cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bigotize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bigotizes
form: bigotizing
form: bigotized
form: bigotized
form: bigotise
Etymology: From bigot + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Require not, however shrewd your guess, my acknowledgment of this brain-child; forgive all unintended harms; supply what is lacking in my charities; politically, socially, authorially, think that I bigotize in theoretic fun, but am incarnate Tolerance for practical earnest.
ref: 1851, Martin Farquhar Tupper, The Complete Works of Martin F. Tupper, page 169:
text: Do you think it gives you power
When you say things you'll regret
When you bigotize on someone's thighs
That's just what you won't get!
ref: 2007, Doug "Ten" Rose, Fearless Puppy on American Road, page 402:
glosses: To be a bigot; act a bigot.
examples: text: Outside of this limitation the term has no use but to confuse the public and to exult and bigotise the sceptic.
ref: 1911, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research:
glosses: To make a bigot out of.
bigotized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bigotize
bigotizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bigotize
bigotizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bigotize
bigotise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bigotises
form: bigotising
form: bigotised
form: bigotised
Etymology: From bigot + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bigotize.
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune and port in Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.
Lamballe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Lamballe-Armor commune, Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.
Western Roman Empire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛstən ˈɹəʊmən ˈɛmpaɪə/
ipa: /ˈwɛstɚn ˈɹoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/
Forms: form: the Western Roman Empire
Senses: coordinate_terms: Eastern Roman Empire
glosses: The western provinces of the Roman Empire when they were administered by a separate independent Imperial court, especially the period from 395 to 476 CE.
Eastern Roman Empire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːstən ˈɹəʊmən ˈɛmpaɪə/
ipa: /ˈistɚn ˈɹoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/
Forms: form: the Eastern Roman Empire
Senses: coordinate_terms: Western Roman Empire
glosses: The eastern provinces of the Roman Empire when they were administered by a separate independent Imperial court, especially the period from 395 to 476.
Related terms: Byzantine Empire
Zaccheaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Zacchaeus.
re-air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-airs
form: re-airing
form: re-aired
form: re-aired
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reair.
re-air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-airs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reair.
re-airs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-air
re-airs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of re-air
re-airing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-air
re-aired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-air
Pleubian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Côtes-d'Armor department, on the coast of Brittany, France.
bioindividuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + individual + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Individuality with regard to, and driven by, biological differences between individual organisms, usually with reference to humans as regards optimization of nutrition or pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; such interindividual differences come from both nature and nurture, including natural genomic variations between individuals and environmental differences (varying exposure levels, varying experiences).
Related terms: precision medicine
hit the accelerator
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits the accelerator
form: hitting the accelerator
form: hit the accelerator
form: hit the accelerator
Senses: examples: text: If Frey is right about the technology trap then this may also imply that China could leap ahead in the AI arms race. Sensitive to voter interests, western democracies may yet touch the brakes when it comes to mass deployment of AI technology, while authoritarian regimes hit the accelerator hard.
ref: 2019 July 11, John Thornhill, “Does tech threaten to rerun the worst of the Industrial Revolution?”, in Financial Times:
glosses: Synonym of hit the gas.
synonyms: word: hit the gas
dixy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪksi/
Forms: form: dixies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dixie.
edriophthalmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛdrɪɒfˈθælmɪk/
Etymology: From Edriophthalma + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Edriophthalmous; having stalkless eyes.
McCray
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCrays
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mobus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mobuses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Paimpol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Côtes-d'Armor department, on the coast of Brittany, France.
hard men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard man
Indiewood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of indie + Hollywood
Senses: glosses: Independent films made outside of the traditional Hollywood studio system, usually with a low budget.
drawn butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Melted butter, whether clarified or not, especially when served as a sauce for steamed seafood.
cream stew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A Japanese dish of meat (usually chicken or pork) and vegetables cooked in a thick white roux.
Northern Cypriot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The trust's case had been supported by the Northern Cypriot lesbian and gay organisation Queer Cyprus. The president's assent to the legal reform is expected within the next two weeks.
ref: 2014 January 27, Owen Bowcott, “Northern Cyprus votes to legalise gay sex”, in The Guardian:
text: Students from Turkey are generally placed in Northern Cyprus by the Turkish higher education board, which has integrated the Northern Cypriot colleges into its own roster and assigns students on the basis of a points system that leaves them limited control over where they study.
ref: 2014 February 16, Susanne Güsten, “Students Flock to Universities in Northern Cyprus”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: North Cypriot
glosses: Of, from, or relating to Northern Cyprus.
Northern Cypriot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Northern Cypriots
Senses: synonyms: North Cypriot
glosses: A person from Northern Cyprus.
Guernseywoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Guernseyswomen
Etymology: From Guernsey + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman from Guernsey; a female native or inhabitant of Guernsey.
Related terms: Guernseyman
Jerseywoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jerseywomen
Etymology: From Jersey + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman from Jersey; a female native or inhabitant of Jersey.
Related terms: Jerseyman
Triestini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Triestino
rapidway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rapidways
Etymology: Compound of rapid + way.
Senses: examples: text: In an effort to get people excited about plans for the new urban streetscape and development that will come with the rapidway, at least one developer called it "the next Yonge Street" and officials have likened it in other ways to a downtown Toronto streetscape.
ref: 2013 March 4, Amy Dempsey, “Highway 7 gets its own sign of urbanity: a transit fight”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, O.N.: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:
text: York Region's Viva service is getting $1.4-billion worth of bus-only rapidways on Highway 7, Yonge Street and other routes so transit riders don't have to suffer through car traffic.
ref: 2014 November 28, Marcus Gee, “Suburbs are booming with transit”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, O.N.: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
text: The YRT/Viva platform will have the same operating standards and branding as the rest of the York Region rapidways.
ref: 2015 April 23, “Davis Drive construction to finish by year's end”, in Bradford Times, Bradford, O.N.: Metroland Media Group, page A10:
text: The Newmarket section is part of 34 kilometres of rapidway network along Yonge and Hwy. 7 throughout the region.
ref: 2020 February 19, Lisa Queen, Amanda Persico, “THEN & NOW: Timeline of Viva Rapidway at Yonge and Mulock in Newmarket”, in The Newmarket Era, Newmarket, O.N.: Metroland Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 May 2023:
synonyms: transitway
busway
qualifier: York Region
glosses: A separated bus lane forming part of a bus rapid transit system.
rapidways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapidway
MTBer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MTBers
Etymology: From MTB + -er.
Senses: examples: text: While Lacondeguy is established as an indomitable freeride MTBer, he also spends a lot of time ripping up the FMX ramps and has a large bag of tricks to bring to the contest.
ref: 2013 January 25, “Farm Jam tipped to be bigger than ever”, in Stuff:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A mountain biker.
mountainbiking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Coming from a family of keen mountainbikers, there really was no doubt Rotorua's Poppy Croucher was going to be part of the first mountainbiking event at Aims Games.
ref: 2019 September 12, “Aims Games: Rotorua's Poppy Croucher secures top five placing at inaugural mountainbike event, plus results”, in Bay of Plenty Times:
glosses: Alternative form of mountain biking.
cudgels one's brain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cudgel one's brain
cudgeling one's brain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cudgel one's brain
cudgelling one's brain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cudgel one's brain
cudgeled one's brain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cudgel one's brain
cudgelled one's brain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cudgel one's brain
superdictionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superdictionaries
Etymology: From super- (“above, over”) + dictionary.
Senses: examples: text: The law is a kind of superdictionary that knows in advance what any possible combination of words and expressions means.
ref: 1998, Harriet Murav, Russia's Legal Fictions, Ann Arbor, M.I.: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 104:
text: Mr. [Michael] Proffitt was reluctant to place the O.E.D. at the forefront of such a project. The dictionary, he said, lacks resources to transform itself this way. Instead, he advocates a federation of reference works. "The superdictionary may be, in fact, superdictionaries," he said. "What you want is some kind of search that then sends you to the right place."
ref: 2014 January 22, Tom Rachman, “O.E.D.'s New Chief Editor Speaks of Its Future”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022:
text: […] will anyone ever have enough time and motivation to consult them all, for the entire alphabet, and thus arrive at a truly complete superdictionary?
ref: 2019, David Crystal, “The Nature of the Lexicon”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 129:
text: The current direction in Estonian lexicography is a unification of lexical resources (dictionaries and term bases) into a central superdictionary, the online public dictionary CombiDic.
ref: 2022 December 21, Geda Paulsen, Maria Tuulik, Ahti Lohk, Ene Vainik, “From verbal to adjectival: evaluating the lexicalization of participles in an Estonian corpus”, in Slovenščina 2.0, volume 10, number 1, Ljubljana: Ljubljana University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 68:
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An exceptionally comprehensive dictionary, which includes all other dictionaries.
superdictionaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superdictionary
overschool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overschools
form: overschooling
form: overschooled
form: overschooled
Etymology: From over- + school.
Senses: examples: text: It is impossible to overeducate, but it is very possible to overschool.
ref: 1898, William Jay Youmans, Appletons' Popular Science Monthly - Volume 53, page 490:
text: Ride to keep him fit and maybe do a few downward transitions to be sure he's light in hand, but don't overschool your horse on maneuvers.
ref: 2011, Mike Major, Fran Devereux Smith, Ranch-Horse Versatility: A Winner's Guide to Successful Rides, page 117:
text: We might worry that are kids are not doing enough socially or academically, but the reality is that most of us are much more likely to overschool and overschedule our kids than the opposite.
ref: 2014, Lorilee Lippincott, The Homeschooling Handbook:
glosses: To school to excess; to give too much training.
overschools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overschool
overschooling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overschool
Yib
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Yibit.
KMAG
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: KMAGYOYO
KMAG YOYO
YOYO
glosses: Abbreviation of kiss my ass guys/goodbye.
K-Mag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From K (“elemental symbol for potassium”) + Clipping of magnesium (“Mg”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of langbeinite (“a potassium magnesium sulfate mineral”)
synonyms: word: langbeinite
extra: a potassium magnesium sulfate mineral
endosexist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endosex + -ist.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:endosexist.
glosses: Characterized by or characteristic of endosexism.
sign into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: signs into
form: signing into
form: signed into
form: signed into
Senses: glosses: sign in (to access a webpage or computer)
zindans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zindan
doenjang-jjigae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 된장찌개 (doenjangjjigae).
Senses: synonyms: soybean paste stew
glosses: A Korean traditional jjigae made with doenjang as a primary ingredient.
hydropollution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydro- + pollution.
Senses: glosses: water pollution
acafen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See fen.
Senses: glosses: plural of acafan
aca-fen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See fen.
Senses: glosses: plural of aca-fan
aca/fan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aca/fans
form: aca/fen
Senses: examples: text: This suggestion coincides with the concept of the “scholar-fan” or “aca/fan” developed by media studies scholar Henry Jenkins in the early 1990s and still a subject of lively debate today.
ref: 2008, Michael Ann Holly, Marquard Smith, editors, What Is Research in the Visual Arts?: Obsession, Archive, Encounter, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, →ISBN, page 161:
text: This is not to say there is no worth in exploring the term DIY preservation in this context but rather that more work needs to be done in exploring the ways in which popular music archivists, fans, aca/fen and other scholars evoke it as a kind of discursive strategy or resource to support specific music heritage projects (e.g. see Baker and Huber 2012).
ref: 2015, Mark Duffett, Anja Löbert, “Trading Offstage Photos: Take That Fan Culture and the Collaborative Preservation of Popular Music Heritage”, in Sarah Baker, editor, Preserving Popular Music Heritage: Do-it-Yourself, Do-it-Together, New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, →ISBN, part I (Unpacking DIY Popular Music Heritage Practice), page 162:
text: Aca/fans argue that a person can be an academic and a fan and simultaneously enjoy and assess aesthetic merit in various types of texts.
ref: 2018, Nicole L. Wilson, “Intertextuality, Adaptation, or Fanfiction? April Lindner and the Brontë Sisters”, in Sonya Sawyer Fritz, Sara K. Day, editors, The Victorian Era in Twenty-First Century Children’s and Adolescent Literature and Culture, New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 171:
glosses: Alternative form of acafan.
aca/fans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aca/fan
aca/fen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See fen.
Senses: glosses: plural of aca/fan
biohalogenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biohalogenation
aca-fandom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aca-fandoms
Senses: examples: text: The feminist aca-fandom of Ginger Snaps needs to be seen in the context of an overall change in horror fandom demographics (where college-educated women now make up a near-majority faction).
ref: 2013, Ernest Mathijs, John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps, page 100:
text: They have also reduced the distance between fandom and the adademy by proclaiming their dual identities. Aca-fandom has therefore questioned the norms of academic subjectivity.
ref: 2013, Mark Duffett, Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 268:
text: And if aca-fandom is maintained as a fan studies’ badge of belonging, then there’s the additional ‘risk of creating a field in which only certain felt scholarships [or aca-fandoms] are welcome, with others dismissed or not recognized or simply not invited to be part of the conversation;’ […]
ref: 2020 November, Matt Hills, “Shared trajectories and ‘figures of the fan audience’ in comics studies and fan studies: Arrested development … or transmedial developments?”, in Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 17, number 2, page 166:
glosses: Alternative form of acafandom.
aca-fandoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aca-fandom
bioidentifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioidentification
bioidentities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioidentity
zahid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zahids
form: zuhhad
Etymology: Arabic زَاهِد (zāhid)
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An ascetic.
TWOT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: As noted in TWOT 1:132, its roots and derivatives occur 415 times in the Hebrew Bible: 214 times it appears in the Piel stem, which is always translated “to bless.”
ref: 2019, Terry L. Cross, The People of God's Presence: An Introduction to Ecclesiology, Baker Academic, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Acronym of Theological wordbook of the Old Testament.
Tranmere Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Guiseley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1741).
edriophthalmian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: edriophthalmous.
doing away with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do away with
does away with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do away with
did away with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do away with
twilight anesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of conscious sedation generally causing anterograde amnesia so the patient is unable to remember the procedure.
conscious sedation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An anesthetic technique in which the patient remains awake but undergoes some of the usual effects of sedatives, including pain reduction, anterograde amnesia, etc.
doorknob phenomenon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doorknob phenomena
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The situation in which a patient waits until the very end of a clinical visit to mention important information.
Related terms: doorknob complaint
doorknob question
doorknob statement
doorknob complaint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doorknob complaints
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A complaint reported by a patient at the very end of a clinical visit, raising important information about the patient's condition that should have been mentioned earlier.
Related terms: doorknob phenomenon
doorknob question
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doorknob questions
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A question asked by a patient at the very end of a clinical visit, raising important information about the patient's condition that should have been mentioned earlier.
Related terms: doorknob phenomenon
doorknob statement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doorknob statements
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A statement made by a patient at the very end of a clinical visit, constituting important information about the patient's condition that should have been mentioned earlier.
Related terms: doorknob phenomenon
Zeralda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zéralda
Etymology: Borrowed from French Zéralda, from Arabic زرالدة.
Senses: glosses: A commune and municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria.
first-mover disadvantage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first-mover disadvantages
Senses: glosses: A situation in which a company or individual that creates or introduces a new idea, product, or service is later at a disadvantage because others are able to copy or improve upon it, making the original seem less innovative or valuable, or because of other factors, such as breaking down barriers (at a cost) that others thus won't have to face.
Related terms: early adopter
free-rider problem
the second mouse gets the cheese
first-mover disadvantages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first-mover -disadvantages
Senses: glosses: plural of first-mover disadvantage
re-Latinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-Latinizes
form: re-Latinizing
form: re-Latinized
form: re-Latinized
form: re-Latinise
form: relatinize
form: relatinise
Etymology: From re- + Latinize.
Senses: examples: text: It was Leonardo Bruni (ca. 1369–1444) who had begun the transplantation of the medieval Aristotelian corpus into a Latin conforming to the new humanist standards and hence appealing to a readership educated by humanists. […] Meanwhile, as Bruni's reputation grew, other humanists had begun to re-Latinize Aristotle.
ref: 1999, Brian P. Copenhaver, “Aristotelianisms”, in Richard H. Popkin, editor, The Columbia History of Western Philosophy, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 288:
glosses: To Latinize again.
re-Latinise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-Latinises
form: re-Latinising
form: re-Latinised
form: re-Latinised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of re-Latinize.
relatinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relatinizes
form: relatinizing
form: relatinized
form: relatinized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of re-Latinize.
relatinise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relatinises
form: relatinising
form: relatinised
form: relatinised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of re-Latinize.
relatinised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relatinise
Kbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kb
Bide
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kbs
form: Kb's
form: Kb
Senses: synonyms: kb
kbit
Kbit
glosses: Abbreviation of kilobit; 1000 bits.
synonyms: kib
kibit
kb
kbit
Kbit
glosses: Abbreviation of kibibit; 1024 bits.
glosses: Abbreviation of kauri-butanol value.
Kilner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Kilner jar
Yoyo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yoyos
form: Yoyoes
Etymology: * (female given name): From the propensity of female Chinese given names to reduplicate a syllable, resulting in a reduplicated syllable in the coining of an English given name not originating as a Chinese name.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A nickname
Coordinate terms: sense: similar East Asian English female given names
word: Dada
sense: similar East Asian English female given names
word: Didi
sense: similar East Asian English female given names
word: Dodo
sense: similar East Asian English female given names
word: Gigi
sense: similar East Asian English female given names
word: Gogo
sense: similar East Asian English female given names
word: Jojo
sense: similar East Asian English female given names
word: Yaya
sense: similar East Asian English female given names
word: Yiyi
Payne's grey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Payne's gray
Etymology: Named after the watercolour painter William Payne.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A dark blue-grey colour used in painting, originally a mixture of iron blue (Prussian blue), yellow ochre and crimson lake.
Payne's gray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Payne's grey.
geezer teasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geezer teaser
postepidural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + epidural.
Senses: glosses: After the administration of an epidural.
hackfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hack + folk.
Senses: examples: text: On Tuesday 13 April 2010 on the Island of the Manahattoes, Lisp NYC will gather to eat and drink. And the NYLUG Hackfolk will gather to first Squeak, then eat and drink.
ref: 2010 April 5, Jay Sulzberger, Corresponding Secretary LXNY, “NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 13 April 2010 Lisp NYC Meet and NYLUG Hack Meet”, in gnu-misc-discuss (Usenet):
glosses: People who habitually tinker with computers.
paytan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paytans
form: paytanim
form: payetan
form: payyetan
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew פַּיְטָן (paytán).
Senses: glosses: The writer of a piyyut.
payetan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: payetanim
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paytan.
payyetan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: payyetanim
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paytan.
pearl ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearl ashes
Senses: examples: text: There are other articles also of great importance, which tho’ strictly speaking manufactures are omitted, as being immediately connected with husbandry: such are flour, pot & pearl ash, Pitch, tar, turpentine and the like.
ref: 1791 December 5, Alexander Hamilton, “Alexander Hamilton’s Final Version of the Report on the Subject of Manufactures”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, volume 10, New York: Columbia University Press, published 1966, →LCCN, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of pearlash.
pearl ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearl ash
intermember
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + member.
Senses: glosses: Between members.
blood lime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood limes
Senses: glosses: A small reddish-orange lime, a cross between the red finger lime (Citrus australasica var. sanguinea) and the 'Ellendale Mandarin' which is a sweet orange/mandarin cross.
blood limes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood lime
upper-cruster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upper-crusters
Etymology: From upper crust + -er.
Senses: glosses: A member of the social elite, the highest social class.
upper-crusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upper-cruster
locuting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of locute
uraniumaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uraniumaires
Etymology: Blend of uranium + millionaire
Senses: glosses: A millionaire whose wealth was acquired through uranium mining.
uraniumaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uraniumaire
locuted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of locute
Alexandrine rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alexandrine rats
Etymology: From its original habitat; a calque of New Latin rattus alexandrīnus.
Senses: glosses: A certain color morph of the black rat, once regarded as a distinct subspecies.
Alexandrine rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alexandrine rat
Algerian ivy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Algerian ivies
Senses: glosses: Any of species Hedera algeriensis of evergreen ivy native to the North African coast, including coastal mountains in Algeria.
Amanayé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A people of Brazil's Amazon basin, living between the cities of Belém and Brasília in the state of Pará, near the municipality of São Domingos do Capim.
Amanayé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their Tupí–Guaraní language.
Angaité
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language of the Paraguayan Chaco.
good cop, bad cop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There was an understanding between the two that they would play good cop, bad cop on occasion as Canada moved closer to war.
ref: 1995, Robert Bothwell, Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 72:
text: If you see the other side playing good cop, bad cop on you, ask them directly, “Are you playing good cop, bad cop with me?” Call out the bad behavior.
ref: 2010, Stuart Diamond, Getting More: How to Negotiate to Achieve Your Goals in the Real World, New York, N.Y.: Crown Business, →ISBN, page 147:
text: It is the rules that force them to play good cop, bad cop to get a confession (see also interrogation).
ref: 2018, David Correia, Tyler Wall, Police: A Field Guide, Verso, published 2022, →ISBN:
text: Are Macron and Merkel playing good cop, bad cop with Trump?
ref: 2018 April 27, William Cook, The Spectator, archived from the original on 01 May 2023:
glosses: Alternative form of good cop bad cop.
good cop/bad cop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The sounder view of apparent divisions within the regime is that Iran plays “good cop/bad cop” with the West.
ref: 2008, John C. Wohlstetter, The Long War Ahead and the Short War Upon Us: Imperfect Civilization, Perfect Barbarism and Wmd Terror, Discovery Institute, →ISBN:
text: For an Integral health care provider, both types of love need to be included in one person, so we don’t play good cop/bad cop with addicts. In early recovery, mother love is more important; just as in the early life of a child, mother love is more important than father love. Clients must feel that they are accepted, welcomed, and cared for. But as treatment goes on, and health is restored, the balance between mother love and father love begins to shift, and our clients become responsible for their own healing process and held accountable to the high standards it requires.
ref: 2013, John Dupuy, Integral Recovery: A Revolutionary Approach to the Treatment of Alcoholism and Addiction, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 200:
text: USA Today bestselling author Lauren Layne brings us NYPD’s Finest—where three Moretti brothers fulfill their family’s cop legacy. Seeing his longtime partner Jill with someone else triggers feelings in Vincent he never knew he had. Now he’ll have to stop playing good cop/bad cop, and find a way to convince her to be his partner for life…
ref: 2016, Lauren Layne, Cuff Me, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: Playing good cop/bad cop is not good for anyone. The kids will learn which parent they can manipulate, and they will also resent the parent who is the constant enforcer. The good cop parent isn’t doing their child any favors by being lenient. He/she is being a doormat, and that is going to backfire for that parent when the children get older. They will not respect that parent. The other parent will resent having to be the bad cop.
ref: 2020, Melissa Oatman, Beautifully Broken: The Spiritual Woman’s Guide to Thriving (Not Simply Surviving) After a Breakup or Divorce, MotherButterfly Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of good cop bad cop.
good-cop bad-cop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They spent about an hour playing good-cop bad-cop and making a dent in my supply of dark French Roast from The Castro Bean (Tango 87).
ref: 2000, Meredith Ahner Wood, Re/sisters in Crime: Politics and Sexuality in Lesbian Detective Novels:
text: Just think, if we run into bad guys, there’s two of us, and we can play good-cop bad-cop.
ref: 2000, John Shannon, The Poison Sky, Berkley, →ISBN:
text: Together they can play good-cop bad-cop, while Cubans wait for word on their nation’s future.
ref: 2007, Information Services Latin America:
text: His personnel file, an inch thick with commendations, recounts hunches he played, good-cop bad-cop routines, shoot-outs with Glocks and Berettas.
ref: 2010, Ken Armstrong, Nick Perry, Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime, and Complicity, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 12:
text: JENKINS AND LUCAS played good-cop bad-cop for a while, Jenkins suggesting that Honey Bee had helped some, and she might help more, and so deserved another chance. Lucas wanted to put her in jail.
ref: 2010, John Sandford, Storm Prey, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of good cop bad cop.
Good Cop/Bad Cop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: They watched as the interrogators played “Good Cop/Bad Cop.” The one who spoke first was friendly and fair. The other was hostile and scary.
ref: 1988, Franklin W. Dixon, Dead on Target, Simon Pulse, →ISBN:
text: Korine didn’t dignify his question with an answer. It was strange. She felt that Sudley was enjoying her discomfiture. She’d heard of policemen playing Good Cop/Bad Cop. She hoped that the Good Cop would arrive soon.
ref: 2001, Julie Wray Herman, Three Dirty Women and the Bitter Brew, The Overmountain Press, →ISBN, page 40:
text: When they played Good Cop/Bad Cop, Martinez had been very effective as the frightening arm of the law, and McFadden, despite his size, as the kindly young Irishman who understood what had happened and wanted only to help.
ref: 2003, W.E.B. Griffin, Final Justice, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: “All right,” he said, turning to the first sheet of paper inside. “We’re not playing Good Cop/Bad Cop here. Do you know that game?” “Yes, sir. Some captains delegate all the unpopular orders to their exec so he can take the heat.” “Right. Well, I don’t believe in that. If an unpopular order has to be given, the captain should take responsibility for it himself.[…]”
ref: 2004, David Gerrold, Tales of the Star Wolf, SFBC, →ISBN:
text: He’d somehow convinced Masoski to let her go without posting bail; in fact, she’d bypassed all the messy details that usually accompany being arrested. Why? She wondered if Goodley and Masoski were playing Good Cop/Bad Cop. She thought back over the afternoon and decided it didn’t matter what his motives were.
ref: 2005, Sandra Carey Cody, Put Out the Light, Avalon Books, →ISBN:
text: Benjamin wondered if they were playing Good Cop/Bad Cop, though so far they had asked him no questions.
ref: 2009, Steve Bartholomew, Chapel Perilous, NorlightsPress, →ISBN, page 71:
text: The entire interplay in the Good Cop/Bad Cop game is a mechanism for setting up fronts, communicating positions, and exploring alternatives. Bad Cop defines the hard line stance, while Good Cop is the sympathetic problem solver.
ref: 2009, Deborah Douglas, Ripe: Harvesting the Value of Your Business, SelectBooks, Inc., →ISBN:
text: “So, what’s the game? Good Cop/Bad Cop? Double Blind? Solberman’s Gambit?” “I thought I’d just go in there and hit her until she talks,” Theresa said.
ref: 2016, Patrick S. Tomlinson, Trident’s Forge: Children of a Dead Earth Book Two, Watkins Media Limited, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of good cop bad cop.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Or the two of you are playing ‘Good Cop, Bad Cop’ and you’re the Good Cop.
ref: 1988, Careers and the MBA.:
text: We’d take turns playing “Good Cop, Bad Cop.”
ref: 2002, Anthony Asadullah Samad, Souls for Sale: The Diary of an Ex-Colored Man: Conflict and Compromise of Second-Generation Advocacy in the Post-Civil Rights Era, Kabili Press, →ISBN:
text: "Were they having an affair?" Bad Cop Pall asked. I'd played Good Cop, Bad Cop myself. "He's a good-looking guy. Wife was pregnant, we hear. Maybe she went off sex. Pretty colleague, isolated spot, working together all the time: Who'd blame them?"
ref: 2008, Colin Harvey, Killers, Swimming Kangaroo Books, →ISBN, page 105:
text: Once again atop the high bank and by the prison perimeter, we soon were surrounded by four correction officers. Two began playing “Good Cop, Bad Cop.” Bad Cop wanted my camera.
ref: 2014, Riley McLincha, The Runyaker’s Journey, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 179:
text: The two officers played “Good Cop, Bad Cop” just like on television. The nice one asked if I had any other activities to confess.
ref: 2018, Wesley Allan Dueck, The Storyteller's Son: A Memoir of Loss and Hope in the Storm, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 63:
text: “The Time-space Man was trying to make you stay away from the other world, but these middle-aged women came here on their own. Isn’t that contradictory? Are they playing Good Cop, Bad Cop to shake us up?”
ref: 2019, Iori Miyazawa, Otherside Picnic: Volume 1, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of good cop bad cop.
good-cop/bad-cop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Imagine the grownups play good-cop/bad-cop with real guns & mean it.
ref: 1981, Ronald Silliman, Tjanting, Figures:
text: Mr. K always smiles, and Ms. V always frowns. Are they playing good-cop/bad-cop?
ref: 1984, Fantasy & Science Fiction:
text: My guess was that Parnell was playing good-cop/bad-cop, and was being the bad cop. Tony Mack, being an ex-cop himself, caught on and played along.
ref: 1989, Loren D. Estleman, Robert J. Randisi, L. J. Washburn, Ed Gorman, The Black Moon, →ISBN:
text: Apparently Ben was playing good-cop/bad-cop all by himself.
ref: 1991, Andrea Edwards, Starting Over, Silhouette, →ISBN:
text: If she was annoyed that they had tricked her into driving Logan back to Little Rock from the rally, then she wouldn’t be thrilled about her two brothers playing good-cop/bad-cop to find out the guy’s intentions.
ref: 1992, Sally Falcon, Stolen Kisses, Kismet, →ISBN:
text: It had gone like that all night, until well after midnight, the boys playing good-cop/bad-cop or using whatever means they had to put out the fires.
ref: 1996, Joseph Mauro, Al Franken Is a Bucktoothed Moron—And Other Observations: The Right Strikes Back!, →ISBN:
text: “Listen, gentlemen. I have watched a lot of cop-based TV shows in my day and I know that when one policeman is nice to you and the other one doesn’t look so nice that’s called ‘good-cop/bad-cop.’ Now, there’s no reason to play good-cop/bad-cop because I will tell you everything you want to know down to the last detail. All I ask is that you believe me.”
ref: 2014, Teresa Lynn Paris McDonnell, The Diet God, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 124:
text: Raphael smiled. This was his captive and the pair of us were playing good-cop/bad-cop. Well, maybe bad-cop/bad-cop.
ref: 2021, Debra Dunbar, Imp Series Books 7-9:
glosses: Alternative form of good cop bad cop.
good-cop-bad-cop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When he and his partner play good-cop-bad-cop, I bet I know who plays bad-cop.
ref: 1992, Georgia Helm, Mad Hatter, Kismet, →ISBN:
text: They played "good-cop-bad-cop", they skipped questions and repeated questions, they went over the same ground three and four times, they pointed out natural causes for things he had witnessed, they asked what his real motives were to get his adrenalin pumping, they called him "imaginative", and calmed him down when he took offense, and at the end of two hours both they and Prophet were exhausted.
ref: 1993, Gayle Peters, Taken!, Bitingduck Press LLC, →ISBN, page 108:
text: He played good-cop-bad-cop all by himself. First he was tender and considerate, worrying that she might have cut her hand, and the next instant he was berating her for a supposedly faulty memory where her own marriage was concerned.
ref: 1998, Kelly Jamison, The Bride Was a Rental, Harlequin Books, →ISBN:
text: You just have to be really strong and if the actor starts to bitch, you say, ‘Okay’ and you play good-cop-bad-cop, and you bring in the other head producer.
ref: 1999, Latin Style:
text: He singlehandedly played good-cop-bad-cop, refusing to budge while expressing sympathy for their plight.
ref: 1999, The New York Times Biographical Service:
text: Truitt could tell by reading his deputy’s body language that if they were to play good-cop-bad-cop, he would have to take the role of the good cop himself.
ref: 2001, Teri Holbrook, The Mother Tongue, Crimeline, →ISBN:
text: Francis never interfered when Lillian got a head of steam. They had unconsciously developed their own unique version of good-cop-bad-cop, and it worked very well.
ref: 2005, Patrick Astre, The Artifact, Salvo Press, →ISBN, page 36:
text: For a good cop, she was pretty convincing, as well. Funny how that worked. I knew they were playing it for my benefit. For all I could tell, in real life she was a brass-plated bitch and Rocco spent his weekends delivering baskets of gumdrops to orphans. But knowing they were playing good-cop-bad-cop didn’t make me feel any better.
ref: 2008, William E. Merritt, A Fool’s Gold, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 22:
text: Cathy and I were thinking of playing good-cop-bad-cop on him, hoping two women in the same room will mess him up.
ref: 2009, Archer Mayor, The Price of Malice: A Joe Gunther Novel, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 301:
text: Gary wondered if they were playing good-cop-bad-cop as they led him to the curb and helped him into the back seat of the police car.
ref: 2013 03, James A. Costa, Jr., A Portal in Time: A Novel, CCB Publishing, →ISBN, page 37:
text: He played good-cop-bad-cop with himself. The good cop wanted to believe that Addison had returned for rest and relaxation, to recuperate from the fall.
ref: 2020, Loretta C. Rogers, Christmas at Hope Ranch, The Wild Rose Press Inc, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of good cop bad cop.
bez antler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bez antlers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bezantler.
bez antlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bez antler
bhel puri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhel puris
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bhelpuri.
bhelpoori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhelpooris
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bhelpuri.
bhel poori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhel pooris
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bhelpuri.
bhelpooris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhelpoori
bhaenchud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhaenchuds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of behenchod.
bhaenchuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhaenchud
Addison's anemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Addison's anaemia
form: Addison's anæmia
Etymology: After British physician Thomas Addison.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pernicious anemia.
synonyms: word: pernicious anemia
Biermer's anemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After German physician Michael Anton Biermer.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pernicious anemia.
synonyms: word: pernicious anemia
brettessé
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bretessé.
Brulés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brulé
caffeol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic oil produced during the roasting of coffee.
Calon-Ségur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Calon-Ségurs
Senses: examples: text: While most Calon-Ségurs possess a hefty degree of tannin, this wine offers a glorious concoction of cedar, sweet jammy fruit, full body, and remarkable intensity without the husky roughness Calon-Ségur can display.
ref: 2013, Robert M. Parker, Bordeaux: A Consumer's Guide to the World's Finest Wines:
glosses: A wine from the Château Calon-Ségur winery in the Saint-Estèphe appellation of the Bordeaux wine region of France.
Calon-Ségurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Calon-Ségur
Cleave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A hamlet in Offwell parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, divided into Upper and Lower Cleave (OS grid ref ST2000).
callibogus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mixed drink, consisting of rum, molasses, and spruce beer.
Calliopian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Calliopean.
Treffry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Treffrys
form: Trefry
Etymology: Habitational surname, from Cornish tre (“house, homestead”) + fry (“nose; hill spur”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Cornish.
Cheese Week
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Maslenitsa (“Slavic festival”).
synonyms: word: Maslenitsa
extra: Slavic festival
cider vinegar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cider vinegars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of apple cider vinegar.
synonyms: word: apple cider vinegar
cider vinegars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cider vinegar
cockyleekie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cock-a-leekie.
cockyleeky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cock-a-leekie.
Bellenger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cominformist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cominformists
Etymology: From Cominform + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who works for Cominform.
Cominformists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cominformist
commissional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From commission + -al.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of commissionary.
synonyms: word: commissionary
communalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of communalization
communitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: communitizes
form: communitizing
form: communitized
form: communitized
Etymology: From community + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert into, or include within, a community.
communitized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of communitize
communitizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of communitize