cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cringy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒi
Forms: form: cringier
form: more cringy
form: cringiest
form: most cringy
Senses: examples: text: The series features a fantastic, cringy scene set at the upfronts, and the whole show serves as an excavation of the prime-time TV life, from the high-flying ‘80s to the mystifying nows.
ref: 2008 May 4, Virginia Heffernan, “Voilà (Sort Of)!”, in New York Times:
text: It involved such a cringy mix of self-indulgence and vulnerability I didn't feel equipped.
ref: 2011, Rosie Scott, Faith Singer:
text: 'You're damn right I am,' declares Ron in a cringy American accent, grabbing Andrea in a showy embrace.
ref: 2016, Catherine Ferguson, Four Weddings and a Fiasco:
text: There stepped into view a man whom Glen had not seen before. He was evidently associated with Mr. Jervice, but he did not in the least resemble him, for instead of being a cringy weakling, he was big and strong and hard.
ref: 1917, Charles Henry Lerrigo, The boy scout treasure hunters: or, The lost treasure of Buffalo Hollow:
text: Possibly the thing had feelings of its own; there was no knowing. Just the little cringy sort that might inveigle itself . . .
ref: 1929, The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women:
glosses: Alternative spelling of cringey.
binger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bingers
Etymology: From binge + -er.
Senses: examples: text: wonky […] crooked, off-center or askew, as in, “That wonky cake pan I picked up in Paris makes each slice a different size — perfect for the office anorexic and binger alike!”; slightly odd or eccentric, i.e., “His pink folding bicycle is a little wonky, but he won’t leave home without it.”
ref: 2009 March 13, Christine Muhlke, “The Talk”, in New York Times:
glosses: Someone who binges.
examples: text: I'd been on a binger once or twice, but it lasted maybe eight hours. From what I could tell, these people began drinking long before the ceremony.
ref: 2017, Lizzy Ford, North (#3, History Interrupted)
synonyms: bender
glosses: A session of drinking alcohol heavily.
rotelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rotelike
form: most rotelike
Etymology: From rote + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Their hazy, flickering surfaces mix bits of history (the space race, the civil rights movement, the cold war) with eruptions of weirdly rotelike graphic finesse — the windshield-wiper strokes with which Rauschenberg brought his images to the surface.
ref: 2007 March 16, The New York Times, “Art Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Like a rote, repetitious
nonpetroleum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + petroleum.
Senses: examples: text: The petroleum part of the trade deficit exceeded the nonpetroleum share for the first time since October 1992, reflecting both the run-up in oil prices and slackening demand for foreign-made goods like television sets, clothing, appliance and furniture.
ref: 2008 March 12, Reuters, “Trade Gap Widens a Bit; Slump Lifts Exports”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not petroleum-based, not containing petroleum.
raw_tags: of fuel
loungeroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loungerooms
form: lounge room
Etymology: From lounge + room.
Senses: examples: text: 2000, Victorian Supreme Court, Council of Law Reporting in Victoria, Victorian Reports, Volume 1, page 8,
The bystanders had entered in two groups of three via the Main Street entrance which led into the loungeroom.
text: One day while visiting Semira and Ahmed I commented on the Oromo pictures and artefacts displayed in their loungeroom.
ref: 2002, Greg Gow, The Oromo in Exile: From the Horn of Africa to the Suburbs of Australia, page 25:
text: The ute slammed into the 78-year-old’s Cheltenham home just after midnight, crashing through the front fence into her loungeroom and pinning her underneath.
ref: 2009 March 14, Wayne Flower, “Elderly woman seriously injured when ute smashes into house”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2009:
glosses: A lounge, a domestic living room.
loungerooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loungeroom
scungy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈskʌnd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: scungier
form: scungiest
Etymology: From scunge + -y.
Senses: examples: text: 1975, The Bulletin, Issues 4951-4963, page 44,
[…] bewitched by the culinary oddities introduced by migrants from the scungier sections of the Old World.
text: “[…]I have been saving up the scungiest, most disgusting fix-up and cleanup jobs just for you.”
ref: 1990, Rob Kantner, Made in Detroit, page 3:
text: 1990 September, Byron Coley, Underground, Spin, page 86,
The cassette collects outtakes, demos, and scungier droppings, so it′s only about as intrinsically interesting as the leftover's from Ric Menck's Groovy Strum comp must be.
text: 2007, Nigel Latta, Into the Darklands and Beyond, 2010, HarperCollins New Zealand, unnumbered page,
They lived in a scungy state house that was far scungier than it needed to be.
text: And while for most people, talk of “green” fridges might conjure up images of hygiene disasters in scungy student flats, the revolutionary invention is not on the nose.
ref: 2009 January 13, AAP, “Enviro-friendly fridges”, in Herald-Sun, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2009:
text: That is a scungy lawn in front of the rented flat down the road.
glosses: Dirty, messy; sordid.
Synonyms: scummy
Related terms: scunge
scunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scunges
Etymology: Probably related to scrounge.
Senses: examples: text: Every saucepan he owned was piled there, caked with unidentifiable scunge.
ref: 1986, Gary Crew, The Inner Circle, unnumbered page:
text: In two mad days Scully painted out the whole interior in lime wash, and the place suddenly seemed brighter, bigger, cleaner, and so strangely wholesome that it made him realize how foul it had been before, what scunge he'd really been dealing with day and night.
ref: 1994, Tim Winton, The Riders, Picador 1996 UK Paperback edition, Ch.8, p.43
text: We asked questions like, “Do you think we can take a blowtorch to burn that green scunge out of the refrigerator without wrecking the insulation?”
ref: 2005, David Meurer, If You Want Breakfast in Bed, Sleep in the Kitchen, page 67:
text: Fitzroy was the across-the-river equivalent of St Kilda. Another ragged, working-class suburb that had become bohemian and then been discovered and slicked up. There was plenty of scunge left, however; in the back streets the smell of dope wafted from the houses.
ref: 2006, Kate Holden, In My Skin: A Memoir of Addiction, page 130:
glosses: Muck, scum, dirt, dirtiness; also used attributively.
glosses: A scrounger; one who habitually borrows.
examples: text: “You four scunges need to clean yourselves up,″ Jarrad announced — ironic given his own personal hygiene, Jake thought, which was less than impeccable.
ref: 2008, Pam Withers, Mountainboard Maniacs, page 120:
glosses: A dirty or untidy person; one who takes no pride in their appearance.
examples: text: The press officer was glad to get me onto the helicopter back to the airbase, as he obviously thought I must be a bit of a scunge asking political questions, when it was my job to report on how well the war was going and how the North was being held.
ref: 1966, Comment: A New Zealand Quarterly Review, volume 8, page 14:
glosses: A scoundrel; a worthless or despicable person.
Synonyms: sense: muck
word: grime
sense: muck
word: muck
sense: muck
word: scum
sense: muck
word: gunge
word: bludger
sense: dirty or untidy person, one who takes no pride in their appearance
word: dag
sense: scoundrel
word: scoundrel
Related terms: scungy
scunge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scunges
form: scunging
form: scungeing
form: scunged
form: scunged
Etymology: Probably related to scrounge.
Senses: examples: text: “I was scunged. ... I hated myself, hated everything, felt useless and worthless, had no friends, no love, no career, no education, no parents and no tomorrows. It all added up to nothing.”
ref: 2002, Dennis McDougal, Mary Murphy, Blood Cold: Fame, Sex, and Murder in Hollywood, page 79:
glosses: To mark with scunge; to begrime or besmirch.
examples: text: 1846, author not visible, The Disruption: A Scottish Tale of Recent Times, R. M. Walker (printer), Edinburgh, page 341,
Neither will ye scunge after the gentry like M′Quirkie, and keep your creed in your hand ready to swap it for ony ither that may happen to be mair profitable.
text: Seizing him in his arms he ran into a shop, and seizing a coil of rope, measured off five or six yards, and fastening this round the dog′s neck, set him down, and giving him a few hearty kicks — ‘Hame wi′ you, ye scunging tyke, hame!’ and thus discovered the laird′s dwelling-place.
ref: 1948, Old Edinburgh Club, The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, volume 26, page 38:
text: Each time he moved, the old dog that lay along his side would groan, complaining at its disturbance until Charlie's fingers scunged into the German shepherd′s long hair reassuring him with his familiar fussing.
ref: 2011, C. J. Bull, When The Spirit Calls, page 79:
glosses: To slink about; to sneak, to insinuate.
examples: text: The Australian Labor Party in Victoria had a very successful result. Members of the National Party are scunging around trying to win Ballarat!
ref: 1980, Victorian Parliament, Parliamentary debates (Hansard), volume 353, page 1449:
text: 2011, Nichola Garvey, Beating the Odds, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,
‘ […] My business does all the work, and you want to come and scunge a market off me and don′t even have a bet? […] ’
glosses: To scrounge; to borrow.
surferish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more surferish
form: most surferish
Etymology: From surfer + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: With Keanu, I close off the back of my throat, and its wispy in the middle, but on the ends of it, its tighter, and I add the surferish sound.
ref: 2007 November 18, Richard Sandomir, “Funnyman, Who Art Thou?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a surfer.
sabrelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sabrelike
form: most sabrelike
Etymology: From sabre + -like.
Senses: examples: text: ABOUT 15 years ago I witnessed a 500-pound bluefin flown in from Montauk fetch $50,000 wholesale and watched it being cut with a lengthy sabrelike steel blade into tapering vertical quarters.
ref: 2007 November 18, Mimi Sheraton, “Markets as Both Feast and Spectacle”, in New York Times:
glosses: resembling a sabre
unstitched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stitched.
Senses: glosses: not stitched
unstitched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unstitch + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unstitch
ghoulie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːli
Forms: form: ghoulies
Etymology: From ghoul + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A ghoul (ghostly spirit).
topics: bridge
games
synonyms: ghoulies
glosses: A form of contract bridge in which only goulash hands are played.
glosses: A testicle; goolie.
Synonyms: word: ghoulie ghoul
Derived terms: ghoulie ghoul
ghoulies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghoulie
ghostie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghosties
Etymology: From ghost + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ghosty.
ghosties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghostie
overcoated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From overcoat + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: He was hatted, booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed, as became a person who was about to expose himself to the night and the storm on an errand of charity[…]
ref: 1892, Ambrose Bierce, The Applicant:
text: These bare, unworked facts evoke a scene right out of Hemingway, the overcoated wiseguy with the heater, the boy and the cook cowering in the kitchen (Another bright boy.
ref: 2007 November 18, Rich Cohen, “Wiseguys”, in New York Times:
glosses: Wearing an overcoat.
overcoated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From overcoat + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcoat
happy mediums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happy medium
ultrasonographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrasonographers
Etymology: From ultrasonography + -er.
Senses: examples: text: There are professionals, there are homeless people a lot of people come in here, says Bill Thomas, a medical ultrasonographer. Mr. Thomas, who is black, says the Japanese-born bartender, Shuhei Fujii, who has a long ponytail and wears an Orange County Choppers shirt, taught him how to do glass-blowing.
ref: 2007 November 18, Jake Mooney, “Where Everybody Really Did Know His Name”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person who performs ultrasonography: a sonographic technician, an expert in ultrasonography, or both coinstantiated.
Related terms: ultrasonograph
ultrasonography
pollie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollies
Etymology: From politician + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: I think politics attracts a particular type of person – and I don′t think I′m one of those. The pollies certainly need to be very dedicated and to be prepared to invest huge amounts of their time.
ref: 2006, Shane Webcke, Ian Heads, Warhorse, page 99:
text: 2009, Laurie Oakes, Power Plays: The Real Stories of Australian Politics, 2011, Read How You Want, page iii,
And I blamed media training, which resulted in mantra politics. (‘Ignore the questions,’ the pollies are told. ‘Keep repeating the message.’)
text: On another surveillance flight I accompanied a prominent pollie of the day, a big, bluff, ruddy-faced Minister.
ref: 2009, David Daniel, Rough as Guts, page 177:
glosses: A politician.
Derived terms: pollyspeak
pollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The previous year, on November 30, 2023, Mr Brereton was pictured wearing what is known as "pollies" or polyester 'general duty dress', in which he is seen putting new rank slides on an officer's shoulder.
ref: 2025 April 27, Olivia Caisley, “Anti-corruption watchdog boss Paul Brereton's defence links spark concerns”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
head_nr: 1
glosses: Army uniform made from polyester.
head_nr: 2
glosses: plural of pollie
head_nr: 2
glosses: plural of polly
callup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callups
Etymology: Deverbal from call up.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of call-up.
callups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callup
velometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument that measures the speed of air.
vibrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vibrographs
Etymology: From vibro- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: An instrument that records vibrations
Derived terms: vibrogram
Related terms: vibrographic
vibrography
volumenometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volumenometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument that measures the volume (three-dimensional space) of something that cannot be immersed in liquid.
wavemeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wavemeters
Etymology: From wave + -meter.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An instrument which measures radio (and other electromagnetic) wavelengths
turgometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turgometers
Etymology: From turgo- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: A device to measure the turgescence of skin.
turgescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more turgescent
form: most turgescent
Senses: glosses: Becoming turgid or swollen.
Synonyms: tumescent
tumid
turgid
Derived terms: turgescence
tropometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tropometers
Etymology: From tropo- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument to measure torsion or rotation.
straightish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From straight + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Reasonably straight.
zealotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zealotic
form: most zealotic
Etymology: From zealot + -ic.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a zealot; zealous; fanatic.
refi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈriːfaɪ/
Forms: form: refis
Senses: examples: text: “With the inflation rate set to remain dampened for the foreseeable future and the credit downturn in full swing, we see a strong case for a steady refi rate throughout 2010,” said Tullia Bucco, an economist at UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking in Milan.
ref: 2009 September 1, Matthew Saltmarsh, “Price Declines in Europe Seen to Be Moderating”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of refinancing.
holinesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See holyness and holy.
Senses: examples: text: The Patrone of true Holineſse, / Foule Errour doth defeate:
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 3:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of holiness.
holynesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holynesses
Senses: examples: text: For hee loveth and requireth holynesse in conversation and dothe make those most deare, entyre, […] which are worthily and stedfastly bent unto holynesse.
ref: The Complete Works of George Gasgoigne, p. 291
glosses: Obsolete spelling of holiness.
co-fathers-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-father-in-law
straw hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straw hat
fairy penguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fairy penguin
emperor penguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emperor penguin
co-sibling-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-siblings-in-law
Etymology: From co- + sibling-in-law.
Senses: glosses: One's spouse's sibling's spouse; either of two (or more) people who marry siblings, from the perspective of the other.
glosses: One's sibling's spouse's sibling; either of two (or more) people whose siblings marry each other, from the perspective of the other.
Coordinate terms: co-brother-in-law
co-sister-in-law
Related terms: co-in-law
co-parent-in-law
co-husband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-husbands
Etymology: From co- + husband.
Senses: examples: text: When younger brother calls [his elder brother's wife] his "co-wife" and reciprocally, when she calls him "co-husband," rights in sexuality are being satirized.
ref: 1997, David Lipset, Mangrove man: dialogics of culture in the Sepik estuary, page 72:
text: The village chief Sambhu, upheld Mahesh’s claim to half of Damodar’s wealth since he was his co-husband
ref: 2004, Govindraraj Sulekha, The Co-husband:
coordinate_terms: co-wife
glosses: In a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man’s wife.
Synonyms: husband-in-law
brother-husband
Related terms: co-in-law
co-father
jabalinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jabalina
jacales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jacal
jaleos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaleo
jaspes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaspe
jipijapas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jipijapa
turmaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turmalines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tourmaline.
turmalines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turmaline
jotas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jota
probs
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: probably.
Synonyms: prob
prolly
probs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prob
backflipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backflip
backflipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backflip
boardie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: homophone: boardy
Forms: form: boardies
Etymology: From board + -ie.
Senses: glosses: surfer
Related terms: boardies
boardies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boardie
examples: text: I find them a curiously confronting sight, dressed in thongs, boardies and Victoria Bitter singlets, and shrouded in Australian flags.
ref: 2009, Paul Daley, Beersheba: A Journey Through Australia's Forgotten War, page 313:
text: Sadly he was later parted from his beloved leopard print boardies when he left them drying on his tent in Rome, and a bypasser took off with them. More sadly that meant that someone else out there also thought that leopard print boardies were a ‘must have’ fashion item.
ref: 2010, Shannon Meadows, Road Wench - It's A Tour, Not A Holiday, unnumbered page:
text: Every so often families in bikinis, boardies and sarongs traipse past on their way back from the beach and look in.
ref: 2010, Matt Preston, “A Pilgrimage to El Bulli”, in Don George, Janet Austin, editors, A Moveable Feast, Lonely Planet, page 121:
glosses: Boardshorts.
boardshorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boardshort
form: board shorts
form: boardshort
Etymology: From board + shorts.
Senses: examples: text: But the appeal of the label — now sold at surf shops in 19 states and 12 countries — is that its black boardshorts and no-frills logos both bypass the sport’s floral sartorial clichés and also, for those in the know, summon up a hard-core, roots surfer image of riders like those Da Hui underwrites.
ref: 2008 May 15, Guy Trebay, “A Line in the Sand and in the Stores”, in New York Times:
glosses: A style of typically knee-length lightweight shorts worn generally by males as swimwear and for surfing.
Synonyms: word: boardies
Derived terms: board-shorted
Related terms: swimshorts
swimwear
sassily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sassily
form: most sassily
Etymology: From sassy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Jantzen’s most popular look this season is a sassily ruched one-piece, updated in lifeguard red and now called the Vamp, which would seem to encourage accessorizing with a cigarette and a martini more than a Pilatesstick.
ref: 2008 May 15, Eric Wilson, “Out With Vegas, In With Vamp”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a sassy manner
cheekboned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cheekbone + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: One young, long-sideburned riding instructor had been a successful account executive in a leading New York ad agency; another riding instructor, a high-cheekboned blond girl, had worked as a research chemist in Chicago.
ref: 1969 June 27, LIFE, volume 66, number 25, page 56:
text: Late Saturday night she joined Brian and Jerry Schwartz and two cheekboned blondes and the lead singer and the lead guitarist from one of her favorite bands for drinks on the little railed-in aerie that Brian had rigged on the roof of the Generator.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
text: WHITLEY Impressively cheekboned folk pop merchant has a knack with banter and hooks .
ref: 2009 January 15, “Rock, Pop and Roots”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2009:
glosses: Having a specific type of cheekbone
raw_tags: in combinations
centreback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centrebacks
Senses: examples: text: " Ferguson paid tribute to the way Wigan - managed by former United centreback Steve Bruce - battled after their early setback.
ref: 2009 January 15, “Wayne Rooney injures hamstring as Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic”, in Herald Sun:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Alternative spelling of centre-back.
centrebacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centreback
Holynesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: However his appeale to their Holynesses hath made the King affrayde to remove him at present from any of his places
ref: 1695, The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Portland: Preserved at Welbeck Abbey, page 173:
glosses: plural of Holyness
kickdrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kickdrums
Etymology: From kick + drum.
Senses: examples: text: Oni shredded her guitar, jumped on top of drummer Pikachu's kickdrum, then jumped off and played a sideways riff while pretending (?
ref: 2009 January 15, Mikey Cahill, “Rock City”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: A bass drum played using a foot pedal.
kickdrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kickdrum
linespeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: " Tennis Australia has previously resisted shifting the Open back amid concerns about how it would affect attendances outside the holiday period and recruiting linespeople, ballboys and ballgirls with businesses back at work and schools already into the first term.
ref: 2009 January 15, Bruce Matthews, “Federer pushes for Open to start two weeks later”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: plural of linesperson
linesperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linespeople
form: linespersons
Etymology: From line + -s- + person.
Senses: examples: text: If it's nine-all in the fifth set, you got to use it and there's a terrible call because the linesperson was sleeping and the umpire was drinking coffee, of course then it's good you have it.
ref: 2009 January 26, Leo Schlink, “Roger Federer and Tomas Berdych slam Hawk-Eye”, in Herald Sun:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A linesman or lineswoman
Synonyms: line judge
touch judge
skying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sky
holynesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I call Antichriste whosoeuer teacheth other deuotions and holynesses, then Christ dyd ordeyne.
ref: 1540, Richard Taverber, edited by Edward Cardwemm, On the Epistles and Gospels, published 1841:
glosses: plural of holynesse
glosses: plural of holyness
holinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But such as are the goods, such are the holinesses.
ref: c''' 1746, Emanuel Swedenborg, Arcana Coelestia, volume 2, page 227:
text: There are not two holinesses, one of Calvary, the other of the Penitente.
ref: 1974, Thomas J. Steele, Santos and saints, page 62:
glosses: plural of holiness
glosses: plural of holinesse
waterslides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterslide
airconditioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more airconditioned
form: most airconditioned
Senses: examples: text: "Rather than sitting in the comfort of airconditioned taxis, maybe John Brumby's department staff should get out and use the rail, tram and bus services," he said.
ref: 2009 January 27, Nick Higginbottom, “Premier John Brumby's department splurges $108,000 on cabs”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: Alternative spelling of air-conditioned.
Derived terms: unairconditioned
preparational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From preparation + -al.
Senses: glosses: preparatory
slogfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slogfest
hayshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haysheds
Etymology: From hay + shed.
Senses: examples: text: More than 21 tankers are now battling the blaze which has spread to 20ha and destroyed a hayshed.
ref: 2009 January 28, Sarah Wotherspoon, “Mercury rising as firefighters battle grass blaze”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2009:
glosses: A shed or barn used to store hay.
haysheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hayshed
helitanker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helitankers
Etymology: From heli- + tanker.
Senses: examples: text: MORE than a dozen fire crews and two helitankers are battling a grass fire west of Geelong as temperatures across the state hit 40C.
ref: 2009 January 28, Sarah Wotherspoon, “Mercury rising as firefighters battle grass blaze”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2009:
glosses: A helicopter used in firefighting, especially against forest fires, which drops water or other fire retardant on the fire.
helitankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helitanker
redivert
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rediverts
form: rediverting
form: rediverted
form: rediverted
Etymology: From re- + divert.
Senses: glosses: To divert again or elsewhere.
Related terms: rediversion
folkster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folksters
Etymology: Derived from folk + -ster.
Senses: glosses: A folk musician.
folksters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of folkster
Banburismus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Banbury, a type of codebreaking sheet named for being printed in the town of that name, + German -ismus (“-ism”); coined by Alan Turing, who invented the process in 1940.
Senses: glosses: A cryptologic process using an early form of Bayesian networks to infer information about the settings of the Enigma machine.
wikipedia: Alan Turing
isogrivs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isogriv
grivations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grivation
studmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: studmasters
Etymology: From stud + master.
Senses: examples: text: Enter his uncle, Shepparton studmaster and harness trainer Steve O'Donoghue, who offered him a job helping feed the stock at his farm.
ref: 2009 January 29, Adam Hamilton, “Todd Matthews survives broken back to become driver”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: Someone who raises studs (horses).
studmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of studmaster
netcronym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netcronyms
Etymology: Blend of net + acronym.
Senses: glosses: An acronym or initialism used on the Internet, such as LOL for "laugh out loud".
netcronyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netcronym
peignoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peignoir
telemovie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telemovies
Etymology: From tele- + movie.
Senses: examples: text: The network will launch the 13-part series as a two-hour telemovie followed by 11 single episodes.
ref: 2009 January 29, Erin McWhirter, “Underbelly: Tale of Two Cities - the first review”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2009:
glosses: A feature film produced and originally distributed by a television network.
Synonyms: telefilm
television movie
topspun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more topspun
form: most topspun
Etymology: From top + spun.
Senses: examples: text: While Verdasco's booming left-hand serve didn't blow away Tsonga like world No. 4 Andy Murray in the previous round, the still conditions under Rod Laver Arena's roof allowed the 25-year-old to wield his heavily topspun forehand and double-fisted backhand with devastating effect.
ref: 2009 January 29, Scott Gullan, Bruce Matthews, “Frenchman Gilles Simon pushes top seed Rafael Nadal”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: Affected by topspin.
wooden spooner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wooden spooners
Etymology: From wooden spoon + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The talented 22-year-old is one of six players named to lead last year's wooden spooners, the group to be headed by James McDonald who had already been confirmed as the club's new captain.
ref: 2009 January 30, AAP, “McLean back in charge”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: The "winner" of a wooden spoon: someone who finishes last in a competition or a member of a team that finishes last in a competition.
Synonyms: wooden spoonist
telemovies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telemovie
deciban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsibæn/
Forms: form: decibans
Etymology: From deci- + ban.
Senses: glosses: A unit of information, one tenth of a ban.
decibans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deciban
horizontalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: horizontalizes
form: horizontalizing
form: horizontalized
form: horizontalized
Etymology: From horizontal + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: If we remove the restrictions, the bone will want to horizontalize itself. It will go to the position that is "normal" — right for that structure.
ref: 2007, Sam Binkley, Getting loose: lifestyle consumption in the 1970s - Page 224:
glosses: To orient horizontally.
glosses: kill, assassinate, execute
topics: business
marketing
glosses: To adapt to a horizontal market.
Related terms: horizontal
horizontalization
horizontalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of horizontalize
horizontalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of horizontalize
horizontalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of horizontalize
saucepot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saucepots
Etymology: From sauce + pot.
Senses: examples: text: For tomatillo sauce, warm oil in a small saucepot on medium heat.
ref: 2009 April 4, Corey Mintz, “Beitzah”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A pot used to make sauce.
examples: text: Thank God I was not the only sex-mad precocious little saucepot around!
ref: 2013 March 9, Jana Falkenberg, Love, Sex And Other Disasters: My Adventurous Search For The Man Of My Dreams:
glosses: A person who behaves in a titillating or saucy manner.
Related terms: saucepan
poststorm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + storm.
Senses: glosses: after a storm
saucepots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saucepot
horizontalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From horizontalize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of horizontalizing.
volleyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volleyers
Etymology: From volley + -er.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A player who hits volleys.
volleyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volleyer
sobber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sobbers
Etymology: From sob + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
Senses: examples: text: Federer, while not quite a serial sobber, also cried as a 21-year-old after beating Mark Philippoussis at Wimbledon in 2003.
ref: 2009 February 3, Terry Brown, “Roger Federer not the only big man to cry”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2009:
synonyms: blubber
blubberer
glosses: One who sobs; a weeper.
unrhotacized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rhotacized.
Senses: glosses: Not rhotacized.
sobbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sobber
infosociety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infosocieties
Etymology: From info + society.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, we postulate, these relations become crucial in social systems of high information flow and content, that is infosocieties.
ref: 1995, Paris Arnopoulos, Sociopolitics: political development in postmodern societies:
text: Quite possibly because infotech and infosociety have made the future unappealing and created a reaction against the future...
ref: 2000, Ed Shane, Disconnected America: the consequences of mass media in a narcissistic world:
text: However, which lesson can be drawn from observation of natural societies and extended to infosocieties?
ref: 2001, Rosaria Conte, Chrysanthos Dellarocas, Social order in multiagent systems:
glosses: An information society.
postdebate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-debate
Etymology: From post- + debate.
Senses: examples: text: The Obama campaign said it would field 22 people to handle postdebate spin, while the Romney campaign said it would have 37.
ref: 2012 October 16, Mark Landler, “Predebate Scenes From the Postdebate Spin Room”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
glosses: After a debate.
infosocieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infosociety
multiagent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + agent.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: Involving more than one agent (actor that can make decisions).
multifront
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-front
Etymology: From multi- + front.
Senses: examples: text: Benedict stressed demographics as he repeated, in a strong multifront attack, the Vatican’s long-held opposition to abortion.
ref: 2007 September 8, Ian Fisher, “Pope Vigorously Defends Catholicism in Austria and Raises Concerns on Europe’s Future”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having numerous fronts.
infotech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From info + tech.
Senses: glosses: Information technology.
benzilic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From benzil + -ic + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A white crystalline aromatic acid soluble in many primary alcohols, which can be prepared by heating a mixture of benzil, alcohol, and potassium hydroxide.
Derived terms: benzilate
benzil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzils
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The organic compound 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethanedione, a diketone used as an intermediate in organic synthesis and as a photoinitiator for free-radical curing of polymer networks.
Derived terms: benzilic acid
benzils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benzil
benzothiophenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benzothiophene
sertaconazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɜː.təˈkɒn.ə.zəʊl/
ipa: /ˌsɝ.təˈkɑn.əˌzoʊl/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -conazole (“miconazole derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antifungal medication of the imidazole class.
postcrisis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + crisis.
Senses: glosses: after a crisis
pteranodon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈɹænədɒn/
ipa: /ptəˈɹænədɒn/
ipa: /təˈɹænədɑn/
Forms: form: pteranodons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + ἀνόδων (anódōn, “toothless”). By surface analysis, ptero- + an- + -odon.
Senses: examples: text: Expect to see species including the apatosaurus, the pteranodon and the tenontosaurus moving and vocalizing at this exhibition, as well as their present-day descendants in the zoos new 13,500-square-foot reptile wing.
ref: 2007 November 30, Laurel Graeber, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times:
glosses: A member of Pteranodon, a genus of large pterosaurs, the males of which had a bony crest on the back of the head.
pteranodons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pteranodon
cytotoxicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytotoxicity
trimethylglycine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trimethyl + glycine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound related to choline, with the difference that the terminal carboxylic acid group of trimethylglycine has been reduced to a hydroxyl group in choline.
Synonyms: glycine betaine
TMG
flunoxaprofen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fluˌnɒksəˈpɹəʊfən/
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
lex dubia non obligat
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: A Latin sentence; from lēx (“law”) + dubia (“doubtful”) + nōn (“not”) + obligat (“is binding”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A doubtful law is not binding.
triphenylmethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triphenylmethanes
Etymology: From triphenyl + methane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydrocarbon with the chemical formula (C₆H₅)₃CH, a colourless solid soluble in nonpolar organic solvents but not in water.
triphenylmethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triphenylmethane
crosstabulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosstabulations
Etymology: From cross- + tabulation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cross tabulation.
benzethonium chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A synthetic quaternary ammonium salt with surfactant, antiseptic, and anti-infective properties
Synonyms: hyamine
crosstabulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crosstabulation
cross tabulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross tabulations
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A presentation of data about categorical variable in a tabular form to aid in identifying a relationship between the variables.
Synonyms: contingency table
cross tab
cross break
Derived terms: cross tab
Related terms: factorial table
determinantal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From determinant + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Our next result […] provides a determinantal test for negative definitess or negative semidefiniteness of a matrix M.
ref: 1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 936:
text: The determinantal equation (9.120) and its expanded form are called the characteristic equation of system (9.116).
ref: 2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th edition, Springer, page 139:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a determinant
Derived terms: multideterminantal
benzylideneacetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzylideneacetones
Etymology: From benzylidene + acetone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The organic compound whose chemical formula is C₆H₅CH=CHC(O)CH₃.
benzylideneacetones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benzylideneacetone
benomyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fungicide that binds to microtubules, interfering with cell functions such as meiosis and intracellular transportation.
dimethylbenzylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylbenzylamines
Etymology: From dimethyl + benzylamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound with the chemical formula C₆H₅CH₂N(CH₃)₂.
dimethylbenzylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylbenzylamine
bromomethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromomethane
Diophantine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to Diophantus, the Greek mathematician.
Derived terms: Diophantine analysis
Diophantine approximation
Diophantine equation
Diophantine set
buspirone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bjuˈspaɪˌɹoʊn/
Etymology: From bu(tyl) + spiro + -one.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A mild antianxiety tranquilizer (trademark Buspar) that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₁H₃₁N₅O₂·HCl and does not induce significant tolerance or psychological dependence.
Derived terms: buspirone hydrochloride
-spirone
noncorporate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-corporate
Etymology: From non- + corporate.
Senses: glosses: not corporate
Diophantus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪəˈfæntəs/
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
Derived terms: Diophantine
diophantine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Diophantine.
cigarless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cigar + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a cigar or cigars.
diphasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈfeɪzɪk/
Etymology: From di- + phasic.
Senses: glosses: Having, or occurring in, two phases.
Derived terms: isodiphasic
elastodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From elasto- + dynamic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to elastodynamics.
Derived terms: elastodynamically
Related terms: elastostatic
elastostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to elastostatics
Derived terms: elastostatically
Related terms: elastodynamic
elastodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From elasto- + dynamics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of waves in an elastic material.
elastostatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From elasto- + statics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Elasticity.
Related terms: elastostatic
elastostatically
photodamaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photodamaged
form: most photodamaged
Etymology: From photo- + damaged.
Senses: glosses: Having undergone photodamage.
midround
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + round.
Senses: glosses: during a round
midround
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + round.
Senses: glosses: during a round
extendability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extendabilities
Etymology: From extend + -ability.
Senses: glosses: extensibility
Alipio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alipios
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Alipio; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
off the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Not at work; off duty.
glosses: Not being paid for working.
glosses: Relaxing.
Related terms: clock off
clock out
on one's own time
Word of Wisdom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Word of Wisdom promises that those who remember to keep this counsel and walk in obedience to the commandments “shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones.”
ref: 2005 July, James E. Faust, quoting Marion G. Romney, “He Healeth the Broken in Heart”, in Liahona, page 2:
text: As a young man he decided that he would always keep the Word of Wisdom and never use alcohol or tobacco.
ref: 2007 May, John B. Dickson, “Commitment to the Lord”, in Ensign, pages 14–15:
glosses: The health code contained in the Doctrine and Covenants. It specifically prohibits the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, hot drinks (usually interpreted/construed as coffee and/or tea), and excessive amounts of meat.
Related terms: word to the wise
finnoc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finnocs
Senses: examples: text: He has only his hedcosycasket on and his wollsey shirtplisse with peascod doublet, also his feet wear doubled width socks for he always must to insure warm sleep between a pair of fullyfleeced bankers like a finnoc in a cauwl.
ref: 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, page 578:
text: The whitling and the finner, or finnoc, have been supposed by many to be young salmon.
ref: 1803, Henry Mackenzie, Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland, page 377:
text: Char enter the river in the finnoc stage, […]
ref: 1963, R. N. Stewart, Salmon and trout: their habits and haunts, page 92:
glosses: Alternative spelling of finnock.