cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hypermasculinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + masculine + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: For example, some findings suggest that rather than being linked to hypermasculinization for males, or defeminization for females, elevated levels of autistic traits are instead linked to more androgynous physical features.
ref: 2015 July 18, “Perceived Gender Ratings for High and Low Scorers on the Autism-Spectrum Quotient Consistent with the Extreme Male Brain Account of Autism”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The process of making or becoming hypermasculine.
kebablike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kebablike
form: most kebablike
Etymology: From kebab + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a kebab.
macrofouling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + fouling.
Senses: examples: text: Numerous structural components of dams and hydropower facilities are vulnerable to heavy macrofouling by quagga mussels including intake tower trash racks and cooling towers.
ref: 2015 July 18, “The Effect of UV-C Exposure on Larval Survival of the Dreissenid Quagga Mussel”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: fouling by macroorganisms
microfouling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + fouling.
Senses: glosses: fouling by microorganisms
Derived terms: antimicrofouling
metflurazon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Similar to topramezone, herbicides such as chlorotoluron and metflurazon can be N-demethylated to their primary metabolites.
ref: 2015 July 18, “Cytochrome P450 Inhibitors Reduce Creeping Bentgrass ( Agrostis stolonifera ) Tolerance to Topramezone”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A pyridazinone herbicide with chemical formula C₁₃H₁₁ClF₃N₃O.
pimobendane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pimobendan.
canaloplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canaloplasties
Etymology: From canal + -o- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical reconstruction of a canal or passage in the body.
canaloplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canaloplasty
microcatheterization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcatheterizations
Etymology: From micro- + catheterization or microcatheter + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The procedure of introducing a microcatheter.
microcatheterizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcatheterization
nanoformulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoformulation
narirutin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From naringenin and rutinose.
Senses: glosses: A flavanone-7-O-glycoside between the flavanone naringenin and the disaccharide rutinose.
quinclorac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A selective herbicide used primarily to control weeds in rice crops.
insolents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insolent
rikkunshito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 六君子湯 (rikkunshitō).
Senses: examples: text: This study investigated the exposure and pharmacokinetics of the ingredients of rikkunshito in healthy volunteers.
ref: 2015 July 18, “Pharmacokinetic Profiles of Active Ingredients and Its Metabolites Derived from Rikkunshito, a Ghrelin Enhancer, in Healthy Japanese Volunteers: A Cross-Over, Randomized Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A Japanese traditional medicine made from various herbs and used for disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
topramezone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: However, the contribution of plant metabolism of topramezone to this tolerance is unknown.
ref: 2015 July 18, “Cytochrome P450 Inhibitors Reduce Creeping Bentgrass ( Agrostis stolonifera ) Tolerance to Topramezone”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A pyrazolone herbicide.
yokukansan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 抑肝散.
Senses: examples: text: Although the frequency of developing adverse effect by rikkunshito is currently under investigation, the occurrence rate of hypokalemia with rikkunshito may be lower than that with another Kampo medicine, yokukansan, which contains more glycyrrhizic acid than rikkunshito and has been reported to cause hypokalemia with frequency 1.3%.
ref: 2015 July 18, “Pharmacokinetic Profiles of Active Ingredients and Its Metabolites Derived from Rikkunshito, a Ghrelin Enhancer, in Healthy Japanese Volunteers: A Cross-Over, Randomized Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An Asian herbal traditional medicine, used to treat restlessness and agitation.
Kimbanguism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kimbangu + -ism, after its founder, Simon Kimbangu.
Senses: glosses: A Congolese religion based on Christianity.
nutritions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutrition
come first
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes first
form: coming first
form: came first
form: come first
Senses: examples: text: Sally came first in the calligraphy competition.
glosses: To win first place in a competition.
examples: text: Near-synonym: override
text: Don't forget: safety comes first.
text: Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? / Ooh, heaven is a place on Earth / They say in heaven, love comes first / We'll make heaven a place on Earth / Ooh, heaven is a place on Earth
ref: 1987 September 14, Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley, “Heaven Is a Place on Earth”, in Heaven on Earth, performed by Belinda Carlisle:
glosses: To be the most important thing to consider.
Related terms: precede
safety first
acrobatic gymnastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A competitive gymnastic discipline where partnerships of gymnasts work together and perform figures consisting of acrobatic moves, dance and tumbling, set to music.
Synonyms: acro
sport acrobatics
sport acrobatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: acrobatic gymnastics
comes first
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come first
coming first
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come first
came first
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come first
CinemaScope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of cinemascope.
go underground
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes underground
form: going underground
form: went underground
form: gone underground
Senses: glosses: To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.
raw_tags: of an animal
glosses: To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one.
Related terms: incommunicado
go to ground
phans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phan
ballplaying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ball-playing.
genderist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genderists
Etymology: From gender + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Although some opponents of Affirmative Action may be aversive racists/genderists, many others believe that it is morally wrong to consider at all a person's ethnicity or gender in decision making.
ref: 2003, Bruce E. Kaufman, Richard A. Beaumont, Roy B. Helfgott, Industrial Relations to Human Resources and Beyond:
glosses: One who discriminates based on gender.
examples: text: So while critical genderists avoid the labels of masculinities and feminist writing, queer theory provides an opportunity for research into gendered practices in music to be viewed through multiple and often contradictory lenses […]
ref: 2010, Julie Ballantyne, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Navigating Music and Sound Education, page 80:
glosses: One who studies gender.
examples: text: The Feminist Movement, […] is split between two types of feminists: the equality feminists and the gender feminists. Those who demand equal rights, […] are the equality feminists, […] The others are the NOW type, […] the gender feminists, or genderists. This radical element attempts to remodel women into something other than what nature has determined women to be. […] The genderists address particular vitriol toward non-conforming women still "enslaved" to men, like those who get married and have babies, […] And for her apostasy, Sommers says, the genderists “wish to excommunicate me from my sex.” The genderists tend to position themselves among the far left politically, to reject all advances of women as inadequate, and to hate America.
ref: 2010, William Davis Eaton, Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm, ELDERBERRY PRESS, INC., →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: One who believes in gender ideology or does not support traditional gender roles.
raw_tags: in right-wing usage
Related terms: genderism
genderist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gender + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: To summarize, in a genderist culture, transgender identities are so highly invisible and marginalized, that "accessing" them is profoundly difficult.
ref: 2007, Brent Laurence Bilodeau, Genderism: Transgender Students, Binary Systems and Higher Education:
text: In the following sections, I separate out two major and salient themes of abuses against transgender victims: genderist and transphobic attacks.
ref: 2019, Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz, Transgressed: Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Lives, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: Pertaining to or exhibiting genderism, a belief that gender is rigid, binary, and determined by sex.
Derived terms: antigenderist
Related terms: sexist
genderists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genderist
eyepopping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eyepopping
form: most eyepopping
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eye-popping.
eyepopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyepoppers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eye-popper.
eyepoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyepopper
eye-popper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eye-poppers
Senses: examples: text: This custom limousine is an eye-popper. Mrs. Wilber had it tricked out with all the latest amenities of the era.
ref: 2013, Chuck D'Imperio, Unknown Museums of Upstate New York: A Guide to 50 Treasures:
glosses: Something that is eye-popping; a surprising spectacle.
examples: text: […] looked like one of those eye-popper toys one could squeeze to relieve stress.
ref: 2008, Candace Sams, Electra Galaxy's Mr. Interstellar Feller, page 256:
glosses: A toy consisting of a small dome-shaped piece of rubber etc. that can be inverted and then loudly pops back into its original shape.
eye-poppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eye-popper
wallride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallrides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wall ride.
wallride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wallrides
form: wallriding
form: wallrode
form: wallridden
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wall ride.
wall rides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall ride
wallrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallride
nonassertion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + assertion.
Senses: glosses: The quality of not being assertive.
examples: a nonassertion covenant
topics: law
glosses: The situation where one party holds intellectual property rights against another party, but does not enforce them.
Swifties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swiftie
blue whiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: poutassou
glosses: A fish of species Micromesistius poutassou, in the cod family, of the North Atlantic and the western Mediterranean.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Micromesistius australis
word: southern blue whiting
paleofeces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeofaeces
Etymology: From paleo- + feces.
Senses: glosses: Ancient human feces, often found as part of archeological excavations or surveys.
palaeofaeces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palaeo- + faeces.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paleofeces.
paleofecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleo- + fecal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to paleofeces.
palaeofaecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleofecal.
sprinkler strategy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sprinkler strategies
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A market entry strategy based on the principle of diversification, in which a company attempts to enter as many markets as possible in a relatively short time.
mud plantain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud plantains
Senses: glosses: Any of various aquatic plants in the genus Heteranthera.
mud plantains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mud plantain
wedge prism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wedge prisms
Senses: glosses: A prism with a shallow angle between its input and output surfaces.
wedge prisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wedge prism
teabag folding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of origami in which small squares of paper bearing symmetrical designs are folded so as to interlock and produce a three-dimensional version of the design.
sinking ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinking ship
lumen method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A technique to calculate the light level in a room, based on a series of calculations using horizontal illuminance criteria to establish a uniform luminaire layout in a space.
Heckman correction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Heckman corrections
Etymology: Developed by James Heckman at the University of Chicago from 1976 to 1979.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of related statistical methods that allow the researcher to correct for selection bias.
gray commissure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray commissures
Senses: glosses: A thin strip of gray matter that surrounds the central canal of the spinal cord and, along with the anterior white commissure, connects the two halves of the cord.
pinang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinangs
Senses: glosses: A palm of the genus Nenga, endemic to Southeast Asia.
pinangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinang
echo subject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echo subjects
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verb that has the same subject as the preceding verb.
echo subjects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echo subject
boomerang dysplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A lethal osteochondrodysplasia in which the bones of the arms and legs are congenitally malformed into the shape of a boomerang.
utility pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utility pigeons
Senses: glosses: A domesticated pigeon bred to grow quickly for the production of squab meat.
utility pigeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utility pigeon
meadow barley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meadow barleys
Senses: glosses: Hordeum brachyantherum, a species of barley.
birthing ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthing balls
Senses: glosses: A large air–filled rubber ball that provides a soft sitting surface for a woman during labour.
birthing balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthing ball
superperfect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + perfect, coined by Suryanarayana in 1969.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Being or relating to a class of positive integers satisfying σ²(n)=σ(σ(n))=2n,, where σ is the divisor function. They are a generalization of perfect numbers.
law leather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A specific kind and grade of sheepskin leather traditionally used for binding statute books and other official documents.
victor's justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: According to Wikipedia, first used in English by Richard Minear in 1971. If so, probably a calque of German Siegerjustiz, which is attestable since at least the 1950s, originally with reference to the Nuremberg trials (and related Allied trials against alleged German war criminals).
Senses: glosses: unfair judgement in which an entity gives preferential treatment to its own forces over those of a defeated enemy.
wikipedia: Nuremberg trials
Richard Minear
stirrup jar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stirrup jars
Senses: synonyms: stirrup vase
glosses: A pottery vessel, sometimes decorated, intended to hold oil or wine.
stirrup jars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stirrup jar
four-eye principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the four-eye principle
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A rule according to which decisions and transactions need approval from two individuals, typically the CEO and CFO.
oikeiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek οἰκείωσις (oikeíōsis)
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The perception of something as being one's own, or belonging to oneself.
Amber Road
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Amber Road
Senses: glosses: An ancient trade route for the transfer of amber from coastal areas of the North Sea and Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
Addicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Addick
dirty snowball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dirty snowballs
Senses: glosses: A comet whose nucleus is composed of an amalgamation of rock, dust, water ice, and frozen gases.
dirty snowballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dirty snowball
garden chervil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Pliny the Elder commented in the first century A.D. that “chervil was a fine herb to comfort the cold stomach of the aged,” and Nicholas Culpeper similarly reports in seventeenth century that “the garden chervil doth moderately warm the stomach . . . it is good to provoke urine, or expel the stone in the kidneys, to send down women's courses and to help the pleurisy and prickling of the sides.”
ref: 2008, Jack Staub, quoting Nicholas Culpeper, 75 Exceptional Herbs for Your Garden, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 51:
synonyms: French parsley
glosses: The umbelliferous plant Anthriscus cerefolium.
Coordinate terms: taxonomic: Chaerophyllum aureum
word: golden chervil
taxonomic: Chaerophyllum temulum
word: rough chervil
Kelly pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Reportedly invented by Calistus "Kelly" Mulvaney in 1893.
Senses: glosses: A pocket billiards game using numbered markers, called peas or pills, and a standard set of sixteen pool balls. Players draw peas at random from a shake bottle, which assigns to them the correspondingly numbered pool ball, kept secret from their opponents, but which they must pocket in order to win the game.
Chavist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Chavez + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Hugo Chávez.
foodista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foodistas
Etymology: From food + -ista. Piecewise doublet of foodist.
Senses: examples: text: If you were expecting goat on the menu, you are out of luck except for the goat cheese garnish to salad, a topping for burgers and a flavor enhancement to smashed potatoes. No goat curries, ragus, barbecue or ribs. No trendlet “chevon” to tempt the foodistas. Not even a Coach Farm cheesecaket.
ref: 2013 September 17, Deidre Schipani, “Green Goat grazes on penchant for local, homestyle”, in The Post and Courier—Charleston Scene:
text: Edith Wharton, a foodista who knows better, links only unidentified cheeses to unhappy love affairs in Summer and Hudson River Bracketed.
ref: 2016, Walter Levy, “picnic”, in Catherine Donnelly, editor, The Oxford Companion to Cheese, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 568:
text: Are they elite? Foodistas and fashionistas seem to blur and merge when they gush about the emperor's new nouvelle cooking or the latest clothing trend. […] History is a great foil, reminding anyone who studies it that poseurs and pseuds are nothing new. By other names, foodistas and fashionistas have been part of the Paris scene since at least the seventeenth century.
ref: 2017, David Downie, A Taste of Paris: A History of the Parisian Love Affair with Food, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 266:
glosses: A foodie; a gourmet.
foodistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foodista
Kye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Possibly a modern phonetic rendering of Kai, or a short form of Kyle and Kyler.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
concept cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concept car
impact winter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impact winters
Senses: coordinate_terms: volcanic winter
nuclear winter
glosses: A period of prolonged cold weather due to the impact of a large asteroid or comet on the Earth's surface.
Related terms: extinction event
mass extinction
volcanic winter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɒlˌkænɪk ˈwɪntə/
ipa: /vɔlˌkænɪk ˈwɪntəɹ/
ipa: [-ˈwɪnəɹ]
ipa: /vɑlˌkænɪk ˈwɪntəɹ/
rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: volcanic winters
Etymology: From volcanic + winter.
Senses: examples: text: People who lived through the Year Without a Summer, 1816, had no way to know at the time that they were living through a volcanic winter; some thought that the end times were beginning.
topics: climatology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: impact winter
nuclear winter
glosses: A reduction in global temperatures caused by volcanic ash and droplets of sulfuric acid obscuring the Sun and raising Earth's albedo (increasing the reflection of solar radiation) after a large, particularly explosive volcanic eruption.
impact winters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impact winter
volcanic winters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volcanic winter
post-disco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postdisco
Etymology: From post- + disco.
Senses: examples: text: Not many artists could pull off such a variety of styles (funk, post-disco, rock, easy listening, ballads) back then.
ref: a. 2008, M. Heyliger, A State-of-the-Art Pop Album:
text: Bridging the so-called death of disco and the birth of house, all this early-to-mid-'80s music lacks a name beyond drably functional and neutral terms like "dance" or "club music." Post-disco is better because this was music created by and for people […]who refused to accept the official decree of disco’s demise.
ref: 2009 May 29, Simon Reynolds, “Grunge's Long Shadow”, in Slate:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: predisco
glosses: A genre of dance music formulated in the late 1970s, after a backlash against disco.
post-disco
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: postdisco
Etymology: From post- + disco.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to this style.
nablas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nabla
nasi lemak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay nasi lemak (literally “rice with fat”).
Senses: examples: text: The man across the aisle bought a packet of nasi lemak.
ref: 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 117:
glosses: A fragrant rice dish cooked with coconut milk and pandan leaf, commonly found in Malaysia and neighbouring areas with significant Malay populations.
Related terms: nasi uduk
nasi dagang
kau cim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 求籤／求签 (kau4 cim1).
Senses: examples: text: Does not speak with words but pushes / His Kau Cim sticks into my hands.
ref: 2022, Janice Barr, Northern Territory Literary Awards, page 28:
glosses: A Chinese fortune telling practice involving numbered sticks that represent particular answers to questions.
acorn barnacle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acorn barnacles
Etymology: From its shape.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of stalkless barnacles in the genus Balanus.
glosses: Any barnacle in the order Sessilia.
acorn barnacles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acorn barnacle
alder buckthorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alder buckthorns
Senses: glosses: A deciduous shrub, Frangula alnus, native to Europe and neighboring areas of Asia and Africa, bearing glossy leaves, flowers in sessile umbels, and inedible red berries that turn black when ripe, and historically used as a laxative and to produce dyes.
alder buckthorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alder buckthorn
alligator lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alligator lizards
Senses: examples: text: As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.
ref: 1965 March, Boys' Life, page 52:
glosses: Any of many species of lizards in the genera Elgaria, Gerrhonotus, and Abronia.
Derived terms: Morelet's alligator lizard
Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizard
Atleti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Atlético Madrid, a soccer team from Madrid
alligator lizards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alligator lizard
Anna's hummingbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anna's hummingbirds
Etymology: Named after Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli, nee Anne d'Essling.
Senses: glosses: A hummingbird of the species Calypte anna, native to western North America.
wikipedia: Anne d'Essling
Anna's hummingbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anna's hummingbird
teamie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teamies
Etymology: From team + -ie.
Senses: glosses: teammate
teamies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teamie
asparagus pea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asparagus peas
Senses: glosses: A legume, Lotus tetragonolobus (synonym Tetragonolobus purpureus), with bright red flowers and edible seedpods that superficially resemble those of the winged bean.
glosses: The winged bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Synonyms: sense: winged pea
word: Tetragonolobus purpureus
Related terms: asparagus peas
asparagus peas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asparagus pea
asparagus peas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A dish of young asparagus shoots cut small and cooked with eggs, milk, etc.
soul-blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of vocal soul music with a gospel-influenced bluesy sound.
post-bop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postbop
form: post bop
Etymology: From post- + bop.
Senses: qualifier: jazz
glosses: A style of jazz derived from hard bop but influenced by more traditional jazz styles like swing.
punk-blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of punk rock that is influenced by the blues.
punk-jazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: jazz
glosses: A genre of punk rock that is influenced by jazz.
aubrieta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aubrietas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aubrietia.
Baltimore club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of staccato, dance-oriented house music associated with Baltimore, Maryland.
Synonyms: Baltimore breaks
Baltimore house
street luge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The recreational activity of riding a board down a paved road or course.
bluegrass gospel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of bluegrass influenced by black gospel and Southern gospel.
blue scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue scales
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A blues scale.
aubrietas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aubrieta
brown-eyed soul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In imitation of blue-eyed soul.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of soul music characteristically performed by Latinos, mainly in southern California in the early 1960s.
aubrietias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aubrietia
putlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: putlocks
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Alternative form of putlog.
putlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putlock
trilliant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trilliants
Etymology: Blend of triangle + brilliant
Senses: glosses: A gemstone cut in a triangular shape.
trilliants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trilliant
milk-alkali syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition characterized by high blood calcium levels caused by taking in too much calcium and absorbable alkali.
Synonyms: word: MAS
Coordinate terms: alkalemia
hypercalcemia
club blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of popular blues music intended to be played in nightclubs.
club music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: electronic dance music
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Music intended to be played in a nightclub
aubrietia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aubrietias
form: aubrieta
Etymology: From translingual Aubrieta, the name of the taxonomic genus, which was itself named in honor of Claude Aubriet.
Senses: glosses: A creeping perennial plant native to southeastern Europe, Aubrieta deltoidea, grown as a groundcover and in rock gardens for its dense foliage and purple, pink or white flowers.
wikipedia: Claude Aubriet
Miami bass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of hip hop dance music associated with raunchy lyrics, deep bass rhythms and the area of South Florida.
Synonyms: booty bass
Negro spiritual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Negro spirituals
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spiritual.
synonyms: word: spiritual
neo-soul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative form of neo soul.
contemporary R&B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of modern popular hip hop dance music influenced by funk and pop music.
New Weird America
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of modern dark psych folk influenced by Americana.
psych folk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychedelic folk
Senses: examples: text: You have possibly heard the terms “psych folk” (sometimes applied to artists in the vein of Devendra Banhart) or “psych country” (which is vaguely similar to what used to be called “outlaw country”) or “psych rock” (which is what Courtney Taylor of the Dandy Warhols call his band's sound in the documentary DIG!.)
ref: [2005 May, Chuck Klosterman, “The Rock Lexicon”, in SPIN, page 60:
text: More recently, a second wave of psych folk bands have surfaced, influenced by and connected to the music of Keenan's New Weird America.
ref: 2016, Ross Hair, Thomas Ruys Smith, editors, Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 203:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: acid folk
freak folk
coordinate_terms: psych country
psych rock
glosses: A genre of folk music influenced by psychedelic rock and possessing a dark, sinister tone.
psychedelic rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The album The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966) first used psychedelic to describe music; the band The 13th Floor Elevators is sometimes credited with coining the term.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: acid rock
glosses: A genre of rock music influenced by psychedelia, blues, jazz, folk music, electronic music and the hippie counterculture of the 1960s.
wikipedia: The 13th Floor Elevators
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
Derived terms: psy rock
psych-rock
Paisley Underground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of psychedelic alternative rock mostly associated with California in the 1980s.
Piedmont blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of guitar-based blues from the East Coast of the United States.
pop-punk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pop punk.
post-grunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postgrunge
form: post grunge
Etymology: From post- + grunge.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of grunge music influenced by pop music and heavy metal.
post-hardcore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posthardcore.
hardcore punk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A particularly fast and intense form of punk rock.
Synonyms: hardcore
post-punk revival
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A modern genre of post-punk influenced by indie rock and other modern styles.
indie rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: indie pop
glosses: A genre of modern rock, originally synonymous with alternative rock but now referring to a specific style of popular rock music.
progressive bluegrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of bluegrass that subverts tradition by adding drums, electric guitar and other modern elements of popular music.
psychedelic soul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of popular soul music influenced by psychedelic rock and funk.
quiet storm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to Smokey Robinson's album A Quiet Storm (1975).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A radio format and genre of R&B that is performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz-influenced style usually associated with the mid to late 1970s.
wikipedia: A Quiet Storm
Smokey Robinson
rap rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of rock music that uses elements of hip-hop, especially rapping.
roots-rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roots rock
Senses: examples: text: […] door finds him or herself a millionaire superstar and gradually tax avoidance seems more important than roots rock.
ref: 1977, Marxism Today, volumes 21–23, London: Communist Party of Great Britain, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13:
text: They are favored by most blues, jazz, country, and roots-rock guitarists.
ref: 1980, Will Schmid, Hal Leonard Guitar Method, complete edition, Winona, Minn.: Hal Leonard Pub. Corp., →OCLC, page 140:
text: Doug [Clifford] was the well-known drummer in Creedence Clearwater Revival throughout their phenomenally fruitful existence as one of America's first genuine roots-rock bands.
ref: 2006, Bob Cianci, Great Rock Drummers of the Sixties Revised, 2nd edition, Milwaukee, Wis.: Hal Leonard Pub. Corp., →ISBN, page 192:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of popular rock music influenced by Americana and roots music.
wikipedia: Chris Isaak
San Francisco sound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of psychedelic rock associated with the hippie subculture of San Francisco in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
ska-punk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ska punk.
axis deer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axis deer
Senses: glosses: A South Asian deer, the chital, Axis axis
skate punk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skate punks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skatepunk.
soul blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of soul-blues.
synonyms: word: soul-blues
Southern gospel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of harmonic vocal Christian music that developed from the sacred harp (shape-note) style of singing in the Southern United States.
sacred harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sacred Harp
Etymology: From the name of a songbook first published in 1844, The Sacred Harp.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of Christian music based on shape-note singing.
wikipedia: Sacred Harp
Southern rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of rock music originating from the Southern United States with influences from blues and country music.
speed metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of heavy metal characterized by an extremely swift, rhythmic style.
stoner metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Kyuss were a classic stoner metal band featuring a young Josh Homme, who later went on to form the Queens of the Stone Age with early Kyuss guitarist/bassist Nick Oliveri.
ref: 2009, William Phillips, Brian Cogan, “Kyuss”, in Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: Synonym of stoner rock.
synonyms: word: stoner rock
drone metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of heavy metal that is influenced by drone music.
backpaddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backpaddles
form: backpaddling
form: backpaddled
form: backpaddled
Etymology: From back + paddle.
Senses: glosses: To paddle backwards.
backpaddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backpaddle
backpaddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backpaddle
backpaddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backpaddle
angelica tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angelica trees
Senses: glosses: A large shrub or small tree native to the southeastern US, Aralia spinosa
glosses: Other trees in the genus Aralia
angelica trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angelica tree
alt-rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alt rock
Etymology: From alt- + rock.
Senses: examples: text: Launching a startup in 2016 is akin to assembling an alt-rock band in 1996 or protesting the Vietnam War in 1971—an act of youthful rebellion gone conformist.
ref: 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Clipping of alternative rock.
Derived terms: alt-rocker
alt-metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alt- + metal.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of alternative metal
alternative metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A loose collection of styles of modern metal music influenced by alternative rock, including many bands in the nu metal, industrial metal, grunge, and gothic metal styles.
Afrobeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cousin-Brother-in-Law comes out humming a seventies Nigerian Afrobeat hit.
ref: 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 166:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of afrobeat.
hill country blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of country blues from Mississippi.
country blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of blues with a rural style and elements from folk music.
country-blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of country blues.
green anoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green anole
Chicago blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of popular electric guitar-based blues associated with Chicago.
American chameleon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American chameleons
Senses: glosses: An arboreal lizard native to the southeastern US, Anolis carolinensis, best known for its ability to change skin color in the same manner as a chameleon
Synonyms: green anole
American chameleons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of American chameleon
swamp blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of blues influenced by Cajun and Creole music and associated with Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
scrivening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹɪv.ɛn.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: scrivenings
Senses: glosses: The product of a scrivener; that which is written or copied.
gospel-blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gospel blues
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of blues with Christian lyrics and influenced by gospel music.
gospel blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gospel-blues.
Delta blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of delta blues.
electric blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any genre of blues that uses the electric guitar.
classic female blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: vaudeville blues
glosses: The style of popular vocal blues performed by women in the early 20th century.
Texas blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːz
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of blues that uses electric guitars and power riffs, associated with Texas.
back oneself into a corner
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backs oneself into a corner
form: backing oneself into a corner
form: backed oneself into a corner
form: backed oneself into a corner
Senses: glosses: Synonym of paint oneself into a corner.
synonyms: word: paint oneself into a corner
bee fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bee flies
form: bee-fly
Etymology: From bee + fly. Compare Icelandic býfluga.
Senses: examples: text: Bee flies are a group of flies that look like bees, presumably to avoid being eaten by birds, who know that bees sting. The Nightking bee fly is known only from a small area in Western Australia, is around 1 cm long and can only be found during winter.
ref: 2019 July 1, “A Game of Flies: naming 230 new species”, in CSIRO:
text: “Xuankun Li, who named the bee fly Paramonovius nightking, is a PhD student at CSIRO and a huge fan of ‘Game of Thrones,’ proving that inspiration for new species names can come from anywhere,” entomologist Dr. Bryan Lessard said in a statement.
ref: 2019 July 1, Lauren M. Johnson, “New species of bee fly named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character”, in CNN:
glosses: Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects.
cool jazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: jazz
glosses: A genre of jazz associated with a light, calm sound and a West Coast aesthetic.
bee flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bee fly
Cubop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Cuban + bebop
Senses: qualifier: jazz
glosses: A genre of Afro-Cuban jazz influenced by bebop.
Afro-Cuban jazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: jazz
glosses: A genre of jazz strongly influenced by Cuban dance music like mambo and the Cuban clave rhythm.
modal jazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: jazz
glosses: A genre of jazz that uses chord progressions as a harmonic framework.
nu-jazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nu jazz.
nujazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nu jazz.
punk jazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of punk-jazz.
art punk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of punk rock influenced by art music and art rock.
make a better door than a window
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a better door than a window
form: making a better door than a window
form: made a better door than a window
form: made a better door than a window
Senses: examples: text: “You're blocking the picture,” Maria says. . . . “You make a better door than a window.”
ref: 1986, Tony Ardizzone, The Evening News, →ISBN, page 27:
text: She griped fetchingly at a clot of news workers who blocked her view. "You make a better door than a window, kid," she told one reporter.
ref: 1996 February 20, Francis X. Clines, “Judgments On Politics, Primaries, Pancakes”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Jul 2015:
text: An advertising poster on a transit shelter makes a better door than a window, when trying to spot oncoming traffic.
ref: 2014 November 5, Jack Lakey, “Advertising poster blocks drivers' view”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 18 Jul 2015:
glosses: To obstruct someone's view, especially as a result of thoughtlessness.
Baroque pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baroque pop.
Canterbury sound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of progressive rock associated with the city of Canterbury.
Celtic music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of modern world music influenced by New Age and the music of Celtic cultures, mainly Ireland and Scotland.
Celtic rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of Celtic music influenced by rock music and punk rock.
Related terms: Celtic punk
Celtic metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of heavy metal influenced by Celtic music and punk rock.
folk-metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of heavy metal influenced by folk music and various traditional musical forms.
folk metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of folk-metal.