cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
kyriology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “literal”) + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: KYRIOLEXY, KYRIOLOGY (Gr.), the use of literal expressions, as opposed to figurative […]
ref: 1878, Charles Porterfield Krauth, William Fleming, Henry Calderwood, A Vocabulary of the Philosophical Sciences:
glosses: The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure language.
Synonyms: kyriolexy
Derived terms: kyriological
monera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moneron
monerons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moneron
pilotries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilotry
pilotry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilotries
Etymology: From pilot + -ry.
Senses: glosses: pilotage; skill in being a pilot
pilotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pilot + -ism.
Senses: glosses: pilotry
metastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metastomas
form: metastomata
form: metastome
Etymology: From meta- (“behind”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A ventral single plate located in the opisthosoma of some non-arachnid chelicerates in the extinct genus Houia which is involved in feeding and manipulating food.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A structure found in some mosses and liverworts that covers the mouth of the capsule from which spores are released.
Related terms: endostoma
pleurostoma
metastomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metastoma
metastome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metastomes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metastoma.
metastomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metastome
metastomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metastoma
slothed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sloth
slothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sloth
ataunt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of a taunto.
ataunto
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of a taunto.
affixtures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affixture
Christmas beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas beetles
Etymology: From their abundance at Christmas time.
Senses: glosses: any of the beetles of the genus Anoplognathus
pollee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollees
Etymology: From poll + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Someone who participates in a poll.
pollees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollee
Glass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English, Jewish and German surname, from the noun glass.
* Also as an English surname, from a nickname derived from French glas (“bell, tumult, clash of arms”).
* As a Celtic surname (Irish, Welsh, Cornish, and Scottish Gaelic), Anglicized from the adjective glas (“grey”).
* Also as a German surname, altered from the personal name Klass, shortened from Nikolaus, compare Nicholas.
* As a Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Glas.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gómez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Gómez.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Gomez.
glosses: A town in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
glosses: A corregimiento in Bugaba district, Chiriquí, Panama.
Derived terms: Gómez-López-Hernández syndrome
Gomez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡoʊmɛz/
Forms: form: Gómez
Etymology: From Spanish Gómez.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Derived terms: Gomez and López-Hernández syndrome
Related terms: Gomes
Gomis
Good
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɡʊd/
Forms: form: Goode
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the adjective good.
* Also as an English surname, from the personal name Gōde, which represents the first part of names such as Godfrey, Gottfried, etc.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Gut, Guth.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Goed, Goede.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
Good
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɡʊd/
Forms: form: the Good
Etymology: Ellipsis of the form of the Good, a calque of Ancient Greek ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἰδέα (hē toû agathoû idéa), a concept used in Plato's Republic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Plato's metaprinciple of proper systemic function between principles; the fundamental Platonic form which enables knowledge and metacognition, from which other concepts such as truth, justice and virtue derive meaning.
Goode
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goodes
Etymology: Variant of Good.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A ghost town in Phillips County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Virginia, United States, named after John Goode (Virginia politician).
Goodman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʊd.mən/
rhymes: -ʊdmən
Etymology: Compound of good + man.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Holmes County, Mississippi.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in McDonald County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Goodman and Kruskal's gamma
Goodman and Kruskal's lambda
Golden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊldən/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊldən/
homophone: golden
rhymes: -əʊldən
Forms: form: Goldens
form: Goulden
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the adjective golden.
* As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A town in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A village in County Tipperary, Ireland.
glosses: A hamlet in Probus parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9246).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A home rule municipality, the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Adams County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Oceana County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Barry County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Burt County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Holt County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town and census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Josephine County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wood County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Goldenville
Golden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊldən/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊldən/
homophone: golden
rhymes: -əʊldən
Forms: form: Goldens
form: Goulden
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the adjective golden.
* As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.
Senses: examples: text: In Britain, the Golden Retriever Breed Clubs’ Rescue Officers nationwide rescued and rehomed 454 Goldens in 1987.
ref: 1995, Marigold Timson, Golden Retrievers, Tetra Press, →ISBN, page 48:
text: Always great showmen and competitors, Goldens trip the light fantastic in the conformation ring, beguiling the judges and the spectators with their beauty and performance.
ref: 1999, Nona Kilgore Bauer, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Golden Retrievers, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 11:
text: Hot spots—inflamed areas of skin that often become open sores—are common in Goldens and can have a variety of causes, including chemicals found in lawn and garden products, flea or tick medications, shampoos and other coat products, and some housecleaning products.
ref: 2006, Sheila Webster Boneham, Golden Retrievers, TFH Publications, →ISBN:
glosses: Ellipsis of Golden Retriever.
Guthrie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌθɹi/
Forms: form: Guthries
Etymology: Of various origins, including:
*An anglicization of Irish gaothair;
*An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic mag Uchtre; or
*An anglicization of Irish Ó Fhlaithimh.
Senses: glosses: An Irish or Scottish surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Greenlee County, Arizona.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ford County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Todd County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Hubbard County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Logan County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small town and census-designated place, the county seat of King County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A community in Oro-Medonte township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A small village in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO5650).
Derived terms: Guthrie card
Guthrie Center
Guthrie County
Guthrie test
Guest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
ref: 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A river in Virginia, United States, a tributary of the Clinch.
glosses: A visitor to any of the Disney theme parks
Inman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɪnmən/
Forms: form: Enman
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A locality in New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Georgia.
glosses: A locality in Illinois.
glosses: A small city in McPherson County, Kansas.
glosses: A small village in Holt County, Nebraska.
glosses: A small city in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
glosses: A locality in Tennessee.
glosses: An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
Irvin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝvɪn/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
Related terms: Irvine
Irving
Irwin
Irons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: West Ham United F.C. (a football club based in London).
Ivey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iveys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Diminutive of Ive.
Related terms: Ivie
Ivy
Keaton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkitən/
rhymes: -iːtən
Etymology: A variant of Caton or Keeton, or a habitational name from Keaton in Ermington, Devon, possibly derived from Welsh cae (“hedge, enclosure”) + Middle English toun (“farmstead, settlement”).
Senses: glosses: An English surname.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States, named after a local family.
Keeble
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkibəl/
rhymes: -iːbəl
Etymology: Variant of Keble; see there for more.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Key
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Keyes
Keys
PTI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PTIs
Senses: qualifier: military training
glosses: Initialism of Physical Training Instructor.
topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of public transport interchange
glosses: Initialism of Press Trust of India.
qualifier: Pakistani politics
glosses: Initialism of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
zlote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Polish złote.
Senses: glosses: plural of zloty
pharao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharaos
Senses: examples: text: Now are they indurate ⁊ tough as Pharao ⁊ will not bow vnto any ryghte waie oꝛ oꝛdꝛe.
ref: 1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “A Compendious Rehersall of That Which Goeth Before”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten], →OCLC, folio clvj, recto:
glosses: Alternative form of pharaoh.
cyclodimerizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclodimerization
Lapland owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lapland owl
moves forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of move forward
moving forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of move forward
moving forward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: henceforth
glosses: from now on
Synonyms: as of now
going forward
hereafter
henceforth
moved forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of move forward
dimensionalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimensionalisation
neighboring rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The rights on a work not related to its author's copyright.
golf shirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golf shirt
visiting ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: visiting ants
Senses: glosses: A driver ant.
Synonyms: sense: driver ant
word: safari ant
sense: driver ant
word: siafu
warrior ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warrior ants
Senses: glosses: Formica sanguinea
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see warrior, ant.
Related terms: slave-making ant
personal area network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal area networks
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: WPAN (broadly synonymous)
synonyms: PAN
hypernyms: network
computer network
<
network
coordinate_terms: LAN
local area network
glosses: A communications network intended for devices within one person's workspace (a small room or cubicle); it is typically wireless.
Related terms: Bluetooth
body area network
near field communications
near field communication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: near field communications
Senses: glosses: Communication over very short distances, as by contact or near contact of electronic devices.
Synonyms: NFC
adaptometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The measurement of threshold of brightness by means of an adaptometer
enprison
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enprisons
form: enprisoning
form: enprisoned
form: enprisoned
Etymology: From en- + prison.
Senses: glosses: To imprison.
enprisoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enprison
enprisoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enprison
enprisons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enprison
swellheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swellheaded
form: most swellheaded
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swell-headed.
electroretinographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From electroretinographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of electroretinography.
adaptometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to adaptometry.
Derived terms: adaptometrically
astrophotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From astro- + photonic.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing the application of photonics to astronomical instruments
Related terms: astrophotonics
equipotency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equipotence
Etymology: From equi- + potency.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being equipotent
hypermagnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + magnetic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Extremely magnetic
tentmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tent + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of tents.
Related terms: tentmaker
hysteron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hysterons
Etymology: From hysteresis + -on.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A two-valued operator that is used to model hysteresis.
Derived terms: hysteron proteron
hysterons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hysteron
interpolatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From interpolate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to interpolation
glosses: That serves to interpolate
wifestyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wifestyles
Etymology: Blend of wife + lifestyle
Senses: examples: text: Mila […] isn't pushing her wifestyle on anyone, she says, she is merely exercising her right to choose.
ref: 1987, Susan Riley, Political wives: the lives of the saints, page 83:
text: But in Washington, with its educational opportunities and abundant role models, a brave new wifestyle is flowering among those who married far too young.
ref: 1990, The Washingtonian, volume 25, page 141:
text: A wifestyle is the manner in which you deal — and I don't mean this disparagingly — with your husband.
ref: 1991, Gloria Bledsoe Goodman, Keys to Living with a Retired Husband, page 36:
text: Gardetto (1997) concluded that the New York Times [indicated] that Rodham Clinton's strength and intelligence somehow diminished that of her husband; by comparing her "wifestyle" to that of other political wives; and by raising questions about her equal, rather than subservient, status in the marital relationship.
ref: 2004, Lynda Lee Kaid, Handbook of political communication research, page 450:
glosses: A woman's attitudes and behaviour within a marriage.
wifestyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wifestyle
multipatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multipatches
Etymology: From multi- + patch.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A curvilinear grid used to model aspects of general relativity
nonextensivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + extensivity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being nonextensive
multipatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multipatch
multisignal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + signal.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one signal.
uncantankerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncantankerous
form: most uncantankerous
Etymology: From un- + cantankerous.
Senses: glosses: Not cantankerous.
outburster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outbursters
Etymology: From outburst + -er.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any astronomical object that suddenly produces an outburst of radiation (especially radio waves)
preregular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + regular.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: In which any two topologically distinguishable points can be separated by neighbourhoods
raw_tags: of a space
protohalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protohalos
form: protohaloes
Etymology: From proto- + halo.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The assemblage of material that coalesces to form a galactic halo
galactic halo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactic halos
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An aggregation of individual stars, dust, and gas (and possibly dark matter) that surrounds a galaxy.
supervoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supervoid
El Niños
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of El Niño
super-Niño
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsu.pɚˌnin.joʊ/
Forms: form: super-Niños
Etymology: From Spanish super-Niño.
Senses: examples: text: Grodzicki describes the event as even greater than the one that struck Peru in 1983 with which he was familiar. This Super Niño could be the same one documented by Elera and Pinilla (1992) for the Salinar occupation at Puémape on the north coast, […] Grodzicki (1990:93) calculates that the event caused 4,200 millimeters of rain to fall within a few days.
ref: 2002, Helaine Silverman, Ancient Nasca Settlement and Society, page 24:
text: It is possible, given the context of calamities wrought by the weather (prolonged droughts and a super-Niño) and the probable political strife due to Wari expansion, that this phenomenon was a response to a crisis situation.
ref: 2008, Krzysztof Makowski, “Andean Urbanism”, in Helaine Silverman, William H. Isbell, editors, Handbook of South American Archaeology, page 648:
glosses: An exceptionally large form of the El Niño invasion of warm water into the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Ecuador every four to seven years that causes changes in local and regional climate.
Related terms: El Niño
super-Niños
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of super-Niño
unispore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unispores
Etymology: From uni- + spore.
Senses: examples: text: Fletcher (1978) demonstrated that in Britain unispores from Ralfsia clavata developed into germlings that eventually produced blades identifiable as Petalonia fascia and that unispores from Microspongium gelatinosum ultimately produced narrow, terete thalli identifiable as Scytosiphon lomentaria.
ref: 1984, Christopher S. Lobban, Michael James Wynne, The Biology of Seaweeds, University of California Press, page 71:
text: Culture studies of Newfoundland Acrothrix revealed an asexual, heteromorphic, monophasic life history which includes a unispore-producing macrothallus and a recycling, plurispore-producing microthallus.
ref: 1985, Susan G. Forward with G. Robin South, “Observations on the taxonomy and life history of North Atlantic Acrothrix Kylin (Phaeophyceae, Chordariales)”, in Phycologia, volume 24, numbers 3–4, page 347:
text: The plurispores and unispores produced by the erect thalli at 10 degrees C under SD conditions once again developed into new prostrate thalli.
ref: 2012, Q. Ashton Acton, PhD, Issues in Life Sciences: Botany and Plant Biology Research: 2011 Edition, ScholarlyEditions Press, page 631:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An algal spore that develops within a unilocular sporangium.
dude-bro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dude-bros
form: dudebro
Etymology: In reference to the stereotype of such men often calling each other "dude" and "bro".
Senses: examples: text: The second spot, “One Thing,” shows the unlikely custom car shop workin', musclebound dude-bro, who loves his iPhone because it consolidates the iPod, camera, cell phone and SMS device he used to carry around in “a little bag.”
ref: 2007 October 15, Eric Newman, “iPhone is different things to different dudes”, in Brandweek, volume 48, →ISSN, page 226:
text: The thing is, her last boyfriend—some big dude-bro asshole—cheated on her all the time, and now she has trust issues.
ref: 2012 November 7, Adam Clark, Love and Other Chemical Imbalances, iUniverse, →ISBN, →OL, page 121:
text: As a straight single woman in my twenties, I love me some dudes. But I can't stand the dude-bros. And I weep at the fact that dude-bro culture seems to be quickly taking over dude culture.
ref: 2012 November 14, Jill Filipovic, “Dude or dude-bro: ten ways to tell”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A hypermasculine male, especially a misogynistic or otherwise chauvinistic one.
Related terms: machoman
MCP
unispores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unispore
plurispore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plurispores
Etymology: Contraction of plurilocular spore.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An algal spore that develops within a plurilocular sporangium.
plurispores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plurispore
zantewood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: fustic (tree)
zante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zantewood.
zapotilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zapotillas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sapodilla.
zeoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeoscopes
Senses: glosses: An instrument that was used to determine the alcoholic content of liquid by measuring its boiling point.
zetacrit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zetacrits
Senses: examples: text: The zetacrit is the hematocrit of the red cell-containing portion of the capillary tube at the conclusion of the compaction-dispersion cycles.
ref: 1975, Mary Jean Doyle, A Method Evaluation of the Zeta Sedimentation Ratio, page 2:
glosses: A form of hematocrit produced by centrifugation in capillaries
dude-bros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dude-bro
zincalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: zinc poisoning
dude bro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dude bros
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dude-bro.
dudebro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dudebros
Senses: examples: text: That said, the girls that your lameass dudebros may dub bowsers and/or brainers are actually the best in bed.
ref: 2003 May, Chunx, “qf: Tough Love: Gravy Train!!!”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, →ISSN, page 12:
text: Oh no. I'm being emotionally honest and vulnerable! Dudebro fail!
ref: 2012 June 13, Tatsuya Ishida, “Dudebro Fail”, in Sinfest:
text: "But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and 'woke' dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female 'Ghostbusters' and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay."
ref: 2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2016:
glosses: Alternative spelling of dude-bro.
Derived terms: douchebro
dudebros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dudebro
deferrization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + ferro- + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The treatment of water to remove soluble iron salts.
deindexation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deindexations
Etymology: From de- + indexation.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The removal of indexation (index-linking of a monetary value).
let along
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of let alone.
macrosomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macrosomia + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to or affected by macrosomia
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to macrosomes
infrafamilial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From infra- + familial (“relating to a taxonomic family”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Pertaining to division or subclassification within a biological family.
pictorally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pictorally
form: most pictorally
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of pictorially.
round-robin story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: round-robin stories
Senses: glosses: A type of collaborative fiction or storytelling in which a number of authors each write chapters of a novel or pieces of a story, in rounds.
round-robin stories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of round-robin story
Tea Parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tea Party
esclop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɒp/
ipa: /slɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: esclops
form: eslop
Etymology: Back slang for police.
Senses: examples: text: We had not been engaged in our reading very long when at the far end of the arch I noticed a twinkling light. "Kool esclop!" shouted one of the boys, at the same moment doucing the glim and bolting with his companion, leaving me in the dark with my upset beer bottle and my douced candle, forming a spectacle which seemed to arouse suspicion on the part of our friend the policeman, whose light it was that had appeared in the distance.
ref: 1903 October 24, Rev. Arthur Tappan Pierson, quoting Hogg, Quintin, “Quintin Hogg and the London Polytechnic”, in Missionary Review of the World, volume 26, number 16, page 734:
synonyms: word: ecilop
word: 5-O
word: Babylon
word: bacon
word: Big Blue Machine
word: Bill
word: boydem
word: constabulary
word: dibble
word: donut patrol
word: ducks and geese
word: ecilop
word: esclop
word: feds
word: filth
word: five-o
word: fuzz
word: garda
word: gardai
word: gendarmerie
word: heat
word: law
word: monarch
word: Old Bill
word: piglice
word: plod
word: po-po
word: police
word: police department
word: police force
word: police service
word: polis
word: thin blue line
word: any plural synonym of police officer
qualifier: costermongers
glosses: The police.
Derived terms: slop
Related terms: namesclop
press into service
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: presses into service
form: pressing into service
form: pressed into service
form: pressed into service
Senses: examples: text: Anyone with basic first-aid training was pressed into service as a triage nurse after the earthquake.
text: In essence, the book gives a step-by-step account of how the author built, modified and developed his own 6-inch Newtonian reflector, pressing into service such materials as old larder shelves, a car halfshaft, pieces of Meccano, and several coffee-jar tops.
ref: 1979 January 25, Iain Nicolson, book review, New Scientist, page 269:
text: Even the molds don't have to be expensive — most plastic bins, bowls or drawer dividers can be pressed into service, though silicone molds are readily available.
ref: 2010, Robert S. McDaniel, Katherine J. McDaniel, Soap Maker's Workshop: The Art and Craft of Natural Homemade Soap, Krause Publications, →ISBN, page 136:
text: The chances are that you have nearly everything you need to start up your business already somewhere around your home. […] You can press into service a garage, loft, spare bedroom or garden shed for a whole host of business-related takes from holding stock to being a dedicated office space away from the normal hustle of home life.
ref: 2011, Colin Barrow, Starting a Business for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not designed or intended for.
Synonyms: army volunteer
piece of the action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pieces of the action
Senses: examples: text: "Sollozzo is coming to us for help," Hagen said. . . . "For that we get a piece of the action."
ref: 1969, Mario Puzo, The Godfather:
text: Landlords who were once content to lease rooftops or facades to sign companies now demand a piece of the action, in a joint venture or a limited partnership.
ref: 1997 June 29, David W. Dunlap, “The Sign Makers Turn Up the Wattage”, in New York Times, retrieved 09 Dec 2012:
text: There are two ways to get a piece of the action at any of the big drug markets along the border: pay off—or kill off—anyone who stands in your way.
ref: 2001 June 11, Tim Padgett, Elaine Shannon, “La Nueva Frontera: The Border Monsters”, in Time:
text: Australian companies are already manoeuvring for a piece of the action in the reconstruction of Iraq,
ref: 2003 April 7, Sonny Inbaraj, “Iraq: Australian Firms Eye Spoils of War in post-Saddam Era”, in Inter Press Service, retrieved 09 Dec 2012:
glosses: A portion of the monetary gains or other benefits produced by some venture or activity; a share of participation in a venture or activity.
Related terms: piece of the pie
wet one's beak
bellyring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellyrings
Senses: examples: text: A trip to almost any drug store in Canada will reveal hyper-bright packaging of lipglosses and fake bellyrings for tweens.
ref: 2003 January 27, Lorrayne Anthony, “Sexualized images of children mainstream”, in The Guelph Mercury:
text: Forty-five minutes later, Paris, still wearing the black Bunny ears she put on during her Playboy Club appearance, left with two diamond-studded watches worth about $50,000 each, three Bunny necklaces and a Bunny bellyring.
ref: 2006 October 9, Norm Clarke, “NORM: Less talk, more music means magic”, in Las Vegas Review-Journal:
text: Barefoot, she wore her sarong like a primitive — high on her thigh, low on her waist — her silver bellyring glared at me as she crossed the sidewalk to shake hands.
ref: 2008, Jill Malone, Red Audrey and the Roping, Bywater Books, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of belly ring.
bellyrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellyring
belly ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly rings
form: bellyring
Senses: examples: text: […] and Sloane is a hot mermaid — wearing a freshly sprayed coat of Mystic tan, a tiny bikini top covered in seashells, a dangly, gold, starfish belly ring, and this long, turquoise, sparkly, sequined, fishtail skirt, which is dragging behind her, sweeping the floor and gathering trash, like a really glamorous mop.
ref: 2007, Alyson Noël, Kiss & Blog, St. Martin's Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 144:
text: She stands and stretches again, flashing her tanned midriff and her belly ring as her T-shirt lifts.
ref: 2010, Rebecca James, Beautiful Malice, Bantam Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 54:
text: I'd been supposed to write down three examples of irony for freshman English, and Liza was barefoot in low-rise thrift-store Calvins that showed her silver belly ring, talking about Tyler Baines's mom jeans while he mowed our lawn.
ref: 2012, Joshilyn Jackson, A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN, unnumbered page:056 page 54:
glosses: A form of body art wherein a piercing is placed in a cauterized puncture of the umbilicus.
Synonyms: abdominal ring
belly button ring
navel ring
belly rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belly ring
cross-trainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-trainers
form: X-trainer
Etymology: From cross- + trainer.
Senses: glosses: An elliptical trainer.
Korean chess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Janggi; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Korea.
Japanese chess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Shogi; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Japan.
day traders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day trader
night watchman states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night watchman state
out of one's element
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more out of one's element
form: most out of one's element
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Hobson was particularly out of her element in New York, which she regarded as the most sinful of cities, and seldom ventured out of the apartment for any length of time.
ref: 2004, Brian Kellow, The Bennetts: An Acting Family, The University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN:
text: In this varied, often mountainous terrain, the Mongols were out of their element, and they relied on local mercenaries for support.
ref: 2007, Laurence Bergreen, Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 183:
text: Unfortunately, Alba appears out of her element in both roles, particularly with respect to her attempt to proximate believable accents for her characters.
ref: 2009, Mary Beltrán, Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes: The Making and Meanings of Film and TV Stardom, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 164:
glosses: In a situation which is unsuitable, unfamiliar, or unenjoyable.
Synonyms: out of one's depth
toering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toerings
Senses: examples: text: On her feet are jewelled toerings. Her ankles are linked by a slender fetterchain.
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
text: Her dainty feet were covered with toerings and tinkling anklets while glass bangles covered her arms.
ref: 2005, Ira Pande, Diddi: My Mother's Voice, Penguin, published 2005, →ISBN, page 120:
text: On my feet were golden anklets and diamond toerings made of huge diamonds.
ref: 2010, Sudhir Thapliyal, Mansuri, Macabre, westland ltd, published 2010, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of toe ring.
toerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toering
moving box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moving boxes
Senses: glosses: A box for transporting household goods during relocation.
Synonyms: removing box
packing case
nosering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noserings
Senses: examples: text: On the first wedding night of the marriage ceremony, the husband removes the big nosering of the bride, which is the symbolic representation of the girl being a virgin till that moment.
ref: 1993, Mohsen Saeidi Madani, Impact of Hindu Culture on Muslims, M D Publications Pvt Ltd, →ISBN, page 146:
text: […] My mother and grandmother wore nine-yard saris, with heavy anklets, armlets, waist belts and enormous noserings, but they observed all the Jewish rituals.'
ref: 2002, Esther David, Book of Esther, Viking, →ISBN, page 369:
text: A woman with dyed black hair and a greenstone nosering returns to a story she must have almost finished before I came in.
ref: 2007, Kristen Tsetsi, Homefront, Penxhere Press, →ISBN, page 225:
glosses: Alternative form of nose ring.
noserings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nosering
pure laines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pure laine
lash-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lash-up
countereffects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countereffect
elephant ear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephant ears
form: elephants' ear
Etymology: From general resemblance in form.
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, ear.
glosses: A funnel cake.
coordinate_terms: beavertail
glosses: A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.
glosses: A palmier.
glosses: Any of several plants in tribe Colocasieae or Caladieae.
A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.
glosses: Any of several plants in tribe Colocasieae or Caladieae.
Caladium.
glosses: Burdock (Arctium spp.).
glosses: Any bergenia, esp. of species Bergenia crassifolia,
glosses: Gynandrocarpa placenta
examples: text: It did not have the “elephant ears” on the ailerons like the earlier Waco Model 9.
ref: 1990, Alaskan Aviation History: 1929-1930, page 714:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing.
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A reinforcing disk on a missile.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Elaphoglossum crinitum
word: elephant-ear fern
taxonomic: Spongia officinalis lamella
word: elephant-ear sponge
alt: Enterolobium cyclocarpum or Macaranga gigantea
word: elephant ear tree
clasp knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clasp knife
manzellos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manzello
clear-air turbulences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clear-air turbulence
thirty-fourths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thirty-fourth
call-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of call-in
deoxygluconates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deoxygluconate
battery electric vehicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battery electric vehicle
cytozoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytozoon
cytozoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytozoon
Sumatran rhinoceroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sumatran rhinoceros
togethernesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of togetherness
family home evenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of family home evening
heptadiagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hepta- + diagonal.
Senses: glosses: Having nonzero entries along the main diagonal, the three diagonals on either side of the main diagonal, and the three diagonals near each corner, only.
raw_tags: of a matrix
metachromatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more metachromatically
form: most metachromatically
Etymology: From metachromatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a metachromatic manner.
roupily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more roupily
form: most roupily
Etymology: From roupy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Afterwards he went home, wrote to Jenny Patterson and 'sang a lot in spite of the cold. Very roupily.'
ref: 1887, A Bernard Shaw, edited by A. M. Gibbs, Diary, →ISBN, page 293:
text: Chanticleers in the town crowed roupily and ruefully for months thereafter. The bridegroom might have stepped over the wall to the wedding chamber or walked […]
ref: 1907, Neil Munro, chapter XXXI, in Bud: A Novel, Harper & Brothers, page 297:
text: A hand stroked once at Peggy's leg and it was the hand of Popeye, the sailor man, who muttered roupily, "Olive Oyl, you is my goil."
ref: 1997, Richard Matheson, “Dance of the Dead”, in I Am Legend, →ISBN, page 213:
glosses: In a manner as if affected with roup. In a hoarse or husky manner.
ungender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ungenders
form: ungendering
form: ungendered
form: ungendered
Etymology: From un- + gender.
Senses: glosses: To remove or reverse the gender of.
Related terms: ungendered
degender
discoursal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From discourse + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to discourse.
Derived terms: discoursally
Black Forest cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Black Forest cakes
form: black forest cake
Etymology: See Black Forest gâteau.
Senses: examples: text: As we turned the comer towards our hotel, there it was: the Café Danube, […] Inside, we saw our people, […] eating Linzer torte and Black Forest cake, […]
ref: 1983, Arthur A[llen] Cohen, “Part Two: America”, in An Admirable Woman: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: David R. Godine, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: Synonym of Black Forest gâteau.
synonyms: word: Black Forest gâteau
unbrooding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbrooding
form: most unbrooding
Etymology: From un- + brooding.
Senses: examples: text: the unintrospective, unbrooding acceptance of grim realities
ref: 1969, Bertrand Harris Bronson, The ballad as song, page 11:
text: "Wally never broods about anything," says his wife, Jo, and his casual, unbrooding approach has seen some of the tenser astronauts through a few of the more anxious moments in the three years of Project Mercury's existence.
ref: 2008, Robert Silverberg, First American Into Space, page 72:
glosses: Not brooding.
mantyhose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of man + pantyhose.
Senses: examples: text: The site e-MANcipate.net is devoted to "accelerating the acceptance of male pantyhose as a regular clothing item," and features a how-to guide for wearing mantyhose properly.
ref: 2009 January 16, “'Mantyhose', latest fad for men!”, in The Times of India:
text: Mantyhose have been popular in Europe – that bastion of progressive, gender-neutral fashion – for years, but have only recently gained traction in the U.S.
ref: 2012 March 8, Allison Berry, “Introducing Mantyhose. Yes, Mantyhose.”, in Time:
text: Their mantyhose are most popular with customers from Germany, France, Scandinavia, Canada and the United States.
ref: 2012 March 10, Maureen Dowd, “Manlashes, Manscara and Mantyhose”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Pantyhose designed for and/or marketed toward men.
Synonyms: word: brosiery
word: guylons
metrosexually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more metrosexually
form: most metrosexually
Etymology: From metrosexual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a metrosexual manner.
Cahuillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cahuilla
subform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subforms
Etymology: From sub- + form.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxon below the level of form.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A secondary window opened from another (parent) window.
Synonyms: subf.
subvar.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subvars.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Abbreviation of subvariety.
subf.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subfs.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: subform.
belar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of belah.
hyperemesis gravidarum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperemeses gravidarum
Etymology: From hyperemesis + Latin gravidārum (“of pregnant women”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A rare complication of pregnancy, similar to severe morning sickness, sometimes fatal if left untreated.
Derived terms: HG
closet cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of closet case