cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
railfare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railfares
Etymology: From rail + fare.
Senses: examples: text: Railfares will be 16s. return from London Bridge and Peckham Rye, 15s. 3d. from Tulse Hill and Streatham, 14s. 6d. from Wimbledon and Surbiton, and 8s. from Reading.
ref: 1960 May, “Society Column”, in Trains Illustrated, page vii:
glosses: Alternative form of rail fare.
railfares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of railfare
shieldwright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shieldwrights
Etymology: From Middle English *scheldwrighte, frim Old English sċieldwyrhta, equivalent to shield + wright.
Senses: glosses: One who makes or works with shields.
Related terms: shieldmaker
shieldsmith
nope rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nope ropes
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. Rope suggests the snake's shape and nope that it inspires fear or aversion, prompting someone to nope out.
Senses: examples: text: There are tons of danger noodles, nope ropes, and long bois throughout our streams, our forests, and our backyards;[…]
ref: 2019, David A. Steen, Secrets of Snakes: The Science beyond the Myths, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 4:
text: The next time you're startled by a nope rope in your yard, perhaps you can appreciate the remarkable way it moves without limbs or even the way its mouth quirks up in what could be called a smile with a certain stretch of the imagination.
ref: 2020, Erica Wright, Snake, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN:
synonyms: danger noodle
qualifier: kenning
glosses: A snake.
rail fare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rail fares
form: railfare
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The cost (to be) paid to travel by train; a train fare.
shieldwrights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shieldwright
shieldsmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shieldsmiths
Etymology: From shield + smith.
Senses: glosses: A maker or worker of shields.
Related terms: shieldmaker
shieldwright
shieldsmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shieldsmith
rail fares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rail fare
noeud vital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noeuds vitals
Etymology: From French nœud vital.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The junction between root and stem of a plant.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small part of the brainstem that controls breathing and especially the gasping reflex.
noeuds vitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noeud vital
Cottesmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9013).
Waltham on the Wolds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK8025).
MIST
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
coordinate_terms: MIKT
MINT
glosses: Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey.
MIKT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
coordinate_terms: MINT
MIST
glosses: Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, (South) Korea, Turkey.
N-11
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Next Eleven.
Next Eleven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Next Eleven
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
synonyms: N-11
glosses: Eleven countries – Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam – identified in 2005 as having high potential of joining the BRICS countries as some of the world's largest economies in the 21st century.
Spanishes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Spanish
Spanishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spanish
Thorpe Arnold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7720).
structurational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more structurational
form: most structurational
Etymology: From structuration + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to structuration.
structurationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: structurationists
Etymology: From structuration + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of the theory of structuration.
structurationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of structurationist
Syrian Arab Army
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Arabic الْجَيْش الْعَرَبِيّ السُّورِيّ (al-jayš al-ʕarabiyy as-sūriyy).
Senses: glosses: The army of Syria from 1963 to 2024.
Coordinate terms: english: current, from 2024 onwards
translation: current, from 2024 onwards
word: Syrian Armed Forces
Related terms: SAA
wokescolded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wokescold
wokescolding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wokescold
Scramble for Africa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Scramble for Africa
Senses: glosses: The proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territories during the New Imperialist period between 1881 and 1914.
Synonyms: rape of Africa
rape of Africa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Epithet for Scramble for Africa.
ghost brand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost brands
Senses: examples: text: It is true that few now smoke Capstan Full Strength untipped, perhaps the strongest cigarettes still marketed, and only available as a 'ghost brand' in a few specialist outlets.
ref: 2008, Peter Hitchens, The Abolition of Britain, page 250:
text: By the 1980s, Mallomars had lost its “leadership status” and was considered a “ghost brand” by Nabisco, yet the company has continued to make them. Today, 70 percent are sold in the metropolitan New York area; […]
ref: 2015, Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover's Companion to New York City:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: A brand that is no longer successful in the mainstream but still retains some popularity among earlier consumers.
ghost brands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost brand
ghost kitchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost kitchens
Etymology: ghost + kitchen. From being an ephemeral existence, which is not acknowledged by the branded name on the retail product, but working hidden in the background to produce the food products.
Senses: topics: business
cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of dark kitchen.
synonyms: word: dark kitchen
ghost kitchens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost kitchen
jux
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: juxes
form: juxing
form: juxed
form: juxed
Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole jooks (“a robbery”), from Fula jukka (“to poke”).
Senses: examples: text: Jux me, I'll have your mama picking out your casket, bastard.
ref: 2003, “What Up Gangsta”, in Curtis Jackson, Rob Tewlow (lyrics), Reef Tewlow (music), Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent, New York City: Shady Records:
text: 'And jux everybody in sight,' Iacone murmured.
ref: 2008, Richard Price, Lush Life, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
glosses: To rob or mug (someone).
jux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juxes
Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole jooks (“a robbery”), from Fula jukka (“to poke”).
Senses: examples: text: He called a meeting at The Lodge and informed everyone that there would be no more juxes for a while. They all had enough money to hold them down.
ref: 2010, Frank C. Matthews, Respect the Jux, New York, N.Y. […]: Pocket Books/Karen Hunter Publishing, published 2012, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: A robbery or mugging.
Scalford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + forde (“ford”). Doublet of Shalford and Shelford. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7624).
morning prayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When Kennedy was shown the brief at 'morning prayers' he ran his eye down it, tapping the points with his celebrated pencil […]
ref: 1998, Society for Army Historical Research (London, England), Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research (page 48)
text: Morning prayers was the traditional 0800 hours briefing of the CDS, the deputy minister, the vice-chief, deputy chief, and other senior generals as to the current military and other events around the world and in Canada.
ref: 2004, Richard Rohmer, Generally Speaking: The Memoirs of Major-General Richard Rohmer, page 410:
text: He expected the day's “Morning Prayers,” as these sessions were known at NDHQ, to be routine: a few words from the intelligence staff, brief reports on the status of deployed units and ships, summaries of the last day's activities from deployed units overseas, comments on major exercises, and the status of the one active search-and-rescue operation […]
ref: 2010, Douglas L. Bland, Uprising:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military briefing session held in the morning.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see morning, prayer.
mother bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mother bombs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A munition that scatters bomblets across a wide area.
mother bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mother bomb
perisexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + sexual.
Senses: examples: text: Ritual beatings were his first perisexual experiences, and they are vividly and enthusiastically remembered and described in his letters.
ref: 1965, Jeremy Mitchell, “Swinburne - The Disappointed Protagonist”, in Yale French Studies, volume 35, →JSTOR, pages 81–88:
text: Since he has just clarified the Edo tendency to distinguish between perisexual and sexual acts, convincingly showing that male-male sexual acts were not problematized before the Meiji period, his position on this issue is not particularly persuasive.
ref: 2000, Margaret H. Childs, “(Review of) Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600-1950 by Gregory M. Pflugfelder”, in Monumenta Nipponica, volume 55, number 3, →JSTOR, pages 443–445:
text: A number of sociocultural and peri-sexual behaviours and practices were thought to be important in determining the epidemiology of STI among the students.
ref: 2016, Whiti Cecilia, Knowledge, perception and status of sexual health among students at Morgenster Teachers’ College, Masvingo District, Zimbabwe (thesis)
glosses: Related to sex or sex-seeking, without being explicitly sexual.
Stainby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Norse personal name Stígandi, genitive case Stíganda + býr (“village, farm”).
Senses: glosses: A small village in Gunby and Stainby parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9122).
nope ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nope rope
neocorporatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + corporatism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of corporatism (“capitalist system in which corporations influence the government”).
synonyms: word: corporatism
extra: capitalist system in which corporations influence the government
neocorporatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neocorporatists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of neocorporatism.
neocorporatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neocorporatist
Gunby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gunbys
Etymology: From the Old Norse personal name Gunni + býr (“settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Bubwith parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7135).
glosses: A hamlet in Candlesby with Gunby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4766).
glosses: A hamlet in Gunby and Stainby parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9121).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old Norse.
New Look
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the New Look
Senses: glosses: The new national security policy of the United States during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, which aimed to balance Cold War military commitments with the nation's financial resources.
examples: text: Dufresne has also included sketches that changed the history of fashion, such as the fitted, hip-padded "Bar" jacket and full skirt from the famous 1947 "New Look."
ref: 2005 May 17, Suzy Menkes, “A time to explore the roots of Dior”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: An influential fashion collection launched by designer Christian Dior in 1947.
reurbanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reurbanizations
Etymology: From re- + urbanization.
Senses: glosses: The process of reurbanizing.
deurbanizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deurbanization
reurbanizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reurbanization
reurbanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reurbanizes
form: reurbanizing
form: reurbanized
form: reurbanized
Etymology: From re- + urbanize.
Senses: glosses: To urbanize again or anew.
Related terms: deurbanize
reurbanization
reurbanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reurbanize
reurbanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reurbanize
reurbanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reurbanize
unarchitectural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unarchitectural
form: most unarchitectural
Etymology: From un- + architectural.
Senses: glosses: Not architectural.
subarchitectural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + architectural.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a subarchitecture.
subarchitecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subarchitectures
Etymology: From sub- + architecture.
Senses: glosses: An architecture forming part of a larger architecture.
subarchitectures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subarchitecture
subarcsec
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of subarcsecond.
Gunby and Stainby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England, served by Colsterworth and District Parish Council.
Candlesby with Gunby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England.
Candlesby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Candlesby with Gunby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4567).
speedwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From speed + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: “I must have caught 45 or 50 touchdowns in that right corner,” he told The Baltimore Sun in 2009. “It was sloped some, a little downhill, which helped me speedwise. I wasn’t all that fast.”
ref: 2020 October 29, Richard Goldstein, “Jimmy Orr, a Favorite Target of the Colts’ Unitas, Dies at 85”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020:
glosses: In terms of speed.
Bubwith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7136).
goodthink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From good + think, coined by George Orwell in 1949 in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Senses: synonyms: correctthink
rightthink
glosses: An orthodox (politically correct) thought.
wikipedia: Nineteen Eighty-Four
cardiognosticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cardiognostic + -ism.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cardiognosticism.
glosses: Mystical knowledge of, or the ability to know, a person's heart (thoughts and feelings).
cardiognostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardiognosis + -ic or cardio- + gnostic.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cardiognostic.
glosses: Pertaining to or exhibiting the power of cardiognosticism, having knowledge of a person's heart (thoughts, feelings).
Derived terms: cardiognosticism
Related terms: cardiognosis
cardiognosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cardio- + gnosis.
Senses: glosses: Cardiognosticism.
Coalite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊlaɪt/
Etymology: Invented by Thomas Parker in 1904: coal + -ite
Senses: qualifier: trademark
glosses: a form of coke that is a smokeless fuel, used as an alternative to coal
barches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛs
Etymology: From Yiddish ברכות (brokhes, “blessings”).
Senses: glosses: challah
book-teachings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of book-teaching
Elkhart Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From elk + hart (“heart”) + lake. Calque of Potawatomi Me-shay-way-odeh-ni-bis (literally “Great Elk Heart Lake”), from being the shape of an elk's heart.
Senses: glosses: A lake in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A racetrack in Wisconsin, United States; Synonym of Road America.
Ch'town
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Charlottetown (“the capital city and county seat of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada”).
Lufeng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: lo͞oʹfǔngʹ
Forms: form: Lukfung
form: Lu-feng
Etymology: From Mandarin 陸豐／陆丰 (Lùfēng).
Senses: examples: text: Other speakers included (Chen Chun-keng), leaders of the Haifeng and Lufeng county CCP committees and representatives of the old revolutionary bases.
ref: 1978 November 24 [1978 November 23], “Kwangtung Holds Rally to Mark Anniversary of Soviet Regime”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 227, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Canton Kwangtung Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page H 2:
text: P’eng P’ai was able to return to Hai-feng county on the heels of the Eastern Expedition at the end of February 1925 and to revive his shattered movement there. Membership grew rapidly to a reported 70,000, with 12,000 in neighbouring Lu-feng county, but Ch’en Chiung-ming’s troops recovered these counties in the summer and again the movement was driven underground.
ref: [1983, C. Martin Wilbur, “The Nationalist Revolution: from Canton to Nanking, 1923–28”, in John K. Fairbank, editor, The Cambridge History of China, volume 12, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 543–544:
text: It was the third day of tensions in Lufeng. Hundreds of villagers attacked government buildings, according to a statement by the municipal government of Shanwei region, which includes Lufeng.
ref: 2011 September 23, James Pomfret, Sisi Tang, Chris Buckley, Sabrina Mao, Sui-Lee Wee, “Hundreds protest in south China over land grab”, in Brian Rhoads, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 May 2022, World News:
glosses: A county-level city of Shanwei, Guangdong, China.
Lufeng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: lo͞oʹfǔngʹ
Forms: form: Lu-feng
Etymology: From Mandarin 祿豐 /禄丰 (Lùfēng).
Senses: examples: text: Hsinhua said that the almost complete lower jawbone, two other fossilized jawbones and more than 40 fossilized teeth from ancient apes were found in coal seams in Lufeng county in the southwest province of Yunnan.
ref: 1977 April 18, “China Says Bone Find Is New Link to Man”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2024, page 18:
text: The Chuhsiung Autonomous Prefecture of Yi nationality [I-tsu] in Yunnan Province has made steady progress in developing industry since it was set up in 1958.[…]A farm tool workshop in Lufeng county is now able to turn out five-ton carts, cranes, sand sifters, water pipes, cement mixers and tractor parts. At the start it could only produce spades and sickles.
ref: 1978 June 23 [1978 May 13], “Yunnan Prefecture's, Industry”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 435, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →OCLC, pages 67–68:
glosses: A county-level city of Chuxiong, Yunnan, China, formerly a county.
come back to bite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes back to bite
form: coming back to bite
form: came back to bite
form: come back to bite
form: come back to haunt
Senses: synonyms: bite in the arse
bite in the ass
come back to bite in the ass
glosses: To cause problems for one at a later time.
Related terms: come back to haunt
come back with a vengeance
come home to roost
what goes around comes around
Caerleon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kɑːˈlɪən/
Etymology: Possibly from Welsh Caerllion, possibly from caer (fort) + legeion (legion)
Senses: glosses: A town and community in the city of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3390).
Uskmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌskməθ/
rhymes: -ʌskməθ
Etymology: From the River Usk + mouth.
Senses: glosses: An industrial location and coastal wetland in the city of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3383).
McKail
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McKails
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A suburb of Albany, Western Australia.
Crosland Moor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1215).
Thornton Heath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3268).
show the ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shows the ropes
form: showing the ropes
form: showed the ropes
form: shown the ropes
Etymology: See learn the ropes.
Senses: examples: text: When I got there, Bill showed me the ropes
text: Bill showed the ropes to the new guy.
text: Mr. Danzinger sent other roomers for Fonville to show the ropes.
ref: 2011, Cruise of the Pintail, page 123:
glosses: To teach the basics of a skill.
Related terms: learn the ropes
showed the ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of show the ropes
Low Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SJ9201).
glosses: A hamlet east of Stourport, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8473).
glosses: A hamlet east of Worcester, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9152).
odo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way”).
Senses: glosses: Relating to roads
glosses: Relating to roads
Relating to distances
Synonyms: sense: roads
word: hodo-
self-management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self + management.
Senses: examples: text: The self-management idea has many variants. All the workers may manage together directly, by means of an assembly, or indirectly by electing a supervisory board. They may manage in co-operation with a group of specialized managers or they may do without them.
ref: 1992, David Steele, From Marx to Mises: Post-Capitalist Society and the Challenge of Economic Calculation, Open Court, published 1992, page 323:
glosses: a form of management encompassing self-directed work processes by an organization's workforce with or without joint control by workers and management.
tasbih
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tasbihs
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تَسْبِيح (tasbīḥ).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A form of dhikr that involves the repetitive utterances of short sentences in glorification of Allah in Islam by saying "Subḥānallāh" (glorified is Allah).
quantum field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantum fields
Senses: examples: text: In Chaps. 3, 4, and 5, we saw that for each spin type, the Schrödinger picture wave equation for a state and the Heisenberg picture wave equation for the associated quantum field had the same form. In the former case, the wave equation solution was a state, i.e., a particle wave function. In the latter, the wave equation solution was a quantum field, i.e., an operator that created and destroyed states. For free scalars, this equation was the Klein-Gordon equation; for spinors, it was the (no interactions) Dirac equation; and for massless vectors (photons), it was Maxwell’s equation (sourceless, in terms of A#92;mu).
ref: 2013, Robert D. Klauber, Student Friendly Quantum Field Theory, 2nd edition, Fairfield, IA: Sandtrove Press, published 2018, →ISBN, →OCLC, §7.2.1, page 186:
text: The result is zero expectation value for φ, and this would be true for whatever state, including the vacuum, that we choose. This effectively means that we would measure nothing if we tried to measure the quantum field φ. The field itself is unmeasurable.
ref: ibid., §7.3.1, page 190
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A quantum operator-valued function of (any point in) space.
Synonyms: operator field
Derived terms: quantum field theory
UNTAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: [ju ɛn tɪ ɛj siː]
Etymology: Initialism from the first five letters of "United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia".
Senses: glosses: The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia, a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Cambodia from 1992 until 1993 formed following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords.
UNTAET
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: [ju ɛn ti ɛj ɪ ˈtiː]
Etymology: Initialism from the first five letters of "United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor".
Senses: glosses: The United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor, a United Nations peacekeeping operation in East Timor from 1999 until 2002 formed following the East Timor Special Autonomy Referendum.
quadranscentennial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒd.ɹən.sɛnˈtɛn.ɪ.əl/
ipa: /ˈkwɑd.ɹən.sɛnˈtɛn.i.əl/
Forms: form: quadranscentennials
Etymology: From Latin quadrans, from quadrans (“quarter”) + -ennium (compare annus (“year”)) + -ālis.
Senses: examples: text: It is a year since we marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, noting then that as we “embark upon the next quadranscentennial… we recognise that the 25 years ahead present a new order of challenges confronting sustainable development and sustainable tourism”.
ref: 2017 December 22, James Higham, “Transforming societies and transforming tourism: sustainable tourism in times of change”, in Journal of Sustainable Tourism, volume 26, number 1:
synonyms: word: silver jubilee
glosses: The twenty-fifth anniversary of an event or happening.
Related terms: sense: a fourth or a quarter
word: quadrans
quadranscentennial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒd.ɹən.sɛnˈtɛn.ɪ.əl/
ipa: /ˈkwɑd.ɹən.sɛnˈtɛn.i.əl/
Etymology: From Latin quadrans, from quadrans (“quarter”) + -ennium (compare annus (“year”)) + -ālis.
Senses: examples: text: So when I planned a Quadranscentennial Pnyx, the quadranscentennial gives away that I had otherwise learned my lesson not to undertake such ventures, because I would not be prepared to undertake another for 25 years, when I expect to still be teaching at the age of 91.
ref: 2014, Michael Gose, Common Sense: What It Means to Be a Teacher, page 166:
glosses: Occurring every twenty-five years.
glosses: Of or related to a twenty-five-year period.
slum gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slum guns
form: slum-gun
Etymology: From slum (“slumgullion”) + gun.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A field kitchen.
non-animate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /nɔnˈænɪmeɪ̯t/
Forms: form: more non-animate
form: most non-animate
Etymology: From non- + animate.
Senses: glosses: Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
glosses: Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
Synonyms: sense: unable to move
word: immobile
sense: unable to move
word: motionless
sense: not alive
word: inanimate
sense: not alive
word: lifeless
sense: not alive
word: insentient
sense: not alive
word: insensate
neck joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neck joints
Senses: examples: text: On the classical guitar, the heel supports the neck joint on the back side.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: stringed instruments
glosses: Τhe junction where the neck (fretted or unfretted) meets the body of a stringed instrument.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: One of the joints of the neck (it belongs to the vertebral column).
qualifier: human anatomy
glosses: One of the joints of the cervical vertebrae (“seven vertebrae of the neck”).
Synonyms: topics: music
entertainment
lifestyle
word: neck-body joint
Exminster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Ex (“the river Exe”) + mynster (“minster”), 'the minster by the river Exe'.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9487).
gee-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Very drunk.
change sides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: changes sides
form: changing sides
form: changed sides
form: changed sides
Senses: synonyms: switch sides
glosses: to change one's loyalty from one team or group to an opposing one
Related terms: choose sides
turn one's coat
turn tail
change sides, change signs
Petite-Forêt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French petite forêt (“little forest”)
Senses: glosses: A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Tidenham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5596).
ultrareactionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrareactionary
form: most ultrareactionary
form: ultra-reactionary
Etymology: From ultra- + reactionary.
Senses: examples: text: Although he was not a popular man, the Pan-Germans and ultrareactionary elements within the Nationalist Party looked to Hugenberg for leadership because he was an ideologue, a man dedicated to the principles of nationalism, agricultural self-sufficiency, and free enterprise industry.
ref: 1997, James Pool, Suzanne Pool, chapter 5, in Who Financed Hitler, U.S.A., →ISBN, page 217:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Very reactionary.
ultrareactionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrareactionaries
form: ultra-reactionary
Etymology: From ultra- + reactionary.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Somebody who is extremely reactionary.
ingle-nook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ingle-nooks
Senses: examples: text: The ingle-nook ſupplies the ſimmer-fields, / An' aft as mony gleefu' maments yields.
ref: 1799, Robert Fergusson, “An Eclogue. […]”, in The Poetical Works of R. Fergusson, Paisley, Renfrewshire: R. Smith, […], →OCLC, page 80:
text: Could we find a Hamilton to write a tale in Gaelic, for the ingle-nooks of our cottagers, we might expect a speedy reform. The Highlanders are fond of tales, and there does not seem to be a better method of pointing out to them the advantages of activity and cleanliness, than dispersing among them a few stories drawn up with ability.
ref: 1813, George Steuart Mackenzie, “Political Economy”, in General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Ross and Cromarty. […], London: […] Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, […], →OCLC, section 8 (Healthiness of the Country, Mode of Living, &c.), pages 326–327:
text: May the Forest still flourish, both Borough and Landward, / From the hall of the Peer to the herd's ingle-nook; / And huzza! my brave hearts, for Buccleuch and his standard, / For the King and the Country, the Clan and the Duke.
ref: 1815 December 1, [Walter Scott; James Hogg], “The Lifting of the Banner”, in The Ettricke Garland; being Two Excellent New Songs on the Lifting of the Banner of the House of Buccleuch, at the Great Foot-ball Match on Carterhaugh, Dec. 4, 1815, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co., →OCLC, page 5:
text: Seated in my barber's chair in the ingle-nook, with a book and a cup of coffee on the table in front of me, I would hear coming down the chimney, as though the village was situated on an island in the sky, a succession of slow, somnolent sounds: [...]
ref: 1957, Gerald Brenan, “The High Mountains and Guadix”, in South from Granada, 1st paperback edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, published 1980, →ISBN, page 153:
glosses: Alternative form of inglenook.
Rayners Lane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Harrow, Greater London, England, named after a local road and centred on the underground station with that name (OS grid ref TQ1287).
walljump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walljumps
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Alternative spelling of wall jump.
yoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Yoon.
South Kensington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2678).
glosses: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
yas queen
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From yas (“yes”) + queen (“an effeminate male homosexual”). Associated with drag queens in 1980s, mainstream online since 2010s.
Senses: glosses: An expression of approval, support, or encouragement.
Related terms: you go, girl
desertology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌdɛzə(ɹ)ˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
Senses: glosses: The study of deserts and related phenomena.
Synonyms: eremology
eremology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛɹəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
Etymology: From eremo- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of deserts and related phenomena; desertology.
Synonyms: desertology
battle-hardened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more battle-hardened
form: most battle-hardened
Senses: examples: text: Andy Lord has been at TfL for three years. He joined as managing director of London Underground in 2019, and subsequently became chief operating officer. But he was already battle-hardened by seven years as operations director for British Airways - the longest tenure of anyone in that similarly demanding role.
ref: 2022 December 28, Andy Lord tells Paul Clifton, “We are much stronger if we work together”, in RAIL, number 973, page 46:
text: After more than a year of war, Ukraine is battle hardened.
ref: 2023 April 3, Andrew E. Kramer, Mauricio Lima, “New Weapons Aren’t Enough: The Challenges of Ukraine’s Coming Assault”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience in battle; callous.
localizate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: localizates
form: localizating
form: localizated
form: localizated
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from localization (by surface analysis, localize + -ate (verb-forming suffix)).
Senses: examples: text: Enzyme conjugated 2nd antibodies have been used by several workers to localizate antibodies in tissue sections (1). I
ref: 1978, S. B. Pal, Enzyme Labelled Immunoassay of Hormones and Drugs: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Enzyme Labelled Immunassay of Hormones and Drugs, Ulm, West Germany, July 10 and 11, 1978:
text: These are necessary experiments for eventual realization of the goal of localizating the putative R-DNA and construction of pHr plant-cloning vectors.
ref: 1981, G. H. Bourne, Kenneth L. Giles, Alan G. Atherly, Biology of the Rhizobiaceae:
text: The results of numerical modeling show that even small localizated temperature influences give rise to essential changing of convective flows in the whole value and by that confirm the validation of HFRM application to the hydrothermal crystal ...
ref: 2003, S H Feng, J S Chen, Z Shi, Hydrothermal Reactions and Techniques, World Scientific, →ISBN, page 261:
text: This provides not only information on the discharge nature itself but can also be used to localizate the origin of PD defects (Rethmeier 2009). For more details in this respect, see Sect. 4.6. Another promising tool for the localization of potential ...
ref: 2014, Wolfgang Hauschild, Eberhard Lemke, High-Voltage Test and Measuring Techniques, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 200:
qualifier: chiefly non-native speakers' English
glosses: To locate (or localize).
localizates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of localizate
localizated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of localizate
localizating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of localizate
ear speaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear speakers
Etymology: From ear + speaker.
Senses: examples: text: My iPhone ear speaker isn't working!
glosses: A listening device placed or worn in the ear.
chitter-chatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chitter-chatters
Etymology: From a reduplication of chatter. Compare chit-chat from chat; pitter-patter from patter; etc.
Senses: glosses: Light and lively discussion.
glosses: Talk about trivial or nonsensical matters; inconsequential or incessant conversation.
glosses: The chattering of teeth due to trembling, shivering, etc.
chitter-chatter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chitter-chatters
form: chitter-chattering
form: chitter-chattered
form: chitter-chattered
Etymology: From a reduplication of chatter. Compare chit-chat from chat; pitter-patter from patter; etc.
Senses: glosses: To talk trivially, nonsensically, or incessantly.
mood stabiliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mood stabilisers
form: mood stabilizer
Senses: examples: text: Lithium has been used as a mood stabiliser for 50 years but its action mechanism is still unclear.
ref: 2008, Barbara Kozier, Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 191:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Drug that stabilises mood; used often in bipolar disorder.
guap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Hey now, say now, I'm all about my guap / AP, Richie, hmm, not on my watch
ref: 2025, Tyler, the Creator, “THAT GUY”:
glosses: Alternative spelling of gwop.
Granton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area and harbour in the City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2377).
glosses: A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A community in Lucan Biddulph township, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A village in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Mings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ming
Mings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
anti-masker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-maskers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antimasker.
Wessie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "Now my car has a big Huddersfield Town sticker on the back which drew a couple of very sarky comments whilst picking my wife up from Tesco, the worst being 'f**k off back to Huddersfield you Wessie w****r, we don't want tourists here yet'."
ref: 2020 May 13, “Man called "Wessie w****r" for Huddersfield Town badge as tensions over tourism run high”, in Yorkshire Live:
glosses: A person from the West Riding of Yorkshire, or the inland part of Yorkshire in general.
spinning rust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the mechanical motion and the use of metal oxides.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: hard disks
trade line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trade lines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tradeline.
NRT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NRTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of nicotine replacement therapy.
glosses: Initialism of neuroreflexotherapy.
NRTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NRT
Wish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: There was Evans, and that marvel among actors, Wish, who is also a modest man. We had all come down to the Mermaid Club that Saturday morning, except Clayton, who had slept there overnight […]
ref: 1902, H. G. Wells, The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost:
glosses: A surname.
unflabbergasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unflabbergasted
form: most unflabbergasted
Etymology: From un- + flabbergasted.
Senses: glosses: Not flabbergasted.
unalibied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + alibied.
Senses: glosses: Lacking an alibi.
for sour apples
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: She can't act for sour apples.
glosses: Synonym of for toffee (“at all, especially of a skill or ability”).
synonyms: word: for toffee
extra: at all, especially of a skill or ability
quit buddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quit buddies
Senses: glosses: A friend who supports a person who is recovering from addiction and tries to prevent them relapsing.
quit buddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quit buddy
coin ladder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coin ladders
Senses: glosses: A device used in a magic trick, producing a shower of coins which the magician has apparently plucked out of the air.
coin ladders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coin ladder
biophilately
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + philately.
Senses: examples: text: A recent addition to the list of Life Members of the Wilson Ornithological Society is Dr. John T. Emlen, Professor of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin. […] He has three sons, all of whom are students of biology, and besides his professional work finds time to devote to conservation matters, as well as photography and biophilately.
ref: 1966 March, “New Life Member”, in The Wilson Bulletin, volume 78, number 1, page 120:
text: For instance, Philately is the most popular hobby of the world. Hence, introducing biophilately in the agenda of the concerned NGO will enhance its success in its aims. Spotting animals, birds, plants, insects, etc. on stamps may provide interested people with an efficient media of education […]
ref: 1990, Desh Bandhu, Harjit Singh, A. K. Maitra, editors, Environmental Education and Sustainable Development, New Delhi: Indian Environmental Society, page 486:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: The collection or study of postage stamps and other philatelic material thematically related to biology (animals, plants etc.).
well-placed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: better-placed
form: more well-placed
form: best-placed
form: most well-placed
form: well placed
Senses: glosses: Cleverly or judiciously positioned.
examples: text: "The Government is moving away from the idea of a new arm's length body to oversee the railway. It needs a much quicker solution that would involve giving Network Rail whole-industry planning and other extra responsibilities," a well-placed source told RAIL.
ref: 2020 July 29, Paul Clifton, “Network Rail lined up to 'take control' of rail services”, in Rail, page 6:
glosses: Having an advantageous position.
air commode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air commodes
Senses: examples: text: The Air Commode (as we christened him) wanted someone to go to Achill with him[…]
ref: 2000, John Townend, Broad Oceans and Narrow Seas, page 132:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: air commodore
thirst-buster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thirst-busters
Etymology: From thirst + buster.
Senses: examples: text: “We have these big old thirst-busters that cost 60 cents, and three people can share it,” he added, using a popular term for soda.
ref: 2020 August 3, Amelia Nierenberg, “For the Navajo Nation, a Fight for Better Food Gains New Urgency”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A carbonated beverage.
Synonyms: sense: carbonated beverage
word: soda
sense: carbonated beverage
word: pop
sense: carbonated beverage
word: soda pop
AC Plonk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AC Plonks
Senses: examples: text: He had recently been on leave, wearing the uniform of an AC Plonk (newly joined airman) […]
ref: 2002, V. G. Renouf, Forfeit to War, page 207:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: aircraftman second class in the RAF
DDC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Dewey Decimal Classification.
DDC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of ddC, abbreviation of dideoxycytidine.
Lefschetz fixed-point theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Lefschetz fixed-point theorem
Etymology: Named after Solomon Lefschetz, who first stated it in 1926.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A formula that counts the fixed points of a continuous mapping from a compact topological space X to itself by means of traces of the induced mappings on the homology groups of X.
rocker panel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocker panels
Senses: glosses: The part of the side of a car below the doors.
Synonyms: rocker
sill
polysleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysleeves
Etymology: From poly- + sleeve (“protective jacket or case”).
Senses: examples: text: It takes two $1.00 CDs and about 30-45 minutes for me to burn a couple of discs in the background while I am doing other things. Postage for 2 CDs in a .15 cent polysleeve is not even a dollar.
ref: 2001 May 17, Michael Sheehan, “Re: U2 BOOTLEGS! LOTS OF ELEVATION SHOWS!!”, in alt.music.u2 (Usenet):
glosses: A clear plastic sleeve, usually closed on two or three sides, often used to contain CDs, trading cards, first day covers and other collectables.
LSASE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LSASEs
Senses: hypernyms: SASE
glosses: Initialism of long self-addressed stamped envelope.
Vannic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Van + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Urartian.
synonyms: word: Urartian
unkenning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unkenning
form: most unkenning
Etymology: From un- + kenning, present participle of ken (“to know, perceive”).
Senses: glosses: Unknowing, unaware, ignorant.
unkenning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + kenning, present participle of ken (“to know, perceive”).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unken
maximum card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maximum cards
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
synonyms: word: maxicard
glosses: A postcard with the stamp placed on the picture side of the card where the stamp and card match or are in concordance.
wikipedia: Nikolai Gogol
Related terms: maximaphily
maxicard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maxicards
form: maxi card
form: maxi-card
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Clipping of maximum card.
maxi card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maxi cards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of maxicard.
maxi-card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maxi-cards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of maxicard.