cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
counted on the fingers of one hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of count on the fingers of one hand
counting on the fingers of one hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of count on the fingers of one hand
counts on the fingers of one hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of count on the fingers of one hand
juniper oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juniper oils
Senses: glosses: an essential oil obtained from the fruit of the common juniper Juniperus communis
juniper oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juniper oil
juniper tar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juniper tars
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A liquid used topically in the treatment of skin diseases and obtained by distillation from the wood of trees of the species Juniperus oxycedrus (western prickly juniper), of the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
juniper tars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juniper tar
juniper wood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juniper-wood
Senses: examples: text: CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:
glosses: The wood of the juniper tree or other plants in the genus Juniperus.
western prickly juniper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: western prickly junipers
Senses: synonyms: cade
glosses: A juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus), native across the Mediterranean region from Morocco and Portugal, north to southern France, east to westernmost Iran, and south to Lebanon and Israel
theodicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theodicists
Etymology: From theodicy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Many theodicists have maintained that God is justified in permitting suffering...
ref: 1974, Clement Dore, “Do Theodicists Mean What They Say?”, in Philosophy:
glosses: One who studies theodicy.
theodicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theodicist
HAPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HAP
complexity class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: computational complexity theory
glosses: A set of computational problems of related resource-based complexity.
panbiotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panbiotisms
Etymology: From pan- + bio- + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hylozoism.
synonyms: word: hylozoism
panbiotisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panbiotism
pancognitivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + cognitive + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The view that thought is present everywhere at a fundamental level.
raw_tags: of mind
epitaphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Reliefs on Sephardic monuments epitaphically dated 1648–1737 are found on approximately forty horizontal slabs and prisms among the 2,500 at the Jewish cemetery […]
ref: 2003, Martin Cohen, Abraham J. Peck, Sephardim in the Americas: Studies in Culture and History, page 91:
glosses: As or by an epitaph.
Sephardis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sephardi
JPEGging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of JPEG
JPEGing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of JPEG
JPEGed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.pɛɡd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of JPEG
JPEG'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.pɛɡd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of JPEG
MJPEG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From motion + JPEG.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: file format
glosses: A video compression format in which each video frame or interlaced field of a digital video sequence is compressed separately as a JPEG image.
MJPEG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MJPEGs
Etymology: From motion + JPEG.
Senses: glosses: An individual file in this format.
MJPEGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MJPEG
JBIG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group, a group of experts working on standards for bi-level (usually black and white) image coding.
examples: text: The JBIG format works well with the many common bilevel images that include text and line art.
ref: 2018, J.K. Petersen, The Telecommunications Illustrated Dictionary, CRC Press, →ISBN:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An early lossless image compression standard developed by the JBIG, widely implemented in fax machines.
JBIG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JBIGs
Senses: glosses: An image compressed using JBIG.
Derived terms: JBIG2
Related terms: JPEG
JBIGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of JBIG
WebM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WebMs
form: webm
Etymology: From Web + -M.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: file format
glosses: An audiovisual media file format.
WebMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WebM
Ridloff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ridloffs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
crotch down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crotches down
form: crotching down
form: crotched down
form: crotched down
Etymology: Probably originally an eggcorn for crouch down.
Senses: examples: text: He crotched down in the blocks to check for comfort before rising up out of them at half speed and trotting a few meters up the track.
ref: 2009, Loon, 100 Meters, page 9:
text: Carter grabbed the girl, just as she slid off the horse – everyone else crotched down and aimed their muskets at the trees.
ref: 2017, Richard Smith, God Bless These Boys, page 69:
text: He was now crotched down on his knees, diligently digging at a plant, a trowel now in his hand.
ref: 2019, Mary Kay Abbott, Heartache and Hope:
glosses: To crouch.
crotches down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crotch down
crotching down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crotch down
crotched down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crotch down
Yeany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yeanys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Beevillian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beevillians
Etymology: From Beeville + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Beeville.
Hypernyms: Texan
American
Beevillian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Beevillian
form: most Beevillian
Etymology: From Beeville + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Beeville.
wysiwyg
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of WYSIWYG.
cushion dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cushion dances
form: cushion-dance
Senses: examples: text: I'm aa for the cushion dance; I wad na give a baubee for a baa withoot that.
ref: 1839 September, Personal Narrative of Tristram Dumps, Esq., “The New Monthly Magazine”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 62, number 225, page 132:
text: The famous 'cushion dance' was physically safer, though its association with flirtatious interaction ensured a measure of controversy.
ref: 2013, Christopher Marsh, Music and Society in Early Modern England, page 338:
text: The company in the emblem appears to be of a higher status than the villagers who dance the cushion dance in Tortworth, but the way in which the man approaches the seated woman, holding the cushion in one hand and doffing his hat with the other while he bows, is likely similar to the village version.
ref: 2017, Allison Levy, Playthings in Early Modernity, page 45:
text: They all take partners and places for a cushion dance.
ref: 2019, “Dot”, in Dion Boucicault, editor, America's Lost Plays, Vol. I: Forbidden Fruit and Other Plays, page 149:
synonyms: kissing dance
glosses: A dance in which one person carries a cushion around the room, placing it before someone he or she wishes to kiss; after which kiss, the chosen person takes up the cushion and continues the dance.
cushion-dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cushion-dances
Senses: examples: text: I, that have ere now deserved a cushion, call for the "Cushion-dance."
ref: 1603, Thomas Heywood, A Woman Killed with Kindness:
text: At a solemn dancing, first you had the grave measures, then the corantoes and the galliards, and this is kept up with ceremony; at length to French-more, and the cushion-dance, and then all the company dances, lord and groom, lady and kitchen-maid, no distinction.
ref: 1689, John Selden, Table Talk:
text: Meantime, a cotillon had been called for; then followed a jig, in which Proddy and Mrs. Plumpton distinguished themselves, occasioning immense laughter by their extraordinary and unexpected agility; after that succeeded the fine old dance of "the hay;" andd after a breathing-pause had been allowed, and refreshments handed round, the pretty and animating cushion-dance was performed — the serjeant drumming away all the while with untiring spirit , and Jiggins only stopping now and then to whet his whistle.
ref: 1901, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth - Volume 5, page 169:
text: The old fool showed no hesitancy about thrusting himself into the circle of young dancers, and shunning the table of drinkers; and yet he longed for a drink; but his mouth watered still more for a kiss from the beautiful Magdalene, and this he might so easily have, if it would only occur to her to invite him to the cushion-dance.
ref: 2019, Mór Jókai, Peter the Priest:
glosses: Alternative form of cushion dance.
Roanoker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roanokers
Etymology: From Roanoke + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Roanoke, Virginia.
Middelfart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Funen, Denmark.
Derived terms: Middelfarter
candle-waster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candle-wasters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of candlewaster.
candle-wasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candle-wastings
Senses: glosses: The act or instance of a person consuming candles by staying up late reading and studying; an act of studying.
candle-wastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candle-wasting
candle-wasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candle-waster
Middelfarter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Middelfarters
Etymology: From Middelfart + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Middelfart, Denmark.
LGBTQ2S+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It is particularly important to make this distinction because LGBTQ2S+ movements are often mistakenly historicized as being led by the white middle class, despite their tremendous diversity on a world scale, as well as within Canada […]
ref: 2019, Megan Walley, Incorporating Nonbinary Gender Into Inuit Archaeology: Oral Testimony and Material Inroads, unnumbered page:
text: The LGBTQ2S+ community engagement meetings revealed 2 key areas that triggered individuals and made them uncomfortable: sirens and law enforcement vehicles.
ref: 2020, Edmonton Pride Festival Society, quoted in Alexa DeGagne, "Pinkwashing Pride Parades: The Politics of Police in LGBTQ2S Spaces in Canada", in Turbulent Times, Transformational Possibilities?: Gender and Politics Today and Tomorrow (eds. Alexandra Dobrowolsky & Fiona MacDonald), page 273
text: Schools can help LGBTQ2S+ children and families by creating a safe and supportive environment for all students: one that prohibits bullying, harassment, and violence.
ref: 2020, Carole Massing, Bonnie Anderson, Carol Anderson, The Educational Assistant's Guide to Supporting Inclusion in a Diverse Society, page 10:
glosses: Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or sometimes questioning), two-spirited plus.
Synonyms: LGBTQ2
LGBTQ2+
LGBTQ2S
LGBTQ2-S
Topekan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Topekans
Etymology: From Topeka + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Topeka, Kansas.
Belenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Belenites
Etymology: From Belen + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Belen, New Mexico.
pawn break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pawn breaks
Senses: glosses: A pawn advance to a square attacked by an enemy pawn, with the intent of opening the position or challenging the opponent's pawn structure.
blew from a gun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of blow from a gun
Planoite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Planoites
Etymology: From Plano + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Plano, Texas.
Laredoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Laredoans
Etymology: From Laredo + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Laredo, Texas.
Laredoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Laredoan
form: most Laredoan
Etymology: From Laredo + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Laredo, Texas.
sugar cream pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar cream pies
Senses: synonyms: sugar pie
glosses: A single-crust pie with a smooth, jiggly filling made from flour, butter, salt, vanilla, cream, and brown sugar, popular especially in Indiana.
Related terms: chess pie
transparent pie
dozzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dozzles
Senses: examples: 1892, Richard Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words. English Dialect Society - Kegan Paul et al.
Neebody can smoke twist without a dozzle.
qualifier: chiefly North-country English dialectal
glosses: the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off.
qualifier: chiefly North-country English dialectal
glosses: a paste flower on top of a pie cover.
qualifier: chiefly North-country English dialectal
glosses: the straw ornament on top of a haystack.
examples: text: The method of preventing the formation of shrinkage cavity within bottom cast ingots which consists introducing the metal into the mould through a dozzle and a plate having a plurality of inclined conduits, whereby the incoming metal is directed against the walls of the dozzle, this heating said walls to incandescence, then reversing the mould, said dozzle after the mould is reversed causing the metal in contact therewith to feed downwards into any shrinkage cavity within the ingot.
ref: 1913, James Rossiter Hoyle, Arthur William Brearley, “149,153 Ingot Casting Method”, in Canadian Patent Office Record, volume 41, page 2249:
text: When the metal has risen to within, say, 3 inches of the top of the mold, a “dozzle," which has been previously heated in one of the holes, is quickly dropped on top of the metal in the mold, and held in position whilst the few pounds of metal remaining in the crucible are poured through its center.
ref: 1918, Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Inc, page 347:
text: They also adopted the dozzle, invented by R. F. Mushet in 1861, to eliminate piping in the steel ingots.
ref: 2020, Robert B. Gordon, American Iron, 1607-1900:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A device, originally a heated sleave of fire clay, variously used to introduce molten metal to counter the formation of hollows in metal castings as they shrink while the mould cools. Now commonly called hot top or feeder head
Synonyms: hot top
dottle
feeder head
dozzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dozzles
form: dozzling
form: dozzled
form: dozzled
Senses: examples: text: I fetched him a topper as he rushed at me. I dipped and dived under his hind legs, threw him a summersault upon his back, and before he could recover from his surprise, I dealt him such a blow on the nape of his neck, that 'dozzled' him at once.
ref: 1856, William Martin, “Funny Things About Bears”, in Peter Parley's Annual, page 198:
text: How it dizzied and dozzled, too! And what a fratch yon was! My word! but Ralph did ding them over, both of them!
ref: 1885, Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, The Shadow of a Crime:
text: There was no one staying at the inn but myself, for a fortnight of "donking dozzling" rain, interspersed with what the natives call "girt pelts," which had made the place uninhabitable to strangers and trippers.
ref: 2010, Sir Edward Abbott Parry, Berrington, page iii:
glosses: To stupify; to render dull or insensible.
examples: text: This point has long been recognised in Sheffield in the manufacture of special steels, both for small and large ingots of crucible cast steel, in which the uppor or top portion is provided with a fireclay top or "dozzler”; in other words , the ingot is “dozzled.”
ref: 1912, Robert Hadfield, “Method of Producing Sound Ingots”, in Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, volume 86, number 2, page 13:
text: Ingots are still cast into moulds with parallel sides, but they are dozzled, and it is generally believed that the ingots so produced are quite sound.
ref: 1918, Arthur W. Brearley, Harry Brearley, Ingots and Ingot Moulds, page 62:
text: […] in addition to which special methods such as “dozzling” may be used to keep the top of the ingot hot as long as possible, and increase the efficiency of the ingot top in performing the functions of the sink head in molds.
ref: 1922, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME Transactions - Volume 44, page 268:
glosses: To use a dozzle in order to prevent shrinkage when casting in a mold.
dozzles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dozzle
dozzles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dozzle
dozzling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dozzle
sugar cream pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugar cream pie
hand-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhændaʊt/
ipa: /ˈhændˌaʊt/
Forms: form: hand-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from hand out.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
squash
coordinate_terms: hand-in
qualifier: real tennis
glosses: A player to whom a ball is served.
examples: text: They dropped old Henry at Tarpin, where he soon drank up all his wages. When Rapp picked him up there, he was living on hand-outs.
ref: 1925, Willa Cather, chapter III, in The Professor’s House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, book II (Tom Outland’s Story), page 196:
glosses: Alternative form of handout.
hand-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand-out
Lutyenses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lutyens
Gallaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gallagas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Gallaga, a surname of Basque origin. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Heberer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heberers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Heberer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Heberers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Heberer
Gallagas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gallaga
Harbold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Harbolds
Etymology: From a Norman personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *balþaz (“strong, bold”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norman.
Kolinski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kolinskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Koliński.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Kolinskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kolinski
Harbolds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Harbold
Lacewell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lacewells
Etymology: Variant spelling of Laswell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kasperek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kaspereks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Kasperek.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Kaspereks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kasperek
Lacewells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lacewell
Academus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.
Malnar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Malnars
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovene Malnar.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovene.
Lenehan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lenehans
Etymology: Variant of Lenahan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Lenehans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lenehan
Malnars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Malnar
Lewman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lewmans
Etymology: Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Lühmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Lisby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lisbys
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Danish Lisby, a habitational surname.
* An English habitational surname, perhaps a variant of Lusby or from a lost place in England.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lisbys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lisby
Lewmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lewman
McGlaughlin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McGlaughlins
form: Mc Glaughlin
form: Mcglaughlin
form: MacGlaughlin
form: Mac Glaughlin
form: Macglaughlin
form: M'Glaughlin
form: M'glaughlin
form: MGlaughlin
form: Mglaughlin
form: Glaughlin
Etymology: Variant of McLaughlin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Shamses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shams
McGlaughlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McGlaughlin
ovibos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oviboses
Senses: examples: text: This was not because the ovibos meat was superior but rather because it was fatter. In my opinion not one person in ten could even when on his guard tell an ovibos steak from a beefsteak, […]
ref: 1969, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, The Friendly Arctic, page 585:
glosses: The musk ox.
bro-country
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bro country
Etymology: From bro + country, after brostep.
Senses: examples: text: In short, “Cruise” is bro-country: music by and of the tatted, gym-toned, party-hearty young American white dude.
ref: 2013 August 11, Jody Rosen, “Jody Rosen on the Rise of Bro-Country”, in New York Magazine:
text: Instead, bro country songs string together a formulaic subset of tropes about beer sipping, truck driving, sunglasses wearing, unpaved roads, and tanned girls in shorts, typically building to a predictable catchphrase singsong chorus.
ref: 2018, Bill C. Malone, Tracey E. W. Laird, Country Music USA, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 547:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A subgenre of mainstream country music originating in the 2010s, influenced by hip hop, hard rock and electronica.
bro country
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bro-country.
BABT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of British Approvals Board for Telecommunications.
Venterses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Venters
Arczynski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Arczynskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Arczyński.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Arczynskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Arczynski
Bramhills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bramhill
Dungates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dungate
Neilds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Neild
Ridloffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ridloff
Aurès
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Aurès, from Arabic أَوْرَاس (ʔawrās), from Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵙ (awras).
Senses: qualifier: by ellipsis
glosses: The Aurès Mountains, located in northeastern Algeria.
glosses: A natural region in Algeria.
jet-wash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jet-washes
form: jet-washing
form: jet-washed
form: jet-washed
Senses: examples: text: "Finally, we had to clean the whole area from Andover and Romsey to Salisbury with our leaf-busting trains to jet-wash the tracks, after two weeks without any services. [...]."
ref: 2021 December 1, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Salisbury Tunnel reopens after clean-up operation”, in RAIL, number 945, page 13:
glosses: Alternative form of jetwash.
Cubbison
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cubbisons
Etymology: Probably a reduced form of McCubbin + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Roddenberry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Roddenberrys
Etymology: Americanized spelling of Dutch and German Rodenberg.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Telotte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Telottes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Telotte.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Siken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sikens
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Sikén.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
subordos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subordo
Tippet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tippets
Etymology: Variant of Tibbett.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Framingham Pigot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Manorial affix from the Picot family.
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2703).
Related terms: Framingham Earl
low-emission
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lower-emission
form: lowest-emission
Senses: examples: text: a low-emission fuel or vehicle
text: The fleet had been ordered speculatively by Beacon Rail, and intended as heavy shunting and trip locomotives, as well as a viable low-emission replacement for the elderly Class 08/09 'BR Standard large shunter' which dates from the 1950s and 1960s.
ref: 2025 October 1, “News: Romic offers all 15 Class 18 hybrid shunters for sale”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 13:
glosses: Producing fewer pollutants to be emitted into the atmosphere.
Related terms: zero-emission vehicle
sea shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea shells
Senses: examples: text: At first glance, this process seems to have nothing in common with any of the patterns on sea shells, but this impression is misleading.
ref: 2013, Hans Meinhardt, The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 204:
glosses: Alternative form of seashell.
sea shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea shell
lower-emission
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Freightliner says trials with a new lower-emission fuel for its diesel fleet have been a success, raising its credentials as a supporter of reducing greenhouse gases.
ref: 2021 December 1, “Network News: Freightliner claims emissions success”, in RAIL, number 945, page 15:
glosses: comparative form of low-emission: more low-emission
lowest-emission
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Rail is already the lowest-emission transport mode, but we can do even more.
ref: 2021 December 1, “Network News: Alstom/Eversholt sign Memorandum to build hydrogen-powered fleet”, in RAIL, number 945, page 15:
glosses: superlative form of low-emission: most low-emission
antiwhitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antiwhiteness (“hostility towards white people”).
synonyms: word: antiwhiteness
extra: hostility towards white people
pamphleting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pamphlet + -ing.
Senses: glosses: That writes or produces pamphlets.
glosses: That distributes pamphlets.
pamphleting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pamphletings
Etymology: From pamphlet + -ing.
Senses: glosses: gerund of pamphlet
The writing or production of pamphlets.
glosses: gerund of pamphlet
The distribution of pamphlets.
pamphleting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From pamphlet + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pamphlet
pamphleted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pamphlet
ladylumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lady + lumps.
Senses: examples: text: ... veiled double entendres emblazoned upon their ladylumps, the sixth annual Lutefisk Festival was in jeopardy . Oľ Chumbucket , the defender of all holidays and festivals that feature the consumption of Euro - ethnic foodstuffs that ...
ref: 2008, John Baur, Mark Summers, The Pirate Life, Citadel Press, →ISBN, page 121:
text: Leaving feminist blog Jezebel to declare: “I have a dream that one day ladies can be considered ladybros without having to show their ladylumps.”
ref: 2011 November 22, Jaclyn Tersigni, “Why is GQ's 'Bro of the Year' wearing lingerie?”, in The Globe and Mail:
text: 2016, Melanie Shawn, Let It Snow, Red Hot Reads Publishing
After Courtney bounced enthusiastically—causing her ladylumps to almost spill out of her shirt—she began circling the table, running her fingers along the felted sides, “looking” for her next shot. Really, she was just putting on a show ...
glosses: Alternative form of lady lumps.
Cubbisons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cubbison
Roddenberrys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Roddenberry
Telottes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Telotte
Sikens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Siken
Tippets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tippet
Grimoldbys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grimoldby
Dulwich Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Dulwich in London; "Dulwich Hill" is the name of a Southwark council electoral ward.
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
dies natalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anniversary of a founding.
o rly
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of O RLY.
rlys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rly
RLY
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rly (“really”).
RLY
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rly (“really”).
doona day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪ
Forms: form: doona days
Senses: glosses: A day off work without advance notice for the sake of the employee's mental health.
doona days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doona day
memoizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memoizers
Etymology: From memoize + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: An algorithm or software component that memoizes.
memoizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of memoizer
Wetton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wettons
Etymology: Recorded as Wetindona in a 13ᵗʰ century Charter, from Old English wǣt (“wet”) + dūn (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1055).
glosses: A small suburb in Cape Town, South Africa.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
à rouet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The earliest pistols were made with wheels (à rouet), and the barrel did not measure more than a foot in length.
ref: 1875, P. L. Jacob ·, The Arts in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance, page 104:
text: Soon the petronel was replaced by the arquebuse à rouet, and a little later on by the wheel-lock pistol, which was first used by the German cavalry at the battle of St. Quentin, in 1557.
ref: 1937, Franklin Henry Hooper, The Encyclopædia Britannica - Volume 5, page 69:
text: In 1639–42, the average value of an arquebus à rouet was 80 livres; flintlock muskets were valued at 6 livres.
ref: 2008, David Hackett Fischer, Champlain's Dream, page 617:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Having a small wheel fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.
Ecton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ectons
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Ecca + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263).
glosses: A hamlet in Wetton parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0958).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
swappiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From swap + -y + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: How frequently a Linux server utilizes swap is referred to as its swappiness. By default, the swappiness value on a Linux server is typically set to 60.
ref: 2016, Jay LaCroix, Mastering Ubuntu Server, page 187:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A setting in the Linux kernel determining the balance between swapping out runtime memory and dropping pages from the system page cache.
ripstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ripsticks
Etymology: From the brand name RipStik.
Senses: glosses: A two-wheeled, human-powered land vehicle consisting of two narrow platforms or decks that are joined by a torsion bar containing a spring. It is controlled by the feet, and the two wheels can move independently.
ripsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ripstick
Tim Hortons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tim Hortonses
form: Tim Horton's
Etymology: The business was founded by Tim Horton (1930–1974), a Canadian hockey player. The chain's first store opened on May 17, 1964, in Hamilton, Ontario, under the name “Tim Horton Donuts”; the name was later abbreviated to “Tim Horton's” and then, in 1993, changed to “Tim Hortons” without the possessive apostrophe, to better fit the French-speaking market in Québec.
Senses: glosses: A Canadian multinational fast food restaurant chain.
wikipedia: Tim Horton
Synonyms: word: Horny Tim's
word: Horton's
word: TH
word: TH's
word: Timmy Ho-Ho's
word: Timmy Horton's
word: Timmy Ho's
word: Timmy's
word: Timmies
word: Tim's
word: Tim Whoreton's
Hypernyms: word: restaurant
Derived terms: Timbit
timbit
Related terms: word: Starbucks
word: often claimed the US equivalent of the chain
word: McDonald's
Tim Horton's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tim Hortons.
Horny Tim's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tim Hortons.
synonyms: word: Tim Hortons
Synonyms: Tim Hortons
Horton's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tim Hortons.
synonyms: word: Tim Hortons
Synonyms: Tim Hortons
Timmy Ho-Ho's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tim Hortons.
synonyms: word: Tim Hortons
Timmy Horton's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tim Hortons.
synonyms: word: Tim Hortons
Synonyms: Tim Hortons
Tim's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tim Hortons.
synonyms: word: Tim Hortons
Synonyms: Tim Hortons
wokist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wokists
Senses: examples: text: These Wokists are no different than Bolshevik Marxists who wreaked havoc on Russia in 1917.
ref: 2019, Karen Kellock, Season of Treason, page 18:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wokeist.
wokists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wokist
TH's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Tim Hortons.
Synonyms: Tim Hortons
boondi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boondis
Senses: glosses: An Indian snack made from fried chickpea flour, either as a savory snack or sweetened as a dessert.
boondis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boondi
Tim Whoreton's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Tim Horton's + whore
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tim Hortons.
synonyms: word: Tim Hortons
Synonyms: Tim Hortons
Timmy Ho's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tim Hortons.
synonyms: word: Tim Hortons
Synonyms: Tim Hortons
Fallows
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fallowses
Etymology: Topographic surname for someone who lived by a patch of fallow land.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ethell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ethells
Senses: glosses: A surname.
all is not lost
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: not all is lost
Senses: examples: text: Damaged Hologram: --alled Reapers. [static]... the Citadel... [static] ...overwhelmed... [static] ...only hope... [static]...
Damaged Hologram: --[static] act of desperation... [static] ... the Conduit... [static] ... all is lost [static]
Damaged Hologram: ...cannot be stopped... [static] ...cannot be stopped... [static]
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Ilos:
glosses: There are still chances of recovery or success.
hammer and anvil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A tactic involving the use of two primary forces, one to pin down an enemy and the other to encircle him.
examples: text: Coercion and intimidation are the hammer and anvil of experienced police officers.
glosses: A two-pronged method that is commonly deployed, or the two mechanisms used to carry it out.
Related terms: between the hammer and the anvil
ad litteram
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ad litteram.
Senses: glosses: To the letter.
post-midnight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + midnight.
Senses: examples: text: Post-midnight trains will run out of Charing Cross into west Kent, and some others will be lengthened to 12 coaches.
ref: 2021 December 1, “Network News: Late-night trains at Charing Cross”, in RAIL, number 945, page 27:
glosses: Alternative form of postmidnight.
Horseman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Horsemans
Etymology: From horseman.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.
Horsemans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Horseman
God Emperor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: God Emperors
form: God-Emperor
Etymology: Its use in reference to the Emperor of Japan is a calque of Japanese 天皇 (tennō, literally “heavenly sovereign/emperor”), referring to the emperor's descent from the sun goddess Amaterasu.
In reference to Donald Trump, from Trump-supporting Internet users humorously depicting him as the God-Emperor of Mankind, a character from the British science fiction tabletop game Warhammer 40,000.
Senses: glosses: A god-king; a sovereign worshiped as a god.
examples: text: Here the God Emperor and his fanatic warlords were using this same Western civilization for one purpose and only one: to create one of the world's most powerful war machines.
ref: 1944, United States Office of War Information, The Battle of China:
glosses: A god-king; a sovereign worshiped as a god.
The Emperor of Japan.
Derived terms: GEOTUS
Tim Hortonses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tim Hortons
Boulenger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boulengers
Etymology: Borrowed from French Boulenger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
attack therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A discredited psychotherapeutic technique where the patient is harangued aggressively in order to be 'broken down' or 'gotten to'.
koshoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koshoons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cushoon.
koshoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koshoon
kushoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kushoons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cushoon.
kushoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kushoon
pospolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pospolite
khabbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kubber.
Headless Horsewoman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Headless Horsewoman
form: headless horsewoman
Senses: examples: text: No, but he's headless over heels for the Headless Horsewoman! What's the difference between ghosts and vampires? Ghosts can't see their reflections because they're invisible and dead, while vampires can't see their reflections because ...
ref: 2018, Julian Henson, Kira Henson, HALLOWEEN 2018, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 36:
text: The Headless Horsewoman got here By day , by night , I go headless, I go craving. Under the lunatic lights: writhing, or through the passage along the river "naked" I call for it , my own erosion . The neck mimics something but it ...
ref: 2006, Mid-American Review:
text: Many dress up as the Headless Horsewoman and her lover, the Apple Elf. Wait, Apple Elf? Where do humans come up with this stuff? Still, a small tent grabs my attention. In it, a group of humans put on a play about this unfortunate pair.
ref: 2020, Christina Bauer, Pixieland Diaries: Book 1 of the Pixieland Diaries, Monster House Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A female equivalent of the Headless Horseman mythical figure.
Headless Horsewoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Headless Horsewomen
form: headless horsewoman
Senses: glosses: A female Headless Horseman; a mythical woman (perhaps of several) upon horseback who is missing her head, inspired by the Headless Horseman mythical figure.
Headless Horsewomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Headless Horsewoman
headless horsewoman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the headless horsewoman
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Headless Horsewoman.
headless horsewoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headless horsewomen
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Headless Horsewoman.
headless horsewomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headless horsewoman
headless over heels
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more headless over heels
form: most headless over heels
Etymology: Blend of headless + head over heels.
Senses: examples: text: 2001, Harris M. Lentz (III.), Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Television shows
James Mathers ; Sp .: Margo McCahon . " Ghoul Trouble ” ( 9-11-97 ) . Dir .: John Putch ; Sp .: M.A. Evans . " Totally Slammin ' Sector Cycles " ( 9-1297 ) . Dir .: John Putch ; Sp .: Bod Allen . “ Headless Over Heels ” ( 9-15-97 ) .
text: He wandered around his room in circles, unable to make heads or tails of the situation. By accident, he headed out of his room. He tripped on a laundry basket sitting at the head of the stairs and tumbled headless over heels all the way ...
ref: 2010, David Michael Slater, Ned Loses His Head, ABDO Publishing Company, →ISBN:
text: No, but he's headless over heels for the Headless Horsewoman! What's the difference between ghosts and vampires? Ghosts can't see their reflections because they're invisible and dead, while vampires can't see their reflections because ...
ref: 2018, Julian Henson, Kira Henson, HALLOWEEN 2018, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: Head over heels, but while one or someone else is headless.
with blackjack and hookers
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From the episode "The Series Has Landed" (1999) of the American animated sitcom Futurama, which includes a running gag involving the robot character Bender stating that he will build his own versions of tourist attractions after being excluded from them, but "with blackjack and hookers" added.
Senses: examples: text: 2021, L.C. Mawson, Ember Academy for Young Witches: Books 1-6: The Complete Series, L.C. Mawson
You're suggesting that I start my own Themiscyra, with blackjack and hookers?” Maria frowned. “Well, you could have whatever you wanted. It would be your own island. Though, of course, I would argue for legalised sex work.” “You would?
text: An exception was the Gallic Empire led by Postumus. This mini empire consisted of the Roman provinces of Gaul, Germania, Britannia and (briefly) Hispania. It had broken away and started its own thing (with blackjack and hookers) in 260 CE, rejecting the wider Roman Empire entirely.
ref: 2023 September 7, Emma Southon, A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: Enhanced; improved. Said of a new competing product or service compared to an existing one.
wikipedia: Bender (Futurama)
Futurama
The Series Has Landed
Related terms: word: I'm going to build my own X with blackjack and hookers! In fact
alt: snowclone
word: forget the X
let it snow
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From the song "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945.
Senses: glosses: Used around the Christmas season to express anticipation of snowfall.
wikipedia: Jule Styne
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Sammy Cahn
tacticool
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of tactical + cool
Senses: examples: text: Though I dig the tacticool chic, Dixon, I'm an immortal, remember? Unless that gauze can fix a beheading.
ref: 2010, Kresley Cole, Demon from the Dark, page 81:
ref: 2014, Daniel Tyler, How to Be Tacticool: A Satirical Guide:
text: Tacticool? In the last few decades, the tactical folder has dominated the knife market. The demand for these folders has been so great that the marketplace has been flooded with cheap alternatives to this hardier knife, […]
ref: 2017, Mike Yarbrough, The Guy's Guide to Pocket Knives:
glosses: Having the impressive appearance, but not the functionality, of tactical military equipment, or being functional but also risibly tryhard about badass appearance.
Related terms: mall ninja
HMD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HMDs
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: Initialism of head-mounted display.
glosses: Initialism of hoof-and-mouth disease.
pie plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pie plants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pieplant.
pie plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pie plant