cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
misdub
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misdubs
form: misdubbing
form: misdubbed
form: misdubbed
Etymology: From mis- + dub.
Senses: examples: text: Hearken, James of England, And you, his peers of council; Spain my master Claims Walter Raleigh here, misdubbed for knight, A felon, and a murderer, and a pirate.
ref: 1866, Martin Farquhar Tupper, Raleigh: His Life and His Death: A Historical Play in Five Acts, page 57:
text: At one point in this sequence it seems that the taps have been slightly misdubbed — very rare in Astaire's work.
ref: 1986, John E. Mueller, Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films, page 193:
text: Godard in Tout Va Bien (1972) and Hanoun in Une Simple Histoire deliberately misdub in order to sabotage the fictive unity of voice and image.
ref: 1987, Ella Shohat, Robert Stam, “The Cinema After Babel: Language, Difference, Power”, in Shirley F. Staton, editor, Literary Theories in Praxis, page 239:
text: The first was that the old line of fortresses to the east, the ones facing Germany and misdubbed the "Maginot Line," were holding out well for the nonce, and buthering the invaders in the process.
ref: 2005, John Ringo, Tom Kratman, Watch on the Rhine:
text: 'Actually, THIS is lack,' I said as I sat down, pointing to the sculpture on my right whom Rena had misdubbed Barkley.
ref: 2011, Leslie Marshall, A Girl Could Stand Up, page 79:
text: Indeed, that cell may be misdubbed the "Edna face-cell" should the truth of the local-coding hypothesis be taken for granted.
ref: 2016, Patricia S. Churchland, Terrence J. Sejnowski, The Computational Brain, page 179:
glosses: To dub incorrectly (any sense).
misdubs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misdub
misdubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misdub
anti-vaxx
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-vax.
anti-vaccine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: antivaccine
Etymology: From anti- + vaccine.
Senses: examples: text: A new book defending vaccines, written by a doctor infuriated at the claim that they cause autism, is galvanizing a backlash against the antivaccine movement in the United States.
ref: 2009 January 13, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Book Is Rallying Resistance to the Antivaccine Crusade”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2019:
text: This tactic should not be surprising given that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. served as a producer on “Vaxxed II.” A recent study found Kennedy’s anti-vaccination organization, the World Mercury Project, was one of two groups responsible for 54 percent of anti-vaccine advertisements on Facebook.
ref: 2019 December 10, Tess Lanzarotta, “How to beat anti-vaxxers at their own game”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2023:
text: The study, which mapped the vaccine conversation on Facebook during the 2019 measles outbreak, found that there were nearly three times as many active anti-vaccination communities as pro-vaccination communities. In addition, they found that while pro-vaccine pages tended to have more followers, anti-vaccine pages were faster-growing.
ref: 2020 May 13, Kevin Roose, “Get Ready for a Vaccine Information War”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2020:
text: Donald Trump’s habit of projecting his own failings onto his adversaries reached a new level of absurdity on Labor Day, when he attacked the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for “reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric” and accused them of a position that “undermines science.”
ref: 2020 September 8, Michael Hiltzik, “Column: Trump attacks Biden and Harris as anti-vaccine, but he’s the one with the anti-vaxx record”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2020:
synonyms: word: anti-vaccination
word: anti-vaxxing
word: anti-vax
antonyms: pro-vaccine
glosses: Opposing vaccines and vaccination.
pro-vaccine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: provaccine
Etymology: From pro- + vaccine.
Senses: examples: text: The study also showed that the interventions did reinforce the decision of the parents who were already intending to vaccinate, that is, promoted resiliency among provaccine parents.³³
ref: 2016, Eve Dubé, Noni E. MacDonald, “Vaccine Acceptance”, in Barry R. Bloom, Paul-Henri Lambert, editors, The Vaccine Book, 2nd edition, London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 517:
text: Pro-vaccine advertisements are more likely than anti-vaccine advertisements to be removed from Facebook, often because they fail to meet the requirements for “political” advertising. This probably occurs because pro-vaccine advertisers believe their messages convey scientific truth, rather than a political position.
ref: 2019 December 10, Tess Lanzarotta, “How to beat anti-vaxxers at their own game”, in The Washington Post:
text: The study, which mapped the vaccine conversation on Facebook during the 2019 measles outbreak, found that there were nearly three times as many active anti-vaccination communities as pro-vaccination communities. In addition, they found that while pro-vaccine pages tended to have more followers, anti-vaccine pages were faster-growing.
ref: 2020 May 13, Kevin Roose, “Get Ready for a Vaccine Information War”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: word: pro-vaccination
word: pro-vax
antonyms: anti-vaccine
glosses: Supporting vaccines and vaccination.
pro-vaccination
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: provaccination
Etymology: From pro- + vaccination.
Senses: examples: text: We argued above that provaccination advocates would be more likely to use scientific studies and evidence of VPDs when compared to antivaccination advocates. While we did not assess the types of information sources people use for this issue, those with high levels of belief in vaccinations would at least be more open to the scientific literature on this topic.
ref: 2018, Erika Allen Wolters, Brent S. Steel, When Ideology Trumps Science: Why We Question the Experts on Everything from Climate Change to Vaccinations, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 76:
text: The study, which mapped the vaccine conversation on Facebook during the 2019 measles outbreak, found that there were nearly three times as many active anti-vaccination communities as pro-vaccination communities. In addition, they found that while pro-vaccine pages tended to have more followers, anti-vaccine pages were faster-growing.
ref: 2020 May 13, Kevin Roose, “Get Ready for a Vaccine Information War”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: word: pro-vaccine
word: pro-vax
word: pro-vaxxing
antonyms: anti-vaccination
glosses: Supporting vaccines and vaccination.
Related terms: pro-vaccinationist
pro-vaxxer
faster-growing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of fast-growing: more fast-growing
fastest-growing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Councillor James Lewis, leader of Leeds City Council, added: "This is an important milestone in our continued ambitions to modernise Leeds' rail connections, to make them fit to support what is one of the fastest-growing economies with the busiest railway station in the north of the UK.
ref: 2022 January 12, “Network News: NR completes Transpennine Route Upgrade projects”, in RAIL, number 948, page 16:
glosses: superlative form of fast-growing: most fast-growing
provaccination
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pro-vaccination.
VPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VPDs
form: V.P.D.
form: V. P. D.
Senses: examples: text: The primary intent of modern immunization requirements is to reduce or prevent school-based outbreaks of VPDs.
ref: 2003 October 15, Daniel A. Salmon, “Mandatory Immunization Laws and the Role of Medical, Religious and Philosophical Exemptions”, in vaccinesafety.edu, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2011, page 1:
text: We argued above that provaccination advocates would be more likely to use scientific studies and evidence of VPDs when compared to antivaccination advocates. While we did not assess the types of information sources people use for this issue, those with high levels of belief in vaccinations would at least be more open to the scientific literature on this topic.
ref: 2018, Erika Allen Wolters, Brent S. Steel, When Ideology Trumps Science: Why We Question the Experts on Everything from Climate Change to Vaccinations, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 76:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of vaccine-preventable disease.
VPD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: V.P.D.
form: V. P. D.
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of Vancouver Police Department.
The police service of the city of Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada.
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of Vancouver Police Department.
The police service of the city of Vancouver, in the State of Washington, USA.
VPDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VPD
pro-vaxx
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pro-vax.
vaxxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vax
anti-vaxxing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + vaxxing (present participle of vax).
Senses: examples: text: Curious about anti-vaxxing but not sure whether you want to risk the lives of your children on a vague vogue? Well: why not practise on your dogs first?
That’s right: anti-vaxxing for animals. An accoutrement as chi-chi as any doggie waistcoat, is now a thing.
ref: 2018 January 24, Gavin Haynes, “The anti-vaxxers have a new target in their sights – pets”, in The Guardian:
text: While in the United States, anti-vaxxing is usually associated with freedom-loving, mask-hating, Trumpist conservatives, protests in Britain have had a more leftist anti-authoritarian flavor. In fact, one of the most prominent anti-vaccination protesters is Piers Corbyn, brother of the former leader of the opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn.
ref: 2020 December 11, Jamie Ross, “Crisis-Actor Grandmas, Chimps, and Boris-Branded Microchips: Britain’s Anti-Vaxxers Lose It as Rollout Begins”, in The Daily Beast:
glosses: Opposition to vaccines and vaccination; reluctance or refusal to be vaccinated or to have one's children vaccinated.
anti-vaxxing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + vaxxing (present participle of vax).
Senses: examples: text: The songs are altogether more upbeat, from the folderol folk song given an aggressive modern makeover, to a satire on anti-vaxxing parents – which feels one-dimensional until a klezmer break takes the song in a nonsense new direction.
ref: 2020 January 15, Brian Logan, “Flo & Joan review – comedy's squabbling sister act pack in songs and surprises”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: anti-vaccine
word: anti-vaccination
word: anti-vax
glosses: Opposing vaccines and vaccination.
Mt. Everest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Mount Everest.
Mt Everest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Mount Everest.
Everests
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Everest
Mount Everests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mount Everest
LTCP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LTCPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of long-term care professional.
chlorophyllite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorophyllites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A green form of cordierite
chlorospinel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorospinels
Etymology: From chloro- + spinel.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A green form of spinel
chlorosulfonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorosulfonates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion of chlorosulfonic acid; any salt containing this anion
chlorozincate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorozincates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion ZnCl₄²⁻ derived from zinc chloride; any salt containing this anion
chlorsulfonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chlorosulfonic.
choanocytal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to choanocytes
choanophorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of choanate.
synonyms: word: choanate
chobie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chobies
Senses: glosses: tripletail
backchecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backcheckers
Etymology: From backcheck + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A smart player and talented backchecker, he worked the angles to get the best shot at his opponent and formed a formidable penalty-killing tandem with Dave Keon.
ref: 2021 January 25, “Former Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong dead at 90”, in CBC:
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: One who backchecks; thus:
A player who backchecks.
glosses: One who backchecks; thus:
Someone who is backchecking the work of others.
qualifier: quality control
backcheckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backchecker
chockerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chockermen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chokerman.
chockermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chockerman
choirwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From choir + -wise.
Senses: glosses: in the manner of a choir; antiphonally
neolog
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Neolog.
neolog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neologs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Neolog.
drownproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drownproofs
form: drownproofing
form: drownproofed
form: drownproofed
Etymology: From drown + -proof.
Senses: glosses: To train (a person) to float in water without sinking or drowning, occasionally raising the mouth above the surface to take a breath.
drownproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drownproof
drownproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drownproof
drownproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drownproof
Le Vauclin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Le Vauclin.
Senses: glosses: A town and commune in the French overseas department and region, and island, of Martinique.
mind-numbingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mind-numbingly
form: most mind-numbingly
form: mindnumbingly
Etymology: From mind-numbing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: mind-numbingly tedious work
hypernyms: very
glosses: In a mind-numbing (boring) manner.
examples: text: a mind-numbingly stupid take
text: Democracy is in disrepair, big business alternatingly rents, seeks, or foists cultural rot onto the complacent public, and education is mindnumbingly awash in psychological fads.
ref: 2001, Mike N. Castle, editor, School Violence: Views of Students & the Community: Congressional Hearings, DIANE Publishing, →ISBN, page 6:
hypernyms: very
glosses: In a manner that leaves one stunned and horrified.
Related terms: mindnumbing
Maule's quince
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maule's quinces
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Japanese quince.
synonyms: word: Japanese quince
Japanese quince
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese quinces
Senses: synonyms: Japan quince
Maule's quince
glosses: A flowering quince, Chaenomeles japonica.
Japan quince
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japan quinces
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Japanese quince.
synonyms: word: Japanese quince
snobism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snobisms
Etymology: From snob + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: I apologize for appearing to sneer. Of *course* I'm anxious for all people who have an interest in wine to have their interest taken seriously. The last thing wine needs is more snobism.
ref: 1994 September 8, Stephanie A. Richards, “Friendly Note to Potential Wine Salespeople”, in alt.food.wine (Usenet), retrieved 03 May 2022:
text: But snobism amoung royalty was still evident this century, when the newly independent Norway elected a king, whose wife was Princess Maud of GB, I think she was snubbed by her own father (???) the future King Edward VII.
ref: 1996 January 25, Thomas J. Sulyok, “Bogus Heraldry in European Monarchies”, in rec.heraldry (Usenet), retrieved 03 May 2022:
text: Sometimes, the intellectual snobism gets a little heavy for my taste.
ref: 1997 July 8, smegma, “Is Woody Elitist?”, in alt.fan.woody-allen (Usenet), retrieved 03 May 2022:
text: Maybe a little more snobism is in order, looking down on the ones who don't put forth the money or effort as unprofessional, content to let the profession be perceived by management and doctors as sweet little housewives earning a few extra bucks on the side.
ref: 2001 January 14, Cherelaine, “Interesting reference to HealthScribe/NEXT”, in sci.med.transcription (Usenet), retrieved 03 May 2022:
text: Get over the stupid snobism and perhaps watch the film before whining.
ref: 2001 July 10, who...@wherever.com, “LOTD - Why Am I Not Excited?”, in rec.arts.books.tolkien (Usenet), retrieved 03 May 2022:
text: Sorry if you expected your glaring snobisms to go unobserved and without comment from the peanut gallery. It was no great effort to detect them or point them out for what they are....I assure you.
ref: 2001 September 18, Nimrod``, “TV Land Therapy”, in rec.arts.movies.past-films (Usenet), retrieved 03 May 2022:
text: Rattle certainly did Elgar no favours by eliminating him entirely from his 20th Century series. I see this as a perverse form of intellectual snobism on his part and very regrettable.
ref: 2003 August 24, deac...@yahoo.com, “ELGAR Symphony No.2 - GSOTC?”, in rec.music.classical.recordings (Usenet), retrieved 03 May 2022:
glosses: Alternative spelling of snobbism.
Japanese quinces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japanese quince
Japan quinces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japan quince
AICA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AICAs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of anterior inferior cerebellar artery.
unpiratical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpiratical
form: most unpiratical
Etymology: From un- + piratical.
Senses: examples: text: They knew well enough that the raftsmen were all down at the village laying in stores or having a spree, but still that was no excuse for their conducting this thing in an unpiratical way. They shoved off, presently, Tom in command, Huck at the after oar and Joe at the forward.
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Not piratical.
chromotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromotropisms
Etymology: From chromo- + -tropism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: orientation relative to a colour stimulus
Related terms: chromotropic
chromotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From chromo- + -tropic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to chromotropism
Derived terms: chromotropic acid
cinchonicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cinchotoxine.
synonyms: word: cinchotoxine
cinchotoxine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinchotoxin
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: cinchonicine
glosses: The alkaloid 3-[(3R,4R)-3-ethenylpiperidin-4-yl]-1-quinolin-4-ylpropan-1-one related to cinchonine.
cinchonology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The pharmacology of cinchona and its derivatives
cinchotine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The alkaloid (5-ethyl-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-yl)-quinolin-4-ylmethanol
Synonyms: hydrocinchonine
hydrocinchonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cinchotine.
synonyms: word: cinchotine
citrangedin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citrangedins
Etymology: From citrange + calamondin.
Senses: glosses: A citrus fruit that is a cross between a citrange and the calamondin.
citrangedins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citrangedin
Christmasberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmasberries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Christmas berry.
Christmas berries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christmas berry
chordacentrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chordacentrums
form: chordacentra
Senses: glosses: The centrum of a vertebra
choyroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choyroots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chay root.
chremsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chremsels
form: chremslach
form: chrimsel
Etymology: From Yiddish כרעמזל (khremzl).
Senses: glosses: A fried dumpling made of matzo meal and filled with fruit, typically prunes, and eaten on Passover.
chremslach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish כרעמזלעך (khremzlekh).
Senses: glosses: plural of chremsel
christiania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: christianias
Senses: glosses: Synonym of christie (“skiing turn”).
synonyms: word: christie
extra: skiing turn
chromaticization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromaticizations
Etymology: From chromaticize + -ation.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The process, or the result of chromaticizing.
chromaticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chromaticizes
form: chromaticizing
form: chromaticized
form: chromaticized
Etymology: From chromatic + -ize.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To make something chromatic or to use a chromatic scale
Derived terms: chromaticization
chromoparous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That excretes a pigment
raw_tags: of a bacterium
feerie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feeries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of féerie.
glosses: Archaic spelling of fairy.
chromopexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The ability to ingest and store (in a chromogen) pigments
chromophyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromophylls
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant pigment (such as chlorophyll)
chromophylls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromophyll
chromoplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromoplasms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chromatoplasm.
chromoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromoscopes
Etymology: From chromo- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: A device that adds colours to a monochrome image or adjusts existing colours to appear more natural
chuhra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chuhras
form: churha
Etymology: From Hindustani چُوہْڑا (cūhṛā) / चूहड़ा (cūhṛā).
Senses: glosses: A member of the Chuhra caste in India
glosses: Any lower-caste person.
examples: text: "During a heated discussion of the budget, Abbasi called me churha (low caste). This is an insult to all religious minorities in Pakistan. His leader is also prejudiced. We only accept a Pakistan where there is no discrimination of color, cast [sic] or faith," said Tariq Gill, the Christian parliamentary secretary for human rights and minorities.
ref: 2018, Kamran Chaundhry, UCA Newshttps://www.ucanews.com/news/pakistani-politician-draws-censure-for-christian-slur/82356
topics: Christianity
glosses: A Hindu or (especially) a Christian convert from a lower caste.
Related terms: word: Bhangi
word: Isai
english: people of Jesus; labourer; sweeper; Pakistani slur against Christians, meaning but also as or
translation: people of Jesus; labourer; sweeper; Pakistani slur against Christians, meaning but also as or
word: Saai
alt: Bangladeshi slur against local Hindus
word: malaun
english: Indian slur against local Christians
translation: Indian slur against local Christians
word: rice bag
chuhras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chuhra
churnmilk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: churn milk
Senses: glosses: Synonym of buttermilk.
synonyms: word: buttermilk
chuckram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chuckrams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chakram, former currency of Travancore.
churchite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: churchites
Etymology: From church + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of a particular church.
churchite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrated cerium/calcium phosphate.
churchscot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: churchscots
form: church scot
form: churchshot
Etymology: From church + scot, and probably also absorbing earlier Middle English chirshet, cherset, chershet ("customary rent paid for the support of the church"; > modern English churchset), from Old English ċiriċsċeatt (“tax or rent paid to the church, church-money, churchscot”), thus also equivalent to church + scat.
Senses: glosses: A payment once paid to support the clergy, sometimes in the form of livestock, grain, or other crops.
Related terms: soulscot
contact-tracing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contact-tracings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of contact tracing.
contact-tracing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of contact-trace
Begbroke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4713).
hand washing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand washings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of handwashing.
hand washing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hand wash
hand-washing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand-washings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of handwashing.
hand-washing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hand-wash
contact-trace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: contact-traces
form: contact-tracing
form: contact-traced
form: contact-traced
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of contact trace.
contact-traces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of contact-trace
contact-traced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of contact-trace
Edginswell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in Torbay borough, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8866).
right hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hyponyms: right-hand man
right-hand woman
glosses: A trusted assistant.
sour creams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sour cream
road crew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road crews
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roadcrew.
road crews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road crew
road company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road companies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of touring company.
synonyms: word: touring company
road companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road company
provaccine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pro-vaccine.
rocker panels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rocker panel
anti-vaccinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-vaccinators
form: antivaccinator
Etymology: From anti- + vaccinator.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, information is not knowledge or wisdom, and data can mislead. The Internet’s lack of filters or referees, while liberating, has helped birthers, truthers, antivaccinators and climate-change deniers increase their numbers.
ref: 2014 August 28, Michael Grunwald, “The Second Age of Reason”, in Time:
text: Anti-vaccinators, members of the conspiracy group QAnon and right-wing pundits have instead seized on the video as evidence that one of the world’s richest men planned to use a pandemic to wrest control of the global health system.
ref: 2020 April 17, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Davey Alba, Marc Tracy, “Bill Gates, at Odds With Trump on Virus, Becomes a Right-Wing Target”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An anti-vaccinationist.
anti-vaccinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-vaccinator
auction theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: An applied branch of economics, studying how bidders act in auction markets and how the features of such markets incentivize predictable outcomes.
anti-vaxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-vaxers
Etymology: From anti-vax + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-vaxxer.
anti-vaxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-vaxer
poë-bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊiːbɜːd/
ipa: /ˈpoʊiˌbɝd/
Forms: form: poë-birds
form: poë bird
form: poebird
Etymology: Borrowed from Tahitian poe (“pearl”) (a reference to the two tufts of white feathers at the bird’s throat) + English bird.
Senses: synonyms: word: poë
word: tui
extra: a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand
glosses: Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).
poë
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊi/
ipa: /poʊi/
Forms: form: poës
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of poë-bird (“the tui, a species of honeyeater (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).
poë bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poë birds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poë-bird (“the tui, a species of honeyeater (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).
Rope Yarn Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rope Yarn Sundays
form: Ropeyarn Sunday
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A period, traditionally a Wednesday afternoon, set aside for the repair of uniforms, hammocks, etc. instead of normal duties.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: In modern times, a period of free time for the crew.
Ropeyarn Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ropeyarn Sundays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rope Yarn Sunday.
Strathpeffer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and spa town in Ross and Cromarty, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH4858).
Rose Garden rubbish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the White House Rose Garden.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Scripted minor speeches or remarks prepared for the president to deliver.
wikipedia: White House Rose Garden
monke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkes
Etymology: From a shortened spelling or deliberate misspelling of monkey; gained new meaning after development as an Internet meme.
Senses: glosses: A monkey or ape.
examples: text: Return to monke.
glosses: A primitive way of living, humorously viewed as ideal.
RHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RH
go the route
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes the route
form: going the route
form: went the route
form: gone the route
Senses: examples: text: It was like old times: Grove, Earnshaw, and Walberg went the route seven times in the next 13 games.
ref: 2015, Norman L. Macht, The Grand Old Man of Baseball:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To pitch for an entire game, without a relief pitcher.
Related terms: complete game
Fodderty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet near Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH5159).
chromosomin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein, associated with chromosomes, present in the heads of fish sperm
chromotrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromotrops
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chromotrope.
rubber heels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] Going in to do the work of the Rubber Heels.'
She asked what the Rubber Heels were, when they were at home.
'The Rubber Heels, heart, are the police investigation department. […]
ref: 2003, John E. Gardner, The Streets of Town, page 14:
text: […] their programme may actually have served to enhance the attractiveness and legitimacy of CIB work, a job much reviled in the heyday of The Sweeney when the 'rubber-heels' brigade of A10 were portrayed as yet another hurdle in the pursuit of villains and justice.
ref: 2012, Frank Leishman, Paul Mason, Policing and the Media, page 147:
glosses: Police officers tasked with investigating corruption within the police force.
churnability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: churnabilities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being churnable
churnabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of churnability
chytridiose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to chytridiosis
warried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of warry
warries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of warry
warrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of warry
rope-a-doping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rope-a-dope
rope-a-doped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rope-a-dope
chytridiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chytridioses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disease associated with the presence of chytrids.
Related terms: chytridiose
chytridioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chytridiosis
cigaresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cigaresque
form: most cigaresque
Etymology: From cigar + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: We smoke it for prestige. There are two kinds of cigaresque prestige. First, the prestige of opulence, which attends the smoking of hand-made cigars imported from Cuba or Jamaica.
ref: 1969, Saturday Night, volume 84, page 46:
glosses: Characteristic of cigars
Gatrell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gatrells
Etymology: Perhaps a voiced variant of the habitational surname Catterall.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
runaway shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runaway shops
Senses: qualifier: industrial relations
glosses: A plant that is moved to another region in order to escape the demands of a trade union.
runaway shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runaway shop
Filion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Filions
Etymology: Borrowed from French Filion.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Filions
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Filion
Gatrells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gatrell
cibarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈbɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /sɪˈbɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cibarial.
cibarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈbɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /sɪˈbɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The glycoside [(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(3-nitropropanoyloxy)oxan-2-yl]methyl 3-nitropropanoate
ciboul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cibouls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cibol.
cibouls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ciboul
cicad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cicads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cicada.
cicads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cicad
Faulds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fauldses
Etymology: Scottish habitational surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scots.
teletraining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + training.
Senses: glosses: training by means of telecommunication or computer networks
telegambling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + gambling.
Senses: glosses: gambling by means of telecommunication or computer networks
telebetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + betting.
Senses: glosses: The placing of bets by means of telecommunication or computer networks.
McElderry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McElderrys
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Dhorca (“son of the dark-haired lad”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
McElderrys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McElderry
Fauldses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Faulds
cicatricose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a scarred appearance.
cinderman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cindermen
Senses: glosses: A person who collects / removes cinders / ash / slag
glosses: An athlete who runs on a cinder track
cindermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinderman
Mascarenhas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mascarenhases
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Mascarenhas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
cipherdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cipher + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being a cipher / nonentity
run for the exercise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs for the exercise
form: running for the exercise
form: ran for the exercise
form: run for the exercise
Etymology: A pun on two senses of run: to run for election and to travel quickly on foot.
Senses: examples: text: [I]f Rockefeller wanted to run for the exercise, [Democrats] reasoned, let him kill himself off and clear the way for a more regular Republican in the next election.
ref: 1959, Candidates 1960 "xxx", Nelson. A Rockefeller, page 53
text: BENTSEN: SAYS HE WON'T RUN "FOR THE EXERCISE"
"Asked about the 1992 presidential race, Bentsen said he would not run as a sacrificial lamb so that the [Dems] would have a credible candidate and avoid a humiliating defeat"
ref: 1991, The Hotline, volume 4, numbers 127-148, page 3:
topics: government
politics
qualifier: simile
glosses: To run for political office with little chance of success.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, exercise.
Related terms: run like a dry creek
circumvene
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: circumvenes
form: circumvening
form: circumvened
form: circumvened
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of circumvent.
Marbach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marbachs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Marbach.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Marbachs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marbach
Mascarenhases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mascarenhas
cincholoipon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The carboxylic acid 2-[(3R,4S)-3-ethylpiperidin-4-yl]acetic acid formed by the oxidation of cinchonine
fish eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish eye
North Hykeham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England, a suburb of Lincoln and location of Hykeham railway station (OS grid ref SK9466).
Related terms: South Hykeham
circumventional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more circumventional
form: most circumventional
Senses: glosses: Involving or relating to circumvention.
Manwarren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Manwarrens
Etymology: Perhaps an altered form of Manwaring.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
cinchomeronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocyclic dicarboxylic acid 3,4-pyridinedicarboxylic acid
Leuthold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Leutholds
form: Loadholt
Etymology: Borrowed from Swiss German Leuthold.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Leutholds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Leuthold
circumstantialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From circumstantial + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, then, the evidence would be laid bare to the people of Southern Oregon, and they would know just why one man can be convicted of murder in the first degree, and "hung by the neck until he is dead," on strong circumstantial evidence; and why another crime, of the same foul magnitude, is committed, and the courts fail to find the author when the circumstantial evidence that made the first man stretch hemp was far less convicting in its circumstantialness than was the case that the blind Goddess of Justice could not find guilty; […]
ref: 1889 December 13, Lionel R. Webster, State of Oregon vs Kaiser (Statement of Facts)
glosses: The state or fact of being circumstantial; a reliance on incidental or inconclusive details.
examples: text: I reviewed the remaining ſix hundred lines of the twenty-third book of the Iliad. It is a fine picture of the manners of the heroic ages: the games celebrated at the funeral of Patroclus contain a great variety of both their civil and religious customs, related with a clearneſs and a circumstantialneſs very diſagreeable to the taſte of a true commentator.
ref: 1762 August 12, Edward Gibbon, Extracts From The Journal
glosses: Circumstantiality; an excessive or fastidious attention to minor details.
Manwarrens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Manwarren
cigarfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cigarfish
form: cigarfishes
form: cigar fish
Senses: glosses: Any of several scad, but especially Decapterus macarellus
ruptured duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruptured ducks
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The Honorable Service Lapel Button, a military award bearing the image of an eagle.
ruptured ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruptured duck
cigarfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cigarfish
cinderous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cinder + -ous.
Senses: glosses: relating to, or composed of cinders; cindery
Larmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Larmores
Etymology: Variant of Lorimer.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
sleetproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sleetproof
form: most sleetproof
Etymology: From sleet + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to sleet.
iceproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more iceproof
form: most iceproof
Etymology: From ice + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to ice.
hailproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hailproof
form: most hailproof
Etymology: From hail + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to hail (form of frozen precipitation).
Larmores
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Larmore
cinedance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinedances
Etymology: From cine- + dance.
Senses: glosses: dance that is choreographed for a film (motion picture)
cinefluorogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinefluorograms
Etymology: From cine- + fluorogram.
Senses: glosses: A fluorogram produced by cinefluorography
cinefluorograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinefluorogram
phone-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phone-outs
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
coordinate_terms: phone-in
glosses: An event in which a person is telephoned from the studio for an interview.
phone-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phone-out
cinemazation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinemazations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cinematization.
cinemazations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinemazation
cinefluorograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinefluorographs
Senses: glosses: An instrument for performing cinefluorography.
glosses: The image thus produced; a cinefluorogram.
cinefluorograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cinefluorographs
form: cinefluorographing
form: cinefluorographed
form: cinefluorographed
Senses: glosses: To produce a cinefluorogram of.
cinefluorographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cinefluorograph
cinefluorographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinefluorograph
cinefluorographs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cinefluorograph
cinefluorographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cinefluorograph
Nitsche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nitsches
Etymology: Borrowed from German Nitsche.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
cinemicrographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cinemicrography.
cinemicrographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: By means of cinemicrography.
cinemicrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cine- + micrography.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cinephotomicrography.
Related terms: cinemicrograph
pick up the pace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks up the pace
form: picking up the pace
form: picked up the pace
form: picked up the pace
Senses: glosses: To begin moving or working faster.
Platek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Plateks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Płatek, Czech Plátek.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Plateks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Platek
Nitsches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nitsche
cinemize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cinemizes
form: cinemizing
form: cinemized
form: cinemized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cinematize.
pictology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Introduced by M. M. van Dantzig, presumably picture + -o- + -logy.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A scientific approach to measuring and analysing the characteristic features of artworks.