cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cum-catcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cum-catchers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cum catcher.
cum-catchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cum-catcher
nimble will
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nimblewill.
noncropland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncroplands
Etymology: From non- + cropland.
Senses: glosses: Land that is not cropland.
noncroplands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncropland
practicableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From practicable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: practicability
listen after
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: listens after
form: listening after
form: listened after
form: listened after
Senses: examples: text: She pricks up her ears to listen after the voice of her pursuer.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
text: Soldiers note Forts, Armouries, and Magazines; Scholars listen after Libraries, Disputations, and Professours.
ref: 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:
text: I will[…]listen after Humfrey, how he proceedes.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: To take notice of.
tangible assets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tangible asset
reaeration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reaerations
Etymology: From re- + aeration.
Senses: glosses: aeration again or anew
reaerations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reaeration
reaerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaerates
form: reaerating
form: reaerated
form: reaerated
Etymology: From re- + aerate.
Senses: glosses: To aerate again or anew.
reaerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reaerate
reaerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reaerate
reaerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reaerate
almud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: almuds
form: almude
Etymology: From Spanish almud, from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (al-mudd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), probably via Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠 (mdyʾ) and מוֹדְיָא (moḏyā) or Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ (moḏyā) from Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/⁠maddattu, middattu⁠/, “kind of vessel, unit of volume”). Doublet of almude. Cognate with Ancient Greek μόδιος (módios), Latin modius, French muid, and Dutch mud.
Senses: examples: text: An almud is a measure of volume rather than weight; an almud of wheat equals about 22 pounds and an almud of potatoes 20 pounds.
ref: 1990, Carmen Diana Deere, Household and Class Relations: Peasants and Landlords in Northern Peru, University of California Press, page 79:
text: Both sexes were equally familiar with and preferred the Spanish almud (equal to four quarts of seed), often rendered almo in Nahuatl, over any indigenous measure.
ref: 1997, Stephanie Wood, “Nahuatl Testaments of Rural Women”, in Susan Schroeder, Stephanie Wood, Robert Stephen Haskett, editors, Indian Women of Early Mexico, University of Oklahoma Press, page 174:
glosses: Synonym of celemin, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 4.6 liters.
synonyms: word: celemin
extra: a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 4.6 liters.
glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, highly variable depending on the location and the substance measured but generally between 3 and 20 liters.
glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of land area (nominally, the area cultivable by an almud of some particular seed), highly variable depending on the location.
glosses: A low wide box once used for measuring almuds.
glosses: Alternative form of almude, Portuguese forms of the same measure.
Coordinate terms: sense: highly variable unit of dry measure
word: maquila (1⁄2 almud)
almuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of almud
archine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arshin.
arsheen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsheens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arshine.
archines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archine
arsheens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arsheen
eightvo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: octavo
longprimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Long Primer.
milliosmol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milliosmols
Etymology: From milli- + osmol.
Senses: glosses: A unit of measure, one thousandth of an osmol.
milliosmols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milliosmol
osmol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osmols
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of osmole.
Derived terms: milliosmol
osmols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osmol
rotls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotl
watthour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watthours
Etymology: From watt + hour.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of watt-hour.
watthours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watthour
bialies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bialy
pletzl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pletzls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pletzel.
pletzls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pletzl
millihenries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millihenry
microhenries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microhenry
microhenrys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microhenry
millihenrys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millihenry
trilbys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trilby
unaerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + aerated.
Senses: glosses: Not aerated.
pars recta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɑːzˈɹɛktə/
Forms: form: partes rectae
Etymology: Latin: pars (“part”) + rēcta (“straight”) = “straight part”
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The straight (descending) portion of the proximal tubule of the kidney, coming after the initial convoluted portion (the pars convoluta).
light pillar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light pillars
Senses: synonyms: ice pillar
glosses: A visual phenomenon created by the reflection of light from ice crystals with near-horizontal parallel planar surfaces.
light pillars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of light pillar
fur pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fur pies
Senses: examples: text: Back in New Jersey, Christ, you should see Ocean City on Memorial Day. Fuckin' fur-pie everywhere. Wall-to-wall beavers. Two piece bikinis with little hairs stickin' out around the crotch.
ref: 1983, W. D. Ehrhart, Vietnam-Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir, McFarland, →ISBN, page 123:
text: His face is maybe twelve inches from Sabrina's fur pie, and the guy is fucking snoring.
ref: 1993, Carl Hiaasen, Strip Tease, Knopf, published 1993, →ISBN:
text: Man: Porno Video Palace.
Amélie Poulain: I'm calling about the ad.
Man: You're over 18?
Amélie Poulain: Yes.
Man: Shaved?
Amélie Poulain: Sorry?
Man: Are you shaved? Fur pie doesn't sell.
ref: 2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Guillaume Laurant, Amélie, 01:00:49-01:01:07 (official English subtitles)
glosses: An unshaven vulva.
Synonyms: fur burger
hair pie
contemplational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From contemplation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to contemplation.
laced mutton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laced muttons
Senses: examples: text: A fine laced mutton, Or two; and either has her frisking husband
ref: 1624, Ben Jonson, Neptune's Triumph for the Return of Albion:
text: Ay sir: I, a lost mutton, gave your letter to her, a laced mutton, and she, a laced mutton, gave me, a lost mutton, nothing for my labour.
ref: c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: A prostitute.
harpoon fork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harpoon forks
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A kind of hayfork, consisting of a bar with hinged barbs at one end and a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power.
arthropodological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arthropodology + -ical.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to arthropodology.
foragemaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foragemasters
Etymology: From forage + master.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Somebody responsible for providing and transporting forage for animals.
foragemasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foragemaster
Asboe-Hansen sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for Gustav Asboe-Hansen (1917–1989), Danish physician.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The extension of a blister to adjacent unblistered skin when pressure is put on the top of the bulla.
unblistered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unblistered
form: most unblistered
Etymology: From un- + blistered.
Senses: glosses: Not blistered.
unblissful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unblissful
form: most unblissful
Etymology: From un- + blissful.
Senses: glosses: Not blissful.
Brussels carpet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brussels carpets
Senses: examples: text: There is a Brussels carpet; a table of brightly varnished, heavily grained yellow pine built by a long-dead local joiner; wallpaper with cowed brown flowers […].
ref: 1976, Angela Carter, “My Father's House”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 19:
glosses: A kind of carpet made of wool fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread.
Related terms: body Brussels
tapestry Brussels
meat offering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat offerings
Senses: topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: meal offering
grain offering
gift offering
glosses: An offering of food, especially of a cake made of flour with salt and oil.
meat offerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meat offering
small pica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The size of type between long primer and pica, standardized as 11 point.
Synonyms: topics: philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: French contexts
Derived terms: double small pica
dilemmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dilemmatic
form: most dilemmatic
form: dilemmatical
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δῐλήμμᾰτ- (dĭlḗmmăt-, stem of δῐ́λημμᾰ (dĭ́lēmmă)) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a dilemma
Derived terms: dilemmatically
dilemmaticity
Puntlander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Puntlanders
Etymology: From Puntland + -er, analogous with Jubalander.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Puntland or its surrounding regions.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
Horner
Horn African
trilemmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trilemmatic
form: most trilemmatic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a trilemma.
tetralemmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tetralemmatic
form: most tetralemmatic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a tetralemma.
forebought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forebuy
Puntlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Puntlander
vapourers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vapourer
vaporers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaporer
Christmas flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas flowers
Senses: glosses: Christmas rose (Helleborus species)
glosses: An American orchid Cattleya maxima
partes rectae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pars recta
Philippine English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Filipino English
Pinoy English
glosses: The form of the English language used in the Philippines.
periegetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛ.ɹɪ.əˈd͡ʒɛ.tɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɛ.ɹi.əˈd͡ʒɛ.tɪk/
ipa: /-ɾɪk/
Etymology: Borrowed from Koine Greek περιηγητικός (periēgētikós, “of or pertaining to a periegete (a writer of periegeses); descriptive”), from περιηγητής (periēgētḗs, “periegete”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic, suffix forming adjectives, meaning ‘of or pertaining to, in the manner of’”).
Senses: examples: text: A periegesis is usually understood to be a geographical catalogue, cast in the form of a tour, often of a local area but sometimes more extended in scope. The form is related to local history. Modem scholarship has established that there was a specifically periegetic form of historiography, stretching back at least to the third century b.c.; […]
ref: 2001, Ian Rutherford, “Tourism and the Sacred: Pausanias and the Traditions of Greek Pilgrimage”, in Susan E[llen] Alcock, John F. Cherry, Jaś Elsner, editors, Pausanias: Travel and Memory in Roman Greece, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 45:
glosses: Relating to a periegesis.
Related terms: periegesis
periegete
Sallustian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sallustian
form: most Sallustian
Etymology: From Sallust + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Sallust
Thucydidean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Thucydidian
Etymology: From Thucydide(s) + -an.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of Thucydides.
Synonyms: Thucydidesian
Thucydidean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thucydideans
form: Thucydidian
Etymology: From Thucydide(s) + -an.
Senses: glosses: One of a group or school of writers in antiquity who considered themselves followers of Thucydides.
glosses: A historian of Thucydides.
bitchy-pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitchy-pants
form: bitchy pants
form: bitchypants
Etymology: From bitchy + -pants.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: bitcher, grumpy pants, grump
text: I should just trust him, shouldn't I? I mean—what does Alicia Bitchy-pants know about anything?
ref: 2002, Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Dial Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 85:
text: That's close to what I have to put up with, only I don't think Little Ms. Bitchypants is sleeping with anyone at the office. She sure acts like it, though.
ref: 2004 March 8, Jadite, “Re: If anyone heard screams...”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
text: "Yes, he knows Larry, but will you stop it already with your bitchy-pants, Dani? It's obvious from your crankiness that you need to get laid."
ref: 2008, Jules Asner, Whacked, Weinstein Books, published 2008, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: bitch#Noun
glosses: A currently irritable or habitually unpleasant person.
bitchy pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitchy pants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bitchy-pants: someone in a bitching mood or habitually bitchy.
examples: text: Near-synonym: grumpy pants
text: We asked him to take off his bitchy pants and put on his big-boy pants.
antonyms: big-boy pants
big-girl pants
coordinate_terms: scaredy pants
glosses: A notional pair of trousers or underwear worn by someone when acting bitchy.
bitchypants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitchypants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bitchy-pants.
indeformable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indeformable
form: most indeformable
Etymology: From in- + deformable.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of undeformable
synonyms: word: undeformable
sobrassada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sobrassadas
form: sobrasada
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan sobrassada, from Italian soprassata.
Senses: examples: text: I love the rich flavor of the duck eggs with the spicy sobrassada and sweetness of quince paste.
ref: 2012, Seamus Mullen, Seamus Mullen's Hero Food, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 108:
text: He squeezed oranges for juice to go with the botifarra, a pork sausage spiced with cloves and cumin, and the spreadable sobrassada, tinted red from Majorcan paprika.
ref: 2015 April 17, Lisa Abend, “Sweet and Salty: Majorca’s Traditional Cuisine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: soppressata
glosses: A spiced, cured pork sausage from the Balearic Islands.
grumpy pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grumpy pants
form: grumpy-pants
form: grumpypants
Etymology: From grumpy + -pants.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: bitchy-pants
text: "You fish, pal. Old grumpy-pants doesn't own the ocean!"
ref: 1954, Philip Wylie, The Best of Crunch and Des, Rinehart, page 360:
text: I was worried the supply teacher would be some grumpy-pants who liked sending kids out of the room if they dared to interrupt while they were speaking.
ref: 2012, Ellie Daines, Lolly Luck, Anderson Press Limited, →ISBN:
text: “Charming, there you are. I've been looking all over for you. Grumpy pants here wouldn't tell me where you went.”
ref: 2013, Eve Langlais, B785: Cyborg Romance, self-published, →ISBN, page 74:
coordinate_terms: bossy pants
scaredy pants
glosses: Synonym of grump (“person who is currently in a bad mood or is habitually cranky”).
synonyms: word: grump
extra: person who is currently in a bad mood or is habitually cranky
examples: text: Near-synonym: bitchy pants
text: We asked him to take off his grumpy pants and put on his big-boy pants.
text: "What is everyone's problem this morning? Did everyone wake up with their grumpy pants on?"
ref: 2011, C. J. Castano, Forbidden Innocence, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 115:
text: "Well, look who put on his grumpy pants today?" Gina said, punching me in the arm. She was really starting to get on my last goddamn nerves.
ref: 2011, Scott Semegran, The Spectacular Simon Burchwood, Sugar Skull Books, →ISBN:
text: I notice that when I move through the world at this pace, I tend to do what a friend calls “wearing my grumpy pants.”
ref: 2013, Edward Viljoen, The Power of Meditation: An Ancient Technique to Access Your Inner Power, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: big-boy pants
big-girl pants
glosses: A notional pair of pants worn by someone in a bad mood.
ensaïmada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ensaïmadas
form: ensaïmades
Senses: examples: text: I tell you, it’s not the same / So many things have changed / I’ve seen sweets by the fist-full / Scattered all over the streets / And bakers hawking ensaïmades / For only six centimes each . . .
ref: 2004, Tomás Graves, “Saint Anthony and the Devil”, in Tuning Up at Dawn: A Memoir of Music and Majorca, London; New York, N.Y.: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 274:
text: Next I would eat some ensaïmadas, small spiraled Majorcan pastries that are very popular in Barcelona.
ref: 2008, José Andrés with Richard Wolffe, “Cataluña”, in Made in Spain: Spanish Dishes for the American Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, →ISBN, “Pork” section, page 174:
text: Mallorcan ensaïmades, dusted with icing. The light pastry spirals dusted with icing sugar that flake perfectly.
ref: 2014 September 21, Leadership Sunday, number 450, Abuja, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: Place the ensaïmadas on a couple of baking trays and cover them with a damp tea towel.
ref: 2017, Si King, Dave Myers, “Ensaïmadas: Mallorcan Spiral Pastries”, in The Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure: 150 Easy and Tasty Recipes to Cook at Home, London: Seven Dials, →ISBN, “Desserts” section:
text: It was a day filled with echocardiograms and delicious samples of ensaïmada.
ref: 2019, Jamie Erickson, “Delight Instead of Defeat”, in Homeschool Bravely: How to Squash Doubt, Trust God, and Teach Your Child with Confidence, Chicago, Ill.: Moody Publishers, →ISBN, part 2 (The Struggle), chapter 8 (One Crazy Day Away from Crisis):
text: Google tip: ask Google what the oldest pastry shop is in Mallorca and it’ll lead you to Ca’n Joan De s’Aigo. Their ensaïmades are lighter than air.
ref: 2020 March, “Hey, Google, what should I eat?”, in Holly Meadows, editor, Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Magazines International, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2023, page 118:
text: We share a trio of street tacos and a box of classic ensaïmadas.
ref: 2023, T.K. Richards, “Spain: Levi”, in My Gift to You, LNK Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of ensaimada.
ensaïmades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Catalan ensaïmades.
Senses: glosses: plural of ensaïmada
grumpypants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grumpypants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grumpy pants.
grumpy-pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grumpy-pants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grumpy pants.
blurbification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blurb + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: Preminger called Batman "the movie of the decade," thereby forever raising the stakes among froth-at-the-mouth, just-spell-my-name-right blurbification contenders.
ref: 1989 October, Adam Liptak, “Movie Blurb of the Decade”, in Spy, page 36:
text: Throughout the narrative, Davis takes his text beyond standardized "blurbification" found in other guidebooks with informative asides.
ref: 1998 November 20, David Johnson, “Book Review: 'Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year: A Month by Month Guide to Natural Events'”, in Journeys:
text: Létourneau's art and music activities sprawl across so many international and interdisciplinary borders that they defy blurbification.
ref: 2001 September 12, Lee Gardner, “You Can't Tell the Players Without a Program”, in Baltimore City Paper:
glosses: The act or process of distillation into a blurb or sound bite.
oil and water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We are oil and water. There are few things he and I agree on but I believe we would agree on this.
ref: 1982, Winston Graham, The Miller's Dance, Pan Books, published 2008, →ISBN:
text: […] second, that the white and red man were oil and water, incapable of safely sharing a landscape.
ref: 2009, Brian Schofield, Selling Your Father's Bones: America's 140-Year War against the Nez Perce Tribe, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 31:
text: Forgiveness and making bargains are oil and water. They don't mix.
ref: 2011, Loretta M. Siani, The Alchemy of Prayer: How It Began and Why It Is the Medium of Miracles, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: Two things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.
Related terms: oil and water don't mix
monumentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From monument + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The monumentation set for GPS projects varies widely and can range from brass tablets to aerial premarks, capped rebar, or even pin flags.
ref: 2001, Jan Van Sickle, GPS for Land Surveyors, page 200:
text: The intra-agency agreement between FIA and the Wilderness and Wild & Scenic River programs determines how to conduct monumentation in wilderness and all alternatives are consistent with this agreement.
ref: 2006, Tongass and Chugach National Forest (N.F.),, page A-8:
text: The notes were the best record of what was done, how it was done, the order in which it was done, what was measured, what was encountered along the way, and how monumentation was accomplished.
ref: 2009, Stephen V. Estopinal, A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys, page 112:
text: Many easement boundaries are created on paper, that is, without benefit of a survey or monumentation, or they may be created by law, which includes prescription, implication, or necessity.
ref: 2009, Walter G. Robillard, Donald A. Wilson, Curtis M. Brown, Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles, page 216:
text: Three types of monumentation are used in urban control: ground monumentation, wall monumentation, and rooftop markers .
ref: 2012, T. J. Blachut, A. Chrzanowski, J. H. Saastamoinen, Urban Surveying and Mapping, page 69:
glosses: The establishment of permanent objects on the ground (surveyor's monuments) that mark legally binding exact locations of surveyed points and lines.
Macfarlane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, an alternative form of MacFarlane.
glosses: A rural locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region of Queensland, Australia.
Macfarlane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Macfarlanes
Senses: glosses: A coat having a shoulder cape attached at the neck. In styles for women it may have two front slits near the waist through which a person's arms may be extended; for men it is a (generally) single-breasted overcoat with sleeves, the shoulder cape usually extending only to the elbows; similar to the ulster and Inverness
Ōkuninushi-no-mikoto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 大国主命 (Ōkuninushi-no-mikoto).
Senses: topics: Shinto
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good matches.
Toshigami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 年神 (Toshigami).
Senses: topics: Shinto
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The god of the coming year, celebrated at New Years.
kadomatsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kadomatsu
Etymology: From Japanese 門松 (kadomatsu, literally “gate pine”).
Senses: glosses: A traditional decoration consisting of pine boughs and other plant cuttings placed in pairs in front of a home for Japanese New Year.
localizationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: localizationists
Etymology: From localization + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who subscribes to localizationism.
localizationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of localizationist
localizationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From localization + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The theory that different brain functions can be localized to different physical regions of the brain.
Related terms: localizationist
bossy pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bossy pants
form: bossy-pants
form: bossypants
Etymology: From bossy + -pants.
Senses: examples: text: She is in many ways my Aunt Ethel come back to life. I was brought up with, precisely, hauntingly, that shrill, nagging, over-insistent way of speaking, that bossy-pants way of walking, that remorseless insistence on always being right.
ref: 1992, Richard Hoggart, An Imagined Life: Life and Times, Volume III: 1959-91, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 265:
text: She pulled off the paper and looked at what he'd bought her, what the horrid, arrogant, boot-burning, bossy pants had bought her.
ref: 2006, Anne Grace, The Perfect Stranger, Berkley Sensation, →ISBN:
text: "This is ridiculous!" she yells. "Go somewhere quiet!"
"Hold on, bossy-pants."
ref: 2010, Sarah Mlynowski, Give Me a Call, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: A pushy or domineering person.
bossy-pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bossy-pants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bossy pants.
nandina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnə
Forms: form: nandinas
Etymology: A Latinised version of the Japanese name for the plant, 南天 (ナンテン, nanten), first used by Carl Peter Thunberg.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of genus Nandina (in family Berberidaceae), native to east Asia from the Himalayas to Japan.
wikipedia: Carl Peter Thunberg
plumbophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plumbophilic
form: most plumbophilic
Etymology: From plumbo- + -philic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Attracting lead.
Related terms: plumbophilia
plumbophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plumbo- + -philia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The property of attracting lead.
Related terms: plumbophilic
Kaede
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Japanese female given name from Japanese.
Sanbō Kōjin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 三宝荒神 (Sanbō Kōjin).
Senses: topics: Shinto
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The Japanese god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen.
KMT
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Abbreviations and codes, including that urban, youthful indication of frustration and discombobulation that caught [John] Humphrys' imagination; KMT – kissing my teeth.
ref: [2013 November 10, Hugh Muir, “Explained: the art of 'kissing your teeth'”, in The Guardian:
related: word: kmt
glosses: Initialism of kissing my teeth: used to express disapproval, annoyance, or frustration.
KMT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: All of the parties could and did claim victories. The ruling KMT won the governorship and the mayorship of Kaohsiung. Naturally KMT leaders boasted of these wins. In particular, they noted that Kaohsiung had been a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party. The DPP won the mayorship of Taipei. This was a major triumph. The NP's candidate was second in the Taipei mayoral context and the NP did well in the Taipei City Council race. Taiwan's new political party thus seemed to be off to a good start in winning support at the ballot box. Finally, the cause of democracy won.
ref: 1998, John F. Copper, Taiwan's Mid-1990s elections: Taking the Final Steps to Democracy, Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 3:
text: The Supreme Court sentenced former KMT Mayor of Jinsha Township (金沙鎮) in Kinmen County (金門縣) to 11 years in prison on bribery and abuse of public office charges.
ref: 2018 June 8, Scott Morgan, “Former Mayor in Kinmen County, Taiwan sentenced to 11 years on bribery charges”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2018, Society:
text: In 1950, it moved to Fengshan after Chengdu fell into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) government relocated to Taiwan.
ref: 2023 March 19, Liao Nien-han, “Whampoa academy arguments redundant”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2023, Editorials, page 8:
text: The Kuomintang (KMT) opposition party, of which Ma remains a senior member, also rejects reunification but advocates for closer ties with China as the way to preserve peace. Ma is one of the party’s most China-friendly figures.
ref: 2024 April 10, Helen Davidson, “China and Taiwan are destined for ‘reunification’, Xi tells former president”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: CCP
CPC
DPP
SDP
glosses: Abbreviation of Kuomintang.
oak wreath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oak wreaths
Senses: synonyms: civic crown
glosses: A chaplet of common oak leaves woven to form a crown honouring a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.
Related terms: laurel wreath
credit mule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: credit mules
Etymology: From credit + mule.
Senses: glosses: A victim of fraud persuaded to use their own name and information to obtain an expensive item with credit contract attached, such as a smartphone. The victim, or "mule", is paid on giving the item to the fraudster, and is assured the contract will be cancelled, but it is not. Thus, the victim acquires a debt while the fraudster can sell the item at a large profit.
credit mules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of credit mule
credit muling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Exploitation of a credit mule to perform a fraud.
Slavi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɒviː/
ipa: /ˈslɑvi/
Etymology: From Russian сла́вы (slávy, “praises”), plural of сла́ва (sláva, “glory”), from Proto-Slavic *slàva (“fame; glory”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).
Senses: examples: text: Following are three recipes for the large size pie – piroghi – one a very large size pie which the cook, Marlene Johnson of Naknek, says is excellent for "Slavi time."
ref: 1983, Cooking Alaskan, Anchorage, Ak.: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 80:
text: Church functions such as the Moravian Song Fests and the Russian Orthodox Christmas ("Slavi") provide opportunities for social gatherings and visiting among residents of the communities.
ref: 1986 June, “Affected Environment”, in Togiak National Wildlife Refuge: Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Wildnerness Review, and Environmental Impact Statement, Anchorage, Ak.: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, United States Department of the Interior, →OCLC, page 96:
text: Thousands of Alaskans joined believers around the world this week in celebrating Russian Orthodox Christmas. The ‘Slavi’ celebration follows the old Julian calendar, with Christmas Day on January 7. Festivities last several days as church groups visit relatives and friends, singing traditional carols and enjoying plates of food at each stop.
ref: 2016 January 8, Hannah Colton, “Nushagak Villages Celebrate Orthodox Christmas”, in KDLG: Public Radio for Alaska’s Bristol Bay, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2016:
synonyms: Slaviq
glosses: The Russian Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated from January 6 through 13 in outstate Alaska, USA, wherever there is a sizable Russian Orthodox population.
diaphonemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaphoneme
kodama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kodama
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 木霊.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A type of Japanese tree spirit.
fuck that noise
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: […] And it's please and thank you and you gotta call the old man 'master.'”
“Fuck that noise!”
ref: 1977, Jake Logan, White Hell, Playboy Press, page 46:
text: “If you mean the Provincial Mental Hospital – yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about.”
“Fuck that noise. My Earl's not going anywhere near that place.”
ref: 1989, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Homesick, Emblem Editions, published 1999, →ISBN:
text: 'You should always return calls as a courtesy.'
'Fuck that noise.'
ref: 2012, Cordelia Strube, Milosz, Coach House Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Used to express rejection of or objection to something.
pet the kitty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pets the kitty
form: petting the kitty
form: petted the kitty
form: petted the kitty
Senses: examples: text: Once you've got her "petting the kitty," watch her carefully, very carefully, not just for your own excitement—though it is, of course, very exciting—but to see how she likes to be touched.
ref: 2000, Susan Block, The 10 Commandments of Pleasure: Erotic Keys to a Healthy Sex Life, Souvenir Press, published 2011, →ISBN:
text: What would happen to all the holidays that bring families together once people discover they'd rather stay home and pet the kitty or spank the monkey?
ref: 2005, Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio, Plural Loves: Designs for Bi and Poly Living, Harrington Park Press, →ISBN, page 160:
text: Of the 40 percent of wankettes, only one in ten admitted to petting the kitty weekly.
ref: 2007, Jamye Waxman, Getting Off: A Woman's Guide to Masturbation, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 215:
glosses: To masturbate by stimulating the vulva.
Euromaidan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: 2013, from Ukrainian Євромайда́н (Jevromajdán), from Євро́па (Jevrópa, “Europe”) + майда́н (majdán, “square”), named after Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kiev. Compare maidan.
Senses: examples: text: Large-scale protests, like Euromaidan or the Arab Spring, tend to occur in waves clustered in time and space through the processes of cross-country political contention or diffusion.
ref: 2014 March 22, Farid Guliyev, Nozima Akhrarkhodjaeva, “Why Ukraine’s Euromaidan is not spreading to other post-Soviet states”, in Washington Post:
text: 2016, January 7, Taras Kuzio, "Euromaidan Dreams Deferred", in Foreign Affairs Snapshot
At the heart of the Orange and Euromaidan revolutions was a demand by average Ukrainians for justice and dignity.
text: 2016, June 1, Adam Hinton interviewed by Laura Snoad, "Adam Hinton's best photograph: an artist painting amid the Kiev uprising", The Guardian
In February 2014, it felt like the Euromaidan protests in Kiev's Independence Square, demanding closer integration with Europe, were reaching a peak.
glosses: A series of antigovernment protests in Ukraine that started in November 2013.
Synonyms: Maidan
polish the pearl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polishes the pearl
form: polishing the pearl
form: polished the pearl
form: polished the pearl
Senses: examples: text: Women sometimes tell us that part of the reason they settle for not coming during intercourse is because they're terrified their partner would be offended if they reached down to polish the pearl while they're having sex.
ref: 2007, Dorian Solot, Marshall Miller, I Love Female Orgasm: An Extraordinary Orgasm Guide, Da Capo Press, →ISBN:
text: Both “whittling the whalebone” and “polishing the pearl” are so ingrained in our DNA that infants have been known to handle their business long before it's open for business.
ref: 2010, Kristen Schaal, Rich Blomquist, The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 64:
text: There is no official “right way” to polish the pearl. You can use your fingers, lube, toys, or even water from a showerhead.
ref: 2010, Christi Smith Scofield, Ted Scofield, Sexy Slang's Bedroom Challenges: 69 Ways to Spice Up Your Sex Life, Sourcebooks, →ISBN, page 90:
glosses: To masturbate by stimulating one's clitoris.
Related terms: knob polisher
cones of shame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cone of shame
Tsubaki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
nanten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 南天.
Senses: glosses: The nandina or heavenly bamboo.
Ōkuninushi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 大国主 (Ōkuninushi).
Senses: topics: Shinto
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good love matches.
Tsutsuji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
kamon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamon
Etymology: From Japanese 家紋.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese family crest
Fruitvale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From fruit + vale.
Senses: glosses: A village in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in California
An unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
glosses: A number of places in California
A neighborhood of Oakland, California.
glosses: A census-designated place in Mesa County, Colorado.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Adams County, Idaho.
glosses: A populated place in Lincoln County, Oregon.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Crockett County, Tennessee.
glosses: A town in Van Zandt County, Texas.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington.
Masset
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Massett
Senses: glosses: A village in British Columbia, Canada.
managerialisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of managerialism
Queen Charlotte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Virginia.
leaf miners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaf miner
Warfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Warfields
Etymology: From Old English wer (“weir”) + feld (“field”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8772).
glosses: A village in British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A city in Martin County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
counting-out games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counting-out game
awesomazing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more awesomazing
form: most awesomazing
Etymology: Blend of awesome + amazing
Senses: glosses: amazing; wonderful
Synonyms: amazeballs
momiji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: momijis
form: momiji
Etymology: From Japanese 紅葉.
Senses: glosses: Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
Momiji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
amica curiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amicae curiae
Senses: glosses: A female amicus curiae.
amicae curiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amica curiae
wave the white flag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: waves the white flag
form: waving the white flag
form: waved the white flag
form: waved the white flag
form: raise the white flag
form: hoist the white flag
form: show the white flag
Senses: examples: text: Then it was seen how perilous was the situation of the Boer snipers. . . . There was no escape for them save across the open. It says much for their courage that they took that perilous choice rather than wave the white flag, which would have ensured their safety.
ref: 1900, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 30, in The Great Boer War:
glosses: To indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering.
raw_tags: in military combat
examples: text: I started in with a fine left-hander on his right eye. Liverpool had been a fighter once, but dissipation and bad company had taken the nerve out of him. In ten minutes I had him lying on the sand waving the white flag.
ref: 1911, O Henry, “The Day We Celebrate”, in Sixes and Sevens:
text: Last week the Herald waved the white flag, editorialized: "In view of the Professor's unfortunate exposé of Boston newspaper punditing, we have little alternative but to follow his advice."
ref: 1951 May 21, “The Press: Fog Cutter”, in Time, retrieved 25 Apr 2014:
text: The Louisiana governor accused the president of “waving the white flag” on the American economy.
ref: 2014 Feb. 24, "Bobby Jindal After Meeting With Obama" (video), New York Times (retrieved 25 April 2014)
glosses: To yield, give up, or quit.
Synonyms: sense: (military) indicate that one is surrendering
word: capitulate
sense: (figurative) yield, give up, or quit
word: capitulate
Related terms: strike one's flag
raise the white flag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: raises the white flag
form: raising the white flag
form: raised the white flag
form: raised the white flag
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wave the white flag.
hoist the white flag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hoists the white flag
form: hoisting the white flag
form: hoisted the white flag
form: hoisted the white flag
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wave the white flag.
show the white flag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shows the white flag
form: showing the white flag
form: showed the white flag
form: shown the white flag
form: showed the white flag
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wave the white flag.
Antigonid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to Antigonus.
Antigonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Antigonids
Senses: glosses: A member of the dynasty founded by Antigonus.
Hazelton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From multiple placenames in England: Hesleden, County Durham, Haselden, Sussex, Haslingden, Lancashire, Hazeldon, Wiltshire, and Hazleton, Gloucestershire. From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + denu (“valley”).
Senses: glosses: An English habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A city in Idaho.
glosses: A village in British Columbia.
glosses: A city in North Dakota; named after early settler Hazel Roop.
glosses: A town in Kansas; named for founder Rev. J. Hazelton.
glosses: A neighborhood of Youngstown, Ohio; named for the landowning Haseltine family, respelled with the -ton placename suffix.
glosses: An unincorporated community in California; named for Hazelton Blodget, son of a local oilman.
glosses: An unincorporated community in New Jersey.
glosses: An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Derived terms: Hazelton Mountains
New Hazelton
Ashcroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ashcrofts
Etymology: Habitational surname from two minor places in England, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + croft (“enclosed field”).
Senses: examples: text: When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms.
ref: 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Old English.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
A village in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
A ghost town in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
A suburb of Sydney in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Anmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in British Columbia, Canada.
Anmoore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in West Virginia.
geoboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geoboards
Etymology: Blend of geometry + board
Senses: glosses: A board with nails or pegs around which elastic bands can be looped in order to explore concepts in geometry.
Related terms: geoband
geoboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geoboard
doctrineless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From doctrine + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a doctrine.
Derived terms: doctrinelessness
counterindoctrination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From counter- + indoctrination.
Senses: examples: text: Counts argued that capitalism could not be reconstructed into a more humane social order unless conservative indoctrination to which students were subjected in schools (and elsewhere) was challenged by radical counterindoctrination.
ref: 2014, David W. Hursh, E. Wayne Ross, Democratic Social Education: Social Studies for Social Change:
glosses: indoctrination against a previously imparted doctrine
Murphy's sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after American physician John Benjamin Murphy (1857–1916).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sign of cholecystitis, etc. identified by the patient experiencing pain when the gall bladder is obstructed on the right-hand side while they breathe out.
wikipedia: John Benjamin Murphy