cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Hohenberger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hohenbergers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hohenberger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Hardgrave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hardgraves
Etymology: Variant of Hargrave.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hardgraves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hardgrave
Hohenbergers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hohenberger
Zilnyk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zilnyks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Groene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Groenes
Etymology: Borrowed from either German Gröne, a variant of Grün, or Dutch Groene, a variant of Groen.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Guza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Guzas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Guza.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Guzas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Guza
Groenes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Groene
Shapcott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shapcotts
Etymology: Perhaps a habitational surname, from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + cot (“cottage”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Hookway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hookways
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place near Crediton, Devon, from Old English hōc (“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”) + weġ (“way, path, road”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Hookways
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hookway
Shapcotts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shapcott
Spauldings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Spaulding
Knowstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Cnut + stān (“stone”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8223).
Lilybeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
LGBTIQA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Older members of the LGBTIQA community are arguably even more invisible, particularly fearing discrimination in aged care.¹³² Members of the LGBTIQA community are more likely to live alone, less likely to be partnered or to have children, and have increased rates of isolation and loneliness, all of which can contribute to the risk of elder abuse.¹³³
ref: 2020, “Elder Abuse”, in Bridget Lewis, Kelly Purser, Kirsty Mackie, The Human Rights of Older Persons: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Elder Law, Singapore: Springer, →ISBN, page 193:
synonyms: LGBTQIA
glosses: Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, intersex, queer/questioning, and allied/asexual/aromantic/agender.
accpt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accpts.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of accompaniment.
accpts.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accpt.
actinium series
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the actinium series
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The 4n+3 decay chain of uranium-235.
actg.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: actg. mgr.
glosses: Abbreviation of acting (“temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another”).
acctg.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of accounting.
prep up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preps up
form: prepping up
form: prepped up
form: prepped up
Senses: examples: text: I need to prep up for the surgery.
text: Can you prep up the next client?
glosses: To prepare something.
prepackager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prepackagers
Etymology: From prepackage + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which prepackages.
prepackagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prepackager
adfreeze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adfreezes
form: adfreezing
form: adfroze
form: adfrozen
Etymology: From ad- + freeze.
Senses: glosses: To freeze together; to adhere through the formation of ice.
adfrozen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of adfreeze
adfreezes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adfreeze
adfreezing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adfreeze
adfroze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of adfreeze
Taygetan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Tayget(os) + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Citheron shouts;—gives tongue Taygetan hound; / And Epidaurus for the break renown’d: / While echoing groves reverberate the sound.
ref: 1852, [Virgil], translated by E. Cobbold, The Georgics of Virgil (in Heroic Couplets). […], London: E. Lumley, book III, lines 61–63, page 105:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Taygetos mountain range in Greece.
Taygetan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Taygeta + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the star system Taygeta in the Pleiades star cluster.
Taygetan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Taygetans
Etymology: From Taygeta + -an.
Senses: hypernyms: Pleiadean
glosses: An alien being from the vicinity of Taygeta.
ad int.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of ad interim.
advancedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more advancedly
form: most advancedly
Etymology: From advanced + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an advanced manner; to an advanced degree.
Taugetus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The articles whereof were theſe: That ſuch as were in debt, ſhould be cleered of all their debts, and that the landes alſo ſhould be diuided into equall partes: so that from the valley of Pallena vnto mount Taugetus, and vnto the cities of Malea, and Selasia, there ſhould be foure thowſand fiue hundred partes,[…]
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:
glosses: Obsolete form of Taygetos.
whadyer
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: “Whadyer mean?” said Mr Watkins suspiciously.
ref: 1894, H. G. Wells, The Hammerpond Park Burglary:
glosses: Alternative form of whaddaya.
wisedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wisedoms
Senses: examples: text: This Lyſander was of great authoritie and eſtimation amongeſt them in the citie: Mandroclidas was also very wiſe, and carefull, about any matter of counsell, and with his wiſedom and policy, very valiant:[…]
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of wisdom.
torpedo boat destroyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torpedo boat destroyer
torpedo-boat destroyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torpedo-boat destroyer
MALIAT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transportation.
detter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detters
Senses: examples: text: She could doe very much by the number of her friendes, followers, and detters in the citie, by whoſe meanes ſhe ruled the moſt part of the affayres of the citie after her owne pleaſure.
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:
glosses: Obsolete form of debtor.
aeropolitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aero- + political.
Senses: glosses: Relating to aeropolitics.
Derived terms: aeropolitically
aeropolitics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aero- + politics.
Senses: glosses: The part of politics dealing with aviation, with regard to international borders, air superiority, etc.
Related terms: aeropolitical
agricultural ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agricultural ants
Senses: glosses: Synonym of harvester ant.
synonyms: word: harvester ant
agricultural ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agricultural ant
raigned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raign
equalitie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equalities
Senses: examples: text: […] yet if in temperance, thriftines, & noble mind (exceeding all their vanities) he could come to reſtore the Lacedæmonians againe vnto equalitie: that then in deede he ſhould be counted a noble king.
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:
glosses: Obsolete form of equality.
Hepscott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish south-east of Morpeth, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2284).
tenemented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tenement + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: a tenemented building
glosses: Divided into tenements; rented to multiple tenants.
ten-footer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ten-footers
Senses: glosses: A small backyard shoemaker's shop, typically having an area of 10 by 10 feet, built in the 18th or 19th century in New England.
ten-footers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ten-footer
plaza de soberanía
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plazas de soberanía
form: plaza de soberania
Etymology: From Spanish plaza de soberanía (literally “(fortified) town of sovereignty”), often translated as “stronghold of sovereignty”.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of cities and islands on and off the coast of North Africa which were historically considered part of "Spain proper" and thus remain under Spanish control even after decolonization.
antilibrary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antilibraries
Etymology: From anti- + library. Coined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007).
Senses: glosses: A collection of books that a person owns but has not yet read.
wikipedia: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
antilibraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antilibrary
therewithall
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Agis agayne aunſwered him: that he maruelled not that Leonidas beeing brought vp in a ſtraung contry, and alſo maryed there in a noble mans houſe, he ſhould be ignorant of Lycurgus lawes, who baniſhing gold and ſiluer out of his citie, did therewithall exile dette and lending.
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 852:
glosses: Archaic form of therewithal.
medium long shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medium long shots
Senses: examples: text: A long shot or medium long shot will most successfully cover all of the action during the meeting of the two characters.
ref: 2012, Christopher J. Bowen, Roy Thompson, Grammar of the Shot, page 45:
text: The size of a medium long shot is also ideal to establish the dynamics of a relationship between characters, by the way they are placed within the composition (by using Hitchcock's rule, or balanced/unbalanced framings, for instance).
ref: 2013, Gustavo Mercado, The Filmmaker's Eye, page 53:
topics: arts
broadcasting
cinematography
film
hobbies
lifestyle
media
photography
television
glosses: A shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the knees on up, wider than a medium shot but tighter than a long shot.
Synonyms: American shot
rum tub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rum tubs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The barrel from which sailors' daily rum rations were dispensed.
rum tubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rum tub
up spirits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The time, around midday, when sailors were given the daily rum ration.
Related terms: stand fast the Holy Ghost
Black Tot Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: 31 July 1970, the final day on which the Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily rum ration.
stand fast the Holy Ghost
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: A punning retort to up spirits, since to stand fast is not to rise up, and spirit may refer to alcohol or to a ghost.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sailor's cry in response to the announcement of up spirits (the handing out of the daily rum ration).
flintlock mechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flintlock mechanisms
Senses: glosses: A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
rum bosun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rum bosuns
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sailor tasked with collecting the rum in a "fanny" (metal container) for the distribution of the daily rum ration.
rum bosuns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rum bosun
tenorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tenor + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without tenor, or without a tenor (in various senses).
aeropolitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From aeropolitical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of aeropolitics.
sonic bang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonic bangs
Senses: glosses: sonic boom
fiddler's neck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An occupational disease of violinists and viola players, usually characterized by redness, thickening, and inflammation on the left side of the neck below the angle of the jaw where the instrument is held.
you know something
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Chris asked, “Sara, you know something. I never stopped to ask you the day of your birthday. When is your birthday?”
ref: 2015, Joseph I. Rosselli, Uncle Champion I: “The World Beyond the Fence”:
glosses: Synonym of you know what (“used, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something”).
synonyms: word: you know what
extra: used, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something
Pontlottyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Rhymney community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1105).
Splenda daddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Splenda daddy
acidulated drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acidulated drops
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acid drop (“kind of boiled sweet”).
synonyms: word: acid drop
extra: kind of boiled sweet
acidulated drops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acidulated drop
adanal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ad- + anal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Near or beside the anus.
Severia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Siveria
Senses: glosses: A historical region in present-day southwest Russia, northern Ukraine, and eastern Belarus.
Siveria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Severia.
uncorkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uncorking
Charnley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mobius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German, variant of Möbius.
star factory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star factories
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: stellar nursery
star-forming region
starburst
starburst region
starburst galaxy
glosses: Synonym of stellar nursery.
synonyms: word: stellar nursery
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
coordinate_terms: talent show
star system
talent agency
idol
glosses: An academy for entertainment talent.
Adidased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Adidas + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: A woman sitting by the door with a cat carrier on her lap, the cat yowling in terror. A quintet of college kids, rugby shirts, Adidased feet. And a blissful Moonie sitting in the seat next to Billy, trying to strike up a conversation.
ref: 1980 [1979], Jacob Epstein, Wild Oats, New York, NY: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 182:
text: I was too young in the early 90's to have been there where they first played at Labyrinth but I would have done anything to have been there. That was the real Prodigy. Standing in that field in Chelmsford surrounded by 100,000 adidassed indie-kids I realised that the Prodigy were no more.
ref: 1997 August 23, Mark Ross (Flux), “Prodigy are dead”, in alt.music.prodigy-the (Usenet):
text: These students make Galway a sort of Irish frontier-town of youth culture. On weekends, and especially festival weekends, you'll see as many pierced and Adidased teenagers and twentysomethings here as you'd find at a Phish concert.
ref: 1998, “The West”, in Robert I. C. Fisher, editor, Fodor's 99 Ireland: The Comple Guide with Dublin Walks, Country Drives, Celtic Sites, Golf and Shopping, New York, NY: Fodor's Travel Publications, →ISBN, page 292:
glosses: Wearing Adidas clothing, especially shoes.
Oustau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oustaus
Etymology: Borrowed from French Oustau, itself from Occitan Ostau.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
anatomo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From anatomy + -o-.
Senses: examples: text: [The CT scanner and the temporomandibular joint. Anatomo-radiologic comparisons. Apropos of 14 cases of algodysfunctional of the manducator system] Vanneroy F, et al. J Radiol 1989 Feb;70(2):127-32 (Eng. Abstr.)
ref: 1989, Cumulated Index Medicus (NIH Publication No. 90-259), volumes 30, 1989, subject index Sp-Z, Bethesda, Md.: National Library of Medicine, →ISSN, page 12558, column 1:
synonyms: anatomico-
glosses: anatomy
Yuhsi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 玉溪 (Yùxī), Wade–Giles romanization: Yü⁴-hsi¹.
Senses: examples: text: The PEOPLE'S DAILY today front pages a news item in column one in the experience of Yuhsi County in Yunnan which "mastered the law of agricultural field management, and found the key to increasing autumn grain production."
ref: 1960 August 29 [1960 August 26], “Higher Autum Grain Yield is Possible”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 168, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Communist China: National Affairs, page BBB 2-BBB 3:
text: yuhsi county on the yunnan-kweichow plateau, southwest china, reaped a bumper grain harvest this year, per-hectacre yield reached 6.3 tons, which exceeds the target set by the "national programme for agricultural development", thanks to efforts made by the revolutionary people of various nationalities and the revolutonary committees at all levels in the county.
ref: 1970 December 9 [1970 December 2], “Southwest China Hsien Reaps Bumper Harvest”, in Survey of China Mainland Press, number 4795, sourced from NCNA, Kunming, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 102:
text: Yang Kuo-hsiang was born in a poor peasant family in Yuhsi County in Yunnan Province, South-west China, and tended cows for a landlord at the age of nine. One year the Kuomintang reactionaries pressganged men and Yang Kuo-hsiang was forced to leave his village.
ref: 1971, “A Yi Flight Commander”, in Eastern Horizon, volume X, number 4, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 46:
text: The most prominent service Tuan rendered to the Mongols was the suppression of the uprising in 1264 of some 100,000 people from the various tribes in Yunnan. The uprising spread from the present Yuhsi in Yunnan to other towns like Chuching and Chuhsiung, and finally Chungching (Kunming) fell to the rebel forces.
ref: 1978 July, Yu-ting Tu, Chen Lu-fan, “Was There a Massive Exodus of Thais?”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVII, number 7, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30:
glosses: Alternative form of Yuxi.
manducators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manducator
on your head be it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: on your own head be it
Senses: glosses: Used to warn someone of the responsibilities that will attach to committing to a certain task.
Chinese onion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese onions
Senses: glosses: An onion of species Allium chinense, endemic to China, introduced and now naturalized in other parts of east Asia and elsewhere.
Synonyms: sense: Allium chinense
word: Chinese scallion
sense: Allium chinense
word: glittering chive
sense: Allium chinense
word: Japanese scallion
sense: Allium chinense
word: Kiangsi scallion
sense: Allium chinense
word: Oriental onion
sense: Allium chinense
word: rakkyo
multifinality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + finality.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
coordinate_terms: equifinality
glosses: That different life outcomes can arise from similar circumstances in early life.
common genet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common genets
Senses: glosses: Genetta genetta, endemic to subtropical Africa, north Africa, south Africa, and parts of the Arabian peninsula; introduced into southwestern Europe.
Synonyms: sense: Genetta genetta
word: small-spotted genet
sense: Genetta genetta
word: European genet
American shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American shots
Etymology: Calque of the French term "plain Américan", which was used because this type of shot was commonly used in American westerns.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of medium long shot.
synonyms: word: medium long shot
examples: text: Sturges did not use close‐ups; he favored the three‐quarter shot, or American shot.
ref: 2013, Ken Dancyger, The Technique of Film and Video Editing, page 117:
text: The film begins in an American shot; we are already closer to Talley than we were to Martinelli.
ref: 2014, Jennifer Fleeger, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, page 78:
text: In total, the scene uses the American shot four times, close-up twice, longl ^([sic]) shot once, and detail shot once.
ref: 2023, André F. Nebe, Humour and successful children's films, page 282:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see American, shot.
crown daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crown daisies
Senses: glosses: Glebionis coronaria, endemic to the Mediterranean region, introduced in east Asia and north America.
Synonyms: sense: Glebionis coronaria
word: garland chrysanthemum
sense: Glebionis coronaria
word: chrysanthemum greens
sense: Glebionis coronaria
word: edible chrysanthemum
sense: Glebionis coronaria
word: crowndaisy chrysanthemum
sense: Glebionis coronaria
word: chop suey greens
sense: Glebionis coronaria
word: Japanese greens
medium shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medium shots
Senses: examples: text: The film then cuts to a medium shot, not of Marguerite but of Faust looking in the girl's direction with the devil posed somewhat artistically behind him, and the two begin to sing.
ref: 2014, Jennifer Fleeger, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, page 81:
topics: arts
broadcasting
cinematography
film
hobbies
lifestyle
media
photography
television
glosses: A shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the waist on up, wider than a close up but tighter than a medium long shot.
medium shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medium shot
medium long shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medium long shot
American shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of American shot
lizardish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lizardish
form: most lizardish
Etymology: From lizard + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Similar to a lizard.
calidarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkælɪˈdɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌkælɪˈdɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: calidariums
form: calidaria
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin calidārium.
Senses: examples: text: The thermæ conſiſted of a great variety of parts and conveniences; […] the calidaria, where the water was warmed for the baths; […]
ref: 1765 March 10, T[obias] Smollett, “Letter XXXII”, in Travels through France and Italy. […], volume II, London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], published 1766, →OCLC, pages 135–136:
text: From this place the party again diverged, according to their several fancies, some to the sudatorium, which answered the purpose of our vapour-baths, and thence to the warm-bath itself; those more accustomed to exercise, and capable of dispensing with so cheap a purchase of fatigue, resorted at once to the calidarium, or water-bath.
ref: 1834, The Right Hon. Lord Lytton [i.e. Edward Bulwer-Lytton], The Last Days of Pompeii, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Ltd, page 59:
text: Between the two calidariums serving the mens's^([sic]) and women's sections is the heating plant where the furnace and the three big cylindrical boilers (one for warm, one for hot and one for very
ref: 1977, Alberto C[arlo] Carpiceci, translated by Michael Hollingworth, Pompeii Nowadays and 2000 Years Ago, Firenze: Bonechi Edizioni, page 60:
text: A container of fine oil had been left on a shelf near the calidarium, so the king and the tribune helped themselves to a liberal amount.
ref: 2015, M. K. Hume, The Blood of Kings (Tintagel; 1), London: Headline Review, →ISBN, page 162:
text: Cecilia was killed at her home, the remains of which are under the basilica. She was locked up for three days in the calidarium, the area of the steam baths, so she would suffocate.
ref: 2021 March 3, Marinella Bandini, “Virtually visit the Basilica of St. Cecilia in Trastevere, built over the martyr's home”, in Aleteia, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2022:
glosses: Synonym of caldarium.
synonyms: word: caldarium
calidariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calidarium
Wario
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Warios
form: Warioes
Etymology: From Borana Wario.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Borana
Wario
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Wario, a villainous counterpart to Mario in the Mario video game franchise, from Japanese ワリオ (Wario), a blend of 悪い (warui, “bad”) + マリオ (Mario).
Senses: examples: text: Is there an academic way to say that one thing is the Wario of another thing? Like, the demonic version of that thing, but the two are inseparably linked?
ref: 2022 March 13, Cari Hovanec, Twitter:
text: His Wario, meanwhile, began spreading the rumour that the vaccine itself was dangerous, and that the virus that caused polio didn't really exist.
ref: 2022 October 13, James Felton, “Duon H. Miller”, in Assholes: The Dead People You Should Be Mad At, London: Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:
text: Anthropology is the Wario of sociology.
ref: 2023 February 22, Bwog Staff, “Warios Of Barnumbia”, in Bwog:
glosses: An evil or otherwise sinister counterpart of another person or thing.
choirbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choirbook
newtish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more newtish
form: most newtish
Etymology: From newt + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: It would have value for the newt because it would presumably be a life full of newtish pleasures (lazing on rocks, sipping mosquito-flavored tropical drinks, or whatever).
ref: 2013, Gregory Bassham, Jerry L. Walls, William Irwin, The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy, page 284:
glosses: Of, like, or pertaining to newts.
newtly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more newtly
form: most newtly
Etymology: From newt + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The sapphire needled dragonflies
That flirt with the crested newt!
And now before his newtly nose, […]
ref: 1897, Thomas Wright, The Acid Sisters: And Other Poems, page 93:
glosses: Of, like, or pertaining to newts.
Roman font
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Roman fonts
Senses: examples: text: The Roman fonts of Aldus were eclipsed by his Italic and Greek, but he cut several fine alphabets.
ref: 1897, Old Faces of Roman and Medieval Types, De Vinne Press, page 13:
text: Although 1 byte is all that is needed for Roman fonts, 2 bytes are needed for other character sets.
ref: 1992, Daniel Carter, Writing Localizable Software for the Macintosh, page 30:
text: The largest group is the Roman fonts. They are used to type languages that use the Roman (Latin) alphabet (A, B, C, and so on).
ref: 2013, Angie Taylor, Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist:
text: When producing Roman fonts, about 256 characters should be designed. Whereas designing Korean fonts, around 2,500 widely used characters should be designed among the total 11,172 characters.
ref: 2017, James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park, Shu-Ching Chen, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Advanced Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, page 289:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of roman font.
Roman fonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Roman font
Adib
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Adibs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
match-winner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: match-winners
Senses: examples: text: City captain Gundogan was the big game match-winner again, assuring his place in history with the quickest goal in FA Cup final history, a stunning volley after only 12 seconds
ref: 2023 June 3, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport, Wembley Stadium:
glosses: Alternative form of matchwinner.
Findern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3030).
Txs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tx
radio-opaque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radio-opaque
form: most radio-opaque
Senses: examples: text: CXR to r/o aspiration, and to identify location if radio-opaque. Consider lateral neck film or abdominal film if unable to locate object in chest. Barium swallow if still uncertain.
ref: 2006, “Gastroenterology: Esophageal Foreign Bodies”, in Steven E. Diaz, The Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine (Jones and Bartlett's Little Black Book Series), 2nd edition, Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: Alternative form of radiopaque.
heplock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heplocks
Senses: examples: text: Emergency Management: For esophageal foreign bodies without an acute abdomen:
• INT (heplock)
• TNG 0.4 mg sl (Nejm 1973;289:23). […]
ref: 2006, “Gastroenterology: Esophageal Foreign Bodies”, in Steven E. Diaz, The Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine (Jones and Bartlett's Little Black Book Series), 2nd edition, Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: Alternative form of hep-lock.
hep-lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hep-locks
form: heplock
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of heparin lock.
pronatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + natal.
Senses: glosses: Promoting the birth of children.
Related terms: pronatalism
UCx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: BCx
glosses: Abbreviation of urine culture.
BCx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: UCx
glosses: Abbreviation of blood culture.
Sengstaken-Blakemore tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sengstaken-Blakemore tubes
Etymology: Named after American neurosurgeon Robert William Sengstaken Sr. (1923–1978) and American vascular surgeon Arthur Blakemore (1897–1970).
Senses: examples: text: Sengstaaken-Blakemore tube (Surg Gynecol Obstet 1976;142:529) with accessory NG tube until endoscopy available if pt hemorrhaging—applying external traction not necessary (GE 1978;75:566); not a substitute nor should it delay endoscopy (Surg Gynecol Obstet 1988;167:331).
ref: 2006, “Gastroenterology: Esophageal Varices”, in Steven E. Diaz, The Little Black Book of Emergency Medicine (Jones and Bartlett's Little Black Book Series), 2nd edition, Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 103:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medical device inserted through the nose or mouth and used occasionally in the management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to esophageal varices.
Related terms: Linton-Nachlas tube
Minnesota tube
Kettlebrook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Tamworth, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2103).
Stalinesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Stalin-esque
Etymology: From Stalin + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: A group of friends becomes a cast of characters, strip-mines lives and relationships for content and, in the process, turns into a corporation, with payroll to process and liabilities to consider. (It’s entirely possible that the Stalinesque removal of Fulmer from certain videos is rooted in legal concerns, not moral ones.)
ref: 2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: Characteristic of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953.
minor leaguer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minor leaguers
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player in a minor league
Related terms: major-leaguer
minor leaguers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minor leaguer
world-historically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more world-historically
form: most world-historically
Etymology: From world-historical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor met while filming Cleopatra in the late 1950s, and both were married. Their affair was considered hardly less sensational and world-historically important than that of the characters they played.
ref: 2016 November 7, Peter Bradshaw, “Allied: what happens when a film gets eclipsed by gossip”, in The Guardian:
text: Seen this way, the video feels more mercenary: Its severe mood was, in part, a performance, meant to reassure a world-historically anxious and distrustful audience that they had not been led astray for the last eight years.
ref: 2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: In a world-historical manner.
unburdener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unburdeners
Etymology: From unburden + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who unburdens.
unburdeners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unburdener
ethnoplural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethnoplural
form: most ethnoplural
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to ethnopluralism.
ethnopluralistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethnopluralistic
form: most ethnopluralistic
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to ethnopluralism.
ethnodifferentialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ethnopluralism.
synonyms: word: ethnopluralism
ethnodifferential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethnodifferential
form: most ethnodifferential
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ethnoplural.
synonyms: word: ethnoplural
ethnodifferentialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnodifferentialists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ethnopluralist.
synonyms: word: ethnopluralist
ethnodifferentialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnodifferentialist
adaze
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + daze.
Senses: examples: text: He has a trick of forgetting his surroundings until some ruder jostling than usual startles him awake, and he stands all adaze, with the tattered filaments of the dream still hanging about him.
ref: 1894, Thomas M'Caleb, The Louisiana Book: Selections from the Literature of the State, page 322:
glosses: In a daze; dazed.
lineall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of lineal.
danger wank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: danger wanks
Senses: examples: text: Those who aren't photographed might be treated to the joy of comments such as: 'To the hot girl sitting opposite me on level 3, do you mind if I have a cheeky danger wank whilst looking at you?'
ref: 2018, Laura Bates, Misogynation: The True Scale of Sexism:
text: I kept it in my pocket for warmth like you told me to, although it's boiling today, so they probably got a bit baked. At least I didn't have to have a danger wank in the hospital toilet! I thought of you while I was producing them!
ref: 2018, Emily Phillips, Trying:
text: It was what you might call a danger wank! There was, I suppose, a sadder side to it, in that I felt so terrified in case I got caught, as any teenager would.
ref: 2020, Will Young, To be a Gay Man:
glosses: An act of masturbation with the risk of being caught by somebody else.
danger wanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of danger wank
fallen angelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a fallen angel.
chaiyaphumines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaiyaphumine
chalcedonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalcedonite
chance acquaintances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chance acquaintance
chancelloresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chancelloress
channel-bill cuckoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of channel-bill cuckoo
channelomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of channelome
Chantilly/Tiffanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chantilly/Tiffany
Chantilly-Tiffanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chantilly-Tiffany
Chapelons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chapelon
char siu baos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of char siu bao
character generators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of character generator
character traits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of character trait
characteristic vectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of characteristic vector
charge accounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charge account
charge sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charge sheet
charge-density waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charge-density wave
Chargers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Charger
charioteeresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charioteeress
niggerbabble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nigger + babble.
Senses: examples: text: Is there any reason why your niggerbabble is x-posted to ALT.FLAME.NIGGERS? How about to keep your niggerbabble in SCAA, eh??
ref: 2000 September 16, Ward Cleaver, “Wayne Johnson is a fucking moron”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):
text: It's in pidgin English niggerbabble and it's meaningless, you slant-eyed yellow gook bastard.
ref: 2012 June 2, The Revd, “Re: Brett Kimberlin: Liberals Embrace Convicted Criminal as Their Own”, in alt.freemasonry (Usenet):
text: Just a few weeks back we caught a nigger walking up through the churchyard coming from the park. It was nearly 11 P.M. and he was carrying a bottle of beer. We stopped him and asked where he was going. He started in to his niggerbabble about how he was just minding his business and so should we.
ref: 2017 May 20, Byker, “Re: 10 Reasons Why I Hate NIGGERS”, in alt.politics (Usenet):
glosses: Something that is characteristically spoken or written by a black person, especially if considered difficult to understand.
Related terms: bix nood
EVEV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Everglades virus.
Lokting
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Loktings
Senses: glosses: A surname.
snaps for you
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: It's on that continent—you know, Africa—where Angelina Jolie gave birth to Shiloh. I didn't know where it was when I was your age, so happy snaps for you if you do).
ref: Heather Jamison, Keeping It Real (page 60)
text: If you enjoy bland foods, snaps for you. But if you think gluten-free has to be flavor-free, you're in for a pleasant surprise.
ref: 2023, Danna Van Noy, Living Gluten-Free For Dummies, page 20:
glosses: Synonym of good for you.
synonyms: word: good for you
Lojek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lojeks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Łojek.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Ren faire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ren faires
form: ren faire
form: Ren Faire
Senses: examples: text: She opened my door and came in, sitting on the edge of the bed in a flurry of velvet. Loose black cotton pants and a flowing purple top with those wide sleeves and a low-cut, lacy neck. On most, the getup would scream Ren-faire escapee, but Sunny's small waist and curvaceous top pulled it off.
ref: 2008, Caitlin Kittredge, Night Life (Nocturne City; 1), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 19:
text: Just a year ago, I'd had a normal life as a blacksmith in Seattle, one of the coolest cities on the planet. I was shoeing horses and making swords for the local ren faires.
ref: 2013, J. A. Pitts, Forged in Fire, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 16:
text: I would've gone to the Ren faire even if I hadn't been on assignment. I'm always looking for interesting off-campus adventures, and what could be more off-campus than a field in the middle of Connecticut where patrons can step into the middle of the 16th century?
ref: 2019 September 13, Brittany Menjivar, “All's Faire: Reckoning with the Renaissance”, in Yale Daily News, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2023:
text: Wilmington resident Sarah Bucic is a Ren Faire fan that's happy she won't have to leave the state to enjoy quality performances.
ref: 2022 October 19, Andre Lamar, “Beyond giant turkey legs, here's what to expect at new Delaware Renaissance Faire”, in The News Journal, Wilmington, D.E.: Gannett Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022:
synonyms: Ren fair
glosses: Clipping of Renaissance faire.
Ren faires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ren faire
snake draft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake drafts
Senses: glosses: In fantasy sports, a draft (system of assigning players to teams) whose order is reversed in alternate rounds, so that the team making first pick in the first round makes last pick in the second round, and so on.
snake drafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snake draft
Renaissance faire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Renaissance faires
Senses: examples: text: Mt Gox, for instance, started as a trading venue for enthusiastic nerds who loved fantasy games; its name, Mt Gox, stands for Magic the Gathering Online Exchange, where users traded cards for the game, giving bitcoins a place in the fringe-culture Venn diagram between Dungeons & Dragons and Renaissance faires. Fun stuff, but not really the stuff of mainstream legitimacy.
ref: 2014 February 26, Heidi Moore, “The Mt Gox bitcoin scandal is the best thing to happen to bitcoin in years”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2023:
text: Victoria Jamieson's Newbery-Honor-winning debut graphic novel, "Roller Girl," was terrific; her "All's Faire in Middle School" is even better. It's the epic of Impy, a.k.a. Imogene, an 11-year-old homeschooled girl who's grown up in the world of Renaissance faires.
ref: 2017 August 25, Marjorie Ingall, “Get Thee to Middle School! A Ren Faire Heroine Meets the Real World”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2017:
glosses: Alternative form of Renaissance fair.
Derived terms: Ren faire
Renaissance faires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Renaissance faire
oscilloclasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oscilloclast
Plymouth Rocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Plymouth Rock
radioclast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioclasts
Etymology: From radio- + -clast.
Senses: topics: pseudoscience
glosses: An electronic device that was supposed to cure disease, operating based on tables of frequencies.
Related terms: oscilloclast
radioclasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radioclast
bomb drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bomb drops
Senses: glosses: A skateboarding trick resembling the acid drop, but with the skater starting from a standing position on the ledge and dropping onto the skateboard as it falls.
bomb drops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bomb drop