cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
countrywide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kŭn'tri-wīdʹ
ipa: /ˌkʌn.tɹiˈwaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Etymology: From country + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: In order to provide for a large measure of rail participation in countrywide collection and delivery of small consignments—a task they were never particularly well suited to do, and which they did only because the horse and cart were worse—the railways sacrificed their main advantages.
ref: 1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 377:
text: Sure of his superiority, Chiang launched a countrywide offensive to establish his supremacy. In October, his troops occupied the important North China city of Changchiakou (Kalgan) and a number of other cities evacuated by the People's Liberation Army in accordance with its strategy of not holding cities but concentrating on wiping out enemy troops.
ref: 1977, Jack Chen, “The Kuomintang's Last Gamble”, in The Sinkiang Story, New York; London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253:
synonyms: nationwide#Adjective
coordinate_terms: local
locoregional
regional
;
countywide#Adjective
provincewide#Adjective
provincial
statewide#Adjective
;
intraprovincial
intrastate
;
interprovincial
interstate
;
continentwide
continental
transcontinental
glosses: Throughout a country.
countrywide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: kŭn'tri-wīdʹ
ipa: /ˌkʌn.tɹiˈwaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Etymology: From country + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: …America, with such vital power, with a people ambitious, wealthy, great and of a noble past, has a task before it, into which it will enter with a will, since the need is felt countrywide.
ref: 1919 November 15, A. M. Graham, “The Memorial Building a Living Tribute”, in Arts & Decoration, volume XII, number 1, page 22:
text: On such a day the streets of Peking and other cities could be peaceful, as if order had been restored countrywide.
ref: 1988, John Maxwell Hamilton, Edgar Snow: A Biography, Indiana University Press,, →ISBN, page 259:
text: The operation lifted Mujahidin pride and morale countrywide.
ref: 2011, Peter Tomsen, The Wars of Afghanistan, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, pages 216–217:
synonyms: nationwide#Adverb
coordinate_terms: locally
locoregionally
regionally
;
countywide#Adverb
provincewide#Adverb
provincially
statewide#Adverb
glosses: Throughout a country.
Related terms: cross-country
corticotropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corticotropins
form: corticotrophin
Etymology: From cortico- + -tropin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
endocrinology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of adrenocorticotropic hormone.
synonyms: word: adrenocorticotropic hormone
Derived terms: corticorelin
corticotropin-releasing hormone
disk image
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disk images
form: disc image
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A copy of all or part of a disk drive retained for backup or replication purposes.
image copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: image copies
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: IBM
glosses: A backup copy of a database in a format that may be used, along with incremental logs, to recreate the database after a hardware failure
corepressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corepressors
Etymology: From co- + repressor.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any substance that reacts with a genetic repressor in order to activate it and decrease gene expression
coalfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalfields
Etymology: From coal + field.
Senses: examples: text: The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire coalfields.
ref: 1954 August, “Marshalling Yard Reorganisation, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 570:
text: The amount of coal despatched in the Western Region is about 24,000,000 tons a year, nearly all from South Wales, though the Region includes the Forest of Dean, N. Somerset, and part of the N. Wales coalfields.
ref: 1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492:
glosses: Any region containing deposits of coal that may be mined.
co-written
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of co-write
co-write
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: co-writes
form: co-writing
form: co-wrote
form: co-written
Senses: examples: text: Stephenson Harwood Partner Tammy Samuel and senior associate Kulraj Badhesha, who co-wrote the brochure, said: [...].
ref: 2020 August 26, “Rail electrification ripe for 'green investment'”, in Rail, page 17:
glosses: Alternative spelling of cowrite.
cowrite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cowrites
form: cowriting
form: cowrote
form: cowritten
form: co-write
Etymology: From co- + write.
Senses: glosses: To write in collaboration with another person
citywide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪt.iˌwaɪd/
Etymology: From city + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: citywide violence
glosses: Throughout a city.
citywide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪt.iˌwaɪd/
Etymology: From city + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: The sale of liquor (which is banned by state law anyhow) at bootlegging liquor stores was banned citywide.
ref: 1965, Natchez Hurries Bi-racial Talks as Fear Grips the City, “Jet”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume XXVIII, number 23, page 14:
text: […] tickets are available citywide in yellow automated machines at selected stops or at magazine and tobacco shops.
ref: 2008, Hana Mastrini, Frommer's Prague & the Best of the Czech Republic, Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 260:
text: Within a few years, forty-six playgrounds opened citywide.
ref: 2009, Dominic A. Pacyga, Chicago: A Biography, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 170:
glosses: Throughout a city.
citywide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪt.iˌwaɪd/
Forms: form: citywides
Etymology: Clipping of citywide special (of unknown origin).
Senses: examples: 2015, Aubrey Nagle, "8 places to get a Citywide Special in Philadelphia", PhillyVoice, http://www.phillyvoice.com/citywide-specials/
No list of Citywides would be complete without the original. Grab a can of PBR and a shot of Jim Beam for just $3, then stick around for some quality karaoke or the Thursday night Drag Show.
glosses: A combined order of a shot of distilled spirit (especially bourbon) and an order of beer
chiptune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiptunes
Etymology: From chip + tune, referring to a computer's sound chip; see chip (“electronic circuit”). Initially in the meaning of modules, as an antonym to 'real' chip music, then generalized/recontextualized.
Senses: examples: text: Composers of chiptune and demoscene music practice the art of game music in vitro, with no particular commercial endeavor.
ref: 2007, Mark J. P. Wolf, The Video Game Explosion:
text: […] it has been so popular with chiptune musicians […]
ref: 2008, Karen Collins, Game Sound:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A piece of computer music in which the sounds are generated and mixed in realtime, common before the advent of mass storage for prerecorded sound.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of music that samples or emulates the audio capabilities of older sound chips, but ignores certain hardware or software limitations inherent to them; especially (demoscene) a tracker module simulating the sound of early 8-bit computers.
Related terms: chipmusic
bitpop
Nintendocore
channelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of channeled.
Derived terms: channelled wrack
multichannelled
unchannelled
channelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of channel
channelized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of channelize
caxixi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kaˈʃiʃi/
Forms: form: caxixis
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese caxixi, which is probably borrowed from an African language.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A small, indirectly struck idiophone filled with seeds, commonly used in Brazil.
caretaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caretakings
Etymology: From care + taking.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: taking care
text: Caretaking of the extensive grounds is a major expense for the museum foundation.
text: Political favors are finally what governs this state, not compassion or understanding or caretaking of the whole constituency.
ref: 1987 December 27, David M. Knauf, “Political Furors Over Civil Rights”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 5:
related: word: care-taking
glosses: The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
qualifier: occasionally
glosses: Caregiving.
Related terms: caregiver
caretaker
mottling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mottle
mottling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mottlings
Senses: examples: text: The skin was somewhat pigmented, especially in certain regions, while over the whole there appeared whitish, rounded or oval mottlings or dapplings, most obvious where the surrounding cuticle was most deeply colored.
ref: 1910, The Year Book of Dermatology, page 124:
glosses: spots or blotches of different shades or colours
canonry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canonries
Etymology: From canon + -ry.
Senses: synonyms: canonicate
glosses: The office of a canon; a benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
glosses: Canons considered as a group.
glosses: a house where canons live
campervan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: campervans
form: camper van
Etymology: From camper + van.
Senses: glosses: A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
Derived terms: campervanner
campervan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: campervans
form: campervanning
form: campervanned
form: campervanned
form: camper van
Etymology: From camper + van.
Senses: examples: text: Campervanning alone as a woman was going to bring challenges, I knew, and sleeping in remote spots was high on the list of them.
ref: 2023 December 31, Nicola Bennett, “I campervanned across Ireland alone – and climbed as many mountains as I could”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To holiday in a campervan.
calculatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more calculatedly
form: most calculatedly
Etymology: From calculated + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a calculated manner.
BANES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /beɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
homophone: banes
homophone: B&NES
Forms: form: B&NES
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Bath and North East Somerset, a unitary authority in South West England.
B&NES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /beɪnz/
rhymes: -eɪnz
homophone: banes
homophone: BANES
Forms: form: BANES
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bath and North East Somerset, a unitary authority in South West England.
rebarbarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From re- + barbarization.
Senses: examples: text: History is a process of rebarbarization.
ref: 1917, Will Durant, Philosophy and the Social Problem, The Macmillan company, page 5:
glosses: An act which causes people revert again to a state which is primitive and uncivilized.
brocaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brocaded
form: most brocaded
Etymology: From brocade + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Brocaded Flow’rs o’er the gay Manteau shine,
And the rich Stays her Taper Shape confine;
Thus all her Dress exerts a graceful Pride,
And sporting Loves surround th’ expecting Bride […]
ref: 1713, John Gay, Araminta. A Town Eclogue:
text: The next morning, after breakfast, the green maiden came to fetch Dorothy, and she dressed her in one of the prettiest gowns—made of green brocaded satin.
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “Chapter 11”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
text: […] slightly withdrawn behind these brocaded matrons sat a young girl in white with eyes ecstatically fixed on the stagelovers.
ref: 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, Chapter:
text: […] she walked in the garden among brocaded moths, wearing a new gown of “powder-blue” chiffon […]
ref: 1927, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 6, in Emily's Quest:
text: Matsumoto Castle exhibits the architecture of both war and peace, from its steep wooden stairs, hidden inner levels and archer’s perches to the moon-viewing room added in 1630, which also offers a vantage point for viewing the brocaded carps and ducks residing in the castle moat.
ref: 2023 May 18, David McElhenney, “13 of Japan’s best castles”, in CNN:
glosses: Embellished with brocade.
Derived terms: unbrocaded
brocaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From brocade + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brocade
brigaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brigade
chaetophorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kiːˈtɒfəɹəs/
Forms: form: more chaetophorous
form: most chaetophorous
form: chætophorous
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “hair”) + -φορος (-phoros, “bearing”). By surface analysis, chaeto- + -phor + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Boars are chaetophorous animals.
glosses: Having bristles.
Synonyms: setigerous
setiferous
brassicaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brassicaceous
form: most brassicaceous
Etymology: Brassica + -aceous
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling cabbage or other brassicas.
implexion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: implexions
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A relation between incomplete and complete objects which seems to be very close to what is often called “instantiation”, i.e., a relation between universals and particulars. Incomplete objects are “implected” in complete ones.
stand still
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands still
form: standing still
form: stood still
form: stood still
Senses: examples: text: My legs were stiff because I'd been standing still for a long time.
text: 12 ¶ Then spake Ioshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord deliuered vp the Amorites before the children of Israel, and hee said in the sight of Israel, Sunne, stand thou still vpon Gibeon, and thou Moone in the valley of Aialon.
13 And the Sunne stood still, and the Moone stayed, vntill the people had auenged themselues vpō their enemies. Is not this written in the booke of Iasher? So the Sunne stood still in the midst of heauen, and hasted not to goe downe, about a whole day.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 10:12–13:
text: Time seemed to stand still as an idea came to him. He could not outrun the car behind him, but he could outdrive his opponent. And the Fiat was more nimble.
ref: 2002, Robert Jonathan Tristani, A Virtual Kill, page 303:
glosses: To stop moving, to remain motionless.
examples: text: Will you accept your second class status
A nation of waitresses and waiters
Will you mix their martinis
Will you stand still for it
Or will you take to the hills
ref: 1987, Roger Waters, “Home”, in Radio K.A.O.S.:
info_templates: extra_data: words: for
expansion: [with for]
glosses: to tolerate
Derived terms: word: standstill
word: time stands still
stand still
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stand stills
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of standstill.
gerontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒɛˈɹɒnt.ɪk/
ipa: /d͡ʒɛˈɹɑːnt.ɪk/
Forms: form: more gerontic
form: most gerontic
Etymology: First attested in the late 19th century. From Ancient Greek γέρων (gérōn, “old man”).
Senses: examples: text: The gerontic population of the U.S., those of 65 and over, numbered 3.1 million in 1900.
ref: 1982, Prisca von Dorotka Bagnell, Gerontology and Geriatrics Collections, Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Academic staff from schools of nursing across Australia were asked to contribute information about their current funded research in gerontic nursing, and also to provide their thoughts on what issues future research projects within gerontic nursing should address.
ref: 2004, Rhonda Nay, Sally Garratt, Nursing Older People: Issues and Innovations, Elsevier Australia, →ISBN, page 340:
text: previously there had been gerontic oligarchy
ref: 2003, Maurice Cowling, Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: Of or pertaining to old age or the elderly.
examples: text: Then the gerontic or senescent portion is seen, recognizable by an increasing simplicity, comparable to that of the neanic shell but retrogressive rather than progressive in the assumption of characters.
ref: 2004, Richa Arora, Encyclopaedia of Evolutionary Biology, Anmol Publications PVT, →ISBN, page 139:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to senescent animals or plants.
biopsychosocial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biopsychosocial
form: most biopsychosocial
Etymology: From bio- + psychosocial.
Senses: glosses: Having biological, psychological and social characteristics.
topics: alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the idea that the mind and the body are inseparable entities.
Derived terms: biopsychosocially
Related terms: psychobiosocial
psychosocial
biographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biograph
big-money
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more big-money
form: most big-money
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of big money.
berimbau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɛɹɪmˈbaʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: berimbaus
form: berimbao
form: birimbao
form: birimbau
Etymology: From Portuguese berimbau, ultimately from Kimbundu mbirimbau.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A percussion instrument, consisting of a gourd (as resonator) and a single wire stretched along a pole, used in Brazil, has a pivotal role in capoeira ensembles.
basketweave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basketweaves
form: basket weave
Etymology: From basket + weave.
Senses: glosses: A simple woven pattern in which groups of warp and weft threads are interlaced to give a checkerboard appearance
Related terms: basketweaving
topfreedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From top + freedom.
Senses: glosses: The freedom to refrain from wearing a top in public.
glosses: The freedom to refrain from wearing a top in public.
The freedom for women to go topless.
Hypernyms: freedom
Related terms: topfree
topfree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From top + free.
Senses: glosses: Free to refrain from wearing a top in public, especially (of women) to go topless.
Related terms: topfreedom
testbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: testbeds
Etymology: From test + bed.
Senses: glosses: Any platform used for testing a scientific theory, computational tool or new technology.
testbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: testbeds
form: testbedding
form: testbedded
form: testbedded
form: testbed
form: testbed
Etymology: From test + bed.
Senses: glosses: With respect to a scientific theory, computational tool or new technology, to deploy such a platform.
placings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪsɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of placing
mancheron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mancherons
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A sleeve used as a charge in French heraldry
examples: text: No.1—Walking Dress...The mancherons are beautifully formed of double rows of pointed straps and finished next the arm with vandykes reversed.
ref: 1824 January, La Belle Assemblée, volume 29, Fashions, page 29:
glosses: An ornamental trimming on the upper part of a sleeve
mancherons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mancheron
chorine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chorines
Senses: examples: text: Their theatrical performances consisted of buxom chorines, weepy soubrettes, vaudeville acts, and a piano-pounding "professor".
ref: 1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 40:
glosses: A female chorus line dancer; a chorus girl.
buried treasure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buried treasures
Senses: examples: text: The buried treasure from the shipwreck was found yesterday.
glosses: Treasure stashed underground or underwater.
glosses: Something valuable that is concealed for a long time and then rediscovered.
hp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hp
form: HP
Senses: examples: text: The ERS can generate an extra 160hp for around half a minute per lap.
ref: 2024 April 3, Joe Holding, Rebecca Braybrook, “What do DRS, black and white flag, porpoising and more mean? F1 terms explained”, in Autosport:
glosses: Abbreviation of horsepower (unit of power).
hexameters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexameter
ideographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ideograph
rebroadcasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebroadcaster
retitled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retitle
retitle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retitles
form: retitling
form: retitled
form: retitled
Etymology: From re- + title.
Senses: glosses: To provide with a new title.
dry-nurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry-nurses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dry nurse.
superconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superconservative
form: most superconservative
Etymology: From super- + conservative.
Senses: glosses: Extremely conservative
superconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superconservatives
Etymology: From super- + conservative.
Senses: glosses: An extremely conservative person; a radical rightwinger
Related terms: archconservative
archconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arch- + conservative.
Senses: glosses: Extremely politically conservative.
archconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archconservatives
Etymology: From arch- + conservative.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A person who is extremely politically conservative; a superconservative; a radical rightwinger
rightwinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rightwingers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of right-winger.
Related terms: archconservative
leftwinger
superconservative
leftwinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leftwingers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of left-winger.
Related terms: archliberal
rightwinger
kebaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kebayas
form: kabaya
form: kabayah
form: kebayah
Etymology: From Malay kebaya.
Senses: glosses: A traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Southern Thailand.
Roman bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roman baths
Senses: glosses: Any of the buildings in a Roman baths complex
Roman baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roman baths
Senses: glosses: A complex of public buildings, in the time of Ancient Rome, in which bathing took place as a social activity
Synonyms: balnea
thermae
Related terms: caldarium
frigidarium
laconicum
palaestra
sudatorium
tepidarium
antemortem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ante mortem (“before death”).
Senses: examples: text: Although the antemortem injuries are severe, they are not the cause of death.
text: Data for the potential human exposure portion of the model include antemortem and postmortem inspection, pneumatic stunning, carcass missplitting, advanced meat recovery systems, and […]
ref: 2003, Marianne D. Miliotis, Jeffrey W. Bier, International Handbook of Foodborne Pathogens, page 809:
synonyms: anthumous
predeath
prehumous
premortem
antonyms: posthumous
postmortem
coordinate_terms: perimortem
glosses: Having occurred or having been inflicted before death.
antemortem
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ante mortem (“before death”).
Senses: examples: text: These teeth have small pieces of enamel missing from the edges of the crowns, but it was not possible to establish if this had happened antemortem or postmortem.
ref: 1978, BARInternational Series, British Archaeological Reports, →ISBN, page 167:
text: Stranded animals provide useful information on effects of the physiology and, therefore, samples should be collected and analyzed to confirm results of studies done antemortem.
ref: 1985, “Part A: Biological Methods”, in Oil in the Sea: Inputs, Fates, and Effects, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, →ISBN, “Fish, Seabirds, and Mammals”, “Marine Mammals”, “Spills of Opportunity”, page 194:
text: Since the process of healing has distinctive characteristics, injuries that occur antemortem usually can be distinguished from those that occur at the time of, or after, death.
ref: 2016, Steven N. Byers, “Chapter 11: Death, Trauma, and the Skeleton”, in Introduction to Forensic Anthropology, 4th edition, Routledge, →ISBN, “Timing of Bone Injury”, “Antemortem Trauma”, page 243:
synonyms: anthumously
prehumously
premortem
antonyms: posthumously
postmortem
coordinate_terms: perimortem
glosses: Having occurred or having been inflicted before death.
Ancient Rome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: ancient Rome
Senses: glosses: The civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BCE to the 5th century CE and the Roman Empire centered on it.
Related terms: Ancient Roman
anemochorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anemo- + -chorous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Adapted for dispersal via wind.
Sienese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sienese
form: most Sienese
form: Siennese
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city or province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the school of painting based in Siena in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Sienese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sienese
form: Siennese
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
Keats
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːts/
ipa: /ˈkits/
rhymes: -iːts
Etymology: From a Middle English byname meaning “kite” (bird), from kete, from Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”), from Proto-Germanic *kūtijô, diminutive of *kūts (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”).
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
glosses: John Keats (1795–1821), English poet and key figure of the Romantic movement.
Derived terms: Keatsian
dieing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dying.
nakba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑːkbə/
ipa: /ˈnɑkbə/
Forms: form: nakbas
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نَكْبَة (nakba, “disaster, catastrophe”); see further at Nakba.
Senses: examples: text: Our President is admitting that the war has been a nakba, a setback. 'I take full personal responsibility.' 'But not for long,' murmurs Mahmoud, in whose company I am watching this ultra-dramatic moment.
ref: 1998, David Caute, Fatima's scarf, page 280:
text: A second nakba happened after the 1967 Six Day War, when Israel captured Arab land that belonged to Jordan and Egypt; another 325,000 Palestinians left their homes.
ref: 2000, Arab American Voices, page 45:
text: But for now, there is no prophet amongst the politicians, and the only prophecies to be heard are of nakbas and holocausts.
ref: 2010, Raimond Gaita, Gaza: Morality, Law & Politics, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.
nakba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑːkbə/
ipa: /ˈnɑkbə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نَكْبَة (nakba, “disaster, catastrophe”); see further at Nakba.
Senses: examples: text: That al-Husayni [Amin al-Husseini]'s political career has not received balanced and impartial treatment is, of course, not remarkable in view of the passion his name has always inspired. Some Arab biographers have lauded him and his cause, seeking to absolve him of any responsibility for the 1948 nakba, while Jewish nationalists vilify him and discredit his movement.
ref: 1992, Philip Mattar, “An Overview and Assessment”, in The Mufti of Jerusalem: Al-Hajj Amin al-Husayni and the Palestinian National Movement, revised edition, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 140:
text: Indeed, violence broke out in the occupied territories in mid-May 2000 as Palestinians observed the anniversary of the 1948 nakba—these disturbances paled in comparison to the second intifada, which erupted in the autumn.
ref: 2007, Sumantra Bose, Contested Lands: Israel–Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka, Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 262:
text: Ever since the 1948 nakba, Arab thinkers and intellectuals have been studying the causes of their condition and recommending ways for changing or improving it.
ref: 2008, Nissim Rejwan, “The Difference Israel has Made”, in Arabs in the Mirror: Images and Self-Images from Pre-Islamic to Modern Times, Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 149:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nakba.
Al-Nakba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: With the Arabic definite article اَل (al-) instead of English the; compare Arabic النَّكْبَة (an-nakba).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of the Nakba.
possessionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈzɛʃ.ən.ləs/
Forms: form: more possessionless
form: most possessionless
Etymology: From possession + -less.
Senses: examples: text: This is, of course, only one of the many instances in which the interests of the possessionless sex and the possessionless class tend to coincide.
ref: 1915, Katherine Susan Anthony, Feminism in Germany and Scandinavia, page 148:
text: Similarly, the naked, possessionless saints who observe complete vows of the […]
ref: 1981, Jamnalal Jain, transl., Dharma Ke Dasha Lakshana: Ten Characteristics of Religion, translation of original by Hukamacanda Bhārilla, page 23:
text: A multi-millionaire rock star sings about a possessionless world […]
ref: 2001, Stephen Brown, Imagining Marketing: Art, Aesthetics and the Avant-Garde, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: Without possessions.
Derived terms: possessionlessness
Vesuvian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːviən
Forms: form: more Vesuvian
form: most Vesuvian
Etymology: From Vesuvius + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Mount Vesuvius.
Vesuvian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːviən
Forms: form: Vesuvians
Etymology: From Vesuvius + -an.
Senses: glosses: One who inhabits the area around Mount Vesuvius.
glosses: A kind of match or fusee for lighting cigars.
cracky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: crackier
form: crackiest
Etymology: From Middle English craky, equivalent to crack + -y.
Senses: glosses: Having lots of cracks.
examples: text: I know my idea seems cracky, but it has potential.
glosses: crazy, mad
examples: text: I don't know if I want to trust her: she looks kinda cracky.
glosses: Resembling or characterised by crack cocaine; addicted to crack
examples: text: In a couple of years down there I’ll make my pile, see if I don’t; and then I’ll come back and settle down and turn this farm to the crackiest place in the whole state.
ref: 1920, Eugene O'Neill, Beyond the Horizon, Act II, Scene ii, page 111:
glosses: Well maintained and attractive; sharp.
Derived terms: crackiness
Related terms: crack up
cracked
by cracky
cracky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crackies
Etymology: Alteration of democrat + -y.
Senses: glosses: Democrat.
Derived terms: cracky wagon
snacky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsnæki/
Forms: form: snackier
form: snackiest
Etymology: From snack + -y.
Senses: examples: text: If I haven't time for a proper lunch, I pick up something snacky from the store.
text: We arrived that day and after kicking off our flip-flops and cover-ups, we called Craig over and slowly unzipped the duffle, so he could see all the snacky goodness we had brought over for the three of us to feast upon.
ref: 2012, B. Grigoletti, Five Against One, page 29:
synonyms: snackish
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a snack; suitable as a snack.
examples: text: Have you eaten yet? I'm feeling snacky.
ref: 2014, Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner):
synonyms: snackish
glosses: Desiring a snack; peckish.
snacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: snăkʹə
ipa: /ˈsnækə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)
Forms: form: snackers
Etymology: From snack + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Most snackers don't have time to eat a proper meal.
glosses: Someone who eats snacks.
Derived terms: crack snacker
Related terms: snack
snack food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: snăkfo͞od
ipa: /ˈsnækfuːd/
Forms: form: snack foods
form: snackfood
Etymology: From snack + food.
Senses: examples: text: The consumption of snack food is linked with obesity.
glosses: A food traditionally or commonly consumed as a snack between meals.
examples: text: ... Bee Wise with Bee Pollen, Bee Propolis, Royal Jelly smoothies or other drinks, or it may be eaten plain as a snack food by the spoonful.
ref: 2010, David Wolfe, Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future, →ISBN:
text: ...in Italy, customers can buy an espresso; in India, the restaurants use lamb instead of beef; and in Athens, McDonald's sells spanakopita as a snack food.
ref: 2010, Amy Kates, Jay R. Galbraith, Designing Your Organization, →ISBN:
text: You can have salads that taste extraordinary! You can eat amazing foods like avocados and literally become hooked on them as your favorite snack food.
ref: 2013, David Wolfe, Longevity Now, →ISBN:
glosses: Any other food consumed as a snack.
Related terms: street food
streetfood
snackery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsnækəɹiː/
Forms: form: snackeries
form: snackerie
Etymology: From snack + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: There is only one snackery in town which sells bacon-flavored chips.
glosses: A place which sells snacks.
snackette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsnækɛt/
/ˌsnæˈkɛt/
Forms: form: snackettes
Etymology: From snack + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: They are only strolling for ten minutes when they stumble on a snackette sandwiched between a dry-goods store and a drug store. There are many people drifting in and out of the snackette and several seated on stools […]
ref: 2014, Malcolm Alves, Roll Over, page 223:
glosses: A small shop selling snacks.
examples: text: […] and as over an hour and a half had passed since first brunch, Doc was keen to have a little snackette, and was first to say a definite yes.
ref: 2014, Janice Russell, A Waste of Good Weather, page 215:
glosses: A little snack.
snack down on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snacks down on
form: snacking down on
form: snacked down on
form: snacked down on
Senses: examples: text: There's nothing I like more than snacking down on some nice crispy potato chips.
glosses: To eat.
discrimina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discrimen
buffalo wing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffalo wings
Etymology: Buffalo + wing.
From being a chicken wing dish invented in Buffalo, New York, USA.
Senses: glosses: A snack made of an unbreaded, fried chicken wing coated in spicy sauce.
wikipedia: en:Buffalo, New York
Related terms: buffalo sauce
power snack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power snacks
Senses: glosses: A snack eaten to give a boost to energy levels.
Hypernyms: snack
chile con queso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chili con queso
Etymology: From Spanish chile con queso (“chili with cheese”).
Senses: examples: text: Big Tony, who had been quietly puffing on his cigarillo at the door—no intruders here!—takes delivery of an impressive three-foot-high spray of flowers and very carefully walks over and deposits it square in the middle of a steam table, right in the rickety middle of hissing bowls of chile con queso and ominous-looking picante sauce.
ref: 1984, Chet Flippo, David Bowie’s Serious Moonlight: The World Tour, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 148:
text: Bursting the bubble of a perfectly puffed tortilla smothered in chile con queso is the moment where anticipation meets realization in the Tex-Mex experience.
ref: 2003, David Baird, Edie Jarolim, Don Laine, Barb Laine, Eric Peterson, Neil E. Schlecht, Texas (Frommer’s), 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 12:
text: If Tex-Mex is our state’s tribal nursery food—a truth that I hold to be self-evident—then chile con queso is our mother’s milk.
ref: 2012, Alison Cook, “Why Chile con Queso Matters”, in Brett Anderson, Sara Camp Arnold, John T. Edge, editors, Cornbread Nation 6: The Best of Southern Food Writing, Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: A creamy sauce used as a dip, made from melted cheese and chili peppers.
Synonyms: queso
Related terms: chili con carne
chili cheese
chicken wing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken wings
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A wing of a chicken, either on the living chicken, raw, or cooked.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A particular wrestling move.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A 20th-century shooting stance where the two elbows are positioned inline with the neck.
Related terms: buffalo wing
chicken leg
chicken breast
wyngz
chicken leg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken legs
Senses: synonyms: drumstick
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, leg. The leg of a chicken.
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The genetically disadvantaged or otherwise underdeveloped shank of a man.
examples: text: Hey chicken legs, stop skipping leg day!
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Someone with underdeveloped leg muscles.
Related terms: chicken wing
category mistake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: category mistakes
form: category-mistake
Etymology: Popularized by philosopher Gilbert Ryle in The Concept of Mind (1949), where it is applied to the notion of a ghost in the machine.
Senses: examples: text: It is one big mistake and a mistake of a special kind. It is, namely, a category-mistake. It represents the facts of mental life as if they belonged to one logical type or category (or range of types or categories), when they actually belong to another. The dogma is therefore a philosopher's myth.
ref: 1949, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind, Hutchinson, page 16:
synonyms: category error
glosses: A semantic or ontological error by which a property (or category) is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property.
wikipedia: Gilbert Ryle
The Concept of Mind
popped corn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Popcorn.
attoampere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attoamperes
Etymology: From atto- + ampere.
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of electric current equal to 10⁻¹⁸ amperes. Symbol: aA
Synonyms: aA
strip bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strip bars
Etymology: From strip + bar.
Senses: glosses: An entertainment establishment with (typically female) strippers.
up against the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The IRS had me up against the wall.
synonyms: up against it
glosses: Trapped, cornered; discommoded, discomfited; in a quandary.
Related terms: go to the wall
have one's back to the wall
snookered
live paycheck to paycheck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪv ˈpeɪtʃɛk tə ˈpeɪtʃɛk/
Forms: form: lives paycheck to paycheck
form: living paycheck to paycheck
form: lived paycheck to paycheck
form: lived paycheck to paycheck
form: live paycheque to paycheque
form: live from paycheck to paycheck
Etymology: A reference to a person fully expending the entire earnings of their paycheck and not having anything left prior to receiving their next paycheck.
Senses: examples: text: But what does all this mean for the men and women who live from paycheck to paycheck? Prices have skyrocketed to boost the cost of living for the worker to about double the pre-war level.
ref: 1948, George Morris, How to Make Your Vote Count: The Communist Position on the Issues and Candidates in the 1948 Elections, New York, N.Y.: New Century Publishers, →OCLC, page 4:
text: Hector, who has worked at the Miramar since he arrived from Mexico ten years ago, would like to own his own home someday. "It's my dream," he says. But he can't imagine how he'll ever get there when his family lives paycheck to paycheck and can't put anything away for savings.
ref: 1954, Dissent, New York, N.Y.: Dissent Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 2:
text: Nearly two-thirds of the women who responded to a working woman survey last year cited living from paycheck to paycheck as their most pressing financial concern.
ref: 1995, Working Woman, volume 20, New York, N.Y.: MacDonald Communications Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40:
text: There was a low-income individual in class who never had any savings. He lived paycheck-to-paycheck. [After hearing the story], he said to them, 'You've inspired me. I've always had cable and decided to give it up. For the first time I have money in my savings account.'
ref: 2006, Alicia Korten, Karen Dietz, “Who Said Money is Everything? Story is the New Currency in Financial Management”, in Lori L. Silverman, Wake me Up when the Data is Over: How Organizations Use Stories to Drive Results, San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part 1 (How Organizations are Using Stories in Day-to-day Operations), page 83:
glosses: To have the entirety of what one earns consumed by living expenses, thus having nothing left over to save; make just enough (money, etc.) to survive; to scratch by.
Related terms: hand-to-mouth
get by
make ends meet
straphanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straphangers
Etymology: From strap + hanger.
Senses: examples: text: For several days, Mr. Sammler returning on the customary bus late afternoons from the Forty-second Street Library had been watching a pickpocket at work […] Mr. Sammler if he had not been a tall straphanger would not with his one good eye have seen these things happening.
ref: 1970, Saul Bellow, chapter 1, in Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, published 1971, page 8:
text: The number of elevators has grown significantly since 1990, when the Americans With Disabilities Act set off a transformation of the aging transit system. For the disabled, the changes promised to open doors, while thousands of other straphangers—parents with strollers, older travelers—expected a small dose of convenience in a wearying city.
ref: 2008 May 19, William Neuman, “$1 Billion Later, Subway Elevators Still Fail”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Nov 2009:
glosses: A person who travels using public transportation (often standing up and holding on to a strap).
Related terms: straphang
stop valve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop valves
Senses: glosses: A valve that may be turned to regulate the flow of fluid through a pipe (especially water through a mains supply)
Related terms: globe valve
stone pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stone pines
form: stone-pine
Senses: glosses: A pine of species Pinus pinea, native of southern Europe.
glosses: A Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra)
Synonyms: sense: Pinus pinea
word: Italian stone pine
sense: Pinus pinea
word: parasol pine
sense: Pinus pinea
word: umbrella pine
Derived terms: Italian stone pine
Mediterranean stone pine
umbrella pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umbrella pines
Senses: examples: text: The rest of the run is in darkness, past groves of umbrella pines and through rice and maize fields, with glimpses of the Mediterranean on the right, and to the left, the lights of mountain villages; […].
ref: 1950 February, “The "Rome Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:
glosses: A stone pine.
patrolwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patrolwoman
perigees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perigee
perihelions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perihelion
Tengmalm's owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tengmalm's owls
Etymology: Named after Swedish naturalist Peter Gustaf Tengmalm.
Senses: synonyms: Richardson's owl
boreal owl
deathbird
glosses: A species of owl, Aegolius funereus or Nyctala tengmalmi
boreal owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boreal owls
Senses: glosses: A species of owl, Aegolius funereus.
Synonyms: Tengmalm's owl
zona pellucida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zonae pellucidae
form: zonæ pellucidæ
Etymology: Latin zōna (“zone”) + pellūcida (“transparent”).
Senses: examples: text: The sperm passes through an outer barrier called the zona pellucida and, all being well, fuses with the egg.
ref: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 339:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A glycoprotein membrane surrounding the plasma membrane of an oocyte.
Synonyms: sense: glycoprotein membrane
word: pellucid zone
homologation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homologations
Etymology: From homologate + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that converts a compound into the next member of a homologous series, usually by lengthening a carbon chain
topics: law
glosses: Official certification.
Derived terms: Arndt-Eistert homologation
pantagruelism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pantagruelism.
trocha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trochas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish trocha.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region.
nosewheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosewheels
Etymology: From nose + wheel.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The wheel of an aircraft's nose gear.
Coordinate terms: tailwheel
ethylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ethylate
ethylating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethylating
form: most ethylating
Senses: glosses: That serves to ethylate
partwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partworks
Etymology: From part + work.
Senses: glosses: A written publication released as a series of pre-planned magazine-like issues over a period of time, distributed through the same channels as magazines.