cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
alarsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aluminium + arsenic + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A trigonal mineral with the chemical formula Al[AsO₄].
schorl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʃɔː(ɹ)l/
Forms: form: schorls
Etymology: From German Schörl, probably from Swedish skör (“brittle”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The most common variety of tourmaline.
Derived terms: schorlaceous
schorlous
schorly
schorls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schorl
logicless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more logicless
form: most logicless
Etymology: From logic + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without logic; alogical or illogical.
Derived terms: logiclessness
fretty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛti
Etymology: From fret (“lattice, trellis”) + -y.
Senses: examples: The coats of various noble British families were originally fretty, but later 'simplified' to a single fret
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister.
Related terms: fretsaw
fretwork
fretty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛti
Forms: form: more fretty
form: most fretty
Etymology: From fret (“to worry”) + -y.
Senses: glosses: Inclined to fret, agitated, worrying.
glosses: Inflamed, like a sore.
Synonyms: sense: inclined to fret
word: fretful
sense: inclined to fret
word: fretsome
Derived terms: frettiness
xilingolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Xilingola (“a place name in Mongolia”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A grey mineral with metallic lustre, having the chemical formula Pb₃Bi₂S₆.
xitieshanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Xitieshan (“a place name in China”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A conchoidal green or yellow mineral with the chemical formula Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·7H₂O.
weights and measures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The science and regulation of standards for the quantification of size, weight, temperature, etc.
grossular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grossular
form: most grossular
Etymology: From New Latin grossularius, from translingual Grossularia, a subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, from French groseille. The mineral name is in reference to a particular green variety found in Siberia.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.
grossular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grossulars
Etymology: From New Latin grossularius, from translingual Grossularia, a subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, from French groseille. The mineral name is in reference to a particular green variety found in Siberia.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A calcium-aluminium mineral of the garnet group.
Synonyms: gooseberry garnet
grossularite
Derived terms: grossulin
hydrogrossular
grossulars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grossular
grossularite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grossularites
Etymology: From a botanical name for the gooseberry, Grossularia, in reference to a particular green variety found in Siberia, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of grossular.
synonyms: word: grossular
grossularites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grossularite
manifestolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more manifestolike
form: most manifestolike
Etymology: From manifesto + -like.
Senses: examples: text: There’s something strangely manifestolike about this album.
ref: 2007 January 29, Jon Pareles, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a manifesto; setting out a political viewpoint.
overmodulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmodulates
form: overmodulating
form: overmodulated
form: overmodulated
Etymology: From over- + modulate.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps that’s why the first and title song of “Some Loud Thunder” is distorted to become nearly unlistenable, and the next track, “Emily Jean Stock,” is wrecked by overmodulated drums.
ref: 2007 January 29, Jon Pareles, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
glosses: To modulate too much.
overmodulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overmodulate
overmodulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overmodulate
overmodulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmodulate
appoggiaturas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appoggiatura
bioerror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + error, to rhyme with bioterror (and rarely seen without it).
Senses: examples: text: Five years ago, Dr. Rees posted this prediction : “By 2020, bioterror or bioerror will lead to one million casualties in a single event.”
ref: 2007 January 30, John Tierney, “Can Humanity Survive? Want to Bet on It?”, in New York Times:
glosses: A mistake of biological science that endangers humankind.
bigfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bigfoots
form: bigfooting
form: bigfooted
form: bigfooted
Senses: examples: text: Most recently, Allen bigfooted Walter out of the way to explore a merger with SBC Communications, Inc., the largest of the regional Bells.
ref: 1997 July 28, Jill Smolowe et al., “AT&T Unplugs a CEO-To-Be”, in Time:
text: "Joel is out to get the best and brightest. It is his team to build," Walcott said, his comments appearing to reject speculation that Bloomberg was bigfooting the deputy search.
ref: 2002 August 7, Joanne Wasserman, Alison Gendar, “School Chief Seeks No. 2”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 27 May 2009:
text: Clinton is a terrible manager of people. . . . Her White House, if we can glean anything from the campaign, would be a secretive nest of well-fed yes-people, an uncontrollable egomaniac spouse able and willing to bigfoot anyone if he wants to . . . and a drizzle of dreary hacks.
ref: 2008 February 26, Howard Kurtz, “Wardrobe Wars”, in Washington Post, retrieved 27 May 2009:
glosses: To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.
examples: text: Later, Dick Cheney was Bigfooting around the West Wing, looking for heads.
ref: 2006 July 26, Ron Suskind, “FRONTLINE: News War Interviews”, in PBS.com, retrieved 27 May 2009:
glosses: To behave in an authoritative, commanding manner.
Synonyms: sense: control or manage forcefully
word: push around
sense: behave in an authoritative manner
word: pull the strings
sense: behave in an authoritative manner
word: swagger
bigfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bigfeet
Senses: examples: text: I mean, for the love of the Force, he's a bigfoot with a gun; how come he's not the baddest badass in the Empire? Instead we get a walking carpet who sucks at board games and has a fetish for restraints.
ref: 2011 November, Helena Nash, "No. 179—Wussy Wookie", The Drink Tank, No. 300, p. 180
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bigfoot, a hairy hominid.
examples: text: And he's living a pundit’s dream by being frequently cited—not just by fellow bloggers, but by media bigfeet.
ref: 2002 May 19, Steven Levy, “Will The Blogs Kill Old Media?”, in Newsweek, volume 139:
text: Along with other media bigfeet, I chatted up Rummy and C.I.A. chief George Tenet, both of whom were in on the secret of the capture of Saddam a few hours before.
ref: 2003 December 15, William Safire, “From the ‘Spider Hole’”, in The New York Times, section A, page 27:
text: His combination of brains and bravery–even in the face of his grave miscalculation regarding Dean–when viewed against the smug, shallow self-satisfaction of the media bigfeet who mock him, redounds enormously to Gore’s benefit.
ref: 2004 February 12, Eric Alterman, “Al, We Hardly Know Ye”, in The Nation, volume 278, published 1 March 2004, page 12:
glosses: A person with a big footprint; a prominent person, especially a journalist.
corticotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corticotropes
form: corticotroph
Senses: glosses: A cell in the anterior pituitary that produces adrenocorticotrophic hormone and melanocyte-stimulating hormone.
Simps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Simpsons.
Senses: examples: ref: 2000, TomServo, “Twin Peaks spoof in Simps!”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The television program The Simpsons.
God boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: God boys
Senses: examples: text: OK, God boy, I'll be in church tomorrow, front row and centre!
glosses: A pious male Christian.
by golly
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: By golly, a fellow ought to have some say-so in the sale of his eggs.
ref: 1965, Robinson Barnwell, Head Into The Wind:
text: I understand that ministers are hoping to get the Bill on the statute book by the autumn. And by golly, they are in a hurry.
ref: 2024 August 7, Christian Wolmar, “Labour in a hurry to implement changes on the railway”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 42:
glosses: A minced oath for by God.
Synonyms: wow
by God
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: by gods
form: by the gods
Etymology: Ellipsis of a full oath of the form "I swear by God that …".
Senses: examples: text: I should not wonder if you had your orders to-morrow; but you cannot sail with this wind, if you are to cruize to the westward; Captain Walsh thinks you will certainly have a cruize to the westward, with the Elephant. By G⁠—, I wish you may.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 150:
text: With a frown, Rye studies my face. He disengages my arm in order to take my hand in both of his and squeeze it tight. "Why don't you go back and confront him, sweetheart? I'll go with you, by God. I don't like the idea of him bullying you, and he needs to hear that."
ref: 2007, Cassandra King, Queen of Broken Hearts:
glosses: Used as an oath to emphasize the veracity of an associated statement.
examples: text: I saw that map and I said right then, 'Someday I'm going to make a map of how it was that day, make a drawing of Pearl Harbor, and I'll make it right.' And I did, by God.
ref: 1991 November 20, Paul Hendrickson, “Echoes Of the Day of Infamy”, in Washington Post:
glosses: Used as an intensifier.
by God
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: by gods
form: by the gods
Etymology: Ellipsis of a full oath of the form "I swear by God that …".
Senses: examples: text: I’ll tell you one thing he was if he wasn’t no soldier. He was a by god White Cap.
ref: 1973, Cormac McCarthy, Child of God, page 81:
text: Fleeson was known as “God’s angry woman,” and she called herself a “by God practicing liberal.”
ref: 1995, Benjamin Bradlee, A Good Life, page 198:
qualifier: mildly blasphemous
glosses: Genuine, actual.
by God
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: by gods
form: by the gods
Etymology: Ellipsis of a full oath of the form "I swear by God that …".
Senses: examples: text: By God! That chicken has no head!
text: […] having made a cross cut, so as to ascertain the depth of the fat upon the chest, exclaimed, in a sort of rapture, “Three inches of white fat on the brisket!—prime—prime, as I am a crowded sinner—and de’il ane o’ the lazy loons in but mysell! Seven—aught—aught tines on the antlers. By G⁠—⁠d, a hart of aught tines, and the first of the season![…]”
ref: 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 85:
glosses: An exclamation of surprise.
Synonyms: wow
Tacana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Takana
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group inhabiting the Beni department of Bolivia.
Tacana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Takana
Senses: glosses: A family of languages spoken in Bolivia
Synonyms: Tupamasa
extrapancreatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + pancreatic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Originating outside of the pancreas
Related terms: pancreatic
peripancreatic
galactosemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactosemias
form: galactosaemia
Etymology: From galactose + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A genetic metabolic disorder characterized by an inability to metabolize galactose properly.
glosses: The presence of galactose in the blood.
Derived terms: galactosemic
hypergalactosemia
anachronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anachronous
form: most anachronous
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anachronistic.
synonyms: word: anachronistic
Derived terms: anachronously
anachronym
detrivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detrivores
Etymology: From detritus + -vore.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that feeds on detritus; a detritivore, a saprophyte.
Synonyms: detritivore
detritophage
saprophage
Hypernyms: decomposer
Related terms: detritivorous
detrivorous
detritivory
detrivory
diseasome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diseasomes
Etymology: From disease + -ome.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: All the disorders and diseases of an organism, viewed as a whole, with special reference to genetic features
Related terms: genome
phenome
hedgepig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedgepigs
Etymology: From hedge + pig.
Senses: examples: text: Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined.
ref: a. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 4, scene 1, line 2:
text: That sheeted heifer of Prowse’s is all wrong; her coat stares like a hedgepig's. Tell Jewell to go up and bring her in before night.
ref: 1855, Charles Kingsley, “Clovelly Court in the Olden Time”, in Westward Ho!, 4th edition, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, published 1857, page 91:
glosses: A hedgehog.
street pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: street pigeons
Senses: glosses: A rock pigeon living in an urban environment.
stock dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock doves
form: stock-dove
form: stockdove
Etymology: From stock (“tree trunk”) + dove, in reference to the bird's habit of nesting in hollow trees.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he stock-dove, unalarm'd, / Sits cooing in the pine-tree, nor suspends / His long love-ditty for my near approach.
ref: 1785, William Cowper, The Task, Book VI:
glosses: A pigeon of species Columba oenas, found in much of Europe, in the family Columbidae.
Synonyms: stock pigeon
Vṛtra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Vritra.
bad bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad banks
Etymology: Possibly derived from a usage by Walter Bagehot in Lombard Street: "The cardinal maxim is, that any aid to a present bad bank is the surest mode of preventing the establishment of a future good bank."
Senses: examples: text: And Grant Street National Bank, as the bad bank is called, ... The bad bank and its 75 workout specialists proved adept at unloading sorry loans
ref: 1992, Business Week:
text: In the 1980s, another method of problem resolution emerged, known as a good-bank, bad-bank split model.
ref: 1999, Benton E. Gup, International banking crises, page 249:
topics: banking
business
glosses: A bank created to specialize in the ownership of defaulted loans and their collection.
Synonyms: collection bank
Related terms: toxic assets
Eiben
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eibens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Eiben.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Proto-Algonquian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Algonquian.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The theoretical proto-language of the Algonquian languages.
Mandchous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mandchou
Pontons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ponton
Antonino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Antoninos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Antonino.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Kansas, United States.
unallowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnəˈlaʊd/
rhymes: -aʊd
Forms: form: more unallowed
form: most unallowed
form: unallow'd
Etymology: From un- + allowed.
Senses: glosses: Not allowed; forbidden.
iotacism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iotacisms
form: itacism
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰωτακισμός (iōtakismós), by surface analysis from iota + -cism (phenomenon related to a specific phoneme).
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation, especially in Greek.
glosses: A misspelling resulting from such pronunciation.
Related terms: i-mutation
lambdacism
rhotacism
prosimians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosimian
-lalia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λαλιά (laliá, “talk, chat”).
Senses: glosses: Forming nouns denoting abnormal or disordered forms of speech.
Synonyms: -logia
-phemia
-arthria
-phasia
-phrasia
-glossia
Related terms: lalo-
zoömorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zoömorphic
form: most zoömorphic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zoomorphic.
bleachable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bleachable
form: most bleachable
Etymology: From bleach + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being bleached without excessive damage, as articles of laundry.
Derived terms: photobleachable
unbleachable
duplexing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of duplex
duplexed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of duplex
duplexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
synonyms: multiplexed
uniwidth
glosses: Of consistent glyph width across weights.
raw_tags: of a font
feedbacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈfidˌbækɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feedback
Mingrelian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mɪnˈɡɹiːli.ən/
Etymology: From Mingrel + -ian, from Georgian მეგრელი (megreli). Compare the variant Megrelian.
Senses: examples: text: I’m told, Minister Beria did, on occasion, like to perform Mingrelian peasant songs on the balalaika.
ref: 2020, Ben Creed, City of Ghosts, London: Welbeck Publishing, →ISBN, page 264:
glosses: A Kartvelian language spoken in parts of Georgia (mainly Samegrelo and Abkhazia).
Synonyms: Megrelian
Mingrel
Megrel
Mingrelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɪnˈɡɹiːli.ən/
Forms: form: Mingrelians
Etymology: From Mingrel + -ian, from Georgian მეგრელი (megreli). Compare the variant Megrelian.
Senses: glosses: A person who speaks this language.
Synonyms: Megrelian
Mingrel
Megrel
Mingrelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /mɪnˈɡɹiːli.ən/
Etymology: From Mingrel + -ian, from Georgian მეგრელი (megreli). Compare the variant Megrelian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Mingrelian terms
xmf ⁠
feedbacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feedback
in relation to
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Concerning; in reference to.
glosses: In comparison with.
Synonyms: sense: concerning
word: in terms of
sense: in comparison with
word: compared with
sense: in comparison with
word: vis-à-vis
glycogenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycogenoses
Etymology: From glycogen + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A metabolic disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize glycogen properly
Synonyms: glycogen storage disease
mandatoriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mandatory + -ness.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: compulsion, mandate, requirement
synonyms: compulsoriness
glosses: The quality or state of being mandatory.
for my money
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: For my money, if you have to pick the one best athlete of all time, it's Brazil's nonpareil Pele, the Michael Jordan of soccer.
ref: 1999 January 25, Daniel Okrent, “Who's the Greatest of All?”, in Time, retrieved 30 Oct 2018:
text: “For my money, he's the funniest person in America,” said Seth Meyers.
ref: 2018 April 30, Bruce Fretts, “The Stealth Success of John Mulaney”, in New York Times, retrieved 30 Oct 2018:
glosses: In my opinion; as I see it; in all likelihood.
Related terms: if you ask me
two cents
obligatoriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From obligatory + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being obligatory.
phrasal preposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phrasal prepositions
Senses: examples: text: In English, most phrasal prepositions consist of an adverbial followed by a one-word preposition.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: preposition
;
adposition
glosses: A preposition composed of several words rather than just one.
Coordinate terms: word: phrase
word: adverbial phrase
word: conjunctional phrase
word: interjectional phrase
word: phrase
word: phrasal noun
word: phrasal verb
word: pronominal phrase
word: phrase
Related terms: prepositional phrase
front line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front lines
form: front-line
form: frontline
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A front, or a boundary between opposing positions.
examples: text: With such results possible on the front line of teaching, the only question remaining is whether much of the education industry will overcome its ....
ref: 2004 December 20, “Reading problems? It's time to consider phonics”, in Chicago Tribune:
text: With Donald J. Trump in office, using Twitter as a cattle prod to shock the country to attention multiple times a day […] there was a sense that every day on the site was a battle. That attitude was reflected in users who saw themselves as soldiers, eternally fighting to shift the front lines of the discourse an inch or two in the correct direction.
ref: 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A site of a conflict, effort, or controversial matter of any kind.
examples: text: As one front line worker expressed it in a focus group, good managers "have a way about them" that makes them credible to others. ...
ref: 1990 July 1, “The performing art of service management.”, in Management Review:
text: And that's not all - the historic timber tea room has been dismantled to allow the platforms to be altered. […] The tea room - one of the few timber station buildings still in front line service - will then be painstakingly rebuilt, but in a slightly different position.
ref: 2025 July 23, Richard Foster, “Huddersfield's overdue makeover”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 36:
glosses: The site of interaction with outsiders, such as customers.
examples: text: Each of us, from top brass down to the front line worker, wishes to feel the satisfaction of doing something worth while and doing it well.
ref: 1949 September 27, “Field's Holds its Workers in High Respect”, in Chicago Tribune:
glosses: A low level.
examples: text: The home team eventually started to unpick the Town defence and Fabregas forced a saved from visiting goalkeeper Marton Fulop after collecting a pass from Bendtner, who played on the right side of the front line.
ref: 2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: attack, collectively the attackers or forwards.
Synonyms: sense: low-level work
word: the trenches
sense: low-level work
word: coalface
front-line
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more front-line
form: most front-line
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of front line.
front lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of front line
from the git-go
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of from the get-go.
get-go
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: getgo
form: git-go
Etymology: From get + go. First use appears in 1960 as part of the phrase from the get-go in the publication Baltimore Afro-American.
Senses: glosses: The beginning.
wikipedia: Baltimore Afro-American
Synonyms: go-off
Derived terms: the get-go
git-go
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From git + go.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get-go.
Derived terms: the git-go
kokosh cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kokosh cakes
Etymology: Hobson-Jobson of Hungarian kakaós (“cocoa”, adjective) + cake.
Senses: glosses: Yeast cake of a particular kind, formed by rolling dough about a cocoa-based filling.
aue
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Maori auē.
Senses: examples: text: Ah hell, the fucking word has its place, but all the time?…aue.
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 12:
glosses: Alas, oh dear; dear me.
correctional institution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: correctional institutions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of correctional facility.
synonyms: word: correctional facility
holding cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holding cells
Senses: synonyms: detention cell
jail cell
lockup
prison cell
glosses: A cell in a police station or courthouse in which a prisoner is held temporarily, pending charge, trial or sentencing.
holding cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holding cell
Ganja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian گنجه (ganja), from Middle Persian gncg (Ganzag).
Senses: glosses: A city in Azerbaijan.
Synonyms: sense: former names
word: Elisabethpol
word: Yelizavetpol
word: Kirovabad
sense: the Armenian name
word: Gandzak
cherry bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cherry bombs
Senses: glosses: A spherical, cherry-sized firecracker that generates a high-power explosion.
oyster cracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oyster crackers
Etymology: Perhaps because originally served with oyster stew or clam chowder, or because their form (a vaguely round "shell" that splits evenly into two parts) was suggestive of the shell of an oyster.
Senses: glosses: A small, dry, usually round or hexagonal cracker.
oyster crackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oyster cracker
Gäncä
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ganja.
Gandzha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ganja.
Gyandzhe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ganja.
Gyanja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ganja.
Ganca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ganja.
cracker bonbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cracker bonbons
Senses: glosses: A party favor in the form of a Christmas cracker
kiddie porn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Child pornography.
kiddy porn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kiddie porn.
feeding chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feeding chairs
Senses: glosses: A highchair for a baby.
epithelial duct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epithelial ducts
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any duct lined with epithelium
leaving do
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaving dos
Etymology: From leaving + do ("party").
Senses: glosses: A party or other celebration held in honour of someone leaving their job.
Synonyms: word: goodbye party
pareunia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πάρευνος (páreunos, “lying beside, lying with”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: sexual intercourse
Derived terms: dyspareunia
blue funk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue funks
Senses: synonyms: blue fit
glosses: A state of nervous depression.
law of unintended consequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the law of unintended consequences
Senses: glosses: An adage which proposes that every act has unintended consequences.
Related terms: best laid plans
cobra effect
clas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Welsh clas, from Middle Welsh clas, from Proto-Brythonic *klas, from Latin classis. Doublet of class and classis.
Senses: glosses: A Celtic monastery
Göktürks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Göktürk
in trouble
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He had a knack for getting in trouble.
synonyms: in a world of pain
in a world of trouble
glosses: Suffering difficulties.
examples: text: He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.
ref: 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:
glosses: Liable to be punished for misbehavior; in disgrace.
raw_tags: of a child or someone being looked after
used in law and crime-related contexts
examples: text: She didn't even know she was in trouble.
glosses: Pregnant, unmarried, and not likely to be married before giving birth.
Göktürk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Göktürks
form: Köktürk
form: Kokturk
form: Kök Türük
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Göktürk, from gök (“sky, blue”) + Türk (“Turk”).
Senses: synonyms: Blue Turk
glosses: A member of a powerful nomadic confederation in medieval Asia
piphat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piphats
Etymology: From Thai ปี่พาทย์ (bpìi-pâat).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An ensemble of wind and percussion instruments in central Thai classical music.
Related terms: gamelan
Deighton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deightons
form: Dayton
Etymology: From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Ditton.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ3801).
glosses: A placename:
A small village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6244).
glosses: A placename:
A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1619).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
xacuti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑ.ku.ti/
Forms: form: xacutti
Etymology: From Konkani शागोती (śāgotī), सागुती (sāgutī).
Senses: examples: text: A staple found on the menu of most Goan restaurants is xacuti. The complex flavour that defines this chicken curry comes from the use of an elaborate number of spices and ingredients including poppy seeds, dessicated^([sic]) coconut and red chillies.
ref: 2013, DK Travel, DK Top 10 Goa:
glosses: A Goan curry with a complex mixture of spices including white poppy seeds and large dried red chilis, usually prepared with chicken or lamb.
gonadarche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gonado- + -arche.
Senses: glosses: The earliest gonadal changes of puberty, when (in response to pituitary gonadotropins), the ovaries in girls and the testes in boys begin to grow and increase the production of the sex steroids, especially estradiol and testosterone.
Related terms: menarche
spermarche
thelarche
steel-wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of steel wool.
shadow banking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shadow banking system.
Senses: topics: banking
business
economics
finance
sciences
glosses: Bank-like activities that are not subject to existing bank regulation.
Derived terms: shadow banking system
Related terms: shadow account
shadow bank
hedge fund
money-market fund
bank holding company
truck-driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truck-drivers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of truck driver.
school years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of school year
money market fund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money market funds
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A mutual fund (US) that invests almost exclusively in short-term money market instruments whose value is deemed unlikely to fluctuate.
gas gauges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gas gauge
adrenarche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adreno- + -arche.
Senses: examples: text: Premature adrenarche should be distinguished from premature pubarche (early onset of sexual hair) even though adrenarche commonly causes pubarche.
ref: 2004, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, Erica A. Eugster, Pediatric Endocrinology: Mechanisms, Manifestations, and Management, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 319:
coordinate_terms: pubarche
glosses: A stage of maturation of the cortex of the human adrenal glands, related to puberty, typically occurring between the ages of six and ten years and involving both structural and functional changes.
Derived terms: adrenarcheal
persistent adrenarche syndrome
shadow bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadow banks
Etymology: From shadow banking system.
Senses: examples: text: Regulators have said there was an entire shadow bank within the official BCCI with separate books.
ref: 1991 July 23, “A Slam Heard 'Round the World; Closing of BCCI's Doors Leaves...”, in Washington Post:
topics: banking
business
glosses: An entity that illegally performs banking functions.
examples: text: The rise of unregulated “shadow banks” and the lack of restrictions on insurers and asset managers were pinpointed as concerns – as was the growth of global banks to a scale larger than 2008 and the fear that they are again “too big to fail”.
ref: 2018 October 7, Shane Hickey, “Shadow banks, trade wars, Trump … clouds gather over the IMF’s paradise”, in The Observer:
text: The results of the experiment show that the broad policy regime performs best, with the narrow Basel III regime actually working more procyclical than the standard regime when hit with a hypothetical shock. This is because of credit is forced through the shadow-bank channel when the standard bank channel is faced with countercyclical regulation.
ref: 2020, Jon Nævdal Johansson, Macroprudential Policy Reviewed: An Economic Assessment of Implemented Macroprudential Policy Regimes Post the Great Recession, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, November 2020
topics: banking
business
economics
finance
sciences
glosses: An entity not subject to banking regulation that performs banking functions.
Derived terms: shadow banker
shadow banking
Related terms: NBFI
money-market fund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of money market fund.
ladyfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladyfish
set to work
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets to work
form: setting to work
form: set to work
form: set to work
Senses: examples: text: As soon as he got home, he went to his desk and set to work.
text: Every day he sets to work at the new assignments.
text: Accordingly, Mitchell and his fireman, apparently without removing the engine from the up line, set to work and disconnected the motion on the defective side, after which Fireman Richardson, who probably had done the lion's share of the work, betook himself to the refreshment room and had a cup of coffee.
ref: 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
glosses: To begin working.
examples: text: As soon as I could, I set to work making the entries.
text: The Crescent Road sheds had a favourite locomotive - Stanier 4MT tank engine 42626 (known by Bolton locomen as 'two half-dollars') - and the shed authorities quietly arranged for it to be put to one side for a few days, while the ardent schoolboys set to work cleaning it.
ref: 2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 55:
glosses: To begin working at.
raw_tags: with gerund
examples: text: I will immediately set them to work.
text: I was setting the children to work cleaning their rooms.
text: I set the pump to work getting the water out of the basement.
text: The 13th class were the first Garratts on the line and on arrival were set to work on the Villa [sic: Vila] Machado-Umtali section, increasing the train load from the 350 tons hauled by the 9th class to 450 tons.
ref: 1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 640:
synonyms: put to work
glosses: To cause to begin working.
friar's cowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friar's cowls
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Arisarum vulgare, common arisarum, native principally to the Mediterranean.
Synonyms: arison
larum
Related terms: Jack-in-the-pulpit
arum
into the genus of which Arisarum species are formerly
vulgarly frequently sorted
and vice versa
wear on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wears on
form: wearing on
form: wore on
form: worn on
Senses: examples: text: But his didacticism is beginning to wear on me, and I wonder if I am on a fool's errand.
ref: 2007, Stephen L. Carter, The Emperor of Ocean Park, page 398:
glosses: To irritate.
examples: text: One possible reconciliation of the cross-section and time-series results is that actual wages paid fell relative to reported or official wage rates as the Depression wore on.
ref: 2000, Ben Bernanke, “The Macroeconomics of the Great Depression”, in Essays on the great depression, page 32:
text: But as the second half wore on, Sunderland piled forward at every opportunity and their relentless pressure looked certain to be rewarded in the closing stages.
ref: 2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC:
glosses: (chiefly of time) To persist or continue with increasing exhaustion.
Ajeesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ajish
Etymology: From Malayalam അജീഷ് (ajīṣŭ).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from India, of Indian usage.
hasty pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hasty puddings
Senses: glosses: A simple pudding or porridge of grains cooked in milk or water.
hasty-pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hasty-puddings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hasty pudding.
LOI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LOIs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of letter of intent.
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of lunar orbit insertion: NASA terminology for a spacecraft maneuver to enter into orbit around the Moon.
hasty puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hasty pudding
hasty-puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hasty-pudding
atomoxetine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomoxetine
Etymology: From [Term?] + -oxetine (“fluoxetine derivative”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A nonstimulant drug used for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
income tax returns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of income tax return
stockpicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockpickers
form: stock picker
form: stock-picker
Etymology: From stock + picker.
Senses: examples: text: Every year Forbes magazine asks some of America's top stock pickers to name their single favorite equity for the upcoming 12 months.
ref: 1985 May 26, Brendan Boyd, “Last year's top sages return to attempt an instant replay”, in Spokesman-Review, Spokane, USA, retrieved 28 May 2009:
text: Indeed, with Europe mired in recession and the U.S. barely stirring, many stockpickers believe Asia offers some of the most attractive plays around.
ref: 1993 June 21, Bill Javetski et al., “The Pacific is Terrific, and Europe Isn't Terrible”, in BusinessWeek, retrieved 28 May 2009:
text: The world's most successful stockpicker last weekend released his widely read chair's letter to shareholders of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. conglomerate.
ref: 2009, David Olive, "Good time to buy stocks, if you're thinking long-term, Toronto Star, 8 Mar. (retrieved 28 May 2009)
topics: business
finance
glosses: An investor or investment advisor who selects or recommends corporate shares for purchase.
airport novel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airport novels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of airport book.
synonyms: word: airport book
stock picker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock pickers
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Alternative spelling of stockpicker.
glosses: A person or machine that gathers stock from a warehouse to fill an order.
stock-picker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock-pickers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stockpicker.
pearly gates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pearly Gates
Etymology: After the description in Revelation 21:21.
Senses: examples: text: When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls / And pearly gates behold?
ref: 1795, Joseph Bromehead, Jerusalem, My Happy Home:
text: This immense wealth; this gilded splendor; this profusion of luxury; this exemption from toil; this life of ease; this sea of plenty; aye, what of it all? Are the pearly gates of happiness and sweet content flung open to such suitors?
ref: 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 7, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:
text: The narrowness of the imagination of the old masters is generally depicted in their canvases. Heaven to them was a serious business of pearly gates, harps, halos, and aërial flights on ambient pale clouds.
ref: 1908, Harold McGraff, chapter 27, in The Lure of the Mask:
text: I'd toss for pennies on the front steps of the New Jerusalem or set up a faro layout just outside the Pearly Gates.
ref: 1910, Jack London, chapter 20, in Burning Daylight:
text: By the time they got a doctor down / I was already dead / And I'll never understand why the man / Standing in the Pearly Gates said…
ref: 1971, John Prine, “Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore”, in John Prine:
text: When I'm at the pearly gates / This'll be on my videotape, my videotape
ref: 2007, “Videotape”, in In Rainbows, performed by Radiohead:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The entrance way to Heaven.
glosses: Heaven itself.
gynocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌɪnəsʌɪd/
Forms: form: gynocides
form: gynecide
form: gynecocide
Etymology: From gyno- + -cide, after genocide.
Senses: examples: text: We find that millions upon millions of women have died as the victims of organized gynocide.
ref: 1976, Andrea Dworkin, Our Blood:
text: In the contemporary Age of Sex Crime, it is another traditional female scapegoat, the prostitute, who is the paradigmatic target of gynocide.
ref: 1987, Jane Caputi, The Age of Sex Crime, page 95:
glosses: The killing of women and girls, especially considered as a social phenomenon.
Synonyms: femicide
feminicide
Derived terms: gynocidal
gummiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more gummiferous
form: most gummiferous
Etymology: From gum + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: glosses: That produces gum (or latex etc)
hydrosaline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + saline.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to water containing dissolved mineral salts
ponton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pontons
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of pontoon.
Derived terms: ponton bridge
pontons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ponton
insulinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insulinomas
form: insulinomata
Etymology: From insulin + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A tumour of the pancreas that secretes insulin.
Derived terms: noninsulinoma
geog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɒɡ/
homophone: jog
Etymology: Clipping of geography.
Senses: glosses: Geography, mainly as a school subject.
geog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɒɡ/
homophone: jog
Forms: form: geogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gewog.
good God
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Good God! Who are this Wretch’s Advisers?
ref: 1724, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer, Upon Occasion of a Paragraph in His News-Paper of Aug. 1st. Relating to Mr. Woods's Half-Pence, page 9:
text: “Young lady, there is no hope; one side of the Duchesse is struck with palsy; she retains her senses, and will, most probably, to the last; but she cannot live through the night.” / “Good God!” exclaimed Francesca; “and the Duc de Mercœur left Paris this morning!” For a moment all command over herself was lost, and she sank on a seat, sick and faint with sudden agony.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 73:
text: "Good God, sir," exclaimed the officer, "is it possible?" And the next moment his eye lighted up with professional ambition. "This will make a deal of noise," he said.
ref: 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde:
qualifier: mildly blasphemous
glosses: Expression of surprise, outrage, or horror.
Synonyms: sense: expression of surprise
word: wow
Derived terms: good God bird
Christ almighty
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Christ + almighty
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: God Almighty; Christ alive; Jesus H. Christ; Jesus Christ; Jesus, Mary and Joseph; see also Thesaurus:wow
text: Good Christ almighty!
ref: 1971, William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist:
glosses: An exclamation of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration or astonishment
brickety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brickety
form: most brickety
Senses: examples: text: Question. They must be a brickety family, if both the boys are brickety?
Answer. They are all brickety.
ref: 1872, Harriet Hernandes questioned by Philadelph Van Trump, Congressional Series of United States Public Documents, page 590:
text: "Lindy's a mighty fine gal," he soliloquized, "but she's mighty feisty by spells. Suthin' 'r nuther has got her to feelin' brickety, an' she's just a devilin' me for a spell."
ref: 1887, William Eleazar Barton, The Wind-up of the Big Meetin' on No Bus'ness:
text: “Air you one of them brickety doctors that don't aim to let any one help a sufi'erin' human out 'cause they think they knows it all?" she demanded.
ref: 1917, Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Isaac Kaufman Funk, William Seaver Woods, Arthur Stimson Draper, Wilfred John Funk, The Literary Digest:
glosses: fidgety, meddlesome
Related terms: brickety-brack