cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
CAI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Conodont Alteration Index, an estimate of the maximum temperature reached by a sedimentary rock.
imperiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imperialities
Etymology: From imperial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Imperial power.
glosses: Imperial rights or privileges.
Synonyms: royalty
imperialities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imperiality
indexical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indexical
form: most indexical
Etymology: From index + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
examples: text: In order that they might represent the worlds of experience and imagination, such symbols have to be put together with ‘indexical’ signs, as Peirce termed them, such as articles (the, some), demonstratives (this, those), tense-inflections (walk-s, walk-ed), moods (may/might walk, shall/should walk) etc.
ref: 2012, Michael Silverstein, “The [] walked down the street”, in London Review of Books, volume 34, number 21:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Having or imparting a meaning, or signifying a referent, that changes according to context.
Derived terms: indexicalisation
indexicalism
indexicalist
indexicality
indexically
nonindexical
socioindexical
indexical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indexicals
Etymology: From index + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: So even with indexicals, there is a Sinn for every meaning.
ref: 2007 August 15, Wayne A. Davis, “Replies to Green, Szabó, Jeshion, and Siebel”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 137, number 3, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An indexical term.
immortalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of immortalize
immortalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of immortalize
immersive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Forms: form: more immersive
form: most immersive
Etymology: From immerse + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Tending to immerse.
examples: text: An immersive system usually allows the user to move around physically so it is important that the real world allows sufficient space for this to happen safely.
ref: 1999, Janet M. Noyes, Malcolm James Cook, Interface Technology: The Leading Edge, Research Studies PressLtd, →ISBN, page 125:
text: However, I maintain that many immersive theatre performances still tend to assign audiences to a scheme of production that is neoliberal in character and that affects the values and meanings that are attributable to that scheme of production.
ref: 2016, Adam Alston, Beyond Immersive Theatre: Aesthetics, Politics and Productive Participation, Springer, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Giving the impression of immersion.
topics: education
glosses: Using or relating to the immersion technique of language teaching.
Derived terms: immersively
nonimmersive
unimmersive
Related terms: immersiveness
immersivity
immersion
wireframe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wireframes
form: wire frame
form: wire-frame
Etymology: From wire + frame.
Senses: examples: text: A wireframe is transparent in nature, requiring some skill and expertise in interpreting the model.
ref: 2001, Philip D. Rufe, Fundamentals of Manufacturing, →ISBN, page 153:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A visual model of an electronic representation of a three-dimensional object
examples: text: Wireframes should be simple sketches that you can quickly revise and not get attached to.
ref: 2003, Andrew Chak, Submit Now: Designing Persuasive Web Sites, →ISBN, page 306:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
web-design
glosses: A basic visual guide used to suggest the layout of fundamental elements in a web interface
wireframe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wireframes
form: wireframing
form: wireframed
form: wireframed
form: wire frame
form: wire-frame
Etymology: From wire + frame.
Senses: examples: text: She'd barely wireframed it, here, and there was no there there, no interiority.
ref: 2003, William Gibson, Idoru, page 35:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To generate a wireframe representation
examples: text: There are a few lists you should make before you start wireframing.
ref: 2006, Daniel M. Brown, Communicating Design, →ISBN, page 290:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
web-design
glosses: To prepare a wireframe for a website
Derived terms: wireframed
wireframer
wireframes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wireframe
pisanka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pisanki
form: pisankas
form: pysanka
form: pysanky
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish pisanka.
Senses: glosses: A dyed or decorated Easter egg.
suffixive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From suffix + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: The genius, in the French sense, of creole is its tendency to form phrases with a minimum of connectives, often through the use of suffixive combinations […]
ref: 2000, George Lang, Entwisted Tongues: Comparative Creole Literatures, →ISBN, page 216:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Forming words through the addition of a suffix or suffixes
Synonyms: suffixative
Related terms: suffixation
affixive
prefixive
he-bitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: he-bitches
Etymology: From he- + bitch.
Senses: examples: text: I am a bad old she-bitch, am I? […] And what about how you are a he-bitch?
ref: 1931, Rhys Davies, A Pig in a Poke, page 264:
text: The little matter of he-bitches wasn't listed in the "Handbook."
ref: 1967, Gertrude Samuels, The People vs. Baby, page 158:
text: You're being a he-bitch! Can't a woman love her children? She's no fool for that!
ref: 1974, Witter Bynner, Journey with Genius, →ISBN, page 151:
glosses: A man who behaves obnoxiously or promiscuously; a male bitch.
he-bitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of he-bitch
embarkee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embarkees
Etymology: From embark + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: All embarkees are screened for contagious disease.
glosses: One who embarks on a vessel such as a ship or plane.
Synonyms: passenger
Related terms: disembarkee
evaluatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evaluatees
form: evaluee
Etymology: From evaluate + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Evaluatees are judged based on the assigned criteria.
glosses: One who is evaluated.
Synonyms: subject
Related terms: evaluand
evaluation
evaluator
embarkees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embarkee
evaluatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evaluatee
panipuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːnɪˌpuːɹɪ/
ipa: /ˌpɑniˈpʊɹi/
rhymes: -ʊəɹi
rhymes: -uːɹi
Forms: form: panipuris
form: paanipuri
form: panipuree
form: pani puri
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पानी पूरी (pānī pūrī, literally “water bread”), from पानी (pānī, “water”) + पूरी (pūrī, “puri, poori”, a type of Indian bread).
Senses: examples: text: “Diwali this year will be even busier than last year,” said Saakhi Grover, an assistant manager and a daughter-in-law of Mr. Gaba. Cooks will work long hours preparing sweets and snacks like pani puri.
ref: 2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: word: golgappa
english: particularly in North India
translation: particularly in North India
word: phuchka
english: Bengal
translation: Bengal
word: water ball
hypernyms: puri
glosses: A form of fried puff-pastry balls filled with a watery mixture of tamarind, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion and chickpeas, from India and Pakistan.
packetize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: packetizes
form: packetizing
form: packetized
form: packetized
form: packetise
Etymology: From packet + -ize.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: To form data into packets, or bundled units, according to a specific protocol
Derived terms: depacketize
packetization
packetizer
repacketize
packetization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packetizations
form: packetisation
Etymology: From packetize + -ation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: The act or process of bundling data into packets according to a specific protocol
Related terms: depacketization
repacketization
packetizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of packetization
otoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otoscopies
Etymology: From oto- + -scopy.
Senses: examples: text: Uncooperative children must be adequately immobilized before otoscopy is attempted.
ref: 2002, John P. Santamaria, Thomas G. Abrunzo, “Ear and Nose Emergencies”, in Strange et al., editors, Pediatric Emergency Care, →ISBN, page 465:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The visual examination of the inner ear using an otoscope
Synonyms: auriscopy
Derived terms: otoscopic
Related terms: otology
otoscope
otoscopist
walking-stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walking-sticks
Senses: examples: text: ‘Do, my dear,’ said Milford, ‘go and offer your arm to Mrs. Lynx. See how lame she is!’ ‘Not I,’ answered Samuelina.—‘Who’s to be an old woman’s walking-stick? No, no, I had enough of that when your father used to lug me along, and almost break my arm. I don’t like old people much; they are always so cross and so troublesome.’ ‘Ah! Mrs. Milford,’ replied Mrs. Lamborn, ‘we don’t consider when the infirmities of age creeps on us, how troublesome we may chance to be. Now, in my opinion, a human walking-stick is the most honorable station we can support.[…]’
ref: 1810, [anonymous] […], chapter XXVIII, in Splendid Follies. A Novel, […]. Founded on Facts., volume III, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC, pages 124–125:
glosses: Alternative spelling of walking stick.
walking-sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walking-stick
welcome mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: welcome mats
Senses: glosses: A doormat with a welcoming message on it.
glosses: Any sign or indication of welcome.
welcome mats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of welcome mat
razor strap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: razor straps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of razor strop.
decolorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈkʌləɹaɪz/
ipa: /diːˈkʊləɹaɪz/
Forms: form: decolorizes
form: decolorizing
form: decolorized
form: decolorized
form: decolourise
form: decolourize
form: decolorise
Etymology: From de- + color + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To remove the color from.
examples: text: According to Rühm fresh milk remains blue for 12 hours or more, and infected milk decolorizes in less than one hour.
ref: 1912 November, Edwin Henry Schorer, “Experimental Studies on Milk”, in Ludvig Hektoen, Edwin O. Jordan, editors, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume II, number 3, page 331:
glosses: To lose one’s color.
Derived terms: decolorizer
decolorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decolorize
decolorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decolorize
decolorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decolorize
Tabassaran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tabasaran.
Tabassaran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tabassarans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tabasaran.
decolourise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decolourises
form: decolourising
form: decolourised
form: decolourised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decolourize.
Derived terms: decolouriser
decolourize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈkʌləɹaɪz/
Forms: form: decolourizes
form: decolourizing
form: decolourized
form: decolourized
form: decolourise
Senses: glosses: To drain of colour, to remove the colour from.
Derived terms: decolourizer
autocorrelation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autocorrelations
Etymology: From auto- + correlation.
Senses: examples: text: Dividing the covariances by the variance gives the autocorrelations.
ref: 1990, K. Holden, D. Peel, John L. Thompson, Economic Forecasting, →ISBN, page 67:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
statistics
glosses: The cross-correlation of a signal with itself: the correlation between values of a signal in successive time periods.
Derived terms: autocorrelational
partial autocorrelation
Related terms: autocorrelate
autocorrelative
autocorrelator
autocovariance
autocorrelations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocorrelation
inopinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inopinate
form: most inopinate
Etymology: From Latin inopīnātus. See in- (“not”), and opine.
Senses: glosses: Not expected, thought of, or looked for.
decoloration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decolorations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of decolouration.
disembarkee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disembarkees
Etymology: From disembark + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who disembarks from a vessel such as an airplane or ship
Related terms: embarkee
disembarcation
disembarkees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disembarkee
packetizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of packetize
packetizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of packetize
packetized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of packetize
nailbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nailbeds
form: nail bed
Etymology: From nail + bed.
Senses: examples: text: On close inspection one of the nails will be found to be damaged, often with the nailbed exposed.
ref: 2002, Meg Brown, Virginia Richardson, Rabbitlopaedia, →ISBN, page 95:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal.
Synonyms: quick
Related terms: clawbed
subungual
nailbeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nailbed
electroflotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + flotation.
Senses: examples: text: Pulsed electrogeneration of bubbles for electroflotation yields optimum-sized bubbles that are independent of solution conditions.
ref: 1997, Krishnan Rajeshwar, Jorge G. Ibanez, Environmental Electrochemistry, →ISBN, page 410:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: environmental engineering
glosses: Removal of pollutants from water through the electrolytic generation of bubbles which collect pollutants and carry them to the surface
Synonyms: electrofloat
Derived terms: electroflotational
electroflotator
Related terms: electrocoagulation
electroflocculation
ex-president
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ex-presidents
Etymology: From ex- + president.
Senses: examples: text: She was the third former Trump acolyte to agree to testify against the ex-president and others this week.
ref: 2023 October 25, Stephen Collinson, “Trump rages as former acolytes turn against him under legal heat”, in CNN:
text: The other living ex-presidents are Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care for over a year, and George W. Bush, who is very friendly with both Obama and Clinton, but as a Republican is unlikely to campaign for Biden even given his disdain for Trump’s contempt for democracy.
ref: 2024 March 27, Stephen Collinson, “Three presidents and one mission: Beat Trump”, in CNN:
glosses: A former president.
ex-husband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ex-husbands
form: exhusband
Etymology: From ex- + husband.
Senses: glosses: A former husband (from a previous marriage after a divorce).
Synonyms: word: wasband
Related terms: ex-wife
ex-fiancé
ex-fiancée
electrokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + -kinesis.
Senses: examples: text: These results demonstrate that electrokinesis can be used for bacteria transport in soils with low hydraulic conductivity, even against the electro-osmotic flow.
ref: 2008, Nunes da Rocha et al., “Mobilisation of bacteria in a fine-grained residual soil by electrophoresis”, in Journal of Hazardous Materials, →DOI:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
examples: text: But Grey's electrokinesis and Greenman's telekinesis put me in a tight spot.
ref: 2008, A. Lee Martinez, The Automatic Detective, →ISBN, page 138:
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The generation of electrical force using the mind alone.
Synonyms: sense: transport of particles or fluid
word: electrokinetics
sense: transport of particles or fluid
word: electrohydrodynamics
Related terms: electrokinetic
electrophoresis
but me no buts
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Coined in 1709 by Susanna Centlivre in the play The Busie Body.
Senses: examples: text: Sir Fran. But me no Buts Be gone, Sir: Dare to ask me for Money agen Refuse Forty Thousand Pound! Out of my Doors, I say, without reply.
ref: 1709, Susanna Centlivre, The Busie Body:
text: VVor[thy]. But Sir— / Pol[itick]. But me no buts—vvhat can be the Reaſon of all this vvarlike Preparation, vvhich all our Nevvs-papers have informed us of.
ref: 1730, [Henry Fielding], Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in His Own Trap. A Comedy. […], London: […] J. Wat[t]s, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene xi, page 28:
text: “I heartily wish I could, but”–– / “Nay, but me no buts—I have set my heart upon it.” / “I am greatly obliged, my dear sir, but”––
ref: 1816, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in The Antiquary. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 236:
text: Nay, but me no buts, offer me no objections.
ref: 1889, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, New York, N.Y.: Charles L. Webster & Company, →OCLC:
text: "No," said Yapp. "But—" ¶"But me no buts, sir. We can take it that the act of adultery is established.
ref: 1980, Tom Sharpe, Ancestral Vices, →ISBN, page 312:
text: Jim Hacker: But me no buts, Bernard. Shakespeare. / Bernard Woolley: Oh no, Prime Minister. ‘But me no buts’ is circa 1820. Mrs Centlivre used the phrase in 1708, but actually it was Scott’s employment of it in ‘The Antiquary’ in 1816 which made it fashionable.
ref: 1982, “The Key”, in Yes, Prime Minister:
text: ‘Yes, but—’ / ‘But me no buts.’ Tom glowered at him. ‘Who’s the captain of this crew, anyway?’
ref: 2003, Wilbur Smith, Monsoon, →ISBN, page 1:
glosses: Used to cut off objections or qualifications.
wikipedia: Susanna Centlivre
The Busie Body
Related terms: X me no Xs on Wikiquote
cellosolve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellosolves
Etymology: From the brand name "Cellosolve", used by Union Carbide since 1924 to market ethyl and methyl cellosolves as solvents for cellulose esters such as nitrocellulose. Blend of cellulose + dissolve
Senses: examples: text: Cellosolves are used as solvents for lacquers, for sealing cellophane wrapping, and in hydraulic-brake fluid.
ref: 1960, Francis E. Condon, Herbert Meislich, Introduction to Organic Chemistry, page 274:
glosses: A glycol ether
examples: text: Start with a 50 per cent mixture of cellosolve and water; then go directly to pure cellosolve.
ref: 1950, Robert Matheson, Medical Entomology, →ISBN, page 598:
glosses: Specifically ethylene glycol monoethyl ether
Cellosolve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cellosolves
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of cellosolve.
cellosolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellosolve
dendron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛndɹən/
Forms: form: dendrons
form: dendra
Etymology: Coined from dendrite by E. A. Schäfer in 1893, by analogy with neuron.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendrite.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A section of a dendrimer that includes the central atom or group.
Derived terms: dendronize
didendron
monodendron
rejigs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rejig
rejigging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɪɡɪŋ/
ipa: /ɹiˈd͡ʒɪɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ
Forms: form: rejiggings
Etymology: From rejig + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Japanese adaptations and rejiggings of forms of American culture that result in things both familiar and odd
ref: 2013, Kit Dobson, Aine McGlynn, Transnationalism, Activism, Art, page 66:
glosses: gerund of rejig: an act of rearranging or tweaking.
rejigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɪɡɪŋ/
ipa: /ɹiˈd͡ʒɪɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ
Etymology: From rejig + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rejig
rejigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rejig
myiases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myiasis
superheroine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superheroines
Etymology: From super- + heroine, by analogy with superhero.
Senses: glosses: A heroine with supernatural powers; a female superhero
Related terms: superman
superwoman
superheroines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superheroine
beautifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beautifiable
form: most beautifiable
Etymology: From beautify + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be beautified; capable of being made more beautiful.
derivational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more derivational
form: most derivational
Etymology: From derivation + -al.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
Derived terms: derivationalism
derivationally
nonderivational
inflexional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inflexional
form: most inflexional
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of inflectional.
Derived terms: inflexionally
frac
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fracs
form: fraccing
form: fracced
form: fracced
form: frack
Etymology: From English hydrofracking.
Senses: examples: text: To date, Arrow has only fracced about 2.5 percent of its wells ...
ref: 2011, Arrow, “Fraccing”, in Arrow Energy (html), archived from the original on 22 Jan 2012:
qualifier: oil industry
glosses: To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing)
frac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: frack
Etymology: From English hydrofracking.
Senses: examples: text: More than a million wells have been fracced in the United States since the first frac job six decades ago.
ref: 2012 January 3, Ralph Benko, “Daniel Yergin's The Quest”, in Forbes:
text: The drilling industry has generally spelled the word without a "K," using terms like "frac job" or "frac fluid."
ref: 2012 January 26, Jonathan Fahey, “No energy industry backing for the word 'fracking'”, in Yahoo News:
qualifier: oil industry
glosses: Relating to or denoting hydraulic fracturing
frac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fracs
form: frack
Etymology: Abbreviation of frac job.
Senses: examples: text: A program summary showing the type and volume of fluid and the size and amount of sand that is planned for the eight fracs is shown in table 1.
ref: 1976, United States. Energy Research and Development Administration, Bartlesville Energy Technology Center, United States. Dept. of Energy. Division of Oil, Gas, and Shale Technology, United States. Division of Oil, Gas, Shale, and In Situ Technology, United States. Dept. of Energy. Division of Fossil Fuel Extraction, “NATURAL BUTTES UNIT, UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MASSIVE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING DEMONSTRATION”, in Contracts for cooperative and supporting research on enhanced oil and gas recovery and improved drilling methods, volumes 7-10:
qualifier: oil industry
glosses: Frac job.
frac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fracs
form: frack
Etymology: Abbreviation of fracture.
Senses: glosses: Fracture.
glosses: Fracturing.
frac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fracs
form: frack
Etymology: Abbreviation of fraction.
Senses: glosses: Fraction
glosses: Fractioning
Derived terms: frac job
frac spread
denaturalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: denaturalises
form: denaturalising
form: denaturalised
form: denaturalised
Etymology: From de- + naturalise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of denaturalize.
depictable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more depictable
form: most depictable
Etymology: From depict + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be depicted.
Derived terms: undepictable
representable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more representable
form: most representable
Etymology: From represent + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being represented.
Derived terms: representable functor
representability
Cellosolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cellosolve; alternative letter-case form of cellosolves
tish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tishes
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish טיש (tish, “table”). Doublet of desk, dais, disc, dish, and discus.
Senses: examples: text: YPC's most popular activity has been the monthly Shabbat tish, which turns a Friday evening dinner into a Shabbat experience.
ref: 1974, Conservative Judaism, Vol. 28, issues 3-29, p. 78
glosses: A festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.
tish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Backslang for shit
Senses: examples: 2001, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Rare
A huge supply of tish comes from my chocolate starfish.
qualifier: back slang
glosses: shit
Related terms: ba dum tish
celloidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celloidins
Etymology: From cellulose + -oid + -in.
Senses: examples: text: The celloidin will gradually change into a soft gel.
ref: 1950, John Randal Baker, Cytological Technique, page 123:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A semisolid solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol. Used to embed specimens for microscopy before they are sectioned and placed on slides.
examples: text: I will not cut the celloidins or check the bibliography for his book.
ref: 2006, Dolores Landy Bentham, “Fresh Air”, in Janet Weinberg, editor, Still Going Strong, →ISBN, page 254:
glosses: A specimen embedded in celloidin.
Related terms: celloid
celluloid
collodion
colloidin
celloidins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celloidin
collodions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collodion
buy off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buys off
form: buying off
form: bought off
form: bought off
Senses: examples: text: Then, Sir, as to Bribery and Corruption at Elections ... every Elector has a natural Byass to vote for one Man rather than another, and every Elector will vote according to his natural Byass, if he is not bought off: whoever endeavours to buy him off, must certainly come up to his Price, and this Price will be higher or lower, according to the Elector's Honour and Circumstances, and the natural Byass he has for the other Candidate. A great many Men may be perhaps bought off with 100 or 1000 Guineas, who, if half that sum were offered, would spurn it away with an honest Disdain.
ref: 1742, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, The history and proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the present time, Volume 8, page 166:
text: You like to hear about gold.
A king filled his prison room
As full as the room could hold
To the top of his reach on the wall
With every known shape of the stuff.
’Twas to buy himself off his doom.
ref: 1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:
glosses: To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.
synonyms: buy out
glosses: To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money.
daunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daunters
Etymology: From daunt + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who daunts.
Synonyms: discourager
intimidator
overwhelmer
fregola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fregula
Senses: glosses: A type of pasta originating in Sardinia, resembling couscous and typically made with semolina flour
intimidator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intimidators
Etymology: From intimidate + -or.
Senses: synonyms: daunter
hyponyms: bully
glosses: One who intimidates.
physical break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physical breaks
Senses: examples: text: Hopefully you decided to use the dancing, rhythms, or dramatic play as an opportunity for plenty of movement — a chance for a physical break between two intellectual activities.
ref: 1973, Frank B. May, To Help Children Read: Mastery Performance Modules for Teachers in Training, page 73:
text: Adults need a physical break every hour so they can get up and move around.
ref: 2005, Jane L. Sigford, Who Said School Administration Would be Fun?, page 91:
text: These activities are most useful as icebreakers at the start of group sessions or energizers when group members indicate a need for a physical break
ref: 2006, James P. Trotzer, The Counselor and the Group: Integrating Theory, Training, and Practice, page 83:
text: She followed the lead of other teachers who utilized physical break times in lesson plans.
ref: 2008, Michael Gurian with Kathy Stevens and Kelley King, Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls -- Elementary Level, page 19:
glosses: A short break in a meeting or in a classroom setting, intended to improve attention by giving people a chance to move around.
comfort break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comfort breaks
Senses: glosses: A short break for people to go to the toilet
comfort breaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comfort break
deauthorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈɔːθəɹaɪz/
Forms: form: deauthorizes
form: deauthorizing
form: deauthorized
form: deauthorized
form: deauthorise
form: de-authorise
Etymology: From de- + authorize.
Senses: examples: text: If you plan to get rid the of Dell desktop (or not use it for playing iTunes content) you should deauthorize it from the iTunes Store after you’ve moved the library — but before you shut it down that one last time.
ref: 2011 July 20, J.D. Biersdorfer, “Q&A: Moving the Music to a New Machine”, in The New York Times:
text: Clinicians in the United States relied strongly on the use of two monoclonal antibody (mAbs) treatments for COVID-19, even after they were deauthorized by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a new study.
ref: 2022 January 9, Alicia Lasek, “Use of deauthorized COVID antibody treatments widespread in early 2022: study”, in McKnight's Long-Term Care News:
text: The deauthorizing only affects copies of SketchUp that are signed in, it doesn’t affect who is assigned the seat.
ref: 2024 April 23, Colin Holgate, SketchUp Community:
glosses: To revoke permission, sanction or consent.
Related terms: authorize
frittate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frittata
confix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confixes
Etymology: From Latin configo or con- + fix.
Senses: examples: text: As is demonstrated by m-as-ku, tens are derived from the confix m- ... -hu.
ref: 2005, Elizabeth Zeitoun, “Tsou”, in The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, page 265:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix attached simultaneously to the root.
examples: text: 22. A PREFIX: a confix which precedes a root.
ref: 1982, Igor Aleksandrovič Melʹčuk, Philip Luelsdorff, Towards a Language of Linguistics, page 84:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, a prefix, suffix, or interfix.
Synonyms: sense: prefix-suffix unit
word: circumfix
sense: prefix-suffix unit
word: ambifix
confix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: confixes
form: confixing
form: confixed
form: confixed
Etymology: From Latin configo or con- + fix.
Senses: examples: text: But Tuesday night last gone in's garden-house / He knew me as a wife. As this is true, / Let me in safety raise me from my knees; / Or else for ever be confixed here, / A marble monument!
ref: a.''' 1623, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure:
glosses: To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state
DFT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DFTs
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
antonyms: IDFT
glosses: Initialism of discrete Fourier transform.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: Initialism of density functional theory.
glosses: Initialism of dry film thickness.
Related terms: sense: discrete Fourier transform
english: fast Fourier transform
translation: fast Fourier transform
word: FFT
tomayto, tomahto
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈmeɪtoʊ təˈmɑːtoʊ/
Forms: form: tomato, tomato
form: tomayto tomahto
Etymology: Uses the American English and British English pronunciations of the word tomato. Allusion to George Gershwin's song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off": "You like tomato (/təˈmeɪtə/) and I like tomato (/təˈmɑːtə/)".
Senses: examples: text: A: Then you hook the hose up to the bibcock, and you're done. B: You mean the sillcock. A: Tomayto, tomahto.
synonyms: potayto, potahto
glosses: Used to dismiss a correction to one's adherence to an alternative standard.
examples: text: A: Then you revise the database record for that transaction, and you're done. B: You mean you replace the old record with a new one. A: Tomayto, tomahto.
text: "Tomayto, tomahto," she said, and Taylor laughed. So they ended on a good note.
ref: 2009, N. B. Grace, Disney High School Musical: #1: Stories from East High Bind Up #1, Disney Press, →ISBN, page 78:
text: “I withheld truth, but I did not lie.” “Tomayto, tomahto.”
ref: 2014, C.E. Murphy, Shaman Rises, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 282:
text: “Okay, then, how about Michael?” “Tomayto, tomahto.” Kacie sighed in disappointment.
ref: 2017, Cheryl Etchison, From the Start: An American Valor Novel, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: Used to dismissively suggest that a particular distinction is a distinction without a difference; used to express the assertion that two similar things are effectively the same, despite any trivial difference.
discrete Fourier transform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discrete Fourier transforms
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The process of converting a discrete time-based function into its frequency-based representation.
Synonyms: word: DFT
Related terms: Fourier transform
fast Fourier transform
inverse Fourier transform
discrete Fourier transforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discrete Fourier transform
vis versa
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of vice versa.
Fourier transforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fourier transform
suprafixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suprafix
year 2000 problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of year 2000 problem
Kolmogorov complexities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kolmogorov complexity
hippo fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippo flies
Senses: glosses: A species of biting horsefly, found around southern Africa, Tabanus biguttatus.
hippo flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hippo fly
hippoboscid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippoboscids
Etymology: From the translingual.
Senses: examples: text: Various species of hippoboscid will attack humans, and the bite of the pigeon fly, Pseudolynchia canariensis, is said to be painful. Apart from the sheep ked, hippoboscids are of little importance to humans.
ref: 2005, M. J. Lehane, The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects, page 252:
text: Several hippoboscid flies have been identified as vectors of Haemoproteus species,haemosporidian blood parasites that cause bird malarias.
ref: 2009, Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden, editors, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, unnumbered page:
text: Howard (1981:52– 73) found 22.5 percent of 240 scaled quail collected in Pecos County infested with the hippoboscid fly Pseudolynchia canariensis (see table 6.4 for the prevalence of parasitic arthropods, nematodes, and cestodes found on scaled quail in Pecos County).
ref: 2007, Markus J. Peterson, Diseases and Parasites of Texas Quails, page 93:
glosses: Any of the species in the Hippoboscidae family of parasitic flies.
Synonyms: sense: parasitic fly of family Hippoboscidae
alt: especially Melophagus ovinus
word: ked
sense: parasitic fly of family Hippoboscidae
word: louse fly
hippoboscids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hippoboscid
hippocamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippocamps
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: hippocampus
glosses: A mythological creature, a cross between a horse and a fish.
hippocamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hippocamp
hippocaust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippocausts
Senses: glosses: The ritual killing of a horse as an offering.
hippocaust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippocausts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hypocaust.
hippocentaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippocentaurs
Etymology: From Latin hippocentaurus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔πποκένταυρος (hĭppokéntauros).
Senses: glosses: centaur
hippocentaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hippocentaur
hippocrepian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippocrepians
Senses: glosses: One of an order of freshwater bryozoa (Phylactolaema or Lophopoda) in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe.
glosses: Hippocrepiform.
Related terms: Hippocrepis
hippocrepians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hippocrepian
hippocrepiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌhɪpəˈkɹɛpɪfɔː(ɹ)m/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + κρηπίς (krēpís, “boot”) + -form, from Latin -formis.
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a horseshoe.
Synonyms: hippocrepian
hippoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hipp- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, horses.
glosses: horse-like
hippolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippoliths
Etymology: From hippo- + -lith.
Senses: glosses: A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of a horse.
hippoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hippolith
hippology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hippo- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of horses.
Derived terms: hippological
hippologist
-sophy
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “knowledge, wisdom”).
Senses: glosses: wisdom, knowledge, learning
Derived terms: helicosophy
hypnosophy
morosophy
palaeosophy
pantosophy
philosophy
physiophilosophy
phytosophy
pneumatophilosophy
pseudosophy
psilosophy
psychosophy
pyrosophy
zoosophy
deductive closure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deductive closures
Senses: glosses: The set of all the statements that can be deduced from a given set of statements.
Muzaffarabad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Urdu مُظَفَّر آباد (muzaffar ābād), named after Sultan Muzaffar Khan who founded the city.
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of the autonomous territory of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
cicero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪsəɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈsɪsəɹəʊ/
Forms: form: ciceros
Etymology: From its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's Roman edition (1467) of Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares ("Letters to My Friends").
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
qualifier: Continental printing
glosses: The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.
wikipedia: Pannartz and Sweynheim
Related terms: pica
macaronis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macaroni
ceras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerata
Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A dorsal or lateral outgrowth on the body of nudibranchs.
poppadom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poppadoms
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil பப்படம் (pappaṭam), from Sanskrit पर्पट (parpaṭa). Although the word began to be attested in English in the 1860s, shortly after the establishment of the British Raj, it only came into consistent use around 1940, after which all of the forms indicated above as common have remained in use. Doublet of papad.
Senses: examples: text: Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.
ref: 2002, Desmond Barry, A Bloody Good Friday, page 157:
synonyms: appalam
glosses: A thin, crisp Indian food made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its own as a snack, with chutneys as a starter, or as an accompaniment to a meal.
wikipedia: British Raj
Related terms: papad
vigourously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more vigourously
form: most vigourously
Senses: examples: text: Nothing is more Evident, than that the War was vigourouſly puſhed on till the Year 1711, and that the Duke of M—h was then at the Head of the Confederate Army to the End of that Campaign ; and ſure it will be allow’d that his Grace had no Orders to ſpare the Enemy.
ref: 1714–15, A Letter to the Right Honourable the Ld. Viscount B---ke, London, page 22:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of vigorously
glosses: Misspelling of vigorously.
pupadom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pupa + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a pupa.
cnidocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cnidocyte
oscula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osculum
puppadom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puppadoms
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of poppadom.
coral reefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coral reef
maternal uncles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maternal uncle
fnords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fnord
drusy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹuːzi/
Etymology: From druse + -y.
Senses: examples: text: A mineral having a drusy cavity is sometimes called a geode.
ref: 1856, David Thomas Ansted, Elementary Course of Geology, Mineralogy, and Physical Geography:
text: ...before deposition of the upper layer of sediment, and before the infilling of the cavity with a drusy mosaic.
ref: 1963, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a druse.
Derived terms: drusy quartz
druse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dro͞oz
ipa: /dɹuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
Forms: form: druses
form: drusen
Etymology: Borrowed via French from German Druse (“crystallized piece of ore”); compare dross.
Senses: examples: text: Occurs as a fine coating over the minerals in druses or cavities in the granite.
ref: 1889, Dana et al, A System of Mineralogy:
text: Nontronite, a variety of chloropal occurs as a light yellow powder in druses of the North Conway granite (99, p. 312).
ref: 1969, T. R. Meyers, The Geology of New Hampshire: Minerals and mines, page 18:
text: A lot of druses are found in the vein, and euhedral crystals of quartz, marcasite and sphalerite are observed as druse minerals.
ref: 1984, Science Reports of the Tohoku University:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants.
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: A tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye.
Derived terms: drused
drusenoid
drusy
druses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of druse
druzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The presence of magnetite is further indicated by the observation of Krantz of octahedral and dodecahedral crystals in druzy pits.
ref: 1940, Walter Fred Hunt, The American Mineralogist:
text: Rainbow hematite: This product looks like large druzy flakes (tiny quartz crystals that form on other stones).
ref: 2006, Louise Duhamel, Metal Clay Jewelry: Projects, Techniques, Embellishments:
glosses: Alternative spelling of drusy.
grebos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grebo
fumaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fumarium
fumose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fumose
form: most fumose
Senses: examples: text: The structural characters agree but the wing apex is more brown fumose […]
ref: 1949 January, D. Elmo Hardy, “The North American Chrysopilus (Rhagionidae)”, in The American Midland Naturalist, volume 41, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 143–167:
glosses: fumous; of or resembling fumes or smoke
Derived terms: subfumose
pre-process
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pre-processes
form: pre-processing
form: pre-processed
form: pre-processed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of preprocess.
pre-processes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pre-process
glosses: Alternative spelling of preprocesses.
pre-processing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pre-process
pre-processed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pre-process
glosses: Alternative spelling of preprocessed.