cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bewaistcoated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- + waistcoat + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The court itself, with its broad pavement and two lines of large houses, is not without a certain dignity. A very small amount of imagination could easily fill it with grave, bewigged and bewaistcoated merchants; ladies with powdered heads, patches and flowered damask gowns; sedan-chairs, link-boys, and all that goes with the date on the oblong tablet, set in relief on a square stone on one of the walls, where one may read, in characters such as one sees in a Tonson edition of The Spectator—[…]
ref: 1882, Lizzie Alldridge, ““Oh past that is!””, in The Tower Gardens, volume I, London: F. V. White & Co., […], page 67:
text: No longer are visions of brisk streetcar executives conjured up, but the bewhiskered, bewaistcoated Councillor, full of proper civic pride at the ordered tidiness of his Corporation Tramways with their scroll-festooned standards, ruby half lights, polished mahogany and very substantial depot architecture.
ref: 1938, The Modern Tramway: The Official Organ of the Light Railway Transport League, page 217, column 1:
text: To my left, a voice was rumbling querulously, emanating from a grizzled and bewaistcoated, badger-like figure.
ref: 2001, Michael Fishwick, Smashing People, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: Synonym of waistcoated.
synonyms: word: waistcoated
becoated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- + coat + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Just as the trio had sunk into their first forgetfulness, they were awakened by the sudden stoppage of the vehicle, a light at the door of an inn, and a party of rough discordant voices, bidding, however, a cordial farewell to a large, becoated, and ominous-looking stranger, who, in a broad Yorkshire dialect, wished his companions ‘a good noight,’ reminding them that he had paid his share of the reckoning.
ref: 1839 October 20, “Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, […]”, in The Charter, number 39, London, section “A Stage Coach Adventure”, page 618, column 2:
text: Brothers mine, leave that sort of thing to the scented and vacuous dandies—the becoated and becollared tailors’ blocks who frequent such scenes, and whose loftiest ambition is to ogle the girls and obtain the reputation of a lady-killer.
ref: 1865 April 10, “Correspondence”, in The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent, volume XLVI, number 3276, page 2, column 7:
text: The very cartoons of the popular press preach us sermons on usage. One in The New Yorker (22 Mar. 1982, p. 161) shows a becoated woman with arms akimbo and luggage packed addressing her husband, who is watching television with his feet on a footstool and his hand around a beer can: “You could care less? Don’t you mean you couldn’t care less? That kind of crummy English is why I’m leaving.”
ref: 1985, The English Language Today, Pergamon Press, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: Synonym of coated (“wearing a coat”).
synonyms: word: coated
extra: wearing a coat
begoateed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: be-goateed
Etymology: From be- + goatee + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: It is a graceful sight to watch, after the begoateed, behelmeted hero has walked out, followed by the chorus of warriors who shout “Revenge! Revenge!” without knowing what it’s all about, and for the modest compensation of a few pesos.
ref: 1932, Maurice Dumesnil, An Amazing Journey: Isadora Duncan in South America, Ives Washburn, Inc., page 137:
text: As in past performances given by him [Mitch Miller] in the Klein, the long-haired, bemustached and begoateed gentleman of 35, was enthusiastically applauded and was called back four times to acknowledge warm reception.
ref: 1947 November 28, Tere Pascone, “Connecticut Symphony Concert Features Mendelssohn Tribute”, in The Bridgeport Telegram, volume LVI, number 279, Bridgeport, Conn., section “Given Warm Reception”, page fourteen, column 8:
text: “We are all media now,” beamed Robert Phillips, CEO of Edelman, in whose swanky offices we were sitting, and whose posh canapés we had just bolted down. Indeed we are. Every half-wit in their bedroom. Every begoateed young wannabe gunslinger blogging away in Starbucks. Every nutter vomiting out vitriol, every parasite cutting and pasting and posting, every website “aggregating” the content paid for by someone else.
ref: 2009 May 21, Christina Patterson, “If you’re reading it, you should be paying for it”, in The Independent, number 7,052, London, page 33, column 1:
glosses: Synonym of goateed.
synonyms: word: goateed
be-goateed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Recently a be-goateed demonstrator was arrested while attempting to get into the White House grounds.
ref: 1932 December 1, “Man with Goatee Taken for a Red”, in The Evening Journal, number 143, Wilmington, Del., page eight, column 5:
text: One afternoon while wandering around the outskirts of the town, he spied a be-goateed rural citizen sitting on his front porch with his feet propped on the bannisters and apparently in no pain at all.
ref: 1948 September 29, Henry Vance, “The Coal Bin: Off To Graze On The Commons”, in The Birmingham News, number 171, Birmingham, Ala., page fifteen, column 2:
text: The Flames need McCarty to nurture Brandon Prust — from be-goateed right-winger to be-goateed left-winger.
ref: 2006 November 7, Scott Cruickshank, “Professor McCarty tutors promising pupil: Veteran shows Prust how to play hard-nosed game”, in Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alta., page F3, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of begoateed.
betuxed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: be-tuxed
Etymology: From be- + tux + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Poor Ruby Robert, freckles and all, will pull a few sour strings on his harp in St. Peter’s orchestra the night that Philadelphia Jack, stacombed and betuxed, eases onto that New York stage to play classical music on a violin.
ref: 1931 December 30, “Jack O’Brien, Before, Since Culture Attack”, in Akron Beacon Journal, number 21, Akron, Oh., page nineteen, column 7:
text: If the Javits party suggests an anti-Woodstock for the betuxed, bejewelled and middle-aged, Leber termed it “the greatest party in the world,” adding that “we want 25,000 people to walk out the next morning and say they’ve had the greatest New Year’s Eve of their life.”
ref: 1999 May 2, Glenn Collins, “Big plans, cost for 2000 blast”, in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., page A7, column 2:
text: A week ago, Julianne Moore could be seen at the Golden Globes hobbing and nobbing with her begowned, betuxed colleagues at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, waiting for the list of nominees in the lead actress, drama category to be read.
ref: 2015 January 18, Steven Rea, “Julianne Moore: Fifth time a charm?”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa., page H6, column 1:
glosses: Synonym of tuxedoed.
synonyms: word: tuxedoed
be-tuxed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: But before the mob could spring into action, the be-tuxed youth, at once aware of his danger, took flight.
ref: 1922 October 27, The Buffalo Times, Buffalo, N.Y., page 22, column 5:
text: He had reached the center of the impressive lobby—“the place where your real dignity shows,” as he puts it—when he felt a violent clump on the back, heard a voice say: “Why, hello, Joey.” The words were not spoken by Mr. Asterbilt or any of the few be-jewelled and be-tuxed guests passing through the lobby at the late hour; they came from a bell boy.
ref: 1945 March 21, “Going Places”, in Miami Daily News, volume L, number 96, Miami, Fla., page 6-A, column 2:
text: Even so, it was easy to feel underdressed as we ambled to L’Orientale dining car through rows of be-gowned and be-tuxed swells.
ref: 2017 January 15, Dan Wascoe, “Crossing Europe on a legendary luxury train”, in Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn., section “Tuxedos at dinner”, page G4, column 5:
glosses: Alternative form of betuxed.
bemoustached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: be-moustached
form: be-mustached
form: bemustached
Etymology: From be- + moustache + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: On entering a modern drug store you walk boldly up to the bemoustached and bejewelled clerk, and, if you know your business, and it is a temperaance^([sic]) town, you wink at the fellow and say something about malaria.
ref: 1882 November 4, E. S. Baldwin, quotee, “Miscellanous^([sic]) Matters”, in R[ockwell] J. Flint, E[dwin] H. Weber, editors, The Dunn County News, volume XXIII, number 32, Menomonie, Wis., page [7], column 2:
text: Van Santen is a bemoustached, and, at times, self-effacing candidate, who articulates forceful positions, and then smiles as if amazed that he could say such a thing.
ref: 1972 October 30, “Four new members a certainty for city council”, in Capital Journal, number 259, Salem, Ore., section 2, ward 6 (R. T. Van Santen: Complaints enough, he says), page 18:
text: What would my life become if I stopped right now, in mid-shave, and walked off into the world bemoustached?
ref: 2009 January 19, Jonathan Goldstein, “Can no moustache make the man?”, in National Post, volume 11, number 69, Toronto, Ont., page AL1, column 4:
glosses: Synonym of moustached.
synonyms: word: moustached
be-moustached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: General Cass and Judge Douglas have assured me that they will not abandon the great principle of non-interference; and as for the diplomatic corps, they have promised, like men, (be-whiskered and be-moustached as they are,) to observe the strictest neutrality.
ref: 1854 May 25, “Miss Kimberly’s Farewell”, in Daily Evening Star, volume III, number 439, Washington, D.C., page [1], column 7:
text: His [Dave Madden’s] ascerbic^([sic]) wit goes far beyond the joviality of the average actor lightly discussing his TV series. It goes so far, in fact, it comes as no surprise that the blonde, be-moustached Madden began his career as a stand-up comic and still supplements his income today with appearances in clubs across the country.
ref: 1973 December 7, Penny P. Anderson, “Madden tires of playing the dolt”, in The Star-Phœnix, number 44, Saskatoon, Sask., page 9:
text: A new daily comic strip, “D.C.’s Washington,” starts Monday in the Chronicle. It features the pithy, vinegary comments of Senator D.C., a be-spectacled, be-moustached little man who is a keen observer of the contemporary scene in the nation’s capital.
ref: 1975 October 17, “Chronicle Will Offer “D.C.’s Washington””, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, number 20, Spokane, Wash., page 1, columns 6–7:
glosses: Alternative form of bemoustached.
be-mustached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: miss edith n. allen read the humorous essay of the evening, entitled “The Modern Aeneas.” She described the Aeneas of the books, his wanderings, his character, and his grand opinion of himself, and likened him to a be-gloved, be-caned, be-mustached young exquisite who leaves his home in the east to come west and grasp the fortune that he knew is waiting here ready for his hands to seize upon.
ref: 1878 June 26, “Our Schools. […]”, in The Sioux City Daily Journal, Sioux City, Iowa, page [3], column 4:
text: The be-mustached guy thrives on work and it was better for him to have that one-inning tune-up rather than be idled both Wednesday and Thursday.
ref: 1977 October 14, Charles Karmosky, “Sportscope”, in Daily Press, number 286, Newport News, Va., section “Tune-Up Under Fire Is Sensible”, page 31, column 2:
text: On a recent Saturday afternoon, be-mustached basketball fans parsed through the Eastern Conference finals, while the Enabler ate cheese fries and debated the moral responsibilities of interventionist foreign policy with a neighbor.
ref: 2008 June 5, “The Enabler”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., column 5:
glosses: Alternative form of bemoustached.
bemustached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Complaints were made against the bemustached conductors.
ref: 1892 May 13, “Sweet Apollos. Conductors on the Electric Line Fond of Sparks. […]”, in The Los Angeles Evening Express, Los Angeles, Calif., page 1, column 2:
text: As in past performances given by him [Mitch Miller] in the Klein, the long-haired, bemustached and begoateed gentleman of 35, was enthusiastically applauded and was called back four times to acknowledge warm reception.
ref: 1947 November 28, Tere Pascone, “Connecticut Symphony Concert Features Mendelssohn Tribute”, in The Bridgeport Telegram, volume LVI, number 279, Bridgeport, Conn., section “Given Warm Reception”, page fourteen, column 8:
text: It’s hard to go wrong with the ravishing Norma Bengell, a leading star in Italian and Brazilian cinema throughout the past four decades (known to fans of classic Italian horror from Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires), as Nino’s supportive wife, Marta, who brings her own kind of intuition into the family, granting his bemustached sister some confidence (with the help of beauty technology) and, like her husband, establishing an adaptive approach to life that incorporates the industrialized North and the tribal South.
ref: 2007 March 15, Jason Shawhan, “Mafioso: It’s all in the family”, in The Tennessean, volume 103, number 74, Nashville, Tenn., page 53:
glosses: Alternative form of bemoustached.
North Col
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The way to reach the summit was therefore now getting very much clearer. The North-East Ridge could be reached by the edge of the North Face from the North Col. From the North Col to the summit the way was clear.
ref: 1926, Francis Younghusband, The Epic of Mount Everest, London: Edward Arnold & Co., →OCLC, →OL, page 65:
text: Once I'd established a balance and rhythm to skiing and breathing, I switched off the headlamp. Suddenly my world expanded from a small swath of lit snow to the immense darkness of the place. The tongue of the glacier I was climbing led up toward the North Col, 3,000 feet above me. To my right the great wall of the North Face rose 9,000 feet. On the left, Changtse loomed 5,000 feet high.
ref: 1988 April 17, Liz Nichol, “EVEREST IS CHALLENGING_WITHIN LIMITS”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2023:
text: With the help of yaks, the team set up an advanced base camp at twenty-one thousand feet, below the North Col, a saddle between Everest and Changtse, its satellite peak to the north.
ref: 1998, Jim Wickwire, Dorothy Bullitt, Addicted to Danger: A Memoir, Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 193:
text: During the course of the reconnaissance, the East Rongbuk Glacier and the North Col were discovered, which seemed to offer a promising route to Everest’s North East Ridge and thence the summit itself.
ref: 2003, Jon E. Lewis, editor, The Mammoth Book of How it Happened Everest, London: Constable & Robinson, →ISBN, →OCLC, page xxx:
text: Norton knew the cruel face of the mountain. From the North Col, the route to the summit follows the North Ridge, which rises dramatically in several thousand feet to fuse with the Northeast Ridge, which, in turn, leads to the peak.
ref: 2011, Wade Davis, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest, The Bodley Head, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page xiii:
glosses: a col north of Mount Everest.
Related terms: South Col
vattoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /væˈtuː/
ipa: /vəˈtuː/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: vattoos
Etymology: Blend of vagina + tattoo.
Senses: examples: text: Like the vajazzle, the vattoo isn't permanent and can last on the vulva for seven days if the vattoo-ed "avoids friction" (the spa's representatives explain that might take some creativity).
ref: 2010 August 23, Claire Lawton, “Vatooing: A New Kind of Painted Box”, in Phoenix New Times, archived from the original on 16 May 2022:
text: On the heels of the vagazzling trend, spas have come up with another way to doll up your lady parts. Temporary vagina tattoos -- a.k.a. "vattoos," are generally done post-Brazilian wax (you need a "clean canvas" for the artist). They're applied a few inches above your actual girlie bits, and the airbrush-and-stencil "vat" washes away after a week.
ref: 2010 September 9, Jenny Everett, “Forget Vagazzling: Here Comes the Vattoo!”, in Self.com, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2023:
text: If you’ve got more Morticia than Marilyn vibes down there, consider a “vattoo,” also known as temporary tattoos for your vagina. Vattooing is done by applying an airbrush tattoo to the area after a Brazilian Bikini Wax. Like a proper vajazzling, a vattoo can also last up to five days.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Monica Haim, “Vajazzling: Vagina Bling, In?”, in Mamiverse.com, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2021:
glosses: A tattoo or temporary tattoo on a woman's vulva or pubic area.
vajacial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈd͡ʒeɪ.ʃəl/
rhymes: -eɪʃəl
Forms: form: vajacials
form: vagacial
form: vajaycial
Etymology: Blend of vagina + facial.
Senses: glosses: A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the vulva and bikini area.
vajacials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vajacial
vagacial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vagacials
Etymology: Blend of vagina + facial.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vajacial.
vagacials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vagacial
vajaycial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vajaycials
Etymology: Blend of vajayjay + facial.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vajacial.
vajaycials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vajaycial
drungry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹʌŋɡɹi/
ipa: [ˈdɹʌŋɡɹi]
ipa: [d͡ʒɹʌŋɡɹi]
rhymes: -ʌŋɡɹi
Forms: form: more drungry
form: most drungry
Etymology: Blend of drunk + hungry.
Senses: examples: text: When one of your friends achieves Drungry—the perfect balance of drunk and hungry—and orders two chili-cheese omelets, it's time to wobble out to the parking lot and clear the drop zone.
ref: 2010, Mark Decarlo, Fork on the Road: 400 Cities/One Stomach, page 229:
glosses: Drunk and hungry, especially when the hunger is induced by the drunkenness.
Related terms: drunger
mismeet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mismeets
form: mismeeting
form: mismet
form: mismet
Etymology: From mis- + meet.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps more than any other it illustrates both the meeting and the mismeeting of religion and psychology.
ref: 1992, Maurice Friedman, Religion and Psychology: A Dialogical Approach, page 45:
text: The noble task of the teacher is to be attentive to his students, in order not to 'mismeet' the graced occasions of dialogue, as already noted.
ref: 1993, Kalman Yaron, “Martin Buber”, in Prospects, volume 23, page 138:
text: Have you ever tried to talk with a stranger — on a blind date or one-on-one with a business associate — but could not find the words? We mismeet in relatively superficial and trivial conditions as well as in crucial ones. When we mismeet, I can run only one side—my side—of the dialogue.
ref: 2003, Dennis Sidney Ross, God in Our Relationships, page 73:
text: There is scattered discussion of how society values different species of animals differently—specifically, companion animals, wild animals, and food animals. This classification is nearly identical to the one Zygmunt Bauman uses in his examination of how we treat nonpersons in our society: how pets are met and included in our society; how wild animals are unmet, recognized as animals but outside our society; and how food animals are mismet and evicted from society.
ref: 2010, Terry Whiting, “Review: Considering Animals in Emergency Response”, in Society & Animals, volume 18, number 3, page 329:
text: Crash is an ensemble film “varying in scope from an ensemble of characters who may meet or 'mismeet' in the same city or suburb” (Sim 2012, pp. 113).
ref: 2014 August 29, S Holmes, “Crash: The Ensemble Film that Crosses cultural Borders”, in The Darling Diaries:
glosses: To come together but fail to properly communicate or connect in positive ways.
examples: text: In such pathological relatedness, the child's archaic security needs (which are developmentally immature and of a grandiose and idealizing nature) either go unmet or are mismet.
ref: 1994, John Fiscalini, “Narcissism and coparticipant inquiry: Explorations in contemporary interpersonal psychoanalysis”, in Contemporary Psychoanalysis, volume 30, number 4:
text: These may be typiﬁed by situations in which the affect, plan, expectancy, need state, communication, or other function of the baby is unmet or mismet by the parent or caregiver.
ref: 2014, Gerald Stechler, “Infancy research: A contribution to self psychology”, in Joseph D. Lichtenberg, Samuel Kaplan, editors, Reflections on Self Psychology, page 47:
glosses: To fail to properly satisfy or comply with.
mismeets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mismeet
mismet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mismeet
mismemorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mismemorizes
form: mismemorizing
form: mismemorized
form: mismemorized
Etymology: From mis- + memorize.
Senses: examples: text: For example, if a bird mismemorizes the tutor song, and produces a perfect copy of its inaccurate template, then BOS itself could be a closer approximation of the template than tutor song.
ref: 1999, Michele M. Solis, Influences of Song Experience on the Development of Selectivity in the Zebra Finch Forebrain, page 40:
text: The student might have mismemorized the steps of the algorithm.
ref: 2013, Douglas K. Brumbaugh, Teaching Middle School Mathematics, page 306:
text: If one were to mismemorize the text, at most, they would be laughed at by others.
ref: 2019, Qiu Hu, Feng Shui Master in Metropolis: Volume 5:
glosses: To memorize inaccurately.
mismemorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mismemorize
mismemorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mismemorize
mismemorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mismemorize
mismend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mismends
form: mismending
form: mismended
form: mismended
Etymology: From mis- + mend.
Senses: examples: text: A flash of something like a look of scorn darted from under the brows of the cynical Grindlines, his very nose curled with angry disapprobation, as he threw down a pen which he had been mending or mismending, and muttered — A - M - P - L - I - T - I - C - A - T - I - O - N !!
ref: 1856, William Arundell Harris, The Pilgrim Minstrel, and Wreck of the John, Emigrant Ship, on the Manacle Rocks, May 2nd, 1855, page x:
text: He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets.
ref: 1971, Nancy Anne Dyer, Tokugawa to Meiji Japan: a Resource Guide for Teachers, page 140:
text: They walked with an ease that bespoke strength, bespoke limbs that had never been cracked and mismended, never felt the ravages of age.
ref: 2010, Clive Barker, Galilee, page 80:
glosses: To mend improperly; to attempt to fix without success.
mismends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mismend
mismending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mismend
mismended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mismend
bumelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumelias
Senses: examples: text: This species and the bumelias are the only thorny plants with milky sap. Small specimens differ from bumelias in having false end buds and in leaf shape.
ref: 1972, George A. Petrides, A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs, page 192:
text: The bumelias are shrubs or small trees with alternate, simple, evergreen or deciduous leaves; with the leaves commonly in clusters on short lateral spurs.
ref: 1983, The Illustrated Book of Trees, page 387:
text: Bumelia supplies some cover value to wildlife, since its limb configuration is suitable for songbird nest placement; its occasional thorns may offer some protection from predators.
ref: 2010, Sally S. Weeks, Harmon P. Weeks (Jr.), George R. Parker, Native Trees of the Midwest, page 108:
glosses: Any shrub or tree of genus Sideroxylon (formerly Bumelia).
Derived terms: bumelia borer
Ledecky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ledeckys
form: Ledecka
form: Ledeck
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Ledecký.
Senses: glosses: A surname from the Slavic languages.
pack of cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packs of cards
Senses: examples: text: He then opened a drawer in the table, and took from it a pack of cards. "I can't play by myself," exclaimed he, discontentedly. Suddenly his face brightened, he drew his seat forwards, and began building houses.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 236:
glosses: A set of usually 52 playing cards divided into four suits used for playing a wide variety of card games such as pontoon, bridge, euchre, and poker.
Synonyms: deck of cards
deck of cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decks of cards
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pack of cards.
synonyms: word: pack of cards
topics: bingo
games
glosses: fifty-two
Horspath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, east of the city of Oxford (OS grid ref SP5704).
antisedan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The antisedative drug atipamezole
backtransform
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backtransforms
form: backtransforming
form: backtransformed
form: backtransformed
Etymology: From back- + transform.
Senses: glosses: To reverse a previous transformation
Related terms: backtransformation
entolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: anterolateral
gellification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gellifications
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jellification.
intermeasurer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + measurer.
Senses: glosses: Between measurers
paracoccidioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides
rotaevaporator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotaevaporators
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rotoevaporator.
subintimally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subintimal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subintimal manner
televisit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: televisits
Etymology: From tele- + visit.
Senses: glosses: A visit, typically to or by a doctor, by means of video technology
televisits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of televisit
transcollateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + collateral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Across the collateral arteries.
Lin-ts'ang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 臨滄 /临沧 (Líncāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Lin²-tsʻang¹.
Senses: examples: text: The Lin-ts’ang Theatrical Troupe of West Yunnan regularly give performances in the evenings and chop wood in the hills in the day.
ref: 1961, C. T. Hsia, A History of Modern Chinese Fiction, 2nd edition, Yale University Press, published 1971, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 340:
text: There are approximately 270,000 Lahu living in Yunnan (Beijing Review, 1980: 17), mostly near the Burmese border in the districts of Ssu-mao and Lin-ts'ang.
ref: 1983, Wanat Bhruksasri, Highlanders of Thailand, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 227:
glosses: Alternative form of Lincang.
online dating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OLD
Etymology: From online + dating.
Senses: examples: text: In the digital age, everything must at some point be reduced to this basic construct of choice: One or zero. Yes or no. On or off. Subscribers to online dating sites are forced to come up with a list of their desires. Red hair? Yes or no. Over 30 O.K.? Please check a box.
ref: 2010 February 11, Scott James, “In the Calculations of Online Dating, Love Can Be Cruel”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: Internet dating
cyberdating
hyperdating
e-dating
glosses: Dating over the Internet, typically using a website or app to find potential connections.
Derived terms: english: back-formation
translation: back-formation
word: online date
Related terms: word: online date
word: computer dating
word: video dating
word: speed dating
word: online banking
online dating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From online date + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of online date
Internet dating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of online dating.
synonyms: word: online dating
heavy date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heavy dates
Senses: glosses: A date the stakes of which are high; a date in which both people are very invested.
Great Musgrave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Musgrave parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7613).
Related terms: Little Musgrave
computer dating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dating facilitated by computer networking, the partners typically being matched up by computer.
Related terms: cyberdating
online dating
Ledeckys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ledecky
O'Dohertys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of O'Doherty
Quest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quests
Etymology: Borrowed from German Quest.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Redders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Redder
Quests
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Quest
Ghotki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Sindh, Pakistan.
glosses: A district of Sindh, Pakistan.
Mias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mia
Paises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pais
Orsburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orsburns
Etymology: Variant of Osborne.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Manciases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mancias
Orsburns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Orsburn
Mautz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mautzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mautz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Mautzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mautz
Lagares
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lagareses
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Lagares.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Kenneths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kenneth
Lagareses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lagares
Kyger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kygers
Etymology: Possibly an Americanized variant of German Keiger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Lavecchia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lavecchias
form: LaVecchia
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian La Vecchia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Lavecchias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lavecchia
Kygers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kyger
McGregory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McGregorys
form: Mc Gregory
form: Mcgregory
form: MaGregory
form: Magregory
form: Ma'Gregory
form: Ma'gregory
form: M'Gregory
form: M'gregory
form: MacGregory
form: Macgregory
form: Mac Gregory
form: Gregory
Etymology: Variant of McGregor.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
McGregorys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McGregory
Puskas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Puskases
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Puskás.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Mittelstaedt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mittelstaedts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mittelstädt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Mittelstaedts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mittelstaedt
Puskases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Puskas
chondroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondroid
cynaropicrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sesquiterpene lactone [(3aR,4S,6aR,8S,9aR,9bR)-8-hydroxy-3,6,9-trimethylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,6a,7,8,9a,9b-octahydroazuleno[4,5-b]furan-4-yl] 2-(hydroxymethyl)prop-2-enoate
eryngeolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A hemolysin present in the mushroom Pleurotus eryngii
gamifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamification
internormative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + normative.
Senses: glosses: Between norms (or standards)
intraindustry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + industry.
Senses: glosses: Within a particular industry
neospecies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neospecies
Etymology: From neo- + species.
Senses: glosses: A newly- discovered, characterised or named species
proteoaminoglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proteoaminoglycans
Senses: glosses: A proteoglycan composed of aminosugar moieties
proteoaminoglycans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proteoaminoglycan
senolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: senolyses
Etymology: From seno- + -lysis.
Senses: examples: 2020, Joanne Laycock, et al., 7: The Role of Chronic Kidney Disease in Ectopic Calcification, Elena Aikawa, Joshua D. Hutcheson (editors), Cardiovascular Calcification and Bone Mineralization, Springer (Humana Press), page 156,
These strategies consist of senolysis, immune-mediated senescent cell clearance and SASP neutralisation.
2022, Franziska Kellers, et al., Senescence-Associated Molecules and Tumor-Immune-Interactions as Prognostic Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer, Arndt Hartmann, Luca Di Tommaso (editors), Rising Stars 2021: Pathology, Frontiers in Medicine, page 46,
This immune cell-mediated senolysis seems to be facilitated via direct cell-cell contact inducing apoptosis and granule exocytosis.
2023, Jan O. Nehlin, Chapter 7: Senolytic and senomorphic interventions to defy senescence-associated mitochondrial dysfunction, Ufuk Çakatay, Mehmet Can Atayik (editors), Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology, Volume 135, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 224,
Senolytics are compounds that target selectively senescent cells and induce their lysis, a process known as senolysis. Senescent cells are resistant to apoptosis because they have an increase[d] expression of pro-survival networks.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The destruction of senescent cells, such as to alleviate age-related diseases.
Related terms: senolytic
senotherapy
apoptosis
senotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From seno- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or by means of senotherapy
senotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: senotherapeutics
Etymology: From seno- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: A drug used in senotherapy
senotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: senotherapies
Etymology: From seno- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: Any therapy that counters senescence
Related terms: senotherapeutic
underconsidered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + considered.
Senses: glosses: Given insufficient consideration
phononic crystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phononic crystals
Senses: glosses: A periodic nanostructure that exhibit periodicity in its structure that results in bandgaps where energy cannot propagate, as well as negative refraction that can be exploited for wave focusing.
phononic crystals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phononic crystal
Beck Foot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Grayrigg parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD6196).
Related terms: Beckfoot
Chavismo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chavismo; itself from Chávez (“Hugo Chávez”) + -ismo.
Senses: glosses: A left-wing populist ideology based on the policies of Hugo Chávez, the former president of Venezuela (2002-2013), and the politics of the Bolivarian Revolution (Bolivarianism).
wikipedia: en:Hugo Chávez
Synonyms: Chavism
Chavezism
mipit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mipits
Senses: topics: biology
birdwatching
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Meadow pipit.
Liang-tzu-hu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 梁子湖 (Liángzihú), Wade-Giles romanization: Liang²-tzŭ⁵-hu².
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, Lung-chhüan ceramics gained an extremely wide market, both in China and abroad. Several kilns set up in competition to manufacture Lung-chhüan-style wares. For example, in the Sung-Yuan periods I-yang 益陽 in Hunan province was active, while the Liang-tzu-hu 梁子湖 kiln district of Hupei province was a major kiln centre with hundres of kiln localities making Lung-chhüan style greenwares.
ref: 2004, Rose Kerr, Nigel Wood, edited by Rose Kerr, Science and Civilization in China, volume 5, number 12, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 580:
glosses: Alternative form of Liangzihu.
pond snail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pond snails
Senses: glosses: Any freshwater snail in the family Lymnaeidae.
glosses: Any of a number of other snails typically found in small bodies of fresh water.
pond snails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pond snail
East Runton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Runton parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1942).
Related terms: West Runton
aeruginolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A proteinase formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
equestionnaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equestionnaires
Etymology: From e- + questionnaire.
Senses: glosses: A questionnaire distributed via the Internet
equestionnaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equestionnaire
postrandomization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + randomization.
Senses: glosses: Following randomization
Runton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.
Derived terms: East Runton
West Runton
triglycosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + glycosylated.
Senses: glosses: glycosylated with three sugar moieties
alpine accentors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alpine accentor
Latchingdon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8800).
mast bumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dangerous condition where the mast of a helicopter contacts adjacent fixed structure while rotating, damaging the mast and potentially resulting in the separation of the main rotor from the helicopter.
DMAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DMA
alfaxane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: alfaxalone
ilaprazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The proton pump inhibitor 2-[(RS)-[(4-methoxy-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)methyl]sulfinyl]-5-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)-1H-benzimidazole
periulcer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + ulcer.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding an ulcer
sucroferric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Containing sucrose and ferric iron
Derived terms: sucroferric oxyhydroxide
adaptive learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Senses: glosses: An educational method which uses computer algorithms as well as artificial intelligence to orchestrate the interaction with the learner and deliver customized resources and learning activities to address the unique needs of each learner.
Worlingham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, next to Beccles (OS grid ref TM4489).
Related terms: Warlingham
active learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A method of learning in which students actively take part in devising the learning process.
Related terms: interactive learning
personal column
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal columns
Senses: glosses: Part of a newspaper or magazine in which people can have personal messages published.
Related terms: advice column
agony column
lonely-hearts
personal advertisement
personal ad
problem page
missed connection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missed connections
Senses: glosses: A type of personal advertisement which arises after two people meet but are too shy or otherwise unable to exchange contact details.
Related terms: lonely-hearts
personal column
personal advertisement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal advertisements
Senses: glosses: Synonym of personal ad.
synonyms: word: personal ad
problem page
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: problem pages
Senses: glosses: The page on which an agony column appears; an agony column.
Related terms: personal column
Castellet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle French castellet, from Occitan castelet.
Senses: synonyms: Castelet
Le Castelet
Lo Castelet
Lo Castellet
Le Castellet
glosses: A commune of Var department, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
synonyms: Castelet
glosses: A commune of Avignon prefecture, Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
synonyms: Castelet
Le Castelet
Lo Castelet
Lo Castellet
Le Castellet
glosses: A commune of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
seat of learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seats of learning
Senses: glosses: An educational institution.
inam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inams
form: enam
form: enaum
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?].
Senses: glosses: The grant or gift of lands bestowed by the British Raj on an inamdar.
what's the damage
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: How much does it cost?
Related terms: what's someone's damage
what's the betting
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: what's the betting …
Senses: glosses: How much do you want to bet that …?
Related terms: what are the odds
what now
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: now what
glosses: A request for advice or instruction on what should be done.
synonyms: now what
glosses: A request, usually rhetorical, to know what, in a series of negative events, is the next negative event occurring.
glosses: Synonym of what do you want? (said out of irritation)
synonyms: word: what do you want?
extra: said out of irritation
glosses: Synonym of how's that.
synonyms: word: how's that
nonrunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrunners
Etymology: From non- + runner.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of non-runner.
Luichow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 雷州 (leoi⁴ zau¹).
Senses: examples: text: Bill Wallace had sailed from San Francisco on August 14 and arrived in Hong Kong on September 3. Dr. Beddoe had received definite word that Bill flew to Shiukwan on September 16. From there he should have been able to make Luichow easily and Luichow was only three days away from Wuchow.
ref: 1963, Jesse C. Fletcher, Bill Wallace of China, CrossBooks Publishing, published 2009, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 99:
glosses: Synonym of Leizhou.
synonyms: word: Leizhou
Castelet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Castellet.
Darwin's tubercle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Darwin's tubercles
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A congenital ear condition which often presents as a thickening of the helix at the junction of the upper and middle thirds.
Lao-ho-k'ou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 老河口 (Lǎohékǒu), Wade–Giles romanization: Lao³-ho²-kʻou³.
Senses: examples: text: There is a navigable tributary of the Han, the Chiaho (甲河) which joins it at Paihohsien (白河縣) where the Shensi customs barrier for the Han is situated, considerably west of Laohokʻou.
ref: [(Can we date this quote?), Hsian, Past and Present, sourced from North-China Daily News, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:
text: American officers have observed how Chinese troops stationed at American air bases have frequently refused to shoot at Japanese raiding planes. Asked by an American officer for the reason for this behavior, a Chinese officer at Lao-ho-k’ou air base in Hupeh answered (November 1944): “Well you see, if we shot down a Jap plane, the Japs would be angry and would take revenge and return and bomb the city and do a lot of damage.”
ref: 1968, Lyman P. Van Slyke, editor, The Chinese Communist Movement: A Report of the United States War Department, July 1945, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 90:
text: For Yen Hsüeh-mei, the Shanghai-bred nurse, life in northern Hupei must have represented a striking change. Lao-ho-k'ou was the headquarters of General Li Tsung-jen, commander of the Fifth War Area.[...]But physical privation was nearly universal and in many ways Lao-ho-k'ou was an interesting place to be. The Political Department of the Fifth War Area operated a Japanese language school there, with two hundred Chinese students in 1939. The classes were conducted by members of the Korean Volunteer unit and by Japanese prisoners of war who were sent to Lao-ho-k'ou for indoctrination. Lao-ho-k'ou was also the site of six industrial cooperatives which employed refugees in a variety of trades.
ref: 1974, Timothy A. Ross, Chiang Kuei, New York: Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59:
text: After two years of building up its operations in this way at two locations, Wei-hsien in Shantung province and Lao-ho-k'ou in Hupeh, BAT in 1915 procured over 2 million pounds of bright tobacco grown from American seed,' 435,000 pounds of flue-cured, almost all from Wei-hsien, and 1,750,000 of sun-cured, most of it from Lao-ho-k'ou.
ref: 1980, Sherman Cochran, Big Business in China: Sino-Foreign Rivalry in the Cigarette Industry, 1890-1930, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 22:
glosses: Alternative form of Laohekou.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
Kaplan turbine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kaplan turbines
Etymology: Named after the inventor, Austrian professor Viktor Kaplan.
Senses: glosses: A water turbine that has adjustable blades so that a constant rate of revolution is achieved.
wikipedia: Viktor Kaplan
Related terms: Francis turbine
Turgo turbine
Tyson turbine
Ecclesbourne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A minor river in Derbyshire, England, which joins the Derwent near Duffield.
workiversary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɜːkɪˌvɜːs(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈwɝkɪˌvɝs(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˈwɝkəˌvɝs(ə)ɹi/
Forms: form: workiversaries
Etymology: Blend of work + anniversary.
Senses: glosses: The anniversary of beginning employment.
workiversaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workiversary