cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lower house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lower houses
Etymology: From lower + house.
Senses: examples: text: In March, Thais will vote for the 500-seat lower house of parliament. But the 250-member upper house, or Senate, will be chosen entirely by the military.
ref: 2019 February 8, Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, “This princess could be the next prime minister of Thailand”, in CNN International Edition, Cable News Network, retrieved 08 Feb 2019:
topics: government
coordinate_terms: upper house
sole house
glosses: The lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.
Synonyms: lower chamber
Hypernyms: english: structurally
translation: structurally
word: house
Related terms: House of Commons
House of Representatives
lower chamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lower chambers
Etymology: From lower + chamber.
Senses: topics: government
coordinate_terms: upper chamber
sole chamber
glosses: The lower legislative chamber in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.
Synonyms: lower house
Hypernyms: english: legislature
translation: legislature
word: chamber
Related terms: House of Commons
House of Representatives
upper chamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upper chambers
Etymology: From upper + chamber.
Senses: topics: government
coordinate_terms: lower chamber
sole chamber
glosses: The upper legislative chamber in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower chamber.
Synonyms: upper house
Hypernyms: english: legislature
translation: legislature
word: chamber
Related terms: House of Lords
Senate
upper house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upper houses
Etymology: From upper + house.
Senses: examples: text: It was, however, thrown out when it reached the " Upper House," as the Legislative Council is designated.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 286:
text: In March, Thais will vote for the 500-seat lower house of parliament. But the 250-member upper house, or Senate, will be chosen entirely by the military.
ref: 2019 February 8, Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, “This princess could be the next prime minister of Thailand”, in CNN International Edition, Cable News Network, retrieved 08 Feb 2019:
topics: government
coordinate_terms: lower house
sole house
glosses: The upper legislative house in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house.
Synonyms: upper chamber
Hypernyms: english: structurally
translation: structurally
word: house
Related terms: House of Lords
Senate
merchet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merchets
Etymology: From Welsh merched, plural form of merch (“daughter”).
Senses: glosses: In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.
Related terms: bride price
porkpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porkpies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pork pie.
overcalculated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcalculate
overcalculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcalculated
form: most overcalculated
Senses: examples: H. F. Chorley
Many of her [Jenny Lind's] effects on the stage appeared overcalculated.
glosses: Excessively calculated; not natural or spontaneous.
recrossing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recross
recrossing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recrossings
Senses: glosses: The motion or position of things that recross; an interweaving.
recrosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recross
recrosses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recross
dégringolade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dégringolades
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of degringolade.
overcalculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overcalculates
form: overcalculating
form: overcalculated
form: overcalculated
Etymology: From over- + calculate.
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, Mr. Blair began, as anxious people will do, to overcalculate the lapse of time.
ref: 1822, John Gibson Lockhart, Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair, Chapter XI, page 135:
glosses: To calculate as being greater than is actually the case
Synonyms: exaggerate
overestimate
overstate
overcalculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overcalculate
overcalculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overcalculate
chapkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chapka
chapka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chapkas
form: czapka
Etymology: From Polish czapka (“cap”) or Czech čapka (“cap”). Doublet of shapka.
Senses: glosses: A type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry (and later some Napoleonic troops), consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with Polish independence and nationalism.
vacuum pumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacuum pump
fire hydrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire hydrant
recordkeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: record-keeping
Etymology: From record + keeping.
Senses: glosses: The creation, collection and management of records, especially of a business or governmental nature.
midrise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mid-rise
form: mid rise
Etymology: From mid- + rise.
Senses: examples: text: The neighborhood is full of midrise apartment blocks.
topics: architecture
glosses: Neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically consisting of four to ten stories.
raw_tags: of a building
examples: midrise quantization
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: data compression
glosses: Having a zero-valued classification threshold (analogous to a riser of a stairway).
Related terms: midtread
midrise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midrises
form: mid-rise
form: mid rise
Etymology: From mid- + rise.
Senses: examples: text: A lot of new midrises have been built in this area.
topics: architecture
glosses: A building which is neither low-rise or high-rise.
galler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallers
Etymology: From gall + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The most clear-cut species boundaries are among gallers of different plant parts — leaf blade, petiole, bud and twig.
ref: 1994, Peter W. Price, William J. Mattson, Yuri N. Baranchikov, The Ecology and Evolution of Gall-forming Insects, page 181:
glosses: One who or that which galls.
winter vomiting disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In 1968 an outbreak of acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis (winter vomiting disease) occurred in elementary school students in Norwalk, Ohio.
ref: 1981, Saul Krugman, Samuel L Katz, Infectious Diseases of Children:
text: ...epidemic collapse, epidemic nausea and vomiting, winter vomiting disease, severe gastroenteritis in infants and children, and sporadic gastroenteritis.
ref: 2001, James A Listorti, Fadi M Doumani, Environmental Health: Bridging the Gaps:
glosses: The gastroenteritic illness caused by noroviruses.
midrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midrise
gastroenteritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gastro- + enteritic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to gastroenteritis.
nosocomially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nosocomial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nosocomial manner or context; from or in a hospital.
nonpassive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + passive.
Senses: glosses: Not passive
Synonyms: active
Derived terms: nonpassivity
nonpassively
nonpassive income
angsts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ăng(k)sts
ipa: /æŋ(k)sts/
note: see /æ/ raising
ipa: [eɪŋ(k)sts]
rhymes: -æŋsts
rhymes: -æŋksts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of angst
angsting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of angst
angsted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of angst
tuxedoed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tuxedo + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Here are the tuxedoed men who received OUR honorary style awards Saturday night, and might be up for the real Academy Awards next February: […]
ref: 2014 November 9, Carly Mallenbaum, “And now for some tuxedoed stars...”, in USA Today:
glosses: Dressed in a tuxedo.
Synonyms: betuxed
betuxedoed
tuxed
heteronormatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more heteronormatively
form: most heteronormatively
Etymology: From heteronormative + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Mature adults are heteronormatively gendered. One of the key things a child must grow up into is a man or a woman, so to be a mature adult means to identify unambiguously as one or the other […]
ref: 2009, Eric L. Tribunella, Melancholia and Maturation, page xxii:
glosses: In a heteronormative manner or context.
unsharpened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sharpened.
Senses: glosses: Not sharpened.
promil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Parts per thousand
noteworthier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of noteworthy: more noteworthy
noteworthiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of noteworthy: most noteworthy
unencrusted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + encrusted.
Senses: glosses: Not encrusted.
unenchanted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + enchanted.
Senses: examples: text: If I also would be sane — to Sandy — I must keep my superstitions about unenchanted and unmiraculous locomotives, balloons, and telephones, to myself.
ref: 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court:
glosses: Not enchanted.
overdoser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overdosers
Etymology: From overdose + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He has a satisfaction in such achievements, of which the undiscriminating overdoser knows nothing.
ref: 1850, Worthington Hooker, Edward Bentley, Physician and Patient:
text: Being yellow in color, beta-carotene may accumulate under the skin to such an extent that the overdoser actually turns yellow.
ref: 1990, Eleanor Noss Whitney, Eva May Nunnelley Hamilton, Sharon Rady Rolfes, Understanding Nutrition:
text: ...an overdoser, binge drinker, slasher, or sexually impulsive person, is found to act impulsively following some sort of change in a relationship.
ref: 1992, Melvin R Lansky, Fathers who Fail:
glosses: One who overdoses.
overdosers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overdoser
divey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪvi/
Forms: form: more divey
form: most divey
Etymology: From dive + -y.
Senses: examples: text: That new restaurant is kind of divey.
glosses: Having the character of a dive, a disreputable bar or nightclub.
datelined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dateline
flammabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flammability
oohs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ooh
oohs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ooh
oohed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ooh
wahey
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /wəˈheɪ/
Senses: examples: text: People have this image of us. They think we're cock rock. It's time to rein it in a bit. We're not going, Wahey! and pouring champagne on girls' tits.
ref: 2004, Dave Black, The Darkness "Talking":
text: And he did, every day — rabbits, hares; he once leapt hugely after a pheasant we put up, and got it too. "Wahey, go for it, Bullet!"
ref: 2007, Frances Mary Hendry, Wee Malkie:
glosses: Expressing exhilaration or delight.
Synonyms: woohoo
yahoo
intrafamilial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + familial.
Senses: examples: an intrafamilial dispute
glosses: Occurring within a family
Hyponyms: intersibling
interspousal
intramarital
Coordinate terms: interfamilial
Derived terms: intrafamilially
Related terms: familial
parallel import
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parallel imports
Senses: glosses: A legitimate product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner.
Synonyms: grey product
gray product
parallel imports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parallel import
imperfectability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imperfectibility
Etymology: From im- + perfectability or imperfectable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: We must accept the imperfectability of the world.
glosses: the quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect
superannuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of superannuate
superannuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of superannuate
unstartled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + startled.
Senses: glosses: Not startled.
cement boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cement board
flackery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flackeries
Etymology: From flack + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: The crass cultural chauvinism and blatant flackery that surrounded and fed American pop have not by any means gone from the art scene, but they are muted.
ref: 1974 April 15, Robert Hughes, “The Instant Nostalgia of Pop”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2008:
glosses: The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents
Synonyms: spin
PR
marketing
Related terms: hackery
quackery
umbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umber
lustless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lustless
form: most lustless
Etymology: From Middle English lustles, equivalent to lust + -less. Cognate with Dutch lusteloos, German lustlos. Doublet of listless.
Senses: examples: text: By Mahomet, my Kinſmans ſepulcher,
And by the holy Alcaron I ſweare,
He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch,
And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
text: But then, Bergler also claims that there are no genuinely ambi-erotic individuals, only "homosexuals who may be capable of lustless mechanical sex...
ref: 1964, J Z Eglinton, Paul Goodman, Greek Love:
glosses: Without sexual lust.
examples: text: Seemeth thy flocke thy counsell can,
So lustlesse bene they, so weake so wan,
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Ægloga Secunda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Lacking vigour; weak, tame or spiritless.
Derived terms: lustlessly
lustlessness
diethylamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diethylamides
Etymology: From diethyl + amide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The derivative of a compound formed by adding an amide group with two ethyl substituents, N(C₂H₅)₂.
Derived terms: lysergic acid diethylamide
rifamide
Related terms: diethylamine
lustlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lustlessly
form: most lustlessly
Etymology: From lustless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lustless manner.
diethylamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diethylamide
merc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɜːk/
ipa: /mɝk/
Forms: form: mercs
Etymology: Clipping of mercenary. For the /k/ compare bike.
Senses: examples: text: He had a feeling the scarf was the one he'd really have to watch out for; he couldn't say why. “What if those mercs scope us leaving?”
ref: 1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 199:
synonyms: word: adventurer
word: bravo
word: condottiere
word: filibuster
word: freebooter
word: freelance
word: free companion
word: hired gun
word: hireling
word: hit man
word: merc
word: mercenary
word: private military contractor
word: sellsword
word: soldier of fortune
glosses: A mercenary.
merc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɜːk/
ipa: /mɝk/
Forms: form: mercs
form: mercing
form: merced
form: merced
Etymology: Clipping of mercenary. For the /k/ compare bike.
Senses: glosses: To kill.
Derived terms: merc up
mercs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merc
curanderas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curandera
curanderos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curandero
datelining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dateline
labyrinthian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /læb.əˈɹɪn.θi.ɛn/
Forms: form: more labyrinthian
form: most labyrinthian
Etymology: From labyrinth + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Mazelike, having long corridors and passageways that seemingly have no exit.
Synonyms: labyrinthine
curandera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curanderas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish curandera.
Senses: qualifier: often italicized
glosses: A specifically female curandero, or traditional Central American healer
amphoterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The property of being amphoteric.
musicomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of monomania involving an unnatural obsession with music
nosomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From noso- + -mania.
Senses: glosses: A form of hypochondria involving a morbid belief that one is suffering from an unusual disease
onomatomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Jean-Martin Charcot; from onomato- + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: I keep feeling a sense of onomatomania over how often I use the word 'realistically'.
glosses: An abnormal obsession with a particular word.
Related terms: synonymomania
cop shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cop shop
chop shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chop shop
chop shops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chop shop
sitiomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sitomania.
sitomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos, “food”) + μανία (manía, “mad desire”).
Senses: glosses: Obsessive eating
squiggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squiggle
squigglier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of squiggly: more squiggly
squiggliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of squiggly: most squiggly
booth babe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booth babes
Senses: examples: text: But not every company needed a hottie PR rep or "booth babe" to catch our eye.
ref: 2003, Maximum PC:
text: And if a female convention specialist doesn't professionally approach the job, then she's "sitting there going, 'I don't know, I'm just a booth babe...
ref: 2006, Tom Reichert, Jacqueline Lambiase, Sex in Consumer Culture:
text: In my opinion, the absolute worst way to generate artificial interest is the tactic that is commonly known as the booth babe.
ref: 2006, Eric Sink, Eric Sink on the Business of Software:
glosses: A female model hired to represent a product and interact with consumers at a trade fair or similar event.
booth babes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of booth babe
unbleeped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bleeped.
Senses: glosses: Not bleeped out.
raw_tags: of a recorded profanity
quagmiry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quagmiry
form: most quagmiry
Etymology: From quagmire + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The quagmiry road, trodden into tenacious paste by the long file of human beings ahead […]
ref: 1873, Henry Morton Stanley, My Kalulu, Prince, King, and Slave:
text: […] Saturday morning volunteers doing rather ineffectual levelling work on the very quagmiry site […]
ref: 1965, James Anson Graham, B A Phythian, Manchester Grammar School, 1515-1965:
glosses: Like a quagmire.
Sats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sat
doddery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: dodderier
form: dodderiest
Etymology: From dodder + -y.
Senses: examples: text: That is not to say that he became a doddery old man — far from it. He was just a bit thoughtful at times, and I would catch him looking at me pensively...
ref: 1994, Laurie R King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice:
text: The old boy's so doddery now he can hardly finish the course at all. I timed him today. It took him seventy-five seconds...
ref: 1999, Terence Rattigan, Benoît Delhomme, David Mamet, The Winslow Boy:
glosses: Doddering, trembly, shaky.
Derived terms: dodderiness
kohlrabis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kohlrabi
kohlrabies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kohlrabi
long pig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long pigs
form: longpig
form: long-pig
Etymology: Allegedly a calque of Fijian vuaka balavu.
Senses: examples: text: "As a long pig!" I exclaimed in surprise; "why what does he mean by that?" "He means somethin' very unpleasant," answered Bill with a frown.
ref: 1857, R[obert] M[ichael] Ballantyne, The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean:
text: If we were reckless enough to risk being served up as "long pig" by the savages of Malekula, that was our lookout, not his.
ref: 1968, Osa Johnson, I Married Adventure:
text: While Melanesian cannibals make "long pig," barbecuing enemies, legal and political cannibals in San Francisco put a beautiful wealthy woman, Penny Penny Hill, on trial for murder […]
ref: 2002, William C. Miller, Long Pig:
glosses: Human flesh used by cannibals as meat.
Synonyms: word: humanflesh
word: long pork
word: man-meat
english: horror
translation: horror
word: the other white meat
woodpusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodpushers
Etymology: From wood + pusher, in sardonic reference to wooden chesspieces.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A bad player; an amateur.
Synonyms: patzer
Related terms: push wood
syncronizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of synchronizes.
syncronizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of synchronizing.
syncronized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of synchronized.
syncronises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of synchronises.
syncronising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of synchronising.
syncronised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of synchronised.
feedstuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feedstuff
flannelettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flannelette
flaxseeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flaxseed
flenses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flense
tootling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tootle
tootling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tootlings
Senses: examples: text: […] raving through the mad scene in Lucia amid childish orchestral tootlings […]
ref: 1894, George Bernard Shaw, “Puccini: Manon Lescaut”, in Louis Crompton, editor, The Great Composers: Reviews and Bombardments by Bernard Shaw, Berkeley: University of California Press, published 1978, page 307:
text: Then with melodious tootlings and amidst guttural plaudits, a big white automobile carrying a glitter of uniforms had gone by, driven at a headlong pace.
ref: 1918, H. G. Wells, chapter 12, in Joan and Peter, London: Cassell, page 491:
glosses: The sound of a tootle.
tootled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tootle
flensing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: 1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59,
All he knew about flensing knives was that they were used to strip blubber from whale carcasses.
glosses: present participle and gerund of flense
flensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flensings
Senses: glosses: The act of one who flenses; the operation of stripping off blubber.
flensed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flense
waxings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxing
usurpresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of usurpress
vaguer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of vague: more vague
spotties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spottie
glosses: plural of spotty
unstraps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unstrap
unstrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unstrap
xylazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈzaɪləziːn/
/ˈzaɪləzɪn/
Senses: examples: text: After 15, 30, 60 or 90 days, the animals (n = 5 per time point for each subgroup) were sacrificed via an overdose of ketamine and xylazine hydrochloride (Vetbrands Brazil Limited, Jacareí, SP), and the hemimaxillae were removed and fixed in 10% formalin solution (Fig 1 ).
ref: 2015 August 14, “Green Tea Modulates Cytokine Expression in the Periodontium and Attenuates Alveolar Bone Resorption in Type 1 Diabetic Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
text: The user had a hunch that there was fentanyl in the powder but feared the presence of xylazine, a dangerous animal tranquilizer that can leave oozing wounds on limbs.
ref: 2022 December 24, Noah Weiland, “A High-Tech Strategy for Keeping Drug Users Safe: Analyzing Their Fentanyl”, in The New York Times:
text: In her shattered Philadelphia neighborhood, and increasingly in drug hot zones around the country, an animal tranquilizer called xylazine — known by street names like “tranq,” “tranq dope” and “zombie drug” — is being used to bulk up illicit fentanyl, making its impact even more devastating.
ref: 2023 January 7, Jan Hoffman, “Tranq Dope: Animal Sedative Mixed With Fentanyl Brings Fresh Horror to U.S. Drug Zones”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: sedazine
xylacine
xylazil
tranq
tranq dope
coordinate_terms: fentanyl
nitazene
glosses: A potent α₂-adrenergic agonist used for sedation, anesthesia, and analgesia in large mammals, and as an adulterant in street drugs.
unstrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unstrap
unstrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not strapped.
temporin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temporins
Etymology: From temporaria + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of peptides isolated originally from the skin secretion of the European red frog, Rana temporaria.
temporin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin tempus (“temple (of the head)”) + -in.
Senses: glosses: A tarry secretion from the temporal ducts of a bull elephant during musth.
childrenswear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From children + -s- + -wear.
Senses: topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: clothing for children; children's wear.
Synonyms: word: childwear
word: kidswear
breathalyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breathalyses
form: breathalysing
form: breathalysed
form: breathalysed
Etymology: Back-formation from breathalyser.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of breathalyze.
breathalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of breathalyse, an alternative spelling of breathalyze.
breathalysing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of breathalyse
breathalysed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of breathalyse, an alternative spelling of breathalyze.
Oct.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.
ref: 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
related: word: Jan.
word: Feb.
word: Mar.
word: Apr.
word: May
word: Jun.
word: Jul.
word: Aug.
word: Sep.
word: Nov.
word: Dec.
glosses: Abbreviation of October.
dec.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: architecture
coordinate_terms: Norm.
e.e.
perp.
glosses: Clipping of decorated, a style of English Gothic architecture.
dec.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of subdivision.
bottlefly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottleflies
Etymology: From bottle + fly.
Senses: glosses: A blowfly.
mini-floppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-floppies
form: minifloppy
form: mini floppy
Etymology: From mini- + floppy.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: mini-diskette
glosses: A 5.25-inch floppy diskette.
Related terms: floppy
micro-floppy
floppy disk drive
floppy diskette drive
micro-floppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro-floppies
form: microfloppy
form: micro floppy
Etymology: From micro- + floppy.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a 3.5-inch floppy diskette
Synonyms: micro-diskette
microdiskette
micro diskette
Related terms: mini-floppy
floppy
floppy diskette drive
floppy disk drive
micro-diskette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro-diskettes
form: microdiskette
form: micro diskette
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a 3.5-inch floppy diskette
Synonyms: micro-floppy
microfloppy
micro floppy
Related terms: mini-diskette
diskette
floppy diskette drive
floppy disk drive
pour out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pours out
form: pouring out
form: poured out
form: poured out
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pour, out.
examples: text: I poured out three beers for my guests.
glosses: To serve a drink into a cup or glass.
examples: text: […] therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 34:25b:
glosses: To distribute or spread (something), as if it were a liquid.
examples: text: The rats came pouring out of every possible opening in the burning warehouse.
synonyms: spill out
glosses: To leave a place quickly, and in large numbers.
examples: text: She started crying, and she poured out the whole story, right from the beginning.
glosses: To talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth.
Derived terms: pour one's heart out
pour one out
mini-diskette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-diskettes
form: minidiskette
form: mini diskette
Etymology: From mini- + diskette.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: mini-floppy
glosses: A 5.25-inch floppy diskette.
Related terms: diskette
micro-diskette
floppy disk drive
floppy diskette drive
flippy disk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flippy disks
form: flippy disc
Etymology: Blend of flip + floppy disk.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: flippy diskette
flippy
flippy-floppy
glosses: An 8-inch or 5.25-inch floppy diskette that has been modified to be double-sided, allowing data storage on both sides of the disk.
Related terms: disk
diskette
floppy
floppy disk
floppy diskette
disk drive
diskette drive
floppy disc drive
floppy disk drive
floppy diskette drive
cassette drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cassette drives
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cassette tape interface unit for computers, used to read and/or write data to/from a minicassette.
glosses: A drive mechanism used in a cassette deck to advance or rewind (drive) the tape by spinning the spools
Synonyms: sense: drive mechanism
word: tape deck motor
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: cassette tape drive
Related terms: word: microdrive
word: tape drive
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: diskette drive
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: floppy disk drive
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: floppy diskette drive
loope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loopes
Senses: examples: text: […] and he that holds the plow drives them with two whip cords fastened to the fore horses and hung by two loopes upon each of his plough handles […]
ref: quoted in 1968, Walter E. Minchinton, Essays in Agrarian History (volume 1, page 170)
glosses: Obsolete form of loop.
euroland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From euro + -land.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Euroland (“the group of countries in Europe that use the euro for currency”).
tape drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tape drives
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cassette drive.
examples: text: Required: FORTRAN, line printer, enough storage for approx 375K Bytes -- tape drives preferred for confidentiality.
ref: 1979 April 14, “Reliable Computer (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A reel-to-reel tape machine for computers.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cartridge-based interface for computers that reads from and/or writes to a tape.
glosses: A drive mechanism that is used to traverse a tape.
Related terms: cassette tape drive
floppy drive
crinière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crinières
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of criniere.
soapboxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of soapbox
soapboxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of soapbox
extraterrestrially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From extraterrestrial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: One can well imagine rational beings arising, either on earth or extraterrestrially, who could be biologically independent […]
ref: 1998, Richard Dien Winfield, The Just Family:
glosses: In an extraterrestrial way; not on Earth.
theaters of war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theater of war
thick as two short planks
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: “I dunno. He’s thick as two short planks of wood, but his six brothers are all banged up in here, so he’s got eyes and ears all over the prison. Auntie Flip better watch out.”
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very stupid.
angle brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angle bracket
curly brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curly bracket
square brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of square bracket
klapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: klappers
Etymology: Possibly from Malay kelapa (coconut) or Afrikaans klapper (rattle).
Senses: examples: text: Wild peaches, sour klappers (unknown in the south) medlers, moepels, and various other kinds of fruit made our wilderness a veritable orchard.
ref: 1939, Eugène Marais, My Friends the Baboons (translated)
glosses: The Natal orange. (Strychnos spinosa)
Proto-Yeniseians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Proto-Yeniseian
Yeniseians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yeniseian
unreally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unreally
form: most unreally
Etymology: From unreal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unreal way.
verbal nouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verbal noun
blondeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blondenesses
Etymology: From blonde + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: I got dozens of winks, she got hundreds. One must never ever underestimate the power of blondeness and bustiness in the sexual imaginings of men. It’s not easy for a petite brunette to keep up.
ref: 2014, Monica Porter, chapter 7, in Raven: My Year of Dating Dangerously, London: Head of Zeus, →ISBN, page 65:
glosses: The extent to which someone or something is blonde.
examples: text: After a slightly panicked moment when I realised I had no key to get into my house, the blondeness passed and I remembered I hadn't actually locked it[.]
ref: 2013, Janis Hill, Bonnie's Story, page 3:
glosses: Stupidity, dopiness.
raw_tags: of a woman
blondenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blondeness
stringless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From string + -less.
Senses: examples: text: A stringless guitar is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
glosses: Without string.
examples: a stringless variety of green beans
glosses: Without a hard fibrous strand running the length of one side of the pod.
housebuilder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housebuilders
Etymology: From house + builder.
Senses: glosses: One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
Synonyms: housewright
housebuilders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housebuilder
post box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post boxes
form: postbox
Etymology: From post + box.
Senses: examples: text: Would you take these letters down to the post box please – they've already got stamps.
text: Many large organisations have post box numbers. Mail from anywhere in the country is collected and delivered to this one address. What more could Post do to provide further value? While delivery of the mail to the post box is reliable, there are subsequent delays of, at times, a week before the mail arrives at the desk of the person within the recipient organisation.
ref: 2000, Peter Vervest with Al Dunn, How to Win Customers in the Digital World: Total Action or Fatal Inaction, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 203:
text: The "post-box solution" was a proposal that the Commonwealth Prime Minister act as a "post-box", passing on State advice to the Queen without altering it or commenting on it. The Queen would receive advice from one source only, but it would be the States that were effectively advising the Queen on State matters. This solution was satisfactory to the British Government, Buckingham Palace and the Governor-General.
ref: 2006, George Winterton, editor, State Constitutional Landmarks, Sydney: Federation Press, →ISBN, page 291:
text: And so Helen had been running and not thinking clearly and, pushing one envelope through the slot in the postbox, she turned swiftly to walk into Robert's shop.
ref: 2008, Stella Duffy, chapter 33, in The Room of Lost Things, London: Virago Press, →ISBN:
text: Three small gelignite bombs, with pocket watch timing devices, were concealed in packets small enough to fit through the slot of the standard cast-iron post box, the cylindrical bright red colored boxes so common throughout London.
ref: 2008, Steven P. Moysey, The Road to Balcombe Street: The IRA Reign of Terror in London, Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 58:
synonyms: letterbox
mailbox
qualifier: postal
glosses: A box in which post can be left by a sender to be picked up by a courier or postman (postal worker).
synonyms: letterbox
mailbox
glosses: A box or slot into which a courier or postal worker puts letters for a recipient to collect.
post boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post box
postbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postboxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of post box.
postboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postbox; alternative spelling of post box.
useability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of usability.
vengefulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vengeful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The vengefulness of the king was legendary.
text: To this day his reason has never recovered from that shock; a wild nightmare of vengefulness has possessed him ever since, and he has almost bankrupted his native ingenuities in inventing pains and miseries and humiliations and heartbreaks wherewith to embitter the brief lives of Adam's descendants.
ref: c. 1909, Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, Letter VI:
glosses: The state or quality of being vengeful
Related terms: vengefully
vengeful
-estr-
Language: English
Part of speech: interfix
Pronunciation: /ɛ.stɹ/
Forms: form: estr-
Etymology: From estrogen.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of estrogens.
Derived terms: -gestr-
byelection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byelections
form: by-election
form: byeelection
Etymology: From by- + election.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of by-election.
byelections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byelection
Zsuzsanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Zsuzsanna.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hungarian, equivalent to English Susanna.
polydomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polydomous
form: most polydomous
Senses: examples: Dinoponera gigantea is, at least in some cases, polydomous.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Occupying and maintaining multiple nests.
Related terms: monodomous
anonymisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anonymisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anonymization.
sankyuu
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sankyu.
sankyu
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːŋkˌju/
ipa: /ˈsæŋkˌju/
Forms: form: sankyuu
Etymology: From Japanese サンキュー (sankyū), from English thank you.
Senses: topics: anime
broadcasting
film
lifestyle
media
television
glosses: thank you
housebuyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housebuyer
housebuyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housebuyers
Etymology: From house + buyer.
Senses: glosses: Someone who buys a house
Synonyms: homebuyer
ivyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: As by yon ivyed cot I strayed, / To breathe the morning's rich perfume, / By chance I saw a comely maid, / More beauteous than the rose in bloom.
ref: 1864, James Taylor, “The Ivyed Cot”, in Miscellaneous Poems, page 16:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ivied.
icescape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icescapes
form: ice-scape
Etymology: From ice + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: The dogs raced across the barren icescape.
glosses: An ice-covered landscape.
Related terms: snowscape
landscape
icescapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icescape
tag end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tag ends
Senses: glosses: The very end.
glosses: Something that is left over.
Synonyms: fag-end
tail end
city fathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of city father
credit default options
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of credit default option
carrots and sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrot and stick