cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
autopiloting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autopilot
autopiloted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autopilot
telephone directories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telephone directory
globing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of globe
actedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: As I later learned, a Red Army medical major named Istvan Balint had come to the AVO at the end of 1946; he began using actedron, pentothal, scopalomine, and morphine on the political prisoners.
ref: 2001, Christopher Felix, A short course in the secret war:
glosses: The drug amphetamine.
phenylisopropylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: amphetamine
dotbomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dotbombs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dot-bomb.
dotbombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dotbomb
feorm-fultum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feorm-fultumas
form: feorm-fultums
form: feorm fultum
form: feormfultum
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English feormfultum (“food-assistance”), from feorm (“provision”) (see farm) + fultum (“aid, assistance”).
Senses: qualifier: Anglo-Saxon
glosses: In Anglo-Saxon law, a tax for the king's sustentation as he went through his realm.
Adivasi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Adivasis
form: Adivasi
form: Adibasi
Etymology: From New Sanskrit आदिवासी (ādivāsī).
Senses: examples: text: These new set of decisions may or may not be put into operation, but the process of constructing suspicion and othering of the Jummas is already in place. Jummas cannot be called “adibashis", Jummas cannot be recognised in the constitution, Jummas have to be called “khudro nri-goshthi" [insignificant people], Jummas cannot talk to anyone without a chaperone, government officials will prevent celebration of indigenous peoples’ day – the list goes on.
ref: 2017 May 2, "Can the Jummas of Bangladesh speak?", Jumjournal
glosses: A member of a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups considered the aboriginal population of South Asia.
Related terms: Dalit
Rathwa
Adivasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Adivasi
vade mecums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vade mecum
feormfultum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feormfultumas
form: feormfultums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feorm-fultum.
tearthumb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tearthumbs
Etymology: From tear + thumb.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of annual vining plants within the genus Polygonum, with small sharp spines covering the stems.
tearthumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tearthumb
melibiase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melibiases
Etymology: From melibiose + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A galactosidase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of melibiose into galactose and glucose.
Synonyms: alpha-d-galactosidase
melibiases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melibiase
arpeggiator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arpeggiators
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A feature of some synthesizers that automatically steps through a sequence of notes based on an input chord, thus creating an arpeggio.
arpeggiators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arpeggiator
biosequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biosequences
Etymology: From bio- + sequence.
Senses: examples: text: The new database allows us to search for specific patterns within biosequences.
glosses: A sequence of biological data.
biosequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biosequence
Hause
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hauses
Etymology: From the German surname, variant of Haus.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
axicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axicons
Senses: glosses: A specialized lens with a conical surface.
axicons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axicon
Bataillean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bataillean
form: most Bataillean
Etymology: From Bataille + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Georges Bataille (1897–1962), French writer.
bipack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + pack.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
cinematography
film
media
television
glosses: The process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual effects and as a subtractive colour process.
bipack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bipacks
form: bipacking
form: bipacked
form: bipacked
Etymology: From bi- + pack.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
cinematography
film
media
television
glosses: To load two reels of film in this manner.
Related terms: tripack
autorenewal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autorenewals
Etymology: From auto- + renewal.
Senses: examples: text: Say the deal was done years ago (two acquisitions ago); there could still be some autorenewal clause of third-party sharing that nobody knows about.
ref: 2003, John R. Vacca, Identity theft, page 244:
glosses: Automatic renewal.
autoenrollment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoenrolment
Etymology: From auto- + enrollment.
Senses: glosses: Automatic enrollment (especially of security certificates in a computer system).
autoshaping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + shaping.
Senses: glosses: An experimental procedure used to study classical conditioning by teaching a creature to respond to a stimulus.
Related terms: autoshaped
zigzaggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zigzagger
blind stitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blind stitches
form: blindstitch
Senses: glosses: A zigzag stitch with the zigzag pairs separated by straight stitches, so as to create a nearly invisible hem.
blind stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blind stitch
bond paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɑnd ˈpeɪ̯.pɚ/
Forms: form: bond papers
Senses: synonyms: bond
coupon bond
hypernyms: paper
stock
coordinate_terms: word: construction paper
english: types of heavy paper
translation: types of heavy paper
word: Oslo paper
word: art paper
word: cartolina
glosses: A high-quality durable writing paper similar to bank paper but of greater weight, formerly used for government bonds.
bank paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bank papers
Senses: hypernyms: paper
stock
coordinate_terms: bond paper
glosses: A strong, thin writing paper commonly used for typewriting and correspondence.
topics: business
finance
hypernyms: banknote#Noun
<
paper
assets
glosses: Banknotes in circulation.
Related terms: paper money
browband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: browbands
Etymology: From brow + band.
Senses: glosses: Part of a horse's bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other ear, preventing the bridle from sliding down.
examples: text: Diana monkeys are generally black or dark grey, but have a white throat, crescent-shaped browband, ruff and beard.
glosses: A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal's brow.
examples: text: Helmet of Buggenum-Montefortino type, from Anatolia, end of the first century AD […] The browband — riveted to the dome on each side — was part of its reinforcing structure, protecting the legionary from direct blows ...
ref: 2009, Graham Summer, Raffaele D'Amato, Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier, Frontline Books, →ISBN, page 111:
text: Of course it was nothing to compare with the authentic crown, with its inlays and chasings of seven different precious metals, its finials of rare gems, its three gleaming diniaba-stones mounted on the browband.
ref: 2012, Robert K. Silverberg, Lord Valentine's Castle: Book One of the Majipoor Cycle, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: A band of metal, part of a (person's) helmet or crown, which covers the brow.
browbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of browband
choof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Possibly related to chuff (“to make noisy puffing sounds”).
Senses: examples: text: Her biggest fear was eating away at her: was she going to be busted for smoking dope? Cindy enjoyed smoking choof occasionally.
ref: 2009, Colin McLaren, Infiltration: The True Story of the Man Who Cracked the Mafia, page 68:
synonyms: word: bhang
word: benj
word: boo
word: broccoli
word: bud
word: buddha
word: cannabis
word: cheeba
word: choof
word: daccha
word: dank
word: devil's lettuce
word: djamba
word: doja
word: doobage
word: dope
word: endo
word: gage
word: ganja
word: ganj
word: grass
word: green
word: greenery
word: hash
word: hashish
word: hemp
word: herb
word: Mary Jane
word: MJ
word: marihoochie
word: marijuana
word: Mary Joanna
word: method
word: mezz
word: muggle
word: mull
word: pot
word: puff
word: reefer
word: sens
word: sensimillia
word: sensimilla
word: shit
word: sweetleaf
word: tea
word: Texas tea
word: trees
word: twig
word: wacky tobaccy
word: weed
word: yarndie
word: zaza
word: zombie
glosses: Marijuana.
choof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: choofs
form: choofing
form: choofed
form: choofed
Etymology: Possibly related to chuff (“to make noisy puffing sounds”).
Senses: examples: text: Norman and I looked dishevelled, which meant we were usually offered a pre-rolled joint of locally grown product or a tiny piece of hash, and off we went, choofing away, like two New World lords […]
ref: 2009, Colin McLaren, Infiltration: The True Story of the Man Who Cracked the Mafia, page 29:
glosses: To smoke marijuana.
Derived terms: choofer
rehinge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒ
Forms: form: rehinges
form: rehinging
form: rehinged
form: rehinged
Etymology: From re- + hinge.
Senses: examples: text: We're going to have to rehinge that door.
glosses: To fit with new hinges.
pickproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pickproof
form: most pickproof
Etymology: From pick + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to being picked.
raw_tags: of a lock
rehinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehinge
rehinges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehinge
rehinging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehinge
cryptoprocessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptoprocessors
Etymology: From crypto- + processor.
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A dedicated computer on a chip or microprocessor that carries out cryptographic operations.
Related terms: cryptoprocessing
terpeneless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From terpene + -less.
Senses: examples: terpeneless lemon oil
glosses: Without terpene.
cryptoprocessors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptoprocessor
tenebrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛnəbɹɪzəm/
Forms: form: Tenebrism
Etymology: From Italian tenebrismo, from tenebroso + -ismo, from Latin tenebrōsus (“dark, gloomy”).
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, with darkness a dominating feature of the image.
Derived terms: tenebrist
tenebristic
tenebristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tenebristic
form: most tenebristic
Senses: glosses: Of or suggesting the artistic style of tenebrism.
photostory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photostories
Etymology: From photo + story.
Senses: glosses: A story illustrated with sequential photographs in the manner of a comic strip.
Hyponyms: photo-romance
photostories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photostory
velvet ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velvet ants
Senses: glosses: A wasp of the family Mutillidae with dense hair and whose wingless females resemble ants.
unicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unicities
Senses: examples: text: the unicity of God
synonyms: word: onlyhood
word: uniqueness
word: distinctiveness
word: onlyhood
word: onliness
word: unicity
word: uniqueness
word: uniquity
glosses: The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.
examples: text: Developing learning strategies requires considering the unicity of the learning object and the restricted and wide contexts of the learner.
synonyms: word: oneness
word: unity
word: onehead
word: oneness
word: oneship
word: singleness
word: unicity
word: unitude
word: unity
glosses: The fact of being united as a whole.
velvet ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velvet ant
dejitterizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dejitterizers
Etymology: From dejitterize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, line terminals, provided with dejitterizers, do not reduce low frequency jitter.
glosses: A device to reduce jitter.
dejitterizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dejitterizer
robemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: robemakers
Etymology: From robe + maker.
Senses: glosses: A maker of robes.
robemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From robe + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of robes.
robemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of robemaker
plumberless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plumber + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a plumber.
tailorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tailor + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a tailor.
forkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forkable
form: most forkable
Etymology: From fork + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Loss of so much moisture […] produces a sludge cake, which is generally forkable.
ref: 1958, Gordon Maskew Fair, John Charles Geyer, Elements of water supply and waste-water disposal:
glosses: Capable of being moved or separated with a fork.
examples: text: The debugger will support any forkable Perl program, and you can see examples in this book in Chapter 9.
ref: 2005, Richard Foley, Andy Lester, Pro Perl Debugging, page 3:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Capable of being split into separate processes.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Capable of being split into separate projects.
Pittsburghese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Pittsburgh + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The dialect of American English spoken around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
unarchive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unarchives
form: unarchiving
form: unarchived
form: unarchived
Etymology: From un- + archive.
Senses: examples: text: Do you know what software I need to unarchive these compressed files?
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To extract from a digital archive.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To remove from an archived state.
unarchives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unarchive
unarchiving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unarchive
photokeratitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + keratitis.
Senses: synonyms: niphablepsia
welder's burn
welder's eye
welder's flash
hyponyms: snow blindness
glosses: A painful condition of the eyes caused by exposure of unprotected eyes to ultraviolet (UV) rays.
Related terms: photokeratital
Shine-Dalgarno sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shine-Dalgarno sequences
Etymology: After Australian scientists John Shine and Lynn Dalgarno.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ribosomal binding site in the mRNA of prokaryotes.
Derived terms: anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence
ramifiability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ramify + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being ramifiable.
prejump
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + jump.
Senses: examples: text: This is Fenz and Epstein's (1968) explanation for prejump HR deceleration and postjump HR rebound in experienced parachutists.
ref: 1986, Nico H. Frijda, The emotions, page 128:
text: But any question over the value of all their prejump preparations disappears when those little black specks begin to fall away from the plane one by one. One careless mistake or oversight could lead to death.
ref: 2008, Walt Mueller, Youth Culture 101:
glosses: Before a jump.
Related terms: postjump
Jensenism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Jensen + -ism, after Arthur Jensen (1923–2012), professor of educational psychology.
Senses: glosses: The belief that an individual's intelligence is largely due to heredity, including racial heritage.
wikipedia: Arthur Jensen
Spiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
faxlore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfækslɔː/
ipa: /ˈfækslɔɹ/
ipa: /-loʊɹ/
Etymology: From fax + lore.
Senses: examples: text: Both Xeroxlore and faxlore have an increasing emphasis of visual material: / [It may be] a characteristic of both the increasingly visual sophistication of youth in our society and the capacities of the fax machine which sends images rather than alphanumeric messages; […]
ref: 1996, Gail de Vos, “Science, Technology, and the Contemporary Legend”, in Tales, Rumors, and Gossip: Exploring Contemporary Folk Literature in Grades 7–12, Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, part III, page 120:
text: The origins of the [cabbage soup] diet are unknown, bu it gained popularity by word of "faxlore" in the 1980s because it spread virally through people sharing it via fax machines.
ref: 2010, Jamie Frater, “Food and Drink”, in Lauren Harrison, editor, Listverse.com’s Ultimate Book of Bizarre Lists: Fascinating Facts and Shocking Trivia on Movies, Music, Crime, Celebrities, History and More, Berkeley, Calif.: Ulysses Press, →ISBN, pages 147–148:
text: Xeroxlore, photocopylore, faxlore, folklore by facsimile, office graffiti, or formerly typescript broadsides refer to materials circulated through fax machines, Xerox machines, or other photocopiers—usually within a workspace.
ref: 2016, “Xeroxlore”, in Christopher R. Fee, Jeffrey B. Webb, editors, American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore, volumes III (Q–Z), Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1073:
text: Faxlore is a sort of folklore: humorous texts, folk poetry, folk art, and urban legends that are circulated, not by word of mouth, but by fax machine. […] Some faxlore is relatively harmless. Cartoons and jokes often circulate as faxlore; the poor graphic quality becoming worse with each new person who resends the joke to the next recipient.
ref: 2015, [Robert Durham], “Modern Folklore”, in Modern Folklore, [s.l.]: [CreateSpace Independent Publishing], →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: A kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are shared by fax machine.
Coordinate terms: copylore
netlore
photocopylore
xeroxlore
xeroxlore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xerox + lore.
Senses: examples: text: […]the word's protean expressiveness has been observed in a xeroxlore item printed in Robert Anton Wilson's Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words[…]
ref: 1980, Gershon Legman, The New Limerick:
text: I did some of my research on xeroxlore, or photocopylore, in a textile dyeing plant of about 250 people.
ref: 1995, Indiana University, Journal of folklore research, volume 32:
text: Both Xeroxlore and faxlore have an increasing emphasis of visual material: / [It may be] a characteristic of both the increasingly visual sophistication of youth in our society and the capacities of the fax machine which sends images rather than alphanumeric messages; […]
ref: 1996, Gail de Vos, “Science, Technology, and the Contemporary Legend”, in Tales, Rumors, and Gossip: Exploring Contemporary Folk Literature in Grades 7–12, Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, part III, page 120:
glosses: Synonym of photocopylore (“a kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on xerox machines (photocopiers)”).
synonyms: word: photocopylore
extra: (“a kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on xerox machines (photocopiers)”)
Synonyms: copylore
photocopylore
Coordinate terms: faxlore
photocopylore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photocopy + lore.
Senses: examples: text: Xeroxlore, photocopylore, faxlore, folklore by facsimile, office graffiti, or formerly typescript broadsides refer to materials circulated through fax machines, Xerox machines, or other photocopiers—usually within a workspace.
ref: 2016, “Xeroxlore”, in Christopher R. Fee, Jeffrey B. Webb, editors, American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore, volumes III (Q–Z), Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1073:
glosses: A kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on photocopiers.
Synonyms: copylore
xeroxlore
Coordinate terms: faxlore
Asia-Pacific
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: APAC
form: Asia Pacific
Senses: examples: text: A special discriminatory formula is now applied to the immigration of persons who are attributable by their ancestry to an area called the Asia-Pacific triangle. This area embraces all countries from Pakistan to Japan and the Pacific islands north of Australia and New Zealand. Usually, the quota under which a prospective immigrant must enter is determined by his place of birth. However, if as much as one-half of an immigrant’s ancestors came from nations in the Asia-Pacific triangle, he must rely upon the small quota assigned to the country of his ancestry, regardless of where he was born. This provision of the law should be repealed.
ref: 1964, John F. Kennedy, “Where We Stand”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 81:
text: If current trends continue, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, by 2020 the Chinese could have more than 350 submarines and missile-equipped surface ships in the Asia-Pacific. By contrast, the U.S. Navy projects that it will have 67 submarines and surface ships “stationed in or forward deployed to” the Asia-Pacific by 2020.
ref: 2015, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America, Threshold Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 222:
topics: business
glosses: The part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean, typically including much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
Coordinate terms: Indo-Pacific
Pacific Rim
oryzomyine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oryzomyines
Senses: glosses: Any member of the rodent tribe Oryzomyini, including the rice rats.
oryzomyines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oryzomyine
secretoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secretoglobins
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of small disulfide-linked dimeric proteins found only in mammals.
Hyponyms: uteroglobin
mammaglobin
secretoglobins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secretoglobin
I-beam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: I-beams
Etymology: Since it resembles a capital letter I with serifs.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A beam with cross-section shaped like a capital letter I (with serifs top and bottom), used in construction.
examples: text: In general, the cursor image is the primary concern, with different types used to indicate selected functions such as I-beams or vertical bars for text editing, a pencil for drawing, or a hand with the index finger extended […]
ref: 1992, Ben Ezzell, Borland C++ 3.0 programming:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cursor shaped like the letter I, usually indicating text that can be edited or selected.
Related terms: I-girder
Lyotardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lyotardian
form: most Lyotardian
Etymology: From Lyotard + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998), French philosopher and literary theorist associated with postmodernism.
I-beams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of I-beam
cursor key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cursor keys
Senses: glosses: A key on a computer keyboard marked with a horizontal or vertical arrow, used to move the cursor or other item around the screen.
Synonyms: arrow key
eigenclass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenclasses
Etymology: From eigen- + class.
Senses: examples: text: Singleton methods in Ruby live in a special, hidden class called the singleton class (it used to be referred to as the eigenclass, but singleton class is the current term).
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A hidden class associated with each specific instance of another class.
eigenclasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigenclass
prerotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + rotation.
Senses: glosses: A swirling motion in fluid entering a pump.
kraalhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kraalheads
Etymology: From kraal + head.
Senses: glosses: The traditional leader of a kraal.
kraalheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kraalhead
Tamajaq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tuareg.
minikilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minikilts
Etymology: From mini- + kilt.
Senses: glosses: A short kilt; a miniskirt.
minikilts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minikilt
spinosaurus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌspaɪnəˈsɔːɹəs/
Forms: form: spinosauruses
form: spinosauri
Etymology: From the taxonomic name Spinosaurus. By surface analysis, spino- (“spine”) + -saurus (suffix forming names for dinosaurs).
Senses: examples: text: The first spinosaurus remains were discovered in Egypt in 1911, but they were destroyed in 1944 during World War II. A lot of what is known about spinosauruses comes from skull material found in Morocco and Algeria in later years.
ref: 2011, Jay Dale, “Spinosaurus”, in Top Ten Dinosaurs (Deadly and Incredible Animals), Mankato, Minn.: Smart Apple Media, published 2012, →ISBN, page 14:
synonyms: spinosaur
glosses: A large, extinct, carnivorous dinosaur of genus †Spinosaurus, with a long snout like that of a crocodile and with a sail on its back. It is considered to be the largest theropod dinosaur.
wikipedia: Field Museum of Natural History
chaiwallah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃaɪˌwɒlə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃaɪˌwɑlə/
Forms: form: chaiwallahs
form: chaiwala
form: chaiwalla
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani چائے والا / चायवाला (cāyvālā); by surface analysis, chai + wallah.
Senses: glosses: A tea vendor in South Asia.
chaiwallahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaiwallah
chondromalacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondromalacias
Etymology: From chondro- + malacia.
Senses: glosses: A painful condition caused by irritation of cartilage, often in the undersurface of the kneecap.
Synonyms: chondromalacia patellae
Nile crocodile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nile crocodiles
Senses: glosses: A large fierce carnivorous semi-aquatic African crocodile of species (Crocodylus niloticus).
cataphatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cataphatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a cataphatic manner or context.
spinosauri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinosaurus
kataphatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From kataphatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cataphatically.
kataphatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cataphatic.
Derived terms: kataphatically
cataphatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: kataphatic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταφατικός (kataphatikós, “affirmative”).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
glosses: That which actively defines a thing by describing what is characteristic of it.
Derived terms: cataphatically
Related terms: cataphatism
tiger snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiger snakes
Senses: examples: text: We found boa constrictors or pythons, whip snakes, the handsome but deadly tiger snake, so called from the peculiar marks on its skin[.]
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 94:
glosses: Any of several large venomous Australian snakes of the genus Notechis.
upvalue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upvalues
Etymology: From up + value.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A free variable that has been bound (closed over) with a closure.
upvalue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upvalues
form: upvaluing
form: upvalued
form: upvalued
Etymology: From up- + value.
Senses: glosses: To assign a higher value to.
upvalues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upvalue
upvalues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upvalue
leopard frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leopard frogs
Etymology: Compound of leopard + frog.
Senses: glosses: Any of several North American frogs, most of which are green with black spots.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Rana kauffeldi
word: Atlantic Coast leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana chiricahuensis
word: Chiricahua leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana omiltemana
word: Guerreran leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana miadis
word: island leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana yavapaiensis
word: lowland leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana pipiens
word: northern leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana magnaocularis
word: Northwest Mexico leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana blairi
word: plains leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana subaquavocalis
word: Ramsey Canyon leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana onca
word: relict leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana berlandieri
word: Rio Grande leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana sphenocephala
word: southern leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana tlaloci
word: Tlaloc's leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana neovolcanica
word: transverse leopard frog
taxonomic: Rana fisheri
word: Vegas Valley leopard frog
upvaluing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upvalue
horned frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horned frogs
Senses: glosses: Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus Megophrys, Pelobatrachus, and Ceratophrys, that have elongated "eyebrows".
examples: text: But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […]
ref: 1855, John Wright, William Wright, Recollections of Western Texas, published 1995, page 41:
text: The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.
ref: 1912, J. W. Reading, “Locomotive Engineers Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 47:
text: I have always had aspecial affinity for horned toads, probably because I went to Texas Christian University, whose mascot is the horned frog
ref: 2012, Lonn Taylor, Texas, My Texas: Musings of the Rambling Boy:
glosses: Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard.
synonyms: word: horned lizard
extra: genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard
Derived terms: taxonomic: Ceratophrys cornuta
word: Amazonian horned frog
taxonomic: Ceratophrys ornata
word: Argentine horned frog
english: family Megophryidae
translation: family Megophryidae
taxonomic: Megophrys spp.
word: Asian horned frog
taxonomic: Ceratophrys aurita
word: Brazilian horned frog
word: Chacoan horned frog
taxonomic: Ceratophrys cranwelli
word: Cranwell's horned frog
taxonomic: Ceratophrys stolzmanni
word: Ecuadorian horned frog
alt: Pelobatrachus baluensis
word: Kinabalu horned frog
word: long-nosed horned frog
alt: Pelobatrachus nasutus
word: Malayan horned frog
alt: Pelobatrachus stejnegeri
word: Mindanao horned frog
taxonomic: Ceratophrys ornata
word: ornate horned frog
taxonomic: Ceratophrys stolzmanni
word: Pacific horned frog
alt: Pelobatrachus ligayae
word: Palawan horned frog
alt: Pelobatrachus edwardinae
word: rough horned frog
taxonomic: Ceratophrys spp.
word: South American horned frog
taxonomic: Ceratophrys stolzmanni
word: Stolzmann's horned frog
taxonomic: Ceratophrys cornuta
word: Surinam horned frog
upvalued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upvalue
coextrusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coextrusions
Etymology: From co- + extrusion.
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: The extrusion of multiple layers of material simultaneously.
coextrusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coextrusion
tiger salamander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiger salamanders
Senses: glosses: A long slender salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, having black skin and yellow markings.
crossplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cross- + play.
Senses: examples: text: The problem with the crossplay of plastic-based (Mylar) tape is that it's pliable; any difference in temperature or mechanical stress, induced by various transports, will distort track patterns recorded on the compliant tape.
ref: 1993, Airborne Reconnaissance, volume 16, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, →ISBN, page 52:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a different, compatible device.
examples: text: Although in all three events the requests were performed in front of and for the benefit of the student audience as intended bystanders, the crossplay observed in the guest-student episode was absent from the guest-teacher interactions.
ref: 2008, Yumiko Tateytama, Gabrielle Kasper, “Talking with a Classroom Guest”, in Eva Alcon Soler, Alicia Martinez-Flor, editors, Investigating Pragmatics in Foreign Language Learning, Teaching and Testing, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 63:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Subordinate communication between participants in a conversation.
topics: video-games
glosses: Cross-platform multiplayer functionality.
Related terms: topics: communication
communications
word: byplay
topics: communication
communications
word: sideplay
crossplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: [Alt: Photograph of two Star Wars cosplayers: A woman dressed as the male character Han Solo and a man dressed as the female character Princess Leia.]
Blend of cross-dressing + cosplay
Senses: examples: text: Incidentally, I'm not sure you're bucking the trend so much as going along with it; FTM crossplay is getting pretty popular, although you see more women going for bishounen and visual-kei genderfucky stars than anything else.
ref: 2001 May 22, Wednesday, “Re: 'There are only 500 REAL anime fans in the UK'”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet), message-ID <-6y*A5OWo@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
text: Crossplay is where a cosplayer employs gender reversal (i.e., a female who dresses as a male character or vice versa).
ref: 2006, Theresa Winge, “Costuming the Imagination”, in Frenchy Lunning, editor, Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga, volume 1, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 71:
text: At CCI, where a large number of people cosplay, crossplay becomes a mode to "stand out."
ref: 2014, Catherine Thomas, “'Love to Mess with Minds': En(gendering) Identities Through Crossplay”, in Ben Bolling, Matthew J. Smith, editors, It Happens at Comic-Con: Ethnographic Essays on a Pop Culture Phenomenon, McFarland, →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: A form of cosplay in which one dresses up as a character of the opposite sex.
Derived terms: crossplayer
Related terms: drag
genderbending
genderbender
genderbend
genderbent
Rule 63
crossplay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crossplays
form: crossplaying
form: crossplayed
form: crossplayed
Etymology: [Alt: Photograph of two Star Wars cosplayers: A woman dressed as the male character Han Solo and a man dressed as the female character Princess Leia.]
Blend of cross-dressing + cosplay
Senses: examples: text: [Replying to: "Really, I'll be wearing a costume as well...] Me too...but I won't be crossplaying...
ref: 2001 May 6, Lauren Michelle, “Site for 2001 AnimeNorth AFSM meeting?”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):
glosses: To cosplay as a character of the opposite sex.
examples: text: BTW, one can be a touch hefty and pull off Urd. You don't even have to be a woman. A *guy* crossplayed Urd at C-Kon and won the cosplay contest!
ref: 2003 October 7, Vince Lamb, “Japanese Manga and Anime Take Over America from Pacific News Service”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
glosses: To cosplay as (a character of the opposite sex).
examples: text: Admittedly, BruceMud attracted more than its usual share of weenies, but as a female wizard I received even more attention for being female than I did on most other sites. Note that it wasn't exactly a secret that I was crossplaying. I seem to recall Random bitching at Julia for reporting that I was female on more than one occasion.
ref: 1992 May 26, Scott Goehring, “cross-gendered players”, in rec.games.mud (Usenet):
glosses: To roleplay as a character of the opposite sex, especially in a MUD.
blue shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue sharks
Senses: examples: text: The blue shark is long in almost all respects; long snout, long tail, long body, and especially long, curved pectoral fins.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 126:
glosses: A long blue shark, resembling a great white shark but smaller, of the species Prionace glauca.
tokusatsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 特撮 (“special effects”).
Senses: glosses: A Japanese genre of film and television drama featuring superheroes and special effects.
build castles in the air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: builds castles in the air
form: building castles in the air
form: built castles in the air
form: built castles in the air
form: builded castles in the air
form: builded castles in the air
form: build air castles
Etymology: The first term dates from the late 1500s. A variant, castles in Spain (or châteaux en Espagne), was recorded in the Roman de la Rose in the 13th century and translated into English around 1365.
Senses: examples: text: Look you, Amanda, you may build castles in the air, "and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please." But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.
ref: 1696, John Vanbrugh, “The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger. […]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), London: Printed for the proprietors, under the Direction of John Bell, […], published 1795, →OCLC, act III, scene ii, page 72:
text: If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
ref: 1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Conclusion”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 346:
text: Labor and you build castles in the air. Vote Conservative and you can live in them.
ref: 1962, David Frost, That Was the Week that Was:
glosses: To have any desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to be realized; to imagine visionary projects or schemes; to have an idle fancy or a pipe dream; to daydream.
Related terms: castle in the air
hydergine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originated as a trade name.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixture of dihydroergotoxine mesylates derived from ergoline.
pillarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pillarizes
form: pillarizing
form: pillarized
form: pillarized
form: pillarise
Etymology: From pillar + -ize, possibly as a calque of Dutch verzuilen.
Senses: qualifier: society
glosses: To divide into social pillars, in which each social group has its own social institutions.
Derived terms: pillarization
phakomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌfeɪkəʊməˈtəʊsɪs/
/ˌfæk-/
Forms: form: phakomatoses
form: phacomatosis
Etymology: From phak- + -omato- + -osis, from the Greek φακός (phakós, “spot, lens”), -ωμα (-ōma, “process”), and the suffix -osis; the term was introduced by Dutch ophthalmologist Jan van der Hoeve in 1920, before the distinct genetic basis of each of these diseases was understood.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of neurocutaneous disorders of the central nervous system causing lesions on the skin and eye.
wikipedia: Jan van der Hoeve
Synonyms: neuro-oculo-cutaneous syndrome
neurocutaneous disorder
neurocutaneous syndrome
Hyponyms: word: Sturge-Weber syndrome
word: von Hippel–Lindau disease
word: angiophakomatosis
word: ataxia-telangiectasia
word: incontinentia pigmenti
word: Jadassohn's nevus phakomatosis
word: neurofibromatosis
word: nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
word: tuberous sclerosis
alt: Bonnet–Dechaume–Blanc syndrome
word: Wyburn-Mason syndrome
phakomatoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phakomatosis
neurocutaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + cutaneous.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the skin and the nerves.
dinner shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinner shirts
Senses: glosses: A formal white shirt with a collar, worn under a dinner jacket as part of black tie dress.
dinner shirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinner shirt
mommy blogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mommy bloggers
form: mommyblogger
Senses: examples: text: ...while my sister and I are both old enough for her not to be a baby-cooing mommy blogger, she still misspells 140-character updates on Twitter.
ref: 2011, Teresa Wu, Serena Wu, My Mom Is a Fob: Earnest Advice in Broken English from Your Asian-American Mom:
glosses: A mother who blogs about her children, motherhood, parenting or related topics.
Related terms: Instamom
momfluencer
mumfluencer
mommyism
pillarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pillarize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of pillarizing.
downcycle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: downcycles
form: downcycling
form: downcycled
form: downcycled
Etymology: Blend of down + recycle.
Senses: examples: text: Nike set up a "Reuse-a-Shoe" program to "downcycle" old sneakers. The outsole rubber and midsole foam from used shoes are converted into surface material for running tracks and other athletic facilities and playgrounds. The fabric from the shoe uppers becomes padding under carpets.
ref: 2004, Michael Renner, “Moving toward a Less Consumptive Economy”, in Linda Starke, editor, State of the World 2004: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress toward a Sustainable Society, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 108:
glosses: To convert (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of lower quality and reduced functionality.
Hypernyms: recycle
downcycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downcycles
form: down-cycle
Etymology: From down + cycle.
Senses: examples: text: Because commodity industries, including energy, are driven by costs, a pricing down-cycle brings major cost cutting efforts, often involving restructurings and consolidations to increase economies of scale.
ref: 2007, Christopher E. H. Ross, Lane E. Sloan, “Learning from the Past”, in Terra Incognita: A Navigation Aid for Energy Leaders, Tulsa, Okla.: PenWell Corporation, →ISBN, page 36:
text: It is precisely these logical anomalies, paradoxes and problems, which create Samsara's wheel of eternal repeating up-cycles which is followed by eternal repeating down-cycles and vice versa (for example life and death, success and fiasco, joy and sorrow) – as well as the ignorance and suffering when you are caught into this wheel, for example in the experience of nightmare and anxiety.
ref: 2014, Morten Tolboll, “The Dream Hypothesis and the Brain-in-jar Hypothesis”, in The Matrix Conspiracy: Part 1, Livermore, Calif.: WingSpan Press, →ISBN:
text: [M]ost experts agree that a downcycle is in progress and are expecting demand from emerging countries and regions such as India, South-East Asia and even Africa, to eventually rebound to the point where it once again outstrips supply.
ref: 2016, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, “Companies are Adjusting to the Downcycle”, in Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016, [New York, N.Y.?]: United Nations, →ISBN:
text: Again, the current down cycle is anomalous, with the Fed's monetary policies encouraging unusually high levels of stock buybacks and fruitless mergers.
ref: 2017, Harry S. Dent, Jr.; Andrew Pancholi, “Deep in the Heart of Winter: There’s Just No Denying that Major Winter Cycles Come Once in a Lifetime”, in Teresa van den Barselaar, editor, Zero Hour: Turn the Greatest Political and Financial Upheaval in Modern History to Your Advantage, New York, N.Y.: Portfolio/Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: A period of a cycle where something is decreasing or deteriorating.