cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Umm al-Quwain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أُمّ ٱلقَيْوَيْن (ʔumm l-qaywayn).
Senses: glosses: An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
glosses: The capital city of Umm al-Quwain emirate, United Arab Emirates.
Synonyms: UAQ
Coordinate terms: Abu Dhabi
Ajman
Dubai
Fujairah
Ras al-Khaimah
Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
racialisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: racialisations
Etymology: From racial + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of racialization.
racialisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of racialisation
deracialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deracializes
form: deracializing
form: deracialized
form: deracialized
form: deracialise
Etymology: From de- + racialize.
Senses: examples: text: Clearly it would be absurd to suggest its elimination in those societies in which rights are apportioned directly or indirectly on a racial basis. One could not deracialize South African society, for example, without it ceasing to be South African […]
ref: 1986, John Rex, Race and Ethnicity, →ISBN:
text: Given this legacy, any power with a democratic state project in post-colonial Africa confronted a dual task: first, simultaneously to deracialize civil power and deethnicize customary power; and then, […]
ref: 2002, Mahmood Mamdani, When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 30:
text: Much like his efforts to “deracialize” the question of slavery in relation to the Independents' Civil War, Whedon attempts to deracialize his Indians by portraying them through actors of varied ethnicities.
ref: 2020, Kerry Kinney Fine, Michael Kyle Johnson, Rebecca M. Lush, Sara L. Spurgeon, Weird Westerns: Race, Gender, Genre, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN:
glosses: To treat in nonracial terms; to remove the racialization of.
deracialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deracialises
form: deracialising
form: deracialised
form: deracialised
Etymology: From de- + racialise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deracialize.
deracializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deracialize
deracializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deracialize
deracialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deracialize
abamurus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin abamūrus.
Senses: glosses: A retaining wall; a wall erected to strengthen another wall.
flockmeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English flockmel, from Old English flocmǣlum (“in flocks”); equivalent to flock + -meal.
Senses: examples: text: And some Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen either for favour of the Queen, or for fear of themselves, assembled in sundry companies, and went flockmeal in harness: […]
ref: c. 1519, Thomas More, History of King Richard III:
text: Whither our Country Franklins flockmeal swarm,
And John and Joan come marching arm in arm,
ref: 1592, Thomas Nashe, The Choise of Valentines Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo (1601 Rawlinson MS)
text: So when they heard her voice they came thither flockmeal, and a great throng mingled of many kindreds was in the Hall, […]
ref: 1888, William Morris, A tale of the house of the Wolfings:
glosses: In a flock; in flocks; in a herd.
linches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linch
ghusl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡusl̩/
/ˈɡʊsl̩/
Forms: form: ghusls
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic غُسْل (ḡusl).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A full-body wash taken by Muslims to restore the body to a state of purity.
cammocky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cammock + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Folklore English farmers certainly disliked restharrow for another reason. Although it was eaten with relish by the cows, it used to taint the taste of the milk, butter and cheese, and ‘cammocky’ butter was a nuisance in counties where restharrow is common.
ref: 2006, Jocelyne Lawton, Flowers & Fables: A Welsh Herbal, page 49:
text: Cammocky butter was a nuisance in Sussex, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. In the north children dug up the root and chewed it.
ref: 1975, Geoffrey Grigson, The Englishman's flora, page 141:
qualifier: butter or cheese
glosses: Having an unpleasant taste or smell because it came from a cow that ate cammock.
raw_tags: of milk
no bones about it
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: synonyms: undoubtedly
no diggity
glosses: Without any doubt.
if I had a nickel for every time
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been fired, I'd be rich.
glosses: Implies that the situation has happened frequently to the speaker.
Related terms: if I had an X for every Y
if you can't do the time, don't do the crime
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From do time (“to serve a prison sentence”).
Senses: glosses: One should not carry out an action if one is unwilling to handle the consequences.
Related terms: crime doesn't pay
pteroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pteromas
form: pteromata
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πτέρωμα (ptérōma), from πτερόν (pterón).
Senses: glosses: A walkway, in a Greek or Roman temple, between the cella and surrounding colonnade.
pteroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pterome
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πτέρωμα (ptérōma), from πτερόν (pterón).
Senses: glosses: A covert of the secondary flight feathers of a bird.
pteromata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pteroma
pterome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pteroma
Great American Songbook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great American Songbook
Senses: glosses: The most important and most influential American popular songs of the 20th century, considered as a collection
nanoaggregate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoaggregates
Etymology: From nano- + aggregate.
Senses: glosses: An aggregate or cluster of nanoparticles
Related terms: nanoaggregated
nanoart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + art.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: art made from assemblies of nanoparticles, or by manipulation of matter at the atomic / molecular level
unisexualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unisexualizes
form: unisexualizing
form: unisexualized
form: unisexualized
Etymology: From unisexual + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make unisex.
ghusls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghusl
nanogeoscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanogeosciences
Etymology: From nano- + geoscience.
Senses: glosses: The study of geological nanoparticles.
overfat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overfat
form: most overfat
Etymology: From over- + fat.
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, when compared to a person who is very fat, but who has less muscle and a smaller bone structure, the athlete may be of similar weight, but one will be overweight and the other overfat.
ref: 2002, Tony Scott, Revise for PE GCSE: Edexcel, page 63:
glosses: Having too much fat as a proportion of body mass.
Bidoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bidoon
Bidoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bidoons
form: Bidoon
form: Bedoon
Etymology: From Arabic بِدُون (bidūn, “without”) (i.e. without nationality).
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group in parts of the Middle East, regarded by local governments as stateless people or illegal immigrants.
Bedoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bedoons
form: Bedoon
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bidoon.
Bedoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bedoon
nonregistration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + registration.
Senses: glosses: Absence of registration; failure to register.
nonextradition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + extradition.
Senses: examples: the principle of nonextradition of nationals
glosses: Lack of extradition.
nonball
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ball.
Senses: examples: text: Forcing in or out and nonball side help are the first two situations when team defense is necessary.
ref: 1979, Maryalyce Jeremiah, Coaching Basketball: Ten Winning Concepts, page 68:
text: The other major challenge with tryouts is to learn to focus on the nonball side of a court during competitive drills.
ref: 2004, Sally Kus, Coaching Volleyball Successfully, page 201:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Not having possession of the ball.
nonsurprise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsurprises
Etymology: From non- + surprise.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a surprise.
nonsurprises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsurprise
nonveg
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒnˌvɛd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: non-veg
Etymology: From non- + veg.
Senses: examples: text: “You like nonveg?” he probed, extending the coffee cup to her. “I'm a born nonveg.”
ref: 2007, Manikarnika Lagu, The Silicon Mind:
text: Most restaurants use the terms veg and non-veg to denote whether they serve meat or not so if you can't manage without your meat then look out for a non-veg sign.
ref: 2013, Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, Outsourcing to India: The Offshore Advantage, page 44:
glosses: Not vegetarian.
examples: text: non-veg joke
text: “Dirty joke? As in toilet joke or non-veg joke?” he asked. “Obviously non-veg” she clarified.
ref: 2015, Harsh Pande, Hiccups: A love story with a difference:
glosses: Inappropriate, adult; not suitable for children.
nonhumanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nonhuman + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of not being human.
nonhumane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + humane.
Senses: glosses: Not humane, inhumane.
noncommission
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + commission.
Senses: examples: noncommission sales
glosses: Not based on commission.
noncommission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + commission.
Senses: examples: noncommission of a violent act
glosses: A situation where an act is not committed.
noncommitting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + committing.
Senses: glosses: Not making a commitment.
nonseriousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + seriousness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of not being serious.
nondescription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondescriptions
Etymology: From non- + description.
Senses: glosses: Absence of description; failure to describe something.
nondescriptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondescription
nonconflictual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + conflictual.
Senses: glosses: Not conflictual.
nonfraternity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfraternities
Etymology: From non- + fraternity.
Senses: examples: text: Care is necessary in answering these questions, for it would be very easy to turn the answers to the disadvantage of fraternities by showing that they have advantages which the nonfraternities cannot enjoy.
ref: 1915, The Alpha Phi Quarterly, volume 27, page 351:
glosses: Any group that is not a fraternity.
nonfraternities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfraternity
nonelites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonelite
nonmorality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + morality.
Senses: glosses: Absence of morality.
nonbargainable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bargainable.
Senses: glosses: Not bargainable.
nonbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbars
Etymology: From non- + bar.
Senses: examples: text: Since Stonewall and second-wave feminism, nonbar space for lesbians within the public sphere has dramatically increased.
ref: 2002, Kelly Hankin, The Girls in the Back Room: Looking at the Lesbian Bar, page 117:
text: Although this variable was not met by most of the establishments, enough other variables (and subjective observations) were met to confidently classify these establishments as bars rather than nonbars.
ref: 2010, Jeffery T. Walker, Sean Maddan, Criminology and Criminal Justice, page 89:
glosses: A location that is not a bar (drinking establishment).
nonbars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbar
noncommittedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From noncommitted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without making a commitment; noncommittally.
nonjob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonjobs
Etymology: From non- + job.
Senses: examples: text: Sure, reengineering is supposed to be about improving efficiency and workflows. But it also works pretty well to get rid of nonperformers. Just park them in nonjobs, and periodically sweep the nonjobs out with a reengineering study.
ref: 2002, Sam Hill, Sixty Trends in Sixty Minutes, page 205:
text: Nonjobs are particularly common in the health industry and are well described by Drucker as those positions in which the title is “assistant to.” An individual's performance should be observable by the total organization […]
ref: 2010, Seth Goldsmith, Principles of Health Care Management, page 117:
glosses: A position that is ostensibly a job but does not involve useful or meaningful work.
nonjob
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + job.
Senses: examples: the effect of disability on nonjob activities
glosses: Not relating to a person's job.
nonjobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonjob
nonthing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonthings
Etymology: From non- + thing.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: That which is not a thing.
nonthings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonthing
nonpattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpatterns
Etymology: From non- + pattern.
Senses: examples: text: As opposed to the more strict requirements of non-repetition in nonpattern words such as those in (1), the term isogram can be construed more widely to capture the notion of any word in which each letter of the alphabet occurs exactly the same number of times (cf. Borgmann 1974).
ref: 2017 January 1, Florian Breit, “The Distribution of English Isograms in Google Ngrams and the British National Corpus”, in Bangor University, pages 1-2:
glosses: Absence of pattern.
nonpatterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpattern
nonpractice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + practice.
Senses: examples: text: Test subjects struggled with the task after a nonpractice period.
text: I'm looking for a nonpractice position in the field of medicine.
glosses: Not being or relating to practice (in various senses).
nonpractice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + practice.
Senses: examples: the nonpractice of sin
glosses: The act of not doing or practising something.
nonaccent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonaccents
Etymology: From non- + accent.
Senses: glosses: An unaccented beat or syllable, as in music or poetry.
glosses: A spoken accent that is neutral and undistinctive.
nonaccents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonaccent
nonwife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonwives
Etymology: From non- + wife.
Senses: examples: text: Pascal's estate was contentiously split between his ex-wife and his nonwife, with artistic decisions ultimately empowered to a banker.
ref: 2001, Steven Suskin, Broadway Yearbook, 1999-2000:
glosses: One who is not a wife; a woman who stands in a relationship to somebody other than that of a wife.
nonwives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonwife
nonsubstance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsubstances
Etymology: From non- + substance.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a substance.
nonsubstances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsubstance
nonunivocity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + univocity.
Senses: glosses: Lack of univocity.
nonfaith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfaiths
Etymology: From non- + faith.
Senses: glosses: Absence of religious faith.
glosses: Any system of belief that is not a religious faith.
nonfaiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfaith
cachexic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cachexia.
nondialogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondialogues
Etymology: From non- + dialogue.
Senses: glosses: language other than dialogue
nondialogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondialogue
nonservice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonservices
Etymology: From non- + service.
Senses: glosses: A business process or entity that is not a service.
nonservices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonservice
nonactivational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + activational.
Senses: glosses: Not activational.
Phemy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Short form of the female given name Euphemia.
nonrebreather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrebreathers
Etymology: From non- + rebreather.
Senses: glosses: A mask used in medical emergencies to deliver oxygen from a reservoir to the patient.
Synonyms: NRB
nonrebreathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrebreather
nanoionics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + ionics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study and application of ion transport in nanoscale solid-state devices
nonverbals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonverbal
non-verbals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-verbal
nondualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondualists
Etymology: From non- + dualist.
Senses: glosses: One who rejects dualism.
nondualists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondualist
nonstock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + stock.
Senses: examples: a nonstock corporation
topics: business
glosses: Not issuing capital stock.
nonreasoned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + reasoned.
Senses: glosses: Not reasoned.
nonreasoning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + reasoning.
Senses: glosses: That does not reason.
riding association
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riding associations
Etymology: From riding + association.
Senses: glosses: A local wing of a federal, provincial, or (in Yukon) territorial political party, consisting of the members of the party living in one riding, legally recognized by the relevant electoral authority, and conducting local partisan actions such as nominating the party's candidate for elections.
nonplan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + plan.
Senses: examples: nonplan expenditure such as defence spending
qualifier: spending
glosses: Not part of a development plan.
raw_tags: of resources
nanomechatronics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + mechatronics.
Senses: glosses: The application of nanomechanics and nanoelectronics
nonsound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsounds
Etymology: From non- + sound.
Senses: examples: text: Consider other types of accompaniment: blinking lights, fans and streamers, a parade of candles. Design your nonsound accompaniment and your relation to it (instigator, victim, partner, background). Improvise.
ref: 1988, Lynne Anne Blom, L. Tarin Chaplin, The Moment of Movement: Dance Improvisation, page 217:
text: She listened harder as the sound separated itself from the nonsound, and as her sleep separated from waking.
ref: 2013, Rick Bass, All the Land to Hold Us:
glosses: That which is not sound (something audible).
nonsounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsound
nonsupersonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + supersonic.
Senses: glosses: Not supersonic.
Blossom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From blossom.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in New York.
glosses: A city in Texas.
examples: text: The resulting craze is probably attributable to a Waialua Elementary guidance teacher, Blossom Galbiso, who introduced the game into O'ahu schoolyards in 1992.
ref: 1995, Robert C. Schmitt, Firsts and Almost Firsts in Hawaii, page 192:
glosses: A female given name.
nonmanifest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + manifest.
Senses: glosses: Not manifest.
nonclone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonclones
Etymology: From non- + clone.
Senses: glosses: An organism that is not a clone.
nonclones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonclone
nonbaby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + baby.
Senses: examples: text: Despite having accurately judged babies' ignorance of the nonbaby items, many 4-year-olds believed that the baby would be able to identify all of the objects […]
ref: 2012, Scott A. Miller, Theory of Mind: Beyond the Preschool Years, page 106:
glosses: Not being or relating to a baby.
noncompany
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + company.
Senses: examples: text: The employer recognizes that it is important and desirable to use its own equipment and drivers to the greatest extent possible before using subhaulers and/or noncompany trucks.
ref: 2008, William Holley, Kenneth Jennings, Roger Wolters, The Labor Relations Process, page 348:
text: The Japanese will tend less to sponsor seminars with noncompany personnel than will their counterpart U.S. and European firms.
ref: 2001, Mark E. Mendenhall, Torsten M. Kühlmann, Günter K. Stahl, Developing Global Business Leaders, page 110:
glosses: Not of or relating to a company (business enterprise).
subhauler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subhaulers
Etymology: From sub- + hauler.
Senses: glosses: A person or organisation that leases vehicles to a carrier.
subhaulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subhauler
nontreaty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + treaty.
Senses: glosses: Not of or relating to a treaty.
nonday
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + day.
Senses: examples: a person who works nonday shifts
glosses: Not taking place in the day.
nondaytime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + daytime.
Senses: examples: a person who works nondaytime shifts
glosses: Not taking place in the daytime.
nanopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + pathology.
Senses: glosses: The pathology of nanoparticles
Related terms: nanopathological
nonchoice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonchoices
form: non-choice
Etymology: From non- + choice.
Senses: examples: text: The “choices” that children may seem to make when left alone with a roomful of toys can be realized as nonchoices in light of how much gender scripting they have, at remarkably early ages, already absorbed.
ref: 2009, Elline Lipkin, Girls' Studies: Seal Studies, page 8:
text: To make matters even more daunting, you're responsible not only for your choices, but also for your nonchoices. This is because every choice you make represents, at the same time, the death of hundreds of other possibilities.
ref: 2012, John Sommers-Flanagan, Rita Sommers-Flanagan, Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice, page 129:
glosses: An action or situation that is not a choice.
nonchoices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonchoice
nonprobability
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + probability.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a form of sampling in which the population is sampled not randomly but according to deliberate criteria.
hash slingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hash slinger
hair rig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair rigs
Etymology: Originally made from natural hair.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A piece of tackle allowing the bait to be linked to the hook by a thread rather than directly mounted on the hook.
hookset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hooksets
Etymology: From hook + set.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A sharp motion made with a fishing rod in order to "set" the hook firmly into the mouth of the fish that has taken the bait.
Related terms: hooksetting
hooksets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hookset
swimbait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swimbaits
Etymology: From swim + bait.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A kind of fishing lure that imitates a swimming fish.
swimbaits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swimbait
crankbait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crankbaits
Etymology: From crank + bait.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A kind of fishing lure.
crankbaits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crankbait
spinnerbait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinnerbaits
Etymology: From spinner + bait.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A kind of fishing lure with spinning blades that create varying degrees of flash and vibration mimicking the movement of a fish.
spinnerbaits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinnerbait
spoonplug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spoonplugs
Etymology: From spoon + plug.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A kind of fishing lure.
spoonplugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoonplug
Platt Deutsch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Plattdeutsch (“Low German”).
Platt-deutsch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Plattdeutsch (“Low German”).
flossings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flossing
Texas rig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Texas rigs
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A fishing rig involving a bullet-shaped weight threaded onto the fishing line, followed by an optional bead and then the hook.
Texas rigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Texas rig
Carolina rig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Carolina rigs
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A fishing rig resembling the Texas rig, but with the weight fixed above the hook, instead of sliding down to it.
Carolina rigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Carolina rig
worm charming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Humorous variation on snake charming.
Senses: glosses: The process of attracting earthworms from the ground, either to collect fishing bait or as a competition.
nonaffair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonaffairs
Etymology: From non- + affair.
Senses: glosses: A relationship that is not an affair.
nonaffairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonaffair
nonencounter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonencounters
Etymology: From non- + encounter.
Senses: examples: text: Here, Cornish difference, particularly in the far west, is represented as originating in the insular, primitive and unworldly, and paradoxically reinforced through nonencounters with Islam.
ref: 2013, Marion Gibson, Shelley Trower, Garry Tregidga, Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity, page 159:
text: Now came a series of nonencounters with his supposed boss. Nuruddin kept arranging meetings; Saladin kept making excuses not to be there: his father was sick, he himself was feeling under the weather—it was always something.
ref: 2010, Tamim Ansary, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes:
glosses: Failure to encounter something or somebody.
nonencounters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonencounter
nonculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncultures
Etymology: From non- + culture.
Senses: glosses: Absence of culture.
glosses: A group or community that is not a culture.
nonculture
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + culture.
Senses: examples: nonculture tests for chlamydial infection
glosses: Not involving a bacterial culture.
noncultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonculture
every good boy deserves favour
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of every good boy deserves fudge.
nondifference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondifferences
Etymology: From non- + difference.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Absence of difference.
examples: text: This allows for inducing quantitative differences (or nondifferences) between two populations from differences (or nondifferences) between their samples.
ref: 2014, Marco Madella, Carla Lancelotti, Manon Savard, Ancient Plants and People: Contemporary Trends in Archaeobotany:
glosses: That which is not a difference; a similarity or likeness.
nonvalue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonvalues
Etymology: From non- + value.
Senses: examples: text: Other systems have techniques to make it easier to treat nonvalues as 0 or another value; generally speaking, some automatic conversion to 0 is provided. Microsoft's MDX automatically treats NULL as zero in most cases […]
ref: 2002, Erik Thomsen, OLAP Solutions: Building Multidimensional Information Systems:
text: He needs to identify the crucial indispensable values to his life and distinguish them from lesser values and nonvalues.
ref: 2005, Edward W. Younkins, Philosophers of Capitalism: Menger, Mises, Rand, and Beyond:
glosses: That which is not a value (in various senses).
nonvalues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonvalue
noncop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncops
Etymology: From non- + cop.
Senses: examples: text: An old adage among police officers is that there are only two types of people—cops and noncops.
ref: 2002, Greg Cynaumon, God Still Speaks Through Dreams: Are You Missing His Messages?:
text: I heard that hitchhiking was illegal, so I made sure to only stick out my thumb to noncops.
ref: 2013, V. S. Nesby, 13 Kings, page 28:
glosses: One who is not a police officer.
noncops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncop
batholite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batholites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of batholith.
synonyms: word: batholith
Derived terms: batholitic
batholites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batholite
nonthinker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonthinkers
Etymology: From non- + thinker.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a thinker.
nonthinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonthinker
nonjudgment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonjudgments
Etymology: From non- + judgment.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a judgment.
glosses: The quality of not being judgmental.
nonjudgments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonjudgment
nonjudgement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonjudgements
Etymology: From non- + judgement.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonjudgment.
nonjudgements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonjudgement
scheme of studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schemes of studies
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A timetabled academic curriculum.
nonreason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonreasons
Etymology: From non- + reason.
Senses: glosses: Absence of reason.
glosses: Something that is not a (convincing or valid) reason.
nonexperience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonexperiences
Etymology: From non- + experience.
Senses: glosses: Lack of experience.
glosses: Something that is not an experience.
nonreasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonreason
nonexperiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonexperience
nonnie
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonny.
nonrealization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + realization.
Senses: glosses: Failure to realize something.
nonsleeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: nonsleepers
Etymology: From non- + sleeper.
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, Senora Palomino, as in most similar cases, has never been available for actual scientific testing. There was, however, one case where laboratory testing of a nonsleeper occurred.
ref: 2012, Stanley Coren, Sleep Thieves:
glosses: One who does not sleep.
nonsleepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsleeper
nonplush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: nonplus
nonplushed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonplushed
form: most nonplushed
Senses: glosses: nonplussed
IDBI
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of I don't believe it.
glosses: Initialism of Industrial Development Bank of India.
3rdly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of thirdly.
2ndly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of secondly.
1stly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of firstly.
riding associations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riding association
deracialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deracialise
deracialises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deracialise
deracialising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deracialise
unisexualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unisexualize
unisexualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unisexualize
lemon plait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I sucked "lemon plait" and I read and would not have changed places with an angel.
ref: 1913, Katharine Tynan, Twenty-five Years: Reminiscences, page 51:
text: […] she sold lemon platt^([sic]).
ref: 1916 December 29, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:
text: Jerry went for a thing called "lemon plait." He watched the dwindling supply with anguish, not strong enough to reach the counter in the fetid excitement of hungry boys. He had almost no pocket money, and chocolate was beyond him.
ref: 1936, Francis Hackett, The Green Lion, page 241:
text: […] grander sugar stick such as Lemon Plait, that was two pieces plaited together and that had a nice sourish taste.
ref: 1957, Padraic Colum, The Flying Swans, page 141:
glosses: Lemon-flavoured sugar confection (candy, sweets, similar to barley sugar) in a plaited form.
Maxwellisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmækswɛlɪˈzeɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌmækswɛləˈzeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: Maxwellization
Etymology: From Maxwell + -isation (suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing something).
Sense 1 is named after the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) who first formulated what is now called the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution, a probability distribution originally used for describing particle speeds in idealized gases, in 1860. Sense 2 is named after the British media proprietor and fraudster Robert Maxwell (1923–1991) who brought a court case in respect of a 1969 British government report that was critical of his conduct. The Court of Appeal of England and Wales held that he should have been shown the draft final conclusions of the inquiry so that he could respond to them.
Senses: examples: text: Maxwellisation of high-energy electrons
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The property of exhibiting a Maxwellian distribution (or Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution), especially as regards the speed of a particle.
topics: law
glosses: A process whereby a person criticized in an official inquiry is given an opportunity to read and respond to the criticisms before the report of the inquiry is published.
Maxwellization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maxwell + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Maxwellisation.
pickleback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picklebacks
Etymology: From pickle + back (“mild drink, chaser”). Coined 2006 by Reggie Cunningham of The Bushwick Country Club bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Senses: examples: text: Reggie poured me a pickleback, which he described as the house specialty: a shot of Old Crow bourbon and an accompanying shot of brine from a jar of McClure’s spicy dills.
ref: 2010, Toby Cecchini, “Got Your Pickleback”, The New York Times Style Magazine, 2010-03-16
glosses: A shot of whiskey with a shot of pickle brine as the chaser.
examples: text: There are drink deals to match, like the Recession Special, which nets you a PBR tall boy, a shot of whiskey. and a shot of spicy pickleback for a modest $6.
ref: 2010, New York, Volume 43, Issues ? (14-21), p. ??:
glosses: The shot of pickle brine itself as a chaser.
Koonsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Koonsian
form: most Koonsian
Etymology: From Koons + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jeff Koons (born 1955), American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects.
UTR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UTRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of unique taxpayer reference.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of untranslated region.
ringwormed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ringworm + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Infected with ringworm.
door knocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: door knockers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of doorknocker.
glosses: A style of beard with a pronounced circular shape.
hemidecortication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemidecortications
Etymology: From hemi- + decortication.
Senses: glosses: Surgical removal of the cerebral cortex of one hemisphere of the brain.
hemidecortications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemidecortication
hemidecorticate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemi- + decorticate.
Senses: glosses: Lacking the cerebral cortex of one hemisphere of the brain.
Related terms: hemidecortication
hemicortectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemicortectomies
Etymology: From hemi- + cortectomy.
Senses: glosses: hemidecortication
hemicortectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemicortectomy
cortectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cortectomy
Sorbians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sorbian
welfare trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: welfare traps
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Hayakawa said there was "a class of able-bodied persons who would rather collect public assistance than take jobs". . . . Cutting off food stamp benefits to these people, he said, would remove a disincentive to work, "close off one of the doors into the welfare trap."
ref: 1982 August 23, Robert Pear, “Getting tougher on work rules for food stamps”, in New York Times, retrieved 09 Nov 2015:
glosses: A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase.
Synonyms: word: unemployment trap
Related terms: inactivity trap
Spanish moss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spanish mosses
Senses: synonyms: old man's beard
black moss
barbe espagnole
treebeard
glosses: A gray epiphyte that hangs down from trees, Tillandsia usneoides, native to the southeastern US and throughout humid tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas.
doohicky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doohickies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of doohickey.
doohickies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doohicky; alternative form of doohickeys
proto-science fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From proto- + science fiction.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Any of various early literature that contained elements that would develop into science fiction
Hypernyms: science fiction
romanticizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romanticizers
Etymology: From romanticize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] dismissed as a Victorian romanticizer who put deer on every hillside and left no loch unwaded by Highland cattle […]
ref: 1985, Books in Scotland, numbers 19-29, page 19:
glosses: One who romanticizes.
romanticizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romanticizer
pellagric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pellagra + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Related to, or suffering from, pellagra.
Derived terms: antipellagric
pellagrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pellagra + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Related to, or suffering from, pellagra.
semicomplete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-complete
Etymology: From semi- + complete.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semi-complete.
Tishri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew תשרי (tishrí), תִּשְׁרִי (tishrí).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tishrei.
germ cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of germ cell
reafs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reaf
Iranophone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Iranophone
form: most Iranophone
Etymology: From Irano- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: Iranian-speaking
Iranophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iranophones
Etymology: From Irano- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: A speaker of an Iranian language.
picotitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From picotite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the mineral picotite.
lherzolitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lherzolite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the mineral lherzolite.
buttcheeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buttcheek
text messaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of text message
non-reflexive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In grammar, some verbs can be both reflexive and non-reflexive.
glosses: Alternative form of nonreflexive.
Maithili
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪtɪli/
homophone: mightily
Etymology: From Maithili मैथिली (maithilī).
Senses: glosses: An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Nepal and northern India.
cable-stayed bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cable-stayed bridges
Senses: glosses: A bridge where the deck is supported by cables attached directly to pillars
cable-stayed bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cable-stayed bridge
give one's daughter away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives one's daughter away
form: giving one's daughter away
form: gave one's daughter away
form: given one's daughter away
Senses: qualifier: during a wedding
glosses: To give one's daughter's hand in marriage.
raw_tags: of a father
creäte
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: creätes
form: creäting
form: creäted
form: creäted
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of create.
creätes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of creäte
creäting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of creäte
creäted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of creäte
microparsec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microparsecs
Etymology: From micro- + parsec.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A unit of distance equal to one millionth of a parsec
sungrazer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sungrazers
Etymology: From sun + grazer.
Senses: examples: text: At least one sungrazer has been observed by a spacecraft to actually be destroyed as it rammed the photosphere.
ref: 1991, Gregory L. Matloff, The urban astronomer, page 187:
text: But Comet Howard-Koomen-Michels (Solwind-1) is apparently the only sungrazer that produced a detectable effect on the appearance of the Sun's corona (Michels et.al., 1982; Sheeley et.al., 1982).
ref: 1992, C. Mattok, Coronal streamers, coronal loops, and coronal and solar wind composition, page 127:
text: And there is no telling when another great sungrazer might come. But speculation about the splitting of sungrazers brings us to consider the origins of the Kreutz group.
ref: 1997, Fred Schaaf, Comet of the Century: From Halley to Hale-Bopp, page 73:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A sungrazing comet
sungrazers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sungrazer
reversibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reversible
palmitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palmito
paragoges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paragoge
pasodobles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasodoble
percales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of percale
yankees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yankee
piña coladas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piña colada
Tyrannosaurus rexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tyrannosaurus rex
snitch bitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snitch bitches
Senses: glosses: A snitch; one who informs the authorities about another person.
snitch bitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snitch bitch
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tyrannosaurus Rex
form: Tyrannosaurus Rexes
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Tyrannosaurus rex.
tyrannosaurus rex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyrannosaurus rex
form: tyrannosaurus rexes
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Tyrannosaurus Rexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tyrannosaurus Rex
tyrannosaurus rexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyrannosaurus rex
buckraker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌkˌɹeɪkəɹ/
rhymes: -ʌkɹeɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: buckrakers
Etymology: Blend of buck + muckraker.
Senses: glosses: A well-connected journalist who uses his or her connections to earn a large sum of money from endeavors outside of ordinary work.
Derived terms: buckraking