cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hypnoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypnoscopes
Etymology: From hypno- + -scope.
Senses: examples: text: From several magnets combined von Hellenbach and Gessmann in Vienna constructed considerably stronger hypnoscopes, through which 66 per cent. of those examined showed the above mentioned sensitiveness […]
ref: 1889, Humboldt library of science, number 113, page 13:
glosses: An instrument intended to determine a person's susceptibility to hypnotic influences.
hypnoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypnoscope
hydrobiplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrobiplanes
Etymology: From hydro- + biplane.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydroaeroplane having two supporting planes.
hydrobiplanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrobiplane
haemol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A dark brown powder containing iron, prepared by the action of zinc dust as a reducing agent upon the colouring matter of the blood, and once used medicinally as a hematinic.
allist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allists
Etymology: From all + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Allism is noneism with a twist. For whereas the noneist holds that some objects have no kind of being at all, the allist holds that every object has being.
ref: 2012 June 1, Richard Woodward, “Towards Being”, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research:
glosses: A proponent of Allism.
allist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allists
Etymology: See allism
Senses: glosses: Someone who does not have autism.
allists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allist
magazine camera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magazine cameras
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading.
magazine cameras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magazine camera
chickcharnie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chickcharnies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chickcharney.
chickcharnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chickcharnie
chickcharnee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chickcharnees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chickcharney.
chickcharney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chickcharneys
form: chickcharnee
form: chickcharnie
Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Taíno.
Senses: glosses: An owl-like cryptid said to inhabit the forests of Andros Island in the Bahamas.
chickcharnees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chickcharnee
chickcharneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chickcharney
man-bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man-birds
form: manbird
Senses: examples: text: With each succeeding day's exhibit of man's ingenuity and his ability to cleave the atmosphere unscathed, the clamor on the part of non-aviators to share the flights of the man-birds grew louder.
ref: 1910, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing, volume 55, page 753:
glosses: A male aviator.
man-birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of man-bird
catch-allism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From catch-all + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: This tendency may enhance an electoral strategy of parties which is often called catch-allism: parties seek to accomplish a wide electoral appeal aimed at vote maximization.
ref: 1994, David Hanley, Christian Democracy in Europe, →ISBN, page 39:
text: Not all of these are wholly independent of the parties, of course, in that at least some of the ostensibly external shocks that have impacted on parties in recent years have their origin in the initial shift towards catch-allism.
ref: 2004, Peter Mair, Wolfgang C Müller, Fritz Plasser, Political Parties and Electoral Change, →ISBN, page 272:
text: I have argued above that with catch-allism and the restriction of policy scopes many of these aspects have become more vulnerable in most European parties.
ref: 2012, Klaus Detterbeck, Multi-Level Party Politics in Western Europe, →ISBN, page 43:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A position that lacks strong commitments or ideology.
Marconism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Marconi + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The theory or practice of Marconi's wireless telegraph system.
mare clausum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin mare clausum (“closed sea”).
Senses: qualifier: international law
glosses: A body of water within the jurisdiction of a particular nation, and not part of the open sea.
Related terms: mare liberum
water measurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water measurers
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Hydrometridae, aquatic insects related to the water strider
Synonyms: marsh treader
Marinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Marini + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An ornate, witty style of poetry and verse drama written in imitation of Giambattista Marino (1569-1625).
Related terms: Marinist
Marinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marinists
Etymology: From Marini + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A poet who adopted the style of Marinism.
Marinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Marinist
marsh treader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsh treaders
Senses: glosses: A water measurer
glosses: Any insect in the superfamily Mesovelioidea, related to the water strider
marsh treaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marsh treader
water measurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water measurer
mastabah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastabahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mastaba.
mastabahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastabah
otitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From otitis + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to otitis, or inflammation of the ear.
medal play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of stroke play.
synonyms: word: stroke play
maundies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maundy
Mayanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mayan + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being Mayan.
Xhosaness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Xhosa + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being Xhosa.
Navajoness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Navajo + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being Navajo.
Siouxness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sioux + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being Sioux.
medjidieh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medjidiehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of medjidie.
medjidiehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medjidieh
mercerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercerizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mercerisation.
mercerisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mercerisation
mercerizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mercerization
giant water bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant water bugs
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Belostomatidae of large, predatory true bugs.
Related terms: toe biter
mesothoriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesothorium
mess beef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest plates.
giant water bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant water bug
methanometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methanometers
Etymology: From methane + -ometer.
Senses: glosses: An instrument, resembling a eudiometer, used to detect the presence and amount of methane, as in coal mines.
methanometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methanometer
mhometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mhometers
Etymology: From mho + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for measuring conductivity.
mhometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mhometer
white snakeroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Ageratina altissima, native to eastern North America.
glosses: The plant Ayapana triplinervis, native to the tropical Americas.
Related terms: black snakeroot
snakeroot
myriachit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of miryachit.
forewrought
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forewrought
form: most forewrought
Etymology: From fore- + wrought.
Senses: glosses: Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
forewrought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From fore- + wrought.
Senses: examples: text: I have forewrought a ruin for their houses Will make all Israel tremble . . Amnon, Amnon, By this hand thou shalt die a fool's death, Amnon!
ref: 1892, George Francis Savage-Armstrong, The Tragedy of Israel: King David - Page 94:
glosses: simple past and past participle of forework
monitor nozzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monitor nozzles
Etymology: From the resemblance of the rotable nozzle installation and its degrees of freedom of movement to that of the gun turret on a monitor (the type of warship).
Senses: synonyms: monitor
glosses: A nozzle firmly mounted to a vehicle or structure and capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane while having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc.
underwrought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: under- + wrought
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underwork
toad bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toad bugs
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Gelastocoridae of predatory riparian true bugs
toad bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toad bug
manganese steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manganese steels
Senses: examples: text: During that period, the advantages of manganese steel, and of heat treatment by the sorbitic process, were advocated strongly on the Southern Area of that company.
ref: 1952 February, “Chromium and Sorbitic Steel Rails”, in Railway Magazine, page 73:
glosses: Cast steel containing a considerable percentage (10-14%) of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough and highly resistant to wear.
safety bicycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safety bicycles
Senses: glosses: A style of bicycle that superseded the penny farthing or ordinary and is now the most common type of bicycle.
safety bicycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safety bicycle
high-wheeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high-wheelers
Etymology: From high wheel + -er.
Senses: glosses: An early car body style in the United States, derived from horse-drawn wagons, and typified by large-diameter slender wheels, frequently with solid rubber tires, to provide ample ground clearance on bumpy roads.
glosses: Synonym of penny farthing (“old type of bicycle”).
synonyms: word: penny farthing
extra: old type of bicycle
high-wheelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-wheeler
satin weave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satin weaves
Senses: glosses: A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.
schatchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schatchens
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shadchen.
schatchens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schatchen
Scotch terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scotch terriers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scottish terrier.
Scotch terriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scotch terrier
forwrought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From forwork, equivalent to for- + wrought.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forwork
forwrought
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forwrought
form: most forwrought
Etymology: From forwork, equivalent to for- + wrought.
Senses: examples: text: [...] Arthur; a fearful night it was: there was a sough in the air, a sound drawing nigh like that of a host marching:- — but you're looking pale and forwrought, man; is any thing ailing ye?
ref: 1829, John Carne, Stratton Hill: A Tale of the Civil Wars - Volume 1 - Page 131:
glosses: Worked-up; agitated; troubled.
examples: text: And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie. Thereupon rode the ætheling on night away, and sought the [...]
ref: 1881, Grant Allen, Early Britain: Anglo-Saxon Britain:
glosses: Blocked; obstructed.
sealskinned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sealskin + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The sealskinned gentleman received the tire, placed it inside the car, gazed intently at the ex-coachman, and muttered to himself inscrutable words.
ref: 1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Fifth Wheel”, in Strictly Business:
glosses: Dressed in a sealskin.
self-binder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-binders
Etymology: From self- + binder.
Senses: glosses: A reaping machine containing a mechanism for binding the grain into sheaves.
self-hardening
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + hardening.
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Designating, or pertaining to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chiefly used as high speed steels.
creeping water bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creeping water bugs
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Naucoridae, aquatic predatory true bugs that look like toe biters
creeping water bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creeping water bug
shakudo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 赤銅.
Senses: examples: text: The recipe for shakudo is unknown; each Japanese metalsmith had his own secret recipe.
ref: 2024 May 16, Jill Newman, “When Form(s) Follows Function”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A billon of gold and copper that can be treated to form a dark indigo patina resembling lacquer.
rokusho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 緑青.
Senses: glosses: A copper-based solution traditionally used in Japan to induce patination in decorative non-ferrous metals.
shibuichi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Japanese 四分一, literally "one fourth", referring to the standard formulation of one part silver to three parts copper.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese silver-copper alloy that can be patinated into a range of muted shades of blue or green through the use of rokusho.
kuromido
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Japanese 黒味銅
Senses: glosses: A Japanese alloy of copper with a small amount of arsenic.
tumbaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tumbaga, from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक (tāmraka). Doublet of tombak.
Senses: glosses: A gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects.
hepatizon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɛpəˈtaɪ̯zɒn/
ipa: /ˌhɛpəˈtaɪ̯zɑn/
Etymology: From the Latin hēpatizon, from the Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον (hēpătĭ́zon), from ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpătĭ́zōn, “liver-coloured”).
Senses: glosses: A valuable metal alloy in antiquity, thought to have been an alloy of copper with gold and silver, mixed and treated to produce a material with a dark purplish patina.
glosses: chloasma
panchaloha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panchalohas
Etymology: From Sanskrit पञ्चलोह (pañcaloha), literally "five metals".
Senses: glosses: Any of the traditional five-metal alloys of sacred significance used for making Hindu temple idols.
panchalohas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panchaloha
thokcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thokcha
Senses: glosses: A tektite or meteorite containing iron, historically valued for metalworking.
glosses: An ancient metal object made from these and serving as an amulet.
tektitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tektite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a tektite.
termite bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: termite bugs
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Termitaphididae, true bugs found in termite nests in the tropics
termite bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of termite bug
shizoku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shizoku
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 士族.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly called samurai.
death-sough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deathsough
form: death sough
Etymology: From death + sough (“sigh, breath”).
Senses: glosses: The last heavy breathings or sighings of a dying person.
Shropshires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shropshire
flat bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat bugs
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Aradidae, true bugs that are mostly flat-bodied and live under tree-bark.
flat bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat bug
side flash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side flashes
form: side-flash
form: sideflash
Senses: examples: text: There's the side flash. That's when an animal or person is standing close to the tree, the tree is hit by lightning, and then the lightning jumps from tree to person or animal. The side flash usually kills one or a small number of animals, not large ones like with ground currents.
ref: 2016 August 29, Angela Chen, quoting John Jensenius, “How exactly did lightning kill 323 reindeer in Norway?”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 29 May 2023:
glosses: A disruptive electrical discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (such as lightning) and neighbouring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor.
side flash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: side flashes
form: side flashing
form: side flashed
form: side flashed
form: side-flash
form: sideflash
Senses: examples: text: The charge traveled down the aluminum mast, and, not finding a path to ground, it side-flashed, blowing out the boat's hull.
ref: 2010, Brunonia Barry, The Map of True Places, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 243:
glosses: Of electricity: to create a side flash.
sideflashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sideflash
sideflashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sideflash
ponies in the barn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pony in the barn
stream clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stream clocks
Senses: glosses: An instrument for ascertaining the velocity of the blood in a vessel.
subcellar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcellars
Etymology: From sub- + cellar.
Senses: glosses: A cellar beneath another storey wholly or partly underground; usually, a cellar under a cellar.
subcellars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcellar
suberization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suberizations
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: conversion of the cell walls into cork tissue by development of suberin; commonly taking place in exposed tissues, as when a callus forms over a wound.
Related terms: suberize
Sucker State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Illinois
Sumirian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sumirian
form: most Sumirian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sumerian.
Sumirian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sumirians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sumerian.
Sumirians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sumirian
suastica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suasticas
Senses: examples: text: They are of various sizes and materials: terra cotta, burnt hard, preponderates; they are engraved with Aryan symbols, the suastica, central suns, stars, […]
ref: 1882, The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, page 535:
text: The Suastica, or Indian cross, usually interpreted as typical of the early Sanskrit fire god Agni […]
ref: 1883, The Baptist Quarterly Review, volume 5, page 507:
text: […] the conventional figures, such as the scroll, spiral, the volute meander, fret, rope pattern, suastica, chevron, zigzag, ivy leaf, tree foil, cone, sacred tree or grove, and Buddhist trisula, […]
ref: 1892, The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, volume 14, page 177:
glosses: Obsolete form of swastika.
swastica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swasticas
Senses: examples: text: "With respect to the use of the swastica," wrote Dr. Graves, "as a Christian emblem, a controversy was raised […]
ref: 1892, Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, page 354:
text: […] in some of the Andhra gold coins the place of the figure of the sun was taken by the Swastica; […]
ref: 1895, Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund, page 85:
text: One scene in a city in southern Germany can never be forgotten: a great parade of thousands of Communists on one side of the city, while in another section came the Fascists with brown shirts, swasticas, the Fascist salute.
ref: 1931, Compulsory Unemployment Insurance, page 247:
glosses: Obsolete form of swastika.
suasticas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suastica
swasticas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swastica
featherbone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From feather + bone.
Senses: glosses: A whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
ferroconcreted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ferroconcrete + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Filled or covered with ferroconcrete.
parent bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parent bugs
Senses: glosses: The shield bug Elasmucha grisea, known for showing a high level of parental care.
filled cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filled cheeses
Senses: glosses: An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty filling, such as margarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream.
parent bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parent bug
burrowing bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burrowing bugs
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Cydnidae
flash boiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flash boilers
Senses: hypernyms: boiler
steam boiler
glosses: A variety of water-tube steam boiler, used chiefly in steam automobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very little water space, kept nearly red hot so that the water as it trickles drop by drop into the tubes is immediately flashed into steam and superheated. (This type of boiler allowed steam autos to steam up fast enough to be practical.)
burrowing bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burrowing bug
flash burner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flash burners
Senses: glosses: A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.
forcite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From force + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.
free silver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The free coinage of silver, often at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively.
Derived terms: Free-Silverism
free silverite
free coinage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender coins for any person who chooses to bring it to the mint.
frisette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frisettes
Senses: examples: text: ‘She has her frisette gummed to her forehead, instead of hanging soft and free.’
ref: 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 391:
glosses: Alternative form of frizette.
frisettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frisette
frostbow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frostbows
Etymology: Blend of frost + rainbow
Senses: glosses: A white arc or circle in the sky during frosty weather, formed by reflection of sunlight from ice crystals floating in the air.
frostbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frostbow
thallophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thallophyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to thallophytes.
shield-backed bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shield-backed bugs
Senses: glosses: Any insect in the family Scutelleridae, true bugs which have the thorax extended to cover the wings and abdomen, and are often brightly-colored with a metallic gloss.
Synonyms: jewel bug
facultativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From facultative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being facultative.
facultativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From facultative + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being facultative.
glossematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to glossematics.
shield-backed bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shield-backed bug
glossematics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ætɪks
Senses: glosses: A structuralist linguistic theory that defines the glosseme as the most basic unit of language.
glosseme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glossemes
Etymology: From gloss- + -eme, coined by Louis Hjelmslev and Hans Jørgen Uldall in the 1930s.
Senses: examples: text: We can now for a moment leave Hjelmslev's own conception of such a system—based upon glossematic formal definitions—and ask: to which degree can this system of glossemes be defended from a general phonological or phonetic point of view?
ref: 2022, B. Elan Dresher, Harry van der Hulst, editors, The Oxford History of Phonology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 341:
glosses: The smallest irreducible unit of both the content and expression planes of language; the basic unit of language in the theory of glossematics.
wikipedia: Hans Jørgen Uldall
glossemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glosseme
jewel bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jewel bugs
Senses: glosses: A shield-backed bug
jewel bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jewel bug
labioplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labioplasties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of labiaplasty.
lady's cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A lightweight broadcloth used for women's dresses, cloaks, etc.
leeangles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leeangle
lettergram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lettergrams
Etymology: Blend of letter + telegram
Senses: glosses: A telegram longer than an ordinary message and sent more cheaply and with a lower priority.
lettergrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lettergram
brevibacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to bacteria of the genus Brevibacterium.
linotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linotype
linotyped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of linotype
linotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of linotype
little peach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: yellows
glosses: A disease of peaches caused by Phytoplasma spp., in which the fruit is much dwarfed and the leaves grow small and thin.
ephedrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ephedrine
little slam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little slams
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: The winning of 12 out of the 13 tricks.
Related terms: grand slam
little slams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little slam
living picture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: living pictures
Senses: glosses: A tableau (group of people arranged so as to resemble a picture).
living pictures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of living picture
locoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From loco + -ism.
Senses: glosses: locoweed poisoning, the central nervous system disorder of animals
lofting iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lofting irons
Senses: glosses: lofter (type of golf club)
London smoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A neutral tint given to spectacles, shade glasses for optical instruments, etc., which reduces the intensity without materially changing the colour of the transmitted light.
lofting irons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lofting iron
louping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of louping ill.
loving cups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loving cup
Lumber State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Maine, United States
eye-minded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eye-minded
form: most eye-minded
Senses: glosses: Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one's thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visual images.
Related terms: ear-minded
ear-minded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ear-minded
form: most ear-minded
Senses: glosses: Thinking chiefly or most readily through, or in terms related to, the sense of hearing; specifically, thinking words as spoken, as a result of familiarity with speech or of mental abnormality.
Related terms: eye-minded
exchange editor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exchange editors
Senses: glosses: An editor who inspects, reviews and selects content from various periodicals, or publications in order to republish in their own medium.
raceabout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raceabouts
Etymology: From race + about.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
raceabouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raceabout
race suicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: race suicides
Senses: glosses: The voluntary failure of the members of a race or people to bear enough children to keep the birth rate at least equal to the death rate.
rackarock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rack + a + rock; see rack (“to stretch or strain”).
Senses: glosses: An explosive consisting of potassium chlorate and mononitrobenzene.
mononitrobenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: nitrobenzene
nitrobenzol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrobenzole
Etymology: From nitro- + benzol.
Senses: glosses: Nitrobenzene.
radioconductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioconductors
Etymology: From radio- + conductor.
Senses: glosses: A substance or device that has its conductivity altered in some way by electric waves, such as a coherer
radioconductors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radioconductor
radiotelegram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiotelegrams
Etymology: From radio- + telegram.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telegraphy
synonyms: radiogram#Etymology_2
glosses: A message, like a telegram, transmitted by wireless telegraphy.
radiotelegrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiotelegram
radiotelegraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + telegraphic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to radiotelegraphy.
radiotelegraphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From radio- + telegraphically or radiotelegraphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, radiotelegraphy
rancherio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rancherios
Etymology: From Spanish rancherío.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rancheria.
rancherios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rancherio
ramtil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bengali.
Senses: synonyms: ramtilla
niger
niger seed
nyger seed
inga seed
blackseed
glosses: A tropical African asteraceous shrub (Guizotia abyssinica) cultivated for its seeds, which yield a valuable oil used for food and as an illuminant.
Niger seed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Niger seeds
Senses: glosses: The seed of the ramtil plant.
Niger seeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Niger seed
Raskolniki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Raskolnik
reactances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reactance
reconcentrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reconcentrates
form: reconcentrating
form: reconcentrated
form: reconcentrated
Etymology: From re- + concentrate.
Senses: glosses: To concentrate again.
reconcentrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reconcentrate
reconcentrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reconcentrate
reconcentrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reconcentrate
reblue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reblues
form: reblueing
form: rebluing
form: reblued
form: reblued
Etymology: From re- + blue.
Senses: examples: to reblue a rifle
glosses: To renew the bluing or rustproof coating of.
reblued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reblue
rebluing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reblue
reblues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reblue
resistance frame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resistance frames
Senses: glosses: A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire, which, being freely exposed to the air, radiate heat rapidly.
rigolette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rigolettes
Senses: glosses: A woman's light scarf-like head covering, usually knitted or crocheted.
rigolettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rigolette
Romajikai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹəʊməd͡ʒɪˈkaɪ/
ipa: /ˌɹoʊməd͡ʒiˈkaɪ/
Forms: form: Rōmajikwai
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ローマ字会 (ローマじかい, Rōmajikai), from ローマ字 (ローマじ, rōmaji, “romaji, romanization of Japanese”) + 会 (かい, kai, “association”).
Senses: glosses: A society founded in the 19th century to promote the romanization of the Japanese language.
Related terms: romaji
rouletting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roulette
rouletted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roulette
native steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: native steels
Senses: glosses: A sort of steel found where a burning coal seam has reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore.
natural steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural steels
Senses: glosses: Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or (as in the case of wootz) by a direct process from the ore.
lacrimal ducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacrimal duct
navel orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navel oranges
Senses: synonyms: navel
glosses: A type of orange in which the fruit encloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex, grown on trees descended by cutting and grafting from a single tree.
navel oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of navel orange
Neanderthalian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neanderthalians
Etymology: From Neanderthal + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Neanderthal (member of Homo neanderthalensis)
Neanderthalians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Neanderthalian
Neanderthaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Neanderthaloid
form: most Neanderthaloid
Etymology: From Neanderthal + -oid.
Senses: synonyms: Neanderthalic
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the extinct Neanderthal species
near beer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: near beers
Senses: examples: text: That which we now have, and called near beer, with less than a half per cent of alcohol, is not drinkable, it is not palatable, it is not good, it is no part of a meal, nor can it be made a part of a meal.
ref: 1924, “Proposed Modification of the Prohibition Law to Permit the Manufacture, Sale and Use of 2.75 Per Cent Beverages: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session”, in Barrel and Box and Packages, volume 21:
text: Maybe that near beer was nearer than he thought.
ref: 1932, Albert DeMond, Boo:
text: 2016, "Lawmakers wade into debate over grocery store beer," Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press
A bill moving through the state Legislature would allow more grocery stores to sell beer stronger than 3.2 percent alcohol, or “near beer.”
glosses: Any of a class of malt liquors that contain so little alcohol (usually less than 0.5%) that they will not induce intoxication.
Related terms: small beer
Sunday beer
near beers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of near beer
malt liquors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malt liquor
negrohead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: negroheads
Etymology: From negro + head.
Senses: glosses: An inferior commercial variety of india rubber made up into round masses.
glosses: cavendish tobacco
sawqui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of sockeye.
Burgundians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Burgundian
Norfolk dumpling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Norfolk dumplings
Senses: synonyms: swimmer
glosses: A kind of boiled dumpling from Norfolk, England.
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Norfolk.
glosses: A variety of apple.
Norfolk dumplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norfolk dumpling
nosophen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nose and phenol; it was originally used to treat nasal conditions.
Senses: synonyms: tetraiodophenolphthalein
glosses: An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish-grey powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein.
interchains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interchain
interchaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interchain
lacrimal canaliculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacrimal canaliculi
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: lacrimal duct
lacrimal canal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacrimal canals
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: lacrimal duct
lacrimal canals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacrimal canal
washrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washracks
Etymology: From wash + rack.
Senses: glosses: Part of a stable or garage where an animal or vehicle can be conveniently washed.
Hyponyms: washstall
washracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washrack
lacrimal canaliculi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacrimal canaliculus
water telescope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water telescopes
Senses: glosses: A telescope in which the medium between the objective and the eyepiece is water instead of air, used in some experiments involving aberration.
glosses: A telescope devised for looking into a body of water.
water telescopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water telescope
wattless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From watt + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without any electrical power; said of an alternating current or component of current when it differs in phase by 90 degrees from the electromotive force which produces it, or of an electromotive force or component thereof when the current it produces differs from it in phase by 90 degrees.
weather station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weather stations
Senses: examples: text: Network Rail has installed 60 solar-powered weather stations alongside the West Coast Main Line and across parts of north-west England. [...] NR Service Delivery Manager Talisa Fletcher said: "Our solar-powered weather stations will help us to better understand weather patterns, and during stormy weather we can send our response teams to where they're most needed which will help us to reduce disruption."
ref: 2021 December 1, “Solar-powered weather stations”, in Rail, number 945, page 16:
glosses: A piece of equipment that collects and transmits meteorological information, and can make weather forecasts
weather stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather station
weiss beer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weiss beers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of weissbier.
weiss beers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weiss beer
wigwaggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wigwagger
Wolverine State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Wolverine State
Etymology: Michigan has a long-standing association with the wolverine: for example, many Detroiters volunteered to fight during the American Civil War and George Armstrong Custer, who led the Michigan Brigade, called them the "Wolverines". Perhaps originally from a local trade in wolverine fur, or perhaps suggesting a vicious temper.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Michigan: a state of the United States.
Related terms: Great Lakes State
estromimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Mimicking the action of estrogen.
Related terms: mimetic
progestomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Mimicking the action of progesterone.
oestromimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of estromimetic.
white plague
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: white+plague
* (tuberculosis): From the white pallor of victims of the disease
* (eletronics): From the colour of the deposits which cause electrical problems to plague devices
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Tuberculosis, especially of the lungs.
topics: business
chemistry
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound Au₅Al₂, which can be formed when gold and aluminium are heated in direct contact (for instance, at an electrical junction between gold and aluminium components).
topics: business
chemistry
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound Au₅Al₂, which can be formed when gold and aluminium are heated in direct contact (for instance, at an electrical junction between gold and aluminium components).
The problems caused by the formation of this compound, including an increase in electrical resistance and formation of voids at the gold-aluminium junction, potentially culminating in total failure of the junction.
Coordinate terms: purple plague
white death
white man's plague
up-over
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
civil-engineering
engineering
mining
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A method of shaft excavation by drifting to a point below, and then raising instead of sinking.
lachrymal bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lachrymal bones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lacrimal bone.
lachrymal bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lachrymal bone
Gaekwad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gaekwads
form: Gaekwar
form: Gaikwad
form: Gaikwar
form: Guicowar
form: Guickwar
Etymology: From Marathi गायकवाड (gāyakvāḍ), from Marathi गाय (gāy, “cow”) + कवाड (kavāḍ, “door”).
Senses: glosses: Any member of a Maratha clan that formed a part of the Maratha Confederacy and later ruled the princely state of Baroda in western India from the early 18th century until 1947.
Gaekwads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaekwad
ganancial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ganancial.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Relating to, or held under, the Spanish system of law that controls the title and disposition of the property acquired during marriage by the husband or wife.
gaselier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaseliers
Senses: examples: text: Cast iron and brass were fashioned into great branched gaseliers, suspended from the middle of the ceiling.
ref: 1949, John Gloag, The Englishman’s Castle: A History of Houses, Large and Small, in Town and Country, from A. D. 100 to the Present Day, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, page 150:
glosses: Alternative form of gasalier.
gaseliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaselier
gatchwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gatch + work.
Senses: examples: text: We went into queer untidy courtyards and rooms that had once belonged to the rich, for there were remains of fine windows, carved stucco panels and recesses with delicate gatchwork.
ref: 1935, Onera Amelia Merritt, Persia: Romance & Reality, page 254:
glosses: Decorative work made from gatch.
gasolenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gasolene
gaussage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaussages
Etymology: From gauss + -age.
Senses: glosses: The intensity of a magnetic field, expressed in gausses.