cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hard tech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Emerging tech (which relates to other concepts such as frontier tech, deep tech, hard tech, sci-fi tech, exponential tech, or tough tech) is technology that still has an adoption curve into the future.
ref: 2021, Trond Arne Undheim, Future Tech: How to Capture Value from Disruptive Industry Trends, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 48:
text: The nation’s tech capital has shifted into its artificial intelligence age — some call it the “hard tech” era — and the signs are everywhere.
ref: 2025 August 4, Mike Isaac, “A.I. Has Ushered in Silicon Valley’s ‘Hard Tech’ Era”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2025:
synonyms: deep tech
glosses: Technology that requires big breakthroughs and has a high barrier of entry.
Lingoa Geral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Portuguese língua geral (“literally, general language”).
Senses: examples: text: One useful result of his former experiences was that he could talk fluently in the Lingoa Geral, which is the peculiar talk, one-third Portuguese and two-thirds Indian, which is current all over Brazil.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Old Tupi (Tupian language used as a lingua franca in early colonial Brasil).
drop hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop hammers
Senses: examples: text: On embankments these troughs are supported by piles driven into the ground and recent practice has been to drive them in by a drop hammer, manually operated from a railway wagon, [...].
ref: 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The North Eastern's new rail-mounted piling unit”, in Trains Illustrated, page 646:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A heavy weight that is raised and then allowed to drop, as used for piledriving and drop-forging.
go bail
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: To pay bail in order to get an accused defendant out of jail after an arrest or pending trial or appeal.
examples: text: "No, young fellah my lad, there is no use deceiving yourself. I'll go bail for it that nothing has ever been written upon this paper."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: To be certain; to be sure of something.
drop hammers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drop hammer
basket chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basket chairs
Senses: examples: text: Instead of answering, Professor Challenger entered, shook hands with myself and Lord John, bowed with ponderous insolence to Professor Summerlee, and sank back into a basket-chair, which creaked and swayed beneath his weight.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: A chair in which the seat and back are made of wickerwork.
basket chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basket chair
foot-travel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It floods the banks, extends in great lagoons over a monstrous waste of country, and forms a huge district, called locally the Gapo, which is for the most part too marshy for foot-travel and too shallow for boating.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Travelling by foot; walking.
Rondinelli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rondinellis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Rondinelli.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
ADV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADVs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of average daily volume.
glosses: Initialism of abandoned and derelict vessel.
ADVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ADV
at right angles to
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: The whole unit is rotated through 90deg to a position at right angles to the wagon and the three parts of the piling frame are unfolded from the straight line form into which they are packed for travelling to the triangular form in which they are set up for piling.
ref: 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The North Eastern's new rail-mounted piling unit”, in Trains Illustrated, page 646:
glosses: Forming an angle of 90 degrees to something.
Related terms: right angle
Silkstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2805).
glosses: A suburb of the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Derived terms: Silkstone Common
MMOG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MMOGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of massively multiplayer online game.
MMOGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MMOG
Mountnessing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by a village council) in Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6397).
credentialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: credentialists
Etymology: From credential + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of credentialism.
credentialistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more credentialistic
form: most credentialistic
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to credentialism.
credentialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of credentialist
zoosadist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoosadists
Etymology: From zoo- + sadist.
Senses: glosses: One who derives sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals.
Related terms: zoosadism
zoophile
zoosexual
zoosadists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoosadist
zoosadistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zoosadistic
form: most zoosadistic
Etymology: From zoo- + sadistic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to zoosadism.
phytosanitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phyto- + sanitation.
Senses: glosses: The maintenance and verification of the health of plants, especially in terms of quarantine requirements.
Related terms: phytosanitary
zoosanitation
zoosanitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zoo- + sanitation.
Senses: glosses: The maintenance and verification of the health of animals, especially in terms of quarantine requirements.
Related terms: phytosanitation
zoosanitary
Chalk Farm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English Chaldecote, first recorded in 1253, attested as Chalcotts by the 16th century, and Chalk by 1746. Chalk Farm is attested from the 19th century. See Caldecote for more.
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood in the borough of Camden, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2884).
dermals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dermal
five-day week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five-day weeks
Senses: examples: text: The widespread adoption of the five-day week has at last had effect on the Saturday rush-hour train service on the London-Watford and Bletchley lines of the L.M.R.
ref: 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: L.M. London area timetable cuts”, in Trains Illustrated, page 648:
glosses: A working week of five days, the remaining two days in the week being rest days.
five-day weeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of five-day week
Tuberville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tubervilles
Etymology: Variant of Turberville.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
subtongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtongues
Etymology: From sub- + tongue.
Senses: glosses: A dialect or subdialect.
subtongues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtongue
technoromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From techno- + romantic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to technoromanticism.
technosocially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From technosocial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a technosocial manner.
megalocomparison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From megalo- + comparison, coined by Matisoff (1990) in a critique of Joseph Greenberg's "mass comparison" (see quotation below).
Senses: examples: text: Megalocomparison takes on any more remote relationship, where sound-correspondences are not regular and putative cognates are few, so that chance rivals genetic relationship as the explanation for perceived similarities.
ref: [1990, J. A. Matisoff, “On Megalocomparison”, in Language, volume 66, number 1, →DOI, pages 106–120:
text: There have been many recent broadsides on megalocomparison, and those who still think them inappropriate may find this paper a revelation[…]
ref: 1994, J. T. Katz, “Review of Explanation in Historical Linguistics by G. W. Davis & G. K. Iverson”, in Language, volume 70, number 1, →DOI, pages 199–200:
text: It seems to be part of a larger project of megalo-comparison whose aim is ultimately to reduce the number of language families in the world to a much smaller number than is now normally accepted.
ref: 2009, J. Norman, “A New Look at Altaic [Review of Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages by S. Starostin, A. Dybo, O. Mudrak, I. Gruntov, & V. Glumov]”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 129, number 1, pages 83–89:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Long-range comparison; especially, far-fetched long-range comparison that cannot sufficiently demonstrate any genetic relationship.
wikipedia: James Matisoff
Joseph Greenberg
mass comparison
Derived terms: megalocomparative
metatime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtəˈtaɪm/
Forms: form: metatimes
form: meta-time
Etymology: From meta- + time.
Senses: examples: text: This second representation is fictitious in the sense that we are allowing agents to be present in a market that opens in meta-time and we are representing the generational structure by restrictions on the trades that agents are able to make.
ref: 1999, Roger E. A. Farmer, Macroeconomics of Self-fulfilling Prophecies, →ISBN, page 213f.:
text: How does the concept of sacred metatime fit into the scientific worldview, which proposes both a Big Bang at the beginning of this universe[…]
ref: 2008, James R. Adair, Introducing Christianity, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Now consider what happens when the Terminators travel back in time to 1994. They travel back to a 1994 that is located at a different metatime, t₂.
ref: 2009 May 13, William Irwin, Richard Brown, Kevin S. Decker, Terminator and Philosophy: I'll Be Back, Therefore I Am, →ISBN, page 149:
text: My Setacia story was, I admit, simplistic—deliberately, riskily so—but its main purpose was to present a valid point about time and meta-time.
ref: 2014 July 24, Andrew Steane, Faithful to Science: The Role of Science in Religion, →ISBN, page 148:
synonyms: hypertime
glosses: A hypothetical supervening temporal frame that changes in the passage of time happen within.
meta-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meta-times
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metatime.
meta-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meta-time
metatimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metatime
metamagic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtəˈmæd͡ʒɪk/
Etymology: From meta- + magic.
Senses: examples: text: Although the concept of metamagic has existed since the beginning of magical study, it has generally been ignored by most wizards, who have been far more interested in spectacular effects and immediate results.
ref: 1991, David Cook, Nigel Findley, [et al.], Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition: Tome of Magic, TSR, Inc.:
text: Spells modified by a metamagic feat use a spell slot higher than normal. This does not change the level of the spell, so the DC for saving throws against it does not go up.
ref: 2012, Nitehawk Interactive Games, Outcastia Campaign Setting Book I: World Tour, →ISBN, page 183:
text: This unusual metamagic causes a spell to seemingly do nothing when cast. You must still use your standard action to cast the spell in the same round that the metamagic has been used.
ref: 2012, Vincent Venturella, The Legacy of Heroes: A Fantasy Role-Playing Game Player's Guide, →ISBN, page 206:
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Modification of the fundamental attributes of magical spells.
Ch'uan-chou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 泉州 (Quánzhōu), Wade-Giles romanization: Chʻüan²-chou¹.
Senses: examples: text: The development of the tea and camphor trades conferred locational advantages upon settlers from Chang-chou and the Hakka in northern Taiwan, serving to balance the scales against previously dominant Ch'uan-chou residents.
ref: 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, page 179:
glosses: Alternative form of Quanzhou.
Ch'ang-chou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 常州 (Chángzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻang²-chou¹.
Senses: examples: text: The President of the Imperial Academy recommended him for the title of Censor (諫官), but Wang An-shih refused to receive it, giving as a reason that his grandmother was sick and old, and he wanted to serve her. But at once he was made Department Magistrate (知州) of Chʻang-chou.
ref: 1894 May, Rev. Isaac T. Headland, “The Edward Bellamy of China: or The Political Condition of the Middle Sungs.”, in Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, volume 25, number 5, page 207:
text: Liang Ch’ang is a hill in Chin-t’an near the borders of Kü-jung about fifty miles west of Ch’ang-chou in Kiangsu Province.
ref: 1927, John C. Ferguson, “Patterns of the Yüan Dynasty”, in Chinese Painting, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, page 148:
text: Wu Kʻuan, for example, who won the highest honors in the metropolitan and palace examination of 1472 and became president of the Board of Rites, was from an artisan family of Ch’ang-chou County, part of Su-chou in southern Kiangsu.
ref: 1962, Ping-ti Ho, The Ladder of Success in Imperial China Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368-1911, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, published 1964, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 58:
text: The Chung Wang claimed that the imperialists lost 10,000 men at Tan-yang, and, while such numbers were invariably exaggerated by both sides during the rebellion, the victory did open the way to the town of Ch'ang-chou, the first vital position on the line to Soochow.
ref: 1981, Caleb Carr, The Devil Soldier, Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17:
text: Further, he suggested strategies and gave counsel to his superiors at Soochow and Ch'ang-chou. (The Governor-General resided temporarily in Ch'ang-chou after the Taiping capture of Nanking in 1853.)
ref: 1990, Leung Yuen-sang, The Shanghai Taotai: Linkage Man in a Changing Society, 1843-90, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 58:
glosses: Alternative form of Changzhou.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
Frederick A. Praeger
mummiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mummiologists
Senses: glosses: A specialist in mummiology
Oakington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Oakington and Westwick parish, South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4164).
Westwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Oakington and Westwick parish, South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4265).
glosses: A hamlet and civil parish (served by Whorlton and Westwick Parish Council) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0715).
glosses: A civil parish and locality (served by Roecliffe and Westwick Parish Council) in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3466).
glosses: A small village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2726).
glosses: A surname.
meedless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdləs/
Forms: form: more meedless
form: most meedless
Etymology: Either formed anew from meed + -less or a calque of Middle English medeles, medles, meydles.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore hath Far-Darter misfortunes given, and will give; / Nor will he ever withdraw his heavy hands from our ruin, / Ere to her father belovèd the dark-eyed damsel he given, / Ransomless, meedless, and leading a consecrate hundred of oxen / Chrysaward.
ref: 1877, James A. Martling, transl., The Iliad of Homer. Translated into English Hexameters, Verse for Verse, Book I, Saint Louis: The R. P. Studley Company, […], page 9:
text: The chords of the wonderful harmony / Of the earth and the skies?—if so— / We have talked too long till it all seems vain,— / The desire and the hopes that fired, / The triumphs won and the meedless pain, / And the heart that has hoped is tired.
ref: 1881, Rennell Rodd, “By the South Sea”, in Songs in the South, London: David Bogue, […], page 23:
text: Is a meedless desiring Life’s sentence and doom? / And the food of his strength, is it doubt? / Nay, wandering Echoes! Ye gladden the gloom, / Though ye breathe wordless messages out!
ref: 1893, Charles Alva Lane, “Barcarolle”, in The Open Court. A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Religion of Science, volume VII, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, page 3893:
text: They who approached the twice-strong stable’s keeper, meedless, would milk the rocks that naught had shaken.
ref: 1896, “Book X”, in Ralph T.H. Griffith, transl., The Hymns of the Rgveda, volume II, Low Price Publications; […], published 2004, “Hymn LXI”, “10”, page 466:
glosses: uncompensated, unrewarded
trip wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trip wires
Senses: examples: text: Here the protection consists of a 50lb per mile cadmium copper trip-wire mounted on short telegraph posts on both sides of the line, 4ft above rail level. Current through both trip wires energises a relay in the signalbox.
ref: 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Aircraft on rail tracks”, in Trains Illustrated, page 650:
glosses: Alternative form of tripwire.
trip wires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trip wire
diesel exhaust fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diesel exhaust fluids
Etymology: From diesel exhaust + fluid. From being a liquid, which is a class of fluid, used for the treatment of the exhaust from diesel internal combustion engines.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
related: word: DEF
hypernyms: liquid#Noun
<
fluid#Noun
glosses: A liquid used to reduce controlled emissions from the exhaust of diesel engines.
Derived terms: DEF
Related terms: diesel engine
diesel exhaust
diesel fuel
deleteable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The selectional restrictions imposed by the actions or states in which the pronouns participate can also be used to help determine the possible referent, so that, in the example above, “them” should refer to a plural object that is deleteable. These selectional restrictions are very powerful in limited domains. For instance, in our example domain, only messages are deleteable.
ref: 1981, Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, →ISBN, page 417, column 2:
text: For example, the original object may be not deleteable (that is, its style contains the NODELETE=YES flag) but the Shadow object may be deleteable.
ref: 1995, Peter G. Magid, Ira H. Schneider, OS/2 Warp Uncensored, IDG Books Worldwide, →ISBN, page 166:
text: First of all, a cursor is assumed to be read-only if it is not deleteable. A DB2 cursor is deleteable when it has the FOR UPDATE clause plus: / • The FROM clause of the SELECT statement references only one base table or deleteable view.
ref: 2004, Kevin E. Kline, Daniel Kline, Brand Hunt, “Chapter 3: SQL Statement Command Reference”, in SQL in a Nutshell, 2nd edition, O’Reilly Media, →ISBN, “DECLARE CURSOR Command”, page 247:
glosses: Uncommon spelling of deletable.
me tooism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: me tooisms
Senses: examples: text: Senator [Arthur] Vandenberg answered critics who say the bipartisan foreign policy has produced mere Republican “me tooism” with the assertion that unity is vital if any policy is to get results. He declared: “If that's ‘me tooism’, then any unity is me tooism.”
ref: 1949 December 21, “Vandenberg Backs Continued Europe Aid, on Reduced Basis”, in Department of State Wireless Bulletin, number 299, [Washington, D.C.]: International Press and Publications Division, Office of International Information, Department of State, →OCLC, page 11:
text: In socialist societies, there is a ‘me tooism’, a complex which startles the sensitive observer. Here despite social controls, the cities rise like jungles, the traffic jams are consciously sought, and so are the wasteful standards. No genuine alternative is posed. The choice before man remains what it has always been—conform or perish.
ref: 1972, Romesh Thapar, “A Disciplining Philosophy of Living”, in Anil Bordia, J[ames] R[obbins] Kidd, J[ames] A. Draper, editors, Adult Education in India: A Book of Readings, Bombay, Maharashtra: Nachiketa Publications, published 1973, →OCLC, section III, page 104:
text: Workers may be so concerned with reading the boss's mind and supporting group consensus that ideas become conservative and timid. The Japanese work hard in general, of course, but the same group atmosphere which encourages this type of enthusiasm can also encourage conformity; a form of "me tooism" develops.
ref: 1986, Jon P. Alston, “The Individual and the Work Group in Japan”, in The American Samurai: Blending American and Japanese Managerial Practices (De Gruyter Studies in Organization; 6), Berlin; New York, N.Y.: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, section 5.2 (Group Consensus Encourages Trust), page 155:
glosses: Alternative form of me-tooism.
Walts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Waltses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Walts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Walt
Walts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Walt
Waltses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Walts
Yelvington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yelvingtons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Yelvingtons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Yelvington
Younglove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjʌŋ.lʌv/
Forms: form: Youngloves
Etymology: Surface etymology young + love.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bermel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bermels
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bermels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bermel
Youngloves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Younglove
Beckstrand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beckstrands
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bauserman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bausermans
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bauserman.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bausermans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bauserman
Beckstrands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Beckstrand
Stanwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stanwoods
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Soucek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Souceks
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Souček.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Souceks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Soucek
Stanwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stanwood
Slinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Slingers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Slingers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Slinger
Raiche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raiches
Etymology: Borrowed from French Raîche.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Related terms: Raich
Rasch
Rasche
Padovanos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Padovano
Raiches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Raiche
potwasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potwashers
Etymology: From pot + washer.
Senses: glosses: A person who washes pots and dishes, especially in a restaurant; a dishwasher.
glosses: A machine for washing dishes; a dishwasher.
Cookham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8985).
potwashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potwasher
Turnchapel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A southern suburb of the city of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4952).
Calzona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Callie + Arizona.
Senses: examples: text: And as long as they were together, Calzona (Callie + Arizona) were a model couple.
ref: 2016, Claudia Riconda, Grey’s Pride: How Grey’s Anatomy Has Changed Our Lives, unnumbered page:
text: As for Ramirez, she'd debut on CBS's Madam Secretary a year and a half later, and with a new look that restored the pulses of Calzona fans everywhere.
ref: 2021, Lesley Goldberg, quoted in Lynette Rice, How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy, unnumbered page
text: Javi also delivered a eulogy memorializing the breakup of Calzona and their sapphic love.
ref: 2021, Sarah Moon, Middletown, page 93:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Callie Torres and Arizona Robbins from the television series Grey's Anatomy.
cranial index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cranial indices
form: cranial indexes
Senses: examples: text: The width of the skull is 18 cm and the length 24 cm, so the cranial index is 75.
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
medicine
sciences
glosses: A measure of the elongation or flatness of a head or skull: the maximum breadth of the skull divided by its maximum length, multiplied by 100.
Related terms: english: expressed as a fraction or percentage
translation: expressed as a fraction or percentage
word: cranial ratio
english: a distinction is sometimes made that the cephalic index applies to living heads and the cranial index to bones, but this is not consistently observed
translation: a distinction is sometimes made that the cephalic index applies to living heads and the cranial index to bones, but this is not consistently observed
word: cephalic index
english: a distinction is sometimes made that the cephalic index applies to living heads and the cranial index to bones, but this is not consistently observed
translation: a distinction is sometimes made that the cephalic index applies to living heads and the cranial index to bones, but this is not consistently observed
word: ratio
Tower Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in England:
A small urban area next to the Tower of London, borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3380).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village in Chipperfield parish, Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL0302).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Kirkby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside (OS grid ref SD4100).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Dorking, Mole Valley district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ1648).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of the city of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0592).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A small village near Horsham, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1629).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A couple of hills, in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire and Medway district, Kent.
glosses: A village in Shelby County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A village in Orange Walk District, Belize.
glosses: A neighbourhood in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
glosses: An inactive volcano in Victoria, Australia.
kleptogyny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From klepto- (“theft”) + -gyny (“women”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A mating strategy in which a male copulates with a female in a harem while the owner of the harem is not paying attention.
Synonyms: sneaky-fucker strategy
sneaky fucker strategy
antinatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + natal.
Senses: examples: text: The long-term benefits of population increase are largely ignored. As society and the government turn from pronatal to antinatal, as we are now experiencing, attitudes towards homosexuality and non-procreative sex change too.
ref: 1986, Alan Barron, The Death of Eve: Women, Liberation, Disintegration, page 70:
glosses: Opposing childbirth.
Related terms: antinatalism
antinatalist
antenatal
spits the dummy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spit the dummy
spitting the dummy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spit the dummy
spat the dummy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spit the dummy
free will theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the free will theorem
Senses: glosses: A theorem stating that, if we have free will in the sense that our choices are not a function of the past, then, subject to certain assumptions, so must some elementary particles.
blue plaque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue plaques
Senses: examples: text: As an aside, Luddendenfoot once had a famous (or perhaps infamous) clerk - drunkard Branwell Brontë, brother to the famous Brontë sisters and writers. He was sacked from his post in March 1842 after an audit revealed a discrepancy in the books. Today, a blue plaque on the Jubilee Refreshment rooms at Sowerby Bridge station commemorates him.
ref: 2021 July 28, Paul Bigland, “Calder line captures picturesque Pennines”, in RAIL, number 936, page 66:
glosses: A permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a historical link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site.
blue plaques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue plaque
KS theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Kochen-Specker theorem.
Pragger-Wagger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pragger-Wagger
form: Pragga-Wagga
Etymology: Jocular modification of Prince + -er + Wales + -er. See Oxford "-er".
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: The Prince of Wales.
wikipedia: Oxford "-er"
Pragga-Wagga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pragga-Wagga
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Alternative form of Pragger-Wagger.
catch wreck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches wreck
form: catching wreck
form: caught wreck
form: caught wreck
Etymology: From catch + recognition where the word recognition is abbreviated and re-spelled according to eye dialect as wreck.
Senses: examples: text: They said it was some girls and boys from the Perry's who came through and caught wreck with the Downtown boys and they girls.
ref: 2016, Tamara Ebo, Tears of Purpose:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To gain respect.
cluster feeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cluster feedings
Senses: glosses: The practice of breastfeeding an infant several times in a short period.
cluster feedings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cluster feeding
fast travel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: The ability to travel instantaneously between previously discovered locations in an open world.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fast, travel.
fast travel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fast travels
form: fast traveling
form: fast travelling
form: fast traveled
form: fast traveled
form: fast travelled
form: fast travelled
Senses: examples: text: I measured the distance to the castle and fast traveled us to the steps. “Fifth floor, center of the building,” Ryo said, his eyes measuring my expression. A Lurcher swarmed at us, and Grigfen shot a wave of ghostlight to knock it over.
ref: 2020 February 18, Sheena Boekweg, Glitch Kingdom, Feiwel & Friends, →ISBN:
text: She could see that fifty NPCs had fast-traveled from an unlisted location in the complex to another unlisted location in the complex. It didn't tell her where the node was, but it told her that fast-travel was active within Bare Metal[…]
ref: 2021 November 30, Joseph R. Lallo, Top Level Player, Joseph R. Lallo, →ISBN:
text: He tells you to fast travel to the Room of Awakening (yay we've unlocked fast travel!) to reach the fourth shrine.[…]
ref: 2023 May 21, GamerGuides.com, The Legend of Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom - Strategy Guide, Gamer Guides, →ISBN:
topics: video-games
glosses: To travel instantaneously between previously discovered locations in an open world.
Related terms: warp
Chipperfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref ref TL0401).
glosses: A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Monet No. 257, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A surname.
naxitamab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A monoclonal antibody medication used to treat certain forms of neuroblastoma.
inebilizumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medication for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
NMOSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
NMO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of neuromyelitis optica.
NMIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NMI
satralizumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ? + -zumab
Senses: glosses: A medication for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
somapacitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A growth hormone medication.
tafasitamab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medication used in combination with lenalidomide for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
eptinezumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A monoclonal antibody medication for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults.
fluoroestradiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fluoro- + estradiol.
Senses: glosses: A radioactive diagnostic agent, an analog of estrogen used to detect estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer lesions.
scare-sleeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scare-sleep
drift park
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drift parks
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A driving track where people partake in the sport of drifting.
drift parks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drift park
batting collapse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batting collapses
Senses: examples: text: England scored 162-0 before tea after India's batting collapse of 220.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A succession of batsmen or batswomen getting out without adding many runs to the team's score.
batting collapses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batting collapse
metho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛθ.ə(ʊ)/
ipa: /mɛθ.oʊ/
ipa: /mɛθ.ə/
Forms: form: meth-
Etymology: From methyl + -o-. Ultimately from Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Methyl.
Coordinate terms: eth-
prop-
but-
slash chord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slash chords
Etymology: So called from being written with a slash, such as Em/G (E minor with a G bass).
Senses: examples: text: Contemporary popular music tends to be specific in indicating slash cords, while older fake books generally indicate only root chord names.
ref: 1986, Michael Esterowitz, How to Play from a Fake Book, Ekay Music, →ISBN, page 34:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A chord which has a bass note that is not the root note.
slash chords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slash chord
clicker game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clicker games
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A simplistic casual game in which the player makes progress by repeatedly clicking elements on the screen.
Related terms: cow-clicker
idle game
clicker games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clicker game
cheeko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheekos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chico (“the fruit of the sapodilla”).
cheeko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːkoː/
ipa: [ˈt͡ʃʰi(ː)˧.k˭o(ː)˦]
ipa: [˦˧]
Forms: form: cheekos
Etymology: From either or both Hokkien 痴哥 (chhi-ko) and Teochew 痴哥 (ci¹ go¹).
Senses: examples: text: Knn this cheeko
ref: 2024 March 24, mckaypoh, Instagram:
synonyms: word: cheeko pek
glosses: A lecher, a pervert.
cheeko
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːkoː/
ipa: [ˈt͡ʃʰi(ː)˧.k˭o(ː)˦]
ipa: [˦˧]
Forms: form: more cheeko
form: most cheeko
Etymology: From either or both Hokkien 痴哥 (chhi-ko) and Teochew 痴哥 (ci¹ go¹).
Senses: examples: text: There was the ‘cheeko’ Mr Wong who was the school’s PT instructor. When instructing the girls, he was free with his straying hands.
ref: 1978, L. C. Cheong, Youth in the Army, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Federal Publications, page 164:
synonyms: word: cheeko pek
glosses: Lecherous.
cheeko
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiːkoː/
ipa: [ˈt͡ʃʰi(ː)˧.k˭o(ː)˦]
ipa: [˦˧]
Etymology: From either or both Hokkien 痴哥 (chhi-ko) and Teochew 痴哥 (ci¹ go¹).
Senses: glosses: To act in a lecherous manner.
cheekos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheeko
analysandum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: analysanda
Etymology: From Latin [Term?].
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Something to be analyzed.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A theory that lacks any fundamental explanation required for said theory to be sound
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A misconception created by explaining without defining, or concluding without explaining
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A certain way of speaking about a phenomenon, a way that creates logical and intuitive problems
analysanda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of analysandum
simals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simal
Sumatran pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sumatran pines
Senses: glosses: A tree, Pinus merkusii, native to Sumatra and the Philippines.
Sumatran pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sumatran pine
yellow acacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow acacias
Senses: glosses: A tall, fast-growing acacia, of species Acacia auriculiformis, native to Indonesia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.
yellow acacias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow acacia
sucro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /s(j)uː.kɹə(ʊ)/
ipa: /su.kɹoʊ/
ipa: /su.kɹə/
Forms: form: sucr-
Etymology: From French sucre (“sugar”) + -o-.
Senses: examples: text: sucrose, sucroacid
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Sugar.
sucr-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of sucro-.
-prostil
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒ.stɪl/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑˌstɪl/
Etymology: Probably from -prost- (“prostaglandin”) + -yl.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of prostaglandins used as antiulcers.
-olone
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə.ləʊn/
ipa: /əˌloʊn/
Etymology: From prednisolone.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of steroids or steroidlike drugs that are not prednisolone derivatives.
Related terms: pred-
-pred-
trisection point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trisection points
Senses: examples: text: The centroid of a triangle is, by definition, the point of intersection of the three medians: moreover, it is a trisection point of each of the medians.
text: 1959 [Doubleday], William R. Gondin, Bernard Sohmer, Intermediate Algebra & Analytic Geometry Made Simple, 1967, W. H. Allen, page 147,
Find the trisection points of the line P_4P_5 in the same diagram.
text: In triangle ABC, let E be the midpoint of BC and D the trisection point of AC nearest C.
ref: 1965, Paul A. White, Vector Analytic Geometry, Dickenson Publishing Company, page 73:
text: 1998, Paul J. Nahin, An Imaginary Tale: The Story of √, Princeton University Press, 2010, paperback, page 88,
And if λ=2, then P is a trisection point of P_1P_2 and
z=(z_1+2z_2)/3.
Notice that this trisection point is closer to P_2 than it is to P_1. The other trisection point, the one that is closer to P_1 than it is to P_2, occurs for λ= tfrac 1 2, which gives
z=(2z_1+z_2)/3.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Either of two points which trisect a given line segment.
Related terms: trisector
trisection points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trisection point
tacsonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tacsonias
Etymology: From the now-obsolete genus name Tacsonia, based on tacso, the name of the plant in a native Peruvian language.
Senses: examples: text: Vivid orchids and wonderful colored lichens smoldered upon the swarthy tree-trunks and where a wandering shaft of light fell full upon the golden allamanda, the scarlet star-clusters of the tacsonia, or the rich deep blue of ipomæa, the effect was as a dream of fairyland.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘The Outlying Pickets of the New World’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 114:
glosses: Any of various passionfruit species, genus Passiflora, having elongated calyxes.
tacsonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tacsonia
ipomæa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ipomæas
Senses: examples: text: Vivid orchids and wonderful colored lichens smoldered upon the swarthy tree-trunks and where a wandering shaft of light fell full upon the golden allamanda, the scarlet star-clusters of the tacsonia, or the rich deep blue of ipomæa, the effect was as a dream of fairyland.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘The Outlying Pickets of the New World’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 114:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ipomoea.
ipomæas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ipomæa
jacitara palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jacitara palms
Etymology: From Portuguese jacitara, from the name of the plant in Tupi-Guarani.
Senses: examples: text: Climbing plants are monstrous and luxuriant, but others which have never been known to climb elsewhere learn the art as an escape from that somber shadow, so that the common nettle, the jasmine, and even the jacitara palm tree can be seen circling the stems of the cedars and striving to reach their crowns.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: A spiny, climbing palm, Desmoncus polyacanthos, native to the southern Caribbean and tropical South America.
Movima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group living in northeastern Bolivia.
Movima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: An unusual property of Movima is its system of numeral classifiers.
ref: 1999, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon, “Other small families and isolates”, in R. M. W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, editors, The Amazonian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 369:
text: Thus, in these original two pages of notes on the “descriptive-object pronouns” of Movima, Judy and Judy provided enough information to establish that Movima had a nominal classification system.
ref: 2002, Colette Grinevald, “Nominal Classification in Movima”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sérgio Meira, Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), →ISBN, page 218:
glosses: A language isolate spoken by these people.
jacitara palms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jacitara palm
European magpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European magpies
Senses: glosses: A Eurasian magpie.
European magpies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of European magpie
war drum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war drums
Senses: examples: text: "What is it, then?" I asked. "Drums," said Lord John, carelessly; "war drums. I have heard them before." "Yes, sir, war drums," said Gomez, the half-breed.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: Lay your head down child
I won't let the boogeyman come
Counting bodies like sheep
To the rhythm of the war drums
Pay no mind to the rabble
Pay no mind to the rabble
Head down, go to sleep
To the rhythm of the war drums
ref: 2003, “Pet”, performed by A Perfect Circle:
glosses: A drum that is beaten to rally and encourage troops or to signify that war is approaching.
war drums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war drum
drum talk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The half-breed shrugged his broad shoulders. "The Indians know. They have their own way. They watch us. They talk the drum talk to each other. Kill us if they can." By the afternoon of that day - my pocket diary shows me that it was Tuesday, August 18th - at least six or seven drums were throbbing from various points.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Communication over distance effected through the means of drums.
IMG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪm(ɪ)d͡ʒ/
Forms: form: IMGs
form: img
Senses: glosses: An image.
qualifier: file format
glosses: A disk image of a file system.
cort-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔːt/
ipa: /kɔɹt/
Forms: form: -cort-
form: -cort
Etymology: From corticosteroid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of corticosteroids except prednisolone derivatives.
-cort-
Language: English
Part of speech: interfix
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔːt/
ipa: /koɹt/
Forms: form: cort-
form: -cort
Etymology: From corticosteroid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of corticosteroids except prednisolone derivatives.
-cort
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔːt/
ipa: /koɹt/
Forms: form: cort-
form: -cort-
Etymology: From corticosteroid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of corticosteroids except prednisolone derivatives.
-tropin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹəʊ.pɪn/
ipa: /ˈtɹoʊ.pɪn/
Etymology: From -tropic (“attracted to or acting upon”) + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Hormone.
Mistralian norm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An orthographic and oral norm for the Occitan language.