cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
serenifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of serenify
serenifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of serenify
Serabend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Serabends
Senses: glosses: A kind of Persian carpet.
Serabends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Serabend
sermonwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sermon + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a sermon.
sermonolatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sermon + -o- + -latry.
Senses: glosses: Excessive devotion to sermons as part of religion.
Shaigiya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shagia
form: Shaigia
form: Shaikiyeh
form: Shaiqiya
form: Shawayga
form: Shaykia
Senses: glosses: An Arabized Nubian tribe of Sudan.
Shagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shaigiya.
Shaigia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shaigiya.
Shaikiyeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shaigiya.
Shaiqiya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shaigiya.
Shawayga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shaigiya.
Shaykia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shaigiya.
eco rounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eco round
shastrik
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: According to Sanskrit textual authority.
Related terms: Shastra
shepherdage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shepherd + -age.
Senses: glosses: The work or care of a shepherd; shepherding.
Shilluk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shilluks
form: Shilluk
Senses: glosses: A member of a major Luo Nilotic ethnic group residing in the northeastern Upper Nile state of South Sudan on both banks of the Nile River in Malakal.
Shilluk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of the Shilluk people.
glosses: A kingdom dominated by the Shilluk people, located along the left bank of the White Nile in what is now South Sudan and southern Sudan, and existing from perhaps the late 15th century until the early 1860s.
Shilluks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shilluk
question-marked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From question mark + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Read through all the questions and: • Put a tick against those that you know you can answer reasonably well. […] • Put a question mark against the others. […] If you have not ticked enough questions to complete the paper, you will need to answer a mixture of ticked and ‘question-marked’ questions.
ref: 1991, Richard Freeman, “[Assessment and exams] Tactics”, in Mastering Study Skills (Macmillan Master Series), 2nd edition, Basingstoke, Hants.; London: Macmillan Education Ltd, →ISBN, page 122:
text: This Blake is, as might be expected, something out of a Bret Easton Ellis novel, complete with trust fund, magazine job, and a propensity to speak in quiet, question-marked sentences?
ref: 2002 January 28, Elizabeth Frankenberger, “Sects and the City”, in Jeff Sharlet, Peter Manseau, the editors of Killing the Buddha, compilers, Believer, Beware: First-Person Dispatches from the Margins of Faith, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, published 2009, →ISBN, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2011, page 90:
text: The inciting event that led to the phone call was publication of Wakefield’s question-marked Lancet paper that tried to link vaccines with Crohn’s. Notwithstanding the holes in this comparison of incomparables, the dismissive commentary from FDA scientists, and that telltale “?” at the end of its title, two institutions, as trusted as the journal, also forgave its obvious deficiencies to bring it to the public’s attention.
ref: 2020, Brian Deer, “Quests Collide”, in The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield’s War on Vaccines, Melbourne, Vic.; London: Scribe Publications, →ISBN:
glosses: With a question mark.
Greeky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹiːki/
rhymes: -iːki
Forms: form: more Greeky
form: most Greeky
Etymology: From Greek + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] a Greeky front with white pillars, and a big old hall, and a big old garden—
ref: 1919, Marie Conway Oemler, A Woman Named Smith:
text: She is dressed diaphanously, like a Greeky Isadora Duncan dancing the blues away in Hemingway's Paris. She even has an ivy wreath in her hair.
ref: 2020, Daniel Taylor, Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees: A Jon Mote Mystery, page 121:
glosses: Somewhat Greek; Greekish.
shipmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shipman + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: […] her rôle was not to encumber the party with easels, but to sit and admire our shipmanship on seas high or low as the case might be.
ref: 1952, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 272, page 24:
text: […] the marine superintendent, for which ex-shipmanship can be a requirement […]
ref: 2013, Costas Grammenos, The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business, page 591:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The role or skills of a shipman.
shopocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopocrats
Etymology: From shop + -o- + -crat.
Senses: glosses: A member of the shopocracy.
shopocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shopocrat
poshocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poshocrats
Etymology: From posh + -o- + -crat.
Senses: glosses: A member of a poshocracy.
poshocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poshocrat
shraf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrafs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shroff.
sheraff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheraffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shroff.
shraff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shraffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shroff.
sheroff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheroffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shroff.
shrafs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shraf
sheraffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheraff
shraffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shraff
sheroffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheroff
shrewdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shrew + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Saint Teresa, paradoxical as such a judgment may sound, was a typical shrew, in this sense of the term. […] Her voluble egotism; her sense, not of radical bad being, as the really contrite have it, but of her 'faults' and 'imperfections' in the plural; her stereotyped humility and return upon herself, as covered with 'confusion' at each new manifestation of God's singular partiality for a person so unworthy, are typical of shrewdom: a paramountly feeling nature would be objectively lost in gratitude, and silent.
ref: 2018, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature:
glosses: The realm or sphere of shrews (nagging, ill-tempered women).
simpletonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From simpleton + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being a simpleton.
simplifiedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more simplifiedly
form: most simplifiedly
Etymology: From simplified + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a simplified manner.
one-size diaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-size diapers
form: one size diaper
Etymology: From the notion that the diaper is intended to fit the baby from, or near, birth until they are toilet-trained, thus coming in only one size; compare one-size-fits-all.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, now there is a one-size diaper for all age babies—the famous Dexter Diaper. Mothers everywhere are enthusiastic about the way they fit! their neatness and comfort to baby.
ref: 1954, “A One-Size Diaper”, in Today's Health, volume 32, American Medical Association, page 72:
text: This one-size diaper was one of the testers' favorite. It's made out organic-cotton velour and has a cotton and hemp pad, which can be placed inside the diaper's pocket or on top of the velour.
ref: 2009 February 5, Willa Plank, “Can We Swap Our Pampers?”, in The Wall Street Journal:
text: The one size diaper (OS) is the most available cloth diaper on the market. The OS diaper is marketed for kids 8-35lbs (sometimes 10-40lbs), or birth to potty training. One size diapers fit most kids. There is always an exception. Some kids are small and some kids are big.
ref: 2021, Bailey Bouwman, Cloth Diapers: The Ultimate Guide to Textiles, Washing & More, Simply Bailey Social Marketing, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: A type of cloth diaper which can be adjusted and lengthened to match the baby's growth, thus allowing the diaper to be worn from around birth (by a newborn) to potty-training age.
Synonyms: word: OS diaper
word: birth-to-potty diaper
word: one-size nappy
one-size nappy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-size nappies
form: one size nappy
Senses: examples: text: Judith's sought-after product is natural nappies made from 100 per cent cotton flannelette eight layers thick. Machine washable, the one-size nappies snugly fit baby from birth up to two years.
ref: 1990 August 2, “Nappy ever after”, in Hinckley and South Leicestershire Herald and Journal, page 7:
text: A one-size nappy is designed to fit from birth to potty training and is adjusted to the size required at any one time. This type of nappy can be a very cost-effective system.
ref: 2003, Annabel Karmel, Complete First Year Planner, Ebury Publishing, →ISBN, page 76:
text: NappyShak cloth nappies come in five bright geometric designs. They have two rise poppers and five each waist and hip poppers, to adjust the one-size nappy to fit your baby, and a double gusset to further improve fit and prevent leaks.
ref: 2023 June 27, Zoe Pickburn, “Best reusable and eco-friendly nappies that are better for the planet”, in Evening Standard:
glosses: Synonym of one-size diaper.
synonyms: word: one-size diaper
one-size nappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-size nappy
simulacral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a simulacrum.
one-size diapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-size diaper
Sinicizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Sinicize
Sinsiga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An extinct dialect of the Uwa language.
Sipibo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shipibo.
pony shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pony shoes
Senses: glosses: A smaller version of the horseshoe sandwich.
pony shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pony shoe
sirki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sirkis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sirky.
sirkis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sirki
siroccoish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more siroccoish
form: most siroccoish
Etymology: From sirocco + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sirocco.
vadadustat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A drug used to treat symptomatic anemia associated with chronic kidney disease.
danicopan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used to treat paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
auksinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Either of two currencies of Lithuania: a silver coin minted in 1564, or a German ostmark banknote that circulated in the aftermath of World War I.
slateworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slateworks
Etymology: From slate + works.
Senses: glosses: A factory where slate products are manufactured.
Slavify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Slavifies
form: Slavifying
form: Slavified
form: Slavified
Etymology: From Slav + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To make Slavic.
Related terms: Slavification
Slavified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Slavify
Slavifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Slavify
Slavifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Slavify
Slavification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or result of Slavifying.
slitwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From slit + -wise.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in the manner of, a slit.
smellsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smellsome
form: most smellsome
Etymology: From smell + -some.
Senses: glosses: smelly; odorous
sockmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sock + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of socks.
soldierdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From soldier + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of soldiers.
solifluxion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solifluxions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of solifluction.
solifluxions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solifluxion
solifluxional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of solifluctional.
solifluctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: solifluxional
Etymology: From solifluction + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to solifluction.
gelifluxion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gelifluction.
gelifluctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gelifluction + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to gelifluction.
solodization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of solodizing.
Asian kale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare the synonymous Chinese kale
Senses: examples: text: In Thailand, this dish [kwaytiow paht si-yu] is made with Chinese broccoli, called pahk ka-nah, a sturdy Asian leafy vegetable sometimes translated as Asian kale.
ref: [1992, Nancie McDermott, Real Thai: The Best of Thailand's Regional Cooking, San Fransico: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Stir-Fried Rice Noodels with Asian Kale & Chicken (Gai Pat Sii Uuu) […] Add the Asian kale and noodles, and cook for 3 minutes.
ref: 2004, William Warren, At the Table of Jim Thompson, electronic edition, Singapore: Editions Didier Miller, published 2012, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: Synonym of kailan (“a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems”).
synonyms: word: kailan
extra: a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems
bix noods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bix nood
cloud deer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloud deer
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bixie.
synonyms: word: bixie
Brazilification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Brazil + -ification.
Senses: glosses: A process in which a nation or society gradually becomes multiracial or multiethnic, depriving it of its former homogeneity.
Allithwaite and Cartmel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, which includes the named places.
wikipedia: Lower Allithwaite
Nyengatú
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nheengatu.
Geral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nheengatu.
synonyms: word: Nheengatu
Modern Tupí
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nheengatu.
synonyms: word: Nheengatu
Waengatu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nheengatu.
synonyms: word: Nheengatu
Yeral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nheengatu.
synonyms: word: Nheengatu
trade language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trade languages
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lingua franca.
synonyms: word: lingua franca
trade languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade language
vehicular language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vehicular languages
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lingua franca.
synonyms: word: lingua franca
vehicular languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vehicular language
Tasmanian native-hen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tasmanian native-hens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tasmanian nativehen.
Tasmanian native hen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tasmanian native hens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tasmanian nativehen.
tycoon games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tycoon game
birth-to-potty diaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birth-to-potty diapers
form: birth to potty diaper
Etymology: See birth-to-potty nappy.
Senses: examples: text: It was a "birth to potty" diaper^([sic]) that saw immediate success. The first reviews appear in January, 2006 and all refer to buying the diaper in December 2005. It is unclear if the first reviewers were testers, though that is likely the case.
ref: 2005 June 1, Kim Rosas, “BumGenius”, in Dirty Diaper Laundry (Review), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2024:
text: BabyKicks One-Size pocket diaper is both a birth-to-potty diaper and a training pant. It’s made of organic cotton and bamboo, complete with fleece around the legs for durability and softness, as well as a soft waterproof outer.
ref: 2010 September 28, “Potty Training: Cloth Trainers”, in New & Green Baby Co., archived from the original on 01 Apr 2024:
text: This diaper is marketed as a birth to potty diaper though it could look a little bulky for newborns/very lean babies.
ref: 2016 February 20, Shahira, “Review – Popolini One Size Fitted cloth diapers”, in Dr. Shahira:
glosses: Synonym of one-size diaper (“a type of cloth diaper which can be adjusted and lengthened to match the baby's growth, thus allowing the diaper to be worn from around birth (by a newborn) to potty-training age”).
synonyms: word: one-size diaper
extra: (“a type of cloth diaper which can be adjusted and lengthened to match the baby's growth, thus allowing the diaper to be worn from around birth (by a newborn) to potty-training age”)
birth-to-potty diapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birth-to-potty diaper
trade papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade paper
trade journals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade journal
Tasmanian native hens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tasmanian native hen
Tasmanian native-hens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tasmanian native-hen
birth-to-potty nappy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birth-to-potty nappies
form: birth to potty nappy
Etymology: From the notion that the nappy is intended to last from around the baby's birth until they are potty-trained.
Senses: examples: text: According to our test panel, the best nappy is the Itti Bitti Tutto, with an average score of 7.8/10. It's a one-size, birth-to-potty nappy that adjusts to fit from newborn to large toddler, with a "poo fence" internal gusset to prevent leaks.
ref: 2010 December 5, Jen Kelly, “Top cloth nappies”, in Sunday Herald Sun, page 108:
text: If you're looking for a birth to potty nappy for night time use, though, one to look at is Motherease One Size nappies. They're a two part system, where the nappy is one size, adjustable, but the outer wrap is sized, so you would need wraps in different sizes as baby grows.
ref: 2015 March 23, michbright, “Cloth nappies advice please!!”, in MoneySavingExpert.com:
text: There are lots of other good cloth nappy options, including Tots Bots Bamboozle, Little Lamb and Sandys, and I've had positive experiences with all of them, but I appreciate Alison’s simple birth-to-potty nappy with flexible fastening to enable a bespoke fit, whereas other brands offer multiple sizes.
ref: 2024 January 22, Nicola Cutcher, “The 11 best reusable nappies of 2024, tried and tested – from cloth nappies to reusable swim nappies”, in The Daily Telegraph:
glosses: Synonym of one-size diaper (“a type of cloth diaper which can be adjusted and lengthened to match the baby's growth, thus allowing the diaper to be worn from around birth (by a newborn) to potty-training age”).
synonyms: word: one-size diaper
extra: (“a type of cloth diaper which can be adjusted and lengthened to match the baby's growth, thus allowing the diaper to be worn from around birth (by a newborn) to potty-training age”)
Synonyms: word: one-size nappy
word: birth-to-potty diaper
word: B2P
word: BTP
word: birth-to-potty
english: clippings
translation: clippings
word: birth to potty
birth-to-potty nappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birth-to-potty nappy
gym day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gym days
Senses: examples: text: To gain muscle mass: Add 500 calories on gym day. To maintain weight: Keep total calories intake as is.
ref: 2012 October 8, Cat Lanciaux, 12 Week Nutrition Solution: Nutrition for Fitness Guide, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 26:
glosses: A day on which one exercises at a gym.
Coordinate terms: list in leg day
gym days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gym day
extraterrestrial dusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extraterrestrial dust
keep vigil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps vigil
form: keeping vigil
form: kept vigil
form: kept vigil
Senses: examples: text: Sven, for the most part, stayed in the backdrop hovering nervously near the parlor window, where he now kept vigil for newly arriving guests .
ref: 2013, John E. Rawson, Blind Vigil, page 102:
text: We started outside with the fire, then processed into the chapel of the retreat center where we kept vigil for the rest of the night by proclaiming the readings, chanting the psalms, and sitting in prolonged periods of reflective silence.
ref: 2013, Joe Paprocki, D. Todd Williamson, Great is the Mystery, page 179:
text: a ruelle is a small lane , but in the bedrooms of the French monarchs of the Golden Age it denoted a narrow area beside the royal bed, where attendants kept vigil over their sleeping monarchs and into which the king's mistresses might.be introduced.
ref: 2015, Malcolm Lowry, Miguel Mota, Paul Tiessen, The 1940 Under the Volcano::
glosses: To wait and watch, especially overnight.
examples: text: Rafael died this morning, and this afternoon we are going to keep vigil over him.
synonyms: have a wake
glosses: To observe the deceased overnight.
Weet-bix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Weet-Bix.
OSFA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A major fault of OSFA is its inflexibility. By failing to take account of differences, it fails to react to change, and for today as never before, change is the name of the management game.
ref: 1984, Auren Uris, The Realworld Management Deskbook, Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN, page 29:
text: He turned to me, "I got your size from your sneakers." Into the locker with the shoes. "Two jock straps with cup snaps, size medium." Into the locker. "One athletic cup, O.S.F.A."
"What's that?"
"One size fits all."
ref: 2000, William Kelley, The Sweet Summer, Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, page 16:
text: At its core, the BFF pattern is an answer from SoundCloud to common problems that may appear when building OSFA (One-Size-Fits-All) APIs, where we have a single API that aims to answer the use cases of many different client applications.
ref: 2020, Marc-Andre Giroux, Production Ready GraphQL, page 166:
glosses: Initialism of one-size-fits-all.
RARs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RAR
Abbas and Templecombe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district, which includes the villages of Abbas Combe and Templecombe.
sea squill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea squills
Senses: glosses: a plant of species Drimia maritima.
sea squills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea squill
sea milkwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea milkworts
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Lysimachia maritima, sea milkweed, black saltwort.
Synonyms: Glaux maritima
sea lace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Certan algae, of species Chorda filum, bootlace weed.
Abbas Combe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Abbas and Templecombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST7022).
Rowsell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rowsells
Etymology: Variant of Russell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
contruding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of contrude
qungua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃunɡuɑ/
Forms: form: qungua
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 裙褂 (qúnguà).
Senses: glosses: A traditional two-piece dress worn by Chinese women.
sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow
form: sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow morning
form: sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow morning
Etymology: From the fact that the Sun will indisputably rise the following day.
Senses: examples: text: It's going to stay there, and I'm going to be able to bank that money someday as sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow.
ref: 1995, Lyle Stuart, Winning at Casino Gambling, Lyle Stuart, →ISBN, page 316:
text: Chuck: I don't know much about you folks, but I can tell you, sure as the sun's gon' come up tomorrow, that y'all keep going on like this and that girl ain't gonna make it.
ref: 2012 August 28, Telltale Games, The Walking Dead, Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Kindle Fire:
text: As sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow, you know that at some point, interest rates will rise again.
ref: 2014 August 29, Doyle Shuler, The Barefoot Retirement Plan:
text: Just as sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow, we are going to move this process forward.
ref: 2020 September 9, Rachel McDevitt, quoting Steve Santarsiero, “Bill to keep Pa. out of regional cap-and-trade program passes, but faces governor’s veto”, in WHYY:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Surely; certainly.
sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow.
glosses: Alternative form of sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow.
sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow morning
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow.
glosses: Alternative form of sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow.
sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow morning
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow.
glosses: Alternative form of sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow.
impulse-buy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: impulse-buys
form: impulse-buying
form: impulse-bought
form: impulse-bought
Senses: glosses: To purchase without thinking or planning.
BFEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BFE
fun in games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It was all fun in games to use a pawn but not too good an idea in real life unless you can use a dead comrade. Not fun, but she had to admit that in this situation it worked.
ref: 2014 June 2, Toby Keen, Dark Matter Rising, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 54:
text: We got most of the fellows from our hut to come outside, skylark about, make a lot of noises like it was all fun in games.
ref: 2018 March 21, Chas Mayhead, Rumours, PBS Publications, →ISBN:
text: […] because everything is new and they think a marriage is all fun in games until they realize how much work it actually is.
ref: 2020 November 23, Julia Vellucci, The 30 Day Exchange, Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Eggcorn of fun and games.
LWK
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: lwk
Senses: examples: text: can u send another voice message cuz im lwk obsessed with ur voice
glosses: Abbreviation of low-key.
kimberellomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kimberellomorphs
Etymology: From Kimberella + -o- + -morph.
Senses: examples: text: Here I report seven additional creatures from the Clemente biota, including […] the solzid kimberellomorph Zirabagtaria ovata […]
ref: 2018 March 14, Mark A.S. McMenamin, Deep Time Analysis, Springer, →ISBN, page 78:
text: The largest and most central cluster—the White Sea module—predominantly consists of bilateralomorph, dickinsoniomorph, and kimberellomorph genera, along with other Ediacara-type taxa.
ref: 2019 February 22, “Ediacaran biozones identified with network analysis provide evidence for pulsed extinctions of early complex life”, in A. D. Muscente, Natalia Bykova, Thomas H. Boag, Luis A. Buatois, M. Gabriela Mángano, Ahmed Eleish, Anirudh Prabhu, Feifei Pan, Michael B. Meyer, James D. Schiffbauer, Peter Fox, Robert M. Hazen, Andrew H. Knoll, editors, Nature Communications:
text: Reconstruction of the kimberellomorph Ediacaran Kimberella.
ref: 2020 December 16, Encyclopedia of Geology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 564:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A member of the genus Kimberella.
kimberellomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kimberellomorph
Arrovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Arrovian
form: most Arrovian
Etymology: From Arrow + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The chapter proves Arrow's theorem and investigates the possibility of uncovering a satisfactory social choice rule by relaxing the conditions while remaining within the Arrovian framework[.]
ref: 2002, Donald E. Campbell and Jerry S. Kelly, Impossibility theorems in the arrovian framework, p. 36, in: Kenneth J. Arrow, Amartya K. Sen and Kotaro Suzumura (eds.), Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare (Volume 1), Elsevier 2002
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Kenneth Arrow (1921–2017), American economist.
funiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more funiform
form: most funiform
Etymology: From Latin funis (“rope, cord”) + -form. First attested in 1862.
Senses: examples: text: A series of small conical projections surround the edge, within which there is a double funiform elevation, similar to that in the diadem.
ref: 1862, William Wilde, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Gold in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, page 29:
text: Plant with thick funiform or fusiform roots.
ref: 2003, V. I. Grubov, Plants of Central Asia - Plant Collection from China and Mongolia, Vol. 7: Liliaceae to Orchidaceae, CRC Press, →ISBN:
text: Root reduced, with funiform, somewhat thickened secondary roots.
ref: 2007 January 5, L. I. Malyschev, Flora of Siberia, volume 12, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 92:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling a rope or cord.
furtherover
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɝ.ðɚ.oʊvɚ/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English furtherover. By surface analysis, further + over.
Senses: examples: text: And furtherover they shall have default of all manner delices; […]
ref: 1916, Sir Henry Craik, 1st Baronet, editor, English Prose:
text: Furtherover, we have all also no doubt struggled to balance the one-track demands of getting students though the exam versus spending the time that is required to develop the underlying skills needed to avoid the kinds of linguistic monstrosities quoted in the first sentence of this paragraph.
ref: 2004 August, Carol Griffiths, David Jordan, Strategies for Success in IELTS, page 2:
text: Furtherover, JNK3-mediated phosphorylation of Smac markedly attenuates the interaction between Smac and XIAP, […]
ref: 2007 October 5, “Phosphorylation of Smac by JNK3 attenuates its interaction with XIAP”, in Byoung Duck Park, Young Mi Ham, Hyun Ji Jeong, Seung Ju Cho, Young Tae Je, Kyu Dong Yoo, Seung-Ki Lee, editors, PubMed:
glosses: In addition; moreover; furthermore; additionally.
dependible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dependible
form: most dependible
Etymology: From depend + -ible.
Senses: examples: text: […] though I believe the most dependible marks to be derived from the long-attenuated base of the frond, owing to the gradual dwarfing of the lower pinnæ; […]
ref: 1862, William Jackson Hooker, Species Filicum: Scolopendrium, page 212:
text: […] still there is scarcely a hope of their gaining enough to enable Peel to carry on the Government with such constant and dependible majorities as can alone render it efficacious and secure.
ref: 1875, Charles Greville, The Greville Memoirs, page 215:
text: I have found him during the whole of my own residence here (since 1872) the most steady and sober of men, always at his work, and a thoroughly dependible man in every way.
ref: 1883, Report on the Administration of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Penal Settlements of Port Blair and the Nicobars, for the Year 1882–1883, page 69:
text: Furthermore, Rexcraft, Inc., is starting 1927, with a complete net work of dependible jobbers from Coast to Coast.
ref: 1926, Musical Merchandise Combined for the Duration [with] The Music Trade Review, page 33:
text: He is average in work, dependible in attitude, is always in the middle of all the kiddish pranks the other inmate's^([sic]) want to play.
ref: 1966, Fleishour V. United States of America, page 39:
glosses: Archaic spelling of dependable.
divine coincidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divine coincidences
Senses: examples: text: In [the standard new Keynesian framework], stabilizing inflation is equivalent to stabilizing the welfare-relevant output gap. In this paper, we argue that this property of the new Keynesian framework, which we call the divine coincidence, is due to a special feature of the model […]
ref: 2007, Oliver Blanchard and Jordi Galí, Real Wage Rigidities and the New Keynesian Model, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 39(s1), pp. 35--65
text: Because credit shocks appear in the Phillips curve, the so-called divine coincidence […] does not hold, and it is not possible to achieve the global minimum of the loss function with just one policy instrument.
ref: 2023, Eric Sims, Jing Cynthia Wu, and Ji Zhang, The Four-Equation New Keynesian Model, The Review of Economics and Statistics 105(4), pp. 931--947
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The property of a (New Keynesian) macroeconomic model that stabilizing inflation and stabilizing the (relevant) output gap is equivalent.
dephosphorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dephosphorizes
form: dephosphorizing
form: dephosphorized
form: dephosphorized
Etymology: From de- + phosphorize.
Senses: examples: text: It is also proposed to dephosphorize molten metal direct from the blast furnace as before described, then running it minus the slag into an open hearth, and there desiliconizing it down to .025, and then withdrawing the dephosphorized metal and running it into pigs.
ref: 1882, Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, Transactions, page 183:
text: Not less than three furnaces should be employed; two to superheat, desiliconize, partially dephosphorize, and decarbonize.
ref: 1897, John R. Dunlap, Industrial Management: The Engineering Magazine, page 1025:
text: […] yet I wish to point out that we can simplify the matter considerably by discriminating between slags which actively dephosphorize and those which are simply retentive of phosphorus, or in short, into the dephosphorizing and the nondephosphorizing on one hand, and the retentive and the irretentive on the other.
ref: 1910, Richard Pennefather Rothwell, Joseph Struthers, David Hale Newland, Edward K. Judd, Walter Renton Ingalls, editors, The Mineral Industry, Its Statistics, Technology, and Trade During 1909, volume 18, page 443:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To free from phosphorus.
Related terms: dephosphorization
dephosphorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dephosphorize
dephosphorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dephosphorize
dephosphorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dephosphorize
ur mum
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: ur mom
glosses: Alternative form of your mum.
West Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of hills in various places.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, previously in Ottery St Mary parish (OS grid ref SY0693).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA1666).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Hastings, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ8210).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A neighbourhood and main road in Wandsworth, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2474).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Portishead, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4576).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A settlement in Wraxall and Failand parish, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4772).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Wincanton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7028).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Hednesford, Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9912).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet near Whitley, Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8766).
glosses: A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A historic district in West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A historic district in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A historic district in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
Related terms: Westhill
West Hills
Ashmedai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæʃ.mɪˌdaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: Asmodai
form: Asmoday
form: Hammadai
form: Hashmedai
form: Osmodai
form: Shidonai
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁמְדַאי (ashmedáy). Doublet of Asmodeus.
Senses: examples: text: Whilst Ashmedai was reigning in Jerusalem, Solomon went about from place to place saying that he was Solomon the king of the Jews; but the people laughed at him and said that he was mad.
ref: 1869, E. C. A., Count Teleki: A Story of Modern Jewish Life and Customs, →OCLC, page 202:
text: The moment he released Ashmedai from his fetters, the demon snatched the ring and hurled it into the sea. Solomon’s power and wisdom were lost, and Ashmedai took the king’s throne in his place.
ref: 2006, Dov Noy, Folktales of the Jews, Volume 3: Tales from Arab Lands, →ISBN, page 586:
text: In the famous tale of Solomon and Ashmedai (Gittin 68a-b), the latter resists until the moment Benaiah produces Solomon’s ring, engraved with the Ineffable Name
ref: 2009, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, →ISBN, page 154:
glosses: Synonym of Asmodeus.
synonyms: word: Asmodeus
Kusaal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Gur language spoken primarily in northeastern Ghana and Burkina Faso.
multibehavior
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + behavior.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one behavior.
multicontent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + content.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one piece or type of content.
multicontext
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + context.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of multicontextual.
synonyms: word: multicontextual
stone bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stone bubbles
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: The point in a poker tournament where after one more player is eliminated all players will be guaranteed prize money (but the eliminated player receives no prize money).
stone bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stone bubbles
form: stone bubbling
form: stone bubbled
form: stone bubbled
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To be the last player eliminated in a poker tournament to receive no prize money, with all remaining players guaranteed to receive a prize.
perfluorobutanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfluorobutanoate
perfluorodecanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfluorodecanoate
perfluoroglutarates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfluoroglutarate
perfluorohexanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfluorohexanoate
perfluorononanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfluorononanoate
perfluoroundecanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfluoroundecanoate
pericartilages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericartilage
pericentrosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pericentrosome
perichelydians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perichelydian
peridomestications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peridomestication
peridromophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peridromophile
perimetrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perimetrist
peritheliomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perithelioma
peritheliomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perithelioma
pernachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pernach
flat nappy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat nappies
Senses: examples: text: They can be safely bleached, soaked, washed and dried for years. They need to be folded and pinned in place correctly to get the best fit and avoid leaks, and then are best covered with pilchers (soft overpants) or waterproof pants to protect outer clothing. Although this takes a bit of practice to get right, flat nappies can work well, and can be particularly useful at night for older babies.
ref: 2008, Daniel Allen, Cheryl Benn, Sue Pullon, Margot Schwass, The New Zealand Pregnancy Book, Bridget Williams Books, →ISBN, page 174:
text: Some flat nappies come with Y-shaped fasteners as well. Terry squares are old-school nappies that are basically cotton towels that are folded around your baby's bottom and fastened with a large safety pin or plastic grip.
ref: 2015, Zion Lights, The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting, New Internationalist, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
text: There are also separate nappy and cover systems including flats (a traditional style of nappy), prefolds (a flat nappy with an absorbent panel in the center) and fitted (where the folding has been done for you). Adding a cover to each of these options makes them waterproof.
ref: 2021 April 29, Freya Lucas, “Guidance for services wanting to explore environmentally friendly nappies”, in The Sector:
glosses: Synonym of flat diaper (“a makeshift cloth diaper folded from a large piece of square or rectangular absorbent fabric, such as terry (coarse cotton), which is held in place by a diaper pin or other fastener”).
synonyms: word: flat diaper
extra: (“a makeshift cloth diaper folded from a large piece of square or rectangular absorbent fabric, such as terry (coarse cotton), which is held in place by a diaper pin or other fastener”)
flat nappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat nappy
flat diaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat diapers
Etymology: From the shape of the fabric before being folded into a diaper.
Senses: examples: text: Equally favored by modern mothers is the rectangular flat diaper made of two-layer cotton gauze and foldable into four-cornered pants. Other less common fabrics found on the American market include the once popular (but now rather rare) cotton flannel and England's favourite, ferry towelling.
ref: 1965 August 24, “Diapers”, in Consumer Reports, volume 30, number 8, Consumers Union, page 402:
text: In the old days flour came in soft cotton sacks that were converted into all manner of useful items, like dresses and diapers. The descendant of the flour sack diaper is the flat diaper, made of gauze-that soft, thin, quick-drying, loosely-woven fabric that some baby-boomers might remember their mothers using on them.
ref: 2003, Theresa Rodriguez Farrisi, Diaper Changes: The Complete Diapering Book and Resource Guide, 3 edition, M. Evans, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Cheap fitted diapers can result in poor cloth diaper experiences (shrink, poor fit, lack of absorbency). I recommend trying a prefold or flat diaper for a comparable absorbency for a lower cost, easier to wash, more accessible cloth diaper choice.
ref: 2021, Bailey Bouwman, Cloth Diapers: The Ultimate Guidelines to Textiles, Washing & More, Simply Bailey Social Marketing, →ISBN, page 228:
synonyms: terry diaper
flat nappy
terry nappy
terry
glosses: A makeshift cloth diaper folded from a large piece of (usually square or rectangular) absorbent fabric, such as terry (coarse cotton), which is held in place by a diaper pin or other fastener.
flat diapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat diaper
mesugaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesugaki
form: mesugakis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese メスガキ (mesugaki), from 雌(めす) (mesu, “female (animal)”) + 餓鬼(がき) (gaki, “brat”). The term began being used among English speakers around 2020.
Senses: examples: text: WE NEED MORE POKEKID IN EEVEE COSTUME DOUJINS DAMMIT!! preferably one that presents her as a mesugaki :9
ref: 2020 May 26, @harid_ziran, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2024:
text: Riro quickly became one of the company’s most popular idols due to her gimmick as a “mesugaki” type character.
ref: 2023 November 28, Brandon Lyttle, “VTuber Riro Ron terminated for ‘dangerous and harmful’ activities”, in Niche Gamer, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2023:
text: Mutsuki is a brat that like to be suggestive with sensei. She's a mesugaki archetype, one of the more popular one in fact (despite it starting in azur lane)
ref: 2023 December 25, @megamega171, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2024:
text: Youre Oshi is the vtuber who made the loli song playing into the lolicon fetish of the Mesugaki. Dude cant pick a side on this topic.
ref: 2024 April 16, @king_of_games34, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2024:
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
coordinate_terms: osugaki
glosses: A slutty bratty girl; a young (or young-looking) girl who likes to sexually tease her superiors.