cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gunwright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunwrights
Etymology: From gun + wright.
Senses: examples: text: Many of them were sent to the provincial gunsmiths, and good Samuel Miller, locksmith and gunwright, labored long and wearily to put the uncouth weapons into something like effective shape for his discontented countrymen.
ref: 1898, Charles Winslow Hall, Cartagena, page 89:
text: At the start of the century, widows in Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and Charleston were printers, shoemakers, engravers, and silversmiths, and sometimes blacksmiths, shipbuilders, or gunwrights.
ref: 1999, S. J. Kleinberg, Women in the United States, 1830-1945, page 16:
glosses: A maker of guns.
gunwrights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunwright
Glock switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glock switches
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
synonyms: switch
hypernyms: auto sear
glosses: A device which modifies the firing system of a Glock-pattern pistol by bypassing the semiautomatic catch, which enables fully automatic fire.
auto sear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auto sears
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
coordinate_terms: bump stock
glosses: A device which allows for a closed-bolt self-loading firearm to reliably function in fully automatic fire by preventing the hammer or striker from falling until the bolt is fully in battery.
trimethylmethanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trimethylmethane
inappro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inappro
form: most inappro
Senses: examples: text: I can't believe there's any debate about if a 14 year old can "ensnare" an adult man into being inappro.
ref: 2018 April 8, @Shattered_Earth, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of inappropo.
hidgeot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Did you ever see such a haggravating old hidgeot?
ref: 1892, Albert Eubule Evans, Pastor and Prelate, page 111:
glosses: An idiot.
haggravate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: haggravates
form: haggravating
form: haggravated
form: haggravated
Senses: examples: text: Hostidge, I've nailed you: I do love to haggravate you!
ref: 1840, Charles Whitehead, “Tavern Heads”, in Heads of the People: Or, Portraits of the English, page 133:
text: Haggravate on! You'll get the worst on it.
ref: 1846, G. A. a'Beckett, Mark Lemon, Peter Wilkins: Or, the Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians, an Extra Extravagant Extravaganza, In Two Acts, page 11:
text: She is a snob of the first water, she puts rouge on her cheeks, & sports little bits of sticking plaster on her countenance not to cover her pimples but to haggravate her beauty.
ref: 1945, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray, page 273:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of aggravate.
haggravates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of haggravate
haggravating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of haggravate
haggravated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of haggravate
afternoonified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more afternoonified
form: most afternoonified
Senses: examples: text: 'I agree that it's rather afternoonified,' Ruby said, apparently giving it her approval, despite there being no separate parlour.
ref: 2019, Evie Grace, The Seaside Angel:
text: Corfe, who was again impeccably afternoonified, in black boots and a pink-and-white striped waistcoat under his navy suit, drew himself taller for a moment.
ref: 2019, Charles Finch, The Vanishing Man, page 234:
text: The cocktails are afternoonified classics.
ref: 2020, Erin Barnes, Easy Weekend Getaways from Denver and Boulder:
glosses: Smart, refined, or sophisticated.
busesful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of busful
omnibusful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omnibusfuls
form: omnibusesful
Etymology: From omnibus + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: An omnibusful of passengers, who happened to be present during the affray, suffered much alarm;[…]
ref: 1842 August 20, “The Provinces”, in The Spectator, volume XV, number 738, page 800:
text: These gentlemen will be delivered by omnibusfuls at that strange Babel, Exeter Hall;[…]
ref: 1853 April 10, “Spring-time”, in The Era, volume XV, number 759, page 9:
text: Four omnibusesful have just arrived upon the wharf, and all is bustle and activity.
ref: 1870, Charles Dickens, “Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything”, in R[obert] Shelton Mackenzie, Life of Charles Dickens. […] With Personal Recollections and Anecdotes;—Letters by ‘Boz,’ never before Published;—and Uncollected Papers in Prose and Verse., Philadelphia, Pa.: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, page 452:
glosses: Enough to fill an omnibus.
Related terms: busful
omnibusfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omnibusful
omnibusesful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omnibusful
kindom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪndəm/
Forms: form: kindoms
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English kinedom, kynedom, from Old English cynedōm (“authority, kingdom”), from cyne- (“royal”) + -dōm (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Scots kinrick.
Senses: examples: text: […] for tea brews and surkelates moar mischeef amang t'nabaz, then all't ale thear iz it kindom put tagether […]
ref: 1839, Tom Treddlehoyle [pseudonym: Charles Rogers], Sum Thowts Abaght "Nan Bunt's" Chresmas Tea Party, Bairnsla Feastin', A Owd Maid's Pockit, an Tom Treddlehoyle's Lament, Barnsley, Yorkshire: J. Ray, page 16:
text: An' Ah thought when Ah eeard em pray, the kindom of ivven had come, / An' the divvel wad hev ti emigrate ti sum pleeace where he'd hev mair rum.
ref: 1885, William Hall Burnett, “An Awd Man's Confession”, in William Hall Burnett, editor, Broad Yorkshire, being poems and sketches from the writings of Castillo and others, 2nd edition, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., page 15:
text: § 221. -dom < [dəm], e.g. [frīdəm] freedom; [kindəm] kingdom; [wizdəm] wisdom.
ref: [1933, Harold Orton, The Phonology of a South Durham Dialect: Descriptive, Historical, and Comparative, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, page 112:
glosses: Synonym of kingdom.
synonyms: word: kingdom
kindom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪndəm/
Forms: form: kindoms
Etymology: From kin (“relatives”) + -dom as a more egalitarian or gender-neutral alternative to kingdom.
Senses: examples: text: Jesus continued, "What does the kindom [KJV kingdome] of God resemble? To what will I liken it? […]
ref: 1994, Priests for Equality, The Inclusive New Testament, Altamira Press, →ISBN, Luke 13:18, page 126:
text: The assumption will of be that the concretization of God's kindom always involves an oikonomia or household.
ref: 2002, Michael Crosby, The Prayer that Jesus Taught Us, Orbis Books, →ISBN, page 97:
text: But this is not the Kindom of God that Jesus proclaimed. Let us consider the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price. The Kindom involves both search and surprise.
ref: 2019 July 24, Catherine Maresca, “The Pearl and the Hidden Treasure”, in Violence and Nonviolence in Scripture: Helping Children Understand Challenging Stories, Liturgy Training Publications, →ISBN, page 24:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A divinely-instituted egalitarian community.
kindoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kindom
Fawkeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fawkes
Treglowns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Treglown
yabby pump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yabby pumps
Senses: examples: text: In eastern Australia, Callianassa can be obtained in quantities with relative ease by using a local invention (the "yabby pump") which will be described. [...] The sale of yabby pumps and live yabbies for bait is an important aspect of amateur angling in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
ref: 1961, T. S. Hailstone, W. Stephenson, “The Biology of Callianassa (Trypaea) australiensis Dana 1852 (Crustacea, Thalassinidea)”, in University of Queensland Papers: Department of Zoology, volume I, number 12, pages 260–261:
text: The specimens were collected with a yabby pump in Carenero lagoon, South coast of La Tortuga Island (10º53’N 65º14’W), Venezuela.
ref: 2005, I. Hernández-Ávila, C. Lira, G. Hernández, J. Bolaños, “Upogebia vasquezi Ngoc-Ho, 1989 (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae): First Record for Venezuela”, in Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela, Universidad de Oriente, volume 44, number 2, page 119:
text: Penny placed the yabby pump on top of a hole in the sandflat and pulled back on the handle, sucking up mud and life.
ref: 2007, J. Woodford, chapter 12, in Whitecap, page 132:
text: The gobies Eutaeniichthys gilli and Gymnogobius scrobiculatus were collected from burrows of the mud shrimp Upogebia yokoyai at low tide by digging and using a yabby pump from April 2007 to September 2008 at Susaki Bay, Kochi Prefecture, Japan.
ref: 2014, Henmi Y., Iwata Y., Itani G., “ヒモハゼとクボハゼによる干潮時のヨコヤアナジャコの巣穴利用 [Associations of the gobies Eutaeniichthys gilli and Gymnogobius scrobiculatus with burrows of the mud shrimp Upogebia yokoyai at low tide]”, in 日本ベントス学会誌 [Japanese Journal of Benthology], volume 69, page 69:
english: Japanese Journal of Benthology
translation: Japanese Journal of Benthology
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A large hand-operated syringe-like suction pump, made of metal tubing with a rubber plunger, used to harvest ghost shrimp (prototypically the marine yabby) and other burrowing crustaceans from intertidal environments.
Europoort
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dutch Europoort, from euro- (“Euro-”) + poort (“gate”).
Senses: glosses: An area in the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, including a large petrochemical industrial area.
Related terms: Maasvlakte
airplanesful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airplaneful
adjective dye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A dye that only works when used together with mordants.
Synonyms: indirect dye
mordant dye
indirect dye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: adjective dye
mordant dye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: adjective dye
helicopterful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From helicopter + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: While Sikorsky evidently didn’t discuss the matter, the shipment of farm crops probably will continue to be by truck or train, altho a helicopterful of cabbage flown to market today would pay off a fair-sized mortgage.
ref: 1943 May 5, “Taxpayer Socked Again”, in Asbury Park Evening Press, fifty-seventh year, number 106, Asbury Park, N.J., page 8:
text: Bugs has picked up a helicopterful of musical souvenirs on his harmonious hop around the globe.
ref: 1958, “Bugs’s Musical Globe-Hopper”, in Bugs Bunny’s Vacation Funnies, number 8, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.:
text: And more:[…]Ari the multimillionaire using Olympic Airways (which he owns) to pick up his shirts in Athens for the only laundry in the world privileged to wash them, and Ari the lover raining a helicopterful of red roses over Jackie Onassis’ house on their island of Skorpios.
ref: 1972, Christian Cafarakis, Jacques Harvey, translated by John Minahan, The Fabulous Onassis: His Life and Loves, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, →LCCN, back flap:
text: How, officials worried, can they keep Albuquerque’s many other hometown ballonists^([sic]) from staging an impromptu salute to their victorious colleagues by heading skyward—and possibly tangling with a helicopterful of confetti, the four military jets and the Spirit of St. Louis?
ref: 1978 August 26, Gaylord Shaw, “Albuquerque Plans Huge Welcome: Balloonists’ Hometown Walking on Air”, in Los Angeles Times, volume XCVII, page 7:
text: A wounded professional soldier blows up both himself and a helicopterful of generals.
ref: 1986, New Society:
text: While smoothing on aromatherapeutic oils, she revealed that a guest had once flashed a helicopterful of arrivals.
ref: 2000, Travel + Leisure, page 65:
text: But then, I asked them nicely to be careful when I was so rudely interrupted by six Highway Patrol cars and a fucking helicopterful of SWAT guys.
ref: 2018, Peter Bowen, Solus, New York, N.Y.: Open Road Integrated Media, →ISBN:
glosses: Enough to fill a helicopter.
Auger electron spectroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A non-destructive form of spectroscopy that analyses solid surface layers chemically by bombarding with electrons and measuring the energy levels of ejected electrons.
Related terms: AES
agate glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A glass made to imitate agate by stacking glass layers of different colours and thickness and fusing them with heat.
Liuchia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 六甲 (Liùjiǎ), Wade–Giles romanization: Liu⁴-chia³.
Senses: examples: text: Chungshe is one of eleven villages in Liuchia township, Tainan county (see Maps 2 and 3). It lies about 30 kilometers northeast of Tainan city.
ref: 1972, Burton Pasternak, Kinship & Community in Two Chinese Villages, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:
text: When Ch'en Ch'ing-hung [7115 1987 7703], from the military reserve center in Tainan County's Liuchia Township, registered to campaign for a seat on the legislature, Chao Hai-yu accompanied Ch'en as he made the rounds calling upon party members.
ref: 1989 September 26 [1989 July 16], “Criticism of Military Interference in Elections”, in JPRS Report: China, number 89-098, →OCLC, page 52, column 1:
text: Out of all the places I visited, the most unforgettable was Liuchia, where I saw the smile of the goddess Matzu. Liuchia is located in Tainan County (in southern Taiwan) in the vicinity of the famous Coral Lake Dam. The two co-workers assigned to go with me to Liuchia were Chang Ying Ao and Huang Ta Fu. My spiritual master also went to Liuchia with me.
ref: 1995, Sheng-yen Lu, “The Unforgettable Smile of Matzu at Liuchia”, in Janny Chow, transl., Encounters with the World of Spirits, San Bruno, Cali.: Purple Lotus Society, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41:
text: Rolling stock servicing depots are being built at Wujih in the north, Liuchia and Tsoying in the south, and the main workshop is located[…]
ref: 2004 January 1, Kwok-Hung Lee, “Tracklaying underway on Taiwan's first high speed line”, in Railway Gazette International, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2021:
text: Two adults and a child were killed yesterday morning after an earthquake that struck off the Taitung County coast caused a fire in Tainan County's Liuchia Township (六甲).
ref: 2008 February 19, “Fire caused by quake kills family in Tainan County”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2009, Taiwan News, page 2:
text: Nan Yuan Resort (南元休閒農場) is located on the border between Liuying(柳營) and Liuchia (六甲) townships. It is a very popular, pet friendly farm, with diverse accommodation facilities and a landscape that makes it an unforgettable experience.
ref: 2018 December 13 [c. 2013], “Nan Yuan Resort(南元休閒農場)”, in Travel Tainan, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2019:
text: Danei District is located east of Tainan City, on the border of the mountainous area with Jianan Plain, adjacent to Liuchia District on the north, Guantian and Shanhua on the west, Shanshang on the south, and Yuching and Nanhsi on the east. It has a land area of approximately 70.3125 square kilometers, with a population of more than 10,000 people.
ref: 2019 August 1, “Natural Environment”, in Danei District Office, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of Lioujia.
absorption spectroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of spectroscopy that analysis absorption spectrums.
versiconal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An anthraquinone derivative with IUPAC name 4-hydroxy-2-(1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxy-9,10-dioxoanthracen-2-yl)butanal.
IUPAC names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IUPAC name
Liuchiao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 六腳 (Liùjiǎo), Wade–Giles romanization: Liu⁴-chiao³.
Senses: examples: text: Taiwan has 323 rural and urban townships and metropolitan precincts. In this study, the nonendemic area included 313 of them, excluding four townships in the above-defined arseniasis-endemic area and another six neighboring townships: Liuchiao of Chimayo County and Hsinying, Hsiaying, Anting, Chiang-chun, and Yenshui of Taiwan County.
ref: 2003 February, Shu-Li Wang et al., “Prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and related vascular diseases in southwestern arseniasis-endemic and nonendemic areas in Taiwan”, in Environmental Health Perspectives, volume 111, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 156, column 2:
text: Nearly 15,000 chickens have died in Chiayi County's Liuchiao Township in the past week and officials were working to confirm whether the cause of death was bird flu.
ref: 2004 January 22, Jimmy Chuang, “Agriculture officials study chicken deaths in Chiayi”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2004, Front Page, page 1:
text: Passengers said the train had to reverse from Hsinshih (新市) in Tainan County to Liuchiao (六腳) in Chiayi County before moving forward again.[…]
After the train returned to Liuchiao, the control center reported the problem switch had moved into its proper position and instructed the driver to head south on the designated track.
ref: 2007 July 9, “Glitch with switch sends high speed rail back and forth”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2007, Taiwan News, page 2:
text: Specimens examined:[…]Chiayi Co.: Liuchiao, on buffalo dung, Jong S19, Feb. 13, 2007 (TNMF20636).[…]The authors thank Miss S. C. Chen of National Museum of Natural Science for providing dung samples from Liuchiao.
ref: 2008, Jong-How Chang, Yei-Zeng Wang, “Two Species of Kernia (Plectomycetes) in Taiwan”, in Taiwania, volume 53, number 4, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2020, pages 414, 415:
text: Hou Chun Ming, born in Liuchiao Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan in 1963. A graduate from the National Arts Academy (Now Taipei National University of the Arts), He was first known by his installations and woodcut prints during the 90s that seriously challenged the status quo of Taiwanese politics and social taboos at the time through his uncanny and ritualistic provocations.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “Introduction”, in Hou, Chun Ming, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2018:
glosses: Alternative form of Lioujiao.
kuft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kʊft/
Forms: form: koft
Etymology: A clipping of koftgari; compare kofta.
Senses: examples: text: No. 1, a gun from Lahore damascened with kuft work. The lock is beautifully enamelled with coloured flowers in relief on gold. The butt and bands are also enamelled. No. 2 , a finely wrought Lahore matchlock with engraved gold kuft (or inlaid work) at the base and nose, the bands of pierced silver work.
ref: 1874, Henry Hardy Cole, William Tayler, South Kensington Museum, Catalogue of the Objects of Indian Art Exhibited in the South Kensington Museum, page 322:
text: Damascening is the art of encrusting one metal in another, not in crustae, which are soldered on or wedged into the metal surface to which they are applied, but in the form of wire, which by undercutting and hammering is thoroughly incorporated with the metal which it is intended to ornament. […] There is a cheap kuft work done by simply laying gold leaf on the steel plate, on which the ornamentation has been previously etched, which is easily made to adhere to the etching, and is then wiped off the rest of the surface.
ref: 1878, Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, Handbook to the British Indian Section, page 56:
glosses: An Indian form of inlaid work on steel or iron, by damascening and encrusting gold on the metalwork.
trichodermial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tricho- + derm + -ial.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: With roughly parallel chains of closely packed cells.
Teramoto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Teramotos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 寺本.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Japanese surname 寺本.
glosses: A surname from Japanese.
breastsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breastful
vansful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vanful
sleighsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleighful
druft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drufts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drought.
chairsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chairful
himbecile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: himbeciles
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of imbecile.
himbeciles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of himbecile
lebai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lebais
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay lebai (“someone who knows a lot about religion, a religious expert”).
The extended sense of "a supporter or member of PAS" was used by opponents to mock the conservative Islamic party's obsession with religious issues, carried over from Malay-language usage.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A very devout person who behaves in a hypocritical manner.
qualifier: Malaysian politics
glosses: A member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), esp. one who behaves in a hypocritical manner.
qualifier: Malaysian politics
glosses: A supporter of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Maryinka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marinka
Etymology: From Ukrainian Ма́р'їнка (Márʺjinka).
Senses: glosses: A city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Vasylkiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vasilkov
Etymology: From Ukrainian Василькі́в (Vasylʹkív).
Senses: glosses: A city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Vynohradiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vinogradov
Etymology: From Ukrainian Виногра́дів (Vynohrádiv).
Senses: glosses: A city in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.
OGTTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OGTT
Hlukhiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Glukhov
Etymology: From Ukrainian Глу́хів (Hlúxiv).
Senses: glosses: A city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
Horokhiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gorokhov
Etymology: From Ukrainian Горо́хів (Horóxiv).
Senses: glosses: A city in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.
Zboriv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zborov
Etymology: From Ukrainian Збо́рів (Zbóriv).
Senses: glosses: A city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
Zinkiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zenkov
Etymology: From Ukrainian Зінькі́в (Zinʹkív).
Senses: glosses: A city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
Zmiiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zmiyov
Etymology: From Ukrainian Змі́їв (Zmíjiv).
Senses: glosses: A city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
porcophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin porcus (“pig”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Porcophobia and porcophilia—thus probably originate in a nighttime of human sacrifice and even cannibalism at which the “holy” texts often do more than hint.
ref: 2007 September 24, Christopher Hitchens, “God is not great”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), A Short Digression on the Pig; or, Why Heaven Hates Ham:
glosses: A fear or dislike of pigs.
porcophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin porcus (“pig”) + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Love or admiration for pigs.
examples: text: Porcophobia and porcophilia — thus probably originate in a nighttime of human sacrifice and even cannibalism at which the “holy” texts often do more than hint.
ref: 2007 September 24, Christopher Hitchens, “God is not great”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), A Short Digression on the Pig; or, Why Heaven Hates Ham:
glosses: Interest in eating, rearing or associating with pigs.
crotch goblin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crotch goblins
Senses: examples: text: She's three. I am marrying him not his crotch goblin. That's his mistake not mine.
ref: 2019 May 21, Shirley Donlon, “Bridezilla is branded a 'terrible human' after viciously ranting about her groom's three-year-old child - who she wants to BAN from the wedding”, in Daily Mail:
synonyms: crotch spawn
glosses: A child.
crotch goblins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crotch goblin
crotch spawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crotch spawns
Senses: examples: text: They are the assholes for thinking they and their little crotch-spawn were special and exempt from the event guidelines.
ref: 2018 December 22, Ellen Scott, “Is this bride in the wrong for kicking a crying kid out of her wedding?”, in Metro:
text: Children are way more destructive than most pets, and having more crotch spawns doesn't boost rent at all.
ref: 2019 February 6, Natasha Thomas (quoted), “What Readers Have to Say About a Bill to Outlaw Pet Rent in Oregon”, in Willamette Week:
glosses: Synonym of crotch goblin.
synonyms: word: crotch goblin
crotch spawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crotch spawn
Psel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /psɛl/
/pəˈsɛl/
Forms: form: Psyol
Etymology: From Russian Псёл (Psjol) with ё (jo) represented by e (as in Gorbachev etc.). Later reinforced by Ukrainian Псeл (Psel).
Senses: glosses: A river in Russia and Ukraine, a left tributary of the Dnipro.
Raihanul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bengali রায়হানুল (raẏhanul).
Senses: glosses: An unknown-gender given name from Bengali.
orange-spotted drone fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orange-spotted drone flies
Etymology: From orange + spotted + drone fly.
Senses: glosses: Eristalis anthophorina, a species of dronefly.
RIDDLE syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation of "radiosensitivity, immunodeficiency, dysmorphic features and learning difficulties", modeled after riddle.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A rare syndrome of which symptoms include facial dysmorphism, short stature, motor control and learning difficulties, ataxia, microcephaly, conjunctival telangiectasia, recurring sinus infections, late onset of pulmonary fibrosis, increased alphafetoproteins, and increased radiosensitivity.
straightie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straighties
Etymology: From straight + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of straighty.
fairybells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A flowering plant of the genus Prosartes.
Ila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A female given name.
Svihla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Svihlas
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Švihla.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Meingast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Meingasts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Meingast.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bhojpur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: bōj'po͝or
Etymology: Transliteration of Nepali भोजपुर (bhojapura)
Senses: glosses: A neighborhood of Bhojpur, Bhojpur district, Province No. 1, Nepal.
glosses: Bhojpur Municipality, A municipality of Bhojpur district, Province No. 1, Nepal.
examples: text: Born into a poor farming household in Manebhangyang, a village in Bhojpur district, she was attracted to leftist politics at an early age and joined the CPN-UML when she was a student, without the knowledge of her family.
ref: 2015 November 10, Gopal Sharma, “In patriarchal Nepal, first female president works for equality”, in Nita Bhalla, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2025:
glosses: Bhojpur District, A district of Province No. 1, Nepal.
Kamalabad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Persian كمال اباد, which is from کمال (perfection, sovereygnty) + اباد (city)
Senses: synonyms: Kamālābād
glosses: A village in Khezrabad district, Ashkezar, Yazd Province, Iran.
Koiliaris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Koiliarises
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Κοιλιάρης (Koiliáris).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Greek.
Campigneulles-les-Grandes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Campigneulles-les-Grandes
Senses: glosses: A commune of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Ome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Lombard Óme.
Senses: glosses: A town and commune Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.
Anjali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Anjalis
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi अंजलि (añjali), from Sanskrit अञ्जलि (añjali).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Quintaglie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quintaglies
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Peyer's gland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peyer's glands
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Peyer's patch.
synonyms: word: Peyer's patch
Peyer's glands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peyer's gland
silent whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silent whistles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dog whistle.
synonyms: word: dog whistle
Galton's whistle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Galton's whistles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dog whistle.
synonyms: word: dog whistle
Galton's whistles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Galton's whistle
silent whistles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silent whistle
common lynx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common lynxes
Senses: glosses: The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx).
common lynxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common lynx
coancha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of bass drum played in Bolivia.
European lynx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European lynxes
Senses: glosses: The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx).
European lynxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of European lynx
'mirin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: First online use appears around 2008 on the website BodySpace. Believed to be coined and popularized by the Australian amateur bodybuilder Zyzz. Initially used for the physiques of bodybuilders.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of admiring; used to describe individuals admiringly viewing other individuals
chalcophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chalcophilic
form: most chalcophilic
Etymology: From chalco- + -phile + -ic.
Senses: qualifier: geochemistry
glosses: Having a strong affinity for sulfur.
cattle prodding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cattle prod
cattle prodded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cattle prod
killed with kindness
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kill with kindness
killing with kindness
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kill with kindness
kills with kindness
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kill with kindness
agavose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sugar derived from Agave americana, now known to be sucrose.
Gogglebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Goggleboxes
Senses: examples: text: It’s the same way we feel about having our shows make it on to Gogglebox: if it’s creating memorable moments that are quotable, funny, emotional, then we’re doing our job right.
ref: 2022 September 22, Jess Thomson, quoting James Capel, “‘Becoming a meme totally helps a show’: is TV being written with epic gifs in mind?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of goggle box.
intimacy coordinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intimacy coordinators
form: intimacy co-ordinator
Senses: examples: text: The issue of intimacy coordinators on George RR Martin-related TV series has recently generated headlines. Sean Bean, who played Ned Stark on Game of Thrones, told the Times that he thought they “spoil the spontaneity”, claiming that “the natural way lovers behave would be ruined” if you had “somebody saying: ‘Do this, put your hands there, while you touch his thing.’”
ref: 2022 September 14, Alexi Duggins, “Thirty-year age gap left House of the Dragon star ‘scared’ ahead of sex scenes”, in The Guardian:
text: Cast opposite me was Josh McGuire, who was in my year at drama school. I’ve known him for years, so those sex scenes were weird. I was going “Mate, you’re about to see me naked.” But we had an amazing intimacy coordinator. That was the first time I’d worked with one. I cannot believe they used to let actors just get on with that stuff!
ref: 2023 August 13, Michael Hogan, quoting Susan Wokoma, “Actor Susan Wokoma: ‘We all want to be married to Emma Thompson, don’t we?’”, in The Observer:
text: Back then—only seven years ago, and after #MeToo—there was still widespread industry scepticism about the role of intimacy coordinators, says McAlpine.
ref: 2024 January 30, Elle Hunt, “‘With orgasm people strive for oblivion’: Poor Things’ intimacy coordinator on consent, orgies and Emma Stone”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
synonyms: intimacy director
glosses: A member of a film or stage crew who ensures the well-being of actors who participate in sex scenes or other intimate scenes.
intimacy coordinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intimacy coordinator
Reni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from Ukrainian Рені́ (Rení)
Senses: glosses: A city in Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine.
DeForest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DeForests
form: Deforest
form: deForest
form: De Forest
form: de Forest
form: Forest
form: Deforet
form: deForet
form: DeForet
form: De Foret
form: de Foret
form: Foret
Etymology: From Middle French de Forest, from de+forest; Literally, “forest”.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French, equivalent to English Forest or Woods, equivalent to the modern French surname Deforet.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, equivalent to English Forest.
Deforest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deforests
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DeForest.
deForest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: deForests
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DeForest.
De Forest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: De Forests
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DeForest.
de Forest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: de Forests
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DeForest.
DeForests
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of DeForest
Deforests
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DeForests; plural of Deforest
deForests
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DeForests; plural of deForest
De Forests
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DeForests; plural of De Forest
de Forests
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DeForests; plural of de Forest
Zolochiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zolochev
Etymology: From Ukrainian Зо́лочів (Zóločiv).
Senses: glosses: A city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A raion of Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.
Korostyshiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Korostyshev
Etymology: From Ukrainian Корости́шів (Korostýšiv).
Senses: glosses: A city in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.
srimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: srimp
form: srimps
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of shrimp.
srimps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of srimp
mispromote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mispromotes
form: mispromoting
form: mispromoted
form: mispromoted
Etymology: From mis- + promote.
Senses: examples: text: You can weep tears because of an up-to-date vision which misunderstands, mispromotes and bends the truth so as to preserve the eternal powerlessness of Margaret Fuller.
ref: 1988, Laurie James, Why Margaret Fuller Ossoli is Forgotten, page 31:
text: As black women's works are rejected or mispromoted, " [t] he public ... is allowed to think that black women are generally incapable of literary creation" (Stetson 89) .
ref: 1996, Linda Tate, A Southern Weave of Women: Fiction of the Contemporary South, page 181:
text: When companies misuse or mispromote TCM herbs, results can be disastrous.
ref: 2013, Daniel Potter, Jennifer Hanin, What to Do When You Can't Get Pregnant:
text: Yellow Submarine was a commercial flop in Britain, mainly because it was mispromoted as a children's film.
ref: 2014, Simon Philo, British Invasion: The Crosscurrents of Musical Influence, page 135:
text: Boxing Helena was so misunderstood and so mispromoted. Boxing Helena was never about “This is women's fault.”
ref: 2020, Courtenay Stallings, Sheryl Lee, Laura's Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks:
text: Our own study began in 1974, after we had published a report on how prescription drugs in the United States are discovered, produced, promoted, priced, prescribed by physicians and used by patients — and how these potent products are too frequently mispromoted, mis-prescribed and misused.
ref: 2022, Richard Blum, Andrew Herxheimer, Catherine Stenzl, Pharmaceuticals and Health Policy:
glosses: To promote incorrectly; to advertise or advocate for something other than the intended use.
examples: text: But the real tragedy, it seems to me, is that these victims of hasty or uninformed promotions struggle from job to job with the stigma of failure when the real failure was not theirs, but that of those who mispromoted them.
ref: 1957, Foundry Management & Technology - Volume 85, Issues 1-6, page 174:
text: People are C players when they are mishired, mispromoted, or misdeployed within their company.
ref: 1997, BD Smart, GH Smart, Topgrading the organization:
text: Mispromoting internally is about as costly as miss-hiring ^([sic]) an external candidate.
ref: 2009, Ivanka Menken, Organizational behavior and leadership management essentials, page 162:
glosses: To promote by mistake; to elevate to a position for which (someone) is unqualified.
mispromotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mispromote
mispromoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mispromote
mispromoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mispromote
Kaniv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kanev
Etymology: From Ukrainian Ка́нів (Kániv).
Senses: glosses: A city in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.
Zdolbuniv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zdolbunov
Etymology: From Ukrainian Здолбу́нів (Zdolbúniv).
Senses: glosses: A city in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.
mispromotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mispromotions
Etymology: From mis- + promotion.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Speaker, the legal theory of Brown against Topeka rejecting a denial of freedom of choice because of race has suffered mispromotion to the point that today “freedom of choice" is again illegal.
ref: 1969 March 3, John R. Rarick, Congressional Record, page 4998:
text: The rapid decrease in fat trim of retail beef cuts in the U.S. from 1986 (13mm) to 1988 (< 3mm) (Cross et al 1988 ) is surely an indication that institutionalised "imposition" of an historic quality grading system can result in a mispromotion of product with costs of heroic proportions.
ref: 1995, Proceedings: Linking science and technology to societal benefits, page 205:
text: “There is a strong incentive for employees to report mispromotion or other acts that might be regarded as a false claim – whistleblowers get 15 to 30 percent of what the government collects,” he points out.
ref: 2006 October 17, O Avitzur, T Valeo, “What Physicians Can Say About Off-Label Therapies—Lawsuits Could Set New Precedents”, in Neurology Today:
glosses: The act mispromoting; the advertisement of something as having properties it does not have.
examples: text: This mispromotion phenomenon has become popularly known as the Peter Principle (12).
ref: 1978, Thomas J. Atchison, Winston W. Hill, Management Today: Managing Work in Organizations, page 146:
text: For, still today, I continue to be amazed at how many senior executives fail fully to realize the potentially ruinous cost of a mis-hire or mispromotion.
ref: 1991, John Wareham, The Anatomy of a Great Executive, page 5:
text: Every manager sitting with HR to analyze the costs of every mishire, by reviewing the total hiring file on the mis-hire or mispromotion, sees that cutting corners on Topgrading methods is foolish because it is so costly.
ref: 2012, Bradford D. Smart, Topgrading:
glosses: The act of promoting someone to a position for which they are not qualified.
examples: text: The other three-fourths (the B- and C-Players) become mishires and mispromotions.
ref: 2009, Chris Lauer, The Management Gurus:
glosses: A person who has been mispromoted.
mispromotions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mispromotion
scoop net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scoop nets
form: scoop-net
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hand net.
synonyms: word: hand net
scoop nets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scoop net
whatever will be, will be
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of whatever happens, happens.
synonyms: word: whatever happens
word: happens
bull-dyke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull-dykes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bull dyke.
bull-dike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull-dikes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bull dyke.
bull dike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull dikes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bull dyke.
bull dikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bull dike
bull-dikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bull-dike
login wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: login walls
Senses: glosses: A website notification that prevents an unregistered visitor from viewing any content until signing up or opening an account.
Related terms: paywall
login walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of login wall
pinch-belly vengeance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of whistle-belly vengeance.
synonyms: word: whistle-belly vengeance
goose iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goose irons
Senses: synonyms: tailor's goose
glosses: A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
tailor's goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of goose iron.
synonyms: word: goose iron
goose irons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goose iron
ice ice water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ice and water.
Senses: qualifier: playground games
glosses: A variation of freeze tag.
Wycliffes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wycliffe
Wycliffe with Thorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in County Durham, England, which includes these two villages.
Related terms: Thorpe
Wycliffe
queermisia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From queer + -misia, coined as an alternative to queerphobia.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:queermisia.
glosses: Hatred of queer people.
Touzjian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Touzjians
form: Tuzjian
Etymology: From Armenian Թուզճյան (Tʻuzčyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Essepian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Essepians
Etymology: From Armenian Իսեփյան (Isepʻyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Essepians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Essepian
Touzjians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Touzjian
queermisic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From queer + -misic, coined as an alternative to queerphobic; for more on -misic, see homomisic.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:queermisic.
glosses: Hating queer people; prejudiced against queer people.
alarmistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From alarmistic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Its objectives include expanding America's military might, alarmistically publicizing the Soviet Union's growing military threat, and perhaps preparing the way for a military takeover of the federal civilian government.
ref: 1972, Warren Freedman, Cary Stewart Sklaren, Contemporary Social Problems: Selected Readings in Sociology and the Law, Charles C Thomas Pub Limited:
text: A potential situation of political blockade is being addressed by Article 82 GG, the somewhat alarmistically so-called legislative emergency. It has never been applied as yet. The legislative emergency relates to a vote of confidence as[…]
ref: 2017 May 30, Gerhard Robbers, Constitutional Law in Germany, Kluwer Law International B.V., →ISBN:
text: Also the differences of the two states' situations and interests need to be acknowledged openly instead of almost alarmistically following the 'other'. Although this sense of alarmism, especially in Finland, originates from the[…]
ref: 2021 April 22, Anu Koivunen, Jari Ojala, Janne Holmén, The Nordic Economic, Social and Political Model: Challenges in the 21st Century, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: In an alarmistic manner.