cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
chargeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chargeabilities
Etymology: From charge + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being chargeable.
chargeabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chargeability
chemoprevent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chemoprevents
form: chemopreventing
form: chemoprevented
form: chemoprevented
Etymology: From chemo- + prevent.
Senses: glosses: To prevent disease by means of chemical treatment.
chemoprevented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chemoprevent
chemopreventing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chemoprevent
chemoprevents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chemoprevent
Donegal Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A bay on the coastlines of County Donegal, County Leitrim and County Sligo, Ireland. County Leitrim has a very short coastline, sandwiched between Counties Donegal and Sligo.
coagglutinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coagglutinates
form: coagglutinating
form: coagglutinated
form: coagglutinated
Etymology: From co- + agglutinate.
Senses: glosses: To undergo coagglutination.
coagglutinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coagglutinate
coagglutinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coagglutinate
coagglutinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coagglutinate
cognitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of being cognitive.
co-existent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coexistent.
undermedicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undermedicates
form: undermedicating
form: undermedicated
form: undermedicated
Etymology: From under- + medicate.
Senses: glosses: To medicate insufficiently.
undermedicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undermedicate
undermedicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undermedicate
over-enthusiastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overenthusiastic.
overingestion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overingestions
Etymology: From over- + ingestion.
Senses: glosses: Excessive ingestion.
overingestions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overingestion
underdeterminedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + determinedness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being underdetermined.
bioresorb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bioresorbs
form: bioresorbing
form: bioresorbed
form: bioresorbed
Senses: glosses: To undergo bioresorption.
bioresorbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bioresorb
bioresorbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bioresorb
bioresorbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bioresorb
wordlikeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wordlike + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being wordlike.
floppie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of floppy.
nonresorbability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + resorbability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being nonresorbable.
inextractability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in- + extractability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being inextractable.
dislocatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dislocate + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being dislocatable.
calcifiability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From calcify + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being calcifiable.
immunostainability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immunostain + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being immunostainable.
lysability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lysable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being lysable.
reactivatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reactivate + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being reactivatable.
replantability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From replant + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being replantable.
saturatability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From saturate + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being saturatable.
transducibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From transduce + -ibility.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being transducible.
unretractability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + retractability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unretractable.
casseiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casseivers
form: cassiever
Etymology: Blend of cassette + receiver.
Senses: examples: text: Alternatively, if you plan to listen chiefly to cassettes, you might consider a "casseiver," which combines a receiver and a cassette deck.
ref: 1990 January 24, Ian G. Masters, “Systems for Small Spaces”, in Stereo Review, volume 55, number 1, page 75:
glosses: A device that combines a stereo receiver with a cassette deck in a single unit.
creme pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creme pies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cream pie
creme pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creme pie
endothelializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of endothelialize
endothelializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of endothelialize
Czarna Górna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czarna Górna.
Senses: glosses: A village in Gmina Czarna, Bieszczady County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.
enfelon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enfelons
form: enfeloning
form: enfeloned
form: enfeloned
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French enfelonner.
Senses: examples: text: Out of her first the wicked weapon caught: With that like one enfelon'd or distraught
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, Abraham Stoll, The Faerie Queene, Book Five, →ISBN, page 116:
text: I didn't mean to enfelon!
ref: 1979, Barbara Ninde Byfield, A Parcel of Their Fortunes, →ISBN, page 64:
glosses: to infuriate
diaper stacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaper stackers
Etymology: From diaper + stacker.
Senses: synonyms: nappy stacker
glosses: A hanging bag or other container that stores clean diapers stacked vertically (one top of one another), usually attached to the side of a crib or changing table.
Related terms: diaper bag
nappy stacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nappy stackers
Etymology: From nappy + stacker.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of diaper stacker.
synonyms: word: diaper stacker
diaper stackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaper stacker
nappy stackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nappy stacker
diaper baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaper babies
form: diaper-baby
form: diaperbaby
Etymology: From diaper + baby. Compare crybaby.
Senses: examples: text: "Knock Knock." Who's there? Jason answered. "Ura." "Ura who?" "Ura stupid diaper baby!" Jason's face turned red. "What?"
ref: 2001, Laura Peyton Roberts, Prime Time, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 178:
text: If you don't want to get yourself spanked all pover this board, I advise you to butt out and leave the battles to those who at least have a reason to battle. Can anyone get more painfully obvious than you, diaper baby? I doubt it.
ref: 2002 April 29, circle, “Amnesty illegals UPDATE”, in alt.satanism, Google Groups:
text: Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly): I know. I'm an idiot.
Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman): And?
Wreck-It Ralph: A real numb-skull?
Vanellope: And?
Wreck-It Ralph: A selfish diaper-baby.
ref: 2012, Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee, Wreck-it-Ralph, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios; distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures:
glosses: A contemptible person; a fool, or someone who acts immature.
diaperbaby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaperbabies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of diaper baby.
diaper babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaper baby
diaperbabies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaperbaby
tuning system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuning systems
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A system used to define the number and frequencies of tones, or pitches that are used when playing music.
Hyponyms: equal temperament
just intonation
meantone temperament
pure intonation
Pythagorean tuning
temperament
well temperament
diaper position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaper positions
Etymology: From diaper + position, because the position resembles that of a person during a diaper change.
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A position in which a person lies on their back (in a reclined or supine position) with their legs lifted in order to receive a spanking.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see diaper, position.
diaper positions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaper position
shoulds on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of should on
diaper bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaper bushes
Etymology: From diaper + bush (“a person's pubic hair”), because the hair is so thick that clothing worn over it ostensibly creates a bulge or outline that resembles that of a diaper.
Senses: glosses: An immense amount of pubic hair, especially a woman's.
Related terms: pubic hair
diaper bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaper bush
shoulded on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of should on
shoulding on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of should on
diaperwhore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaperwhores
Etymology: From diaper + whore (“a person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut”).
Senses: examples: text: it's like my brain shut down and the diaperwhore inside me took over and was like "that's not a toilet, silly! you can't even remember the right way to go potty 🤣" and then I'm stood in my bathroom peeing into padding
ref: 2022 September 20, @wastedangellic, Twitter:
text: I want him to completely wreck my brain, want him to make me diapered and dependant on him, and unable to think. I want to start pushing the second he tells me to I desperately need to be Afton's stupid diaperwhore
ref: 2023 October 29, @aftonspet, Twitter:
text: This is what you little dumb #diaperwhores can expect when Daddy babysits
ref: 2024 January 2, @Pupper_Meeko, Twitter:
text: What did you just say to me? Did you say I'm a slut for diapers?
How fucking dare. I am a MEGA slut for diapers. Im a fuckin DIAPERWHORE, okay? Don't you EVER even imply I'm not anything short of a pamper addict. Got it?
Geez. The audacity of some people, smh.
ref: 2024 August 12, @PaddedEmmy, Twitter:
text: Travis didn't know what to say---but the words came out of his mouth anyway. "My name is Travis, and I used to be a findom, until I let Master mindfuck me with his hypnofiles and turn me into a diaperwhore. I've found my true calling getting fucked by strangers, covering myself in piss, fucking my hole, and of course tributing to Master, until I ran out of money..."
ref: 2025 January 9, Wesley Bracken, “Wrecking More Than His Wallet”, in WhiteWind, Part 3:
glosses: Synonym of diaperslut (“a person with a sexual interest in diapers”).
synonyms: word: diaperslut
extra: a person with a sexual interest in diapers
diaperwhores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaperwhore
mouth diaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouth diapers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of face diaper.
synonyms: word: face diaper
mouth diapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouth diaper
should hope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: should hope
Senses: examples: text: "He'll be here soon." "I should hope so!"
info_templates: extra_data: words: that
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clause);
(informal)
with
clause;
(negative)
not
expansion: [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]
glosses: To believe (something) is an obligation [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
oil barrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil barrels
Senses: glosses: A barrel for containing crude oil.
qualifier: measure
glosses: Originally, the volume of some standard barrel. Currently, 42 US gallons.
status Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: status Indians
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: non-status Indian
topics: law
glosses: An Indigenous (First Nation, Métis or Inuit) person of Canada registered under the Indian Act and enjoying special rights not otherwise provided to other Indigenous people
barrel sling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrel slings
Senses: synonyms: barrel hitch
glosses: A type of hitch used when hoisting cargo onto ships.
status Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: status Indian
Senses: glosses: plural of status Indian
incontinence slips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incontinence slip
DOGEr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DOGErs
Etymology: From DOGE + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Before long, though, he and the other DOGErs buried their heads in their laptops and plugged in their headphones.
ref: 2025 September 8, Eli Hager, “The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security”, in ProPublica:
topics: government
politics
glosses: An employee for DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency).
DOGErs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DOGEr
Pandeyganj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi पांडेयगंज (pāṇḍeygañj).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
driving-wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: driving-wheels
Senses: examples: text: Under his inspection a carriage has been completed at the Pimlico manufactory; it is twenty-seven feet in length, including seven feet for the fire, boiler, cylinders, and the mechanism connected with the driving-wheels.
ref: 1822 September 16, “Steam Carriages”, in Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, […], volume XXIII, number 1197, Portsmouth, Hampshire: […] G. H. Motley and W. Harrison, →OCLC, page [2], column 4:
text: To the lower ends of the latter are attached the cranks, which cranks are again connected by means of a novel modification of an universal joint to the driving-wheels, firmly fixed to the interior part of the carriage-common-wheels, and these last are thus propelled as required.
ref: 1822 October 19, “New Patents, &c. To Julius Griffith, Esq. Brompton Crescent, for Carriages to Be Propelled by Steam on Common Roads, […]”, in The Charleston Mercury, […], volume I, number 248, Charleston, S.C.: […] Edmund Morford, […], →OCLC, front page, column 3:
text: The engine of the train which left this City for New-Haven on Saturday afternoon broke its driving-wheel just after passing Milford, and while going at a speed of thirty miles an hour.
ref: 1860 January 23, “Accident on the New-Haven Railroad”, in The New York Times, volume IX, number 2602, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2025, page 4, column 6:
text: The glare of the head-light, the rush and throb of the locomotive, the connecting rod and driving-wheels of which seem instinct with nervous life, the flashing lamps in the cars, and the final whirl of dust in which the red taillights vanish almost as soon as they are seen, — all this is well calculated to excite our wonder; […]
ref: 1876 February, Charles Francis Adams Jr., “The Railroad Death-Rate”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2022:
text: Whatever it may have been, it was subsidiary to the old gray mare and the big undulatory driving-wheel of the turning-lathe at the furniture factory, which would be under full swing the next morning at the Yellow Banks.
ref: 1911, Matthew H. Jamison, “Off for Oregon. Frontier Life in the Early Forties.”, in Recollections of Pioneer and Army Life, Kansas City, Mo.: Hudson Press, →OCLC, page 38:
text: THIS photograph of the station and staff at Torre Station in 1865 shows much evidence of Mr [Isambard Kingdom] Brunel's 'broad gauge'. The rails are seven feet apart; the engine has a huge single driving-wheel, taller than most of the men present and the signals, hand-operated, are of the 'circle and crossbar' type.
ref: 1999 October 19, John Pike, “Time Traveller: John Pike looks at 1000 years of Torbay’s history: Riot in the streets”, in Herald Express, Torquay, Devon, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17, column 5:
glosses: Dated form of driving wheel.
driving-wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of driving-wheel
Lig̱wiłda'x̱w
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Unadapted borrowing from Kwak'wala Lig̱wiłda'x̱w (U'mista spelling).
Senses: examples: text: The territorial expansion of the Lig̱wiłda’x̱w is a phenomenon unmatched in scope and speed when compared to other population movements of the Pacific Northwest after first contact.
ref: 2024, Marie Mauzé, “Lig̱wiłda’x̱w Expansion into Northern Coast Salish Lands in the Nineteenth Century”, in Moshe Rapaport, Salish Archipelago, Canberra: ANU Press:
text: N’alag̱a / Kaaw Kuuna (Avis O’Brien), was born in Alert Bay, B.C. She belongs to the Kaa’was Staa’stas Eagle Clan from the Village of K’yuusda in Haida Gwaii and the Giga̱l’ǥa̱m Namima of the Lig̱wiłda’x̱w people from Cape Mudge, one of the 18 Tribes of the Kwakwaka’wakw.
ref: 2023 March 1, “Bringer of Light: A Conversation with N’alaga”, in Mountain Life:
glosses: U'mista spelling of Lekwiltok.
Gomati
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gomti
Etymology: From Sanskrit गोमती (gomatī).
Senses: glosses: A river in northern India, tributary of the Ganga, flowing through Uttar Pradesh.
raw_tags: with the
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Gomti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gomati
Etymology: From Sanskrit गोमती (gomatī).
Senses: glosses: A river in northern India, tributary of the Ganga, flowing through Uttar Pradesh.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Keshav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Keshava
Etymology: From Sanskrit केशव (keśava).
Senses: glosses: an epithet of Lord Krishna
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Derived terms: Keshav Nagar
Liqwiltokw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Liqwiltokw
Etymology: From Kwak'wala Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ.
Senses: examples: text: The traditional language of the Liqwiltokw people is Liq’wala. Liq’wala is an endangered dialect with few remaining fluent speakers. It is important that our communities continue to maintain our language as a living and evolving part of our communities.
ref: 2025 January 13, “Liq’wala Language Committee”, in Wei Wai Kum First Nation, retrieved 14 Sep 2025:
text: The college consulted with the Wei Wai Kai and Wei Wai Kum Nations and students throughout the project's development to inform its design and to honour the location of the institution within the territory of the Liqwiltokw People.
ref: 2022 April 22, “New gathering place supports Indigenous culture on campus”, in BC Gov News:
glosses: Synonym of Lekwiltok.
synonyms: word: Lekwiltok
Liǧʷiłdaxʷ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The hereditary chiefs of the Liǧʷiłdaxʷ nations on Vancouver Island have sent a scathing letter to the mayor and council of Campbell River, B.C., regarding their remarks on a proposal to restore the Indigenous names of three geographical areas.
ref: 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
glosses: Misspelling of Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ.
Keshava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Keshav
Etymology: From Sanskrit केशव (keśava).
Senses: glosses: an epithet of Lord Krishna
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Liǧʷiłdaʔxʷ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: At the time, Chris thought it might be a trick question, but when his nephew wrote it as “ƛ̓aʔi” —which Chris knew as “nən,” the word for black bear used by the Liǧʷiłdaʔxʷ— he said he felt truly impressed.
ref: 2017, Ǧʷixsisəlas (Emily Aitken), Qa xəns Nen̓akʷəlaʔinē (Found My Way of Going Home), University of Victoria, page 24:
glosses: Misspelling of Liǧʷiłdaʔx̌ʷ.
Manak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit मानक (mānaka).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
non-status Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-status Indians
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: status Indian
topics: law
glosses: A First Nations person in Canada not registered in the federal Indian Register or not registered to an Indian band government recognized by the Indian Act
can but hope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: can but hope
form: could but hope
Etymology: Ellipsis of can do nothing but hope and can do naught but hope.
Senses: examples: text: We can but hope that he returns alive.
info_templates: extra_data: words: that
(+
clause);
(informal)
with
clause;
(negative)
not
expansion: [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]
glosses: To be unable to do anything (about something) other than hope [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]; especially with long odds.
could but hope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of can but hope
non-status Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of non-status Indian
Nirala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit निराला (nirālā).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Sarvodaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sarvoday
Etymology: From Sanskrit सर्वोदय (sarvodaya).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Campbell River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.
ref: 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
glosses: A city in the Sayward Lands District, British Columbia, Canada.
Sarvoday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sarvodaya
Etymology: From Sanskrit सर्वोदय (sarvodaya).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Sarojini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit सरोजिनी (sarojinī).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
landmark case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landmark cases
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: leading case
glosses: A reported decision regarded to be binding precedent in law on the question involved.
Dandaiya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi डंडैया (ḍaṇḍaiyā).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Coun.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Couns.
Senses: examples: text: At a subsequent meeting on Oct. 24, Wei Wai Kum Elected Chief Coun. Chris Roberts appeared as part of a delegation alongside We Wai Kai Elected Chief Coun. Ronnie Chickite, and said the comments were "worrisome."
ref: 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
glosses: Abbreviation of Councillor.
Couns.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coun.
Likʷala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Coun. Ben Lanyon said he thought the changes would benefit tourism but added that he found the Likʷala name for Discovery Passage difficult to pronounce.
ref: 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Lik̓ʷala.
Liǧʷiłdaʔx̌ʷ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kwak'wala Liǧʷiłdaʔx̌ʷ (Liq̓ʷala spelling).
Senses: examples: text: Just as Kwak̓wala can refer in a narrow sense to the Kwagu’ł dialect, the dialect of the Liǧʷiłdaʔx̌ʷ, for example, is called Liq̓ʷala.
ref: 2009, Marianne Nicolson and Adam Werle, An investigation of modern Kwak̓wala determiner systems, University of Victoria, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2022:
glosses: Liq̓ʷala spelling of Lekwiltok.
Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Kwak'wala Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ (“NAPA”).
Senses: examples: text: The Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ Hereditary Chiefs, representing the Wei Wai Kum, We Wai Kai and Kwiakah First Nations as well as descendants of the Walitsama, stand united in firm opposition to the K’ómoks Treaty, denouncing it as an unlawful attempt to rewrite history and lay claim to Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ lands and resources. The Chiefs demand an immediate halt to the treaty’s ratification vote, scheduled for March 8, 2025, and insist that Canada, British Columbia and K’ómoks First Nation engage in meaningful consultation before any further actions are taken.
ref: 2025 March 5, “Joint Statement from the Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ Hereditary Chiefs Regarding the K’ómoks Treaty and the Infringement on Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ Lands”, in Wei Wai Kum Treaty:
text: Interconnectedness is a foundational principle that is central to the Indigenous people who have been in this place since time immemorial. School District 72 operates throughout a large geographic area. Campbell River and Quadra Island schools and our school board office are located on the traditional territory of the Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ people. Our district also encompasses the traditional territory of the Klahoose (Cortes), K’ómoks (Sayward), and χʷɛmaɬkʷu (Bute Inlet) First Nations.
ref: 2025, “III. Conceptual Understanding”, in Campbell River School District 72 Learning Hub:
glosses: NAPA spelling of Lekwiltok.
Chickite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: At a subsequent meeting on Oct. 24, Wei Wai Kum Elected Chief Coun. Chris Roberts appeared as part of a delegation alongside We Wai Kai Elected Chief Coun. Ronnie Chickite, and said the comments were "worrisome."
ref: 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
glosses: A surname.
LMIA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LMIAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Labour Market Impact Assessment
Tedhi Puliya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi टेढ़ी पुलिया (ṭeṛhī puliyā).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rahim Nagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi रहीम नगर (rahīm nagar).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ganeshganj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi गणेशगंज (gaṇeśgañj).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Kickham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Patel Nagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi पटेल नगर (paṭel nagar).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Delhi, India.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Mullinahone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in eastern County Tipperary, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 3340).
dissectee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dissectees
Etymology: From dissect + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who undergoes dissection.
dissectees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissectee
Teli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit तेली (telī).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Killenaule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in eastern County Tipperary, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 2246).
Telibagh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi तेलीबाग़ (telībāġ).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Hasanganj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi हसनगंज (hasangañj).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
limit screw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limit screws
Senses: glosses: A screw used to adjust some mechanical limit.
examples: text: Shift the chain to the inner ring, and then tighten one of the limit screws. If turning that screw moves the front derailleur outward, then it is the low-gear limit screw.
ref: 2024, Lennard Zinn, Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 6th edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 81:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A screw used to adjust some mechanical limit.
A type of screw used in bicycle derailleurs to set the maximum and minimum range of the derailleur's movement.
limit screws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limit screw
love cannot be forced
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: No matter how much you try, you cannot kindle their love for someone/something.
catechistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From catechistical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of catechetically.
synonyms: word: catechetically
better one word in time than two afterwards
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: You should speak at the right time, or you will miss the opportunity to make a difference.
Hsi-sha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 西沙 (Xīshā) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-sha¹.
Senses: examples: text: The group in the west is called the Hsi-sha Islands. It is located to the southeast of the Hainan Island, about 330 kilometers from the famous fishing bay of the Hainan Island, the Yu-lin Bay. It is composed of a large group of islands, islets, shoals, and reefs.
ref: 1963 March 28 [1962], Ch'en Tung-k'ang (7115 2767 1660) [陳棟康], “Our Country's South Sea Archipelagoes”, in Wu Han (0702 2498) [吳晗], editor, Our Country's South Sea Archipelagoes, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wo-kuo Ti Nan-hai Chu-tao^([sic – meaning Chun-tao]), Pei-ping, 1962, pages 1-32, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 3:
english: 吳晗
translation: 吳晗
text: Unlike the East China sea, which is devoid of islands, the South China sea is speckled with a vast number of islands and reefs. These are part of the Pratas group (Tung-sha) the Paracel (Hsi-sha Ch’ün-tao group), Macclesfield (Chung-sha bank), and the Spratly (Nan-sha group), all of which are claimed by the People's Republic of China.
ref: 1964, Theodore Shabad, “CHINA SEA”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 5, →OCLC, page 612, column 2:
text: Since then, there have been disputes over the question of ownership of the Hsi-sha and Nan-sha islands. The navy of the Nguyen Van Thieu Regime even fought with us at Hsi-sha, ending in a disastrous defeat for them. The Chiang Kai-shek clique now occupies some of the Nan-sha islands.
ref: 1979, “Problems with Socialist Countries”, in King C. Chen, editor, China and the Three Worlds: A Foreign Policy Reader, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 273:
glosses: Alternative form of Xisha.
Maryana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَارْيَانَا (māryānā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Arabic or from the Slavic languages [in turn from Hebrew], variant of Mariana.
Bartira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Bartira.
Senses: glosses: A female given name in Portuguese.
Maryada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit मर्यादा (maryādā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Manyata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit मान्यता (mānyatā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
bar end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bar ends
Etymology: Ellipsis of handlebar + end.
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An extension attached to the end of a bicycle handlebar, usually to increase leverage for climbing.
examples: text: bar-end shifter
glosses: Attached to the handlebar ends.
bar ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bar end
capstan effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capstan effects
Senses: examples: text: When a cable is being installed, the tension in the cable increases in the straight sections of pipe and is reduced at the bends by the ‘capstan effect’, the input and output tensions expressed by the equation:[…].
ref: 1999, Alan Harmer, editor, Communication Cables and Related Technologies, IOS Press, →ISBN, page 194:
glosses: The friction between a rope (or other flexible material) around a curved surface (the capstan) exponentially amplifies the holding force, allowing a small tension on one side to resist a much larger tension on the other.
Kilosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and district in Morogoro region, Tanzania.
Vansh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśa).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Bhoomi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bhumi
Etymology: From Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Bhumika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bhoomika
Etymology: From Sanskrit भूमिका (bhūmikā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
mouse-ear hawkweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouse-ear hawkweeds
Etymology: Named for the resemblance of its leaves to a mouse's ears.
Senses: synonyms: mouse-ear
glosses: A plant of species (Pilosella officinarum, syn. Hieracium pilosella) of small hawkweeds native to Eurasia, commonly found on dry grasslands.
Bhoomika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bhumika
Etymology: From Sanskrit भूमिका (bhūmikā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
hicklib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪkˌlɪb/
Forms: form: hicklibs
Etymology: From hick + lib.
Senses: examples: text: I have written about the woke yokel, a.k.a. “hicklib,” phenomenon in my previous reporting on Southwestern Pennsylvania politics.
ref: 2022 August 15, Andrew Cuff, “Yokel Wokeism in Western Pennsylvania”, in The American Conservative:
text: Republicans’ knock on Walz echoes a trope that has taken hold in the fringier parts of the conservative internet in recent years: the so-called “hicklib,” a derogatory term used by some online conservatives to refer to a certain type of rural progressive.
ref: 2024 August 15, Ian Ward, “The online right’s attack against Walz”, in Politico:
glosses: A country dweller with liberal or progressive views.
Cloolthpitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Nootka ƛułp̓ic.
Senses: examples: text: "Cloolthpich on the west shore of Meares Island, was the traditional winter village of the Kelsemaht. When the Kelsemaht had finished smoking and drying their salmon at Oinimitis, Qwatswe and otherfishing villages and camps, they moved to Cloolthpich in the late fall or early winter, and stayed there until just before the herring run in early spring, when they moved to their summer village of Yahksis on the east Coast of Vargas Island. The residents of Cloolthpich also caught rockfish, hunted harbor seals, ducks and loons. I remember a row of at least live large houses at Cloolthpich when I stayed there in the winters before 1920 with my grandfather Matlamatla, and my great-uncle Charlie Jack."
Owomyis (Peter Webster)
Ahousat Elder
In his affidavit statement for the Meares Island court case.
ref: 1992 February 12, “... the cross examination of Dr. Barbara Lane”, in Ha-Shilth-Sa, page 4:
glosses: A village in British Columbia, Canada
Lough Erne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Two connected lakes, Lower and Upper Lough Erne, which are part of the River Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland; the town of Enniskillen is on the channel between the two loughs.
multibranchiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multibranchiate
form: most multibranchiate
Etymology: multi- + branchiate
Senses: glosses: Having many branchiae or gills.
multiradicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiradicular
form: most multiradicular
Etymology: multi- + radicular
Senses: glosses: Having or relating more than one radicle.
multiovular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiovular
form: most multiovular
Etymology: multi- + ovular
Senses: glosses: Having or relating more than one ovule.
microbium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbia
Senses: examples: text: […] a scientific investigation into the mysteries of the growth and incubation of the microbium of pleuro.
ref: 1887, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, page 26:
glosses: Obsolete form of microbe.
microbia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbium.
pleuralgic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pleuralgic
form: most pleuralgic
Senses: glosses: Relating to pleuralgia.
plessigraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plessigraphs
Senses: glosses: An instrument for the percussion, delineation and measurement of organs of the body, producing a visible record indicating changes in the nature of the sound.
Related terms: plessimeter
plessigraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plessigraph.
pleomorphist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleomorphists
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A believer in pleomorphism.
pleomorphists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleomorphist.
pleasurement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: pleasure + -ment
Senses: examples: text: My heart (the Lord be thanked!) seemeth to have voided all its doubts and misgivings, and I can now look for the meeting with unmixed pleasurement.
ref: 1858, Harold Leicester, Harold Leicester; Or, The Latter Days of Henry VII:
glosses: Pleasure.
playcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From play + -craft.
Senses: glosses: The art of writing or performing plays; stagecraft.
photodramatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The art of making photodramas.
photospectroscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photospectroscopes
Senses: glosses: A device for performing photospectroscopy.
photospectroscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photospectroscope.
phthoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: phthor + -ic
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to fluorine.
pialyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of steapsin.
synonyms: word: steapsin
pichuric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of lauric acid.
synonyms: word: lauric acid
pictoradiogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pictoradiograms
Senses: glosses: A kind of radiotelegram used to transmit pictures.
pictoradiograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pictoradiogram.
neosurreal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neosurreal
form: most neosurreal
Etymology: From neo- + surreal.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to neosurrealism.
picturely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more picturely
form: most picturely
Etymology: picture + -ly
Senses: examples: text: The miniature takes on more picturely detail in the fifteenth century and the objects depicted become more differentiated.
ref: 2013, Georges Vigarello, The Metamorphoses of Fat: A History of Obesity, page 25:
text: 2022, Anne Caldwell, Oz Hardwick, Prose Poetry in Theory and Practice
[…] Hetherington's use of ekphrasis to create a decorative, picturely quality to his poetry.
glosses: Characteristic of a picture.
neosurrealistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neosurrealistic
form: most neosurrealistic
Etymology: From neo- + surrealistic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of neosurreal.
synonyms: word: neosurreal
pickietar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pickietars
Senses: glosses: A tern (bird).
pickietars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pickietar.
pieceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːsəb(ə)l/
Forms: form: more pieceable
form: most pieceable
Etymology: From piece + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Strike a balance between an engaging image and one that seems pieceable. The more the wedge is broken up into patches of snowflake and patches of background, the more complex the extensions become.
ref: 2021, Paula Nadelstern, Snowflakes & Quilts, page 73:
glosses: Able to be pieced together.
piedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more piedly
form: most piedly
Etymology: From pied + -ly.
Senses: examples: 1909, Josephine Preston Peabody, The Piper
Most piedly clothed, even as the vilest player!
glosses: With pied coloration.
pigeonman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigeonmen
Etymology: pigeon + -man
Senses: glosses: A man who keeps, breeds or trains pigeons.
pigeonmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigeonman.
pinacyanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cyanine dye prepared from 2-methylquinoline by quaternization with ethyl chloride or ethyl iodide.
cerebral crus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerebral crura
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: crus cerebri
glosses: The anterior portion of the cerebral peduncle which contains the motor tracts, traveling from the cerebral cortex to the pons and spine.
pinivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pinivorous
form: most pinivorous
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Feeding on pine nuts.
cerebral crura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerebral crus
pinksome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pinksome
form: most pinksome
Etymology: From pink + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Sally leaned back all pinksome and blushful […]
ref: 1913, Gene Stratton-Porter, Laddie: A True Blue Story:
glosses: Characterised or marked by the colour pink.
pinnatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pinnatedly
form: most pinnatedly
Etymology: From pinnated + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pinnately.
pipe-stapple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipe-stapples
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pipe-staple.
piratize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: piratizes
form: piratizing
form: piratized
form: piratized
Etymology: From pirate + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To commit piracy against.
piratizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of piratize
piratized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of piratize
piratizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of piratize
four-shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four-shooters
Senses: glosses: A revolver that holds four cartridges.
Related terms: six-shooter
four-shooters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of four-shooter.
picnic beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picnic beetles
Etymology: So called because they are attracted to ripening fruit, beer, wine, etc. and thus may be a pest at picnics.
Senses: synonyms: beer bug
picnic bug
glosses: Any of various sap-feeding predatory beetles of the genus Glischrochilus.
picnic beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picnic beetle.
AFRTS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.
AFRS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Armed Forces Radio Service.
picnic bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picnic bugs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of picnic beetle.
synonyms: word: picnic beetle
picnic bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picnic bug.
pishaug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pishaugs
Senses: glosses: A young or female surf scoter.
Pistoiese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pistoiese
form: most Pistoiese
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Pistoia in Italy.
pitapatation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: pit-a-pat + -ation, suggesting an anxious heartbeat.
Senses: glosses: A state of nervousness.
Keserwan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Adapted from North Levantine Arabic كِسْرْوَان (kisrwān), from earlier Arabic كِسْرَوَان (kisrawān), from Classical Persian خُسْرُوَان (xusruwān, “kings”).
Senses: glosses: A region and eponymous administrative district of Lebanon
Derived terms: Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate
Pithoigia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pithoegia
Etymology: Ancient Greek Πιθοίγια (Pithoígia)
Senses: glosses: The first day of the Anthesteria, when the previous year's wine jars were opened, and libations made to Dionysus.
Pithoegia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pithoigia.
close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of close enough for government work.
synonyms: word: close enough for government work
Related terms: close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
close only counts in horseshoes and darts
close only counts in horseshoes
Algarvian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Algarvian
form: most Algarvian
form: Algarvean
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Algarve region of Portugal.
Algarvian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Algarvians
form: Algarvean
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Algarve.
Algarvean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Algarvean
form: most Algarvean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Algarvian.
Algarvean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Algarveans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Algarvian.
Algarveans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Algarvean.
Algarvians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Algarvian.
plainward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plain + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward a plain.
plainward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From plain + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward a plain.