cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Meadow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Clay County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Wadena County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Perkins County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Terry County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Millard County, Utah, originally named Meadow Creek.
examples: text: "Oh, shoot. This must be bad. You're drinking a cocktail in the middle of the day," Meadow said, leaning down to hug her sister.
ref: 2017, Tina Martin, Before You Say I Do:
glosses: A female given name.
anthrosylvan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anthro- + sylvan.
Senses: examples: text: By examining the complete anthrosylvan system, the entire situation can be more carefully assessed.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the relationship between humans and forest ecosystems.
Torrey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Towrie
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in New York.
glosses: A town in Utah.
Derived terms: torreyite
Torrey pine
Lyman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.mən/
Forms: form: Lymans
form: Lymon
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A placename.
A ghost town in California, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A town in Maine, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A census-designated place in Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A village in Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A town in New Hampshire, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A town in South Carolina, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A town in Utah, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A town in Washington, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A town in Wyoming, United States.
Derived terms: Lyman County
guess-work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of guesswork.
Manti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæntaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Senses: glosses: One of the four Nephite spies in the Book of Mormon.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah.
Related terms: Zeram
Amnor
Limher
Muhammadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Muhammadian
form: most Muhammadian
Etymology: From Muhammad + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Sahl is given credit for the first major expression of a number of key Sufi themes: the pre-eternal covenant between humanity and deity, the eternal column of Muhammadian light, the view that only the deity has the right to say "I,"
ref: 1996, Michael Sells, Early Islamic Mysticism, page 90
text: The Jews refused to accede to the Muhammadian revelations, become Muslims, and 'surrender' to Allah.
ref: 1999, Mordechai Nisan, Identity and Civilization, page 19
text: It is an intrinsic element of the Muhammadian perfection, for it is obtained at the end of a spiritual ascension and a re-descent towards the creatures
ref: 2005, Mehmet Muhyiddin Üftâde, The Nightingale in the Garden of Love, page 28
glosses: Of, relating to, or resembling Muhammad or his sunnah
Cobdenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cobden + -ism, after Richard Cobden.
Senses: examples: text: The progress of tonight's debate makes one profoundly conscious of the constructive shortcomings of the Cobdenism of today.
ref: 1906, FE Smith, maiden speech to House of Commons, 12 Mar 1906
topics: government
politics
glosses: A policy of free trade and international peace and cooperation.
wikipedia: Richard Cobden
Right Honourable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of right honourable.
right honourable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Right Honourable
form: right honorable
form: Right Honorable
Senses: glosses: A courtesy title applied to a peer below the rank of marquess.
examples: text: I have in honourable and right honourable gentlemen opposite an admirable example of how to cut the painter of a similar league, with the maximum of political advancement, and the minimum of fidelity to a founder.
ref: 1906, FE Smith, maiden speech to House of Commons, 12 Mar 1906
glosses: A courtesy title applied to a privy counsellor, to the lord mayor of various cities, governor general, and to the prime minister of certain Commonwealth countries.
Derived terms: Right Hon
Rt. Hon.
Related terms: honourable
Rafidhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rafidhis
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of Rafidi.
Rafidhis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rafidhi
Rafidhite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rafidhites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Rafidhi.
synonyms: word: Rafidhi
Rafidhites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rafidhite
Rafidite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rafidites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rafidi.
synonyms: word: rafidi
rafidi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rafidis
form: rafida
form: rawafid
form: rāfiḍī
form: rafezi
form: râfezi
form: râfeżi
form: rāfeżī
form: rafidhi
Etymology: From Arabic رَافِضِيّ (rāfiḍiyy, literally “rejector”), formed from the active participle of the verb رَفَضَ (rafaḍa, “to refuse, deny”).
Senses: synonyms: Rafidite
glosses: A Shiite.
Related terms: nasibi
Republic of Congo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Republic of Congo
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Republic of the Congo.
Rafidites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rafidite
Rafidis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rafidi
hash signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hash sign
prostrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prostrators
Senses: glosses: A person who prostrates
prostrater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prostraters
Etymology: From prostrate + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prostrator.
prostrators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prostrator
prostraters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prostrater
sexercised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sexercise
sexercising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sexercise
loan words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loan word
overstrength
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overstrength
form: most overstrength
Etymology: From over- + strength.
Senses: glosses: Having personnel in excess of that prescribed by a table of organization.
wild cabbage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild cabbages
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Brassica oleracea, with broad leaves and a long spike of yellow flowers, from which many cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts derive.
glosses: Any plant belonging to the genus Caulanthus in the family Brassicaceae
Synonyms: sense: Brassica oleracea
word: wild mustard
hilloas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hilloa
hilloaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hilloa
neurolemmocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurolemmocytes
Etymology: From neurolemma + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: Schwann cell
neurolemmocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurolemmocyte
tympanometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tympanometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to tympanometry.
kissing kin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪn
Etymology: From kissing + kin.
Senses: examples: text: Pyrrhonic irony and humor are kissing kin in The Magic Mountain (1924), for example, where Mann, the Ironic German who preferred the title of humorist, deploys his extensive "equivocal" irony basically to reconcile the irreconcilable […]
ref: 1978, Maurice Charney, Comedy: New Perspectives, page 56:
qualifier: literal or figurative
glosses: Kissing cousins.
SERP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SERPs
Senses: examples: text: Some are prepared to pay for placement; others use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) hoping their result percolates up the organic SERP.
ref: 2011, Jaroslav Pokorny, Vaclav Repa, Karel Richta, Wita Wojtkowski, Henry Linger, Chris Barry, Michael Lang, Information Systems Development: Business Systems and Services: Modeling and Development, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 88:
text: General search text ads are sold by general search engines, typically placed just above or below the organic search results on a SERP, and resemble the organic results that appear on a general search engine’s SERP, with a subtle notation that they are “ads” or “sponsored.”
ref: 2020 October 20, US v. Google Complaint:
glosses: Initialism of search engine results page.
SERPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SERP
Mountweazels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mountweazel
electrofish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electrofishes
form: electrofishing
form: electrofished
form: electrofished
Etymology: From electro- + fish.
Senses: examples: text: Consider harvesting any brook trout as park biologists electrofish this stream every summer to remove brook trout that wash down from outside the park.
ref: 2012, Nate Schweber, Fly Fishing Yellowstone National Park, page 188:
glosses: To take part in electrofishing.
electrofished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of electrofish
electrofishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of electrofish
ELSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of extravehicular life support system.
degrees of glory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of degree of glory
Coppola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coppolas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Coppola, adapted from Sicilian Còppula, from còppula (“coppola cap, foreskin”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
caseous necrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caseous necroses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A form of cell death in which the tissue maintains a cheese-like appearance.
Geraci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Geracis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Geraci.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
deportables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deportable
ragginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From raggy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In the areas mentioned it causes a ragginess and breaking of the fleece […]
ref: 1925, William Christopher Miller, Some Parasites of British Shee:
glosses: The state or quality of being raggy.
BUC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BUCs
Senses: examples: text: On the transmit side, there would need to be an upconverter and a high-power amplifier; if the transmit power required is less than about 10W, then it is possible to obtain both functions within what is called a block-upconverter (BUC).
ref: 2008, Bruce R. Elbert, Introduction to Satellite Communication, page 137:
text: The BUC is a relatively low-cost method to provide two otherwise expensive network functions.
ref: 2012, Mark L. Ayers, Telecommunications System Reliability Engineering, page 3-47:
text: Modern BUC units convert from the L-band to C-band, Ku-band, and Ka-band.
ref: 2019, Stojče Dimov Ilčev, Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety Systems (GADSS), page 261:
glosses: Abbreviation of block upconverter.
devirginizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devirginizers
Etymology: From devirginize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Kid Christopher had the reputation of being a world- class devirginizer, and according to local legend, his car blanket had figured in a great many of his exploits.
ref: 1988, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Birds of Summer, page 28:
glosses: Someone who devirginizes.
devirginizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devirginizer
Zaidi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Zaydi
Etymology: From Arabic زَيْدِيّ (zaydiyy), from Arabic زَيْد (zayd), referring to Zayd bin Ali.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a particular branch of Shi'a Islam.
Zaidi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zaidis
form: Zaydi
Etymology: From Arabic زَيْدِيّ (zaydiyy), from Arabic زَيْد (zayd), referring to Zayd bin Ali.
Senses: synonyms: Fiver
glosses: A Zaidi Muslim.
Zaidi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zaidis
form: Zaydi
Etymology: From Arabic زَيْدِيّ (zaydiyy), from Arabic زَيْد (zayd), referring to Zayd bin Ali.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Houthi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuːθi/
rhymes: -uːθi
Forms: form: Houthis
form: Houthi
Etymology: From Arabic الْحُوثِيّ (al-ḥūṯiyy), from the name of the group's former commander, Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, ultimately from the village of حُوث (ḥūṯ) in western central Yemen.
Senses: examples: text: Late on Tuesday, the Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on a container ship in the Red Sea, and for an attempt to attack Israel with drones.
ref: 2023 December 26, Bethan McKernan, “Fears of regional escalation as Israel warns of ‘multi-front’ war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen.
wikipedia: Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi
Derived terms: Houthist
Houthis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Houthi
anti-aircrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-aircraft
Weblish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Web + English
Senses: glosses: netspeak based on the English language
subtoken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtokens
Etymology: From sub- + token.
Senses: glosses: A portion of a token (atomic piece of data).
subtokens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtoken
Firthian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Firthian
form: most Firthian
Etymology: From Firth + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: In the Firthian conception, prosodies are phonological units with a structural domain.
ref: 2013, Oliver Niebuhr, Understanding Prosody: The Role of Context, Function and Communication, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 201:
glosses: Of or relating to John Rupert Firth (1890–1960), English linguist.
Derived terms: neo-Firthian
expiry date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expiry dates
Senses: examples: text: The expiry date of my debit card is the 30th of April.
text: You'd better throw that milk out: it's passed the expiry date.
synonyms: word: expiry
word: expiration date
alt: US
word: EXP
coordinate_terms: best-by date
sell-by date
use-by date
issue date
glosses: The date on which something runs out or expires and becomes out of date, in many cases requiring renewal.
procorpus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pro- + corpus.
Senses: glosses: The anterior part of the corpus in the pharynx of a nematode
Related terms: metacorpus
metacorpus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metacorpora
Etymology: From meta- + corpus.
Senses: glosses: The swollen posterior part of the corpus in the pharynx of a nematode
Related terms: metacorpal
procorpus
chirimen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese ちりめん.
Senses: glosses: Japanese raw silk crêpe, widely used to make kimono.
a promise is a promise
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: One must keep one's promises.
Synonyms: topics: legal
law
word: pacta sunt servanda
southernise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: southernises
form: southernising
form: southernised
form: southernised
Etymology: From southern + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of southernize.
status constructus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin status cōnstructus.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of construct state.
synonyms: word: construct state
construct state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: construct states
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: status constructus
antonyms: word: absolute state
word: status absolutus
english: Latin designation
translation: Latin designation
coordinate_terms: governed state
glosses: A noun form associated especially with Afroasiatic languages, but occurring also in Iranian and others; used in construing a nominal with another, particularly for the object of a genitive.
construct states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of construct state
Japanese macaque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese macaques
Senses: examples: text: Japanese macaques have long red faces and eyes that are close-set like those of George W. Bush.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 152:
glosses: A species of macaque, Macaca fuscata, native to Japan.
Synonyms: Japanese monkey
snow monkey
rosy-red minnow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rosy-red minnows
Senses: glosses: A strain of the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas).
nerdvana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nerdvana
Etymology: Blend of nerd + nirvana.
Senses: examples: text: Just as Visual Basic brought closet Windows programmers out into the open, so might Delphi allow these same programmers to take an even bigger step toward 'nerdvana'.
ref: 1995, Robert Sam, Teach Yourself MFC Library Programming in 21 Days, Sams, →ISBN, page 572:
text: Have you ever noticed how your laser printer usually is switched off when you want to use it? This simple hack will save you from having to leave your comfy chair just to switch it on. Ahhh, Nerdvana.
ref: 2005, Gordon Meyer, Smart Home Hacks: Tips & Tools for Automating Your House, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 133:
text: It was like a geek boy's nerdvana, floor to ceiling gadgets.
ref: 2010, Steven Savile, Silver, Variance Publishing, →ISBN, page 278:
glosses: A place or state of happiness and fulfillment for nerds.
Nerdvana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of nerdvana.
transitive dependency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transitive dependencies
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a third attribute which is not a key; this is a violation of third normal form.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: In a computer program, library called by another dependency.
panzerfaust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panzerfausts
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Panzerfaust.
Panzerfausts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Panzerfaust
panzerfausts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panzerfaust
vulning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vuln
complexants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of complexant
baronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From baron + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: baronic crown, baronic castle
text: King Richard's levy of tribute stirred so much spirit of resistance that when John ascended the throne he was unable, try as he did, to placate the wrath of the barons and clergy whose united attacks upon him led him to succumb to the baronic and clerical demands of the celebrated Magna Charta, which is the lasting monument to his defeat and the abiding foundation of the English constitution.
ref: 1993, Themba Sono, From democracy to partocracy: why a party system is undemocratic:
glosses: Baronial.
cisjovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cis-Jovian.
cis-Jovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cisjovian
Etymology: From cis- (“on this side of”) + Jove (“Jupiter”) + -ian (“adjectival suffix”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Closer to the Sun than Jupiter is.
transjovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trans-Jovian.
trans-Jovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: transjovian
form: Trans-Jovian
Etymology: From trans- (“on the other side of”) + Jove (“Jupiter”) + -ian (“adjectival suffix”).
Senses: glosses: Further from the Sun than Jupiter is.
Sherlockiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From Sherlockian + -ana or Sherlock + -iana.
Senses: examples: text: I collect Sherlockiana first and foremost because I am a Sherlock Holmes bug.
ref: 1954, Nathan L. Bengis, “Why I Collect Sherlockiana”, in Hobbies, volume 59, number 1, page 126:
text: McCutcheon has built up a small but extensive collection of Sherlockiana headed by a copy of Beeton's 1887 Christmas Annual, the publication in which Sherlock Holmes made his debut.
ref: 2007, Howard Burman, Paradise by Paradise, iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: On the ground floor there is a good collection of Sherlockiana. This includes the face-mask used for the Hound of the Baskervilles in the 1960s Hammer movie, complete with phosphorescent paint.
ref: 2011, Robin James, “The performance of power”, in Cath Phillips, editor, Time Out London Walks: 30 Walks by London Writers, Volume 1, Time Out Guides, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: Memorabilia or writings related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Synonyms: Holmesiana
Sherlock Holmesiana
segregationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: segregationalists
Etymology: From segregational + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A segregationist; a supporter of racial, ethnic, or religious segregation.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: One who believes that linguistic signs have meaning independent of the context of their use in communication.
segregationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From segregational + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Segregationist; supportive of or leading to racial, ethnic, or religious segregation.
examples: text: In other words, the “'language myth' myth” produces a history of linguistics that is as segregationalist — if not more so — than the linguistics it is purporting to describe.
ref: 1997, George Wolf, Nigel Love, Linguistics Inside Out: Roy Harris and his critics, →ISBN, page 40:
text: According to the orthodox segregationalist view, the essential difference between reading the words 'Open the door' and hearing the words 'Open the door' is that the reader has learnt a set of audiographic correlations […]
ref: 2014, Redefining Linguistics, →ISBN, page 41:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Characteristic of segregationalism.
segregationalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of segregationalist
TimberBiel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Timberlake + Biel.
Senses: examples: text: But it also remains that a TimberBiel sighting (that one’s all yours, gossip columnists!) is something that a wide swath of news organizations would be bound to pick up.
ref: 2011 September 7, Scott Stinson, “eTalk and the celebrity gossip juggernaut”, in National Post:
text: Without being able to get verifiable evidence, every tell-all cyber blabber in the country began running with the rumor TimberBiel was a done deal.
ref: 2012, Jake Nichols, "Biel and Timberlake get 'N Sync 'N Jackson", JH Weekly, 22 August 2012 - 28 August 2012, page 8
text: Private security was tight everywhere the wedding party went, while a source told E! News that the guests were asked to sign nondisclosure agreements to ensure that the TimberBiel nuptials stayed private for as long as possible.
ref: 2012, "Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake Marry in Italy!", EDGE Davao, Volume 5, Issue 165, 21 October 2012 - 22 October 2012, page A3
glosses: The couple consisting of celebrities Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel.
Bt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bts
form: Bt.
form: B.t.
form: BT
form: BT
Senses: examples: Sir John Spencer-Smith, Bt
synonyms: Bart
glosses: Abbreviation of baronet, a title used after a holder's surname.
topics: agriculture
bacteriology
biology
business
lifestyle
microbiology
natural-sciences
synonyms: B. thuringiensis
Bacillus thuringiensis
glosses: Bacillus thuringiensis, a species of bacteria used for biological control of insects.
topics: agriculture
bacteriology
biology
business
lifestyle
microbiology
natural-sciences
synonyms: B. thuringiensis
Bacillus thuringiensis
glosses: Bacillus thuringiensis, a species of bacteria used for biological control of insects.
Ellipsis of Bt toxin.
topics: bacteriology
biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of botulinum toxin.
examples: text: (A) Plane-polarized light and (B) back-scattered electron (BSE) images. The pseudomorph (Crd) is made up of Grt + Qtz + Ky rodlets + micas flakes (mainly biotite, Bt).
ref: 2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 88:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of biotite.
Hyponyms: sense: Bacillus thuringiensis
word: Bti
Derived terms: sense: Bacillus thuringiensis
taxonomic: Bacillus thuringiensis toxin
word: Bt toxin
sense: Bacillus thuringiensis
taxonomic: Bacillus thuringiensis toxin
word: BT
Related terms: sense: Bacillus thuringiensis
word: Bacillus
sense: Bacillus thuringiensis
word: thuringiensis
sense: botulinum toxin
word: botulinum
sense: botulinum toxin
word: toxin
breathplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breath play
Etymology: From breath + play.
Senses: examples: text: I think it's safe to say that no matter which position one takes on it, breathplay is considered edgeplay.
ref: 1998 September 10, M. Shirley Chong, “Re: Bill Majors: my experience--Part Three”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):
text: These are stated as absolutes, even though we know perfectly well that there IS a level of force that can be applied to the kidney area safely, that restricted ciruclation is perfectly safe for a short time and that breathplay is commenly^([sic]) engaged in with no problem at all.
ref: 2006 December 14, Bob King, “Re: Now that you have shot the messenger; WAS: Defining Abuse in Absolute and Total Power Exchange”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):
text: It even includes the consensual breathplay of faith (Juliette Lewis) and Max Peltier (Tom Sizemore) in Strange Days: Peltier's meta-sadistic crimes notwithstanding, he gave Faith only what she desired, and afterwards her eyes glittered "with sated lust" (Cameron and Cocks 1993).
ref: 2013, Lewis Call, BDSM in American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Palgrave, →ISBN, page 25:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
synonyms: breath control play
glosses: Erotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking.
Related terms: gasper
asphyxiophilia
hypoxyphilia
breath play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Some risk long-term bodily damage, death (for example, heart stoppage with electricity play and suffocation during breath play), […]
ref: 2011, Margot Weiss, Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 89:
text: The pressure of his hand increased with each thrust and decreased with his withdrawal, creating a primitive form of breath play that had her gasping for both oxygen and release.
ref: 2012, Tibby Armstrong, Undercover Lover, Ellora's Cave Publishing, →ISBN, page 160:
text: And of course, s/m players who participate in breath play will also be more vulnerable to criminalization under such a new law.
ref: 2014, Ummni Khan, Vicarious Kinks: S/M in the Socio-Legal Imaginary, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of breathplay.
knifeplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From knife + play.
Senses: examples: text: Reinhart had finished his neat knifeplay, having transformed a half-pound of slab bacon into an accumulation of little strips measuring half an inch by an inch and a half.
ref: 1981, Thomas Berger, Reinhart's Women, Open Road, published 2013, →ISBN:
text: "Can't either of you think? If we have to fight I want you to blary win. For that you need training and practice. Swordplay, knifeplay, bare-knuckle, staves. Archery. Trickery. Everything."
ref: 2009, Robert V. S. Redick, The Ruling Sea, Del Ray, published 2011, →ISBN, page 138:
text: After a tense confrontation that almost lead to knifeplay, Lawrence recounted, "Mohammed Said and Abd el Kader then went away, breaking vengeance against me as a Christian."
ref: 2013, Scott Anderson, Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, Knopf, →ISBN:
glosses: The act of fighting or cutting with a knife.
examples: text: When the professor turned out to be too warped even for my tastes — consensual knifeplay is one thing; drunken gunplay quite another […]
ref: 2009, Quince Mountain, “Cowboy for Christ”, in Jeff Sharlet, Peter Manseau, editors, Believer, Beware: First-Person Dispatches from the Margins of Faith, Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 116:
text: Michael's knifeplay had never aroused him, but that fact had never concerned Jonathan, for Michael had never insisted upon it.
ref: 2009, Erastes, Transgressions, Running Press, →ISBN, page 318:
text: Partly because I loved milder forms of knifeplay but had never taken it as far as I'd fantasized, but mostly because of her.
ref: 2014, D. L. King, She Who Must Be Obeyed, Lethe Press, →ISBN, page 106:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A sexual practice involving the use of knives, daggers, or swords for physical and mental stimulation.
painplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pain + play.
Senses: examples: text: I do not have much experience with painplay, and am not sure how much I'll be able to take, but I'm prepared to find out.
ref: 1996 December 17, k'Shandra, “Reflections on Safewording (long)”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet):
text: I was originally into plain old bondage, but have found that both submission and painplay are things that I can eroticize.
ref: 2000 December 24, Sockermom9 [username], “Re: Psycology^([sic]) of BDSM”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):
text: But I'm curious -- what got you started doing BDSM? What fantasies were intense enough to drive you to try painplay in the first place?
ref: 2002 June 24, Janet Hardy, “Re: sub vs bottom”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Any sexual practice involving the intentional infliction of pain.
edgeplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This includes public humiliation, findom, blackmail, hardcore cock and ball torture, bloodletting, cutting, edgeplay and so on.
ref: 2008, Hardcore mistress, “****DOMINATRIX BUSTS YOUR BALLS WITH A ROCK**** 75162”, in alt.sex.telephone.alt (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of edge play.
waxplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wax play
Etymology: From wax + play.
Senses: examples: text: It is much safer to test a few drops from each candle you use for waxplay, than to depend on a rule like "red candles usually burn hotter than white."
ref: 1998 March 4, Adrian, “Re: Paraffin (was You Know You're Into Something Kinky When...(YKYISKW))”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):
text: Oh, a visual digression. My beloved has learned (after all these years, that a great way to weird me out is simply to have me remove my contact lenses before we play. I'm severely nearsighted, so all I see is vaguely colored blobs. It's great with waxplay.
ref: 1999 March 15, Lacenlthrs [username], “Re: Fashion fetishes and BDSM”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):
text: That certainly perked up my ears...I'm *very* partial to waxplay meself. Do I detect another of the KinkyFolk? ;-)
ref: 2000 February 19, Jas, “Re: Hello”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: The practice of dripping melted wax onto a person's naked skin (usually from a candle) for sensual and/or sexual stimulation.
wax play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The burning sensation from wax play should last for a minute, then fade, and not leave actual burn marks that linger for more than a few minutes.
ref: 2006, Violet Blue, The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Sex Toys, Cleis Press, →ISBN:
text: Back downstairs Abigail had settled down to watch Angela's scene with her submissive, Meggie. Nice choice, since the Mistress was an expert with wax play.
ref: 2012, Cherise Sinclair, My Liege of Dark Heaven, Loose Id, →ISBN:
text: […] medical latex gloves, catheters, alcohol swabs, large boxes of pegs, candles for wax play, ice machine – the list goes on.
ref: 2013, Anne O Nomis, The History & Arts of the Dominatrix, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of waxplay.
red-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more red-eyed
form: most red-eyed
Senses: examples: text: They were very red-eyed after playing video-games for 72 hours straight.
text: She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
ref: 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 2:
glosses: Having the eyelids reddened, e.g. by tears or lack of sleep.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Of a person, having the pupils appearing in a red color due to a reflection off the blood vessels in the eye.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, eyed.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Lepomis gulosus
word: red-eyed bream
taxonomic: Eleutherodactylus antillensis
word: red-eyed coqui
taxonomic: Streptopelia semitorquata
word: red-eyed dove
word: red-eyed frog
taxonomic: Aythya ferina
word: red-eyed pochard
taxonomic: Dryoscopus senegalensis
word: red-eyed puffback
taxonomic: Duellmanohyla uranochroa
word: red-eyed stream frog
taxonomic: Litoria chloris
word: red-eyed tree frog
taxonomic: Vireo olivaceus
word: red-eyed vireo
red-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of red-eye
topspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒp.speɪs/
ipa: /ˈtɑp.speɪs/
rhymes: -ɒpspeɪs
Forms: form: topspaces
form: top space
form: top-space
Etymology: From top (“dominant”) + space (“state of mind”).
Senses: examples: text: Most of the time I take care of other people, and when I get into topspace I just like to be selfish and "cruel".
ref: 2001 October 8, Laura Goodwin, “Re: Fantasy role play”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm.femdom (Usenet):
text: He'd been so far into topspace during the scene that he hadn't noticed when the Overseer had arrived, but the cabrón stood there now.
ref: 2011, Cherise Sinclair, To Command and Collar, Loose Id, →ISBN:
text: “Topspace, but never subspace. The two are very different. I have to apologize. Now I know what you and Jonathan went through, and I feel closer to you after the experience.”
ref: 2012, Laci Paige, The Silken Edge, →ISBN:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
synonyms: domspace
coordinate_terms: bottomspace
subspace
glosses: The psychological state of the dominant or top during sadomasochistic activity.
New Zealand flax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Plants native to New Zealand with fiber in the leaves which was formerly much used for rope and other purposes; Phormium tenax and Phormium colensoi (syn. Phomium cookianum).
sphenopsid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphenopsids
Senses: glosses: Any horsetail of the former order Sphenopsida, now Equisetopsida
sphenopsids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphenopsid
Staffy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Staffies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Staffie.
shiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shire
shired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shire
micromollusk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromollusks
Etymology: From micro- + mollusk.
Senses: glosses: A shelled (usually marine) mollusk that is extremely small even at full adult size.
micromollusks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micromollusk
sumthing
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: "Fool, you crazy or sumthing?"
ref: 2005, Dana Jamar Mask, Enter … Brotherhood (fiction), →ISBN, page 178:
text: just to clarify sumthing, i am not overwhelmingly good at math as u guys seem to be, so it may take me more time than u guys to understand sumthing …
ref: 2009, Gerry Stahl, Studying Virtual Math Teams, →ISBN, page 144:
text: … and sum-how that makes you feel good about yourself—as if you've accomplished sum-thing—as if you're worth sum-thing and not nothing.
ref: 2014, Darth Figpucker, evi1 - a novel about you (fiction):
text: … so that they can see if there might be sumthing wrong before they try to go thru the gate.
ref: 2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction), →ISBN:
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of something.
isosyllabism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From isosyllabic + -ism, from iso- + syllabic.
Senses: topics: communications
human-sciences
journalism
linguistics
literature
media
poetry
publishing
sciences
writing
glosses: the use of isosyllabic verse
Synonyms: isosyllabicity
parashah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parashahs
form: parashiyot
form: parashot
form: parashoth
form: parashiot
form: parashiyos
form: parshioth
form: parashioth
form: parashiyoth
form: parasha
form: parsha
Etymology: From Hebrew פָּרָשָׁה (“portion”).
Senses: glosses: A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).
glosses: One of 54 sections of the Torah read weekly by religious Jews, particularly in the synagogue on the morning of the Jewish Sabbath
petuhah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petuhot
form: petuhoth
form: petuchah
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew פְּתוּחָה (“open”), feminine of פָּתוּחַ.
Senses: glosses: An open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the same way as a paragraph would be in modern text.
Coordinate terms: setumah
setumah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: setumahs
form: setumot
form: setumoth
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew סְתוּמָה.
Senses: glosses: A closed parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart by a space in the middle of the line of text, with the previous portion ending before the space, and the next portion starting after it.
Coordinate terms: petuhah
petuchah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petuchot
form: petuchoth
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of petuhah.
petuhot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petuhah
setumot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setumah
petuchot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petuchah
parashot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parashah
cringeworthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cringeworthy + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: cringe
glosses: The property of being cringeworthy; awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe.
healthify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: healthifies
form: healthifying
form: healthified
form: healthified
Etymology: From health + -ify or healthy + -fy.
Senses: glosses: To adapt (a recipe, etc.) in order to make it healthy.
Related terms: healthification
healthified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of healthify
healthifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of healthify
healthifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of healthify
healthification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: healthifications
Etymology: From health + -ification or healthy + -fication.
Senses: glosses: The process of healthifying.
candidate key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candidate keys
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In the design of a database table, a column (or an irreducible group of them) able to identify every row of the table, having a unique value or set of values in each row. One of the candidate keys (abbreviated CKs) will be the primary key.
Related terms: business key
foreign key
natural key
primary key
first normal form
sejmik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sejmiks
form: sejmiki
Etymology: From Polish sejmik.
Senses: examples: text: Forced to raise extraordinary taxes for the Thirteen Years' War, Casimir called general assemblies that were in effect meetings of his council, but their decisions were not seen as binding on the districts until ratified by the provincial sejmiks.
ref: 2018, Robert I. Frost, The Oxford History of Poland-Lithuania, volume 1:
glosses: A local or regional parliament in Poland; a dietine.
sejmiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sejmik
monolinguals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monolingual
matronise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: matronises
form: matronising
form: matronised
form: matronised
form: matronize
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of matronize.
matronises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of matronise
matronising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of matronise
matronised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of matronise
ULPA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪ
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ultra-low particulate air.
ULPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪ
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Uniform Limited Partnership Act.
Related terms: HEPA
rape trauma syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: psychological trauma experienced by a rape victim
Synonyms: RTS
main wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːl
Forms: form: main wheels
form: mainwheel
Senses: glosses: Any of the main wheels of a device (such as an aircraft or wheelchair) that has multiple wheels.
main wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main wheel
Haudenosaunee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊ.də.nəʊˈʃəʊ.ni/
ipa: /ˈhoʊ.də.noʊˈʃoʊ.ni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Etymology: Borrowed from Seneca Hodínöhšö꞉ni꞉h, meaning "the longhouse builders": an autonym shared among the Six Nations.
Senses: glosses: the Iroquois people collectively.
Related terms: Ganonsyoni
longhouse
candidate keys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candidate key
host plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: host plants
form: hostplant
Etymology: From host + plant.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant that supplies food resources and substrate for certain insects or other fauna.
host plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of host plant
reedition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reeditions
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of re-edition.
re-editions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of re-edition
reflexless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reflex + -less.
Senses: examples: text: They had barely changed, but their eyes were open and unblinking, and their faces had the empty, reflexless look of psychic zero.
ref: J. G. Ballard, Manhole 69
glosses: Lacking reflexes.
endboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endboards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of end board.
endboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endboard
conditionability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From condition + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being conditionable.
reconditionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From recondition + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being reconditioned.
antianxieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antianxiety
spinbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinboxes
Etymology: From spin + box.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of spinner (“interface element with arrowed buttons to select a value”).
synonyms: word: spinner
extra: interface element with arrowed buttons to select a value
spinboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinbox
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Lambert, Eaton and Rooke at the Mayo Clinic were the first physicians to substantially describe the clinical and electrophysiological findings of the disease in 1956.
Senses: glosses: A rare autoimmune disorder characterized by muscle weakness of the limbs.
Synonyms: Eaton-Lambert syndrome
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
LEMS
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
LEMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
chartered accountant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chartered accountants
Etymology: 1850-55.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
glosses: A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales or Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
glosses: A member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
Synonyms: CA
C.A.
C. A.
Derived terms: word: CA
word: C.A.
word: C. A.
alt: CMA
word: chartered management accountant
alt: CGA
word: chartered general accountant
alt: CPA
word: chartered professional accountant
Related terms: alt: CPA
word: certified public accountant
athetesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæθɪˈtiːsɪs/
rhymes: -iːsɪs
Forms: form: atheteses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀθέτησῐς (athétēsĭs, “a setting aside, abolition”), from ἀθετέω (athetéō, “set at naught”) + -σῐς (-sĭs), from ἄθετος (áthetos, “without position or place”).
Senses: glosses: The act or fact of setting aside as spurious; rejection as invalid.