cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Homer nods
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊmə ˈnɒdz/
ipa: /ˈhoʊməɹ ˈnɑdz/
Etymology: See even Homer nods.
Senses: examples: text: Horace acknowledges that honeſt Homer''' nods ſometimes: He is not equally awake in every Line: […]
ref: 1677, John Dryden, “The Authors Apology for Heroique Poetry; and Poetique Licence”, in The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. Written in Heroique Verse, and Dedicated to Her Royal Highness, the Duchess, London: Printed by T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, →OCLC:
text: Thoſe are but Stratagems which Errors ſeem, / Nor is it Homer Nods, but We that Dream.
ref: 1709, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, London: Printed for W. Lewis in Russell-street, Covent-Garden; and sold by W. Taylor at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, T. Osborn in Grays-Inn near the Walks, and J. Graves in St. James's-Street, published 1711, →OCLC, page 12:
text: He [de Vigneul-Marvin] knows that Homer''' nods sometimes, and that Faults are found in the beſt writers. He is an Author himself, and conſequently may commit an Over-ſight as well as Pindar, Virgil, Horace, and all the moſt celebrated Ancient and Modern Authors.
ref: 1713, [Jean] de la Bruyere, N[icholas] Rowe, “Of M. de la Bruyere’s Book, entitul’d, The Characters: Or the Manners of the Present Age”, in The Works of Monsieur De La Bruyere. In Two Volumes. Containing, I. The Moral Characters of Theophrastus. II. The Characters, or, The Manners of the Present Age. III. M. Bruyeres Speech upon His Admission into the French Academy. IV. An Account of the Life and Writings of M. Bruyere. By Monsieur Coste. … Revis’d by the Paris Edition: With an Original Chapter, Of the Manner of Living with Great Men: Written after the Method of M. Bruyere, by N. Rowe, Esq., 6th edition, volume I, London: Printed for E[dmund] Curll, at the Dial and Bible, and J. Pemberton, at the Buck and Sun; both against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, →OCLC, page 102:
text: And Homer nods: The Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles played in this year's NFC championship, not NFL championship as we said in a Friday follow-up (since corrected).
ref: 2009 April 27, James Taranto, “When Pigs Flu: But … but … Mexico has Socialized Medicine!”, in The Wall Street Journal, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2016:
glosses: Alternative form of even Homer nods (“not even the most vigilant and expert are immune to error”).
Homerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Homerisms
Etymology: From Homer + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A word or phrase characteristic of the writings of Homer.
glosses: The miming of scenes from one of Homer's epics. It was common in Greek- and Roman-era pagan festivals.
overwork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ō'və-wûkʹ
ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/
enpr: ō'vər-wûrkʹ
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈwɝk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: overworks
form: overworking
form: overworked
form: overworked
form: overwrought
form: overwrought
Etymology: From Middle English overwerken, possibly from Old English oferwyrċan (“to overwork, overlay”), equivalent to over- + work. Cognate with Dutch overwerken (“to overwork”).
Senses: examples: text: to overwork a horse
text: For some years locomotives and coaches have been overworked and undermaintained to a degree without precedent in British railway history, and the leeway in maintenance now to be made up is very great.
ref: 1945 November snd December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 329:
text: The cracking sound, he explained, as far as I, a non-plumber, could understand, was the sound of the overworked, undermaintained and weirdly installed heating unit’s core rupturing and spilling water into the basement.
ref: 2007 February 18, Jake Mooney, “A Case of the Shivers”, in The New York Times:
text: If you live in Washington D.C., Houston or Atlanta, it might be time to take a vacation.
Those three cities, followed by Seattle and Chicago, are the most overworked cities in the United States, according to a study released by the mobile technology company Kisi this past week.
ref: 2019 August 10, Harmeet Kaur, “The most overworked cities in the US might surprise you”, in CNN:
text: It turns out that overworking your brain with either physical or mental exercise may lower your ability to delay self-gratification.
ref: 2019 September 26, Sandee LaMotte, “Too much exercise could lead to bad decisions on what you eat and buy”, in CNN:
text: One of China’s most prominent e-commerce companies is facing intense public backlash over allegations that it overworks its employees.
ref: 2021 January 13, Laura He and Nectar Gan, “Pinduoduo under fire as China turns on its tech titans”, in CNN:
glosses: To make (someone or something) work too hard.
glosses: To work too hard.
examples: text: My days with toil are overwrought.
ref: 1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Aigalades:
glosses: To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
glosses: To decorate all over.
overwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ō'və-wûkʹ
ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/
enpr: ō'vər-wûrkʹ
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈwɝk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
enpr: ōʹvə-wûk'
ipa: /ˈəʊvəˌwɜːk/
enpr: ōʹvər-wûrk'
ipa: /ˈoʊvɚˌwɝk/
enpr: ō'və-wûkʹ
ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/
enpr: ō'vər-wûrkʹ
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈwɝk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Etymology: From Middle English overwerc, from Old English oferweorc, oferġeweorc (“an overwork, superstructure, tomb”), equivalent to over- + work.
Senses: glosses: A superstructure.
examples: text: Various disordered conditions consequent upon overwork, which are characteristic of modern civilisation.
ref: 1878, Phosphorus in functional disorders of the nervous system, induced by overwork and other influences incidental to modern life:
text: He says that more men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies. He maintains that overwork slew Pansay who died under his hands about three years ago.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 8:
text: […] it had obtained from its constituents rather antiquated and inefficient equipment, which scarcely stood up to overwork; […].
ref: 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 244:
text: When it comes to overwork, denial looms large.
ref: 1996, Wilkie Au, Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration:
text: The Japanese term for sudden death from overwork.
ref: 2003, Ernie J Zelinski, Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked:
text: In July, the government legislated to reduce the maximum working hours from a staggering 68 per week to 40, with 12 hours of paid overtime, in what President Moon Jae-in said would be an “important opportunity to move away from a society of overwork and move toward a society of spending time with families.”
ref: 2018 November 4, Jake Kwon and Alexandra Field, “South Koreans are working themselves to death. Can they get their lives back?”, in CNN:
glosses: Excessive work.
Related terms: overtime
homo politicus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The stereotypical behaviour of people in a political setting.
glosses: In political science a concept coined by Aristotle that posits that man is essentially a political animal.
Related terms: Homo sapiens
homo oeconomicus
homo melior
homonomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).
Senses: glosses: Homologous parts having the same features or functions
glosses: Homologous parts on the same body, especially when arranged along the long axis.
glosses: Misspelling of homonymous.
Related terms: homonomy
quadruplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: quadruplications
Senses: glosses: multiplication by four
reformer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
Forms: form: reformers
Etymology: From reform + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Among the frontrunners before the conclave began were Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state; Luis Antonio Tagle, a reformer from the Philippines; Péter Erdő, a traditionalist from Hungary; Robert Sarah, a cardinal from Guinea who criticised Francis’s papacy; and the moderate US cardinal Robert Prevost.
ref: 2025 May 8, Angela Giuffrida and Harriet Sherwood, “White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope”, in The Guardian:
glosses: One who reforms, or who works for reform.
examples: text: […] for I long to ſee a larke without a creaſt, and would travaile farre to diſcoover a reformer without a fault, […]
ref: 1593, Gabriell Haruey [i.e., Gabriel Harvey], Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame, London: […] Iohn Wolfe, →OCLC; republished as John Payne Collier, editor, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. […] (Miscellaneous Tracts. Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I; no. 8), [London]: [s.n.], [1870], →OCLC, page 127:
topics: Christianity
glosses: One who was involved in the Reformation.
examples: text: The fuel reformer works somewhat like catalytic converters in cars. In the gasoline reformer, vaporized gasoline is mixed with steam and air before traveling through a cylinder packed with the new Argonne catalyst. The result is a hydrogen-rich gas that is further processed in subsequent chemical steps and is then fed to the fuel cell.
ref: 2004, Evelyn Brown, “Argonne tests and creates the fuel cells to power the future”, in Evelyn Brown, editor, Logos, volume 22, number 1, page 15:
qualifier: chemical engineering; fuel cells; chemical engineering; fuel cells
glosses: A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
examples: text: Deisohexanizer bottoms are routed to the continuous reformer, where the octane of the stream is upgraded chiefly by conversion of naphthenes and paraffins to high octane aromatic compounds.
ref: 1979 December 24, Alaska Petrochemical Company, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Draft[:] Environmental Impact Statement, page 29:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrochemistry
petrology
physical-sciences
glosses: A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.
Derived terms: catalytic reformer
spelling reformer
quirkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quirkinesses
Etymology: From quirky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Your quirkiness is so endearing.
text: Chacombe: The one-bedroomed holiday home built into the mouth of the Great Central Railway tunnel, on the former Banbury-Northampton route, has won a number of awards for its quirkiness.
ref: 2025 March 5, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Midlands”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 24:
glosses: The state of being quirky.
examples: text: "There are certain quirkinesses, but he is a very good neighbor."
ref: 2009 January 8, Robbie Brown, “Hard Times Find Replica of White House for Sale”, in New York Times:
glosses: A specific quirky aspect of a person or thing.
Related terms: quirkily
hyletics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See hyletic, hylic (hyle + -tic + -s).
Senses: glosses: The study of matter or raw impressions of an intentional act; the abstraction from the form.
reshaping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reshape
reshaping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reshapings
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: recontouring
text: In one sense or another, each of the stories is about the creation of private fictions, reshapings of the world in order to make it walkable.
ref: 2009 June 28, David Gates, “The Postmodern Me”, in New York Times:
hypernyms: remodeling#Noun
reworking#Noun
glosses: The process by which something is reshaped.
reeducate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reeducates
form: reeducating
form: reeducated
form: reeducated
Etymology: From re- + educate.
Senses: glosses: To educate or teach again, especially in order to remove bad practices.
glosses: To rehabilitate.
Derived terms: reeducation
reeducator
scorched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃt
Forms: form: more scorched
form: most scorched
Senses: glosses: Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.
Derived terms: scorched carpet
scorched earth
scorched-earth policy
scorched rice
scorched wing
scorched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scorch
westernization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: westernizations
form: westernisation
Etymology: From western + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: I would argue that Westernization as a cultural attribute was less important than the fact that these men had skills disposing them to what rule-based government and^([sic]) fear 'demagocracy' )
ref: 1964, The journal of Asian studies, volume 24, page 309:
text: According to anthropology professor Peter Rigby, the Maasai's resistance to Westernization and their reluctance to enter the market system is ethnosuicide.
ref: 2005, Randall Elam Mayes, The Cybernetics of Kenyan Running: Hurry, Hurry Has No Blessing, page 92:
glosses: The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
vulgarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vulgarizations
form: vulgarisation
Etymology: From vulgar + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of making something vulgar, especially by using the language of ordinary people.
topics: sciences
glosses: The process of making something accessible and attractive to the general public; the popular-science presentation of a topic, its popularization.
all over with
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: When the event is all over with, make sure that the place is cleaned up and the lights are turned off.
glosses: Completely finished; over.
crater lake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crater lakes
Senses: examples: text: “Take it up!” Saal shouted forward, and they accelerated away, the structure dwindling at the top of the falls, the crater lake falling into the distance.
ref: 2008, Tobias S. Buckell, Halo: The Cole Protocol, New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 217:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A lake that has formed in the caldera of a volcano.
deactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːæktɪˈveɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: deactivations
Etymology: From de- + activation.
Senses: glosses: The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm.
Derived terms: deactivation energy
photodeactivation
Related terms: inactivation
findable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more findable
form: most findable
Etymology: From Middle English fyndable, fyndeable, equivalent to find + -able.
Senses: examples: text: “But you did a fine job being findable—stayed on camera, stayed still. I only lost you for a few minutes.”
ref: 2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 361:
glosses: Able to be found.
Synonyms: word: discoverable
word: discernable
word: discernible
word: repertible
word: reperible
Derived terms: findability
findableness
unfindable
Pan-deism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pandeism.
Pan-Deism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pandeism.
pan-deism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: "I first came upon this extension of ecumenism into pan-deism among some Roman Catholic scholars interested primarily in the "reunion of the churches," Roman, Orthodox, Anglican." . . . . "We may perhaps ask what is the ultimate aim of the Curia in promoting the pan-deist movement."
Father Charles A. Bolton in "Beyond the Ecumenical: Pan-deism?" in Christianity Today, 1963, page 21.
glosses: Alternative spelling of pandeism.
pan-deist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pan-deists
Senses: examples: text: "I first came upon this extension of ecumenism into pan-deism among some Roman Catholic scholars interested primarily in the "reunion of the churches," Roman, Orthodox, Anglican." . . . . "We may perhaps ask what is the ultimate aim of the Curia in promoting the pan-deist movement."
ref: 1963, Father Charles A. Bolton, “Beyond the Ecumenical: Pan-deism?”, in Christianity Today, page 21:
glosses: Alternative spelling of pandeist.
Pan-Deist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pan-Deists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pandeist.
pan-deists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pan-deist
poly-deism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of polydeism.
Pan-Deists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pan-Deist
sun room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sun rooms
Etymology: From sun + room.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sunroom.
pandeistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /pændiːˈɪstɪkli/
Etymology: From pandeistical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a pandeistic manner
belt-drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belt-drives
Senses: glosses: Any mechanism that uses a continuous belt through which power is transmitted.
Italianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈtæljəˌnaɪz/
Forms: form: Italianizes
form: Italianizing
form: Italianized
form: Italianized
Etymology: From Italian (“of or pertaining to Italy”) + -ize (“to make”).
Senses: glosses: To give something Italian characteristics
glosses: To adopt an Italian way of life, or Italian manners
Related terms: Italianization
pandeistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pænˈdeɪˈɪsˈtɪkəl/
Forms: form: more pandeistical
form: most pandeistical
Etymology: From pandeistic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pandeistic
Derived terms: pandeistically
big picture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪɡ ˈpɪk(t)ʃɚ/
Forms: form: big pictures
Etymology: From a figurative sense of picture meaning "situation." First attested in 1904.
Senses: examples: text: I do not care whether it is placed or not, if I get my stuff to that ship. Now, it is my job to look at the big picture.
ref: 1941, United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant-marine inquiry forwarders: Executive hearings, page 35:
text: We need somebody who will overlook the petty details, look at the big picture, decide what is necessary to end the war, make a plan,
ref: 1951, US Senate Committee on Armed Services, Military situation in the Far East, page 3089:
text: I met an executive from Missouri who turned around a failing plant by sharing information with employees about the company's performance. When the employees understood the big picture, they did even better at their jobs.
ref: 1993, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address - 31 July 1993:
text: In the prewedding whirlwind of bridal showers, dress shopping, and parties, even the most budget savvy bridesmaids can overspend by mistake. Because the events span several months, it can be easy to lose track of the big picture and splurge at each event.
ref: 2002, Kate Chynoweth, Neryl Walker, The Bridesmaid Guide:
text: Having laid out these big-picture figures, the report then begins its analysis of traffic types against route mileage.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46:
glosses: The totality of a situation.
glosses: The main film in a double feature.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, picture.
Synonyms: sense: totality of situation
word: grand scheme
sense: totality of situation
word: thirty-thousand-foot view
Related terms: bigger picture
bigger fish to fry
bird's-eye view
gestalt
gist
overview
the forest for the trees
deactivating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deactivate
class act
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: class acts
Senses: examples: text: Tairawhiti Cultural Development Trust chairman Maui Tangohau said it was a class act by the national champions.
ref: 2017 September 18, “Whangara Mai Tawhiti does it again”, in The Gisborne Herald, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2021:
glosses: An excellent performance.
examples: text: Rice is maturing at such a rate that he is now indispensable. Yes, these qualifiers may not be the most exacting examinations but he has also looked a class act at club level under manager David Moyes this season.
ref: 2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Someone or something whose performance is excellent.
examples: text: You can count on Sam to help out afterwards, he's a real class act.
text: Oh yeah, they're a real class act; they left their garbage all over the grass.
qualifier: sometimes sarcastically
glosses: Someone or something who is generally well-mannered, conscientious, etc.
Synonyms: sense: someone whose performance exhibits conscientiousness
word: mensch
sense: someone whose performance exhibits extreme skillfulness
word: virtuoso
Related terms: high-class
top drawer
play second fiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays second fiddle
form: playing second fiddle
form: played second fiddle
form: played second fiddle
Etymology: From the second violin in an orchestra.
Senses: examples: text: She had been mistress of the farm so long that it would be hard for her to play second fiddle, but give her time and she'd be as good as new butter and as nice as ninepence, he said.
ref: 1913, Ethel Carnie, Miss Nobody, page 68:
text: Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense. A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.
ref: 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:
glosses: To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.
Related terms: take a back seat
take a hike
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a hike
form: taking a hike
form: took a hike
form: taken a hike
Senses: glosses: To go hiking.
examples: text: I wish that pest would just take a hike.
glosses: To go away; to leave or depart.
take a hike
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: qualifier: dismissal
glosses: Go away!
pacha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pachas
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of pasha.
lemon law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lemon laws
Senses: examples: text: You should consult the applicable lemon laws and see if you have grounds for a return or replacement.
topics: law
glosses: A law dealing with defective items, especially automobiles, and the rights of consumers.
Related terms: lemon
lemon laundering
automobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of automobile
automobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of automobile
attornment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attornments
Etymology: From Old French atorner (“to turn”), through Middle English with the suffix -ment.
Senses: qualifier: feudal law
glosses: The consent of a tenant to the transfer of his relationship to his landlord to another person.
Synonyms: traditio brevi manu
Related terms: attorn
cesto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cestos
Senses: glosses: A bale or basket of coca leaves.
attorn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: attorns
form: attorning
form: attorned
form: attorned
Etymology: From Middle English attournen, from Old French atorner (“designate”), from a- (“to”) + torner (“turn”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To transfer one's obligations from one person to another person.
topics: law
glosses: To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord.
topics: law
glosses: To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute.
Synonyms: traditio brevi manu
Derived terms: attornment
attorney
fussbudget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌsˌbʌd͡ʒɪt/
Forms: form: fussbudgets
form: fuss-budget
Senses: examples: text: Their three-year-old daughter can be quite a fussbudget, but she's cute.
text: The nation's 50 million smokers remain at liberty to vote en bloc for a fussbudget-free Congress. Are the polls ready to accommodate smokers?
ref: 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, quoting Russell Seitz, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:
glosses: One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.
Synonyms: fussbutton
fusspot
Derived terms: fussbudgetry
fussbudgety
hapu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌːpuː/
ipa: /ˈhʌpuː/
ipa: /ˈhɑːpuː/
ipa: /ˈhapuː/
rhymes: (UK) -ɑːpu
Forms: form: hapus
form: hapu
form: hapū
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori hapū.
Senses: examples: text: “I don't know whose family it belongs in. I made enquiries round all my relations, and most Ngai Tahu hapu.”
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 253:
text: Sometimes such migrations led nascent hapū to districts well away from those of the tribe's previous habitation.
ref: 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 67:
text: In political terms Māori also organised for war in hapu, groups subordinate to chiefs, fighting as units.
ref: 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 68:
glosses: A subtribe of an iwi or Maori tribe; the basic political unit within Māori society; a subtribe or extended family.
fideicommissum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fideicommissa
Etymology: Latin fides (“faith”) + commissus, past participle of committo (“to combine/hold together”).
Senses: examples: text: I bequeath my farm to my brother John on condition that he bequeath it to his son Peter. The farm is entailed or burdened by a fideicommissum.
glosses: A benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another.
Related terms: fideicommissarius
fideicommissary
fideicommissioner
usufruct
voetstoots
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: voetstoets
Etymology: Dutch met de voet te stoten: to kick. Through Afrikaans.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Descriptive of a sale without guarantees where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults.
voetstoots
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: voetstoets
Etymology: Dutch met de voet te stoten: to kick. Through Afrikaans.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Sold in this manner.
Related terms: caveat emptor
knorr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knorrs
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse knǫrr.
Senses: examples: text: the largest knorr in Halogaland was loaded at Sandnes this spring and Thorolf was said to be sole owner of all the cargo on board.
ref: 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 29:
glosses: Alternative form of knarr (“large merchant ship used in mediaeval Scandinavia”).
excuss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: excusses
form: excussing
form: excussed
form: excussed
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excussus, past participle of excutere (“to shake off”).
Senses: glosses: To shake off.
glosses: To examine (a document).
glosses: To decipher.
topics: law
glosses: To seize and detain by law.
examples: text: The surety claimed relief in terms of the beneficium excussionis, thus obliging the creditor to excuss against the principal debtor.
topics: law
glosses: To proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties.
Related terms: beneficium excussionis
excussion
ant-hill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænthɪl/
Forms: form: ant-hills
form: anthill
Etymology: From ant + hill.
Senses: glosses: A mound-shaped nest built or inhabited by ants or termites.
queen bee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen bees
Etymology: From queen + bee. Compare Middle English kyng of been (“queen bee”, literally “king of bees”).
Senses: examples: text: It is generally believed that the queen bee mates only once in her lifetime.
ref: 1947, AI Root, The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, Kessinger, published 2005, page 205:
synonyms: word: beemother
glosses: A reproductive female (especially the only one) in a colony of bees.
examples: text: She wrote very generously to aspiring women writers, gave them good advice, took time to read their manuscripts and comments, and warmly applauded their successes. There is not a hint of the Queen Bee in the attitude toward other women writers.
ref: 1981 February 14, Peg Cruikshank, “The Warmth Shines Through”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 15:
text: She muttered to her mother, “There's that obnoxious redhead who thought she was the Queen Bee last year when she was a senior!”
ref: 2003, Jim Hatfield, Extra Marital Temptations, iUniverse, page 28:
glosses: The most important or dominant woman in an organization or situation.
glosses: A stem cell.
Derived terms: queen bee syndrome
guar gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guar gums
Etymology: From guar (“type of legume”) + gum.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A heteropolysaccharide gum, extracted from the guar bean, that is used as a food additive.
Synonyms: E412
when used as a thickener and stabiliser
guaran
tragacanth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tragacanths
Etymology: From Latin tragacantha, from Koine Greek τραγάκανθα (tragákantha, “tragacanth”), from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”). Doublet of adragant.
Senses: examples: text: Where what I have to note is too much to be included within the narrow limits of a margin, I commit it to a slip of paper, and deposit it between the leaves; taking care to secure it by an imperceptible portion of gum tragacanth paste.
ref: 1844, E.A.Poe, Marginalia:
text: There would have been many gums and resins in these markets for our lute-maker to bind his wood with: […] gum tragacanth from Aleppo, which would be sold as thin and wrinkled worm-like pieces of shrub.
ref: 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198:
glosses: A polysaccharide gum, extracted from several species of leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, formerly used medicinally and now as a food additive. Also more fully gum tragacanth.
Synonyms: E413 when used as a thickener
stabiliser and emulsifier
karaya gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karaya gums
Senses: glosses: A gum extracted from the trees of the Sterculia genus, used as a food additive and denture adhesive.
Synonyms: Called E416 when used as a thickener
stabiliser and emulsifier
gellan gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gellan gums
Senses: glosses: a polysaccharide gum produced by the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea, used as an alternative to agar, and as a food additive
Synonyms: E418 when used as a thickener
stabiliser and emulsifier
excussion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excussions
Etymology: Latin excussus, past participle of excutere (“to shake off”).
Senses: examples: text: There has been excussion against the principal debtor, who has no assets. The creditor is therefore proceeding against the surety.
glosses: The process or proceedings whereby a creditor must proceed against a principal debtor before proceeding against a surety or subsidiary debtor.
Related terms: beneficium excussionis
excuss
division
usucaption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: usucaptions
form: usucapion
Etymology: From Latin ūsūcapiō.
Senses: glosses: The acquisition of right or title to an object or property by means of the simple passage of time.
Synonyms: prescription
usucapion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌjuːzjʊˈkeɪpiən/
Forms: form: usucapions
form: usucaption
Etymology: From Latin usucapio, usucapionis (“to acquire by prescription”).
Senses: glosses: The acquisition of right or title to an object by means of the passage of time. The common law analogue is adverse possession.
Synonyms: acquisitive prescription
adverse possession
sweet flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweet flags
Senses: synonyms: calamus
glosses: A perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors.
tax protester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tax protesters
Senses: examples: text: It is readily apparent that Hattman's appeal and "petitions" in this Court, as well as his petition for redetermination filed in the Tax Court, are nothing other than the thinly veiled arguments of a tax protester. These types of tax protester arguments have been rejected as patently frivolous, and require no additional analysis here.
ref: Hattman v. Commissioner, NO. 05-1376 (3d Cir. 2005) (per curiam)
text: Some people believe with great fervor preposterous things that just happen to coincide with their self-interest. Tax protesters have convinced themselves that wages are not income, that only gold is money, that the Sixteenth Amendment is unconstitutional, and so on. These beliefs all lead--so tax protesters think--to the elimination of their obligation to pay taxes.
ref: Coleman v. Commissioner, 791 F.2d 68, 69 (7th Cir. 1986)
topics: law
glosses: In the United States, a person who denies the obligation to pay a tax for which the government has determined that person is liable, based on a belief that the government lacks the legal authority to impose taxes.
Related terms: sovereign citizen
tax resister
tax resister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tax resisters
Senses: glosses: In the United States, a person who resists or refuses to pay a tax for which the government has determined that person is liable, based on a disagreement with the policies of the government.
Related terms: tax protester
resister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resisters
Etymology: From resist + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of resistor (Sense 1 only)
Derived terms: tax resister
resisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resister
minimum contacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In United States civil procedure, the contact required between a party and a state in order for the courts of that state to constitutionally assert personal jurisdiction over that party.
acupuncturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acupuncturists
Etymology: From acupuncture + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture.
ebook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ebooks
Etymology: From e- + book.
Senses: examples: text: Technology's constant attempts to re-invent the "ebook" prove only the vigour of the real thing.
ref: 2009 January 23, Simon Jenkins, “Old is new. Even Gutenberg's ghost has returned to live in Silicon Valley”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of e-book.
test-retest method
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A technique used to estimate the reliability or consistency of some measurement by correlating the results of multiple measurements, spread over time.
autogyro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autogyros
form: autogiro
Etymology: From auto- and gyro-, from latinized forms of Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) and γῦρος (gûros, “circle, gyre”), a variant of earlier Spanish autogiro, from the same roots, coined by Juan de la Cierva c. 1920.
Senses: qualifier: aircraft
glosses: An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
wikipedia: Juan de la Cierva
autogiro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autogiros
Etymology: From Spanish autogiro, coined by Juan de la Cierva c. 1920.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of autogyro.
wikipedia: Juan de la Cierva
ever so
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛvə(ɹ)ˌsoʊ/
Senses: examples: text: Were ironic quotation marks ever so deserved?
ref: 2003, Peter Lee, Halcyon days: How to lose a war in a week:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ever, so.
examples: text: Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
ref: 1823, John Howard Payne, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: He was five feet six, I should judge, and had his grip on the handle–end of ever so many millions.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
text: How bad is Voldemort? Ever so bad!
ref: 2002: S. K. Elkins (poster on Harry Potter for Grownups Yahoogroup), re: Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame. Yet Sympathetic. And Dead, Too (read at http://elkins.theennead.com/hp/archives/000109.html on 13 May 2006)
glosses: Very, extremely
homoaromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + aromatic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Exhibiting homoaromaticity.
ever-so-
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ever so.
homoaromaticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homo- + aromaticity.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The retention of aromaticity in a molecule in which a conjugated cyclic system is interrupted, usually by a methylene group.
Related terms: homoaromatic
homocyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homocyclic
form: most homocyclic
Etymology: From homo- + cyclic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: describing a cyclic system in which all the atoms of the ring are of the same element
homopolymer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homopolymers
Etymology: From homo- + polymer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
antonyms: copolymer
heteropolymer
hypernyms: polymer
coordinate_terms: pseudocopolymer
glosses: a polymer formed from a single type of monomer.
Derived terms: word: biohomopolymer
word: homopolymeric
word: homopolymerisation
word: homopolymerization
word: homopolymerize
word: nonhomopolymer
word: ribohomopolymer
homopolysaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homopolysaccharides
Etymology: From homo- + polysaccharide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a polysaccharide formed from only one kind of monosaccharide
Synonyms: homoglycan
Related terms: heteropolysaccharide
homoglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homoglycans
Etymology: From homo- + glycan.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A homopolysaccharide.
homotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + -tropic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: related by an n-fold axis of rotation
raw_tags: of atoms or groups in a molecule
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Exhibiting homotropy
imbe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imbes
Senses: examples: text: The danealan, G. subelliptica, is a 30- to 40-foot tree of the eastern coast of Luzon. [...] The imbe has fruited in southern Florida, but probably it is too exacting in its ecological requirements for general cultivation.
ref: 1928, Otis Warren Barrett, The Tropical Crops:
text: Garcinia livingstonei T. Anders., The Imbe, Guttiferae.
The Imbe has proved quite hardy and successful on the sandy and limestone rock soils of Southern Florida. The fruit obtained [...]
ref: 1944, John MacLaren Waterston, Fruit Culture in Bermuda ...:
text: Figure 46. - The imbe, Garcinia livingstonei.
ref: 1960, William Crawford Kennard, H. F. Winters, Some Fruits and Nuts for the Tropics, page 67:
text: Trees grow slowly and this makes them ideal for pot culture; in fact, many people grow imbe as a container tropical fruit for small landscapes. Imbes have separate sexes, so this means you have to have both a male and a female tree ...
ref: 1993, Tropical Fruit News, page 102:
text: Purple mangosteen trees have only female flowers and pollen fertilisation is not required. [...] Other Garcinia species, have less to recommend them as a fruit tree; the imbe (G. livingstonei) is small fruited, has a large seed and a little sour flesh.
ref: 1993, James J. Darley, Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit: Tropical Fruit and Nuts: a Cornucopia, P&S Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:
text: (Guttiferae) Relatives: mangosteen
A native of eastern Africa, the imbe forms an interestingly-shaped tree and has numerous sweet-sub-acid, tasty bright orange fruits, which can be eaten fresh. It is only cultivated locally ...
ref: 2006, Susanna Lyle, Discovering Fruit & Nuts: A Comprehensive Guide to the Cultivation, Uses and Health Benefits of Over 300 Food-Producing Plants:
text: Africa's best-known mangosteen relative is the imbe, a tree whose soft and colorful fruits brighten up markets …. Imbes come from a shrub or small tree with a dense spreading or conical crown topping a short, often twisted trunk …
ref: 2008, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Development, Security, and Cooperation, Lost Crops of Africa: Volume III: Fruits, National Academies Press, page 291
glosses: The originally African tree Garcinia livingstonei.
Related terms: english: the South American liana Philodendron imbe
translation: the South American liana Philodendron imbe
word: imbé
apochromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Corrected for both chromatic aberration and spherical aberration
Derived terms: planapochromatic
everso
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: But as the h, though everso feebly aspirated has something of a consonant sound, […]
ref: 1851, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars, Samuel S. & William Wood, page 221:
text: Lanky: "They never say anything. They don't like talking. They're everso quiet."
ref: 1984, John F. Schostak, Tom Logan, Pupil Experience, Croom Helm, →ISBN, page 44:
text: Belinda panicked for a second and then caught Neill just shake his head everso slightly and wink.
ref: 2006, D. A. Watson, Faraday’s Paperweight, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ever so.
Derived terms: ta everso
hydrazide hydrazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrazide hydrazones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a hydrazidine
hydrazide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrazides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing the hydroxide group with -NHNH₂ or derived forms -NRNR₂
Derived terms: acylhydrazide
benserazide
benzenesulfonyl hydrazide
dihydrazide
gliclazide
hydrazide hydrazone
hydrazide imide
isocarboxazid
maleic hydrazide
nifuroxazide
nifurzide
hydrazidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrazidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound derived from a carboxylic acid by replacing the carbonyl group with =NNH₂ and the hydroxyl group with -NHNH₂ (or substituted forms of both)
hydrazo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrazos
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent radical and functional group -NHNH- derived from hydrazine, and N-substituted derivatives.
hydrazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrazones
Etymology: May comes from hydr(o)- + azo- + (ket)one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound, of general formula R₂C=NNR₂, formally derived from an aldehyde or ketone by replacing the carbonyl group with =NNH₂ or derivative.
Derived terms: amide hydrazone
amidrazone
arylhydrazone
bishydrazone
dihydrazone
hydrazide hydrazone
hydrazonic
hydrazonoic
hydrazonyl
nifuraldezone
phenylhydrazone
sulfonylhydrazone
hydrazonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound formally derived from an oxoacid by replacing the =O with =NNR₂
inciting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of incite
bee-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiː iːtəɹ/
Forms: form: bee-eaters
Etymology: From the diet of these birds, which consists of flying insects, especially bees and wasps.
Senses: glosses: Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, eater.
Derived terms: bay-headed bee-eater
chestnut-headed bee-eater
rufous-crowned bee-eater
ta everso
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: c. 2003: "Alan Ontario" (poster on BBC: Devon: Have your say messageboard, read at https://web.archive.org/web/20041214193412/http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/have_your_say/devon_expats2.shtml on 13 May 2006), Devon expats: news from abroad - Now that the links have been fixed I am able to bring up all the previous messages ... ta everso.
glosses: thanks a lot!
Related terms: ta muchly
contacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑntækts/
ipa: /kənˈtækts/
ipa: /ˈkɒntækts/
ipa: /kənˈtækts/
rhymes: -ækts
Senses: glosses: plural of contact
contacts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑntækts/
ipa: /kənˈtækts/
ipa: /ˈkɒntækts/
ipa: /kənˈtækts/
rhymes: -ækts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of contact
contact lenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contact lens
lenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛnzɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of lens
lenses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛnzɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lens
personal jurisdiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal jurisdictions
Senses: topics: law
glosses: in the law of civil procedure, the ability of a court to hear a case brought against a party stemming from that party's presence, activities, or contacts within a specified set of geographical boundaries, usually the borders of a county, state, or nation.
Related terms: minimum contacts
subject matter jurisdiction
put the bee on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the bee on
form: putting the bee on
form: put the bee on
form: put the bee on
Senses: examples: text: When Carmen quipped in, “Well, Mr. President somebody has to put the bee on them,” the General asserted, “It won't be me, never.”
ref: 2001, Travis Beal Jacobs, Eisenhower at Columbia, Transaction, page 152:
glosses: To finish off; to beat.
examples: text: Sometimes I'd see a woman in the backyard, and, if she had a kind face I'd put the bee on her.
ref: 1938, Clifford Robe Shaw, Henry Donald McKay, “et al.”, in Brothers in Crime, University of Chicago, page 157:
text: I don’t want to be the kind of a guy that would take advantage of him. You know one time I put the bee on him for a buck.
ref: 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:
glosses: To beg from; to borrow money from.