cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reidentify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reidentifies
form: reidentifying
form: reidentified
form: reidentified
Etymology: From re- + identify.
Senses: examples: text: To take each in turn, how likely is it that public health adversaries will reidentify data?
ref: 2019 October 4, Stephen Holland, Ethics and Governance of Public Health Information, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 68:
antonyms: deidentify
anonymize
hypernyms: identify
glosses: To identify (something or someone) again; to make identifiable again; to re-discern the identity of; especially, for example, to undo deidentification of.
examples: text: The decision to remain Catholic (or to reidentify as Catholic)[…]
ref: 2017 July 12, Thomas Robbins, In Gods We Trust: New Patterns of Religious Pluralism in America, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: By constructing an ethnic identity for people who are stigmatized and suffering as consequence of their faith in Christ, Peter helps his addressees disidentify with their past and reidentify as the[…]
ref: 2021 June 17, Janette H. Ok, Constructing Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter: Who You Are No Longer, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 56:
text: ... with other scholars having discussed examples of African ethnic groups that came under pressure to reidentify as Indigenous peoples and […]
ref: 2022 April 19, Dwight Newman, Research Handbook on the International Law of Indigenous Rights, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 454:
glosses: To identify again (as something one previously identified as, or as something else).
Related terms: word: misidentify
word: reidentification
word: unidentified
zeagonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Obsolete name for a supposed mineral, later reclassified as a mixture of phillipsite with gismondine or levynite.
reel-to-reel tape recorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reel-to-reel tape recorders
Senses: glosses: A type of audio recording device that uses reel-to-reel tape
sulfoaluminate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfoaluminates
Etymology: From sulfo- + aluminate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several mineral salts that contain an equimolar mixture of sulfate and silicate; the calcium salt is used as a rapid-setting cement
hodgkinsonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hodgkinson + -ite, after H. H. Hodgkinson, its discoverer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
annabergite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Annaberg-Buchholz in Germany, where it can be found, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral consisting of a hydrous nickel arsenate, chemical formula Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, with an apple-green colour.
disjuncture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disjunctures
Etymology: By surface analysis, dis- + juncture, or, by surface analysis, disjunct + -ure.
Senses: examples: text: In this chapter, we look at how women coordinate the everyday scheduling disjuncture between paid employment, both theirs and their husbands,^([sic]) and the scheduling of the school.
ref: 2005, Alison I. Griffith, Dorothy E. Smith, Mothering for Schooling, page 47:
synonyms: disjunction
coordinate_terms: misjuncture
glosses: A lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.
Related terms: dysfunction
levynite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: levyne
levyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levynes
Etymology: Armand Levy (1794-1841), French mineralogist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrated silicate mineral found in sodium- and calcium-dominated forms.
Synonyms: levynite
somnolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more somnolytic
form: most somnolytic
Etymology: From somno- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: That prevents sleep
somnolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somnolytics
Etymology: From somno- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: Any agent that has this effect
bixies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bixie
headwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From head + work.
Senses: examples: text: I would choose headwork over footwork anytime!
glosses: Mental or intellectual labour; the use of logic and clear thinking.
Derived terms: headworker
nsutite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ənˈsuːtaɪt/
Etymology: From Nsuta + -ite, from the place in Ghana where it was discovered.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dull manganese oxide mineral.
wikipedia: Nsuta
hogeschool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hogeschools
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch hogeschool.
Senses: glosses: A Dutch polytechnic or college; a higher education institution of lower rank than a university.
sasbachite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Obsolete name for a supposed mineral, now believed to be phillipsite.
spangite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæŋ.ɡaɪt/
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a supposed mineral, now believed to be phillipsite.
staurobaryte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stauro- + baryte.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Harmotome.
harmotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmotomes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and τομή (tomḗ, “section”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare zeolite, a hydrated barium silicate that forms vitreous white monoclinic crystals.
wellsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wellsites
Etymology: From well + site.
Senses: glosses: The site where a well is located.
wellsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Wells + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A supposed mineral, later reclassified as a mixture of phillipsite with harmotome.
Derived terms: wellsite geologist
normalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A supposed mineral, now believed to be phillipsite.
conceptual metaphor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conceptual metaphors
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The understanding of one idea or conceptual domain in terms of another.
dumortierite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumortierites
Etymology: Eugene Dumortier (1803-1873), French palaeontologist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A fibrous aluminium boro-silicate mineral that occurs in various colours.
Derived terms: magnesiodumortierite
buddingtonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Arthur Francis Buddington (1890-1980), petrologist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An ammonium feldspar with a vitreous lustre.
boulangerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boulangerites
Etymology: Charles Boulanger, French mining engineer, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lead antimony sulfide mineral that forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals.
carobbiite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Guido Carobbi (1900–1983), Italian geologist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Potassium fluoride, a rare, soft, colourless cubic mineral.
xanthiosite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A phosphate mineral first discovered in Germany in 1858.
xifengite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Xifengkou, China, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A grey metallic hexagonal mineral.
cobalt therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobalt therapies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: radiation therapy that uses radioactive cobalt-60 as a source
herbertsmithite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Herbert Smith (1872-1953), mineralogist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with the chemical formula ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂, light green or blue-green with a vitreous lustre.
offerees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of offeree
string-net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: string-nets
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A proposed extended object whose collective behaviour is considered to model the existence and properties of some subatomic particles
bixbyite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bixbyites
Etymology: Maynard Bixby, American mineralogist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare manganese iron oxide mineral with a black metallic appearance.
bixbite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The mineral red beryl.
godovikovite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare mineral with the chemical formula (NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂ (or with aluminium partially replaced by iron).
cryptocrystalline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crypto- + crystalline.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.
Derived terms: microcryptocrystalline
cryptocrystalline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptocrystallines
Etymology: From crypto- + crystalline.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: A rock of this kind.
ultraintensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + intensive.
Senses: glosses: Extremely intensive, of utmost concentration, exceedingly concentrated.
ultramassive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈʌltɹəˈmæs.ɪv/
Forms: form: more ultramassive
form: most ultramassive
Etymology: From ultra- + massive.
Senses: examples: text: He considers repetition of treatment after a 2-month interval more desirable than ultramassive doses.
ref: 1953, Juan Enrique Mackinnon, Parasitology (1949-1950), Unesco Science Cooperation Office for Latin America, page 97:
text: In particular, there has been no confirmation of the point of view of western scientists who contend that there is an enormous ultramassive body at the center of the Galaxy.
ref: 1977, USSR and Eastern Europe Scientific Abstracts, Geophysics, Astronomy and Space, Number 393, Joint Publications Research Service, page 2:
text: It seems quite unlikely that these ultramassive exchange particles can be directly detected in the foreseeable future, but it would be sufficient to detect their effects, if those effects were completely unlike those produced by any other exchange particles. And such an effect does (or, at any rate, might) exist.
ref: 1983, Isaac Asimov, Counting the Eons, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: Extraordinarily massive; of utmost massiveness.
Derived terms: ultramassive black hole
collogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒˈləʊɡ/
Forms: form: collogues
form: colloguing
form: collogued
form: collogued
Etymology: First attested in 1590s (as colloguing), presumably from colleague (“to associate”) and French colloque (“secret meeting”), from Latin colloquium (English colloquy), possibly influenced by dialogue.
Ultimately from Latin collega (“a partner in office”) + Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech; oration; discourse”), perhaps partly via Latin loquor (“I speak”).
Senses: glosses: To simulate belief.
glosses: To coax; to flatter.
examples: text: And then it seems that she collogued with her master and heard word of a subtler device.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
text: "I see him," said the housemaid. "He was colloguing with the butcher in the yard a bit since. He'd got a brown-paper parcel. Perhaps he got a lift home."
ref: 1904, Edith Nesbit, The New Treasure Seekers, Chapter 1:
text: Ay, well, what I say - " Flusky frowned, endeavouring to put into words just what he did say, when he collogued with his own thoughts. "What I say: in a country where everything's to do, the hands has a chance to put themselves equal with the head."
ref: 1937, Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn (fiction):
text: You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?
ref: 1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner (fiction), William Blackwood and Sons:
text: Witch Hunter: You dare to collogue about me with such a [contemnible] manner of speech?!
ref: 2022 November 18, Toontown: Corporate Clash Development Team, The Hires & Heroes Update (v1.3.0):
glosses: To talk privately or secretly; to conspire.
GSF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Global Sumud Flotilla.
GSF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GSFs
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Initialism of gross square footage: the total sum of the floorspace over every level of a building.
hutchinsonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Arthur Hutchinson (1866-1937), Cambridge mineralogist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare sulfosalt mineral of thallium, arsenic and lead.
dawsonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔːsənaɪt/
Forms: form: dawsonites
Etymology: Sir John William Dawson, geologist; Dawson + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.
aubertite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A blue mineral with the chemical formula CuAl(SO₄)₂Cl·14(H₂O).
Derived terms: magnesioaubertite
mineraloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mineraloids
Etymology: From mineral + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A substance that resembles a mineral but does not exhibit crystallinity.
heazlewoodite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Heazlewood + -ite, from an Australian placename.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare nickel sulfide mineral found in serpentinized dunite.
schrockingerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of schröckingerite.
schroeckingerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of schröckingerite.
schröckingerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A radioactive yellow mineral that fluoresces under ultraviolet light.
bazzite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bazzites
Etymology: Alessandro E Bazzi, who discovered an occurrence in Italy, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A beryllium scandium cyclosilicate mineral taking the form of small blue hexagonal crystals.
baddeleyite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baddeleyites
Etymology: After Joseph Baddeley, who described the original Sri Lankan find, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms.
leadhillite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leadhillites
Etymology: Leadhills, Scotland, where it was discovered, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A soft lead sulfate carbonate hydroxide mineral.
jerrygibbsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jerrygibbsites
Etymology: Jerry V. Gibbs, Virginia professor of geology, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare violet-pink mineral, believed to be a member of the leucophoenicite family.
jarosewichite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jarosewichites
Etymology: Eugene Jarosewich, Smithsonian chemist, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A manganese arsenate hydroxide mineral.
vauquelinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vauquelinites
Etymology: Louis Vauquelin (1763-1829), French chemist, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex mineral, a combined chromate and phosphate of copper and lead.
pharmacosiderite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharmacosiderites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon, “poison (i.e. arsenic)”) + σῐ́δηρος (sĭ́dēros, “iron”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrated basic ferric arsenate, consisting of the elements arsenic, iron, hydrogen, potassium, sodium and oxygen.
magadiite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magadiites
Etymology: Lake Magadi, Kenya, where an occurrence was first described, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A soft white hydrous sodium silicate mineral.
wikipedia: Lake Magadi
mackinawite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mackinawites
Etymology: Mackinaw mine, Washington, where an occurrence was first described + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetragonal iron nickel sulfide mineral that occurs as opaque bronze to grey-white tabular crystals and anhedral masses.
holmquistite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holmquistites
Etymology: Per Johan Holmquist, Swedish petrologist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lithium magnesium aluminium inosilicate mineral, varying in colour from black or violet to sky blue.
Derived terms: clino-ferro-ferri-holmquistite
ferroholmquistite
breithauptite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breithauptites
Etymology: Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791-1873), German mineralogist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A nickel antimonide mineral with the chemical formula NiSb, having a metallic opaque copper-red appearance.
titanowodginite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titanowodginites
Etymology: From titano- + wodginite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A titanium-bearing mineral of the wodginite group.
melanochroite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melanochroites
Etymology: From melano- + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of phoenicochroite.
synonyms: word: phoenicochroite
phoenicochroite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phoenicochroites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φοινίκεος (phoiníkeos, “crimson”) + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “color”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of lead chromate with striking orange-red crystals.
Synonyms: melanochroite
LiveScript
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From live + script.
Senses: glosses: The name originally proposed for JavaScript.
JScript
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From JavaScript.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A dialect of JavaScript developed by Microsoft.
ECMAScript
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /i.si.ɛmˈeɪ skɹɪpt/
ipa: /ˈɛkmʌ ˌskɹɪpt/
Etymology: ECMA + Script
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: ES
glosses: A standardised specification of JavaScript, developed by Ecma International.
Hypernyms: scripting language
ultrasecret
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + secret.
Senses: synonyms: supersecret
top secret
top-secret
glosses: Extremely secret; of the utmost secrecy.
supercosmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + cosmic.
Senses: examples: text: The palingenesia having its first and last cause, as palingenesia, in the Incarnation is strictly supercosmic, supernatural, though it presupposes the natural, and like the cosmos has God for its first and last cause.
ref: 1861 July 24, “Gioberti's Philosophy of Revelation”, in Brownson's Review, volume 2, number 3, page 310:
text: For Babbitt then, as for Buddha, there was the cosmic and the supercosmic.
ref: 1948, Louis Joseph Alexandre Mercier, American Humanism and the New Age, page 30:
text: As such, morality is both part of the way things were meant to be (supercosmic) and a part of the way things in fact are (cosmic).
ref: 2014, G. Christopher Scruggs, Path of Life: The Way of Wisdom for Christ Followers:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Extremely cosmic; above the cosmos.
Derived terms: supercosmically
supercosmically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From supercosmic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Consequently the key to the understanding of myth has to be found transcendently and super-cosmically in confrontation with the revelation of God.
ref: 1982, Ignatius Johannes Van der Walt, Defining Ethnology and Religious Science, page 119:
text: Such people exhaust their energy running after the fantastic, the amazing, and the supercosmically orgasmic.
ref: 1988, Swami Chetanananda, The Breath of God, page 57:
text: They guide us in their light toward the thearchic celebration; we are supercosmically illuminated by them.
ref: 2015, Karen Louise Jolly, Tradition and Diversity: Christianity in a World Context to 1500:
glosses: In a supercosmic manner; vastly huge.
ultradrastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultradrastic
form: most ultradrastic
Etymology: From ultra- + drastic.
Senses: examples: text: Some of those on the inside fear that the legislative temper is such that ultradrastic measures will be enacted, which will force an issue similar to that in Missouri, Kentucky and North Carolina.
ref: 1916, The National Underwriter: The National Newspaper of Fire and Casualty Insurance · Volume 20, Part 2, National Underwriter Company, page 9:
text: But It all came about through ultradrastic measures taken by one Hekzebiah Hawkins, first mayor of Dogptach, a man who had more power than Boulder Dam.
ref: 1959, Northwestern State University, Current Sauce (Volume 1952-1953):
text: With the new chemical treatment methods and ultradrastic kiln schedules, it is possible to start with green walnut and produce a superior (dimensionally stable) kiln dry rifle stock in only 30 days, as compared with the 90 to 120 days the industry normally takes just to dry a gunstock blank by conventional practices..
ref: 1960, United States Forest Service, Report of the Chief of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture:
glosses: Extremely drastic.
fixed-term
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fixed-term
form: most fixed-term
form: fixed term
Senses: examples: text: Have you got an indefinite or a fixed-term contract of employment?
text: This is fixed-term in the sense that the duration is not unlimited but is limited by the time it takes to complete a task.
ref: 2003, John G. Duddington, Employment Law, page 184:
glosses: Only lasting for a pre-arranged time.
fixed-term contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixed-term contracts
Senses: antonyms: permanent contract
open-ended contract
glosses: A contract which is valid only for a pre-arranged length of time.
intrasubjective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intrasubjective
form: most intrasubjective
Etymology: From intra- + subjective.
Senses: hypernyms: subjective
coordinate_terms: intersubjective
glosses: Describing a response etc. that happens within a person.
Related terms: intrasubjectivity
infodump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infodumps
Etymology: From info + dump.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of info-dump.
infodump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: infodumps
form: infodumping
form: infodumped
form: infodumped
Etymology: From info + dump.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of info-dump.
info-dump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: info-dumps
form: infodump
Etymology: Compound of info + dump.
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, too many corporate meetings are info-dumps — convened for the sake of information exchange, which is more efficiently handled by phone or fax […]
ref: 1995, Robert W Keidel, Seeing organizational patterns:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A large volume of data supplied at the same time.
topics: literature
media
publishing
synonyms: expository lump
glosses: A long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.
glosses: An act of sharing a large amount of information on a subject one is interested in, particularly as an activity by or among autistic people.
Related terms: copypasta
core dump
screen dump
wall of text
info-dump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: info-dumps
form: info-dumping
form: info-dumped
form: info-dumped
form: infodump
Etymology: Compound of info + dump.
Senses: glosses: To speak expositorily and at length regarding one's knowledge about a subject.
in and of itself
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: With respect to its intrinsic or inherent nature without consideration of extraneous factors; per se, intrinsically, inherently.
Related terms: in and of themselves
ipso facto
layaways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of layaway
headborough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headboroughs
Etymology: From head (“chief”) + borough.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Synonym of tithingman, the head of a tithing.
synonyms: word: tithingman
extra: the head of a tithing
topics: law
glosses: Synonym of tithingman, a peace officer or underconstable.
synonyms: word: tithingman
extra: a peace officer or underconstable
drive offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drive off; alternative spelling of drive-off.
huzoor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huzoors
Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic حُضُور (ḥuḍūr).
Senses: examples: text: "What are you using to thread the flowers?" I asked curiously.
"A woman's hair, Huzoor. It is always the hair of a woman who has died, but whose child has lived, that is used for Mai Âtma's crown. Shall I tell the story, Huzoor?"
"Was she beautiful?" I asked irrelevantly, why I know not.
"I do not know, Huzoor," he replied. "Am I not blind?"
ref: 1903, Flora Annie Steel, In the Guardianship of God, Read Books, published 2019, unnumbered page:
text: ‘Here is my card. Call me a tonga.’
‘Huzoor, all are at the Club.’
ref: 1924, E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 15:
text: Muzaffar's instinctive rising to his feet to greet the man seemed to discomfit the man even more. ‘Huzoor,’ he said, with a gulp, ‘I beg you - do not inconvenience yourself -’ and, for no reason that Muzaffar could see, he flushed a dull scarlet. ‘I took the liberty of asking the chowkidar for the huzoor’s address,’ he explained, even though Muzaffar had not asked.
ref: 2015, Madhulika Liddle, Crimson City, Hachette, unnumbered page:
glosses: A potentate; often used as a term of respect.
carpet burns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpet burn
geospatial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: geo-spatial
Etymology: From geo- + spatial.
Senses: examples: text: The geospatial coordinates for the building are not known.
text: Various types of characters (i.e., integrative taxonomy), such as morphology, biology,geospatial, chronological, and molecular data for phylogenetic analyses will accompany revisionary papers as tests of monophyly and other evolutionary hypotheses, and as summaries of relevant character state distributions and character state changes.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a geographic location, especially data.
examples: text: The geospatial analysis of the area will take several hours to complete.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing the combination of spatial software and geographic data.
Derived terms: geospatially
nongeospatial
Related terms: spatial
geospace
geographic
hydrospatial
honey trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honey traps
form: honeytrap
form: honey-trap
Etymology: Popularized by John le Carré in the novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974).
Senses: examples: text: “Some girl had made a fool of him,” said Connie with great contempt. “The Dutch set him a honey trap, my dear, and he barged in with his eyes wide shut.”
ref: 1974, John le Carré, chapter 12, in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, →ISBN:
glosses: The use of a romantic or a sexual relationship to entice a person into revealing secret information.
honey trap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: honey traps
form: honey trapping
form: honey trapped
form: honey trapped
form: honeytrap
form: honey-trap
Etymology: Popularized by John le Carré in the novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974).
Senses: glosses: To entice a person into a compromising situation (such as revealing secret information) by means of a romantic or sexual relationship.
Derived terms: honey trapper
Related terms: honeyfuggle
honeypot
thirst trap
you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
honeytrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honeytraps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of honey trap.
honeytrap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: honeytraps
form: honeytrapping
form: honeytrapped
form: honeytrapped
Senses: examples: text: I had three mates. Provos honeytrapped them.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 451:
glosses: Alternative spelling of honey trap.
honey-trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honey-traps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of honey trap.
human-readable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more human-readable
form: most human-readable
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That can be read by humans (as well as computers), such as a file format based on plain text.
examples: text: This is a human-readable summary of the Creative Commons license.
glosses: Of writing: without excessive jargon.
Hypernyms: readable
hive off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hives off
form: hiving off
form: hived off
form: hived off
Etymology: Likely from the way a swarm of bees splits off from one hive to establish a second hive.
Senses: synonyms: branch off
fork off
split off
glosses: To separate from a larger group.
examples: text: If the Government believes that part of the railways' salvation is to be found in ridding them of extraneous concerns, it should have had the courage either to close the railway works down as quickly as possible, or to hive them off as an entirely separate concern, [...].
ref: 1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
text: The plan involves banks hiving off bad assets and investors buying them at a discount on hopes of turning a profit over time.
ref: 2009 March 25, Felicity Williams, Fleur Leyden, “Commodities rally in big price rout”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2009:
text: Completed by the London & Southern [sic: South] Western Railway in 1898, the W&C was part of British Rail until hived off in 1994. It is physically isolated from the rest of the Underground.
ref: 2021 June 16, “Network News: Waterloo & City reopens ahead of schedule”, in RAIL, number 933, page 24:
glosses: To segregate; to remove from a parent entity.
Derived terms: word: hive-off
bliss ninnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bliss ninny
butter-boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butter-box
bundle buggies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bundle buggy
bubbe-meises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubbe-meise
crossover vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossover votes
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A vote by a person registered with one party in an election for a candidate in another
Derived terms: crossover voting
favorite son
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: favorite sons
Senses: examples: text: After two decades in Silicon Valley creating a billion-dollar company, Ohio's favorite son returns home.
glosses: A successful man from a particular area.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A male party member to whom the leadership is likely to assign a prominent role.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A male candidate chosen by a state delegation for an initial ballot, in the knowledge that other delegations will not prefer this candidate, for the purpose of negotiation.
Coordinate terms: word: favorite daughter
Related terms: prodigal son
Solid South
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Solid South
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for nearly a century from 1877, the end of the Reconstruction, to 1964.
darkhorse candidate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: darkhorse candidates
Senses: glosses: One who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice
searlesite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: searlesites
Etymology: From Searles + -ite, after John W. Searles, Californian pioneer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sodium borosilicate mineral, an important ore of borax.
caffeinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of caffeinate
caffeinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of caffeinate
abernathyite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Jess Abernathy, Utah mine operator, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare hydrous uranium oxide mineral that forms yellow vitreous tabular crystals with perfect cleavage.
abhurite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abhurites
Etymology: Sharm Abhur, a cove in the Red Sea, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A soft mineral composed of tin, oxygen, hydrogen, and chlorine.
matroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matroid
stock characters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stock character
East Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of East Indian
K-9
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: K-9s
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of K9.
breechings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breeching
nephroi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nephros
abswurmbachite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abswurmbachites
Etymology: Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach, German mineralogist, + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetragonal copper manganese silicate mineral with a metallic lustre.
mud volcanoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mud volcano
news medias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of news media
sea urchins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea urchin
cossyrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cossyrites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of aenigmatite.
synonyms: word: aenigmatite
incapacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incapacity
fidlam bens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fidlam ben
power laws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power law
ostomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ostomy
total revenues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of total revenue
infectivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infectivity
aenigmatite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aenigmatites
form: ænigmatite
form: enigmatite
Etymology: Greek αίνιγμα, riddle.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inosilicate mineral of sodium, iron, and titanium, forming brown to black triclinic lamellar crystals.
Synonyms: cossyrite
geospatially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From geospatial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a geospatial manner.
hubbly bubblies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hubbly bubbly
furry lobsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furry lobster
learned societies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of learned society
mouth-breathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouth-breather; alternative spelling of mouth breather.
naphthyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naphthyl
haloperoxidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haloperoxidase
acuminite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acuminites
Etymology: Latin acumen, spear point, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral composed of strontium, aluminium, fluorine, oxygen, and hydrogen.
adelite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæ.dəl.aɪt/
Forms: form: adelites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos, “indistinct”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare mineral, a calcium-magnesium arsenate, forming blue, green, yellow or grey orthorhombic crystals.
antimilitarisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimilitarism
admontite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: admontites
Etymology: From Admont + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A soft mineral composed of magnesium, boron, oxygen, and hydrogen.
God helps those who help themselves
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: God helps them that help themselves
form: heaven helps those who help themselves
form: the Lord helps those who help themselves
Etymology: First appearing in English (in this form) in 1698, in Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government. Translation of a maxim found in Ancient Greek and Roman literature; equivalent proverbs are found in many languages, such as Hungarian and Italian.
Senses: glosses: Good fortune or providential aid comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things.
wikipedia: Algernon Sidney
Related terms: God works in mysterious ways
goat's milk cheeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goat's milk cheese
day trips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day trip
adaptive-control functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adaptive-control function
estrangements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of estrangement
aerugite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerugites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare complex nickel arsenate mineral that forms green to deep blue-green trigonal crystals.
cookie jars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cookie jar
laryngospasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laryngospasm
slapsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slapstick
coachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coacher
video laryngoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video laryngoscope
chloroethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloroethane
hip-flasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hip-flask; alternative spelling of hip flask.
cover letters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cover letter
common bullfinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common bullfinch
walers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waler
zálesíite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zálesíites
Etymology: Named after the type locality: Zálesí, a village in the Czech Republic, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral of the mixite group.
raffias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raffia
geo-spatial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of geospatial.
419 scams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 419 scam
saddle blankets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saddle blanket
orange blossoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orange blossom
sidemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sideman
BIGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BIG
European Shorthairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of European Shorthair
hot tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot tube
musclewoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musclewood
golden showers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden shower
book entries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of book entry
pentahydrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentahydrate
triphosphopyridine nucleotides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triphosphopyridine nucleotide
Dutch tilts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutch tilt
toyshops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toyshop
fall-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fall-off; alternative spelling of falloff.
tropophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tropophyte
trigonometric cofunctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trigonometric cofunction
viola da gambas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viola da gamba
Ulstermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ulsterman
glyceroxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glyceroxide
canthi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canthus
cheese curls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheese curl
widgiemoolthalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for Australian community Widgiemooltha, + -lite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A nickel analogue of hydromagnesite discovered in Western Australia.
wikipedia: Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
Related terms: komatiite
negative pressures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of negative pressure
semidocumentaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semidocumentary
rootings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rooting
dangling participles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dangling participle
pick up trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pick up truck an alternative spelling of pick-up truck.
holdawayite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holdawayites
Etymology: From Holdaway + -ite, after the American petrologist Michael Jon Holdaway (1936–2025).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A manganese hydroxyl-carbonate mineral.
Brown Besses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brown Bess
salpingo-oophorectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salpingo-oophorectomy
sanitisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanitisation
goldquarryite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Gold Quarry mine, Nevada, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral, the first known cadmium-bearing phosphate.
capital accounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capital account
scouring powders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scouring powder
acyl chlorides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acyl chloride
snarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snark
xingzhongite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xingzhongites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An opaque metallic mineral composed of copper, iridium, iron, lead, platinum, rhodium, and sulphur.
second fiddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second fiddle
xiangjiangite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Xiangjiang River, China, + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow mineral composed of aluminium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, sulphur, and uranium.
wassocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wassock; alternative spelling of wazzock.
ethylenediaminetetraacetates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethylenediaminetetraacetate