cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Potterphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Potterphile
Ringnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ringnuts
Etymology: From ring + nut, by analogy with wingnut.
Senses: examples: text: Ringnuts have been known to wear plastic versions of those helmets while standing in line outside the opera house.
ref: 2007 July 8, Charles McGrath, “‘Ring’ Pilgrims: On the Horns of a Devotion”, in The New York Times:
text: For Ringnuts who may be alarmed by the new ticket policy, there is a modest loophole, discovered by Mr. Hardt.
ref: 2008 April 10, Daniel J. Wakin, “‘Ring’ Fans and the Met Lock Horns Over Ticket Rule”, in The New York Times:
text: It's the same with Wagner's operas (apart from Dutchman) - one is either a "Ringnut" or completely indifferent.
ref: 2008 June 15, graham, “Re: Where is everyone?”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet):
glosses: A fan of the opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner.
examples: text: 27. Sit next to a ringnut and ask "so what's the deal with the ring?" every time it comes on the screen
ref: 2003 December 22, toto, “Fun for non-Tolkien fans (was Re: DON'T PUT SPOILERS IN SUBJECT LINES)”, in misc.kids (Usenet):
text: And to borrow a LotR reference for a moment -- and forgive me, 'cause I'm just a casual fan of the LotR movies, not a Ringnut -- Emily is Bilbo to Lorelai's Frodo and Rory's Sam.
ref: 2004 March 18, Rob Jensen, “Re: Yesterday episode”, in alt.tv.gilmore-girls (Usenet):
text: And I'm sure I'll get plenty of hate mail for single-handedly declaring all Ringnuts and Jackson fanboys are losers when I'm the guy spending time writing a review to post on the Internet, but hey, I never said I wasn't a hypocrite.
ref: 2006 August 26, webmaster@themovieaddict.com, “Retrospective: Dead Alive (1992)”, in rec.arts.movies.reviews (Usenet):
glosses: A fan of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and/or the film trilogy based on it.
Synonyms: sense: Ring cycle fan
word: Ringhead
sense: Lord of the Rings fan
word: Ringer
Hypernyms: sense: Ring cycle fan
word: Wagnerian
sense: Ring cycle fan
word: Wagnerite
sense: Lord of the Rings fan
word: Tolkiendil
sense: Lord of the Rings fan
word: Tolkienian
sense: Lord of the Rings fan
word: Tolkienist
sense: Lord of the Rings fan
word: Tolkienite
Ringnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ringnut
botulinus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of botulinum.
Ringhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ringheads
Etymology: From ring + -head.
Senses: examples: text: And Ringheads aren't the only ones who are drawn to Wagner: only Hitler and Shakespeare have attracted so many biographers, analysts and apologists.
ref: 2005 August 7, Melinda Bargreen, “Ringheads have fiery devotion”, in The Seattle Times:
text: Ringheads, also known as Wagnolaters, often travel the world to hear the cycle, reserving special devotion for Bayreuth, Germany, where Wagner’s own theater stands.
ref: 2008 April 10, Daniel J. Wakin, “‘Ring’ Fans and the Met Lock Horns Over Ticket Rule”, in The New York Times:
text: Sherwin Sloan retired early as an ophthalmologist to pursue an obsession that bestowed another title — leader of the "Ringheads," a nickname for fans of Richard Wagner's four-opera cycle known as "The Ring."
ref: 2010 June 5, Valerie J. Nelson, “Wagner fan led 'Ringheads'”, in Chicago Tribune:
glosses: A fan of the opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner.
Synonyms: Ringnut
Hypernyms: Wagnerian
Wagnerite
Ringheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ringhead
Wagnerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wagnerites
Etymology: From Wagner + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: The magic and charm of Bayreuth will never vanish. It is an experience every music lover in general and every Wagnerite in particular owes to himself at least once in a lifetime.
ref: 1999 August 23, Michael Ajzenstadt, “Bayreuth's magic endures”, in The Jerusalem Post:
text: As always, this year's 30 performances were sold out well before curtain time, with nearly 60,000 Wagnerites paying hundreds of euros for the best tickets.
ref: 2005 July 31, George Jahn, “Wagner festival attracts stars and opera lovers”, in Deseret News:
text: Herrmann, like many Wagnerites, started listening to opera as a youngster: "My father played the old 78 rpm recordings for me, and had me read the Edda [Old Norse sagas, one of Wagner's major sources for his 'Ring']."
ref: 2005 August 7, Melinda Bargreen, “Ringheads have fiery devotion”, in The Seattle Times:
synonyms: Wagnerian
coordinate_terms: Wagnerism
glosses: An admirer of the German composer Richard Wagner or his work.
examples: text: Until international law settles the status of PMCs, the Kremlin will continue to use them in the international arena. According to Reuters, about 400 ‘Wagnerites’ have been recently sent to Venezuela to protect president Nicolas Maduro.
ref: 2019 January 31, Denis Shpigov, “Wagner group: Mercenaries protecting Kremlin’s interests worldwide”, in BelsatTV, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023:
text: Wagnerites: "We need more drones, ideally armed. And MRAPs, and more thermal sights, and better comms, and new helicopters to replace those lost..."
Prigozhin: "Best I can do is another movie"
ref: 2021 December 5, @AbraxasSpa, Twitter, retrieved 15 Mar 2023:
text: “The enemy again made a desperate attempt to storm the city of Soledar from different directions and threw the most professional units of the Wagnerites into battle,” Ukraine’s military said on Monday, echoing comments made by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, on Sunday.
ref: 2023 January 9, Peter Beaumont, “Ukraine reinforces Bakhmut defences amid relentless Russian assault”, in The Guardian:
text: "We will not leave Bakhmut," vowed Prigozhin in his audio message. "We'll simply die in double the numbers until all [the Wagnerites] are finished. And when the Wagnerites are completely finished, most likely Shoigu and Gerasimov will have to pick up machine guns."
ref: 2023 February 22, Paul Kirby, “Russian Wagner chief Prigozhin blames ammunition shortage for high deaths”, in BBC News:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A mercenary from the Wagner Group PMC.
Related terms: sense: Wagner PMC
word: Kadyrovite
Wagnerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wagnerite
intriguings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intriguing
caballings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caballing
wastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wasting
bankings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banking
keenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keening
shpitzel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shpitzels
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שפּיצל (shpitsl).
Senses: coordinate_terms: mitpachat
sheitel
snood
tichel
glosses: A partial wig that reveals the wearer's hair only at the front, worn by some married Hasidic women.
shpitzels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shpitzel
tzniut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(t)s(ə)ˈniːət/
note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈtsniːəs/
ipa: /tsniːˈ(j)uːt/
Forms: form: tsniut
form: tzeniut
form: tseniut
form: tznius
form: tsnius
form: tzenius
form: tsenius
Etymology: From Hebrew צניעות (tsni'út, literally “modesty; humility”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Standards of modesty in dress and conduct, especially between the sexes.
tzeniut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tzniut.
slaverings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slavering
scrimpings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrimping
needings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of needing
wallhanging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallhangings
Etymology: From wall + hanging.
Senses: examples: text: A complex arrangement of blackwork stitches used to create an abstract design for a wallhanging or picture.
ref: 1976, Pam Dawson, The Complete book of Knitting, Crochet, & Embroidery, page 372:
text: I have simplified them to fit the size and scale of the pillow and wallhanging projects that appear beginning on page 22.
ref: 1998, Alex Anderson, Hand Quilting with Alex Anderson: Six Projects for Hand Quilters, page 9:
text: Trim the wallhanging top after it has been quilted to prevent distortion.
ref: 2009, Edyta Sitar, Friendship Triangles: 15 Beautiful Quilting Projects, page 20:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wall hanging.
wallhangings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallhanging; alternative form of wall hangings
tacklings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tackling
putterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puttering
gradings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪdɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of grading
poisings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪzɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of poising
hintings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪntɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of hinting
motherings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mothering
extratribal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + tribal.
Senses: examples: text: […] the elite warrior class and their sexual rangings in pursuit of extratribal wives […]
ref: 1999, Patricia Riles Wickman, The Tree that Bends:
glosses: Outside of a tribe.
rangings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ranging
soughings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soughing
immurings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immuring
lumberings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lumbering
chicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chickings
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of chicken.
chicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chick
chickings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicking
rollickings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rollicking
fannings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfænɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of fanning
tendings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tending
sitings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siting
rivings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riving
chordings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chording
circuitings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circuiting
Pagnolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pagnolian
form: most Pagnolian
Etymology: From Pagnol + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974), French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker.
faultings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faulting
racketings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of racketing
Surteesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Surteesian
form: most Surteesian
Etymology: From Surtees + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Robert Smith Surtees (1805–1864), English editor, novelist and sporting writer.
manthing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manthings
Etymology: From man + thing.
Senses: examples: text: “I left you for dead on that hillside and those puny little manthings would never help one of our kind.”
ref: 2005, Ed Greenwood, James M. Ward, Jeff Grubb, We Three Dragons: A Trio of Dragon Tales for the Holiday Season:
text: The manthings had invaded their home, killing many and forcing them to flee.
ref: 2009, Clint Romag, Fury of the Sasquatch:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A humanoid creature.
manthings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manthing
wormly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wormly
form: most wormly
Etymology: From worm + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “I'm the fastest worm there is,” says Slightly Soiled. “I'll win!” Humble Worm gets tangled in a labyrinth of roots. Slightly Soiled surfaces and off the young worm shoots. Yet wormly pride, the saying goes, comes before a rise: […]
ref: 2014, Celia Warren, Don't Poke a Worm till it Wiggles:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a worm; wormlike.
wormfowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wormfowls
Etymology: From Middle English wermfoul, equivalent to worm + fowl.
Senses: glosses: Any bird that feeds primarily on worms.
hallowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hallowing
hoodwinkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoodwinking
gamesomely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gamesomely
form: most gamesomely
Etymology: From gamesome + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gamesome manner.
volleyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volleying
hucksterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huckstering
kiddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kidding
theriogenologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theriogenologists
Etymology: From theriogenology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies theriogenology.
theriogenological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From theriogenology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to theriogenology.
theriogenologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theriogenologist
colostra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colostrum
overreachings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overreaching
trailings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trailing
glossings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glossing
Nicodemian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nicodemian
form: most Nicodemian
Etymology: From Nicodemus + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Nicodemus.
roilings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roiling
gourmandizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gourmandizing
gormandizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gormandizing
fundings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfʌndɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of funding
twittings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twitting
burpingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From burping + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He stood up, with slight agitation, and poured himself a second glass of champagne, having quickly, burpingly, drunk the first.
ref: 1993, Frank Moorhouse, Grand Days:
glosses: With a burp.
pockings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocking
roysterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roystering
sensings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sensing
phife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phifes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of fife.
phifes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phife
chyrurgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chyrurgeons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of chirurgeon.
chyrurgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chyrurgeon
troopings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trooping
concernings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concerning
splotchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splotching
lodgeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lodgeings
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of lodging.
lodgeings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lodgeing
sexploiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexploiters
Etymology: Blend of sex + exploiter
Senses: examples: text: […] it had first opened as the Ideal Theater, later to go through numerous name changes and booking policy shifts that saw it screen Italian and Russian films and “girlie” sexploiters in the 1950s.
ref: 2010, John Cline, Robert G. Weiner, From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse:
glosses: A sexploitation film.
sexploiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexploiter
broodling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broodlings
Etymology: From brood + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: And the black duck unfearing leads/Her broodling from the sheltering reeds.
ref: 1895, John Bernard O'Hara, The White Man, and Other Poems, 2nd edition, London: Ward, Locke & Bowden, Songs of the South, part IV, stanza 7, line 10, page 174:
glosses: a member of a brood, as of animals
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: a member of a brood in science fiction
broodlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broodling
insularize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: insularizes
form: insularizing
form: insularized
form: insularized
Etymology: From insular + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make insular.
insularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From insular + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of making insular.
insularizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of insularize
insularizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of insularize
insularized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of insularize
curvettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curvetting
curvetings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curveting
besettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of besetting
stakings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staking
tiger in one's tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a postwar advertising campaign for Esso petrol: "Put a tiger in your tank".
Senses: glosses: enthusiasm, energy, fervor
bildings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bilding
knowledge workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knowledge worker
pinkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinking
cribwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cribworks
Etymology: From crib + work.
Senses: glosses: cribbing (structural members)
cribworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cribwork
harkenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harkening
hearkenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hearkening
gamesomest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gamesome: most gamesome
Thach weave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thach weaves
Etymology: From Thach + weave. Named after WWII U.S. naval aviator John S. Thach, who invented the manoeuvre.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A tactic in aerial combat of the World War II era, where two aircraft on patrol fly a parallel course, and if attacked, overlap their flight paths repeatedly, enabling each to protect the other.
wikipedia: en:John S. Thach
red squad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red squads
Etymology: Referring to their investigations of communism during the red scare.
Senses: glosses: A police intelligence unit specializing in infiltrating, conducting countermeasures, and gathering intelligence on political and social groups.
red squads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red squad
hustlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hustling
canvassings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canvassing
para-athlete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: para-athletes
form: parathlete
form: paraathlete
form: paraäthlete
Etymology: From para- + athlete.
Senses: glosses: a sportsperson with a disability
glosses: a track and field athlete with a disability
glosses: a competitor in para-athletics
Hyponyms: Paralympian
Coordinate terms: Paralympian
founderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foundering
parathlete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parathletes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of para-athlete.
parathletes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parathlete
para-athletes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of para-athlete
grudgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grudging
duelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dueling
duellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duelling
spawnling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spawnlings
Etymology: From spawn + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: He sent the spawnlings to the French Institute, and the delicate unorganized bantlings were all obstetrically laid out, like so many yellow specks on a sheet of Indian paper!
ref: 1806, The European Magazine, and London Review:
text: It's time for a change—better yet, it's time your spawnlings got a dose of long-lasting One Tough Mother change!
ref: 2011, Julie Barnhill, Raising Kids with Love and Limits:
glosses: A creature newly spawned.
spawnlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spawnling
smaaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smaak
smaaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smaak
smaaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smaak
vaporings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaporing
vapourings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vapouring
undercuttings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undercutting
furbishings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furbishing
notings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noting
taskings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tasking
citings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citing
anglings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angling
prosings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosing
redistillations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redistillation
singlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singling
posings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊzɪŋz/
ipa: /ˈpoʊzɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of posing
Z-lister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Z-listers
Etymology: From Z-list + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone on a Z-list; one who is very far from stardom.
overcommitment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcommitments
Etymology: From over- + commitment.
Senses: glosses: The act or situation of overcommitting.
overcommitments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcommitment
cutman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutmen
Etymology: From cut + -man.
Senses: qualifier: fighting sports
glosses: The person responsible for preventing and treating physical damage to a fighter between rounds of a match.
cutmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutman
marvellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marvelling
marvelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marveling
feeblings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feebling
grubbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌbɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of grubbing
bellyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellying
councilling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: councillings
Senses: examples: text: The Governor-General also, although he eventually listened to the councillings of his secretaries, was averse from embarking in the expedition; for some months he turned a deaf ear to his advisers […]
ref: 1869, The United Service Magazine:
glosses: Archaic form of counseling.
councillings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of councilling
cornerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cornering
scallopings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scalloping
welterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weltering
cribbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪbɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of cribbing
jawings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jawing
Gleason
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡliː.sən/
Forms: form: Gleasons
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Glasáin (“descendant of Glasán”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of glas (“green, blue, grey”).
Senses: examples: text: Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.
ref: 2025 February 25, Kaitlan Collins and Tierney Sneed, “White House reveals who DOGE acting administrator is”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A town in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States.
Derived terms: Gleasonian
Gleason score
Gleason's theorem
Gleason's theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Andrew M. Gleason.
Senses: glosses: A mathematical theorem, important for quantum logic, proving that the Born rule for the probability of obtaining specific results for a given measurement follows naturally from the structure formed by the lattice of events in a real or complex Hilbert space.
Gleasonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡliːˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ɡliˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Gleasonian
form: most Gleasonian
Etymology: From Gleason + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Henry A. Gleason (botanist) (1882–1975), American ecologist, botanist, and taxonomist, known for his endorsement of the individualistic or open community concept of ecological succession, and his opposition to Frederic Clements's concept of the climax state of an ecosystem.
Clementsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Clementsian
form: most Clementsian
Etymology: From Clements + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Frederic Clements (1874-1945), American plant ecologist and pioneer in the study of vegetation succession.
examples: text: Tobey (1981) traced the rise and presumed fall of Clementsian ecology in grassland ecology.
ref: 1986, Robert P. McIntosh, The Background of Ecology: Concept and Theory, →ISBN, page 82:
text: To understand the origin of the ecosystem concept, it is important to consider in greater detail Tansley's critical attitude toward Clementsian ecology.
ref: 1992, Joel Bartholemew Hagen, An Entangled Bank: The Origins of Ecosystem Ecology, →ISBN, page 82:
text: Not surprisingly, Australians, the originators of the vital attributes idea, never followed Clementsian succession because disturbance, particularly fire, was such an overpowering influence in their scapes (Noble and Slatyer, 1977).
ref: 1999, Beth Middleton, Wetland Restoration, Flood Pulsing, and Disturbance Dynamics, →ISBN, page 70:
qualifier: more specifically
glosses: Adhering to an ecological model that emphasizes an orderly progression of species as an ecosystem matures.
Clementsian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Clementsians
Etymology: From Clements + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: We are not surprised to learn that Britain's leading Clementsian was a philosopher by temperament.
ref: 1981, Ronald C. Tobey, “A. G. Tansley: A British Critic of Clementsian Theory, 1905-1935”, in Saving the Prairies: The Life Cycle of the Founding School of American Plant Ecology, 1895-1955:
glosses: One who follows the ideology of Frederic Clements.
damson plum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damson plums
Senses: glosses: A deciduous tree, Prunus insititia, native to Eurasia and related to the plum.
glosses: Syzygium cumini, jambul, native to south Asia.
glosses: Edible fruit of these trees.
glosses: Chrysophyllum oliviforme, the satinleaf.
Gleason score
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gleason scores
Etymology: Named after Donald Gleason, a pathologist at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Hospital who developed it with colleagues in the 1960s.
Senses: glosses: A score achieved in the Gleason grading system, used in evaluating the prognosis of men with prostate cancer.
Gleason scores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gleason score
Guilford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Guilfords
Etymology: Presumably a variant of Guildford.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana.
glosses: A town in Piscataquis County, Maine.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
glosses: A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hill County, Montana.
glosses: A town in Chenango County, New York.
glosses: A town in Windham County, Vermont.
glosses: A college in Greensboro, North Carolina; in full, Guilford College.
glosses: A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: Misspelling of Guildford.
Derived terms: Guilford County
Guilfordian
Guilfordite
Related terms: Gildford
Gilford
Guildford
flexitank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flexitanks
Etymology: From a brand name. Blend of flexible + tank.
Senses: examples: text: We have flexitanks, which are ideal for one-way shipment of non-hazardous liquids: and up to 30 flexitanks can be stowed in a standard 20ft box for empty return at minimal cost.
ref: 1989, Hazardous Cargo Bulletin:
text: The military has long been one of the largest purchasers of flexitanks, employing them for (among other things) water storage during deployments. But that's by no means the only application.
ref: 2006, Industrial Fabric Products Review:
glosses: A liquid storage container made from flexible material such as polyurethane.
Gildford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hill County, Montana, United States.
Related terms: Gilford
Guildford
Guilford
flexitanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flexitank
overselfish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overselfish
form: most overselfish
Etymology: From over- + selfish.
Senses: glosses: Excessively selfish.
take the flak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the flak
form: taking the flak
form: took the flak
form: taken the flak
Senses: examples: text: The manager's going to take the flak for taking our star player off the pitch.
text: “When we released GPT-3,” Sam Altman told me over lunch at a restaurant off the Embarcadero in San Francisco, “we took a lot of flak from the community for putting it behind the API”[…]
ref: 2022 April 15, Steven Johnson, Nikita Iziev, “A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To be strongly criticised.
overspiced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overspiced
form: most overspiced
Etymology: From over- + spiced.
Senses: glosses: Too strongly spiced.
overspiced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From over- + spiced.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overspice
underspiced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underspiced
form: most underspiced
Etymology: From under- + spiced.
Senses: glosses: Not spiced strongly enough.
of Koranic proportions
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A play on of biblical proportions.
Senses: examples: text: We hear of pestilence of Biblical or Koranic proportions: plagues, locusts, famine, wars, wholesale displacement of peoples, diseases, some of which are incurable.
ref: 1989, Nigeria Since Independence: The First Twenty-Five Years, Heinemann Educational, →ISBN, page 265:
text: I have even heard the term of epic Koranic proportions, in reference to this slaughter of soldiers and officers and men who were mere business partners in this venture.
ref: 2001, Don Pendleton, Deep Treachery, Harlequin Books, page 242:
text: He had come so far, endured so much, a stunning victory of Koranic proportions merely days away but now snatched from his grasp, the crudest of fates.
ref: 2003, Don Pendleton, Axis Of Conflict, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 158:
text: […] going all the way while racking up a body count of Koranic proportions.
ref: 2005, Don Pendleton, Devil's Bargain, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 262:
text: When I returned home, I would say, “Alex, you were good. So good that the sex I will reward you with will be of Koranic proportions.”
ref: 2009, Leonard Borman, Our Jewish Robot Future: A Novel about the Garden of Eden and the Cyborgian Transformation of the Human Race, Scarletta Press, →ISBN, page 94:
text: (There are now two rival versions of the Master Musicians, who display a mutual enmity of Koranic proportions.)
ref: 2016 October 2, David Honigmann, “Transcender 2016, Milton Court, London — review”, in Financial Times:
glosses: Of biblical proportions: immense.
realtone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: realtones
Etymology: From real + tone.
Senses: glosses: mastertone
truetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truetones
Etymology: From true + tone.
Senses: glosses: mastertone
realtones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of realtone
truetones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truetone
temple block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temple blocks
Senses: glosses: An Asian percussion instrument made of hollow wood with a large slit.
temple blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of temple block
shehnai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shehnais
form: shanai
form: shenai
Etymology: From Hindi शहनाई (śahnāī), from Persian شهنای (šahnāi).
Senses: examples: text: The next seven days the shehnais played in the Naupatkhana and every morning I offered my prayers to the founder of our dynasty […]
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 125:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An ancient reeded woodwind instrument from India with a long slim body and bulbous sound bowl, with or without keys.
shahnai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shahnais
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shehnai.
shehnais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shehnai
shahnais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shahnai
immobilisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immobilism
polysynth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysynths
Etymology: From poly- + synth.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A polyphonic synthesizer.
polysynths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polysynth
considerating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more considerating
form: most considerating
Senses: examples: text: Some considerating touch of humanity was in him […]
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: considerate
considerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of considerate
urobilinuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From urobilin + -uria.
Senses: examples: text: Urobilinuria is frequent with scarlet fever (Jugendreich) particularly with the malignant or more severe types. The mild cases of measles may show moderate urobilinuria, the more severe are likely to give positive reaction.
ref: 1916, Henry Leopold Elsner, The Prognosis of Internal Diseases, volume 6, page 783:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of urobilin in the urine.
urinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urinemias
Etymology: From urine + -emia.
Senses: glosses: uremia
urinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of urinemia.
uropoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to uropoiesis.
spinlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinlocks
Etymology: From spin + lock.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A lock which causes a thread trying to acquire it simply to wait in a loop ("spin") while repeatedly checking if the lock is available.
spinlock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spinlocks
form: spinlocking
form: spinlocked
form: spinlocked
Etymology: From spin + lock.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To use a spinlock.
spinlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinlock
spinlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spinlock
first chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first chair
perfoliate bellwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfoliate bellworts
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Uvularia perfoliata, native to eastern North America.
Synonyms: sense: Uvularia perfoliata
word: wild oats
Sylvia Plath effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛkt
Etymology: Coined by psychologist James C. Kaufman in 2001, referring to the poet Sylvia Plath.
Senses: glosses: The phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers.
wikipedia: Sylvia Plath
maiden's honesty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: honesty, in the obsolete sense of "chastity".
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Clematis vitalba, evergreen clematis, a vine, native to the chalk and limestone soils of Britain, often considered invasive and noxious elsewhere.
Synonyms: sense: Clematis vitalba
word: old man's beard
sense: Clematis vitalba
word: traveller's joy
money plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money plants
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants with seeds, pods, fruit, or foliage that resemble coinage.
A herbaceous biennial plant of the species Lunaria annua, grown for its attractive spring flowering and dried silver seed pod middles, native
glosses: Any of several plants with seeds, pods, fruit, or foliage that resemble coinage.
A tropical vining plant of the species Epipremnum aureum, native to northern Australia and much of southern and eastern Asia.
glosses: Any of several plants with seeds, pods, fruit, or foliage that resemble coinage.
A small, fleshy-leaved plant of the species Crassula ovata
glosses: Any of several plants with seeds, pods, fruit, or foliage that resemble coinage.
A small plant with very round, dark green leaves, of the species Pilea peperomioides, native to southern China.
glosses: Any of several plants with seeds, pods, fruit, or foliage that resemble coinage.
Pachira aquatica, a tropical wetland tree, native to Central and South America.known by a variety of common names including
Synonyms: sense: Lunaria annua
word: annual honesty
sense: Crassula ovata
word: jade plant
sense: Crassula ovata
word: friendship tree
sense: Pilea peperomioides
word: Chinese money plant
sense: Pilea peperomioides
word: Lefse plant
sense: Pilea peperomioides
word: missionary plant
sense: Pachira aquatica
word: Malabar chestnut
sense: Pachira aquatica
word: French peanut
sense: Pachira aquatica
word: provision tree
Moslemite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moslemites
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Muslimite.
mutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mutic
form: most mutic
Senses: examples: text: Pollen masses applied to the dilated tops of the corpuscles of the stigma, solitary, or composed of 4 confluent ones. Stigma almost mutic.
ref: 1875, John Claudius Loudon, Trees and Shrubs:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having no pointed process or awn; awnless.
examples: text: Tibiae frequently mutic and very distinctly more slender toward its apex.
ref: 1922, Burle Jackson Jones, The Wing Veins of Insects, volume 1, page 202:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Lacking certain defensive structures, such as spines or claws.
privy councillor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: privy councillors
Etymology: Formed as privy council + -or after councillor.
Senses: glosses: A member of a privy council; a close, intimate advisor, usually to a monarch.
chicory button
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicory buttons
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the species common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
Synonyms: sense: Cichorium intybus
word: common chicory
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: blue daisy
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: blue dandelion
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: blue sailor
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: blue weed
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: coffeeweed
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: cornflower
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: hendibeh
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: horseweed
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: ragged sailor
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: succory
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: wild bachelor's button
sense: Cichorium intybus
word: wild endive
spotted touch-me-not
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spotted touch-me-nots
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Impatiens capensis, native to North America, naturalized elsewhere.
Synonyms: sense: Impatiens capensis
word: orange jewelweed
sense: Impatiens capensis
word: common jewelweed
sense: Impatiens capensis
word: spotted jewelweed
sense: Impatiens capensis
word: or orange balsam
Bae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /beɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 배 (bae).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Korean.
Moslemess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moslemesses
Etymology: From Moslem + -ess.
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Muslimess.
Moslemesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moslemess
Moslemites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moslemite
Tolkiendil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tolkiendili
Etymology: From Tolkien and dil (“lover”), a word in Tolkien's constructed language of Quenya, notably used in the name of the character Eärendil.
Senses: examples: text: Here's a competition for all German-speaking Tolkiendili who agree with me that this is a flaw of the translation (given that the English scans and rhymes perfectly): Come up with a better translation of the second stanza. (Or the whole poem, if you feel like it.)
ref: 1994 October 25, Ivan A Derzhanski, “A competition (Re: Don't need poem ...)”, in rec.arts.books.tolkien (Usenet):
text: The whole Balrog wings and Wheel of fire discussions are really about reading things literally or not. Those who think the ring is speaking and that Balrogs have wings take the literal word as gospel. They are the Fundamentalist Tolkiendili so to speak.
ref: 1999 August 30, Gordon Nash, “Literalists VS Nonliteralists”, in rec.arts.books.tolkien (Usenet):
text: Role Paying^([sic]) is something, a book like LOTR is something else. Tolkien never wrote a GAME, he wrote a book(s). These are two different worlds. So, beware of the MERP if you are a real Tolkiendil.
ref: 2002 August 4, discouraged. [username], “Re: MERP & Tolkien”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially one interested in his constructed languages.
wikipedia: Eärendil
Synonyms: Tolkienist
Tolkienite
Hyponyms: Ringer
Ringnut
unmuslim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + muslim.
Senses: glosses: Rare form of un-Muslim.
un-Muslim-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more un-Muslim-like
form: most un-Muslim-like
Etymology: From un- + Muslim + -like.
Senses: glosses: Not Muslim-like.
Sunniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sunni + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The Sunniness of a Kurdish state would distinguish it from […]
ref: 1991, South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, volume 15, page 102:
glosses: The quality of being Sunni.
regruntle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regruntles
form: regruntling
form: regruntled
form: regruntled
Etymology: From re- + gruntle, from disgruntle.
Senses: examples: text: Here, he thought, is a man in need of a thorough regruntling job.
ref: 1946, Printers’ Ink,, volume 217, page 42:
text: If the polls reflect a state of public disgruntlement, he [the president] is supposed to take charge of regruntling.
ref: 1981, Time,, volume 117, page 46:
synonyms: gruntle
glosses: To return to humour; to cause a disgruntled person to cease being upset.
OBHWF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism of One Big Happy Weasley Family, since the ship results in two of the main characters in the series, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, ending up with two of the seven Weasley children.
Senses: examples: text: Sadly for you & other OBHWF fans, Ginny is now over Harry, and is on her second boyfriend, while Luna Lovegood has the hots for Ron.
ref: 2003 June 30, Tennant Stuart, “Re: A couple of questions about book 5.”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
text: Because JKR ships OBHWF that's why. The way Hermione has been written shows us she's much more and^([sic]) equal and compatible with Harry though.
ref: 2005 July 24, Egla Bob, “Re: What Does Hermione See in Ron?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
text: Those of us who didn't want OBHWF felt that Rowling was making a mistake, not that she was being misleading.
ref: 2008 September 9, Louis Epstein, “Re: Cho Chang not Ginny”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The double ship of Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley and Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley from the Harry Potter series.