cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
grammar police
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The grammar police are cruising the info highway, and they're writing tickets. In newsgroups . . . bad English does not go unnoticed.
ref: 1997 September 7, Patricia T. O'Conner, “Grammar Cops”, in New York Times, retrieved 13 Mar 2018:
text: Some wordsmiths wield their lexicological powers like an angry red pen, rooting out errors and marking them for all the world to see. (We're talking to you, Grammar Police.)
ref: 2012 May 30, Heidi Stevens, “Language: More fun with fewer rules?”, in Chicago Tribune, retrieved 13 Mar 2018:
text: A leading Oxford University academic has implored “the grammar police” and spelling pedants to be a bit more relaxed about changing standards of written English.
ref: 2013 May 29, Harry Wallop, “Hay Festival 2013: Oxford professor asks for grammar pedants to relax”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 13 Mar 2018:
text: [S]ince my mother-in-law was a former public school teacher, she is the Grammar Police.
ref: 2015 September 24, Madeline Case, “Have you sworn an oath to the Grammar Police?”, in Business Management Daily, retrieved 13 Mar 2018:
synonyms: grammar cop
;
grammando
grammar Nazi
coordinate_terms: wordie
glosses: One or more people who make negative comments, which are usually unsolicited and unwanted, concerning the correctness of someone's English usage.
stone-lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stone-lilies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of encrinite.
synonyms: word: encrinite
stone-lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stone-lily
cathedratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Medieval Latin cathedrāticus, from Latin cathedra + -ticus.
Senses: glosses: promulgated ex cathedra; authoritative.
necrectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈkɹɛktəmi/
rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: necrectomies
Etymology: From necro- + -ectomy.
Senses: examples: text: Of the total number (2743) of hospitalized children at the Burns Department of the Pediatric Surgery in Zagreb in the last ten years, deep burns of some aesthetically and functionally important body areas were separated and the results of the application of the early necrectomy and immediate grafting method, as recommended by Janzekovic, are analysed.
ref: 1979, Pedisić I, “Early necrectomy in deep burns of aesthetically and functionally important areas”, in Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, volume 13, number 1, →PMID, pages 119–120:
glosses: The removal of necrosed tissue.
Synonyms: necrosectomy
grammar cop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grammar cops
Senses: synonyms: grammar Nazi
grammando
hypernyms: grammarian
<
person
glosses: A member of the grammar police.
Sampaloc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog Sampaloc, from sampalok (“tamarind”).
Senses: glosses: A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
examples: Meronyms: Alupay, Apasan, Banot, Bataan, Bayongon, Bilucao, Caldong, Ibabang Owain, Ilayang Owain, Mamala, San Bueno, San Isidro, San Roque, Taquico — barangays of Sampaloc
glosses: A municipality of Quezon, Philippines.
aerocommercial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aero- + commercial.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to the technical factors there are others of a very diverse nature which have helped efficiently towards the massive and spectacular development of aerocommercial flights:
ref: 1979, Federico N. Videla Escalada, Aeronautical Law, page 332:
text: The tariffs of air transport are free, requiring only prior registry at the aero-commercial authority.
ref: 2003, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Economic Surveys: Chile 2003, page 199:
glosses: Relating to commercial flight.
aerodigestion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aero- + digestion.
Senses: glosses: aerobic digestion
cheer to the echo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheers to the echo
form: cheering to the echo
form: cheered to the echo
form: cheered to the echo
Senses: glosses: Synonym of applaud to the echo.
synonyms: word: applaud to the echo
knocks together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock together
knocking together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock together
knocked together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock together
lamb-ale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamb-ales
Senses: examples: text: Lamb-ales are still maintained at Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, for an annual feast at lamb-shearing.
ref: 1914, Edmund Atwil Wasson, Religion and Drink, page 161:
glosses: A feast at the time of lamb-shearing.
lamb-ales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamb-ale
Eng-chhun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eng Chhun
form: Eng Chun
Etymology: From Hokkien 永春 (Éng-chhun).
Senses: examples: text: After much negotiation, and a good deal of opposition, site for a hospital was secured at the important town of Eng-chhun, which had long been desired as a new centre for English agents to settle at.
ref: c. 1896, Jas. Johnston, China and Formosa, The story of the Mission of the Presbyterian Church of England, Fleming H. Revell Co., page 254:
glosses: Synonym of Yongchun.
synonyms: word: Yongchun
Yongchun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɔŋ.t͡ʃən/
enpr: yo͝ongʹcho͝onʹ
Forms: form: Yung-ch'un
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永春 (Yǒngchūn).
Senses: examples: text: Yungchun County of Fukien Province, East China, has mobilized the masses and built small and medium-sized hydro-electric power stations through self-reliance.
ref: [1972 January 17, “Fukien's Yungchun County Builds Hydropower Stations”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 11, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: East Region, page C 10:
text: Born in Yongchun county in the southern coastal province of Fujian, Xu spent years in the NDRC’s powerful pricing department.
ref: 2014 September 15, Michael Martina, Matthew Miller, Beijing newsroom, “'Mr. Confession' and his boss drive China's antitrust crusade”, in Ian Geoghegan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2023, Top News:
text: The deity in the center is Master Qingshui. He was born in Yongchun County, Fujian in 1037. Master Qingshui left home at an early age to become a monk, and quickly became renowned for his intelligence and mastery of the sutras.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “Longshan temple [四鯤鯓龍山寺]”, in Office of English as the Second Official Language, Tainan City Government, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2022:
english: 四鯤鯓龍山寺
translation: 四鯤鯓龍山寺
glosses: A county of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Hokkien
word: Eng-chhun
word: Eng Chhun
sense: from Hokkien
word: Eng Choon
mythogeographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mythogeography
mytho-geography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mytho-geographies
Senses: examples: text: Raghavendra Rao observes: Chaudhuri had also built up the physical image of England as a place, churning out a whole mytho- geography out of books read and pictures seen. The England thus, conjured up was a country which possessed not only beautiful spots but also place names which sounded beautiful'.
ref: 2000, Amar Nath Prasad, Indian Novelists in English: Critical Perspectives, →ISBN, page 175:
text: Equally ambiguous in Hungarian nationalist mytho-geography is the site where Aron Tamasi, the famed writer of Szekler literature, is buried.
ref: 2014, Laszlo Kurti, Remote Borderland, The: Transylvania in the Hungarian Imagination, →ISBN:
text: The Yellow Mountains never occupied a central place in Chinese mytho-geography, neither figuring among the Five Great Mountains of early Taoist cosmology, nor having a place among the Four Famous Mountains of later Chinese Buddhism (Robson 2009: 17–56).
ref: 2014, Ole Bruun, ““When you have seen the Yellow Mountains” : Approaches to Nature, Essence and Ecology in China”, in Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, volume 18, number 1:
glosses: Alternative form of mythogeography.
mytho-geographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mytho-geography
cat-rigged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Having one great fore-and-aft mainsail spread by a gaff at the head and a boom at the foot, for smooth water only.
unforfeit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + forfeit.
Senses: glosses: Not forfeited.
Humabon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
Mistelbach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality and district in the north-east corner of Lower Austria, Austria.
glosses: A municipality of Bayreuth district, Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany.
super-combined
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super-combineds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of super combined.
supercombined
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercombineds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of super combined.
Flemish stitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A stitch used in making certain kinds of point lace.
remarkables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For pens, ſo uſefull for Scholars to note the remarkables they read, with an impreſſion eaſily deleble without prejudice to the book.
ref: a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Cumberland”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC, page 215:
glosses: remarkable things
transmorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transmorphisms
Etymology: From trans- + morphism.
Senses: glosses: The transformation or development of one thing into another.
transmorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transmorphism
Gibbons-Hawking-York boundary term
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The necessity of such a boundary term was first realised by James W. York and later refined in a minor way by Gary Gibbons and Stephen Hawking.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: In general relativity, a term that needs to be added to the Einstein-Hilbert action when the underlying spacetime manifold has a boundary.
wikipedia: Gary Gibbons
James W. York
Stephen Hawking
EFE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EFEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Einstein field equation.
EFEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EFE
ill-posed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: an ill-posed problem
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Not well-posed.
Tikhonov regularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tikhonov regularizations
Etymology: Named for Andrey Tikhonov.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular method of regularization of ill-posed problems, or estimating the coefficients of multiple-regression models in scenarios where the independent variables are highly correlated.
wikipedia: Andrey Tikhonov
Tikhonov regularizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tikhonov regularization
cluefully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cluefully
form: most cluefully
Etymology: From clueful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a clueful manner.
formulational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From formulation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to formulation.
Related terms: formative
formulative
testlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testlets
Etymology: From test + -let.
Senses: examples: text: As an example, consider a test consisting of five testlets that are included in computing the test takers' scores and one additional testlet that is not included in the scores.
ref: 2010, Alina von Davier, Statistical Models for Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking:
glosses: A group of questions about the same topic.
raw_tags: in a test
testlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testlet
fumadoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fumado
Hawking's paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after English physicist Stephen Hawking.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The black hole information paradox.
unluxury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + luxury.
Senses: examples: text: I used to think that the pervading unluxury, which was not greatly alleviated in the chairman's sanctum, served the function of the disintegrating suit you wear on visits to the taxman: it made it harder to ask for another £25 advance when they couldn't even afford lino on the stairs.
ref: 1954-1990, Kingsley Amis, The Amis Collection: Selected Non-fiction page 32
glosses: Absence of luxury.
unluxuriously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unluxuriously
form: most unluxuriously
Etymology: From unluxurious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If not, a night in mid-April would be unluxuriously chilly.
ref: 2013, Rob Brezsny, The Televisionary Oracle:
glosses: In a manner that is characterized by the absence of luxury.
theoretical key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theoretical keys
Senses: examples: text: G-sharp major is a theoretical key with 8 sharps; in 12-tone equal temperament it is enharmonic to A-flat major, but in most other tunings, such as 31-tone equal temperament, it is a distinct key.
qualifier: music theory
glosses: A key signature which has eight or more sharps or seven flats. In music using twelve-tone equal temperament its pitch coincides with its enharmonic, while in most other equal temperament tunings most enharmonic equivalences between key signatures regularly go beyond simple sharps and flats.
theoretical keys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theoretical key
Tavastia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Tavastia, equivalent to Tavast + -ia from Old East Norse Tafæistaland (attested in 11th century runestone Gs 13 as ᛆ ᛏᛆᚠᛋᛏᛆᛚᚭᚿᛏᛁ, transliterated "a tafstalãnti", normalized "a Tafæistalandi" 'in Tavastia'), from Tafæistr (“Tavast”) + land, the former probably being derived from tafʀ (“laggard”) + Æistʀ (“Estonian”).
Senses: glosses: A historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme.
glosses: Tavastia Proper (a region in Finland; official name: Kanta-Häme).
glosses: Päijänne Tavastia (a region in Finland; official name: Päijät-Häme).
Related terms: Tavastum
Botnia
Bothnia
Cajania
Kainuu
Carelia
Karelia
Lapponia
Lappland
Satagundia
Satakunta
Savonia
Savo
Adhya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit.
Senses: glosses: An Indian surname.
golden image
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden images
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The master disk image used in the initialization of VMs, hard disks, etc.
VDI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Forms: form: VDIs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of virtual desktop infrastructure.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of virtual disk image.
pluridisciplinarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, pluridisciplinar(y) + -ity, or, by surface analysis, pluri- + disciplinar(y) + -ity.
Senses: topics: academia
scholarly
sciences
glosses: Synonym of multidisciplinarity.
synonyms: word: multidisciplinarity
Related terms: disciplinarity
motor neurone disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "I have Motor Neurone Disease. Before long, I shan't be here. That's pretty straightforward. [...] My future is time-limited. The disease affects my abilities. It will get worse. There is no cure.
ref: 2021 November 3, Adrian Shooter talks to Paul Clifton, “A lifetime of railway achievements”, in RAIL, number 943, page 37:
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
pathology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of motor neuron disease.
Synonyms: MND
Hypernyms: neurone disease
lateral sclerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LS
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
pathology
sciences
glosses: name of a number of chronic, progressive nervous diseases.
Synonyms: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ALS
motor neuron disease
MND
Lou Gehrig's disease
Hypernyms: sclerosis
Hyponyms: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
primary lateral sclerosis
Coordinate terms: motor neuron disease
bearwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English berewort, either borrowed from Middle Low German bērwort or reflecting Old English *berawurt, *beranwurt; in either case, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *beranwurti and by surface analysis, bear + wort.
Senses: synonyms: meu
meon
meum
baldmoney
spignel
glosses: A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
dullardly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dullardly
form: most dullardly
Etymology: From dullard + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: When I called, some dullardly gentleman picked up the telephone, announced the name of his fine establishment, the Pigpen, then yelled to someone nearby […].
ref: 2000, Brian McGrory, The Incumbent, page 389:
text: I believe pop music is too important to be left to the leaden, dullardly and unambitious.
ref: 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury, published 2015, page 260:
text: Then I shall say it so: in the years since their lucid moments of appreciation, they have let themselves descend into dullardly obtuseness, into vapid venality.
ref: 2016, Steven Erikson, Fall of Light:
glosses: Dull, stupid.
product ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: product rings
Senses: examples: text: For instance, let X be an infinite set, R the product ring K^(XY)#92;#33;, and A the set of homomorphisms R#92;rightarrowK given by evaluation at all the elements of X. Then the hypothesis of the Lemma holds, but #92;text#123;Int#125;#95;A(R) is the product ring k^(XY)#92;#33;, which is not in general free as a k-module.
ref: 1996, George M. Bergman, Adam O. Hausknecht, Cogroups and Co-rings in Categories of Associative Rings, American Mathematical Society, page 246:
text: Thus the set X#92;timesY becomes a ring with these operations and it is called the product ring. The identity element of the product ring with respect to the addition is obviously (0,0) where 0 and 0 are identity elements of addition in the rings X and Y#92;#33;, respectively.
ref: 2003, Erdoğan S. Şuhubi, Functional Analysis, Springer, page 63:
text: 2007, Catriona Maclean (translator), Daniel Perrin, Algebraic Geometry: An Introduction, [1995, D. Perrin, Géométrie algébrique], Springer, page 101,
Then A_λ is isomorphic to the product ring k×k via the homomorphism sending X to (α,-α).
topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: ring theory
glosses: A ring that is the direct product of rings.
Synonyms: sense: ring that is the direct product of rings
word: direct product ring
Derived terms: cup product ring
semidirect product ring
product rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of product ring
focsle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: focsles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fo'c'sle.
carmalum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of carmine + alum
Senses: glosses: A solution of carmine and alum used as a histological stain.
carminomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carminomycins
Senses: glosses: An anthracycline antineoplastic, (7S,9S)-9-acetyl-7-(4-amino-5-hydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxy-4,6,9,11-tetrahydroxy-8,10-dihydro-7H-tetracene-5,12-dione, obtained from Actinomadura carminata
Synonyms: carubicin
carminophil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: carminophile
Senses: glosses: That stains easily with carmine dyes
carotenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carotenases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that converts carotene into vitamin A
carotenoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carotenoproteins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex of a carotenoid and a protein
caroticoclinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From carotico- + clinoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting the carotid and the clinoid
Derived terms: caroticoclinoid ligament
caroticotympanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˌɹɑt.ək.oʊ.tɪmˈpæn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Etymology: From carotico- + tympanic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the carotid and the tympanum.
Derived terms: caroticotympanic artery
caroticotympanic canal
caroticotympanic nerve
carotinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of carotenemia.
carotodynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of carotidynia.
carpectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kär pekʹ tə mē
ipa: /kɑɹˈpɛk.tə.mi/
rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: carpectomies
Etymology: From carpo- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: removal of the carpal bone
carpoptosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wrist drop.
synonyms: word: wrist drop
wrist drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Wrist drop was formerly encountered among painters, as a result of lead poisoning.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A paralysis of the extensor muscles of the hand and fingers, from any of various causes.
Synonyms: carpoptosis
Related terms: painter's colic
plumbism
foot drop
casamino
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of casein + amino
Senses: glosses: Relating to a casamino acid or its derivative
casbene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The antifungal diterpene hydrocarbon (4E,8E,12E)-4,8,12,15,15-pentamethylbicyclo[12.1.0]pentadeca-4,8,12-triene
catabolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catabolins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catabolite.
glosses: Synonym of interleukin.
synonyms: word: interleukin
catalatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Related to a catalase
cataphasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cata- + -phasia.
Senses: glosses: A speech defect characterised by repetition of individual words.
Derived terms: acataphasia
cataphyllary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cataphyll + -ary.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing brownish scales on the surfaces of some plants, probably derived from foliage-leaves.
Related terms: phyllade
cataplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cata- + -plasia.
Senses: glosses: The degeneration of cells or tissue
Related terms: cataplasic
catechinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Senses: glosses: Related to, or derived from catechin
Derived terms: catechinic acid
freestylings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freestyling
hadn't a
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Forms: form: hadn'thave
Senses: examples: text: We can go back and reflect on things we've done in our past and say, "Boy, I wish we hadn't a gone that way".
ref: 2018 March 13, Mike Rogers (Michigan politician), BBC Newshour:
glosses: Contraction of had not have (“hadn't”).
Related terms: hadn't've
Cherilyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Entertainer and actress Armenian-American Cherilyn Sarkisian, better known to her millions of fans worldwide as Cher, has achieved remarkable success as a singer […]
ref: 2001, Elliott Robert Barkan, Making it in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans, page 333:
glosses: A female given name.
launch lug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: launch lugs
Senses: qualifier: model rocketry
glosses: A small vertical tube affixed to the side of a model rocket, which engages with a launch rod to stabilize the rocket's trajectory in its first few feet of flight.
launch lugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of launch lug
any time now
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: anytime now
Senses: examples: text: The train will be arriving any time now.
text: Tonight's guests are due any time now.
glosses: Very soon.
Synonyms: word: any time soon
raw_tags: used in a negative sense
Related terms: any minute now
any day now
MCSEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MCSE
ouzeri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ouzeris
form: ouzeria
Etymology: From Greek ουζερί (ouzerí).
Senses: glosses: A Greek taverna serving ouzo and snacks.
ouzeris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ouzeri
township music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of various music genres created by Bantu peoples living in poor, racially-segregated urban areas of South Africa ("townships") during the 20th century.
cathenamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of didehydroajmalicine that is an intermediate in the enzymatic production of ajmalicine
Wellseans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wellsean
catholysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cathodic electrolysis
cationised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cationized.
Knotty Ash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An eastern suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4091)
caudocephalad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: In a direction from the tail toward the head
caulimovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caulimoviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the genus Caulimovirus.
Related terms: caulimovirid
cavagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cavagrams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cavogram.
cavernitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cavernites
Etymology: From cavern + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the corpus cavernosum
cavernositis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cavernosites
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of cavernitis.
cavernostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cavernostomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: incision and subsequent drainage of a cavity
cavitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cavites
Etymology: From cavo- + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the vena cava
cavography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cavo- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: radiography of the vena cava
cavopulmonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cavo- + pulmonary.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the vena cava and the pulmonary artery
Derived terms: cavopulmonary anastomosis
cavopulmonary shunt
cavosurface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cavosurfaces
Etymology: From cavo- + surface.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: The surface of a cavity
Derived terms: cavosurface angle
cavosurface bevel
cavosurface junction
cavosurface margin
cavosurfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cavosurface
Lundensians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lundensian
brutes for punishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brute for punishment
chick peas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chick pea
systemwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From system + -wise.
Senses: glosses: According to or pertaining to a system
Synonyms: systematically
methodically
rantang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rantangs
Senses: glosses: A kind of lunchbox or food container.
rantangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rantang
faradaically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From faradaic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a faradaic manner.
uredoforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uredoform
oblivescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more oblivescent
form: most oblivescent
Senses: examples: text: We will happy, happy be, Oblivescent of the past.
ref: 1877, John Hall, The Angler's Song Of The Spring:
glosses: forgetful; forgetting
Related terms: oblivescence
framire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: framires
Senses: glosses: idigbo tree
framires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of framire
emeri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: wood of the idigbo tree
Grothendieckian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Grothendieck + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014), German-born French mathematician who was instrumental in the creation of modern algebraic geometry.
advertisey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more advertisey
form: most advertisey
Etymology: From advertise + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I felt when I sent it off that it wasn't the kind of thing they wanted, wasn't advertisey enough.
ref: 1912, Nell Speed, Molly Brown's Sophomore Days:
text: This is a popular device in advertising type (where squeaky-tight letter fitting seems to be perennially in vogue), so you should avoid it in more formal applications where an advertisey look may not be what you’re after.
ref: 1992, James Felici, How to Get Great Type Out of Your Computer, →ISBN:
text: Avoid getting too “advertisey,” and be aware that many libraries have policies limiting distribution of materials advertising businesses or services.
ref: 2014, Erinn Batykefer, Laura Damon-Moore, The Artist's Library: A Field Guide, page 189:
glosses: Tending to advertise something; promotional.
spectacles, testicles, wallet, watch
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.
spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: spectacles, testicles, wallet, watch
Etymology: The positions of these four objects on a person's body correspond to the four extremities of the cross shape. The placement of the wallet and (pocket) watch refer to breast pockets.
Senses: glosses: Said when performing the sign of the cross.
sled hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sledge hockey.
synonyms: word: sledge hockey
Related terms: ice sled hockey
inline sled hockey
roller sled hockey
ice sledge hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pedantic form of sledge hockey, distinguishing it from roller sledge hockey.
weeder class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeder classes
Senses: examples: text: While the benefits of weeder classes may be dubious in the short run, they definitely pay dividends in the long run. They spur necessary competition among students, which prepares them for the rigors of upper division classes and their careers.
ref: 2015 November 18, Aurash Jalalian, “Weeder Courses Are Par For the Course”, in The Bottom Line:
text: Many may argue that pass-fail is the “easy way out.” However, a pass-fail weeder class may be more helpful than a traditional weeder class. Pass-fail gives students flexibility and time to learn content and material at their own pace.
ref: 2024 September 16, Opinion Department, “TIAS | It’s Time to Weed Out Weeder Courses”, in The Cornell Daily Sun:
topics: education
synonyms: weeder course
glosses: An introductory university course that is designed to "weed out" those students who are not able to pass it.
weeder course
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeder courses
Senses: examples: text: Occasionally, people who oppose weeder courses contend that they disincentivize learning and force students to study just for the sake of achieving “the grade.” In some ways, the opposition is right on the money.
ref: 2015 November 18, Aurash Jalalian, “Weeder Courses Are Par For the Course”, in The Bottom Line:
text: Practically, it can be seen clearly that weeder courses are not equalizers. In fact, they exacerbate inequality and continue to push wealthy and privileged students to the top while putting down minority and low-income students.
ref: 2024 September 16, Opinion Department, “TIAS | It’s Time to Weed Out Weeder Courses”, in The Cornell Daily Sun:
topics: education
synonyms: weeder class
glosses: An introductory university course that is designed to "weed out" those students who are not able to pass it.
Related terms: gut course
roller sledge hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From roller + sledge hockey.
Senses: qualifier: field hockey or ice hockey
glosses: A parasport, an adapted form of roller hockey, and a floor version of (ice) sledge hockey, where disabled athletes rid atop roller sledges (roller sleds), and propel themselves with a pair of roller sledge hockey sticks, that function as canes/"walking sticks" and hockey sticks. Various variants of roller sledge hockey use different configurations of wheels.
Synonyms: roller sled hockey
Hypernyms: parahockey
hockey
Hyponyms: inline sledge hockey
inline sled hockey
Related terms: sledge hockey
roller hockey
inline hockey
roller sled hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From roller + sled hockey.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of roller sledge hockey.
synonyms: word: roller sledge hockey
Related terms: sled hockey
roller hockey
ice sled hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sledge hockey. Pedantic form of sled hockey, distinguishing it from roller sled hockey.
synonyms: word: sledge hockey
extra: Pedantic form of sled hockey, distinguishing it from roller sled hockey
Teichmüller space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Teichmüller spaces
Etymology: Named after Oswald Teichmüller.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A space T(S) assigned to a (real) topological (or differential) surface S: it parameterizes complex structures on S up to the action of homeomorphisms that are isotopic to the identity homeomorphism.
wikipedia: Oswald Teichmüller
Teichmüller spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Teichmüller space
weeder courses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weeder course
tubuloacinar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tubulo- + acinar.
Senses: glosses: Involving tubules and acini.
tubulosaccular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ækjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From tubulo- + saccular.
Senses: glosses: Involving tubules and saccules.
tubuloreticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tubulo- + reticular.
Senses: glosses: Involving tubules and reticulum.
wolf jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf jumps
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A kind of jump where the knees remain together but one leg is bent while the other is stretched out.
Related terms: wolf turn
wolf jumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf jump
on the inside
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: antonyms: on the outside
glosses: inside, within, inwardly, internally, interiorly, innerly
fiscalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiscalization
fiscalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fiscalize
fiscalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fiscalize
hippuritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hippurite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hippurites.
general officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: general officers
Senses: examples: text: The former of these young men had been adopted by his uncle, who, after a life passed in the army, had died a general officer at a very advanced age, and had left his nephew his whole fortune […].
ref: 1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 177:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An officer above the rank of colonel.
Synonyms: word: general
Related terms: flag officer
Marshall syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A genetic disorder of the connective tissue, resulting in unusually large eyes, abnormal joints and facial structure, and sometimes hearing loss.
Stickler syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: It was first studied and characterized by Gunnar B. Stickler in 1965.
Senses: qualifier: medical genetics
glosses: A genetic disorder affecting the connective tissue, characterized by facial abnormalities, ocular problems, hearing loss, and joint problems.
hyperimmunoglobulinemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperimmunoglobulinemia
OPCW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
law
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Coordinate terms: word: Geneva Protocol
english: Biological Weapons Convention
translation: Biological Weapons Convention
word: BWC
english: Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
translation: Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
word: BTWC
Related terms: word: chemical weapon
english: Chemical Weapons Convention
translation: Chemical Weapons Convention
word: CWC
JIA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.
ref: 2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMD:
glosses: Initialism of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Timsort
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tim + sort, named after Tim Peters, who implemented it in 2002 for the Python programming language.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A sorting algorithm derived from mergesort and insertion sort, designed to perform well on many kinds of real-world data.
IHEU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Humanist and Ethical Union.
nonincentivized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + incentivized.
Senses: glosses: Not incentivized.
Synonyms: unincentivized
nonincentive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonincentives
Etymology: From non- + incentive.
Senses: examples: text: Xerox, for example, had a virtual monopoly on copiers in the 1960s, and because of its lease strategy, had a money flow that was difficult to spend. There were therefore significant nonincentives for Xerox to invent a small office copier.
ref: 2001, David A. Aaker, Developing Business Strategies, page 145:
glosses: That which is not an incentive.
nonincentives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonincentive
hall monitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hall monitors
Senses: glosses: A person responsible for maintaining order in a school's corridors and halls.
examples: text: (When I got to this part of the podcast, I have to admit, my own inner hall monitor was on high alert.)
ref: 2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
glosses: A person who shows or demands deference to authority.
This
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thi
Plataea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ancient Greek Πλάταια (Plátaia)
Senses: glosses: An ancient Greek city-state situated in Boeotia near the frontier with Attica at the foot of Mt. Cithaeron, between the mountain and the river Asopus, which divided its territory from that of Thebes.
Derived terms: Plataean
Callao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Most locations in the United States, South America, Spain, are named after Spanish Callao in Peru.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
The largest port city of Peru.
glosses: A placename:
A province and district therein, in Peru.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A minor city and inactive township in Macon County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Juab County and Tooele County, Utah.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia, revised from Callaway, the preferred name.
glosses: A placename:
Several locations in Spain
glosses: A placename:
A cave in Luzon, Philippines; in full, Callao Cave.
glosses: Ellipsis of Callao Man.
business district
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business districts
Senses: hypernyms: business end
glosses: A part of a town or city where business activity (e.g., commerce) is especially concentrated.
business school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business schools
Senses: glosses: A higher education institution that specializes in business studies
butt bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butt bags
Senses: examples: text: Each carried a shielded crimson dive light, invisible from the surface, which gave objects a gray, pallid distortion. They were also equipped with a knife strapped to one calf, a small P-6 pistol holstered on the other, a compact butt bag of tools, and a short bang stick armed with a twelve-gauge shotgun shell to ward off sharks.
ref: 1990, Charles Ryan, The capricorn quadrant, →ISBN, page 15:
text: The social worker obliged him this, after which Phael abruptly asked for the return of his butt bag and left the room.
ref: 1994, Thomas L. Kuhlman, Psychology on the Streets: Mental Health Practice with Homeless Persons, →ISBN:
text: "I got everything in my butt bag. No, I won't take it off during flight . . . I'll just move it around to the front.”
ref: 2010, Ann Wade, Seeing in Darkness: A True Story of Friendship and Courage, →ISBN:
text: “Oh, and nice butt bag, loser,” she added. “Goes great with your yoga outfit.”
ref: 2014, Todd Clark, The Ice Cream Kid: Brain Freeze!, →ISBN:
glosses: A fanny pack.
examples: text: An alpine hammer, which has seen better days but never ice, slots into his holster. A wire brush, a nut pick, jumars and etriers all clip onto his harness and his butt bag (belay seat) goes into his pocket.
ref: 1986, New Zealand Alpine Journal - Volume 39, page 113:
text: Some continuously steep routes with numerous hanging belays necessitate a belay seat or butt bag. A butt bag with three points of suspension is more comfortable than a two-point bag.
ref: 1999, Mark Twight, James Martin, Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, High, and Fast, →ISBN:
text: If you're tackling a super-steep rock route, then consider taking along, or making, a nylon 'butt bag' – a fabric seat that will take some of the weight off of your harness.
ref: 2016, Andy Kirkpatrick, 1001 Climbing Tips, →ISBN:
text: With nearly no moves easier than 5.8 or harder than 5.10a, and with no rest ledges, it is heaven for 5.10 climbers, as long as you bring a butt bag or a comfortable harness for the hanging belays.
ref: 2004, Greg Barnes, Larry DeAngelo, Red Rocks Climbing: SuperTopos:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
mountaineering
sports
glosses: A seat attached to ropes on which a climber can sit while belaying.
cabbage butterfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabbage butterflies
Senses: glosses: A very common butterfly whose caterpillars feed on cabbage and other crucifers, a large white (Pieris brassicae)
cabbage salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabbage salads
Senses: glosses: malfouf salad
malfouf salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malfouf salads
Etymology: From Arabic مَلْفُوف (malfūf, “wrapped around; cabbage roll”).
Senses: glosses: A salad made from shredded cabbage, lemon juice, olive oil, and mint.
café de move-on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cafés de move-on
Senses: glosses: An easily transported mobile coffee cart
café latte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “Ramen and Starbucks? Highly unusual.” / “Next scene. Ryogoku. Shards everywhere, and… here.” / Fumio Narazaki eyeballs the photograph for a few seconds. / “A tall, right?” / “Precisely. Café latte.”
ref: 2017, Hideo Furukawa, translated by David Boyd, “Chronicle: 2000”, in Slow Boat: A Slow Boat to China RMX, London: Pushkin Press, →ISBN, page 113:
glosses: Misspelling of caffè latte.
calc-tufa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From calc- + tufa.
Senses: glosses: tufa
calling bell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calling bells
Senses: glosses: Any bell used to get someone's attention
camera rehearsal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camera rehearsals
Senses: topics: broadcasting
cinematography
film
media
television
glosses: A filmed rehearsal of a televised scene
camoodi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camoodis
form: camoodie
Senses: glosses: A boa constrictor or other constricting snake.
Cantabrian Mountains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in northern Spain, stretching from the Pyrenees to the Galician Massif
Picos de Europa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in northern Spain, part of the Cantabrian Mountains
car-bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: car-bombs
form: car-bombing
form: car-bombed
form: car-bombed
Senses: glosses: To attack with a car bomb
Picos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Picos de Europa
caravan site
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caravan sites
Senses: synonyms: caravan park
campground
RV park
glosses: An area of land designed for people to stay in their caravans.
career woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: career women
form: careerwoman
Etymology: From career + woman.
Senses: examples: text: I think he was referring to how some women are being pressured into becoming "supermoms". Unfortunately, many women who try being both careerwoman and child-raiser at the same time end up screwing up both roles.
ref: 1996 December 8, Shannon Mitchell, “Re: Betrayed by Corporate Giants!!! The TRUTH”, in can.politics (Usenet):
text: According to society, to attempt to take away a woman's choice of work or homelife or to insist that someone have a certain idea is similar to slavery. According to society, a woman's right to choose a career or a family, to be a homemaker or a careerwoman, is untouchable. No similar impression exists for men ...
ref: 1997 June 1, Allan Cybulskie, “Re: Benefits of Feminism To Men”, in alt.feminism (Usenet):
glosses: A woman who is dedicated to her career.
Related terms: career man