cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
T2T
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of treat-to-target.
pseudoreferendum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoreferendums
form: pseudo-referendum
Etymology: From pseudo- + referendum.
Senses: examples: text: The region of Papua remained under Dutch control after Indonesia proclaimed its independence in 1945. But it was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 after a much-criticized pseudoreferendum organized by the United Nations, despite the objections of local liberation groups.
ref: 2019 September 26, Eka Kurniawan, “Indonesia Has a Papua Problem”, in The New York Times:
text: “Russia’s recognition of the pseudo-referendums as ‘normal’, implementation of the so-called Crimean scenario, and yet another attempt to annex Ukrainian territory means that there is nothing to talk about,” he said in a video message.
ref: 2022 September 28, Isobel Koshiw, Andrew Roth, “Zelenskiy vows to defend Ukrainians in occupied regions as ‘referendum’ results announced”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A sham referendum.
Related terms: pseudoelection
pseudoreferendums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoreferendum
pseudo-referendum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-referendums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudoreferendum.
pseudo-referendums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudo-referendum
Anegada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænəˈɡɑː.də/
rhymes: -ɑːdə
Etymology: Derived from the female past participle of Spanish anegar (“inundate, flood”). The low-lying island is prone to flooding.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Derived terms: Anegadian
Anegada Gap
Anegada Passage
Anegada rock iguana
Anegada ground iguana
Anegada skink
Chazkel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chazkels
Senses: glosses: A surname.
pseudoelection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoelections
form: pseudo-election
Etymology: From pseudo- + election.
Senses: examples: text: As Wiseman notes, many observers saw Jammeh's maneuvers as a test run for the plans of Nigerian military dictator Sani Abacha to legitimize his own dictatorship through a pseudoelection.
ref: 1999, “Introduction”, in Larry Jay Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, editors, Democratization in Africa, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page xxii:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A sham election; an election organized without any significant political choice or real impact on the results, often held in dictatorial regimes to feign the appearance of public legitimacy.
Related terms: pseudoreferendum
Cockroach Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒk.ɹəʊtʃ ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
pseudoelections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoelection
pseudo-election
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-elections
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudoelection.
Cooper Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːp.ə(ɹ)ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology: Etymology uncertain. The island may have been named after its first settlers, a Dutch family by the name of Koop. Alternatively, the island may have been named after coopers who used the local white cedar (Tabebuia heterophylla) trees to make rum barrels.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Diamond Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪ.(ə.)mənd ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
gas-guzzling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Whereas roads clearly have to be paid out of general taxation, although that will have to change as more electric cars replace gas-guzzling (and therefore taxpaying) internal combustion engine vehicles, support for rail is seen as an optional subsidy.
ref: 2022 September 21, Christian Wolmar, “Trevelyan must 'give a damn' and engage with the railway”, in RAIL, number 966, page 45:
glosses: Alternative form of gas guzzling.
Eustatia Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈsteɪ.ʃə ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
twathead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twatheads
Etymology: From twat + -head.
Senses: examples: text: And suddenly there, you’ll know even then, that you will be badgered, abused, and publicly humiliated by that silly hysterical twathead again and again until you either have to change your phone number or your sex, whichever is less devastating to your social life.
ref: 1974 October, David Howard, “Calling All Guys: Your Personal Guidebook to the Ins and Outs of Teen Gay Dating”, in National Lampoon, page 36:
text: Go and join the society for TWATHEADS, they like people with your talents.
ref: 1983 March, DebinBlack, “The Replies”, in Strangled, volume 2, number 13, page 24:
text: Look at these twatheads!
ref: 1994, Rick Ridgway, Three Squirt Dog, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 52:
text: ‘You can tell the originals from the twatheads, all these fucking Southern dickheads, when we’re 40 you’ll still see us on the terraces boozed up, end up fighting, whatever. That’s what matters, that's what it’s about now. It’s a way of life for us.’
ref: 1995, Hanif Kureishi, Jon Savage, editors, The Faber Book of Pop, London; Boston, Mass.: Faber and Faber, page 715:
text: She said that she was sorry about today, and I thought she meant she was sorry about me getting shat on by arrogant, no-talent twatheads.
ref: 1999, Ben Elton, Inconceivable, Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 24:
text: Only twatheads eat Penguins.
ref: 2000, Niall Griffiths, Grits, Vintage, published 2001, →ISBN, page 127:
glosses: Term of abuse.
twatheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twathead
Fallen Jerusalem Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː.lən d͡ʒəˈɹuː.sə.ləm ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology: The island is named after several large rock formations which vaguely resemble a destroyed city. Compare Old Jerusalem Island.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Frenchman's Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃ.mənz ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
name-checking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: name-checkings
Senses: examples: text: We can expect tomorrow's second leaders' debate, which is all about international affairs, to take the name-checking to a whole new level.
ref: 2010 April 21, John Plunkett, “The Guardian leaders' debate game”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Synonym of name-dropping.
synonyms: word: name-dropping
name-check
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: name-checks
form: name-checking
form: name-checked
form: name-checked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of namecheck.
name-checks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of name-check
name-checked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of name-check
Ginger Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɪn.dʒə(ɹ)ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Great Camanoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪt ˈkɑː.mə.noʊ/
rhymes: -ɑːmənəʊ
Etymology: Derived from caiman (“species of alligatorid”). The element great was added to distinguish the island from Little Camanoe.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Little Camanoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪtl̩ ˈkɑː.mə.noʊ/
rhymes: -ɑːmənəʊ
Etymology: Derived from caiman (“species of alligatorid”). The element little was added to distinguish the island from Great Camanoe.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Jost van Dyke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjoʊst væn ˈdaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Etymology: Likely named after Dutch privateer Joost van Dyk.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
wikipedia: Joost van Dyk
Derived terms: Little Jost van Dyke
Little Jost van Dyke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈjoʊst væn ˈdaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Etymology: Named after the nearby island of Jost van Dyke.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
wikipedia: Jost van Dyke
veganization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process or result of veganizing.
vegetarianization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process or result of vegetarianizing.
uncondemn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncondemns
form: uncondemning
form: uncondemned
form: uncondemned
Etymology: From un- + condemn.
Senses: examples: text: “The building inspector,” Selma explained to James, “is going to uncondemn us next month. We think.”
ref: 1997, Lewis Gannett, Magazine Beach, page 56:
text: What I was clearly shown was that this belief in condemnation was lodged deep in the subconscious fields of humanity, but that it is easy now to uncondemn ourselves.
ref: 2017, Kiara Windrider, Ilahinoor:
glosses: To reverse the condemnation of; to condemn no longer.
uncondemns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncondemn
Coremin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coremins
Senses: glosses: A surname.
drunchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹʌnt͡ʃiz/
Etymology: Blend of drunk + munchies
Senses: examples: text: Free midnight breakfast at Rastall is put on once a block (which is fantastic for people with drunchies, or just people who could use some pancakes without using dining dollars).
ref: 2011, Cobun Keegan, Greg Lestikow, Jennifer Small, Colorado College 2012:
text: We begin our trek home, still drinking Sternburg Export […] and the remaining Mate-Wodka. […] These soldiers are extremely hungry so we stop not once, not twice, but five times for cheap street food. Serious drunchies.
ref: 2013, Reece Gesumaria, Memoirs of an American Gypsy, page 109:
hypernyms: munchies
glosses: A craving for food as a result of alcohol consumption.
Pacoh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Pacohs
glosses: A minority ethnic group, part of the Katuic peoples, found mostly in the mountains of Laos.
Pacoh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their language.
Pacohs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pacoh (“ethnic group”).
synonyms: word: Pacoh
extra: ethnic group
chemoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chemo
chemoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chemo
untranquillity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of untranquility.
untranquility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lack of tranquility; the condition of being untranquil.
Hardy-Littlewood circle method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Hardy-Littlewood circle method
Etymology: Named after G. H. Hardy and J. E. Littlewood, who developed the technique.
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A method used to compute the residues about zero for the generating function of a series, as part of proving asymptotic behaviour of the series.
Waring's problem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The problem was proposed in 1770 by Edward Waring.
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: The problem of whether each natural number k has an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s natural numbers raised to the power k.
wikipedia: Edward Waring
Related terms: Hilbert-Waring theorem
micropatronage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + patronage.
Senses: glosses: An informal means of funding a project by asking a large number of people to make small individual donations.
micropatron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micropatrons
Etymology: From micro- + patron.
Senses: glosses: A funder in the system of micropatronage.
micropatrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micropatron
Keller's conjecture
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The conjecture was introduced by Ott-Heinrich Keller (1930).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The conjecture that, in any tiling of n-dimensional Euclidean space by identical hypercubes, there are two hypercubes that share an entire (n − 1)-dimensional face with each other.
Related terms: Keller graph
Keller graph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Keller graphs
Etymology: Named after Ott-Heinrich Keller.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a certain family of graphs related to Keller's conjecture, such that the vertices of the Keller graph of dimension n are the 4ⁿ elements (m₁,...,mₙ) where each m is 0, 1, 2, or 3, and two vertices are joined by an edge if they differ in at least two coordinates and differ by exactly two in at least one coordinate.
Keller graphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Keller graph
Li's criterion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Xian-Jin Li, who presented it in 1997.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular statement about the positivity of a certain sequence that is equivalent to the Riemann hypothesis.
analyticalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From analytical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being analytical.
drippage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɪpɪdʒ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪdʒ
Forms: form: drippages
Etymology: From drip + -age.
Senses: examples: text: Use sand to cover drippages.
ref: 1958, National Poultry Digest, volume 17, page 47:
glosses: A dripping, the act of dripping; something that drips.
drippages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drippage
dropshippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dropshipper
table beers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of table beer
proschema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proschemata
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρόσχημα (próskhēma).
Senses: glosses: A screen or pretext for doing something, especially for waging war.
Related terms: casus belli
proschemata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proschema
Green Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹiːn ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The cays are named after their greenery.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
glosses: An island of the United States Virgin Islands.
pork chop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pork chops
form: porkchop
Senses: examples: text: Browned and simmered in orange juice with raisins, tender pork chops are the nucleus of a delicious family dinner.
ref: 1980, Sun-Maid Growers of California, “Hot and Hearty: Main Dishes for Memorable Meals”, in The Sun-Maid Cookbook, Benjamin Company, →ISBN, page 38:
text: With very little fat, boneless pork chops are the fast and flavorful answer whether counting calories, or counting on a tasty meal.
ref: 2004, George Foreman, Kathryn Kellinger, “Beef, Pork, and Lamb”, in George Foreman’s Indoor Grilling Made Easy: More Than 100 Simple, Healthy Ways to Feed Family and Friends, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 125:
text: Pork chops are the go-to dish in the Midwest for an easy, inexpensive, and satisfying meal.
ref: 2015, Colby Garrelts, Megan Garrelts, “Cast Iron and Dutch Ovens”, in Made in America: A Modern Collection of Classic Recipes, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: A loin cut taken perpendicular to the spine of the pig, usually a rib or part of a vertebra.
Derived terms: carry on like a pork chop
Hainanese pork chop
pork chop island
pork chops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pork chop
porkchop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porkchops
Senses: examples: text: I sat on a parked car's hoot watching, eating a porkchop sandwich I'd bought at a nearby food booth.
ref: 1972 December, Cary S Baker, “The New Chicago Street Blues”, in Blues Unlimited, number 97, page 16:
text: “Anyway, we’re sitting down to dinner at his house, and there’s this plate of porkchops on the table. The only thing was—and I didn’t know it till it happened, it sort of took me back—you only got a porkchop if you worked. / “That was the rule. The porkchops went to the workers, nobody else. Didn’t matter who you were, how old you were. Tommy didn’t get a porkchop, I didn’t get a porkchop. I’ve always remembered that.”
ref: 1996, Geoffrey Douglas, The Game of Their Lives, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 10:
text: A porkchop-shaped camping area is set along the south cove of 12-mile Sebec Lake.
ref: 2004, Robert W. Sehlinger, Frommer’s Best RV and Tent Campgrounds in the U.S.A., 2nd edition, Wiley, →ISBN, page 405:
glosses: Alternative form of pork chop.
porkchops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porkchop
Little Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪtl̩ ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named for its small size.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
misputt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misputts
form: misputting
form: misputted
form: misputted
Etymology: From mis- + putt.
Senses: examples: text: I misputted on the fourth hole.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To putt badly or wrongly.
misputts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misputt
Marina Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹiː.nə ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Nanny Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnæ.ni ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Sandy Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæn.di ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island was named for its sandy surface.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Salt Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒlt ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology: The island is named after its salt ponds, once an important source of income for the British Virgin Islands.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Gauss-Lucas theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gauss-Lucas theorem
Etymology: Named after Carl Friedrich Gauss and Félix Lucas.
Senses: topics: complex-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theorem that gives a geometric relation between the roots of a polynomial P and the roots of its derivative P′. It states that the roots of P′ all lie within the convex hull of the roots of P.
chawkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chawkies
form: chawki
Senses: glosses: A young silkworm that has not yet reached its second moult stage.
chawkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chawkie
Saba Rock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪ.bə ˈɹɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
princely sums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of princely sum
smashes the stack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smash the stack
smashing the stack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smash the stack
smashed the stack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smash the stack
Round Rock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊnd ˈɹɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Etymology: The island is named for its rounded shape.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Prickly Pear
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹɪk.li ˈpɛə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: prickly pear
Etymology: The island is named for the prickly pear (“Opuntia sp.”) plants which grow on it.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
rule of 72
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the rule of 72
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A means of estimating an investment's doubling time. 72 is divided by the interest percentage per period (usually years) to obtain the approximate number of periods required for doubling.
porkchop island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porkchop islands
Senses: examples: text: Three porkchop islands now channelize the traffic, which is further directed by new traffic signals.
ref: 1949 October, Earl J. Reeder, “Miami Signalizes Some Tough Spots”, in The American City, volume LXIV, number 10, page 137:
text: In addition Orchard Ave. would be widened to four lanes and a traffic “porkchop” island would be built to channelize traffic onto the rebuilt bridge.
ref: 1975 March 18, “City awaits word on funding for Orchard Ave. improvements”, in The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colo., page 11:
text: Discussion focused on the desirability of limiting the pedestrian crossing to the west side of the University / Malcolm intersection, thereby also limiting the amount of crossing area that would cut into the porkchop island. / ◦ Marjorie Pearson will conduct follow-up research to establish whether there is any historical significance to the porkchop islands and what the associated historical attributes, if any, are.
ref: 2009 June, Central Corridor Project, Light Rail Transit, Metropolitan Council: Final Environmental Impact Statement, Federal Transit Administration, volumes 2 (appendices A–I), page 5:
text: Channelized turning “porkchop” islands are not recommended and should be avoided.
ref: 2013, Urban Street Design Guide, National Association of City Transportation Officials; Island Press, →ISBN, page 111:
text: Project Manager at Fort Collins Downtown Development Authority Todd Dangerfield shows one of the micro spaces the city hopes to beautify, the porkchop island at North College Avenue, Pine Street and Walnut Street.
ref: 2017 October 27, Pat Ferrier, “Share your ideas for giving Old Town micro spaces some love”, in Fort Collins Coloradoan, page 2A:
glosses: Alternative form of pork chop island.
porkchop islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porkchop island
dioxydiamidoarsenobenzol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Within these last five years we have discovered the spirochaeta pallida, the Wasserman reaction and dioxydiamidoarsenobenzol or 606; […]
ref: 1910, The Journal of Ophthalmology and Oto-laryngology, volume 4:
text: In the tentative treatment made with dioxydiamidoarsenobenzol the proportion was different, in so far that here those animals, which still contained parasites on the first day after treatment, always had one or more relapses.
ref: 1911, Paul Ehrlich, S. Hata, The Experimental Chemotherapy of Spirilloses, page 36:
glosses: Synonym of salvarsan.
synonyms: word: salvarsan
Peter Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiː.tə(ɹ)ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology: Named after Dutch colonial administrator Pieter Adriensen.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Related terms: Peter I Island
Leica reel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Leica reels
Etymology: From Leica, a German camera brand.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
qualifier: animation
glosses: A kind of early animatic made from stills, or sometimes preliminary artwork or storyboard frames, that are filmed and accompanied by recorded audio.
Leica reels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Leica reel
Pelican Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛl.ɪ.kən ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology: The islands are named after the pelicans which roost there.
Senses: glosses: An island of Antigua and Barbuda.
glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
glosses: An island of Trinidad and Tobago.
unfreest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unfree: most unfree
Sandy Spit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæn.di ˈspɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology: The island was named for its sandy surface and shape.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Scrub Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹʌb ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Senses: glosses: An island of Anguilla.
glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Derived terms: Little Scrub Island
Belooch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beloochs
form: Belooches
form: Belooch
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Baloch.
Beloochs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Belooch
Belooches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Belooch
Tortolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tortolian
form: most Tortolian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the island of Tortola.
Tortolian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tortolians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Tortola.
Tortolians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tortolian
sell-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sell-off
Virgin Gorda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜː(ɹ).dʒɪn ˈɡɔː(ɹ).də/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də
Etymology: Partial derivation from Spanish. The element virgin refers to the island's location in the Virgin Islands. Gorda is the feminine form of Spanish gordo (“fat”). Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus, allegedly because the island's profile resembles a portly woman lying on her back.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Derived terms: Virgin Gorda least gecko
falldown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: falldowns
Etymology: Deverbal from fall down.
Senses: examples: text: In a falldown, price often shows short-term support at a lower price band before the final selloff.
ref: 2011, Elaine Knuth, Trading Between the Lines, page 173:
coordinate_terms: falloff
drop-off
glosses: A falling down; a decrease or collapse.
falldowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of falldown
pork-chop island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pork-chop islands
Senses: examples: text: A small “pork-chop” island separates a lane of traffic turning right from Kelly to Sedgley, and that island should grow in the new intersection.
ref: 1998 May 7, Larry Fish, “Lincoln will be moved out of traffic’s way”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 169th year, number 341, page B5:
text: I just don’t see many people migrating north to Fond du Lac if it becomes a maze of frontage roads (the walking trail could soon become one), pork-chop islands and back roads.
ref: 2007 May 21, Matt Henning, “Will FdL be maze of frontage roads?”, in The Reporter, page A5:
text: Caribou Coffee resisted a similar median on South Estes Drive, and the town instead chose to require a “pork-chop” island in the driveway of Walgreens, making lefthand turns extremely difficult.
ref: 2010 March 14, Jesse James DeConto, “Council approves new Walgreens”, in The Chapel Hill News, page 3A:
text: The pork-chop island causes the right-turning vehicles to be in their own roadway, and so are not governed by the traffic signal.
ref: 2013 July 8, Michael Graham, quotee, “Road Q”, in Arizona Daily Star, volume 172, number 189, page A2:
text: City Manager Randy Knight said Winter Park was debating whether signs restricting left turns between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. would be enough or if a so-called “pork-chop” island — a triangular traffic device that helps drivers make right turns — would be enough.
ref: 2018 May 21, Ryan Gillespie, “Changes sought for Winter Park intersection”, in Orlando Sentinel, page A2:
text: They [election signs] must be three metres from curbs, can’t be placed on centre medians, and can’t be placed on pork-chop islands.
ref: 2019 April 2, Bryan Anderson, “Enforce bylaws on election signs”, in Edmonton Journal, page A7:
text: A single driveway access will be allowed on Idaho Road, no “pork-chop” island will be needed due to the extended raised median.
ref: 2019 July 11, “City of Phoenix Public Notices”, in Arizona Business Gazette, volume 139, number 28, page 5OP:
glosses: Alternative form of pork chop island.
pork-chop islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pork-chop island
hashtree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hashtrees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hash tree.
hashtrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hashtree
Buluchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buluchis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Balochi.
Buluchis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buluchi
Norman Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).mən ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology: Etymology uncertain. Allegedly named after a pirate captain.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
Bhelsa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Vidisha.
Besnagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Besnaga
form: Bisnaga
form: Bisnagar
form: Beejanugger
Senses: glosses: Former name of Vidisha.
Vidisha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi विदिशा (vidiśā).
Senses: synonyms: word: Bhelsa
word: Bhilsa
english: former name
translation: former name
word: Besnagar
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A city in central Madhya Pradesh, India.
Breech Candy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Breach Candy.
Breach Candy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Breech Candy
Etymology: Disputed; see Wikipedia article.
Senses: glosses: An upmarket residential and semicommercial locality of South Mumbai.
surwan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surwans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sarwan (“camel-driver”).
surwans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surwan
Necker Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛk.ə(ɹ)ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology: The island in the British Virgin Islands is named after Dutch squadron commander Jonathan de Neckere.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
glosses: A small island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Old Jerusalem Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊld d͡ʒəˈɹuː.sə.ləm ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology: The island is named after several large rock formations which vaguely resemble a destroyed city. Compare Fallen Jerusalem Island.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
unbluffable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbluffable
form: most unbluffable
Etymology: From un- + bluffable.
Senses: glosses: Incapable of being bluffed.
avoird.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of avoirdupois.
tappaul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tappauls
form: tappal
form: tappall
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil தபால் (tapāl), from Dutch de paal. Compare Malayalam തപാൽ (tapāl) and Telugu టపా (ṭapā).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dak (“post system by means of relays of horses carrying mail and passengers”).
synonyms: word: dak
extra: post system by means of relays of horses carrying mail and passengers
tappauls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tappaul
tappal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tappals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tappaul.
tappals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tappal
cheap date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheap dates
Senses: glosses: A lightweight; someone who gets drunk after a small amount of alcohol.
non-instrumented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + instrumented.
Senses: examples: text: Their interiors will also be repainted, while the non-instrumented area of the coach, which contains only a few seats, will be made to "look snazzy".
ref: 2022 September 21, Brendan Rice, “Ready for inspection”, in RAIL, number 966, page 61:
glosses: Alternative form of noninstrumented.
Tapti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tapee
form: Tappee
form: Tappy
form: Taptee
form: Tapty
Senses: glosses: A river in central India.
Tapty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tapti (“Indian river”).
Tapee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tapti (“Indian river”).
Tappee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tapti (“Indian river”).
Tappy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tapti (“Indian river”).
Taptee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tapti (“Indian river”).
tattee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tattees
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of tatty (“woven mat or screen”).
tattees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tattee
from first to last
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: This was an emphatic performance and victory, the hosts controlling affairs from pretty much first to last in a display that suggested they are genuinely moving forward once again.
ref: 2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Synonym of from start to finish.
synonyms: word: from start to finish
finished article
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finished articles
Senses: examples: text: Saliba, meanwhile, has returned to Arsenal looking like the finished article after the 21-year-old France defender spent loan spells at Saint-Etienne, Nice and Marseille. He has been imperious since the opening game at Brentford, establishing a formidable partnership with Gabriel.
ref: 2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Something that is of top quality; something that does not require any work or adjustments.
examples: text: These should be numbered consecutively and inserted where they are to appear in the finished article.
ref: 1987, The Missouri Archaeologist - Volumes 48-50, page 131:
text: In addition, an unfinished article possessing the essential character of the finished article remains classifiable as the finished article when presented unassembled.
ref: 2002, Customs Bulletin and Decisions, page 42:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see finished, article.
pleasing on the eye
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pleasing on the eye
form: most pleasing on the eye
Senses: examples: text: Spurs have not exactly been pleasing on the eye this season but have the Conte characteristics of steel and the ability to get the job done when not at their best. That was not the case here.
ref: 2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Alternative form of pleasing to the eye.
suvasini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suvasinis
Senses: glosses: A married woman whose husband is still alive.
suvasinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suvasini
tambool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: betel leaf
desnows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desnow
desnowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desnow
pleasing to the eye
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pleasing to the eye
form: most pleasing to the eye
Senses: glosses: pleasant to look at; physically attractive
teeka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teekas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tilak (“Hindu caste mark on forehead”).
teekas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teeka
swankly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more swankly
form: most swankly
Etymology: From swank + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This Donegal blanket Kirshmoor coat swankly defies all frosty winds.
ref: 1929, The Union Pacific Magazine, page 24:
text: It was Decoration Day to some folks but just plain Wednesday to us in Westwood Hills, and to Lucius Payne it will always be remembered as the day his son Louis Rude Payne declared civil war in our swankly papier-mâchéd suburb and hacked his way to a couple of high class family murders.
ref: 1936, Kay Boyle, Laurence Vail, Nina Conarain, editors, 365 Days, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 166:
text: Oregon’s Cherry Poppin’ Daddies are swankly dressed gents who were working the retro swing vibe long before the form’s current revival began.
ref: 1998 July, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 59, page 23:
glosses: In a swank manner.
Synonyms: swankily
trankey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trankeys
Senses: glosses: A kind of boat used in the Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
trankeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trankey
brushes off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brush off
brushing off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brush off
brushed off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brush off
call a go
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls a go
form: calling a go
form: called a go
form: called a go
Senses: examples: text: At this he called a go, saying, “You have learnt quite enough for one lesson.”
ref: 1866, The United Service Magazine, page 114:
glosses: To give up and desist; call it a day.
nonguarantee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + guarantee.
Senses: examples: text: There is no doubt that the stipulation of nonguarantee of an acceptance inserted in a bill of exchange by the drawer has the effect of excluding the liability of guarantee for the indorsers as well as for the drawer.
ref: 1913, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 6526, page 276:
glosses: Absence of guarantee.
macaronisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macaronism
macignos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macigno
mamsirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mamsir
macabresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macabresque
form: most macabresque
Senses: glosses: macabre
North Weald
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of North Weald Bassett, Essex.
synonyms: word: North Weald Bassett
word: Essex
Related terms: South Weald
macilence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Medieval Latin macilentia, from macilentus (“lean, thin”).
Senses: glosses: Leanness; emaciation.
Related terms: macilent
magazinette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magazinettes
Etymology: From magazine + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: The latest of the personal magazinettes to come under our observation is The East Side, a peculiarly New York product, of which Zoe Anderson Norris, of 338 East Fifteenth street, is printer's devil […]
ref: 1909, The Independent, volume 67, page 711:
glosses: A small or short magazine (periodical publication).
Related terms: magazette
magazinettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magazinette
magazinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magazine + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The style of Brougham and Jeffrey and Sydney Smith was moulded by their oratorical pursuits; and it gave the cue to magazinism through the earlier part of the period.
ref: 1894, John Macmillan Brown, Manual of English Literature: Era of Expansion, 1750-1850, page 94:
text: It is no wonder that the television industry has shied away from the dangers of discovery and committed itself to the ideology of demographic magazinism.
ref: 2010, David Marc, Demographic Vistas: Television in American Culture, page 135:
text: "I have no income save what my pen brings me in the magazine and newspaper field." (Note that field is not plural; here he is thinking of both yellow journalism and yellow magazinism).
ref: 2021, Jay Williams, Author Under Sail: The Imagination of Jack London, 1902-1907:
glosses: The practice of writing for magazines, or in a style suited to magazines.
North Weald Bassett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4904).
Synonyms: North Weald
Magahi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Magadhi.
Maghribi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Maghribi
form: most Maghribi
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Maghrebi.
Maghribi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maghribis
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Maghrebi.
Maghribi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maghribis
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Maghribis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Maghribi
ambulance cover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambulance covers
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: An envelope used by the postal authorities to convey a letter damaged during sorting.
majestious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more majestious
form: most majestious
Senses: glosses: majestic
ambulance covers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambulance cover
Makaraka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Adio ethnic group of Central Africa.
malapropoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malapropoisms
Etymology: From malapropos + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of malapropism.
malapropoisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malapropoism
mysteryless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mystery + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Primarily this house is modern, a mysteryless house 'flooded with New Zealand light and sunshine' in an age of equally unmysterious 'Sputniks and Dogniks and all the other Niks'.
ref: 2000, Barbara Lesley Brookes, At Home in New Zealand: Houses, History, People, page 191:
glosses: Devoid of mystery.
malconstruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malconstructions
Etymology: From mal- + construction.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of misconstruction.
synonyms: word: misconstruction
malconstructions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malconstruction
malcontentism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From malcontent + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The attitude of a malcontent; rebellious disaffectedness.
malapi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of volcanic vesicular basalt rock.
Malayalim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Malayalam.
ashtime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashtime
Senses: examples: text: There were, as I have pointed out, three genders in traditional Maale: atinke, lali, and ashtime. Male, female, and transvestite.
ref: 1999, Donald L. Donham, History, Power, Ideology, page 106:
glosses: Among the Maale people of Ethiopia, a male transvestite serving in the king's court, regarded as a third gender.
maleruption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maleruptions
Etymology: From mal- + eruption.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: The abnormal eruption of a tooth.
maleruptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maleruption
scareproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scareproof
form: most scareproof
Etymology: From scare + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to being frightened.
snatchproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From snatch + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to being snatched.
surgeproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From surge + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to electrical surges.
smileproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smileproof
form: most smileproof
Etymology: From smile + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: Another smile. If ever they got around to inventing the smileproof vest, a smile like that would present a very substantial challenge.
ref: 2012, Tom Holt, You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps:
text: The Personage, his face schooled to stoniness, never under any circumstances responded to the smile—these were superior and smileproof beings.
ref: 2016, Gladys Malvern, Curtain Going Up!: The Story of Katharine Cornell:
glosses: Unable to be charmed by a smile.
tarnishproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tarnishproof
form: most tarnishproof
Etymology: From tarnish + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to tarnishing.
tigerproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tigerproof
form: most tigerproof
Etymology: From tiger + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: All tigerproof, drum-tight, drum-tight, / Despite the rumor which hour upon hour / Over every side hovers and beneath crawls; […]
ref: 1944, Harold Vinal, Voices, number 119, page 35:
text: 'Do I look tigerproof?'
'You look like a demented Asterix.'
ref: 2012, Kate Orman, Doctor Who: The Year Of Intelligent Tigers:
glosses: Resistant to tiger attack.
slideproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slideproof
form: most slideproof
Etymology: From slide + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to sliding or skidding.
Little Thatch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪtl̩ ˈθæt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ætʃ
Etymology: Etymology uncertain. According to local folklore, the island is named after infamous pirate Edward Teach (around 1680 - 1718). The element little was added to distinguish the island from Great Thatch.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
wikipedia: Edward Teach
paintproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paintproof
form: most paintproof
Etymology: From paint + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to paint.
painproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more painproof
form: most painproof
Etymology: From pain + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to pain.
Great Thatch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪt ˈθæt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ætʃ
Etymology: Etymology uncertain. According to local folklore, the island is named after infamous pirate Edward Teach (around 1680 - 1718). The element great was added to distinguish the island from Little Thatch.
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands.
wikipedia: Edward Teach