cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
East Stoke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A small village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY8786).
glosses: A place in England:
A village and civil parish (served by East Stoke with Thorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7549).
glosses: A place in England:
A settlement in Stoke sub Hamdon parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4817).
Related terms: english: Somerset
translation: Somerset
word: West Stoke
palmtree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmtrees
Senses: examples: text: Here too, in later days, our Heber strayed / To dream of eastern suns, and palmtree shade; […]
ref: 1834, Isaac Nicholson Allen, untitled poem, in Congratulatory Addresses Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, at the Installation of His Grace the Duke of Wellington, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] J. Vincent, →OCLC, page 15:
text: Nothing to see but the palmtrees one way / And the sea the other way, / Nothing to hear but the sound of the surf.
ref: 1927 May–June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Wanna Go Home, Baby? Fragment of an Agon”, in Samuel Roth, editor, Two Worlds Monthly […], volume 3, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Two Worlds Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 149, column 2:
text: We learn that the next stage was Elim, where there were twelve springs and threescore ten palmtrees. […] Then at last, like pillars of smoke that wavered slightly in the hot air, the first palmtrees of Ayun Musa appeared.
ref: 1943, Louis Golding, chapter 6, in In the Steps of Moses, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Jewish Publication Society of America, →OCLC, § 2, pages 135–136:
text: The palmtrees were not to be sniffed at either. They were the tallest palmtrees in the world; they fringed the beaches.
ref: 1992, Bernardo Atxaga [pseudonym; Joseba Irazu Garmendia], translated by Margaret Jull Costa, “Klaus Hanhn”, in Obabakoak: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, “In Search of the Last Word” section, page 241:
glosses: Alternative form of palm tree.
palmtrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palmtree
ligne claire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French ligne claire (“clear line”), originally from Dutch klare lijn (“clear line”), originally coined by Dutch artist Joost Swarte in 1977 to describe the work of Belgian artist Hergé.
Senses: topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A style of drawing focusing on strong, clear shapes and bold coloring without hatching or shading; typically featuring cartoonish characters against realistic backgrounds.
wikipedia: Hergé
Joost Swarte
acrotelm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrotelms
Senses: examples: text: Romanov (1968a) reported very much higher values in the acrotelms of bogs in the Soviet Union.
ref: 1983, Mires -- swamp, bog, fen, and moor, volume 4, page 133:
text: To determine the feasibility of this idea, she worked with various government agencies to explore the acrotelm and catotelm bog environments.
ref: 1995, International Conference on Wetlands (1994 : University of Bristol), Wetlands : archaeology and nature conservation : proceedings of the International Conference, Wetlands : archaeology and nature conservation, held at the University of Bristol, 11-14 April 1994, page 11:
glosses: The top layer of a peat bog, above the catotelm, where there are living plants.
acrotelms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acrotelm
sbacchiite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Italian biologist and mineralogist Massimo Sbacchi.
Senses: glosses: A vitreous mineral found in a fumarole near Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Italy.
Merav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Meirav
Etymology: Hebrew מרב
Senses: glosses: A female given name
Meirav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Merav.
SHBGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SHBG
Magellanic plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Magellanic plovers
Senses: glosses: A bird of the species Pluvianellus socialis, of southern South America.
swingback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swingbacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swing-back.
swingback
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swing-back.
swingbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swingback
Squeak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An allusion to the newspaper cartoon strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: Pip
Wilfred
glosses: The British War Medal.
wikipedia: Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
itemizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of itemizing
strong as death
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Now alive as he was to all these searching argumentative itemizings of the minutest known facts any way bearing upon the subject; and yet, at the same time, persuaded, strong as death, that in spite of them, Isabel was indeed his sister; how could Pierre […] fail to acknowledge the existence of that all-controlling and all-permeating wonderfulness […] denominated The Finger of God?
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
text: With this feeling strong as death upon him, he crumpled up the letters into one mass and tossed them precipitately into the fire.
ref: 1877, Edward William Lewis Davies, Frank Raleigh of Watercombe (page 247)
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very strong or emotionally powerful.
sex hormone-binding globulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex hormone-binding globulins
form: SHBG
form: sex hormone binding globulin
form: sex-hormone-binding globulin
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: sex steroid binding protein
sex steroid binding plasma protein
glosses: A glycoprotein produced in the liver that binds tightly to testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol and transports them in blood.
ardentest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: the object of the ardentest and deepest emotions of his soul
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: superlative form of ardent: most ardent
sex hormone-binding globulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex hormone-binding globulin
beyond comparison
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beyond compare.
beyond comparison
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beyond compare.
ungleaming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + gleaming.
Senses: examples: text: […] he was surprised to see Isabel composedly, though avertedly, seated on the bench; the longer and fuller tresses of her now ungleaming hair flung back, and the guitar quietly leaning in the corner.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: That does not gleam.
horizontal privity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
coordinate_terms: vertical privity
glosses: The relationship between parties where the benefits from their contract are to be given to a third party.
perennialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From perennial + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: And why did all-seducing Ninon unintendingly break scores of hearts at seventy? It is because of the perennialness of womanly sweetness.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
synonyms: perenniality
glosses: The state of being perennial.
redoubledly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From redoubled + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It did not pass unnoticed by his sister, who receiving the guitar, looked up into his face with an expression which would almost have been arch and playful, were it not for the ever-abiding shadows cast from her infinite hair into her unfathomed eyes, and redoubledly shot back again from them.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: In a redoubled manner; with increased force.
domesticness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: domestic + -ness
Senses: examples: text: Now the continualness, the secretness, yet the always present domesticness of our love; how may we best compass that, without jeopardizing the ever-sacred memory I hinted of?
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: domesticity
ineffaceableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ineffaceable + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: [B]eautiful women […] seem, for a long interval, mysteriously exempt from the incantations of decay; for as the outward loveliness touch by touch departs, the interior beauty touch by touch replaces that departing bloom, with charms, which, underivable from earth, possess the ineffaceableness of stars.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: The state or condition of being ineffaceable.
ebonly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ebonly
form: most ebonly
Etymology: ebon + -ly
Senses: examples: text: […] softly illumined by the mild heat-lightnings and ground-lightnings, that wove their wonderfulness without, in the unsearchable air of that ebonly warm and most noiseless summer night.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
text: For the trees are columns which ebonly support / A crypt of hollow silence, a subliminal thought, […]
ref: 1953, Cecil Day Lewis, An Italian Visit:
glosses: Blackly.
interpierce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interpierces
form: interpiercing
form: interpierced
form: interpierced
Etymology: From inter- + pierce.
Senses: examples: text: Now Pierre began to see mysteries interpierced with mysteries, and mysteries eluding mysteries; and began to seem to see the mere imaginariness of the so supposed solidest principle of human association.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: To pierce each other.
interpierces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interpierce
interpiercing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interpierce
interpierced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interpierce
unevaporable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + evaporable.
Senses: examples: text: Cunningly masked hitherto, by the green tapestry of the interlacing leaves, a terrific towering palisade of dark mossy massiness confronted you; and, trickling with unevaporable moisture, distilled upon you from its beetling brow slow thunder-showers of water-drops, chill as the last dews of death.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: Not evaporable.
Sowe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The River Sowe, a short river in Warwickshire and West Midlands, England, a tributary of the Warwickshire Avon. It starts in Warwickshire north of Coventry, passes through the east side of the city and re-enters Warwickshire.
bosjemanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pickeringite.
synonyms: word: pickeringite
cutaway bog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutaway bogs
form: cutaway
Senses: examples: text: Bord na Móna began to research the possible uses of cutaway bogs as long ago as the 1950s. However, despite many trials, the potential for growing biomass fuel, vegetables and other tillage crops has proved disappointing.
ref: 2002 July 10, “Cutaway bog promises new, wild landscapes”, in Irish Times, Ireland:
synonyms: cutover bog
glosses: A peat bog from which most or all of the peat has been harvested.
intermerge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intermerges
form: intermerging
form: intermerged
form: intermerged
Etymology: From inter- + merge.
Senses: glosses: To merge together.
intermerges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intermerge
intermerged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intermerge
intermerging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intermerge
intermerging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intermergings
Senses: examples: text: By infallible presentiment he saw, that […] the profounder emanations of the human mind, intended to illustrate all that can be humanly known of human life; these never unravel their own intricacies, and have no proper endings; but […] hurry to abrupt intermergings with the eternal tides of time and fate.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: A merging together.
intermergings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermerging
cutaway bogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutaway bog
unguanoed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + guanoed.
Senses: glosses: Not fertilized with guano.
guanoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guano
guanoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of guano
self-distribute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-distributes
form: self-distributing
form: self-distributed
form: self-distributed
Etymology: From self- + distribute.
Senses: examples: text: If one of the most famous stars in the world gets this much grief trying to self-finance and self-distribute a Christ movie without the approval of Jewish pressure groups, what’s a mere studio owned by a conglomerate with 30 other boycottworthy irons in the fire to do?
ref: 2003 August 16, vjmorton, “Not-so-brave heart”, in Rightwing Film Geek:
glosses: To distribute without outside help.
self-finance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-finances
form: self-financing
form: self-financed
form: self-financed
Etymology: From self- + finance.
Senses: examples: text: If one of the most famous stars in the world gets this much grief trying to self-finance and self-distribute a Christ movie without the approval of Jewish pressure groups, what’s a mere studio owned by a conglomerate with 30 other boycottworthy irons in the fire to do?
ref: 2003 August 16, vjmorton, “Not-so-brave heart”, in Rightwing Film Geek:
glosses: To finance without outside help.
sell-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sell-ups
form: sellup
Etymology: Deverbal from sell up
Senses: glosses: The act or process of selling one's property or business, typically because of debts or financial considerations.
Related terms: word: sell up
sellup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sellups
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sell-up.
self-criticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-criticism
wire-dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wire-dancings
Senses: glosses: The act or practice of a tightrope walker.
Related terms: wire-dancer
wire-dancings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wire-dancing
sell-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sell-up
sellups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sellup
put a slight upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts a slight upon
form: putting a slight upon
form: put a slight upon
form: put a slight upon
form: put a slight on
Senses: glosses: To insult, disrespect, or belittle someone or something.
put a slight on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts a slight on
form: putting a slight on
form: put a slight on
form: put a slight on
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of put a slight upon.
unsequeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unsequelled
Etymology: un- + sequel + -ed
Senses: examples: text: […] if Life be a cheating dream, and virtue as unmeaning and unsequeled with any blessing as the midnight mirth of wine […]
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: Without a sequel or recurrence.
unsequelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unsequeled.
shale shaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shale shakers
Senses: qualifier: oil industry
glosses: A component of drilling equipment used to remove large solids (cuttings) from the drilling fluid ("mud").
shale shakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shale shaker
distribution box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distribution boxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of possum belly (“a metal container at the head of the shale shaker”).
synonyms: word: possum belly
extra: a metal container at the head of the shale shaker
flowline trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowline traps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of possum belly (“a metal container at the head of the shale shaker”).
synonyms: word: possum belly
extra: a metal container at the head of the shale shaker
sex hormone binding globulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex hormone binding globulins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sex hormone-binding globulin.
sex-hormone-binding globulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex-hormone-binding globulins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sex hormone-binding globulin.
thin-bladed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thin-bladed
form: most thin-bladed
form: thinbladed
Senses: glosses: Of an object or tool, featuring a blade of a reduced thickness.
Gussie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gussies
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Augustus.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Augusta.
Gussies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gussie
gussie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gussies
Senses: glosses: A pig, a swine.
glosses: A weak or effeminate man.
Related terms: gussy
gussie up
Stretton-on-Dunsmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Stretton refers to the Fosse Way, Dunsmore relates to Dunsmore Heath.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4072).
snipt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /snɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Forms: form: more snipt
form: most snipt
Etymology: From snip + -t. Doublet of snipped.
Senses: examples: text: The leaves be somewhat round, hairie, and a little snipt or jagged about the edges, otherwise not much unlike the leaves of great Chickweede.
ref: 1586, Henry Lyte, Rembert Dodoens, A new herball, or, Historie of plants : wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of herbes and plants […] , Ninian Newton, page 100:
text: The bristles on the fruit-stalks are laid close as in the latter, but the segments of the leaves are very much snipt at the edges.
ref: 1801, William Withering, A systematic arrangement of British plants, volume 3, T. Cadell, page 477:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: serrated
word: dentate
word: dented
word: dentilated
word: erose
word: gimped
word: gnawed
word: indented
word: jagged
word: jaggy
word: nicked
word: notched
word: notchy
word: saw-toothed
word: serrate
word: serrated
word: serriform
word: toothed
glosses: Jagged; notched.
snipt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /snɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Etymology: From snip + -t. Doublet of snipped.
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of snipped.
woolstuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woolstuffs
Etymology: From wool + stuff.
Senses: examples: text: The wealth of a fisherwoman consists in the number of her petticoats, of flannel or a mixed cotton and woolstuff, and the more she wears at once the better she is thought to be dressed.
ref: 1891, George Hitchcock, “The Picturesque Quality of Holland”, in Scribner's Magazine, page 627:
glosses: Woolen cloth or fabric.
woolstuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woolstuff
overseethe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overseethes
form: overseething
form: overseethed
form: overseethed
Senses: glosses: To boil over.
out of process
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: out-of-process
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: word: OOP
glosses: Of a component or a server, operating in a separate process space from the calling application.
out-of-process
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more out-of-process
form: most out-of-process
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of out of process.
process upset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: process upsets
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: industry
glosses: A sudden deviation from the normal operational behavior of an industrial process.
process upsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of process upset
4-wheeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-wheelers
Senses: examples: text: Dozens of residents assembled cars and 4-wheelers to light the runway so the plane could land and pick up a child who needed medical attention, Nelson said.
ref: 2020 September 1, Christina Zdanowicz, “When the runway lights failed, Alaska residents used their car headlights to land a medevac plane”, in CNN:
text: An ATV-riding Texan was a massive problem to Tesla owners when he allegedly rammed his 4-wheeler into multiple cars during an unprovoked hit-and-run spree on Tuesday.
ref: 2025 March 27, Nicholas McEntyre, “Texas menace accused of ramming mini 4-wheeler into parked Teslas in chaotic spree”, in New York Post:
glosses: Alternative form of four-wheeler.
4-wheelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-wheeler
putting a slight upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of put a slight upon
puts a slight upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put a slight upon
puts a slight on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put a slight on
putting a slight on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put a slight on
Bev Alc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bev-alc.
bad touch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad touches
Senses: glosses: A sexual assault; sexual contact without permission.
glosses: An interaction that makes someone uncomfortable.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, touch.
Related terms: stranger danger
Igiugig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Yup'ik Igyaraq.
Senses: examples: text: Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said.
ref: 2020 September 1, Christina Zdanowicz, “When the runway lights failed, Alaska residents used their car headlights to land a medevac plane”, in CNN:
glosses: A census-designated place in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
megabrill
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more megabrill
form: most megabrill
Etymology: mega- + brill; see brill (“brilliant”).
Senses: examples: text: We've had some fun this month extracting the Michael from the Software Editor. Playing on his kind, easy going temperament we handed him a copy of Firebird's Don't Buy This and persuaded him that it was a collection of megabrill games.
ref: 1985, "Don't Buy This" (video game review) in Crash (issue 17, pages 46-47)
text: Now it was a case of wanting to go to the library for more books, to a friend's house for a chance to see some megabrill videos […]
ref: 1993, Claire Rayner, Dangerous Things:
glosses: Excellent; very good.
nkosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nkosi
pilung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilungs
Senses: glosses: A chief or ruler, among the people of the Caroline Islands.
pilungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilung
thrust sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrust sheets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nappe.
synonyms: word: nappe
thrust sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrust sheet
Uap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Yap (“an island”).
overlevel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overlevels
form: overleveling
form: overlevelling
form: overleveled
form: overleveled
form: overlevelled
form: overlevelled
Etymology: From over- + level.
Senses: topics: video-games
antonyms: underlevel
glosses: In role-playing and similar games, to attain a higher experience level than appropriate for a given battle or task.
underlevelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underlevel
underlevelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underlevel
underlevelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underlevelled
form: most underlevelled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of underleveled.
underleveling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underlevel
overlevelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overlevel
overleveling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overlevel
overlevels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overlevel
overlevelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overlevel
overlevelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overlevelled
form: most overlevelled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overleveled.
lamibe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamido
orkoiyot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orkoiyots
form: orkoiik
Senses: glosses: A spiritual king and military leader of the Nandi and Kipsigis people of Kenya.
all cry and no wool
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of more cry than wool.
orkoiyots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orkoiyot
orkoiik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orkoiyot
critical taper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: critical tapers
Senses: topics: engineering
geography
geology
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An equilibrial angle made by the far end of a body of wedge-shaped material being pushed by the near end.
critical tapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of critical taper
Berom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Birom
Senses: glosses: A large autochthonous ethnic group in Plateau State, central Nigeria.
Berom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Birom
Senses: glosses: The language of these people.
Birom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Berom.
Birom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Berom.
Gbong Gwom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The paramount traditional ruler of the Berom kingdom.
ice wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice wools
Senses: glosses: A superwash, superfine wool yarn, known for its softness and warmth.
glosses: Synonym of hair ice.
synonyms: word: hair ice
ice wools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice wool
agwam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agwams
Senses: glosses: A chief of the Atyap and Bajju people of central Nigeria.
agwams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agwam
extrafine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extrafine
form: most extrafine
Etymology: From extra- + fine.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of superfine.
synonyms: word: superfine
frost beard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frost beards
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hair ice.
synonyms: word: hair ice
frost beards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frost beard
mineral wools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mineral wool
gwiduc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡwɪˌdʌk/
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: gwiducs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of geoduck.
gwiducs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gwiduc
machine washable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more machine washable
form: most machine washable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of machine-washable.
Saveliyeva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saveliyevas
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian Савєльєва (Savjelʹjeva), Russian Савельева (Savelʹjeva)
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Савє́льєва (Savjélʹjeva).
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Саве́льева (Savélʹjeva)
glosses: A surname from Russian (feminine)
salient pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salient poles
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A magnetic pole that projects toward the armature of an electric machine.
salient poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salient pole
abwoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A traditional African religion or cult based around male ancestral spirits thought to be audible but not visible.
hand-washable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hand-washable
form: most hand-washable
form: hand washable
Senses: glosses: Suitable for washing by hands.
coordinate_terms: machine-washable
glosses: Capable of being washed by hands without being damaged.
hand washable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hand washable
form: most hand washable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hand-washable.
cannulises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cannulise (alternative spelling of cannulizes)
cannulising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cannulise (alternative spelling of cannulizing)
vernalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vernalisation
Meenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Meena
Nenzit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of ethnic groups of the Central Nigerian Plateau.
Irigwe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A people of central Nigeria who speak the Rigwe language.
Rigwe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Plateau language of Nigeria, spoken by the Irigwe people.
textationship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textationships
Etymology: Clipping of texting for a blend of relationship reminiscing the rare term textation + -ship. See also flirtationship.
Senses: glosses: A relationship maintained but through the vehicle of text messages.
textationships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of textationship
nahnmwarki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nahnmwarkis
Senses: glosses: A Pohnpeian chief.
nahnmwarkis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nahnmwarki
Tor Tiv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The supreme traditional ruler of the Tiv people of Nigeria.
textation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From text + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: “What did the text say?” Hadley ask.
“Nothing,” I mumble. “It was just a misunderstanding.”
Hadley nods knowingly. “Lost in textation.”
I lean against the counter and glare at her. “What?”
“Lost in textation. It’s that awkward part of texting where the context of a conversation is lost without being able to see the person's face or hear their inflection.”
I sigh. “Will you stop looking at Urban Dictionary? Mom, tell her to get off Urban Dictionary. It’s completely inappropriate. Do you know what kind of things are on there? Words you and Dad don’t even know.”
ref: 2016, Jessica Brody, “Talking ’bout My Generation”, in A Week of Mondays. A Novel, page 13:
synonyms: texting
text messaging
glosses: The social practice of exchanging text messages.
ibedul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ibeduls
Senses: glosses: The high chief of Koror in Palau.
ibeduls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ibedul
omanhene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omanhenes
form: amanhene
Senses: glosses: A magnate or supreme traditional ruler, in several Akan nations of Ghana.
amanhene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omanhene
omanhenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omanhene
mogho naba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mogho nabas
Senses: glosses: The ruler of Wogodogo, one of the Mossi Kingdoms located in present-day Burkina Faso.
mogho nabas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mogho naba
morubixabas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morubixaba
obong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obongs
Senses: glosses: The traditional ruler and cultural custodian of the Efik people of Western Africa.
obongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obong
all bark but no bite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all bark and no bite.
all bark no bite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all bark and no bite.
daterview
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daterviews
Etymology: Blend of date + interview.
Senses: examples: text: Tactics like daterviews to suss out all the red flags or making ridiculous rules (“I'll never date someone whose first name starts with J again!”) are driven more by our heads than by our hearts.
Instead of resorting to the daterview or another hack you can use to know whether this person will be your person, get comfortable with the ambiguity of not knowing. You may find it challenging to relinquish this control (we sure as heck did), but this is what opens your heart.
ref: 2025 January 28, Julie Krafchick, Yue Xu, How to Be Dateable. The Essential Guide to Finding Your Person and Falling in Love, New York: Simon & Schuster/Simon Element, →ISBN, pages 19–20:
glosses: A meeting formalized with the purpose of screening a potential intimate companion reminiscing the atmosphere of a job interview due to the nature of inquiries and requirements posed therein.
daterviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daterview
Timne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Timnes
form: Timne
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Temne.
Timne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Temne.
Themne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Themnes
form: Themne
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Temne.
Themne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Temne.
Temnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Temne
Themnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Themne
Timnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Timne
obai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obais
Senses: glosses: A chief of the Temne people of Sierra Leone.
obais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obai
all bluff and bluster
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of all hat and no cattle.
synonyms: word: all hat and no cattle
vo-ags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vo-ag
all hat, no ranch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of all hat and no cattle.
synonyms: word: all hat and no cattle
all motion and no meat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of all hat and no cattle.
synonyms: word: all hat and no cattle
all show, no go
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of all hat and no cattle.
synonyms: word: all hat and no cattle
ezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eze
goofus bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goofus birds
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A backwards-flying bird that builds its nest upside down, according to lumberjack folklore.
goofus birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goofus bird
semi-somnolent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semisomnolent.
zosui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Japanese 雑炊 (literally “miscellaneous cooking”)
Senses: glosses: A thin Japanese soup made from pre-cooked rice and dashi or water, seasoned with soy sauce or miso, and cooked with other ingredients such as meat, seafood, mushrooms, and vegetables.
spanakorizo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Greek σπανακόρυζο (spanakóryzo)
Senses: glosses: A Greek pilaf dish of rice and spinach.
inertial navigation system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inertial navigation systems
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: inertial navigation unit
inertial reference unit
inertial reference system
INS
INU
IRU
IRS
glosses: A self-contained navigation device that determines an object's position, orientation, and velocity without relying on external references.
wampus cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wampus cats
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A folkloric cat-like creature, of varying description.
wampus cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wampus cat
unconquerables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unconquerable
inertial navigation unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inertial navigation units
Senses: synonyms: word: INU
word: inertial navigation system
glosses: Synonym of inertial navigation system.
inertial reference unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inertial reference units
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A device which uses the forces applied to a spacecraft or aircraft in order to track its orientation.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: IRU
word: inertial navigation system
glosses: Synonym of inertial navigation system.
Derived terms: ADIRU
IRU
inertial reference system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inertial reference systems
Senses: synonyms: word: IRS
word: inertial navigation system
glosses: Synonym of inertial navigation system.
INU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: IRU
IRS
INS
glosses: Initialism of inertial navigation unit.
instant replay system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: instant replay systems
Senses: topics: engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sports
technology
synonyms: word: IRS
glosses: A technology to review controversial or close calls by officials through video playback, allowing for analysis of plays from multiple angles and in slow motion to potentially correct or modify initial decisions.
instant replay systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of instant replay system
inertial navigation systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inertial navigation system
inertial navigation units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inertial navigation unit
inertial reference units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inertial reference unit
inertial reference systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inertial reference system
islandicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: translingual islandicus + -in
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A trihydroxyanthraquinone found in Talaromyces islandicus.
molten down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of melt down
Ivel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, England, that joins the Great Ouse at Tempsford.
glosses: An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States, named after Ivy Creek.
cynodontin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: translingual cynodontis + -in
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A brown pigment, a metabolic product of the fungus Helminthosporium cynodontis.
axehandle hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axehandle hounds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of axhandle hound.
axhandle hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axhandle hounds
form: axehandle hound
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A folkloric dog-like animal with a somewhat ax-shaped body, supposed to subsist on a diet of the handles of axes left unattended.
donkey power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The humorous unit of power is modelled on horsepower, since a donkey is a less powerful draught animal than a horse.
Senses: examples: text: The Yugo car was famous for how anemic its engine was, but its output sounded more impressive when reported in donkey power.
coordinate_terms: horsepower
glosses: A unit of power equal to 250 watts, or about one third of a horsepower.
examples: text: In that era, most of the equipment in this mine was run by donkey power.
coordinate_terms: horse power
manpower
humanpower
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: motive power provided by one or more donkeys.
Related terms: word: donkey engine
word: steam donkey
english: horse engine
translation: horse engine
word: horse power
passive box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passive boxes
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A defensive formation that a shorthanded team may use during a penalty kill, whereby four players remain in a box formation in front of their goaltender.
passive boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passive box
Trident Board
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Trident Board
Etymology: In reference to the Special Warfare insignia, which depicts an eagle clutching an anchor, pistol, and trident.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An oral examination deciding whether to accept a candidate as a SEAL.
wikipedia: Special Warfare insignia
zoothanasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of zoo + euthanasia
Senses: glosses: The killing of an otherwise healthy animal belonging to a zoo, for management reasons.
Related terms: zoothanize
zoothanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zoothanizes
form: zoothanizing
form: zoothanized
form: zoothanized
Senses: glosses: To kill (an animal) by zoothanasia.
zoothanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of zoothanize
zoothanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zoothanize
zoothanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zoothanize
supertastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsu.pɚˈtæst.ɪk/
Forms: form: more supertastic
form: most supertastic
Etymology: super- + -tastic
Senses: glosses: Great; excellent; wonderful.
mm hmm
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mhm.
lifepod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifepods
Etymology: life + pod
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A vessel or container designed to sustain the life of individuals inside.
milksicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milksicles
Etymology: Originally a brand name (from milk and popsicle or -sicle); see citations.
Senses: glosses: A popsicle made from milk.
milksicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milksicle
lifepods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifepod
ROSRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ROSR
ROSR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.zə/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.zɚ/
rhymes: -əʊzə(ɹ)
rhymes: (General American) -oʊzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ROSRs
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: Acronym of radio on-scene report.
makes someone's toes curl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone's toes curl
making someone's toes curl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make someone's toes curl
made someone's toes curl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make someone's toes curl
red-legged cormorant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-legged cormorants
Etymology: From red-legged + cormorant.
Senses: synonyms: red-legged shag
red-footed cormorant
red-footed shag
Gaimard's cormorant
grey cormorant
glosses: Any gray cormorant of the species Poikilocarbo gaimardi which resides primarily along the southwestern coasts of South America and has vividly red legs.
Related terms: Poikilocarbo gaimardi
dumbassification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dumbass + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: Every year, he makes a college-lecture tour, speaking out against what he likes to call the “dumbassification” of American culture.
ref: 2004 April 4, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Dumbassification”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2020:
glosses: The process of becoming worse or stupider.
can I smoke
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: may I smoke
glosses: Asks for permission to smoke (e.g. a cigarette).
sanitizing wipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanitizing wipes
Senses: glosses: paper or cloth treated with antiseptic used for cleaning hands or surfaces
sanitizing wipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanitizing wipe
gigils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigil
bumbaste
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbəmˈbeɪst/
rhymes: -eɪst
Forms: form: bumbastes
form: bumbasting
form: bumbasted
form: bumbasted
Etymology: Compound of bum + baste.
Senses: glosses: To beat or spank.
bumbastes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bumbaste
Sayfo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܣܰܝܦܳܐ.
Senses: glosses: The genocide of Assyrians carried out by the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
mascot horror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A subgenre of survival horror, popularized in the mid-2010s, based around children's toys, or characters from children's media.
adorasexy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adorasexy
form: most adorasexy
Etymology: Blend of adorable + sexy
Senses: glosses: Sexually attractive and cute.