cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
buzziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From buzzy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being buzzy.
boomeranglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boomeranglike
form: most boomeranglike
Etymology: From boomerang + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a boomerang.
liquoricey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liquoricey
form: most liquoricey
Etymology: From liquorice + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of liquorice.
aniseedy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aniseedy
form: most aniseedy
Etymology: From aniseed + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Boldly she drained her glass, too, in one gulp. For a second or so, nothing happened but a curious aniseedy taste as the liquor slipped over her palate, but then, suddenly, it was as if an incendiary bomb had burst in her throat and sent white fire racing down every channel of her body.
ref: 1930, J[ohn] B[oynton] Priestley, “Miss Matfield Wonders”, in Angel Pavement, London: William Heinemann Ltd, →OCLC, section 4, page 260:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of aniseed.
examples: text: This recipe uses Metaxa, the softly caramelly Greek brandy, together with its compatriot, aniseedy ouzo, for a thoroughly Mediterranean experience.
ref: 2004, Stuart Walton, “Never on Sunday”, in The Bartender’s Guide to Cocktails & Mixed Drinks: A Complete Encyclopedia of Spirits, Liqueurs, Wine, Beer, and Mixers with Instructions for Making 600 Drinks, New York, N.Y.: Barnes & Noble Books, →ISBN, page 181, column 1:
text: Raki is an aniseedy liquor, usually taken with meze.
ref: 2006, “Turkey”, in Jonathan Lorie, Amy Sohanpaul, James Innes Williams, editors, The Traveller’s Handbook: The Insider’s Guide to World Travel, 11th edition, London: WEXAS, →ISBN, page 521, column 1:
text: At the back of the 4x4, the poet was mixing a maroon liquid from a medicine bottle with sherry in a row of little shot glasses on the lid of a biscuit tin. ‘This gentleman first!’ Whitby laughed. I swallowed mine and as the rich aniseedy liquor coated my oesophagus, I knew nothing could terrify me more than the thought of the life I’d led – and failed to lead.
ref: 2010, Michael Nath, “Whitby”, in La Rochelle, Pontefract, West Yorkshire: Route, →ISBN, page 246:
text: There’s an appropriately good stock of Ricard and other aniseedy liquor, served at the elegant zinc bar, open late during summer months.
ref: 2010, “[St Tropez] Hotel Pastis”, in Juliet Kinsman, editor, Mr & Mrs Smith Hotel Collection: France, London: Spy Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 281:
text: They continued to play Criticality as they ate, and sipped at the aniseedy liquor that was provided.
ref: 2013, David M Henley, “Pierre Jnr is confirmed alive on April Seventh, 2159”, in The Hunt for Pierre Jnr, Sydney, N.S.W.: HarperVoyager, →ISBN, page 152:
text: I normally make this with lemon, but it is also good with fragrant mandarins, which work well with aniseedy ouzo.
ref: 2017, Catherine Phipps, “[Main courses] Whole Baked Fish with Lemon and Ouzo”, in Citrus: Recipes That Celebrate the Sour and the Sweet, London: Quadrille, →ISBN, page 80:
synonyms: aniseeded
glosses: Flavoured or treated with aniseed.
afrothere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afrotheres
Etymology: From Afrotheria, from Afro- + Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).
Senses: examples: text: Golden moles and tenrecs seem to be related to each other, and most modern authorities place them within the afrotheres.
ref: 2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, Mariner Books, page 222:
text: In the absence of a comprehensive fossil record for stem members of crown Afrotheria, most high-level phylogenetic analyses have been based primarily on the morphology of extant afrotheres[…].
ref: 2007, Rodolphe Tabuce et al., “Early Tertiary Mammals from North Africa Reinforce the Molecular Afrotheria Clade”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, volume 274, page 1159:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An afrotherian.
weta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛtə/
ipa: /ˈweːtʌː/
ipa: /ˈwedə/
Forms: form: weta
form: wetas
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori wētā.
Senses: examples: text: We came to know by heart […] her excitement on her first day at school at seeing a weta crawling on brother Willy's knee (‘Oooh, look on Willy's knee!’) […].
ref: 1982, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 5:
text: It also carried […] the forebears of wētā insects and the worm-caterpillar peripatus.
ref: 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 10:
glosses: Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.
wikipedia: weta
Derived terms: giant weta
wetas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weta
afrotheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afrothere
blame game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bleɪm ɡeɪm/
Forms: form: blame games
Senses: examples: text: She was, in addition, always extremely careful to share with the friends in her Support System her belief that it would be whiny and pathetic to play what she derisively called the "Blame Game" and blame her constant and indescribable adult pain on their parents' traumatic divorce or their cynical use of her.
ref: [1998 January, David Foster Wallace, “The Depressed Person”, in Harpers Magazine, page 58:
text: The UK and France are “engaging in a blame game” over people making perilous Channel crossings in small boats, Labour has said, rather than sitting down together to try to work out a way to prevent more deaths.
ref: 2021 November 28, Peter Walker, “UK and France playing ‘blame game’ after Channel deaths, say Labour”, in The Guardian:
text: A blame game is taking place between Network Rail and the Football Association regarding the closure of the West Coast Main Line over the Easter Bank Holiday, which coincides with an FA Cup semi-final taking place at Wembley Stadium on April 16.
ref: 2022 April 6, Industry Insider, “Fixture clashes”, in RAIL, number 954, page 68:
text: The estimates of the cost of “Trussonomics” will intensify a bitter blame game now being played out at the top of the Tory party.
ref: 2022 November 12, Toby Helm, Phillip Inman, “Revealed: the £30bn cost of Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget”, in The Guardian:
text: Political parties are ensnared in a blame game, with the ruling and opposition parties blaming each other. An audit will no doubt follow.
ref: 2023 August 9, Raphael Rashid, “‘Worst nightmare’: South Korea mulls disastrous Scout jamboree”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Devastated Democrats Play the Blame Game, and Stare at a Dark Future [title]
ref: 2024 November 7, Reid J. Epstein, Lisa Lerer, Nicholas Nehamas, “Devastated Democrats Play the Blame Game, and Stare at a Dark Future”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
synonyms: buck-passing
glosses: A situation in which people attempt to blame others rather than trying to resolve a problem.
Related terms: finger-pointing
he said, she said
who shot John
bushveldt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bushveld.
velds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veld
unflogged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + flogged.
Senses: examples: text: O thou all-pervading essence of Tom Arnold's birch and the Rugby Coaching-room! (unde derivatur "coaching-room" deponent sayeth not; but oh! most unflogged and non-Rugbyen reader! it signifieth neither more nor less than the flogging shop) […]
ref: 1848, John William Carleton, The Sporting Review, volume 19, page 193:
glosses: Not having been flogged (beaten).
blame games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blame game
bushrangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushranger
bushwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushwomen
Etymology: From bush + woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
Coordinate terms: bushman
bushwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushwoman
Bushwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bushwomen
Senses: glosses: A female Bushman.
Bushwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bushwoman
bushwacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bushwack
bushwacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bushwack
bushwacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bushwack
bushmeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushmeat
minaretlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more minaretlike
form: most minaretlike
Etymology: From minaret + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a minaret.
barrellike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more barrellike
form: most barrellike
Etymology: From barrel + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a barrel.
barrowlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more barrowlike
form: most barrowlike
Etymology: From barrow + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a barrow (hand-propelled vehicle).
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a barrow (mound of earth or stones).
whistlelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whistlelike
form: most whistlelike
Etymology: From whistle + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a whistle (shrill high-pitched sound).
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a whistle (musical instrument).
epilations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epilation
fronter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌntə(ɹ)
Senses: examples: text: In the word start, the Maori English vowel is somewhat fronter, despite our general observation that BATH/START is backer than in Pakeha New Zealand English.
ref: 2004, Bernd Kortmann, Edgar W. Schneider, A Handbook of Varieties of English: A Multimedia Reference Tool, volume 1, page 621:
text: Similarly, diphthong shift of /au/ (the MOUTH vowel) involves a first element fronter than [A] or closer (higher) than [a], for example [kευ] cow; diphthong shift of /ei/ (the FACE vowel) has a first element more open (lower) than [e], as in [plɛɪs] place (cf. RP [pleɪs]); diphthong shift of /ou/ (the GOAT vowel) involves a first element fronter and/or more open (lower) than [o], for example /kɐʊt/ coat (cf. RP [kɵʊt]).
ref: 2004, Elizabeth Gordon, New Zealand English: Its Origins and Evolution, page 149:
text: The full development is Quadrant 4 in which /e/ is fully reversed in relation to /ey/, both fronter and higher.
ref: 2007, Terry Lynn Irons, On the Southern Shift in Appalachian English, page 122:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: comparative form of front: more front
fronter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: fronters
Senses: examples: text: 1947 October 11, The Billboard, Gov′t Checks Ork Disk $$$, page 20,
In the case of musicker′s salaries, the IR Department asks a recording band fronter to show if a fixed salary is guarantted to sideman, irrespective of the hours worked; […] .
text: Another point I'd like to bring up is the use of fronters. These are people who prospect for you.
ref: 2002, Joe Catal, Telesales Tips from the Trenches: Secrets of a Street-Smart Salesman, page 167:
text: By attending investment seminars or trade shows or dropping a business card off at a booth, you are sending a message that you are someone who is motivated to invest, which makes you more likely to say yes when the fronter calls on the phone.
ref: 2012, D. Shadel, Outsmarting the Scam Artists: How to Protect Yourself From the Most Clever Cons, unnumbered page:
glosses: A person who or thing that fronts.
backest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: back + -est
Senses: examples: text: He set up two anchor points for his system using articulatory criteria: cardinal vowel 1 was the highest, frontest vowel that one could make without the sound becoming a consonant, and cardinal vowel 5 was the lowest, backest vowel one could produce without pulling the tongue back into the pharynx.
ref: Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller (2005), Phonetics for communication disorders, p. 56
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: superlative form of back: most back
backest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: back + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of back
frontest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He set up two anchor points for his system using articulatory criteria: cardinal vowel 1 was the highest, frontest vowel that one could make without the sound becoming a consonant, and cardinal vowel 5 was the lowest, backest vowel one could produce without pulling the tongue back into the pharynx.
ref: 2005, Martin J. Ball, Nicole Müller, Phonetics for communication disorders, page 56:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: superlative form of front: most front
on-the-fly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: an on-the-fly decompression algorithm
glosses: Performed on the fly.
retraites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retraite
perioral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹəl
Etymology: From peri- + oral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding the mouth.
vice squad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vice squads
Senses: examples: text: The film is about a big city police vice squad, and the action opens with Gould and Blake posing as "fairies" in order to raid and 'bustup' a gay bar.
ref: 1974 February 2, “Notices”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 6:
topics: criminology
government
human-sciences
law
law-enforcement
sciences
glosses: A police section specialized in vice crimes.
Vienna sausage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vienna sausages
Etymology: A calque of German Wienerwurst (“Viennese sausage”); compare the borrowed form wienerwurst.
Senses: examples: text: Spicy but delicate Vienna sausages are eaten with various dishes such as sauerkraut or as a snack by themselves, with or without relish.
synonyms: wiener
wienie
wienerwurst
glosses: A kind of smoked link sausage.
Related terms: frankfurter
NBN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Broadband Network.
fincas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finca
oofy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈuːfi/
enpr: o͞ofʹē
ipa: /ˈufi/
rhymes: -uːfi
Forms: form: more oofy
form: most oofy
Etymology: From oof + -y. Oof is a clipping of ooftish, from Yiddish אויפֿן טיש (oyfn tish, “on the table”) in the phrase געלט אויפֿן טיש (gelt oyfn tish, “money on the table”).
Senses: examples: text: How lucky for me she never can have heard of the glorious Tinman, or my oofy maiden-aunt; wouldn't she have jumped at me, if she had?
ref: 1896 December, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, “Dariel: A Romance of Surrey. Chapter VIII.—Through the Corn.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLX, number DCCCCLXXIV, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publication Co., 112 Wall Street, →OCLC, page 727, column 1:
text: Money isn't everything in this world. Youth and love and pluck are the main things. Hang it, what if you do get into debt occasionally? You've got a pretty oofy father-in-law.
ref: 1909, J[oseph] Storer Clouston, chapter XI, in The Prodigal Father, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 215:
text: This Tom has a peculiarity I've noticed in other very oofy men. Nick him for the paltriest sum, and he lets out a squawk you can hear at Land's End. He has the stuff in gobs, but he hates giving up.
ref: 1934, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Right Ho, Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 3 Duke of York Street St. James's London S.W.1, →OCLC, page 70:
glosses: Having lots of oof (money); rich, wealthy.
wikipedia: 2009 World Series of Poker
Joe Cada
Synonyms: wealthy
Related terms: oof-bird
feathered oof-bird
oof
oofiness
oofless
ooftish
nonsyncretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + syncretic.
Senses: glosses: Not syncretic.
nonchallenging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + challenging.
Senses: examples: text: In the home environment, nonchallenging activities such as watching television or taking short walks may be a good way to start.
ref: 2003, Myron F Weiner, Anne M Lipton, The dementias: diagnosis, treatment, and research:
glosses: Not challenging.
overexuberantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more overexuberantly
form: most overexuberantly
Etymology: From overexuberant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an overexuberant manner.
overexuberant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overexuberant
form: most overexuberant
Etymology: From over- + exuberant.
Senses: glosses: Excessively exuberant.
Derived terms: overexuberance
overexuberantly
perimenopausal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + menopausal.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or experiencing perimenopause.
Synonyms: periestropausal
museumgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From museum + going.
Senses: examples: the museumgoing public
glosses: Visiting a museum or museums, especially habitually or regularly.
museumgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From museum + going.
Senses: examples: text: During the eighties, a number of major museums, including the Modern, had expanded, hoping to cash in on a boom in museumgoing.
ref: 1994 May, New York Magazine, volume 27, number 19:
glosses: Visiting a museum or museums.
nonrotated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rotated.
Senses: glosses: unrotated
unrotated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rotated.
Senses: synonyms: nonrotated
glosses: Not rotated.
unrotated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unrotate
poles apart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
ref: 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
text: As regards distance there is little to choose between them and until the recent diversions there was a marked similarity in their train services; but the resemblance ends there and in character the two lines are poles apart.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 96:
text: In a purely spiritual sense, the two are poles apart and without the material could never be brought together in a single entity.
ref: 1993, Aryeh Kaplan, Yaakov Elman, Israel ben Gedaliah Lipschutz, Immortality, resurrection, and the age of the universe: a kabbalistic view, page 31:
text: At this level, science and magic are poles apart and yet they are the same.
ref: 2001, Karl Figlio, Psychoanalysis, science and masculinity, page 213:
text: 2009, November 29, Times of India, "Two cities, two lives"
Two city living however has its own flipside, not the least the difficulty straddling the two different cultures of two cities that are poles apart.
glosses: Totally opposite.
shotgun marriage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shotgun marriages
Etymology: From shotgun + marriage; compare shotgun wedding.
Senses: examples: text: It is essential for us to win back the rights of teenagers to prevent the state from using […] the denial of reproductive control to channel young women into shotgun marriages, into unwanted familial responsibilities and into dead end streets.
ref: 1983 February 5, Rhonda Copelon, quotee, “Roe v. Wade: The Challenge of the Next Decade”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 5:
text: Others explained that a forced marriage was likely to end in an early divorce, so that the child would suffer more in a shotgun marriage than if born out of wedlock.
ref: 1996, George A. Akerlof et al., “An Analysis of Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing in the United States” (journal article), reproduced in Explorations in Pragmatic Economics: Selected Papers of George A. Akerlof, Oxford University Press (2005), ISBN 978-19-925391-3, page 146
glosses: A marriage beginning with (or resulting from) a shotgun wedding.
glosses: A shotgun wedding itself.
glosses: Such marriages, or such weddings, taken collectively.
glosses: Used figuratively.
shotgun marriages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shotgun marriage
change hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: changes hand
form: changing hand
form: changed hand
form: changed hand
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To turn a horse around; especially, when exercising in a circle, to cross the center and resume circling in the other direction.
Related terms: change hands
at the hand of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: at someone's hand
Senses: examples: text: […]Alaeddin ate and drank and was cheered and after he had rested and had recovered spirits he cried, "Ah, O my mother, I have a sore grievance against thee for leaving me to that accursed wight who strave to compass my destruction and designed to take my life. Know that I beheld Death with mine own eyes at the hand of this damned wretch, whom thou didst certify to be my uncle;[…]
ref: 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Night 532”, in Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of at the hands of.
drag on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drags on
form: dragging on
form: dragged on
form: dragged on
Senses: examples: text: Debate on the Kellogg Mar renunciation treaty dragged on in the senate today with no immediate prospect of final action.
ref: 1929 January 11, “SENATE WARS ON VAGUE TERMS OF ANTI-WAR PACT”, in Chicago Tribune:
text: In Washington state, the race for governor drags on – and on [title]
ref: 2004 December 25, Rebecca Cook, “In Washington state, the race for governor drags on – and on”, in Boston Globe:
text: The villain is a grotesque exterminator voiced by Paul Giamatti, and the climactic battle against him, though it drags on a bit too long, does have its moments.
ref: 2006 July 28, A. O. Scott, “‘The Ant Bully,’ in Which the Bugs Sound Like Movie Stars”, in New York Times:
text: He wants to offer a better experience of the railways, especially as women and children are increasingly making return visits to see the men of their families as the war drags on and their exile becomes semi-permanent.
ref: 2024 August 7, Tony Streeter, “"It is hard not to be inspired" by Ukraine's 'Iron People'”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 25:
glosses: To last too long.
parabasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parabases
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράβασις (parábasis).
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: The part of an Ancient Greek comedy in which the actors leave the stage and the chorus addresses the audience directly.
any old thing
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: Any old thing will do.
glosses: anything at all
thermophoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermo- + -phoresis.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The movement of molecules in a temperature gradient
put one's ass on the line
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts one's ass on the line
form: putting one's ass on the line
form: put one's ass on the line
form: put one's ass on the line
Senses: examples: text: I put my ass on the line to get you here, and all I expect is a little cooperation!
ref: 1990, Predator 2:
text: They thought everyone was afraid. Only they would risk their lives. Once people saw that we put our asses on the line, everything changed...
ref: 2002, Mitchell Geoffrey Bard, From Tragedy to Triumph: The politics behind the rescue of Ethiopian Jewry:
text: He put his ass on the line for his country and his family during the Second World War, but nobody seems to care about that anymore.
ref: 2005, Frederick K. Van Patten, Reluctant Seeker:
glosses: To take a big risk.
know every trick in the book
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows every trick in the book
form: knowing every trick in the book
form: knew every trick in the book
form: known every trick in the book
Senses: glosses: To know all there is to be known about a certain discipline.
live off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lives off
form: living off
form: lived off
form: lived off
Senses: glosses: To depend on financially.
examples: text: When I was a student, I lived off baked potatoes.
text: I live off nothing in this world / Except the thick grey air that chains itself / Swirls all around and engrains itself
ref: 1985, “World Without Warning”, in Pressure Points, performed by Anne Clark:
synonyms: live on
glosses: To survive by consuming only a certain thing or things.
Vienna sausages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vienna sausage
vice squads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vice squad
GHG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GHGs
Senses: examples: text: It is generally accepted that emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) produced by human activities are gradually warming our planet. GHGs emitted into the airspace of any one state are eventually dispersed throughout the world.
ref: 2014, John G Sprankling, “Rights in Airspace and Outer Space”, in The International Law of Property, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 173:
glosses: Initialism of greenhouse gas.
oofless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oofless
form: most oofless
Etymology: From oof + -less.
Senses: glosses: Short of money; poor.
frontness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹʌnt.nɪs/
Etymology: From front + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding.
ref: Andrew Spencer (1996), Phonology: theory and description, p. 25
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Quality of being a front vowel.
backness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.nɪs/
Etymology: From back + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding.
ref: 1996, Andrew Spencer, Phonology: theory and description, page 25:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
antonyms: frontness
glosses: Quality of being a back vowel.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
synonyms: frontness
coordinate_terms: word: height
english: vertical dimension
translation: vertical dimension
word: roundedness
english: lip articulation
translation: lip articulation
word: length
word: nasalization
word: reduction
glosses: A quality of vowels, indicating the horizontal position of the tongue relative to the back of the mouth (front, near-front, central, near-back, or back).
zorrillos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zorrillo
Monds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mondses
Etymology: From the Irish surname of unclear origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
bull-fighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull-fightings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bullfighting.
paraffinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paraffinates
form: paraffinating
form: paraffinated
form: paraffinated
Etymology: From paraffin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To paraffin.
whelming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whelm
whelming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whelmings
Senses: examples: text: But as the last whelmings intermixingly poured themselves over the sunken head of the Indian at the mainmast, leaving a few inches of the erect spar yet visible, together with long streaming yards of the flag, […]
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: Something that covers or submerges.
geolocational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geolocation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to geolocation.
zodiac signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zodiac sign
let know
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets know
form: letting know
form: let know
form: let know
Senses: examples: text: I sent an email to let John know what we found.
text: Let me know when you are arriving.
text: "I'm not sure which flight I'll be taking." / "Well, as soon as you find out, let me know."
text: If anyone has seen him, let us know of his whereabouts.
glosses: To inform (someone) (of something).
viatorial privilege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The exemption of a witness from court duty until summoned and compensated for their expense.
parallactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to parallax
Derived terms: parallactically
paravane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paravanes
Etymology: From para- + vane.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it cuts the moorings of submerged mines.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A towed underwater object with hydrofoils, of diverse uses.
Synonyms: sense: towed underwater object with hydrofoils
word: water kite
paramnesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramnesias
Etymology: From para- + amnesia.
Senses: glosses: An inability to distinguish between real memories and dreams or fantasies
glosses: An inability to remember the meaning of common words
Related terms: paramnesic
vindicatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more vindicatorily
form: most vindicatorily
Etymology: From vindicatory + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She spoke not angrily, but haughtily — not vindictively, but vindicatorily."
ref: 1852, Pierce Egan, The London apprentice, and the goldsmith's daughter of West Chepe, page 167:
text: ...He has been shamefully wronged since his death." Thus vindicatorily of his friend spoke the just and kind Geoffrey Crayon a day or two since; and we are glad to record it while the dark wing of the poet's renown is uppermost.
ref: 1864, Washington Irving, Works of Washington Irving, Volume 26:
text: Not necessarily because he had put himself out of relation with a fixed and central truth — she explained self-vindicatorily — but because he had lost that anchorage which prevents excessive thinking.
ref: 1905, Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association, Eclectic medical journal:
glosses: In a vindicatory manner; in vindication of someone or something.
arithmatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of arithmetically.
acquiescingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more acquiescingly
form: most acquiescingly
Etymology: From acquiescing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in an acquiescing manner
fall over oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: falls over oneself
form: falling over oneself
form: fell over oneself
form: fallen over oneself
Senses: examples: text: Catholic families in the town were falling over themselves in their anxiety to invite the young Franciscans to come and sit in their parlors and be made much of, with cookies and soft drinks.
ref: 1948, Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, published 1999, →ISBN, page 317:
text: As long as we don't fall over ourselves to congratulate our adolescent every time she wipes her feet on the mat, a well-placed and consistent "thank you," a compliment, or a sign of appreciation can go a long way.
ref: 2004, David Walsh, Why Do They Act That Way?, Free Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 250:
text: On the contrary, instead of wholeheartedly defending Chase, Marshall fell over himself to accommodate his accusers.
ref: 2007, Jeffrey Rosen, The Supreme Court: The personalities and rivalries that defined America, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: To be unusually enthusiastic.
falls over oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall over oneself
falling over oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall over oneself
fell over oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall over oneself
fallen over oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall over oneself
lampern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlæmpəɹn/
Forms: form: lamperns
Etymology: From Middle English laumproun, adopted from Old French lampreon, diminutive of lampreie (“lamprey”).
Senses: examples: text: […]if thou woldest an eel or a laumprun holde with streite hondis, how myche strengerli thou thristis, so myche the sunnere it shal sliden awey.
ref: 1382, Wyclif's Bible, prologue to Job, page 671:
text: LAmprayes or Lampurnes bee partly of the nature of Eeles[…].
ref: 1589, Thomas Coghan, Haven of Health, published 1636, page 165:
text: The Lampern is called Petromyzon Fluviatilis, becauſe this fiſh at certain ſeaſons goes to the ſea.
ref: 1799, John Price, The Worcester Guide, page 55:
text: The Lampern, Lampetra fluviatilis, is white, with greenish back; it reaches a length of sixteen inches.
ref: 1936, Charles Tate Regan, Natural History, Ward Lock, page 194:
text: Lampetra fluviatilis (the lampern or river lamprey) undergoes a spawning migration in British rivers during the period between November and February, after which the animals spend from 4 to 6 months in fresh water prior to spawning.
ref: 1956, R. Morris, “The Osmoregulatory Ability of the Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis L.) in Sea Water during the Course of Its Spawning Migration”, in Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 33, page 235:
glosses: European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis).
blimpish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blimpish
form: most blimpish
Etymology: From blimp + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The eccentric southpaw was in fine fettle, yielding only five singles and striking out 12 of the Dodger sluggers, much to the anguish of your slightly blimpish Uncle Wilbert Robinson.
ref: 1930 August 11, “Cardinals Hand Severe Jolt To League Leaders”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
glosses: Blimp-like in appearance or size.
examples: text: A young Home Guard officer decides to show his Blimpish superiors that the younger generation is fed up with playing old-fashioned war games.
ref: 1943 June 21, “News: Gad, Sir, He Had To Die”, in Time:
glosses: Pompously reactionary, like Colonel Blimp.
Synonyms: sense: pompously reactionary
word: Blimpish
Derived terms: blimpishly
blimpishness
lamperns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampern
codependents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codependent
co-dependents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-dependent
codependencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codependency
magnetoconductivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetoconductivity
I must say
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: “I must say, I was very happy when I met Mr. Coningsby again at Cambridge,” said Lady Wallinger. “It gave me much greater pleasure than seeing any of the colleges.”
ref: 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, etc, page 265:
glosses: A term of asseveration.
Synonyms: indeed
forsooth
in fact
as God is my witness
honourless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: honorless
Etymology: From honour + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without honour; dishonourable or dishonoured.
Derived terms: honourlessness
honorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From honor + -less.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of honourless.
Derived terms: honorlessness
neurosurgically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neurosurgical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a neurosurgical manner; with regard to, or by means of, neurosurgery.
stabwound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stabwounds
Etymology: From stab + wound.
Senses: glosses: A wound caused by stabbing.
stabwounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stabwound
seisins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seisin
casuistries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casuistry
nonincestuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + incestuous.
Senses: glosses: Not incestuous.
chi-square tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chi-square test
nonmedullary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + medullary.
Senses: glosses: Not medullary.
nondecorated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + decorated.
Senses: glosses: undecorated
cocycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocycle
flourily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈflaʊɹɪ.li/
Forms: form: more flourily
form: most flourily
Etymology: From floury + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: There was about a stone of potatoes in the centre of the table, bursting flourily through their skins, the steam rising from them.
ref: 1951, Walter Macken, Rain on the Wind:
glosses: In a floury manner.
flouriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From floury + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being floury.
cocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocycles
Etymology: From co- + cycle.
Senses: glosses: A cochain that is in the kernel of a coboundary map.
flounderlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flounderlike
form: most flounderlike
Etymology: From flounder + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a flounder.
flouncily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more flouncily
form: most flouncily
Etymology: From flouncy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a flouncy manner.
shippons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shippon
flounderingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more flounderingly
form: most flounderingly
Etymology: From floundering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a floundering manner; with awkward struggles.
cobordant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Such that their disjoint union bounds a manifold.
raw_tags: of two manifolds of the same dimension
Related terms: cobordism
coorganizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coorganizers
form: coörganizer
form: co-organiser
form: co-organizer
Etymology: From co- + organizer.
Senses: glosses: One who, with another person or persons, organizes something.
coorganizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coorganizer
oligogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oligo- + -genic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Determined by a small number of genes
raw_tags: of a trait
Derived terms: oligogenically
Related terms: oligogene
unrotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rotted.
Senses: examples: unrotted straw
glosses: Not having rotted.
ductilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ductility
knowledgelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From knowledgeless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: A lack of knowledge.
noneven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + even.
Senses: glosses: Odd, not even.
raw_tags: of an integer
glosses: Uneven (not smooth, level, or uniform)
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of a digraph, having no cycles of even weight
Derived terms: nonevenly
nonodd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + odd.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Even, not odd.
raw_tags: of an integer
studtite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Studt + -ite.
From Franz Edward Studt, English prospector and geologist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A secondary uranium mineral containing peroxide formed by the alpha-radiolysis of water during formation; it occurs as white yellow needlelike crystals often in acicular sprays.
wikipedia: studtite
Derived terms: metastudtite
agentively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From agentive + -ly.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In an agentive manner.
agentivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From agentive + -ity.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The state or condition of being agentive.
overdominance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + dominance.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The case in which a heterozygote has a higher fitness or more extreme phenotype than either homozygote.
glosses: Excessive dominance.
Related terms: dominance
xeroxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xeroxers
Etymology: From xerox + -er.
Senses: examples: text: "I am sorry, but I would get rid of any xeroxer like this in our offices." "It is possible to read nevertheless," answered the First Lieutenant, embarrassed.
ref: 1987, The Samizdat bulletin, Issues 165-176:
glosses: A xerox machine, or generically a term for a photocopier
examples: text: It's also why I'm really delighted to have a wonderful helper like Dan, who's not only an accomplished xeroxer and stamp licker […]
ref: 2009, Ross Kilarney Doyle, Human Life in the 21st Century:
glosses: One who xeroxes; a person who does photocopying.
xeroxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xeroxer
aisling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæʃlɪŋ/
Forms: form: aislings
Etymology: From Irish aisling.
Senses: glosses: A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries, in which Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, lamenting the state of the Irish people and predicting the revival of their fortunes.
xeroxable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xerox + -able.
Senses: examples: text: He has patents pending on the invention of non-Xeroxable paper and novel film materials.
ref: 1971, IEEE transactions on electron devices, Volume 18:
text: Each photograph should include the animal identification, date, and some means of assessing measurements (e.g., a xeroxable scale on the identification label).
ref: 2001, Leslie Dierauf, Frances M. D. Gulland, CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine:
text: […] your undergraduate thesis on Calvin and Hobbes — as well as your xeroxable collection of scenes suitable for office doors and overheads […]
ref: 2005, Brock Dethier, First time up: an insider's guide for new composition instructors:
glosses: photocopiable
photocopiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photocopy + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being photocopied.
Synonyms: xeroxable
finifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finif
quarterages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarterage
quarterpounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarterpounders
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quarter-pounder.
quarterpounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarterpounder
birettaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of biretta'd.
birefringently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From birefringent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a birefringent manner.
speedrunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speedrunners
Etymology: From speedrun + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Baldur’s Gate 3, which has a reputation for being one of the longer RPGs out there, is no exception. And one speedrunner in particular has been smashing records left, right, and center.
ref: 2024 January 27, Eliana Bollati, “Baldur’s Gate 3 speedrunner smashes two world records in just two days”, in Dexerto:
text: “Kinda sad to see no females on this list. There are many female speedrunners who are amazing,” said Twitter user Edobean. “Hope that if he does another speedrunning charity event, he invites some female speedrunners.”
ref: 2024 May 23, Dylan Horetski, “Ludwig responds to backlash over having zero female speedrunners at his event”, in Dexerto:
topics: video-games
glosses: A player who performs speedruns.
Synonyms: word: runner
speedrunners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speedrunner
nonstudying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + studying.
Senses: glosses: Not studying; not a student.
loggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From log + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for logging.
raw_tags: of a forest
glosses: Capable of being recorded in a log.
electrophotographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + photographic.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to electrophotography
Derived terms: electrophotographically
electrophotographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From electrophotographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of electrophotography.
nonmedically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonmedical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonmedical manner.
diogenitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diogenite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to diogenite.
posnjakite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular mineral containing copper, sulphur, hydrogen, and oxygen.
recurringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more recurringly
form: most recurringly
Etymology: From recurring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a recurring manner; recurrently.
bromochlorodifluoromethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A haloalkane with the chemical formula CF₂ClBr, used in fire extinguishers.
nonrecurrence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + recurrence.
Senses: glosses: Absence of recurrence; not happening more than once.
xanthoconite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xantho- + conite.
Senses: examples: text: Proustite, always 10 to 20 times more abundant than xanthoconite, formed clusters attached to the lining of the bomb. Xanthoconite occurred in single unattached crystals which were concentrated in the upper part of the solids left in the bomb […]
ref: 1948, Economic Geology, Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral containing silver, arsenic, and sulphur.
xanthoderms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthoderm
yesman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yesmen
Etymology: From yes + man.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yes man.
yesmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yesman
predawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predawn