cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sticky-icky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: No stress, no seeds, no stems, no sticks! / Some of that real sticky-icky-icky / Ooh wee! Put it in the air!
ref: 1999 November 16, Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg, “Still D.R.E.”:
synonyms: word: bhang
word: benj
word: boo
word: broccoli
word: bud
word: buddha
word: cannabis
word: cheeba
word: choof
word: daccha
word: dank
word: devil's lettuce
word: djamba
word: doja
word: doobage
word: dope
word: endo
word: gage
word: ganja
word: ganj
word: grass
word: green
word: greenery
word: hash
word: hashish
word: hemp
word: herb
word: Mary Jane
word: MJ
word: marihoochie
word: marijuana
word: Mary Joanna
word: method
word: mezz
word: muggle
word: mull
word: pot
word: puff
word: reefer
word: sens
word: sensimillia
word: sensimilla
word: shit
word: sweetleaf
word: tea
word: Texas tea
word: trees
word: twig
word: wacky tobaccy
word: weed
word: yarndie
word: zaza
word: zombie
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Marijuana.
home note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: home notes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: keynote
tonic
glosses: The first note of a diatonic scale.
acetopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aceto- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: The treatment of ailments by the external application of dilute acetic acid.
Afrophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Afro- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: Speaking a language of African origin.
RRDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RRD
pat. pend.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of patent pending.
agariciform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From agaric + -form.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of an agaric
sebific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈbɪfɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Etymology: From sebum + -ific.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: relating to the fatty fluid secreted by insects from the colleterium in order to cement eggs together
feelered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From feeler + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a specified kind of feeler.
daytrading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of daytrade
daytraded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of daytrade
day-traded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of day-trade
wharfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wharf
synchronistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From synchronistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a synchronistic manner.
speaker base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speaker bases
Senses: glosses: the aggregate of people who speak some language
asynchronistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From asynchronistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an asynchronistic manner.
areaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of areach
areached
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of areach
rhabdomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to rhabdomancy.
Germanistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Germanistic
form: most Germanistic
Senses: glosses: Relating to the German language or culture
lambrekin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lambrekins
Senses: examples: text: So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of lambrequin.
lambrekins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lambrekin
lambrequined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lambrequin + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Adorned with, or as if with, a lambrequin.
commiscible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Able to be mixed together.
patricidally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more patricidally
form: most patricidally
Etymology: From patricidal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a patricidal manner.
matricidally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more matricidally
form: most matricidally
Etymology: From matricidal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a matricidal manner.
parricidally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more parricidally
form: most parricidally
Etymology: From parricidal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Roman kingdom for ambitiõ to raigne, was diuided not onely ciuilly, but parricidially. Thus Otto touching the cauſe wherfore hee rebelled againſt his owne father.
ref: 1587, Michael Renniger, A Treatise Conteining Two Parts. 1 An Exhortation to True Loue, Loyaltie, and Fidelitie to Her Maiestie. 2 A Treatise Against Treasons, Rebellions, and Such Disloyalties., London: […] Thomas Dawson, […]:
glosses: In a parricidal manner.
substitutee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substitutees
Etymology: From substitute + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which is substituted.
substitutees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substitutee
arsonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsonites
Etymology: From arson + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: The fireman knows the marks of the arsonite. If there are any footprints left behind, he will discern them at once.
ref: 1917, Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Fire Underwriters' Association of the Pacific:
text: Incendiarism is a major fire problem in many cities; Mr. Fairtrace here recommends needed changes in insurance and fire protection methods. […] the experienced arsonite could expect at least $1,000 profit on each fire.
ref: 1933, Public Management, volume 15, page 263:
glosses: An arsonist.
arsonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arsonite
drouthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From drouthy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: droughtiness
varicocœle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varicocœles
Senses: glosses: Obsolete typography of varicocoele.
unsordidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsordid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unsordid.
gazy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪzi
Forms: form: more gazy
form: most gazy
Etymology: From gaze + -y.
Senses: glosses: Affording a wide prospect.
glosses: Given to gazing.
Related terms: shoegazy
shoegazy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shoegazy
form: most shoegazy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shoegazey.
canine letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the canine letter
Etymology: So called because it sometimes represents a sound like a dog's growl.
Senses: examples: text: All the foregoing etymologies, be it observed, are the conjectures of English scholars; for the English is the only language in which the name of the individual, Fairy, has the canine letter to afford any foundation for them.
ref: 1833, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 10:
glosses: The letter r.
agglutinatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agglutinatory
form: most agglutinatory
Senses: glosses: That causes agglutination
agglutinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Subject to agglutination
lay chilly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays chilly
form: laying chilly
form: laid chilly
form: laid chilly
Senses: glosses: To relax; to calm down.
TEB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of triethylborane (“(C₂H₅)₃B”).
glosses: Initialism of triethylborate (“B(C₂H₅O)₃”).
glosses: Abbreviation of triethylbenzene (C₆H₃(C₂H₅)₃).
Synonyms: triethylborane
triethyl-borane
triethyl borane
triethylboron
triethyl-boron
triethyl boron
triethylborate
triethyl-borate
triethyl borate
triethylbenzene
triethy-lbenzene
triethyl benzene
triethylaluminum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From triethyl + aluminum.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of triethylaluminium.
triethylborane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triethyl-borane
form: triethyl borane
Etymology: From triethyl + borane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organometallic compound (formula B(C₂H₅)₃ or Et₃B) used in various chemical processes and as an ignitor for jet and rocket engines.
Synonyms: word: triethylboron
word: triethyl-boron
word: triethyl boron
word: TEB
Derived terms: word: TEB
Related terms: triethylborate
triethyl-borate
triethyl borate
triethylboron
triethyl-boron
triethyl boron
hymnically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hymnic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, a hymn.
subspiral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + spiral.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat spiral: indistinctly marked with a spiral line.
subspirally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subspiral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subspiral manner.
croceate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹoʊsi.eɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɹəʊsɪeɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɹəʊʃɪeɪt/
Forms: form: more croceate
form: most croceate
Etymology: From the stem of Latin croceus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of croceous.
synonyms: word: croceous
tap the admiral
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: taps the admiral
form: tapping the admiral
form: tapped the admiral
form: tapped the admiral
Etymology: John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) mentions a tale of this having been done with the rum cask in which Lord Nelson's body was brought to England.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To steal some liquor from a cask that is in storage or transit.
triethylboron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triethyl-boron
form: triethyl boron
Etymology: From triethyl + boron.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of triethylborane (B(C₂H₅)₃ or Et₃B)
synonyms: word: triethylborane
extra: (B(C₂H₅)₃ or Et₃B)
Derived terms: word: TEB
Related terms: triethylborate
triethyl-borate
triethyl borate
triethylborane
triethyl-borane
triethyl borane
dobbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dobbies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dobby.
outbluster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outblusters
form: outblustering
form: outblustered
form: outblustered
Etymology: From out- + bluster.
Senses: glosses: To surpass in blustering.
outblustering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outbluster
outblusters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outbluster
outblustered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outbluster
dunderheadism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dunderhead + -ism.
Senses: glosses: stupidity
Bartholomewtide
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bartholomew + -tide.
Senses: synonyms: Bartlemy
glosses: 24th August, the day of the festival of St Bartholomew.
Bartlemy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Bartholomewtide
duergars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duergar
polymasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɑliˈmæsti/
ipa: /ˌpɒlɪˈmæstiː/
note: older
ipa: /ˌpɒlɪˈmæstɪ/
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polymastia.
synonyms: word: polymastia
uncatches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncatch
uncatching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncatch
mural circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mural circles
Senses: glosses: A large circle marked with degrees, etc., fixed to a wall, for measuring arcs of the meridian.
mural circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mural circle
muralisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muralism
tuberousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tuberous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being tuberous.
dynamometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to dynamometry.
dispeace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dis- + peace.
Senses: glosses: Lack of peace; disharmony; discord.
plainclotheswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plainclotheswomen
Etymology: From plainclothes + -woman.
Senses: hypernyms: plainclothesperson
coordinate_terms: plainclothesman
glosses: A female police officer (especially a detective) who wears civilian clothes when on duty.
plainclotheswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plainclotheswoman
correction tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: correction tapes
Senses: glosses: An opaque white tape that can be placed against paper and transferred by pressure in order to blank out a mistake; an alternative to correction fluid that does not need time to dry.
Synonyms: word: Tippex
word: whiteout
word: Twink
correction tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of correction tape
TEA-TEB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From TEA (“triethylaluminum”) + TEB (“triethylboron”).
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pyrophoric mixture used as an ignition fluid in rocket engines.
TEAl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of triethylaluminium.
mispursuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mispursuits
Etymology: From mis- + pursuit.
Senses: glosses: A bad or wrong pursuit.
mispursuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mispursuit
fetterlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fetterlocks
Etymology: From fetter + lock.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A shackle or lock.
fetterlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fetterlock
siderostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From siderostat + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the siderostat.
at the instance of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: At the motion or solicitation of.
walk the hospitals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks the hospitals
form: walking the hospitals
form: walked the hospitals
form: walked the hospitals
Senses: glosses: To study under clinical instruction at a general hospital or infirmary.
train captain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: train captains
Senses: glosses: A person employed to travel on a driverless train and assist passengers in the event of an emergency.
train captains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of train captain
refeedings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refeeding
refeeding syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A set of metabolic disturbances that occur as a result of reinstitution of nutrition to patients who are starved or severely malnourished.
selfitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An obsessive need to take selfies and post them on social media.
refeeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refeeders
Etymology: From refeed + -er.
Senses: examples: text: After passing through this first set of concave teeth, the straw drops down into a device for refeeding into the second set of teeth at the back of the cylinder. This refeeder is attached to the shaker and has much the same motion. The refeeder in turning the straw over shakes out the loose peas and throws the straw up into the second set of concave teeth, which removes any peas there may be left in the pods, and cuts the straw into convenient lengths for feeding […]
ref: 1908, Bulletin, numbers 79-115, page 27:
glosses: A mechanical component that feeds material back into a machine.
refeeders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refeeder
derangedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deranged + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being deranged.
derangedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more derangedly
form: most derangedly
Etymology: From deranged + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a deranged manner.
apple cart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple carts
Senses: examples: text: In addition to the special menu, the restaurant also organised a schools' morning that involved children from one school pushing a laden apple cart from Freshers greengrocers, who provided a lot of the fruit, over Richmond Bridge to the restaurant.
ref: 2000, The Common Ground Book of Orchards: Conservation, Culture and Community, →ISBN:
text: People flocked to my squeaky red wagon apple cart.
ref: 2013, Allan Woodrow, The Pet War, →ISBN:
text: There once was a simple man who pushed his apple cart down the street each day, selling apples from his cart.
ref: 2015, Mike Weber, Our Muddled Millennium, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of applecart.
Barrow with apples.
examples: text: upset the apple cart
text: What makes this particular period so revolutionary is that people are now doing rather than simply watching all of this. They are taking hold of the apple cart and shaking the hell out of it.
ref: 2015, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of applecart.
Planned situation.
apple-cart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple-carts
Senses: examples: text: Then some rude soldiers, also from another nation, pushed through the crowd to take a look for themselves, and with great violence tney ran against the apple-cart of the old woman standing there.
ref: 1911, J. Rush Bronson, Clarence M. Hunt, The Grizzly Bear - Volumes 9-11, page 31:
text: But unless one has lost one's senses one does not upset the apple-cart unless one can count on collecting some at least of the apples which roll to the ground.
ref: 1922, The Nation and Athenæum - Volume 31, page 559:
text: The doctor is being kept away from a great many homes right now, and a lot of people whose first purchase was a friendly gesture in behalf of the unemployed will doubtless stay on the apple-cart permanently, having discovered that it is a good place on which to ride.
ref: 1930, Outlook and Independent - Volume 156, page 505:
text: Some have remained silent for fear of upsetting the dogmatic apple-cart or, perhaps, in some misguided attempt to preserve “the unity of the Spirit” (eph 4:3).
ref: 2015, Chris Woodall, Atonement: God's Means of Effecting Man's Reconciliation, →ISBN, page 123:
glosses: Alternative form of applecart.
apple-carts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple-cart
apple carts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple cart
desilverise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desilverises
form: desilverising
form: desilverised
form: desilverised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of desilverize.
desilverisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desilverisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of desilverization.
desilverised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desilverise
desilverising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desilverise
desilverises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desilverise
desilverisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desilverisation
quackest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [Y]ou have undertaken to rid all our newspapers and periodicals of untrue, unclean and dishonest advertisements. It seems to me that you have already gained your victory and henceforth have only to guard the fruits of it, for, recently I examined as many newspapers and magazines as I could lay hands on just to see if I could find in them those old, alluring advertisements, ranging from the quack doctor to the quacker promoter and the quackest oracle of fate. There was nothing doing—everything as clean as a hound's tooth and as wholesome as sunshine.
ref: 1916 August 5, Henry D. Estabrook, “Truth in Advertising [advertisement]”, in The Duluth Herald, volume XXXIV, number 102, Duluth, Minn.: The Herald Company, →OCLC, page 6:
text: [T]he common man, who until then had suffered dumbly and indolently, might be forced to pay attention. Finding, perhaps, that there is no solution either in politics or in any existing religion, he may cling to the diagnosis of the last and quackest of his doctors: he may believe that art can save himself and the world.
ref: 1948, The Prospect before Us: Some Thoughts on the Future, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., →OCLC, page 102:
text: [William] Hogarth might have felt some sympathy for [Sally] Mapp as an 'irregular' expert besting pomposity, but this is topped by his sheer relish for her as the Quackest Quack of all, and female to boot. In Hogarth's print the dark goddess rules over her court of fools, men who have taken over the ancient realm of women's healing, and now profit from the people's ills and credulity.
ref: 1997, Jenny Uglow, “Allegories of Healing”, in William Hogarth: A Life and a World, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 506:
glosses: superlative form of quack: most quack.
indemnitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indemnitors
Senses: glosses: One who indemnifies.
indemnitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indemnitor
book knowledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: book-knowledge
Senses: glosses: Synonym of book learning.
synonyms: word: book learning
book-knowledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From book + knowledge.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of book knowledge.
tree ocelot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree ocelots
Etymology: From its skill in climbing.
Senses: glosses: The margay.
tree ocelots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree ocelot
hitting the hay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit the hay
porphyroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porphyroids
Etymology: From porphyry + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A crystalline and schistose rock containing porphyritic crystals of feldspar.
porphyroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porphyroid
hyaloid membranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyaloid membrane
dog carts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog cart
ground-ivies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ground-ivy
rag book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rag books
form: ragbook
Etymology: Patented by the Dean's Rag Book Company in 1903.
Senses: examples: text: I question the longevity of most books issued in these days, but I am never in doubt about these rag books; they are immortal.
ref: 1910, T.P.'s Weekly, volume 16, page 785:
text: I have a warm and happy memory of my own well-washed and well-thumbed rag book with its picture of Spot the dog, a chicken, a spinning top and building blocks. Certainly a rag book should be washable and non-toxic.
ref: 1997, Maurice Saxby, Books in the Life of a Child, →ISBN, page 177:
text: The company specialized in indestructible rag books 'for children who wear their food and eat their clothes', an attitude symbolized in its trademark depicting two dogs fighting over a rag book.
ref: 2003, Leyla Maniera, Christie's Century of Teddy Bears, →ISBN:
glosses: A book with pages made from fabric, usually cotton, designed to be used by young children.
rag books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rag book
remonstratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more remonstratory
form: most remonstratory
Senses: glosses: remonstrative
nickeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nickel
nickeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nickelling.
novuss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latvian, from Latin novus, because of its young age compared with other games. Doublet of new and nuevo.
Senses: synonyms: koroona
glosses: a game closely related to carom, and pocket billiards.
koroona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Estonian kroon (“crown”). Doublet of crown and corona.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of novuss.
synonyms: word: novuss
Torfaen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɔː(ɹ)ˈvaɪn/
note: locally
ipa: /tɔː(ɹ)ˈvæn/
Senses: glosses: A county borough in south Wales, previously in Gwent, and historically in Monmouthshire.
county borough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: county boroughs
Etymology: From county + borough. They were introduced by the Local Government Act of 1888, originally requiring 50,000 inhabitants.
Senses: glosses: A borough (or town), in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, whose government is independent of its local county council.
county council
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: county councils
Senses: glosses: The administrative body of a county
all sixes and nines
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Dear Kori,
 I'm all sixes and nines ... whatever that means. Fragments of me are loosely hanging together.
ref: 2015 June 15, Kathari Findlen, Meeting in the Space Between: A Story of Grief, Grace and Gratitude, Balboa Press, →ISBN, →OCLC:
glosses: In a state of confusion.
examples: text: Do you see anything funny about the tail number? It is all sixes and nines!
ref: 2008, G. E McIlmoyle, L. R. Bromley, Remembering the Dragon Lady, People Stories Unlimited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 443:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, sixes, and, nines.
Related terms: at sixes and sevens
akialoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akialoas
form: ʻakialoa
Senses: glosses: Any of several extinct Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus Akialoa.
agrimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From agri- + -metric.
Senses: examples: text: Under Ambassador's direction and in light new aid concepts, team will undertake such exploration and will review US assistance to Thailand, including specifically such items as […] (e) community development, including agrimetric centers in border areas, particularly Northeast.
ref: 1994, “Thailand”, in Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963: Southeast Asia, volume XXIII, Washington: United States Department of State: United States Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 878:
text: Data and technology have a central role to play in increasing the productivity and competitiveness of British farming. Last October, I launched the first of our agri-tech centres of excellence, the agrimetric centre at Rothamsted. They will develop new software models to improve our ability to understand and utilise the huge volume of data that exist.
ref: 2016 May 5, The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (George Eustice), “Commons Chamber: Oral Answers to Questions: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: British Farming”, in House of Commons Hansard (House of Commons), volume 609, column 293:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Relating to agrimetrics.
agrimetrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From agri- + metrics.
Senses: examples: text: We're South Africa's science councils Agricultural Research Council— Made up of 13 institutes covering topics from agrimetrics and plant biotechnology, to research on crops, soil and pests.
ref: 1994, New Scientist, volume 141, numbers 1908-1918, page 13:
text: For the third straight year Hybrid Turkeys leads in both independent strain studies and agrimetrics summaries.
ref: 1997, International Hatchery Practice, volumes 12-13:
text: Quantifiable comparisons are done sequentially, examining: • within peer group comparisons, such as agrimetrics; • within system farm-level mean measures; • within system measures of variance; and • within production flow measures using descriptive measures.
ref: 2003, David E. Reeves, “Benchmarking reproductive performance within production systems”, in 2003 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference:
text: • Mapping and enhancing different decision making tools for farmers • Influencing EC to develop agrimetrics data • Adopting and developing emerging technologies and infrastructures
ref: 2016, Report of the kick off meeting of the Knowledge Network on Sustainable Intensification (KNSI), 3 June 2016, Wageningen:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The measurement of fields or agricultural data.
Related terms: agrimetric
condensed matter physicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: condensed matter physicists
Senses: glosses: person specializing in condensed matter physics
sun kink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sun kinks
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A buckle in railroad track caused by extremely hot weather, which could cause a train to derail.
sun kinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sun kink
Arbayistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Arbayestan
Etymology: From Middle Persian [Term?], from the Aramaic variant of the name of the Arabs, which, along with various other ethnic groups, constituted the population of the province. Compare Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܥܪܒܝܐ (Bêṯ ʿArəḇāyē) and Old Armenian Արուաստան (Aruastan).
Senses: glosses: an eastern Sassanian border province in Late Antiquity, corresponding to the Upper Mesopotamia excluding Osrhoene, bordering Adiabene in the east, Armenia in the north and Asuristan in the south
Asuristan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Asurestan
form: Assuristan
form: Asorestan
form: Asoristan
Etymology: From Middle Persian ʾswlstʾn' / 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 (ʾsʿʿstn /⁠Asōrestān⁠/), from the Aramaic name of the Assyrians.
Senses: glosses: an important Sassanian province in Late Antiquity, corresponding to the Mesopotamia region
literature search
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: literature searches
Senses: glosses: A systematic search through published literature in order to produce a literature review.
outdeploy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outdeploys
form: outdeploying
form: outdeployed
form: outdeployed
Etymology: From out- + deploy.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To deploy more weaponry than an opponent or enemy
mancake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mancakes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of beefcake.
synonyms: word: beefcake
glosses: A large (man-sized) pancake
gledge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gledges
form: gledging
form: gledged
form: gledged
Senses: glosses: To squint; to look cunningly.
gledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gledges
Senses: glosses: A knowing look.
Related terms: gley
gledges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gledge
gledges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gledge
gledged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gledge
gledging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gledge
nickelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nickel
nickelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Further trials were carried out to establish their accuracy life and whether they developed any tendency to nickelling under Service conditions.
ref: 1962, Edmund George Barton Reynolds, The Lee-Enfield Rifle, page 158:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The metallic fouling of a gun's bore with fragments of bullet casing.
Hercules club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hercules clubs
Senses: glosses: A stick of great size and weight.
Hercules clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hercules club
Yamakawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yamakawas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 山川 (Yamakawa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
vworp
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: vwôrp
ipa: /vwɔɹp/
ipa: /vwɔːp/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)p
Etymology: Imitative of the sound made by the TARDIS in Doctor Who (originally produced by sound technician Brian Hodgson by electronically modifying a recording of a key scraping along a piano string).
Senses: examples: text: With a vworp of displaced air, a Double of Bob appeared. Every detail was perfect save the eyes for some reason unknown. Instead of their clear blue, they were the deep green usually associated with impending violence. Nobody was looking so nobody noticed however.
ref: 2005 March 31, Clayton, “Re: [PW!] To the Tourney”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):
text: A cyclic wheezing, groaning noise began as Vin approach the back wall. The vworp vworp noise was synchronized with a flashing blue light on top, as the gigantic three-dimensional holographic wall displayed a London 1950 police call box. Vin snatched the door open, stepping inside.
ref: 2010 February 18, "danw" ("DAWootan"), {ASSM} OTEC_204_Years, alt.sex.stories.moderated
text: A voice cackled all evil-like and then lightning struck the tower and with a vworp it disappeared! Gosh!
ref: 2014 February 23, Drew Perron, MISC: Spies With Badges: "Junior Spies The First Movie", rec.arts.comics.creative, Usenet
text: No sooner had the spell been cast than it was broken by a sound from outside the castle; the loud, rough, grinding, metallic grunting sound—vworp-vworp-vworp!—of some machine trying to come to life or die quickly.
ref: 2019, Lucy A. Snyder, While the Black Stars Burn
glosses: Representing the sound made by teleporting or dematerialising/rematerialising.
wikipedia: Brian Hodgson
Doctor Who
ICSI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ICSIs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
PGD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PGDs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
glosses: Initialism of prolonged grief disorder.
Unakas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˈneɪkəz/
Etymology: Plural of Unaka, from Cherokee ᎤᏁᎬ (unegv, “white”). Doublet of Unicoi.
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in the southern Appalachians, on the border between Tennessee and North Carolina; since 1932 defined as the northern segment (north of the Little Tennessee River) of a range the southern segment of which is known as the Unicois (historically the two names sometimes interchangeably designated the whole range).
Related terms: unakite
Unakas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˈneɪkəz/
Etymology: Plural of Unaka, from Cherokee ᎤᏁᎬ (unegv, “white”). Doublet of Unicoi.
Senses: examples: text: When the band ran out of tobacco, Tah-cung-tees-kee proposed they replenish their supply by killing a few Unakas.
ref: 1989 July 1, Thurman Wilkins, Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 22:
glosses: plural of Unaka
hypercathexis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪ.pɚ.kəˈθɛk.sɪs/
Forms: form: hypercathexes
Etymology: From hyper- + cathexis.
Senses: glosses: An excessive concentration of mental energy on an object or person.
Eastern Herzegovinian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From eastern + Herzegovinian.
Senses: glosses: A Shtokavian subdialect that is the basis for all modern literary Serbo-Croatian standards: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin.
Eastern Herzegovinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eastern + Herzegovinian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Eastern Herzegovina and its inhabitants
amphixenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphixenoses
Etymology: From amphi- + xeno- + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: Several of the agents on the list are the result of human beings' sharing parasites with other species (i.e., amphixenosis) because the parasite is not that finicky about its final host. Schistosoma japonicum is a fairly straightforward case of amphixenosis; the schistosome would be just as happy in a cow or in a cat, so is Trypenosoma cruzi.
ref: 2014, Dwight D. Bowman, Georgis' Parasitology for Veterinarians, →ISBN, page 10:
text: The preparation and maintenance/control of the desired animals and the control of the propagation of amphixenoses derived from the animals are issues specific to these products.
ref: 2016, Mariko Morishita, Kinam Park, Biodrug Delivery Systems, →ISBN:
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: A zoonosis that can be passed from humans to other species as well as being passed from another species to a human.
amphixenoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphixenosis
Pitsch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pitschs
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
buffalypso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffalypso
form: Buffalypso
Etymology: Blend of buffalo + calypso.
Senses: examples: text: If we were able to substantially increase the size of Trinidad and Tobago's buffalypso herd, we would have an extremely valuable export commodity.
ref: 1984, New Zealand Veterinary Association: Dairy Cattle Society, Proceedings of the Seminar, page 127:
text: These techniques would also promote the exploitation of unique material, such as the buffalypso of Trinidad and Tobago and blackbelly sheep of Barbados.
ref: 1989, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Strategy of Action for Reactivation of Agriculture in the Caribbean Countries, page 44:
text: Driving south from Port of Spain along the Uriah Butler highway, you will see sugar, citrus and rice fields, maybe a few buffalypso (buffaloes which have been selectively bred for meat), and Hindu temples and mosques.
ref: 2014, Sarah Cameron, Trinidad and Tobago Footprint Focus Guide, →ISBN, page 58..:
glosses: A variety of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), developed in 1949 by Trinidad veterinarian Stephen Bennett for meat and haulage.
like painting the Forth Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: The bridge across the Firth of Forth was in a continuous state of being painted (until finished in 2011, 122 years after its completion): (owing to its large size) as soon as one end was reached, it was time to begin all over again.
Senses: examples: text: Where only an overview has been given, I hope that the book will provide a useful springboard and the appropriate legal advice is sought. The revision has been rather like painting the Forth Bridge and whilst every effort has been made to bring the law as up to date as possible, events often overtake one and a keen eye should be kept on the construction journals and newspapers.
ref: 2014, Stephanie Owen, J. R. Lewis, Law for the Construction Industry, page viii:
text: Weeding can feel like painting the Forth Bridge—by the time you finish, it’s time to start again.
ref: 2017 April 29, Alys Fowler, “How to win the war on weeds”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: Sisyphean
glosses: Never-ending; said of a task which will never be completed due to the perpetual cycle of having to recommence as soon as one has reached the end, or of efforts that are in vain because of this.
Buffalypso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buffalypso
Senses: examples: text: The development of the Buffalypso is due mainly to the work of Dr S. P. Bennet, while he was working at a local sugar company.
ref: 1988, Desmond Hill, Cattle and Buffalo Meat Production in the Tropics, page 80:
text: When Scott and Alice first moved into Pastora seven years ago, having grown up in areas where grotesque sprawling houses covered most of the land, they were excited by all the green fields with the Buffalypso, the old cocoa estates, and even the fires in the hills around the Vale at night.
ref: 2007, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, Four Taxis Facing North, page 104:
text: There are now about 6000 buffalo in Trinidad, of which fewer than half are of the Buffalypso type. However, the Buffalypso has been exported to 19 countries in the past and so its gene pool remains in several Latin American countries and the USA.
ref: 2016, Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, →ISBN, page 963:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of buffalypso.
cryoprocess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryoprocesses
Senses: examples: text: This is the freeze-dry method, where the creature is frozen immediately upon killing or death and left frozen for a long period of time, during which time it is completely desiccated by the cryoprocess. If this method is used, it may be necessary to relax the specimen or specimens overnight unless the specimens were pinned and legs arranged for the cryoprocess, which all depends upon the space available in the freezer.
ref: 1973, The Great Basin Naturalist - Volume 33, page 49:
text: The course of the cryoprocess in the temporal-bone specimens was studied partly by measuring the course of the temperature in the lateral semicircular canal and in the facial canal by thermocouples, partly by measuring the heat flow and total amount of heat exchanged.
ref: 1976, Acta Oto-laryngologica - Volume 82, page 309:
text: Because of the extensive investigations underway with this procedure, further discussions on this cryoprocess of macromolecule separation follow.
ref: 1983, Michael J. Lysaght, Hans Jürgen Gurland, Plasma Separation and Plasma Fractionation, page 202:
text: Application of thermodynamics to cryopreservation is expected to improve the conservation of germplasm. The goal is to run the cryoprocesses under well-defined rules based on the latest scientific achievements in the field of low-temperature thermodynamics.
ref: 2002, L. Maggioni, European Collections of Vegetatively Propagated Allium, →ISBN:
text: The cost of the cryoprocess gets reduced when milling operations are carried out on a bigger scale and with efficient recycling of the refrigerant. The maxiumu yield of oil has been obtained when the cardamom seeds are precooled by using liquid nitrogen within a temperature range of –180 °C to –190 °C and grinding the seeds to a size of 250 μ, which is, indeed, a fine powder size.
ref: 2011, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Agronomy and Economy of Black Pepper and Cardamom, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of cryo-process.
cryoprocess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryoprocesses
form: cryoprocessing
form: cryoprocessed
form: cryoprocessed
Senses: examples: text: Work on several yeasts has shown preservation of cell surface structures by cryoprocessing that had not been possible with conventional procedures (Baba and Osumi 1987; Käppeli et al. 1984; Walther et al. 1984; Tokunaga et al. 1986).
ref: 1989, Canadian Journal of Botany:
text: A third porition was fixed in 0.25% gluteraldehyde, cryoprocessed, sliced, and stained with antisera to progesterone previously adsorbed with steroid extracted placental powder.
ref: 2012, R.F. Harrison, J. Bonnar, W. Thompson, Fertility and Sterility, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of cryo-process.
cryo-process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryo-processes
form: cryoprocess
form: cryo process
Etymology: From cryo- + process.
Senses: examples: text: Sperm cells, even among taxonomically-related species, differ amazingly in response to cryoprotectant, cooling, freezing and the many osmotic stresses associated with the entire cryo-process.
ref: 2007, Eduardo R. S. Roldan, Montserrat Gomendio, Spermatology, →ISBN:
text: Tomato slices have an extremely high water content and sell as a premium product. The cryo-process has been utilized in this case because it has provided good texture, taste, and color in the thawed product.
ref: 2013, K. D. Timmerhaus, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, →ISBN:
text: In the cryo-process the temperature of the wafer plays an important role. Besides the capability to cool the wafer down to cryogenic temperatures, accurate water temperature control during the process is also essential because the wafer temperature directly affects the sidewall profiles.
ref: 2015, Markku Tilli, Teruaki Motooka, Veli-Matti Airaksinen, Handbook of Silicon Based MEMS Materials and Technologies, →ISBN, page 448:
text: The ambient body temperature of the body might act as such a heat source thus preventing the injury of vital deep organs or implants underneath the cryo-process.
ref: 2016, William Abramovits, Gloria Graham, Yaron Har-Shai, Dermatological Cryosurgery and Cryotherapy, →ISBN, page 471:
glosses: The process or use of cryogenic freezing.
cryo-process
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryo-processes
form: cryo-processing
form: cryo-processed
form: cryo-processed
form: cryoprocess
form: cryo process
Etymology: From cryo- + process.
Senses: examples: text: . Tissues were cryo-processed because membranous structures in the oocyst appear to hinder routine fixation and embedment.
ref: 1983 June, Willima E. Hawkins, John W. Fournie, Robin M. Overstreet, “Organization of sporulated oocysts of Eimeria funduli in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis”, in The Journal of parasitology, volume 69, number 3:
text: In a further test, a clay-rich water wetted sandstone sample was cryo-processed as described above.
ref: 1994, First Break - Volume 12, page 132:
text: Lungs were fixed in situ by intratracheal infusion of fixative, cryo-processed, and sectioned as described in Methods
ref: 2003, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:
glosses: To subject to cryogenic freezing.
greatnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greatneses
Senses: examples: text: But in deede, the ſecret cauſe that brought Ageſilaus to conſent vnto this practiſe, was the greatnes of his dette which he ought, of the which he hoped to be diſcharged by chaunging of the ſtate and common wealth.
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:
glosses: Obsolete form of greatness.
cryoprocesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryoprocess
cryoprocesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cryoprocess
cryoprocessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cryoprocess
cryoprocessing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Since cryoprocessing usually involves fairly large quantities of materials for short periods of time, insulation is not as critical as it would be for aerospace applications.
ref: 1980, Norman R. Braton, Cryogenic recycling and processing, →ISBN, page 44:
text: It is believed that in some cases cryoprocessing will prove to be cost effective.
ref: 1982, Ronald Braun-Udinsky, Cryoprocessing of sweet corn, page 206:
glosses: Alternative form of cryo-processing.
cryo-processing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cryo-process