cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Amurritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Amoritic.
elle-people
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Danish ellefolk.
Senses: examples: text: It is also necessary to watch cattle so that they may not graze in any place where the Elle-people have been. If any animal goes to a place where the Elle-people have spit or done what is worse, it is attacked by some grievous disease, which can only be cured by giving it a handful of St. John's wort, which was pulled at twelve o'clock on St. John's night.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 140:
text: "I tremble at the very thought of the Elle-people of whom our villagers tell, while thou hast not a single fear. Why is it, sister?"
ref: 1861, Dinah Craik, Romantic Tales, Leipzip: Berhard Tauchnitz, page 164:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: elle-folk
glosses: A type of elf of Scandinavian folklore.
elle-maid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elle-maids
Senses: examples: text: The Wilde Frauen or Wild-women of Germany bear a very strong resemblance to the Elle-maids of Scandinavia. Like them they are beautiful, have fine flowing hair, live within hills, and only appear singly or in the society of each other.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 33:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A type of female elf of Scandinavian folklore.
elle-maids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elle-maid
elle-folk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Danish ellefolk.
Senses: examples: text: "We're none of the elle-folk who dance in the hills and weave fates, ye mun go to them for that."
ref: 1860, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, Sir Rohan's Ghost: A Romance, Boston: J.E. Tilton and Co., page 293:
text: Still the Elle-folk are often mentioned in the legends he proceeds to give as inhabiting houes, notwithstanding an explicit opening statement that they ‘dwell in the Elle-mosses,’ and notwithstanding the fact also that the so-called Elle-kone of the houes seems evidently to want the hollow back.
ref: 1865 November, J[ohn] C[hristopher] Atkinson, “Comparative Danish and Northumbrian Folk Lore. […] Chapter VII. Elle Folk.”, in The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Younger Members of the English Church, volume XXX, part 179, London: John and Charles Mozley, […]; and J[ohn] H[enry] Parker, […], footnote, page 476:
text: The ellefolk live in mosses, banks and mounds, under alder-trees and in alder-thickets.
ref: 1896, William Alexander Craigie, Scandinavian Folk-lore, London: Alexander Gardner, page 175:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: elle-people
balanitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: balanitides
ref: 1935, The Year Book of Dermatology and Syphilology, page 645:
text: balanitides of varying etiology
ref: 1963, Urology, page 491:
text: balanitides
ref: 2006, Andrology for the Clinician, page 190:
glosses: plural of balanitis
mook jong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mook jongs
form: mook yan jong
Etymology: Derived from Cantonese 木人樁 /木人桩 (muk6 jan4 zong1)
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A type of wooden dummy designed to be kicked and punched in Wing Chun kung fu training.
mook jongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mook jong
Coal Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The name of a number of streams in the United States.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A town in Fremont County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Boulder County and Gilpin County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wabash Township, Fountain County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A township in Montgomery County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cowlitz County, Washington.
glosses: A ghost town and stream near Fernie, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A rural locality in Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A small town in South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia.
fashion-plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fashion-plates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fashion plate.
fashion-plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fashion-plate
Ninevah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Nineveh, an ancient city in Iraq.
ODbL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Open Database License, a copyleft license.
OKF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Open Knowledge Foundation.
retrodocumentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrodocumentations
Etymology: From retro- + documentation.
Senses: glosses: Documentation or writing considered historical, archaic, old-fashioned, or older in comparison to contemporary documentation or writing.
Mulvane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Sedgwick County and Sumner County, Kansas, United States, named after Joab R. Mulvane.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Burrton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Burr + -ton, named after Isaac T. Burr, a vice-president of the Santa Fe.
Senses: glosses: A minor city in Harvey County, Kansas, United States.
elucidatest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of elucidate
elucidateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of elucidate
polioencephalomyelitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The inflammation of the grey matter and the spinal cord.
Rocky Ford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in the Municipal District of Wainwright, No. 61, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Otero County, Colorado, named for a rocky ford across the Arkansas River.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Screven County, Georgia, named for a rocky ford across the Ogeechee River.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Franklin County, North Carolina.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Delaware County and Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
angioosteohypertrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome.
synonyms: word: Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome
cony-gry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of conyger.
conygry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of conyger.
Matsoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: By notices posted up on account of the general bad luck at Macao, with the approbation of the R. C. magistrate Yung, who gave one hundred dollars to assist, a meeting was called in the temple of Matsoo in order “to consult on the business, settle the method of proceeding, and immediately to open a general subscription” for the building [of] a PAGODA.
ref: 1887 November, “Historical Landmarks of Macao”, in The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, volume XVIII, number 11, page 423:
glosses: Alternative form of Matsu.
drug-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drugfree.
Lauper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from ?
non-speciesists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-speciesist
Macksville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A minor city in Stafford County, Kansas, United States, named after George Mack.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States, named after postmaster Peter McDonald.
glosses: A town in Nambucca Valley council area, New South Wales, Australia, named after Angus Mackay and Hugh McNally.
Sebastia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sebastea
form: Sebasteia
form: Sabastiyah
Etymology: From Latin Sebastia, from Ancient Greek Σεβαστεία (Sebasteía), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβᾰστός (sebăstós, “venerable, august”) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of Sivas.
Senses: glosses: A village in Nablus Governorate, West Bank, Palestine; the former capital of the Kingdom of Israel; formerly, Samaria (archeological site).
glosses: Former name of Sivas: a municipality, the capital of Sivas district and Sivas Province, Turkey.
glosses: A theme of the Byzantine Empire centered on Sivas.
Nambucca Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably named after (the valley of) the Nambucca River.
Senses: glosses: A local government area in the Mid North Coast region, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Nambucca Valley Council.
wikipedia: Nambucca River
paradoxographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paradoxographic
form: most paradoxographic
Etymology: From paradoxography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to paradoxography.
kwikker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of kwik: more kwik
Belpre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French bel + pré (“beautiful meadow or prairie”).
Senses: glosses: A minor city and township in Edwards County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A city and township in Washington County, Ohio, United States.
bullies off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bully off
bullying off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bully off
bullied off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bully off
hsteads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hstead
Suzon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from ?.
parent drug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parent drugs
Etymology: From parent + drug.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The initial compound in a biotransformation reaction, requiring metabolism for activation.
parent drugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parent drug
plasmify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plasmifies
form: plasmifying
form: plasmified
form: plasmified
Senses: glosses: To transform something into plasma.
Sart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Turkish Sart and Ottoman Turkish صارت (Sart), from Byzantine Greek Σάρδεις (Sárdeis), ultimately from Lydian 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭 (sfar). Doublet of Sardis.
Senses: glosses: A town in Manisa Province, Turkey, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Lydia.
Synonyms: word: Sardis
language cops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of language police.
synonyms: word: language police
babes-in-a-cradle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babe-in-a-cradle
Busby Babes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Busby Babe
Crevedia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Crevedia.
Senses: glosses: A river in Hunedoara, Romania.
glosses: A village and commune of Dâmbovița County, Romania.
Related terms: Crevedia Mare
First Amendment audit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: First Amendment audits
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A test of an owner's acceptance of the right to record a publicly accessible area of a building or other premises.
Derived terms: First Amendment auditor
Related terms: walk of shame
First Amendment audits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of First Amendment audit
audit house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: architecture
synonyms: audit room
glosses: A room attached to a cathedral, designed for the transaction of business.
Selcuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Selçuk: A town, municipality, and district of İzmir Province, Turkey, near the ruins of ancient Ephesus.
audit room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of audit house.
synonyms: word: audit house
pak chiu cheng
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pa chew cheng.
pak chew cheng
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pak chiu cheng
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pa chew cheng.
pah chiu cheng
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pak chiu cheng
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pa chew cheng.
Pawnee Rock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A minor city and state historic site in Barton County, Kansas, United States.
Mendezes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mendez
disasterology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of disasters.
oxyology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] oxyology after a minimum of 4 years' ambulance and hospital practice. These specialists are always welcome in the intensive-care and admission departments of hospitals […]
ref: 1986, Hungarian Trade Union News, page 9:
text: Supposedly the indication field of nitroglycerin will be extended in the near future and Nitromint preparations will be used in oxyology also for controlling other clinical conditions in which smooth muscle spasm has a major role.
ref: 1991, G. Acs, G. Göbl, B. Szabó, “Evaluation of the effectivity of Nitromint spray in comparison with sublingual tablet in emergency and ambulance practice”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: […] medical care to those with an unpredicted immediate need outside a hospital and continued care once in an established emergency facility. […] Cf. first aid, life support, oxyology, prehospital medicine
ref: 2012, S. William A. Gunn, Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Relief, page 58:
text: The 1970s also saw the development of a scientific discourse on emergencies, which was taken up by the World Health Organization and led to the creation of a genuine emergency medicine, referred to as “oxyology” by the Hungarian doctor Gabor.
ref: 2022 March 2, Charles-Antoine Wanecq, “Medical Emergencies in Europe during the Twentieth Century”, in Sorbonne University: Digital Encyclopedia of European History:
glosses: Emergency medicine.
hyperdonut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperdonuts
form: hyperdoughnut
Etymology: From hyper- + donut.
Senses: examples: text: Our universe apparently has three spatial dimensions, so if it were donut shaped it would have to be a 3-torus, which is beyond my ability to visualize as its enclosed volume is some kind of hyperdonut in four dimensional space. But what the physical implications of the universe being a 3-donut, and can we look for them?
ref: 2016 January 18, Alex Klotz, “The Simpson-Hawking Donut Universe”, in Post-Doc Ergo Propter Hoc:
text: An eight-dimensional hyperdonut is complicated enough to let me hand-wave concerns for sensibility.
ref: 2018 September 1, Ted, “A Torus of Timelines”, in Ted Writes:
text: You’re unable to manage the mess of hyperdonuts and find yourself lost in hyperspace!
ref: 2021 September 16, “Lab 1: Nodes”, in Brown University Department of Computer Science:
text: What does all this mean in practice? Well, we don’t expect our quantum processors to look like hyperdonuts.
ref: 2024 February 22, Guanyu Zhu, Andrew Cross, Ben Brown, Ryan Mandelbaum, “Computing with error-corrected quantum computers”, in IBM:
glosses: A hypertorus.
hyperdonuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperdonut
Barwari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Berwari
Senses: glosses: A region in the Hakkari mountains in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey.
Berwari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Barwari.
hyperdoughnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperdoughnuts
Etymology: From hyper- + doughnut.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hyperdonut.
hyperdoughnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperdoughnut
yachtee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yachtees
Etymology: From yacht + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who sails on a yacht.
yachtees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yachtee
yachtperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yachtpersons
form: yachtpeople
Etymology: From yacht + -person.
Senses: glosses: One who sails on a yacht.
yachtpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yachtperson
yachtpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yachtperson
hyperodontia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + -odontia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hyperdontia.
beer flight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beer flights
Senses: glosses: A selection of beers, in small glasses, for tasting.
beer flights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beer flight
pseudochylothorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudochylothoraces
Etymology: From pseudo- + chylothorax.
Senses: examples: text: Pseudochylothorax (PCT) is a rare form of pleural effusion (PE), also called chyliform or cholesterol PE, and is characterized by its high cholesterol content and milky pleural fluid (PF). PCT and chylothorax both classically have a turbid or milky appearance due to their high lipid content. Apart from that, their etiologies, pathogenesis, and clinical implications differ, making it important to distinguish between them.
ref: 2016 August 24, Adriana Lama, Lucía Ferreiro, María E. Toubes, Antonio Golpe, Francisco Gude, José M. Álvarez-Dobaño, Francisco J. González-Barcala, Esther San José, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Carlos Rábade, Carlota Rodríguez-García, Luis Valdés, “Characteristics of patients with pseudochylothorax—a systematic review”, in Journal of Thoricic Disease^(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4999702/#:~:text=Pseudochylothorax%20(PCT)%20is%20a%20rare,to%20their%20high%20lipid%20content), volume 8, number 8:
glosses: A cholesterol-rich pleural effusion associated with chronic inflammatory disorders.
Synonyms: cholesterol pleurisy
chyliform effusion
pseudochylous effusion
pseudochylothoraces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudochylothorax
HPNS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: Initialism of high-pressure nervous syndrome.
frolique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: froliques
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of frolic.
Derived terms: froliquely
froliques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frolique
batshite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more batshite
form: most batshite
Senses: examples: text: […] going totally batshite after these mean killer bikers who sort of nonchalantly kill his family, and then he chases them all across the Australian outback with a big black car […]
ref: 2011, Sean Beaudoin, You Killed Wesley Payne:
glosses: Alternative form of batshit.
Agios Theologos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hagios Theologos
Etymology: From the modern Greek transcription of Byzantine Greek Ἅγιος Θεολόγος (Hágios Theológos, “the Holy Theologian”), from its 6th-century basilica dedicated to St John the Theologian, supposed author of the Book of Revelation. Doublet of Ayasoluk.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Selçuk: a town in İzmir Province, Turkey, near the ruins of ancient Ephesus.
wikipedia: Book of Revelation
John the Theologian
Ayasoluk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant spelling of Turkish Ayasuluk and Ottoman Turkish ایاصـولق (Ayasuluk), from Byzantine Greek Ἅγιος Θεολόγος (Hágios Theológos, “the Holy Theologian”), from its 6th-century basilica dedicated to St John the Theologian, supposed author of the Book of Revelation. Doublet of Agios Theologos.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Selçuk: a town in İzmir Province, Turkey, near the ruins of ancient Ephesus.
wikipedia: Book of Revelation
John the Theologian
hexagonal number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexagonal numbers
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: triangular number
glosses: The number of dots in a figure made up of partially overlapping dotted regular hexagons (6k dots arranged into a regular hexagon) of perimeter 6k for k = 1 ... n which grow out of a common vertex (and two shared or partially shared sides); a.k.a. “cornered hexagonal number”; H_n+1=6Δₙ-n²+1 where Δₙ denotes the nᵗʰ triangular number.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The number of dots in a figure made up of regular dotted hexagons (of perimeter 6k for k = 1 ... n) arranged concentrically around an extra dot at their common center; a.k.a. “centered hexagonal number”; H_n+1=1+6Δₙ.
Hypernyms: figurate number
unsleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unsleeves
form: unsleeving
form: unsleeved
form: unsleeved
Etymology: From un- + sleeve.
Senses: glosses: To remove from a sleeve.
unsleeves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unsleeve
unsleeving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unsleeve
screwdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screwdowns
Etymology: Deverbal from screw down.
Senses: glosses: A plastic case, fastened with screws, for storing and displaying a trading card.
screwdowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screwdown
COVID-tide
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Covidtide.
unpool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unpools
form: unpooling
form: unpooled
form: unpooled
Etymology: From un- + pool.
Senses: glosses: To remove from a pool (supply of resources).
unpools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpool
unpooling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpool
witchwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From witch + -work.
Senses: examples: text: Es war dem Anſelmus, als höre er ein tiefes Stöhnen, als höre er Serpentina’s Stimme. Da ergriff ihn Entſetzen und Verzweiflung. – Er raffte alle ſeine Kraft zuſammen, er ſtieß mit Gewalt, als ſollten Nerven und Adern zerſpringen, gegen das Kriſtall – ein ſchneidender Klang fuhr durch das Zimmer und der Archivarius ſtand in der Thür in ſeinem glänzenden damaſtnen Schlafrock: «Hei, hei! Geſindel, toller Spuk – Hexenwerk – hieher – heiſa!» So ſchrie er. Da richteten ſich die ſchwarzen Haare der Alten wie Borſten empor, […]
ref: 1827, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, translated by [Thomas Carlyle], “The Golden Pot”, in German Romance: Specimens of Its Chief Authors; […], volume II (Containing Tieck and Hoffmann), Edinburgh: William Tait, […]; London: Charles Tait, […], Tenth Vigil, pages 297–298:
text: Selbiger ſchüttelt mit ſeinem grauen Kopf, und daß er es genugſam gläuben wölle, inmaßen ſolche Liebe nicht mit rechten Dingen zugehen könne; […]
ref: 1849, William Meinhold [i.e., Wilhelm Meinhold], translated by [Jane Wilde], “How Sidonia Is Sent Away to Stettin—Item, of the Young Lord’s Dangerous Illness, and What Happened in Consequence”, in Sidonia the Sorceress; the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania. […], volume I, London: Simms and M‘Intyre, […], booK I (From the Reception of Sidonia at the Ducal Court of Wolgast until Her Banishment Therefrom), page 113:
text: DDT as trade-good fish poison was finding its way into the jungle years before Boquichicos was settled, and congenital deformity was thought to have increased as a result, though there was no scientific proof of it. Smithe’s theory was that End of Time had come into the world slightly mutated, due to maternal consumption of contaminated fish. The Kandakandero had taken his affliction as a sign of divine favor and a portent of supernatural abilities, and immediately consecrated him to witchwork.
ref: 2000, Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 93:
text: Bernard Tynan had used witchwork to lure a young schoolgirl into his house, where he’d murdered her.
ref: 2012, Laura Powell, chapter 2, in Burn Mark, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: Witchcraft.
trensomnia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of tren + insomnia.
Senses: examples: text: I had trensomnia but didn't give a damn. I would walk into the gym alive and ready to go all out... Loved that compound, just hated then pip it would leave me with.
ref: 2012 August 30, PillarofBalance, The Iron Den:
text: Just wondering if any labs carry Valium or Xanax to help with trensomnia. I've seen some but they don't look legit. Anyone? Unisom doesn't always get the job done.
ref: 2014 December 12, Bigbird138, Evolutionary.org:
text: noother sides - just a bit warm and sweaty. - never dealt with trensomnia before do I just ride it out?
ref: 2017 June 24, MrM, UK Muscle:
text: Even if you run Trenbolone at a lower dosage, we have seen people still suffer from this issue. Since trenbolone is one of the harshest steroids out there, you will be leaving a ton of both strength and muscle gains on the table if you cannot get a good night’s sleep due to Trensomnia.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), George Spellwin, “N2sleep for Trensomnia”, in EliteFitness.com:
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Insomnia as a side effect of trenbolone.
dodgem cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dodgem car
Poless
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polesses
Etymology: From Pole + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: What was more to the purpose, he seems to have amended his conduct he had married while at Posen; his wife, a fair Poless, was possessed of many graces, and of contentment and submissiveness without limit; […]
ref: 1827, [Thomas Carlyle], “E[rnst] T[heodor] W[ilhelm] Hoffmann”, in German Romance: Specimens of Its Chief Authors; […], volume II (Containing Tieck and Hoffmann), Edinburgh: William Tait, […]; London: Charles Tait, […], page 182:
text: BEAUTIFUL POLESSES. / The Polish ladies, says a Warsaw correspondent of the Boston Journal, are very beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful in the world.
ref: 1877 September 21, The New Orleans Daily Democrat. […], volume II, number 264, New Orleans, La., page 2, column 2:
text: […] Schaaren junger Polinnen in den hellfarbigſten ſeidenen Staubmänteln; ehrwürdige alte polniſche Herren mit Schnurrbärten, Kaftan, Paß (Gürtel), Säbel, und gelben oder rothen Stiefeln, und das neue Geſchlecht in den incroyableſten Pariſer Moden, Türken und Griechen, Ruſſen, Italiener und Franzoſen, in immer wechſelnder Menge; […]
ref: 1885, J[ohn] T[homas] Bealby, quoting J[ulius] E[duard] Hitzig, “Biographical Notice”, in Weird Tales […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons:
text: TWO POLES MADE ONE / The Nuptials of Parola Gentcynski and A. Zarmoski. / LITTLE POLAND EN FETE. / Carriage Drawn by Four White Horses Took Bridal Party to Church—Wedding Supper in Kosciusko Hall—The Poles and Polesses Present.
ref: 1900 June 12, The Evening Journal, volume XXXIV, number 34, Jersey City, N.J., page 3:
text: Kataczyna Andrzewska is the appalling name of a lady of Polish extraction who applied to the Municipal Court for balm for wounded feelings. She alleged that one Rosa Polinska had applied epithets to her and made statements concerning her which no self-respecting lady could tolerate. In reply Rosa asserted that the lady with the bunch-of-fire-cracker-name had assaulted and injured a 4-year-old child of the house of Polinska. / Both cases were pushed with vigor. Poles and Polesses by the dozen appeared to testify to the events alleged by both.
ref: 1903 May 16, “Real Name Was Quite Enough: Kataczyna Andrzewska Was Given a Verdict for Other Names Neighbor Called Her. Regular Polish Holiday; They Crowded Courtroom and Testimony Nearly Drove Interpreter to Distraction. Big Neighborhood Quarrel”, in The Buffalo Review, volume 1, number 3, Buffalo, N.Y., page 10, column 2:
glosses: A female Pole; a Polish woman.
Polesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Poless
house of mirrors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: houses of mirrors
Senses: glosses: A traditional attraction at funfairs, carnivals, and amusement parks consisting of a maze walled with mirrors and glass panes, including curved mirrors that distort the reflected image.
houses of mirrors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house of mirrors
retrospondylolisthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of retrolisthesis.
synonyms: word: retrolisthesis
spinning teacups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinning teacup
Senses: glosses: An amusement ride consisting of a series of large spinning vehicles, shaped and decorated as giant teacups, in which people sit.
wikipedia: Linnanmäki
Deqing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: dǔʹchǐngʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德清 (Déqīng).
Senses: examples: text: Enforcement is spotty at best. Shen Yulin, the environmental protection director for Deqing County, where the Haijiu factory is located, said 65 inspectors were responsible for a region of nearly 400 square miles, with more than 2,000 factories.
ref: 2011 June 15, Sharon LaFraniere, “Lead Poisoning in China: The Hidden Scourge”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2023, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A county of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
tree failure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree failures
Senses: glosses: A naturally occurring event in which a tree suffers considerable damage, such as uprooting, the falling of a limb, or the splitting of a trunk, often posing a safety hazard to people and property in the vicinity.
log ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: log rides
Senses: glosses: log flume (amusement park ride)
log rides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of log ride
Emeishan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ǔʹmāʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: From Mandarin 峨眉山 (Éméishān).
Senses: examples: text: Pernod unveiled on Thursday plans for a 13-hectare malt whisky distillery site in Emeishan, Sichuan, which is due to begin production in 2021. The distillery will have a Chinese master distiller to produce a malt whisky catering to local tastes.
ref: 2019 August 29, Dominique Vidalon, “Pernod launches share buyback, new investments in U.S., China”, in Sudip Kar-Gupta, Deepa Babington, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2024, Business:
glosses: A county-level city of Leshan, Sichuan, China.
Related terms: Mount Emei
board-gamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: board-gamers
Senses: examples: text: It would, Fortunato insisted, be a mistake to lump all board-gamers. “The Scrabble player has a different head from the chess player, and the backgammon player is from a different place.[…]”
ref: 1977 March 19, Abe Peck, “Adult games: You can pick war or peace”, in The Herald News, volume 106, number 68, Passaic, N.J., page A-5, column 2:
text: There are many active groups of board-gamers around the country.
ref: 2017, Fun & Profit from Collectables, Devizes, Wilts.: Collecticus, →ISBN, page 94:
text: With thousands of board games out there, and more being invented every day, dedicated board-gamers need a glossary to describe the various types and genres.
ref: 2019 November 2, Richard Chin, “It’s game on”, in Star Tribune, volume XXXVIII, number 212, Minneapolis, Minn., page E3, column 6:
glosses: Alternative form of board gamer.
board-gamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of board-gamer
boardgamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boardgamers
Senses: examples: text: Again, we don’t want to exclude anyone, but we’re pretty sure the RPG crowd would be uncomfortable being around boardgamers trying to get them in boardgames every session.
ref: 2006, George Phillies, Tom Vasel, quoting Gary Christiansen, “Interviews: Hobbyists”, in Contemporary Perspectives on Game Design, Tempe, Ariz.: Third Millennium Publishing, →ISBN, page 397:
text: Did a growth in leisure time contribute to Marie’s obsession with Star Trek? To the boardgamers’ immersion in a World at War?
ref: 2006, Shari Caudron, Who Are You People? A Journey into the Heart of Fanatical Passion in America, Fort Lee, N.J.: Barricade Books Inc., →ISBN, page 210:
text: Randall argues too that the nature of rules is quite different in video games and boardgames, much more clearly regimented and maintained by the video game itself in the former, while in the latter, boardgamers play a much more participatory role in developing, agreeing and maintaining game rules during play.
ref: 2012, Garry Crawford, “Studying video games”, in Video Gamers, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: Alternative form of board gamer.
boardgamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boardgamer
sureball
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃʊɹˌbɔl/
Forms: form: more sureball
form: most sureball
form: sure-ball
Etymology: From sure + ball, usually said in basketball games.
Senses: glosses: sure; certain; guaranteed; sure-fire
St. Croix Falls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the falls which previously existed on the St. Croix River.
Senses: glosses: A city and town in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States.
wikipedia: St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)
macro-moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macro-moths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of macromoth.
macro-moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macro-moth
macroetch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: macroetches
form: macroetching
form: macroetched
form: macroetched
Etymology: From macro- + etch.
Senses: coordinate_terms: microetch
glosses: To etch on a relatively large scale.
macroetches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of macroetch
macroetched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of macroetch
macroetching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of macroetch
magn.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: magn. field of Earth
ref: 2010, Günther Lehner, Electromagnetic Field Theory for Engineers and Physicists, page 584:
glosses: Abbreviation of magnetic.
MPIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MPI
malikana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malikanas
Senses: examples: text: […] malikanas payable to a proprietor in lieu of surrender of all his proprietary rights, to a transferee, which is payable whether or not the lands are used for agricultural purposes; […]
ref: 1960, Babu Ram Misra, Indian Federal Finance, page 254:
glosses: A payment made to a malik or landlord.
malikanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malikana
mamsell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mamsells
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mamzelle.
mamsells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mamsell
mangt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of management.
mango squash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mango squashes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chayote.
synonyms: word: chayote
mango squashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mango squash
market-ripe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of fruits and vegetables: almost but not quite ripe; ready to be sold, so as to be ripe when used by the purchaser.
quadriracial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadri- + racial.
Senses: examples: text: Frequently plant breeders cross hybrids with a species different from either of the parents, in this way obtaining trispecific hybrids. Many grape hybrids are of this nature. By crossing two hybrids having different parentage, quadrispecific or quadriracial hybrids are obtained. Wichura even obtained hybrid willows combining no less than six species.
ref: 1896, Walter T. Swingle, Herbert Webber, The Principal Diseases of Citrus Fruits in Florida, Washington: Government Printing Office, page 399:
text: Marjorie G. Lemlow: […] Because of housing patterns San Francisco did have some schools predominantly of one of this quadriracial components—Chinese speaking, Chinese, black, and other white.
ref: 1972, School Busing: Hearings Before Subcommitte No. 5 of the Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. Ninety-Second Congress. Second Session on proposed amendments to the constitution and legislation relating to transportation and assignment of public school pupils. Part 3 […] Serial No. 32, Washington: Government Printing Office, page 1403:
text: If future racial self-identification patterns will also resemble today’s ethnic ones, the racial equivalent of today’s voluntary white ethnicity and its associated lack of ethnic loyalty may mean that many future, triracial, quadriracial, and other multiracial people may eventually know little, and care even less, about the various racial mixtures they have inherited.
ref: 2019, Herbert J. Gans, “The Possibility of a New Racial Hierarchy in the Twenty-first-century United States”, in David Grusky, editor, Social Stratification, Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective, Second Edition, New York: Routledge, pages 647 from 642–650:
hypernyms: multiracial
holonyms: quinque-racial
glosses: Of or relating to four races.
maskeeg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maskeegs
Senses: examples: text: […] the way to the land of the maskeegs and jack pines, with silent, cool and shady retreats, carpeted with spongy moss.
ref: 1911, California Cultivator, volume 37, page 602:
glosses: Archaic form of muskeg.
maskeegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maskeeg
sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: word: SUNDS
glosses: A condition that predominantly strikes young healthy males from Southeast Asia, causing unexplained death while sleeping.
mcht.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mchts.
Senses: examples: text: wine mchts.
ref: 1869, The Victoria Post Office Directory, page 341:
glosses: Abbreviation of merchant.
mchts.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mcht.
meatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meatus + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of meatal.
synonyms: word: meatal
meetinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meetingers
Etymology: From meeting + -er.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: One who attends meetings (type of religious service).
meetingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meetinger
messboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: messboys
Etymology: From mess + boy.
Senses: glosses: A young man employed on a ship as a waiter and messroom attendant.
messboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of messboy
DECAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DECA
MoCAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MoCA
midfront
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midfronts
Etymology: From mid- + front.
Senses: coordinate_terms: midside
glosses: The middle of the front of something.
midfronts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midfront
millennian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more millennian
form: most millennian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of millenarian.
millennian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millennians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of millenarian.
Derived terms: millennianism
millennians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millennian
millennial pinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millennial pink
Miqra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Miqra
form: Mikra
Etymology: From Hebrew מִקְרָא (miqrāʾ, “scripture”).
Senses: glosses: The Hebrew Bible.
Mikra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Mikra
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Miqra.
mldg.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mldgs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of molding or moulding.
mldgs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mldg.
mtgee.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mtgees.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of mortgagee.
mtgees.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mtgee.
mtge.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mtges.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of mortgage.
mtges.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mtge.
Sheana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sheanas
Senses: examples: Sheana Davis, b. 1969
glosses: A female given name.
nahoor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nahoors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nayaur.
nahoors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nahoor
neo-Darwinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neo-Darwinian
form: most neo-Darwinian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to neo-Darwinism.
neo-Darwinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-Darwinians
Senses: glosses: A proponent of neo-Darwinism.
neo-Darwinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-Darwinists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of neo-Darwinism.
neo-Darwinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neo-Darwinist
neo-Darwinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neo-Darwinian
will-calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of will-call
nibby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪbi/
rhymes: -ɪbi
Forms: form: more nibby
form: most nibby
Etymology: nib + -y
Senses: examples: text: The whole of these silks have many faults: they are very nibby, which is principally owing to the water in which the cocoons are placed in order to have the fibre drawn from them not being of a proper temperature; […]
ref: 1968, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary... (page 677)
text: Adding nibs as a scrubbing agent to soap is easy and creates a luxurious experience. I use nibby soap to scrub stubborn soil from my hands. Nibs can be scratchy in soap, so this may not be best for delicate areas.
ref: 2024, Raven Hanna, One Cacao Tree (page 130)
glosses: Full of nibs.
nibby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪbi/
rhymes: -ɪbi
Forms: form: nibbies
Senses: glosses: A crook or walking stick.
reseam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reseams
form: reseaming
form: reseamed
form: reseamed
Etymology: From re- + seam (“verb”).
Senses: glosses: To fit with a new seam.
reseamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reseam
reseams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reseam
reseaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reseam
Pky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pkwy.
plainie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plainies
Senses: glosses: A plain throw in children's games, without any action performed at the same time such as clapping.
plainies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plainie
political incorrectness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being politically incorrect.
Neha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi नेहा (nehā). Doublet of snow.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hindi, of mainly Indian usage.
greenscreened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of greenscreen
greenscreening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of greenscreen
pomarrosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pomarrosas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Malay apple.
synonyms: word: Malay apple
pomarrosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomarrosa
Uniatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Uniate + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The beliefs of the Uniate Church.
vantguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vantguards
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of vanguard.
vantguards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vantguard
vbl.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of variable.
three-in-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-in-hands
Senses: coordinate_terms: four-in-hand
glosses: A carriage drawn by three horses controlled by one driver.
three-in-hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-in-hand
sentence mix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sentence mixes
form: sentence mixing
form: sentence mixed
form: sentence mixed
form: sentence-mix
Etymology: From sentence + mix.
Senses: examples: text: Well, someone went through the effort of making a text file transcript of Dennis Prager videos (for the convenience of YTPers looking for particular phrases to sentence-mix, so they didn't have to sit through all of the neocon BS just to find a clip).
ref: 2021 May 21, u/SilverWolfMD, Reddit:
text: It owes its existence to a feral culture of internet goblins who sentence-mixed the same few janky cutscenes for years.
ref: 2023 July 13, Harvey Randall, “The internet shitposted too close to the sun, and now we're getting a spiritual successor to the most cursed Zelda games of all time”, in PC Gamer:
text: They may contain random chopping, extremely loud audio manipulation, sentence mixing/word splicing, visual jokes, colorful and eye-popping visual effects, and other things all put together to make a video interesting, funny, confusing, or even intentionally annoying.
ref: 2023 August 24, Travis Boylls, “How to Make a YouTube Poop”, in WikiHow:
glosses: To rearrange words and sounds in a speech recording as to change its meaning, usually for humorous purposes.
sentence mix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentence mixes
form: sentence-mix
Etymology: From sentence + mix.
Senses: examples: text: I loved hearing the rhymes and the character in this song, it's one of the best sentence mixes I've heard.
ref: 2014 June 21, u/SlayerOfCupcakes, Reddit:
glosses: A piece of media resulting from sentence mixing.
Related terms: splice edit
deepfake
sentence mixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sentence mix
sentence mixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentence mix
flight of beer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flights of beer
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beer flight.
sentence-mix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sentence-mixes
form: sentence-mixing
form: sentence-mixed
form: sentence-mixed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sentence mix.