cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Eastleach Martin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Eastleach parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, on the east bank of the River Leach (OS grid ref SP2005).
Related terms: Eastleach Turville
firebomb a Walmart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: firebombs a Walmart
form: firebombing a Walmart
form: firebombed a Walmart
form: firebombed a Walmart
Etymology: From an X (formerly Twitter) post by @LinkofSunshine in November 2023 (see first quotation). Popularized as an Internet meme in 2024.
Senses: examples: text: People on twitter will really be like 'you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a Walmart' and then not firebomb a Walmart
ref: 2023 November 3, @LinkofSunshine, X (formerly Twitter) (post):
text: Men will literally firebomb a WalMart instead of going to therapy
ref: 2024 April 28, @CartoonsHateHer, X (formerly Twitter) (post), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024:
text: Looks like someone finally firebombed the Walmart
ref: 2024 July 13, @getfiscal, X (formerly Twitter) (post), archived from the original on 14 Jul 2024:
text: Liberals are always taunting communists about when we will "firebomb a walmart" in protest, and this is when it would actually happen, but by liberals lol
ref: 2024 November 10, @mrs_socialista, X (formerly Twitter) (post), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To take direct action, in the context that the threats of such action are empty.
Related terms: electoralism
LARPer
paper tiger
thought-terminating cliché
Eastleach Turville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Manorial affix from the de Turville family.
Senses: glosses: A village in Eastleach parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, on the west bank of the River Leach (OS grid ref SP1905).
Related terms: Eastleach Martin
near-earth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of near-Earth.
Usmanpura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Gujarati ઉસ્માનપુરા (usmānpurā).
Senses: glosses: A western suburb of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Eastnor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Eastnor Donnington Parish Council) east of Ledbury, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO7337).
glosses: A village in Matabeleland North province, Zimbabwe.
glosses: A former township, now in the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
misdeeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misdeeders
Etymology: Form misdeed + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Usually it takes him too long going down the stairs from the roof to catch any misdeeder or wrongdoer, but tonight will be different.
ref: 2012, Wred Fright, Blog Love Omega Glee, page 275:
glosses: One who commits or is guilty of misdeed.
Synonyms: wrongdoer
hydroxycinnoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxycinnolines
Senses: glosses: Any hydroxy derivative of cinnoline.
osmoconcentration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osmoconcentrations
Senses: glosses: The process by which the concentration of solutes in a solution increases.
Filesis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Filesi
-philist
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of -phile.
synonyms: word: -phile
Related terms: -philism
-philism
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From -phile + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of -philia.
synonyms: word: -philia
Related terms: -philist
paralaryngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Beyond, or near, the larynx.
corundophilite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From corundum + -o- + -philite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An iron-rich variety of clinochlore.
altered scales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altered scale
broken pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broken pipes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of broken bar.
synonyms: word: broken bar
broken vertical bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broken vertical bars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of broken bar.
synonyms: word: broken bar
broken pipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broken pipe
broken vertical bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broken vertical bar
War in Europe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the War in Europe
Senses: glosses: Synonym of World War I.
synonyms: word: World War I
World War Four
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of World War IV.
synonyms: word: World War IV
variety performance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: variety performances
Senses: glosses: Synonym of variety show.
synonyms: word: variety show
variety performances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of variety performance
equational variety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equational varieties
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of variety (“an equational class in universal algebra”).
synonyms: word: variety
extra: an equational class in universal algebra
variety of algebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varieties of algebras
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of variety (“an equational class in universal algebra”).
synonyms: word: variety
extra: an equational class in universal algebra
equational class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equational classes
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of variety (“an equational class in universal algebra”).
synonyms: word: variety
extra: an equational class in universal algebra
equational classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equational class
equational varieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equational variety
varieties of algebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of variety of algebras
apples to apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: apples with apples
oranges with oranges
antonyms: apples and oranges
coordinate_terms: apples to apples, oranges to oranges
glosses: A comparison of items that are similar.
apples to apples, oranges to oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pl
Senses: examples: text: When you search for comparable objects, be sure you have a realistic opinion of your building. If your building is an older garden apartment, the rents of a luxury high-rise nearby are not valuable for comparison purposes. Compare apples to apples, oranges to oranges. Be sure the apples you compare are similar in age, styles, class and amenities.
ref: 1978, Duane Gomer, Creative Apartment Management ... the Easy Approach, A Compendium for Apartment Owners and Managers, Property Managers and Supervisors, Brokers, and Everyone Interested in the Field of Apartment Management, page 32:
text: Comparing utilization and financial data among different health centers is always difficult. Variations in reimbursement, record-keeping and reporting practices, as well as other factors, present formidable barriers to assuring "apples to apples, oranges to oranges" comparisons.
ref: 1988, United States, Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance, Laboratory & X-ray Services In Community and Migrant Health Centers, page 13:
text: After reading the claims: "Thus, the syntax of the claim suggests comparison of like entities to like entities-apples to apples, oranges to oranges, heating medium to heating medium."
ref: 1999, Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, volume 81, page 615:
text: Immediately, I know, the electricians and plumbers are going to say you can't do it that way with the work they do. But you can. And people do. And the point of all this is to be able to always compare comparable things. Apples to apples. Oranges to oranges. Repair estimates written using standard unit costs, itemized on a line item basis are much easier to read, understand and compare than contractors' proposals.
ref: 2004, Gordon Smith, After the Mold, It's Your Money Turning to Dust, page 114:
text: This type of mistake could be very, very costly. Remember, apples to apples, oranges to oranges. It doesn't matter which option's volatility of the spread you move as long as you get both options to an equal base volatility.
ref: 2009, Ron Ianeri, Options Theory and Trading, A Step-by-Step Guide to Control Risk and Generate Profits, page 244:
text: Here the "apples to apples, oranges to oranges" comparison involves comparing one type of test to another type of test while comparing the format of one such test to the formats of the other type of test.
ref: 2012, Brandon Royal, The Little Red Writing Book, Deluxe Edition, page 264:
text: While a two-mode network can help us intuit interesting patterns within the data, for actual analysis, we need to transform it so that we have apples to apples, oranges to oranges.
ref: 2022, Shawn Graham, Ian Milligan, Scott B. Weingart, Kimberley Martin, Exploring Big Historical Data: The Historian's Macroscope (Second Edition), page 256:
glosses: A comparison of items that are similar, while also acknowledging or distinguishing a separation of their sets or categories.
Related terms: apples and oranges
apples with apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of apples to apples.
synonyms: word: apples to apples
oranges with oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I think you are right in saying it was comparing oranges with oranges or apples with apples.
ref: 1940, United States, Temporary National Economic Committee, Verbatim Record of the Proceedings, Volume 10, page 612:
text: In other words, we suggest comparing lemons with lemons and oranges with oranges rather than as the advisory group proposal does, lemons with oranges.
ref: 1959, United States, Congress, House, Committee on Ways and Means, Advisory Group Recommendations on Subchapters C, J, and K of the Internal Revenue Code Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session on Advisory Group Recommendations on Subchapters C, J, and K of the Internal Revenue Code, February 24, 25, 26, 27, March 2, 3, and 4, 1959, page 659:
text: If one wants to compare intentions and movements with each other, one, metaphorically speaking, compares apples with oranges rather than apples with apples and oranges with oranges.
ref: 2014, Georg Northoff, Unlocking the Brain, Volume 1: Coding, page 156:
glosses: Synonym of apples to apples.
synonyms: word: apples to apples
nomothetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a nomothetic manner.
sprayability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being sprayable.
nonferroan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not ferroan.
striatopunctate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a pattern of small punctate lesions within the striatum.
striate-punctate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of striatopunctate.
punctate-striate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of striatopunctate.
punctatostriate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of striatopunctate.
-philite
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of -phile.
synonyms: word: -phile
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Forming names of minerals associated with a substance.
Donnington and Muxton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England, that includes the named places.
presbyterated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of presbyterate
felsophyre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: felsophyres
Senses: glosses: A porphyritic volcanic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz.
Muxton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in Donnington and Muxton parish, Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7113).
Kananga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Related terms: Villa Kananga
Shaw cum Donnington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish north of Newbury in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, that includes Donnington, but only a small part of Shaw, the rest of Shaw is in Newbury parish.
human beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of human bean
dark-necked tailorbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dark-necked tailorbirds
Etymology: Calque of translingual Orthotomus atrogularis.
Senses: glosses: Orthotomus atrogularis, a species of warbler.
Related terms: Orthotomus atrogularis
poplitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Popliteal.
hollows of the knee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hollow of the knee
rosterite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Roster + -ite, after Giorgio Roster.
Senses: glosses: A blue variety of beryl.
Fallingwater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From falling + water.
Senses: glosses: A house and museum in Mill Run, Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
cornshucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornshuckers
Etymology: From corn + shucker.
Senses: examples: text: [John Herr] was a man of powerful physique, six feet two inches in height, muscular and brawny, and noted in the settlement for his physical prowess, and enjoyed the reputation of being the best cornshucker and rifle shot in the neighborhood. A blacksmith by trade, John Herr was a fair type of Longfellow's hero of the world-renowned poem "The Village Blacksmith."
ref: 1895, Charlotte McIlvain Moore, “Old Kentucky homes”, in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, volume 39, number 64, page 64:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
synonyms: cornhusker
coordinate_terms: thresher
thresherman
glosses: A farmer or farm worker engaged in shucking corn (maize). A role played periodically, not a vocation.
examples: text: Nicholas Romanishan, Plaintiff vs. International Harvester Co., and Clark Vough, Individually and trading as Vough's Repair Shop and/or Vough & Sons, Defendants. 68 Ill. App. 2d 70, 215 N.E.2d 465, a farmer was injured when he reached into an operating cornshucker to remove jammed ears of corn. The Illinois court held that the question of whether the lack of a safety screen which would have prevented the farmer from reaching into the machine constituted a "defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the user" was for the jury. This rationale was specifically rejected by our Supreme Court in Bartkewich vs. Billinger, 432 Pa. 351, […]
ref: 1977, Northampton County Bar Association, “Cases Determined in the Courts of Northampton County in the State of Pennsylvania”, in Northampton County Reporter, volume 42, page 55:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
synonyms: cornhusker
coordinate_terms: thresher
threshing machine
;
cornsheller
glosses: A machine or machine component that shucks corn.
Related terms: cornhusking
cornshucking
ananda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The eternal bliss that accompanies the ending of the rebirth cycle.
cornshuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cornshucker
condolest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of condole
halatinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more halatinous
form: most halatinous
Senses: glosses: saline; salty
Wroxeter and Uppington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish between Shrewsbury and Telford, Shropshire, England, that includes the named places.
Blompf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Distortion of Drumpf.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Donald Trump.
Wroxeter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire, England, originally a Roman settlement (OS grid ref SJ5608).
glosses: A community in Howick township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
Uppington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Hinton parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0106).
glosses: A small village in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5909).
umboth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umboths
Etymology: Borrowed from Norn umbod, ombod, from Old Norse umboð. Cognate with Icelandic umboð, Faroese umboð, Swedish ombud. Doublet of ombudsman.
Senses: glosses: Agency.
shiller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shillers
Etymology: From shill + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps you have met a shiller. If you haven't, read this definition of him gleaned from the columns of the San Francisco Bulletin: […] Down in the basement they demonstrate the auto-camping outfit, installed on a trailer. You press a button and the thing blossoms out into a tent, two beds with mattresses, a cook stove and cooking utensils, a sideboard and a bottle of Cliquot. A husky-voiced chap with a red brush on his chin shuffled up to the demonstrater. "Do you want a shiller for this outfit?" he asked. "I don't get you," said the demonstrator. "A shiller — a come-on — a capper — you know. I want to show the people how them beds work. […] Just let me demonstrate one of them beds. It won't cost you a cent. When you get the crowd, I come up and say, 'How much is this out?' and you tell me, and then I say, 'I'll take it,' and I crawl into the hay." The demonstrator didn't seem to appreciate the generous offer.
ref: 1918 March 9, “Ever Meet a "Shiller"? He's a Cousin to the Fellow Who Could Spot the Pea in the Old Shell Game”, in The Hudson Triangle, volume 7, number 38, page 2:
glosses: One who shills: Synonym of shill.
shillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shiller
prior authorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prior auth
Senses: examples: text: “I once had to do a prior auth for United for a glass bottle,” a medical resident wrote. “The compounded intranasal midazolam was covered, but the glass bottle it came in was not.”
ref: 2024 December 6, Samantha Cole, “Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination”, in 404 Media:
topics: government
healthcare
glosses: A requirement by a health insurance companies that patients obtain approval before receiving certain medical services, procedures, or medications.
dominionhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dominionhoods
Etymology: From dominion + -hood.
Senses: glosses: status as a dominion.
dominionhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dominionhood
schizaxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schizaxons
Etymology: From schiz- + axon.
Senses: glosses: an axon that splits into nearly equal branches.
schizaxons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schizaxon
wheeler dealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheeler dealer
fragilocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fragilocytes
Etymology: From fragile + -o- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: an exceptionally fragile red blood cell.
my culture is not your costume
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Likely inspired by a widely-parodied 2011 ad campaign "We're a Culture, Not a Costume," raising awareness of racially insensitive Halloween costumes.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Within a fan group or subculture, an accusation of malicious appropriation by an outsider, or a denial of a person's credentials.
Related terms: stolen valor
fragilocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fragilocyte
fragilocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fragilocytoses
Etymology: From fragilocyte + cytosis.
Senses: glosses: an abnormal state characterized by the presence of fragilocytes in the blood.
fragilocytoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fragilocytosis
fragility test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fragility tests
Etymology: From fragility + test.
Senses: glosses: a test of the relative fragility of red blood cells made by exposing them to hypotonic solutions and determining the point at which they rupture.
fragility tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fragility test
erotemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erotema
patefy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpætɪfaɪ/
rhymes: -ætɪfaɪ
Forms: form: patefies
form: patefying
form: patefied
form: patefied
Etymology: From Latin patefacere.
Senses: glosses: To disclose.
Related terms: patefaction
southern sushi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I heard a radio announcer talking about these and he referred to them as......Southern Sushi!!! I thought this was quite delightful!!
ref: 2006 August 13, Diana, "Re: cheese rolls" [comment], in Foodlovers, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2024:
text: That’s how Gareth Hamilton and Kate French serve "southern sushi" (as cheese rolls are known by many) at the Batch, a cafe in Invercargill.
ref: 2022 June 3, Ben Mack, “Can southern sushi glow up? The cheese roll debate dividing New Zealand’s deep south”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An alternative name for cheese rolls.
hypermasculinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + masculinism or hypermasculine + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Hyperracial fantasies likewise exist throughout the historical avant-garde, and gender politics take a particularly extreme form, leading to hypermasculinism.
ref: 2009, Carrie Noland, Barrett Watten, Diasporic Avant-Gardes: Experimental Poetics and Cultural Displacement, Palgrave MacMillan:
glosses: Excessive masculinity.
soap off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: soaps off
form: soaping off
form: soaped off
form: soaped off
Senses: qualifier: literal
glosses: To remove by washing with soap.
glosses: Synonym of suds up.
synonyms: word: suds up
topics: business
dyeing
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: To rinse fabric with hot water to remove dye that has not fixed to the surface of the fabric.
get under it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets under it
form: getting under it
form: got under it
form: gotten under it
Senses: qualifier: trucking
glosses: To sharply steer the other direction (e.g. to switch from right to left) when backing up in order to align a truck straight on with a loading dock.
patch over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: patches over
form: patching over
form: patched over
form: patched over
Etymology: In reference to the patches, or club-specific badges, that bikers wear.
Senses: glosses: To take over and absorb (a smaller motorcycle club).
gape for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gapes for
form: gaping for
form: gaped for
form: gaped for
Senses: examples: text: "When we have meat, and drink, and clothing, let us be content," let us not gape for riches; for I tell you it is a dangerous thing to have riches.
ref: 1844 [1552], Hugh Latimer, “The Seventh Sermon upon the Lord's Prayer”, in Sermons, page 442:
text: That very few are fled for religion other than such as were not able to live at home but in beggary, or discontented for lack of preferment which they gaped for unworthily in universities and other places; or bankrupt merchants etc.
ref: 1914 [1584], William Allen, Allen's Defence of English Catholics, 1584, volume 1, page 63:
glosses: To strongly desire, yearn for.
dogs have masters; cats have staff
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: dogs have masters
form: cats have staff
Senses: examples: text: > ~Krysta Sutterfield / Lady Shandra
> Chaos Coordinator
> Dogs have masters; cats have staff.
ref: 1997 May 5, Patty Winter, quoting Krysta Sutterfield, “Solo Traveling in the East Kingdom”, in rec.org.sca (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Dec 2024:
text: According to [Jeffrey Moussaieff] Masson, cats are innately spiritual (“There does seem to be a Zen of cats”), their psychological lives are complicated, and we humans had better be aware of the immutable fact that “dogs have masters; cats have staff.”
ref: 2002 December 7, Margaret Gunning, “Three new books explore the feline mystique”, in The Gazette, Montreal, Que., →ISSN, page H7, columns 5–6:
text: She lives in Brookeville, Maryland, with her husband and two cats who live by the adage “Dogs have masters; cats have staff!”
ref: 2009, “2010 Author Biographies”, in Ardis Stenbakken, editor, Sanctuary: Finding Sanctuary for the Soul in the Presence of God (The Women’s Devotional Series; 18), Hagerstown, Md.: Review and Herald® Publishing Association, →ISBN, page 392:
text: If I could divide the world into two nice, neat camps, it’d look like this: Dog People and Other. Some sage put it this way: “Dogs have masters; cats have staff.” That sums it up pretty well, huh?
ref: 2009, Kristine Lowder, “Eve”, in How I Got to Be 50 and Other Atrocities: A Baby Boomer Reflects on the Boom and Other Splashes of Everyday Life, Warrens, Wis.: Living Stones Fellowship International, →ISBN, section “Faith”, page 139:
text: As the joke goes, a dog looks at all the things we provide for it and thinks, You must be God. A cat looks at all the things we provide for it and thinks, I must be God. Here’s another favorite: “Dogs have masters; cats have staff.”
ref: 2013, Mieshelle Nagelschneider, “Life on the Wild Side—Where Even the Tamest Cats Live”, in The Cat Whisperer: Why Cats Do What They Do—and How to Get Them to Do What You Want, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 53:
text: Like Deloris’s conversations, the writings often incorporated what she had heard on television. […] Dogs have masters; cats have staff.
ref: 2014, Allan Ament, “Negotiating the Rapids”, in Learning to Float: Memoir of a Caregiver-Husband, Seattle, Wash.: Booktrope Editions, →ISBN, pages 60–61:
text: She’d lost all sympathy for the dog. Eva was more of a cat person anyway. She admired their character. Dogs have masters; cats have staff. Felix demonstrated this time and time again.
ref: 2015, Elke Becker, translated by Terry Laster, chapter 5, in Over the Fench, Seattle, Wash.: AmazonCrossing, →ISBN, page 48:
text: We have two cats we’re crazy about, but it would be nice to once again have a pet that seems to actually be happy that we are alive. […] As the saying goes, dogs have masters; cats have staff.
ref: 2016 December 10, Doug Showalter, “Doggone it: Thinking of expanding our family”, in The Republic, Columbus, Ind., →ISSN, page B4, columns 1–2:
glosses: Alternative form of dogs have masters, cats have staff.
subcuneiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Below the cuneiform bone.
circumvallatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circumvallation + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: LEXINGTON, in Kentucky, stands partly on the site of an ancient town, which was of great extent and magnificence, as is amply evinced by the wide range of its circumvallatory works, and the quantity of ground it once occupied.
ref: 1834, Josiah Priest, American Antiquities and Discoveries in the West, page 110:
text: Here a broad, deep, circumvallatory trench, hewn from the solid rock, was defended by a wall of great strength erected upon its inner edge.
ref: 1852 [1836], Edgar Allan Poe, “A Tale of Jerusalem”, in James Albert Harrison, editor, The works of the late Edgar Allan Poe, II: Poems and Miscellanies, New York: J. S. Redfield, page 216:
glosses: Having the nature of a circumvallation; consisting of a rampart or trench that entirely encircles the position being defended.
gapes for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gape for
gaping for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gape for
gaped for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gape for
cycloparaffinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cycloparaffins.
headphoneless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From headphone + -less.
Senses: examples: text: As someone who constantly has music playing in the background, living without my headphones for the ride to and from Chicago seemed like torture. Little did I know, those few hours would turn into a week of “headphoneless” silence.
ref: 2017 April 22, Chanel Vargas, “I Tried Not Wearing Headphones for a Week”, in Her Campus:
glosses: Without headphones; not wearing headphones.
glucoascorbic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A glucose derivative of ascorbic acid.
hydroxysafrole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any hydroxy derivative of safrole.
minisymposium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minisymposiums
form: minisymposia
Senses: glosses: A small-scale symposium.
paperclay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paperclays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paper clay.
paper-clay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper-clays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paper clay.
fiber clay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiber clays
Senses: glosses: Synonym of paper clay.
synonyms: word: paper clay
fiberclay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiberclays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fiber clay.
fiber-clay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiber-clays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fiber clay.
fibre clay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibre clays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fiber clay.
fibreclay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibreclays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fiber clay.
fibre-clay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibre-clays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fiber clay.
pseudoagglutination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoagglutinations
Senses: glosses: The clumping of red blood cells, that resembles agglutination but occurs without the involvement of an antigen-antibody reaction.
Bao-angan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Kankanaey Bao-angan. See that for more details.
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.
cystographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cystography.
cystosonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cystosonography.
isochrestic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to isochrestism.
Capinitan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Kankanaey Capinitan. See that for more details.
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Howick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places around the world:
A small village in Longhoughton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref SU2517).
glosses: A number of places around the world:
A hamlet in Devauden community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST5095).
glosses: A number of places around the world:
A township in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A number of places around the world:
A municipality in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, named after a Viscount Howick.
glosses: A number of places around the world:
A town in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, named after Lord Howick.
glosses: A number of places around the world:
An eastern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, originally a settlement named after Viscount Howick.
mayorals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mayoral
Northern Bruce Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality on the Bruce Peninsula in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, created in 1999 from the townships of St. Edmunds, Lindsay and Eastnor, and village of Lion's Head.
Willie Wag-tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willie Wag-tails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
willie wag-tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willie wag-tails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
Willie wagtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willie wagtails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
Willie Wagtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willie Wagtails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
willie-wag-tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willie-wag-tails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
Willy Wag Tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willy Wag Tails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
Willy wag-tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willy wag-tails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
Willy Wag-tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willy Wag-tails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
Willy Wagtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willy Wagtails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
willy-wag-tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willy-wag-tails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
Willy-Wagtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willy-Wagtails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
willy-wagtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willy-wagtails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
Willywagtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willywagtails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
willywagtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willywagtails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
Willy-wag-tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willy-wag-tails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of willie wagtail.
Willie Wag-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willie Wag-tail
willie wag-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of willie wag-tail
Willie wagtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willie wagtail
Willie Wagtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willie Wagtail
willie-wag-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of willie-wag-tail
Willy Wag Tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willy Wag Tail
Willy wag-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willy wag-tail
Willy Wag-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willy Wag-tail
Willy Wagtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willy Wagtail
willy-wag-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of willy-wag-tail
Willy-wag-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willy-wag-tail
Willy-Wagtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willy-Wagtail
willy-wagtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of willy-wagtail
Willywagtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willywagtail
willywagtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of willywagtail
Hazratganj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Urdu حَضْرَت گَنْج (hazrat ganj).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bruce Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin.
Senses: glosses: A peninsula and national park in south-west Ontario, Canada; the peninsula juts into Lake Huron.
wikipedia: James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Derived terms: english: a municipality
translation: a municipality
word: Northern Bruce Peninsula
microwatershed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microwatersheds
Senses: glosses: A small-scale watershed.
micro-watershed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro-watersheds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of microwatershed.
argpyrimidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argpyrimidines
Senses: glosses: An advanced glycation end product formed from arginine and methylglyoxal through the Maillard reaction.
bi-iliac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to both iliac bones.
biiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bi-iliac.
gulix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gulixes
Senses: glosses: a kind of fine linen.
gulixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gulix
monobromobenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monobromobenzenes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bromobenzene.
synonyms: word: bromobenzene
bromobenzol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bromobenzene.
synonyms: word: bromobenzene
phenylbromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenylbromides
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bromobenzene.
synonyms: word: bromobenzene
barns-breaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barns-breakings
Senses: glosses: mischievous or injurious action : idle play
barns-breakings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barns-breaking
Georgian Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large bay off Lake Huron, within Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A township in Muskoka district municipality, south-central Ontario, named after the bay.
trifluoroperacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trifluoroperacetic acids
Senses: glosses: The peroxyacid analog of trifluoroacetic acid.
peroxytrifluoroacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxytrifluoroacetic acids
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trifluoroperacetic acid.
synonyms: word: trifluoroperacetic acid
trifluoroethaneperoxoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trifluoroperacetic acid.
synonyms: word: trifluoroperacetic acid
honeyfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: PR
ipa: /ˈhʌn.i.fɔl/
ipa: /ˈhʌ.ni.fɔːl/
Etymology: From honey + fall.
Senses: glosses: Honeydew.
gng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gngs
Senses: related: word: GNG
glosses: Abbreviation of gang.
gunjible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunjibles
form: gunjabul
form: gunjibal
Etymology: Alteration of constable.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Gunjibles!’ boonger hissed […]. Two uniformed policemen were walking straight across to their table.
ref: 1990, Sam Watson, The Kadaitcha Sung:
text: At home his enemies were clear: Reverend O'Sullivan, the gunjibals, the Welfare.
ref: 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 1:
qualifier: Australian Aboriginal
glosses: A police officer.
Derived terms: gunjie
gunjibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunjible
gunjie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunjies
Etymology: Clipping of gunjible + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Over in the corner, a stout gunjie with a flaming red beard. Three more beside him, all wearing the unfamiliar blue serge of the Queensland Police Force.
ref: 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 1:
glosses: Abbreviation of gunjible.
bunji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunjis
form: bunjie
Etymology: From Warlpiri [Term?], and other related languages of the Northern Territory and northern Queensland.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Well, suit yourself bunji. I'm not sitting here getting cooked to death.’
ref: 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 9:
qualifier: Australian Aboriginal
glosses: A mate; a kinsman.
Peasemore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4577).
leopard tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leopard trees
Senses: examples: text: [S]he looked straight in front of her, down a long gravel driveway to the house that jack shit built. It huddled beneath the spreading arms of a large leopard tree.
ref: 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 9:
glosses: Synonym of leopardwood.
synonyms: word: leopardwood
Hell Corner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Inkpen parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3864).
Alaskan Kings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alaskan King
Antarctic 10s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Antarctic 10
Indo-Arabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Indo-Arabic
form: most Indo-Arabic
Etymology: From Indo- + Arabic.
Senses: examples: text: Among the numerous Arabic works of the later period of Indo-Arabic literature one should mention the Manāqib al-Ḥaydariyya by the Arab writter Aḥmad al-Shirwānī at the court of Lucknow;
ref: 2003, UNESCO, The different aspects of islamic culture, page 288:
text: The Indo-Arabic system was introduced into Europe in 1000 CE, but due to resistance from several quarters, centuries elapsed before it finally enjoyed widespread use.
ref: 2008, Jonathan Borwein, David Bailey, Mathematics by Experiment:
text: The large part of the Indo-Arabic population considers itself and is considered by others as part of the Betawi.
ref: 2014, Jacqueline Knörr, Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia, page 109:
glosses: Pertaining to the interaction between Indian and Arabic cultures.
Derived terms: Indo-Arabic numeral
pentahydroxyflavone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentahydroxyflavones
Senses: glosses: Any flavone with five hydroxyl groups.
HCE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HCEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of highly compensated employee.
erythorbic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more erythorbic
form: most erythorbic
Senses: examples: text: A process for the substantial purification of the erythorbic values from a spent photographic solution containing said values , said spent photographic solution containing erythorbic decomposition products in the form of oxalic acids, comprising : […]
ref: 1995, Alvin J. O'Donnell, “5457214: Recovery of Erythorbates from Photographic Solutions”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 1115:
glosses: Pertaining to erythorbic acid.
erythrobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more erythrobic
form: most erythrobic
Etymology: From erythro- + -obe + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Taxol® induced more erythrobic hemolysis than did a paclitaxel solid dispersion formulation.
ref: 2009, Jae-Hyun Park, Sang-Cheol Chi, Won Seok Lee, Won Mo Lee, Yoon Bon Koo, Chul Soon Yong, Han Gon Choi, Jong Soo Woo, “Toxicity studies of cremophor-free paclitaxel solid dispersion formulated by a supercritical antisolvent process”, in Archives of Pharmacal Research:
glosses: Pertaining to erythrocytes.
staggeredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more staggeredly
form: most staggeredly
Etymology: From staggered + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a staggered way.
periaortitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periaortitides
Senses: glosses: Inflammation of the tissue surrounding the aorta.
magnanimosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A less common word for magnanimity.
Blaise Hamlet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet near Henbury, City and County of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST5578).
self-lubrication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-lubrications
Etymology: From self- + lubrication.
Senses: glosses: The process of self-lubricating
Related terms: sense: see
word: lubrication
socioterritorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to social and territorial factors.
socio-territorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of socioterritorial.
futurelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a futureless manner.
nonambiguity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being nonambiguous.
internal auditory canals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of internal auditory canal
internal acoustic meatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: internal acoustic meatus
form: internal acoustic meatuses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of internal auditory canal.
synonyms: word: internal auditory canal
internal auditory meatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: internal auditory meatus
form: internal auditory meatuses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of internal auditory canal.
synonyms: word: internal auditory canal
laminogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laminograms
Senses: glosses: An image produced by laminography.
auditory meatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auditory meatuses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ear canal.
synonyms: word: ear canal
external acoustic meatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: external acoustic meatuses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ear canal.
synonyms: word: ear canal
external auditory canal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: external auditory canals
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ear canal.
synonyms: word: ear canal
Manbij
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmenbɪdʒ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَنْبِج (manbij), from Classical Syriac ܡܒܘܓ which is related to a "spring" or a "font".
Senses: glosses: A city in Syria.
auditory meatuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auditory meatus
external acoustic meatuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of external acoustic meatus
external auditory canals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of external auditory canal
noninstrumentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a noninstrumental manner.
crocus of Mars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Ferric oxide.
Related terms: crocus of Venus
nongerminomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not germinomatous.
move it or lose it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of use it or lose it (“one's physical fitness will gradually decline if one does not exercise regularly”).
synonyms: word: use it or lose it
extra: one's physical fitness will gradually decline if one does not exercise regularly
telecommunications tower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecommunications towers
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A structure intended to support antennas, waveguide and associated equipment for the transmission of signals for wireless communication.
telecommunications towers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telecommunications tower
internal auditory meatuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of internal auditory meatus
internal acoustic meatuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of internal acoustic meatus