cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
myelodysplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myelodysplasias
Etymology: From myelo- + dysplasia.
Senses: examples: text: JSLH has also approved the grading system for diagnostic accuracy of MDS and adopted this standardized diagnostic system to the educational item for certification of the laboratory hematology specialists, aiming at a nationwidely expanding morphological evaluation of myelodysplasia.
ref: 2018 May 9, K. Tohyama, “Present status and perspective of laboratory hematology in Japan: On the standardization of blood cell morphology including myelodysplasia: On behalf of the Japanese Society for Laboratory Hematology”, in International Journal of Lab Hematology, volume 40, number S1, →DOI, pages 120-125:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
Related terms: myelodysplasic
myelodysplastic
myelodysplasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myelodysplasia
onsides
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From on + sides.
Senses: examples: text: He was well onsides when the whistle blew.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Onside: in a legal position with respect to the ball and boundaries
Derived terms: onsides kick
Related terms: offsides
on side
onsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From on + sides.
Senses: glosses: plural of onside
boilerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boilermen
Etymology: From boiler + man.
Senses: examples: text: The Lancashire Tradesmen's Association organises craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workmen on the surface other than the manipulators of coal, enginemen, boilermen and locomen; it also organises skilled craftsmen underground, although some craftsmen are organised by the Lancashire Area, which seeks to organise all underground workers including craftsmen.
ref: 1948, Report of the National Executive Committee [to The] Annual Conference, National Union of Mineworkers:
text: When the war in Korea began he was recalled by the Navy, serving as a boilerman technician. He came to New York in 1952, joined the Actors Studio and began to get parts both onstage and in films.
ref: 2009 January 5, Richard Severo, “Pat Hingle, Versatile Actor With Recurring Role in Batman Movies, Dies at 84”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A person who tends the fire for a steam engine.
Synonyms: stoker
fireman
boilermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boilerman
contradanza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contradanzas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish contradanza, from French contredanse, itself from English country-dance.
Senses: examples: text: The music of Cuba has had a worldwide influence on forms of song and dance. René Buch who conceived and directed a musical “collage” called “¡Habana!” at the Repertorio Español on East 27th Street, points out the influence on Spain, for example, which received ‘habaneras’ and ‘contradanzas’ from Cuba; in this century, in the 1920's, the “rumba” and such songs as “El Manisero” and “Siboney” made their way north to become part of United States culture.
ref: 1982 December 27, Edward Rothstein, “Music: 40 Songs of Cuba”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2023, page C12:
text: The programming was far from random. The habanera is a hybrid seed of great potency. An adaptation of the European contradanza by slaves from West Africa, it is not only an early version of a New World rhythm that took over the globe, but also a direct ancestor for much of jazz and rock ‘n’ roll.
ref: 2018 March 5, Brian Seibert, “Review: Tapping Out Some New World Rhythms”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A popular Cuban dance music genre of the 19th century, or a work composed in this genre.
Related terms: contra dance
danzón
juking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of juke
contradanzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contradanza
counterflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterflows
Etymology: From counter- + flow.
Senses: examples: text: We, too, used[…] a counterflow heat exchanger to warm incoming fresh air.
ref: 2009 January 5, “Using the Earth and Sun to Provide Home Heating”, in New York Times:
glosses: A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
glosses: Driving in the opposite direction.
counterflow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterflows
form: counterflowing
form: counterflowed
form: counterflowed
Etymology: From counter- + flow.
Senses: glosses: To flow in the opposite direction
counterflows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterflow
counterflows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterflow
juked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of juke
institutionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlɪst/
Forms: form: more institutionalist
form: most institutionalist
Etymology: From institutional + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, in addition to noting the similarities between the "new Nietzsche" and nonabsolutist institutionalism, we want to show briefly what, specifically, a reading of Nietzsche adds to the institutionalist treatment of values.
ref: 2016, David F. Ruccio, Jack Amariglio, Postmodern Moments in Modern Economics, page 213:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or following institutionalism
institutionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlɪst/
Forms: form: institutionalists
Etymology: From institutional + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An adherent of institutionalism (in various senses)
Derived terms: antiinstitutionalist
anti-institutionalist
institutionalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of institutionalist
ironman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ironmen
form: ironmans
form: iron man
Etymology: From iron + man. First applied to Joe McGinnity, a baseball player who pitched 48 complete games in one season and worked in an iron foundry during the offseason.
Senses: glosses: An extremely tough and strong athlete, especially one who competes in extreme athletic competitions or in a large number of games consecutively.
examples: text: The catalyst for this rift was the ironman, a multi-discipline sport combining swimming, running, surf-skis and paddle-boards.
Introduced to Australia in 1965 by touring American lifeguards, the ironman is a test of stamina, strength, and diverse skill.
ref: 2011, Katrina Marie Russell, Youth Sport in Australia, page 153:
glosses: A form of surf lifesaving competition which combines swimming, board paddling, ski paddling and running.
examples: text: “Every sense of your body is taken over by the climate,” said the New York City native Christopher Bergland, who set a record at triple ironmans (7.2-mile swim, 336-mile bike, 78.6-mile run) but failed to finish one of his three Badwater races.
ref: 2007 July 21, Aimee Berg, “Far-From-Basic Training for a 135-Mile Footrace”, in New York Times:
glosses: An extreme form of triathlon, expecially one organised by the World Triathlon Corporation that comprises a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike race and a marathon run.
glosses: The winner of such a lifesaving event or triathlon.
Coordinate terms: ironwoman
misoprostol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌɪ.sə(ʊ)ˈpɹɒs.tɒl/
ipa: /ˌmaɪ.soʊˈpɹɑˌstɔl/
Etymology: From m(ethyl) + iso- + -prost- (“prostaglandin”) + -ol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug used for various purposes including the prevention of drug-induced gastric ulcers and the inducement of abortions, having the chemical formula C₂₂H₃₈O₅.
ironmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ironman
cardiopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cardiopathic
form: most cardiopathic
Etymology: From cardiopathy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cardiopathy
cardiopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiopathies
Etymology: From cardio- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any disease or disorder of the heart.
Derived terms: angiocardiopathy
cardiopathic
myocardiopathy
chatta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chattas
form: chhata
form: chattah
Etymology: From Hindi छाता (chātā), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella, parasol, chatra”). Doublet of chador and chatra.
Senses: examples: text: His air, while sitting on a tiger's skin, under his chatta or umbrella, was perfectly majestic.
ref: 1843, Charles James C. Davidson, Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India:
text: The dome was crowned by a pedestal 4½ feet square, which supported a chatta about 3½ feet in diameter.
ref: 1854, Alexander Cunningham, The Bhilsa topes, or, Buddhist monuments of central India:
glosses: Synonym of umbrella or parasol, particularly an Indian parasol.
synonyms: word: umbrella or parasol
word: particularly an Indian parasol
endplayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of endplay
croûton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: croûtons
Etymology: Borrowed from French croûton.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crouton.
Hellenic Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Hellenic Republic
Etymology: Calque of Greek Ελληνική Δημοκρατία (Ellinikí Dimokratía).
Senses: glosses: Official name of Greece: a country in Southeast Europe.
squickiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of squicky: most squicky
squickier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of squicky: more squicky
caritative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ɪˌteɪ.tɪv/
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ɪˌtə.tɪv/
Etymology: From Latin cāritās.
Senses: examples: text: Since that time, both Catholicism and the Protestant denominations have seen an enormous outpouring of caritative agencies. Nuns and monks made teaching and care for the underprivileged a central part of their vocation; devout men and women have founded and devoted their lives to institutions as far removed as Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity and the Salvation Army.
ref: 2004, Phyllis G. Jestice, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 183:
text: Initially guilds were founded founded for benevolent and caritative reasons; however, in time guilds developed into a major economic force within the towns in which they operated.
ref: 2008, Arthur J. Gemmell, Western and Chinese Arbitration: The Arbitral Chain, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 63:
text: The failure of the Fourth Lateran Council to take up Robert of Courson's reform agenda, despite Pope Innocent III's personal advocacy of religious charity and his patronage of the hospitaller movement, meant that the initiative to visit and correct caritative institutions would remain with individual bishops.
ref: 2009, James William Brodman, Charity and Religion in Medieval Europe, Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 87:
glosses: charitable
ged
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geds
Etymology: From Middle English gedde, from Old Norse gedda (“pike”), cognate with Icelandic gedda (“pike”), Danish gedde (“pike”).
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: The pike or luce.
examples: text: He's a perfect ged for silver.
ref: 1808, John Jamieson, A Dictionary of the Scottish Language:
glosses: A greedy person
n't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Etymology: Contraction of not.
Senses: examples: text: Do n’t tell me you ‘have n’t got time,’ / That other things claim your attention; / There ’s not the least reason or rhyme / In the wisest excuse you can mention: / Do n’t tell me about ‘other fish,’ / Your duty is done when you buy ’em; / And you never will relish the dish, / Unless you ’ve a woman to ‘fry ’em.’
ref: 1845 March, “Editor’s Table”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XXV, New York, N.Y.: […] John Allen, […], page 267, columns 1–2:
text: Will n't ye gie us a bit o' time ?—Will n't ye consent to mak' your changes rather more slowly?
ref: 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Noah and Moses”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 196:
text: The only reply is that we did n't. That is the irrefragable fact. We did n't.
ref: 1913 August, Jack London, chapter XIX, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 186:
glosses: not
unallocated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + allocated.
Senses: glosses: That has not yet been allocated.
Related terms: deallocated
unnerstands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: [ˌɜɽ̃.ɻˈstæn(d)z]
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unnerstand
unnerstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: [ˌɜɽ̃.ɻˈstæn(d).ɪŋ]
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unnerstand
unnerstood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: [ˌɜɽ̃.ɻˈstʊd̚]
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unnerstand
liane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lianes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of liana.
microanatomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microanatomies
Etymology: From micro- + anatomy.
Senses: glosses: Microscopic anatomy: the anatomy of minuscule structures, at microscopic scale.
glosses: Microscopic anatomy: the anatomy of minuscule structures, at microscopic scale.
Synonym of histology.
synonyms: word: histology
Hypernyms: anatomy
Coordinate terms: english: gross anatomy
translation: gross anatomy
word: macroanatomy
Derived terms: alt: microanatomic
word: microanatomical
impenetrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: impenetrates
form: impenetrating
form: impenetrated
form: impenetrated
Etymology: From im- + penetrate.
Senses: examples: text: In nature we see forces impenetrating the entire matter, residing in it as its true essence and shaping power.
ref: 1875, Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine, volume 3, page 108:
glosses: To penetrate into.
aimara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aimaras
Etymology: From a native name; said by Century to be Tupi, but perhaps in fact Cariban: contrast Emerillon taɾeʔiɾ (“aïmara”) with Trió aimara (“anjumara”).
Senses: examples: text: Release of fishing pressure after a 25 year period (Fig. 40) revealed that aimara increased rapidly becoming the dominant species, and that pavon declined drastically as aimara became abundant. Payara showed a slight increase ...
ref: 1989, Ana Beatriz Locci Hernandez, Comparative Study of the Response of Simulated Temperate and Tropical Fish Communities to Fishery Exploitation and Environmental Variability:
text: Abak Ekwa means “the land of many avocado trees”; Haimara Ekwa means “the land of many aimara fish” (Hoplias aimara).
ref: 2018, Stuart Kirsch, Engaged Anthropology: Politics Beyond the Text, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 246:
glosses: A South American freshwater river fish, Hoplias aimara.
Synonyms: anjumara
American painted lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American painted ladies
Senses: glosses: The butterfly Vanessa virginiensis.
knuckle-dragger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knuckle-draggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of knuckle dragger.
large tortoiseshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large tortoiseshells
Senses: glosses: The butterfly Nymphalis polychloros, of the family Nymphalidae
glosses: The butterfly Nymphalis xanthomelas
small tortoiseshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: small tortoiseshells
Senses: examples: text: Researchers found that 15 of 17 species which commonly live on farmland – including the small tortoiseshell, small skipper and wall butterfly – show declines associated with increasing neonic use. […] Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell (64%), the wall brown (37%) and the large skipper (35%).
ref: 2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The colourful butterfly Aglais urticae, of the family Nymphalidae.
peacock butterfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peacock butterflies
Senses: glosses: Aglais io, a red butterfly with distinctive large eyespots, of the family Nymphalidae.
Synonyms: sense: Aglais io
word: Inachis io
sense: Aglais io
word: Nymphalis io
sense: Aglais io
word: Papilio io
multiresistant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiresistant
form: most multiresistant
form: multi-resistant
Etymology: From multi- + resistant.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: multidrug-resistant
MDR
glosses: Resistant to multiple drugs (especially to multiple antibiotics).
Related terms: multiresistance
Aufgaben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aufgabe
leg-breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leg-breakers
form: leg breaker
form: legbreaker
Senses: examples: text: The thug was an acknowledged leg breaker, a shakedown artist, a peddler of violence.
ref: 1974 September 4, Victor Riesel, “Mob money took Rebozo”, in Rome News-Tribune, US, retrieved 05 Jan 2009, page 4:
glosses: A violent thug, especially one employed as an enforcer by a criminal organization (e.g., a mafia, a loan shark).
examples: text: For example, jobs described as meat wrapper or leg breaker would both be coded "butcher meat cutter."
ref: 2000, M. McDiarmid et al., “Male and Female Rate Differences in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Injuries”, in Environmental Research, volume 83, number 1, page 28:
glosses: A person whose job is to break the legs of poultry in a food processing facility.
examples: text: Arca performed a similar stunt with a high over-the-top-of-the-ball tackle on Andy Johnson, except he connected. It is what is called a leg-breaker.
ref: 2008 December 22, “Mailbox”, in football365.com, retrieved 05 Jan 2009:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A tackle or other on-field maneuver capable of breaking a player's leg.
examples: text: Zoncolan is a fabled leg breaker of a 13.3km climb that is one of the toughest ascents ever included in a major stage race.
ref: 2003 May 22, Tim Maloney, “First Edition News for May 22, 2003”, in cyclingnews.com, retrieved 05 Jan 2009:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A demanding bicycling competition or the course on which such a competition is held.
examples: text: Armstrong is a leg-breaker, with eight fielders on the on-side. Probably he would do better if he bowled more at the wicket.
ref: 1905, The Strand Magazine, page 703:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A cricketer who bowls leg breaks.
examples: text: Noble joined Wood, and the pair changed the aspect of affairs, 45 being up before a leg breaker from McGiverin proved too good for Noble's defense.
ref: 1894 September 18, “Canadian Cricketers Lead”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Jan 2009, page 3:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A leg break ball.
Related terms: leg break
leg-breaking
leg breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leg breakers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leg-breaker.
middle eight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle eights
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The third of four eight-bar sections in thirty-two-bar-form (AABA-form) music.
Hypernyms: bridge
legbreaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legbreakers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leg-breaker.
varenicline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈɹɛn.ɪk.lɪn/
Etymology: From vare- (of unknown origin) + -nicline (“nicotinic cholinergic receptor agonist”).
Senses: examples: text: Farewell Zyban, hello Champix, Pfizer's name for a new compound called varenicline, which is not an anti-depressant but a ‘nicotine receptor partial agonist’.
ref: 2010, Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug taken orally in the form of its tartrate C₁₃H₁₃N₃·C₄H₆O₆ as an aid to stop smoking. It binds to nicotinic cell receptors to block the activity of nicotine while also acting as an agonist to reduce nicotine cravings and withdrawal symptoms. It is marketed under the trademark Chantix.
Derived terms: varenicline tartrate
neocortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + cortical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the neocortex
Derived terms: intraneocortical
neocortically
nonneocortical
subneocortical
phosphorescing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phosphoresce
phosphoresced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phosphoresce
book-signing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: book-signings
Senses: examples: text: "Before Sunset" tells what happens when they finally do rendezvous—nine years later—in Paris, at a book-signing for a novel Jesse has written, a thinly disguised account of their liaison.
ref: 2004 July 2, Michael Wilmington, “A love affair to remember”, in Chicago Tribune:
glosses: Alternative form of book signing.
feast days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feast day
funeral directors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funeral director
private eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of private eye
spray cans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spray can
funeral parlors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funeral parlor
funeral homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funeral home
lawn chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawn chair
trailer parks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trailer park
caravan parks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caravan park
tours of duty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tour of duty
pauperdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pauper + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a pauper.
Synonyms: pauperhood
bread lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnz
Senses: glosses: plural of bread line
tsigane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tsiganes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tzigane.
toxic wastes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toxic waste
vendor-agnostics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vendor-agnostic
adult movies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adult movie
biological weapons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biological weapon
radiological weapons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiological weapon
chest passes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chest pass
symphony orchestras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symphony orchestra
black-letter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a black-letter manuscript or book
text: In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book.
ref: 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 54:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Written or printed in black letter.
examples: text: Kemble, a black-letter man!
ref: 1833, James Boaden, Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald:
glosses: Given to the study of books in black letter; old-fashioned.
examples: text: black-letter days
glosses: Of or relating to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days; unlucky; inauspicious.
nail gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nail guns
form: nailgun
Senses: examples: text: Downing the drink in a single gulp, I move over to the Anatolian white-oak armoire where I keep a brand-new nail gun I bought last week at a hardware store near my office in Wall Street. After I've slipped on a pair of black leather gloves, I make sure the nail gun is loaded.
ref: 1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 244:
synonyms: nailer
glosses: A power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.
Related terms: air hammer
staple gun
game birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of game bird
steam-ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam-ships
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of steamship.
steam-ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steam-ship
Sais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sais
form: Saeson
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh Sais. Doublet of Saxon.
Senses: glosses: Someone from England; Englander
having kittens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have kittens
double replacement reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double replacement reactions
form: double-replacement reaction
Senses: glosses: A chemical reaction involving a change of chemical bonds, so that two compounds become two different compounds, in the form AB+CD→AD+CB
double replacement reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double replacement reaction
ostalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostalgias
Etymology: From osteo- + -algia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of ostealgia.
synonyms: word: ostealgia
ostalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ostalgie, a play on Ost (“east”) + Nostalgie (“nostalgia”).
Senses: glosses: German nostalgia for the era of East Germany.
NVLD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NVLDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of nonverbal learning disorder.
Synonyms: NLD
NLD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of nonverbal learning disorder.
Synonyms: NVLD
NLD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Nagaland.
examples: text: Officials from the NLD and other factions set up a parallel administration-in-exile called the National Unity Government.
ref: 2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it's supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world”, in Bloomberg Businessweek, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of National League for Democracy.
nonverbal learning disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonverbal learning disorders
Senses: glosses: A form of learning disorder, characterised by severe impairment in visual-spatial, motor and social skills. It is very similar to Asperger’s syndrome.
Synonyms: NLD
NVLD
nonverbal learning disorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonverbal learning disorder
misadventurer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misadventurers
Etymology: From misadventure + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who experiences misadventures.
misadventurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misadventurer
hapus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hapu
neoguelphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A movement in Italy that seeks the active presence of the Catholic Church in politics
sakés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saké
Egg Saturday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The Saturday before Ash Wednesday. At the University of Oxford, the pace eggs are provided for the students on that day.
Synonyms: sense: Saturday before Ash Wednesday
word: Egg Feast
sense: Saturday before Ash Wednesday
word: Festum Ovorum
hamon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamons
Etymology: From Japanese 刃文.
Senses: glosses: A wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard steel sections, where the tempered steel is separated from the softer parts by the hamon.
neuroprosthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + prosthetics.
Senses: glosses: The design and manufacture of neural prosthetics
neuroprosthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroprosthetic
double-replacement reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-replacement reactions
form: double replacement reaction
Senses: glosses: A chemical reaction involving a change of chemical bonds, so that two compounds become two different compounds, in the form AB+CD→AC+BD
double-replacement reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-replacement reaction
asciibetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ASCIIbetical.
lip glosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lip gloss
lazos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lazo
lazos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lazo
rose water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The water-soluble portion of the distillate of rose petals.
glosses: This substance dissolved in water and used as an ingredient in food or beverages, a perfume, etc.
Derived terms: word: rose-water
leg work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of legwork.
leg-work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of legwork.
-plasia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From New Latin -plasia, from Ancient Greek πλάσις (plásis, “molding, formation”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Growth or formation
Synonyms: -plasy
Related terms: -plastic
plasm
Fedzilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Etymology: From federal + -zilla.
Senses: examples: text: Allow me to state a blindingly obvious fact: when Fedzilla gets involved in anything, political motives and ideologies take precedence over everything else—including your health.
ref: 2010, Ted Nugent, Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto:
glosses: The US federal government regarded as a rapacious monster with an appetite for political power, money, etc.
not guilties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of not guilty
slimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slime
slime mould
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slime moulds
Senses: examples: text: Slime moulds on Earth were a common research subject. Scientists had studied them for centuries because of their self-organizing capability, that enabled a loose mass of individual cells to act as a macro-organism, a predator even, all without any neurology whatsoever.
ref: 2019, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin, Macmillan, page 453:
glosses: Alternative spelling of slime mold.
slime molds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slime mold
slime moulds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slime mould
suicide kings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suicide king
exsqueeze me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Blend of squeeze + excuse me
Senses: examples: text: And a bit of peace and quiet to eat it in, after all the din, ken. I picked up my tea and walked away. Exsqueeze me for breathing! Ronaldson said behind me.
ref: 1999, Duncan McLean, Blackden:
text: Exsqueeze me, but saying I don't have much to go on is a ridiculous understatement. Give me something to think about, Sel.
ref: 1999, John Farrow, City of Ice:
text: Oooh, exsqueeze me! What are those guys, totally clueless? We're supposed to get all hot and bothered over Massachusetts?
ref: 2003, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, She's Not There:
text: “There's this guy, he's at a nymphomaniac convention. And he is psyched, 'cause all these women are smoking hot perfect 10s, except for this one chick who looks a lot like...” “Phyllis?” “Yeah.” “No, no, no. That crosses the line.” “Ex-squeeze me?” “Not you. Kevin. Just unwarranted. Hostile work environment, Kevin.”
ref: 2005 September 27, B. J. Novak, “Sexual Harassment” (18:58 from the start), in The Office, season 2, episode 2, spoken by Todd Packer (David Koechner):
text: “I mean, I personally don't mind the Irish. But I just don't like it when they try to sound intelligent.” “Huh, wow. I could listen to you talk for hours.” “Exsqueeze me?” “I mean, not to what you're saying, but to that accent. It's just so specific. Where are you from?”
ref: 2023 August 10, Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil, “Urgent Care” (11:17 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 6, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch):
text: [bell rings] “And chug!” [belches] “Well, ex-squeeze me.” “I love drunk Beef. Give him another shot, Pam.” “Gladly. You still got it, Beef.”
ref: 2024 April 14, Kit Boss, “A Chug's Life Adventure” (12:53 from the start), in The Great North, season 4, episode 10, spoken by Beef Tobin (Nick Offerman):
glosses: Excuse me.
creature features
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creature feature
signalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From signal + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of signalization.
signalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: signalises
form: signalising
form: signalised
form: signalised
Etymology: From signal + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, [...]
ref: 1873, Jules Verne, chapter I, in [anonymous], transl., Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas; […], James R. Osgood edition, Boston, Mass.: Geo[rge] M[urray] Smith & Co., →OCLC, part I, page 3:
text: With the bad permanent way check at Standish and signals before Preston, it was not until after this that No. 10203 got her opportunity, and signalised it by running the 90.1 miles over Shap from Preston to Carlisle in 87 min. 32 sec., or 84½ min. net, the latter 14½ min. inside schedule.
ref: 1957 August 24, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 567:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of signalize.
signalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of signalise
signalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of signalise
signalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of signalise
wishy-washier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wishy-washy: more wishy-washy
wishy-washiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of wishy-washy: most wishy-washy
weaker vessel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weaker vessels
Senses: examples: text: Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 3:7:
text: Certainly, when Satan first made the Attempt upon Eve, he did not think he should have so easily conquered her. . . . Well might she be said to be the weaker Vessel, tho’ Adam himself had little enough to say for his being the stronger.
ref: 1727, Daniel Defoe, chapter 8, in The Political History of the Devil:
text: When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole.
ref: 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 41, in Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:
glosses: A woman; women collectively.
Related terms: fair sex
weaker sex
fair sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the fair sex
form: fairer sex
Senses: examples: text: The younger Gentry, or Dons, to express their Gallantry, carry about them Egg-shells, fill'd with Orange or other sweet Water, which they cast at Ladies in their Coaches, or such other of the fair Sex as they happen to meet in the Streets.
ref: 1728, Daniel Defoe, chapter 8, in Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton:
text: "Permit me rather to perform my duty in attending them," said Roland, anxious to show he was possessed of the high tone of deference prescribed by the rules of chivalry towards the fair sex, and especially to dames and maidens of quality.
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter 23, in The Abbot. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC:
text: Our entrance was attended with the usual ceremony, now familiar to the reader: the warmen danced, shot, and shouted, a rabble of adults, youths and boys crowded upon us, the fair sex lulliloo'd with vigor[.]
ref: 1881, Bayard Taylor, The Lake Regions of Central Africa, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 147:
text: “Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department,” said Holmes, with a smile, when the dwindling frou-frou of skirts had ended in the slam of the front door.
ref: 1904 December, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Second Stain”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:
text: And he had his friends among the fair sex—not lovers, friends.
ref: 1913–1921, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Blind Man”, in England My England and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, published 24 October 1922, →OCLC, page 89:
glosses: Women collectively.
Related terms: weaker sex
weaker vessel
Jesus freaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jesus freak
brum
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brrm.
sacrocaudal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sacro- + caudal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the sacrum and the tail
sacrocaudal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacrocaudals
Etymology: From sacro- + caudal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of the sacrocaudal vertebrae of the sacrum
sacrolumbar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sacro- + lumbar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the sacrum and lumbar vertebrae, the loins.
sacrosciatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sacro- + sciatic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or affecting the sacrum and ischium.
sacrospinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From sacro- + spinal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or affecting the sacrum and the spinal column above it.
sacrovertebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)tɪbɹəl
-iːbɹəl
Etymology: From sacro- + vertebral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or affecting the sacrum and the vertebrae above it.
ecoterrorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecoterrorists
Etymology: From eco- + terrorist.
Senses: glosses: One who engages in ecoterrorism.
ecoterrorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecoterrorist
ecoterrorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eco-terrorism
Etymology: From eco- + terrorism.
Senses: examples: text: On either view and at least in principle, ecoterrorism will be the worst possible policy […]
ref: 1998, Albert Weale, Michael Nentwich, Political Theory and the European Union:
text: Hours later, Ms. Bari, whose pelvis was crushed by the blast, and Mr. Cherney, who was slightly wounded, were arrested by the Oakland police and the F.B.I., which said the bomb had accidentally detonated while the pair were transporting it to use for ecoterrorism.
ref: 2002 June 12, Evelyn Nieves, “Environmentalists Win Bombing Lawsuit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: He said that ecoterrorism by radical and violent groups only encourages fear […]
ref: 2003, Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer, Environmental Activism: A Reference Handbook:
text: The message on the sheet was signed with the letters “E.L.F.,” the infamous initials of the Earth Liberation Front, a loosely organized group that has been linked to multiple bold acts of ecoterrorism across the Northwest and elsewhere for two decades.
ref: 2008 March 4, William Yardley, “Ecoterrorism Suspected in House Fires in Seattle Suburb”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: ecotage
glosses: Terrorism with an ecological motive, such as attacks against corporations perceived to be harming the natural environment.
Related terms: ecoterrorist
ecofreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecofreaks
Etymology: From eco- + freak.
Senses: examples: text: The initial result of the rational ecofreak policies would be that the level of measured income would fall, or at least rise less rapidly...
ref: 1973, Daedalus: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences:
text: The corporate world has responded to a perceived threat to the economic order by casting the environmentalist as un-American, as an ecofreak...
ref: 1999, Fred H Knelman, Every Life is a Story:
glosses: A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.
Synonyms: duck-squeezer
ecocrazy
ecohippie
econazi
enviro
environazi
envirotard
tree hugger
ecofreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecofreak
Jeebus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: jē'bəs
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒiːbəs/
rhymes: -iːbəs
Senses: examples: text: Homer Simpson: Save me, Jeebus!
ref: 2000 February 20, Ron Hauge, “Missionary: Impossible”, in The Simpsons, season 11, episode 15 (television production):
text: Not only do we not look alike (thank God), sound alike (thank Buddha), or act alike (thank Allah), we have none of the same friends (thank Jeebus).
ref: 2005, Pat Flynn, Chantal Stewart, To the Light:
text: He needed no intercom to tell him this: that if it hadn't been Dave who so blighted the world, it would've been some other god — Jeebus or Joey or Ali […]
ref: 2006, Will Self, The Book of Dave:
text: Homer Simpson: Praise Jeebus.
ref: 2007 July 21, The Simpsons Movie (film):
glosses: Jesus.
Jeebus
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: jē'bəs
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒiːbəs/
rhymes: -iːbəs
Senses: examples: text: Jeebus, get over it. It wasn't as if I called you the wrong name while we were having sex.
ref: 2006, Liz Ireland, The Pink Ghetto:
text: Jeebus, does Helen know this? Yes, she does. It's odd, this life of ours, and I'm terribly aware of my culpability in said oddness.
ref: 2007, Helen Boyd, She's Not the Man I Married:
glosses: Jesus.
Related terms: english: biblical placename
translation: biblical placename
word: Jebus
cinder cone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinder cones
Senses: examples: text: The expiring energies of these volcanic agencies have piled up huge cinder cones that stand along the fissures, red, brown, and black, naked of vegetation, and conspicuous landmarks, set as they are in contrast to the bright, variegated rocks of sedimentary origin.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 35:
text: There are ruins of cinder cones—evidence of fairly recent local action—and, in the basins and on the ranges, widespread falls of light ash from volcanoes beyond the province.
ref: 1981, John McPhee, Basin and Range; reprinted in Annals of the Former World, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, page 52:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
volcanology
glosses: A conical deposit of rock fragments around a volcano.
cyberplagiarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + plagiarism.
Senses: examples: ref: 2000, Gunther Eysenbach, “Report of a Case of Cyberplagiarism”, in The Journal of Medical Internet Research, volume 2:
text: She sees cyberplagiarism as a huge problem, and "kids, well, they just don't seem to care."
ref: 2007, Paul G Harwood, Victor Asal, Educating the First Digital Generation:
text: Cyberplagiarism, or copying from the Internet, is another problem rampant in schools, enabled by Internet access.
ref: 2007, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media:
text: Now there is also cyberplagiarism, which refers, among other things, to putting together borrowed and unattributed material read on and drawn from the World Wide Web.
ref: 2008, Charles Bazerman, Handbook of Research on Writing:
glosses: Plagiarism of work found on the Internet.
cybrarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybrarians
Etymology: Blend of cyber- + librarian
Senses: glosses: One who maintains a cybrary; a librarian who works with digital resources online.
cybrarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybrarian
scaremongering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The actions of scaremongers in spreading frightening or ominous reports or rumours.
scaremongering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scaremonger
scaremongered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scaremonger
fear mongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fear monger
fearmongering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fearmonger
fearmongering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fearmongerings
Senses: examples: text: But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies.
ref: 2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICE:
text: Recent polling shows it’s the second most important issue among Americans. But a big reason for that is the relentless, bad-faith fearmongering around the issue by the Republican party themselves, perhaps best summed up by the startling growth this year of the toxic phrase ‘migrant crime’.
ref: 2024, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 11, episode 17:
synonyms: alarmism
scaremongering
glosses: The act of spreading needless fear; exaggerating purported threats in order to incite fear.
fearmongered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fearmonger
scaremongerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaremongerers
Etymology: From scaremonger + -er.
Senses: glosses: A scaremonger; one who scaremongers.
scaremongerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaremongerer