cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
thickish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thickish
form: most thickish
Etymology: From thick + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Here he buried himself in a close-printed, thickish volume which had been his chosen browse for some time.
ref: 1899, Rudyard Kipling, Stalky & Co.:
glosses: Somewhat thick.
thinnish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪnɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪnɪʃ
Forms: form: more thinnish
form: most thinnish
Etymology: From thin + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: "He's a foreign-looking guy with thinnish black hair and a meaty sort of pan."
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:
glosses: Somewhat thin.
throw-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throw-in
tideway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tideways
Etymology: From tide + way.
Senses: examples: text: Quite near could also be seen several ancient wooden warships, and always a variety of craft slipping up and down the tideway.
ref: 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 705:
glosses: A channel in which the tide sets, especially in the tidal part of a river.
tideways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tideway
Timisoara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Timișoara.
tobogganist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tobogganists
form: toboggannist
Etymology: From toboggan + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who rides a toboggan.
tobogganists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toboggannists
Senses: glosses: plural of tobogganist
sledger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɛd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sledgers
Etymology: From sledge + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who rides a sledge.
glosses: A worker who uses a sledgehammer.
sledgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sledger
sleighbell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleighbells
Etymology: From sleigh + bell.
Senses: glosses: A bell on a sleigh.
sleighbells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleighbell
Santa hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Santa hats
Senses: examples: text: It is Boxing Day in a football ground, and all we can do is sprawl over the plastic, hurling instructions and vague encouragement. The seat is an extension of the sofa, the match another Pick of the Day in the Radio Times. Some are wearing Santa hats, some have been drinking only six or seven hours after last stopping, guzzling away, topping up their levels to reach pie-eyed delirium.
ref: 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football:
glosses: A red and white hat associated with Santa Claus, approximately conical with a white bobble on top.
Hypernyms: bobble hat
Santa hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Santa hat
townswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of townswoman
Santa suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Santa suits
Senses: examples: text: my 8th grade social studies teacher quit his job at Old Navy during college because he refused to wear a Santa suit
ref: 2023 December 25, Lucinda DiFiore, Twitter:
glosses: A red and white costume associated with Santa Claus, normally including an ostentatious black belt
Synonyms: word: Santa costume
Santa suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Santa suit
unamused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnəˈmjuːzd/
Forms: form: more unamused
form: most unamused
Etymology: From un- + amused.
Senses: examples: text: I cracked a joke, but she was unamused.
text: Claire, however, sat looking profoundly unamused by her family’s spirited, italicized conversations.
ref: 1991, Douglas Coupland, “It Can't Last”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 34:
synonyms: word: jokeproof
word: off-putting
word: funny as a dose of the clap
word: jokeless
word: humorless
word: irrisible
word: laughless
word: mirthless
word: nonhumorous
word: unhilarious
word: unhumorous
word: unhysterical
word: unjocose
word: unjocular
word: unlaughable
word: unmirthful
glosses: Not amused; thus often offended or put off.
white Christmases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white Christmas
sequinned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sequinned
form: most sequinned
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sequined.
Christmas cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas cake
Christmas carols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas carol
Christmas hams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas ham
Santas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Santa
Yules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yule
sellable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləbəl/
Forms: form: more sellable
form: most sellable
Etymology: From sell + -able.
Senses: examples: text: a sellable commodity
text: There was nothing in the show that tried to tame it down, somehow make it more sellable.
ref: 1977 February 12, Don Shewey, John Glines, “Theatre Profiles Part II”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 9:
glosses: Able or likely to be sold.
Synonyms: marketable
tradable
marketworthy
saleable
saleworthy
vendible
Derived terms: sellability
sellable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləbəl/
Forms: form: sellables
Etymology: From sell + -able.
Senses: examples: text: I have been doing my best to overcome jitters after two Whittingehame Court burglaries, one next door and one in the flat above me, both too near for comfort, done in mid-afternoon by the total non-finesse of smashing the door open, stuffing videos and other portable sellables into a large holdall, and making off into the May sunshine apparently unnoticed by anyone.
ref: 1993 May, James McGonigal, quoting Edwin Morgan, Beyond the Last Dragon: A Life of Edwin Morgan, Dingwall: Sandstone Press, published 2010, →ISBN, pages 330–331:
text: The cobblestone block of Fulton Street is home to more upscale shops and restaurants, but the old wooden pier is where you’ll find food stands, clothing kiosks, and more random sellables like balloon animal crafts.
ref: 2009, Inside New York 2010, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 292, column 1:
text: “Whatcha got?” He nodded to the piles of swag and sellables.
ref: 2015, Pat Obermeier, The President Factor, Cold Cat Books, →ISBN, page 220:
text: They’re traders, girl. If they stop it’s only to make themselves a sale. And do you think they’d throw off some of their sellables to make way for a pregnant whore?
ref: 2016, Stella Gemmell, The Immortal Throne, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 215:
glosses: Something sellable.
secret Santas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secret Santa
yuletides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yuletide
New Years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Year
Hanukkahs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hanukkah
Frosty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A generic name for a snowman.
credentialed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of credential
Derived terms: uncredentialed
credentialing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of credential
misanalyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misanalyze
-rrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪə/
ipa: /ɹiə/
Forms: form: -rrhoea
form: -rrhœa
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥοία (rhoía, “flow, flux”).
Senses: glosses: flowing.
Coordinate terms: english: emphasizes heavy flow, often of blood specifically
translation: emphasizes heavy flow, often of blood specifically
word: -rrhagia
sooted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sooted
form: most sooted
Etymology: From soot + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: His coat was sooted from sliding down the chimney.
glosses: Stained or marked with soot
Related terms: sooting
stenciled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stencil
unamplified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + amplified.
Senses: examples: text: Their music was acoustic and unamplified.
glosses: Not amplified
stenciling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stencil
stenciling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stencilings
Senses: glosses: A work produced using a stencil.
misanalyze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misanalyzes
form: misanalyzing
form: misanalyzed
form: misanalyzed
form: misanalyse
Etymology: From mis- + analyze.
Senses: examples: text: I misanalyzed the problem at first.
glosses: To analyze incorrectly
Related terms: misanalysis
misanalyzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misanalyze
misanalyzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misanalyze
prophesized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prophesize
prophesize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prophesizes
form: prophesizing
form: prophesized
form: prophesized
form: prophesise
form: prophecize
form: prophecise
Etymology: From prophesy + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Come writers and critics // Who prophesize with your pen // And keep your eyes wide // The chance won’t come again
ref: 1963, Bob Dylan, “The Times They Are A-Changin'”, in The Times They Are A-Changin':
glosses: To prophesy
prophesizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prophesize
prophesizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prophesize
multisectioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + section + -ed.
Senses: examples: a multisectioned book
glosses: Having multiple sections
nonuniformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-uniformed
Etymology: From non- + uniform + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The pension plan for nonuniformed employees is separate from the pension plan for firefighters and police.
glosses: Not wearing a uniform in the course of one's duties
matter of course
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matters of course
Senses: glosses: A natural or logical outcome; perforce.
examples: text: On some occasions standing ovations may be given to political leaders as a matter of course, rather than as a special honour.
text: York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.
ref: [1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 109:
text: In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: An expected or customary outcome.
Related terms: matter of routine
matter of fact
zikat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Zikat; alternative spelling of zakat.
sticklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sticklike
form: most sticklike
Etymology: From stick + -like.
Senses: examples: a sticklike object, possibly a stick
glosses: Resembling a stick in form
castlelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more castlelike
form: most castlelike
form: castle-like
Etymology: From Middle English castellike; equivalent to castle + -like.
Senses: examples: text: They lived in a huge, castlelike mansion.
synonyms: palatial
glosses: Resembling a castle
hymnlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hymnlike
form: most hymnlike
Etymology: From hymn + -like.
Senses: examples: a hymnlike composition
glosses: Resembling a hymn in form or sound
Zikat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zikat
Senses: examples: text: Services given by the Sayyids are supposed to be free, but they should receive the Zikat, or one tenth of the fruits of the earth.
ref: 1963, Emrys L[loyd] Peters, “Aspects of Rank and Status among Muslims in a Lebanese Village”, in Julian Pitt-Rivers, editor, Mediterranean Countrymen: Essays in Social Anthropology of the Mediterranean, Paris: Mouton and Co., →OCLC, page 170; republished in Louise E. Sweet, editor, Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East: An Anthropological Reader, volumes II (Life in the Cities, Towns, and Countryside), Garden City, N.Y.: Natural History Press for the American Museum of Natural History, 1970, →ISBN, page 88:
qualifier: often italicized
glosses: Alternative spelling of zakat.
wheelhorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheel-horses
form: wheel horses
Senses: glosses: plural of wheelhorse.
halophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halophile
imprisonments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imprisonment
martyrologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of martyrology
matchgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matchgirls
form: match-girl
Etymology: From match + girl.
Senses: glosses: A girl who sold matches on the streets.
matchgirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matchgirl
tortive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tortive
form: most tortive
Etymology: From Latin torquere (“to twist”). Sometimes attributed to Shakespeare.
Senses: examples: text: [K]nots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine, and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: Twisted; wreathed.
roadsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roadside
resinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resinate
resinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resinate
resinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resinate
repealable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From repeal + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being repealed.
reoffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reoffers
Etymology: From re- + offer.
Senses: examples: text: The reoffer was only good for a limited time, the same as the original offer had been.
glosses: An offer that has been made before.
reoffer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reoffers
form: reoffering
form: reoffered
form: reoffered
Etymology: From re- + offer.
Senses: examples: text: For nostalgia, the maker decided to reoffer the product the way it had been in the 1930s.
glosses: To offer again.
examples: text: "I am announcing that I will not be reoffering as the candidate in the riding of Malpeque in the next federal election."
ref: 2021 June 14, Sara Fraser, “'It's been an honour': Wayne Easter announces he won't reoffer in next federal election”, in CBC News (news):
text: Meanwhile, in the riding of Cape Breton-Canso, Rodger Cuzner also plans to reoffer.
ref: 2018 July 11, Jeremy Fraser, “Sydney-Victoria MP to reoffer”, in Cape Breton Post (news):
topics: government
politics
glosses: To campaign for elected office on a second or subsequent occasion, esp. in the context of declining to do so.
reoffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reoffer
reoffers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reoffer
reoffering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reoffer
reoffered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reoffer
resultless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From result + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The search was resultless. Not only were no bodies or wreckage recovered but no trace was ever found.
text: Here in the narrow passage and the pitiless north, perpetual / Betrayals, relentless resultless fighting.
ref: 1933, Robinson Jeffers, “Antrim”, in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, New York: Random House, published 1937, page 473:
glosses: Without result; lacking effect, success or accomplishment; fruitless.
rejoicings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rejoicing
repeat offender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repeat offenders
Senses: synonyms: recidivist
reoffender
career criminal
glosses: A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.
examples: text: At the risk of being branded a repeat offender. I must admit that this chapter is a reprise, in miniature, of an earlier book of mine with the same title.
ref: 2011, Jeff Reid, Cat-Dependent No More, →ISBN:
glosses: One who performs a specific (often undesirable) action on multiple occasions.
Derived terms: repeat offend
Related terms: recidivism
three strikes and you're out
three-strikes law
zero tolerance
repeat offenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repeat offender
Kott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Assan is considered to have been a dialect of Kott (Werner 1998). Glottolog lists Assan and Kott as belonging to the same language (https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kott1239).
ref: 2022 June 28, Editior Ethnologue, “Change Request 2022-010”, in SIL Global, page 2:
glosses: A Yeniseian language which was spoken in Siberia and has been extinct for 150 years.
Franco-Provençal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Franco- + Provençal.
Senses: glosses: A Romance language spoken in east-central France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy.
Synonyms: Arpitan
French-Provençal
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Franco-Provençal terms
Arpitan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹ.pɪ.tən/
ipa: /ˈɑː.pɪˌtæn/
Forms: form: Arpetan
Etymology: A neologism coined by Joseph Henriet, a word meaning "mountaineer" or "shepherd" deliberately chosen to "sound like Occitan," based on a local derivative of Latin Alpes (“the Alps, mountain highlands”). Aligned with Franco-Provençal arpetan, New Latin arpitanus. Also see Arpitania and Franco-Provençal.
Senses: glosses: Franco-Provençal.
wikipedia: Arpitania
getting even
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get even
unilingually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unilingual + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The municipality of Uurainen is unilingually Finnish.
glosses: With only one language.
glosses: With only one tongue.
viewscreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viewscreens
Etymology: c. 1945 view + screen
Senses: examples: text: Kazorr, the weapons officer, sat with his slobbery mouth gaping open at the main view-screen.
ref: 2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 19:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: A display screen for a device such as a computer, a camera, or a video recorder.
Synonyms: monitor
viewscreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viewscreen
unrhymed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrhymed
form: most unrhymed
Etymology: From un- + rhymed.
Senses: glosses: Having no rhyme.
unrhymed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unrhyme
unreached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unreached
form: most unreached
Etymology: From un- + reached.
Senses: glosses: Not reached.
examples: text: to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth
text: The majority of the unreached are found in Asia.
glosses: not yet reached by the Christian gospel
raw_tags: of peoples
water glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water glasses
Senses: examples: text: She asked the server to refill her water glass.
glosses: A drinking vessel intended or used for water.
examples: text: No; what I felt was a sort of glazed numbness, as if I were suspended in some thin, transparent stuff, like one of the eggs my mother used to preserve in waterglass when I was a child.
ref: 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: liquid glass
sodium silicate
soluble glass
glosses: Any of various water-soluble silicate compounds, especially when occurring in dissolved, jelly-like form.
glosses: A water gauge for a steam boiler.
glosses: An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places.
glosses: A water clock.
liquid glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: water glass
Orangemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Orangeman
Jolly Rogers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jolly Roger
flamberges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamberge
flambergs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamberg
dillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilly
shell-suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shell-suits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shell suit.
shell-suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shell-suit
Serbian salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Serbian salad
sageness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sagenesses
Etymology: From sage + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being sage.
Synonyms: sagacity
sageliness
Related terms: wisdom
sedentariness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sedentary + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: sedentarism (usually synonymous)
text: But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies.
ref: 2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICE:
glosses: The property of being sedentary.
The habit of spending most of one's time physically at rest, sitting or lying down, etc. (Includes circumstances of being mentally busy but not physically busy).
antonyms: activeness
activity
hustle
busyness
exercise
coordinate_terms: sloth
laziness
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: The property of being sedentary.
The state of being mostly or entirely motionless, stationary.
coordinate_terms: motionlessness
stationariness
stillness
raw_tags: of nonhuman creatures
macrobursts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroburst
microbursts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microburst
kobza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kobzas
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), itself from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ.
Doublet of komuz and cobza.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A lute-like stringed instrument traditionally made from a single block of wood, with a medium-length neck, originating in Ukrainian folk music.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of bandura.
synonyms: word: bandura
Derived terms: kobzar
sick puppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sick puppies
Senses: examples: text: If these reports are true, this God is one sick puppy, and dangerous. He solves all his ultimate impasses with ultimate violence.
ref: 2007, J. Harold Ellens, Radical Grace:
glosses: A person who is sick (mentally disturbed) in a morbid or gruesome way.
sick puppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sick puppy
tribute bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tribute band
unfossilised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unfossilized.
unfossilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fossilized.
Senses: glosses: Not fossilized.
dillio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dealio
Etymology: From the slang phrase "what's the deal, yo?" meaning "what's going on?".
Senses: examples: text: I am having an incredibly time getting my sound recorder to work and would appreciate any possible insight available. Here's the dillio, the microphone is properly hooked up to the sound card. I can hear the sound through the PC speakers and the microphone volume is up just loud enough to fend off the steady stream of feedback.
ref: 1998, Chris, “Sound Advice....”, in news.newusers.questions (Usenet):
text: "That's the dillio." Tosha, sensing that this version of the story would take too long, cut her off.
ref: 2003, Dexter Jeffries, Triple Exposure:
text: "What's the dillio? I just saw you! Call me."
ref: 2007, Kirsten Sawyer, Not Quite a Bride:
glosses: The deal; that which is current, relevant, or taking place.
Soundex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Soundexes
form: SoundEx
form: soundex
Etymology: Blend of sound + index
Senses: examples: text: Basically, the Soundex algorithm converts each string into an alphanumeric code that begins with the first letter of the string.
ref: 2022, Wallace Wang, Beginning Programming All-in-One For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 439:
topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A phonetic algorithm for indexing names by their English pronunciation, based on the most probably significant consonants, so that a search for a misspelled name may find the desired one.
Soundex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Soundexes
form: Soundexing
form: Soundexed
form: Soundexed
form: SoundEx
form: soundex
Etymology: Blend of sound + index
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To index using the phonetic Soundex algorithm.
Soundexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Soundex
Soundexes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Soundex
cinquedea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌt͡ʃɪŋkwɪˈdi.ə/
ipa: /ˌt͡ʃɪŋkwɪˈdeɪə/
rhymes: -iːə
rhymes: -eɪə
Forms: form: cinquedeas
form: cinqueda
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cinquedea (literally “five fingers”), named after its width.
Senses: synonyms: anelace
glosses: A short sword with a heavy blade developed in northeastern Italy during the Renaissance, often richly ornamented.
soundalike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soundalikes
Etymology: From sound + alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike.
Senses: examples: text: See chapter 5, section 2.1 regarding soundalike cases. With respect to the copyright in the sound recording, however, it would not be infringement...
ref: 1994, Thomas J Smedinghoff, The Software Publishers Association Legal Guide to Multimedia:
text: In recent years there has been an increase in the number of soundalike recordings...
ref: 2007, M William Krasilovsky, Sidney Shemel, John M Gross, Jonathan Feinstein, This Business of Music:
coordinate_terms: lookalike
glosses: A sound that audibly resembles another.
A music recording with this trait. (Often distinguished from plagiarism by themes of covering, pastiche (tribute), or parody, but sometimes inviting copyright disputes).
examples: text: Tall-man lettering is sometimes used to reduce risk around soundalikes and lookalikes [medication names].
text: Somewhat more problematic for a theory of written transmission are errors where a word is replaced not by a synonym but by a soundalike.
ref: 2003, Nick Nicholas, George Baloglou, An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds: Translation and Commentary:
coordinate_terms: lookalike
glosses: A sound that audibly resembles another.
A word that is either homophonous or sounds similar enough to another that confusion of the two is known to happen.
soundalikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soundalike
jeofail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛfeɪl/
Forms: form: jeofails
Etymology: From Old French j'ai failli (“I have failed”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.
jughandle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jughandles
Etymology: From jug + handle.
Senses: examples: text: Informants said that this gulch was so named because the old road made a turn shaped like a jughandle in order to get down into the gulch and across it.
ref: 1950, California Folklore Society, Western Folklore:
text: […] only the first joints of his fingers would rest on the tiny ledge, pulling on it would weaken his grasp on the jughandle.
ref: 1955, Daniel Talbot, A Treasury of Mountaineering Stories:
glosses: The handle of a jug.
examples: text: A jughandle is the Jersey way of making a left turn without creating gridlock...
ref: 2006, Lillian Africano, You Know You're in New Jersey When...:
glosses: A ramp or slip road on the right-hand side of the road, used for making left turns.
examples: text: A waiter appeared with ears that stuck out far enough to have held ten pens instead of just the one, […] He nodded and walked away, shouting our order to the old guy who, going by the size of the jug handles each side of his head, must have been his dad.
ref: 2004, Andy McNab, Deep Black:
text: "[…] I'd stake my—" he almost said "I'd stake my career on it," but since his career was long since dust and ashes, he swallowed the words and finished, "my ears on it, sir."
"That's a considerable wager, Jem, as you've got the biggest jug-handles I've ever seen in all my days," said Captain Flynn.
ref: 2007, H. L. Trombley, The Voyage to Ruin:
glosses: A large ear.
jughandles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jughandle
half-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Middle English half-, from Old English healf-, from Proto-Germanic *halba- (“half-”), from *halbaz (“half”). Cognate with Dutch half- (“half-”), German halb- (“half-”), Swedish halv- (“half-”), Icelandic hálf- (“half-”). More at half.
Senses: glosses: half or partial; not complete
glosses: Used before brother, sister, uncle, aunt, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is related only through one parent, grandparent, and so forth, rather than two.
Synonyms: sense: half
word: semi-
sense: half
word: hemi-
sense: half
word: demi-
sense: partial
word: semi-
sense: partial
word: demi-
consanguineal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin cōnsanguineus + -al.
Senses: examples: text: In the family law of very early society descent is in the female line, the control of the children belongs to the mother and her consanguineal kindred.
ref: 1882, J. W. Powell, “Outlines of Sociology,”, in Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington, volume 1, page 124:
text: Social structure and organization within the Nuristani communities of Waigal . . . is based primarily on relations of consanguineal or fictive kinship.
ref: 2001, Almuth Degener, “Hunters' Lore in Nuristan”, in Asian Folklore Studies, volume 60, number 2, page 334:
glosses: Related by bloodline; consanguineous.
Derived terms: consanguineally
cross products
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross product
dot products
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dot product
scalar products
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scalar product
killer applications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of killer application
draining boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draining board
dish rack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dish racks
Senses: glosses: A perforated rack on which washed dishes, etc. may be placed in order to dry.
Synonyms: drainer
drying rack
dish drainer
dish racks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dish rack
xyzzy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: zĭz'i
ipa: /ˈzɪzi/
rhymes: -ɪzi
Etymology: From the seminal text adventure game Adventure (c.1975), where it served as a "magic word"; possibly originated as a mnemonic for the subscripts of the cross product in mathematics.
Senses: examples: text: Especially bad are "magic words" from computer games, such as xyzzy. These magic words look secret and unguessable, but in fact they are widely known.
ref: 2001, Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, Web Security, Privacy and Commerce:
text: Suppose stock xyzzy is selling at $100.00 on January 1, 2002. The classic call option is to pay a fixed amount per share (say $10) for the option to buy...
ref: 2002, Mark Gaynor, Network Services Investment Guide:
text: The path that relates xyzzy to XYZZY cycles many times through the single state of the transducer.
ref: 2005, Ruslan Mitkov, The Oxford Handbook of Computational Linguistics:
text: How you even form the sentence makes a difference; if you say, "We need technology xyzzy because...," then the battle for common sense is already lost.
ref: 2006, Venkat Subramaniam, Andy Hunt, Practices of an Agile Developer:
text: Perl doesn't care if you call your loop labels things like XYZZY or PLUGH.
ref: 2008, Randal L Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, Brian Foy, Learning Perl:
glosses: Used as a placeholder word or metasyntactic variable.
Turing machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turing machine
dollar stores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dollar store
dime stores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dime store
mop heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mop head
bowl cut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowl cuts
Senses: qualifier: hairstyling
glosses: A haircut where the hair is cut short on the sides and back and allowed to grow long on the top, as though only the hair not covered by an inverted bowl had been removed.
Synonyms: basin cut
bowl haircut
crock haircut
mushroom cut
pudding bowl
bowl cuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowl cut
talent-spotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talent-spotters
form: talent spotter
Senses: synonyms: talent scout
glosses: An agent who seeks out potential talent for the entertainment industry.
talent-spotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of talent-spotter
open floor plan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open floor plans
Senses: glosses: An interior of a building constructed with few walls or obstructions, giving a communal aspect.
Related terms: open-plan
snarkish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snarkish
form: most snarkish
Etymology: From snark + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: His response to my letter was very snarkish.
glosses: Acting similarly to a snark; being snide.
Related terms: snarkiness
snarky
snark
first-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In order to gain first-hand experience of the operation of the new services I made a footplate journey on the only down two-hour train in the current timetable, the 8.30 a.m. Paddington [to Birmingham], a new express put on to offset the withdrawal of the 8.40 a.m. from Euston.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103:
glosses: Alternative spelling of firsthand.
first-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Its primary role is to enable Network Rail's engineers, management and stakeholders to see the condition of the infrastructure and track first-hand - in the warm and dry, and in a position of safety.
ref: 2022 December 14, Pip Dunn, “Caroline is ready for inspection...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 48:
glosses: Directly or from personal experience.
washer-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washer-uppers
Senses: examples: text: […] the young man or woman who serves us in the fast food outlet, the washer-upper, the supervisor and the manager.
ref: 1988, Yiannis Gabriel, Working Lives in Catering:
text: As my new mother-in-law said, she is not losing a daughter but gaining a washer-upper.
ref: 2001, Katey Day, Speeches: What to Say at Weddings and When to Say It:
text: […] not just as a tool extends human effort but as innovations substitute for old travails (the dishwasher purportedly releasing the washer-upper […]
ref: 2005, Marilyn Strathern, Kinship, Law and the Unexpected:
glosses: One who does the washing up.
washer-uppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washer-upper
Land of the Dragon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Land of the Dragon
Etymology: The dragon, or long (龍 /龙 (lóng)), is a sacred animal in Chinese culture.
Senses: glosses: China.
Related terms: Land of the Red Dragon
mismark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mismarks
form: mismarking
form: mismarked
form: mismarked
Etymology: From Middle English mismarken, equivalent to mis- + mark.
Senses: glosses: To mark incorrectly; err in noting or marking.
misgrade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misgrades
form: misgrading
form: misgraded
form: misgraded
Etymology: From mis- + grade.
Senses: glosses: To grade incorrectly.
mismarks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mismark
mismarking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mismark
mismarking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mismarkings
Senses: examples: text: The mismarkings were detected during such a cross-check, D. Wilson Ervin, chief risk officer at Credit Suisse, said Tuesday.
ref: 2008 February 22, Julia Werdigier, “Outdated Prices Blamed in Credit Suisse Error”, in New York Times:
glosses: An incorrect marking.
mismarked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mismark
misgrading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misgrade
misgrades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misgrade
misgraded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misgrade
nannyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nanny + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The behaviour of a nanny state.
takehome pay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of take-home pay.
practician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: practicians
Etymology: From Middle French practicien. By surface analysis, practice + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner; someone who practises a particular profession, especially medicine.
throw in at the deep end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws in at the deep end
form: throwing in at the deep end
form: threw in at the deep end
form: thrown in at the deep end
Etymology: From allusion to an actual swimming pool with a shallow end and deep end. In the shallow end, a person can stand on the bottom. In the deep end, the water is too deep to do this, so a person must be able to swim or at least tread water or drown.
Senses: glosses: To introduce (someone) to a new situation without adequate preparation.
Related terms: hit the ground running
sink or swim
in at the deep end
refactorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refactorizations
Etymology: From re- + factorization.
Senses: glosses: A split into constituent parts after a previous combination.
examples: The word burger is part of a refactorization of Hamburger (originally Hamburg + er).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A false etymology derived from rebracketing.
examples: text: An objective of refactorization is to clear up the global scope of all the library variables, functions and objects.
text: Another objective of refactorization is to factor out repeated coding patterns into new abstractions and thus avoid their repetition resulting in less code to maintain.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A rewriting of computer code to improve its readability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour, thus making it easier to maintain; a refactoring.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A second or subsequent factorization.
refactorisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refactorisations
Etymology: From re- + factorisation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of refactorization.
refactorisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refactorisation
refactorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refactorization
laundrymat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laundrymats
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of laundromat.
certs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cert
boulevarde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boulevardes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of boulevard.
Christmas puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas pudding
Christmas cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas card
Christianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪʃ.t͡ʃən.ɪzm̩/
/ˈkɹɪs.tjən.ɪzm̩/
/ˈkɹɪs.t͡ʃən.ɪzm̩/
Forms: form: Christianisms
Etymology: From Latin christianismus; compare French christianisme, equivalent to Christian + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: Christianity
glosses: The Christian religion.
synonyms: Christendom
glosses: The Christian world.
examples: text: Christianism is an ideology, politics, an ism. The distinction between Christian and Christianist echoes the distinction we make between Muslim and Islamist. Muslims are those who follow Islam. Islamists are those who want to wield Islam as a political force and conflate state and mosque.
ref: 2006 May 7, Andrew Sullivan, “My Problem with Chistianism”, in TIME:
text: At its extreme, as in the Christian identity movement, Christianism merges with white supremacy.
ref: 2007, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism, page 31:
text: Because I was always against any extremist ideology whether Islamism or Christianism or whatsoever.
ref: 2015, Stefan Borg, European Integration and the Problem of the State, page 129:
text: At the same time that they invoke Christian identity, the civilizationists also stress their secularism. But there is no contradiction between the populist right’s Christianism and its secularism, since both derive from a preoccupation with Islam.
ref: 2017 December 6, Rogers Brubaker, “The New Language of European Populism”, in brubaker.scholar.ss.ucla.edu, page 4:
text: Christianism is characterised by overt, often extreme, anti-Islamism.
ref: 2021, Jeffrey Haynes, Trump and the Politics of Neo-Nationalism:
text: What matters is not believing (let alone actual Christian conduct), but only belonging. It’s what the social scientist Rogers Brubaker has called “Christianism”, in contrast with actual Christianity.
ref: 2025 April 23, Jan-Werner Müller, “What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A political ideology centered around Christian fundamentalism.
Related terms: Christianist
dominionism
swansong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swansongs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swan song.
unattributable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + attributable.
Senses: examples: text: The source of the story is an unattributable leak from the government.
text: There is a great deal of unattributable pollution of the water supply.
glosses: Not able to be ascribed or attributed to a particular source
Derived terms: unattributably
unattributability
undebated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English undebated; equivalent to un- + debated.
Senses: examples: an undebated amendment
glosses: Not having been debated or disputed
victimhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: victimhoods
Etymology: From victim + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Some can surmount their victimhood, and some can't.
ref: 1999, Judith Viorst, Imperfect Control, →ISBN, page 219:
text: the Nazis were the great artists of victimhood fiction., Timothy Snyder, The New York Times, June 14, 2018, How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?
synonyms: victimism
glosses: The state or perception of being a victim.
waterboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterboards
Etymology: From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”).
Senses: glosses: A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
examples: text: The waterboard argued that the quality of the water was good […]
ref: 2005, Ruth M. Mourik, Did Water Kill the Cows?, page 167:
glosses: A public commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area.
waterboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: waterboards
form: waterboarding
form: waterboarded
form: waterboarded
Etymology: From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”).
Senses: examples: text: We waterboarded the suspect, but he refused to confess.
glosses: To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive.
waterboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterboard
waterboards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of waterboard
waterboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of waterboard
anelaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anelace
doloires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doloire
voulges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voulge
ear daggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ear dagger
parrying daggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parrying dagger
deglaze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈɡleɪz/
Forms: form: deglazes
form: deglazing
form: deglazed
form: deglazed
Etymology: From de- (“to remove from”) + glaze.
Senses: glosses: To remove glaze from.
glosses: To abrade the cylinders of an engine to ensure a tight seal.
Derived terms: deglazer