cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Seri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of this group, variously considered an isolate or a member of the Hokan family.
Derived terms: Serian
Seri
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Seri
form: most Seri
Senses: examples: text: It is believed that the Céres Indians have discovered a method of poisoning their arrows.
ref: 1829, R. W. H. Hardy, Travels in the Interior of Mexico:
glosses: Of the Seris or their language.
poopoo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: poopoos
form: poopooing
form: poopooed
form: poopooed
Senses: examples: text: She poopooed the idea.
glosses: Alternative form of pooh-pooh.
glosses: To defecate.
poopoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poopoos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poo-poo.
bouilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /buːˈjiː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: bouillis
Etymology: Borrowed from French bouilli (“boiled”).
Senses: examples: text: Proofs of the presence of the white man are found all over the Territory in the shape of old bouilli tins, &c., and often when out after a strayed horse, I have imagined myself to be in wilds untrodden except by the foot of the blackfellow, but the sight of an unassuming empty sardine tin would remind me that the ubiquitous digger had been there first.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 342:
glosses: Meat stewed with juice.
Related terms: cuir bouilli
pemmican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛmɪkən/
Forms: form: pemmicans
form: pemican
Etymology: From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”), from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”) + -ᐃᐦᑳᐣ (-ihkaan, “hand made”), from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.
Senses: examples: text: I tried to eat some pemmican, but my mouth was too dry.
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 239:
glosses: A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties.
glosses: A speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words.
Derived terms: pemmicanize
Related terms: jerky
pemican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pemicans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pemmican.
Levite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliː.vaɪt/
Forms: form: Levites
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Levītēs, Lēvīta, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευῑ́της (Leuī́tēs). By surface analysis, Levi + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 17:7:
glosses: A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, particularly in its role as a priestly caste.
glosses: A clergyman.
examples: text: A habit-maker […] is gone stark in love with Lady Ossory, on fitting her with the new dress, I think they call it a Levite, and says he never saw so glorious a figure […] .
ref: 1779, Horace Walpole, letter, 15 November
text: Gainsborough shows her wearing a blue and white striped silk wrapping gown, known as a levite: a clever and subtle choice of costume, vaguely ‘oriental’ in mood, deriving its name from the theatre.
ref: 2003, Aileen Ribeiro, in Robyn Asleson, Notorious Muse, Yale UNiversity Press 2003, p. 109
glosses: A type of loose dress.
Synonyms: word: Aaronite
english: descendants of Aaron
translation: descendants of Aaron
word: Aaronid
Levite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliː.vaɪt/
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Levītēs, Lēvīta, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευῑ́της (Leuī́tēs). By surface analysis, Levi + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to Levi, the Levites, or their priestly role.
Synonyms: Aaronid
Aaronite
Related terms: word: Abraham
word: Isaac
word: and Jacob
sense: descendants of the patriarch Jacob, later renamed Israel
alt: Asherite
word: Asher
alt: Benjaminite
word: Benjamin
alt: Danite
word: Dan
alt: Gadite
word: Gad
alt: Issacharite
word: Issachar
alt: Josephite: Ephraim (Ephraimite); Manasseh (Manassite)
word: Joseph
alt: Judahite
word: Judah
alt: Levite
word: Levi
alt: Naphtalite
word: Naphtali
alt: Reubenite
word: Reuben
alt: Simeonite
word: Simeon
alt: Zebulunite
word: Zebulun
word: Israel
word: Israeli
word: Israelite
word: Israelitic
word: Israelitish
word: Jew
word: Jewish
word: Judah
word: Judean
Donatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Eponym, Donatus Magnus + -ism
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
wikipedia: Donatus Magnus
Related terms: Donatist
beestings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiː.stɪŋz/
Forms: form: beastings
form: beistings
form: beistyn
form: biestings
form: bislings
form: bisnings
Etymology: From Old English bȳsting, derived from bēost, from Proto-West Germanic *beust.
Senses: examples: text: He took a jug of ‘beestings’ milk from the press, the milk of a cow that has recently calved, and drank it down in six big gulps.
ref: 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 54:
synonyms: beest
colostrum
glosses: The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.
beestings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiː.stɪŋz/
Forms: form: beastings
form: beistings
form: beistyn
form: biestings
form: bislings
form: bisnings
Senses: glosses: plural of beesting
nobiliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪliɛəɹi
Senses: glosses: Pertaining or related to nobility.
Derived terms: nobiliary particle
nobiliary particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nobiliary particles
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A preposition found in names, indicating nobility.
Comcáac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Comcáac
form: most Comcáac
form: Comcaac
Etymology: From Seri comcaac, plural of cmiique "person; Seri".
Senses: examples: text: 1981, Stephen A. Marlett, The Structure of Seri, thesis
Fortunately, however, just as they had adapted themselves to their harsh physical environment, the Comcaac [koŋˈkɑ́ːk] people, as the Seri call themselves, have shown their ability to control to a great degree the ever-encroaching technological world.
text: Nabhan builds on this theme by discussing ecological interactions recognized by O’odham and Comcáac foragers of the Sonoran Desert, emphasizing the importance of local language as a carrier of such knowledge.
ref: 2000, Jesse Ford & Dennis Martinez, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Ecosystem Science, and Environmental Management, in Ecological Applications, Vol. 10, No. 5
text: As a recent (March 30, 2000) New York Times’ report reveals, the abundance of the desert remains a present reality to contemporary members of the O’odham, Comcaac and Yoeme nations who recently made a 250-mile trek through the Sonoran desert along the same routes their ancestors traveled.
ref: 2001, Lilian Friedberg, Mule Minus Forty Million Acres, in New German Critique, No. 84
text: 2003, Gary Nabhan, Singing the Turtles to Sea: The Comcáac (Seri) Art and Science of Reptiles
This stowaway hypothesis for gecko dispersion is supported by the fact that most Comcáac adults dread finding a gecko anywhere in their vicinity.
glosses: Seri; of the Seris.
Synonyms: Seri
Comcáac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Comcaac
Etymology: From Seri comcaac, plural of cmiique "person; Seri".
Senses: examples: text: The Comcáac or “Seri,” as they are commonly called in Mexico, number fewer than 600 individuals residing in two permanent villages and several temporary fishing camps on the Sea of Cortez coast of Sonora, Mexico near Tiburón Island, which is also part of their aboriginal territory.
ref: 2000, Gary Nabhan, Interspecies relationships affecting endangered species recognized by O’odham and Comcáac cultures, in Ecological Applications, Vol. 10, No. 5
text: 2003, Gary Nabhan, Singing the Turtles to Sea: The Comcáac (Seri) Art and Science of Reptiles
Although they do not embrace an agricultural tradition per se, the Comcáac have likely been moving plants around for many decades.
glosses: The Seris, an indigenous group of Sonora, Mexico.
Synonyms: Seri
fateful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪtfəl/
rhymes: -eɪtfəl
Forms: form: more fateful
form: most fateful
Etymology: From fate + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards.
synonyms: word: consequential
word: necessary
word: big
word: central
word: consequential
word: critical
word: crucial
word: epochful
word: essential
word: extraordinary
word: fateful
word: fatefraught
word: fatesome
word: heavy
word: pivotal
word: high on the totem pole
word: historic
word: innegligible
word: key
word: life-or-death
word: meaningful
word: necessary
word: noted
word: noticeable
word: observable
word: outstanding
word: paramount
word: pertinent
word: relevant
word: remarkable
word: salient
word: significant
word: unignorable
word: valuable
word: vital
word: weighty
glosses: Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
synonyms: word: foreordained
word: predestined
word: destined
word: doomed
word: fated
word: fateful
word: fatidic
word: foreordained
word: predestined
word: predevote
word: preordained
word: weird
glosses: Determined in advance by fate, fated.
Derived terms: fatefully
fatefulness
unfateful
havelock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: havelocks
Etymology: From Havelock, after Sir Henry Havelock.
Senses: glosses: A cap incorporating a cloth hanging down the sides and back, to protect the ears and neck; often created ad hoc by placing a kerchief on the head and holding it in place with a cap.
last straw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ellipsis of the straw that broke the camel's back.
Senses: examples: text: That's the last straw; it's a petty demand but I’m already under too much work. I quit!
text: First to fail, inevitably, are the airlines. For Flybe, which was already losing money at the rate of £2 million a day, Coronavirus was the last straw.
ref: 2020 March 25, “Network News: What COVID-19 means for rail in a wider transport context”, in Rail, page 10:
qualifier: almost always preceded by the
glosses: A small addition to an already heavy burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.
Synonyms: final straw
the straw that broke the camel's back
the stroke that broke the camel's back
Related terms: deal breaker
legitimation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪdʒɪtɪˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: legitimations
Etymology: From Middle English legittimacion, from Middle French legitimacion and its etymon, Medieval Latin lēgitimātiō, lēgitimātiōnem, from lēgitimāre (“to legitimate”), from Latin lēgitimus.
Senses: glosses: The process of making or declaring a person legitimate.
examples: text: I am not Sir Roberts sonne, / I haue disclaim'd Sir Robert and my land, / Legitimation, name, and all is gone […].
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Legitimacy.
examples: text: Le Paige established a legitimation for the Parlement's authority which was part history, part romantic fiction, and part political wishful thinking.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 231:
glosses: The act of establishing something as lawful; authorization.
Synonyms: legitimization
Derived terms: delegitimation
self-legitimation
respites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of respite
respites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of respite
docetism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəʊˈsiːtɪz(ə)m/
ipa: /ˈdəʊsɪˌtɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: docetisms
Etymology: From Latin Docetae + -ism, from Ancient Greek δοκηταί (dokētaí, “phantasmists”), coined 197–203 CE by Serapion of Antioch, from δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem”), δόκησις (dókēsis, “apparition, phantom”). Related to latter component of synecdoche.
Senses: examples: text: His Passion and Resurrection in history were therefore not fleshly events, even if they seemed so; they were heavenly play-acting (the doctrine known as Docetism, from the Greek verb dokein, ‘to seem’).
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 124:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The doctrine of the Docetes, that Jesus only appeared to have a physical body and was ultimately of celestial substance.
wikipedia: Serapion of Antioch
Derived terms: docetic
Related terms: Docete
Docetae
metonym
synecdoche
gnosticism
monophysitism
docetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəʊˈsɛtɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Etymology: From Latin Docetae, Docetæ + -ic – see docetism.
Senses: examples: text: In these letters Ignatius spoke much of his concern at what are recognizable as forms of gnostic belief, including docetic views of Christ's Passion.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 133:
glosses: Pertaining to docetism.
Derived terms: docetically
docetist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docetists
Senses: glosses: One who believes in docetism.
docetist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The Apocryphal Acts of John expresses the Gnostic and docetist heresy of distinguishing the Cosmic Christ from Jesus the Christ.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 253:
glosses: Of or pertaining to docetism.
Synonyms: docetic
Alvíssmál
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Norse Alvíssmál.
Senses: glosses: The Sayings of Alvís (or) The Sayings of the All-Wise; the tenth poem of the Poetic Edda.
Baldrs draumar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Norse Baldr draumar (“Baldr's dreams”).
Senses: glosses: The Dreams of Baldur; the eleventh book of the Poetic Edda.
Hávamál
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Havamal
Etymology: From Old Norse Hávamál.
Senses: glosses: The Sayings of the High One; the second book of the Poetic Edda.
old folks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We're hoping to see all our old folks at the wedding reception.
glosses: One's elderly relations.
examples: text: Let's plan a block party that's just as fun for the old folks as the younger folks.
glosses: The old people of a particular place or social situation.
examples: text: Some old folks prefer the amenities of 55+ communities, while others prefer a cabin in the woods.
synonyms: elderly
;
see also Thesaurus:old person § Holonyms
glosses: Senior citizens.
Derived terms: old folks' home
muskie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muskies
Etymology: From muskellunge + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.
ref: 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies:
glosses: muskellunge; a large freshwater gamefish of the pike family.
chital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chitals
form: chital
form: cheetal
form: cheetul
Etymology: From Hindi चीतल (cītal), from Sanskrit चित्रल (citrala, “variegated, spotted”) from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “spotted, bright; spot, mark”).
Senses: synonyms: axis deer
glosses: a large spotted deer, of genus Axis, native to India and Sri Lanka
vitamin D1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitamin D₁
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Ergocalciferol and lumisterol; a constituent of vitamin D.
vitamin D2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitamin D₂
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Ergocalciferol or calciferol; a constituent of vitamin D.
vitamin D3
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitamin D₃
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Cholecalciferol; a constituent of vitamin D.
vitamin D4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitamin D₄
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Dihydroergocalciferol; a constituent of vitamin D.
vitamin D5
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitamin D₅
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Sitocalciferol; a constituent of vitamin D.
harmonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑː(ɹ)ˈməʊ.ni.əm/
ipa: /hɑɹˈmoʊ.ni.əm/
rhymes: -əʊniəm
Forms: form: harmoniums
Etymology: Borrowed from French harmonium, a term coined by French inventor Alexandre Debain in 1840.
Senses: examples: text: The only other man was a little grey-headed fellow with a pleasant face and quick, twinkling eyes, who sat at a harmonium in the corner.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Which Describes Some Strange Doings in Hammersmith”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: They were a grave and reverend seignior in a frock coat, a lady sitting at a portable harmonium, and a chinless youth toying with a crucifix.
ref: 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC, page 244:
text: It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to the zeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the village, obtained permission to use the premises for services, including Sunday School. Most of his successors have continued this self-sacrificing duty.
ref: 1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.
glosses: Synonym of Hooke's atom.
synonyms: word: Hooke's atom
Derived terms: harmoniumist
organ harmonium
telharmonium
Related terms: melodeon
reed organ
shruti box
undress with one's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undresses with one's eyes
form: undressing with one's eyes
form: undressed with one's eyes
form: undressed with one's eyes
Senses: examples: text: She felt like he was staring at her as if she were naked. She wondered if he undressed all the girls with his eyes or physically undressed them with his hands.
ref: 2012, Barbara Mitchell, chapter 5, in Green Nanny at Your Service, Xlibris Corporation, page 16:
text: After about two drinks I was a very unbothered bitch, so when he stepped out looking like a bag of money, I couldn’t help but undress him with my eyes. I couldn’t lie. Homeboy was looking mighty good, but I turned my attention back to the TV.
ref: 2015, Ms. Neicy, chapter 9, in So this is love?, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, page 92:
text: “I told you guys,” Mia said. “That’s not it.” She turned to Galen, trying to undress him with her eyes — something I was too embarrassed to do. “Nope,” she said. “I say it’s the underwear one.”
ref: 2016, Brent Hartinger, chapter 5, in Three Truths and a Lie, Simon Pulse, page 66:
glosses: To gaze at someone lasciviously.
Related terms: eyefuck
eye sex
pretty please
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with sugar on top?!
text: Cynthia: Please?
Centurion: No, sorry. I can't do that.
Cynthia: Pretty please?
Centurion: What does that mean?
Cynthia: Just... the same as "please", except I'm pretty.
Centurion: Still no.
ref: 2014 October 27, Sam Leifer et al., “The Phallus”, in Plebs::
glosses: An emphatic form of please.
prick up one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pricks up one's ears
form: pricking up one's ears
form: pricked up one's ears
form: pricked up one's ears
form: prick one's ears
Senses: synonyms: perk up one's ears
pin one's ears back
glosses: To listen attentively.
armonica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armonicas
Etymology: Coined by Benjamin Franklin, its inventor; built on Italian armonia (“harmony”). Glass harmonica is a corruption of Franklin's original word, a back-formation influenced by harmonica (a reed instrument invented sixty years later).
Senses: glosses: A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned originally by a foot pedal, and played with wetted fingers, producing an ethereal sound. Technically, it is a crystallophone.
Synonyms: glass harmonica
Derived terms: armonicist
ipalnemohuani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sun god in Nahuatl culture.
reductionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reductionisms
Etymology: From reduction + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosophical position which holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual constituents. In a reductionist framework, the phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more fundamental phenomena are called "epiphenomena".
Related terms: reductionist
reductivism
holism
skullduggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skullduggeries
Senses: examples: text: And I have another reason which I will express to my St Paul friends, and that is, that they have always been controlled in their political action here by a class of men who have always some traps set for the country members—by men who are always up to this border ruffian kind of trickery—this kind of skullduggery, as it is called in Minnesota. And now St. Paul allows herself to be controlled by these same border ruffian politicians.
ref: 1857 July 27, St. A. D. Balcombe, President of the Convention; T. F. Andrews (official reporter), “Thirteenth Day”, in Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention for the Territory of Minnesota, to Form a State Constitution Preparatory to Its Admission into the Union as a State (Records of the States of the United States), Saint Paul, Minn.: George W. Moore, printer […], published 1858, →OCLC, page 126, column 1:
text: The crew manager collects all the money from his workers. They operate in more or less close formation, with the manager lurking around the edges, riding herd in his car or walking between cover points. Thus, the solicitor has little chance for skullduggery. His receipts are numbered and he has to account for them.
ref: 1937 June, R. B. Sullivan, “Education via the Two-pay”, in Arnold Gingrich, editor, Esquire: The Magazine for Men, volume VII, number 6 (number 43 overall), Chicago, Ill.: Esquire, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 237, column 2:
text: Government members are now talking about skullduggery. Whose skullduggery are they referring to? If there is any skullduggery it will be because many eligible people are denied the opportunity to cast a valid vote, and that is all the more reason for the House to pass the Electoral Law Amendment Bill today. I do not want any skullduggery in elections at any time, […]
ref: 1980 June 6, Arthur James Faulkner, “Adjournment—Northern Maori Electoral Roll”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament (House of Representatives), volume 429, Wellington: P. D. Hasselberg, government printer, →OCLC, page 566:
text: What exhibition of rapaciousness, race prejudice and political spoliation could be cheaper, commoner, or meaner? These are the little tyrannies and petty skullduggeries that make bitter the relations between the races.
ref: 2002, J. Douglas Smith, quoting the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, “Little Tyrannies and Petty Skullduggeries”, in Managing White Supremacy: Race, Politics, and Citizenship in Jim Crow Virginia, Chapel Hill, N.C.; London: University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: US spelling of skulduggery.
effable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛfəbl̩/
Forms: form: more effable
form: most effable
Etymology: From Latin effābilis (effor (“I utter”) + -able).
Senses: examples: text: This attempt by Joseph Smith Jr. to render effable the sublime and ineffable, to contain in words the appearance of the Father and the Son to him on that long ago spring morning in 1820...
ref: 1996, Richard Cracroft, Rendering the Ineffable Effable:
antonyms: ineffable
glosses: Able to be spoken of; able to be expressed.
Derived terms: effably
effable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛfəbl̩/
Forms: form: more effable
form: most effable
Etymology: From eff (“fuck”) + -able.
Senses: glosses: Fuckable; sexually attractive.
Martuthunira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Martuthunira.
Senses: examples: text: […] so the Mardudhunera, neighbors of the Ngaluma, neighbors of the Kariera, have a relationship system differing from that of the Kariera, but corresponding to that of the Aranda […]
ref: 1916, A. A. Goldenweiser, Reconstruction from Survivals in West Australia, in American Anthropologist, Vol. 18, No. 4
text: 1994, Alan Dench, Martuthunira: A language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia
The Martuthunira visited the islands of the Dampier Archipelago, which they presumably shared with the Yapurarra/Pijurru, and the Mary Anne Group.
glosses: An indigenous people of Western Australia.
Martuthunira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Martuthunira.
Senses: glosses: Their language.
Martuthunira
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Martuthunira.
Senses: examples: text: They are called Noanamaronga by the Mardudhunera tribe.
ref: 1912, A. R. Brown, The Distribution of Native Tribes in Part of Western Australia, in Man, Vol. 12
text: 1994, Alan Dench, Martuthunira: A language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia
The reported location and extent of Martuthunira territory also differs from one description to another.
glosses: Of the Martuthunira or their language.
teocalli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌteɪ.əˈkɑ.li/
/ˌti-/
/-oʊ-/
/-kæ-/
Forms: form: teocallis
form: teucalli
Etymology: From Spanish teocalli, from a Nahuatl [Term?] language; compare Classical Nahuatl teohcalli.
Senses: examples: text: their Cazique or Lorde had ſente them, to ſee what Goddes were comen in thoſe Teucallis, that is to ſay, Temple
ref: 1578, Thomas Nicholas, The Pleasant Historie of the Conquest of the VVeast India, London: Henry Bynneman, translation of Historia general de las Indias by Francisco López de Gómara, page 62:
text: And Aztec priests upon their teocallis / Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin.
ref: 1845, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Arsenal at Springfield:
glosses: An Aztec temple.
glosses: A Mesoamerican pyramid surmounted by a temple.
lunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunk
galas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gala
pentalpha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentalphas
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πένταλφα (péntalpha), from πέντε (pente) and ἄλφα (alpha), five alphas. So called for its resemblance to five alphas superimposed at different rotations.
Senses: glosses: A pentagram.
Synonyms: pentagram
pentangle
illiquid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɪkwɪd/
rhymes: -ɪkwɪd
Forms: form: more illiquid
form: most illiquid
Etymology: From il- (“not”) + liquid.
Senses: examples: text: Investment in illiquid assets may prove to be a mistake if the market turns down.
text: Aside from the $5.5 billion, FTX also holds sizable positions in 20 digital assets that the lawyers described as “illiquid tokens” that are difficult to convert into cash.
ref: 2023 January 17, Matthew Goldstein, David Yaffe-Bellany, “In Hunt for FTX Assets, Lawyers Locate Billions in Cash and Crypto”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: “While I was co-CEO and then CEO, I understood that Alameda had made numerous large illiquid venture investments and had lent money to Mr Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives,” Ellison said.
ref: 2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, quoting Caroline Ellison, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is here”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: business
finance
antonyms: liquid
glosses: Lacking liquidity; unable to be converted into cash.
Derived terms: illiquidly
Related terms: illiquidity
solvent
insolvent
vitamin E
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Put Vitamin E oil on scars, move wounded skin from side to side one minute per day to loosen scar tissue from muscle. Begin exercises to build pectorals again.
glosses: Any of several fat-soluble vitamins, found in plants, that act as antioxidants and are essential for reproduction; the tocopherols.
vitamin F
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: essential fatty acids
vitamin G
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vitamin G
Etymology: In the literal vitamin sense, G is the initial of Joseph Goldberger, involved in its discovery. In later figurative senses, G is the initial of the referent.
Senses: glosses: vitamin B₂ or riboflavin.
examples: text: 2006 June 7, Peter P Groenewegen, Agnes E van den Berg, Sjerp de Vries3 and Robert A Verheij "Vitamin G: effects of green space on health, well-being, and social" BMC Public Health vol. 6 no. 149 →DOI
The briefest summary of our program is in its title: Vitamin G, where G stands for the green space around us. Notions of beneficial effects of nearby green space have persisted throughout history.
text: There are dozens of ways to connect with nature, and you don’t even need to have your own garden to get your Vitamin G.
ref: 2021 April 16, Olivia Heath, “The RHS shares 5 ways to get your dose of Vitamin G - and you don’t even need to have your own garden”, in House Beautiful:
glosses: time spent in nature, in a garden or greenspace, as a health benefit
examples: text: With Krissy Harris (former head bartender at Gramercy Tavern) overseeing the bar program, drinkers may be tempted to set Guinness aside for cocktails ... Of course, Vitamin G loyalists can still find the stuff on tap
ref: 2011 December 11, “New York; Bars; The Wren”, in Time Out:
text: ...a pint of Guinness at the Cheltenham Festival costs a mind-boggling £7.50. That makes it one of the most expensive pints of "Vitamin G", as it's dubbed, in the world.
ref: 2023 March 14, Anthony Chapman, “ALE STORM Cheltenham Festival punters forced to pay out staggering amount for pint of Guinness… one of most expensive in WORLD”, in The Sun, UK:
glosses: Guinness stout
vitamin H
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: vitamin B₇ or biotin.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Haloperidol.
vitamin J
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: choline
vitamin K
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named similarly to the other vitamins, that are named after their order of discovery. This one was assigned its "K" from Danish koagulation by the Danish researcher Henrik Dam.
Senses: glosses: Any of several related fat-soluble vitamins, found in leafy green vegetables, essential for blood clotting.
glosses: The drug ketamine.
Derived terms: vitamin K1
vitamin K2
Related terms: naphthoquinone
wooley back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wooley backs
form: woolyback
Etymology: See woolly back.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woollyback (“pejorative: an inhabitant of a rural area”).
glosses: A term of abuse directed at Highlanders or rural folk in general.
in view of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Thomas adds that, by the time it was scrapped, Kingsley was in very bad condition, little more than a shell in fact. In view of the rough usage to which the engine had been subjected, this is not surprising.
ref: 1953 April, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
text: France, he said, was “almost a Bolshevik country”, in view of the “hidden scandals” such as that of the former Budget minister Jerome Cahuza
ref: 2013 June 16, John Lichfield, “Forget Russia's problems – it's France that's almost Bolshevik, says Gérard Depardieu”, in The Independent:
glosses: Considering.
examples: text: They stopped when they were in view of the town.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, view, of.
Synonyms: in light of
in the light of
armonico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armonicos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of armónico.
vitamin M
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: vitamin B9
glosses: folic acid
vitamin P
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation of [[#English|]]
* (flavonoid): permeation or permeability or the like
* (Prozac): Prozac
* (cronyism): Hebrew פרוטקציה
Senses: glosses: Any of the water soluble bioflavonoids that promotes the resistance of capillaries to permeation.
glosses: Prozac, an antidepressant.
glosses: nepotism, cronyism, blat
bioflavonoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioflavonoids
Etymology: From bio- + flavonoid.
Senses: glosses: flavonoid
vitaminize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vitaminizes
form: vitaminizing
form: vitaminized
form: vitaminized
form: vitaminise
Etymology: From vitamin + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To add vitamins to a food product as a dietary supplement.
Rankine cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rankine cycle
Etymology: From William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A thermodynamic cycle used as an ideal standard for the comparative performance of heat engines.
wikipedia: William John Macquorn Rankine
Rankine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a Scottish and Northern Irish surname, variant of Rankin
Derived terms: degree Rankine
Rankine cycle
Rankine-Hugoniot condition
Rankine-Hugoniot equation
Rankine-Hugoniot jump condition
Rankine-Hugoniot relation
Rankine scale
Rankin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.
ref: 2025 February 10, Debra Cassens Weiss, “No. 42 law firm by head count sanctioned over fake case citations generated by AI”, in ABA Journal:
glosses: A Scottish and Northern Irish surname, from a diminutive of the name Ronald.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Vermilion County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Andrew County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Upton County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Rankin County
Rankinston
rate-of-climb indicator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rate-of-climb indicators
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aircraft instrument that provides an indication of the vertical change in position.
Synonyms: variometer
vario
vertical speed indicator
vertical velocity indicator
reaction turbine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reaction turbines
Senses: glosses: a power-generation prime mover having nozzles mounted on the moving element; turned by the reaction of the issuing fluid jet
realgar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiˈæl.ɡɑː/
ipa: /ɹiˈæl.ɡə/
ipa: /ɹiˈæl.ɡɑɹ/
ipa: /ɹiˈæl.ɡɚ/
Forms: form: realgars
form: rosaker
form: resalgar
form: resegall
form: resegallum
Etymology: From Middle English realgar, from Medieval Latin realgar, resalgar, from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār, literally “cave dust”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: red orpiment
glosses: A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.
Derived terms: pararealgar
realgar orange
realgar wine
realgar yellow
Related terms: orpiment
cinnabar
rearrangement reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rearrangement reactions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any of many classes of reaction in which an atom or bond moves or migrates from a site in a reactant molecule to a different site in a product molecule
public works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Technical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by the government on behalf of the community.
put the hammer down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the hammer down
form: putting the hammer down
form: put the hammer down
form: put the hammer down
Senses: examples: text: I says, "Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck and I'm about to put the hammer down."
ref: 1975, C. W. McCall, Convoy:
text: She always put the top up and the hammer down.
ref: 1994, Meat Loaf (singer) and Jim Steinman (lyrics), "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are"
synonyms: lay the hammer down
glosses: To drive quickly; to step on the accelerator.
horsie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horsies
Etymology: From horse + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of horsy.
heterogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + -genous.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Derived from a different individual or species.
glosses: Alternative spelling of heterogeneous.
Derived terms: heterogenously
scaredy cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaredy cats
Etymology: From scared + -y + cat.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scaredy-cat (“coward”).
reciprocating engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reciprocating engines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of piston engine.
synonyms: word: piston engine
pretty much
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: That's my life pretty much, down to such times as I got shipped off, arter Pip stood my friend.
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Great Expectations […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 42:
text: Poets are pretty much the same everywhere in their poetry—and in their prose.
ref: 1912, G. K. Chesterton, “The Separatist and Sacred Things,”, in A Miscellany of Men:
text: Pretty much all of the train operating companies have announced huge fare increases.
ref: 2008 January 6, Rod Liddle, “Bring back British Rail, all is forgiven”, in Sunday Times, UK, retrieved 28 Apr 2025:
text: Although British involvement in the slave trade prior to 1807 cannot be denied, or its effects diminished, it is also a fact that the Royal Navy was pretty much the only force in the world in the 19th century with the numbers, drive, willingness, firepower, and capability to curtail the global slave trade, and that, without these efforts, many more would no doubt have been taken to slave plantations and other such destinations during the 19th, and possibly even into the 20th, centuries, as it must be remembered that a great many European powers would only begrudgingly commit to ending the slave trade when the other option was continuous war with the British Empire.
ref: 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 11:37 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
glosses: Almost completely; very nearly; mostly; more or less; basically.
gadabout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡædəbaʊt/
Forms: form: gadabouts
Etymology: Deverbal from gad about.
Senses: examples: text: I was among the last to board the ferry. ... Chilean tourists, Uruguayan doctors, old Argentine gadabouts of high-society heritage, ladies wearing strident perfumes, families, all of them in those same light blue sneakers, like Smurfs.
ref: 2021, Pedro Mairal, chapter 11, in The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
synonyms: social butterfly
glosses: A person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others.
bound to
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The leaking fuel tank was bound to explode sooner or later.
text: There was bound to be friction between a firstborn and his strong-willed stepmother.
text: Still, the real victims of the hung wei ping are ultimately bound to be the hung wei ping themselves.
ref: 1967, Jacques Marcuse, “Conclusion Inconclusive: A Postscript”, in The Peking Papers, Arthur Barker Limited, published 1968, →OCLC, page 344; republished as “The Red Guards Condemned”, in Colin Mackerras, editor, Sinophiles and Sinophobes: Western Views of China, Oxford University Press, 2000, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 149:
glosses: Indicates something which cannot be avoided.
raw_tags: with a bare infinitive
reciprocity principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reciprocity principles
Senses: glosses: Any scientific principle that expresses various reciprocal relationships for the behaviour of a physical system.
bound for
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The plane is bound for England.
text: He is bound for failure.
text: Meeting us came porters with loads of coal, coke, and lime, in which the district of Nan-ch'uan Hsien is rich. Many loads of pan salt from the Tzu-liu-ching brine wells in Central Szechuan were also bound for Nan-ch'uan Hsien, three miles from which we again struck the right bank of the Nan-ch'uan River, flowing north.
ref: 1914, Alexander Hosie, On the Trail of the Opium Poppy, volume I, Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, →OCLC, page 251:
glosses: Moving towards, going in the direction of.
redbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redbeds
Etymology: From red + bed.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: any clastic and sedimentary rock that is pigmented with red ferric oxide
redtop grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redtop grasses
Senses: glosses: any of several bent grasses, of the genus Agrostis, that occur in cool, humid areas of the United States.
bent grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bent grasses
form: bentgrass
Etymology: From bent + grass.
Senses: examples: text: A secondary protective device used near Greystones consists in the planting of bent grass and sea couch grass to aid reclamation of certain areas. Unfortunately, bent grass lends itself to the formation of dunes, which are very vulnerable. Sea couch grass has proved the best so far.
ref: 1952 May, Frank Jeffares, “Irish Railway Coastal Defence”, in Railway Magazine, page 304:
glosses: Any of several grasses, of the genus Agrostis, native to temperate climates; grown for pasture, turf and for putting greens and golf courses.
reengineering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reengineer
reengineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reengineerings
Senses: glosses: The application of technology and management science to the modification of existing systems, organizations, processes and products in order to make them more effective, efficient and responsive.
Related terms: reverse engineering
reflecting microscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflecting microscopes
Senses: glosses: a microscope whose objective is composed of two mirrors, one convex and the other concave; it is free of chromatic aberration
chromatic aberration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹoʊˈmæ.tɪk ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/
ipa: /kɹəˈmæ.tɪk ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/
Forms: form: chromatic aberrations
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.
on the house
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: This voucher entitles you to a free drink on the house.
text: It is obviously a "plum" job, one distinction being that its motormen are granted an allowance of about 6s. [six shillings] towards the cost of Wagons-Lits food in the crew quarters of the train, [...]. Additionally, by the way, each man is allowed a quarter of a bottle of wine "on the house" per trip!
ref: 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 146:
glosses: free, complimentary.
raw_tags: of goods or services
Related terms: compliments of the house
shortness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shortnesses
Etymology: From Middle English schortnesse, from Old English sċortnes, sċeortnys, equivalent to short + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: the shortness of a stubby pencil
text: the patient's shortness of breath
text: From time to time in both directions the engine was blowing off, so there was no shortness of steam.
ref: 1956 October, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 688:
text: But on the whole the Southern Region, in view of the relative shortness of so many of its journeys, is to be commended for its provision of refreshment facilities; [...].
ref: 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Fewer meals on wheels?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 121:
glosses: The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
glosses: The result or product of being short.
examples: text: I was chastened by the shortness of her reply.
glosses: The property of being short or terse.
Derived terms: shortness of breath