cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
PBBM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: BBM
glosses: Initialism of President Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines.
Related terms: DU30
PRRD
FVR
PGMA
GMA
PNoy
SONA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of State of the Nation Address.
PDU30
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From President + Duterte respelled as DU30 with homophonous 30 (“thirty”).
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: DU30
PRRD
glosses: Rodrigo Duterte (born 1945), Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.
Related terms: PBBM
PGMA
PNoy
PNoy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation of President Noynoy, with Noynoy being a nickname of Benigno Aquino III. Additionally, also a pun on Pinoy.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines.
wikipedia: Benigno Aquino III
Related terms: noynoying
BBM
DU30
FVR
GMA
PBBM
PGMA
PRRD
flying voter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying voters
Senses: glosses: A voter who is registered in more than one voting precinct, usually one who has failed to transfer or cancel voter registration after a change of residence.
gun boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gun boat
gun licences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gun licence
tommy guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tommy gun
rivet guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rivet gun
gold-finch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gold-finches
Senses: examples: text: The Red-linnet or Gold-finch is gradually becoming extinct in Staffordshire.
ref: 1879, James Yates, “Birds and their Nests”, in North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archæological Society Annual Report:
glosses: Archaic form of goldfinch.
gold finch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gold finches
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of goldfinch.
gold-finches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gold-finch
gold finches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gold finch
hedge-row
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedge-rows
Senses: examples: text: The greater White-throat is very common in every hedge-row
ref: 1879, James Yates, “Birds and their Nests”, in North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archæological Society Annual Report:
glosses: Alternative form of hedgerow.
hedge-rows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedge-row
elephant fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephant fishes
form: elephant fish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of elephantfish.
S/MAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: S/MARs
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of scaffold/matrix attachment region.
elephant fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elephant fish
emperor butterfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emperor butterflies
Senses: glosses: emperor (butterfly of the subfamily Charaxinae).
FVR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism from Fidel Valdez Ramos.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Fidel Ramos, 12th president of the Philippines
Related terms: BBM
PBBM
PGMA
GMA
PNoy
PRRD
DU30
emperor butterflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emperor butterfly
gay bashings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gay bashing
SALN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsal ʔen/
[ˈsal ʔɛn]
Forms: form: SALNs
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Acronym of statement of assets, liabilities and net worth.
SUC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SUCs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of state university and college.
GOCC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GOCCs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of government-owned and controlled corporation (“state-owned enterprises of the Philippines”).
DOTr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: DOTC
glosses: Abbreviation of Department of Transportation.
TUCP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: labour
glosses: Initialism of Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, a trade union in the Philippines
MTRCB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Initialism of Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.
trampily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more trampily
form: most trampily
Senses: glosses: In a trampy manner.
trampiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trampy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being trampy.
DFLP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Related terms: PFLP
PLO
re-wore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of re-wear
social-security numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of social-security number
super lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of super light
UNOCHA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: OCHA
glosses: Acronym of United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Related terms: UNHCR
UNICEF
UNRWA
AQHI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of air quality health index, a measure of air pollution.
Asian box turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asian box turtle
laughing turtle doves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laughing turtle dove
turtle vines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turtle vine
wild weasels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild weasel
RMWB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, a municipal district of Alberta, Canada.
Shatuo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Turkic tribe that heavily influenced northern Chinese politics from the late ninth century through the tenth century.
flip throw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flip throws
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: An unusual throw-in in which the player, during the run-up, plants the ball on the ground, flips over it, and uses the momentum gained from the flip to increase the velocity of the ball.
flip throws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flip throw
ROCAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Republic of China Air Force
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Republic of China Armed Forces.
beat someone round the ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats someone round the ears
form: beating someone round the ears
form: beat someone round the ears
form: beaten someone round the ears
Senses: examples: text: 'I wanted to beat that supervisor round the ears with his clipboard.'
ref: 2006, Hilary Lloyd, A Necessary Killing, page 39:
glosses: To beat (a person) with blows about the head.
JMSDF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Related terms: JASDF
JGSDF
JSDF
JASDF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
Related terms: JGSDF
JMSDF
JSDF
sensory play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Any playful activity designed to stimulate the player's five main senses, usually involving specific toys that emit bright light, play sounds, have strong tastes and smells, a distinct texture, or all of the above.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
synonyms: sensation play
sensual play
glosses: Activity in which one partner delivers various sensory stimuli to the receiver, including but not restricted to those that cause pain.
Blue-Tooner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blue-Tooners
Senses: synonyms: Bluemogganer
glosses: Someone from Peterhead.
Blue-Tooners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Blue-Tooner
JGSDF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
Related terms: JASDF
JMSDF
JSDF
superlights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superlight
compensables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compensable
AMLC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʔamlak/
[ˈʔam.lɐk̚]
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Anti-Money Laundering Council
squiblets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squiblet
PCGG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Presidential Commission on Good Government.
cross-fertilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-fertilize
cross-fertilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cross-fertilize
cross-fertilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cross-fertilize
cross-fertilizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: cross-fertile
glosses: Able to be cross-fertilized.
dislocable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dislocatable.
child's poses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of child's pose
wet and messy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Pertaining to wet and messy fetishism.
lumbalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lumbalization
disvaluable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disvaluable
form: most disvaluable
Senses: examples: text: The things that we do that bring about things of intrinsic value, or that avert things that are intrinsically disvaluable, are instrumentally valuable.
ref: 2011, Victor Tadros, The Ends of Harm: The Moral Foundations of Criminal Law, page 24:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Having a negative value; not valuable.
Related terms: disvalue
lumbosciatalgias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lumbosciatalgia
WAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WAMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of wide area multilateration.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Warren Abstract Machine.
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Initialism of Web access management.
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of Web audience measurement.
glosses: Acronym of wet and messy fetishism.
WAM
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Acronym of wet and messy.
disveloping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disvelop
motormania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From motor + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: It is good that the beginnings of a reaction from the worst of motor-mania are bringing the uninitiated back on to the narrow gauge just for the novelty of the experience, but the concern that can also sell a view of unrivalled mountain scenery is in a much more powerful position.
ref: 1957 June 24, R. K. Kirkland, “Passenger to Penrhyndeudraeth”, in Railway Magazine, page 392:
glosses: Synonym of automania (“enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring”).
synonyms: word: automania
extra: enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring
Related terms: motordom
motorhead
wet and messy fetishism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A fetish for involving substances with a slimy consistency in sexual activity, other than bodily fluids.
synonyms: WAM
sploshing
glosses: Sexual activity involving these substances.
imprescribable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more imprescribable
form: most imprescribable
Senses: glosses: Synonym of imprescriptible.
synonyms: word: imprescriptible
incorrodable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incorrodable
form: most incorrodable
Etymology: From in- + corrodable.
Senses: glosses: Not corrodable.
keep someone guessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps someone guessing
form: keeping someone guessing
form: kept someone guessing
form: kept someone guessing
Senses: examples: text: She could not even dimly understand Helen's merry protestation that it was fun to make people wonder and keep them guessing.
ref: 1924, Martha Dickinson Bianchi, “Chapter 7”, in The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson:
text: But I do like to delight people with intense, focused, essential flavors, to give them the pure joy of fresh asparagus in springtime. I'm looking to amuse them and maybe (occasionally) keep them guessing: "How did he get that asparagus to taste so... asparagussy?"
ref: 2006, Geoffrey Zakarian, Geoffrey Zakarian's Town/Country: 150 Recipes for Life Around the Table, New York, N.Y.: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, →ISBN, page 8:
text: Being slightly off one’s trolley
Uppermost in my list of top four teaching behaviours is being ever-so-slightly crazy ... to keep students guessing whether or not I have lost my marbles, and being not quite so predictable.
ref: 2006, Mike Ollerton, Getting the Buggers to Add Up, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 164:
glosses: To act in such a way that others do not fully understand what one has done or do not know what to expect next.
introversible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: introvertable
form: introvertible
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Able to be introverted, or turned inwards.
introvertable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of introversible.
introvertible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of introversible.
lunels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunel
Mahanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mahanian
magnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnut
magnetostructures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetostructure
irrepatriable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irrepatriable
form: most irrepatriable
Etymology: From ir- + repatriable.
Senses: glosses: Not repatriable.
irreplevisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ir- + replevisable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of irrepleviable.
pinnaglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A manganese-containing porphyrin protein found in Pinna nobilis.
prioritied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From priority + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: […] high-prioritied sales leads that would result in increased profitable sales at reduced selling costs.
ref: 1977, Industrial Marketing (volume 62, issues 7-12, page 57)
text: Meanwhile the non-prioritied will be fed by new arrivals but not served. This in turn leads to the fact that the prioritied queue will not be fed.
ref: 1991, Conference Record, page 1333:
glosses: Having (the specified) priority.
printscript
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From print + script.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Block letters.
rhythmizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rhythmizable
form: most rhythmizable
Etymology: From rhythmize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be rhythmized.
Luther rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Luther roses
Senses: synonyms: Luther seal
glosses: A symbol of Lutheranism, depicting a cross inside a rose in a circle.
Luther roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Luther rose
Luther seal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Luther seals
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Luther rose.
synonyms: word: Luther rose
Luther seals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Luther seal
Sator square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sator squares
Senses: glosses: A palindromic word square.
Sator squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sator square
demonicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of demoniacism.
swadge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swadges
Senses: glosses: Dated form of swage (“tool for shaping metal”).
swadge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swadges
form: swadging
form: swadged
form: swadged
Senses: glosses: Dated form of swage.
swadges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swadge
swadges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swadge
swadged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swadge
swadging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swadge
swagings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swaging
swageable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From swage + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be shaped with a swage.
soufflé Rothschild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soufflés Rothschild
Etymology: Named for James Mayer de Rothschild.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A sweet soufflé including candied fruit macerated in goldwasser (or now sometimes kirsch, cognac, or Grand Marnier) before cooking.
soufflés Rothschild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soufflé Rothschild
Darling pea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Darling peas
Senses: synonyms: hairy Darling pea
glosses: The shrubby Australian perennial Swainsona greyana.
Darling peas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Darling pea
hairy Darling pea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairy Darling peas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Darling pea.
synonyms: word: Darling pea
hairy Darling peas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairy Darling pea
Horsham stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Horsham stones
Senses: glosses: A calcareous, flaggy sandstone containing millions of minute sand grains, found naturally in the Weald Clay of southeast England.
Horsham stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Horsham stone
spinning bike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinning bikes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of exercise bicycle.
synonyms: word: exercise bicycle
spinning bikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinning bike
loose fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loose fish
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Wade began to repent of his too easy taking of matters in the beginning. Not that he had a suspicion of Rex, but that he had remembered that Dick was always a loose fish.
ref: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, IV.2:
glosses: Someone of irregular or dissolute habits.
glosses: A prostitute.
Gyeonggi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: kyôngʹgēʹ
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 경기도(京畿道) (Gyeonggido). Doublet of Kyŏnggi.
Senses: examples: text: A semiconductor "cluster" is a group of facilities that perform research and all production steps of semiconductors all in a single area. South Korea's cluster comprises various industrial zones in the province of Gyeonggi, with a total area of 21,000 hectares (52,000 acres), which is 21 million square meters, or the size of almost 30,000 soccer fields.
ref: 2024 January 24, Martin Fritz, “South Korea invests big in becoming a global chip leader”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2024, Technology / South Korea:
text: At 8am local time, Seoul recorded about 440 micrograms per cubic meter of dust, while the nearby city of Incheon reported 349 micrograms, according to the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA).
Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds the capital and Incheon, recorded 424 micrograms, and Gangwon Province, east of the capital region, recorded 329 micrograms.
Asian or yellow dust originates in the deserts of China and Mongolia and travels eastward carried by the wind, especially in spring.
ref: 2024 March 29, “Asian dust covers Korean peninsula, triggers air quality alert”, in EFE, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2024:
glosses: A province of South Korea.
Related terms: sense: Provinces of the Korean Peninsula
word: Chungcheong
sense: Provinces of the Korean Peninsula
word: Gyeongsang
sense: Provinces of the Korean Peninsula
word: Hamgyong
sense: Provinces of the Korean Peninsula
word: Hwanghae
sense: Provinces of the Korean Peninsula
word: Jeju
sense: Provinces of the Korean Peninsula
word: Jeolla
sense: Provinces of the Korean Peninsula
word: Pyongan
beating heart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beating hearts
Senses: examples: text: the beating heart of the economy
text: This was an outstanding Manchester City performance, the old quality back on show, but Foden was its beating heart, the peerless Rodri also playing his part.
ref: 2024 April 3, Phil McNulty, “Man City 4-1 Aston Villa: Phil Foden produces 'masterclass' to show worth again”, in BBC:
synonyms: heart and soul
glosses: The core of a thing; its most essential or important part.
examples: text: beating-heart transplant
text: be still my beating heart
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beating, heart.
Related terms: heartbeat
ableistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ableistic
form: most ableistic
Senses: examples: text: A number of us often found ourselves interrupting a process that was ableistic or exclusionary; protesting a space or meeting that would be inaccessible, printed material that was not in braille and on tape, etc., etc.
ref: 1990 April 7, Mary Frances Platt, “Creating Accessibility: Organizing for the National Lesbian Conference”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
glosses: ableist
Chanaanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chanaanites
Etymology: From Chanaan + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Canaanite.
do-acracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of do-acracy
speech act participants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speech act participant
weak-sighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weak-sighted
form: weaker-sighted
form: most weak-sighted
form: weakest-sighted
Senses: glosses: having poor vision, not seeing well
Related terms: far-sighted
short-sighted
red-wing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-wings
Senses: examples: text: The Red-Wing is a famous songster in Norway
ref: 1879, James Yates, “Birds and their Nests”, in North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archæological Society Annual Report:
glosses: Archaic form of redwing.
red-wings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-wing
red-start
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-starts
Senses: examples: text: The eggs of the Wheat-ear, Whin-chat. Hedge-sparrow and Red-start are all blue
ref: 1879, James Yates, “Birds and their Nests”, in North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archæological Society Annual Report:
glosses: Archaic form of redstart.
red-starts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-start
whin-chat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whin-chats
Senses: examples: text: The eggs of the Wheat-ear, Whin-chat. Hedge-sparrow and Red-start are all blue
ref: 1879, James Yates, “Birds and their Nests”, in North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archæological Society Annual Report:
glosses: Archaic form of whinchat.
whin-chats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whin-chat
white-throat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-throats
Senses: examples: text: The greater White-throat is very common in every hedge-row
ref: 1879, James Yates, “Birds and their Nests”, in North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archæological Society Annual Report:
glosses: Archaic form of whitethroat.
white-throats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-throat
Deira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪɹə/
/ˈdɛəɹə/
Senses: examples: text: The domains of her ancestor, “the magnificent Earl Oslac,” who lived in the days of King Edgar, were Deira – that is, Danish Northumbria, from Humber to Tees; and he may have sprung from (as his name hints) the ancient kings of Deira.
ref: 1866, Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 19:
glosses: A region of post-Roman Britain, later an Anglian Kingdom.
Derived terms: Deiran
lithsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: / ˈlithsmən/
Forms: form: lithsmen
Etymology: A learned borrowing from Old English liþsmann (“seafarer, sailor, seaman; pirate”), related to Old Norse liðsmaðr.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e succeeded, by the help of the thanes north of Thames, and the lithsmen of London, which city was more than half Danish in those days, in setting his puppet on the throne.
ref: 1866, Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 9:
glosses: A warrior-sailor during the rule of Danish kings of England (especially from Canute onwards).
lookership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lookerships
Etymology: From looker + -ship, modelled on readership or similar.
Senses: glosses: An audience of people who look.
glosses: The state of being a looker or observer.
neopastoralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neopastoralists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of a neopastoral lifestyle or approach.
neopastoralists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neopastoralist
neurohype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + hype.
Senses: glosses: Exaggerated claims about the possibilities of neuroscience.
Related terms: neuroenchantment
neuroenchantment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + enchantment, coined in a 2014 paper by Sabrina S. Ali et al.
Senses: glosses: The exaggeration of the possibilities of neuroimaging in terms of understanding cognition.
Related terms: neurohype
polydiegetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polydiegetic
form: most polydiegetic
Etymology: From poly- + diegetic.
Senses: synonyms: multidiegetic
glosses: Of or relating to more than one diegesis.
multidiegetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multidiegetic
form: most multidiegetic
Etymology: From multi- + diegetic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polydiegetic.
synonyms: word: polydiegetic
fly high
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies high
form: flying high
form: flew high
form: flown high
Senses: glosses: To be elated; thrilled.
glosses: To have achieved great success or prosperity.
glosses: To aim high.
examples: text: Fly high Jenna, we miss you.
glosses: Rest in peace.
savings and loan association
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savings and loan associations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of savings and loan.
synonyms: word: savings and loan
savings and loan associations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of savings and loan association
sexual play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sex play.
synonyms: word: sex play
Shipageddon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From ship + -ageddon, coined by podcaster Jason Goldberg.
Senses: topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: Shipping delays caused by a large influx of online orders in the United States in the year 2020.
Langmuir-Blodgett films
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Langmuir-Blodgett film
phantosmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to phantosmia.
phantosmic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phantosmics
Senses: glosses: A person who has phantosmia.
phantosmics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phantosmic
Alberbury with Cardeston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in western Shropshire, England, which includes the named places, and is on the border with Wales.
liberandu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liberandus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of librandu.
plot point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plot points
Senses: glosses: An incident in a work of fiction that serves to advance the plot.
Related terms: plot device
plot points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plot point
alternative fund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alternative funds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of alternative investment fund.
synonyms: word: alternative investment fund
alternative funds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alternative fund
Fechner's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formulated by Gustav Fechner (1801–1887).
Senses: glosses: The observation that subjective sensation is proportional to the logarithm of the intensity of the stimulus.
wikipedia: Gustav Fechner
Alberbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Alberbury with Cardeston parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3514).
femalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From female + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: In line with femalism, African womanism is committed to the quest for total freedom of the colonized African men and women.
ref: 2004, Chioma Carol Opara, Her Mother's Daughter: The African Writer as Woman, page 20:
glosses: A form of African feminism.
Stiwanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stiwanists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Stiwanism.
Stiwanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stiwanist
Cardeston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Alberbury with Cardeston parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3912).
write-what-where
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Arbitrary memory overwrite, also known as the "write-what-where" vulnerability, is the most common vulnerability affecting Windows kernel drivers. This kind of vulnerability is mainly due to failure or incorrect use of the user-land validation kernel APIs.
ref: 2010, Enrico Perla, Massimiliano Oldani, A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core, page 308:
text: A write-what-where primitive allows the attacker to write arbitrary data wherever they want in the memory
ref: 2021, Arti Noor, Abhijit Sen, Gaurav Trivedi, Proceedings of Emerging Trends and Technologies on Intelligent Systems: ETTIS 2021, page 26:
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Being or relating to a security vulnerability allowing the attacker to write arbitrary data to an arbitrary location.
learn one's place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: learns one's place
form: learning one's place
form: learned one's place
form: learned one's place
form: learnt one's place
form: learnt one's place
Senses: glosses: To be made aware, by experience, of one's inferior rank or status.
Related terms: know one's place
lernaean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lernaeans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lernean.
lernaeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lernaean
bread and roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd; a line in that speech about "bread for all, and roses too" inspired the poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim, which was published in 1911.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Fair wages and dignified conditions.
Related terms: bread and circuses
Brocardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Brocard + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Henri Brocard (1845–1922), French meteorologist and mathematician.
fire is a good servant but a bad master
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Fire is useful when kept under control but dangerous in other situations.
sensation play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Synonym of sensory play (“activity in which one partner administers sensory stimuli to another, with or without pain”).
synonyms: word: sensory play
extra: activity in which one partner administers sensory stimuli to another, with or without pain
sensual play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Synonym of sensory play (“activity in which one partner administers sensory stimuli to another, with or without pain”).
synonyms: word: sensory play
extra: activity in which one partner administers sensory stimuli to another, with or without pain
Brinnington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9192).
intrasovereign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + sovereign.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a single sovereign or ruler.
intersovereign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + sovereign.
Senses: glosses: Between sovereigns or rulers.
Kleenean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kleenean
form: most Kleenean
Etymology: From Kleene + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Stephen Cole Kleene (1909–1994), American mathematician.
Kobanî
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kobanê
Etymology: From Arabic كوباني.
Senses: glosses: A city in northern Syria.
Kobanê
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kobanî.
Jebailey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
cracker-y
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cracker-y
form: most cracker-y
Senses: examples: text: Admittedly it’s taken years of modification to get the technique just right and the crust just so, but all the various iterations along the way have held up their end of the bargain regardless of their outcome—even when they were too cake-y, too cracker-y, too thick, or too thin, every single crust has provided a sense of calm.
ref: 2015, Suzanne Lenzer, “Introduction”, in Truly Madly Pizza: One Incredibly Easy Crust, Countless Inspired Combinations & Other Tidbits to Make Pizza a Nightly Affair, New York, N.Y.: Rodale Inc., →ISBN, pages 2–3:
text: I was mostly interested in the food—the cracker-y matzo, the chicken soup with matzo balls, the brisket and the roast chicken.
ref: 2016, Monique Polak, “Introduction”, in Passover: Festival of Freedom, Victoria, B.C.: Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN:
text: German examples will have a snappy, clean, cracker-y malt foundation, while Czech versions are rounder, softer, and often include a caramel element.
ref: 2017, Dave Carpenter, “[Old World Pale Lagers] German Pilsner”, in Lager: The Definitive Guide to Tasting and Brewing the World’s Most Popular Beer Styles, Minneapolis, Minn.: Voyageur Press, w:The Quarto Group, →ISBN, page 121:
text: It has a crave-worthy crispy, cracker-y texture and can hold up to a lot of toppings (but don’t expect it to have the chewy bite of a typical pizza crust, which is usually made with high-gluten bread flour).
ref: 2021, Shalane Flanagan, Elyse Kopecky, “Gluten-Free Breakfast Pizza”, in Rise & Run: Recipes, Rituals, and Runs to Fuel Your Day, New York, N.Y.: Rodale Books, Random House, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of crackery.
rhabdophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rhabdo- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the other conditions it identifies are stenophobia (fear of narrow things or places) and rhabdophobia (fear of being severely punished, beaten by a rod or severely criticised).
ref: 2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail:
glosses: The fear of being beaten with a rod.
glosses: The fear of magic or magic wands.
salad shaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salad shakers
Senses: glosses: A shakable container for mixing and serving salad dressing.
salad shakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salad shaker
subpolygon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subpolygons
Etymology: From sub- + polygon.
Senses: glosses: A polygon forming part of another polygon.
subpolyhedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subpolyhedrons
form: subpolyhedra
Etymology: From sub- + polyhedron.
Senses: glosses: A polyhedron forming part of another polyhedron.
subpolygons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpolygon
subpolyhedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpolyhedron
subpolyhedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpolyhedron
Burndred
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Heorot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English Heorot. Doublet of hart.
Senses: glosses: A legendary mead hall ruled over by Hrothgar, as described in the poem Beowulf.
Wichnor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wychnor, Staffordshire.
commission breath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: The obvious eagerness of a salesperson to make sales in order to earn money, seen as offputting to their potential customers.
Jack-at-all-trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jacks-at-all-trades
Senses: glosses: Dated form of jack of all trades.
Jacks-at-all-trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jack-at-all-trades
ropeheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ropehead + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Dreadlocked.
oldest profession in the world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of world's oldest profession.
brezels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brezel
Pleasant Prairie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Martin County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.
Konstantinoupolis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κωνσταντινούπολις (Kōnstantinoúpolis).
Senses: examples: text: By sundown the heat of the day faded and the first slow night breeze moved over the Black Sea to Konstantinoupolis, its light touch heralding the coming darkness.
ref: 1987, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, chapter 7, in A Flame in Byzantium, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN:
text: In August 1261, a month after the Latins were expelled from Konstantinoupolis, Mikhael entered the city in a magnificent procession and was crowned emperor at Hagia Sophia.
ref: 1999, Oğuz Tekin, Byzantine Coins, YKY, →ISBN, page 91:
text: Crusaders, who single handedly destroyed Konstantinoupolis, one of the most ancient and profound civilizations of mankind.
ref: 2005, George Peter Matheos, Mirages Of the Rub al-Khali, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 98:
text: From the 4ᵗʰ century C.E. on, when the capital of the empire was transferred to Konstantinoupolis (then known as Byzantium, hence the term Byzantine for the Eastern Roman Empire), the influence of Roman glassmakers was felt in Persia; some may have settled there.
ref: 2008, Beaudoin Caron, Eléni P. Zoïtopoúlou, “Introduction”, in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Mediterranean Antiquities, volume 1 (The Ancient Glass), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page xxi:
glosses: Alternative form of Constantinople.
hyperamative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪp.əɹˈam.ə.tɪv/
Forms: form: more hyperamative
form: most hyperamative
Etymology: From hyper- + amative.
Senses: examples: text: “In Hartwell’s case, the provisional result is ... the equivalent, hyperamative hardness. Via Cornelia / Beulah, Eugene’s crushed arm points, directly if limply, at Hartwell’s iron phallus.”
ref: 1992, G. M. Goshgarian, To Kiss the Chastening Rod: Domestic Fiction and Sexual Ideology in the American Renaissance, Cornell Press:
antonyms: chaste
disinterested
unaroused
glosses: Excessively amorous, with sexual connotations.
Synonyms: concupiscent
libidinous
lustful
Related terms: amative
Martínkovice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Czech Martínkovice.
Senses: glosses: A village and municipality in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic.
mean sea levels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mean sea level
sleep-flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleep-flower
subway-surfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subway-surface
gun show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun shows
Etymology: The biceps sense is an extension of the metaphor whereby biceps are jokingly called guns.
Senses: hypernyms: trade show
trade fair
<
show#Noun
fair#Noun
exhibition
glosses: An event where a promoter rents a venue to bring together gun dealers and potential purchasers: a trade show for firearms.
examples: text: two tickets to the gun show
glosses: A display of one's bulgingly muscular biceps (upper arms).
rafter snapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rafter snappers
Etymology: Originates from the state of Maine, in which the wooden planks and beams of a residential dwelling produce "snapping" sounds during very cold nights.
Senses: examples: text: When the rafter-snapper roared through here in March, there wasn't so much as a wet basement.
ref: 2001 April 18, Ben Goodridge, “Earth Year”, in alt.horror.werewolves (Usenet):
text: When I was a kid the old timers called long, sub-zero nights "rafter snappers," a phrase I never understood until I moved inland to a little cabin surrounded by acres of tall trees.
ref: 2015, Tim Sample, Answers to Questions Nobody Was Askin' And Other Revelations, page 65:
text: "'S what the old-timers call a real 'rafter snapper'", Frank said. He was sitting in his wheelchair by the kitchen table, making conversation with Bri while she worked. "Jus' listen to that wind."
ref: 2018, Rick Hautala, Winter Wake:
glosses: A very cold night.
Related terms: three-dog night
pillowiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pillowy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: “What’s all this wonderful smelly stuff?” And she threw herself down on its redolent pillowiness, and the others followed her example.
ref: 1958, Edward Eager, “All the Time in the World”, in The Time Garden, San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt, Inc., published 1999, →ISBN, page 21:
text: He looked at her close. She could never. He would bet on it. All her pillowiness was gone. That dewy, bee-jelly push that flesh had when it was bent on doubling itself.
ref: 1972, Hortense Calisher, Standard Dreaming, New York, N.Y.: Arbor House, →ISBN, page 88:
text: […] I was pleased to imagine the caressive rounding and dulling of that abrupt eighth-inch drop from one floorboard to another by the wood’s slight give, by the stretch in the cane seat and the deformability of my bottom, by the pillowiness of my sweater, and by the resilient shock-absorbency of the lovably paired muscles in the nape of the Bug’s own neck, until it had become something that helped put her to sleep.
ref: 1990, Nicholson Baker, Room Temperature, New York, N.Y.: Grove Weidenfeld, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: The quality of being pillowy.
Franklin Harbour
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the harbour itself (which is also spelt Franklin Harbor), which was named after John Franklin.
Senses: glosses: A local government area on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia; in full, the District Council of Franklin Harbour.
wikipedia: John Franklin
puddled bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puddled bars
Senses: examples: text: In the manufacture of bar iron, either puddled bar or scrap iron may be used. The puddled bar is the product of pig iron.
ref: 1889, John Millar McEvoy, The Ontario Township, page 41:
text: Puddled bar is the raw material of the man who makes bar iron.
ref: 1894, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons - Volume 38, page 6477:
text: The same rolls could be used whether bar iron, scrap iron, or puddled bars were used, and even if the duty on scrap were raised to a prohibitory point , the domestic producers of pig iron could not have profited greatly, since much of the scrap iron was purchased in the country, and since the producers of puddled bars had not the facilities to produce a large enough output at the price at which bars could then be imported.
ref: 1915, William John Alexander Donald, The Canadian Iron and Steel Industry, page 101:
glosses: An incompletely refined iron produced by the puddling of pig iron and then formation into a bar, which can then subsequently be further refined into iron bars.
Manassite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈnæ.saɪt/
Forms: form: Manassites
Etymology: From Manasseh + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A descendant of Manasseh, elder son of Joseph.
glosses: A descendant or member of the tribe of Manasseh.
Derived terms: Manassitic
Manassitish
Manassite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈnæ.saɪt/
Etymology: From Manasseh + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Manasseh, or to the tribe of Manasseh.
Related terms: word: Abraham
word: Isaac
word: and Jacob
sense: descendants of the patriarch Jacob, later renamed Israel
alt: Asherite
word: Asher
alt: Benjaminite
word: Benjamin
alt: Danite
word: Dan
alt: Gadite
word: Gad
alt: Issacharite
word: Issachar
alt: Josephite: Ephraim (Ephraimite); Manasseh (Manassite)
word: Joseph
alt: Judahite
word: Judah
alt: Levite
word: Levi
alt: Naphtalite
word: Naphtali
alt: Reubenite
word: Reuben
alt: Simeonite
word: Simeon
alt: Zebulunite
word: Zebulun
word: Israel
word: Israeli
word: Israelite
word: Israelitic
word: Israelitish
word: Jew
word: Jewish
word: Judah
word: Judean
Manassites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Manassite
with brass knobs on
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of with knobs on.
courtyardy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more courtyardy
form: most courtyardy
Etymology: From courtyard + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Casing the joint didn’t take long, and similar to Grier’s setup, the back of the house opened to a courtyardy thing that was gated—and there were no chalky footprints on the red brick there.
ref: 2010, J. R. Ward [pseudonym; Jessica Rowley Pell Bird Blakemore], Crave (Fallen Angels; 2), New York, N.Y.: Signet, w:New American Library, →ISBN, page 180:
text: Keith looks his usual agreeable self; he’s agreeable to most things; visiting a student could be good too, especially if it’s one of those old, courtyardy places they’ve glimpsed but not penetrated yet.
ref: 2013, Alison Hoblyn, “The Motivational Listener”, in The Midnight Press and Other Oxford Stories, [Oxford, Oxon?]: OxPens, →ISBN, page 95:
text: The pavement was large and different and very not courtyardy.
ref: 2015, Mo Willems, Diva and Flea: A Parisian Tale, London: Walker Books, published 2017, →ISBN:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a courtyard.