cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
window-shopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of window-shop
closed shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closed shops
Senses: examples: text: [...] about 90 per cent of the locomotive staff belong to one trade union and 10 per cent to another smaller one or to none, for there is no such thing in Switzerland as a "closed shop".
ref: 1963 January, ""Mercury"", “Driver training and single-manning in Switzerland”, in Modern Railways, page 42:
glosses: A business or industrial establishment whose employees are required to be labor union members as a precondition to employment.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A facility that runs programs on behalf of others, giving them no oversight over execution but merely returning the output at the end.
Coordinate terms: sense: business requiring union membership for employment
word: agency shop
sense: business requiring union membership for employment
word: open shop
sense: business requiring union membership for employment
word: union shop
twangy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: twangier
form: twangiest
Etymology: From twang + -y.
Senses: examples: text: There’s an occasional schmaltziness, aggravated by the overuse of a twangy score, but more than enough moments of genuine heartbreak, joy and suspense to make up for it.
ref: 2015 July 5, Mike Hale, “Review: ‘Tough Love’ on PBS Examines Custody Battles With the State”, in The New York Times:
glosses: That makes a twanging sound.
tweedy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tweedier
form: tweediest
Etymology: From tweed + -y.
Senses: examples: text: We all sat in stuffy classrooms and had men in tweedy sportscoats ruin our afternoons.
ref: 1988 May 6, Michael Miner, “"Chicago Times" Reaches for the Cutting Edge; Nicole Drieske Goes Public; Harry Golden”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2020:
glosses: made of tweed, or having a similar rough texture
raw_tags: of clothing
glosses: wearing tweed clothing
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: preppy
raw_tags: of a person
twiggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: twiggier
form: twiggiest
Etymology: From twig + -y.
Senses: glosses: Having many twigs.
raw_tags: of ground or a plant
glosses: Thin and angular.
raw_tags: of a person
twilit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: twīʹlĭt
ipa: /ˈtwaɪlɪt/
Forms: form: twilighted
form: twilitten
form: twilighted
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of twilight
twilit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: twīʹlĭt
ipa: /ˈtwaɪlɪt/
Senses: examples: text: He was like someone lying in twilit, formless, preëxistence, and stretching out his hands lovingly towards many-coloured, many-sounding life.
ref: 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables — Will o’ the Mill, page 79:
text: The effect of the closing inside the booths was to turn the line of concessions into a twilit tunnel.
ref: 1959, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 10, in The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, published 2006, page 241:
synonyms: twilighted
twilitten
glosses: Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit
twilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of twill
twilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having diagonal parallel ribs.
raw_tags: of fabric
examples: text: Thy bankes with pioned, and twilled brims
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14:
glosses: A Shakespearean word, perhaps meaning: woven with sticks to hinder erosion.
twinight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: twi-night
Etymology: Blend of twilight + night
Senses: glosses: that begins in the late afternoon
raw_tags: of a baseball double-header
Related terms: day-nighter
day-nighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day-nighters
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A limited overs cricket match that starts in the afternoon and continues into the evening under floodlights.
Related terms: day/night cricket
twinight
twinkly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: twinklier
form: twinkliest
Etymology: From twinkle + -y.
Senses: glosses: that twinkles
glosses: happy and cheerful
Derived terms: twinkly-eyed
twin-size
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Being the size of a twin bed.
twin bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twin beds
Senses: glosses: Either of a pair of matching single beds.
glosses: A single bed.
twirler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twirlers
Etymology: From twirl + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something that twirls.
glosses: Someone who twirls something.
glosses: A majorette who twirls a baton.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pitcher.
Derived terms: sign twirler
twirler moth
twirly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɜː.liː/
Forms: form: twirlier
form: twirliest
Etymology: From twirl + -y.
Senses: glosses: coiled or curly
twirly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɜː.liː/
Forms: form: twirlies
Etymology: Blend of too + early from the question "Am I too early [to use my pass]?" frequently asked of bus drivers, etc. by holders of OAP/senior citizen or similar travel passes that are not valid before a certain time (usually 9:30am).
Senses: examples: text: Some passengers do try to use passes fraudulently and the time restriction on OAP passes can sometimes lead to arguments (the so-called "twirlies" — "Am I too early?") but seldom to assaults.
ref: 1986, Working Group on Violence to Road Passenger Transport Staff, Assaults on bus staff and measures to prevent such assaults, HMSO, page 51:
text: These are a great hit with "Twirlies" (senior citizens, infamous for using their bus passes "too-early" before rush hour fades).
ref: 1986, Rick Steves, Great Britain in 22 days: a step-by-step guide and travel itinerary, →ISBN, page 52:
text: I once had a twirly get on my bus, well I have had several hundred actually but that's beside the point!
ref: 2007 May 14, Daisy Dart, “Re: Passengers say the stupidest things”, in Bus drivers canteen (Usenet), message-ID <1179173999.213616.59880@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>:
text: He'd been so desperate to go to the toilet that he'd parked the bus, locked the twirlies on it and run through the gully home!
ref: 2008, Maureen Harvey, “5 The Breakthrough”, in Pure Evil - How Tracie Andrews murdered my son, deceived the nation and sentenced me to a life of pain and misery, →ISBN:
glosses: an old age pensioner or other elderly person, especially one using public transport.
Synonyms: coffin dodger
geriatric
senior citizen
old person
twisty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɪsti/
rhymes: -ɪsti
Forms: form: twistier
form: twistiest
Etymology: From twist + -y.
Senses: examples: text: lost in a twisty labyrinth
text: "When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was."
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 136:
glosses: Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
Derived terms: twistily
twistiness
twisty puzzle
twisty tie
Related terms: plot-twisty
twistie
twisty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɪsti/
rhymes: -ɪsti
Forms: form: twisties
Etymology: From twist + -y.
Senses: examples: text: On lonely twisties in upstate New York, the driver of a Porsche Boxster S surely found my unshakable Mini anything but cute.
ref: 2007 March 18, Lawrence Ulrich, “There’s More Than Meets the Eye”, in New York Times:
glosses: Something that is twisty, such as a road
examples: text: I was introduced to the panorama of twisties, barrettes, hair and scalp conditioner (basically hair grease), brushes for every occasion and narrow- and wide-tooth combs.
ref: 2007 March 22, Randal C. Archibold, “I Have Taken on My Daughter’s Hair and Won”, in New York Times:
glosses: A strand of hair twisted together in a braid-like fashion
examples: text: The document is divided up into a number of sections controlled by twisties.
ref: 1998, Steve Oliver, Pete Wood, Lotus Domino Web Site Development, page 96:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A collapsible element having a marker such as a small triangle that rotates between horizontal and vertical positions to indicate whether the content is currently hidden or expanded.
twittery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twittery
form: most twittery
Etymology: From twitter + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Ev'ry one stops to admire the scene / Rosie at work on the B-19 / She's never twittery / nervous or jittery / Rosie the riveter
ref: 1942, Redd Evans, John Jacob Loeb, “Rosie the Riveter”:
glosses: That makes a twittering sound.
two-bit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Adjective form of two bits.
Senses: examples: text: That was back in the days of the two-bit shave and haircut.
synonyms: tuppenny-ha'penny
glosses: Costing 25 cents.
examples: text: Forget that two-bit shyster. Get yourself a real lawyer.
text: All your two-bit friends / They're shootin' you up with pills
ref: 1973, Lou Reed, “Oh, Jim”, in Berlin:
text: What Pimp was asking me to do was crazy. Off the fuckin' chain. Insane. He was scheming to stick up T.C. and Miss Lady's pool hall so we could pay off G, but a playa like me was getting ready to go to college and put all that two-bit robbing and stealing shit behind me.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 27:
text: I met a one look girl in a two-bit bar.
ref: 2011, Toby Keith, “Beers Ago”, in Clancy's Tavern:
text: Serious times demand honesty and self-awareness from people in positions of authority and, at the end of the day, political parties giving succour to fringe views about life-and-death matters is a Faustian pact. This isn’t speculation, or a serve of two-bit punditry to fuel the opinion cycle. This is the lesson of Donald Trump.
ref: 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian:
synonyms: tuppenny-ha'penny
ten-cent
glosses: Insignificant or worthless.
qualifier: quantum computing
glosses: Acting on, and producing, two qubits.
raw_tags: of a logic gate
Related terms: two bits
8-bit
petty cash
pin money
small change
checkmated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
glosses: Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
checkmated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of checkmate
make game of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes game of
form: making game of
form: made game of
form: made game of
Senses: examples: text: But they did not stop. The woman and the man only looked in great rage at the smith for making game of them.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 275:
glosses: To ridicule; to make fun of.
Synonyms: make a laughingstock of
make fun of
two-by-four
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Measuring two inches by four inches.
glosses: Small or cramped.
two-by-four
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-by-fours
Senses: examples: text: “I think the best way I can describe it is sort of like hitting a mule with a two-by-four across the nose,” he continued
ref: 2025 March 9, Andrew Roth, quoting Keith Kellogg, “‘They brought it on themselves’: a new low in US-Ukraine relations”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of two by four.
two-facedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more two-facedly
form: most two-facedly
Etymology: From two-faced + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a two-faced manner.
two-fisted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [Tim] Henman's view is that [Andy] Murray must aim to have [Rafael] Nadal hitting two-fisted backhands on the run.
ref: 2011 July 1, Mark Hodgkinson, “Wimbledon 2011: Andy Murray needs to have Rafael Nadal hitting two-fisted backhands on run, says Tim Henman: Andre Agassi once described Rafael Nadal's forehand as the nastiest shot in tennis, and few would take issue with the Las Vegan's analysis”, in The Daily Telegraph:
text: Soon, Travaglini was caught two-fisted, with a Kane's bacon-crumble in one hand and a maple-bacon doughnut from Union Square in the other.
ref: 2015 March 17, Shirley Leung, “Are Kane's doughnuts now the best in Boston?”, in The Boston Globe:
text: The Diner […] a locally owned, '50s-themed diner where you can get a hearty breakfast, country-fried steak and two-fisted sandwiches.
ref: 2015 March 20, Jacky Runice, “Plan a spring getaway that's out of the ordinary”, in Daily Herald (Chicago):
glosses: Using both fists (or, figuratively, hands).
examples: text: I didn't want to do an ethnography, I wanted a two-fisted, action-packed noir. Because that's the kind of book I like to read.
ref: 2011 August 25, Gordon Haber, “Neal Pollack's New Normal, a 'Two-Fisted' Noir Novel”, in The Jewish Daily Forward:
text: Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me. […] It's a two-fisted drinking town, a carnivorous meat-eating town, it's dirty and nasty and wonderful.
ref: 2011 November 18, Rachel Lee Harris, “Answers to 'Where on Earth to Eat?'”, in The Daily Telegraph:
text: If you are already a fan of Samuel Fuller's uncompromising pulp cinema, you'll be delighted by this new documentary tour covering the life and career of the director, writer, and producer. If you've never encountered one of his two-fisted yarns, you'll almost certainly wonder how you got this far without stumbling across this flabbergasting character.
ref: 2015 February 24, Robert Horton, “A Fuller Life: The King of Two-Fisted Pulp Cinema Speaks! (Through Others)”, in Seattle Weekly, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2015:
glosses: Energetic, enthusiastic.
examples: text: [Terry] Pratchett was pert with his detractors: "Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one." He might have said the same thing about a sense of humour, and that two-fisted partisanship, the willingness to hit back at an occasionally superior response to his work, made him kin to much of his audience, who had to defend their reading choices – especially in the 80s, before the 90s geek revolution made our obsessions cool – against charges of meaninglessness or childishness.
ref: 2015 March 20, Nick Harkaway, “Terry Pratchett: above all, he was funny: Not only did Sir Terry upend the fantasy genre and declare war on social injustice, he did so hilariously – and that is why he'll be remembered”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Inclined to fight, belligerent
Derived terms: two-fisted drinker
Related terms: three-fisted
two-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: twohanded
Etymology: From two + handed.
Senses: glosses: Using or designed for use by both hands at once.
examples: a two-handed game of cards
glosses: Involving, or designed for use by, two people.
glosses: Ambidextrous.
glosses: Having two hands.
examples: text: The Baker was a two-handed hitter, and seemed perfectly awake to the business before him.
ref: 1845, The Sportsman's Magazine of Life in London and the Country, page 355:
glosses: Good with one's fists; able to fight well.
Derived terms: two-handed game
two-handedly
two-handedness
two-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: twohanded
Etymology: From two + handed.
Senses: glosses: In a two-handed manner.
tartiflette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tartiflettes
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A dish from Savoie made of reblochon cheese, potatoes and onions.
twopence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌ.pəns/
ipa: /ˈtuː.pəns/
rhymes: -ʌpəns
Forms: form: twopences
form: tuppence
Etymology: From two + pence.
Senses: synonyms: word: deuce
glosses: A British or Irish coin worth two (old or new) pence.
glosses: A cost or value of two pence.
glosses: A small amount or value.
Derived terms: herb twopence
Related terms: threepence
thruppence
fourpence
fivepence
sixpence
eightpence
tenpence
two-piece
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comprising two pieces
Coordinate terms: one-piece
two-piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-pieces
Senses: glosses: A garment consisting of two separate parts; especially such a swimsuit
Synonyms: sense: swimsuit
word: bikini
Coordinate terms: one-piece
Related terms: three-piece suit
consommation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of consummation.
two-ply
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From two + ply.
Senses: examples: text: It has been found that although the two-ply moquette used in L.T. train upholstery was of equal weight to the three-ply fabric used in L.T. buses, the bus fabric had 50 per cent longer life, and accordingly it is now being used also for trains.
ref: 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: New L.T. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 77:
glosses: Consisting of two layers or two strands.
examples: two-ply carpet
qualifier: textile fabrics
glosses: Consisting of two webs woven into one another.
examples: two-ply collar/two-ply cuff
qualifier: manufactured articles; linen; manufactured articles; linen
glosses: Consisting of two thicknesses.
two-seater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-seaters
Senses: examples: text: At four o'clock exactly Hugh Drummond stepped out of his two-seater at the Haymarket entrance to the Carlton.
ref: 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
glosses: A vehicle with seats for two people (a driver or pilot and one passenger)
crudités
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹuːdɪteɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɹuːdɪteɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɹuːdɪteɪ/
Forms: form: crudité
form: crudites
form: cruditees
Etymology: Borrowed from French crudités.
Senses: glosses: Raw vegetables often served as an appetizer before a main dish; sometimes including fruits.
crudités
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹuːdɪteɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɹuːdɪteɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɹuːdɪteɪ/
Forms: form: crudites
form: cruditees
Etymology: From crudité + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of crudité
two-sided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having two sides, bilateral.
examples: text: A reversible coat is two-sided and would allow you to change your appearance.
text: This output control line is used to select which side of a two-sided floppy disk is to be used for reading or writing.
ref: 1984, Steve Ciarcia, Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar, volume 4, page 162:
text: The image of the two-sided cloak will help us explore the connections students have with the mortal realm, and the connections they have with 'inner realms,' as we'll call them for convenience.
ref: 2002, Tamarin Laurel, Initiation at Beltane, →ISBN, page 304:
text: So I looked at the doll. It is a two-sided doll. I lifted up the doll's dress and it was a two-sided doll, on the other side of the doll was a wolf! Red Riding Hood and the wolf!
ref: 2009, Olivia Lousada, Hidden Twins: What Adult Opposite Sex Twins Have to Teach Us, →ISBN:
text: With the testimony against him, and his former suspicious character, besides his two-sided coat, things looked rather blue for poor Seymour.
ref: 2016, John Carr, Pioneer Days in California:
glosses: Reversible.
examples: text: two-sided inverse — two-sided identity
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Whose salient properties apply when (the specified object) appears on either side of a given binary operator.
glosses: Having two aspects or viewpoints.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: That is necessarily or absolutely different than the respective coordinate alethic or temporal modality as well as its opposite.
raw_tags: of a modality
Synonyms: both-sided
Derived terms: two-sidedness
digestif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈdʒɛstɪf/
ipa: /ˌdiːʒɛsˈtiːf/
Forms: form: digestifs
Etymology: Borrowed from French digestif. Doublet of digestive.
Senses: examples: text: At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro.
ref: 2007 June 27, Rob Willey, “A Bit of History, Reborn in a Glass”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2021:
antonyms: apéritif
glosses: An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.
two-step
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-steps
Senses: examples: text: The dancing shadows on the wall / (The two-step in the hall)
ref: 1977, Jeff Lynne, “Turn to Stone”, performed by Electric Light Orchestra:
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps.
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A dance move consisting of two steps in approximately the same direction onto the same foot, separated by a joining or uniting step with the other foot.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A piece of music for this dance.
Derived terms: Aztec two-step
Texas two-step
2-step garage
two-step
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Films corrupted by blotches are often restored in a two-step approach.
ref: 2000, A. Hanjalic, G.C. Langelaar, P.M.B. van Roosmalen, Image and Video Databases: Restoration, Watermarking and Retrieval, →ISBN, page 14:
text: The data lake, in turn, supports a two-step process to analyze the data.
ref: 2014, Pethuru Raj, Ganesh Chandra Deka, editors, Handbook of Research on Cloud Infrastructures for Big Data Analytics, IGI Global, page 105:
text: A two-step procedure was performed to induce chronic renal disease (CRD): left heminephrectomy at 20 weeks of age followed by right total nephrectomy 1 week later.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Pitavastatin Reduces Inflammation in Atherosclerotic Plaques in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice with Late Stage Renal Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two, step.
two-step
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: two-steps
form: two-stepping
form: two-stepped
form: two-stepped
Senses: glosses: To dance the two-step.
examples: text: 2024, Paul Salopek, New Map: Ancient Roads of China, National Geographichttps://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-07-new-map-ancient-roads-china
Pacing off on average 25 kilometers a day, month after month, we two-stepped around roaring superhighways, under bullet-train bridges, through megacities of 22 million that took a week to traverse, as well as past dams, mines, airports, and industrial parks—a buzzing tableau you’d expect from China’s reputation as the “factory of the world.”
glosses: To move around as if dancing a two-step.
Dom Pérignon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌdɔm pɛɹɪnˈjɒn/
Senses: glosses: An expensive brand of champagne named for Dom Pérignon.
two-tone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a two-tone hair
text: The final outshopping was 55002, which had arrived on October 14 [1980] for a two-month repair, with the usual worksheet taped to its bodyside stating "to be repainted in two-tone green".
ref: 2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “The demise of the 'Deltics'”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 45:
glosses: Having two colours or shades.
examples: text: a two-tone horn
text: The drivers' cabs are fitted with the latest equipment, including a loudaphone, electric demisters and two-tone horns; provision is made for the fitting of A.W.S. equipment when available.
ref: 1962 December, “The Oxted Line diesel-electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 383:
text: The band's funky two-tone sound and infectious energy makes their music enjoyable and their lyrical messages accessible.
ref: 1982 August 14, Mary Ann Peacott, Liz Nania, “BT's In Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 12:
glosses: Giving two different sounds, either alternately or simultaneously.
Synonyms: bichrome
bicolour
bicoloured
dichromatic
duocolor
two-tone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 2 Tone (“music genre”).
half-crown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-crowns
form: half crown
form: half-a-crown
Etymology: From its value of half of the crown (five-shilling) coin.
Senses: examples: text: […] though we play but half-crowns, you know you may bet half guineas with him.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 249:
text: Keeping, therefore, an eye to the main chance, stimulated by the best possible motive, Helen emptied her purse on the bed, in such a manner, as to allow a stray half sovereign to escape, when she added the shillings and half-crowns to the little heap, and said, in a tremulous voice, "Here is my money."
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 10:
text: Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
ref: 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words:
text: This is a masterly work of condensation, omitting nothing of importance and providing a most readable book that for a modest half-crown is incredibly good value.
ref: 1962 October, “New Reading on Railways: Great Western. By Cecil J. Allen, Ian Allan. 2s 6d.”, in Modern Railways, unnumbered page:
synonyms: half-a-tusheroon, half-a-tosheroon
tosheroon, tusheroon, tossaroon
tosh, tush
half-a-bull
half-a-dollar
hog
alderman
madza caroon
glosses: A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.
Related terms: half sovereign
ha'penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪpni/
Forms: form: ha'pennies
form: ha'pence
Etymology: Contraction of halfpenny.
Senses: examples: text: The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.
ref: 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A halfpenny; a former British and Irish coin.
Derived terms: ha'penny dip
ha'penny starver
ha'p'orth
shove ha'penny
tuppenny-ha'penny
Kremlin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɛmlɪn/
Forms: form: the Kremlin
Etymology: Special use of kremlin.
Senses: glosses: The Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.
examples: text: The Kremlin announced plans to increase funding for museums and the arts.
text: Over the course of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has drawn several “red lines” – with ostentatious references to Russia’s huge strategic nuclear arsenal – only to seemingly do nothing when these lines are crossed by Ukraine or its Western backers.
ref: 2024 September 19, Fred Weir, “Why Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling on Ukraine sounds different this time”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
synonyms: Moscow
glosses: The Russian or Soviet government.
Derived terms: Kremlinism
Kremlinist
Kremlinite
Kremlinologist
Kremlinology
Related terms: word: Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
english: also a proper noun sense from a common noun sense, and also often a metonym for the senior Soviet leadership
translation: also a proper noun sense from a common noun sense, and also often a metonym for the senior Soviet leadership
word: Politburo
Kesäranta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The official residence of the prime minister of Finland
glosses: The Finnish government
Kantei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 官邸 (kantei).
Senses: glosses: The official residence of the prime minister of Japan.
examples: text: Overcoming Japan’s demographic crisis has proved insurmountable for occupants of the Kantei – the prime minister’s office – long before Kishida moved in last autumn.
ref: 2023 January 24, Justin McCurry, “Japan PM’s solution to dire birthrate has already been rejected by young”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The Japanese government.
Oval Office
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Oval Office
Senses: examples: text: The Oval Office itself is not that large, but it has a special atmosphere about it. Even as I left the presidency, I had the same feeling of awe and reverence for the room as when I first entered it in earlier administrations.
ref: 1998, George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft, A World Transformed, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 29:
text: Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.
ref: 2025 February 1, Kevin Liptak, “With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war”, in CNN:
synonyms: Oval
glosses: The official office of the President of the United States, located in the West Wing of the White House.
play on words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plays on words
form: play of words
Senses: examples: text: 1794, Mr. Malone's Edition of Shakſpeare's Works, in The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged [2nd Series], Volume 13, R. Griffiths, page 265,
Mr. Steevens alſo, influenced we ſuppoſe by the authority of Dr. Farmer, ſeems by the way in which he regulates the line in his new edition, to think that Shakſpeare here meaned no more than a play on words.
text: 1897, Jas. W. Tupper, English Drama: Das Wortspiel bei Shakspere, von Leopold Wurth, A. Marshall Elliott (managing editor), Modern Language Notes, Volume XII, page 171,
There are two general classes under which all the examples are grouped: plays on words which are due to a double meaning, and the plays merely on sound (die Laut- oder Klaugspiele). The term for the latter group Dr. Wurth gives as puns, punnings.
text: 19. The original play on words here is between furlani (decree) and hurlani (date).
ref: 1988, Linda S. Myrsiades, The Karagiozis Heroic Performance in Greek Shadow Theater, University Press of New England, page 234:
synonyms: paronomasia
glosses: A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.
Related terms: word game
wordplay
play one's cards right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays one's cards right
form: playing one's cards right
form: played one's cards right
form: played one's cards right
form: play one's cards well
form: play one's hand right
Senses: examples: text: If you play your cards right, you'll get the promotion you've been waiting for.
text: If Mr. Trump’s lawyers had played their cards right, they most likely would have ended up with a hung jury or a misdemeanor conviction.
ref: 2024 May 30, Renato Mariotti, “How Trump’s Team Blew It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To act correctly; to make the right moves.
Related terms: play the hand one is dealt
overplay one's hand
foulé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foulés
Senses: glosses: A light woollen fulled cloth.
phonautograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fənɔːtəɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /fənɔtəɡɹæf/
ipa: /fənɑtəɡɹæf/
Forms: form: phonautographs
Etymology: From phono- + auto- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A device for recording sound vibrations in a visible form.
corpocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒkɹəsi
Forms: form: corpocracies
Etymology: From corp(orate) + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: glosses: A corporate bureaucracy, characterized by ineffective management.
glosses: A society where the interests of large corporations control economic and political decisions.
Related terms: state capitalism
state capture
precondition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹiːkənˈdɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɹikənˈdɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːkənˈdɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːkənˈdəʃən/
Forms: form: preconditions
form: pre-condition
Etymology: From pre- + condition.
Senses: examples: text: A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.
text: Presidential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told Russia Today TV on Tuesday that the government would attend without preconditions and with the goal of stopping violence and terrorism in the country, SANA reported.
ref: 2013 November 6, CNN Staff, “Official: Syrian government to attend Syria II without preconditions”, in CNN:
text: “The Office will refuse to register works entirely generated by AI,” says Robert Kasunic of the USCO. “Human authorship is a precondition to copyrightability.”
ref: 2023 June 28, Matt Growcoot, “Copyright Office Refuses to ‘Register Works Entirely Generated by AI’”, in PetaPixel:
text: After a failed attempt by ministers to bounce the union into an agreement by announcing its terms (which included all sorts of union red lines such as drivers having to pay for their own training) in the media rather than over the negotiation table, there is an understandable reluctance on the part of the unions to engage in any discussions unless there are no preconditions.
ref: 2023 September 6, Christian Wolmar, “Rail strikes: little prospect of negotiations”, in RAIL, number 991, page 44:
glosses: A condition that requires satisfaction before taking a course of action.
glosses: A medical illness, ailment, or adverse condition that exists before an insurance policy takes effect.
Synonyms: prerequisite
Derived terms: preconditional
precondition
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹiːkənˈdɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɹikənˈdɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːkənˈdɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɹiːkənˈdəʃən/
Forms: form: preconditions
form: preconditioning
form: preconditioned
form: preconditioned
form: pre-condition
Etymology: From pre- + condition.
Senses: examples: text: The hearts were preconditioned by either ischemia or bradykinin or adenosine.
ref: 1996, C. Weinbrenner et al., “Loss of glycogen during preconditioning is not a prerequisite for protection of the rabbit heart”, in Basic Research in Cardiology, volume 91, number 5:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To condition in advance
preconditions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precondition
conjunctival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒn.dʒʌŋ(k)ˈtʌɪ.vəl/
ipa: /kənˈdʒʌŋ(k).tɪv.əl/
ipa: /ˌkɑnˌd͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪ.vəl/
ipa: /kənˌd͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪ.vəl/
rhymes: -aɪvəl
rhymes: -ʌŋktɪvəl
Etymology: From conjunctiva + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the conjunctiva.
Derived terms: conjunctivally
corneoconjunctival
intraconjunctival
keratoconjunctival
myoconjunctival
nonconjunctival
pharyngoconjunctival
scleroconjunctival
subconjunctival
transconjunctival
conjunctival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒn.dʒʌŋ(k)ˈtʌɪ.vəl/
ipa: /kənˈdʒʌŋ(k).tɪv.əl/
ipa: /ˌkɑnˌd͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪ.vəl/
ipa: /kənˌd͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪ.vəl/
rhymes: -aɪvəl
rhymes: -ʌŋktɪvəl
Forms: form: conjunctive
Etymology: From Latin conjūnctīvus (“serving to connect, connective”) + -al.
Senses: glosses: Serving to join or connect.
keratoconjunctivitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kerato- + conjunctivitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
Hyponyms: trachoma
Derived terms: atopic keratoconjunctivitis
epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
flash keratoconjunctivitis
herpetic keratoconjunctivitis
infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis
infectious caprine keratoconjunctivitis
infectious keratoconjunctivitis
infectious ovine keratoconjunctivitis
keratoconjunctival
keratoconjunctive
keratoconjunctivitis sicca
microsporidian keratoconjunctivitis
phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis
shipyard keratoconjunctivitis
superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis
ultraviolet keratoconjunctivitis
vernal keratoconjunctivitis
virus keratoconjunctivitis
virus punctate keratoconjunctivitis
spile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: spiles
Etymology: From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.
Senses: qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: A splinter.
examples: text: So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold.
ref: [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
glosses: A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
examples: text: Now, chamfering one end of the elderberry tube slightly to fit, I push it into the hole and wait. After a few seconds sap will begin to drip from the end of the tube, a tangible flow of life and vitality. […] Beneath the tube, properly called a spile, I place my cup to catch the drips.
ref: 2023, Ray Mears, chapter 2, in British Woodland, Ebury Spotlight, →ISBN:
glosses: A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
spile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: spiles
form: spiling
form: spiled
form: spiled
Etymology: From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.
Senses: glosses: To plug (a hole) with a spile.
glosses: To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
glosses: To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
spile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: spiles
Etymology: Alteration of pile, after Etymology 1, above.
Senses: examples: text: The bottom of the river is of hard, sparkling white sand, into which spiles are easily driven; and the building and keeping up of such a wharf is a trifling trouble...
ref: 1873, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Palmetto-Leaves:
text: […]we'd settled that I’d pick up some spiles from Greg Fitch first thing on Monday morning and get something done about that fence.
ref: 1975, Catherine Aird, Slight Mourning:
glosses: A pile; a post or girder.
spile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: spiles
form: spiling
form: spiled
form: spiled
Etymology: Alteration of pile, after Etymology 1, above.
Senses: glosses: To support by means of spiles.
glosses: To drive piles into.
spile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: spiles
form: spiling
form: spiled
form: spiled
Etymology: Alteration of spoil.
Senses: glosses: spoil.
earsplitting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more earsplitting
form: most earsplitting
Etymology: From ear + splitting.
Senses: examples: text: Performing an earsplitting solo on an out-of-tune guitar
ref: 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 60:
glosses: Extremely loud, painfully loud.
Derived terms: earsplittingly
eagle-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌiːɡlˈʌɪd/
Forms: form: more eagle-eyed
form: most eagle-eyed
Senses: examples: text: We like old signs at railway stations, and eagle-eyed John Macnab, from Falkirk, spotted one in our photograph of a Virgin Trains Class 390 at London Euston (RAIL 889).
ref: 2019 November 20, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 79:
glosses: Having great visual acuity, especially the ability to see at a distance.
glosses: Keenly perceptive.
Synonyms: eagle-sighted
earmuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪəmʌfs/
Forms: form: earmuffs
form: ear muff
Etymology: From ear + muff.
Senses: glosses: A garment to keep the ears warm.
glosses: A garment or part worn over a single ear.
glosses: A sound-deadening cup or a pair of such cups worn over the ear or ears.
glosses: Attributive form of earmuffs.
Derived terms: earmuffed
earthward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more earthward
form: most earthward
form: Earthward
Etymology: From Middle English ertheward, erþewarde, equivalent to earth + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Towards or in the direction of the Earth.
Derived terms: earthwardly
earthward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more earthward
form: most earthward
form: Earthward
Etymology: From Middle English ertheward, erþewarde, equivalent to earth + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Towards or in the direction of the Earth.
Synonyms: earthwards
Coordinate terms: moonward
starward
sunward
Related terms: word: earthbound
editorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more editorially
form: most editorially
Etymology: From editorial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of an editor.
glosses: In the manner of an editorial.
editorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: editorships
Etymology: From editor + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: With this issue Mr. W. A. Willox regretfully relinquishes the editorship of THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE
ref: 1942 February, Railway Magazine, page 62:
text: While this was tremendous fun, the week also revealed the limitations and sometimes bumpy consequences of the guest editorships.
ref: 2009 January 3, Elisabeth Mahoney, “Radio 4's Today programme livened up by guest editors”, in The Guardian:
text: Peter gained his first editorship with Motor Cycle, before joining EMAP to eventually edit Motor Cycle Mechanics (later Performance Bikes and now Practical Sportsbikes) in 1978.
ref: 2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 46:
glosses: The position or job of being an editor
Derived terms: coeditorship
disavowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disavow
autosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autosomal
form: most autosomal
Etymology: From autosome + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to autosomes.
Derived terms: autosomal dominant
autosomal gene
autosomally
autosomal recessive
interautosomal
nonautosomal
pseudoautosomal
autosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəsəʊm/
ipa: /ˈɔtəˌsoʊm/
ipa: /ˈɑtəzoʊm/
Forms: form: autosomes
Etymology: From auto- + -some, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Senses: examples: text: Autosoma (or autosome), the usual or non-aberrant chromosomes, called by me previously ordinary chromosomes.
ref: 1906 January 5, Thos. H. Montgomery, “The terminology of aberrant chromosomes and their behavivor in certain Hemiptera”, in Science, volume 23, number 575, page 36:
text: It is apparently formed by the arms of the loops becoming twisted around each other, and, as in the Acrididae, each of these arms no doubt represents a univalent autosome.
ref: 1908, Herbert Spencer Davis, Spermatogenesis in Acrididae and Locustidae:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any chromosome other than sex chromosomes.
Derived terms: autosomal
sex chromosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex chromosomes
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of chromosomes (in most animals and plants) whose combination determines the sexual characteristics of an individual.
Related terms: X-chromosome
Y-chromosome
gamete
teaze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: teazes
form: teazing
form: teazed
form: teazed
Senses: examples: text: Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain. Mary knew from Charles’s manner of speaking, that he was quite determined on going, and that it would be of no use to teaze him.
ref: 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume III, London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC, page 128:
glosses: Dated spelling of tease.
teaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teazes
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of tease.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: teaze-hole
tallyman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tallymen
Etymology: From tally + -man.
Senses: examples: text: Uncoupling a train into cuts in the reception sidings - as a shunter wields his pole, the tallyman reads off details of the train to the Traffic Office through his portable radio transmitter.
ref: 1960 July, G. Freeman Allen, “Margam yard - the most modern in Europe”, in Trains Illustrated, page 406, photo caption:
text: At the prefab site entrance, we collect our breathing apparatus from the 'tallyman' who books people in and out of the tunnel.
ref: 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:
glosses: A person who keeps a tally of something.
glosses: A man who conducts the tally trade.
examples: text: The term tally-man and tally-woman, indicating a man and woman living together without marriage, are used in mining districts, where such unions are far from uncommon.
ref: 1890, Thomas Ratcliffe, “Tally-woman”, in Notes and Queries, page 297:
glosses: A man who cohabits (with someone) outside of marriage.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A counting agent; typically one who is a man.
Related terms: tallywoman
live tally
tally trade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
synonyms: tally system
glosses: The selling of goods on account, regular payments being recorded in a book kept by the customer and a duplicate (the "tally") kept in the tally shop.
Related terms: tallyman
tally shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tally shops
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A shop from which the tally trade is conducted.
curacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curacies
Etymology: From curate + -cy.
Senses: synonyms: curateship
coordinate_terms: parsonship
parsonhood
rectorship
vicarship
priestship
priesthood
abbacy
glosses: The office or position of a curate.
Related terms: curatage
benefice
glebe
glebe-farm
glebe-house
parsonage
rectorate
rectory
vicarage
vicarate
haemophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hemophilic
Etymology: From haemo- + -philic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hemophilic.
Derived terms: antihaemophilic
Related terms: haemophiliac
noun of multitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nouns of multitude
Senses: glosses: The name of something that contains many individual things or people. Examples: army, fleet, hundred.
Synonyms: word: collective noun
word: of assemblage
noun of assemblage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nouns of assemblage
Senses: glosses: The name of an assembly or gathering of similar things or people.
Synonyms: word: collective noun
word: of multitude