cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
glengarrys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glengarry
fire-eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire-eyes
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Pyriglena of antbirds with distinctive red eyes.
gosport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gosports
Senses: examples: text: Then the young man shouted into the gosport to those who had remained faithfully in the engine room feeding the furnaces […].
ref: 1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVII, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 154:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Gosport.
gosports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gosport
gumbotil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gumbotils
form: gumbotill
Etymology: Introduced by George Frederick Kay, from gumbo (“type of soil”) and till (“glacial drift”).
Senses: glosses: A heavy dark clay resulting from Pleistocene glaciation.
wikipedia: George Frederick Kay
gumbotils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gumbotil
Oberlies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
enomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oenomania.
quadrophonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quadraphonics.
quadriphony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quadraphony.
quadrophony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quadro- + -phony.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quadraphony.
fire-eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire-eye
hololithe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hololithes
Senses: topics: jewelry
lifestyle
glosses: A ring made entirely from a gemstone.
uncreatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uncreative
Pevek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Russian Певе́к (Pevék)
Senses: glosses: An Arctic port town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
Pizza Meter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pizza Meter
Senses: glosses: The quantity of pizza being ordered from pizzerias to United States government buildings, used as an informal measure of political or military activity.
Janiveer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The month of January.
Winnetkan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Winnetkan
form: most Winnetkan
Etymology: From Winnetka + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Winnetka.
Winnetkan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Winnetkans
Etymology: From Winnetka + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Winnetka.
Winnetkans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Winnetkan
Joetard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Joetards
Etymology: From Joe + -tard.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A political supporter of Joe Biden.
Related terms: Obamatard
Trumptard
Joetards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Joetard
kabbalahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kabbalah
Kovacsics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
diversity statement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diversity statements
Senses: glosses: A (sometimes mandatory) document in which a candidate for an academic job describes how they will attempt to promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
design fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: design fictions
Senses: glosses: A design practice aiming to explore and criticize possible futures by means of speculative and often provocative scenarios narrated through designed artifacts.
glosses: A possible future raised as part of this practice.
design fictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of design fiction
glamourizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glamourizers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of glamorizer.
gynoeciums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynoecium
big ask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big asks
Senses: synonyms: hard ask
tough ask
glosses: A request that is difficult to grant.
tough ask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tough asks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of big ask.
synonyms: word: big ask
hard ask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard asks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of big ask.
synonyms: word: big ask
gen AI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gen AIs
form: genAI
Senses: glosses: Clipping of generative AI.
genAIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genAI
gen AIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gen AI
Shebas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sheba
Volga Federal District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A federal district of Russia, containing 14 oblasts.
drop the pilot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drops the pilot
form: dropping the pilot
form: dropped the pilot
form: dropped the pilot
Senses: examples: text: “Jeepers creepers, sweetie pie. You want to drop the pilot?” Bessie nodded, trembling. “I think it's best. My father knows somebody who can handle the divorce […]
ref: 2018, Charlotte Laws, Devil in the Basement:
glosses: To obtain a divorce.
charity girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charity girls
Senses: glosses: A young woman who provided companionship and intimate activity in exchange for entertainment outings, gifts, etc.
charity girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charity girl
Shelsley Beauchamp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (served by The Shelsleys Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS SO7363).
Related terms: Shelsley Kings
Shelsley Walsh
sea cookie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea cookies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of clypeasteroid.
synonyms: word: clypeasteroid
sea cookies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea cookie
snapper biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snapper biscuits
Senses: glosses: Synonym of clypeasteroid.
synonyms: word: clypeasteroid
snapper biscuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snapper biscuit
Pursey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Purseys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Central Federal District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A federal district of Russia, containing 18 oblasts.
North Caucasian Federal District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A federal district of Russia, containing six republics and Stavropol Krai.
Far Eastern Federal District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A federal district of Russia, comprising the easternmost region of Russia.
elint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elints
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ELINT.
Northwestern Federal District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A federal district of Russia, bordering the Baltic Sea and containing the city of St. Petersburg.
false cousin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false cousins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of false friend (which is the more common term for the concept).
synonyms: word: false friend
extra: which is the more common term for the concept
false cousins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false cousin
Southern Federal District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A federal district of Russia, also comprising Russian-claimed territory in Ukraine.
Siberian Federal District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A federal district of Russia, containing 10 federal subjects.
Ural Federal District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Russian Ура́льский федера́льный о́круг (Urálʹskij federálʹnyj ókrug).
Senses: glosses: A federal district of Russia, containing 6 federal subjects.
drug mule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drug mules
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mule (“a person paid to smuggle drugs”).
synonyms: word: mule
extra: a person paid to smuggle drugs
drug mules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drug mule
geosynchronicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geosynchronous + -icity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being geosynchronous.
elints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elint
Damaraland mole-rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Damaraland mole-rats
Senses: synonyms: Damaraland blesmol
glosses: Fukomys damarensis, a burrowing rodent found in Southern Africa.
Damaraland blesmol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Damaraland blesmols
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Damaraland mole-rat.
synonyms: word: Damaraland mole-rat
Damaraland mole-rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Damaraland mole-rat
Damaraland blesmols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Damaraland blesmol
Namib melon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Namib melons
Senses: glosses: Citrullus rehmii, a species of annual melon in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Namib Desert.
Namib melons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Namib melon
laborish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more laborish
form: most laborish
form: Labourish
Etymology: From labor + -ish.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Characteristic of a labour political party.
upper-crusty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more upper-crusty
form: most upper-crusty
Etymology: From upper crust + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of or resembling the upper crust.
examples: text: Bentleys, Rolls, Aston-Martins, Ferraris, even James Bond's Thunderbird. Very nice crispy, upper-crusty sensation, right in with the real boys.
ref: 1963, Patrick Gordon Campbell, Brewing Up in the Basement, page 49:
text: Richie now earns $100 a day designing similar saunas for upper-crusty clients throughout Los Angeles.
ref: 1972, Robin Green, Mindfuckers, A Source Book on the Rise of Acid Fascism in America, Including Material on Charles Manson, Mel Lyman, Victor Baranco, and Their Followers, page 311:
text: Seeing Rosalynn, Betty and Lady Bird, the politicians' wives, looking upper-crusty, and the many other women in Houston looking like fools, I concluded that I was viewing long-ago plays about the aristocracy and the jesters who performed and danced before them
ref: 1977, Time, volume 110, page 4:
text: After the Hollywood fiasco, she spurned the grime of the police beat and the ordeal of the running trial story. She began to specialize in the social and the upper-crusty.
ref: 1980, Lee Israel, Kilgallen, page 106:
text: "Mom, upper crusty?" I said. She just couldn't help but use ancient expressions.
ref: 2016, Fred Shorten, Collective Choice, page 142:
glosses: Aristocratic; socially superior.
Walzonomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Walz + -o- + -nomics.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, reporting in the business press shows that corporate titans see Walz’s nomination merely as a rhetorical and aesthetic sop to the party’s base — but not a signal of Harris’s commitment to adopting Walzonomics or even the strongest parts of the Biden-Harris economic agenda.
ref: 2024 October 8, David Sirota, “Harris-Walz’s Good Vibes Aren’t Enough”, in Jacobin:
text: In program after program, Minnesota demonstrates why Walzonomics works.
ref: 2024 August 28, Peter Cs, “The Good Neighbor Economy: Why Walzonomics Works”, in Daily Kos:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The economic ideas and policies of Minnesota governor Tim Walz.
concatenation tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concatenation trees
Senses: examples: text: When working on the tree representations in our algorithms, we assume that the symbol [.] (vₗ, vᵣ) means a concatenation tree with root "." and children vₗ and vᵣ.
ref: 2002, Gonzalo Navarro, Mathieu Raffinot, Flexible Pattern Matching in Strings, page 101:
text: While galleys are sent between the several objects in a concatenation tree, galleys arriving at the left-most leaf are not expanded, while all other galleys are expanded as far as possible (are “forced”) on arrival.
ref: 2003, Wolfram Kahl, “Beyond Pretty-Printing: Galley Concepts in Document Formatting Combinators”, in Gopal Gupta, editor, Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, page 82:
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A tree data structure whose internal nodes represent the concatenation of their child branches.
examples: text: Martin and colleagues recently reported a lack of correspondence between individual protein trees and the concatenation tree in several datasets of archaeal and bacterial proteins (Thiergart et al., 2014).
ref: 2016, Sonja-Verena Albers, Mecky Pohlschroder, Archaeal Cell Envelope and Surface Structures, page 42:
text: For example, in the analyses of the full CDS data, the coalescent tree supports a Neohymenopogon + Mouretia clade (Supplementary Figure 1), and the concatenation tree was inconclusive (i.e., support values were below 95%) for several relationships (Supplementary Figure 2) and inconsistent with the coalescent tree.
ref: 2023, Olle Thureborn, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Niklas Wikström, Catarina Rydin, “Target capture data resolve recalcitrant relationships in the coffee family (Rubioideae, Rubiaceae)”, in Stefan Wanke, Susann Wicke, editor, Phylogenomic Discordance in Plant Systematics, page 227:
text: Similarly, in the genome sequency analysis of C. salicifolius, Lv et al. (2020) constructed an amino acid sequence-based concatenation tree of 103 single-copy gene sets and coalescent tree of 1,420 low-copy gene sets from 17 species, all of which support that magnoliids are sister plants to eudicots.
ref: 2024, Yunpeng Cao, Hui Song, Muhammad Abdullah, Multi-omics and Computational Biology in Horticultural Plants, page 63:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A phylogenetic tree constructed from concatenated alignments.
tree-makers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree-maker
concatenation trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concatenation tree
melonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛlənəs/
rhymes: -ɛlənəs
Forms: form: more melonous
form: most melonous
Senses: glosses: Synonym of melonious.
synonyms: word: melonious
Nyikina
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Nyigina
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an Aboriginal people of Kimberley, Western Australia.
Nyikina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nyigina
Senses: glosses: A Nyulnyulan language spoken by the Nyikina people.
Treemageddon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Treemageddons
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of treemageddon.
Treemageddons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Treemageddon
there's a thought
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: now there's a thought
Senses: glosses: Used to indicate that something is a novel idea worth considering.
tug at someone's heartstrings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tugs at someone's heartstrings
form: tugging at someone's heartstrings
form: tugged at someone's heartstrings
form: tugged at someone's heartstrings
form: tug at someone's heart strings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of play on someone's heartstrings.
synonyms: word: play on someone's heartstrings
Related terms: heart-tugging
Dilove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.
tragesty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of tragedy + travesty.
Senses: examples: text: Then she babbled on for a bit about what a 'tragesty' slavery was and thank goodness Martin Luther King helped end it. Not very bright.
ref: 2024 March 12, Jane Roper, The Society of Shame: A Novel, Vintage, →ISBN, page 122:
text: "And break his streak? No, dude, that would be a tragesty of massive proportions.
ref: 2022 August 3, E.Z. Prine, Pirate Penance: A Rock 'n' Roll Novel, Pure Barry Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A tragedy, a travesty: a disastrous, appalling situation.
cc:d
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cc
agcy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of agency.
agric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of agriculture.
agron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of agronomy.
anthrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of anthropology.
anthropol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of anthropology.
archit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of architecture.
assoc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of association.
asst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of assistant.
astr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of astrology.
glosses: Abbreviation of astronomy.
astrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of astrology.
atty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of attorney.
bact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bacteria.
bacteriol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bacteriology.
phylesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phyleses
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A course of evolutionary or phylogenetic development which modifies an organism or group of organisms without leading to the formation of a new species.
phyleses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phylesis
bapt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of baptism.
bdrm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bedroom.
bibl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bibliography.
bkcy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bankruptcy.
bkg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of booking.
bkpt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bankrupt.
bldr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bldrs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of builder.
glosses: Abbreviation of boulder.
Bulg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bulgarian.
Bulg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bulgaria.
bx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bxes
form: bxs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of box.
ethnophyletic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: ethno- + phyletic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ethnophyletism.
bxs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bx
bxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bx
Ches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Cheshire.
clr
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of clear.
clk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of clock.
cpd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of compound.
Cwlth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Commonwealth.
decl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of declaration.
glosses: Abbreviation of declination.
depr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of depression.
Taloy Norte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
Taloy Sur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
Tadiangan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
Tabaan Norte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
San Pascual
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Iran.
South Papua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Indonesia on the island of New Guinea.
Highland Papua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Indonesia on the island of New Guinea.
urogenital fold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urogenital folds
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
qualifier: reproductive system
glosses: One half of a paired embryonic structure in placental mammals that develops into the labium minus/labium vulvae in females and the ventral penile skin in males.
Synonyms: urethral fold
urogenital folds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urogenital fold
urethral fold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urethral folds
Senses: glosses: The urogenital fold.
urethral folds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urethral fold
quiet-quit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quiet-quits
form: quiet-quitting
form: quiet-quit
form: quiet-quit
form: quiet-quitted
form: quiet-quitted
Senses: examples: text: I fell in love with acting by doing youth theatre but just wasn’t finding the right challenges, so I quiet-quit. Then my friend Deborah Frances-White, with whom I’ve collaborated a lot on The Guilty Feminist, said: “I’ve written you this amazing part.”
ref: 2023 August 13, Michael Hogan, quoting Susan Wokoma, “Actor Susan Wokoma: ‘We all want to be married to Emma Thompson, don’t we?’”, in The Observer:
glosses: Alternative form of quiet quit.
q***r
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: q***rer
form: q***rest
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of queer.
q***r
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: q***rs
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of queer.
q***r
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: q***rs
form: q***ring
form: q***red
form: q***red
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of queer.
q***r
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more q***r
form: most q***r
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of queer.
⠨⠅
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the equal sign, =
⠠⠡
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the therefore sign, ∴
⠌⠨⠅
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the not-equal sign, ≠
⠈⠬
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the plus sign, +
urobacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From urobacteria + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to urobacteria.
⠈⠤
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the minus sign, −
⠈⠬⠤
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the plus-minus sign, ±
forces someone's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of force someone's hand
forcing someone's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of force someone's hand
forced someone's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of force someone's hand
⠳⠳
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: The double pipe or bar, ‖
Related terms: ⠈⠳
aquatic center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquatic centers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aquatic centre.
mianna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miannas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meeana.
miannas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mianna
⠈⠳
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: The orthographic pipe or vertical bar, |
Related terms: ⠳⠳
⠸⠌⠌
Language: English
Part of speech: punct
Forms: form: //
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: The double solidus, //
raw_tags: punctuation
⠸⠹
Language: English
Part of speech: punct
Senses: qualifier: Braille
glosses: The hash/pound sign, [[#]]
raw_tags: punctuation
⠘⠞
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: the trademark symbol, ™
⠘⠗
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: the registered trademark symbol, ®
⠘⠉
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: the copyright symbol, ©
⠢⠢
Language: English
Part of speech: punct
Senses: glosses: The dagger, †.
raw_tags: punctuation
⠔⠢
Language: English
Part of speech: punct
Senses: glosses: The double dagger, ‡.
raw_tags: punctuation
now there's a thought
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of there's a thought.
tulip-tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tulip-trees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tulip tree.
tulip-trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tulip-tree
⠫⠪
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: The left arrowhead, <
Related terms: english: less than
translation: less than
word: ⠐⠅
⠫⠕
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: The right arrowhead, >
Related terms: english: less than
translation: less than
word: ⠨⠂
hunger striker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunger strikers
Senses: examples: text: This measure had as its nominal justification the argument that the prison administration had to make sure that the hunger strike was going on honestly—that others in the cell weren't sneaking food to the hunger striker.
ref: 1973, Aleksandr I[sayevich] Solzhenitsyn, translated by Thomas P[orter] Whitney, “Tyurzak”, in The Gulag Archipelago, 1918–1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Perennial Library), parts I–II, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, part I (The Prison Industry), page 468:
glosses: A person who goes on hunger strike.
⠫⠰⠪⠒⠒
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: A southwest arrow, ↙
⠫⠘⠪⠒⠒
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: A northwest arrow, ↖
⠫⠰⠒⠒⠕
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: A southeast arrow, ↘
⠫⠘⠒⠒⠕
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: A northeast arrow, ↗
⠫⠒⠒⠕
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: A right arrow, →
⠫⠪⠒⠒
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: A left arrow, ←
⠫⠪⠒⠒⠕
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: A right-left arrow, ↔
⠫⠣⠒⠒⠕
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: An up arrow, ↑
⠫⠩⠒⠒⠕
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: A down arrow, ↓
⠫⠣⠪⠒⠒⠕
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: An up-down arrow, ↕
Sylhet Region
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Sylhet region.
Sylhet region
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sylheti ꠍꠤꠟꠐ (síloṭo), from Sanskrit श्रीहट्ट (śrīhaṭṭa, “Beautiful Market”).
Senses: glosses: A geographic region in South Asia, located in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and the Barak Valley division of Assam, northeastern India.
Barak Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dimasa bra (“bifurcation”) and Dimasa kro (“portion, stream”).
Senses: glosses: An administrative division of Assam, India.
durorthid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: durorthids
Senses: examples: text: These soils are more productive than the cryoboralfs, durothids, and durargids but are less productive than the cryoborolls.
ref: 1976, Central Nevada Land Use Plan, page 73:
text: Durothids have a duripan with its upper boundary within 40 " of the surface.
ref: 1989, Donald Steila, Thomas E. Pond, The Geography of Soils, page 111:
qualifier: soil science
glosses: A type of orthid that has a duripan.
Derived terms: durorthidic
Kates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kate
electrotelethermometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: electro- + tele- + thermo- + -meter
Senses: glosses: An electrical device (usually gun-shaped) that can measure temperature over a distance.
Related terms: thermometer
new kid in town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new kids in town
Senses: examples: text: As the new kid in town, Renaissance had to almost muscle in to gain paths on a busy East Coast Main Line - but muscle in it did.
ref: 2024 October 2, Andy Comfort, “How Hull Trains opened the door...”, in RAIL, number 1019, page 49:
glosses: Synonym of new kid on the block.
synonyms: word: new kid on the block
quiet quitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quiet quitters
Etymology: From quiet quit + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A lot of people see it that way: a 2023 Gallup report found that quiet quitters comprised up to 59% of the global workforce.
ref: 2024 July 16, “Quiet hiring: the fast track to career success – or catastrophic burnout?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A person who quiet quits.
quiet quitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quiet quitter
flip on its head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flips on its head
form: flipping on its head
form: flipped on its head
form: flipped on its head
Senses: examples: text: While [Kamala] Harris made history by becoming the first Black and South Asian woman to ascend to the vice presidency, [Doug] Emhoff has burnished a reputation as the über-supportive spouse, stepping back from his own career as an entertainment lawyer and flipping the usual White House gender dynamic on its head.
ref: 2023 March 13, Naureen Khan, “Doug Emhoff Wants Men to Clear the Path for More Kamalas”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Alternative form of turn on its head.
Chiswicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chiswick
uvic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin ūva (“grape”) + -ic + acid.
Senses: glosses: Racemic acid, a particular stereoisomer of tartaric acid.
glosses: Pyrotritaric acid.
breaks one's promise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break one's promise
breaking one's promise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break one's promise
broke one's promise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break one's promise
broken one's promise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break one's promise
pyrotritaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrotritartaric acid
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: uvic acid
glosses: An acid, systematic name 2,5-dimethyl-3-furoic acid, with empirical formula C₇H₈O₃, formed by heating tartaric acid.
pyrotritaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Only used in pyrotritaric acid
uvic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Only used in uvic acid
pyrotritartaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Only used in pyrotritartaric acid
Oskwarek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oskwareks
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Oskwarek.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
interzonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From interzonal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Between zones.
muff up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: muffs up
form: muffing up
form: muffed up
form: muffed up
Senses: examples: text: "You're tying my hands," complained Tommy. "It's a very delicate affair, and the other fellow will muff it up as likely as not, and then where shall I be? I don't believe one of you has got an ounce of tact."
ref: 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 16”, in The Secret Adversary:
glosses: To mess up; to botch
Thorneycrofts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thorneycroft
Thornycroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Thornycrofts
form: Thorneycroft
Etymology: Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified settlement, from Old English þorniġ (“thorny, full of thorns”) + croft (“croft, enclosed field”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Thornycrofts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thornycroft
⠸⠱
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: Marks the end of Nemeth code.
for what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A standard grace uttered before eating
hunger strikers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hunger striker
two birds, one stone
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Gould is to go before the Legislature for legislation favorable to the elevated system. The cable road will oppose this. But while the fight between the two presumably rival companies wages hottest it is expected that there will be a halt and truce all of a sudden between the two, and as a compromise that each will consent that the legislation sought by the other shall be permitted to go through. Two birds, one stone—Jay scores a double victory.
ref: 1889 March 25, “Jay [Gould] and the Cable Road. Gould Bound to Keep a Grip on Rapid Transit. The Tireless Schemer Is Said to Have Acquired Control of the New-York Cable Railroad.”, in The New-York Times, volume XXXVIII, number 11,722, New York, N.Y., page 1, column 3:
text: My friend Ruth loves to contra dance and she met her fiancé Paul that way (two birds, one stone).
ref: 2008, Nerissa Nields, “Exercise”, in How to Be an Adult: A Musician’s Guide to Navigating Your Twenties, Northampton, Mass.: Mercy House Publishing, →ISBN, part 2 (Taking Care of the Vehicle That Is You), page 32:
text: And now she was pitching to him over dinner? ‘Is that standard practice?’ ‘Well, strictly speaking, no. But we’re all crazy busy and we gotta eat, right? This way, two birds, one stone.’
ref: 2014, Karen Swan, chapter 21, in The Summer Without You, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 327:
text: On another occasion, when trying to brainstorm things I could do to make myself feel better despite all the pandemic restrictions, Woebot suggested I “try doing something nice for someone in your life,” like make a calming tea for my housemate or check in with a loved one. I poured my mum some chamomile: Two birds, one stone.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of two birds with one stone.
unextinction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unextinctions
Etymology: From un- (reversive prefix) + extinction.
Senses: examples: text: "Pteranodon party, their evolution cycle is up on Xirdneh, in celebration of their unextinction there's a savior-class carrier chartered, and with this coupon we can chose two Gaeapod clones of our preference to be sacrificed to the initial pteranodon brood!" […]
ref: 2005, Whispered Worlds, page 185:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: de-extinction
glosses: The process of bringing an extinct species back into existence.
Related terms: unextinct
unextinction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- (lack of) + extinction.
Senses: examples: text: A knowing subject may, on one hand, show complete unextinction, continue to give a conditioned reaction despite numerous non-reinforcements or he may, on the other hand, show immediate extinction and withhold a conditioned reaction despite hundreds of reinforcements.
ref: 1960, Benjamin B. Wolman, Contemporary Theories and Systems in Psychology, page 163:
glosses: Lack or absence of extinction.
nontotal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + total.
Senses: examples: text: nontotal resection
synonyms: partial
incomplete
;
see also Thesaurus:total § Antonyms
antonyms: complete
full
;
see also Thesaurus:total § Synonyms
glosses: Not total.
East Chinnock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4913).
Related terms: Middle Chinnock
West Chinnock
two-tailed pasha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-tailed pashas
Senses: synonyms: foxy emperor
glosses: Charaxes jasius, a butterfly.
Syria-Palestine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Levant
Greater Syria
glosses: A cultural region of Western Asia consisting of the eastern Mediterranean countries, i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus; the Levant.
Derived terms: Syro-Palestinian
Brontës
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brontë
Mon State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A state of Myanmar.
Nan'yō
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Iernut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Iernut.
Senses: glosses: A city in Mureș County, Romania.
rule of order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rules of order
Senses: glosses: Synonym of standing order.
synonyms: word: standing order
standing rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standing rules
Senses: glosses: Synonym of standing order.
synonyms: word: standing order
banker's orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banker's order
rules of order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rule of order
standing rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standing rule
Weaverham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Situated beside the River Weaver.
Senses: glosses: A large village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6174).
Finneghan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish, and doublet of Finnegan.
Russian-speaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Ashikaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 足利 (Ashikaga).
Senses: glosses: A city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
zombie master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zombie masters
Senses: examples: text: A "zombie computer" is one that, unknown to its owner, has been infected with malicious software that allows a distant "zombie master" to control it, along with potentially thousands of other machines similarly affected.
ref: 2013, Tom Chatfield, Netymology, From Apps to Zombies: A Linguistic Celebration of the Digital World, page 41:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A command and control center that guides and directs a zombie computer or zombie network.
zombie masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zombie master
phosphylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphylations
Etymology: From phosphyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a generic term for both phosphorylation by phosphate esters and phosphonylation by phosphonate or phosphinate esters.
osteopathic medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: biomedicine
<
medicine
coordinate_terms: osteopathy
glosses: A form of scientific medicine whose present-day form scientifically and legally overlaps with non-osteopathic medical science and practice. It developed from origins in osteopathy but diverged therefrom during the 20th century; today, an MD degree and a DO degree have professional parity.
Related terms: allopathic medicine
allopathy
wider open
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wide open: more wide open
widest open
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of wide open: most wide open
blackout date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackout dates
Senses: topics: business
lifestyle
marketing
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: A date when travel rewards or other special discounts or promotions are unavailable.
blackout dates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackout date
Abhishek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ultimately from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit.
marbelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more marbelic
form: most marbelic
Etymology: From marble + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Was that an AND gate at 0:35? This could be the forerunner to the world’s first fully marbelic computer.
ref: 2015 June 1, Boundegar, “Watch an insane marble machine with 11,000 marbles”, in boingboing bbs:
glosses: Made of, or relating to, marble or marbles.
Mahaffee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mahaffees
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish, an alternative form of Mahaffey.
Mahaffees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mahaffee
nine ways to Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of six ways to Sunday.
synonyms: word: six ways to Sunday
mahaffee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mahaffees
Senses: examples: text: ... and had not gone many miles, before we found that the camel we were upon, was too weak to bear our weight much longer; but were unwilling to lose time by stopping to shift the mahaffees; at length the sun began to heat the sandy plains, and the poor creature laid himself down very quietly ...
ref: 1789, Henry Abbott, A Journal, with Occasional Remarks, Made on a Trip from Aleppo to Bussora, across the Grand Desart of Arabia, pages 35-36:
glosses: Alternative form of mihaffa.
mahaffees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mahaffee
Xilingol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mongolian ᠰᠢᠯᠢ
ᠶᠢᠨ
ᠭᠣᠣᠯ (sili yin ɣool).
Senses: examples: text: Bateer, 44, a herdsman in the Xilingol Prefecture of Inner Mongolia, said in a telephone interview that he feared that, under the new education policy, future generations of Mongolians would forget their culture and their grasslands heritage.
ref: 2020 August 31, Amy Qin, “Curbs on Mongolian Language Teaching Prompt Large Protests in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2020, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A league in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Xilinguole
iduna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idunas
form: Iduna
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Iduna.
Senses: examples: text: Hundreds of warblers made the mass - mainly Blackcap and Lesser Whitethroat but also quite many Reed Warblers and an assortment of other sylvias, locustellas, idunas and phyllos, plus some other bits and pieces.
ref: 2012 April 14, Yoav Perlman, “Busy busy”, in Yoav Perlman (blog):
text: Most Idunas share a rather peculiar jizz.
ref: 2016 August 26, “Focus On: Booted Warbler”, in BirdGuides:
text: Booted Warblers are the more northerly breeders of the two sibling Idunas.
ref: 2019, Sudhir Vyas, Indian BIRDS, Indian BIRDS Monographs, Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Passage migrant (Fairly common), page 92:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Any warbler of the genus Iduna.
Tosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 土佐 (Tosa).
Senses: glosses: A city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
Derived terms: Tosa Bay
six ways for Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of six ways to Sunday.
synonyms: word: six ways to Sunday
ten ways to Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of six ways to Sunday.
synonyms: word: six ways to Sunday
Rebricea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Rebricea.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Vaslui County, Romania.
pay-in slip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pay-in slips
Senses: glosses: Synonym of money order.
synonyms: word: money order
pay-in slips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pay-in slip
Russian River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Russian River
Senses: glosses: A river in Alaska.
glosses: A river in California.
dogs bark, cats meow
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: […] dogs bark, cats meow, and sinners sin. Sinning comes natural to us. That's why we are in constant war with our flesh.
ref: 2009, Linda P. Kozar, Dannelle Woody, Babes with a Beatitude, page 146:
text: He's surprised to learn she knows he drinks too much. "It's in the Met Centre facts of life file," she says; "dogs bark, cats meow and Stenning drinks."
ref: 2017, Bill Warren, Keep Watching the Skies!:
glosses: Introduces something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.
Related terms: cat's meow
the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on
cleaning woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleaning women
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cleaning lady.
synonyms: word: cleaning lady
cleaning women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleaning woman
ask price
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ask prices
Senses: glosses: Synonym of asking price.
synonyms: word: asking price
not exactly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: He is not exactly good-looking, but, on the contrary, extremely plain. He is not exactly good-tempered. He is not exactly steady or sober, or industrious, or even ambitious. He is, in fact, "ugly, irreligious, dissipated, ill-tempered."
ref: 1872 May 11, Rhoda Broughton, “"Good-Bye Sweetheart!" a Tale”, in The Athenæum, number 2324, page 586:
text: "Those two," he said. "They don't seem exactly your sort." "you mean," said she, "they are not exactly yours."
ref: 1911 August, May Sinclair, “Appearances”, in Good Housekeeping Magazine, volume 53, number 2, page 163:
text: Not exactly a red-letter day for gun safety.
ref: 2008, Toni McGee Causey, Bobbie Faye's (kinda, sorta, not exactly) Family Jewels, page 5:
text: Just bartending for a while and playing to sparse bar crowds with just his acoustic and a PA, although not exactly the best way to pad the retirement fund that he had blown during his fifteen seconds of fame or make your mark on the world, would have to do.
ref: 2011, Scott Honey, Not Exactly the Finest Kind, page 19:
glosses: Not or no.
examples: text: But even in French they are not exactly what we want, not exactly the counterparts to the verbals like hunter.
ref: 1878, Robert Gordon Latham, Outlines of general or developmental philology. Inflection, page 78:
text: For a start, as the title of his first collection of short tales suggests, they are not exactly ghost stories, although most involve characters who in their own particular way are haunted.
ref: 2007, Andrew Caldecott, Not Exactly Ghosts, page i:
text: Once again, the boundary is not exactly correct. Some speakers would be better modelled by a somewhat lower boundary and others by a higher one.
ref: 2012, Kees van Deemter, Not Exactly: In Praise of Vagueness, page 148:
glosses: Not quite; nearly.
Related terms: not quite
somewhat
ask prices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ask price