cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Sidetans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sidetan
European Company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European Companies
Senses: glosses: A public EU company regulated by EU statute (2157/2001).
Synonyms: alt: from Latin Societās Europaea
word: SE
indemnifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From indemnify + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for indemnification.
Derived terms: unindemnifiable
sociodramatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + dramatic.
Senses: examples: text: By providing opportunities, time, and props, teachers can help children achieve the theatre standards of participating in sociodramatic playgroups and taking on roles of others in creative dramatics.
ref: 2005, Carol Seefeldt, How to Work with Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom:
glosses: Of or relating to drama or make-believe acted out by a group in a social context.
sandpipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandpipes
form: sand-pipe
Etymology: From sand + pipe.
Senses: examples: text: In the modified locomotive, the leading sanding gear is restored and the sandpipes which formerly led to the trailing coupled wheels are reversed to provide sanding behind the driving wheels for rearward running.
ref: 1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, page 212:
glosses: A pipe conveying sand, as in a steam locomotive, where it deposits sand directly in front of the driving wheels to aid traction.
examples: text: Some of the enormous fragments of chalk which are interstratified with drift have not only layers of undisturbed flints, but also sandpipes in the middle of them, or cylindrical cavities filled with sand and gravel […]
ref: 1840, Philosophical Magazine, page 365:
glosses: A perpendicular cylindrical hollow, tapering to a point, occurring in chalk deposits, and usually filled with sand, gravel, or clay.
sandpipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandpipe
sociodramatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From socio- + dramatics.
Senses: examples: text: Children pretend to be moms, teachers, dads, bakers, babies, dump truck drivers, dancers, and firefighters during sociodramatics.
ref: 2012, Eve-Marie Arce, Curriculum for Young Children: An Introduction:
glosses: sociodramatic behaviour; group make-believe
staystitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staystitches
Etymology: From stay + stitch.
Senses: glosses: A kind of straight stitch through a single layer, mainly used to stabilize curves.
staystitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: staystitches
form: staystitching
form: staystitched
form: staystitched
Etymology: From stay + stitch.
Senses: glosses: To work this kind of stitch.
staystitching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of staystitch
staystitched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of staystitch
staystitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staystitch
staystitches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of staystitch
hard spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard space
eclecticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eclecticizes
form: eclecticizing
form: eclecticized
form: eclecticized
Etymology: From eclectic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make eclectic or varied.
glosses: To produce eclectic or varied works.
eclecticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eclecticize
eclecticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eclecticize
eclecticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eclecticize
kerateins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keratein
Shemini Atzeret
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shemini Atzereth
form: Shmini Atseret
form: Shmini Atzeret
Etymology: From Hebrew שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת (šəmînî ‘ăṣéreṯ, literally “the eight of assembly”).
Senses: glosses: A Jewish holiday (holy day) occurring on the eighth day after the start of Sukkot.
RAK
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ras al Khaimah.
RAK
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of right (side) above knee (said of an amputee/amputation).
Ras al Khaimah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An emirate and city in the UAE.
computress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: computresses
Etymology: From computer + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Picture a girl, we usually call her a computress, using a desk calculator. Suppose we had given her a sheet of paper containing several columns of numbers and suppose further we had given her a set of written instructions directing her to sum each column of numbers and then to divide each sum by the number of entries in its column so as to find the average of each column, and finally to enter this value below the appropriate column. Notice that the computress in this task performs […]
ref: 1962, The Volta Review, →ISSN, page 395:
text: Programming can be considered as being similar to writing instructions for a girl who is working with a desk calculator. The analogy becomes exact if you assume that such a computress has the virtues of being very quick, of never making mistakes, and following instructions perfectly—and that she has the glaring defect of being incapable of thinking.
ref: 1963, Paul L. Garvin, editor, Natural Language and the Computer, New York: McGraw-Hill, page 233:
text: Compare this with today when a programmer performs the task once for all and the computress performs a single-hand computation which is sufficient for all. Then our computers, large willing slaves, unerringly and without complaint produce all the answers you are willing to pay for.
ref: 1963, Lloyd S. Shapley, Solutions of Compound Simple Games, Rand Corporation, page 14:
text: When they began using computers, their classification changed from computress to the more esteemed title of programmer. Computing expertise diffused throughout the company wherever it was needed. This arrangement, which differed markedly from what evolved in most commercial establishments, and even in some other research labs, sprang directly from the historically collaborative environment of Bell Labs.
ref: 1984, M. D. Fagen, G. E. Schindler, editors, A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System […] , volume 5, Bell Telephone Laboratories, →ISBN, page 367:
text: The female computers worked in a separate lab, or at least in a separated part of the room. […] During their rare exchanges, though, the men often referred to them as ‘computresses.’
ref: [2019, Karin Hilck, Lady Astronauts, Lady Engineers, and Naked Ladies […] , Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 249:
glosses: Female equivalent of computer (a person employed to perform computations; one who computes)
computresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of computress
gladiatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gladiatrixes
form: gladiatrices
Etymology: From Latin gladiātrīx (“gladiator (female)”). By surface analysis, gladiator + -trix.
Senses: examples: text: While most gladiatrices fought privately, enough fought publicly so that finally combats were "forbidden in which women fought in companies with each other, or women with dwarfs" (de Beaumont, 1929: 54).
ref: 1976, Elise Boulding, The underside of history: a view of women through time:
glosses: gladiator (female)
Synonyms: word: gladiatress
gladiatrixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gladiatrix
gladiatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gladiatrix
pansolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + solar.
Senses: examples: text: The logistics of a pansolar society must take massive distances and speeds into consideration.
glosses: Relating to, or spanning, the entire solar system.
marsling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marslings
form: Marsling
Etymology: From Mars + -ling, modelled after earthling.
Senses: examples: text: And that the first communication and transaction between earthlings and marslings — or venusites or mercurians — would be a lumber deal.
ref: 1953, Crow's Forest Products Digest - Volume 31
glosses: An inhabitant or being from Mars; a Martian.
Marsling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marslings
Etymology: From Mars + -ling.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of marsling.
European Cooperative Society
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European Cooperative Societies
Senses: glosses: A co-operative company established under the European Union law, which may operate throughout the European Economic Area (EEA) without needing to set up a subsidiary in each member state.
Synonyms: SCE
SCE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Societas Cooperativa Europaea.
Senses: glosses: European Cooperative Society
eurocurrency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eurocurrencies
Etymology: From euro- + currency.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Alternative form of Eurocurrency.
Eurocurrency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurocurrencies
Etymology: From Euro- + currency.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Deposits denominated in a currency other than the currency of the depositee.
Hyponyms: Eurodollar
Euroeuro
Eurofranc
Euroguilder
Eurokoruna
Euromark
Eurosterling
Euroyen
antimuslim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimuslim
form: most antimuslim
Etymology: From anti- + Muslim.
Senses: examples: text: Many government officials regarded it as a seditious movement, which according to them was not only antimuslim but also antigovernment.
ref: 1979, S. A. A. Tirmizi, “The Cow Protection Movement and Mass Mobilization in Northern India, 1882–93”, in Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, volume 40, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 575:
text: Racism and antimuslim sentiment appear to make Iram support Islam defensively and aggressively and raise the question, How much would she need to fight for Islam if Canada had not been such an antimuslim society?
ref: 1998, Shahnaz Khan, “Muslim Women: Negotiations in the Third Space”, in Signs, volume 23, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR:
text: Christian Thulesen Dahl, co-founder of the far-right party "Danish Peoples Party" - which has a following of 13-15% of the danish population - today declares that the party is now officially "antimuslim."
ref: 2008 May 17, Mich, “‘Danish Peoples Party’ Publicly Declares Themselves ‘Antimuslim’”, in alt.religion.islam (Usenet), retrieved 29 Nov 2022:
text: The terms ‘witness’ and ‘witnessing’, ‘opener’ and ‘opening’ are of key significance for understanding and reasoning for Muslim sacred tradition. Distorted, narrowed and reductive forms of these terms have been taken by antimuslim ideologists as material within their own constructions.
ref: 2011, Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, “Witness and Testimonies: A Diachronic Perspective on the History of the Bosnian Muslims”, in International Dialogue, volume 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 3:
text: Admittedly, I discussed race more than typical History of Christianity survey courses, but my discussion of race referred to early-modern heresies, antisemitism, and antimuslim campaigns not modern blackness.
ref: 2017, David Evans, Tobin Miller Shearer, “A Principled Pedagogy for Religious Educators”, in Religious Education, volume 112, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 7:
glosses: Alternative form of anti-Muslim.
-chu
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -cha.
perhorresced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perhorresce
Wiccaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiccaphobia
Etymology: From Wicca + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: . The incidence of Wiccaphobia and Phasomophobia ...
ref: 2014, Patricia Smith, Introducing Overcoming Phobias: A Practical Guide:
text: I've treated her for her Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorders as well as Wiccaphobia and Arrhenphobia
ref: 2014, David Griffith, Trinity:
text: 1998 wsa, Re: Left-Wing Evangelicals? Chuck's Response Group: soc.religion.quaker
Wiccaphobia and homophobia are troubling, but not as dangerous as planning to take over the Republican Party I think it would be hard to find any large number of Evangelical Friends particularly interested in taking over the Republican Pary.
text: 2001 christopher hortin, Re: Muggles - 1, Wizards - 0 Group: alt.fan.harry-potter
At the root of it is Wiccaphobia -- I think many extremists (not all of them Christians) fear the Wicca/Neopagan movement, and I fear they've made Harry their scapegoat.
glosses: The fear or hatred of Wicca or Wiccans.
Wiccanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wiccanist
wiccaphobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkəˌfoʊb/
Forms: form: wiccaphobes
Etymology: From Wicca + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: 1997, Kristin, Re: Blackbane is starting to grow on me... Group: alt.religion.wicca
Raven Blackbane as the world first wiccaphobe.
text: Wiccaphobia may be more of a problem for contemporary witches (or for those accused of witchcraft) than for wiccaphobes themselves.
ref: 2014, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff:
glosses: A person who fears or hates Wiccanism or Wiccanists
wiccaphobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiccaphobe
heteropalindrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteropalindromes
Etymology: From hetero- (“different”) + palindrome.
Senses: glosses: Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap
fmz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛmz/
rhymes: -ɛmz
Forms: form: fmz
Etymology: Abbreviation of fan magazine.
Senses: examples: text: The ludicrous situation may arise of all Fandom producing one zine for their own consumption - but I hardly think so. […] And this situation will prove a spur to the recruiting of more fans, and the converting of fans into actifans. Partnerships will be dissolved after the war, when the new, bright crop of fmz that are promised spring up.
ref: 1943 October, H. K. Bulmer, “Staggerings”, in Futurian War Digest, number 31, pages 7–8:
text: fmz - (Brazier:Joquel) - Suggested abbreviation for fanzines. Pronounced [femz], but distinguished from "femmes" by accompanying the latter word with a whistle and descriptive gesture.
ref: 1944, John Bristol Speer, Fancyclopedia, fmz:
text: Yes, beginning with this issue QUANDRY will bring you Fanews of the South. Serving as O-O for AUSF will in no way limit QUANDRYs horizons, tho. It will remain the life-loving li'l fmz that it has been.
ref: 1950 December, Lee Hoffmann, “Chaos”, in Quandry, number 5, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2015, page 2:
text: There have always been crudzines, but in the current environment the average fmz is done by someone with some skill, with a limited audience in mind.
ref: 1995 September 11, Lindsay Crawford, “Re: All Knowledge Is Contained in Fanzines”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <9509101936014156@emerald.com>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Fanzine.
Awruk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tithi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The given name comes from India.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
wikipedia: India
Alazon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
Alazani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alasan
Etymology: From the Georgian ალაზანი (alazani).
Senses: glosses: A river that flows for 351km, from its headwaters to the south of the main ridge of the Greater Caucasus in the north-west of Georgia’s Akhmeta municipality, through the Caucasus, until it feeds into the River Kura at Azerbaijan’s Mingachevir Reservoir.
Alasan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Ălāzon, ŏnos, m., // I. a river in Albania, now Alasan, Plin. 6, 10, 11, § 29; Val. Fl. 6, 102.
ref: 1879, Charlton Thomas Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, “Ălāzon”
glosses: Alternative form of Alazani.
social anxiety disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Forms: form: social anxiety disorders
form: social-anxiety disorder
Senses: topics: clinical-psychology
human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
synonyms: social anxiety
social phobia
glosses: An anxiety disorder, characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.
Related terms: selective mutism
social anxiety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social anxieties
Senses: glosses: A feeling of discomfort or fear in a social situation where one may be judged or evaluated by others.
glosses: Social anxiety disorder.
Synonyms: social anxiety disorder
social phobia
social phobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social phobias
Senses: glosses: Social anxiety disorder.
Synonyms: social anxiety disorder
social anxiety
brown falcon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown falcons
Senses: synonyms: brown hawk
Berigora falcon
Berigora hawk
glosses: Falco berigora, a member of the falcon genus found in the drier regions of Australia.
EDD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EDDs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Acronym of enhanced due diligence.
qualifier: desktop publishing
glosses: Acronym of element definition document, a file format for Adobe FrameMaker.
qualifier: economy
glosses: Acronym of estimated delivery date.
qualifier: economy
glosses: Acronym of expected date of delivery.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acronym of estimated date of delivery.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of electronic device description.
qualifier: forensics
glosses: Acronym of electrostatic detection device.
topics: computing
engineering
informatics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of enhanced disc drive.
topics: computing
engineering
informatics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of enterprise data distribution.
topics: computing
engineering
government
informatics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
glosses: Acronym of electronic direct democracy.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acronym of emotional dysregulation disorder.
supercuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercut
saltchucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: saltchuckers
Etymology: From saltchuck + -er.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Someone who fishes in saltwater.
saltchuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltchucker
samfu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samfus
Etymology: From Cantonese 衫褲／衫裤 (saam¹ fu³, “shirt (and) pants”).
Senses: examples: text: Female dress, for example, immediately establishes race: sarongs for Malays, cheongsams and samfus for Chinese, and saris for Indians.
ref: 1973, Alvin Rabushka, Race and Politics in Urban Malaya, page 26:
glosses: A type of suit worn in China, consisting of a shirt with a high neckline bound down the middle with tassels, and trousers
samfus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samfu
saw doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saw doctors
Senses: glosses: A person who specialises in the servicing of saws and saw blades
Salingeresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Salingeresque
form: most Salingeresque
Etymology: From Salinger + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the writing style of J. D. Salinger, an American writer most famous for writing The Catcher in the Rye
September 11
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the date, by metonymy.
Senses: glosses: The terrorist attacks that happened on September 11, 2001.
Synonyms: 9/11
September eleventh
separationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: separationists
Etymology: From separation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A separatist.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: One who believes that the human Jesus Christ was a separate being from the divine Christ.
separationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of separationist
service court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: service courts
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: The part of the court in which the ball must land on a serve.
serving spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serving spoons
Senses: glosses: A large spoon used to serve food at table.
Hypernyms: kitchenware
spoon
utensil
Coordinate terms: ladle
spatula
spoon § Hyponyms
Derived terms: serving spoonful
sewage plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sewage plants
Senses: glosses: An industrial structure used in the treatment of sewage
shabushabu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shabu-shabu.
clan control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: management
glosses: A control system which relies on shared values and norms rather than bureaucratic structures.
sewage plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sewage plant
fanmag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfæn.mæɡ/
Forms: form: fanmags
Etymology: Blend of fan (“an admirer or aficionado”) + magazine.
Senses: examples: text: LeZ plans, in the future, to print these Cullings regularly, from foreign fanmags, or American mags of small circulation, in the belief that you might otherwise not see the material.
ref: 1940 April, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, “Cullings”, in Le Zombie, number 27, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2013, page 3:
text: Arthur Widner Jr., editor of the Strangers Club's FANFARE, is plugging the word "fanzines" to take the place of the Philadelphian's "fanag" and the usual "fanmag". Incidentally, FANFARE is the neatest, most legible, and cleanest of any hectographed fanzine I have yet seen. In two colors too, into the bargain.
ref: 1941 March, Leslie A. Croutch, “Clippings from Canada”, in Futurian War Digest, volume 1, number 6, page 4:
text: The first issue of a fanmag from the southern-most post of Australian science fiction is good.
ref: 1941 April 6, Futurian Observer, number 33, page 1:
text: The advertising value of fanzines to promags is negligible, for the simple reason that anyone in sufficient contact with STF to read fanmags knows all about the prozines.
ref: 1952 November, Algis Budrys, Planet Stories, volume 5, number 9, page 111:
text: People who put out worthless fanmags and try and soak the unwary fan 25¢ for them, people who sell back issue magazines at outrageous prices, people who put out offset, super-duper printed professional type fanzines ... all give me a large pain in the neck.
ref: 1955 January, Bob Stewart, “Abstractions”, in Abstract, number 9, page 38:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Magazine produced by amateurs for readers with a specific shared interest.
Synonyms: fanzine
fanmags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanmag
ballbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballbag
DITA-OT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of DITA Open Toolkit.
bollock sack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bollock sacks
Senses: examples: text: […] slit open the bollock sack, got hold of the slippery eggs and pulled them out, first one, then the other, then snipped the cords and flung them from him.
ref: 1974, Richard Gardner, Richard Cummings, The Adventures of Don Juan, page 87:
text: “I seem to recall it was late one night, after considerable wine, and you said his wife had the face of a horse's bollock sack?”
ref: 2015, Andy Remic, The Dragon Engine:
glosses: The scrotum.
bollock sacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bollock sack
Óðr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ̯θə/
ipa: /ˈəʊ̯ðə/
ipa: /ˈoʊθɚ/
ipa: /ˈoʊðɚ/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wōþuz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet-. Cognate with Old English wod and German Wut.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: In Norse mythology, the husband of Freya and father of Hnoss and Gersemi.
skyting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skyte
ribauldequin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbəʊdɪkɪn/
Forms: form: ribauldequins
Etymology: From French ribaudequin.
Senses: glosses: An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. After the 14th century it was furnished with small cannon.
glosses: A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Synonym of organ gun.
synonyms: word: organ gun
Synonyms: rabauld
ribault
ribaudkin
infernal machine
organ gun
ribauldequins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbəʊdɪkɪnz/
Senses: glosses: plural of ribauldequin
ayllu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ayllus
form: ayllukuna
Etymology: Borrowed from Quechua ayllu.
Senses: glosses: A traditional family-based community in the Andes, especially among Quechua and Aymara peoples.
carrier set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrier sets
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: the underlying set of an algebraic structure
Synonyms: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
word: underlying set
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
word: carrier
dimoraic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + moraic.
Senses: examples: text: This is amply demonstrated through the application of tone rules such as Final High Tone Retraction, which deletes a high tone on the final vowel of a word and reassociates it with the second mora of a dimoraic (long) penultimate syllable.
ref: 1997, AD Mtenje, “The Phonology and Morphology of Kimatuumbi”, in Anthropological Linguistics, volume 39, number 1, page 170:
text: The analyses indicate that MHE vowel durations correspond to NE durations for the dimoraic (long) vowels, but correspond to the Spanish‐accented vowels of L2E for the monomoraic (short) vowels.
ref: 2009, K Konopka, “Vowel duration in Mexican heritage English”, in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, volume 125, page 2757:
text: The root is then associated with an H, regardless of its original tonal specification, and this H is realized as a high tone over monomoraic syllables and as a falling tone over dimoraic syllables.
ref: 2018, I Monich, “Distribution of falling tones in Mabaan”, in From Sounds to Structures: Beyond the Veil of Maya:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having two morae.
Synonyms: bimoraic
quadrimoraic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + moraic.
Senses: examples: text: A syllabic trochee template is simply unable to account for the requirement that p-forms are maximally quadrimoraic.
ref: 1997, Mary Ellen Scullen, French prosodic morphology: a unified account, page 204:
text: The 'letter' thus corresponds with a mora, and the nouns in question could be termed quadrimoraic.
ref: 1998, Robert R. Ratcliffe, The Broken Plural Problem in Arabic and Comparative Semitic: Allomorphy and analogy in non-concatenative morphology:
text: According to Kubozono (2006: 1147—1150), this is the case for 96% of accented trimoraic gairaigo and 70% of accented quadrimoraic gairaigo.
ref: 2011, Mark Irwin, Loanwords in Japanese, page 128:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Having four morae.
Derived terms: quadrimoraicity
tetramoraic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + moraic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having four morae.
Synonyms: quadrimoraic
pentamoraic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penta- + moraic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Having five morae.
hexasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hexa- + syllabic.
Senses: glosses: Having six syllables.
Synonyms: sexisyllabic
hexasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexasyllabics
Etymology: From hexa- + syllabic.
Senses: glosses: A word of six syllables.
heptasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hepta- + syllabic.
Senses: glosses: Having seven syllables.
Synonyms: septasyllabic
septasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From septa- + syllabic.
Senses: glosses: Having seven syllables.
Synonyms: heptasyllabic
octasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From octa- + syllabic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of octosyllabic.
octasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octasyllabics
Etymology: From octa- + syllabic.
Senses: glosses: A word of eight syllables.
nonasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nona- + syllabic.
Senses: examples: text: Most of the trisyllabic words in nonasyllabic lines are monomorphemic.
ref: 2004, A. Teeuw, A merry senhor in the Malay world: four texts of the Syair Sinyor Kosta:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having nine syllables.
undecasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From undeca- + syllabic.
Senses: examples: text: The subdivision forms octave stanzas of the Italian form, undecasyllabic triple measure, in feminine rhyme, of triple alternating lines, with a finishing couplet.
ref: 1886, Hubert Howe Bancroft, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Central America. 1886-1887, page 61:
topics: communications
human-sciences
journalism
linguistics
literature
media
poetry
publishing
sciences
writing
glosses: Having eleven syllables.
tridecasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trideca- + syllabic.
Senses: examples: text: In line length, whereas other translators shortened, Tu preferred to fill out, often replacing the alexandrine with a tridecasyllabic line […]
ref: 2012, Gloria Bien, Baudelaire in China: A Study in Literary Reception, page 59:
glosses: Having thirteen syllables, or thirteen syllables per line.
trisyllabicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trisyllabic + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The property of having three syllables.
Related terms: trisyllabic
monomoraicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From monomoraic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Let us assume that the reduplicative template is specified as "syllable", with the understanding that a template expands maximally in association (in this case, into a heavy syllable) unless it carries a specific restriction (e.g. to monomoraicity).
ref: 1986, Ralf-Armin Mester, Studies in tier structure, page 203:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The property of having one mora.
Related terms: monomoraic
run amuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs amuck
form: running amuck
form: ran amuck
form: run amuck
Senses: examples: text: This event would have looked most horrible in anticipation,—a thing to make a man shoot himself, or run amuck, or hide himself in caverns where he might not see his own burning blush; but the reality was not so very hard to bear.
ref: 1854, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Passages from a Relinquished Work”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
glosses: Alternative form of run amok.
bimoraicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bimoraic + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The property of having two morae.
trimoraicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trimoraic + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The property of having three morae.
Related terms: trimoraic
quadrimoraicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quadrimoraic + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The property of having four morae.
Related terms: quadrimoraic
decasyllabicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deca- + syllabicity or decasyllabic + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The property of having ten syllables.
Related terms: decasyllabic
Aga Khanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aga Khanites
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Synonym of Sevener.
synonyms: word: Sevener
controled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of controlled.
Anglo-Saxonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anglo-Saxonisms
Etymology: From Anglo-Saxon + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Anglo-Saxon culture.
glosses: A word or phrase characteristic of Anglo-Saxon language.
Anglo-Saxonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anglo-Saxonists
Etymology: From Anglo-Saxon + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Anglo-Saxonism.
Anglo-Saxonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anglo-Saxonist
neoconism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neocon + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The rise of the anti-Iran component of neoconism is not hard to understand if you focus on the hostage crisis.
ref: 2014, James G. Blight, Janet M. Lang, Hussein Banai, Becoming Enemies: U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979-1988:
glosses: The neoconservative ideology.
Related terms: neoconist
neoconist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoconists
Etymology: From neocon + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Threat manipulation, distortions and exaggerations In line with a central premise of the Gore-peace counterfactual, neoconists have consistently argued that exaggerated intelligence estimates and threat distortions were directly responsible […]
ref: 2011, Frank Harvey, Explaining the Iraq War, page 5:
text: In the insanely arrogant supermensch tones normally reserved for neoconists, Ivo Omrcanin writes […]
ref: 2013, Ivo Vukcevich, Croatia 2: Ludwig Von Gaj Opposes Croatia's Hungarian Heritage:
glosses: A proponent of neoconism.
neoconists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoconist
aggressionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aggression + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A doctrine or worldview which is in favor of violence
aggressionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aggressionists
Etymology: From aggression + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of aggressionism ("a doctrine or worldview favouring violence").
aggressionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aggressionist
form: most aggressionist
Etymology: From aggression + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: In order to serve American interests in the region, strengthen the Western interests in the delicate situation of the Persian Gulf, and counter Soviet attempts to penetrate this sensitive area, America supplies sophisticated arms to Saudi Arabia. This is part of the American worldwide strategy to contain Soviet aggressionist and expansionist policies.
ref: 1982, Aaron Hart, Milk and Honey, Blood and Tears: Can Israel Survive?, New York, N.Y. […]: Vantage Press, →ISBN, pages 53–53:
glosses: Characterized by or advocating the use of aggression.
aggressionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggressionist
grappling hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grappling hook
Rethuglicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rethuglican
Retardicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Retardican
boat hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boat hooks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boathook.
boat hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boat hook
Muslimophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Muslimophilic
form: most Muslimophilic
Senses: examples: text: Thus, neighbourhoods such as the Albayzín in Granada are becoming highly heterogeneous meeting points for Maghrebien migrant communities, Spanish and European Muslim converts and Muslimophilic Spaniards and foreigners claiming ...
ref: 2000 Jochen Blaschke, Multi-level discrimination of Muslim women in Europe p 421
glosses: Of, or pertaining to Muslimophilia
misbahas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misbaha
Iranophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iranophobe
Euromerican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euromericans
Etymology: Blend of Euro- + American
Senses: glosses: An American of European descent.
Euromerican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Euromerican
form: most Euromerican
Etymology: Blend of Euro- + American
Senses: glosses: American and of European descent.
Euromericans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Euromerican
weaponism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From weapon + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The paper added that this necessity has little to do with "weaponism" — a theory that weapons are all that matters.
ref: 1997, Chinese Communist modernization problems, page 54:
text: […] declared war against "high-tech weaponism."
ref: 2005, Sam Siber, Second-rate nation:
glosses: A focus on weaponry.
Related terms: weaponist
weaponist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weaponists
Etymology: From weapon + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A user, maker or proponent of weapons.
Related terms: weaponism
weaponists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weaponist
psychrotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychrotrophs
Etymology: From psychro- + -troph.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An organism adapted to cold.
Derived terms: psychrotrophic
strelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streltsy
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian стреле́ц (streléc).
Senses: glosses: A unit of Russian guardsmen from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, armed with a firearm.
streltsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strelets
OJT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of on-the-job training.
gross margin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gross margins
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The difference between revenue and direct cost, often expressed as the ratio gross margin percent.
maintained markup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The difference between net sales and cost of goods sold, often expressed as the ratio maintained markup percent.
Related terms: gross margin
flashfire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flashfires
Etymology: From flash + fire.
Senses: glosses: A sudden, intense fire caused by the ignition of flammable substances in the air.
symptomaticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From symptomatic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being symptomatic.
throw into a cocked hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws into a cocked hat
form: throwing into a cocked hat
form: threw into a cocked hat
form: thrown into a cocked hat
form: knock into a cock hat
Senses: glosses: To confound, usually due to one or more unexpected occurrences.
sports entertainment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sports entertainments
Etymology: Term coined by Vince McMahon.
Senses: glosses: A scripted and rehearsed spectacle based on and appearing to be a competitive sport, particularly but not only professional wrestling.
wikipedia: Vince McMahon
Related terms: kayfabe
Eurafrican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊ(ə)ˈɹæfɹɪk(ə)n/
ipa: /jəˈɹæfɹəkən/
ipa: /jʊ-/
Etymology: From Euro- (prefix meaning ‘pertaining to Europe’) + African (adjective, noun), probably modelled after Eurasian. Compare Euroafrican, Euro-African, which are attested earlier.
Senses: examples: text: The Eurafrican substrate [hypothesis] is based mainly on comparisons between Sardinian, Berber and Basque, as well as on comparanda from Gallo-Romance and Insular Celtic.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 12:
synonyms: Eurafric
Euroafrican
glosses: Of or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics.
synonyms: Afropean
Euroafrican
glosses: Of a person: of mixed European and African descent; (specifically, South Africa) synonym of colored (“belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian)”).
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of a person: from the parts of Europe and North Africa surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
Related terms: word: Eurafrica
word: Euroafrican
word: Euro-African
Eurafrican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊ(ə)ˈɹæfɹɪk(ə)n/
ipa: /jəˈɹæfɹəkən/
ipa: /jʊ-/
Forms: form: Eurafricans
Etymology: From Euro- (prefix meaning ‘pertaining to Europe’) + African (adjective, noun), probably modelled after Eurasian. Compare Euroafrican, Euro-African, which are attested earlier.
Senses: examples: text: Just how cosmopolitan the town was is clear from the fact that two different races are found buried in the graves: the dolichocephalic Eurafrican, and the brachycephalic Proto-Mediterranean.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 153:
synonyms: Afropean
Euroafrican
glosses: A person of mixed European and African descent.
synonyms: Afropean
Euroafrican
glosses: A person of mixed European and African descent.
An African person with European ancestors.
synonyms: word: Afropean
word: Euroafrican
word: Euroafrican
word: colored
extra: (“a person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian)”)
glosses: A person of mixed European and African descent.
Synonym of colored (“a person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian)”).
Afropean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæf.ɹəˈpɪ(ː).ən/
ipa: /ˌæf.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/
Forms: form: Afropeans
Etymology: Blend of African + European
Senses: glosses: A European with African ancestors.
glosses: Someone of mixed European and African heritage.
Afropean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæf.ɹəˈpɪ(ː).ən/
ipa: /ˌæf.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/
Forms: form: more Afropean
form: most Afropean
Etymology: Blend of African + European
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Afropeans.
Afropeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afropean
Eurafricans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eurafrican
jihadize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jihadizes
form: jihadizing
form: jihadized
form: jihadized
Etymology: From jihad + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: As noted in this book's introduction, the former would himself “jihadize” years later
ref: 2014, Jordan Hahn, The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin:
text: In late 2005, the efforts to "jihadize" the ChRI underground state and mujahedin forces sparked an open fissure between the nationalist Sufi faction
ref: 2008 Post-Soviet Affairs - Volume 24 - Page 7
text: Back then, the US strategy to jihadize the madressahs in order to create uncompromising mujahideen against the Soviet forces in Afghanistan had a downside to it as the textbooks filled with radicalizing jihadist overtones were distributed
ref: 2007 Pakistan Horizon - Volume 60, Issue 2 - Page 94
glosses: To increase the jihadistic nature of
jihadizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jihadize
jihadizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jihadize
jihadized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jihadize
physio-therapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more physio-therapeutic
form: most physio-therapeutic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of physiotherapeutic.
physiotherapeutically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From physiotherapeutic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, physiotherapy.
formalistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more formalistically
form: most formalistically
Etymology: From formalistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: in a formalistic manner
wire services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wire service
hovercard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hovercards
Etymology: From hover + card.
Senses: glosses: An informational pop-up on a web page, activated when the user mouses over it.
laniers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanier
requestive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more requestive
form: most requestive
Etymology: From request + -ive.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or for the purpose of making requests.
requestive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: requestives
Etymology: From request + -ive.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
pragmatics
sciences
glosses: A speech act that solicits actions or information.
congoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: congoers
Etymology: From con + goer.
Senses: examples: text: 'Tis more than likely, were fen to know their work on behalf of the con-goer was appreciated, there might not be so much in evidence the reluctance to take on the duties of a committee.
ref: 1960 February, Profanity, number 7, page 33:
text: I was riding up in one of the Hilton's elevators, and one of the yuppies taking his date up to the top-floor restaurant instigated the standard congoer-to-mundane conversation, asking what kind of event all these oddballs were partaking in.
ref: 1986 Autumn, Richard Brandt, Light in the Bushel, number 2, page 1:
text: Con committees attempt to get public money rather than be funded out of the congoer's pocket.
ref: 1994, Joseph L. Sanders, Science Fiction Fandom, →ISBN, page 120:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An attendee at a convention.
congoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of convention + going.
Senses: examples: text: The gathering (brainstormed by John Newman) that marked the postwar revival of congoing in England.
ref: 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Whitcon:
text: Over that time, the demographic of congoing has evolved, and many longer running cons have had to adapt.
ref: 1998 July 16, Andre Lieven, “Re: Why cons SHOULD NOT cost so much”, in alt.fandom.cons (Usenet), message-ID <6ol962$1t0@freenet-news.carleton.ca>:
text: The rest of it is very good and I wish I had had something of the sort available when I started congoing thirty years ago... ulp.
ref: 2005 December, Joseph T. Major, “The Fanivore”, in File 770, number 146, page 25:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The action or hobby of attending a convention.