cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
archpaladin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑɹt͡ʃˈpælədɪn/
Forms: form: archpaladins
Etymology: From arch- + paladin. Originally from the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, in which the fictional deity, Heironeous, is known as The Archpaladin, and the AdventureQuest game.
Senses: examples: text: Foremost in her mind has always been to serve the Archpaladin [Heironeous] and improve the lives of others with His teachings.
ref: 2004 August, Rick LaRue, “Greyhawk’s Knights of Holy Shielding: Valor Is Our Blood!”, in Dungeon, number 113, page 94:
text: Heironeous, The Invincible, The Archpaladin, is the champion of rightful combat and chivalrous deeds.
ref: 2007 April, Sean K Reynolds, “Heironeous”, in Dragon, volume XXXI, number 11, issue 354, page 19:
text: Mostly whiteshirts, from initiate Healers to patrolmen to Electors and ArchPaladins in full battle gear.
ref: 2010, Tim Akers, The Horns of Ruin, Amherst, N.Y.: Pyr, →ISBN, page 266:
text: It's best if you can find a friend or some players to help you out with each quests for Archpaladin.
ref: 2019 August 1, SyedXD123, the_beast69, “What Class?”, in reddit.com:
text: History was wrought romanticised tales of grand crusades lead by heroic Archpaladins of old, spreading God's word to the dark and corrupt corners of the kingdom through their might and zeal.
ref: 2021, C. R. Butterworth, The Exile, Liberation (Book 1), C. R. Butterworth:
text: Things like using Archpaladin to mitigate true damage, or recommending Health Vamp on farming classes that don't benefit from it.
ref: 2022 February 18, xiaomole, “Combatting Misinformation”, in reddit.com:
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
video-games
glosses: A supreme paladin.
wikipedia: AdventureQuest
Dungeons & Dragons
superprowess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌs(j)uːpəˈpɹaʊɪs/
ipa: /ˌs(j)uːpɚˈpɹaʊəs/
Etymology: From super- + prowess.
Senses: examples: text: If ever The Shadow had superprowess on split-second order, this was the time.
ref: 1942, The Shadow 1942-07-01: Volume 42, Issue 3, Street and Smith Publication, page 86:
text: He belongs to the category of jīva-tattva, but for exhibiting special power in the category of demigods he was a part and parcel of the superprowess of Pradyumna.
ref: 1996, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Kṛṣṇa: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, →ISBN, page 523:
text: A certain twist on the one power per person mytheme, the conglomerate of strength, agility and superresilency all fit under the single power umbrella of a sort of generic physical superprowess.
ref: 2016, Andrew R. Bahlmann, The Mythology of the Superhero, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: Phenomenal prowess.
self-regeneration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-regenerations
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, the soul possesses the power of self-regeneration, and at her own will, by her own activity, in the process of this mystic intercourse with nature, can raise herself from profligacy and wretchedness to virtue and repose.
ref: 1805, The Eclectic Eeview, Josiah Conder, pages 104–105:
text: At various epochs of its history the monasticism of Rome has made a vigorous, spontaneous, effort at self-regeneration, which found expression in the foundation of new orders, each proposing some definite aim, some special sphere of usefulness.
ref: 1815, Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge, North American Review, University of Northern Iowa, page 19:
text: That individual effort is needed to free the world from its misery and distress. No money, no universal campaign is necessary to bring about that great reform. It may be accomplished by individual self-regeneration.
ref: 1919, Charles Gerard Conn, For the Good of the World, Finding the Real God, G. Rice & Sons, page 151:
glosses: The capability of regeneration of oneself or itself.
supersurge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersurges
Etymology: From super- + surge.
Senses: examples: text: These two ponds handle normal deliveries; the other four are used for supersurges. The six ponds can handle about 1,000 cords/day.
ref: 1833, William Howitt, Pulp & Paper 1959-08: Volume 33, Issue 9, RISI, Inc., page 110:
text: Luke became a winning wrestler because he psyched himself never to get pinned to the mat. He identified his body with television's Hulk, who gets a supersurge of strength that causes his clothes to pop off as his body expands.
ref: 1982, James H. Hoke, I would If I could and I can: Program Your Personality for Success, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 195:
text: Pham jerked a thumb at his library display. "Some people think it was a "super 'supersurge', you know. Something so big it swallowed the races that might have recorded it. Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all — no one's around to write horror stories."
ref: 1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, Smith, Elder, page 443:
glosses: An extremely powerful surge.
supersurges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersurge
archpaladins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archpaladin
bio-dad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bio-dads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biodad.
bio-dads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bio-dad
Toba Batak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to Indonesia.
glosses: An Austronesian language spoken by the Toba Batak people.
Makassarese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Makassarese
form: most Makassarese
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Macassarese.
Makassarese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Makasar
Makassar
Macassar
glosses: The language of the Makassarese people, spoken in the province of South Sulawesi in Indonesia.
ronnabyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒnəbaɪt/
Forms: form: ronnabytes
Etymology: From ronna- + byte.
Senses: examples: text: The current times are characterized by a proliferation of data in a number of fields. We see continuous production, with the units of large amounts of data moving from exabytes to zettabytes. So much so that the International Bureau of Weights and Measures has recently introduced new metrics of ronnabytes (10²⁷) and queccabytes (10³⁰) to account for the global growth in data storage requirements.
ref: 2020, Ali R. Hurson, editor, Advances in Computers, volume 119, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 122:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: hellabyte
brontobyte
glosses: One octillion (10²⁷) bytes. SI symbol: RB.
Coordinate terms: sense: Previous
word: yottabyte
sense: Next
word: quettabyte
ronnabytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ronnabyte
ronnagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ronnagrams
form: ronnagramme
Etymology: From ronna- + gram.
Senses: examples: text: The Earth weighs about six ronnagrams.
text: The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, and Jupiter about two quettagrams.
ref: 2022 November 18, Ian Sample, “Earth weighs in at six ronnagrams as new prefixes picked for big and small”, in The Guardian:
topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of mass equal to 10²⁷ grams. Symbol: Rg
ronnagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ronnagram
retain and explain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retains and explains
form: retaining and explaining
form: retained and explained
form: retained and explained
Senses: examples: text: [W]e have opted in this book to use the word catechesis rather than substitute something in its place. Our strategy is to retain and explain, rather than to reject and replace.
ref: 2010, J. I. Packer, Gary A. Parrett, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, page 31:
text: The Roosevelt Memorial contest is parallel in time but also distinctly different from the 'retain and explain' position of the Conservative UK government regarding British colonialist monuments.
ref: 2022, Kevin Coffee, Museums and Social Responsibility:
qualifier: policy
glosses: To preserve historical material regarded as problematic (such as statues), with appropriate contextual explanation, rather than destroying it or attempting to erase it from history.
tocalote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tocolote
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Centaurea melitensis (Maltese star thistle).
tocolote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tocalote.
Maltese starthistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: tocalote
glosses: The plant Centaurea melitensis.
Esdaile state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Esdaile states
Etymology: Named after Scottish surgeon James Esdaile.
Senses: glosses: A deep state of hypnosis or mesmerism.
wikipedia: James Esdaile
Esdaile states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Esdaile state
MEST
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mɛst/
Etymology: Coined by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard as an acronym of matter, energy, space and time.
Senses: topics: Scientology
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The physical universe, the universe of sensory perception.
entheta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of enturbulated + theta
Senses: topics: Scientology
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Harmful negative energy.
MAID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MAIDs
form: MAiD
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: euthanasia
mercy killing
suicide
glosses: Acronym of medical assistance in dying.
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: Acronym of mobile advertising ID.
doorhinges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doorhinge
touches grass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of touch grass
touching grass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of touch grass
touched grass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of touch grass
been like
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be like
being like
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be like
starfalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starfall
upflower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upflowers
form: upflowering
form: upflowered
form: upflowered
Etymology: From up- + flower.
Senses: examples: text: The beauteous babe — a sour old beldame's care, / Upflowered at length a matchless maid, and fair.
ref: 1875, Paul Hamilton Hayne, The Mountain of the Lovers:
glosses: To flower; to reach a state of full development or achievement.
upflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upflower
upflowering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upflower
upflowered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upflower
upharrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upharrows
form: upharrowing
form: upharrowed
form: upharrowed
Etymology: From up- + harrow.
Senses: examples: text: To wildering height / upharrow the water! / Drive from its dreams / this slumbering sea!
ref: 1891, Tristan and Isolde: English Words to Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, page 2:
text: His grave will be upharrowed and left open.
ref: 1995, Brooks Haxton, The Sun at Night: Poems, page 27:
glosses: To tear up.
upharrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upharrow
upharrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upharrow
upharrowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upharrow
uploom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uplooms
form: uplooming
form: uploomed
form: uploomed
Etymology: From up- + loom.
Senses: examples: text: But from that place of bale uploom / The phantoms of unburied years
ref: 1857, Paul Hamilton Hayne, “Lines”, in Sonnets, and Other Poems:
glosses: To loom upward.
uploomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uploom
uplooms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uploom
uplooming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uploom
upflare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upflares
form: upflaring
form: upflared
form: upflared
Etymology: From up- + flare.
Senses: glosses: To flare upward.
upflare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upflares
Etymology: From up- + flare.
Senses: glosses: A flaring upward.
upflares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upflare
upflares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upflare
upflaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upflare
upflared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upflare
upflood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upfloods
form: upflooding
form: upflooded
form: upflooded
Etymology: From up- + flood.
Senses: glosses: To flood upward.
upflood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upfloods
Etymology: From up- + flood.
Senses: examples: text: My mind had become a tattered cloth which couldn't stop the upflood of images upwelling from underneath: […]
ref: 2006, Jason Murk, Necktie for a Two-headed Tadpole: A Modern-day Alchemy Book, page 38:
glosses: An upward flood.
upflooded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upflood
upfloods
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upflood
upfloods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upflood
upflooding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upflood
uptwist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uptwists
form: uptwisting
form: uptwisted
form: uptwisted
Etymology: From up- + twist.
Senses: glosses: To twist upward.
uptwists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uptwist
uptwisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uptwist
uptwisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uptwist
uptwirl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uptwirls
form: uptwirling
form: uptwirled
form: uptwirled
Etymology: From up- + twirl.
Senses: glosses: To twist upward.
uptwirled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uptwirl
uptwirls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uptwirl
uptwirling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uptwirl
Esperandieus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Esperandieu
quesited
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quesiteds
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: divination
glosses: The object or goal that is sought in divination.
Related terms: querent
query
quesiteds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quesited
quesitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
antonyms: dative
glosses: Of or relating to an unknown quantity.
quadrual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of quadral.
quadrual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadruals
Senses: examples: text: The trial is rare everywhere in the world, except in Melanesia and Polynesia. The most complicated number system with a five-fold division, including a quadrual (four), is reported for Marshalese in the Pacific but does not occur at all in Africa.
ref: 1977, Edgar A. Gregersen, Language in Africa: An Introductory Survey, page 62:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of quadral.
quadruals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadrual
Declaration of Foz do Iguaçu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Declaration of Iguaçu
Declaration of Iguaçu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A treaty between Brazil and Argentina, signed in November 30, 1985 in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.
Synonyms: Declaration of Foz do Iguaçu
quatral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of quadral.
quatral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quatrals
Senses: examples: text: We are familiar with the singular and plural from English, and with the dual from Greek, but in a few languages, particularly in parts of Oceania, we meet, in addition to the singular, dual and plural, a trial, a quatral, or both.
ref: 1928, Anthropological Quarterly, volumes 1-10, page 20:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of quadral.
quatrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quatral
queak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of queek.
queak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: queaks
form: queaking
form: queaked
form: queaked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of queek.
queeked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of queek
queeking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of queek
queaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of queak
queaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of queak
queaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queak
queaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of queak
stone naked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Completely naked.
Synonyms: nude
quaddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quaddle
quaddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quaddle
quaddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quaddle
quachil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quachils
Senses: glosses: The hispid pocket gopher (Heterogeomys hispidus).
quachils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quachil
quadriurate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadriurates
Etymology: From quadri- + urate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: biurate
glosses: A urate containing four as much of the uric acid constituent as an ordinary urate.
quadriurates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadriurate
quartermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarterman
nonsitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsitters
Etymology: From non- + sitter.
Senses: glosses: One who does not sit.
glosses: A hen that is not broody.
nonsitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsitter
nontemporizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + temporizing.
Senses: glosses: Not temporizing.
nonsludging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sludging.
Senses: examples: a nonsludging oil
glosses: That does not produce sludge.
antisludging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + sludging.
Senses: synonyms: antisludge
glosses: Preventing the formation of sludge.
antisludge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + sludge.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antisludging.
synonyms: word: antisludging
nonreflector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonreflectors
Etymology: From non- + reflector.
Senses: examples: text: Reflective learning is like a light bulb in my mind; it will switch on suddenly. […] The nonreflectors were those who were very descriptive in their journals and made no effort to integrate prior knowledge with new appreciation.
ref: 2008, David Kember, Reflective Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions, page 52:
text: Nonreflectors simply thought through that which they already knew, reflectors evaluated experiences by interpreting these experiences, and critical reflectors re-evaluated their presuppositions to correct distortions in reasoning and attitudes.
ref: 2017, Joke van Velzen, Metacognitive Knowledge, page 154:
glosses: One who does not engage in mental reflection.
nonreflectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonreflector
reflectorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of reflectorizing.
Einstein–de Haas effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Einstein—de Haas effect
form: Einstein–de Haas effects
form: Einstein-de Haas effect
Etymology: Named after physicists Albert Einstein and Wander Johannes de Haas, who jointly published the first observation of the effect in 1915. It had been predicted by Owen Willans Richardson in 1908.
Senses: examples: text: This relation between the magnetic moment and the angular momentum is demonstrated by the Einstein–de Haas effect, discovered in 1915, in which a ferromagnetic rod is suspended vertically, along its axis, by a thin fibre (see Fig 1.2).
ref: 2001, Stephen Blundell, Magnetism in Condensed Matter, Oxford University Press, page 2:
text: Because of this transfer, an initially spin-polarized dipolar condensate can dynamically generate vortices in a process resembling the Einstein–de Haas effect.
ref: 2013, Makoto Tsubota, Kenichi Kasamatsu, Michikazu Kobayashi, “Quantized vortices in superfluid helium and atomic Bose-Einstein condensates”, in Karl-Heinz Bennemann, John B. Ketterson, editors, Novel Superfluids: Volume 1, Oxford University Press, page 229:
text: In this chapter, we explore the possibility of using the spin degree of freedom of electrons, which has been disregarded for "conventional" molecular motors, and of resorting to the principle of the Einstein–de Haas effect, a century-old but still intriguing magnetic phenomenon.
ref: 2015, Takashi Ushihashi, Teruo Ono, “The Einstein-de Haas effect and Its Application to Spin-Driven Molecular Motors”, in Christian Joachim, Gwénaël Rapenne, editors, Single Molecular Machines and Motors: 1st International Symposium, Proceedings, Springer,, page 96:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A physical phenomenon in which a change in the magnetic moment of a free body causes the body to rotate, as a consequence of the conservation of angular momentum.
wikipedia: Albert Einstein
Owen Willans Richardson
Wander Johannes de Haas
girlfriendable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From girlfriend + -able.
Senses: synonyms: girlfriend material
coordinate_terms: boyfriendable
boyfriend material
glosses: worthy of being someone's girlfriend
Red Dragons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A second-half fightback to draw with the USA offered a hope that swiftly evaporated following a gut-wrenching 2-0 loss to Iran only four days later. It meant only the seemingly impossible would be enough for Rob Page's men to extend their World Cup dream. The old enemy, England, had the Red Dragons firmly in their crosshairs.
ref: 2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline:
glosses: The Wales national football team
Red Wall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Red Wall
Senses: examples: text: Each and every chant from the Red Wall's burgeoning repertoire was belted out as England's fans - who vastly outnumbered the Welsh - gave it back with some gusto.
ref: 2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline:
glosses: The supporters of the Wales national football team
on level terms
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Your Committee, having carefully considered the great volume of evidence placed before them, have come to the conclusion that the present condition of the Hop Industry is not merely one of temporary depression, but that, unless effective measures are taken to enable English growers to compete on level terms in their own market with their foreign competitors, the English industry will continue its rapid decline, and will ultimately be almost destroyed.
ref: 1908, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers - Volume 8, page xlvi:
text: It fully typified the game plan, and boss Page will have been thrilled to remain on level terms.
ref: 2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline:
glosses: In a state of fair competition.
ascientific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌeɪsaɪ.ənˈtɪfɪk/
Forms: form: more ascientific
form: most ascientific
Etymology: From a- + scientific.
Senses: examples: text: Untestable speculations about the universe originating from a black hole or Big Bounce are ascientific.
glosses: Not treatable by science; impossible to determine as true or false using science
examples: text: The resulting ascientific culture, which neither invents nor innovates, is trapped in underdevelopment.
ref: 2013, Oswaldo de Rivero, The Myth of Development:
glosses: Without science
Related terms: unscientific
climatist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climatists
Etymology: From climate + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: In proof of which, let any man live on one side and then on the other side of a hill, or North and South—or even on the same side, so one part of that side be sheltered from the wind by trees, and the others open. A test like this is worth all the theories of all the climatists and meteorologists in the world.
ref: 1844 July, “The Climate of the South of Devon, and its Influence upon Health, with short accounts of Exeter, Torquay, Babbicombe, Teignmouth, […] &c. By Thomas Shapter, M.D. […] London. 1842.”, in The Monthly Review, volume 2, number 3, page 320:
glosses: A climatologist.
examples: text: Climatists, Benjamin Rush among them, attributed the disease not to the influx of tropical residents but to a season of unusually tropical weather in Philadelphia. […] Climatists and contagionists both viewed nativity or nationality as indices of susceptibility to the fever.
ref: 2003, Joanna Brooks, “Black Identity and Yellow Fever in Philadelphia”, in American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 156:
coordinate_terms: contagionist
glosses: One who believes that certain diseases, especially yellow fever, are mainly caused by local atmospheric conditions.
Related terms: climatism
climatologist
climatists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climatist
Kaʻba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kaaba.
Suffield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2332).
glosses: A hamlet in Suffield-cum-Everley parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9890).
glosses: A hamlet in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada, named after Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield.
glosses: A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, originally known as Southfield.
glosses: A township and census-designated place therein, in Portage County, Ohio, United States, named after Suffield in Connecticut.
glosses: A surname.
Suffield-cum-Everley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England, served by Hackness and Harwood Dale Group Parish Council.
Old Maids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Old Maid
Confiteor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Confiteors
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of confiteor.
Confiteors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Confiteor
impala lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impala lilies
Senses: glosses: Adenium multiflorum, a succulent African tree used to make poisons.
etimonotrysian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etimonotrysians
Etymology: From translingual Etimonotrysia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any moth in the clade Etimonotrysia.
Hypernyms: eulepidopteran
Hyponyms: palaephatoid
tischerioid
Willesden Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2384).
wood-shaving flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood-shaving flowers
Senses: glosses: Strophanthus boivinii, a Madagascan tree.
Kaharlyk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kagarlyk
Etymology: From Ukrainian Кагарли́к (Kaharlýk).
Senses: glosses: A city in Kyiv Oblast, in northern Ukraine.
Kypuche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kipucheye
form: Artemovsk
form: Artemivsk
Etymology: From Ukrainian Кипу́че (Kypúče).
Senses: glosses: A city in Luhansk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.
Kostopil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kostopol
Etymology: From Ukrainian Косто́піль (Kostópilʹ).
Senses: glosses: A city in Rivne Oblast, in western Ukraine.
postdeconstructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more postdeconstructive
form: most postdeconstructive
Etymology: From post- + deconstructive.
Senses: examples: text: Obviously, I make no claims to a corner on the whole truth—and I argue that Lucan too would reject such claims as inimical to the spirit of his project. If it is true that some readers may find this book’s version of the poet and his work to be too well-tailored to the postdeconstructive atmosphere of the academy today, I acknowledge this risk and, indeed, publish it […]
ref: 1997, Shadi Bartsch, Ideology in Cold Blood: A Reading of Lucan’s Civil War, →ISBN, page 3:
text: The critical tradition has a lot to say about the distorting effects of othering but has yet to even imagine the mind that is postdeconstructive—“the subject after deconstruction […]”.
ref: 2008, Robert Hattam, “Socially-Engaged Buddhism as a Provocation for Critical Pedagogy in Unsettling Times”, in Claudia Eppert, Hongyu Wang, editors, Cross-cultural Studies in Curriculum: Eastern Thought, Educational Insights, →ISBN, page 117:
text: Only Punday’s emphasis on re-integration and a new totality could somehow be called postdeconstructive.
ref: 2019, Luc Herman, Bart Vervaeck, Handbook of Narrative Analysis, →ISBN, page 367, n. 690:
glosses: Pertaining to or characteristic of a style of analysis moving beyond deconstructionism.
Karlivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Karlovka
Etymology: From Ukrainian Ка́рлівка (Kárlivka).
Senses: glosses: A city in Poltava Oblast, in central Ukraine.
coccinelloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coccinelloids
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Coccinelloidea
Senses: examples: text: Based on that phylogenetic hypothesis, the taxonomic definitions of many coccinelloid groups were reconsidered.
ref: 2022 November 24, Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela, Wioletta Tomaszewska, Karol Szawaryn, James Robertson, Matthias Seidel, Adam Ślipiński, Martin Fikáček, “The resurrection of Cerasommatidiidae, an enigmatic group of coccinelloid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence”, in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society:
text: Habitus photographs of cucujoid (A–H), cleroid (I) and coccinelloid (J–L) taxa.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), James A. Robertson, “Figure 1”, in ResearchGate:
text: The coccinelloid (Cucujiformia) family Murmidiidae is revised.
ref: 2022 March 8, Pawe Jaoszyski, Adam Lipiski, “Revision of the family Murmidiidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea)”, in PubMed:
text: Coccinellidae, which comprises 360 genera and about 6000 species world-wide, is by far the largest family of coccinelloid beetles and, with the notable exception of the parasitic Bothrideridae, the only predominantly predatory lineage of Coccinelloidea.
ref: 2017 June 26, Hermes E. Escalona, Andreas Zwick, Hao-Sen Li, Jiahui Li, Xingmin Wang, Hong Pang, Diana Hartley, Lars S. Jermiin, Oldřich Nedvěd, Bernhard Misof, Oliver Niehuis, Adam Ślipiński, Wioletta Tomaszewska, “Molecular phylogeny reveals food plasticity in the evolution of true ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Any beetle of the superfamily Coccinelloidea.
Kiliia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kiliya
Etymology: From Ukrainian Кілія́ (Kilijá).
Senses: glosses: A city in Odesa Oblast, in southern Ukraine.
Springham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Springhams
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place in Hellingly, Sussex, from Old English spring (“spring, well, source”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Kitsman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Кі́цмань (Kícmanʹ).
Senses: glosses: A city in Chernivtsi Oblast, in western Ukraine.
Kodyma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Ко́дима (Kódyma).
Senses: glosses: A city in Odesa Oblast, in southern Ukraine.
monkey-patch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey-patches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of monkey patch.
monkey-patch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: monkey-patches
form: monkey-patching
form: monkey-patched
form: monkey-patched
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of monkey patch.
hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɛksəˌhɛktəˌɛni.əˌkɒntəkaɪˈhɛptəˌɡən/
ipa: /ˌhɛksəˌhɛktəˌɛni.əˌkɑntəkaɪˈhɛptəˌɡɑn/
Etymology: Analyzable as hexahecta- (“six hundred”) (from hexa- + hect(a)-) + enneaconta- (“ninety”) (from ennea- + the common element in Ancient Greek ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta, “sixty”), τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta, “forty”), etc.) + Ancient Greek καί (kaí, “and”) + hepta- (“seven”) + -gon. Coined humorously to describe the shape of the US state of Colorado.
Senses: examples: text: Colorado is actually a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon, meaning it has 697 sides, according to a 2018 bigthink.com article and Kutztown University's math whizzes who create names for polygons.
ref: 2019 October 16, James Burky, “Rectangle state? Nope. Colorado has 697 sides, not four.”, in The Denver Post, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2023:
text: A study in 2018 suggested that as a result of the challenges of surveying in the nineteenth century, Colorado has no fewer than 697 sides, technically making it a "hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon."
ref: 2020, Derek Everett, Colorado Day by Day, Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, →ISBN, page 212:
text: The state of Colorado may look like a rectangle (four straight sides, four right angles) but it actually has 697 sides, making it a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon.
ref: 2020, Bathroom Readers' Institute, Uncle John's Greatest Know on Earth Bathroom Reader, San Diego, CA: Portable Press, →ISBN:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polygon with 697 sides.
hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: any hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagons in chat?
ref: 2020 July 30, @Hypurr_Alt, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 18 Sep 2025:
text: Are the license plates also hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagons?
ref: 2023 January 7, u/COphotoCo, “TIL Colorado is actually a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon, meaning it has 697 sides.”, in r/Colorado (Reddit post), archived from the original on 07 Jan 2023:
text: somebody doesn’t like hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagons
ref: 2024 January 15, @stathx, X (formerly Twitter) (post), archived from the original on 18 Sep 2025:
text: Everything from mugs to hats and my logo to hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagons!
ref: 2025, “My first merch collections are out now!”, in gatenerd, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2025:
glosses: plural of hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon
Kraaifontein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Afrikaans kraai + fontein.
Senses: glosses: A town in the Western Cape province, South Africa.
monkey-patches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey-patch
monkey-patches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of monkey-patch
monkey-patching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of monkey-patch
monkey-patched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of monkey-patch
ballibetoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballibetoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ballybetagh.
ballibetoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballibetoe
free thinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free thinkers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of freethinker.
Kapenaars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kapenaar
data scrapings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data scraping
Graïba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune in Sfax governorate, Tunisia.
potmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potmeters
Senses: examples: text: To stabilize servo, some form of stroke feedback is required : Either directly to the servovalve, or via a potmeter or a nonlinear stroke observer to the servoamplifier.
ref: 1983, International Federation for Information Processing, Ship Operation Automation, IV: Proceedings of the 4th IFIP/IFAC Symposium, Genova, Italy, 20-22 September 1982, North-Holland Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 57:
text: In later power supplies the pulse length can be set on a continuous basis via a potmeter or an externally generated electrical signal.
ref: 1988, C. J. Nonhof, Material Processing with Nd-lasers, Electrochemical, →ISBN, page 114:
text: The 'zero set' potmeter VR4 needs frequent adjustment and hence should be located on the front panel of the instrument. A miniature plastic spindle potmeter is suitable.
ref: 2009, EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd, Electronics Projects Vol. 4, EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: potentiometer
jebait
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jebaits
form: jebaiting
form: jebaited
form: jebaited
Etymology: Blend of Jebailey + bait, popularized by the "Jebaited" Twitch emote added in 2016 which depicts Alex Jebailey with an amused expression.
Senses: examples: text: My viewer base likes to jebait me.
text: When asked if she reached the goal yet, she had to clarify what happened. "I did and they unfollowed to jebait me," she explained.
ref: 2019 May 11, Eli Becht, “Pokimane delivers heartfelt message to fans after finally reaching Twitch milestone”, in Dexerto:
text: Ever seen a T-shirted division vice president of a $35B company crow about "jebaiting" a corporate opponent by "double bluffing the Super strategy?" No? Well, today's your day.
ref: 2019 July 22, Jim Salter, “AMD exec: Nvidia fell for our double bluff”, in Ars Technica:
text: E-girls can be fucking scary as a twitch streamer. They will try to jebait or photoshop evidence and then fuck you. I'm not saying she is one, but she could be.
ref: 2021 March 21, Sarjyo Mukherjee, quoting Daniel Francesca (Dafran), “Dafran blasted for sexist remarks by Pokimane”, in TalkEsport:
synonyms: troll
mess with
glosses: To manipulate or trick, especially in a benign and light-hearted way.
jebait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jebaits
Etymology: Blend of Jebailey + bait, popularized by the "Jebaited" Twitch emote added in 2016 which depicts Alex Jebailey with an amused expression.
Senses: examples: text: And once Nvidia had made its move with the RTX Super cards just ahead of the Navi launch AMD "made the appropriate move not only to deposition their Super series," says Herkelman, "but also to log jam their 2060 and 2070. Because we knew that they're having slower success, and we wanted to do a double Jebait."
ref: 2019 July 12, Dave James, “AMD baited Nvidia by faking its original RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 pricing at E3”, in PCGamesN:
text: The clip in question rose to the top of the LivestreamFails subreddit and is now hailed as "the greatest jebait ever".
ref: 2021 April 3, Danyal Arabi, “GTA RP player gets hailed for "the greatest jebait of all time" during cop chase”, in Sportskeeda:
text: Many of her fans in the comments made it clear that they enjoyed the "jebait," and are glad to see Fuslie continue to make moves throughout her career.
ref: 2022 September 7, Dylan Horetski, “Fuslie reveals why she "jebaited" fans before move to YouTube Gaming”, in Dexerto:
glosses: An instance of jebaiting; a trick or prank.
examples: text: I messed up, don't know what to say except sorry to the community, my fans and ATL. It wasn't jebait, sometimes I have these days and make dumb mistakes.
ref: 2018 November 8, Nicole Carpenter, quoting Daniel Francesca (Dafran), “Dafran confirms that he's still playing for Atlanta Reign in the OWL after tweeting that he's quit”, in Dot Esports:
text: 'Leslie Jebaited us,' not really. I mean, guys, do people not remember Leslie repeatedly saying, 'Why does everyone think I'm leaving?' and then also say, 'Stop wasting your channel points, you'll have plenty of time to spend it.' So, what part of that was Jebait?
ref: 2022 September 2, Aarnesh Shrivastava, quoting Sykkuno, “"It's weird to say Leslie Jebaited" - Sykkuno responds to fans claiming Fuslie 'baited' the audience by making an emotional final speech”, in Sportskeeda:
glosses: The process or act of jebaiting.
jebaits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jebait
jebaiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jebait
jebaited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jebait
Kalteux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kalteuxes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Calteux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Calteuxes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
North Mesopotamian Arabic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From north + Mesopotamian Arabic.
Senses: glosses: A language of the Middle East, native to Iraq (Mesopotamia), Syria, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Jordan, and parts of northern and eastern Arabia. Language code: ayp.
soot blower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soot blowers
Senses: examples: text: In order to deal with deposits of soot on boiler-tubes while running, especially if poor coal is in use, locomotives are often now provided with blowers on the firebox back-plate which can be made to discharge a jet of high pressure steam towards the firebox tubeplates; this has the effect of loosening and blowing off the soot deposits.
ref: 1944 May and June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive Soot Blowers”, in Railway Magazine, page 194:
glosses: A device for directing a jet of steam on the boiler tubes of a steam boiler, so as to remove deposits of soot inside the tubes.
soot blowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soot blower
Upper Egyptian Arabic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Upper Egyptian + Arabic.
Senses: synonyms: Saʽidi Arabic
Ṣaʽīdi Arabic
glosses: A variety of Arabic spoken in Upper Egypt. Language code: aec.
Far Cotton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Northampton, in Far Cotton and Delapre parish, West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7458).
non-conformity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-conformities
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonconformity.
non-conformities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-conformity
Nonconformity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonconformity (“refusal to conform to a state religion”).
Non-conformity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonconformity (“refusal to conform to a state religion”).
anti-epidemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antiepidemic.
Guy Faux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: With this view, they made a Guy Faux, or dummy figure of a boy, dressed in coat and cap; such as might in a poor light be mistaken for a living figure.
ref: 1903, Henry Kelsall Aspinall, Birkenhead and Its Surroundings, page 116:
glosses: Archaic form of Guy Fawkes.
forewarneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forewarn
Madelung constants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Madelung constant
roodloft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roodlofts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rood-loft.
roodlofts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roodloft
jackbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jackboxes
Etymology: From jack + box.
Senses: examples: text: U.S. Navy SOUND-POWERED TELEPHONE TALKERS' MANUAL
What precaution should you take in unplugging a cable from a jackbox?
text: Each electrode's wire will be plugged in a jackbox (Fig. 2.9). Many devices often surround the ICU beds; therefore, a small jackbox that can be placed near the patient's head is recommended.
ref: 2015, Andrea O. Rossetti, Steven Laureys, Clinical Neurophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness, page 14:
glosses: A device for routing electrical signals by means of a number of jacks.
jackboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jackbox
Kasanje
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after its leader.
Senses: glosses: A Central African kingdom that existed from 1620 to 1910, formed by a mercenary band of Imbangala who had deserted the Portuguese ranks.
Jaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jagas
form: Jaga
Senses: glosses: A member of a Hindu caste-based group of people who were traditionally genealogists.
glosses: A member of a Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh, India, converts from the Hindu Jaga Bhatt caste.
Jaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jagas
form: Jaga
Senses: glosses: A member of any of various unrelated tribes of African warriors who attacked the Portuguese around the kingdom of Kongo.
japygoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: japygoids
Senses: examples: text: For example, there are 32 species endemic to California, but no japygoids have been reported from Nicaragua, El Salvador, or Belize in Central America, or from many states in the United States and Mexico.
ref: 1981, The Pearce-Sellards Series, numbers 33-46, page 1:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any hexapod of the superfamily Japygoidea.
Related terms: japygid
japygoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of japygoid