cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
decartelized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decartelize
lifecaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifecasters
Senses: glosses: One who engages in lifecasting.
lifecasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifecaster
nyjer seed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nyjer seeds
Etymology: Pronunciation respelling of Niger seed, to avoid a supposed resemblance between Niger and nigger. Compare usage notes at niggardly.
Senses: examples: text: […] you could easily keep a jar of nyjer seed on your work desk indoors.
ref: 2004, Fern Marshall Bradley, Projects for the Birder's Garden, page 107:
text: I usually put nyjer seeds in the feeder. These look like black rice. I mix some sunflower seeds in there, too.
ref: 2015, Shalini Saxena, A Bird Watcher's Guide to Goldfinches:
glosses: Alternative form of Niger seed.
nyjer seeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nyjer seed
dessyatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dessyatins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dessiatina.
dessyatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dessyatin
demythify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demythifies
form: demythifying
form: demythified
form: demythified
Senses: glosses: Synonym of demythologize.
synonyms: word: demythologize
demythifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demythify
demythifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demythify
demythified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demythify
demythification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demythifications
Senses: glosses: Synonym of demythologization.
synonyms: word: demythologization
demythifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demythification
decreasings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decreasing
disworshiped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disworship
disworshiping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disworship
paucennial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pɔːˈsɛnɪəl/
Senses: examples: text: Ecological differences between the species are a further aspect of niche differentiation. Besides the annual, biennial/paucennial, or perennial life-cycle and the allied longevity of local populations, major ecophysiological differences exist between and within species or populations.
ref: 1985, J. Haeck, J. W. Woldendorp, editors, Structure and Functioning of Plant Populations 2: Phenotypic and Genotypic Variation in Plant Populations, North-Holland Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 45:
text: Digitalis purpurea behaves as a paucennial ruderal species.
ref: 1991, J. van Andel, J. van Baalen, N. A. M. G. Rozijn, “Population ecology of plant species in disturbed forest and grassland habitats”, in J. Rozema, J. A. C. Verkleij, editors, Ecological responses to environmental stresses (Tasks for vegetation science; 22), Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →DOI, →ISBN, page 140, column 1:
glosses: Rare spelling of pauciennial.
ecomovement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecomovements
Etymology: From eco- + movement.
Senses: glosses: A movement promoting the protection of the natural environment.
ecomovements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecomovement
dupings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duping
pauciennial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /(ˌ)pɔːsɪˈɛnɪəl/
Forms: form: paucennial
Etymology: From New Latin pauciennis + English -ial, after -ennial.
Senses: examples: text: Experimental and Cytological Studies on Plant Species
II. Trifolium arvense and some other Pauciennial Herbs
ref: 1955, Tyge W. Böcher, Kai Larsen, Knud Rahn, Experimental and Cytological Studies on Plant Species: II. Trifolium arvense and some other Pauciennial Herbs (Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biologiske Skrifter; 8, № 3), Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, main title:
text: The Tortula-Crossidium micro-zone (Figures 5.5) is dominated by acrocarpous mosses with a colonist strategy. Characteristic taxa, mainly of the pottioid genera, have a moderately short life-span (pauciennial, i.e. 1–3 years with a resting stage as spores, to pluriennial, i.e. several years, with seasonality of the gametophyte less distinct) and build predominantly short-turfs or bulbiformous solitary plants on the clayey-sandy crusts.
ref: 1998, Harald Kürschner, Shahina A. Ghazanfar, “Bryophytes and Lichens”, in Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Martin Fisher, editors, Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula (Geobotany; 25), Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V., →DOI, →ISBN, § 5.1.4.1, pages 110–111:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Recurring once every few years.
do a lot of work
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does a lot of work
form: doing a lot of work
form: did a lot of work
form: done a lot of work
Etymology: From do + a lot + of + work. Attested as early as 1986. https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2021-April/159701.html
Senses: glosses: To perform a large amount of work.
examples: text: I have written extensively about this elsewhere, but in this context it is noteworthy that yet again, conspiracy theories abound regarding the government hiding information about these videos, especially since they were filmed by the US military, who admitted they are “real.” That word is doing a lot of work here. When people hear “real,” their brains autocorrect to “aliens” or “Russian/Chinese assets” threatening our country, while the government simply meant that the videos themselves are genuine, not fakes or hoaxes.
ref: 2022 October 25, Michael Shermer, Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 225:
glosses: To be an understatement.
raw_tags: of a word in a phrase
Related terms: pull one's weight
archmagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archmagi
form: archimagus
Etymology: From arch- + magus.
Senses: examples: text: A powerful archmagus, who could whisk himself from place to place with a few words of magic, did not travel the dusty roads of Ansalon on the back of a donkey unless he had good reason to want to dawdle in inns and gossip with the innkeepers, all the while keeping an eye on who came in and who went out.
ref: 1999, Margaret Weis, Don Perrin, Brothers in Arms (The Raistlin Chronicles; 2), TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 16:
text: The archmagus had absolute authority over the Isle of Mid and everyone on it.
ref: 2008, Lisa Shearin, Armed & Magical, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Gate of Archmagus Ginan’i: One of the five elder magic gates created to end the war between demons and elvenkind in the year 35,398 of the elven calendar. Created by Ginan’i Azurebright at the cost of the archmagus’s own life. […] By the rules of the magic he’d outlined, this gate demanded uncorrupted blood. In the parlance of the elven archmagi, that meant the blood of their own, nigh-immortal people.
ref: 2018, Xavier P. Hunter, House Rules (Metagamer Chronicles; 2), Magical Scrivener Press, →ISBN:
topics: fantasy
synonyms: archmage
glosses: A very powerful magus.
enough said
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of 'nuff said.
enlightened self-interest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
hypernyms: self-interest
;
interest
coordinate_terms: public interest
glosses: The concept that a person who acts to help others will ultimately serve his/her own self-interest.
entered into the equation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enter into the equation
enters into the equation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enter into the equation
entering into the equation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enter into the equation
ensorcerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ensorcerizes
form: ensorcerizing
form: ensorcerized
form: ensorcerized
Senses: glosses: To spellbind or captivate.
ensorcerized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ensorcerize
ensorcerizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ensorcerize
ensorcerizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ensorcerize
ensilable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ensilable
form: most ensilable
Etymology: From ensile + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for storage in a silo.
ensilability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being ensilable.
tremolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tremolists
Etymology: From tremolo + -ist.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Someone who uses tremolo.
tremolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tremolist
body-builders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of body-builder
body builder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body builders
Senses: examples: text: WANTED, by Mr. Jonathan Reynolds, Carriage Builder and Appraiser, Merthyr Tydfil, TWO Good HANDS, as BODY BUILDERS or WHEELERS, and a COACH PAINTER.
ref: 1870 May 30, “Situations Vacant”, in Western Mail, number 337, Cardiff, page 2, column 1:
text: Nearly all of the carriage makers in New Haven have made a reduction of ten per cent. in the pay of blacksmiths and body builders.
ref: 1883 July 9, “Strike in New Haven”, in The Meriden Daily Republican, 16th year, number 158, Meriden, Conn., page [3], column 3:
text: BLACKSMITH—A carriage blacksmith; a sober, competent mechanic; good pay and steady work: also four painters and two body builders. Gate City Carriage company, Winona, Minn.
ref: 1887 June 5, “Situations Offered. Male.”, in The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Saint Paul, Minn., page 16, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of body-builder (“one who builds vehicle bodies”).
body builders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of body builder
Southfleet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6171).
Related terms: Ebbsfleet
Northfleet
the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: synonyms: the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long
the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long
glosses: The more intensely someone or something works or acts, the more quickly that person will burn out or that thing will end.
Related terms: burn the candle at both ends
Betsham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Southfleet parish, Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6071).
build the plane while flying it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: builds the plane while flying it
form: building the plane while flying it
form: built the plane while flying it
form: built the plane while flying it
form: build the plane while flying
Senses: glosses: To develop one's approach or strategy to a project while carrying out that project, and not beforehand.
Longwell Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in Hanham Abbots parish and Oldland parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6571).
Hanham Abbots
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, south-east of Hanham.
pleophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: polyphagous
glosses: Eating various different foods.
Related terms: polyphagous
phallologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In terms of phallology.
artsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artsie
glosses: plural of artsy
kazam
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kazaam.
helispot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helispots
Etymology: From heli- + spot.
Senses: glosses: A designated location near a fire where it is safe for firefighters' helicopters to land and take off.
helispots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helispot
helibase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helibases
Etymology: From heli- + base.
Senses: glosses: A base location from which helicopter missions are flown, offering servicing and refuelling facilities.
helibases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helibase
Khomeinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Khomeini + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The theocratic politics of Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), Iranian religious leader and politician.
refsheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refsheets
Etymology: From ref (“reference”) + sheet.
Senses: examples: text: Please include a refsheet when asking me to draw your character.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An image showing an original character from different angles, intended to be used as a reference when drawing them.
Khomeinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Khomeinists
Etymology: From Khomeini + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Khomeinism.
Khomeinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Khomeinist
ice-picks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice-pick
refsheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refsheet
Royal Anne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Royal Annes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Royal Ann.
Royal Ann
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Royal Anns
form: Royal Anne
Senses: glosses: A certain variety of cherry.
shimejis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shimeji
SAMI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SAMIs
Senses: examples: text: Cadets loathe SAMIs because they are the most stringent of all inspections.
ref: 2010, Terron Sims, With Honor in Hand, page 32:
glosses: At West Point, a Saturday morning inspection of a cadet's room.
SAMIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SAMI
pedestal telephone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedestal telephones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of candlestick telephone.
synonyms: word: candlestick telephone
pedestal telephones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedestal telephone
stir someone's blood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stirs someone's blood
form: stirring someone's blood
form: stirred someone's blood
form: stirred someone's blood
Senses: examples: text: The build-up to the game carried all the hallmarks of this great old rivalry with noise, colour, pyrotechnics and a rousing rendition of Flower of Scotland to stir the blood of Scottish fans - not that it needed much stirring once they caught sight of England's white shirts.
ref: 2023 September 12, Phil McNulty, “Scotland 1-3 England: 'Complete package' Jude Bellingham puts concluding flourish on world-class performance”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To rouse the spirits of.
thyrolingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the thyroid gland and tongue.
Ho'oleilana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊ.əʊleɪˈlɑːnə/
Forms: form: Hoʻoleilana
Etymology: From Hawaiian hoʻoleilei ka lana (“sent sounds of awakening”). Coined by R. Brent Tully, Cullan Howlett, and Daniel Pomarède, in 2023; see quotation below.
Senses: examples: text: In any event, this apparent ring structure at a distance of ∼250 Mpc from us is one of the largest structures observed in the nearby Universe to date and links together a number of hitherto disconnected components of our cosmic neighborhood. We name this remarkable structure "Ho'oleilana."
fn: "Sent murmurs of awakening" from the Hawaiian Kumulipo creation chant: Ho'oleilei ka lana a ka Po uliuli, "From deep darkness came murmurs of awakening."
ref: 2023, R. Brent Tully, Cullan Howlett, Daniel Pomarède, “Ho'oleilana: An Individual Baryon Acoustic Oscillation?”, in The Astrophysical Journal, volume 954, number 2:
text: Psychologically, Ho’oleilana challenges our cognitive biases. The perfect sphere seems comforting, but it forces us to confront the limitations of our mental models, much like businesses resist disruptive innovation.
ref: 2024 September 4, Ine Velaers, “The Ho’oleilana Enigma: A Cosmic Revelation with Business, Psychological, and Economic Consequences”, in Mexit News, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2025:
text: While one should not read too much into an individual association of galaxies, Ho’oleilana is one of several BAO observations at low z that are more in line with the considered void models.
ref: 2025 June, Indranil Banik, Vasileios Kalaitzidis, “Testing the local void hypothesis using baryon acoustic oscillation measurements over the last 20 yr”, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 540, number 1, →DOI:
topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: Ho'oleilana A structure in local Universe; An assembly of superclusters and voids, forming a spherical assemblage of matter with a central peak, roughly 1-billion-lightyears across, located next to, but not containing, Laniakea, our local supercluster where the Earth is contained within. Thought to be a baryon acoustic oscillation (“BAO”), the first such discovered, and the nearest such found.
wikipedia: en:Daniel Pomarède
en:R. Brent Tully
Hypernyms: BAO
baryon acoustic oscillation
Hyponyms: Bootes Supercluster
Bootes Supervoid
CfA Great Wall
Coma Supercluster
Corona Borealis Supercluster
Hercules Supercluster
Sloan Great Wall
Related terms: cluster
cluster of galaxies
cosmic web
filament
filament of galaxies
galaxy cluster
galaxy filament
galaxy group
galaxy sheet
galaxy supercluster
galaxy wall
group
group of galaxies
sheet
sheet of galaxies
supercluster
supercluster of galaxies
supervoid
void
void cluster
void filament
void galaxy
wall
wall of galaxies
·𐑐𐑦𐑜𐑥𐑱𐑤𐑾𐑯
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: pɪɡme͜ɪli͜ən
Senses: glosses: Pygmalion
𐑩
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ə
Senses: glosses: the sound /ə/.
𐑨
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ă
Senses: glosses: the sound /æ/.
𐑪
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ŏ
Senses: glosses: the sound /ɒ/.
𐑫
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: o͝o
Senses: glosses: the sound /ʊ/.
𐑬
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ow
Senses: glosses: the sound /aʊ/.
𐑭
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ah
Senses: glosses: the sound /ɑː/.
𐑮
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: r
Etymology: A rotated letter ⟨𐑤⟩ /l/.
Senses: glosses: the sound /r/.
𐑰
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ē
Etymology: A doubled letter ⟨𐑦⟩ /ɪ/.
Senses: glosses: the sound /iː/.
𐑱
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ā
Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑧⟩ /ɛ/ and ⟨𐑦⟩ /ɪ/.
Senses: glosses: the sound /eɪ/.
𐑲
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ī
Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑨⟩ /æ/ and ⟨𐑦⟩ /ɪ/.
Senses: glosses: the sound /aɪ/.
𐑲
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: I
Etymology: Ligature of the letters ⟨𐑨⟩ /æ/ and ⟨𐑦⟩ /ɪ/.
Senses: glosses: I
𐑳
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ŭ
Etymology: The letter ⟨𐑩⟩ /ə/ with a stroke.
Senses: glosses: the sound /ʌ/.
𐑴
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ō
Senses: glosses: the sound /oʊ/.
𐑵
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: o͞o
Etymology: A rotated letter ⟨𐑫⟩ /ʊ/.
Senses: glosses: the sound /uː/.
𐑶
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: oy
Etymology: A rotated letter ⟨𐑬⟩ /aʊ/.
Senses: glosses: the sound /ɔɪ/.
vocal minority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vocal minorities
Etymology: From the antonyms of silent and majority.
Senses: topics: government
politics
antonyms: silent majority
glosses: A small group of people that openly declare their beliefs but have little effect on voting patterns and social behavior.
vocal minorities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vocal minority
Allgäu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Allgovia
glosses: A region of Swabia in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany.
denest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: denests
form: denesting
form: denested
form: denested
Etymology: From de- + nest.
Senses: examples: text: The cups are nested, sealed in polyethylene bags, and sterilized using ethylene oxide methods. After sterilization, the nested cups are transported to the aseptic packaging area, where they are aseptically removed from their polyethylene shroud and placed in the shrouded clean environment. Sterilized food is filled through the equipment into cups that have been denested into holders.
ref: 1999, M. Shafiur Rahman, editor, Handbook of Food Preservation, New York, N.Y.; Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc., →ISBN, page 142:
text: To save space, sub-subentries—where unavoidable—are generally run-on even in otherwise set-out indexes. However, they can most effectively be bypassed by denesting the subentry into a separate main entry of its own, cross-referring to it as necessary.
ref: 2002, R. M. Ritter, editor, The Oxford Manual of Style, London […]: BCA, page 593:
text: But called words don't get denested either at compile time or runtime. But could compile portable tokens and then on some systems denest then as just in time compiling and running or you could have a coprocessor that denests higher level nested code.
ref: 2005 July 18, Jeff Fox, “Denesting”, in comp.lang.forth (Usenet):
text: In the first step we use a little-known theorem that, for a particular situation, "denests" a square root that occurs as a term within another square root.
ref: 2007, Gerald R. Rising, Inside Your Calculator: From Simple Programs to Significant Insights, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, →ISBN, pages 273–274:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technical
glosses: To undo the process of nesting (in various senses); to separate out of a nested structure.
denests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of denest
denesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of denest
denested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of denest
hair today, gone tomorrow
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: A pun on here today, gone tomorrow.
Senses: examples: text: JOHN DONNELLY—brilliant advertiser for Noonan's Hair Restorer, says it makes you look "Neet" and causes your hair to "come out" fine. But he forgets the old saying, "Hair today, gone tomorrow."
ref: 1934, Louis F. Musco, “Prophecies of the Class of '34”, in The 1934 Sub Turri, Chestnut Hill, M.A.: Boston College, page 518:
text: Snip, snip, snip, I went, and watched it tumble to the floor. Snip, snip, snip. Cut, cut, cut. Bye, bye. Slán leat. And as they say in France, au revoir. Hair today, gone tomorrow. That's the way things were these days.
ref: 2017, Alan McMonagle, Ithaca, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 283:
glosses: Hair is only temporary, so it is not a big deal for it to be cut.
ilaichi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of elaichi.
bronze up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bronzes up
form: bronzing up
form: bronzed up
form: bronzed up
Etymology: An allusion to bronzing, or tanning one's skin.
Senses: glosses: To cover oneself in one's own excrement, chiefly to disrupt custodial processes or as an attention-seeking act in prison.
bronzes up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bronze up
bronzing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bronze up
bronzed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bronze up
transplaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of transplain
transplained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transplain
transplainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transplainers
Etymology: From transplain + -er.
Senses: glosses: A transgender person who explains transgender issues to cisgender people, often in a condescending way.
transplainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transplainer
transsplains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transsplain
transsplaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of transsplain
transsplained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transsplain
wrothness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrathness
Etymology: From wroth + -ness. Compare West Frisian wredens (“wrath, wrothness”).
Senses: examples: text: In wrath when we writhe, or in wrothness are wapped.
ref: 1999, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays, page 176:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being wroth; furiosity, anger.
Related terms: wrath
GTFOH
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Anyone notice that BMG has "Strictly Genteel" listed at $2.98 this month?!?!?! I'm thinking GTFOH! Too bad I bought this title from Columbia House last month.
ref: 1998 April 15, A.B. Sea, “To all BMG Members”, in alt.fan.frank-zappa (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of get the fuck outta here.
Related terms: BTFO
GTFIH
GTFO
GTFOHWTBS
GTFOI
GTFOOH
wokifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wokify
wokifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of wokify
wokified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wokify
dewokify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dewokifies
form: dewokifying
form: dewokified
form: dewokified
Etymology: From de- + wokify.
Senses: synonyms: unwoken
antonyms: wokify
glosses: To make (something or someone) no longer woke.
dewokifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dewokify
dewokifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of dewokify
dewokified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dewokify
punch upward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: punches upward
form: punching upward
form: punched upward
form: punched upward
Senses: glosses: Synonym of punch up.
synonyms: word: punch up
punches upward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of punch upward
punching upward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of punch upward
punched upward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of punch upward
punch upwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: punches upwards
form: punching upwards
form: punched upwards
form: punched upwards
Senses: glosses: Synonym of punch up.
synonyms: word: punch up
punches upwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of punch upwards
punching upwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of punch upwards
punched upwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of punch upwards
quettagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quettagrams
form: quettagramme
Etymology: From quetta- + gram.
Senses: examples: text: The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, and Jupiter about two quettagrams.
ref: 2022 November 18, Ian Sample, “Earth weighs in at six ronnagrams as new prefixes picked for big and small”, in The Guardian:
topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of mass equal to 10³⁰ grams. Symbol: Qg
quettagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quettagram
rontogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rontograms
form: rontogramme
Etymology: From ronto- + gram.
Senses: examples: text: The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, and Jupiter about two quettagrams. An electron weighs about a rontogram, and a single bit of data stored on a mobile phone adds about 10 quectograms to its mass.
ref: 2022 November 18, Ian Sample, “Earth weighs in at six ronnagrams as new prefixes picked for big and small”, in The Guardian:
topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻²⁷ grams. Symbol: rg
rontograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rontogram
quectogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quectograms
form: quectogramme
Etymology: From quecto- + gram.
Senses: examples: text: The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, and Jupiter about two quettagrams. An electron weighs about a rontogram, and a single bit of data stored on a mobile phone adds about 10 quectograms to its mass.
ref: 2022 November 18, Ian Sample, “Earth weighs in at six ronnagrams as new prefixes picked for big and small”, in The Guardian:
topics: metrology
glosses: An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻³⁰ grams. Symbol: qg
quectograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quectogram
free thinkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of free thinker
Alexander Hamilton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alexander Hamiltons
Etymology: From the portrait of Alexander Hamilton featured on it.
Senses: examples: text: “Take it. Butter for your bread.” / Frowning, he flipped through the bills, a cyclorama of Alexander Hamiltons. “That’s a pretty big smear,” Callahan said. / “It’s a grand. You take risks, you earned it.”
ref: 1990, Anthony Mancini, The Yellow Gardenia, New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine, Inc., →ISBN, page 163:
text: But it’s all a conspiracy, because then some narco deposits millions of dollars into the state cash reserve and everybody’s happy again. There’s nothing like a fresh stack of Alexander Hamiltons to promote Mexican patriotism.
ref: 2001, Paul S. Flores, Along the Border Lies, Berkeley, Calif.: Creative Arts Book Company, →ISBN, page 60:
text: She handed a stack of Alexander Hamiltons to Licia. “Mr. Howard’s gone and we got to go, too. We’re making a run for Atlanta. This money be a sign from God.”
ref: 2021, Karen Dove Barr, Burnt Pot Island: A Marsh Hammock in its Natural State, Eugene, Ore.: Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN:
synonyms: Alex Hamilton
Hamilton
glosses: A United States ten-dollar bill.
wikipedia: Alexander Hamilton
Related terms: dead president
George Washington
Washington
Lincoln
Jackson
Benjamin
Franklin
Alexander Hamiltons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Benjamin Franklins
Etymology: From the portrait of Benjamin Franklin featured on them.
Senses: examples: text: “Good enough for me. Take this.” I handed him another stack of Benjamin Franklins and whispered the name and address of a hotel in his ear.
ref: 2006, Sunny, Mona Lisa Awakening, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 202:
text: Ten thousand. That would be a good start. That would be all he’d need. He was about to toss the stack of Benjamin Franklins on the counter when he changed his mind.
ref: 2006, Paul H. Boge, The Cities of Fortune, Kitchener, Ont.: Castle Quay Books, →ISBN, page 107:
text: I was twenty-three years old when I made my first significant poker win, a thousand bucks in a pot-limit game where I started with fifty dollars, and since I’d never had more than a hundred to call my own before, just looking at the stack of Benjamin Franklins on my bed gave me a euphoric dizzy feeling.
ref: 2007, anonymous author, Play Poker Like a Pigeon and Take the Money Home, New York, N.Y.: Lyle Stuart, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 157:
text: Nobody selling a car for cash demanded to see my driver’s license when I waved a stack of Benjamin Franklins under his nose.
ref: [2012], David Wambaugh, The Last Call, [Bloomington, Ind.]: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 114:
text: Throw a stack of Benjamin Franklins on the table (counterfeit bills are fine) and ask: “If you had unlimited resources to spend on fixing our businesses problems, what would you fix?”
ref: 2014, Patrick J. Stroh, Business Strategy: Plan, Execute, Win!, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, →ISBN, page 151:
text: The envelope was half filled with gold coins, most marked “uncirculated” in clear, hinged plastic rolls, and at least a dozen in flat little presentation boxes marked “proof.” Plus a nice, fat stack of Benjamin Franklins still in their original bank wrapper.
ref: 2014, Haywood Smith, Queen Bee Goes Home Again, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 189:
text: I took note of a stack of Benjamin Franklins in Horse’s overnight bag and a top-of-the-line computer on his dresser.
ref: 2017, Carolyn Mulford, Show Me the Sinister Snowman, Warrensburg, Mo.: Cave Hollow Press, →ISBN, page 220:
synonyms: Ben
Ben Franklin
Benjamin
Franklin
glosses: A United States one-hundred-dollar bill.
wikipedia: Benjamin Franklin
Related terms: dead president
George Washington
Washington
Lincoln
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
Jackson
Benjamin Franklins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Benjamin Franklin
pseudofeeblemindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudofeebleminded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being pseudofeebleminded.
pseudo-feeble-mindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + feeble-mindedness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudofeeblemindedness.
pseudofeebleminded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Falsely appearing as feeble-minded.
pseudo-feeble-minded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudofeebleminded.
pseudo-feebleminded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudofeebleminded.
pseudo-feeblemindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + feeblemindedness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudofeeblemindedness.
Willerton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
USDP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Union Solidarity and Development Party.
Bugthesda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of bug + Bethesda
Senses: glosses: Bethesda (video game developer and publisher)
Zarah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zarahs
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.
glosses: A female given name.
A female given name from Arabic, variant of Zara.
PAX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: Initialism of private automatic exchange.
Related terms: PABX
PBX
field telephone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field telephones
Senses: examples: text: Contact is maintained between the works offices and the men at the tunnel faces by an extensive system of field telephones.
ref: 1951 May, “The New Woodhead Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 290:
glosses: A portable telephone used for military communication.
field telephones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of field telephone
pillar telephone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillar telephones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of candlestick telephone.
synonyms: word: candlestick telephone
glosses: A kind of early telephone having a box mounted on a pillar.
pillar telephones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillar telephone
Ader receiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ader receivers
Etymology: Named after the French inventor Clément Ader.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: A kind of telephone receiver incorporating a magnetized metal ring.
wikipedia: Clément Ader
Ader receivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ader receiver
auroræ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The imagination of the beholders Auroræ are said to have appeared in the shape of armies of horse and foot engaged in battle in the sky...
ref: 1879, John Rand Capron, Auroræ: Their Characters and Spectra, page 3:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of aurorae.
landscapings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landscaping
legionellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legionella
minelaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mine + laying.
Senses: glosses: The laying of mines (explosive devices).
Related terms: minelayer
asset flip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asset flips
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A form of shovelware involving the creation of numerous generic video games based on premade assets that the developer has purchased from elsewhere.
asset flips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asset flip
minicalculators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minicalculator
mishugas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meshugaas.
multiscreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiscreen
noncellulosics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncellulosic
unconformingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unconformingly
form: most unconformingly
Etymology: From unconforming + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without conforming; in a nonconformist manner.
unconforming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconforming
form: most unconforming
Etymology: From un- + conforming.
Senses: glosses: Not conforming.
oath-brother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oath-brothers
Senses: examples: text: "He is a blood brother and an oath brother of Odin, highest of the gods."
ref: 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 241:
glosses: One of two (or more) men who have sworn an oath together.
oath-brothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oath-brother
pedophilics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedophilic
pedophilically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pedophilically
form: most pedophilically
Etymology: From pedophilic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a pedophilic manner.
chloroatranorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chloro- + atranorin.
Senses: examples: text: The method of purification described by St. Pfau by repeated crystallisation from chloroform, in which chloroatranorin was sparingly soluble, was laborious and incomplete over a number of stages.
ref: 1963, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, volume 40, page 8:
text: It may be important to distinguish atranorin and chloroatranorin.
ref: 2012, Ilse Kranner, Richard Beckett, Ajit Varma, Protocols in Lichenology, page 291:
text: Of chemicals relevant for sensitization, a typical industrial treemoss absolute oil (which is also an extract) may contain approximately 0.36% atranol, 0.22% chloratranol and 5-6% dehydroabietic acid and other resin acids (including the allergenic 7-oxodehydroabietic acid), but undetectable levels of atranorin and chloroatranorin, as these are easily degraded into atranol and chloroatranol (20).
ref: 2021, Anton C. de Groot, Monographs in Contact Allergy, page 268:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the most common allergens found in treemoss, along with atranorin, having the same molecular structure as atranorin but with one of the hydrogen atoms replaced by a chlorine atom.
pigstickings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigsticking
pixilates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pixilate
pixilating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pixilate
procurings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procuring
pukkah
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pukkah
form: most pukkah
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pukka.
pulpiteered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pulpiteer
pulpiteering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pulpiteer
reneague
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reneagues
form: reneaguing
form: reneagued
form: reneagued
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of renege.
reneagued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reneague
reneagues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reneague
reneaguing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reneague
Andrew Jacksons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Andrew Jackson
shoti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃo.tɪ/
Forms: form: shotis
form: sioti
form: shot
form: shots
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 小弟 (sió-tǐ, “younger brother; youngest brother”).
Senses: glosses: the youngest brother
examples: text: ‘SAY HI TO SEVI’ ❤️ LOOK: A week after Kryz and Slater Young's second child was born, the couple finally has a name for their shoti. Say hi to Sevi, skyfam! ❤️
ref: 2022 May 29, Immae Lachica, “Say hello to Skyfam’s second child, Sevi!”, in Cebu Daily News (CDN Digital) by INQUIRER.net, Cebu City:
glosses: a younger brother; little brother
glosses: a young male junior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community)
glosses: term of address for the youngest brother
examples: text: Kryz Uy and Slater Young's firstborn son Scottie just had an adorable first meeting with his baby brother! [...] The new big brother was also seen carrying the baby in his arms. "A big Ahia Scottie welcome!" Kryz wrote in the caption. Slater, meanwhile, posted a video of Scottie carrying the newborn and adorably saying "Hi Shoti!" while caressing his cheek.
ref: 2022 May 28, MGP, GMA News, “Kryz Uy and Slater Young's firstborn Scottie meets baby brother”, in GMA News Online:
glosses: term of address for a younger brother
glosses: term of address for a young male junior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community)
Coordinate terms: word: shobe
Related terms: Ahiya
ahiya
Achi
achi
HMPS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
coordinate_terms: HMP
HM
glosses: Abbreviation of His/Her Majesty's Prison Service.
HMPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HMPSs
form: HMPSes
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
coordinate_terms: HMS
HBMS
HMIS
HBMIS
HBMPS
HM
glosses: Abbreviation of His/Her Majesty's Pakistani Ship of the 1947-1957 Royal Pakistani Navy.
HMPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HMP
Ulysses S. Grants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ulysses S. Grant
unshuntable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈʃʌn.tə.bəl/
Etymology: From un- + shuntable.
Senses: glosses: Not shuntable.
TACs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TAC
Kerridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kerridges
Etymology: From Old English cǣġ (“stone boulder; key”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).
Senses: glosses: A small village in Bollington parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9376).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Abe Lincolns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abe Lincoln
Chesshyre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Heterographic variant of Cheshire.
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname.
U.S. Grant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: U.S. Grants
form: U. S. Grant
form: US Grant
Senses: examples: text: Convinced that my intentions were completely dishonorable, Mr. Vanduchi sold me six sticks of Trojan stumping dynamite and a detonator cap, the total price for which was, as Mr. Vanduchi put it, “two U.S. Grants and two Andrew Jacksons”—$140.
ref: 1973 July, Jerry Jacobson, “Diary of a Murderer”, in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, volume 33, number 2, Los Angeles, Calif.: Renown Publications, Inc., page 125, column 2:
text: “[…] Ivey Dwindling, and she’s probably in her early thirties,” McGuffin informed his man at the Chronicle who occasionally earned one or two U.S. Grants for the performance of such services.
ref: 1988, Robert Upton, The Fabergé Egg, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton, →ISBN, page 65:
text: He laid his stack of U.S. Grants behind the House box, scanned the bets in the four squares, and waited for the cards to turn up.
ref: 2006, Henry Chang, Chinatown Beat, New York, N.Y.: Soho Press, Inc., →ISBN:
text: Hmm…no mirage here—just plain money, from all tactile and visual appearance. It would be wildly sensational if one were to disappear at my touch, but no such luck. It just feels like what the Sergeant describes as a fresh, crisp collection of fourteen ‘U.S. Grants.’
ref: 2011 March 2, R[hamal] M. Ahmose, “Creature Faith”, in Tales off the Rails, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 132:
text: Reaching into her wallet, she snagged a couple of fifties and handed them to Kim, adding to the gesture, “Tanks fer unroading,” and emphasized with a smile. / “I can’t take your money… You crazy lady trucker…First, I cold cock you and now you want to pay me?” a startled question escaped from the perplexed teen. / “Take! Prease!” demanded Rebecca, who was still smiling, her eyes meeting Kim’s, letting the sincerity sink in. / Conceding, she grasped the two U.S. Grants; […]
ref: 2015, Mark A. Paranto, Black Box Conspiracy, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 52:
text: You know, bro—the two U.S. Grants you stole from his pocket after you suckered him.
ref: 2016, Wayne “Big Chuck” Bradshaw with Douglas P. Love, Jersey Tough: My Wild Ride from Outlaw Biker to Undercover Cop, Toronto, Ont.: ECW Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of Ulysses S. Grant.
synonyms: word: Ulysses S. Grant
U.S. Grants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of U.S. Grant
cocktail shaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocktail shakers
Senses: glosses: A device used to mix beverages (usually alcoholic) by shaking.
Hyponyms: Boston shaker
Cobbler shaker
speedshaker
R-Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: A-Day
glosses: Reception Day at West Point, when new cadets arrive at the academy.
A-Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: R-Day
glosses: Acceptance Day at West Point, when cadets complete their basic training.