cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
stochastic terrorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəˈkæstɪk ˌtɛɹə.ɹɪzəm/
ipa: /stəˈkæs.tɪk ˌtɛɹ.ɚ.ɹɪ.zəm/
ipa: /stəˈkas.tɪk ˌtɛɹ.ə.ɹɪ.zəm/
Etymology: Coined by Gordon Woo. stochastic + terrorism
Senses: examples: text: All of this fits with what the anonymous blogger G2G had to say in his expanded definition of stochastic terrorism: “you heat up the waters and stir the pot, knowing full well that sooner or later a lone wolf will pop up and do the deed. The fact that it will happen is as predictable as the fact that a heated pot of water will eventually boil. But the exact time and place of each incident will remain as random as the appearance of the first bubbles in the boiling pot."
ref: 2017, Clayton Delery, Out for Queer Blood:
text: How does stochastic terrorism unfold in the course of real-world events? We propose a practical description of stochastic terrorism as an interactive process between the originator of a message, its amplifiers, and one of more ultimate receivers.
ref: 2021 October, Molly Amman, J. Reid Meloy, “Stochastic Terrorism: A Linguistic and Psychological Analysis”, in Perspectives on Terrorism, →ISSN, page 3:
text: Trump is playing a dangerous game, and there is a name for it: Stochastic terrorism. The cries for vengeance and violent retribution from the leader of the MAGA movement aren’t a message to anyone in specific but rather a bat signal to everyone who can hear his voice, whether it’s armed and troubled young men like Martinez or the Jacksonville gunman, or the angry mob that responded on Jan. 6, 2021, after Trump tweeted, “Will be wild!”
ref: 2023, Will Bunch, “A MAGA gunman in New Mexico and ‘the end of politics’ in America”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
qualifier: social media
glosses: The use of mass public communication, usually against a particular individual or group, which
Incites or inspires acts of terrorism which are statistically probable but happen seemingly at random,
examples: text: The joining of the two words, stochastic and terrorism, is originally attributable to machematician and catastrophist Gordon Woo, who used the term to suggest a quantifiable relationship between seemingly random acts of terrorism and the goal of perpetuating fear through mass media's coverage of the violence.
ref: 2021 October, Molly Amman, J. Reid Meloy, “Stochastic Terrorism: A Linguistic and Psychological Analysis”, in Perspectives on Terrorism, →ISSN, page 3:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
qualifier: social media
glosses: The use of mass public communication, usually against a particular individual or group, which
Perpetuates fear through coverage of seemingly random acts of terrorism.
Related terms: stochastic terror
stochastic terrorist
anthothecol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The anticancer drug 17-(furan-3-yl)-6-hydroxy-4,4,8-trimethyl-3,7-dioxo-14,15-epoxyandrosta-1,5-dien-11-yl acetate
not have a care in the world
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: To be carefree.
Related terms: english: blithely
translation: blithely
word: without a care in the world
bianthraquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bianthraquinones
Etymology: From bi- + anthraquinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that has two (sometimes linked) anthraquinone moieties
carotenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carotenones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any carotenoid ketone
cedrelone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tetranortriterpenoid ((1S,2aR,3aR,3bR,9aR,9bR,11aS)-1-(furan-3-yl)-5-hydroxy-3b,6,6,9a,11a-pentamethyl-2,2a,6,9a,9b,10,11,11a-octahydronaphtho[1',2':6,7]indeno[1,7a-b]oxirene-4,7(1H,3bH)-dione) found in the Asian tree Toona ciliata
dalbergione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dalbergiones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The quinone 2-[(1S)-1-phenylprop-2-enyl]cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione found in trees of the genus Dalbergia.
push-starts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of push-start
push-starts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of push-start
push-starting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of push-start
push-started
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of push-start
mad as a bear with a sore head
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very angry.
Synonyms: like a bear with a sore head
angry
stagism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stageism
Senses: topics: communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: The theory that society ought to pass gradually in order to arrive at communism: first through capitalism, then through socialism (the worker’s state).
unsuperable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsuperable
form: most unsuperable
Etymology: From un- + superable.
Senses: examples: text: After all, the cosmopolitan and artistic Loeb was himself a leading Technocrat, and his lack of formal training in economics or engineering or statistics did not prove an unsuperable barrier to his successful direction of others with just such expertise in the National Survey of Potential Product Capacity.
ref: 1996, Howard P. Segal, Life in a Technocracy: What it Might be Like, introduction:
glosses: Not superable; impossible to overcome.
Synonyms: insuperable
businessplace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: businessplaces
Etymology: From business + place.
Senses: examples: text: Organizations that operate in the global businessplace often employ all three types of worker.
ref: 2006, Samuel C. Certo, Modern management, page 114:
glosses: A location where business takes place.
businessplaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of businessplace
shortleggedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shortlegged + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of short-leggedness.
uncapitalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncapitalize
uncapitalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncapitalize
Josefino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a person from San José, Costa Rica
glosses: a person from San Jose, California
Synonyms: sense: San Jose
word: San Josean
egelid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin egelidus.
Senses: examples: text: At firſt, while there is a tolerable Degree of Strength, her Drink ought to he only lukewarm, egelid, but when ſhe becomes weaker, it muſt be made warmer ; for nothing offends a weak Stomach ſo much as cold […]
ref: 1755, Giles Watts, Reflections on Slow and Painful Labours, And other Subjects in Midwifery, page 73:
text: When it ceaſes to increaſe, as much as the circumſtances will allow, he muſt abſtain from every thing, except egelid water.
ref: 1756, James Grieve (translator), Of Medicine: In Eight Books, pages 204-205 (originally published in Latin as "De Medicina" by Aulus Cornelius Celsus, a. 47 CE)
glosses: Lukewarm, tepid.
Green Revolution
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: green revolution
Etymology: Coined by former chief of the US foreign aid program (USAID) William Steen Gaud in 1968, modeled on Red Revolution and White Revolution.
Senses: examples: text: The Green Revolution, we keep hearing, is losing momentum. And sometimes it looks that way, with drought in Africa and Europe, famine in Somalia, one crisis after another in India, 17 or 18 civil wars in Africa.
ref: 1993 July 15, Richard Critchfield, “For Green Revolutionaries, A Latin American Triumph”, in International Herald Tribune:
text: The political journalist Alexander Cockburn was even less complimentary: "Aside from Kissinger, probably the biggest killer of all to have got the peace prize was Norman Borlaug, whose ‘green revolution’ wheat strains led to the death of peasants by the million."
ref: 2014 April 1, John Vidal, quoting Alexander Cockburn, “Norman Borlaug: humanitarian hero or menace to society?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The Green Revolution was, as [Norman] Borlaug recognized, merely a transition to an onrushing future where billions more will want the same things we in the United States and the rest of the developed world already have.
ref: 2018 April 24, Gary A. Gomby, “The Conversation”, in The Atlantic:
text: Swaminathan went on to become the chief architect of India's “green revolution”, which would tranform a chronically hungry nation and perpetual ward of foreign donors into one of the world's largest food producers.
ref: 2023 October 7, John Reed, “Obituary: Plant geneticist whose work transformed a hungry nation”, in FT Weekend, page 6:
synonyms: Third Agricultural Revolution
glosses: The set of wide-ranging technological changes to agriculture in the 20th century, particularly in developing countries, which allowed for greater food production capacity.
wangla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wanglas
Senses: glosses: A simple form of halva made with cane sugar instead of honey
havanensin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetranortriterpene found in Trichilia havanensis
hypogalactosylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + galactosylation.
Senses: glosses: Reduced, or insufficient galactosylation
lapachenole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The chromene 6-methoxy-2,2-dimethylbenzo[h]chromene which is a photoaffinity ligand of some cytochromes
methylanthraquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylanthraquinones
Etymology: From methyl- + anthraquinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any methyl derivative of an anthraquinone, but especially 1-methylanthraquinone or 2-methylanthraquinone
secocarotenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secocarotenoids
Etymology: From seco- + carotenoid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any carotenoid based on a triterpenoid, rather than the normal tetraterpenoid backbone
tecomaquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tecomaquinones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of naphthoquinone dimers, related to tectol, that inhibit farnesyltransferase
tectol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The naphthoquinone dimer 5-(6-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylbenzo[h]chromen-5-yl)-2,2-dimethylbenzo[h]chromen-6-ol
tectoquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The quinone 2-methylanthracene-9,10-dione present in Tectona grandis
transbixin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A trans-isomer of bixin
violaxanthal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A carotenoid aldehyde derived from violaxanthin
decyclization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decyclizations
Etymology: From de- + cyclization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The reverse of a cyclization reaction
hydrodecyclization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrodecyclizations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any decyclization reaction involving the addition of hydrogen
tamandarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tamandarins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of macrocyclic cyclodepsipeptides that are active against pancreatic carcinoma
malonylesterase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malonylesterases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any esterase that catalyses the hydrolysis of malonates
didemnin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didemnins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of cyclic depsipeptides found in Trididemnum
Boscawen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Cornish.
glosses: Any of several settlements in Cornwall.
glosses: A town in New Hampshire.
Spiderman kiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Spider-Man kiss.
Dharmics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dharmic
knife twister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knife twisters
form: knife-twister
Etymology: From knife + twister.
Senses: examples: text: So Kathy wasn't abusing her daughter. I really was just a cruel knife-twister in her eyes. Not a good feeling.
ref: 2017, Sherri Smith, Follow Me Down:
glosses: One who "twists the knife", i.e. one who is cruel or who exacerbates a situation.
fo.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of folio.
ancovenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclic oligopeptide produced by actinomycetes
bovicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bovicins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of bacteriocins produced by Streptococcus bovis
cinnamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetracyclic lantibiotic produced by Streptomyces cinnamoneus
lanthiopeptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A peptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces cinnamoneus
nukacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nukacins
Senses: examples: text: Genes M and T are likely involved in posttranslational modification and secretion of nukacin ISK-1, while -F, -E, and -G are predicted to be membrane bound and provide self-protection.
ref: 2016, Tomas G. Villa, New Weapons to Control Bacterial Growth, page 196:
glosses: Any of a group of bacteriostatic lantibiotics produced by Staphylococcus warneri.
streptococcin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streptococcins
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of antibiotics produced by various strains of Streptococcus
allelochemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Senses: glosses: Relating to an allelochemical
heptaose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptaoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of heptose.
Derived terms: agaroheptaose
hexaose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexaoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of hexose.
Derived terms: glucohexaose
pentaose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of pentose.
Derived terms: agaropentaose
glucopentaose
juglomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juglomycins
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of naphthoquinone antibiotics produced by various strains of Streptomyces.
naphthgeranine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthgeranines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of chromenes that are naphthoquinone antibiotics produced by various strains of Streptomyces
desulfurication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desulfurications
form: desulphurication
Senses: glosses: The reduction of oxidized inorganic sulfur compounds, typically by bacteria
desulphurication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desulphurications
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of desulfurication.
bisallenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bis- + allenic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having two allene groups
bispropargylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bis- + propargylic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having two propargyl groups
adhocness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: While, as matters stand, McNally's point is indeed a valid one, the goal of this paper is to provide an analysis that converts this unattractive adhocness into a motivated requirement.
ref: 2008, Linguistics Department, Stanford University, Proceedings of the ... West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, Volume 26
glosses: Alternative form of ad hocness.
glee-beam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glee-beams
form: gleebeam
Etymology: Calque of Old English glēobēam (“harp”, literally “joy-wood”), equivalent to glee + beam.
Senses: examples: text: "[…] So we do him service gladly, thronging round our noble king,
While the glee-beams at the banquet with the Scêfing's praises ring."
ref: 1895, Mary Louisa Georgina Petrie Carus-Wilson, Tokiwa and Other Poems, page 120:
text: The king's scop or earl's gleeman, was the favourite of the court; the one indispensable guest at every banquet and every courtly gathering; whose skill with the glee-beam or harp spread joy throughout the festive hall, and whose memory was stored with soul-stirring tales of great deeds, the recital of which could not fail to fire the hearts and quicken the pulses of young and old alike.
ref: 1896, Stephen Humphreys Villiers Gurteen, The Epic of the Fall of Man:
text: That man may sing and declare many things. A marvel of wisdom is hidden in his heart. Another with his fingers may loudly strike the harp, stir the glee-beam for the joy of his companions.
ref: 1919, The Wellesley Alumnae Quarterly, volume 4, page 166:
text: “Then there will we abide. Long have we wayfared, and wearied am I by the journey. Though the priests may not hearken to song, or story, or glee-beam, yet will they shelter us for the night.”
ref: 1923, Lucy Foster Madison, A Maid at King Alfred's Court:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: Anglo-Saxon; kenning; Anglo-Saxon; kenning
glosses: A harp.
glee-beams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glee-beam
spadona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spadonas
form: spadone
Etymology: From Italian spadone (“large sword”). Doublet of espadon.
Senses: examples: text: An assorted case may contain fifty bundles of white feathers—some only of which will be perfectly long, full-tipped specimens—and perhaps 200 bundles of the qualities and shades known as Femina, Byocks, Spadona, Boos, and drab, together with the beautifully rich and silky black.
ref: 1875 November 5, “The Ostrich Feather Market”, in The Sunbury Gazette, volume XXXVIII, number 15, Sunbury, Pa., column 6:
text: To conclude, then, it is considered by those who have carefully studied the subject, that the western portion of this continent presents certain advantages in ostrich culture which Southern Africa does not possess, and it is believed that the time will come, when ostrich feathers, running through all the varieties of Femina, Boos, Byock, and Spadona, as the grades are called, will be one of the features of the California market.
ref: 1879 July 5, “Can We Domesticate the Ostrich?”, in The Daily American, volume 3, number 1,209, Nashville, Tenn., column 8:
text: The usual kinds of ostrich feathers known to the trade come into the Tripoli market. These are whites, blacks, feminas, byocks, spadonas, boos, drabs and floss.
ref: 1909 August 12, “Ostrich Feathers of Tripoli”, in Neenah Daily Times, volume 53, number 8,451, Neenah, Wis.; Menasha, Wis., column 5:
glosses: A wing feather from a juvenile ostrich.
Synonyms: spad
Yiish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Yi + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: ...maps of the following groups: Kam Tai, Miao-Yao, Tibeto-Burman including Yiish, Mongol languages, Turkic languages, and Man-Tungus languages.
ref: 1985, Asien - Issues 14-17, page 84:
text: It deals with syntactic change on a scale comparable to that presupposed by the ST articulation -- and in much the same directions -- that has taken place in a group of languages known in Chana as the "Yi" and in the West as the "Lolo", that form one of the major groupings in the Loloish (or "Yiish") subbranch of TB.
ref: 1985, Graham Thurgood, James A. Matisoff, Paul K. Benedict, Linguistics of the Sino-Tibetan area:
text: I believe that Anong is rather close to Dulong, belonging in the Jingpho subgroup of TB; while Rouruo and Nusu, since they are fairly close to the Yi languages, probably belong in the Yiish (- Loloish) subgroup of TB.
ref: 1987, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area - Volumes 10-11, page 121:
text: Both are closely related to Burmese, and with other languages, are grouped in a Burmish branch, which in turn is closely related to the extensive Yiish group of southwest China and bordering regions.
ref: 2006, Randy J. LaPolla, Graham Thurgood, The Sino-Tibetan Languages, →ISBN, page 195:
glosses: Of or relating to the Yi language family of Sino-Tibetan languages.
Synonyms: Loloish
yiish
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: yiish!
Senses: examples: text: Yiish, talk about tangled grammar.
ref: 1998 October 2, Clayton Anderson, “The Resurrection implied by all arguments”, in alt.christnet.philosophy (Usenet):
text: I whisper, “Yiish, if Julie saw that film, she'd dump me for Deward 'Da Lizard' Banksiana.”
ref: 2013, Lyle Markey, The Toll of Valor, →ISBN, page 72:
text: Ripper says, “Men do seem to like her for some reason.” Myrtle responds sarcastically, “I can think of three reasons—38- 24-36. Yiish!”
ref: 2013, Tom Lisanti, Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of yeesh.
your good self
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: your good selves
Senses: examples: text: You talk of pride : O that you could turn your eyes towards the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves !
ref: 1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus:
text: This is the only time my low estate has been troublesome to me, since it has subjected me to the frights I have undergone. Love to your good self, and all my dear fellowservants.
ref: 1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded:
text: You cannot know what it is like to muck about with two or three other rejects, aimlessly kicking a ball in a pretence of playing a game so as not to be shouted at from time to time by your good self, Sir.
ref: 2012 -, Aidan Chambers, The Kissing Game: Short Stories, →ISBN:
text: 'I'm very well, Mr Chua, thank you,' Raya answered. 'And how is your good self.'
ref: 2012, Terry Murphy, Broken Star, →ISBN:
glosses: You; yourself.
examples: text: Your good self is well differentiated. It has its own boundaries. Your bad self does not.
ref: 1995, Althea Horner, Object Relations and the Developing Ego in Therapy, →ISBN, page 182:
text: I feel sick to the core and I need you to be Dorrie the caring, good listener, your good self.
ref: 2012, Gloria Cook, Unforgettable, →ISBN:
text: A Quick Tour of the Big Seven I've organized this book by traits, devoting a single chapter to each of the seven chief traits that compose the good self/bad self. I end the book with an appendix dedicated to the art of apology, which you'll learn can be one of the most important elements in preserving your good self, and your reputation.
ref: 2013, Judy Smith, Good Self, Bad Self: How to Bounce Back from a Personal Crisis, →ISBN:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see your, good, self.; The good aspect of yourself or your reputation.
Big Science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big science
Etymology: From the large commitments of money and resources, and the large media impact.
Senses: examples: text: A basic model of the phenomenon of Big Science as a style of organization is captured by the five 'M's: money, manpower, machines, media and military.
ref: 2012, Jon Agar, Science in the 20th Century and Beyond, →ISBN, page 330:
text: The growth of Big Science has been accompanied by changes in the sources of scientific patronage.
ref: 2013, Stephen and Steven Cotgrove & Box, Science Industry and Society: Studies in the Sociology of Science, →ISBN:
text: In the 1960s, Big Science was identified as a new phenomenon, associated with changes in the organization of scientific research in the aftermath of World War II.1 As the Big Science mode of research blossomed and expanded in the second half of the twentieth century, it became a widespread mode of scientific research in the natural sciences.
ref: 2014, Naomi Oreskes, John Krige, Science and Technology in the Global Cold War, →ISBN, page 393:
text: Already in 1961 Weinberg asks the scientific community to consider not only the reasons behind the expansion of science into Big Science, but also the price it was willing to pay for it. He asked three broad questions: "first, Is Big Science ruining science?; second, Is Big Science ruining us financially?; and third, Should we divert a larger part of our effort toward scientific issues which bear more directly on human well-being than do such Big-Science spectaculars as manned space travel and high-energy physics?"
ref: 2015, R. Sassower, Compromising the Ideals of Science, →ISBN:
glosses: Scientific research that is high-profile, large in scope, and so expensive that it requires government funding.
Hypernyms: megascience
big science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Big money is not a sufficient, but it is a necessary condition for "big science;" therefore, it is not surprising that the big science era in physics coincided with the increase in government funding.
ref: 2002, Helge Kragh, Quantum Generations: A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century, →ISBN:
text: The HGP is the first genuine example of big science in the biological sciences, with an estimated original price tag of $3 billion.
ref: 2007, Karen F. Greif, Jon F. Merz, Current Controversies in the Biological Sciences, →ISBN:
text: Big science has replaced traditional science, which was little, and had little public concern. Today big science has new, exciting tasks. This should not be at the cost of a loss of little science. There is a need to revive and protect it, in order to insure the continued well-being of science as a whole. For this a new system is required, since the old one transformed into big science and is thus no longer adequate.
ref: 2013, J. Agassi, Science and Culture, →ISBN, page 359:
text: Much big science is concentrated in a single huge machine. But distributed big science in this case consists of missions (also called projects) that make up an extended, multidecadal program of exploration
ref: 2014, W. Henry Lambright, Why Mars: NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Big Science.
underslide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underslides
Senses: topics: arts
bowmaking
crafts
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
lutherie
music
glosses: The metal slide attached to the frog and sitting between the frog and the stick of a bow.
underslides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underslide
little science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By contrast to Big Science.
Senses: examples: text: In many discussions the concepts of big and little science are presented in near mythical terms — terms that cloud the complexity of the issues involved. Little science is usually represented by the lone researcher working in the laboratory on self-chosen problems, generally oblivious to the needs and/or requests of society.
ref: 1994, A Space Physics Paradox: Why Has Increased Funding Been Accompanied By Decreased Effectiveness In The Conduct Of Space Physics Research?, →ISBN, page 12:
text: Today big science has new, exciting tasks. This should not be at the cost of a loss of little science. There is a need to revive and protect it, in order to insure the continued well-being of science as a whole.
ref: 2013, J. Agassi, Science and Culture, →ISBN, page 359:
text: Little science is conducted on a smaller scale, with smaller communities, less agreement on research questions and methods, and less infrastructure.
ref: 2015, Christine L. Borgman, Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of small science.
synonyms: word: small science
small science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By contrast to Big Science.
Senses: examples: text: But, particularly in this Oversight Hearing on NSF, it is important to take note of essential characteristics of small science and of the benefit of such projects to the entire scientific enterprise. Small science projects are more apt to be scrutinized at every stage by peers, as they are conceived, designed, described, reviewed, conducted, assessed, and published. Small science helps more in producing the next generation of scientists; this becomes particularly critical as we seek to attract more women and minorities into science.
ref: 1991, Robert M. Gavin, “Testimony”, in Fiscal Year 1992 and 1993 National Science Foundation Authorization, page 108:
text: However, when juxtaposed to other traditions, big science is unlike small science, which by definition is less ensnared in bureaucratic turf protecting, institution building, and financial and intellectual reward incentives.
ref: 1996, Laura Nader, Naked Science: Anthropological Inquiry Into Boundaries, Power, and Knowledge, →ISBN:
text: There is a story, possibly true, that illustrates forcefully the difference between contemporary big science and traditional, small science – science as it used to be before World War II.
ref: 2013, J. Agassi, Science and Culture, →ISBN, page 359:
synonyms: little science
antonyms: Big Science
big science
megascience
glosses: Traditional scientific research that is conducted by individual researchers or small teams and funded by academic or scientific institutions.
octaploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of octoploid.
octaploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octaploids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of octoploid.
octaploids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octaploid
differendums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of differendum
at every turn
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: constantly, all the time; at every opportunity, as many times as one can, in all possible respects
bowmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowmakers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bow maker.
bow makers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bow maker
leukaphereses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukapheresis
leniates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of leniate
leniating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leniate
leniated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leniate
minuano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minuanos
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese minuano.
Senses: glosses: A powerful cold wind in southern Brazil that comes from south
snoopish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snoopish
form: most snoopish
Etymology: From snoopy + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Or do we own up to our snoopish ways and tear it open?
ref: 2016, Jean Oram, The Summer Sisters: Series Starter Box Set (Book 1-3)
glosses: Somewhat snoopy.
Derived terms: snoopishness
snoopishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From snoopish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Visitors to Salt Lake were thus the living, walking embodiments of the component of snoopishness in tourism.
ref: 1999, Valerie J. Matsumoto, Blake Allmendinger, Over the Edge: Remapping the American West:
glosses: The quality of being snoopish.
mistaken identities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistaken identity
Cope rearrangement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cope rearrangements
Etymology: From American chemist Arthur C. Cope.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The (normally reversible) thermal isomerization of a 1,5-diene to yield a more stable regioisomer
wikipedia: Arthur C. Cope
mobula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobulas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any member of the genus Mobula.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Mobula eregoodootenkee
word: longhorned mobula
taxonomic: Mobula japanica
word: spinetail mobula
taxonomic: Mobula thurstoni
word: smoothtail mobula
oxycarbenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxycarbeniums
Etymology: From oxy- + carbenium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cation of general formula R=O⁺-R
Related terms: oxocarbenium
spirocyclization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirocyclizations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: cyclization to form a spiro compound
alkaloidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From alkaloid + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or containing alkaloids
ergotaminic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or containing ergotamine
ergovaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The ergopeptine alkaloid 12'-hydroxy-2'-methyl-5' alpha-(1-methylethyl)-ergotaman-3',6',18-trione
lolitrem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lolitrems
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of indole-diterpene alkaloids produced by a fungus of the genus Epichloe
peramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A fungal alkaloid 2-[3-(2-methyl-1-oxopyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3-yl)propyl]guanidine
pseudotropine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudotropines
Etymology: From pseudo- + tropine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of tropine (3-exo)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-ol
diaporthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phytotoxin 8-hydroxy-3-(2-hydroxypropyl)-6-methoxyisochromen-1-one produced by Aspergillus and similar fungi
nonylaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of nonanal.
synonyms: word: nonanal
undecylaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of undecanal.
synonyms: word: undecanal
God's house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: God's houses
Etymology: From Middle English Goddes hous, goddes hous. Compare Dutch godshuis, German Gotteshaus.
Senses: glosses: A church.
glosses: Another place of worship.
God's houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of God's house
caudodorsal cell hormone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caudodorsal cell hormones
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of neuropeptides present in the cerebral ganglia of certain freshwater snails
dorsal body hormone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorsal body hormones
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of neuropeptides present in the cerebral ganglia of certain hermaphrodite freshwater snails
light green cell hormone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light green cell hormones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dorsal body hormone.
synonyms: word: dorsal body hormone
dichlorophenoxyacetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to dichlorophenoxyacetic acid or its derivatives
dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichlorophenoxyacetic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dichloro-phenoxy derivative of acetic acid, but especially the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
dicyanobutane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicyanobutanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dinitrile derived from butane, but especially 1,2-dicyanobutane and 1,4-dicyanobutane
alkylpyridinium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkylpyridiniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl derivative of the pyridinium cation
transsilylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transsilylations
Etymology: From trans- + silylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction in which a silyl group is moved intermolecularly or intramolecularly
lithiosilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithiosilanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound LiSiH₃
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic derivative of this compound
Synonyms: silyl lithium
silyllithium
SLG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of slugging percentage.
SLG
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: SLGs
form: SLGing
form: SLGed
form: SLGed
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To have a certain slugging percentage.
dog roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog rolls
Senses: examples: text: There are different types of dog rolls: some are mostly chopped organ meats; others are chopped muscle meats. Some breeders do not like the dog rolls, so they purchase fresh "pet meat" for their dogs.
ref: 1992, Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette - Volume 109, page 117:
text: Along with a high-quality dry dog food, I feed 1⁄2 cup (20%) of a high-quality dog roll made from 100% fresh ingredients containing NO by-products, or nasty preservatives. Butch Black Label dog roll uses only fresh ingredients and contains beef that the dry dog food does not have due to importing laws in New Zealand.
ref: 2008, Sy Guth, How to Make a Puppy!, →ISBN:
text: The food that best suits a given dog or cat with megaesophagus may be a liquid gruel, meat or dog roll chunks, or even kibble (Davenport, Remillard et al. 2010; van Geffen, Saunders et al. 2006; Guilford and Strombeck 1996).
ref: 2011, Andrea J. Fascetti, Sean J. Delaney, Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition, →ISBN, page 192:
text: Changing a dog from a diet of mainly tinned or cooked meat, processed 'dog roll' or dried dog food, to a natural diet of primarily raw meat and raw bones, maybe also with fasting and random feeding, should be carried out over a three to four week period.
ref: 2016, Dr. Clare Middle, Real Food for Dogs & Cats, →ISBN:
glosses: Processed meat shaped into a large sausage and used for dog food.
dog rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog roll
could eat the arse out of a low flying duck
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Right now though I'm so hungry I could eat the arse out of a low flying duck, so off to put the nose bag on.
ref: 2002 February 28, LarbGai, “SCT Stats, simplified”, in soc.culture.thai (Usenet):
text: After this exchange, I'm so hungry I could eat the arse out of a low-flying duck.
ref: 2009 August 4, FarmI, “Pollan Good Read On Cooking”, in rec.gardens.edible (Usenet):
text: By now I was so hungry I could've eaten the arse off a low-flying duck.
ref: 2010, Dave Ulliott, Devilfish: The Life & Times of a Poker Legend, →ISBN:
text: By now, we were ravenously hungry. 'So hungry I could eat the arse out of a low flying duck,' John joked as he threw a gnarled wattle stump on the fire.
ref: 2017, Katherine Boland, Hippy Days, Arabian Nights, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck.
could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: could eat the arse out of a low flying duck
form: could eat the crutch from a low flying duck
Senses: examples: text: Against all odds we got there, and a marvelous meal it was, even though we were all hungry enough to eat the crotch out of a low-flying duck by that time.
ref: 1995 January 4, JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS, “ZooFest Report V”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet):
text: "'Ken oath, I'm so hungry I could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck," announced Jaime.
ref: 2001 March 12, Sydney Webb, “Foundation and Huns - Postscript”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet):
text: Tis only hunger. gristlefuck: I could tear the crotch from a low-flying duck with me bare teeth!
ref: 2004, Anthony Crowley, The Frail Man, page 37:
text: Max stretched. “I'm so famished I could eat the crotch out of a low-flying duck.
ref: 2006, Louise Deteliga, Fashion Slaves, →ISBN, page 82:
text: But the ferry into Devonport was two hours late and I was famished. I could have eaten the crotch out of a low-flying duck.”
ref: 2010, Nicholas Shakespeare, Secrets of the Sea, →ISBN, page 444:
glosses: Am/are/is extremely hungry.
could eat the crutch from a low flying duck
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Now I have to go and eat. I'm so hungry I could eat the crutch out of a low-flying duck!
ref: 1999 March 6, Tom D, “LaGrande - asking for trouble”, in alt.music.leonard-cohen (Usenet):
text: 'And how's Dave?' 'So hungry I could eat the diff out of a shit truck,' came Dave's deep voice from beneath the tarp. 'Or eat the crutch from a low-flying duck,' Kate added.
ref: 2008, Rachael Treasure, The Rouseabout, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck.
all over the place like a mad woman's custard
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: In the end he was blood from head to hocks and all over the place like a mad woman's custard.
ref: 1959, D'Arcy Niland, Woman from the country, page 212:
text: The story, though, is all over the place, like mad woman’s custard.
ref: 2010 January 27, Roger Perkins, “The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman: review”, in The Telegraph:
text: I was all over the place like a mad woman's custard.
ref: 2012, Jim Mcloughlin, David Gibb, One Common Enemy: The Laconia Incident: A Survivor's Memoir, →ISBN:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Moving about randomly.
dry as a dead dingo's donga
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I think I could take you all on in a waterfight and STILL come out of it dry as a (pardon my Australian phrase) Dead Dingo's Donga.
ref: 1998 May 26, Aldheorte, “Who's up for a water balloon fight!”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet):
text: I also have doubts if you really are an Aussie because you came into a bar and never bought a drink Damn me didgeridoo Dave! I'm as dry as a dead dingo's donga! How much can a koala bear!
ref: 1999 October 31, Pisshead, “Aussie new to Harleys”, in rec.motorcycles.harley (Usenet):
text: And he was thirsty too, as dry as a dead dingo's donga, as his water had run out and it hadn't rained for hours.
ref: 2010, Peter FitzSimons, Kokoda, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of dry as a dead dingo's donger.
m'lad
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Sorry for you, m’lad, but them’s m’lady’s orders, an’ I can’t go contrary.
ref: 1915, John Galsworthy, The Freelands, C. Scribner’s Sons, page 102:
glosses: Contraction of my lad.
silyllithium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silyllithiums
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lithiosilane.
synonyms: word: lithiosilane
alkylcyclohexanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkylcyclohexanols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl derivative of cyclohexanol
alkylcyclohexanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkylcyclohexanones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any alkyl derivative of cyclohexanone
phytocidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phytocidal
form: most phytocidal
Etymology: From phyto- + -cidal.
Senses: glosses: That kills plants
Related terms: phytocide
phytostatic
phytostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phytostatic
form: most phytostatic
Etymology: From phyto- + static.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits the growth of plants without actually killing them
Related terms: phytocidal
phytostatics
phytostasis
anacampylotropous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ana- + campylotropous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: campylotropous and inverted
IPP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Irish Parliamentary Party.
topics: government
glosses: Initialism of Invoice Processing Platform
glosses: Initialism of Internet Printing Protocol
IPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IPPs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of infinitivus pro participio.
glosses: Abbreviation of independent power producer
glosses: Initialism of isoprenoid precursor
IPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: IDP
glosses: Initialism of isopentenyl diphosphate
glosses: Initialism of isopentenyl pyrophosphate
anatropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ana- + -tropy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being anatropous
sagopalm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sagopalms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sago palm.
crassinucellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin crassus (“fat”) + nucellus + -ate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having many parietal cells and a large nucellus
raw_tags: of an ovule
Derived terms: pseudocrassinucellate
Related terms: tenuinucellate
exotegmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exotegmens
Etymology: From exo- + tegmen.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The part of the seed coat that develops from the outer surface of the inner integument
hemianatropous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemi- + anatropous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of hemitropous.
synonyms: word: hemitropous
palisade cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palisade cells
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a layer of elongated cells, near the surface of leaves, that have chloroplasts that absorb a major portion of the light energy used by the leaf.
palisade cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palisade cell
postchalazal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + chalazal.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Beyond the chalaza (in the outer integument)