cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Sarnians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sarnian
rhizophyllous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having roots that proceed from the leaves.
rhizophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: rhizophilous algae
glosses: Growing attached to roots.
rhizautoicous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a moss: having the male inflorescence on a short branch, cohering to the female by a rhizoid.
retort cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retort cells
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the special enlarged cuticular cells with an apex more or less recurved, in Sphagnum.
retort cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retort cell
gingercake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gingercakes
Etymology: From ginger + cake.
Senses: glosses: A cake of gingerbread.
gingercakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gingercake
rapaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rapaceous
form: most rapaceous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Fusiform or turnip-shaped.
ramiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ramiferous
form: most ramiferous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Bearing branches; ramose.
pyrenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrenium
prozymogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: pro- + zymogen
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A material formed of the chromatin of the nucleus which is extruded into the cytoplasm, there becoming zymogen.
polyovulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyovulate
form: most polyovulate
Senses: glosses: Having many ovules.
polembryony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of polyembryony.
planes of symmetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plane of symmetry
planes of insertion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plane of insertion
plane of insertion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planes of insertion
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plane that passes through the point of insertion of a lateral organ and coincides with the main axis and that of the organ.
McAdamization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From McAdamize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Ours is a matter-of-fact age—an age of steam and railway and McAdamization and labor-saving machinery—the poetry of Time has gone by forever, and we have only the sober prose left us.
ref: 1831, John Greenleaf Whittier, Legends of New England […], Gainesville, Fla.: Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints, published 1965, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 64:
text: Imagine a street much wider than Pennsylvania Avenue, smooth as McAdamization can render it, down whose length at regular intervals rise spreading trees — divide it into four avenues, each rejoicing in its Arch of leaves — if not as grand, at least as complete as that of Temple Street New Haven that used to excite my special wonder & enthusiasm.
ref: 1863 June 27, Douglas French Forrest, “Running blockade at Charleston: May 27 – July 29, 1863”, in William N[orwood] Still, Jr., editor, Odyssey in Gray: A Diary of Confederate Service, 1863–1865, Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, published 1979, →ISBN, page 24:
text: The road in this vicinity was graded, stone prepared along the line for McAdamization, along Main street it was paved, the bridge over Whitewater was built, &c.
ref: 1873 September 13, “Wayne County Turnpike Company”, in The Richmond Times, volume 1, number 40, Richmond, Ind.: Times Printing Company, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:
text: Ultimately, Whigs regarded the outcome with mixed emotions. As champions of state-funded internal improvements, they favored recommendations like railroad construction, turnpike McAdamization, and the dredging of rivers and harbors.
ref: 1995, Joseph Conan Thompson, “Vindication”, in Willie Person Mangum: Politics and Pragmatism in the Age of Jackson, Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida, →OCLC, page 288:
glosses: Alternative spelling of macadamization.
NFRS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service.
aligular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: a- + ligular
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Turned away from the ligule and stem; applied to a leaf-face in Selaginella.
allantodioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more allantodioid
form: most allantodioid
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling the former fern genus Allantodia.
twinsorus fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twinsorus ferns
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Diplazium of ferns whose indusia lie on both sides of the vein.
anteplacental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ante- + placental.
Senses: glosses: In front of the placenta.
anthoecology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From antho- + ecology.
Senses: glosses: The ecology of flowers.
anthoptosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The falling of flowers.
aphylly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Leaflessness.
asplenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more asplenoid
form: most asplenoid
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling the fern genus Asplenium.
athalline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Without a thallus.
beardletted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From beardlet + -ed.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having small awns.
blepharoplastoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blepharoplastoids
Etymology: blepharoplast + -oid
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: In nuclear division, either of two bodies appearing between the two- and four-celled stage at each pole of the two spindles, disappearing into the cytoplasm before the rise of the blepharoplasts themselves.
blepharoplastoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blepharoplastoid
unterhefe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: German Unterhefe (literally “under-yeast”)
Senses: topics: beverages
brewing
business
food
lifestyle
manufacturing
antonyms: oberhefe
glosses: The yeast that forms at the bottom of the vat.
comma lichen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comma lichens
Senses: glosses: Any lichen of the genus Arthonia.
tonotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Sensitivity to osmotic variation.
stratum basale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of basal layer.
synonyms: word: basal layer
keeper of the flame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keepers of the flame
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flamekeeper.
synonyms: word: flamekeeper
keepers of the flame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keeper of the flame
acroposthions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acroposthion
akroposthions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of akroposthion
Wendel sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Wendel sea
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Wendel Sea.
Wendel-Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Wendel-Sea
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wendel Sea.
Wendel-sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Wendel-sea
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wendel Sea.
cold-livered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cold-livered
form: most cold-livered
Senses: glosses: Emotionally detached; unfeeling; lacking passion.
rolltainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolltainers
Etymology: Blend of rolling + container
Senses: glosses: A cart with two or more walls (typically made of steel bars or tubes) to contain the goods loaded onto it.
Related terms: bell cart
pseudotaxonomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudotaxonomic
form: most pseudotaxonomic
Etymology: From pseudo- + taxonomic or pseudotaxonomy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: However, prey are usually assigned to broad taxonomic or pseudotaxonomic categories, which may not allow the subtleties of predator impacts to be interpreted.
ref: 1991, Peter F. Sale (editor), The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs, page 159:
text: Similarly, Crisp & Weston (1993) found patterns of paedomorphosis in Telopea speciosissima to produce artifactual, 'pseudotaxonomic' patterns.
ref: 1994, National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney (contributor), Telopea, volume 6, numbers 1-3, page 97:
text: In the absence of a sexual structure, however, these organisms remain in the fungi imperfecti (Deuteromycota)—a pseudotaxonomic repository for organisms with no known sexual state.
ref: 2002, Dexter H. Howard (editor), Pathogenic Fungi in Humans and Animals:
glosses: Falsely or artificially taxonomic.
Related terms: pseudotaxonomy
win the lottery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wins the lottery
form: winning the lottery
form: won the lottery
form: won the lottery
Senses: examples: text: The juror snorted. “That guy thought he won the lottery just because he was out of commission for 90 days. When he found out what his problem was, the first thing he did was go to his lawyer—not his doctor. Then he comes here and tries to tell us his sex life was worth $50,000 a day. No way. We didn't buy what he was selling.”
ref: 1999 September 1, Jim McElhaney, ABA Journal, volume 94, number 2, published 1 February 2008, page 24b:
text: I've been married to Wim for more than 32 years, and for 17 of those years he was also my IT rock at Accent Jobs. I really won the lottery with him: A role in a woman's shadow is not for every man. Wim is the one who helped me be daring enough to take a leap, time and time again.
ref: 2022, Conny Vandendriessche, Dream, Dare, Do:
glosses: To experience an extraordinary or highly fortunate event.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see win, lottery.
homo economicus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Homo economicus.
economic human
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Homo economicus.
synonyms: word: Homo economicus
economic man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Homo economicus.
synonyms: word: Homo economicus
Homo novus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Homo superior.
synonyms: word: Homo superior
bell cart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bell carts
Senses: examples: text: We packed our nine — yes, nine — pieces of luggage, loaded them onto a bell cart and navigated knee-deep water filled with soggy sheets and pillows to the porte-cochere, where our rental car awaited us.
ref: 1993 March, Lynn Beresford, “OC Story: Hurricane Iniki”, in Orange Coast Magazine, volume 19, number 3, →ISSN, page 22:
glosses: A cart, typically with two walls, used within a hotel to move a guest's luggage between the parking lot or entrance and the room where the guest is staying.
Related terms: bellboy
Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Vera introduced us, and Boris was interested to hear I was a masseur. He mentioned that he had gotten a massage several times a week when he was in Hollywood—so, before you could say “Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt,” yours truly offered the man who had made more people shiver and shake than any man alive a massage on the house.
ref: 1972 August 2, Arthur Mason, “Ol’ Magic Fingers: Karloff Was ‘Nicest Gent of Them All’”, in Oregon Journal, Portland, Ore., →OCLC, section 2 (Home and Family), page 1, column 2:
text: The magic hare, of course, didn’t have to bother with all this. If he wanted to go somewhere, he just wished himself there, and Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt, there he was.
ref: 1993, Lynne Reid Banks, “The Hare and the Vampire”, in The Magic Hare, New York, N.Y.: Morrow Junior Books, →ISBN, page 19:
text: Pack your bags, take ’em outside and if Billy-Joe wakes up when you go for the keys, just tell him you wanted to go to the chip-shop because you couldn’t be bothered to cook tonight. He’ll believe that and give you the keys, you go outside, unlock the car, put the bags in and drive off. Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt. No problem, as they say in Europe.
ref: 1996, Steve Harris, “Billy-Joe’s Demise”, in Black Rock, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 197:
text: Now this is a ‘naughty but nice’ cream. It is great on the side with baked fruit, but also useful as a filling for those last-minute fruit tarts. Just fill a pastry case with it, cover with fruit, give it a quick glaze if you like (1 tablespoon jam and 1 tablespoon water warmed in a pan) and Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt.
ref: 1999, Jamie Oliver, “Mascarpone Cream”, in The Naked Chef, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN, “Desserts” section, page 201:
glosses: Alternative form of Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt.
cabin attendants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabin attendant
Rushbrooke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal settlement next to Cobh, County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 7866).
glosses: A small village in Rushbrooke with Rougham parish, West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8961).
airline steward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airline stewards
Senses: examples: text: A few days later, Gaetan cajoled an airline steward friend to go with him to St. Vincent's to visit an old trick.
ref: 1987, Randy Shilts, And the Band Played On, Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, page 79:
synonyms: air host
air steward
steward
coordinate_terms: airline stewardess
glosses: A male flight attendant.
airline stewards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airline steward
Néel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Néel wall
wheel spinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheel spinners
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Brodie knob.
synonyms: word: Brodie knob
wheel spinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheel spinner
Keepers of the Privy Seal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Keeper of the Privy Seal
bopes
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Clipping of bo pian + -s (hypocoristic suffix), from Hokkien 無變／无变 (bô-piàn, “no choice”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bo pian (“no choice; there’s no other way”).
synonyms: word: bo pian
extra: no choice; there’s no other way
sandwich box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandwich boxes
Senses: examples: text: FORSTER & DAVIS Will sell by public auction, at their Mart, THIS DAY, the 11th March, instant, at twelve o’clock, […] One egg whisk / Six Sandwich boxes assorted / Six gravy strainers […]
ref: 1843 March 11, The Port Phillip Gazette, volume V, number 433, Melbourne, Vic., page [3], column 5:
text: There were railway hotels, coffee-houses, lodging-houses, boarding-houses; railway plans, maps, views, wrappers, bottles, sandwich-boxes, and time tables; railway hackney-coach and cab-stands; railway omnibuses, railway streets and buildings, railway hangers-on and parasites, and flatterers out of all calculation.
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 155:
synonyms: lunchbox
glosses: A container designed to store and transport sandwiches.
sandwich boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandwich box
grand trine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand trines
form: Grand Trine
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A harmonious aspect pattern formed when three planets are each aligned 120 degrees apart.
grand trines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grand trine
Grand Trine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Grand Trines
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of grand trine.
Grand Trines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grand Trine
cold light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold lights
Senses: examples: text: The centuries-old mystery of the cold light produced by the Firefly and the Glow-Worm is still partially a riddle.
ref: 1961, Jean-Henri Fabre, Edwin Way Teale (contributor), The Insect World of J. Henri Fabre in the Translation of Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, page 313:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A light emitted from a source that does not produce significant heat.
cold lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cold light
party-cut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tavern-cut (“style of pizza”).
synonyms: word: tavern-cut
extra: style of pizza
Rushbrooke with Rougham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district.
District of Criminals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the District of Criminals
Senses: examples: text: The following is the authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury for the District of Criminals tax scheme. Why don't you all show me where any delegated authority can be found for collecting taxes within the several States or where the IRC 7621 authority can be found which created revenue districts in the several States.
ref: 1997 September 2, Timothy I. McCrory, “social security”, in misc.taxes (Usenet):
text: I expect Janet Napolitano to make mass arrests of these illegal alien invaders as a show of good faith when she and other Mexican Fifth Column puppets in the District of Criminals claim that part of "comprehensive immigration reform" will be a crackdown on illegal aliens.
ref: 2010 March 20, Iconoclast, “Re: Illegal Immigration rally fights for D.C. spotlight; illegals pick wrong time to march, officials believe cars will be stolen on return trip”, in alt.politics (Usenet):
text: Pat always said that a lot of the kids join the military because they have run out of options, no jobs, health care, a place to live, that I can understand, just looking at the job market and the price of housing I can see where a desperate person would turn to the military to get a roof over their head, food and health care., or what would the government do confronted by thousands of young people demanding jobs and housing? Kinda like a under 25 occupied movement. A tent city in the District of Criminals. Just a thought.
ref: 2016 January 16, Frank Scafani, “picture of the day”, in peopleofCA12 (Usenet):
glosses: The District of Columbia.
D. C.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DC.
YouTube bait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of content specifically designed to attract views on YouTube by leveraging sensationalism, controversy, or misleading tactics.
carrierbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrierbags
Senses: examples: text: In the corridor outside he met Stephen and Trudy Pritchett, walking slowly, holding plastic carrierbags of shopping.
ref: 2008, Rebecca Tope, chapter 19, in Blood in the Cotswolds (Cotswold; 5), London: Allison & Busby, →ISBN, page 318:
text: Then he transferred a dozen parcels into the Roller’s boot, as well as some carrierbags containing, I could only suppose, Lady Moggerhanger’s groceries of local produce.
ref: a. 2011, Alan Sillitoe, chapter 12, in Moggerhanger: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Seven Stories Press, published 2016, →ISBN, page 203:
text: An alabaster white seagull standing atop a litterbin is bending to pull a chipshop carrierbag from within.
ref: 2013, Sam Smith, chapter 21, in Marraton, Beaworthy, Devon: Indigo Dreams Publishing, →ISBN, page 164:
glosses: Alternative form of carrier bag.
carrierbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrierbag
chipshops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chipshop
chipshop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chipshops
Senses: examples: text: ‘Come on, lads,’ he said later the same night, ‘let’s do a raid on the fridge.’ He worked days in the chipshop below and was able to keep the keys.
ref: 1982, James MacVeigh, “Model Prisoner, Free Man”, in Gaskin, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 202:
text: An alabaster white seagull standing atop a litterbin is bending to pull a chipshop carrierbag from within.
ref: 2013, Sam Smith, chapter 21, in Marraton, Beaworthy, Devon: Indigo Dreams Publishing, →ISBN, page 164:
text: These fritters were a happy accident in my bid to perfect the broad bean falafel (just like the ones I had tasted in Bethlehem all those years ago), but are more akin to a chipshop pea fritter than a Middle Eastern snack (what can I say? – a marriage of two cultures I equally adore!).
ref: 2014, Áine Carlin, “Broad bean fritters with a tangy cucumber salad”, in Keep It Vegan: Over 100 Simple, Healthy & Delicious Dishes, London: Kyle Books, →ISBN, “Midday Meals & Simple Suppers” section, page 52:
glosses: Alternative form of chip shop.
jewtube
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Jewtube.
JewTube
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jewtube.
Jewgle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Jew + Google, in the context of searching for a topic that would invariably return results related to Jewish perspectives.
Senses: glosses: Google.
Related terms: Jewtube
banes of someone's life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bane of someone's life
Brovdi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бро́вді (Bróvdi)
Ivan Vasylovych Brovdi (June 1939–March 2023), Ukrainian sculptor and painter; late husband of Larysa Oleksandrivna Brovdi
glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бро́вді (Bróvdi)
Larysa Oleksandrivna Brovdi (born July 1939), Turkmenistan-born Ukrainian wood carver, weaver, and painter; widow of Ivan Vasylovych Brovdi
glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бро́вді (Bróvdi)
Robert Yosypovych “Magyar” Brovdi (born August 1975), Ukrainian soldier, politician, and businessman, founder of the Пта́хи Мадя́ра (“Magyar’s Birds”) military drone unit
Rougham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8320).
glosses: A village in Rushbrooke with Rougham parish, West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL9161).
chuuba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of virtual YouTuber.
synonyms: word: virtual YouTuber
fleshtuber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈflɛʃt(j)ubəɹ/
Forms: form: fleshtubers
Etymology: From blend of flesh + YouTuber or flesh + tuber.
Senses: antonyms: virtual YouTuber
glosses: A content creator who appears on video platforms such as YouTube or Twitch using their real, unaltered appearance.
fleshtubers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleshtuber
Mogeely
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in eastern County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 9675).
pseudotaxonomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + taxonomy.
Senses: examples: text: There are several varieties of regional medical programs. A pseudotaxonomy could be defined according to the site of control, the focus of the effort, the type of organization, its structure, the primary investment of money, and the source and type of core staff.
ref: 1971, National Center for Health Services Research and Development, George J. Vlasak, Paul E. White (editors), Inter-organizational Research in Health, Conference Proceedings, page 76:
text: ... pseudotaxonomy, is completely rejected. Hamshaw Thomas had already argued in print that fossils of flowering plants contradicted, or at best failed to confirm, the supposedly evolutionary arrangement of the higher plant taxa.
ref: 1979, Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Volume 17, page 234:
text: Their approach is to sort specimens based on their major morphological characteristics, rather than their strict taxonomy. They named this type of pseudotaxonomy the morphospecies approach.
ref: 2002, Andrew S. Pullin, Conservation Biology, page 160:
glosses: A false or artificial taxonomy.
Derived terms: pseudotaxonomic
Castlemartyr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in eastern County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 9673).
rich face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He was so poor, that he had not so much as a rich face, nor the promise of a carbuncle in it, so that I must needs say that his outside was poet enough.
ref: 1829, Lord King, The Life of John Locke, With Extracts from His Correspondence, Journals, and Common-place Books, page 19:
glosses: A face or nose that is heavily covered with acne.
kangaroo unicycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kangaroo unicycles
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A unicycle whose crank arms both face the same direction, thus pedalled in a manner resembling the hopping of a kangaroo.
Derived terms: eccentric kangaroo unicycle
richlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A small Java program that creates all the necessary components for a given page in response to a user's request.
somebody's in here
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A phrase typically called out to alert someone that a bathroom or other private space is currently occupied, usually to prevent them from opening the door or entering.
eccentric kangaroo unicycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eccentric kangaroo unicycles
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A kangaroo unicycle whose wheel has an off-center hub positioned away from the pedals, which facilitates a smoother riding motion.
electric unicycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric unicycles
Senses: synonyms: EUC
motorized unicycle
self-balancing unicycle
glosses: A motorized single-wheeled personal transporter.
slime table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slime tables
Senses: glosses: A buddle.
Chiayukuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Chiuchuan region in Kansu Province was an expanse of desert land under the Kuomintang reactionary rule. Since liberation, however, agricultural, animal husbandry, and industrial production both north and south of Chiayukuan have progressed vigorously.
ref: 1972 March 3 [1972 February 24], “A Good Spring Around Chiayukuan”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 44, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, Lanchow, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northwest Region, page H 3:
glosses: Alternative form of Jiayuguan.
Lianghe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 梁河 (Liánghé).
Senses: glosses: A county of Dehong, Yunnan, China.
Longchuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 隴川 /陇川 (Lǒngchuān).
Senses: glosses: A county of Dehong, Yunnan, China.
Mangshi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 芒市 (Mángshì).
Senses: glosses: A county-level city of Dehong, Yunnan, China.
Ruili
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 瑞麗 /瑞丽 (Ruìlì).
Senses: glosses: A county-level city of Dehong, Yunnan, China.
grogan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A piece of excrement. A turd.
wikipedia: Green's Dictionary of Slang
odd-job man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odd-job men
Senses: examples: text: Over the last few years he had made a haphazard living skippering yachts for day-trippers or as an odd-job man in the quiet winter months.
ref: 2008 May 31, Elizabeth Day, Graham Keeley, “My father, RD Laing: 'he solved other people's problems - but not his own'”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of handyman.
synonyms: word: handyman
odd-job men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odd-job man
Blackwell in the Peak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (without a council) in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England.
rubisco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rubisco.
window lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: window locks
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
coordinate_terms: child lock
glosses: In a motor vehicle, a safety feature that disables the rear passenger window controls, preventing them from opening.
glosses: A mechanism, often a latch or fastener, that secures a window in a closed or open position.
window locks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of window lock
Richton Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a place called Richton in Vermont.
Senses: glosses: A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Athol Springs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in the town of Hamburg, Erie County, New York, United States.
ancylostomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ancylostoma
problemshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: problemsheds
Etymology: From problem + shed, modelled after watershed (“a drainage basin”).
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, because environmental problems themselves have indistinct boundaries, the problemshed itself is necessarily an artificial, indistinct, and impermanent entity.
ref: 2009, H. Doremus, “CALFED and the quest for optimal institutional fragmentation”, in Environmental Science & Policy, volume 12, number 6, pages 729–732:
text: These different patterns of livestock movement imply problemsheds encompassing an extent anywhere from two neighbouring conservancies all the way up to all of northern Kenya.
ref: 2015, E. Ontiri, L. W. Robinson, North lowland Ewaso Ngiro rangelands: Initial system analysis: International Livestock Research Institute report to the LGACC project, page 1:
text: What can we learn from the World Bank and other third parties working to increase transboundary water cooperation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed?
ref: 2017, P. Hanasz, “Muddy waters: International actors and transboundary water cooperation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed”, in Water Alternatives, volume 10, number 2, pages 459–474:
text: Issues of livestock survival lie at the heart of the Karamoja–Turkana Complex (KTC) – the problemshed at the centre of water management challenges in the region.
ref: 2022, A. Nicol, L. Debevec, S. O. Ayaru, “Water and complex problemsheds in Karamoja, Uganda”, in Water International, volume 47, number 6, pages 952–968:
topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
qualifier: environmental management
glosses: A region particularly relevant to certain ecological and socio-economic problems, especially when viewed as a unit of management and policymaking.
problemsheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of problemshed
Stewart Island shag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stewart Island shags
Senses: examples: text: Other birds are beating in an ungainly way against it, getting nowhere fast. […] “Stewart Island shags, and I don't know the Maori for that…kawau rakiura, perhaps?”
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 168:
glosses: A species of shag, Leucocarbo chalconotus, endemic to New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island.
voice assistant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voice assistants
Senses: glosses: A computer program that performs general tasks by responding to voice commands.
Brazilian porcupine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brazilian porcupines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coendou.
synonyms: word: coendou
Brazilian porcupines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brazilian porcupine
IPRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʔipɾa/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act.
CBAO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsibaw/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of City Buildings and Architecture Office
ktistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ktistic
form: most ktistic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κτίσις (ktísis, “founding, settling”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The principal ktistic features of Tibullus 2.5 are: [...]
ref: 1979, Francis Cairns, Tibullus: A Hellenistic Poet at Rome, Cambridge University Press, page 70:
text: The Aeneid may be categorized as a Hellenistic 'ktistic' epic, an aetiological narrative of the 'foundation' (ktisis) of a city.
ref: 2005, Philip Hardie, “Narrative Epic”, in Stephen Harrison, editor, A Companion to Latin Literature, page 88:
glosses: Concerned with the founding of a city
Related terms: ktisis
liberation days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liberation day
Gwangbokjeol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 광복절 (gwangbokjeol), literally meaning "the day the light returned". 복 (bok), meaning "restoration" (復), refers to Korea's independence before Japanese rule.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Liberation Day.
synonyms: word: Liberation Day
second-guessings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second-guessing
Rātana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after its founder, T. W. Ratana (1873–1939).
Senses: examples: text: “She was Ratana, and I was Catholic, but we were very diplomatic about religion.”
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 229:
glosses: A Maori Christian church founded in New Zealand.
wikipedia: T. W. Ratana
super smelter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super smelters
Etymology: From super + smelter
Senses: glosses: A automatic redstone system that allows for faster and more efficient smelting.
super smelters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of super smelter
GamerGater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GamerGaters
Etymology: From GamerGate + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Various concern trolls repeatedly explained why #GamerGate needed a leader and how #GamerGate would never accomplish anything or be respected without a leader, concerns that were generally blown off with multiple GamerGaters declaring that they were the leader of #GamerGate or denouncing the concern troll as a shill, which is GG parlance for an individual who is not to be trusted.
ref: 2015, Vox Day [pseudonym; Theodore Robert Beale], “Counterattack”, in SJWs Always lie: Taking Down the Thought Police, Kouvola, Kymenlaakso: Castalia House, →ISBN, page 91:
text: Some of the outrage is no doubt deserved—I have no patience for bigots myself, and better Social Justice Warriors than GamerGaters scared of vaginas or psychopaths voicing vendettas against wives on The Sopranos and Breaking Bad.
ref: 2016, Chuck Eddy, “’10s”, in Terminated for Reasons of Taste: Other Ways to Hear Essential and Inessential Music, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 244:
text: It [8chan] has also become, reports New York Times journalist Kevin Roose, ‘an online home’ for another collection of misogynists who are to sexual entitlement what the GamerGaters were to authority entitlement: a group who label themselves ‘incels’—involuntarily celibate.
ref: 2021, Tracey Nicholls, “How to be a man: Prince Charming”, in Dismantling Rape Culture: The Peacebuilding Power of ‘Me Too’ (Interdisciplinary Research in Gender), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, chapter 2 (A beautiful girl met a handsome prince . . .: Toxic masculinity and complicit femininity), page 72:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Gamergater.
GamerGaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GamerGater
e hoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e hoa ma
Etymology: From Maori e (“vocative particle”) + hoa (“friend, companion”).
Senses: examples: text: “I wouldn't know, e hoa, I truly wouldn't know.”
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 205:
glosses: Mate, friend.
raw_tags: as a form of address
soup joumou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Partial calque of French soupe au giraumon (literally “pumpkin soup”).
Senses: examples: text: Kitchens turn out gallons of soup joumou, a pumpkin soup once enjoyed only by rich French merchants and planters, but claimed as their own by former slaves after independence.
ref: 1988 December 9–15, WQ, “Christmas tradition in Haiti”, in Richard M. Gaines, editor, The Boston Phoenix, volume XVII, number 50, Boston, Mass.: Boston Phoenix Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 4, page 6, column 1:
text: In her right hand she holds the cup of soup joumou.
ref: 2014, Ted Oswald, “Independence Day”, in Because We Are: A Novel of Haiti, Seattle, Wash.: Thomas & Mercer, →ISBN, page 80:
text: Most Haitians eat soup joumou on the first of the year, on the anniversary of Haitian Independence Day.
ref: 2016, Edwidge Danticat, “Soup Joumou”, in Natalie Eve Garrett, editor, The Artists’ and Writers’ Cookbook: A Collection of Stories with Recipes, Brooklyn, N.Y.: powerHouse Books, →ISBN, “Soups & Salads” section, page 41, column 1:
synonyms: joumou
glosses: A mildly spiced pumpkin soup originating in Haiti and traditionally consumed on New Year's Day to mark Haitian independence.
Qapla
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Qapla!
ref: 2000, Brian Proffitt, Add Red Hat Linux 7 to your Windows desktop in a weekend, Prima Tech,, →ISBN, page 133:
text: Tina shrugged her shoulders, nodding helplessly. She was beat. “Qapla!” she said, grinning back at Leigh. / “Success!” Leigh laughed, translating the word from the alien Klingon language[…]
ref: 2000, Jacqueline Guest, Rookie Season, James Lorimer & Company,, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Go forth and hack, Qapla!
ref: 2005 October 19-21, Andrew Chalmers, “Hurd is where I hide.”, AUUGN 2005: Conference Proceedings, Sydney, page 145
glosses: Alternative form of Qapla'.
LECA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of lightweight expanded clay aggregate
McAdamise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: McAdamises
form: McAdamising
form: McAdamised
form: McAdamised
Etymology: From McAdam + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Vawter, of Lexington, has invented a machine for breaking stone for McAdamising roads.
ref: 1830 June 15, “Machine for Breaking Stone”, in Mechanics’ & Farmers’ Magazine of Useful Knowledge, volume I, number 1, New York, N.Y., →OCLC, page 29:
text: Plank Roads have very recently been introduced into this country. According to the patent office report of January 1843, they had their origin in Russia, and were introduced into Canada by Lord Sydenham, he being induced to try the experiment in consequence of the great cost, in the first instance, of McAdamising a road, and the expense of keeping it in repair. The first road made of plank was near Toronto. The three miles nearest the city having been McAdamised; the plank road commenced, at that distance from the city, and was extended some miles into the country.
ref: 1847 April 9, George Geddes, “Plank Roads: Their Construction and Advantages, with Observations on Present System of Making Public Roads”, in Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society, […], volume VI, number 150, Albany, N.Y.: C. Van Benthuysen and Co., […], →OCLC, page 246:
text: After news leaked out that the Patriots had been employed building the local Anglican church rather than McAdamising their ways on the roads of Van Diemen’s Land, Captain Alexander Cheyne, the Director of Public Works, was called to account, and in the event he too lost his job.
ref: 2002, Cassandra Pybus, Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, “Green Ponds”, in American Citizens, British Slaves: Yankee Political Prisoners in an Australian Penal Colony 1839–1850, East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Press, →ISBN, page 145:
qualifier: non-Oxford British spelling
glosses: Alternative spelling of macadamize.
McAdamises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of McAdamise
McAdamising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of McAdamise
McAdamised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of McAdamise
hulabaloos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hulabaloo
homeward bound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
homeward bound
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Derived terms: homeward bounder
homeward-bounder
greatgreatgreatgranddaughter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greatgreatgreatgranddaughters
Senses: examples: text: In 1973 when Princess Anne—Queen Victoria’s greatgreatgreatgranddaughter—was married people all over the world watched the ceremony on television.
ref: 1975, James A. Carroll, Larry Milberry, “The print shop”, in Canadian Communities (Ginn World Studies), [Toronto, Ont.?]: Ginn and Company, →OCLC, page 15:
text: These children are the greatgreatgreatgranddaughters of Sarah!
ref: 1985 July, Alice Milford Gruber, compiler, Milfords, Kinsmen and Countrymen: A Supplement to The Milford Connections, Akron, Oh., →OCLC, page 36:
text: A man dies, leaving a daughter, a granddaughter by his son, a greatgranddaughter by his son, a greatgreatgranddaughter by his son, a greatgreatgreatgranddaughter by his son, and a daughter and a son who are children of his greatgreatgreatgreatgrandson, and a granddaughter equivalent in degree but from a different father: […]
ref: 1998, Annelies Glander, “A handbook of inheritance used in Sana’a”, in Inheritance in Islam: Women’s Inheritance in Sana’a (Republic of Yemen): Law, Religion, and Reality (European University Studies; series XXVII, Asian and African Studies; 69), Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, →ISBN, part 1, […], page 63:
text: I resemble my greatgreatgreatgranddaughter. Just like her, I like to wear black dresses, watch old movies, and walk barefoot – on those few roads where it is still possible. […] I am an old and smoky mirror into which my greatgreatgreatgranddaughter looked for a very long time this morning.
ref: 2001, Amanda Aizpuriete, translated by Ieva Lešinska, compiled by Kristīne Sadovska, All Birds Know This: Selected Contemporary Latvian Poetry, Riga: Tapals, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: Alternative form of great-great-great-granddaughter.
greatgreatgreatgranddaughters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greatgreatgreatgranddaughter
Meeting Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An endorheic lake in the Rural Municipality of Meeting Lake and Rural Municipality of Spiritwood, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A rural municipality in Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Meeting Lake No. 466.
mesenchymal stem cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesenchymal stem cells
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: mesenchymal cell
glosses: A type of multipotent stromal cell that differentiate into many other types of cells, chondrocytes, osteoblasts, and adipocytes.
mesenchymal stem cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesenchymal stem cell
mesenchymal cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesenchymal cells
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mesenchymal stem cell.
synonyms: word: mesenchymal stem cell
mesenchymal cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesenchymal cell
mesenchymal epithelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesenchymal epithelia
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A flat epithelium derived from mesenchymal stem cells that lines regions of connective tissue in parts of the eye, ear, and neurocranium.
mesenchymal epithelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesenchymal epithelium
mesenchymal tissue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesenchymal tissues
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mesenchyme.
synonyms: word: mesenchyme
mesenchymal tissues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesenchymal tissue
stromal cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stromal cells
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A type of connective tissue cell most abundant in bone marrow.
stromal cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stromal cell
BDF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Bahrain Defence Force.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Barbados Defence Force.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Belize Defence Force.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Botswana Defence Force.
BDF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BDFs
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: examples: text: Happy BDF! Wish I had diapers but I will soon hopefully! Remember to eat and stay hydrated! 💖☺️
ref: 2021 September 21, @HannahBunny2000, Twitter:
text: Happy final big diaper Friday of 2021. Crinkles to many more 2022 BDFs. I'm going to Bed now all fresh and clean and double boosted.
ref: 2022 January 1, @TikaGauntley, Twitter:
text: Broke: BDF is for indulging in pamps after a long diaperless week
Woke: BDF is called that because it marks the day of your weekly change. No one can argue that yours have gotten rather big this week~
ref: 2023 January 27, @Mothymoments, Twitter:
text: Aight I think I've decided that for the next BDF, I'm gonna post my first ever diapy pic. I'm a little nervous, but it should be fun (＞ｗ＜)
ref: 2024 October 21, @dingusabdl.bsky.social, Bluesky:
text: Still waiting for da stink here 😇 Had the soggiest of BDFs lately ☺️
ref: 2025 August 2, @a-bees-dark-love.bsky.social, Bluesky:
glosses: Initialism of big diaper Friday (an occasion to wear diapers, and to post content online, especially images and videos, of (usually large) diapers).
diesel loco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diesel locos
Senses: glosses: Clipping of diesel locomotive
diesel locos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diesel loco
pre-aspiration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-aspirations
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of preaspiration.
pre-aspirations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pre-aspiration
tympanic duct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tympanic ducts
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: scala tympani
glosses: A cavity in the inner ear that contains perilymph.
tympanic ducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tympanic duct
scala tympani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scala tympanis
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tympanic duct.
synonyms: word: tympanic duct
scala tympanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scala tympani