cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
epistocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛpɪˈstɑkɹəsi/
Forms: form: epistocracies
form: epistemocracy
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “knowledge”) + suffix -κρατία (-kratía), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”).
Senses: examples: text: So maybe it’s time to consider an alternative to democracy called epistocracy. In a democracy, every citizen gets an equal right to vote. In an epistocracy, voting power is widespread, but votes are weighted: More knowledgeable citizens’ votes count more.
ref: 2016, “Can Epistocracy, or knowledge-based voting, fix the problems with democracy?”, in Los Angeles Times:
glosses: A rule by citizens with political knowledge, or a proposed political system which concentrates political power in citizens according to their knowledge.
glosses: A government run by citizens with political knowledge.
Related terms: epistocrat
epistocratic
noocracy
scolopale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scolopalae
form: scolopales
Senses: examples: text: The organ is composed of a somewhat restricted number of scolopalae, which are connected with sense cells that are also few in number.
ref: 1948, Kjell Ehnbom, Studies on the Central and Sympathetic Nervous System and Some Sense Organs in the Head of Neuropteroid Insects:
text: These scolopidia respond only to extreme depression of the tarsus and thus length differences of the scolopales can account for their angular sensitivity.
ref: 1976, Peter John Mill, Structure and Function of Proprioceptors in the Invertebrates, page 348:
text: This ciliary portion of the dendrite runs through a fluid-filled extracellular space, surrounded by the scolopale cell, and then the dendrite expands into the ciliary dilatation before entering the cap.
ref: 1989, Franz Huber, Thomas Edwin Moore, Werner Loher, Cricket Behavior and Neurobiology, →ISBN, page 400:
text: The side of the scolopale facing the cilium is smooth, whereas the side facing the cytoplasm of the scolopale cell is irregular. Proximal to the cilium, the scolopale divides into short columns which fit into invaginations of the dendrite.
ref: 2012, A. B. Borkovec, Edward P. Masler, Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology, →ISBN, page 434:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A tube-like structure on the chordotonal organ of an insect.
overnet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overnets
form: overnetting
form: overnetted
form: overnetted
Etymology: From over- + net.
Senses: examples: text: Just beyond, creosote posts were overnetted with chicken wire, on which church ladies in summer spread tablecloths and set out food.
ref: 2011, Mark Childress, A World Made of Fire, page 45:
glosses: To cover with a net or netting.
glosses: To fish too much using nets.
reimplace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reimplaces
form: reimplacing
form: reimplaced
form: reimplaced
Etymology: From re- + emplace. Cognate to French remplacer, Italian rimpiazzare, Portuguese reemplaçar, Catalan reemplaçar & Spanish reemplazar.
Senses: glosses: To replace.
Related terms: reimplacement
cry craven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cries craven
form: crying craven
form: cried craven
form: cried craven
Senses: synonyms: cry uncle
glosses: To surrender.
overnetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overnet
overnets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overnet
overnetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overnet
opeidoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opeidoscope
Rhaeto-Romanic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raeto-Romanic
form: Rheto-Romanic
Senses: glosses: Rhaeto-Romance
lichenographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lichenographers
Senses: glosses: One who studies lichenography.
lichenographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lichenographer
property-theoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Kurt Gödel is reported to have remarked ‘‘There never were any set-theoretic paradoxes, but the property-theoretic paradoxes are still unresolved.’’ The idea behind the ﬁrst part of his remark is presumably that the notion of set was hierarchical from the start, so that it should have been obvious all along that there was no Russell set (in the mathematical sense of ‘set’). The idea behind the second part is that this obvious resolution of Russell’s ‘‘paradox’’ for sets simply doesn’t carry over to the paradox for properties.
ref: 2008, Hartry Field, Saving Truth from Paradox:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the theory of properties.
theriomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From therio- + -mancy.
Senses: glosses: divination involving animals
shooldarry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shooldarries
form: shuldari
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A small tent with a steep sloping roof and low sides.
shuldari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuldaris
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shooldarry.
shooldarries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shooldarry
shuldaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuldari
wuzzent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wuzzent
form: most wuzzent
Senses: glosses: wizened
wuzzent
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of wasn't.
pholadite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pholadites
Etymology: From pholad + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A fossil pholad.
pholadites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pholadite
archeomagnetism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of archaeomagnetism.
relieving arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relieving arches
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: An arch in a wall to relieve the part below it from a superincumbent weight.
relieving arches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relieving arch
outlodging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outlodgings
Etymology: From out- + lodging.
Senses: glosses: A lodging outside the college bounds at Oxford or Cambridge.
outlodgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outlodging
trencher mate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trencher mates
Senses: glosses: A dining companion.
glosses: A sponger or parasite.
trencher mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trencher mate
deductiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deductive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being deductive.
raspberry crown borer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raspberry crown borers
Senses: glosses: The moth Pennisetia marginata.
raspberry crown borers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raspberry crown borer
Dongsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Vietnamese Đông Sơn + suffix -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, or related to the Dong Son culture.
Dongsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Dongsonians
Etymology: From Vietnamese Đông Sơn + suffix -ian.
Senses: glosses: A person from the Dong Son culture.
Scythic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scythic
form: most Scythic
Etymology: From Latin scythicus.
Senses: glosses: Scythian
Scythic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin scythicus.
Senses: glosses: Scythian (language)
Dongsonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dongsonian
exophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
awakenable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From awaken + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be awoken.
Derived terms: unawakenable
awakable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From awake + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be awoken.
Derived terms: unawakable
ternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Senses: glosses: threefold
microsporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to microspores.
indeterminableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From indeterminable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being indeterminable.
geoponical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of geoponic.
Springspotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Springspotters
Senses: examples: text: Springspotters, as regular scouts are called, earn 10 points per accepted contribution and up to 25 points for submissions that are featured.
ref: 2007, Incentive - Volume 181, Issues 1-12, page 9:
text: Springwise boasts “more than 8,000 Springspotters in over 70 countries worldwide," while Trendhunter.com claims to be “fueled by a global network of 47,000 members."
ref: 2013, Alf Rehn, Magnus Lindkvist, Trendspotting-The Basics, →ISBN:
text: Anyone can sign up to be a Springspotter and they will be automatically accepted.
ref: 2013 November 1, Julie Bort, “How To Find Great Business Ideas From All Over The World”, in Business Insider Australia:
text: These Springspotters supply us with around 100 innovative ideas for review every single day.
ref: 2017, James Bidwell, Disrupt!: 100 Lessons in Business Innovation, →ISBN:
glosses: A person who identifies emerging trends and reports on them to a service called Springwise that uses the information to advise businesses on potential products that capitalize on those trends.
pyosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyo- + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: formation of pus
Springspotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Springspotter
outdraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outdrafts
Etymology: From out- + draft.
Senses: examples: text: The outdraft is like a funnel, pulling the boat and tow out into the river, away from the lock and toward the dam.
ref: 2004, Virginia Thorndike, On Tugboats, page 290:
text: Only a person stationed at the front of the lead barge or on one of the assist boats could have alerted the captain to the moment when the tow hit the outdraft.
ref: 2017, Diane Wood, Larry Alexander v. Ingram Barge Company:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An outward current, often specifically a river current pulling toward a downstream dam.
outdrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outdraft
sub-floral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In some flowers, such as Convolvulus, Anemone, &c., the exact nature of the sub-floral leaves is uncertain, 110. it is open to doubt whether the organs in question are bracts or leaves pertaining to the inflorescence, or whether they are really parts of the flower.
ref: 1869, Maxwell Tylden Masters, Vegetable Teratology:
text: In Malope Irifida, for example, the three parts of the epicalyx represent a sub-floral bract with its two stipules ; in Kitaibelia viti/olia, the six-parted epicalyx consists (according to Payer) of two such sub-floral leaves with their four stipules.
ref: 1882, Julius Sachs, Sydney Howard Vines, Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physical, page 540:
text: Pax (1385) had considered Ascolepis as possessing a pair of sub-floral bractlets fused dorsally.
ref: 1940, Henry Weston Blaser, The Morphology of the Flowers and the Inflorescences of the Cyperaceae:
text: A combination of the 'agroinfection' maize streak construct and their sub-floral injection technique might enable one to take the transformation to seed.
ref: 1988, CIBA Foundation Symposium, Plant Resistance to Viruses, →ISBN, page 193:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of subfloral.
examples: text: Color is used sparingly and in sub-floral arrangements added in pots and planters.
ref: 1974, Stores - Volume 56, page 11:
text: Above the veneer was painted plaster, with decorations of geometric architectural and sub-floral motifs in green, yellow, red and black on white ground — non-figurative subjects be it noted.
ref: 1986, Jordan. Dāʼirat al-Āthār al-ʻĀmmah, Annual of the Department of Antiquities - Volume 30, page 172:
text: But its ornamentation is simpler than some of the latter, being a series of relief elements of sub-floral design arranged repetitively around the entire circumference, very like one of the gold torcs from Fenouilletin the Haute-Garonne (Jacobsthal,1944, no. 62).
ref: 2007, D.W. Harding, The Archaeology of Celtic Art, →ISBN:
glosses: Not quite floral.
deermouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deermice
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deer mouse.
deermice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deermouse
pinguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinguin
melancholous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more melancholous
form: most melancholous
Senses: glosses: melancholic
multiganglionated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + ganglionated.
Senses: glosses: Having many ganglia.
fetials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fetial
chalumeaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalumeau
outdoor relief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Help given to a pauper who does not live in the workhouse.
Coordinate terms: indoor relief
khel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khels
Etymology: From Pashto خیل.
Senses: glosses: A Pashtun subtribe.
khels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khel
humerals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humeral
cangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cang
besparkle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)kəl
Forms: form: besparkles
form: besparkling
form: besparkled
form: besparkled
Senses: examples: text: The night no stars besparkle the sky ...
text: Let the tear of compassion besparkle the eye ...
glosses: To add sparkle (to)
hologamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From holo- + -gamous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting hologamy
holomorphosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holomorphoses
Etymology: From holo- + morphosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The regeneration of a lost limb, tail or other part
holoparasitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From holo- + parasitism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being holoparasitic or of being a holoparasite
bad part of town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad parts of town
Senses: glosses: A dilapidated area of a city where many people live in a state of poverty and in which crime is more common than in other portions of the city.
Related terms: slum
bad parts of town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bad part of town
Lp space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lp spaces
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Function spaces defined using a natural generalization of the p-norm for finite-dimensional vector spaces.
romantopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹəʊ.mənˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
ipa: /ˌɹoʊ.mənˈtoʊ.pi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊpiə
Forms: form: romantopias
Etymology: Blend of romance + utopia; originally coined by evolutionary psychologists Catherine Salmon and Donald Symons in their book Warrior Lovers: Erotic Fiction, Evolution, and Female Sexuality (2001; →ISBN) to describe the setting in romance novels.
Senses: examples: text: But why, one might wonder, is there no commercial erotic genre that combines the ingredients of pornotopia and romantopia, thereby doubling the potential audience and the potential profit?
ref: 2001, Catherine Salmon and Donald Symons (2001), Warrior lovers: erotic fiction, evolution, and female sexuality (New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Yale University Press), page 68
text: The crucial difference between romantopia and intimatopia is that in intimatopia, intimacy is normally established before sexual interaction and is always maintained after it, whereas in romantopia, it is only established by sexual interaction and is frequently transitory.
ref: 2006, Elizabeth Woledge, "Intimatopia: genre intersections between slash and the mainstream", chapter 3 (pages 97–114) in Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse, editors (2006), Fan fiction and fan communities in the age of the Internet: new essays, (Jefferson, North Carolina, USA: McFarland), page 106
text: In opposition to romantopia and intimatopia and their respective romance and intimacy foci, paratopia’s interest in the fantastic is more radical.
ref: 2009, Joseph Carl Linden Brennan (October 2009), I am your worst fear, I am your best fantasy: new approaches to slash fiction (PDF), BA honors thesis, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney (retrieved 2017-11-29; archived from the original 2017-11-29), page 66
glosses: A fantasy world which serves as an ideal setting for romance as typically imagined by women.
Synonyms: Romancelandia
Derived terms: romantopic
Related terms: intimatopia
pornotopia
romantopias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romantopia
break a lance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks a lance
form: breaking a lance
form: broke a lance
form: broken a lance
Etymology: After the knightly practice of jousting.
Senses: examples: text: But over the difficult and important passage 2 Cor 12:1 10 she breaks a lance with me, and a response here may be a testimony to the seriousness with which I treat her comments.
ref: 2003, Paul and the Corinthians: Studies on a Community in Conflict : Essays in Honour of Margaret Thrall, E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 303:
info_templates: expansion: [with for ‘to the benefit of’]
expansion: [with in favour of ‘to the benefit of’]
extra_data: words: against
‘in
opposition
to’
expansion: [with against ‘in opposition to’]
expansion: [with with ‘in opposition to’]
glosses: to take a stand, to contend [with for ‘to the benefit of’] [with in favour of ‘to the benefit of’] [with against ‘in opposition to’]
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, a, lance.
hygrobial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: aquatic
hymenography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hymeno- + -graphy.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A study (or a description) of membranes
againstands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of againstand
againsays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of againsay
atgoes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atgo
atreaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atreach
atredes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atrede
atrides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atride
atrines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atrine
berines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of berine
atrouts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atrout
atrens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atren
atrins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atrin
atsakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atsake
atscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atscape
atshakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atshake
atshoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atshoot
atsits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atsit
atslikes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atslike
slikes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slike
atslips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atslip
atsprings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atspring
atstands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atstand
atstunts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atstunt
atstuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atstut
atwites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of atwite
biggens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of biggen
embrines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of embrine
empests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of empest
embillows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of embillow
emblanches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emblanch
emblisses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of embliss
enblisses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enbliss
blissens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blissen
blindens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blinden
blithens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blithen
sea-locked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [John] Evelyn was astonished at the immense number of pictures he saw in the Dutch fairs. He attributes the briskness of the trade in paintings to the necessary limitations of the country. The farmer or the citizen of sea-locked Holland, unable to lay out his gains on tracts of land, found a medium for speculation or investment in these works of art.
ref: 1857 October, R. A. V., “Art History”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume LVI, number CCCXXXIV, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, West Strand, →OCLC, page 500, column 1:
text: She was surprised to see what rapid advance the waves had made, but there was still a narrow belt of dry sand; she stepped along it, expecting to find broad open coast beyond; she found herself, however, only in another cove, smaller than the one she had first entered, and this cove was already completely sea-locked.
ref: 1880, L. T. Meade [pseudonym; Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith], “By the Sea”, in Andrew Harvey’s Wife, London: W[illia]m Isbister, Limited, 56, Ludgate Hill, →OCLC, page 220:
glosses: Alternative form of sealocked.
faintens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fainten
filthens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of filthen
forlightens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forlighten
highens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of highen
nakens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of naken
La Défense
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A business district located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city limits of Paris, France, at the junction of Puteaux, Courbevoie, Nanterre and La Garenne-Colombes.
nakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nake
nicens up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nicen up
nighens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nighen
queazens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of queazen
querkens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of querken
shapens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shapen
khakistocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of khaki + kakistocracy
Senses: glosses: Military rule of a country, often in collusion with the elite and business classes.
spiritens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spiriten
thwartens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thwarten
whettens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whetten
worthens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of worthen
bone age
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bone ages
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The apparent age of a child based on the maturity of its bones.
lives paycheck to paycheck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live paycheck to paycheck
living paycheck to paycheck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of live paycheck to paycheck.
lived paycheck to paycheck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of live paycheck to paycheck.
richling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: richlings
Etymology: From rich + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: What cause they die, a way of life
or fill the richling's purse?
ref: 2005, Marcus Omer, Of Sunshine and Clouds: A Tapestry of Life, page 80:
text: Is it just the power brokers we care about? To feed the greed of the richlings?
ref: 2014, Snakes and Ladders, page 265:
glosses: One who is rich.
richlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of richling
poorling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poorlings
Etymology: From poor + -ling.
Senses: glosses: One who is poor (all senses)
poorlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poorling
hodl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɒdl̩/
ipa: /hɒdəl/
enpr: hŏdəl
homophone: hoddle
homophone: Hoddle
rhymes: -ɒdəl
Forms: form: hodls
form: hodling
form: hodled
form: hodled
form: HODL
Etymology: Originally a mistyping of hold, appearing in a forum post on December 18, 2013. The backronym "Hold On for Dear Life" is sometimes used.
Senses: examples: text: Bitcoin price continues decline. If you're hodling, bite your government passbook.
ref: 2016 July 22, Venzen Khaosan, “Bitcoin Price Decline 100% Confirmed”, in Cryptocoins News:
text: I believe that the individuals who have the fortitude and insight to be hodling onto their coins deserve to be rewarded for their risk. It is also my hope that I am hodling more coins if/when the price skyrockets.
ref: 2017 April 22, “Bitcoin Is Not Immune to All Fiat Problems”, in The Merkle:
text: Cryptocurrency veterans love to “hodl,” aka store their virtual loot as a long-term investment. But digital currency wasn't only made for hodling.
ref: 2017 November 10, Leigh Cuen, “Cyber Monday Guide: How To Buy Christmas Presents With Bitcoin”, in International Business Times:
text: Buy and hold strategies for Bitcoin ("hodling" as it called) is likely to have far lower returns, even if the future is positive, and traders will lose the volatility that has made Bitcoin trading so profitable.
ref: 2017 November 26, Lynn Sebastian Purcell, “Why Futures Spell The End Of Bitcoin Mania”, in Toronto Star:
text: But even those with the stomach for hodling must avoid an even bigger issue — hacking.
ref: 2021 April 25, Erin Griffith, “We’re All Crypto People Now”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To hoard a kind of cryptocurrency, especially bitcoin.
Derived terms: hodler
Related terms: diamond hands
asmolder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The man was noble. But he was all asmolder, and craziness also made him vile and funny.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 115:
glosses: Alternative form of asmoulder.
preorally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From preoral + -ly.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In front of the mouth.
evanition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evanitions
Senses: glosses: disappearance; vanishment
evanitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evanition
punt protector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punt protectors
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The upback on the punting team.
Synonyms: personal protector
punt protectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punt protector
personal protector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal protectors
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The upback on the punting team.
Synonyms: punt protector
personal protectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personal protector
whey-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whey-faced
form: most whey-faced
Etymology: From whey + faced.
Senses: glosses: Having a pale face, as from fear.
Related terms: wheyface
war to the knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wars to the knife
Etymology: Calque of Spanish guerra al cuchillo (“extremely fierce or relentless war”).
Senses: examples: text: And not civil war as we knew it in England and you knew it in America, waged within certain limits of decency and humanity by disciplined forces, but civil war to the knife, altogether ferocious and anarchical, as if hell itself were let loose, as if a beautiful face were suddenly distorted with fury to the likeness of a fiend.
ref: 1938 March, Ian D[uncan] Colvin, “The Case for Franco”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 161, number 3, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2024, page 367, column 1:
text: By April [Amos] Kendall, [William B.] Lewis, and the others of the inner circle had dropped their subscriptions to the Telegraph, and it was indeed war to the knife.
ref: 1944, Charles M[aurice] Wiltse, John C. Calhoun: Nullifier, 1829–1839, Indianapolis, I.N.; New York, N.Y.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., pages 99–100:
text: Wars of democracy have tended to become wars to the knife; as a modern secular religion, democracy requires unconditional surrender.
ref: 2003, Andrew Roberts, Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, pages xxv–xxvi:
text: On Wednesday [Steve] Bannon said: "The administrative and deep state after President Trump wins, starting on the afternoon of the 20th of January, every day will be like Stalingrad. It will be a war to the knife."
ref: 2024 February 22, David Smith, “Britain's 'deep state' thwarted my plans, Liz Truss tells US far-right summit”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2024:
glosses: Mortal combat; fighting to the death.
knifecrimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knifecrime
knifecriming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knifecrime
knifecrimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knifecrime
knifecrimes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knifecrime
wear horns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wears horns
form: wearing horns
form: wore horns
form: worn horns
Senses: glosses: To be a cuckold.
besparkles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of besparkle
besparkling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of besparkle
cathisma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cathismata
form: cathismas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kathisma
cathismata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathisma
cathismas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathisma
leptocephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leptocephalic
form: most leptocephalic
Etymology: From lepto- + -cephalic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a narrow skull, as certain flatfishes do.
Related terms: leptocephalus
spirit blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uː
Senses: glosses: A blue aniline dye used as an indicator in agar for detection of lipase activity in bacteria.
stand on velvet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands on velvet
form: standing on velvet
form: stood on velvet
form: stood on velvet
Senses: glosses: To place one's bets in such a way as not to lose in any event.
Greek gift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Greek gifts
Etymology: From Virgil's Aeneid, ii. 49, in reference to the Trojan horse.
Senses: glosses: A treacherous gift.
Greek gifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Greek gift
originativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From originative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being originative.
sacred beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacred beetles
Senses: glosses: The Egyptian scarab.
sacred beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sacred beetle
osmous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of osmious.
thereaway
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: thereaways
Etymology: From there + away.
Senses: glosses: In that direction; thereabout.
glosses: From that place or direction; thence.
there away
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thereaway.
supragastric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + gastric.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the stomach.
Chaucerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɔːsəɹɪzəm/
enpr: chôʹsə-rĭ-zəm
Forms: form: Chaucerisms
Etymology: From Chaucer + -ism.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
synonyms: Chaucerianism
glosses: A word, phrase, etc. that is characteristic of Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings.
Chaucerisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chaucerism
vigesimo-quarto
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Formed of sheets folded so as to make twenty-four leaves.
nothing-butteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nothing-buttery
spuddy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spuddy
form: most spuddy
Etymology: From spud + -y.
Senses: glosses: Short and fat.
examples: text: […] their exterior is crusted with glaze; and Van's Curly-Q fries are a spuddy tangle that pairs perfectly with pork.
ref: 2009, Jane Stern, Michael Stern, 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late, page 126:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of potatoes.
spuddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spuddies
Etymology: From spud + -y.
Senses: glosses: A seller of potatoes.
dialout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialouts
Etymology: dial + out
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: connection to an external network via modem etc.
dialouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialout
gingling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gingle
gingled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gingle
water barometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water barometers
Senses: glosses: A barometer in which water is substituted for mercury.
water barometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water barometer
carthouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carthouses
Etymology: From cart + house.
Senses: glosses: A shed for keeping carts.
carthouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carthouse
transcommunication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans- + communication.
Senses: glosses: Communication with the dead, or the spiritual world.
nibless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nib + -less.
Senses: examples: a nibless fountain pen
glosses: Without a nib.
unearned increment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unearned increments
Senses: glosses: Any exceptional increase in the value of land, houses, etc., not due to the owner's labour or outlay.
unearned increments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unearned increment
crossover cable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossover cables
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cable, especially an Ethernet cable, that allows two devices of the same kind, such as two computers, to be connected directly.
rottenstoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rottenstone
rottenstoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rottenstone
Land of Cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Land o' Cakes (“Scotland”).
byssolitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more byssolitic
form: most byssolitic
Etymology: From byssolite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the mineral byssolite.
byssolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byssolite
distressingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From distressing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being distressing.
proker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prokers
Senses: glosses: A poker.
prokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proker
horse-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horse-faced
form: most horse-faced
Senses: examples: text: Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt? Am I a horse-faced hypocrite? Am I a New England school marm?
ref: 1941, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles, Citizen Kane (motion picture), spoken by Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), RKO Radio Pictures:
glosses: Having a long face.
horse laugh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horse laughs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of horselaugh.
horse laughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horse laugh
rizzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rizzers
Etymology: From rizz + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who rizzes.
Griqualand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Griqua + -land.
Senses: glosses: Various parts of South Africa where the Griqua people established communities, including Griqualand East (the area around Kokstad on KwaZulu-Natal's frontier with the Eastern Cape) and Griqualand West (the area around Kimberley).
febriculosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being febriculose.
retro-operative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: retrooperative
Etymology: From retro- + operative.
Senses: glosses: retrospective in effect.
retrooperative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of retro-operative.
croupon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːpən/
/ˈkɹuːpɒn/
Forms: form: croupons
Etymology: Borrowed from German Croupon, from French croupon, from Middle French crepon, from Old French crepon, from crope (“buttocks”) + -on.
Senses: examples: text: The hot air is shut off and 2 pailfuls cold water added with ½ liter benzin per croupon[…]
ref: 1913 January 24, Pierre Geurten, “Chrome Belting”, in The Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association, volume 8, number 1, American Leather Chemists Association, page 118:
text: Monfort Butt Branded Steer Croupon, Mostly Beef Type, Range 32/40 lbs, av. 35/38 lb
ref: 1963 March 6, “Republic of China: Item 2”, in AID Small Business Circular, Washington, D.C.: Department of State, page 2:
text: One-piece, Grade AA Gallusser croupon, flesh-out leather (3.5-3.7mm thick) with a very high (25%) grease content.
ref: 1975 September 24, “Raichle: Now More than Ever”, in Backpacker, volume 3, number 3, New York: Backpacker Inc., →ISSN, page 72:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technical
glosses: A cowhide with the belly and neck removed.
croupon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹuːpən/
/ˈkɹuːpɒn/
Forms: form: croupons
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cropoun, from Anglo-Norman cropoun (continental Old French crepon), thus a doublet of Etymology 1.
Senses: glosses: The croup of a horse or quadruped.
glosses: The human buttocks.
croupons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of croupon
Yelper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yelpers
Senses: glosses: A user of Yelp, an Internet service that publishes crowdsourced reviews of local businesses.
Yelpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yelper
mummy nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mummy nuts
Etymology: mummy + nut
Senses: glosses: Nuts left over in trees after harvesting.
mummy nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mummy nut
dunder-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dunder-headed
form: most dunder-headed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dunderheaded.
masrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of halotrichite containing manganese and cobalt.
Related terms: masrium
precontemporaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + contemporaneous.
Senses: glosses: Prior to what is contemporaneous.
Banting
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: banting
Bantingism
Bantingize
ostiolate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having an ostiole.
filazer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filazers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of filacer.
filazers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filazer
ragbolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ragbolts
Senses: glosses: An iron pin with barbed shank.
ragbolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ragbolt
ladle furnace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladle furnaces
Senses: glosses: A small gas furnace heated by a Bunsen burner, for melting metals, etc.
ladle furnaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladle furnace
Cremonese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cremonese
form: most Cremonese
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Cremona in Italy.
scoved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scove
scoved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scoved
form: most scoved
Senses: synonyms: scovy
glosses: smeared; blotched
scoves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scove
scoving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scove
intimatopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.tɪ.məˈtəʊ.pi.ə/
ipa: /ˌɪn.tɪ.məˈtoʊ.pi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊpiə
Forms: form: intimatopias
Etymology: Blend of intimate + utopia; originally coined by literary scholar Elizabeth Woledge in her essay "Intimatopia: genre intersections between slash and the mainstream" (2006) to describe the setting in a certain subset of slash fiction.
Senses: examples: text: The crucial difference between romantopia and intimatopia is that in intimatopia, intimacy is normally established before sexual interaction and is always maintained after it, whereas in romantopia, it is only established by sexual interaction and is frequently transitory.
ref: 2006, Elizabeth Woledge, "Intimatopia: genre intersections between slash and the mainstream", chapter 3 (pages 97–114) in Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse, editors (2006), Fan fiction and fan communities in the age of the Internet: new essays, (Jefferson, North Carolina, USA: McFarland), page 106
text: Lovers in intimatopia are more than “just good friends” but also more than “just lovers” – the emotional, physical and spiritual bond between them is complex and multilayered (Woledge 102).
ref: 2007, Helena Štěpánová (2007), Slash fan fiction and the canon(PDF), BA thesis, Department of English and American Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (retrieved 2017-11-30; from the original 2017-11-30), pages 20–21
text: In opposition to romantopia and intimatopia and their respective romance and intimacy foci, paratopia’s interest in the fantastic is more radical.
ref: 2009, Joseph Carl Linden Brennan (October 2009), I am your worst fear, I am your best fantasy: new approaches to slash fiction (PDF), BA honors thesis, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney (retrieved 2017-11-29; archived from the original 2017-11-29), page 66
glosses: A fantasy world that serves as an ideal setting for sexually charged relationships involving a high degree of sustained emotional intimacy.
Derived terms: intimatopic
Related terms: pornotopia
romantopia
oscheocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oscheoceles
Senses: glosses: A scrotal hernia.
oscheoceles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oscheocele
oscheoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plastic surgery of the scrotum