word: War in the Pacific
Coordinate terms: European War
Related terms: sense: War of the Pacific on Wikipedia.
word: Chile–Peru War
mongolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The condition known as trisomy 21 syndrome or mongolian idiocy (sometimes referred to as Down's syndrome) had long been an enigma.
ref: 1965, H. Eldon Sutton, An introduction to human genetics:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Mongolian (“relating to or affected with Down syndrome”).
Paskes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Paske
have designs on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has designs on
form: having designs on
form: had designs on
form: had designs on
Senses: glosses: To have one's eye on, to set one's sights on, to seek, to pursue.
Greenwood County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Eureka. Named after Alfred B. Greenwood.
glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Greenwood. Named after the Greenwood Plantation in the area.
Kershaw County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Joseph Kershaw, an early settler.
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Camden.
nogada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish nogada.
Senses: glosses: A sauce made from walnuts and spices.
Eisenhut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eisenhuts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Eisenhut.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
HUS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of hemolytic-uremic syndrome.
burstability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From burst + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being burstable.
Lexington County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Battle of Lexington.
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Lexington.
wikipedia: Battle of Lexington
leetness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leet + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Powered by leetness! You can have the leetest hardware imaginable in your gaming rig, but it won't matter if you run it with a cheap power supply.
ref: 2006, Maximum PC (Autumn, page 26)
text: Teams were awarded “leetness points” for solving a challenge.
ref: 2010, Christian Kreibich, Marko Jahnke, Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment:
glosses: The quality of being leet or elite: excellence, superiority, or skill.
leetest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of leet: most leet
Marlboro County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Bennettsville.
wikipedia: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
iced capp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iced capps
Etymology: Clipping of iced cappuccino.
Senses: glosses: An iced coffee made by adding ice to a cappuccino.
glosses: Synonym of frappuccino: An iced coffee made by blending crushed ice with a cappuccino.
synonyms: word: frappuccino
extra: An iced coffee made by blending crushed ice with a cappuccino
Synonyms: sense: blender-made iced coffee
english: genericized trademark
translation: genericized trademark
word: frappuccino
Bennettsville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bennett + -s- + -ville.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana, United States. The name is probably a corruption of Benedict, after Benedict Nugent.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States. Named after Thomas Bennett Jr.
Related terms: Bennettville
production baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: production babies
Senses: glosses: A child born to anyone involved in the making of a film during its production.
production babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of production baby
annihilator method
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annihilator methods
Etymology: From its use of an annihilator (in this case a differential operator) to render the equation more tractable.
Senses: examples: text: Although the annihilator method is very efficient when applicable, it is limited to equations whose right members R have a constant-coefficient annihilator.
ref: 1969, Tom Apostol, Calculus, Volume 2: Multi-variable calculus and linear algebra with applications to differential equations and probability, page 166:
text: The annihilator method is just one convenient method to select the form of solution to try when applying the method of undetermined coefficients.
ref: 1997, Robert E. O'Malley, Jr, Thinking about Ordinary Differential Equations, Cambridge University Press, page 58:
text: Sometimes, instead of using the variation of parameters technique, it is easier to use the so-called annihilator method (also called the method of undetermined coefficients). We now discuss this annihilator method for solving equations of the form
(3.48) y#123;#92;Delta#92;Delta#125;#43;#92;alphay#92;Delta#43;#92;betay#61;f(t),
where #92;alpha and #92;beta are constants and f is a function that can be annihilated as defined below.
ref: 2001, Martin Bohner, Allan Peterson, Dynamic Equations on Time Scales: An Introduction with Applications, Springer, page 116:
text: Many ways exist to solve the particular solution. These include the method of undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters, annihilator methods, Laplace transform methods, and numerical methods.
ref: 2012, S. Graham Kelly, Mechanical Vibrations: Theory and Applications, Cengage Learning, page 206:
topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A procedure used to find a particular solution to certain types of inhomogeneous ordinary differential equations.
annihilator methods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annihilator method
dermatographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dermatograph
hants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hant
SIT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SITs
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of special information tone.
glosses: Initialism of Special Investigation Team.
glosses: Initialism of spontaneous ignition temperature.
glosses: Initialism of sterile insect technique
SITs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SIT
hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A combination of hemolytic anemia, uremia and thrombocytopenia
Synonyms: HUS
khuleef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khuleefs
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of caliph.
vuzeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vuzeers
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of vizier.
khuleefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khuleef
vuzeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vuzeer
wuzeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wuzeers
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of vizier.
wuzeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wuzeer
fluoromethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical CH₂F-
angioplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of an angioplasty
Related terms: angioplasticity
antiendothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + endothelial.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That reacts with endothelial cell antigens
approximally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From approximal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: adjacently
glosses: contiguously
Apas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Initao, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
arcopallial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arcopallium + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an arcopallium
aureolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An extracellular metalloprotease expressed by Staphylococcus aureus
Badjao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɐˈd͡ʒaʊ̯/
Forms: form: Badjaos
form: Bajao
Etymology: Spelled as such around the early 20th century to avoid confusion with Spanish J, which the modern Spanish pronunciation is /h/. The spelling of "Badjao" emerged to ensure English J is pronounced as /d͡ʒ/.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Bajau.
subtrie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtries
Etymology: From sub- + trie.
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A trie data structure making up part of a larger trie.
authofagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of autophagic.
subtries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtrie
benzaminidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of benzamidine.
bicinchroninic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bicinchoninic.
Swanville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Indiana, United States.
glosses: A town in Maine, United States.
glosses: A city in Minnesota, United States.
bioeconomical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + economical.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bioeconomic.
synonyms: word: bioeconomic
fruit crush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruit crushes
Senses: glosses: a drink made by crushing fruit
blasticidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blasticidin.
Krauthead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Krautheads
Senses: glosses: someone of German descent
Newberry County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Newberry.
Spartanburg County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Presumably named after the county seat which was founded the same year (1785).
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Spartanburg.
Spartanburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spartan + -burg, named after the Spartan Regiment, a local militia in the American Revolutionary War.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
wikipedia: American Revolutionary War
Derived terms: Spartanburg County
Saluda County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Saluda River.
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Saluda.
wikipedia: Saluda River
Saluda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A small city in Polk County and Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Saluda County, South Carolina, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place, the county seat of Middlesex County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: the Saluda River in South Carolina, a tributary of the Congaree River and the Santee River.
Derived terms: Saluda County
ditzel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ditzels
Senses: examples: text: We surveyed the members of the Society of Thoracic Radiology regarding their interpretation of and management decisions for very small (3-5 mm) pulmonary nodules—“ditzels”—noted on CT. […] Those radiologists located in an area considered endemic for granulomatous disease were more likely to consider an incidental ditzel benign and to recommend follow-up, whereas those in a nonendemic area were more likely to recommend biopsy.
ref: 2001 June 24, Reginald F. Munden, ““Ditzels” on Chest CT”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 176, number 6:
text: Many asymptomatic patients have CT scans for a variety of reasons and have these "ditzels" found. They are then referred for management.
ref: 2001, Edward M. Copeland, The Year Book of Surgery: 2001, page 408:
text: To make matters worse, each of these heroic poems ends with recommendations for further imaging to include ultrasound (US) of the pelvis, US of the kidneys, magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis, CT of the full chest, and repeat studies with additional contrast or thin-section evaluations of specific organs for the 'ditzels' described.
ref: 2013, Richard C. Semelka, Health Care Reform in Radiology, page 15:
topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
glosses: A small nodule found on the lung.
ditzels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ditzel
campylobacterioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campylobacteriosis
carboligase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboligases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyses a carboligation (decarboxylation and ligation) reaction
carboligases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carboligase
cardiovasculature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiovasculatures
Etymology: From cardio- + vasculature.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The elements of the cardiovascular system
cavitory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cavitary.
chaotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaotropes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chaotropic solute
chaotropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaotrope
chemopotentiating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + potentiating.
Senses: glosses: That enhances the potency of a drug or other chemical
good question
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Ellipsis of that's a good question.
Senses: glosses: An acknowledgement that a question is difficult to answer.
chronostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹɒnəˈsteɪsɪs/
ipa: /ˌkɹəʊ-/
ipa: /-ˈstæ-/
ipa: /ˌkɹɑnəˈsteɪsɪs/
ipa: /ˌkɹoʊ-/
rhymes: -eɪsɪs
Etymology: From chrono- (prefix meaning ‘time’) + -stasis (suffix meaning ‘slowing down, stopping’).
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A visual illusion in which a regular movement seems to pause the first time it is observed.
Related terms: chronology
chronostatic
dyschronometria
stopped clock illusion
a tad
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: To a small extent; in a small amount.
glosses: Slightly; rather.
Synonyms: a bit
a little
a little bit
a mite
a mite
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə ˈmaɪt/
ipa: [ə ˈmʌɪt]
rhymes: -aɪt
Etymology: From a + mite (“minute arachnid of the order Acarina; anything very small, a minute object, a very little quantity or particle”).
Senses: examples: text: "I hope Mary has been the best of girls?" / "The bestest little girl, Sir—a mite too lively, perhaps, especially when she hears you're coming to see her,[…].["]
ref: [1870], [Frederick William Robinson], “The Young Guardian”, in Owen:—A Waif (Select Library of Fiction), new edition, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book III (Battle-ground), page 117:
text: "Silas, now," Esther Whitley had said, "would be a good one for you, Hannah. He's a mite on the old side, but he's steady, an' he's been wed before. He knows the ways of a woman better'n some."
ref: 1956, Janice Holt Giles, chapter 8, in Hannah Fowler, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC; republished Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1992, →ISBN, page 69:
text: Those trousers are a mite too big, but you'll soon grow into them.
ref: 1959, Frances Cavanah, Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance, Chicago, Ill.: Rand McNally, →OCLC; Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance (ReadHowYouWant Classics Library), EasyRead large edition, U.S.A.: ReadHowYouWant, 2008, →ISBN, page 30:
text: Words, words, words, bemoans Hamlet, in conversation with the garrulous but inconsequential Polonius, whom he labels a "seller of fish". Given that the Prince of Denmark is himself legendary for vacillation and inaction, this always seemed a mite cheeky to me.
ref: 2018 November 29, Brian Taylor, “Brexit and sellers of fish”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2019:
text: The new show’s look is a mite slicker and the comic situations are set up and executed better, including Episode 1 in which Beavis and Butt-Head mistake an escape room’s bathroom for the place they need to escape.
ref: 2022 October 4, Jason Zinoman, “The ’90s Cartoon That Mattered? ‘Beavis and Butt-Head.’ (Fight Me.)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: In those circumstances, you’d have thought someone who had just blown $36bn of his company’s money in the pursuit of a personal obsession would have been a mite apologetic, wouldn’t you?
ref: 2023 May 13, John Naughton, “A moment’s silence, please, for the death of Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
synonyms: a bit
a little
a little bit
a tad
a smidgen
antonyms: a lot
glosses: To a small extent; in a small amount; rather.
Muscogee County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Muskogee people.
Senses: glosses: A county of Georgia, United States. County seat: Columbus. It is consolidated with Columbus.
Related terms: english: Oklahoma
translation: Oklahoma
word: Muskogee County
Luce County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Cyrus G. Luce.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Newberry. It is located on the Upper Peninsula.
wikipedia: Cyrus G. Luce
Muskogee County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Senses: glosses: One of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Muskogee.
wikipedia: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Related terms: word: Muscogee County
nonprofitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nonprofit + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of converting groups or organizations into nonprofits.
hart's tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hart's tongues
Etymology: From Middle English hartisstonge, hertestong, hertez tonge, hertis tonge, hertistonge, hertis tounge, hertt tong, hertys tonge, hertystungge.
Senses: glosses: The fern Asplenium scolopendrium.
Cheatham County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Edward Saunders Cheatham.
Senses: glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Ashland City.
wikipedia: Edward Saunders Cheatham
Ashland City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Cheatham County, Tennessee, United States.
Dickson County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after William Dickson.
Senses: glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Charlotte.
ticklebrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tickle + brain.
Senses: examples: text: Peace, good pintpot. Peace, good ticklebrain.
ref: a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 2, scene 4:
glosses: Alcoholic liquor.
tanglelegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangle-leg
Etymology: From tangle + legs.
Senses: examples: text: You remind me of a sailor I saw the other day. Jack was already "half seas over," when he went into Smith's and called for an ounce of old tangle-legs. Thinks I, what is that? So I kept my eye on the scales, but Smith understood him; so he gave him a glass, you see, and off he went. But, dear me, I guess it was tangle-legs! First he went this way; and then that, zigzag, like a Virginia fence, till his legs got into a complete tangle, and down he went.
ref: 1844, “The Monster of Many Names”, in Temperance Dialogues, New York: American Temperance Union:
text: Whiskee iz one ov the tonicks, i think, but i aint sure, i kno it iz one ov the tanglelegs, for I hav seen it tried often.
ref: 1879, Henry Wheeler Shaw, “March 1879”, in Josh Billings' Old Farmer's Allminax; republished in Josh Billings' Old Farmer's Allminax, 1870–1879, New York: G. W. Dillingham, 1902:
glosses: Alcoholic liquor.
kill-devil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kill + devil.
Senses: examples: text: The chief fuddling they make in the island is Rumbullion alias Kill-Divil, and this is made of sugar canes distilled, a hot hellish, and terrible liquor.
ref: 1651, [anonymous letter], quoted in The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, published 2015, Rum, page 582:
text: KILL DEVIL. New ſtill-burnt rum.
ref: 1788, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition:
text: Without half the indulgences British troops have, were these poor miserable wretches left to their fate, not an allowance of spirits to render their water palatable, except new rum, which is not improperly termed "kill devil."
ref: 1807, Henry Bolingbroke, chapter XIV, in A Voyage to the Demerary, page 291:
text: Monday 24, I went aboard the Fellowship of 170 tons, a Flemish bottom: several of my friends came to bid me farewell, among them the rest Capt. Thomas Wannerton, who drank to me a pint of kill-devil alias rhum at a draught; at 6 o'clock in the morning, we set sail for Massachusetts.
ref: 1831, William Willis, quoting Mr. Mitton, The History of Portland, volume 1, page 39:
text: Some nights Musa brought her small gifts of rich molasses smuggled from the boiling house, or a tot of kill-devil made from the skimmings of the sugar vats that transformed the crushed cane into a harsh, courage-giving liquid.
ref: 1998, Janet Mary Tomson, Eden:
glosses: Rum
ruchnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruchniks
form: ruchniki
Etymology: From Russian ручни́к (ručník) or Belarusian ручні́к (ručník).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rushnyk.
rushnyky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rushnyk
rushniki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rushnik
ruchniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruchnik
ruchniki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruchnik
purvues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purvue
turgencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turgency
lacrymator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacrymators
Senses: examples: text: Ethyl oxalyl chloride is a corrosive lacrymator and the reaction should be carried out in a well-ventilated hood.
ref: 1999, Stephen F. Martin, Organic Syntheses - Volume 76, →ISBN, page 142:
text: The method described here has the advantage that continuous titration of the reaction mixture containing the volatile lacrymator cyanogen bromide is not required (March et al., 1974).
ref: 2000, J.G. Beeley, Glycoprotein and Proteoglycan Techniques, →ISBN, page 337:
text: Microchemical testing may be obligatory in those instances where the evidence has no observable structure. Examples would include arson accelerants, bank robbery explosive dye packs, and lacrymators (tear gas).
ref: 2011, William Jerry Chisum, Brent E. Turvey, Crime Reconstruction, →ISBN, page 262:
text: This book is directed to chemical scientists, biologists, pharmacists as well as to interested laymen who wish to learn about e.g. the lacrymator in onions or the typical flavor compounds of beetroot.
ref: 2014, Burkhard Fugmann, Susanne Lang-Fugmann, Wolfgang Steglich, RÖMPP Encyclopedia Natural Products, 1st Edition, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of lachrymator.
lacrymators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacrymator
sequency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sequencies
Senses: examples: text: The execution of a sequence may involve some or all of the three stages; if only amplitude gain is to be corrected and not sequency and target specification, then correction can be rapid enough to change an arpeggio-like run in “mid flight.”
ref: 2014, R. A.M. Gregson, Time Series in Psychology, →ISBN:
text: From this, we see that frequency can be regarded as a special measure of sequency applicable to sinusoidal waveforms only.
ref: 2014 -, Anish Deb, Suchismita Ghosh, Power Electronic Systems, →ISBN, page 16:
text: Spatial domain processing methods include all three types, but frequency domain operations, by nature of the frequency (and sequency) transforms, are global operations.
ref: 2016, Scott E Umbaugh, Digital Image Processing and Analysis, →ISBN:
text: Walsh functions with different sequencies are orthogonal, and cal and sal functions of the same sequency are orthogonal but differ only by a time offset.
ref: 2017, A. Richard Thompson, James M. Moran, George W. Swenson Jr., Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, →ISBN, page 293:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Half the number of zero crossings in the time base of a Walsh function.
examples: text: If a metal causes cancer by direct “genetic mechanisms” involving mutations in the primary sequency of DNA, it must be able to distribute directly to the nucleus and remain there to make contact with DNA.
ref: 2008 -, Max Costa, Metal Carcinogenesis Testing: Principles and In Vitro Methods, page 59:
text: These conjectures appeared because they searched among the current existing mitochondrial DNA for common sequencies.
ref: 2013, Paulo Murilo C. de Oliveira, Dietrich Stauffer, Evolution, Money, War, and Computers, →ISBN:
text: Amino acid sequency of ẞ chain
ref: 2014, Eric D. Wills, Biochemical Basis of Medicine, →ISBN, page 515:
glosses: A pattern or order of sequential items in a series.
sequencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sequency
Tourane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Tourane, perhaps a corruption of Vietnamese Cửa Hàn, the old name for the city.
Senses: glosses: Đà Nẵng, a city in central Vietnam.
roleos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roleo
gerontes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From New Latin Gerontes, from Ancient Greek γέροντες (gérontes, literally “elders”).
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: magistrates in Sparta who, with the kings, constituted the Gerousia
tlatoanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tlatoani
Hạ Long
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ha Long
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Hạ Long.
Senses: glosses: A city in Vietnam.
Derived terms: Hạ Long Bay
no bueno
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊ ˈbwɛ.noʊ/
Etymology: Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from no + bueno; a calque of no good.
Senses: glosses: not good; no good; bad
Hạ Long Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hạ Long bay
form: Ha Long Bay
form: Halong Bay
Etymology: From Hạ Long + bay.
Senses: glosses: A bay in the Gulf of Tonkin, adjacent to the city of Hạ Long in Vietnam; now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination.
tenorinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenorino
panetelas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panetela
stanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stan
stanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stan
chrysolaminaran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chrysolaminarin.
codominantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From co- + dominantly.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: In a codominant manner
codominated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + dominated.
Senses: glosses: dominated equally by two or more things or people
coequilibration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From co- + equilibration.
Senses: glosses: A state of equilibration with something else
colcemide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of colcemid.
colchizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of colchicine.
collagenolytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of collagenolytic.
cpdna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cpdnas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cpDNA.