cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
make mouths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes mouths
form: making mouths
form: made mouths
form: made mouths
Senses: examples: text: Witness this army of such mass and charge
Led by a delicate and tender prince,
Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed
Makes mouths at the invisible event,
Exposing what is mortal and unsure
To all that fortune, death, and danger dare,
Even for an eggshell.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
text: "I want to be jeered at by Punch! I want Punch to make mouths at me, and give me the benefit of his inimitable squeak and gibber.[…]"
ref: 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma:
text: She was saucy the next [moment], moving her head up and down, making "eyes" at Robert and making "mouths" at Beaudelet.
ref: 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, page 85:
glosses: To make faces (at someone), to fun (of someone), to laugh (at someone).
raw_tags: with "at"
Related terms: make eyes
make faces
marechal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marechals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mareschal.
franciscana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: franciscanas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of La Plata dolphin.
synonyms: word: La Plata dolphin
franciscanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of franciscana
chatteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more chatteringly
form: most chatteringly
Etymology: From chattering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The stream flowed chatteringly over its bed of pebbles.
glosses: In a chattering manner.
vassalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vassal
vassalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vassal
puggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pugging
clitless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clit + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Senegal with its veiled and clitless women has been too much for her already.
ref: 1996, Leila Castle, Earthwalking Sky Dancers, numbers 56-58, page 146:
glosses: Without a clitoris, usually after female genital mutilation.
conoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conoid
commensurated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of commensurate
commensurates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of commensurate
irritateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: irritate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of irritate
extraframework
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + framework.
Senses: glosses: Outside a framework.
disendorsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disendorse
on the jar
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: But I safely put the street door on the jar and got behind the Major's blinds with my shawl on and my mind made up the moment I saw danger to rush out screeching till my voice failed me and catch the Major round the neck[…]
ref: 1863, Charles Dickens, Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy:
glosses: ajar
disendorse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disendorses
form: disendorsing
form: disendorsed
form: disendorsed
Etymology: From dis- + endorse.
Senses: examples: text: Even though firmly disendorsed by Mayor Jane M. Byrne of Chicago in a fearful Democratic Party squabble, Illinois State Senator Richard M. Daley, son of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley, won election as Cook County State's Attorney last week.
ref: 1980 November 9, “Headliners: Victory, Chicago-Style”, in New York Times, retrieved 26 May 2013:
text: On the third day of the campaign, Labor has been forced to disendorse and expel its candidate in the unwinnable seat of Southern Downs.
ref: 2012 February 21, Sean Parnell, “Queensland state election campaign takes bitter turn”, in The Australian, retrieved 26 May 2013:
glosses: To cease to endorse; to withdraw endorsement.
Synonyms: sanction
pitchstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitchstone
unspecial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unspecial
form: most unspecial
Etymology: From un- + special.
Senses: examples: text: “I go places with my mother,” I said. “But not any place special.”
Ronalda looked at me as though she couldn’t imagine an unspecial mother-daughter outing.
ref: 2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 74:
glosses: Not special.
Related terms: unspecialness
fidalgos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fidalgo
superprime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superprimes
Etymology: From super- + prime.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of the subsequence of prime numbers that occupy prime-numbered positions within the sequence of prime numbers.
superprimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superprime
pseudostatistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudostatistical
form: most pseudostatistical
Etymology: From pseudo- + statistical.
Senses: examples: a pseudostatistical approach
glosses: Having some statistical aspect, but not truly statistical.
isolated pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isolated pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A pawn that has no friendly pawn on an adjacent file.
Related terms: isolani
isolated pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isolated pawn
connected pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: connected pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Any of the pawns in a group of pawns of the same color on adjacent files.
connected pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of connected pawn
King's Pawn Opening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: King's Pawn Game
bad bishop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad bishops
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A bishop that is blocked by the player's own pawns.
Synonyms: tall pawn
bad bishops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bad bishop
tall pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tall pawns
Etymology: Humorous construction that alludes to both the larger height of a bishop compared to a pawn, and the worthlessness of such a bishop blocked by its own pawns.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A bad bishop.
tall pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tall pawn
good bishop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good bishops
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A bishop that has high mobility.
good bishops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good bishop
rook's pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rook's pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A pawn on the rook's file; i.e., the a-file or h-file.
Hypernyms: pawn
Hyponyms: queen's rook's pawn
king's rook's pawn
wrong rook pawn
rook's pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rook's pawn
knight's pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knight's pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A pawn on the knight's file; i.e., the b-file or g-file.
Hypernyms: pawn
Hyponyms: king's knight's pawn
queen's knight's pawn
knight's pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knight's pawn
bishop's pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bishop's pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A pawn on the bishop's file; i.e., the c-file or f-file.
Hypernyms: pawn
Hyponyms: queen's bishop's pawn
king's bishop's pawn
bishop's pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bishop's pawn
queen's pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen's pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A pawn on the queen's file; i.e., the d-file.
Synonyms: d-pawn
Hypernyms: pawn
central pawn
Hyponyms: isolani
queen's pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen's pawn
queen's rook's pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen's rook's pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A rook's pawn on the queenside; i.e., a pawn on the a-file.
Synonyms: QRP
queen's rook's pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen's rook's pawn
queen's knight's pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen's knight's pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A knight's pawn on the queenside; i.e., a pawn on the b-file.
Synonyms: QNP
queen's bishop's pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen's bishop's pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A bishop's pawn on the queenside; i.e., a pawn on the c-file.
Synonyms: QBP
queen's bishop's pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen's bishop's pawn
king's bishop's pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: king's bishop's pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A bishop's pawn on the kingside; i.e., a pawn on the f-file.
Synonyms: KBP
king's knight's pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: king's knight's pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A knight's pawn on the kingside; i.e., a pawn on the g-file.
Synonyms: KNP
g-pawn
king's knight's pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of king's knight's pawn
king's rook's pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: king's rook's pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A rook's pawn on the kingside; i.e., a pawn on the h-file.
Synonyms: KRP
h-pawn
king's rook's pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of king's rook's pawn
open files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open file
open file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open files
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
hypernyms: file
coordinate_terms: closed file
half-open file
glosses: A file with no pawns of either color situated on it.
half-open files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-open file
half-open file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-open files
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
synonyms: semi-open file
hypernyms: file
coordinate_terms: closed file
open file
glosses: A file with only pawns of one color situated on it.
closed file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closed files
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
hypernyms: file
coordinate_terms: half-open file
open file
glosses: A file with pawns of both colors situated on it.
semi-open file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-open files
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A half-open file.
semi-open files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semi-open file
closed files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of closed file
central pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: central pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A pawn on the e-file (a king's pawn) or on the d-file (a queen's pawn).
central pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of central pawn
fifty-move rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: 50-move rule
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A rule in professional chess that a player may declare the game to be a draw after 50 consecutive moves by each side without any capture or pawn movement, usually invoked during an inconclusive endgame.
Schadenford
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schadenford
Etymology: 2008, blend of schadenfreude (“malicious enjoyment of another’s misfortune”) + Ford (“surname”). Coined by Philip Preville in the title of a Toronto Life article.
Senses: examples: text: [title] Schadenford: The arrest of Rob Ford, city hall hoser
ref: 2008 March 28, Philip Preville, “Schadenford: The arrest of Rob Ford, city hall hoser”, in Toronto Life:
text: The situation prompted some Twitter users to resurrect the term “schadenford” — taking pleasure at the mayor's misfortunes — and a play on the German word schadenfreude.
ref: 2011, Colin Perkel, “Police chief backs Mayor Ford on 911 call after ‘22 minutes’ fiasco”, Canadian Press (St. Albert Gazette), October 28
text: In 2013, there's nothing remotely acceptable about engaging in Schadenford, a term coined by Toronto Life in 2008, when then-councillor Rob Ford was charged with assault and uttering death threats in a domestic incident involving his wife.
Already a national punchline, Rob Ford went international, with U.S. TV talk shows engaging in their own particular form of Schadenford -- sketches about a nice, polite Canadian city with a buffoon leader who does a modern-day Marion Barry impression.
ref: 2013 May 26, Bartley Kives, “When the Ford jokes stop”, in Winnipeg Free Press:
glosses: Perverse pleasure derived from observing the foibles of Toronto mayor Rob Ford.
outside passed pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outside passed pawn
outside passed pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outside passed pawns
Senses: glosses: A passed pawn that is near the edge of the board and far away from other pawns.
Hypernyms: pawn
passed pawn
pawn island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pawn islands
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A group of pawns of the same color side by side, without any pawn of the same color diagonally adjacent to them.
pawn islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawn island
pawn storm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pawn storms
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A tactic in which several pawns are moved in rapid succession toward the opponent's defenses.
pawn storms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawn storm
pawn races
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawn race
pawn race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pawn races
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A situation where both opponents are pushing (moving forward) a passed pawn in an effort to be the first to promote.
perpetual check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perpetual checks
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A draw forced by one player by putting the opponent's king in a potentially infinite series of checks.
perpetual checks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perpetual check
poisoned pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poisoned pawns
form: poison pawn
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
hypernyms: pawn
glosses: An unprotected pawn whose capture would be a losing move for the capturing player.
Related terms: poisoned chalice
poisoned pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poisoned pawn
tripled pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tripled pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A pawn that is on the same file as two friendly pawns.
Related terms: doubled pawn
tripled pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tripled pawn
wrong rook pawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrong rook pawns
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: In the endgame, a rook pawn that is unable to promote under the protection of a bishop, because the promoting square is of the color the single friendly bishop cannot control.
Hypernyms: pawn
rook pawn
wrong rook pawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrong rook pawn
polar nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polar night
mixmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mixmaster
mixlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mixling
mix-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mix-ins
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of mixin.
glosses: A dessert of ice cream with another ingredient mixed in.
mix-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mix-in
mixie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mixies
Etymology: From mix + -ie.
Senses: glosses: mixer; food processor
mixies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mixie
modernistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more modernistically
form: most modernistically
Etymology: From modernistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a modernistic manner.
modillioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From modillion + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a modillion.
continuum theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: The branch of topology devoted to the study of continua, a type of metric space.
Mondayizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Mondayize
Mondayizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Mondayize
modesty board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modesty boards
Senses: glosses: Synonym of modesty panel.
synonyms: word: modesty panel
modesty boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modesty board
mokimoki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: Microsorum scandens, a fragrant fern of New Zealand and Australia.
bancassurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bancassurers
Senses: glosses: An organization operating a bancassurance scheme.
bancassurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bancassurer
Macpherson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See McPherson.
Senses: glosses: A surname, alternative form of MacPherson, including in Singapore.
Derived terms: Macphersonian
magnetoreceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetoreceptor
macrofloral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + floral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the macroflora.
ice wines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice wine
hepatitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hepatitis
hepatitises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hepatitis
Bahians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bahian
plasmoditrophoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasmoditrophoblast
plasmodiocarps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasmodiocarp
recrew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recrews
form: recrewing
form: recrewed
form: recrewed
Etymology: From re- + crew.
Senses: glosses: To crew (a vessel) again or anew.
recrewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recrew
recrews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recrew
recrewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recrew
rechargeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From recharge + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being rechargeable.
boot sale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boot sales
Senses: glosses: Synonym of car boot sale.
synonyms: word: car boot sale
boot sales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boot sale
reassay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reassays
form: reassaying
form: reassayed
form: reassayed
Etymology: From re- + assay.
Senses: glosses: To assay again.
reassaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reassay
reassayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reassay
reassays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reassay
recompensate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recompensates
form: recompensating
form: recompensated
form: recompensated
Etymology: From re- + compensate. Cf. Late Latin recompensō.
Senses: glosses: To recompense.
recompensating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recompensate
recompensates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recompensate
recompensated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recompensate
pharyngula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The phylotypic stage of embryonic development of vertebrate animals, following the blastula, gastrula, and neurula.
neurulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurula
subalgebrae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subalgebra
microbundle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbundles
Etymology: From micro- + bundle.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A kind of generalization of a vector bundle.
microbundles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbundle
phylotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phylotype + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phylotype.
omigawd
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of omigod.
BMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BM
BMs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of BM
opinionatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more opinionatedly
form: most opinionatedly
Etymology: From opinionated + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an opinionated manner.
opaleye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opaleye
form: opaleyes
Etymology: From opal + eye.
Senses: examples: text: 1966, D. W. Kelley (editor), Fish Bulletin 133: Ecological Studies of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Estuary, Part 1, California Department of Fish and Game, page 147,
Usually, adult opaleye are abundant about inshore rocky areas (from the surf zone to depths of 80 feet) and nearly every individual examined has its digestive tract packed with algae.
text: Opaleye and halfmoon are part of the incidental catch of the coastal purse seine fleet and are sold as "perch" in the fresh fish market (Fitch and Lavenberg 1971). Annual landings of opaleye average about 2½ tons with a maximum of 12 tons in 1973,[…].
ref: 1989, Elizabeth G. Stevens, William Watson, H. Geoffrey Moser, “Development and Distribution of Larvae and Pelagic Juveniles of Three Kyphosid Fishes (Girella nigricans, Medialuna californiensis, and Hermosilla azurea) off California and Baja California”, in Fishery Bulletin, Volume 87, Issue 3, U.S. Department of Commerce, page 745:
text: Young opaleyes, however, always lived in tidepools.
ref: 2010, Kenneth Stafford Norris, Mountain Time, Lulu.com, page 128:
hypernyms: kyphosid
rudderfish
glosses: A fish, Girella nigricans, a species of sea chub found in the Eastern Pacific.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Girella simplicidens
word: gulf opaleye
opaleyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opaleye
opalescently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more opalescently
form: most opalescently
Etymology: From opalescent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The light seemed to boil opalescently, like liquid soap shaken gently in a bottle.
ref: 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 345:
glosses: In an opalescent manner.
opalescences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opalescence
datacom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: As the need for bandwidth increases, different methods can be used to increase the throughput of datacom systems.
ref: 2004, Donald C. O'Shea, Diffractive Optics: Design, Fabrication and Applications, page 231:
glosses: data communications
rising of the moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: risings of the moon
Etymology: From the ballad "The Rising of the Moon" (c1865), recounting a battle between the United Irishmen and the British Army during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Senses: examples: text: And the peelers and the landlords
and the risings of the moon
And if ever I return again,
'twill be too bloody soon".
ref: 1981, Johnny McEvoy, The Ballad of John Williams:
glosses: a rebellion.
bored to tears
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I was bored to tears after forty minutes stuck in that elevator.
synonyms: bored stiff
bored out of one's mind
bored shitless
glosses: Extremely bored.
Oorlam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oorlams
form: Oorlam
form: Oerlam
form: Orlaam
form: Orlam
Senses: glosses: Any member of a subtribe of the Nama people, originally formed from mixed-race descendants of indigenous Khoikhoi, Europeans and slaves from Madagascar, India, and Indonesia.
Oorlams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oorlam
onomatopoetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more onomatopoetical
form: most onomatopoetical
Senses: glosses: onomatopoeic
Derived terms: onomotopoetically
precoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precomas
Etymology: From pre- + coma.
Senses: glosses: A lethargic state approaching coma.
prefixoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prefixoid
prefocused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prefocus
prefocuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prefocus
Robert Borden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Robert Bordens
form: Borden
form: Sir Robert Borden
Etymology: From the depiction of Robert Borden, former Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920, on the front of the Canadian hundred-dollar note.
Senses: examples: text: Short of spraying magnums of Veuve Clicquot over backbenchers while lighting cigars with Robert Bordens, Paul and Co. announced a pre-budget teaser of how he and his pals planned to spend! spend! spend! on all sorts of crazy "please have us back" projects, things like fancy new transit system improvements, hundreds of millions of dollars for struggling farmers, and a program to curb gun violence in our fair city.
ref: 2005 November 29, Jose Loureno, “Give me $50 now, and I might even vote”, in Toronto Star:
text: As for hopes of perhaps finding a load of gold bars or wrapped up stacks of Robert Bordens once they get inside, Quince isn’t holding his breath.
ref: 2011, Andrew Zwicker, "Wine, chocolate and chamber music aim to crack the code of the BMO safe", The Rossland Telegraph (Rossland, British Columbia), 9 February 2011
text: Well, well, J.D. Rockefeller, stick to our foolproof guide and you’ll be rolling in the Robert Bordens in no time.
ref: 2012, Wade Wilson & Edward Blake, "Topz (With a Z): Top Ways to Make Money", The Iron Warrior (University of Waterloo), 4 July 2012
glosses: A Canadian hundred-dollar note.
Related terms: Benjamin
Robert Bordens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Robert Borden
presto changeo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of presto chango.
predictivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predictivity
adobos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adobo
archicerebellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the archicerebellum.
capoeiristas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capoeirista
Sir Robert Borden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sir Robert Bordens
Senses: examples: text: […] Theresa’s letting him go ahead with the filming for a few Sir Robert Bordens - let’s say about one hundred of them.”
ref: 2007 September, Marion-Ann Berry, “Tofino Timeless”, in Tofino Time, page 27:
text: Translation: after the financial sky stops falling, companies that have built sustainability into their business model should deliver the Benjamins, or in the case of Canadian $100 bills, the Sir Robert Bordens.
ref: 2009, Adria Vasil, “Bank on your eco future”, in Now, Toronto, Volume 28, Number 25, 18 February-25 February 2009:
text: In 2007, one year after finishing second in the Seattle International Comedy Competition (losing out to Vancouverite Damonde Tschritter, but placing ahead of American Rory Scovel, no less), Myrehaug won the Great Canadian Laugh-Off in Toronto, taking home a cool $25,000 for his efforts. That’s a lot of Sir Robert Bordens for anyone, let alone for a kid in Canadian show biz.
ref: 2013 January 3, Guy Macpherson, “Laughs take Paul Myrehaug around the globe”, in The Georgia Straight:
glosses: Alternative form of Robert Borden.
Sir Robert Bordens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sir Robert Borden
Xmases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Xmas
engining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of engine
biotelemetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + telemetric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to biotelemetry.
Borden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔː.dən/
ipa: /ˈbɔɹ.dən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A number of places:
A village and civil parish near Sittingbourne, Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8862).
glosses: A number of places:
A hamlet in Milland parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8224).
glosses: A number of places:
A village in the Rural Municipality of Great Bend No. 405, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A number of places:
A Canadian Forces Base in Ontario, Canada.
examples: Former name: Arcola
glosses: A number of places:
An unincorporated community in Madera County, California, United States.
glosses: A number of places:
A town in Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A number of places:
An unincorporated community in Colorado County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A number of places:
A small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
Derived terms: Borden County
Borden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔː.dən/
ipa: /ˈbɔɹ.dən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən
Forms: form: Bordens
Senses: examples: text: It's all about the Benjamins - although in view of a soaring loonie, player agents wish it were about the Bordens.
ref: 2008 March 1, “Huet trade all about $$”, in The Gazette, Montreal:
text: I tried to tell him that greedy Canadians were supposed to be all about the Bordens, but he was too busy preparing his fourth-quarter mission statement to pay attention to such petty nationalistic details.
ref: 2009, Lane Bristow, Last Stand at Coyote Yelp Pass: The Tragic Cowboy Memoirs of Bucky Laroo, AuthorHouse, published 2009, →ISBN, page 57:
text: I wrapped the wad of small bills inside about thirty Bordens from Luc's bag.
ref: 2009, Karl Meade, Odd Jobs, iUniverse, published 2009, →ISBN, page 45:
glosses: Alternative form of Robert Borden.
Bordens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Borden
neatfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neatsfoot.
cocksmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cocksman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: Stereotypically aggressive male behaviour.
examples: text: Why is it that a woman always thinks that the most savage thing she can say to a man is to impugn his cocksmanship?
ref: 1976, Paddy Chayefsky, Network, spoken by Max Schumacher (William Holden):
text: It plays as elegant, for the most part—or at least as elegant as can be imagined when you've got Euron Greyjoy trying to rate his cocksmanship against Cersei's late husband and brother.
ref: 2019 April 14, Alex McLevy, “Winter is Here on Game of Thrones’ Final Season Premiere (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020:
glosses: Male sexual ability or prowess.
homosexual panic defense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homosexual panic defenses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gay panic defense.
synonyms: word: gay panic defense
myelosclerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myelo- + sclerotic.
Senses: glosses: Affected by, or relating to, myelosclerosis.
rigolets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rigolet
rincons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rincón
glosses: plural of rincon
rockinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockiness
ascons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ascon
leucons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucon
ogrelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ogrelike
form: most ogrelike
Etymology: From ogre + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an ogre.
infima species
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infimae species
Etymology: From Latin infima (“lowest”) + species.
Senses: examples: text: Every infima species of the adaptation can be related unambiguously to a[n] infima species of the standard.
ref: 1993, Willem Hirs, “XV: The Use of Terminological Principles and Methods in Medicine”, in Helmi B. Sonneveld, Kurt Loening, editors, Terminology: Applications in Interdisciplinary Communication, page 239:
text: Combining Leibniz's view about species differentiation with his view that completed individuals constitute infima species, [DM 9; N 326] yields a promising speculation as to why he might hold that any change in property of our Adam would be a different person.
ref: 1998, R. O. Savage, Real Alternatives, Leibniz's Metaphysics of Choice, page 95:
text: So two things are pivotal in the Categories account of primary ousiai: the idea that the things that are ontologically fundamental are basic subjects, and the idea that the ontologically basic entities are instances or members of their infimae species.
ref: 2008, Michael J. Loux, Primary Ousia: An Essay on Aristotle's Metaphysics Z and H, page 4:
text: But when Pratt gives illustrations of his claim, he selects different infimae species under the genus 'material substance'.
ref: 2009, James Porter Moreland, The Recalcitrant Imago Dei, page 124:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
semantics
glosses: The narrowest of species; one that that is not a genus to anything else.
obedientiaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obedientiary
Arkansans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arkansan
caliciviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to caliciviruses.
hardsport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hardsports
Etymology: From hard + sport; compare watersport (“sexual practice involving urine”).
Senses: examples: text: Are you looking for a male for your fetish movies or videos? I am a 36yo male available for watersports, hardsports, submission, spanking, gangbang only with ladies.
ref: 2003, marcusderossi, “male available for extreme movies, videos”, in uk.adverts.personals (Usenet):
text: “What's within reason?” “Hand-job, blow-job, full sex — straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you're not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. No hardsports. And absolutely nothing without.”
ref: 2012, Maxim Jakubowski, The Best British Crime Omnibus:
glosses: Any sexual practice involving faeces.
hardsports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardsport
artily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more artily
form: most artily
Etymology: From arty + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, there are better examples of this artily conscious cult of the naïve: we may mention the Seven Pieces (24) which Jimmy Giuffre, a musically educated white jazz composer, wrote for himself on clarinet or sax, with J. Hall on guitar and Red Mitchell on bass.
ref: 1975, Wilfrid Mellers, Music in a New Found Land: Themes and Developments in the History of American Music, page 362:
text: Attracts an indie, mostly Thai crowd, to drink cocktails (B120) and 3.5-litre towers of draft Heineken (B500) at its wrought-iron tables and artily mismatched furniture.
ref: 2010, Lucy Ridout, The Rough Guide to Bangkok:
text: He stood in front of her wearing an artily ironic nylon leopard-skin print vest bought from the kind of shops where Marcia had rebelliously shopped in high school when she'd been 'going native' as Evie put it.
ref: 2013, Emma van der Vliet, Thirty Second World:
glosses: In an arty fashion.
bigrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bigram
cellarful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellarfuls
form: cellarsful
Etymology: From cellar + -ful.
Senses: examples: a cellarful of fine wines
glosses: Enough to fill a cellar.
cellarfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellarful
cellarsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellarful
cellobiohydrolases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellobiohydrolase
cheminformatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cheminformatics.
cooldrinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cooldrink
precomatose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + comatose.
Senses: glosses: Prior to a comatose state.
semivoiced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semi-voiced.
photolyases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photolyase
picrotoxinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From picrotoxin + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid found in picrotoxin.
blackberried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blackberry
blackcurranty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blackcurranty
form: most blackcurranty
Etymology: From blackcurrant + -y.
Senses: glosses: Tasting like blackcurrant.
set one's heart on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets one's heart on
form: setting one's heart on
form: set one's heart on
form: set one's heart on
form: have one's heart set on
form: have one's heart set upon
form: set one's heart upon
Senses: examples: text: With all the willful eagerness of a child she set her heart on that visit, and from morning till night she would talk with her little boys of the journey to what seemed to her the brightest, most sacred spot on earth, next to her present home.
ref: 1856, T. S. Arthur, “A True Tale of Life”, in The Wedding Guest:
text: [H]e always found it hard to give up anything he had set his heart on, no matter how trivial.
ref: 1876, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 5, in Rose in Bloom:
text: Roberts set his heart on a national basketball championship.
ref: 1972 April 3, “Religion: Heal Thy Enemy”, in Time:
text: Americans can do whatever they set their hearts on.
ref: 2008 January 15, “Mitt Romney’s Michigan Primary Speech”, in New York Times, retrieved 26 May 2013:
glosses: To desire with intensity and commitment, to earnestly long for.
have one's heart set upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's heart set upon
form: having one's heart set upon
form: had one's heart set upon
form: had one's heart set upon
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of set one's heart on.
set one's heart upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets one's heart upon
form: setting one's heart upon
form: set one's heart upon
form: set one's heart upon
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of set one's heart on.
A.U.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A. U.
form: A.U.'s
form: AU
form: A. U.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AU.
A. U.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AU
form: A.U.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AU.
A. U.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AU.
U.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of U.
U.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of U.
U.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of U.
touch-move rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The rule stating that, if a player intentionally touches a piece when it is their turn, they must move or capture the piece if it is legal to do so.
Related terms: j'adoube
cathed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of cath
cathing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cath
scholar's mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scholar's mate
STEMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of STEM: scanning transmission electron microscopes
infimae species
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infima species
tangara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangaras
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese tangara.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of tanager.
methectic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪk
Forms: form: more methectic
form: most methectic
Senses: glosses: Relating to methexis.
methectics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: methexis
methexis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek μέθεξις (méthexis)
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: An originally Ancient Greek form of theatre in which the audience participates and improvises.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The relation between a particular and a Platonic form.
Synonyms: methectics
human-flesh search
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human-flesh searches
Etymology: Possibly a back-formation from human flesh search engine.
Senses: examples: 3 March 2010, The New York Times, China's Cyberposse
Mop had a forum called human-flesh search engine, where users could pose questions about entertainment trivia that other users would answer: a type of crowd-sourcing.
glosses: Research at an Internet forum where questions may be posed for other people to answer.
examples: 3 March 2010, The New York Times, China's Cyberposse
Human-flesh search engines — renrou sousuo yinqing — have become a Chinese phenomenon: they are a form of online vigilante justice in which Internet users hunt down and punish people who have attracted their wrath.
glosses: Vigilante justice where Internet users collaborate to find people and punish them by public exposure, harassment, or intimidation.
human-flesh searches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of human-flesh search
niblick shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niblick shots
Senses: examples: text: The feeling of satisfaction when one hits a good drive is different from that attendant on hitting a good niblick shot; and both are quite different from that attendant on writing a good sentence or doing a good dive.
ref: 1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 25
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A shot traversing a short distance that requires the use of a sand wedge, typically taken from a bunker.
iron rice bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron rice bowls
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 鐵飯碗／铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn), from 鐵／铁 (tiě, “iron”) + 飯碗／饭碗 (fànwǎn, “rice bowl”).
Senses: examples: text: Large or small, a state enterprise took care of all the needs of its workers and dependents, providing housing, schools, and health facilities at minimal cost - the so-called "iron rice bowl" which the economic mobilizers said now had to be 'smashed'.
ref: 2006, John Gittings, “Economics in Command: The modernization of China”, in The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market:
glosses: A guaranteed state job in China that lasts until retirement and pays a pension until death.
iron rice bowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iron rice bowl
homotethy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of homothety.
rice bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rice bowls
Etymology: From rice + bowl.
Senses: glosses: A small bowl from which rice is typically eaten.
glosses: A region that produces abundant rice.
glosses: A dish (typically eaten from a bowl) of which rice is a primary ingredient, such as donburi.
glosses: A person's livelihood or source of income.
glosses: A jealously defended institutional resource such as a program, project, or budget.
Hypernyms: topics: region
location
english: one sense
translation: one sense
word: breadbasket
topics: region
location
word: food bowl
Coordinate terms: topics: region
location
word: breadbasket
topics: region
location
word: granary
Derived terms: iron rice bowl
Rice Bowl of the Philippines
rice bowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rice bowl
direct sum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: direct sums
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: coproduct in some categories, like abelian groups, topological spaces or modules
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A linear sum in which the intersection of the summands has dimension zero. Equivalently, a linear sum of two subspaces, any vector of which can be expressed uniquely as a sum of two vectors: one vector belonging to the first subspace, and the other vector belonging to the second subspace.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A block diagonal matrix interpreted as having its non-zero blocks (which are square matrices) as summands.
Rif
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪf/
homophone: riff
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: Er Rif
form: Riff
Etymology: From Arabic الريف (ar-rīf) or Tarifit Arif.
Senses: glosses: A mountainous region in northern Morocco.
glosses: A former country in North Africa, a republic which existed briefly during the 1920s in what is now northern Morocco.
pergals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pergal
periapses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periapse
glosses: plural of periapsis
glosses: Synonym of periapsides.
synonyms: word: periapsides
glosses: Misspelling of periapsis.
pharmacoepidemiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharmacoepidemiologists
Etymology: From pharmaco- + epidemiologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies pharmacoepidemiology.
pharmacoepidemiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharmacoepidemiologist
control characters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of control character
hythes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hythe
hithes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hithe