cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
yangban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjaŋban/
Forms: form: yangbans
form: yangban
Etymology: From Korean 양반(兩班) (yangban).
Senses: examples: text: One yangban, Yi Sŭng-hun, provided a new answer to this crisis of authority: while in Beijing serving as a diplomat, he was baptized a Catholic Christian and went home to propagate his faith.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 900:
glosses: A member of the ruling class of male Confucian intellectuals in Korea at and before the time of the Korean Empire.
yanggona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yanggonas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yagona.
yangona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yangonas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yagona.
yangpan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yangpans
form: yangpan
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yangban.
Yanomamö
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yanomamo
form: Yanomami
Senses: glosses: A population of native people living in the Amazon rainforest.
Yanomamö
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yanomamo
form: Yanomami
Senses: glosses: Their language.
Related terms: Yanomaman
yapock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yapocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yapok.
yapok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjæpɒk/
Forms: form: yapoks
form: yapock
Etymology: Probably from the Oyapok River in French Guyana.
Senses: examples: text: Yapoks are carnivorous, eating small fish, crabs, crustaceans, insects, and frogs.
ref: 1989, John F. Eisenberg, Kent H. Redford, Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 3: Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: The water opossum (Chironectes minimus).
water opossum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water opossums
Senses: glosses: A marsupial found in Central and South America, Chironectes minimus
Synonyms: yapock
yapok
gelatinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gelatinize
gelatinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gelatinize
gelatinises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gelatinise
gelatinising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gelatinise
gelatinised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gelatinise
giveaways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giveaway
gilds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪldz/
rhymes: -ɪldz
homophone: guilds
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gild
globalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: globalises
form: globalising
form: globalised
form: globalised
form: globalize
Etymology: Back-formation from globalisation, equivalent to global + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of globalize.
globalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of globalise
globalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of globalise
globalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of globalise
globalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more globalised
form: most globalised
Senses: examples: text: COVID-19 has brought crisis to the world on a scale we have not seen for generations, as virus spreads rapidly across borders and through communities.
In a globalised world, the intertwined elements of technology and human behaviour have been critical in diffusing it, while at the same time the close proximity in which people travel has afforded plenty of opportunity for transmission.
ref: 2020 April 8, Dr David Turner, “How railway staff were conduits and victims of a pandemic”, in Rail, page 30:
glosses: Influenced by globalisation.
moither
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moithers
form: moithering
form: moithered
form: moithered
Etymology: See moider (“to toil, muddle, pester”)
Senses: examples: text: Gie o'er mitherin thi brother an come help me wi t'weshin
glosses: to bother or harass
glosses: To toil; to labour.
examples: text: She always had what her mother, who does not seem greatly to have cared for her, called “moithered” brains
ref: 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To perplex; to confuse.
guiltyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of guiltiness.
screen printing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: serigraphy
silk-screen printing
glosses: A printing technique in which ink is forced through a woven mesh with an ink-blocking stencil on it.
Related terms: screen print
screen-print
head cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head cheeses
Etymology: Calque of Dutch hoofdkaas.
Senses: glosses: A terrine made from the flesh of the head of a pig (such as the face).
Synonyms: word: brawn
word: pork cheese
word: souse
Coordinate terms: creton
goetta
scrapple
head cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head cheeses
Senses: examples: text: Oh, some of our clients talk big. Spend big. And you get a big rush of power when the head cheeses come in. One time, I got Janet Reno.
ref: 1996 September, Susie Day, “Clean, Safe, Totally Shameful”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
glosses: Synonym of big cheese.
synonyms: word: big cheese
head cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head cheeses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cock cheese.
synonyms: word: cock cheese
acarminative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + carminative.
Senses: glosses: Preventing the development of gas in the digestive tract.
gingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ginger
gingers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ginger
fuck finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuck fingers
Senses: glosses: The middle finger.
Joost
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Joosts
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Dutch.
pontify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pontifies
form: pontifying
form: pontified
form: pontified
Etymology: From pontiff + -fy.
Senses: glosses: To pontificate.
rif
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪf
Forms: form: rifs
form: riffing
form: riffed
form: riffed
Senses: examples: text: This sense was expressed in a story about a friend who had been laid off (riffed) in a particularly uncaring manner.
ref: 1991, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges, Peter J. Frost, Reframing Organizational Culture, →ISBN, page 152:
text: If an employee is not given concrete and objective reasons for being riffed, it may be assumed the decision, "must have been discrimination" due to race, sex, age, ethnic background, or other wrongful basis.
ref: 2003, Byron K. Simerson, Michael D. McCormick, Fired, Laid Off, Out of a Job, →ISBN:
text: People are being riffed at her company, too.
ref: 2014, Murray Farish, Inappropriate Behavior: Stories, →ISBN, page 151:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of RIF.
Buchs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Aargau canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A former municipality in Lucerne canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A municipality in St. Gallen canton, Switzerland, on the border with Liechtenstein.
glosses: A municipality in Zurich canton, Switzerland.
willlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: will-lessness
form: will-less-ness
Etymology: From willless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being willless.
kermis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kermises
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kirmess.
chronostratigraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chrono- + stratigraphic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or derived using chronostratigraphy.
Derived terms: chronostratigraphically
chronostratigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chrono- + stratigraphy.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The interpretation of geologic history by means of the determination of the ages, and time sequence of rock strata.
Derived terms: chronostratigraphic
ochl-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒ.kl/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos, “mob”).
Senses: glosses: mob
Derived terms: sense: Terms deriving from or which feature ochl-
word: ochlagogue
sense: Terms deriving from or which feature ochl-
word: ochlagogy
sense: Terms deriving from or which feature ochl-
word: ochlocracy
sense: Terms deriving from or which feature ochl-
word: ochlocrat
sense: Terms deriving from or which feature ochl-
word: ochlocratic
sense: Terms deriving from or which feature ochl-
word: ochlocratically
Related terms: ochlo-
dem-
ciliopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ciliopathies
Etymology: From cilio- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a range of genetic disorders involving defects in the cilia or flagella of cells
Derived terms: ciliopathic
circumstantiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: circumstantiates
form: circumstantiating
form: circumstantiated
form: circumstantiated
Etymology: Blend of circumstantial + -ate
Senses: examples: text: Neither will time permit to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general.
ref: 1661, State Trials:
glosses: To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence
examples: text: If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly.
ref: 1655, John Bramhall, Vindication of True Liberty:
glosses: To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.
clear-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clear-eyed
form: clearer-eyed
form: most clear-eyed
form: clearest-eyed
form: cleareyed
Senses: glosses: Having clear, sharp sight.
examples: text: Another is the smoldering radicalism of eternal student Terrence Moses (Marc Ewing, aptly intense), once the family’s tutor, now smitten with Anna and perhaps the clearest-eyed person in the play.
ref: 2009 July 2, David C. Nichols, “Theater review: ‘The Cherry Orchard’ at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2025:
text: The new government of President Jacob Zuma seems to have a clearer-eyed view of the problem, its remedies and the need to improve the overall health care system than its predecessor did.
ref: 2009 August 30, “Hope in South Africa”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2018:
text: "The golden age is over," muses Tamara, but one of her clearer-eyed colleagues is quick to correct her: "The gravy train has been derailed, you mean."
ref: 2011 April 24, Alex Clark, “The Spoiler by Annalena McAfee – review”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2019:
text: They were cleareyed about the volatility and big price swings of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But what has come as a big surprise to many is that the firms where they deposited their money lacked the basic protections offered by a brokerage or a bank.
ref: 2022 December 5, Matthew Goldstein, “Ordinary Investors Who Jumped Into Crypto Are Saying: Now What?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Hollande was always clear-eyed about Vladimir Putin, setting himself apart from a French political tradition that has often been more complacent about Russia.
ref: 2023 June 10, Roula Khalaf, “Lunch with the FT: François Hollande”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
glosses: Mentally acute and perspicacious.
Synonyms: clear-sighted
Related terms: bright-eyed
open-eyed
sharp-eyed
steely-eyed
clothes-peg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clothes-pegs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clothes peg.
coccolithophorid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coccolithophorids
Senses: glosses: coccolithophore
business-as-usual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of business as usual.
business-as-usual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: As the day progressed, the Premier League’s chief executive, Richard Masters, sent an email to the clubs. It was still early, nothing felt concrete, but there was a business-as-usual tone to his note. Masters reassured everybody that Chelsea would complete their remaining fixtures of the season.
ref: 2022 March 11, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of business as usual.
balds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bald
balds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bald
pusilanimous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pusillanimous.
herbed up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more herbed up
form: most herbed up
Senses: glosses: Under the influence from using marijuana.
metabole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaboles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of metabola.
amphiprostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /æmˈfɪpɹəˌstaɪl/
/ˌæmfɪˈpɹoʊstaɪl/
Etymology: From Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Ancient Greek ἀμφι- (amphi-) + πρόστῡλος (próstūlos, “having pillars”).
Senses: examples: text: This much being sufficiently proved; before I draw the inference in contemplation, I have next to prove, the original temple was amphiprostyle, and hexastyle.
ref: 1806, Thomas Gabb, Finis Pyramidis, page 19:
text: Another characteristic of amphiprostyle temples was that of their porticoes, consisting of four columns only.
ref: 1854, Robert Stuart, “Amphiprostylos”, in Cyclopedia of Architecture, volume 1, page 136:
text: "The Ilissos Temple is the first attested amphiprostyle temple in Greek architecture."
ref: 1993, Ira S. Mark, The Sanctuary of Athena Nike in Athens:
topics: architecture
glosses: Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
raw_tags: of a temple or edifice
Synonyms: amphiprostylar
Related terms: prostyle
amphiprostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æmˈfɪpɹəˌstaɪl/
/ˌæmfɪˈpɹoʊstaɪl/
Forms: form: amphiprostyles
Etymology: From Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Ancient Greek ἀμφι- (amphi-) + πρόστῡλος (próstūlos, “having pillars”).
Senses: examples: 1819, Periptere, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Volume 26, unnumbered page,
Peripteres were properly temples which had columns on all the four ſides; by which they were distinguished from proſtyles, and amphiproſtyles, the one of which had no columns before, and the other none on the sides.
topics: architecture
glosses: An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
metabola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metabole
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”); μετά (metá, “beyond”) + βολέω (boléō, “throw”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A change or mutation of disease, symptoms, or treatment.
metabola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metabole
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”); μετά (metá, “beyond”) + βολέω (boléō, “throw”).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Insects that metamorphose.
Derived terms: metabolian
Related terms: antimetabole
metabolism
smoothes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smoothe
breasticle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛs.tɪ.kəl/
Forms: form: breasticles
form: bresticle
Etymology: Blend of breast + testicle.
Senses: examples: text: She stumbled out of her bra and panties and stood naked, hugging her elbows, while Gerard surveyed her, frowning up and down her body, biting the flesh on the ball of his thumb. She waited for him to notice her lopsided breasticles but he stayed quiet about them, a real gentleman.
ref: 1997, Erika Ellis, Good Fences, Random House, →ISBN, page 134:
text: Toby changes tactics and now attempts to reach my clenched armpits (my tickliest bits), but mistakenly squeezes my left breasticle instead! We both freeze up and instantly want to die. Breasticles are entirely new to this game; one day I was happily flat chested and the next day I had these pointy things.
ref: 2006, Amber Deckers, Ella Mental: And the Good Sense Guide, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 39–40:
synonyms: word: chesticle
word: assets
word: babylons
word: balloons
word: baps
word: badonkers
word: bangers
word: bazongas
word: bazookas
word: bazoombas
word: bazooms
word: bewbs
word: bobas
word: booba
word: boobage
word: boobs
word: boobers
word: boobies
word: boosies
word: bosom
word: breast [⇒ thesaurus]s
word: breasticles
word: bristols
word: bubby
word: bubs
word: bust
word: calcium cannons
word: cans
word: cantaloupes
word: casabas
word: charlies
word: chebs
word: chesticles
word: chest melons
word: chichis
word: coconuts
word: diddy
word: ding-dongs
word: dirty pillows
word: double Ds
word: dugs
word: frontage
word: front bumpers
word: funbags
word: gazongas
word: girls
word: globes
word: grapefruits
word: headlights
word: honkers
word: hooters
word: itty-bittys
word: jahoobies
word: jigglies
word: jubblies
word: jugs
word: knockers
word: lady lumps
word: love pillows
word: mammaries
word: mammary glands
word: mammas
word: maracas
word: megaboobs
word: melons
word: milkbags
word: milk jugs
word: milkers
word: mommy milkers
word: money makers
word: mountain [⇒ thesaurus]s
word: norks
word: paps
word: pair
word: personality
word: puppies
word: rack
word: sweater puppies
word: tatas
word: teats
word: tiddies
word: tits
word: titters
word: titties
word: threepenny bits
word: top bollocks
word: torpedos
word: twin peaks
word: twins
word: udders
word: waps
word: watermelons
word: yabos
word: zoomers
qualifier: typically in the plural
glosses: A breast.
omnisciently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From omniscient + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an omniscient manner; with omniscience.
holonymy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From holo- + -onymy (compare Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”), ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)).
Senses: examples: text: The relation between the terms ‘foot’ and ‘heel’ is that of holonymy, since one of the parts of a foot is a heel.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
philosophy
sciences
semantics
antonyms: meronymy
glosses: A semantic relation that exists between a term denoting a whole (the holonym) and a term denoting a part that pertains to the whole (the meronym).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: The quality or nature of being the whole in a holonymous relation.
Related terms: holonym
holonymous
semantics
synonymy
antonymy
homonymy
polysemy
paronyms
hypernymy
hyponymy
metonymy
meronymy
exocentric
endocentric
amphiprostylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌæmfɪpɹəʊˈstaɪlɚ/
Senses: glosses: amphiprostyle
prostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Ancient Greek πρόστυλος (próstulos, “having pillars”).
Senses: glosses: Having pillars only along the front side
raw_tags: of a structure
prostyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prostyles
Etymology: Ancient Greek πρόστυλος (próstulos, “having pillars”).
Senses: glosses: A building having pillars only along the front side
Derived terms: amphiprostyle
pseudoprostyle
anesthesize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of anesthetize.
claver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈklævɚ/
Forms: form: clavers
Etymology: From Scots claver.
Senses: examples: text: Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
claver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈklævɚ/
Forms: form: clavers
form: clavering
form: clavered
form: clavered
Etymology: From Scots claver.
Senses: glosses: To gossip or chit-chat.
claver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈklævɚ/
Senses: examples: text: He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures: / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills.
ref: 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “[A Paraphrase upon the Second Booke of the Psalmes of David.] Psalme LXV.”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC, page 101:
glosses: Obsolete form of clover.
amortisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amortisations
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of amortization.
amortisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amortisation
artsier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of artsy: more artsy
glosses: comparative form of artsie: more artsie
artsiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of artsy: most artsy
glosses: superlative form of artsie: most artsie
assaulter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːltə(ɹ)
Forms: form: assaulters
Etymology: From assault + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Earnest assaulters of current theories, or earnest apologists for them, should alike have conducted attack or defence, as it seems to us, upon some more concerted plan.
ref: 1861, The Dublin University Magazine, volume 57, page 530:
text: "If you've been assaulted and battered," said the Mayor, "we shall have to arrest the assaulters and batterers, as well."
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 138:
synonyms: assailant
glosses: One who commits assault.
assaulters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assaulter
lanneret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lannerets
Etymology: From lanner + -et.
Senses: glosses: A male lanner, smaller than the female.
awarer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of aware: more aware
awarest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of aware: most aware
gamerscore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamerscores
Etymology: From the trademark Gamerscore, from gamer + score.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Points accumulated by earning achievements in Xbox video games.
ayatollahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ayatollah
ayatolla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ayatollas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ayatollah.
ayatollas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ayatolla
fitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fitches
Etymology: Shortening of fitchew, or directly borrowed from its antecedent, Middle Dutch vitsche (“polecat”). More at fitchew.
Senses: examples: text: The more beautiful of the two comes from a North American species, the black-footed pole-cat (No. 3), which is creamy yellow, sprinkled with black. Made-up skins of this species are sold as "natural fitch" to distinguish them from those of the common fitch, which are generally dyed. The finest skins of this pole-cat, now nearly extinct in Great Britain, are procured from the colder parts of Russia and Siberia.
ref: 1914, Herbert Greenhough Smith, The Strand Magazine, page 510:
text: Not only as it been quite difficult to eliminate the yellow tinge from the dyed fur, but practically every fur dyer has had to admit his inability to make the dyed fitch permanent in color or prevent it from very quickly turning or fading to a sickening shade of red […]
ref: 1922, American Furrier, page 23:
text: Putorius eversmanni michnoi Kastsch, Transbaikalian steppe fitch. No specimens were collected by the Expedition, but a single skull of an adult male was received from a Russian trapper who secured it during the past[…]
ref: 1936, Journal of Mammalogy, volumes 17-18, page 327:
text: Striped fitch has coarser hair and is not so valuable.
ref: 1948, Kay Hardy, Costume Design:
glosses: A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.
examples: text: For those who cannot afford the luxury of real fur, the most picturesque and delightful substitute is offered in stoles and muffs made up of plush-pony skin trimmed with a piece of natural fitch set slant-ways across the front of the muff […]
ref: 1914, Ford Madox Ford, The English Review:
glosses: A skin of a polecat.
fitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fitches
Senses: glosses: A kind of twisted open weave in wickerwork.
fitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fitches
form: fitching
form: fitched
form: fitched
Senses: glosses: To use this kind of open weave.
fitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fitches
Etymology: See vetch.
Senses: examples: text: 1. Colutæa vesicaria vulgaris sylvestris. Ordinary Bastard Sene with bladders.
 This greater Bastard Sene groweth in time to be a tree of a reasonable greatnesse, the stem or trunck being of the bignesse of a mans arme or greater, covered with a blackish greene ragged barke, the wood whereof is harder then of an Elder, but with a pith in the middle of the branches which are divided many wayes, having divers winged leaves composed of many small round pointed or rather flat pointed leaves, set at severall distances, and somewhat like unto Licoris, or the Hatchet fitch, among which come forth yellow flowers like unto Broome flowers and as large; after which come thinne swelling cods, like unto thinne transparent bladders; wherein are conteined blacke seede set upon a middle ribbe within the bladders, which being alittle crushed betweene the fingers, will give a cracke like a bladder full of winde: the roote groweth great and wooddy, branching forth divers wayes.
ref: 1640, John Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, London: Thomas Cotes, page 226:
text: Fitches or Vetches are of divers Sorts, of which before; but since our Author's Time, several new Grasses have been found out, which supply the same Defect. Those which are most in Request, at present are, Clove, Ray-grass, Nonesuch and St. Fein.
ref: 1744, Thomas Tusser, Tusser redivivus. Five hundred points of husbandry ... To which are added, Notes and observations by Daniel Hilman explaining many obsolete terms, etc:
text: If these plants are young, the weeders do not see them; and in this case, when they grow larger, the land must be again weeded. But the small plants, which are not less prejudicial, such as the wild Fitch, the wild Oat, Darnel, Fennel-flower, Knot-grass, Restharrow, Fox-tail, the several sorts of Bindweed, (Convolvulus) and all the small Poppies, remain in the field.
ref: 1764, Duhamel du Monceau, translated by Philip Miller, The Elements of Agriculture, volume 1, page 265:
text: Snail clover (sainfoin), gallion or petty muggalt, wild fitch and haver (oat) grass were all recommended as profitable forage, but what the second was I do not know.
ref: 2019, G. E. Fussell, The English Dairy Farmer: 1500-1900:
glosses: Alternative form of vetch.
keitloa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪtloʊə/
/ˈkeɪt-/
Forms: form: keitloas
Etymology: Borrowed from Tswana [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A variety of the black rhinoceros.
gloriole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɔːɹi.oʊl/
Forms: form: glorioles
Etymology: From Latin gloriola.
Senses: glosses: halo
khamseen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khamseens
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of khamsin.
kamsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamsins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of khamsin.
kamseen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamseens
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of khamsin.
nirwana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of nirvana
8-bit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌeɪtˈbɪt/
Senses: examples: text: I started creating 8-bit music around 2002 when I picked up nanoloop[…]
ref: 2007, Nick Collins, Julio d'Escriván, The Cambridge companion to electronic music, page 189:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: or an integer
glosses: Represented using units of 8 bits (1 byte)
raw_tags: of a word size
examples: text: Typically far more complex than the songs of the 8-bit games, songs in Amiga games had a highly varied structure, but usually followed the same basic principles seen in the 8-bit games (shorter loops with fewer distinct sections for battle music, and longer loops with more distinct sections for in-game music).
ref: 2008 January 1, Karen Collins, Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design, MIT Press, →ISBN:
text: Much of La-Mulanas 8-bit' aesthetic is tied to its self-imposed graphical limitations. To start, the native resolution of 256 × 192 pixels is (as we would expect) much less than that of contemporary standards[…]
ref: 2008 November 12, Brett Camper, “Retro Reflexivity: La-Mulana”, in Bernard Perron, Mark J.P. Wolf, editors, The Video Game Theory Reader 2, Routledge, →ISBN:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
entertainment
lifestyle
mathematics
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Originating from or resembling the art or music of the 8-bit computer era.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
entertainment
lifestyle
mathematics
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Originating from or resembling the art or music of the 8-bit computer era and subsequent eras.
8-bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌeɪtˈbɪt/
Forms: form: 8-bits
Senses: examples: text: The BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum are well-known British 8-bits.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer that processes data in groups of 8 bits (binary digits).
Related terms: 7-bit
16-bit
Xbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛks bɒks/
Forms: form: Xboxes
form: XBox
form: X-box
Etymology: From "DirectX box". In use since the announcement of the original Xbox in 2000.
Senses: examples: text: The Xbox or the Arcade Game Box? That's weird. They knocked off the look of the Xbox with the PlayStation controller.
ref: 2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products” (00:01:45 from the start), in China Uncensored, spoken by himself (Chris Chappell), New Tang Dynasty Television, via New Tang Dynasty Television:
topics: video-games
qualifier: trademark
glosses: Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.
Derived terms: XB1
XBLA
Xblocks
Xbone
Xbot
Xboxer
Xbrick
Related terms: word: NES
word: SNES
word: N64
alt: NGC, GCN
word: GC
word: SMS
word: SMD
word: DC
word: PS
Xbox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛks bɒks/
Forms: form: Xboxes
form: Xboxing
form: Xboxed
form: Xboxed
Etymology: From "DirectX box". In use since the announcement of the original Xbox in 2000.
Senses: examples: text: There's a time and a place for mindless activities (we don't need to make them a big deal) but, if done excessively, they don't exactly deliver what they promise. In other words, Xboxing for hours at a time may give you an illusion of rejuvenation but it doesn't truly make you feel rested.
ref: 2018, Shelley Aggarwal, Signe Darpinian, Wendy Sterling, No Weigh!: A Teen's Guide to Positive Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 49:
topics: video-games
glosses: To play a video game using an Xbox home console.
Playstation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Playstations
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of PlayStation.
X-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Xbox.
XBox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Xbox.
obscurant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒbˈskjʊəɹənt/
ipa: /ɑbˈskjəɹənt/
Forms: form: more obscurant
form: most obscurant
Etymology: Entering English circa 1793–1799: From German Obskurant and French obscurant, from classical Latin obscūrant-, stem of obscūrāns, present participle of obscūrāre (“to obscure”), from obscūrus (“dark”).
Senses: glosses: Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
glosses: Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.
obscurant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒbˈskjʊəɹənt/
ipa: /ɑbˈskjəɹənt/
Forms: form: obscurants
Etymology: Entering English circa 1793–1799: From German Obskurant and French obscurant, from classical Latin obscūrant-, stem of obscūrāns, present participle of obscūrāre (“to obscure”), from obscūrus (“dark”).
Senses: glosses: One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist.
glosses: A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
glosses: An opposer of lucidity and transparency in the political and intellectual spheres.
Related terms: obscurancy
obscurantic
obscurantism
obscurantist
obscurate
obscuration
obscurative
obscure
obscurement
obscureness
obscurify
obscurism
obscurist
obscurity
obscurous
obscurum per obscurius
break the buck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks the buck
form: breaking the buck
form: broke the buck
form: broken the buck
Etymology: Break (as in break the bank) + the + buck (“dollar (colloquial)”).
Senses: examples: text: In 1994, during the Orange County bankruptcy, a few funds were poised to break the buck, until their parent companies stepped in.
ref: 2000, Charles A. Jaffe, Chuck Jaffe’s Lifetime Guide to Mutual Funds: An Owner’s Manual, Perseus Books Group, →ISBN, page 110, →ISBN:
text: "We were likely going to see more funds halt redemptions" and break the buck. The insurance program is part of a wider rescue package […]
ref: 2008 September 19, “Money-Market Funds Get $50 Billion Backstop From US (Update1)”, in Bloomberg:
topics: business
finance
glosses: To fall below the value of one dollar per share.
raw_tags: of a money-market fund
mintaqah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manatiq
Etymology: From Arabic مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa, “area”).
Senses: qualifier: Arabic term; politics administration; Arabic term; politics administration
glosses: A first-level country subdivision used in Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries.
Related terms: baladiyah
imarah
muhafazah
mudiriya
qadaa
shabiyah
wilayah
manatiq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Arabic مَنَاطِق (manāṭiq), plural form of مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa, “area”).
Senses: glosses: plural of mintaqah
at work
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He's not home at the moment: he's at work.
text: They've got a new photocopier at work.
text: Remember to call Marsha at work.
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, work. At one's workplace.
examples: text: Don't interrupt me while I'm at work on my housing project.
text: This was billed as the battle between Kane and his Poland opposite number Lewandowski but this was a game where it was possible to simply enjoy two masters of their craft at work.
ref: 2021 September 8, Phil McNulty, “Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Working, in the process of doing work.
synonyms: at work
working
glosses: At play, in action.
Related terms: on the job
workplace
levitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more levitical
form: most levitical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Levitic (“of or pertaining to the Levites”).
glosses: priestly
Derived terms: levitically
gabbai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈbaɪ/
/ɡæˈbaɪ/
Forms: form: gabbais
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew גַּבַּאי (gabái).
Senses: glosses: An assistant in a synagogue
vulvar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvʌlvə/
ipa: /ˈvʌlvɑː/
ipa: /ˈvʌlvɚ/
ipa: /ˈvʌlˌvɑɹ/
Etymology: From vulva + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the vulva.
Derived terms: vulvar opening
Related terms: vulval
yardland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yardlands
Etymology: From Middle English ȝerdelonde, yerdland, yerdlond, yertland, equivalent to yard (“unit”) + land.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of virgate.
synonyms: word: virgate
sephiroth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛfɪɹəʊθ/
Senses: glosses: plural of sephirah
comes to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come to
coming to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come to
came to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come to
comes in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come in
yari-yari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a native Guianan name.
Senses: glosses: A type of wood from certain species of trees from the Caribbean in the Annonaceae family.
coming in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come in
came in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come in
glosses: past participle of come in
co-recursive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Etymology: From co- + recursive.
Senses: examples: text: Co-recursive algorithms allow infinite large objects to be used without necessarily running out of memory.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing a definition, particularly of an algorithm, given in terms of its output, rather than its input.
Related terms: corecursion
recursive
comes by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come by
coming by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come by
came by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of come by
coops up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coop up
cooping up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coop up
yarpha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑːfə/
ipa: /ˈjɑɹfə/
Forms: form: yarfa
Etymology: From a Scandinavian language.
Senses: glosses: Peat bog.
cops out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cop out
copping out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cop out
copped out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cop out
cordons off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cordon off
cordoning off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cordon off
cordoned off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cordon off
cottons to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cotton to
cottoning to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cotton to
cottoned to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cotton to
cranks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crank up
cranking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crank up
cranked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crank up
cranked up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cranked up
form: most cranked up
Senses: examples: text: Now, I mean this turkey was cranked up good. He had been gobbling at the slightest sound of my hen calls earlier.
ref: 1984, Ken Warner, Gun Digest, 1985, page 16:
text: She thought I'd had too much to drink, which, of course, I had. But now I felt cranked up and wide awake.
ref: 2009, Nellis Boyer, Hancock House, page 63:
text: Birdy especially got cranked up about home burial.
ref: 2013, Seedy Buckberry, A Windfall Homestead:
text: If I was cranked up on caffeine, it was harder to relax and get aroused.
ref: 2014, Jessica Sims, Wanted: Wild Thing:
glosses: Agitated; worked up.
yarran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarrans
Etymology: From a native name.
Senses: glosses: Acacia homalophylla, a species of acacia tree found commonly in Australia.
crops up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crop up
cropping up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crop up
cropped up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crop up
cries out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cry out
crying out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry out
yarringle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarringles
Senses: glosses: A historic instrument for winding yarn, no longer used.
cried out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cry out
cries out for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cry out for
crying out for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry out for
cried out for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of cry out for
grows up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grow up
grows out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grow out of
growing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grow up
yarwhelp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarwhelps
Etymology: Perhaps related to Old English hwilpa, Scots whaup and Dutch wulp (“curlew”).
Senses: glosses: godwit, a type of bird.
grew up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of grow up
growing out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of grow out of
grew out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of grow out of
grown out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of grow out of
yarwip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarwips
Senses: glosses: godwit, a type of bird.
yashiki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yashikis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 屋敷.
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A residence or estate of a daimyo
grown ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grown up
yarrans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarran
yarwips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarwip
yarwhelps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarwhelp
yarringles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarringle
yashikis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yashiki
yarning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yarn
yarned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yarn
yassuh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From yes sir.
Senses: glosses: A formal affirmative response, addressed to a man; yes.
nosuh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From no sir.
Senses: glosses: A negative response, addressed to a man; no.
glosses: no way, expresses surprise or disbelief
yat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yats
form: jat
Etymology: From a Slavic language; compare Russian ять (jatʹ).
Senses: glosses: A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
glosses: The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
yat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yats
Etymology: Spelling variant.
Senses: examples: text: [Chorus:Kano]:3 wheel-ups in a row, that means I'm a direct rudeboy. 2 2 yats of my own that means I'm a direct rudeboy.
ref: 2016 March 4, “3 Wheel-Ups” (track 4), in Made in the Manor, performed by Kano (British musician),Giggs (rapper),Wiley (musician):
text: Quick cash, flip that, now I got big cash. Sit back, sip yak with a next piff yat.
ref: 2018 November 30, “Bits” (track 10), in Original Sounds, performed by Bru-C and Window Kid:
text: One fat batty yat let me hold her baps. I let her hold the sack and that's tit for tat.
ref: 2020 October 29, “Fire in the Booth”performed by Dizzee Rascal:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Alternative spelling of yatt (“woman”).
yatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yatters
Etymology: Imitative, perhaps from/suggested by yap/yammer + chatter. Cognate with Scots yatter, yater (“to nag, chide”), Norwegian Nynorsk jaddre (“to jabber”).
Senses: glosses: Natter; prattle; mindless chatter.
yatter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yatters
form: yattering
form: yattered
form: yattered
Etymology: Imitative, perhaps from/suggested by yap/yammer + chatter. Cognate with Scots yatter, yater (“to nag, chide”), Norwegian Nynorsk jaddre (“to jabber”).
Senses: glosses: To natter; to prattle; to chatter mindlessly.
Related terms: yada yada yada
yaucht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yauchts
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of yacht.
sentence element
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentence elements
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In certain approaches to grammar, a part of the sentence, classified as one of subject, predicate, object, predicative and adverbial.
hard work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Capello was keen to use Phil Jones, normally a defender, in central midfield - but it was hard work for the Manchester United teenager and his England colleagues in the first half as Spain predictably dominated possession.
ref: 2011 November 12, Phil McNulty, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Related terms: hard labor
work hard
job title
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: job titles
Senses: glosses: A specific designation of a post within an organization, normally associated with a job description that details the tasks and responsibilities that go with it.