nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: stickwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stick + -woman. 1. A simple drawing of a woman with lines to represent limbs and torso. Example: Some had illustrated their cards in crayon, and I found these drawings strangely moving. A stickwoman convalescing in bed. A stickwoman weeping tears in red dashes like tracer rounds. In one card, I found myself joining the hapless stickwoman in a transparent, rocket-shaped house. Example: The stickwoman was terribly drawn, her arms and legs all different lengths. 2. A female dealer in gambling who gathers the dice with a stick. Example: I step up to the least-crowded crap table, taking my place to the right of a country-and-western-type stickwoman with tightly permed blond hair who looks as if she would be more comfortable dressed in the square-dance outfit of the Frontier than wearing the chinoiserie, or maybe the japonaiserie, of her purple kimono uniform. Example: The boxman hunches over the house chips on the left, while the stickwoman on the right eyes the dice. 3. A female player in a game played with a stick (such as hockey or lacrosse). Example: Panther stickwomen recorded five shutouts in the regular season and outscored their opponents by a solid 24-12 margin. Example: In order to reach the women’s lacrosse field, team members must descend a steep 30 foot embankment into a ravine, cross a set of railroad tracks, and then clamber up the opposite side with the aid of small trees and vines. The stickwomen complain that the conditions become especially muddy and dangerous when it rains.
Word: stickwomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stickwoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nidderdale Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the River Nidd + dale. 1. The upper valley of the River Nidd in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district.
Word: /neg Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: From / + abbreviation of negative (compare neg), using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”). 1. Denotes that the preceding statement has a negative connotation. Labels: Internet
Word: Haishenwai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 海參崴 /海参崴 (Hǎishēnwǎi, literally “sea cucumber bay”), Wade–Giles romanization: Hai³-shen¹-wai³, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin. 1. Synonym of Vladivostok: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: In the Moscow talks, Vance presented to the Soviet side two alternative proposals of the U.S. Government. The first suggests a "deep cut" in the ceiling tentatively set by the two countries at Vladivostok (Haishenwai) in 1974 for their strategic missiles and bombers (2,400 for each). Example: All these students are preparing for going abroad in separate batches, and the first group will leave in a few days directly for Haishenwai [Vladivostok] by boat.
Word: quoifed Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of coifed. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ougiya Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ouguiya. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ougiyas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ougiya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zone time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zonetime. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: zone times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zone time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zephyrean Part of Speech: adj 1. Of relating to the west wind, or to its god Zephyr. Labels: poetic
Word: zeroing in Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of zero in Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: zeroed in Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of zero in Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Gladstone collar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Popularized by the British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. 1. A standing collar with the points pressed to stick out horizontally at the side-fronts, worn with a scarf or ascot tie. Example: Mr. Audley, the chairman, was an amiable, elderly man who still wore Gladstone collars; he was a kind of symbol of all that phantasmal and yet fixed society. Example: Jasper scrambled to unlock the bottom drawer of the bureau, yank it open, take out a wrinkled shiny suit of black, a pair of black shoes, a small black bow tie, a Gladstone collar, a white shirt with starched bosom, […]
Word: Gladstone collars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gladstone collar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yonkersite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yonkers + -ite. 1. A person from Yonkers, New York.
Word: Yonkersites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Yonkersite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yorkshire grease Part of Speech: noun 1. A fat recovered from the soap suds used in wool scouring. Labels: uncountable
Word: fatfluencers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fatfluencer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intuitive eating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, first appearing in a journal article of the 1990s. 1. An approach to eating that focuses on the body's response to cues of hunger and satisfaction, aiming to foster a positive relationship with food as opposed to mere control of one's weight. Labels: uncountable
Word: yacht club Part of Speech: noun 1. A sports club for yachting.
Word: yacht clubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yacht club Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xerafim Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of xeraphim. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: xerafims Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xerafim Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Teochews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Teochew Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splitsies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From split + -sies. 1. The condition of splitting something (such as food, or a cost) in order to share it. Labels: childish, informal, uncountable
Word: steal the bacon Part of Speech: name 1. A traditional children's game, a variant of tag, in which teams try to steal a flag or other item (the "bacon") from the field without being tagged.
Word: fatspo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fat + -spo, after thinspo. 1. Material created by and/or intended for fat people that promotes body positivity. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: To this end, some fat activists began promoting the use of a fatspo tag. By tagging representations of positive fatness as fatspo, they disrupt the discourse of what bodies are aspirational. They attempt to reclaim the narrative back from those who engage in fat shame. 2. Material created and/or used to inspire weight loss by presenting fat people in a disparaging manner (associated with online communities encouraging eating disorders). Labels: informal, uncountable Example: I searched "what I eat in a day" on Twitter to see how the conversation had translated to that platform, and the results were horrifying. The most popular results were from "pro–eating disorder" accounts who reposted the TikToks as "fatspo," sometimes even estimating the calories consumed in plus-size creators’ videos so they could revel in their disgust.
Word: pro-ED Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + ED (“eating disorder”). 1. Promoting or encouraging eating disorders. Labels: not-comparable Example: Researchers from the university's School of Interactive Computing combed through 2.5 million pro-ED posts from 2011 to 2014, to study how the community reacted to Instagram's moderation. / The 17 pro-ED terms which were in[i]tially moderated by Instagram were adapted into hundreds of new words. Example: And as with other kinds of harmful content on the internet, platforms hosting pro-ED communities have long struggled with how to moderate them. In 2001, Yahoo removed more than 100 pro-ED sites from its servers, saying they violated its terms of service.
Word: wool moth Part of Speech: noun 1. The Australian moth Monopis icterogastra, which has a woolly appearance. 2. The cosmopolitan moth Tineola bisselliella, which eats wool cloth.
Word: wool moths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wool moth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wool comber Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of woolcomber. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wool combers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wool comber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Woodruff key Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Developed by William N. Woodruff of Hartford, Connecticut, in the 1880s, to improve on existing keying practice with more economical keyseat cutting; in the era's technological context, this design offered what is today called a DFM improvement (US patent 368744). 1. A semicircular key that fits partly into a circular segment keyseat, with the remainder fitting into a longitudinal slot keyway in the mating part.
Word: Woodruff keys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Woodruff key Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wolf number Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The idea of compiling the information about the sunspot number from various observers originated with Rudolf Wolf in 1848 in Zürich, Switzerland. 1. A measure of the number of sunspots and groups of sunspots present on the surface of the Sun.
Word: Wolf numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wolf number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zürich number Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Wolf number. 1. Synonym of Wolf number (“number of sunspots”).
Word: Zürich numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zürich number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: witches' milk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of witch's milk. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: camas rat Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of camas pocket gopher.
Word: camas rats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of camas rat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: West Nile encephalitis Part of Speech: noun 1. encephalitis resulting from West Nile fever Labels: uncountable
Word: Petley Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A local service district and designated place east of Clarenville, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Word: silky-haired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From silky + haired. 1. Having hair that resembles silk. Labels: not-comparable
Word: womanface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From woman + face, modeled on blackface. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊ.mənˌfeɪs/ 1. Women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface. Labels: Internet, derogatory, offensive, uncountable Example: Her teacher, Mrs. Calcagni, who Shirley characterized to her friends as an “Uncle Tom in womanface,” hated girls who, in her view, “tried to be smarter than everybody,” which meant smarter than the boys, too. Example: “Molly's people found, well, I don't know what you'd call it—a hive, let's say, of male prostitutes in womanface. But that's not why I called you here.” She flipped the page and smoothed it down gently. “I want you in Raymond tomorrow[…]
Word: bilobulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bilobulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bimmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bimmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bimetallic strips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bimetallic strip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: binding energies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of binding energy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioadaptations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioadaptation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biochambers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biochamber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biocenologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biocenology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioaldehydes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioaldehyde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioaffinities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioaffinity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioconstituents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioconstituent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biocompanies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biocompany Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biocharacterizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biocharacterization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biocompendiums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biocompendium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hai-shen-wei Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 海參崴 /海参崴 (Hǎishēnwēi) Wade–Giles romanization: Hai³-shen¹-wei¹. 1. Alternative form of Haishenwei. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1604 v., Vladivostock (Hai-shen-wei in Chinese) 8116 v., from Moscow. Buffet. The station is situated in the Western part of the Gold Horn (See MARITIME PROVINCE, R. 1). Example: Marshall’s concern over Russia was to prove itself not without foundation. The Russians were already exploring areas along the Amur River, and only seven years after Marshall’s warning, Russia acquired an important tract of land between the Ussuri and the sea (including the city of Hai-ts’an-wei^([sic – meaning Hai-shen-wei]), later changed to Vladivostok) as a reward for her good offices during the Anglo-French Chinese war of 1858-60.
Word: biodecolorizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biodecolorization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biodecontaminants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biodecontaminant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biodecontaminations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biodecontamination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biodisponibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biodisponibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioenrichments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioenrichment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioevaluations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioevaluation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: possibles sack Part of Speech: noun 1. A bag carried by American Frontiersmen, containing daily tools and personal items. ( See Possibles bag)
Word: bioexpressions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioexpression Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biogeoclimates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biogeoclimate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transphonologises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transphonologise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transphonologising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of transphonologise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transphonologised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transphonologise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Bexfield Part of Speech: name 1. A hamlet in Foulsham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0225). 2. A surname.
Word: Herculeses Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Hercules Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hercules's Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Hercules Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: corked it Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cork it Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: corks it Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cork it Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: corking it Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cork it Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Elsas Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Elsa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kilpedder Part of Speech: name 1. A village south of Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Word: LFR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of live face/facial recognition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: gum-tickler Part of Speech: noun 1. A serving of undiluted rum or other spirit. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: We drink cocktails and gum-ticklers to amuse ourselves. Example: Mr Venus, reminded of the duties of hospitality, produced some rum. In answer to the inquiry, 'Will you mix it, Mr Wegg?' that gentleman pleasantly rejoined, 'I think not, sir. On so auspicious an occasion, I prefer to take it in the form of a Gum-Tickler.'
Word: gum-ticklers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gum-tickler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pittsburgh salad Part of Speech: noun 1. A layered salad from the Western Pennsylvania area, with ingredients such as lettuce and other vegetables, grilled meat, shredded cheese, ranch dressing, and most notably french fries. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Pittsburgh salads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pittsburgh salad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: instantially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From instantial + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnˈstænʃəli/ 1. In an instantial way, as: Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: ad hoc Example: The grammar takes a long view; it carries its own history along with it, both systemically (in the evolving of the language) and instantially (in the unfolding of a text). 2. In an instantial way, as: Labels: not-comparable Example: Have you tried using perform_now just for the sake of testing? It's equivalent to perform_later, but instead of enqueuing, it runs instantially.
Word: coronation quiche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Created for the coronation banquet of King Charles III in 2023. 1. A kind of quiche made with spinach, broad beans, and tarragon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The King and Queen Consort have personally chosen a recipe for “Coronation Quiche” in celebration of the Big Lunches due to be staged to mark their coronation. Charles and Camilla shared the recipe for the open baked savoury tart, which features spinach, broad beans and tarragon, the royal family’s official Twitter account revealed. Example: 3. Coronation Quiche The proportion of other ingredients — cheese, spinach and edamame — to eggs is high in my adaptation of the quiche recipe shared by the British royal family for the coronation of King Charles III.
Word: coronation quiches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coronation quiche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Penkhull Part of Speech: name 1. A western suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8644).
Word: trench dress Part of Speech: noun 1. A dress with trenchcoat-like elements such as thick fabric and buttons.
Word: trench dresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trench dress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chinese chicken salad Part of Speech: noun 1. A salad, common in parts of the United States, made with chopped chicken and other ingredients such as lettuce, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, deep-fried wonton skins or rice vermicelli, and nuts. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Chinese chicken salads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chinese chicken salad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phlegm-cutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phlegm + cutter; first use appears c. 1806. 1. An alcoholic drink, especially one consumed before breakfast. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: "If I'm good enough to talk about I be good enough to drink with," Peters shouted. "Fritz! Squarehead! Two phlegm-cutters here."
Word: phlegm-cutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phlegm-cutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pineapple wilt Part of Speech: noun 1. A viral disease of pineapples, associated with mealybugs of the genus Dysmicoccus. Labels: uncountable
Word: pineapple opals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pineapple opal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kueh tart Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kuih tart. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kueh tarts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kueh tart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faërie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of faerie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Whilome it was (as Faëries wont report) / Dame Venus Girdle, by her ’ſteemed deare / What time ſhe us’d to live in wively ſort, / But layd aſide whenſo ſhe us’d her looſer ſport. Example: From Burnsal’s tower the midnight hour / Had toll’d, and its echo was still, / And the elfin band, from faërie land, / Was upon Elboton hill.
Word: faëries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faërie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of faëry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kingos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kingo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: KPSS tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of KPSS test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the four people who proposed it, Denis Kwiatkowski, Peter C. B. Phillips, Peter Schmidt and Yongcheol Shin in the 1992 paper "Testing the null hypothesis of stationarity against the alternative of a unit root". 1. A test used for testing a null hypothesis that an observable time series is stationary around a deterministic trend (i.e. trend-stationary) against the alternative of a unit root.
Word: Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hospitality boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hospitality box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oshanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oshana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Oshawan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Oshawa + -an. 1. Of or relating to Oshawa in Canada.
Word: Oshawan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Oshawa + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Oshawa.
Word: Oshawans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Oshawan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: girlypops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of girlypop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nevile Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: recordholding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From record + holding. 1. Keeping records or documents. Labels: not-comparable Example: a recordholding agency 2. Holding a record for being the best at a particular feat. Labels: not-comparable Example: a recordholding athlete
Word: Hurcomb Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: blurredly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From blurred + -ly. 1. In a blurred or vague manner. Example: Two trunks now followed, with "L. T." blurredly marked upon the ends. Example: It suddenly occurred to Arthur that, coming as this did at the end, so to speak, or rather the beginning of all the horror they had just blurredly experienced, something nasty must be about to happen.
Word: Ranvier's node Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of node of Ranvier.
Word: loot rail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of loot + light rail. 1. The light rail system of Baltimore, regarded as a means for inner-city criminals to visit other districts to commit robbery. Labels: US, derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: The idea held great promise. […] So citizens said yes. But that was a year ago, before inner-city troubles arrived on the boxy white train with a blue stripe, before light rail became known as "loot rail." Example: […] has launched the anti-“loot rail” movement as it has named itself as a play on “light rail,” but such fears are unwarranted and most thieves have access to automobiles.
Word: Unamuno Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Unamuno. 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: Baltistani Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Baltistan.
Word: Baltistani Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Baltistan.
Word: Baltistanis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Baltistani Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faëry Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of fairy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The feaſts that under-ground the Faëry did him make, / And there how he enjoy’d the lady of the lake. Example: No faëry or any other living being was near, except Olivia, who was at my side, and who said in as composed a voice as though nothing at all out of the common routine of every day life had occurred:—[…]
Word: coastal grandmothers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coastal grandmother Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coastal grandma Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of coastal grandmother. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coastal grandmas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coastal grandma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultrawave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultra- + wave. 1. A type of radiation, often described as allowing for faster-than-light communication. Example: There were short intervals between the reports, for ultrawaves, though traveling at the speed of light, still needed some time to span the tremendous distance. 2. A device capable of receiving or producing ultrawaves. Example: Of course, the radio signals came through on the ultrawave every so often, but the pep-talk description of the thrilling contest for endurance racing didn't mean much when I put it up against the facts.
Word: ultrawaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultrawave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chrysalised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chrysalis + -ed. 1. Encased in a chrysalis or as if in a chrysalis. Labels: not-comparable Example: But there is a faëry always folded away in our souls, like a bright butterfly chrysalised, and sailing eastward, layer after layer of propriety, moderation, deference to public opinion, safety of sentiment, and all the thick crusts of compromise and convention roll away, and bending southward up the Nile, you may feel that faëry fairly flutter her wings. Example: For here we crawl awhile, and feed, and weave a little web, / Anon, when chrysalised in death, to be our strait cocoon: / For each man’s works that follow him, do clothe him in their meshes, / He hath wrought out for himself his robe of shame or honour.
Word: chrysalised Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From chrysalis + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of chrysalis Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: transhumanity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transhuman + -ity or trans- + humanity. 1. The state of being transhuman. Labels: uncountable Example: It was a way, Sean, of interrogating our very humanity—and our transhumanity; a way of enquiring what we might change into. That's the only possible true deep reason for colonization. 2. Transhumans collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: You don't need me to safeguard the future of Carter-Zimmerman on your behalf. Or the future of transhumanity. You can do it in person.
Word: spacehound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of space + hound. 1. A person experienced in space travel. Labels: archaic Example: "I'll be very glad to show you around," he said, "but I must confess I was a little surprised when Rupert passed on your request. I couldn't understand why one of you spacehounds should be interested in our work. Aren't you going in the wrong direction?"
Word: spacehounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spacehound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spacemanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spaceman + -ship and space + -manship. 1. The ability to pilot a spacecraft. Labels: uncountable Example: Off through the cluster flew the Andromeda, and it seemed as if Zog changed course several times, whether from inaccuracy, poor spacemanship, or a desire to confuse his passengers.
Word: spacewreck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of space + wreck. 1. The wreckage of a spacecraft. Example: Our voyage in search of spacewrecks will take us across the major orbital routes, coasting along the space lanes.
Word: spacewrecks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spacewreck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spacewrecked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compound of space + wrecked. 1. Having been wrecked in space. Labels: not-comparable Example: To relieve the solitude of the spacewrecked crew, they decide to send presents, which they wrapped in layers of paper that would burn up in the atmosphere, leaving the contents intact.
Word: sappie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsæpi/ 1. A tool consisting of a curved spike or hook, fitted to a long shaft, used in logging to snag, move and hold small logs; a picaroon specifically in the context of logging.
Word: sappies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sappie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hookaroon Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌhʊkəˈɹuːn/ 1. A sappie; a picaroon; specifically such a tool with a particularly downturned or recurved hook.
Word: hookaroons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hookaroon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spacegram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”). 1. A short written message physically sent through space. Example: Several times during their work and breaks to eat, Versha had received spacegrams or messages through the comcaller.
Word: spacegram Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”). 1. To send by spacegram. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: "We'll spacegram the specifications as soon as this call is finished," said Jerry. "How soon can we have a shipment?"
Word: spacegrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spacegram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spacegrams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spacegram Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spacegramming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spacegram Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spacegrammed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spacegram Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: starfleet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of star + fleet. 1. A fleet of starships; a space navy. Example: I couldn't sense net-based operations behind the doors, but if the records were correct, Ell Control had once been the central operations focus for the starfleets of the Rebuilt Hegemony, and had hummed with activity.
Word: starfleets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of starfleet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neomythology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + mythology. 1. New mythology. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There exist contemporary aremi sung in Spanish and based on a Christianized “neomythology” of Dioso, a god miraculously conceived in the womb of a girl by the snake master of the water domain. Example: Heidegger’s Denkweg traces a path from demythologizing the mythic world of the scriptures to remythologizing the world in the accents of a Greek neomythology.
Word: neomythologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neomythology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: starway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of star + way. 1. A route or pathway between stars. Example: I slept peacefully that night, dreaming of cruising the starways with Andrea. The next morning, I awoke feeling reinvigorated, revitalised, and many years younger.
Word: starways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of starway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: starfarer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of star + farer. 1. Someone who travels between stars. Example: In many ways, it was lucky for starfarers that the same basic DNA code and biochemistry had been found on placets all over the known galaxy, for it meant that habitable environments and edible foods were easy to find.
Word: starfarers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of starfarer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neomythological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + mythological. 1. Of or relating to neomythology. Labels: not-comparable Example: Samuel F. Johnson initiates a wave of neomythological criticism by isolating aspects of Indo-European culture in the poem: a tribal coronation rite, rites of passage, and a totemic hero. Example: Fantasy, on the other hand, rarely utilizes science, relying instead on magic, mythological and neomythological beings and devices and outright invention for conflict and setting.
Word: spaceboot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of space + boot. Pronunciation: /speɪs.buːt/ 1. A boot intended to be worn in space. Example: And on his feet, accurate in proportion to a pair of spaceboots, Sammy's untied sneakers spread open above the ankles, enormous tongues flapping out.
Word: spaceboots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spaceboot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: open rotor Part of Speech: noun 1. propfan, unducted fan 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, rotor.
Word: open fan Part of Speech: noun 1. unducted fan, propfan 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, fan.
Word: spaceboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of space + boat, modelled after spaceship. 1. A small spaceship. Example: Twelve robot spaceboats emerged from the midst of the retreating armada and streaked toward the glowing bubble, which was expanding more rapidly.
Word: spaceboats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spaceboat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in laps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of in lap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lap pillows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lap pillow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: out laps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of out lap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shipmind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of ship + mind. 1. An intelligent entity (either an artificial intelligence or alien) used to control a spaceship. Example: The crossing didn’t set off any alarms or anything. I wouldn’t even have noticed it, but my shipmind, Hypatia, is programmed to notice things that I don’t, if she thinks they might interest me.
Word: shipminds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shipmind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lake Neuchâtel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Lac de Neuchâtel; the German name is Neuenburgersee. 1. A lake in north-west Switzerland, on which the city of Neuchâtel is situated; it is the largest lake entirely within Switzerland.
Word: chrysalissed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of chrysalised. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: “Yes. Warm for April, isn’t it?” answered the embryo summer girl, who was still chrysalissed in broadcloth and a gray fedora. Example: We walk our narrow path to nowhere safely trussed up in our personal selves: or we not so much walk at all, as lie still, chrysalissed in them:—it may be just as well, since for lack of the quality of balance, we are about as capable of walking at ease and dignity as is a jellyfish of doing Blondin on the tight-rope.
Word: saucerman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of (flying) saucer + man. 1. Someone who travels in a flying saucer. Example: To convince Sam Arkoff to put House of Usher — a film devoid of atomic mutants, bug-eyed saucermen, werewolves, vampires and other poster-friendly manifestations of the fifties' sci-fi boom — into production, Roger Corman had famously informed the joint head of American International that the house was the monster.
Word: saucermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saucerman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counties at large Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of county at large Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shapechange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of shape + change. 1. To shapeshift. Example: He clapped the big man on the shoulder and quickly left. In the shadows of the bridge he shapechanged and headed for Greenvale.
Word: shapechange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of shape + change. 1. An instance of shapechanging. Example: I watched Michael's face and asked, "Why was he there then? I'd have put down money that it was a demon, but it was just a shapechange. There was a mortal inside it. Who was he?"
Word: shapechanges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shapechange Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shapechanges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shapechange Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shapechanged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shapechange Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: schismogenetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to schismogenesis. Labels: not-comparable Example: I tried to establish rapport by throwing out everything I could think of associated with the topic: for example, listing the names of Goffman’s books. In typical complementary schismogenetic fashion, this had the effect of overwhelming Chad and intimidating him even more. Example: Today an increasing number of Muslims feel that Islam, as religion and identity, is under attack. In certain circumstances, this ‘rumour’ traps some Muslims who react to the schismogenetic process with the rhetoric of jihad as a form of an act of identity.
Word: laryngeal nerves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laryngeal nerve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Third Positionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Third Position + -ism. 1. Support for the Third Position as a political stance. Labels: uncountable Example: Such a mix of positions is meant to resolve the contradictions between competing interest groups that Third Positionism attempts to appeal to: blue-collar workers, racists, ‘environmental patriots’ and disaffected leftists.
Word: laryngeal arteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laryngeal artery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double rainbows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double rainbow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scientifictionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From scientifictional + -ly. 1. In a scientifictional manner. Example: The Silver Egg-Heads, originally a novelet, was expanded to novel length for a Ballantine Books paperback. It was done in the broad, blatant tones of a Robert Bloch broadside, intending to scientifictionally spoof writers, agents, publishers, and their associates.
Word: LGBTQXYZ Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From LGBTQ + XYZ, the last three letters of the alphabet, mocking the practice of expanding the initialism with different letters denoting related communities. 1. Synonym of LGBT+ or LGBTQ+. Labels: derogatory, humorous, not-comparable, offensive, slang, sometimes Example: Bob Eschliman, editor of the Newton Daily News, accuses "the LGBTQXYZ crowd and the Gaystapo" of trying "to make their sinful nature right with God" in a Monday post on his personal blog first reported by national media critic Jim Romenesko. Example: The National Abortion Federation considers peaceful pro-life rhetoric and actions to be “hate speech.” Mainstream LGBTQXYZ activist groups have succeeded in New York City and in DC to cast “wrong” pronouns as finable hate speech.
Word: slipstreamy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slipstream + -y. 1. Resembling a slipstream. Example: Right after Mom left us, she asked me to write her letters. Her voice crackling over the phone, she asked me to write down "all the slipstreamy thoughts from the pocket of my soul" and send them to her. 2. Resembling slipstream fiction ("a genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries"). Example: The other zine, run by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link, radiates a determinedly "postmodern," slipstreamy vibe. Two poles of the fantasy spectrum, right?
Word: Manjurist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Manchu + -ist, influenced by Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju). 1. One who studies the Manchu language.
Word: Manjurists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Manjurist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 🧵 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Depicting a spool of thread. 1. A thread (series of messages, generally grouped by subject). Labels: Internet Example: tl;dw; (really? It's 5mins!!) here's a 🧵 with the main take aways 👉 Example: One of the best and most needed 🧵s I've seen regarding autism, dx, and gender
Word: spindizzy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spin + dizzy. The science fiction sense was coined by American author James Blish in 1950 for the Cities in Flight series of books (published 1950–1962). 1. An engine-powered miniature racing car running on a circular track, tethered by cables to a central pole, popular in the 1940s. Example: Spindizzies, or tether cars, come in three categories of descending value: original as raced, restored and reproduced. […] The best indicator of a spindizzy’s authenticity is its size, said Eric Zausner of Berkeley, Calif., who has an extensive collection. “Repros are always smaller because they come from second-generation molds.” 2. An engine-powered miniature racing car running on a circular track, tethered by cables to a central pole, popular in the 1940s. Labels: dated Example: Spindizzies, model auto racing fans to you, are going to have a field day at Safford Junio[r] High School grounds, facing South Fourth avenue, this afternoon. 3. An anti-gravity propulsion system capable of faster-than-light travel, powered by the hypothetical Blackett effect. Example: So the twin scientific themes of the first book are the development of antigravity technology called spindizzies that enable whole cities to lift into space, and the production of "anti-agathic" drugs that can extend life indefinitely, necessary for the immense journey times in interstellar space.
Word: spindizzies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spindizzy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Blackett effect Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after British physicist Patrick Blackett, although it was originally proposed by Arthur Schuster in the 1910s. 1. A now-disproven hypothesis that a magnetic field is generated by an uncharged rotating body. Labels: historical
Word: Saint-Cergue Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Nyon district, Vaud canton, Switzerland.
Word: PHEs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PHE Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kaizuka Part of Speech: noun 1. A shellmound in Japan.
Word: marvel grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Dichanthium annulatum, a grass used as forage.
Word: sheda grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Dichanthium annulatum, marvel grass
Word: Cape Point Part of Speech: name 1. A promontory at the southeast corner of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.
Word: Cape Peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. A mountainous peninsula in Western Cape, South Africa.
Word: Burqueño Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of Spanish Albuquerqueño, from Albuquerque + -eño Pronunciation: /bəˈkiːn.jəʊ/, /bɚˈkin.joʊ/ 1. Of or relating to Albuquerque.
Word: Burqueño Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Spanish Albuquerqueño, from Albuquerque + -eño Pronunciation: /bəˈkiːn.jəʊ/, /bɚˈkin.joʊ/ 1. A resident or native of Albuquerque. Example: ‘I’m a Burqueño,’ he says with pride. ‘I want to represent the city the best that I can. I want to show that there’s more to this city than just Breaking Bad. The poetry community here is so strong, and we have tons of talent.’
Word: Burqueños Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Burqueño Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rings one's bell Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ring one's bell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ringing one's bell Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ring one's bell Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rang one's bell Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of ring one's bell Labels: form-of, past
Word: rung one's bell Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of ring one's bell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bioglycoconjugates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioglycoconjugate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hobnobbery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hobnob + -ery. 1. The activity of hobnobbing. Labels: uncountable Example: The protesting sects have pulled Him out of the shrine, smashing it in violent bitterness of hatred: they have overflushed Him with lusty blood, made Him hail-fellow walking amongst men, and they have brought Him into intimate hobnobbery with the multitude; Example: Everyone besides the two dedicated champagne-pourers in the corner is swirling around in varying states of hobnobbery: library undersecretaries, branch curators, and nearly all the living members of the Oulipo, about half of whom I am meeting for the first time.
Word: isshar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali ঈশ্বর (iśśor, “God”). Doublet of Ishwar. 1. The symbol ৺ in Bengali script, used before the name of a deceased person.
Word: game of chicken Part of Speech: noun 1. A game or dare in which the loser is the person who yields first.
Word: meju Part of Speech: noun Etymology: # From Korean 메주 (meju) 1. A brick of dried fermented soybeans.
Word: games of chicken Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of game of chicken Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Euratlantic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Euro-Atlantic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Morez Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Hauts de Bienne commune, Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Word: La Cure Part of Speech: name 1. A village on the border between Switzerland and France, with the greater part in the municipality of Saint-Cergue, Vaud canton, Switzerland and the remainder in Les Rousses commune, Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France.
Word: Ascot tie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of ascot tie. Labels: alt-of Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
Word: Ascot ties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ascot tie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Marcyite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marcy + -ite. 1. A supporter or follower of Sam Marcy (1911–1998), American lawyer, writer, and Marxist-Leninist activist who co-founded the Workers World Party (WWP). Labels: Marxism Example: His attempt to maintain a revolutionary proletarian orientation without the struggle for the Fourth International ended in a fiasco, as the present political role of the Marcyites as semi-official advisers of the trade union bureaucracy proves.
Word: Marcyites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Marcyite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 🧵s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 🧵 Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Shuangchengzi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雙城子 /双城子 (Shuāngchéngzi). 1. Synonym of Ussuriysk: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: Reporting a typhoon in the Soviet Far East on 18th August the NCNA said (in English 0825 gmt 21 Aug 79) that “the stricken areas included Spassk, Ussuriysk (Shuangchengzi) and Vladivostok[…] Example: To the east of the Lefu the important town of Ussuriysk (originally Nikolsk, then in 1935-1957 Voroshilov, but known to the Chinese as Shuangchengzi 'double wall town') stands on a tributary of the largest river flowing into the sea near Vladivostok, the Suifun.
Word: Nibuchu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 尼布楚 (Níbùchǔ). 1. Synonym of Nerchinsk: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Word: nashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nashing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nashed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Nashes Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Nash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Miaojie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廟街 /庙街 (Miàojiē). 1. Synonym of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: In 1848, Russian Senior Naval Captain Nevelskoiy and his military transport ship set sail to invade China's Heilongjiang [Amur-river] River estuary and the Sakhalin island. In 1850, Miaojie on the Heilongjiang River estuary was forcibly occupied, turned into a stronghold for aggression and renamed Nikolayevsk after the czar. In April 1853, Czar Nicholas I brazenly ordered the invasion and occupation of China's Sakhalin island. Example: In 1850 Muraviev-Amursky hoisted Russian flags in Miaojie (known today as Nikolayevsk-na-Amure), at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River where he stationed troops to defend what he had just stolen.
Word: Outer Khingan Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Stanovoy. Example: The Treaty of Aigun incorporated the region between the Amur River (Heilongjiang) and the Outer Khingan (or Stanovoy) Range (Wai Xing'an ling) into Russian Siberia. Example: The Asia Times noted on Feb. 25 that it is ironic that while releasing a peace plan this week “which conspicuously fails to say clearly whether Moscow should with draw its troops” from Ukraine’s Donbas region and Crimea,” China “this very month, made a politically sensitive change in its official word view – a change that affects Russia.” It elaborates that “Under Beijing’s new directive, Vladivostok once again is called Haishenwai (meaning Sea Cucumber Bay) while Sakhalin Island is called Kuyedao. The Stanovoy Range is back to being called the Outer Xing’an Range in Chinese.”
Word: mootie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moot + -ie. 1. A participant in a moot court competition. Labels: informal Example: As a former Mootie in the 8th moot and an avid supporter, coach and arbitrator since, I am honoured to contribute to this celebration of Professor Bergsten and hope that the entirety of this Liber Amicorum underscores the utmost admiration and tremendous respect […]
Word: takes a dookie Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take a dookie Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person