cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
postgay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + gay.
Senses: examples: text: "It's easy for people to talk about being postgay when they're living in New York or LA," he says. "Talk to someone in the Midwest about being postgay; they've got to deal with the realities of small-town gossip, judgment, and condemnation. […]
ref: 1998 December 8, The Advocate, number 774, page 59:
glosses: After the establishment of homosexuality as a social norm.
Related terms: postqueer
popiah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: approximating Hokkien
ipa: [ˌp˭oː˨˩ˈp˭jãː˦˨]
Forms: form: popiahs
Etymology: Borrowed from either or both Teochew 薄餅 /薄饼 (boh⁸ bian²) and Hokkien 薄餅 /薄饼 (po̍h-piáⁿ). Compare Thai เปาะเปี๊ยะ (bpɔ̀-bpía), Vietnamese bò bía, Malay popia.
Senses: synonyms: lumpia
glosses: A kind of spring roll.
popiahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popiah
color man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: color men
form: colorman
form: colourman
form: colour man
Senses: glosses: A male color commentator (a radio or television announcer who provides analysis, background information, and light humor).
hiya doin'
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪjə.duːɪn/
Etymology: Conflation of "hiya" and "how are you doing". Evolution was probably "how are you doing" → "how're you doin'" → "how're ya doin'" → "howya doin'", at which point "howya" was replaced/confused/conflated with "hiya", resulting in "hiya doin'". Compare to the development of goodbye, howdy-do. Also, compare howzit, whatcha doin'.
Senses: examples: text: "Ah, hello there, Frank!"
"Hiya doin'?"
"I'm doing well. Yourself?"
glosses: A greeting. Tends to warrant a reply.
mlungu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mlungus
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mzungu: A white person.
synonyms: word: mzungu
extra: A white person
mlungus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mlungu
monatomicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Quality of being monatomic.
diatomicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diatomic + -ity or di- + atomicity.
Senses: hypernyms: atomicity
coordinate_terms: triatomicity
glosses: The quality of being diatomic.
moduled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From module + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a certain kind or number of modules.
Mohave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /moʊˈhɑː.vi/
Forms: form: Mojave
Etymology: From a shortened form of the endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”), spelled Mojave in Spanish.
Senses: glosses: A Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.
Derived terms: Mohave County
Mohave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /moʊˈhɑː.vi/
Forms: form: Mojave
Etymology: From a shortened form of the endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”), spelled Mojave in Spanish.
Senses: glosses: A Yuman language spoken by Mohave people of California and Arizona.
Mojave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /moʊˈhɑː.vi/
ipa: /moʊˈhɑː.veɪ/
text: Audio (US)
Etymology: Hispanicized variant of Mohave.
Senses: examples: text: In these groves of the flood plain of the Colorado the Mojave and Yuma Indians once had their homes.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 27:
glosses: Alternative form of Mohave.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Xylorhiza tortifolia
word: Mojave-aster
taxonomic: Crotalus scutulatus
word: Mojave rattlesnake
taxonomic: Yucca schidigera
word: Mojave yucca
word: Mojave Desert
Mojave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /moʊˈhɑː.vi/
ipa: /moʊˈhɑː.veɪ/
text: Audio (US)
Etymology: Hispanicized variant of Mohave.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
modern primitive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modern primitives
Senses: glosses: A person in a developed nation who engages in body modification rituals and practices while making reference or homage to the rite of passage practices in "primitive cultures".
selfying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of selfie
selfied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of selfie
molimen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molimens
form: molimina
Etymology: From Latin molimen.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An effort or impulse toward a certain effect.
Derived terms: menstrual molimen
molimen criticum
molimen haemorrhagicum
molimen menstruale
Related terms: moliminous
molimens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molimen
mompara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: momparas
Senses: glosses: A fool.
momparas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mompara
mollusciciding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of molluscicide
molluscicided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of molluscicide
Molokan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Molokans
form: Molokane
form: Molokany
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian молокан (molokan, “dairy-eater, nursing infant, white-colored”).
Senses: examples: text: As the Molokany are said to be well supplied with money the chances are that they are less flighty and unpractical than their predecessors, but if ever a National crisis arises here, and they refuse to assist in the defense of their adopted land and its institutions, they may regret that they did not remain under the fickle mercies of the Czar.
ref: 1905 January 13, “Guests of Dubious Desirability”, in The New York Times, volume LIV, number 17,170, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 5:
text: The Molokany, who though sternly puritan are less dualist, hold a Docetist view of Christ similar to the Bogomils’; […]
ref: 1947, Steven Runciman, “The Patarenes”, in The Medieval Manichee: A Study of the Christian Dualist Heresy, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, section II, page 98:
text: Deich still longed to be among the peasantry and by midsummer found his way to a small Molokan village where he settled for several months. […] Deich records that his propaganda failed, for although the principles of socialism seemed interesting to his new family, the Molokany were too prosperous, too steeped in the virtues of hard work, too satisfied and proud of their accomplishments to seek a different way of life.
ref: 1987, Deborah Hardy, “The Villagers at Work”, in Land and Freedom: The Origins of Russian Terrorism, 1876–1879 (Contributions to the Study of World History; 7), Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: A member of a Christian sect that evolved from "Spiritual Christian" Russian peasants who refused to obey the Russian Orthodox Church, beginning in the 1600s in the Russian Empire as an indigenous adaptation of the Protestant movement from Europe. Named for their heresy of eating (including dairy foods), instead of fasting, during Lent.
glosses: A general term used (in place of a specific term) in literature and news in and about the Russian Empire to label a member of any Spiritual Christian sect (real or imagined: Holy Roller, Doukhobor, Sabbatarian, Quaker, Mormon, etc.), pacifist, dissenter, non-conformist, coward, wimp.
Molokans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Molokan
pneumatic drill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pneumatic drills
Senses: glosses: A heavy drill consisting of a bit powered by compressed air, used e.g. for breaking tarmac.
Synonyms: word: jackhammer
arrowleaf groundsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Senecio triangularis, a groundsel of North America.
pneumatic drills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumatic drill
Molisch's test
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Austrian botanist Hans Molisch.
Senses: synonyms: Molisch reaction
glosses: A chemical test for the presence of carbohydrates, based on the dehydration of the carbohydrate by sulfuric acid or hydrochloric acid to produce an aldehyde, which condenses with two molecules of phenol to produce a red or purple compound.
monged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monged
form: most monged
Etymology: From mong + -ed.
Senses: glosses: intoxicated; under the influence of alcohol or other drugs
Synonyms: drunk
stoned
Derived terms: monged out
munted
mock cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: buttercream
mock trumpet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mock trumpets
Senses: glosses: A single-reed woodwind instrument of the seventeenth century.
Monarchomach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monarchomachs
Senses: glosses: One of a group of French Huguenot theorists who opposed monarchy at the end of the 16th century, known in particular for having theoretically justified tyrannicide.
Monarchomachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Monarchomach
Monkey Ward's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Montgomery Ward, an American retail enterprise.
serve and volley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A tactic where a player serves and immediately moves towards the net in an attempt to hit a volley.
serve and volley
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: serves and volleys
form: serving and volleying
form: served and volleyed
form: served and volleyed
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: To play using this tactic.
mozzarella stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mozzarella sticks
Senses: glosses: An elongated piece of battered or breaded mozzarella cheese.
banana cue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana cues
form: bananacue
form: banana q
Etymology: From banana + 'cue.
Senses: glosses: A Philippine snack made by coating a deep-fried banana in caramelized brown sugar, served on a skewer.
Related terms: camote cue
aburaage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 油揚げ (aburaage).
Senses: glosses: A Japanese food consisting of deep-fried slices of tofu.
clam cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clam cakes
Senses: qualifier: Rhode Island
glosses: A deep-fried ball of chopped clam and other ingredients.
coxinha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coxinhas
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese coxinha.
Senses: glosses: A popular food consisting of chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough, molded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried.
coxinhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coxinha
pikliz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picklese
Senses: glosses: A Haitian condiment made from pickled hot peppers.
chugchucara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chugchucaras
Senses: glosses: An Ecuadorian dish of deep-fried pork, boiled hominy, potatoes, fried plantains, empanadas, popcorn, and pork rinds.
chugchucaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chugchucara
blooming onion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blooming onions
Senses: glosses: An onion cut to resemble a flower, battered and deep-fried as an appetizer.
panzarottis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panzarotti
emping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A snack cracker made of Gnetum gnemon seeds.
mandazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mandazis
form: mandazi
Etymology: From Swahili mandazi.
Senses: glosses: A form of fried bread from eastern Africa.
Hyponyms: english: when made with coconut milk
translation: when made with coconut milk
word: mahamri
mandazis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mandazi
postinfectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + infectional.
Senses: glosses: After infection.
preinfectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + infectional.
Senses: glosses: Before infection.
postinflectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + inflectional.
Senses: glosses: After inflection.
preinflectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + inflectional.
Senses: glosses: Before inflection.
ethnization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnisation
Etymology: From ethno- + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: This ethnization observed by Bukow and Llaryora in the conceptualization of newly immigrated minorities can also be observed with regard to "resident" minorities like the Sorbs.
ref: 1998, Ethnologia Europaea, volumes 27-29, page 148:
text: The minority groups show no strong tendency towards ethnization; the formation of groups is hardly used as an instrument to gain a better position in the labor market, the housing market, or education, if at all.
ref: 2013, Education for Democratic Citizenship, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: The act or process of making a group into, or of becoming as a group, an ethnicity or distinct people.
Derived terms: re-ethnization
de-ethnization
Related terms: ethnize
de-ethnization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: de-ethnisation
Etymology: From de- + ethnization.
Senses: examples: text: From its earlier position as the vernacular of an entire religio-ethnic community it is now the vernacular only of atypical sub-groups who have not participated in the de-ethnization and acculturation of the general Jewish community.
ref: 1991, Joshua A. Fishman, Yiddish: Turning to Life, →ISBN, page 143:
text: Among the concrete reasons for the rapid de-ethnization of immigrants, Fishman cites the great appeal of the American mass culture, […]
ref: 1999, David R. Andrews, Sociocultural Perspectives on Language Change in Diaspora, →ISBN:
text: To question the wisdom or the necessity or the naturalness of the de-ethnization of immigrant populations strikes many as questioning the very legitimacy or the very possibility of America's national and cultural existence.
ref: 2010, Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez, Emilio Zamora, Beyond the Latino World War II Hero, →ISBN, page 184:
glosses: The act or process of ceasing to be, or of causing (a group) to cease to be, an ethnicity or a distinct people.
examples: text: The separation of religion from life as a result of secularization, ritualization, and organizational primacy is what is most fundamentally involved in this retreat. Indeed, the forces leading to the de-ethnization of formerly ethnic religions […]
ref: 1972, Joshua A. Fishman, Language in Sociocultural Change, →ISBN, page 69:
text: Robins and Aksoy (2005) suggest that actually transnational media, and satellite television in particular, work in association with the process of de-ethnization and de-mythologization of the 'homeland'.
ref: 2012, Media in Motion: Cultural Complexity and Migration, →ISBN, page 222:
glosses: The act or process of severing or losing ethnic ties.
paedopsychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːdəʊsaɪˈkɒləd͡ʒɪ/
ipa: /piːdəʊpsaɪˈkɒləd͡ʒɪ/
ipa: /ˌpiːdəʊsʌɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌpiːdəʊpsʌɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌpidoʊsaɪˈkɑləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌpidoʊpsaɪˈkɑləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: paidopsychology
form: pedopsychology
Etymology: From paedo- (“child”) + psychology (“study of the mind”).
Senses: examples: text: Paedopsychology and pathological psychology
ref: 1935, United States Office of Education, Bulletin, page 67:
text: Each one of our working areas…, instead of being called, let us say, “Paidopsychology Laboratory” or the “Gynecology exploration room”, are named: “The children’s corner” or “The Lupes”.
ref: 1981, Raquel Bialik, Broadening Health Possibilities among a Marginal Urban Community in Mexico City: El Taller de Salud, page 3:
text: František Cáda (1865–1918) found the historical sources of prewar paedopsychology primarily in Comenius and Rousseau.
ref: 1984, Marie Kyralová, Jana Přívratská, editors, Symposium Comenianum 1982, page 84:
text: There were…studies in the field of social pathology, pedagogics, pediatrics and paedopsychology.
ref: 1986, Freddy Deven, Robert L. Cliquet, editors, One-Parent Families in Europe: Trends, experiences, implications, page 133:
text: Original Sin is at the core of what can be called the Augustinian behavioural paedopsychology. His conclusions on the issue may provide some links even for contemporary debates among paedopsychologists¹⁶⁷.
167 […] Daniel Dombrowski criticizes both Augustine’s view on children and Colin Starnes’ approval of the same view bringing to the discussion the genetic epistemology of the giant of paedopsychology, the Swiss psychologist and Philosopher Jean Piaget.
ref: 2013, Jairzinho Lopes Pereira, Augustine of Hippo and Martin Luther on Original Sin and Justification of the Sinner, part I, chapter 3, § 3.4, page 196:
glosses: The systematic study or theoretical consideration of the nature, functioning, and development of the minds (or, more rarely, the souls) of children and/or infants; child psychology.
Derived terms: paedopsychological
paedopsychologist
anticippointment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticipointment
Etymology: Blend of anticipation + disappointment
Senses: examples: text: The unparalleled media hype surrounding the new film guaranteed that fans would experience anticippointment.
glosses: A feeling of anticipation followed by disappointment.
conspiratology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of conspiracies.
Derived terms: conspiratologist
conspiratological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to conspiratology.
cryptocustodian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptocustodians
Etymology: From crypto- + custodian.
Senses: glosses: One who is responsible for handling and disposing of cryptomaterial within an organization.
cryptocustodians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptocustodian
conspiratologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conspiratologists
Etymology: From conspiratology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies conspiratology.
conspiratologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conspiratologist
ethnoterritorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ethnoterritorial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In ethnoterritorial terms.
ethnoterritorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + territorial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ethnoterritory.
Derived terms: ethnoterritorially
ethnoterritory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnoterritories
Etymology: From ethno- + territory.
Senses: glosses: The territory of a particular ethnic group.
sociocybernetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + cybernetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to sociocybernetics.
sociocybernetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From socio- + cybernetics.
Senses: glosses: A discipline combining elements of sociology and systems science.
sociomass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociomasses
Etymology: From socio- + mass.
Senses: glosses: The collective physical mass of people and their creations and possessions.
sociomasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociomass
sociophysical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + physical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to sociophysics.
sociospace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociospaces
Etymology: From socio- + space.
Senses: glosses: The space inhabited by a social group.
ethnoterritories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnoterritory
sociospaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociospace
nadhaswaram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nadhaswarams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nadaswaram.
nathaswaram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nathaswarams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nadaswaram.
nadhaswarams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nadhaswaram
nathaswarams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nathaswaram
antiurbanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + urbanization.
Senses: qualifier: urban studies
glosses: Opposition to urbanization.
preturn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preturns
Etymology: From pre- + turn.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: The movement that leads into a turn.
preturns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preturn
intentional community
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intentional communities
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
qualifier: urban studies
glosses: A voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork.
re-ethnization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-ethnisation
Etymology: From re- + ethnization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of reconstituting (a group), which previously underwent de-ethnization, as an ethnicity or distinct people.
ethnize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ethnizes
form: ethnizing
form: ethnized
form: ethnized
form: ethnise
Etymology: From ethno- + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make ethnic; to imbue with ethnic ties.
Related terms: ethnization
ethnicization
ethnicize
ethnized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ethnize
ethnizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ethnize
ethnizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ethnize
presentential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + sentential.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Before a sentence.
intertonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intertonic
pharmacovigilant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɑːməkəʊˈvɪd͡ʒɪlənt/
ipa: /ˌfɑɹməkoʊˈvid͡ʒilənt/
Forms: form: more pharmacovigilant
form: most pharmacovigilant
Etymology: From pharmaco- + vigilant.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting pharmacovigilance.
Related terms: pharmacovigilance
neuropsychotoxicology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + psycho- + toxicology.
Senses: glosses: The subdiscipline of neurotoxicology concerned with the study of toxins or toxicants that have adverse effects on the brain.
pseudorandomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pseudorandomizes
form: pseudorandomizing
form: pseudorandomized
form: pseudorandomized
Etymology: From pseudorandom + -ize or pseudo- + randomize.
Senses: glosses: To make pseudorandom.
pseudorandomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pseudorandomize
pseudorandomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pseudorandomize
pseudorandomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pseudorandomize
saintishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪntɪʃli/
Etymology: From saintish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: ‘We can’t in any case improve matters by talking. I — I, you needn’t fear for me Sorbert, I can look after myself. Only don’t let us wrangle’ with appealing gesture and saintishly smiling face. ‘Let us part friends. Let us be worthy of each other!’
ref: 1909–1928, Wyndham Lewis (author), Scott W. Klein (editor), Tarr (2010), page 53
glosses: In a saintish manner.
Berry paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Bertrand Russell, the first to discuss the paradox in print, attributed it to G. G. Berry (1867–1928), a junior librarian at Oxford's Bodleian library, who had suggested the more limited paradox arising from the expression "the first undefinable ordinal".
Senses: glosses: A particular self-referential paradox relating to the number of words in a descriptive phrase.
Richard's paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First described by the French mathematician Jules Richard in 1905.
Senses: glosses: The paradox where, given the observation that certain English phrases unambiguously define real numbers while others do not, there is an infinitely long list of English phrases that unambiguously define real numbers, yet (using a similar technique to Cantor's diagonal argument) it is possible to generate another such phrase not in the list.
ethnicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnicisation
Etymology: From ethnic + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, not only is Oscar racialized as black, we can also see an ethnicization of race whereby Oscar is constructed as a black American.
ref: 2010, C. Richard King, Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Animating Difference, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: The act or process of making or becoming ethnic; ethnization.
Derived terms: re-ethnicization
de-ethnicization
Related terms: ethnicize
ethnize
ethnization
de-ethnicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: de-ethnicisation
Etymology: From de- + ethnicization; see the latter for more information and related terms.
Senses: examples: text: The abandonment of a mother tongue leads to language death, and eventually to de-ethnicization, assimilation and gradual extinction of an ethnic entity […]
ref: 1996, Ethnicity, Politics, and Society in Northeast Africa, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: The act or process of ceasing to be ethnic; de-ethnization.
axe wounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axe wound
racializable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more racializable
form: most racializable
Etymology: From racialize + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It is this coming together of a range of racializable grievances—rather than an underlying and common racist mindset—that the Far Right in Britain has successfully exploited as immigration has moved up the political agenda.
ref: 2009, Barbara Perry, Hate Crimes, volume 2, page 92:
glosses: Capable of being racialized.
unethnicized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unethnicized
form: most unethnicized
Etymology: From un- + ethnicized.
Senses: glosses: Not ethnicized.
uncleansing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncleansing
form: most uncleansing
Etymology: From un- + cleansing.
Senses: glosses: Not cleansing.
beer cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cheese spread made with beer and seasonings.
Spreadhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spreadheads
Etymology: From spread + -head.
Senses: glosses: A fan of the American rock band Widespread Panic.
Spreadheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spreadhead
Phishhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Phishheads
Etymology: Phish + -head
Senses: glosses: A fan of the American rock band Phish.
wikipedia: Phish
Synonyms: Phan
Phishheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Phishhead
horseradishy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horseradishy
form: most horseradishy
Etymology: From horseradish + -y.
Senses: examples: text: A sharp cheese has bite to it. These cheeses may be described as zesty, horseradishy, or pungent, and they can pack a wallop.
ref: 2012, Laurel Miller, Thalassa Skinner, Culture Magazine, Creating the Perfect Cheese Plate In a Day For Dummies:
glosses: Resembling or seasoned with horseradish.
Ryvita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Trade name, presumably from rye and vitality or similar.
Senses: examples: text: A millionaire may enjoy breakfasting off orange juice and Ryvita biscuits; an unemployed man doesn't.
ref: 1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier:
text: He covered everything in mustard, including a slice of Ryvita, then propped up a copy of the Property Investment Review against the radio, and read and ate.
ref: 1977, Margaret Drabble, The Ice Age:
text: The sky rumbled like a model's stomach that's survived all day on Diet Coke and is looking forward to a slice of Ryvita topped with a dessert spoonful of low fat cottage cheese, garnished with two wafer thin slices of cucumber.
ref: 2007, Maria Mann, Verity Red's Diary: A Story of Surviving M. E., page 374:
glosses: A rye-based crispbread.
devival
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devivals
Etymology: Blend of de- + revival
Senses: examples: text: In 1985, a "devival meeting" at the Stone Bar in San Francisco's North Beach section came to the unwelcome attention of the police.
ref: 1987, William A. Marsano, Man suffocated by potatoes, page 186:
text: "Devivals" include ranting preachers, "anti-music" (much like the post-punk "industrial music" genre pioneered by Mail Artist Genesis P-Orridge and his former band Throbbing Gristle) and, behind the scenes, much drug use.
ref: 1994, Bob Black, Beneath the underground, page 180:
text: "As far as Sideshow acts go, I've done fire and glass. I opened for Henry Rollins and I usually perform at local Sub-Genius Devivals. I also do the Human Pincushion."
ref: 1998, Jan T. Gregor, Tim Cridland, Circus of the scars, page 10:
text: The “Rapture” of orthodox Christian faith is replaced by the “Rupture,” revivals are replaced by “devivals,” and so on. SubGenii gather to rant about the world and everything in it, as they waited for the coming of the Aliens on X-Day, 4 July 1998 […]
ref: 2003, Peter Knight, Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia, page 170:
glosses: In the Church of the SubGenius parody religion, an event including sermons, music, etc.
devivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devival
bozons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bozon
gaysploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gay + -sploitation.
Senses: examples: text: Are we merely in the era of gaysploitation in film?
ref: 1980, Christopher Street, volume 5, page 25:
text: That was still more airtime than was received by the ill-fated gaysploitation special Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay, which Fox touted as “a heterosexual male's worst nightmare: turning gay overnight.”
ref: 2010, Jennifer Pozner, Reality Bites Back, page 51:
glosses: The exploitation of gay people in the media (especially film and television).
Hyponyms: lezploitation
Related terms: queersploitation
pseudomorphosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /suːdə(ʊ)ˈmɔːfəsɪs/
Forms: form: pseudomorphoses
Etymology: From pseudo- + morphosis.
Senses: examples: text: The reliability of monolithic microprocessors and the fidelity of monolithic storage postponed the necessity for this pseudomorphosis far beyond what seemed possible in 1948.
ref: 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 279:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A change of substance without any change in appearance; the formation of a pseudomorph.
pseudomorphoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudomorphosis
ALBMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ALBM
zones of action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zone of action
Ramadan mubarak
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Arabic رَمَضَان مُبَارَك (ramaḍān mubārak)
Senses: glosses: An expression used during Ramadan to wish someone a happy time during the holiday.
photophobous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photophobous
form: most photophobous
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That thrives at a relatively low light level; photophobic.
physiatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to physiatry.
hydroseral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydrosere + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a hydrosere.
phytophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytophiles
Etymology: From phyto- + -phile.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that thrives around plants
glosses: A person who is especially interested in plants
Related terms: phytophilic
phytophilous
phytophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytophile
western rat snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: western rat snakes
Senses: glosses: Pantherophis obsoletus, a non-venomous colubrid found in North America.
Synonyms: sense: Pantherophis obsoletus
word: black rat snake
sense: Pantherophis obsoletus
word: pilot black snake
sense: Pantherophis obsoletus
word: Texas rat snake
scuttle fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scuttle flies
Etymology: So called from the jerky short bursts of running in the adults.
Senses: glosses: Megaselia scalaris, a phorid fly.
coffin fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffin flies
Senses: glosses: scuttle fly
coffin flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffin fly
scuttle flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scuttle fly
photoblogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photobloggers
Etymology: From photo + blogger or photoblog + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who publishes a photoblog.
photobloggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoblogger
photolithoautotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photolithoautotrophs
Etymology: From photo- + litho- + autotroph.
Senses: glosses: Any autotrophic organism that uses light energy and an inorganic electron donor and carbon dioxide as its carbon source.
Related terms: photolithoautotrophic
photolithoautotrophy
photolithoautotrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photolithoautotroph
photolithoautotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being a photolithoautotroph.
photolithoautotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + lithoautotrophic.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a photolithoautotroph
photoautotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being a photoautotroph.
bacteriochlorins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacteriochlorin
isobacteriochlorins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isobacteriochlorin
photoemissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoemission
photoemit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photoemits
form: photoemitting
form: photoemitted
form: photoemitted
Etymology: From photo- + emit.
Senses: glosses: To emit by photoemission.
photoemits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of photoemit
photoemitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photoemit
unemitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + emitted.
Senses: glosses: Not emitted.
photoemitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photoemit
phony-baloney
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phony-baloney
form: most phony-baloney
form: phoney-baloney
Senses: glosses: fake; fraudulent
Campo flicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Campo flickers
Senses: glosses: Colaptes campestris, a bird in the woodpecker family, found in South America.
Hensing's ligament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hensing's ligaments
Etymology: Named after Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing, a German professor of medicine.
Senses: glosses: phrenicocolic ligament
phyric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phyric
form: most phyric
Senses: glosses: porphyritic; having phenocrysts
Derived terms: aphyric
aphyric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + phyric.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.
Derived terms: subaphyric
pilifer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilifers
Etymology: From pilo- + -i- + -fer.
Senses: glosses: A bristly structure forming part of a hearing organ on the heads of hawkmoths of the subtribe Choerocampina, used in detecting the echolocation sounds of insectivorous bats.
pilifers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilifer
retaliatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From retaliating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In retaliation.
pine mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: pine nut syndrome
glosses: A taste disturbance after eating pine nuts, causing a bitter, metallic taste.
saged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sage
pine nut syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pine mouth.
pappataci fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Italian pappataci (“sandfly”).
Senses: glosses: A vector-borne febrile arboviral infection caused by three serotypes of Phlebovirus.
Synonyms: phlebotomus fever
sandfly fever
three-day fever
Picardan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Picardans
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A white wine grape used mainly for the Châteauneuf-du-Pape blend.
glosses: A white wine made from this kind of grape.
Picardans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Picardan
lienophrenic ligament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lienophrenic ligaments
Senses: glosses: phrenicosplenic ligament
phrenicolienal ligament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phrenicolienal ligaments
Senses: glosses: phrenicosplenic ligament
phrenicosplenic ligament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phrenicosplenic ligaments
Senses: glosses: A double fold of peritoneum that connects the thoracic diaphragm and spleen.
Synonyms: lienophrenic ligament
phrenicolienal ligament
phonaesthemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phonesthemic.
klootchmans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of klootchman
klootchmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of klootchman
phototachymetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + tachymetric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a phototachymeter.
social justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The leisure class enjoyed advantages for which there was no basis in social justice; this necessarily made it oppressive, limited its sympathies, and caused it to invent theories by which to justify its privileges.
ref: 1932, Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness
text: Our hope for creative living lies in our ability to re-establish the spiritual ends of our lives in personal character and social justice.
ref: 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Man Who Was a Fool”, in Strength to Love, New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, →OCLC, page 70:
text: The second challenge surfaces when we consider what it means to practice social justice. Generally, because most people see themselves as valuing social justice, most people also see themselves as acting justly in their lives. In response to questions about how they practice social justice, many would say that they treat everyone the same without regard to differences; because they do this, their actions are aligned with their values.
ref: 2017, Özlem Sensoy, Robin DiAngelo, Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice, Teachers College Press, page xx:
glosses: Fairness in society.
Derived terms: social justice warrior
phototachymeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phototachymeters
Etymology: From photo- + tachymeter.
Senses: glosses: An electrooptical instrument for measuring distances.
Related terms: phototachymetric
phototachymeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phototachymeter
psychomime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychomimes
Etymology: From psycho- + mime.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word or phrase that depicts a certain psychological state or bodily feeling.
Related terms: phenomime
phonomime
psychomimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychomime
phonomime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phonomimes
Etymology: From phono- + mime.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word or phrase that mimics a sound.
Synonyms: onomatopoeia
Related terms: phenomime
psychomime
phonomimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonomime
dark triad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A group of three callous-manipulative personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy.
incels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incel
neriifolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neriifolins
Senses: glosses: A particular cardiac glycoside.
Derived terms: dihydroneriifolin
deacetyltanghinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular cardiac glycoside.
cerberoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular cardiac glycoside.
cerberin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cerbera + -in.
Senses: glosses: A particular cardiac glycoside found in the tree Cerbera odollam.
Derived terms: dehydrocerberin
suicide trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suicide tree
pseudomedian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudomedians
Etymology: From pseudo- + median.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A measure of centrality for data sets and populations, which agrees with the median where the data are symmetric.
pseudomedians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudomedian
pseudoindican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoindicans
Etymology: From pseudo- + indican.
Senses: glosses: iridoid
pseudoindicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoindican
thevetin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thevetins
Etymology: From Thevetia + -in.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of poisonous cardiac glycosides, obtained especially from the seeds of Thevetia nereifolia.
therobioside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular cardiac glycoside.
honghelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular cardiac glycoside.
heterosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteroside
cymarosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cymaroside
honghelosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hongheloside
oleandrigenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: One of several glycosides found in the leaves of the oleander plant.
thevetins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thevetin
Deweyite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Deweyites
Etymology: From Dewey + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Deweyism.
Deweyites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Deweyite
Deweyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Dewey + -ism. It was expounded by John Dewey in his 1897 book My Pedagogic Creed.
Senses: glosses: A system of education emphasizing social interaction and group learning, and employing the "look-say" method of learning to read.
wikipedia: John Dewey
Related terms: Deweyan
Deweyite
unregimental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unregimental
form: most unregimental
Etymology: From un- + regimental.
Senses: glosses: Not regimental.
royalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From royal + -istic.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to royalism or royalists
racialistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From racialist + -ic or racial + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to racialism or racism.
acyron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκυρον (ákuron, “incorrect phraseology”).
Senses: glosses: The use of words incompatible with or contrary to the speaker's meaning.
Related terms: acyrology
cover-girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover-girls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cover girl.
spin dryer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spin dryers
form: spin-dryer
form: spin drier
form: spin-drier
Senses: glosses: A machine in which wet clothes are spun in a cylinder full of holes to remove water from them, taking advantage of centrifugal force.
Related terms: spin-dry
spin dryers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spin dryer
rakelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rakelike
form: most rakelike
Etymology: From rake + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a rake (gardening tool).
bluesily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bluesily
form: most bluesily
Etymology: From bluesy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bluesy manner.
radiostation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiostations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of radio station.
radiostations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiostation
down-down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: down-downs
Senses: examples: text: Exceptions are made for children and non-beer drinking Indonesians — their down-downs are allowed to be made with water or soft drinks.
ref: 1987, Susan Scott-Stevens, Foreign Consultants and Counterparts, page 81:
text: To be sentenced to a down-down is to be made to chug a beverage (you don't have to drink alcohol to belong anymore).
ref: 2003 November, Skiing, volume 56, number 3, page 117:
glosses: Among the Hash House Harriers, a penalty in which an individual must down his or her drink.
down-downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of down-down
niggerwhines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niggerwhine