cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
clinometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
Hyponyms: photoclinometry
consignature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Joint signature.
chemically imbalanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chemically imbalanced
form: most chemically imbalanced
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chemically, imbalanced.
glosses: Mentally ill.
Related terms: chemical imbalance
perspicience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜːˈspɪ.ʃəns/
ipa: /pɜːˈspɪ.sɪəns/
Etymology: From Latin perspicientia, from perspiciens, past participle of perspicere. See perspective.
Senses: examples: text: The conscious perspicience of the subjective content of the Self in the action of its orgasmic forces and of its own autopsic domination is Psychology.
ref: 1866, George Western Thompson, The Living Forces of the Universe:
glosses: The act of looking sharply; keen vision.
prostibulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prostibulous
form: most prostibulous
Etymology: Latin prostibulum (“prostitute”), + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: that prostibulous church of antichrist
ref: 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:
glosses: Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious.
clinorhombic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From clino- + rhombic: compare French clinorhombique.
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic.
greenbone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenbones
form: green-bone
Etymology: From green + bone, because the bones are green when boiled.
Senses: glosses: Any garfish (Belone or Strongylosura).
glosses: The European eelpout.
glosses: A common food fish, Odax pullus.
greenbones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenbone
laroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more laroid
form: most laroid
Etymology: From Larus + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: We now come to a small group of Laroid birds, remarkable for their curious bill, the lower mandible of which has been compared with a "short-handled pitchfork," and for their long wings, viz., the skimmers, the Rhynchopinæ, not less remarkable for their peculiar habits and their geographical distribution, parts of America, Asia, and Africa being inhabited by one species each.
ref: 1888, Friedrich von Hellwald, The Riverside Natural History, volume 4, page 83:
text: The whole form of the skull is, indeed, essentially Laroid, and quite unlike that of the Kingfishers;
ref: 1899, The Ibis, page 406:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of the gull family, Laridae.
dochmii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dochmius
dochmius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dochmii
form: dochmiuses
Etymology: From Latin dochmius, from Ancient Greek δόχμιος (dókhmios, “oblique; dochmius”).
Senses: examples: text: Yet there is good reason to doubt the existence of any such; —good reason to think, that dochmiuses belong to the triple rhythm
ref: 1843, William O'Brien, The Ancient Rhythmical Art Recovered, page 6:
text: This chorus, which consists almost entirely of dochmii, is so corrupt as to present various problems of an almost insoluble character, although portions of it have yielded to the brilliant emendatory efforts of Hermann.
ref: 1910, R. J. Walker, Anti Mias: An Essay in Isometry, page 228:
text: Every dochmius is catalectic, representing an original phrase of nine primary times.
ref: 1912, John Williams White, The Verse of Greek Comedy, page 296:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.
Related terms: dochmiac
hypodochmius
collybist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collybists
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόλλυβος (kóllubos, “a small coin”) + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: in the faces of these guilty collybists
ref: 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
glosses: A money changer.
collybists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collybist
pilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pilous
form: most pilous
Senses: glosses: Covered with fine hair; pilose.
Derived terms: depilous
desudation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desudations
Etymology: From Latin desudatio, from desudare (“to sweat greatly”), from de + sudare (“to sweat”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.
desudations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desudation
protrudable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From protrude + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The males, and rarely the females, of many kinds of bats have glands and protrudable sacks situated in various parts; and it is believed that these are odoriferous.
ref: 1874, Charles Darwin, “Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals—continued”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], 2nd edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Part II (Sexual Selection), page 529:
glosses: That may protrude or be protruded.
RADAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪdɑː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: RADARs
Etymology: Acronym of radio detection and ranging. Coined by the United States Navy in 1940. The lowercase form (radar) is by anacronymic evolution.
Senses: examples: text: Police traffic RADARs can provide a speed reading on a detected target, but they cannot measure the range to the target.
ref: 1983, “Basic Principles of RADAR Speed Measurement”, in Basic Training Program in RADAR Speed Measurement: Trainee Instructional Manual, U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, section “Fundamental Concept”, page 3-1, column 1:
text: Multiple RADARs can be mounted at different parts of the vehicle, front and rear, to get the complete view of objects all round.
ref: 2016, Rahul Kala, “Basics of Autonomous Vehicles”, in On-Road Intelligent Vehicles: Motion Planning for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, section 2 (Hardware), page 14:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of radar.
Related terms: lidar
LIDAR
sonar
SONAR
grossbeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grossbeaks
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of grosbeak.
grossbeaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grossbeak
solenette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solenettes
Senses: synonyms: yellow sole
glosses: A small European sole (Buglossidium luteum).
solenettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solenette
psalmistries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psalmistry
psalmistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psalmistries
Senses: glosses: psalmody.
illinition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪlɪˈnɪʃən/
Forms: form: illinitions
Etymology: From Latin illiniō (“to besmear”), from in- (“in, on”) + liniō (“to smear”).
Senses: glosses: The act of smearing or rubbing in or on.
glosses: Something which is smeared or rubbed on, such as ointment.
examples: text: a thin crust or illinition of black manganese
ref: 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy:
glosses: A crust of some extraneous substance formed on minerals.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Friction of a surface after the application of an ointment, to aid absorption.
illinitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of illinition
exacerbatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exacerbatory
form: most exacerbatory
Etymology: From exacerbate + -ory.
Senses: glosses: serving to exacerbate
Synonyms: exacerbative
leapable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From leap + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Is this crevasse really leapable?
glosses: That can be crossed by leaping
churchling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: churchlings
Etymology: From church + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: Neither worldling nor churchling privately possesses his love. The churchling, in prayer and praise, is or ought to be alert to the divine summons as the worldling is not; in race relations and common justice it is sometimes the other way around.
ref: 1956, David Wesley Soper, Epistle to the skeptics:
glosses: A church-goer.
examples: text: " [...] And," he added, "it transforms a churchling into a Christian to come into contact with the Pope."
ref: 1903, The Independent:
text: You do not tell me of those romantic land bays that be as thou goest to Lover's Seat: neither of that little churchling in the midst of a wood (in the opposite direction, nine furlongs from the town), that seems dropped by the Angel [...]
ref: 1904, Charles Lamb, Alfred Ainger, The letters of Charles Lamb:
glosses: A mere churchman.
examples: text: 'I thought you were going to show us some swordcraft, churchling, not dance steps.' Arlin's tone was mocking. 'Sorry, I mistook you for a girl.'
ref: 2012, Elspeth Cooper, Songs of the Earth:
glosses: A bigoted churchman.
Related terms: worldling
swordcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sword + -craft.
Senses: glosses: Knowledge of or skill in the use of the sword or swordplay.
glosses: Management by the sword, military skill, or military power; military compulsion.
Crozetts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: South-eastward from the Cape, off the distant Crozetts...
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, chapter LII, in Moby Dick:
glosses: Obsolete form of Crozets, that is, the Crozet Islands.
Melk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, known as the site of a massive baroque Benedictine monastery.
WRUD
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From initial letters of what r u doing.
Senses: glosses: What are you doing?
HRU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: hru
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of how are you?.
HRU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HRUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of harm reduction unit.
WRU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: wru
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of where are you.
swoopstake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swoopstakes
Etymology: From swoop + stake. Compare sweepstake.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sweepstake.
swoopstake
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From swoop + stake. Compare sweepstake.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sweepstake.
examples: text: Is't writ in your revenge,
That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe,
Winner and loser?
ref: 1623, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 4, scene 5
glosses: All at once, without making distinctions.
swomp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swomps
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of swamp.
Auburn system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Auburn system
Etymology: Introduced in the Auburn Prison, New York.
Senses: glosses: A penal method of the 19th century in which prisoners worked during the day in groups and were kept in solitary confinement at night, with enforced silence at all times.
Cornish fairing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cornish fairings
Senses: glosses: A traditional ginger biscuit from Cornwall, England, originally sold at fairs.
butter pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butter pies
Senses: glosses: A traditional savoury pie consisting mainly of onions and potatoes.
Hills hoists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hills hoist
Hills hoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hills hoists
Senses: examples: text: From there he had a view over the sodden sloping gardens and the Hills hoists of the neighbours.[…]Next door there were rows of nappies on the line, dripping rain, and overhead was the Storey Bridge, like a bigger, flatter Hills hoist.
ref: 1996, Margaret Simons, The Truth Teller, page 176:
text: Indeed, her Hills hoist may have made her backyard the object of envy for others. Clotheslines feature prominently in the letters of correspondents to the Museum of Australia′s ‘Backyards’ project, and not just the Hills hoist but also the earlier lines.
ref: 2008, Katie Holmes, Sue Martin, Susan K. Martin, Kylie Mirmohamadi, Reading the Garden: The Settlement of Australia, page 177:
text: I had spent the afternoon with Mal sitting under the Hills hoist.[…]On the end of one of the arms of the Hills hoist we hung a cask of wine.
Both Mal and I had a glass. We would swing the Hills hoist around and if the arm that was loaded stopped above either one of us we would pour a glass and drink the wine.
ref: 2010, William McInnes, That'd be Right: A Fairly True History of Modern Australia, unumbered page:
glosses: Alternative form of Hills Hoist.
superior court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superior courts
Senses: glosses: A court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases in the lowest hierarchy of a judiciary in a common law system.
superior courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superior court
mazar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mazars
form: mazaar
Etymology: Arabic مَزَار (mazār)
Senses: glosses: A mausoleum or shrine in the Arab world.
intrudable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intrudable
form: most intrudable
Etymology: From intrude + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can form an intrusion.
glosses: Capable of being intruded into.
Derived terms: unintrudable
unintrudable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unintrudable
form: most unintrudable
Etymology: From un- + intrudable.
Senses: examples: text: This fortress is completely unintrudable.
glosses: That cannot be intruded upon or into.
surfbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surfbirds
Etymology: From surf + bird.
Senses: glosses: A small sandpiper, Aphriza virgata, endemic to the northwestern parts of North America.
customs union
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: customs unions
Senses: examples: text: It appears the whole UK will remain in the customs union, so there are no tariff divergences or checks either on the island of Ireland or within the United Kingdom.
ref: 2018, Jonathan Lis, “Theresa May faces her party as a desperate gambler in hope of a break”, in Guardian:
glosses: A type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff.
no fear
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: The opposing senses of the interjection derive from the phrase functioning as an ellipsis of both have no fear ("be assured") and there is no fear of that happening ("it's impossible").
Senses: examples: text: No fear, therefore, that, suddenly deprived of companionship, he should feel dull, and that dulness might take the shape of remorse; so repent, return, and be forgiven.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 139:
glosses: Not a chance, impossible.
no fear
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: The opposing senses of the interjection derive from the phrase functioning as an ellipsis of both have no fear ("be assured") and there is no fear of that happening ("it's impossible").
Senses: examples: text: You want me to handle it? No fear.
text: "No fear," he said. "Every man will know his own when I come to the Council."
ref: 1918, Mary Austin, The Trail Book:
glosses: Synonym of never fear: no worries, don't worry.
synonyms: word: never fear
extra: no worries, don't worry
examples: text: You're afraid I would handle it? No fear.
text: "Why, did you show him up some rot?"
"No fear," he said.
ref: 1904, M. R. James, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary:
text: Q: Will thou be baptized in this faith?
A: No fear!
ref: 1947, Dorothy L. Sayers, Creed or Chaos:
text: Toad: You should take up swimming!
Rabbit: No fear, toad!
ref: 1992, The Animals of Farthing Wood, episode 2:
glosses: Synonym of no way: absolutely not.
synonyms: word: no way
extra: absolutely not
East Frisian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Frisian language spoken in East Frisia (northwest Germany), of which Saterland Frisian is the last remaining variety.
synonyms: EFLG
glosses: The Low German dialect spoken in East Frisia.
Meronyms: sense: Frisian language
word: Saterland Frisian
East Frisian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to East Frisia, the East Frisians, the East Frisian language or the East Frisian Low German dialect.
East Frisian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: East Frisians
Senses: glosses: A person from East Frisia.
Related terms: North Frisian
West Frisian
Old Frisian
Frisian
MDB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MDBs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of multidrop bus.
glosses: Initialism of multilateral development bank.
Hyponyms: sense: bank
english: international financial institutions
translation: international financial institutions
word: IFI
guiding light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guiding lights
Senses: synonyms: luminary
glosses: A person who has a profound influence on others and is a source of inspiration.
glosses: That which provides guidance in times of uncertainty.
Related terms: beacon
kitchen supper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪtʃən ˈsʌpɚ/
Forms: form: kitchen suppers
Etymology: From kitchen + supper. Original use from kitchen as a synecdoche for a household's servants. Later from the idea that the hosts forgo the dining room for the more private and relaxed kitchen.
Senses: examples: text: The cook prided herself on making the kitchen supper as delicious as the family's dinner.
glosses: The evening meal for servants, separate from the family's meal.
examples: text: The couple threw an impromptu kitchen supper when the dinner reservations fell through.
glosses: An informal or semiformal meal served for guests, not necessarily one served in the kitchen.
Related terms: servants' quarters
kitchen suppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitchen supper
rethe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /riːð/
Forms: form: rether
form: more rethe
form: rethest
form: most rethe
form: reth
form: reithe
form: retht
Etymology: From Middle English reth, rethe, from Old English rēþe (“fierce, cruel, savage, severe, stern, austere, zealous, wild, dire”), from Proto-West Germanic *rōþī, from Proto-Germanic *rōþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey-, *rēy- (“to scream, shout, roar, bellow, bark, growl”). Cognate with Scots reithe, reythe, reth (“rethe”), Old High German ruod (“a roar”), Middle High German rüeden (“to be noisy”), Bavarian rüeden (“to be noisy, roar, be in heat”).
Senses: qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: (of persons) Fierce; cruel; savage; stern; zealous; ardent; keen.
qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: (of things) Terrible; dreadful; severe.
Derived terms: retheness
rethe
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /riːð/
Forms: form: rether
form: more rethe
form: rethest
form: most rethe
form: reth
form: reithe
form: retht
Etymology: From Middle English reth, rethe, from Old English rēþe (“fierce, cruel, savage, severe, stern, austere, zealous, wild, dire”), from Proto-West Germanic *rōþī, from Proto-Germanic *rōþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey-, *rēy- (“to scream, shout, roar, bellow, bark, growl”). Cognate with Scots reithe, reythe, reth (“rethe”), Old High German ruod (“a roar”), Middle High German rüeden (“to be noisy”), Bavarian rüeden (“to be noisy, roar, be in heat”).
Senses: qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: Furiously; violently; wildly.
retheness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English rethnes, from Old English rēþnes (“fierceness, rage, cruelty, severity, zeal, savageness, ferocity, harshness, storminess”), equivalent to rethe + -ness. Cognate with Scots rethnas (“retheness”).
Senses: qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: The character, state, or condition of being rethe; fierceness; wildness; roughness; harshness; sternness; cruelty.
Mozarabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mozarab
reserve currency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reserve currencies
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A foreign currency that is held in reserve as foreign exchange reserves.
Related terms: Asiadollar
Eurodollar
Falangist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Falangists
Etymology: From Falange + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Her nickname had followed her from her old hood, Comillas, because she’d headbutted a handsy Falangist a couple of months before the war ended, leaving him unconscious.
ref: 2024, Alana S. Portero, translated by Mara Faye Lethem, Bad Habit, 4th Estate, page 54:
glosses: A member of the Falange.
Falangist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Falangist
form: most Falangist
Etymology: From Falange + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Falange.
Falange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Falange, from falange (“phalanx, phalange”), from Latin phalanx, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Doublet of phalanx, phalange, plank and planch.
Senses: examples: text: José Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of former Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, founded the Falange in 1933 to encourage national unity and pride and to combat the Left and liberal Republicans.
ref: 2014, Bernard A. Cook, Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, →ISBN, page 361:
glosses: A Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977.
Derived terms: Falangist
Falangism
Related terms: Phalange
Phalangist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Phalangists
Etymology: From Phalange + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Phalange
Phalangist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Phalangist
form: most Phalangist
Etymology: From Phalange + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Phalange
Phalange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Phalange
Etymology: From French Phalange, from phalange (“phalanx”).
Senses: glosses: A right-wing Lebanese paramilitary movement based somewhat on the Spanish Falange.
Synonyms: Kataeb
Derived terms: Phalangist
Woi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian language spoken by around 1300 people in Irian Jaya (Indonesian New Guinea)
Synonyms: Wo'oi
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Woi terms
wbw ⁠
Krio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Krio Krio, from Portuguese crioulo (“creole”). Doublet of Creole, Criollo, and Crioulo.
Senses: glosses: A creole language based on English/Jamaican Creole spoken by around 500,000 people mainly in Sierra Leone.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Krio terms
kri ⁠
vomitrocious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊʃəs
Forms: form: more vomitrocious
form: most vomitrocious
Etymology: Blend of vomit + atrocious
Senses: examples: text: Her mother always embarrassed her to death. She'd linger by the Pepto-Bismol display, or she'd buy tons of cans of something vomitrocious like corned beef hash.
ref: 1997, Jamie Suzanne, Big Brother's in Love Again, Random House, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: Causing a desire to vomit; disgusting or gross.
placental abruption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌpʃən
Forms: form: placental abruptions
Senses: examples: text: Should the mother have a placental abruption that puts either the mother or the baby at risk, an emergency C-section is usually performed.
synonyms: ablatio placentae
abruptio placentae
glosses: The tearing away of the placenta from uterus or the breaking apart of the placenta.
post-nominal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: postnominal
Etymology: From post- + nominal.
Senses: glosses: That are placed after a name.
raw_tags: of a series of letters
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: After a noun.
Derived terms: post-nominal letters
Related terms: topics: position
word: after a noun
RRT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RRTs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of registered respiratory therapist.
democratish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From democrat + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat democratic.
workcation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: workcations
Etymology: Blend of work + vacation
Senses: glosses: A vacation that one spends getting work done.
Related terms: staycation
vacation
bleisure
workcations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workcation
bone head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bone heads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bonehead.
bone heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bone head
EMT-P
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EMT-Ps
Senses: topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: A paramedic
EMT-Ps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EMT-P
big daddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big daddy
atrial natriuretic peptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atrial natriuretic peptides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
endocrinology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A strong vasodilatory, peptide hormone, secreted by the cardiac muscle cells.
Synonyms: word: atrial natriuretic factor
word: ANP
melanocyte-stimulating hormone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melanocyte-stimulating hormones
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
endocrinology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: MSH
melanotropin
glosses: Any of a class of peptide hormones released by the pituitary gland that are involved in regulating the production of melanin.
modest proposal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modest proposals
Etymology: From Jonathan Swift's 1729 satire A Modest Proposal, which suggested cannibalism as a solution to Irish poverty.
Senses: examples: text: And for all the chuntering about the "Granny Tax" it is not as though Osborne made a radical or, if you prefer, modest proposal along the lines of offering tax credits or generous allowances to the heirs of pensioners who plump for voluntary, patriotic euthanasia...
ref: 2012, Alex Massie, “Soak the Old”, in The Spectator:
text: I therefore have a modest proposal aimed at rectifying this situation: let's declare war!
ref: 2006, Rory O'Connor, “A modest proposal”, in The Guardian:
text: "I have a modest proposal," Alabaster said. "We need two new examples to demonstrate how awesome nuclear war is, so it will sober up politicians, military men and statesmen, not only here but in the Soviet Union."
ref: 1981 February 15, Art Buchwald, “Firing Away at a Nuclear Solution”, in Los Angeles Times, page 3:
glosses: An idea which is especially extreme, unorthodox or distasteful, often put forward in jest.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see modest, proposal.
modest proposals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modest proposal
détrempe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: détrempes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of detrempe.
détrempes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of détrempe
discourse markers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discourse marker
otterpox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A friction blister.
sprant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Mimicking strong verb forms such as sing/sang.
Senses: examples: text: I shouted at Caroline’s mum to call the vets and call my dad. Then I sprant down to the bungalow at the bottom to get Chris and Nicky.
ref: 2011, Tom Clement, What Will Other People Think?, page 166:
glosses: simple past of sprint
secularisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secularisations
Etymology: From secular + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: [E]ven if it were a fact that separate schools could only be equitably got rid of through the entire secularisation of our public school system, much as this end is to be desired, I could not consent to purchase it at such a cost.
ref: 1890 January, J. M. King, “Education: Not Secular nor Sectarian, but Religious”, in Archibald Macmurchy, editor, The Canada Educational Monthly and School Magazine, volume 12, Toronto: The Canada Educational Monthly Publishing Company Ltd., page 2:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularization.
divvy duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divvy ducks
Etymology: Corruption of diving duck.
Senses: glosses: A little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis).
Synonyms: Tachybaptus ruficollis
dabchick
didapper
devil screecher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devil screechers
Etymology: From the bird's piercing cry.
Senses: examples: text: My informant seemed to look upon the swift as an uncanny bird, and called it by a name I had never heard before, devil-screecher.
ref: 1883, Edgar MacCulloch, “Notes, Queries, Notices and News”, in The Folk-Lore Journal, volume 1, number 12, page 394:
glosses: A swift.
exemplare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of exemplar.
exemplare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of exemplar.
engenderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈdʒɛndəɹə/
Forms: form: engenderers
Etymology: From engender + -er.
Senses: examples: text: next to the care, which each living creature hath to his preservation, and to flie what doth hurt him; the affection which the engenderer [translating engendrant] beareth his offspring, holds the second place in this ranke.
ref: , II.8
glosses: One who, or that which, engenders something or someone.
engenderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of engenderer
propensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propension
perokito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perokitoes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of parakeet.
hen's parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hen’s parties
Senses: glosses: plural of hen's party
astand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈstænd/
Forms: form: astands
form: astanding
form: astood
form: astood
Etymology: From Middle English astandan, from Old English āstandan (“to stand up, stand forth, rise up, rise, continue, endure”), from Proto-Germanic *uzstandaną (“to rise, stand up”), equivalent to a- + stand. Cognate with Middle Low German erstân (“rise, get up, secure”), German erstehen (“to purchase, secure”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usstandan, “to rise, set out, be resurrected”). In some senses, prefix a- appears to represent and- (compare Middle English anstanden (“to resist”)), at-, on-.
Senses: glosses: To arise; rise up.
glosses: To come to a standstill; stop; arrive.
glosses: To remain standing; continue; abide; persist; onstand.
glosses: To withstand; atstand.
Synonyms: word: persevere
sense: withstand
word: resist
sense: withstand
word: survive
two-phase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having two alternating currents whose phases differ by 90°.
overclaim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overclaims
form: overclaiming
form: overclaimed
form: overclaimed
Etymology: From over- + claim.
Senses: examples: text: Smith says: "Performance has not been perfect, and I've been around long enough to not take things for granted or to overclaim. But we're up to 96%-97% PPM [Public Performance Measure] and a very high proportion of that is absolutely 100% on time.
ref: 2023 February 8, Paul Stephen with Howard Smith, “Elizabeth Line: "It's not job done yet"”, in RAIL, number 976, page 35:
glosses: To claim too much.
overclaims
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overclaim
overclaiming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overclaim
iron man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron men
form: iron mans
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Alternative form of ironman.
glosses: A self-acting spinning mule used in cotton manufacture.
examples: text: You don't have to be an iron man and do all the work yourself: there are people here who can help you.
glosses: Someone who performs a very complex, complicated, or strenuous task without assistance.
examples: text: This time it was thirty-five grand, a whole damn marching battalion of iron men, […]
ref: 1993, Stephen King, Nightmares & Dreamscapes:
text: Somebody had sense enough to tell Elmer to hold out until the bids were all in, which accounts for his getting four thousand big iron men for his first season's work, instead of fifteen hundred, like the rest of the bush heavers.
ref: 1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post:
glosses: A dollar.
Reiland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German, related to the Rhine river.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hippolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hippolike
form: most hippolike
Etymology: From hippo + -like.
Senses: examples: text: There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…]
ref: 1998, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals, page 595:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus.
Synonyms: hippopotamuslike
it bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: it bags
form: It bag
Etymology: Compare It girl.
Senses: examples: text: Like an under-the-radar It bag prized for its unidentifiable features and nondescript branding, Santal 33 quickly became a sort of cult secret, whispered through wafts of sandalwood and cedar, only detected by those in the know.
ref: 2015 November 16, Olivia Fleming, “That Perfume You Smell Everywhere Is Santal 33”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A kind of expensive designer handbag that is a must-have for fashionable people.
it bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of it bag
unpunctualness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unpunctual + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Not being punctual; lateness.
Synonyms: unpunctuality
redistributor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redistributors
Etymology: From redistribute + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who redistributes; a company in the business of redistribution of goods.
redistributors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redistributor
autodigestive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + digestive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
obsessionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obsessionally
form: most obsessionally
Etymology: From obsessional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an obsessional manner.
walk of shame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walks of shame
Senses: examples: text: Is it any wonder that a new generation of Gloria Gaynors has adopted the sequined halter as the standard issue for dancing 'til dawn (followed by the mortifying Sunday morning "walk of shame")?
ref: 2004, Sam Stall with Lou Harry and Julia Spalding, The Encyclopedia of Guilty Pleasures: 1,001 Things You Hate to Love, →ISBN, →OL, page 75:
text: Because alcohol is so popular, morning-after experiences and walks of shame are pretty common for many students. Almost everyone is looking for romance in some capacity.
ref: 2005, Nicole Goss with Tim Williams, University Of Georgia College Prowler Off The Record, →ISBN, →OL, page 65:
text: Mike: Yeah, in my world, good sex can be a workout. And I don't believe in the walk of shame.
Abby: Me neither. It's the get laid parade.
ref: 2013 August 8, Bag Man (Graceland), season 1, episode 8:
text: The "walk of shame" is a Sunday morning ritual on college campuses (and sometimes beyond) across the United States: young women, hair matted and still in last night's skirt and heels, trudge home post-hook-up. It's a uniquely female ritual, and the term itself evokes a singularly female image.
ref: 2013 December 4, Jill Filipovic, “The only shameful thing about sex is justifying outdated views with 'science'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: You do not do walks of shame—you do struts of honor.
ref: 2016 August 18, Stefanie Weiss, “5 sex positions for the lascivious Leo”, in SheKnows:
text: For one, “back then, it wasn’t about getting the right workout look,” said Rachelle Hruska MacPherson, the founder of Lingua Franca. Less green juice, less hot yoga, more walks of shame.
ref: 2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, quoting Rachelle Hruska MacPherson, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York, archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
glosses: A walk home the morning after a sexual encounter while still in evening dress.
glosses: A tacit or symbolic acknowledgement of defeat or acquiescence when confronted by a First Amendment auditor.
walks of shame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walk of shame
pascual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Growing in pastures or grassy commons, among less rank herbage than pratal.
nitrogenless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nitrogen + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without nitrogen.
fryolator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fryolators
Senses: examples: text: She works alone at her grill, patting each ample patty lightly as she sets it down. Her masterpiece, the “ghetto burger,” is a two-patty cheeseburger tricked out with bacon that she tends closely in a fryolator.
ref: 2007, Holly Hughes, Best Food Writing 2007, page 271:
text: Healthy lunch selections mean you would have no need for things such as fryolators that take up space and cost a lot to run.
ref: 2009, Cheryl Kimball, 55 Surefire Food-Related Businesses You Can Start for Under $5,000, page 200:
glosses: A kitchen appliance used for deep-frying.
fryolators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fryolator
antimotivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + motivation.
Senses: examples: text: Having been driven all their days into an active antimotivation, and finding motivation is the absolute prerequisite for beginning real American life, they cannot begin[…]
ref: 1973, John R. Fry, Locked-out Americans: a memoir:
text: With this, undermotivation turns to antimotivation; failures accumulate and their emotional threshold goes down. Instead of trying harder they start to rebel.
ref: 1977, Louise M. Berman, Jessie A. Roderick, Feeling, valuing, and the art of growing: insights into the affective:
text: Thus, no motivation is generated in the student to apply the new skills; on the contrary, antimotivation is sometimes aroused.
ref: 1983, International yearbook of cartography: Volume 23:
glosses: Active rejection of something towards which one should be motivated.
undermotivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + motivation.
Senses: glosses: inadequate motivation; the state of being undermotivated
bridgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridger
burritolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more burritolike
form: most burritolike
Etymology: From burrito + -like.
Senses: examples: text: I also became frustrated with the stuff sack's built-in mud flap, which folds out of the burritolike bag to provide a dry working space, but mostly just got in my way.
ref: 2000 May, Backpacker, volume 28, number 186, page 124:
text: When she walked into the house she was astounded to find her housekeeper sitting in front of the kitchen TV, eating a vile burritolike concoction and watching a cartoon.
ref: 2003, Diana Dempsey, Catch the Moon:
glosses: Resembling a burrito.
camphorweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camphorweeds
Etymology: From camphor + weed.
Senses: glosses: Any member of species of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camphorweed
makegood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makegoods
form: make-good
Etymology: From make + good.
Senses: topics: advertising
broadcasting
business
marketing
media
radio
television
glosses: A rerun of an advertisement to make up for previous cancellation or error by the broadcaster.
makegoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makegood
Water
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Manaton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7580).
glosses: A hamlet on the B6238 Burnley Road in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8425).
glosses: A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
alt text
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alt texts
Etymology: Short for alternative text. It is represented in HTML by the alt attribute.
Senses: examples: text: Screenreaders for the blind read out the alt text when they encounter an image on a Web page.
glosses: A text caption, associated with an image or other element, that is rendered if the usual content cannot be rendered.
Related terms: parallel text
cherry knocking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of knock down ginger (“prank of knocking on a front door and running away”).
synonyms: word: knock down ginger
extra: prank of knocking on a front door and running away
redneckism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From redneck + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The beliefs or behaviours of rednecks.
redneckery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From redneck + -ery.
Senses: glosses: The beliefs or behaviours of rednecks.
mercantilely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪ(l).li/
ipa: /-ˌtil.(l)i/
Forms: form: more mercantilely
form: most mercantilely
Etymology: From mercantile + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We have just past the last alternation of depression, and fair winds of prosperity (mercantilely speaking) are again beginning to swell the sails of commerce — all will again be activity and hope, and the golden harvest in perspective will obliterate the pain of the losses and punishment which have lately past; […]
ref: 1838, “Prospective Changes in Mechanics”, in The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal:
glosses: In a mercantile manner or context.
salesmanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more salesmanly
form: most salesmanly
Etymology: From salesman + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a salesman.
nonselecting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + selecting.
Senses: examples: text: a nonselecting peptide
text: nonselecting ligands
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Not selecting.
Pfeiffer syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Rudolf Arthur Pfeiffer (1931–2012).
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic disorder characterized by craniosynostosis.
wikipedia: Rudolf Arthur Pfeiffer
turribrachycephaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin turris (“tower”) + brachycephaly
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of having a high, prominent forehead.
converbal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From converb + -al.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: converbial
glosses: Of or relating to a converb.
Derived terms: converbally
converbal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: converbals
Etymology: From converb + -al.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A converb.
tranqing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tranq
tranqed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tranq
aminoaciduric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aminoaciduria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to aminoaciduria.
Havelockian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Havelockian
form: most Havelockian
Etymology: From Havelock + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Eric Alfred Havelock (1903–1988), British classicist who claimed that all of Western thought is informed by a profound shift in the kinds of ideas available to the human mind at the point that Ancient Greek philosophy converted from an oral to a literate form.
puh-lease
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: puhlease
form: puh-leeze
form: puhleeze
form: puleez
form: puh-leez
Etymology: An exaggerated form of please.
Senses: examples: text: Puh-lease! I went to a bar mitzvah once. That doesn't make me Jewish.
ref: 1997, Don Roos, The Opposite of Sex, spoken by Lucia (Lisa Kudrow):
glosses: An expression of annoyance, exasperation or impatience.
Europudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Europuddings
Etymology: From Euro- + pudding.
Senses: examples: text: Coproduction isn't new. The '80s gave rise to big, unwieldy coproductions that were so bad some critics called them "Europuddings".
ref: 1997, Deborah Baldwin, “The Proof Will Be in the 'Europudding'”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: I'm annoyed because […] all these executives seem hell-bent on turning this film into some kind of horrible Europudding.
ref: 2002, Stephen Walker, King of Cannes: a journey into the underbelly of the movies, page 122:
text: After the Nouvelle Vague, and certainly after Fassbinder, Duras, and perhaps The Godfather, what was there left to respect? The multiplex and the summer locomotive picture; the Europuddings and hyphenate productions that had neither local flavor nor radical ambitions[…]
ref: 2005, David Bordwell, Figures traced in light: on cinematic staging, page 267:
text: A classic example of Europudding is described by a German television executive: I saw a German/Italian/French co-production. It involved three hour-long programs. A German girl went to Italy and met a young Italian. They fell in love.
ref: 2008, Barbara J. Selznick, Global television: co-producing culture, page 23:
glosses: A stolid, uninspiring film, song, etc. produced through European cooperation.
Europuddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Europudding
neoformalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + formalism.
Senses: glosses: New Formalism, a late 20th and early 21st century movement in American poetry that promotes a return to metrical and rhymed verse.
Bordwellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bordwellian
form: most Bordwellian
Etymology: From Bordwell + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to David Bordwell (born 1947), American film theorist and film historian.
neoformalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoformalists
Etymology: From neo- + formalist.
Senses: glosses: One involved in the neoformalism movement.
neoformalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoformalist