cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
harrier carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harrier carriers
Etymology: Blend of harrier + aircraft carrier. From the Hawker-Siddeley Harrier GR.1/2/3 & AV-8A and the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, the Harrier jump jet named after the harrier bird.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
politics
transport
war
glosses: A small light fast aircraft carrier specialized in operating VTOL aircraft, used for controlling sea lanes, convoy escort, and anti-submarine patrol (ASW).
wikipedia: en:Hawker-Siddeley Harrier
en:McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
Synonyms: lightning carrier
Coordinate terms: word: amphibious assault ship
alt: AHD
word: amphibious helicopter dock
word: ancillary carrier
word: ASW carrier
word: auxiliary carrier
word: aviation cruiser
word: commando carrier
word: escort carrier
word: helicopter carrier
alt: LHD
word: landing helicopter dock
word: light carrier
word: sea control ship
word: ski-jump carrier
word: STOL carrier
word: VSTOL carrier
word: VTOL carrier
holacracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holacracy
holacratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more holacratic
form: most holacratic
Senses: glosses: Relating to holacracy.
lightning carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightning carriers
Etymology: Blend of lightning + aircraft carrier. From the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the Lightning II jump jet, itself named after WWII Lockheed P-38 Lightning I, in turn, named after the lightning bolt and lightning.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
politics
transport
war
glosses: A small light fast aircraft carrier specialized in operating VTOL aircraft, used for controlling sea lanes, convoy escort, and, anti-submarine patrol (ASW)
wikipedia: en:Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
en:Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Synonyms: harrier carrier
Coordinate terms: word: amphibious assault ship
alt: AHD
word: amphibious helicopter dock
word: ancillary carrier
word: ASW carrier
word: auxiliary carrier
word: aviation cruiser
word: commando carrier
word: escort carrier
word: helicopter carrier
alt: LHA
word: landing helicopter assault
alt: LHD
word: landing helicopter dock
word: light carrier
word: sea control ship
word: ski-jump carrier
word: STOL carrier
word: VSTOL carrier
word: VTOL carrier
e-hoarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + hoarding.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of digital hoarding.
synonyms: word: digital hoarding
open-field system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open-field systems
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
synonyms: strip farming
glosses: The prevalent agricultural system in much of Europe during the Middle Ages, in which each manor or village had two or three large fields divided into narrow strips of land individually cultivated by tenants or serfs.
open-field systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open-field system
Mardi Gras Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹdi ɡɹɑ ˈɪn.di.ən/
rhymes: -ɪndiən
Forms: form: Mardi Gras Indians
Etymology: From Mardi Gras + Indian.
Senses: synonyms: Indian
glosses: One of the black carnival revellers in New Orleans, Louisiana, who dress up for Mardi Gras in suits influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel. They are divided into tribes.
Mardi Gras Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mardi Gras Indian
measured drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: measured drops
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long drop (“hanging technique”).
synonyms: word: long drop
extra: hanging technique
measured drops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of measured drop
unmeasuredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmeasuredly
form: most unmeasuredly
Etymology: From unmeasured + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unmeasured fashion.
short drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short drops
Senses: coordinate_terms: long drop
glosses: A technique for execution by hanging, according to which the condemned stands on a raised support such as a stool or ladder, with the noose around the neck, and the support is then moved away.
short drops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short drop
odontoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From odonto- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A procedure that adjusts a tooth's size, shape or length through the selective removal of small amounts of enamel
bodewash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈboʊdwɔʃ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Canadian French bois de vache (literally “cow wood”).
Senses: examples: text: Bodewash. (Fr. bois de vache.) Dried cow-dung, used for fuel on the treeless plains of the Far West.
ref: [1877, John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms […], 4th edition, page 56:
text: We therefore gathered a quantity of dry buffalo dung [bois de vache or “bodewash”] with which we made shift to keep the mosquitoes away; our provisions required no cooking.
ref: 1897, Elliott Coues, Alexander Henry, New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry […], volume 1, pages 305–6:
text: But the apostle is done now. His press-teege is mashed flatter’n a bodewash chip.
ref: 1925 October 20, William Byron Mowery, “St. Gabriel Zsbyski”, in Adventure, volume 25, number 2, page 174:
text: Bodewash warmed many an early Manitoba settler.
ref: 1998, Canadian Geographic, volume 118, page 29:
glosses: Dried buffalo or cow dung, sometimes used as fuel by pioneers.
Related terms: bushwah
amarbel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: dodder
ladleman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladlemen
Etymology: From ladle + -man.
Senses: glosses: A man employed in a metalworks to ladle the molten metal.
ladlemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladleman
bull ladle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull ladles
Senses: glosses: A large ladle for molten metal.
Related terms: bull runner
bull ladles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bull ladle
gnoseologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnoseologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies gnoseology.
gnoseologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnoseologist
coconscious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + conscious.
Senses: examples: text: While the second goal would be best met if each alter were coconscious, the defendant should be satisfied if at least one competent alter is present to hear what transpires.
ref: 2000, Elyn R. Saks, Stephen H. Behnke, Jekyll on Trial: Multiple Personality Disorder and Criminal Law, page 147:
glosses: Jointly conscious; conscious together or simultaneously.
Related terms: coconsciousness
Padovan sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Padovan sequence
Etymology: Named after Richard Padovan.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The integer sequence P(n) defined by the initial values P(0)=P(1)=P(2)=1 and the recurrence relation P(n)=P(n-2)+P(n-3)..
wikipedia: Richard Padovan
hohols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hohol
papulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more papulated
form: most papulated
Senses: glosses: Having papules.
paradoxical embolisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paradoxical embolism
paraglossia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the muscles and connective tissue under the tongue.
paralysis tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paralysis ticks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Australian paralysis tick.
synonyms: word: Australian paralysis tick
paralysis ticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paralysis tick
paralyzedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more paralyzedly
form: most paralyzedly
Etymology: From paralyzed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a state of paralysis.
paraxylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraxylene
pargetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pargeting.
synonyms: word: pargeting
befolds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of befold
befolding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of befold
befolded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of befold
parfait amour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parfait d'amour.
parfait d'amour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parfait amour
Etymology: From French parfait d'amour.
Senses: glosses: A purple liqueur, generally based on curaçao.
befeld
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of befold
befolden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of befold
parody mass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parody masses
Senses: coordinate_terms: cantus firmus
paraphrase mass
glosses: A musical setting of the mass, typically from the 16th century, that uses multiple voices of a pre-existing piece of music, such as a fragment of a motet or a secular chanson, as part of its melodic material.
parody masses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parody mass
paraphrase mass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraphrase masses
Senses: glosses: A musical setting of the Ordinary of the Mass that uses as its basis an elaborated version of a cantus firmus, typically chosen from plainsong or some other sacred source.
paraphrase masses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraphrase mass
parsley fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parsley ferns
Senses: glosses: Cryptogramma crispa, an Arctic–alpine species of fern.
parsley ferns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parsley fern
parsnip swallowtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parsnip swallowtails
Senses: glosses: The butterfly Papilio polyxenes.
parsnip swallowtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parsnip swallowtail
hydroxysulfosuccinimides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroxysulfosuccinimide
strictliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of strictly: most strictly
strictlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: comparative form of strictly: more strictly
particolor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of particolour.
particolor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: particolors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of particolour.
particolors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of particolor
particolour
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: particolor
Senses: glosses: Synonym of particoloured.
synonyms: word: particoloured
particolour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: particolours
form: particolor
Senses: glosses: A particoloured pattern.
glosses: A dog having a particoloured coat.
particolours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of particolour
glutarimides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glutarimide
Paschal Moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paschal Moons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Easter Moon.
synonyms: word: Easter Moon
passecaille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passecailles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of passacaglia.
passecailles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passecaille
passacailles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passacaille
microstretches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microstretch
microstretches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of microstretch
Resendis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Resendises
Etymology: Variant of Resendes.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
undecenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undecene
theoreticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From theoretic + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: theoryism
glosses: An approach based on theory rather than practice or pragmatism.
theoryism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From theory + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of theoreticism.
synonyms: word: theoreticism
Rivests
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rivest
Rigases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rigas
Resendises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Resendis
begaums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of begaum
begauming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of begaum
patch test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patch tests
Senses: glosses: A diagnostic method used to determine which specific substances cause allergic inflammation of a patient's skin, by affixing small patches to the skin that contain those substances.
patch test
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: patch tests
form: patch testing
form: patch tested
form: patch tested
Senses: glosses: To carry out such a test.
patch tested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of patch test
patch testing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of patch test
patch tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patch test
patch tests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of patch test
pathmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathmasters
Etymology: From path + master.
Senses: glosses: A person responsible for the maintenance of paths and roadways.
pathmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathmaster
fluoropicolinamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluoropicolinamide
patient dumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of homeless dumping.
synonyms: word: homeless dumping
pavonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pavonia
pattern word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pattern words
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: idiomorph
glosses: A word in which some letter appears more than once, useful in solving a cryptogram.
pattern words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pattern word
Torma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tormas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Torma.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
paybox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: payboxes
Etymology: From pay + box.
Senses: glosses: A box for holding money to be distributed as payment.
glosses: A small booth or ticket office at a cinema, carnival, etc. where payment is taken from customers.
payboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paybox
sobols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sobol
Tonnes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tonne
Tormas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Torma
Persian flaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Persian flaws
Etymology: From the idea that Persian carpet makers intentionally leave an imperfection in each rug to show that only God's creations are perfect.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Persian flaw.
glosses: A flaw, deliberately introduced or retained to make something (originally and especially a Persian carpet) imperfect.
Persian flaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Persian flaw
pausation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pausations
Senses: examples: text: Wagner, with more prudence than Servius, leaves the pausation, and with the pausation the cadence and symmetry of the verse, as he found it; […]
ref: 1878, James Henry, Aeneidea, page 430:
text: Watches the spaces between letters and words; gives special attention to pausations. The habit of beginning and ending letters correctly is more pronounced than in the previous grade.
ref: 1956, Kansas. State Department of Public Instruction, A Curriculum Guide for the Elementary Schools of Kansas (page 66)
glosses: A pause, or arrangement of pauses, as in poetry.
pausations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pausation
pauseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pausable.
Stegmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stegmanns
form: Stegman
Etymology: Borrowed from German Stegmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Sobons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sobon
Skrzypeks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Skrzypek
Stegmanns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stegmann
unpayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of unpaid.
repayment mortgages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repayment mortgage
payroll tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: payroll taxes
Senses: glosses: A tax imposed on employers or employees, usually calculated as a percentage of salary.
payroll taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of payroll tax
Stoica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stoicas
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Stoica.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
Morath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moraths
Etymology: Borrowed from German Morath.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Moraths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Morath
peace dollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peace dollars
Senses: glosses: A United States dollar coin with emblems representing peace, minted for circulation from 1921 to 1928 and 1934 to 1935, and beginning again for collectors in 2021.
peace dollars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peace dollar
Stoicas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stoica
payt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: payts.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of payment.
payts.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of payt.
peace symbol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peace symbols
Senses: glosses: Synonym of peace sign.
synonyms: word: peace sign
peace symbols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peace symbol
peach bark beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peach bark beetles
Senses: glosses: Phloeotribus liminaris, a crenulate beetle of the family Curculionidae.
peach bark beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peach bark beetle
peacock moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peacock moths
Senses: glosses: The geometrid moth Macaria notata.
peacock moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peacock moth
sacred bamboo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacred bamboos
Senses: glosses: Synonym of heavenly bamboo.
synonyms: word: heavenly bamboo
pearl onion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearl onions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of silverskin onion.
synonyms: word: silverskin onion
pearl onions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearl onion
bourgeoisly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bourgeoisly
form: most bourgeoisly
Etymology: From bourgeois + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bourgeois manner.
Mokrys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mokry
Mulas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mula
pear tomato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pear tomatoes
Senses: synonyms: teardrop tomato
glosses: Any of various heirloom varieties of tomato shaped like small pears.
teardrop tomato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teardrop tomatoes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pear tomato.
synonyms: word: pear tomato
pear tomatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pear tomato
teardrop tomatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teardrop tomato
Perrella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Perrellas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Perrella.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
pert as a pearmonger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very pert.
Pavelko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pavelkos
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian Павелко (Pavelko).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
Pavelkos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pavelko
Perrellas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Perrella
pebbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pebblers
Etymology: From pebble + -er.
Senses: examples: text: This bay has long been the favourite resort of pebblers. The whole coast indeed, more particularly to the south, is strewed with onyxes, moss-agates, and cornelians.
ref: 1815, Thomas Coultas, The Scarborough Guide, page 131:
glosses: One who collects pebbles.
examples: text: The 'pebbler,' accompanied by a player carrying a bucket of warm water, walks backward down the rink, and swings the water-filled sprinkler over his head in a wide, rhythmic arc to throw the water uniformly across the ice, from side to side.
ref: 1947, Frank Grant Menke, The New Encyclopedia of Sports, page 366:
glosses: One who or that which applies a pebbled surface to something.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: One who or that which places pebbles at the vertex of a graph, according to certain rules; see pebble game.
pebblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pebbler
concrete cancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concrete cancers
Senses: glosses: Any of various structural problems leading to degradation of reinforced concrete.
concrete cancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concrete cancer
lodging-houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lodging-house
Greenish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Greenishes
Etymology: Of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lambshead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lambsheads
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lambsheads
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lambshead
Greenishes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Greenish
trifficult
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trifficult
form: most trifficult
Etymology: Blend of tricky + difficult. Alternatively, blend of triple + difficult, from the analogy of di- + fficult.
The Rice University Neologisms Database listed the term since as early as 10 June 2008 as a blend of trying + difficult. Later popularised by a 2020 episode of the 2018 Australian animated children's TV series Bluey.
Senses: examples: text: its very trifficult living with out internet. I do get to see lots of lovely cafés for their wifi though...
ref: 2013 October 8, LouAyWood, Twitter:
text: Minimum 3 & 1/2 hours drive tomorrow. Which is fine, as I predict that walking will be trifficult! :/
ref: 2014 September 24, DigiDaughter, Twitter:
text: Bluey: [voiceover] Bingo was trying to eat cherry tomatoes with her fork.
ref: 2020 March 23, "Favourite Thing", season 2, episode 7 of Bluey
roman: Bingo: This is trifficult!
glosses: Of considerable difficulty.
wikipedia: Bluey (2018 TV series)
Rice University
mother of vinegar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The mother (stringy, mucilaginous substance) that develops in, and helps develop, vinegar. When transferred between batches, it can be a starter.
Related terms: mycoderma
Mycoderma
nonsolipsistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + solipsistic.
Senses: glosses: Not solipsistic.
unsolipsistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsolipsistic
form: most unsolipsistic
Etymology: From un- + solipsistic.
Senses: glosses: Not solipsistic.
bad sport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad sports
Senses: glosses: Synonym of poor sport.
synonyms: word: poor sport
pedestrianate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pedestrianates
form: pedestrianating
form: pedestrianated
form: pedestrianated
Etymology: From pedestrian + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Beginning now to entertain ideas of prudence, Wickham determined to pedestrianate, not being yet reduced to the vulgarity of hired cabs and coaches; […]
ref: 1840, The Metropolitan, volume 28, page 438:
text: I did not pedestrianate in any lonely neighborhoods, but on well-traversed, public highways.
ref: 1886, Ben Goodkind, Roughing it from California Through France, page 71:
glosses: To travel by walking.
pedestrianated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pedestrianate
pedestrianates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pedestrianate
pedestrianating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pedestrianate
bad sports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bad sport
bullet-proofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bullet-proof
bullet-proofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bullet-proof
bullet-proofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bullet-proof
hand-grenade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand-grenades
Senses: examples: text: The bullet-proof shutters, the stacks of hand-grenades, and the Gatling guns of the Sub-Treasury are tacit admissions of the fact and of the quality of the mercy expected.
ref: 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Awakening”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 20:
text: ‘A hand-grenade. One of those potato-mashers. It just blew the whole side of my foot off.’
ref: 1929 May–October, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, 1st British edition, London: Jonathan Cape […], published 1929, →OCLC, book II, page 131:
text: I went back in and threw a hand-grenade under the bed and then I brassed up the house. They were dead, of course.
ref: 1987, Stuart Rintoul, Ashes of Vietnam: Australian voices, page 126:
text: But what could Croatian chimney-sweeper Marko have been thinking by using a hand-grenade as a weight for his broom and then turning on his welding apparatus in the cleaning process?
ref: 2006 January 29, [Bill] Brownstein, “Man loses detonator roulette”, in The Gazette, page B2, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of hand grenade.
hand-grenades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand-grenade
sex sells
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: sex cells
Senses: examples: text: Victoria's Secret, the American retailer that once parlayed a “sex sells” strategy into a $7bn-revenue-empire of underwear, is heading back to TV screens.
ref: 2023 September 30, Chantal Fernandez, “Changing the formula”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 5:
glosses: The use of sex appeal is a successful marketing tactic.
otherwaise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of otherwise.
otherwaise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of otherwise.
social batteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of social battery
micromap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromaps
Etymology: From micro- + map.
Senses: glosses: A map that is very small or describes a very small area.
Related terms: micromapping
micromaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micromap
nonphotochromogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonphotochromogen
hobbock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobbocks
Senses: glosses: A pail with two handles.
hobbocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hobbock
slideglasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slideglass
singing saws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singing saw
e-toki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of etoki.
microsaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsaw
misawites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misawite
miter saws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miter saw
mitre saws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitre saw
wage-earner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wage-earners
Senses: examples: text: It is not to be assumed, of course, that the whole body of the population living in the tenements, of which New Yorkers are in the habit o£ speaking vaguely as “the poor,” or even the larger part of it, is to be classed as vicious or as poor in the sense of verging on beggary. New York’s wage-earners have no other place to live, more is the pity.
ref: 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Mixed Crowd”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 23:
text: The instance of a few buyers and many sellers in the factor market with many buyers and sellers in the product market is typified by the classic cases of unorganized wage-earners in company towns, for instance, textile and coal.
ref: 1942, John T. Dunlop and Benjamin Higgins, "“Bargaining Power” and Market Structures," Journal of Political Economy, vol. 50, no. 1 (Feb.), p. 24
text: During the past two years we have been at great pains to elaborate a constructive programme to be followed after the wage-earners had repudiated wagery.
ref: 1968, Ken Coates, Anthony Topham, Tony Topham, Industrial Democracy in Great Britain, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of wage earner.
wage-earners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wage-earner
private goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of private good
private enterprises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of private enterprise
Privates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Private
prisspots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prisspot
prior restraints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prior restraint
substitute goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substitute good
peg in the ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A traditional game in which one player's spinning top is set spinning within a circle marked on the ground, and other players attempt to knock it over by throwing.
pegmatitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pegmatization.
penguinries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penguinry
pelicanry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelicanries
Etymology: From pelican + -ry.
Senses: glosses: A colony of pelicans.
pelicanries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelicanry
pendulant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pendulant
form: most pendulant
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pendulent.
pencil fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pencil fish
form: pencil fishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pencilfish.
pencil fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pencil fish
micro-aggressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of micro-aggress
micro-aggresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of micro-aggress
micro-aggressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of micro-aggress
penny-pinch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: penny-pinches
form: penny-pinching
form: penny-pinched
form: penny-pinched
Etymology: Back-formation from penny-pinching.
Senses: glosses: To be very parsimonious or stingy.
penny post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penny posts
form: penny-post
Senses: examples: text: Alderman Johnson condemns the Reform Act, and is for going backward, in all things, to the good times. Punch humbly suggests that every man who votes for the Crab Alderman should be punished as follows:— The said voter never to be permitted to travel by rail, but to journey to York or elsewhere by the very slowest coach. Never to go to Margate by steamboat, but to take three days to the voyage, per hoy. Never to send a letter by penny-post, but to pay 10d. or 13d., as the case may be—the good old price of the good old times.
ref: 1847, “Vote for Alderman Johnson”, in Punch, volume XIII, page 40:
text: The penny-post is, commonly, an institution through which you seriously offer a man that penny for his thoughts which is so often safely offered in jest.
ref: 1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
glosses: Any of various postal systems in which a short letter or light package could be sent for the price of one penny, particularly uniform penny post in which the rate applied regardless of distance.
wikipedia: Royal Mail
penny posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penny post
penthemimers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penthemimer
peopleize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peopleizes
form: peopleizing
form: peopleized
form: peopleized
form: peoplize
Etymology: From people + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: We have to become comfortable with hiring, working with, and valuing the work of the people who can popularize our data. And I mean popularize in the best sense of the word: peopleize. If we don't make our data products people-friendly we can't really make a serious contribution to the Information Age.
ref: 1995, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Proceedings: ... Annual Research Conference (page 397)
text: Because you are people, you personify what you perceive — “peopleize” it. You imagine such “spirits” to be small people, endowed with your own kind of characteristics.
ref: 2012, Jane Roberts, The “Unknown” Reality: Volume One: A Seth Book in Two Volumes:
glosses: To adapt to the needs or norms of people.
peoplize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peoplizes
form: peoplizing
form: peoplized
form: peoplized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peopleize.
peopleized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peopleize
peopleizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peopleize
peoplizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peoplize
peoplizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peoplize
peoplized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peoplize
peopleizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peopleize
penumbrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From penumbral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a penumbral manner.
aluminium-26
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A radioactive isotope of aluminium, decaying by either positron emission or electron capture to stable magnesium-26, and having a half-life of 717,000 years.
analogue computer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: analogue computers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of analog computer.
analogue computers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of analogue computer
and stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of and all.
synonyms: word: and all
dungeon-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dungeon-like
form: most dungeon-like
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes, with a ſtrict injunction of ſilence, Jemima would allow Maria, at the cloſe of evening, to ſtray along the narrow avenues that ſeparated the dungeon-like apartments, leaning on her arm.
ref: 1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, chapter II, pages 27–28:
text: It certainly appeared, from the report of the young hunters, that they had discovered a much more desirable place of refuge than the dark, chill, dungeon-like cave behind the old hut, which they had contemplated, in extreme need, might afford concealment to Mr. Merton and the females.
ref: 1855, Anne Bowman, Esperanza; or, The Home of the Wanderers, London: G[eorge] Routledge & Co., […], page 325:
text: […] in the outermost suburbs, I came upon a darkly looming building, from the dungeon-like basement of which there emerged a caretaker called Bartoloměj Smečka, a veteran, it seemed, of long-lost campaigns, clad in a crumpled redingote and a flowered fancy waistcoat with a gold watch chain draped over it, […]
ref: 2001, W[infried] G[eorg] Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, pages 148–149:
glosses: Alternative form of dungeonlike.
angular-winged katydid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angular-winged katydids
Senses: glosses: An insect of species Microcentrum rhombifolium.
Synonyms: greater angle-wing katydid
broad-winged katydid
true flycatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: true flycatchers
Senses: glosses: Old World flycatcher.
true flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of true flycatcher
anniversary clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anniversary clocks
Senses: synonyms: 400-day clock
glosses: A mechanical clock that keeps time by means of a torsion pendulum.
anniversary clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anniversary clock
400-day clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 400-day clocks
Etymology: So called because such clocks might run for more than a year on a single winding.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anniversary clock.
synonyms: word: anniversary clock
anonangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anonang
New World flycatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New World flycatchers
Senses: glosses: Any of various passerine birds of the American family Tyrannidae.
New World flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New World flycatcher
anorchous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anorchic.
synonyms: word: anorchic
antelope squirrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antelope squirrels
Etymology: So called, possibly, from the white underside of the tail of most species which, when arched over the back, is reminiscent of similar behavior by pronghorn antelopes.
Senses: synonyms: antelope ground squirrel
glosses: Any of a group of sciurids of the genus Ammospermophilus, found in the desert and dry scrub areas of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Derived terms: Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel
Harris's antelope squirrel
Nelson's antelope squirrel
San Joaquin antelope squirrel
Texas antelope squirrel
white-tailed antelope squirrel
antelope squirrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antelope squirrel
antidetonants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antidetonant
escucheon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escucheons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of escutcheon.
escucheons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escucheon
antique crown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antique crowns
Etymology: So called from being one of the oldest heraldic crown insignia.
Senses: examples: text: The quartered arms of the See were usually arranged in an oval escucheon I. Gules, […] an eagle sable, crowned with an antique crown and supported by a trangle held in its claws, is brochant over the stem of the tree.
ref: 1894, John Woodward, A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry, page 298:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Synonym of eastern crown.
synonyms: word: eastern crown
antique crowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antique crown
eastern crown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eastern crowns
Etymology: So called because of its origin in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: antique crown
glosses: A gold heraldic crown surmounted with a variable number of sharp spikes.
eastern crowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eastern crown
celestial crown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celestial crowns
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A modified eastern crown consisting of a gold fence usually adorned with points or rays topped with stars of the same metal.
celestial crowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celestial crown
apple cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A traditional Lithuanian dessert made from cooked apples sweetened with sugar or (originally) honey.
forestudying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forestudy
forestudied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forestudy
pas de trois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pas de trois
form: pas-de-trois
Etymology: Borrowed from French pas de trois (literally “step of three”).
Senses: topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A dance performed by three dancers.
pas de quatre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pas de quatre
form: pas-de-quatre
Etymology: Borrowed from French pas de quatre (literally “step of four”).
Senses: topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A dance performed by four dancers.
baity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪti/
rhymes: -eɪti
Forms: form: baitier
form: baitiest
form: batey
Etymology: From bait (“fit of anger”) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “Oh, sir—uncle is such a batey old chap. It was a spree! I never saw him so mad!”
ref: 1907 August 17, The Rev. A. N. Malan, “The Mystery of Abbeyside School”, in The Boy's Own Paper, volume XXIX, number 1492, London: Religious Tract Society, page 4:
text: ‘If Jimbug gets baity with me, like that time last week . . .’ Remembering the scene, Anthony frowned; the blood came up into his cheeks.
ref: 1936, Aldous Huxley, Eyeless in Gaza, London: Chatto & Windus, page 55:
text: Blackadder: Baldrick, where's the manuscript? / Baldrick: You mean the big papery thing tied up with string? / Blackadder: Yes, Baldrick, the manuscript belonging to Dr Johnson. / Baldrick: You mean the baity fellow in the black coat who just left?
ref: 1987 September 24, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, “Ink and Incapability” (11:46 from the start), in Mandie Fletcher, director, Blackadder the Third (television production), via BBC1:
text: I welcome the offer made by the noble and learned Lord to discuss and to negotiate. If only he had done that at the beginning of November when I talked to him about the number of days that we should sit; but the noble and learned Lord got batey with me when I suggested that we should negotiate.
ref: 2011 January 18, Lord Strathclyde (Leader of the House of Lords), “Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill”, in parliamentary debates (House of Lords), column 314:
glosses: Angry, bad-tempered.
baity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪti/
rhymes: -eɪti
Forms: form: baitier
form: baitiest
Etymology: From bait (“something alluring”) + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Ginger is the latest, baitiest fashion that ever helped a girl make an impression . . . . in wonderful “Spartine” colors of black, brown, navy, cranberry, moss, red and blue.
ref: 1963 September 4, “Manchester’s Madison”, in The Capital Times, volume 92, number 72, Madison, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 3:
text: "Hey, can we put her in the gold bikini? You know, the one like Princess Leia..." Andrew trailed off at the disgusted looks from his companions. […] "She's the first person we've captured, that's all," he muttered. "I thought it would make her look baitier."
ref: 2001 November 1, Jeanny, “FIC: The Bait Bites Back, PG, 1/1”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet), archived from the original on 14 May 2025:
text: Could it be almost too baity? It's ticking almost every Academy Award box going.
ref: 2013 August 23, Catherine Shoard, “Oscar predictions 2014: Foxcatcher”, in The Guardian:
text: Ignore the baity headline on the IGN video, it’s not the “craziest Souls boss yet” (bloody internet hyperbole), but it’s still cool […]
ref: 2015 December 20, Junglist [Jeremy Ray], “Check Out A Brand New Dark Souls 3 Boss In Action (Spoiler)”, in Kotaku Australia, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2023:
text: A far-right talking point had been turned into a clip with a baity headline, and attracted over 26,000 views.
ref: 2020 June 18, James Poulter, “The Far-Right Plot to Flood Radio Airwaves with Racism”, in Vice:
text: Survival of the baitiest: ‘Shakespeare in Love’, ‘The English Patient’, ‘Maestro’, ‘The Iron Lady’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ could all be considered awards bait
ref: 2024 March 9, Katie Rosseinsky, “How Oscar bait took over awards season: Method acting, true-life tales and prosthetic honkers”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2024:
glosses: Constituting bait (something intended to allure), especially Oscar bait or clickbait.
Related terms: click-baity
Oscar-baity
race-baity
rage-baity
Volzhsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Volzhskiy
Senses: glosses: A city in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.
Ballygowan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in County Down, Northern Ireland, between Comber and Saintfield (Irish grid ref J4364).
Volgodonsk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Rostov Oblast, Russia.
Novocherkassk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Rostov Oblast, Russia.
Bataysk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Rostov Oblast, Russia.