cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
preliquefied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + liquefied.
Senses: glosses: liquefied prior to some other operation
preprotease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preproteases
Etymology: From pre- + protease.
Senses: glosses: A precursor of a protease
preproteases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preprotease
prosopylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a prosopyle
prosopyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosopyles
Etymology: From proso- + Ancient Greek πύλη (púlē).
Senses: glosses: A pore, in some sponges, that traps food particles
Coordinate terms: apopyle
Related terms: prosopylar
prosopyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosopyle
Little Englandism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The attitudes of Little Englanders.
Related terms: New Englandism
Little Englanderism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The attitudes of Little Englanders.
Little Englandish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Little Englandish
form: most Little Englandish
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of Little Englanders.
Audi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊ.di/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ɔ.ɖi/
Etymology: From German Audi.
Senses: glosses: A German car manufacturer
Derived terms: Audi 5000
Audi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊ.di/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ɔ.ɖi/
Forms: form: Audis
Etymology: From German Audi.
Senses: examples: text: His wife suggested that he should buy an Audi.
glosses: A car of that brand
protosinusid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protosinusids
Senses: glosses: Any weevil of the genus Protosinus
protosinusids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protosinusid
quadrifurcation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrifurcations
Senses: glosses: A division into four branches
quadrifurcations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadrifurcation
quasipalindrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasipalindromes
Etymology: From quasi- + palindrome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A quasipalindromic DNA sequence
quasipalindromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasipalindrome
quimiotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chemotherapy, typically made by Spanish speakers.
corner throw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corner throws
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a throw made to restart play, e.g. in water polo after a defender was the last to touch the ball before it went over the goal line.
raw_tags: in certain ball games
Related terms: corner kick
kasippu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: moonshine; illicit alcohol
push-me-I-push-you
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Moonshine; illicit alcohol.
corner throws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corner throw
kai-kai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Several things were needed before the family prayer started — water for washing hands, a chair for sitting and palm wine, or better still, strong drink, kai kai. Holding a gourd cup of palm wine in his right hand , the head of the family would […]
ref: 1983, Edet A. Udo, Who are the Ibibio?, page 251:
text: […] vodka, gin, whiskey, brandy, moonshine (kai-kai) etc. Profits from this monopoly are invested by government in the various projects in the state. The state has what is known as ABC stores in all counties and they are a huge source of revenue.
ref: 1998, Emmanuel Uzo Obi, The Bridge to the 21st Century: The Path for Nigeria, Bizon Assoc, page 27:
text: […] kai-kai, a keg of palm wine and a plate of kolanuts. "These items are for you, " he announced, looking at the guests, particularly Oshare's in-laws.
ref: 2004, Benson Omonode, Try Another Leg, page 70:
text: At ceremonies in the village, the traditional drinks presented and served were palm wine, kai-kai, and water. There were two sources of palm wine. That from the oil palm tree was the traditional one for men. It had high-alcohol content.
ref: 2009, Dr. Oliver Akamnonu, Professor Ndu Eke, Earth's Man of Color: Genes, Agenda or Jeans, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: Moonshine; illicit alcohol.
Related terms: kai kai
Sapele water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: moonshine; illicit alcohol
Sapele
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Delta State, Nigeria.
Derived terms: Sapele water
crazy man in the bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: moonshine; illicit alcohol
PIMU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of problematic interactive media use.
1LC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1LCs
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of one-life clear: the feat of playing through a video game from start to finish without ever losing a life.
Related terms: 1CC
1LCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 1LC
action point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: action points
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: AP
glosses: A point that the player can "spend" on performing various in-game actions, such as spell-casting, which require various numbers of points.
topics: management
glosses: Synonym of action item.
synonyms: word: action item
action points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of action point
drop-in/drop-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A style of competitive or cooperative multiplayer game where players can join or leave a game at any time without incurring a penalty for themselves or other players.
horde mode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horde modes
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A style of cooperative multiplayer gameplay where players work together to defend a target or fight through waves of enemies.
horde modes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horde mode
laner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪnəɹ/
Forms: form: laners
Etymology: From lane + -er (relational suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Though teams from China have hoisted the Summoner’s Cup, which goes to the Worlds champion, it’s always been South Korean mid laners who have starred on those teams. Erzberger said Knight wants to be the first Chinese mid laner to hoist that trophy — and maybe become a national treasure himself.
ref: 2023 October 11, Daniel Brown, “League of Legends Worlds: Can ‘Golden Left Hand’ top ‘Faker’ to earn a grand slam?”, in The New York Times:
topics: video-games
glosses: In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a player who focuses on enemy characters traversing a particular "lane" or path on the map.
Related terms: pather
laner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪnəɹ/
Forms: form: laners
Etymology: From lane + -er (measurement suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The eight-laner is traversed by an estimated 80,000 vehicles, as many as 1 million pedestrians – and countless cows each day.
ref: 2011 February 12, Beth Collins, “10 record-breaking bridges”, in CNN:
text: Get a load of where our heads are at in the USA as 2012 arrives on the scene. Family Fun Walk on a nine-laner, anyone?
ref: 2012 June 1, James Kunstler, “Eyesore of the Month - January 2012”, in Kunstler, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2024:
text: Before the state began its transformation then, we wrote a column criticizing Commissioner Van Ten Eyck’s idea of the tearing down the four-laner after completing the six-laner.
ref: 2012 February 28, Lou Powsner, “Lou: The Gowanus Expressway was a mistake”, in Brooklyn Paper:
text: Let's begin with the most confounding of the local roads - U.S. Highway 158, aka The Bypass, Croatan Highway, The Big Road, through Nags Head, KDH and Kitty Hawk. It's a five-laner, two lanes running in opposite directions with a center lane up the middle, and it's that center lane that gets people.
ref: 2012 June 6, Molly Harrison, “Rules of the Road”, in Outer Banks This Week:
text: Wood said the city took that idea from Union Street, which it had converted to a three-laner between Dragoon Trail and downtown after the city took over that road from the state. In 1999, the state moved the Indiana 331 designation from Union, Church and Main streets to Capital.
ref: 2018 May 9, Joseph Dits, “Lincoln Way to be repaved as 3 lanes to calm traffic in Mishawaka”, in South Bend Tribune:
text: This country two-laner runs at the center of a deep valley along Palomares Creek (for about 5 miles) in the heart of rural ranch country.
ref: 2020 January 31, Tom Stienstra, “Sunday Drive: Palomares Two-Laner”, in SFGATE:
text: "But I said, what can I do for this great state? 'You can make a six-laner,'" he declared. "Does everyone agree that's a big deal? OK, we'll do that first day."
ref: 2023 September 8, Caleb Taylor, “'Just unforgivable': Ivey West Alabama Corridor would exhaust state borrowing capacity, put required funding match for I-65 widening out of reach, says state lawmaker”, in 1819 News:
text: He turned left to go down the same dirt road that led down to my school. It was a one-laner, if two cars met, one would have to back out until the pull out — of which there were two.
ref: 2024 April 27, Corbbin Goldsmith, “The Time I Gave the Finger to a Turtle”, in Medium, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2024:
text: Voted one of the ten “Worst Streets in America” by the Congress for the New Urbanism, Buford Highway can be described as “a seven-laner flanked by low-income garden apartments, ‘with no sidealks^([sic]) and two miles between traffic lights'” (Jeff Speck). Speck noted that “the biggest risks that people faced were coming from the built environment”.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Tommy Connor, David Joannides, Claire Yang, “Buford Highway”, in ScholarBlogs:
glosses: A highway with a specified number of lanes.
laners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laner
roomlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roomlets
Etymology: From room + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little room or room-like space.
roomlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roomlet
ERCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ERCSs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of emissions reduction currency system.
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: ERCD
coordinate_terms: VBAC
glosses: Initialism of elective repeat cesarean section.
ERCS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Emergency Rocket Communications System.
glosses: Initialism of Ethiopian Red Cross Society.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Extended Reference Concrete Syntax.
bridgeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridgelines
form: bridge line
Etymology: From bridge + line.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A tough strand forming the basis of certain spiders' webs.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A kind of telephone line allowing numerous people to come together in a conference call.
bridgelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridgeline
rhythm game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhythm games
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A game that challenges the player to press buttons etc. to match a timed sequence indicated on the screen, usually in order to make the game character perform music or dance moves.
Derived terms: VSRG
rhythm games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhythm game
toddlership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From toddler + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state, condition or a time period of being a toddler.
azothermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Elevated temperature caused by nitrogenous substances in the bloodstream.
mycotecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of myco- + architecture
Senses: examples: text: Researchers at NASA have taken an interest in 'mycotecture' and its potential role in growing structures on the Moon.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 215:
topics: architecture
glosses: experimental architectural structures grown out of mushrooms
mullahed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mullah
mullahing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mullah
muck and bullets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Conversely, the United States cannot expect to be excused from "muck and bullets" assignments — such as peacekeeping in the Balkans.
ref: 1999, Mind the gap: Promoting a transatlantic revolution in military affairs:
text: I narrated the first series and it went really well, so they commissioned me to get in among the muck and bullets and actually go on patrol around the world.
ref: 2013, Vinnie Jones, It's Been Emotional, page 215:
glosses: Gruelling, unglamorous and potentially dangerous military assignments.
radiocontamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiocontaminations
Etymology: From radio- + contamination.
Senses: glosses: radioactive or radiological contamination
radiocontaminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiocontamination
receptorome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: receptoromes
Etymology: From receptor + -ome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That part of a genome concerning genes that give rise to receptors
receptoromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of receptorome
repeatless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From repeat + -less.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Lacking repeats
Related terms: repeatlessness
repeatlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From repeatless + -ness.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The condition of being repeatless
Everest syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mount Everest syndrome
form: Mt. Everest syndrome
Etymology: In reference to George Mallory's alleged reply when asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest: "Because it's there."
Senses: examples: text: Maddux says further that there is an Everest Syndrome in educational computing and that there are those who "believe that computers should be brought into educational settings simply because they are there.⁹³ The result of the Everest Syndrome, according to Maddux "is an improper emphasis on computer hardware, and a consequent underemphasis on other, frequently more powerful variables affecting the computer."
ref: 1990, Paul Saettler, The Evolution of American Educational Technology, Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, →ISBN, page 490:
glosses: The tendency of academic researchers to study things merely because they exist to be studied, regardless of the usefulness of the research.
wikipedia: George Mallory
explosion shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: explosion shots
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A powerful stroke that blasts the ball out of a bunker.
explosion shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of explosion shot
exteropsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extero- + psychic.
Senses: glosses: In transactional analysis, relating to a part of the ego that deals with external perception of the world, and is likened to a parent.
Coordinate terms: archeopsychic
neopsychic
neopsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + psychic.
Senses: glosses: In transactional analysis, relating to a part of the ego that deals with interpretation and processing of information, and is likened to an adult.
Coordinate terms: archeopsychic
exteropsychic
archeopsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From archeo- + psychic.
Senses: glosses: In transactional analysis, relating to a part of the ego that deals with subconscious memories, and is likened to a child.
Coordinate terms: exteropsychic
neopsychic
ecoarchitecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecoarchitectures
Etymology: From eco- + architecture.
Senses: glosses: A form of architecture aiming to create environmentally friendly buildings that do not mar landscapes or disrupt ecosystems
ecoarchitectures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecoarchitecture
economic determinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A socioeconomic theory stating that economic relationships (such as being an owner or capitalist, or being a worker or proletarian) are the foundation upon which all other societal and political arrangements are based
Related terms: ecodeterministic
Beardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Beardian
form: most Beardian
Etymology: From Beard + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Charles A. Beard (1874–1948), influential American historian.
Madisonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmædɪˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌmædɪˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Madisonian
form: most Madisonian
Etymology: From Madison + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he Williams [v. Pennsylvania] majority endorsed the American Bar Association’s Model Code of Judicial Conduct as an appropriate articulation of the Madisonian standard that “no man can be a judge in his own cause.”
ref: 2024 May 29, Jamie Raskin, “How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Of or relating to James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States, hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Madisonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmædɪˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌmædɪˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Madisonians
Etymology: From Madison + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
unscooped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + scooped.
Senses: glosses: Not scooped.
edge number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edge numbers
Senses: glosses: A sequential identification code on the edge of film, used to locate individual frames when working with sections of the film.
edge numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edge number
educated incapacity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The situation where an organization has become so used to certain policies and practices that it is unable to evaluate their effectiveness and contemplate change.
PRS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of pervasive refusal syndrome.
hypernyms: FRS
glosses: Initialism of President of the Royal Society.
glosses: Initialism of Pierre Robin sequence or syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of Parry-Romberg syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of pulmonary-renal syndrome.
PRS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PRSs
form: PRSes
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of precision rifle series
PRS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: examples: text: Love you because / You put me in my rightful place / And I love the PRS cheques that you bring
ref: 1989, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Song for Whoever”, performed by The Beautiful South:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of Performing Right Society.
pervasive refusal syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: PRS
glosses: A mental disorder where a child refuses to eat, drink, talk, walk, and so on, and is highly resistant to treatment.
self-handicap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-handicaps
form: self-handicapping
form: self-handicapped
form: self-handicapped
Etymology: From self- + handicap.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To avoid making an effort, or to introduce deliberate obstacles to one's success, so as to prevent potential failure from hurting one's self-esteem.
self-handicap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-handicaps
Etymology: From self- + handicap.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The act of one who self-handicaps, or an obstacle thus introduced.
self-handicaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-handicap
self-handicaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-handicap
self-handicapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-handicap
self-handicapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-handicap
eco-art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + art.
Senses: glosses: Any of various forms of art that promote living in harmony with the natural environment.
newszine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newszines
Etymology: From news + zine.
Senses: examples: text: I can't speak for Faye as ed of FHAPA, but it would be really swell of someone could send us a set of Intersection daily newszines, plus any con flyers or other fannish papers that were there to had for the picking up: fannish things, you know, not including media, gaming, filking or costuming, fine fun but not my cup of blog, thank you.
ref: 1995 September 4, Lindsay Crawford, “Re: Intersection”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <9509042250393785@emerald.com>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fanzine that only publishes news.
Trekzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trekzines
Etymology: From Trek + zine.
Senses: examples: text: The aloofness and emotional control of Vulcans has driven many of Star Trek's female viewers crazy, for the almost-stated first principle of the Vulcan Love Story of the Trekzines is to break into the inner emotional nature of the outwardly calm Vulcan.
ref: 1975, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Sondra Marshak, Joan Winston, Star Trek Lives!, page 86:
text: You are the only Trekzine of your kind, and besides that, you are of consistently high quality and classy, both in format and execution.
ref: 1981, Walter Irwin, G. B. Love, editors, The Best of Trek: From the Magazine for Star Trek, page 75:
text: The early Trekzine publishers like Devra Langsam, editor of the aforementioned Spockanalia and later of Masiform D, used mimeo, often with astonishingly good results.
ref: 1997 October 29, Judygran, “Re: Fanfic, Writing 'n' Stuff (Re: Slash writers (long)(reply is long too!)”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A Star Trek fanzine.
Trekzines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trekzine
Trekcon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trekcons
Etymology: From Trek + con.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: A Star Trek convention.
deep background
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: The status of information acquired from a source that may be used, but without either naming or directly quoting the source.
Coordinate terms: alt: not for attribution
word: NFA
Trekfandom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Trek + fandom.
Senses: examples: text: I learned to write through fanzines, and have made many wonderful friends through Trekfandom.
ref: 1990, Jean Lorrah, Metamorphosis, unnumbered page:
text: (A celebrated point of dispute in Trekfandom is James Kirk's continual violation of the 'prime directive' not to interfere in the internal affairs of other planets, seen as an expression of colonialist attitudes in the U.S. in the late 60s.)
ref: 1994, Anne Cranny-Francis, Popular Culture, page 67:
text: Opinions among fans may differ but I personally think most of Trekfandom is united in their dissatisfaction with the show.
ref: 1996 September 3, heds...@utk.edu, “Re: why is everybody blasting this show????”, in alt.tv.star-trek.voyager (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The fandom of the Star Trek science-fiction franchise.
Synonyms: Trekdom
normative forecasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: backcasting; planning ahead by starting from a future goal and working backwards through the necessary steps
truefan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truefans
form: truefen
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of trufan.
truefen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truefan
Trekdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Trek + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: She is so involved in Trekdom that she can pick up the phone just once and contact I don't how many meticulously organized Star Trek fandoms.
ref: 1983, Theodore Sturgeon, "Introduction", in Sonni Cooper, Black Fire, unnumbered page
text: As is well known in Trekdom, the early Klingons were a thinly veiled metaphor for the Soviet Union.
ref: 2009, Yonassan Gershom, Jewish Themes in Star Trek, page 100:
text: She was cataloguing my collection of Trek zines because it contained items she hadn't heard of elsewhere, a real treasure trove of Trekdom.
ref: 2013, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, “Recollections of a Collating Party”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 92:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The fandom of the Star Trek science-fiction franchise.
Synonyms: Trekfandom
Trekfan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trekfans
form: Trekfen
Etymology: From Trek + fan. For the irregular plural, compare trufan.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of Trekkie.
synonyms: word: Trekkie
Trekfen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trekfan
gentlemen's gentlemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentleman's gentleman
Trekfans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trekfan
Klingonesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Klingonesque
form: most Klingonesque
Etymology: From Klingon + -esque.
Senses: synonyms: Klingonian
Klingonish
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a Klingon.
no-loads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-load
Wallaby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wallabies
Senses: examples: text: If the final margin was slightly harsh on a spirited Wallaby side it was hard-earned reward for England’s well-organised defence and the last-quarter power lurking on their bench.
ref: 2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A player for the Wallabies, the Australian national rugby union team.
war garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war gardens
Senses: glosses: victory garden
war gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war garden
plated lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plated lizards
Senses: glosses: A lizard from the family Gerrhosauridae, native to Africa.
plated lizards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plated lizard
emolliences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emollience
score attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: score attacks
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A gameplay mode in which the player is challenged to obtain the highest score they can.
Coordinate terms: time attack
score attacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of score attack
truefans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truefan
mathy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mathy
form: mathier
form: most mathy
form: mathiest
form: math-y
Etymology: From math + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I showed a draft of this book to one of my nieces and she declared it “too mathy.”
ref: 2009, Bob Dancer, Video Poker for the Intelligent Beginner, page 7:
text: She first combined her math-y and woolly mind-sets as a Ph.D. student, after admiring a friend’s crocheted interpretation of the hyperbolic plane (curly kale is a vegetable example) and wondering how to do it differently.
ref: 2019 May 17, Siobhan Roberts, “‘Knitting Is Coding’ and Yarn Is Programmable in This Physics Lab”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of mathsy (“of or relating to mathematics”).
synonyms: word: mathsy
extra: of or relating to mathematics
endophthalmites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endophthalmitis
endophthalmitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endophthalmitis
retroaortic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From retro- + aortic.
Senses: glosses: That flows in the opposite direction to that of the aorta
ribonucleoproteome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribonucleoproteomes
Etymology: From ribonucleo- + proteome.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A proteome of ribonucleoproteins
Related terms: ribonucleoproteomic
ribonucleoproteomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ribonucleoproteomes
rickettsiostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That halts the spread of rickettsiosis
rumplessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rumpless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being rumpless
Ormuz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ormus (“former Persian kingdom”).
Taz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /tæz/
Etymology: From the character Tasmanian Devil.
Senses: glosses: A nickname for someone very active, ferocious or with a great appetite.
Taz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tæz/
Forms: form: Taz
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group of Primorsky.
scorpionoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorpionoids
Senses: glosses: Any scorpion of the superfamily Scorpionoidea
scorpionoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scorpionoid
semanticise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: semanticises
form: semanticising
form: semanticised
form: semanticised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semanticize.
Related terms: semanticisation
semanticisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semanticisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semanticization.
semanticised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of semanticise
semistructural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + structural.
Senses: glosses: Partially structural
serotypable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of serotypeable.
sideroxylonal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideroxylonals
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of aldehydes derived from chromanone present in the leaves of Eucalyptus
sideroxylonals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sideroxylonal
snowtracking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow tracking
Senses: glosses: The identification of animals by observing the tracks they leave in snow
socioevaluative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + evaluative.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Relating to the evaluation of a person's place in, and worth to, society
specularite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specularites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of hematite that contains specular, silvery crystals
spheroplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sphero- + -plastic.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to spheroplasts
spiculogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spiculo- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to spiculogenesis
cytocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytocysts
Etymology: From cyto- + cyst.
Senses: examples: text: He describes the parasite as occurring in the polymorphonuclear leucocytes, and as consisting of a very characteristic oblong, nucleated, unpigmented body contained in a definite capsule or cytocyst, formed from the body substance of the leucocyte in which the parasite is situated.
ref: 1906, Scientific Memoirs by Officers of the Medical and Sanitary Departments of the Government of India, number 26:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A hollow vesicle, the remains of a host cell occupied by a protozoan parasite.
cytocysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytocyst
spirodiclofen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The acaricide and insecticide 3-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-oxo-1-oxaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-4-yl 2,2-dimethylbutanoate
data governance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The norms, principles and rules applied to various types of data flowing internationally
glosses: The process of ensuring high data quality within a company.
Hypernyms: internet governance
corporate governance
governance
spongiofibrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spongiofibroses
Etymology: From spongio- + fibrosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: fibrosis of spongy tissue, typically of the penis
stereoconfocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stereo- + confocal.
Senses: glosses: stereoscopic and confocal
cuttoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuttoes
form: couteau
form: cutto
Etymology: From French couteau.
Senses: glosses: A large knife or small sword.
cutto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuttos
form: cuttoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cuttoe.
cuttoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutto
glosses: plural of cuttoe
cuttos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutto
morphologisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of morphologization.
thibet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thibets
Senses: examples: 1914, Frank P. Bennett (& Co), Woolen and Worsted Fabrics Glossary
The thibet is a fabric much used for overcoatings in the heavier weights, and may be made from pure wool, […]
glosses: Alternative form of tibet (“woolen fabric”).
thibets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thibet
tibet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tibets
form: thibet
Etymology: From the place name Tibet.
Senses: examples: text: The chief demand in men's-wear fabrics is for combed and milled fabrics such as worsteds, kerseys, tibets, meltons, etc.
ref: 1920, Special Agents Series, number 194, page 59:
glosses: A woolen fabric generally printed in colours; a heavy fabric used for the same purposes as furs, made of goat hair, black and finely curled.
tibets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tibet
overcoatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcoating
select meeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: select meetings
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Quaker meeting of ministers and elders.
select meetings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of select meeting
Rome-penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The alms-fee.
head station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: head stations
Senses: glosses: The dwellinghouse, etc. on a sheep or cattle station.
head stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of head station
head pump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head pumps
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small pump at a ship's bows to raise seawater for washing decks.
head pumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of head pump
rackled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rackle
rackling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rackle
Calixtin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Calixtins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Calixtine.
Calixtin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Calixtine.
Calixtins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Calixtin
Calixtinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Calixtin + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Utraquism
data integration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The provision of unified access to data residing in different data schemas.
Hypernyms: data management
Related terms: data fusion
knowledge management
iron heater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron heaters
Senses: examples: text: It is made hollow, as it has been said, the cavity containing an iron heater, which is plunged into the fire, and made red-hot, or nearly so, as often as the iron cools.
ref: 1877, Mrs. Matthias, The Laundry Maid: Her Duties, and How to Perform Them, page 27:
glosses: The piece of metal heated in the fire for a box iron.
iron heaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iron heater
lose the fang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses the fang
form: losing the fang
form: lost the fang
form: lost the fang
Senses: glosses: Of a pump: to dry up; to yield no water.
do a never
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does a never
form: doing a never
form: did a never
form: done a never
Senses: examples: text: The Chief Buffer has got a howl on now because he got a blast from Torps, as so many of the part of ship hands were doing a never on the messdecks instead of working the main derrick.
ref: 1943, Robert Burgess, Roland Blackburn, We Joined the Navy:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: To mess about; to idle instead of working.
New Commonwealth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Recently decolonized countries, especially non-white developing countries.
newszines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newszine
nigger stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nigger sticks
Senses: glosses: A police officer's baton.
nigger sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nigger stick
subassemblage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subassemblages
Etymology: From sub- + assemblage.
Senses: glosses: Part of an assemblage
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An assemblage of artefacts associated with a part of a larger group
subassemblages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subassemblage
Nightingale ward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nightingale wards
Etymology: Named after the pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale.
Senses: glosses: A hospital ward housing numerous patients in a single room.
wikipedia: Florence Nightingale
Nightingale wards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nightingale ward
sublacunar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + lacunar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath a lacuna
nineteenth holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nineteenth hole
submicroparticle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submicroparticles
Etymology: From sub- + microparticle.
Senses: glosses: A submicrometer particle
submicroparticles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submicroparticle
lift pump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lift pumps
Senses: glosses: Any pump that is not a force pump.
lift pumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lift pump
sulfoconjugate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfoconjugates
Etymology: From sulfo- + conjugate.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A conjugate linked via sulfate groups
Related terms: sulfoconjugation
sulfoconjugates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfoconjugate
sulphenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sulfenic.
Derived terms: sulphenic acid
supermontage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supermontages
Etymology: From super- + montage.
Senses: glosses: A collection of montages
supermontages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supermontage
supraclavical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ævɪkəl
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of supraclavicular.
hubbly-bubbly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hubbly-bubblies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hubbly bubbly.
supraocciput
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supraocciputs
Etymology: From supra- + occiput.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The superior part of the occipital bone
Related terms: supraoccipital
supraocciputs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supraocciput
noon balloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noon balloons
Senses: examples: text: We did not have a noon balloon, but when needed I met VIPs at the airport. I chauffeured them between the airport, hotel and the plant.
ref: 1995, Edward C. Welter, GM Means Good Money, page 105:
text: The noon balloon was chosen as the basis for the traffic model because during this arrival rush demand exceeds airport capacity and air traffic managers impose time-based metering restrictions […]
ref: 1999, Journal of Aircraft, volume 36, numbers 4-6, page 788:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: shoulder
glosses: A period around midday when an airport has a particularly large amount of air traffic.
noon balloons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noon balloon
no-sky line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no-sky lines
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: An imaginary line in a room, behind which no direct daylight penetrates and it is not possible to see the sky through a window.
no-sky lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-sky line
tectofugally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tecto- + fugally.
Senses: glosses: In a tectofugal manner
tetrahydridoborate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrahydridoborates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tetrahydroborate.
tetrahydridoborates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrahydridoborate
tetrahydropyrimidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrahydropyrimidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tetrahydro derivative of pyrimidine 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine
glosses: Any of a class of broad-spectrum anthelmintic drugs containing this group, such as pyrantel, used to treat animals
tetrahydropyrimidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrahydropyrimidine
nouveau roman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nouveaux romans
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau roman (literally “new novel”); coined by Émile Henriot in the newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres; antinovel.
Related terms: nouveau romancier
thermogenetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermo- + genetics.
Senses: glosses: A form of neurostimulation using thermosensitive transient receptor potential ion channels
Related terms: thermogenetic
thermomobility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermomobilities
Etymology: From thermo- + mobility.
Senses: glosses: mobility (typically of atoms in a solid) as a result of heat
thrombocytopoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to thrombocytopoiesis
trachealization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The formation of rings of cartilage in the esophagus similar to those in the trachea
tranquilisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tranquilisation
trichoblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichoblastomas
Etymology: From tricho- + blastoma.
Senses: glosses: A blastoma containing benign neoplasms of follicular cells
trichoblastomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichoblastoma
trichotomise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trichotomises
form: trichotomising
form: trichotomised
form: trichotomised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trichotomize.
trichotomised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trichotomise
trioxaquine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trioxaquines
Senses: glosses: Any of a certain class of antimalarial drugs
trioxaquines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trioxaquine
nontheatricals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontheatrical
tychoparthenogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tycho- + parthenogenesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: parthenogenesis in a species that normally reproduces normally (typically a weevil)
Related terms: tychoparthenogenetic
rein hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rein hooks
Senses: glosses: A hook on a gig-saddle for holding the checkrein.
rein holder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rein holders
Senses: glosses: A clasp on the dashboard of a carriage for holding the reins.
rein hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rein hook
rein holders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rein holder
tychoparthenogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tycho- + parthenogenetic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or by means of tychoparthenogenesis
sweet rush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweet rushes
Senses: glosses: sweet flag
sweet rushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweet rush
flagroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flag + root.
Senses: glosses: sweet flag
cattle markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cattle market
at any hand
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: at any rate; in any case
hand's turn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A piece of work; assistance contributed to some endeavour.