cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
get into the wrong hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets into the wrong hands
form: getting into the wrong hands
form: got into the wrong hands
form: got into the wrong hands
form: gotten into the wrong hands
Senses: glosses: To fall into the wrong hands.
cautionary tales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cautionary tale
went against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go against
going against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go against
goes against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go against
mile-a-minutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mile-a-minute
Related terms: miles a minute
cousin primes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cousin prime
Mersenne primes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mersenne prime
factorial primes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of factorial prime
Fermat primes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fermat prime
interhall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + hall.
Senses: examples: an interhall athletics competition
glosses: Between halls of residence.
podiuming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of podium
waah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wah.
cakeage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪkɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology: From cake + -age, modelled on corkage.
Senses: examples: text: Corkage fee: $10.00 per 750 ml bottle; "cakeage" (if you bring your own birthday cake) $2.25 per person.
ref: 2003, Kathleen Thompson Hill, Napa Valley: Land of Golden Vines, page 171:
text: Large groups are easily accommodated, though be warned, a 'cakeage' fee of $1.50 per head will be charged to birthday revellers.
ref: 2010, Lisa Dempstere, The Australian Veg Food Guide 2011, page 191:
text: "[r]estaurants often charge customers to cut and plate the cake. Sometimes they add a scoop of ice cream. The practice has come to be called cakeage. It’s a play on corkage, the fee a restaurant levies to open a bottle of wine brought by the customer."
ref: 2016 January 13, Kim Severson, “Restaurants Counter Outside Cakes With Cakeage Fees”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A fee levied by a restaurant on customers who bring their own cake (such as a birthday cake) rather than buying one on the premises.
shootie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shooties
Etymology: Blend of shoe + bootie
Senses: examples: text: SHOOTIES Gift Shooties A friend friend in need is a friend to heed, And comfy feet are friends indeed! When they're tired and weary and warmth is nil, Goosedown Shooties reign king of the hill. When winter drafts chill.
ref: 1987, Climbing, Issues 103-105, numbers 103-105, B. Dunaway, page 68:
text: SHOOTIES - solid black, red, royal or teal. Sizes XS, S, M, L, XL $35.00 (postage and handling incl.) HOT SHOOTIES - Our fun "Zydeco" print on electric blue, black or purple. Sizes XS, S, M, L, XL. $37.00 (postage and handling incl.)
ref: 1989 November 27, Harold Wallace Ross, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, editors, The New Yorker, Volume 65, Issues 40-45, volume 65, numbers 40-45, F-R Publishing Corporation, page 146:
text: Another modern shoe style that gets its look from the '20s is the shootie. Shootie is a combination of the word shoe and boot. Modern shooties come up the foot all the way to the ankle. Vintage ones aren't quite as tall. But they all give a fantastic flapper feel.
ref: 2014, Rebecca Langston-George, Allison Crotzer Kimmel, Lori Luster, Liz Sonneborn, “All Dolled Up”, in Fashion Forward: Creating Your Look with the Best of Vintage Style, Capstone, →ISBN, page 30:
text: But ever since last Sunday, when Roxanne showed up in her cute red shooties and cute red convertible, Stephanie had wondered what kind of woman Roxanne Hunter was.
ref: 2015 November 11, Karen Tomsovic, Spare Me the Drama: A Novel, Karen Tomsovic:
text: She was wearing her newest shooties, but to take them off meant tearing her feet up on the exposed sharp edges of the coral rock below. She tentatively backed away from the streetlights and went into the dark. Actually, she was very proud of her new shooties—they were quite fashionable—as she was also proud of her new hairdo.
ref: 2016 November 30, Lois Richman, chapter 22, in Key West Interlude: Paulette Marshall Mystery Series, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: “Ooh, look at those shooties.” “What are shooties?” “You know, they're like if a shoe and a boot had a baby. They're so cute.”
ref: 2021 March 14, Holly Schlesinger, “Mr. Lonely Farts” (9:47 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 11, episode 14, spoken by Linda Belcher (John Roberts):
glosses: A kind of shoe with a high ankle resembling that of a boot.
shooties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shootie
warbot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warbots
Etymology: From war + -bot.
Senses: glosses: A robot used in physical warfare.
examples: text: A warbot is designed for use against other users or against IRC itself. Bots meant to do harm are one reason why many servers have banned their presence.
ref: 1995, William J. Shefski, Interactive Internet: The Insider's Guide to MUDs, MOOs and IRC:
glosses: A malicious bot (automated user) designed to disrupt other users' activity.
warbots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warbot
drury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: druery
form: drewery
Etymology: From Old French druerie, droerie (“love, friendship”) et al., from dru (“friend”).
Senses: glosses: Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
glosses: A love token or keepsake, a physical object symbolic of a loving relationship.
glosses: A beloved person; a sweetheart.
examples: text: It is as derworth a drewery · as dere god hym-seluen.
ref: c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:
glosses: A beloved thing; a treasure.
rereign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rereigns
form: rereigning
form: rereigned
form: rereigned
Etymology: From re- + reign.
Senses: glosses: To reign again.
etailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etailers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of e-tailer; an online retailer.
etailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of etailer
Nyimang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sub-ethnic group of the Nuba peoples living in northern Sudan.
Nyimang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Nilo-Saharan language of these people.
Gowan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gowans
Etymology: Shortened form of McGowan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
flapped outfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flapped outfalls
Senses: glosses: An outfall fitted with a metal flap so that floodwater will not back up
bucketry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bucket + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: Shooks and buckets were once the most famous work of Hingham. We had believed that the Hingham bucket was as obsolete as the Eohippus. The day of bucketry has dawned again, and buckets, churns, piggins, tubs were exhibited.
ref: 1902, Drawing and Manual Training Journal, volumes 1-2, page 124:
text: “Come back and fight me!” she yelled, slamming the bucket against the bars in one final overhand strike, venting her fury by smashing the wooden container into a dozen different pieces. She stood, puffing for a second, holding a broken handle.
[…]
I empathized with Bastille – I even felt some of her same rage, even if I didn’t express it by destroying innocent bucketry.
ref: 2007, Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 194:
text: He found his way into home decorating, and there he discovered a small tower of black rubber pails. […] Satisfied—or as satisfied as a non-expert in bucketry could be—Faustino bought the thing.
ref: 2009, Mal Peet, Exposure, Candlewick Press, published 2010, →ISBN, pages 193–194:
glosses: Buckets and similar objects, taken collectively.
Baha'ite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baha'ites
Senses: examples: text: ... Shoghi Effendi, of the Baha'ite Faith ...
ref: 1934, Sir Ivo Elliot, The Balliol College register - Page 378
text: ... emphasizing world unity and peace, the religion itself ... Baha'ist or Baha'ite
ref: 1998, Allied Chambers, The Chambers Dictionary, p 119
text: It is thus surprising and illogical to spend time arguing with men of old when we feel lack of poise and stability and leave unanswered sects like the Qadianites and the Baha'ites with the activities and propaganda they make for their misleading ...
ref: 2000, Muḥammad Yūsuf Mūsá, Islam and Humanity's Need of it - Page 78
text: an adherent of an orig. Persian religion following the teaching of Baha-Ullah... Baha'ist; Baha'ism; Baha'ite
ref: 2007, G Davidson, Concise English Dictionary - Page 66
text: It is thus surprising and illogical to spend time arguing with men of old when we feel lack of poise and stability and leave unanswered sects like the Qadianites and the Baha"ites with the activities and propaganda they make for their misleading ...
ref: 2008, Minbar al-Islām - Volume 37, Issues 2-6
glosses: Dated form of Baháʼite.
Baha'ites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baha'ite
paganist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪɡənɪst/
Forms: form: paganists
Etymology: From pagan + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Pagan.
cabrewing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of canoeing + brewing.
Senses: examples: text: While “cabrewing” — consuming alcohol while canoeing — has become a popular pastime among Miami University students, it doesn't go without consequences that could include a night in jail and a DUI.
ref: 2010, Hunter Stenbeck, "Morgan's Canoe enforces alcohol rules", The Miami Student (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio), Volume 138, Number 8, 17 September 2010, page 1
text: After everyone left around one or two in the morning, we would crash for the night, get up in the morning to do something like “cabrewing” where we would take the remaining beers out in a boat, only to stop drinking for an hour or two before getting cleaned up to go to work.
ref: 2013, AnnE O'Neill, If You Want the Rainbow, Welcome the Rain: A Memoir of Grief and Recovery, Balboa Press, →ISBN, pages 63–64:
text: "Oh, man. I wish you guys could come to Hocking Hills this year. It's such a blast. My friends in Columbus go every summer. It's our annual 'cabrewing' trip."
ref: 2013, Jake Warner, The Landlord's Shadow, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 231:
qualifier: Ohio
glosses: The practice of consuming alcohol while canoeing.
Rastafarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rastafarists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Rastafarian.
synonyms: word: Rastafarian
skug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scug.
skug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skugs
form: skugging
form: skugged
form: skugged
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scug.
mercement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mercements
form: merciment
Etymology: Either aphetic form of amercement; or borrowed independently from Anglo-Norman merciment, aphetic form of amerciment.
Senses: examples: text: Riȝt so is loue a ledere · and þe lawe shapeth / Vpon man for his mysdedes · þe merciment he taxeth.
ref: c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:
glosses: An amercement, a punishment.
aljofar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aljofars
Senses: glosses: seed pearl
bow chicka wow wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bow chica wow wow
form: bow-chica-wow-wow
form: bow chicka bow wow
form: bow-chicka-bow-wow
form: bow-chicka-wow-wow
Etymology: From onomatopoeia for the stereotypical funk riff used in the soundtracks to pornographic films. Wired credits comedian Jordan Brady as "apparently the first person ever to use the phrase" and it was a part of his act in his Evening at the Improv routine in 1989.
Senses: examples: text: And when all the kids finally moved out, she and Sawyer had had plenty of...how did the younger generation put it? Bow-chicka-wow-wow?
ref: 2014, Pamela Hearon, Moonlight in Paris, →ISBN, page 74:
text: He started daen sounds wi his mooth like cheesy porn music, then started sayin' “bow chicka wow wow,” while stickin' his right index finger through the hole he'd made wi his left index finger n thumb.
ref: 2013, Brandon Wilkinson, The Tin Boy: Tale of a Scottish Football Misfit, →ISBN, page 18:
english: He started doing sounds with his mouth like cheesy porn music, then started saying “bow chicka wow wow,” while sticking his right index finger through the hole he'd made with his left index finger and thumb.
translation: He started doing sounds with his mouth like cheesy porn music, then started saying “bow chicka wow wow,” while sticking his right index finger through the hole he'd made with his left index finger and thumb.
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text: Abigail pulled down a corner of the towel, enough for one eye to peek out. “Bow chicka wow wow,” she said, and covered her eye again.
ref: 2012, Emma Straub, Other People We Married, →ISBN:
glosses: Sexual activity or approval.
examples: text: Also, one venue may as well be a commercial for Axe body spray, complete with gyrating young females and the "bow chicka wow wow" slogan featuring prominently.
ref: 2007 November 25, Kevin Schmitt, “Guitar Hero II: Legends of Rock”, in Consumer Electronics Net:
glosses: The music used in pornographic movies or by strippers.
bow-chicka-wow-wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I think it's best to just chill and talk. That's not the place to... bow-chicka-wow-wow [ laughs] .
ref: 2008, Dollicia Bryan, King Magazine, page 376:
text: To pull you out of the funk you've been in since Christmas, Man Teach orchestrated some bow-chicka-wow-wow time for you and Boy Wonder.
ref: 2014, Madeline Freeman, The Naturals Trilogy:
text: After an hour, the rest of your life might be a wreck but this realm of your universe will be left with only the most versatile collection of favorites, classics and the occasional one-off that forever highlights your endowments, redefines your shape, and puts you in the mood for, well . . .After such a great purge, you can't help but hear a faint “bow-chicka-wow-wow” calling your name.
ref: 2012, Lisa Alcalay Klug, Hot Mamalah: The Ultimate Guide for Every Woman of the Tribe, →ISBN:
text: If I have a lot of blooms to work with, I'll just pick an entire flower, take the whole thing over to the female, and rub its anthers over the stigma (sometimes making bee buzzing or bow-chicka-wow-wow noises for my own amusement).
ref: 2013, Joseph Tychonievich, Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of bow chicka wow wow.
pycnofibre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pycnofibres
form: pycnofiber
Etymology: From pycno- + fibre. Coined 2009 by Brazilian palaeontologist Alexander W. A. Kellner et al.
Senses: examples: text: While the metal frames, styrofoam bulk and resin wings comprised the majority of the models, the details that would bring them to life – eyes, scars, pycnofibres, scales and colour – needed to be added before the models could really look vital.
ref: 2012, A. J. Veldmeijer, Mark Witton, Ilja Nieuwland, Pterosaurs: Flying Contemporaries of the Dinosaurs, Sidestone Press, page 119:
text: Many [pterosaurs] had furry coats made up of hair-like filaments known as pycnofibres, which covered their bodies and parts of their wings.
ref: 2014, Albert J. DeBenedictis, Evolution or Creation?: A Comparison of the Arguments, 3rd edition, Xlibris, page 254:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any one of the hair-like filaments that comprised an integument of some pterosaurs.
wikipedia: Alexander Kellner
pycnofibres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pycnofibre
pycnofiber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pycnofibers
Senses: glosses: US standard spelling of pycnofibre.
pycnofibers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pycnofiber
actinofibril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinofibrils
Etymology: From actin + -o- + fibril.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: One of the parallel actin filaments found in pterosaur wings.
actinofibrils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actinofibril
bow chicka bow wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “Did they just bow chicka bow wow at my wedding reception?
ref: 2014, Erin McCarthy, Shatter, →ISBN:
text: No response, I'm assuming there's some bow chicka bow wow goin' on since it's still early and your phone is surgically attached to you.
ref: 2015, Laramie Briscoe, Lindsay Hopper, Rockin' Country Series Box Set:
text: I nudge him in and close the door behind me. “Bow chicka bow wow,” she says with a grin.
ref: 2012, Mindi Scott, Live Through This, →ISBN, page 249:
glosses: Alternative form of bow chicka wow wow.
bow-chicka-bow-wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Did I interrupt some bow-chicka-bow-wow?
ref: 2010, Winter Pennington, Witch Wolf, →ISBN, page 148:
text: She shifted uncomfortably in her seat. “I'm a graphic novelist.” He smirked. The one that got him hired more often than not. “Graphic as in bow-chicka-bow-wow?”
ref: 2011, Gwen Hayes, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, →ISBN, page 11:
text: “I don't know, but bow-chicka-bow-wow,” Prince praised gleefully.
ref: 2014, M.C. Moulton, Arcanum, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: Alternative form of bow chicka wow wow.
flapling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flaplings
Etymology: From flap + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: The flaplings, with short faces and only very little teeth, must seek out their own food, and restrict themselves to land, agilely snapping at insects until they are old enough to venture out to the fishing waters with their relatives.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 148:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A juvenile pterosaur.
flaplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flapling
notarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊˈtɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /noʊˈtɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: notaria
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νῶτον (nôton, “back”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A bone formed of fused vertebrae behind the shoulder of many species of birds and pterosaurs.
cruropatagium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruropatagia
Etymology: From Latin crūs (“leg”) + patagium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The portion of patagium found between the hind limbs but not connecting to the tail.
Related terms: uropatagium
cruropatagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cruropatagium
pteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pteroids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -oid; by surface analysis, pter(o)- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A bone, found only in pterosaurs, that connected to the wrist to support the propatagium.
pteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pteroid
form: most pteroid
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -oid; by surface analysis, pter(o)- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a wing or a feather.
pteroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pteroid
early baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of early bath
all-Americanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From all-American + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being all-American; US patriotism.
home-and-away
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: home and away
Senses: examples: text: the practicalities of how a play-off system could work: whether it should take the form of a home-and-away knockout system, similar to that in the Football League, or incorporate seeding
ref: 2010 February 10, David Conn, “Premier League plans play-off for last Champions League place”, in The Guardian:
text: 2013 February 21, Peter Whyke, The Guardian "'There are still people coming to our house for autographs 50 years on'"
Ahead of it we thought, as with any cup tie, that we had a 50-50 chance especially being at home in the first leg as finals then were played on a home and away basis.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: word: home-and-home
glosses: Of a series of two matches: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.
home-and-home
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The USA won the home-and-home series with the Italians, entering the World Cup through a side door
ref: 2012 January 17, Vicki Michaels, “After 'humbling' loss, U.S. women's soccer team is cautious”, in USA Today:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: word: home-and-away
glosses: (British, obsolete) Of a series of two games: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.
home-and-home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: BYU will host Mississippi State on October 15, 2016. Mississippi State will host the second half of the home-and-home on October 14, 2017.
ref: 2015 March 20, Kevin McGuire, “Dates set for BYU-Mississippi State home-and-home series”, in NBC Sports:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A home-and-home series.
hyperphalangy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + -phalangy.
Senses: antonyms: hypophalangy
glosses: The condition of having a higher than average number of phalanges.
hypophalangy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + -phalangy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypophalangia.
large-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more large-handed
form: most large-handed
Etymology: From large + handed.
Senses: examples: text: (Much luck Natalie will have, with those freckles), Margot thought, her spite laced with a slipping envy, knowing herself too squat and large-handed to compete with the prettier women like Natalie, freckles or not.
ref: 2014, Diana Marcellas, Mother Ocean, Daughter Sea, →ISBN:
text: Burgundian sword in iron, about 3 feet 3 inches in length, imluding the. haft, which is very long, and proves that it must have been used by a robust and large-handed race.
ref: 1870, Auguste Demmin, Weapons of War, →ISBN, page 153:
text: He is a poor wretch, with a little thin fishy blood in his body, lean and flat, long-armed and large-handed, thick-jointed and thin-muscled -- you know those unwholesome, weak-eyed, half-fed creatures, that look not fit to be round among live folks, and yet not quite dead enough to bury.
ref: 1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Selected Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.:
glosses: Having hands that are large.
examples: text: At the instigation of Colbert, whose rigid honesty was scandalised by Fouquet's large-handed and prodigal corruption, Louis determined to curb these soaring aspirations.
ref: 1849 July, Comte De Tocqueville, “Histoire Philosophique du Règne de Louis XV”, in Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, page 50:
text: Yet I do not call to mind that I was ever in my earlier youth the subject of remark in our social family circle, but some large-handed person took some such ophthalmic steps to patronize me.
ref: 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:
text: God loves a cheerful large-handed giver, and He is Himself the model and pattern of magnificence in giving.
ref: 1882, Henry James Coleridge, The Ministry of Saint John Baptist:
glosses: Spending or giving in large quantities; generous or spendthrift.
examples: text: Bound servants, steal! Large-handed robbers your grave masters are, And pill by law!
ref: 1623, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens:
text: It was the beginning of a feudalism of the range, a barony rude enough, but a glorious one, albeit it began, like all feudalism, in large-handed theft and generous murdering.
ref: 1921, Emerson Hough, The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West, page 34:
text: The critical players are not the consumers of Monopoly (enjoying the fun of playing large-handed capitalists), but the Georgists and Quakers making the game.
ref: 2014, Olga Goriunova, Fun and Software: Exploring Pleasure, Paradox and Pain in Computing, →ISBN, page 202:
glosses: Greedy, rapacious.
Derived terms: large-handedly
large-handedness
large-handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From large-handed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being large-handed.
large-handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more large-handedly
form: most large-handedly
Etymology: From large-handed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a large-handed manner.
left-handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more left-handedly
form: most left-handedly
form: lefthandedly
Etymology: From left-handed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a left-handed manner.
lefthandedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lefthandedly
form: most lefthandedly
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of left-handedly.
longipinnate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin longus (“long”) + pinnate, from pinna (“a fin”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of longipennate.
Senses: glosses: Having long, extended flippers.
raw_tags: of an ichthyosaur
longipinnate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longipinnates
Etymology: From Latin longus (“long”) + pinnate, from pinna (“a fin”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of longipennate.
Senses: glosses: An ichthyosaur having such flippers.
Related terms: latipinnate
latipinnate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin lātus (“broad, large”) + pinnate, from pinna (“a fin”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Having broad, relatively short flippers.
raw_tags: of an ichthyosaur
latipinnate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: latipinnates
Etymology: From Latin lātus (“broad, large”) + pinnate, from pinna (“a fin”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: An ichthyosaur having such flippers.
Related terms: longipinnate
latipinnates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latipinnate
longipinnates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longipinnate
religioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: ... “religioned” or “casted,” depending on the specific requirements of a given society at a given moment.
ref: 2007, Sharalyn Orbaugh, Japanese Fiction of the Allied Occupation, p 24
glosses: simple past and past participle of religion
religioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of religion
religioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The assignment of religion to a society
Lias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See lias.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A stratigraphic group from the lower Jurassic of Western Europe, consisting of thin layers of blue limestone.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The lower Jurassic.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Liassic
religionise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: religionises
form: religionising
form: religionised
form: religionised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of religionize.
religionises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of religionise
religionising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of religionise
Liassic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Liasic
form: liassic
form: liasic
Etymology: From Lias + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Lias or its fossils.
religionised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of religionise
adrenaline junkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adrenaline junkie
level-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more level-handed
form: most level-handed
form: levelhanded
Etymology: From level + handed.
Senses: examples: text: There is the opportunity for Apple to be level-handed and fair, and there is the chance for them not to be.
ref: 1990 July 9, James Daly, “Apple developers find Claris reversal tough to swallow”, in Computerworld, volume 24, number 28:
text: The scenes in which they confront Sister Helen are powerfully balanced--director Tim Robbins presents their passion and pain with a level-handed touch.
ref: 2001, Grant Tracey, Filmography of American History, →ISBN, page 287:
text: No painter qualifies more than Hogarth as a painter of 'social criticism', but none, at the same time, was more level-handed in his use of that criterion. . If the rich were called to order, the poor were certainly not sentimentalised.
ref: 2005, Anthony Powell, Some Poets, Artists & 'A Reference for Mellors', →ISBN, page 186:
glosses: Even-handed; fair and balanced.
examples: text: There is practically no level-handed work at present, and therefore level-handed money is not paid.
ref: 1904, The Engineer - Volume 98, page 143:
text: The custom of level-handed work (two employees dividing the work and pay of one or more occupations evenly) has been increasing in practice since the bureau first made a study of this industry.
ref: 1925, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wages and Hours of Labor in the Iron and Steel Industry, page 134:
text: Another matter that is objected to in Mr. Campbell's statement and policy, is his allegation that the puddlers object to employing helpers, prefering^([sic]) level-handed men instead.
ref: 1913, Industrial World - Volume 47, Issue 2, page 1337:
qualifier: employment
glosses: With work and earnings shared equally among all workers.
examples: text: Now we are level-handed ; you've got 5l. and I've got 5l.
ref: 1836, The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature of the year 1835, page 49:
text: “ Yes," I said, “ but you 've been milking mine, and that makes the difference again the other way.” “ Well, say we 're level-handed, and I'll make a chop with you.”
ref: 1847, Alexander Harris, Settlers and convicts; or, Recollections of sixteen years' labour in the Australian Backwoods, page 349:
text: If the man on the side of the previous victor is successful, the contest is decided ; but if so far the sides are "level-handed," there must be the third bout to end the matter as to who shall carry off the hat.
ref: 2012, Alfred Hutton, The Sword Through the Centuries, →ISBN, page 354:
glosses: Even; all parties having the same amount.
Derived terms: level-handedly
level-handedness
level-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: levelhanded
Etymology: From level + handed.
Senses: examples: text: In sheet mills the custom of two rollers working level-handed (dividing the pay evenly), instead of one roller working with a helper, has been increasing in recent years.
ref: 1922, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wages and Hours of Labor Series - Issues 44-50, page 165:
text: It would have been possible for them to work “level-handed ” themselves in the absence of the under-hands, and by that means have saved Mr. Johnson considerable expense, annoyance, and inconvenience, but they would not do so without extra pay, and that not being allowed, they went away in a body.
ref: 1869, Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review:
text: Very often, particularly in the boiling department, the journeyman and his helper work “level-handed,” and divide the earnings equally.
ref: 1920, The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, page 137:
qualifier: employment
glosses: With work and earnings shared equally.
examples: text: ...however incredulous most of us then were as to the chances of success the Colonials would have, all heartily applauded the pluck of young Australia in coming so far to play the game, level-handed, against the well-seasoned skilled cricketers of old England.
ref: 2014, John Stern, Marcus Williams, The Essential Wisden: An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, →ISBN:
text: I have got a single-wicket match on with Jackson " — he was the great bookmaker known as " Jock of Fairfield "— " for ,£5." I said : " You are surely not going to play him level-handed?
ref: 1894, Henry Custance, Riding Recollections and Turf Stories, page 119:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Without a handicap.
levelhanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more levelhanded
form: most levelhanded
Senses: examples: text: ... while ecological and safety considerations must affect the development and utilization of energy sources, it is crucial that a levelhanded balance of all issues be made by agencies responsible for controlling and encouraging energy development.
ref: 1974, United States Congress, Congressional Record, Volume 120, Part 10:
glosses: Alternative form of level-handed.
levelhanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The system also suited the resent scarcity of underhands, and did well with furnaces worked “levelhanded."
ref: 1877, Engineering - Volume 22, page 81:
glosses: Alternative form of level-handed.
level-handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levelhandedness
Etymology: From level-handed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being level-handed.
levelhandedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From levelhanded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of level-handedness.
level-handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more level-handedly
form: most level-handedly
form: levelhandedly
Etymology: From level-handed + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a level-handed manner.
levelhandedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more levelhandedly
form: most levelhandedly
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of level-handedly.
courage of one's convictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "I prefer those who have the courage of their convictions, and who stand by them publicly."
ref: 1888, Amelia E. Barr, chapter 14, in Remember the Alamo:
text: Nance was eager to oblige, but she had the courage of her convictions and held her point.
ref: 1917, Alice Hegan Rice, chapter 4, in Calvary Alley:
text: [T]he courage of his convictions made him a conscientious objector to military service in the Second World War and underpinned half a century of conscientious humanitarian service thereafter.
ref: 1997 November 13, John Pritchard, “Obituary: Dr C. A. Pearson”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 21 May 2015:
text: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. accused Mr. Obama from the bench on Wednesday of not having “the courage of his convictions” for continuing to enforce the marriage law even after concluding that it violated constitutional equal protection guarantees.
ref: 2013 March 28, Peter Baker, “For Obama, Tricky Balancing Act in Enforcing Defense of Marriage Act”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 May 2015:
text: A report into West Midlands performance suggests that Network Rail lacked the courage of its convictions to raise concerns about the impact of planned timetable changes, says Philip Haigh
ref: 2020 June 17, “A record of saying yes when no was the better answer”, in Rail, page 52, subtitle:
qualifier: almost always preceded by the
glosses: Steadfast adherence to one's beliefs or principles, especially in the face of criticism or other opposition.
Related terms: convicted
rare animal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rare animals
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rare bird.
synonyms: word: rare bird
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rare, animal.
Liasic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Liassic.
battleship curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battleship curves
Senses: glosses: Synonym of battleship-shaped curve.
synonyms: word: battleship-shaped curve
battleship curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battleship curve
nomophylax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nomophylakes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νομοφύλαξ (nomophúlax, “nomophylax”), from νόμος (nómos, “law”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Senses: glosses: A magistrate, in ancient Greece, who was the custodian of the texts of the law.
Derived terms: nomophylactic
nomophylakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nomophylax
the genie's out of the bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of the genie is out of the bottle.
Synonyms: the cat's out of the bag
to the manor born
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: to the manner born
Etymology: Eggcorn of to the manner born.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: born to the purple, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
text: In fact, he was to the manor born. He was a fifth-generation Washingtonian, born in the national capital on April 30, 1903; there he resided until his death on August 20, 1966.
ref: 1997, Dan D. Nimmo, Chevelle Newsome, Political Commentators in the United States in the 20th Century: A Bio-critical Sourcebook, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 172:
text: None of these financiers was to the manor born. Cornelius Vanderbilt had to leave school at age eleven to help his father. Daniel Drew was born on a farm, and Jay Gould was paid two dollars a week as a blacksmith's assistant.
ref: 2002, Jerry W. Markham, A Financial History of the United States: From Christopher Columbus to the Robber Barons (1492-1900), M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, page 251:
text: Wade Hampton was to the manor born. One of the largest landholders in the South, educated in the Southern gentlemanly tradition, skilled with guns and horses, courtly with women, experienced in politics, one would expect that he was cut from the same scarlet cloak as the dashing cavalryman he served under, J. E. B. (Jeb) Stuart.
ref: 2008, H. W. Crocker, III, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War, Regnery Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: From an upper class or wealthy family.
examples: text: Presently he arrived and mounted the granite boulder as if to the manor born.
ref: 1911, L. M. Montgomery, The Story Girl, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, page 282:
glosses: Eggcorn of to the manner born.
Related terms: lord of the manor
manor house
nepotism baby
Swedeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swedelings
Etymology: From Swede + -ling.
Senses: glosses: A small Swede.
Yankee football
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yank football
form: yank football
form: yankee football
Senses: glosses: Synonym of American football.
synonyms: word: American football
Yankee cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yank cheese
Etymology: From Yankee + cheese.
Senses: glosses: An early form of cheese made by New Englanders, resembling cheddar.
glosses: Synonym of American cheese.
synonyms: word: American cheese
Yankee Thanksgiving
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of American Thanksgiving.
synonyms: word: American Thanksgiving
unenforcable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of unenforceable.
Gia Lai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈjɑːlaɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Gia Lai.
Senses: glosses: A province of Vietnam.
freedom kiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freedom kisses
Etymology: By analogy with freedom fries.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of French kiss.
synonyms: word: French kiss
freedom kiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: freedom kisses
form: freedom kissing
form: freedom kissed
form: freedom kissed
Etymology: By analogy with freedom fries.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of French kiss.
synonyms: word: French kiss
Gretta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Margaret. A rare variant of Greta.
Senses: examples: text: 'Gretta tells me you're not going to take a cab back to Monkstown to-night, Gabriel,' said Aunt Kate.
'No,' said Gabriel, turning to his wife, 'we had quite enough of that last year, hadn't we? Don't you remember, Aunt Kate, what a cold Gretta got out of it? Cab windows rattling all the way, and the east wind blowing in after we passed Merrion. Very jolly it was. Gretta caught a dreadful cold.'
ref: 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 222:
text: Mrs Saunders referred to Aoife throughout this talk as 'Eva' and when Gretta corrected her, Mrs Saunders replied that didn't Gretta think it would be better 'for everyone' to use what she termed 'the proper spelling' of the name? If only to give Eva a better chance of learning to write it?
ref: 2013, Maggie O'Farrell, Instructions for a Heatwave, Tinder Press, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
normativism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From normative + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The advocacy of the primacy or desirability of social norms
Đắk Nông
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈdæknɒŋ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Đắk Nông.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
normoergy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From normo- + -ergy.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: a normal immune response
cue cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cue card
MTI
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: MTI society has commodified everything and shattered our sense of community and interdependence.
ref: 2023, Robert R. Janes, Museums and Societal Collapse: The Museum as Lifeboat, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of modern techno-industrial.
MTI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of moving target indication.
Serpent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Serpent
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Serpens (a constellation).
synonyms: word: Serpens
extra: a constellation
glosses: Synonym of Satan.
synonyms: word: Satan
stand-by
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stand-bys
Etymology: Deverbal from stand by.
Senses: examples: text: […] a "Britannia" Pacific, No. 70006, was kept as a stand-by at March.
ref: 1962 April, “Motive power miscellany: Eastern Region”, in Modern Railways, page 279:
glosses: Alternative form of standby.
Liberty measles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liberty measles
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, the term "German measles" arose from inconsistent terminology following its initial description by its German discoverers as Rötheln (red). The corresponding virus (now called rubella) has no relation to Germany, nor the actual measles virus. Despite this, the U.S. renamed the disease "liberty measles" to stoke anti-German sentiment and strengthen U.S. patriotism during World War I.
ref: 2021 May 12, Ashley Mayrianne Champagne, “Why Scientists Should Not Name Diseases Based On Location”, in American Society for Microbiology:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of German measles.
synonyms: word: German measles
liberty measles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Liberty measles.
freedom toast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of freedom + French toast
Senses: examples: text: Anyways I guess I got to get the french out of my system before I go through immigration. From now on it's all freedom fries, freedom toast, freedom dressing, and Freedom's Mustard.
ref: 2004 October 15, Jeffrey Miller, “From French flies to freedom fries in the Bush league”, in The Lawyers Weekly:
text: Upset by the failure of the French government to support the war, however, the chairman of the House Administration Committee announced on March 11 that he had ordered “French toast” and “French fries” stricken from the menu of the House cafeteria. In their place would be “freedom toast” and “freedom fries.”
ref: 2006, Andrew Rudalevige, The New Imperial Presidency, page 3:
topics: food
government
lifestyle
politics
glosses: Synonym of French toast.
synonyms: word: French toast
Coordinate terms: liberty cabbage
liberty sausage
liberty sandwich
liberty steak
Related terms: freedom fries
freedom bread
Canadiano
Texas strip
freedom bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛd
Etymology: Blend of freedom + French bread
Senses: examples: text: Well, pardon our ... uh ... freedom, but if we're dropping the name of a certain country from our vocabulary, we can't stop there.
Menus will have to be rewritten to include the following items: Freedom onion soup, Freedom pastries, Freedom bread, Freedom rolls, Freedom dressing, Freedom dip sandwiches, Freedom roast coffee and Freedom vanilla ice cream.
ref: 2003 March 19, Entertainment team, “Why stop there? Being mad at the French means renaming more than just fries”, in Daily Press, Newport News, VA, page D1:
text: Add remaining ingredients and stir. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Taste and revise if necessary. Served with French or freedom bread, whichever is available.
ref: 2004 August 11, “Chef Todd Misener began his career as a dishwasher”, in Northwest Florida Daily News, page D5:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of French bread.
synonyms: word: French bread
Coordinate terms: liberty cabbage
liberty sandwich
liberty sausage
liberty steak
Related terms: freedom fries
freedom toast
Canadiano
Texas strip
freedom dressing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Modelled on freedom fries etc.
Senses: examples: text: Well, pardon our ... uh ... freedom, but if we're dropping the name of a certain country from our vocabulary, we can't stop there.
Menus will have to be rewritten to include the following items: Freedom onion soup, Freedom pastries, Freedom bread, Freedom rolls, Freedom dressing, Freedom dip sandwiches, Freedom roast coffee and Freedom vanilla ice cream.
ref: 2003 March 19, Entertainment team, “Why stop there? Being mad at the French means renaming more than just fries”, in Daily Press, Newport News, VA, page D1:
text: Anyways I guess I got to get the french out of my system before I go through immigration. From now on it's all freedom fries, freedom toast, freedom dressing, and Freedom's Mustard.
ref: 2004 October 15, Jeffrey Miller, “From French flies to freedom fries in the Bush league”, in The Lawyers Weekly:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of French dressing.
synonyms: word: French dressing
freedom tickler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freedom ticklers
Etymology: By analogy with freedom fries.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of French tickler.
synonyms: word: French tickler
sorptivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined in 1957 by John Philip. See sorptive and sorption.
Senses: glosses: The ability or tendency of a material to absorb or desorb liquids by capillarity.
nosoparasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosoparasites
Etymology: From noso- + parasite.
Senses: glosses: A microorganism that modifies an existing disease in order to survive
nosotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From noso- + therapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The medical treatment of a disease, especially the deliberate use of one disease to treat another
nosotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From noso- + tropic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a therapy that is directed against the pathological symptoms of a disease