cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dwaum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dwaums
form: dwauming
form: dwaumed
form: dwaumed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dwalm.
dwaumed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dwaum
dwaums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwaum
dwaums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dwaum
dwauming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dwaum
moose-knuckles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moose-knuckle
rosy-cheeked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rosy-cheeked
form: most rosy-cheeked
Senses: glosses: Having cheeks (skin on side of the face) of a healthy, ruddy complexion.
cuntstitutional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Cuntstitution + -al.
Senses: glosses: Constitutional (referring to a Constitution).
maxillo-mandibular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of maxillomandibular.
maxillo-palatine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of maxillopalatine.
hobo stew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobo stews
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mulligan stew.
synonyms: word: mulligan stew
hobo stews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hobo stew
amputeeism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amputee + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Voluntary amputeeism or apotemnophilia — where the subject wishes to have a limb or appendage removed — might arguably fall within the category of radical body modification.
ref: 2008, Belinda Bennett, Terry Carney, Isabel Karpin, Brave New World of Health, page 78:
glosses: The condition of being an amputee.
pussy boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pussy boys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pussyboy.
pussy boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pussy boy
briefcased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From briefcase + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The train pulled up and disgorged a stream of briefcased commuters.
glosses: Carrying a briefcase.
SPDI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SPDIs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of single-point diamond interchange.
SPIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SPI
SPDIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SPDI
throw them bows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws them bows
form: throwing them bows
form: throwin' them bows
form: threw them bows
form: thrown them bows
Etymology: From a song released in 2000; see citation below.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, how I love these pretty ass hoes
 Pretty ass, high class, anything goes
 Catch 'em in the club throwing pretty ass bows […] If you a pimp and you know you don't love them hoes
 When you get on the floor (nigga, throw them bows)
ref: 2000, Ludacris, Southern Hospitality (song):
text: She was smiling like a queen and dancing her ass off, moving like an exotic dancer and throwing them bows until the lights came on at one-thirty for last call.
ref: 2004, Eric Jerome Dickey, Thieves' Paradise:
text: The footage showed Solange and Jay-Z getting into an argument and then Solange getting her Houston, TX on and throwing them bows as she wildly hit and kicked him, before being separated by what appeared to be security and Beyoncé.
ref: 2018, Abiegail Rose, The Carter Effect, pages 5–6:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To throw one's elbows around; to strike people with one's elbows.
hum bows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hum bow
humbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humbow
Boehmenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Böhmenism.
Boehmenist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boehmenists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Böhmenist.
Boehmenists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boehmenist
Böhmenist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Böhmenists
form: Boehmenist
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Böhmenism.
Böhmenists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Böhmenist
Böhmenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Behmenism
form: Boehmenism
Senses: glosses: The system of Christian mysticism introduced by Jakob Böhme (1575–1624).
Related terms: Böhmenist
gaybine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gay + bine.
Senses: glosses: Any of several showy twining plants of section Ipomoea sect. Pharbitis of the genus Ipomoea.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Ipomoea indica
word: Mr. Lear's gaybine
word: royal purple gaybine
taxonomic: Ipomoea ternata
alt: syn. Ipomea thomsoniana
word: Tyrian purple gaybine
Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Icelandic Kirkjubæjarklaustur.
Senses: synonyms: word: Klaustur
alt: shortening
glosses: A village in Skaftárhreppur, Iceland.
barbell cushion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barbell cushions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of barbell pad.
synonyms: word: barbell pad
barbell bar pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barbell bar pads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of barbell pad.
synonyms: word: barbell pad
neck pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neck pads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of barbell pad.
synonyms: word: barbell pad
barbell cushions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbell cushion
barbell bar pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbell bar pad
neck pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neck pad
filmiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A composition of matter containing cement, water, and finely disintegrated metallic iron particles, each of said iron particles having upon its surface a thin filmiform coating of magnetic oxide of iron.
ref: 1916, Canadian Patent Office Record (volume 43, part 1, page 1738)
glosses: In the form of a film.
Finnicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Finnicisms
Etymology: From Finnic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A construction or an utterance that is characteristic of the Finnish language.
Synonyms: Fennicism
Finnicisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Finnicism
Flem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn […]
ref: 1892, The Pacific Reporter, volume 27, page 538:
text: “They's asking for it,” said Flem Grumley. “We should give it to 'em.”
ref: 2013, Stephen Hunter, Hot Springs, page 279:
glosses: A male given name.
flintworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flintworkers
Etymology: From flint + worker.
Senses: glosses: A person who produces flintwork.
flintworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flintworker
fluoridization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fluoridation.
synonyms: word: fluoridation
Related terms: fluoride
fluoridize
fluormeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluormeters
Senses: examples: text: Both photoelectric and visual fluormeters have been designed for this purpose.
ref: 1955, Titus Evans, Radiation Research, volume 3, page 345:
glosses: Alternative form of fluorometer.
fluormeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluormeter
fluoroformol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: fluoryl
glosses: An aqueous solution of fluoroform gas, formerly used to treat tuberculosis, whooping cough, etc.
fluoryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fluoroformol.
synonyms: word: fluoroformol
footgeld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An amercement imposed for failure to expeditate a dog.
forecondemn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forecondemns
form: forecondemning
form: forecondemned
form: forecondemned
Etymology: From fore- + condemn.
Senses: glosses: To prejudge and condemn in advance.
forecondemns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forecondemn
forecondemning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forecondemn
forecondemned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forecondemn
forecondemnation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fore- + condemnation.
Senses: glosses: The act of forecondemning.
antineoplasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪsɪti
Etymology: From antineoplastic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being antineoplastic.
snittiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snittinesses
Etymology: From snitty + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: “So why the snittiness? Have you had some bad news from home? Is it your. . .wife?”
ref: 2008, Catherine Mulvany, Wicked Is the Night, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: Bad temper.
Vayda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vaydas
form: Vaida
form: Vajda
form: Wajda
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Vajda, from Hungarian vajda, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
testilies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of testilie
non-milch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Related terms: milkless
nonmilk
rusty dusty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rusty dusties
Senses: examples: text: Leave these ladies at rest on their big fat rusty dusties?
ref: 2006, Mo Foster, A Blues for Shindig, page 70:
text: He frowned then yelled, “You'd better get your rusty-dusties in gear and get to the wardroom or you're gonna be flying the rest of the day on an empty gut.”
ref: 2012, David G. Weaver, The Eagle and the Osprey, page 279:
text: Probably the safest and easiest 'tool' that you can use to get off your rusty-dusty and follow your choice of exercise routine.
ref: 2012, D.B. Myers, The BodyWise Health System, page 37:
text: You can't afford to just sit there on your rusty dusty feeling sorry for yourself.
ref: 2014, James Willis, Faith Made Easy:
glosses: The buttocks of someone who sits and does nothing.
rusty dusties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rusty dusty
watersky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterskies
Etymology: From water + sky.
Senses: glosses: A peculiar appearance of the distant sky near the horizon, common in arctic regions, indicating the presence of open water beneath as distinguished from ice or land.
waterskies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watersky
jeogori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jeogori
form: chogori
form: chŏgori
Etymology: From Korean 저고리 (jeogori).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Korean upper garment.
full-grownness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From full-grown + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: But this form can be known only when the mussel is full-grown, and this full-grownness in turn, is the goal of everything the mussel does.
ref: 1976, John R. Meyer, Reflections on Values Education, page 10:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being full-grown; adulthood; maturity.
customercentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more customercentric
form: most customercentric
Etymology: From customer + -centric.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Hsieh is a self-professed scholar of “happiness” and, as part of his vision to create the world's most customercentric online company, aims to deliver “happiness in a box.”
ref: 2012, Art Weinstein, D. Hank Ellison, Superior Customer Value, page 85:
topics: business
glosses: Focusing on the customer.
Amero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Amer(ica) + -o-.
Senses: glosses: America.
Related terms: Americo-
quantity discount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantity discounts
Senses: topics: business
finance
marketing
glosses: A type of incentive offered to a purchaser which results in a decreased cost of goods or materials per unit when purchased in greater numbers.
quantity discounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quantity discount
coalsmoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: During the long wait in the station another smell assailed our nostrils; a compound of coalsmoke, fish, oranges and other fruit and vegetables. […] Out in the village there was a new smell: peatsmoke, a much more romantic smell than coalsmoke – the railway was now far away.
ref: 1988, A[rthur] Bryson Gerrard, “Scotland”, in Butterflies & Coalsmoke, Oxford: Susan Abrahams, →ISBN, pages 108–109:
text: The sunrise of Hopkins—with “brown brink” suggesting a cloud of industrial smoke—presents the streaks and colors of the sun, seen through the air full of coalsmoke, as an image of the Holy Ghost.
ref: 1990, Robert Pinsky, “Skies of the City: A Poetry Reading”, in Gene W[illiam] Ruoff, editor, The Romantics and Us: Essays on Literature and Culture, New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, pages 175–176:
text: On my return, I stopped and pulled down the window. A blast of icy air laced with coalsmoke hit me in the face.
ref: 2015, Phyll MacDonald-Ross with I. D. Roberts, Bandaging the Blitz, 1938-42, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 270:
text: They are city-dwellers, men whose lives pass in the shadows of buildings, whose lungs are silted with coalsmoke, and few will ever cross the sea.
ref: 2017, Sarah Moss, “London, summer 1878”, in Signs for Lost Children, New York, N.Y.: Europa Editions, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: Alternative form of coal-smoke.
upper school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upper schools
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A school found within secondary education.
topics: education
glosses: A section of a larger school.
upper schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upper school
lower school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lower schools
Senses: glosses: Synonym of first school.
synonyms: word: first school
lower schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lower school
infant schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infant school
school holiday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: school holidays
Senses: examples: text: Travelling with their granny, who seems more interested in her crossword puzzle than them, they bicker and fight in a futile bid to get her attention. Oh, the joys of travelling during the school holidays!
ref: 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:
topics: education
glosses: Any time period for which a school is closed.
newskool
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more newskool
form: most newskool
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of new school.
Nunavut Territory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nunavut.
synonyms: word: Nunavut
ber month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ber months
Etymology: From the common last syllable of September, October, November, December, which ultimately derives from Latin -ber + month, due to the yearly lead-up towards Christmas in December that service sector establishments in the Philippines typically prepare months early for.
Senses: glosses: any of the months of September, October, November, and December
ber months
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ber month
PAGER
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The PAGER team takes information from a “shake map”—which guesses how much shaking there will be at various distances and directions from the earthquake’s epicenter—and compares that with a map of local populations.
ref: 2013 September 24, Daniel Engber, “Major Quake in Pakistan: Two Reported Dead, Experts Guess Several Thousand More”, in Slate Magazine:
glosses: Acronym of Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response, a monitoring system for earthquakes.
İslahiye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and district in Gaziantep Province, Turkey.
glosses: A village in Düzce district, Düzce Province, northern Turkey.
no because
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: no, because
Senses: examples: text: Often, Parker’s videos consist of her brandishing a book while a caption runs on screen and a soundtrack plays over it. Her recommendation for The Secret History, Donna Tartt's 1992 bestseller, said simply: "No because never has an opening line hooked me faster. I've never been so excited to start a book."
ref: 2022 January 31, Anita Singh, “TikTok's curious combination of 'blue hair and tears' is sending book sales through the roof”, in The Telegraph:
text: Lydia also posted to the app on Wednesday to share how'd she dance if Swift performed "Right Where You Left Me," a bonus track from Evermore (Deluxe Edition). / "No because if she plays this on the eras tour I'm gonna need at least 10 feet of space on all sides to lose my f****** mind."
ref: 2022 November 3, Sara Santora, “Fans Think Taylor Swift Is Using TikTok to Subtly Confirm Eras Tour Setlist”, in Newsweek:
glosses: Used at the beginning of a sentence to add emphasis or to express astonishment.
Related terms: no but
six-lined racerunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: six-lined racerunners
Senses: glosses: Aspidoscelis sexlineatus, a species of lizard native to the United States and Mexico.
six-lined racerunners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of six-lined racerunner
grown-up point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grown-up points
Senses: examples: text: Collecting grown-up points is about responsibility.[…] Buying a potted plant: 1 grown-up point. Keeping it alive for a year: 10 points.
ref: 2008 December 23, Andreas Arvman, “Collecting grown-up points is about responsibility”, in The Honolulu Advertiser:
text: Bonus grown up points if you consider yourself 'addicted'.
ref: 2015 June 25, Eleanor Jones, “25 purchases that prove you've become a grown up”, in Cosmopolitan:
text: I was so looking forward to awarding some Grown Up points to Tommen Baratheon this week, who is clearly smarting over his inability to do much of anything.
ref: 2016 May 9, Emily Yoshida, “The Game of Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 3, Oathbreaker”, in The Verge:
text: For bonus grown-up points, you complain that you can’t make it to midnight, even on New Year’s Eve.
ref: 2017 February 27, Kate Shellnutt, “The case for going to bed at 2:30 am”, in Vox, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022:
glosses: A notional point awarded (to younger persons) for instances of individual behaviour that characterizes life as an adult.
rosterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From roster + -able.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Capable of being rostered, or included in a lineup.
holy balls
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Expression of surprise or astonishment.
Clear Hills County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipal district in north-west Alberta, Canada.
wake boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wake boats
Senses: glosses: A boat used to create a wake suitable for wakeboarding
understand the assignment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: understands the assignment
form: understanding the assignment
form: understood the assignment
form: understood the assignment
form: understand the mission
Senses: examples: text: If you’re lucky enough to have a dishwasher in your shared kitchen, then a) we’re jealous and b) it’s definitely worth picking a processor that you don’t have to wash up. This understood the assignment, and all its attachments fit in the bowl, meaning it won’t take up too much of your allotted cupboard space.
ref: 2021 September 15, Hannah Mendelsohn, “Make GBBO-level cakes with these 5 best food processors under £100”, in Cosmopolitan:
text: Lil Nas X led the charge of stars who “understood the assignment,” to use a phrase that should probably be retired in 2022. In terms of creating cultural moments, impeccably reading the room on Twitter and seeming to actually have fun with his newfound mega-stardom, no one else came close.
ref: 2021 December 18, Danya Issawi, Shane O'Neill, “The Year in Stars”, in The New York Times:
text: Fans gushed over Lively’s outfits, with one person saying that she “singlehandedly carried the whole Met Gala this year”. / Another wrote: “Blakely Live will always understand the assignment”, while a third added: “If there’s one thing Blake Lively is gonna do, it’s serve a look at the Met Gala.”
ref: 2022 May 3, Kate Ng, “Blake Lively’s best Met Gala looks as fans praise star for ‘always understanding the assignment’”, in The Independent:
glosses: To excel at something; to demonstrate one's skill or talent.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see understand, assignment.
hexaptych
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexaptychs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold”).
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A polyptych consisting of six sections.
GBBO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: It’s GBBO season, so if you’re ready to elevate your baking skills from lockdown banana bread to plaited loaf, there’s one gadget that will make all the difference. Enter the multi-tasking food processor.
ref: 2021 September 15, Hannah Mendelsohn, “Make GBBO-level cakes with these 5 best food processors under £100”, in Cosmopolitan:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of The Great British Bake Off: a British television baking competition, debuted in 2010, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds.
guestament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guestaments
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of guesstimate.
Boshoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boshoffs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
specific gravity bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specific gravity bottles
Senses: topics: metrology
glosses: A pycnometer.
chapmanhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English chapmanhode, chapmanhede, equivalent to chapman + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Were it for chapmanhood or for disport,
No other message would they thither send,
But come themselves to Rome,
this is the end; […]
ref: 1392, 1835 (translated), Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Charles Cowden Clarke, The riches of Chaucer, page 148:
glosses: The activity or business of a chapman (merchant, peddler); trading, bargaining.
chapmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chapman + -ship. Compare German Kaufmannschaft, Dutch koopmanschap, Old Frisian kapenskip (West Frisian keapmanskip).
Senses: examples: text: In short, after a great deal of chapmanship, the haberdasher got the fiddle at forty guineas; and a happy man was he, thinking he had made ten guineas by the bargain.
ref: 1926, John L. Rayner, The Complete Newgate Calendar:
glosses: The state, quality, condition, or role of a chapman (dealer, bargainer, tradesman).
extralogically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From extralogical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Outside of the domain of logic.
extralocally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From extralocal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Outside of the local area.
extraregionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From extraregional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Outside of a region.
Shandley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shandleys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
go horribly right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes horribly right
form: going horribly right
form: went horribly right
form: gone horribly right
Senses: examples: text: I describe it as a stunt that went horribly right because it was designed to fail, in the sense that Chas was going to be the comic relief, to be deployed when we got stopped.
ref: 2020 January 19, Julian Morrow (quoted), Jenny Valentish, Naaman Zhou, “How The Chaser invaded Apec: 'A small video tape was secreted behind his scrotum'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To produce a technically correct result, but with highly undesirable consequences.
goes horribly right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go horribly right
going horribly right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go horribly right
went horribly right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go horribly right
gone horribly right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go horribly right
Ladik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.
Ladik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ladiks
Senses: glosses: A fine-textured rug of a kind made in Ladik in Turkey.
patzerish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more patzerish
form: most patzerish
Etymology: From patzer + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Ng4!? would be too direct (patzerish) […]
ref: 2016, Andras Adorjan, Black is Back!: What's White's Advantage Anyway?, New in Chess, →ISBN, page 145:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Characteristic of a patzer; indicating a lack of skill; amateurish.
Wasit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).
Senses: glosses: A city in Iraq.
glosses: A governorate of Iraq.
Related terms: Wasiti
Wasiti
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Wasit + -i.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Wasit.
Wasiti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wasitis
Etymology: From Wasit + -i.
Senses: glosses: A person from, or an inhabitant of, Wasit.
Nyby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nybys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
dragon's teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragon's tooth
Senses: examples: text: Experiments showed that twenty-five to fifty pounds of explosives often was needed to break a single dragon's tooth, and large pillboxes required half a ton.
ref: 2013, Rick Atkinson, The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944–1945 (The Liberation Trilogy; 3), New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 251:
text: “Dragon’s teeth have likely been installed between Mariupol and Nikolske village; and from northern Mariupol to Staryi Krym village. […] Dragon’s teeth have additionally been sent for the preparation of defensive fortifications in occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson,” the intelligence assessment said.
ref: 2022 November 8, Peter Beaumont, “Russia installs ‘dragon’s teeth’ barriers to slow advance of Ukrainian forces”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: Czech hedgehog
glosses: Square-pyramidal fortifications of reinforced concrete to impede the movement of tanks and mechanised infantry.
examples: text: The new line markings – known internationally as dragon's teeth – are designed to make sure motorists know they are entering a 40kmh school zone. […] "It's our aim to get these new dragon's teeth out on our streets as quickly as possible, which is why we'll be enlisting the help of several different crews around the state to get started on this massive rollout."
ref: 2009 May 24, Lisa Carty, “Dragon's teeth to guard school zones”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
text: Dragon's teeth are distinguished by a stretch of road marked by triangles on each side of the lane and have been used in Australia for over a decade, while they can also be found in places like New Zealand, the UK and Spain. (...) In a 2021 Qatar University report, researchers said that visual road markings like dragon’s teeth are one of the most effective road safety measures due to their “perceptual road-narrowing effect” that “stimulates drivers to reduce their speed limit”.
ref: 2025 January 30, Ethan Cardinal, “‘Never seen them before’: The little-known road marking found in Australia”, in drive.com.au:
topics: road
transport
coordinate_terms: shark's teeth
glosses: A series of triangular road surface markings painted on each side of a traffic lane, used for traffic calming or to alert drivers to a speed limit.
glosses: Lotus maritimus, a plant in the legume family.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dragon, tooth.
Derived terms: sow dragon's teeth
Zoomer perms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoomer perm
Nordic noir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nordic noirs
Etymology: Blend of Nordic + film noir.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A subgenre of film noir, set (and usually produced) in Scandinavia; typified by psychologically complex storylines involving the investigation of cruel or brutal crime, as well as heavy use of stark landscapes, pathetic fallacy and grinding realism.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
synonyms: Scandinavian noir
Scandi noir
glosses: A film or show of this subgenre.
Nordic noirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nordic noir
non-applicable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + applicable.
Senses: examples: text: She thought that the introduction of a National Railcard would be a good place to start, so that people from currently non-applicable groups could benefit from discounted fares.
ref: 2022 November 2, Paul Stephen, “Network News: GBR delayed... but that mustn't stop rail reform”, in RAIL, number 969, page 19:
glosses: Alternative form of nonapplicable.
middle-income trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle-income traps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of middle income trap.
Anuj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुज (anuja, “younger brother”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
Kierkegaard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪərkəɡɑːrd/
/ˈkɪərkəɡɔːr/
Forms: form: Kierkegaards
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Kierkegaard.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Danish.
Derived terms: Kierkegaardian
Heidegger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdɛɡəɹ/
/ˈhaɪdɪɡəɹ/
Forms: form: Heideggers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Heidegger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Heideggerian
dialogueless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dialogue + -less.
Senses: examples: text: But Mr. Dujardin’s turn in “The Artist” as George Valentin, a suave lighthearted star of Hollywood silent pictures who falls into depression and oblivion after the rise of talkies, doesn’t fit neatly into any categories, nor does the movie, a largely dialogueless black-and-white homage to early films.
ref: 2011 November 18, Maïa de la Baume, “French Twist: A Comic Does Nuance”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Without dialogue.
Heideggerianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Heideggerianizes
form: Heideggerianizing
form: Heideggerianized
form: Heideggerianized
Etymology: From Heideggerian + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: When they did occur, he would invariably tell me jokingly, “Dear Bill, you're a good critic, but why do you weaken your originative criticism by Heideggerianizing it?” And I would respond, antiphonally, “Edward, I think you're a good critic, too, but why do you limit possibilities by not attending to Heidegger's destructive ontology?
ref: 2009, William V. Spanos, “Acknowledgments”, in The Legacy of Edward W. Said, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page x:
glosses: To make Heideggerian.
what nonsense
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: That is nonsense; that is patently untrue.
Toher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
DoJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Holt also asked if the DoJ would welcome a criminal referral from the House January 6 committee. […] Dan Scavino and Mark Meadows were referred, the DoJ then deciding not to act.
ref: 2022 July 27, Martin Pengelly, “Garland promises ‘justice without fear or favor’ as DoJ digs into Trump’s January 6 role”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: USDOJ
glosses: Initialism of United States Department of Justice; also DOJ.
Zyphe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zophei
Senses: examples: text: The Zophei (or Zyphe) are a Chin ethnic minority group from southern Thantlang township in western Chin state, Burma/Myanmar and Mizoram state of India.
ref: 2021 December 24, Samson Alexander Lotven, “THE SOUND SYSTEMS OF ZOPHEI DIALECTS AND OTHER MARAIC LANGUAGES”, in Indiana University, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2025, page 19:
glosses: A language that is part of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
ODs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OD
ODs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of OD
mega-smash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mega-smashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of megasmash.
Burles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
DiNapoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DiNapolis
Senses: glosses: A surname
take shipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes shipping
form: taking shipping
form: took shipping
form: taken shipping
Senses: examples: text: 1569, Richard Grafton, A Chronicle at Large, London: Richard Tottle and Humphrey Toye, “Henrie the thirde,” p. 140,
[…] dyuerse noble men of the land, which helde against those statutes, were ridden toward Douer, and there entended to haue taken shipping for feare of the Barons
text: […] at last, finding that those who marched through the continent met with an ocean of miserie, he thought better to trust the wind and sea then the Greeks; and taking shipping safely arrived in Palestine […]
ref: 1639, Thomas Fuller, The History of the Holy War, Cambridge: Thomas Buck, Book 2, Chapter 28, p. 80:
text: […] I again left my native Country, and took shipping in the Downs on the 20th Day of June 1702.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Great Storm Described, the Long-Boat Sent to Fetch Water, the Author Goes with It to Discover the Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), pages 149-150:
text: 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, London: Lackington et al., Volume 3, Chapter 1, pp. 13-14,
We had agreed to descend the Rhine in a boat from Strasburgh to Rotterdam, whence we might take shipping for London.
text: […] the pilgrim enthusiasts of our party […] could scarcely eat, so anxious were they to “take shipping” and sail in very person upon the waters that had borne the vessels of the Apostles.
ref: 1869, Mark Twain, chapter 47, in The Innocents Abroad, Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, pages 495–496:
glosses: To embark on a ship.
Macuga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Macugas
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovak Mačuga or Polish Macuga.
Senses: glosses: A surname
Pegrum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pegrums
Senses: glosses: A surname
Trumpster diving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌmpstəˈdaɪvɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtɹʌmpstɚˈdaɪvɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ
Etymology: Blend of Trump + dumpster diving.
Senses: examples: text: So, sit back, grill a Trump Steak, pour a tall glass of Trump Vodka, and go “Trumpster diving” for some billiondollar stanzas, straight from the Bard of the Deal. As the Poet himself might say, this stuff is like very, very, very good.
ref: 2015 December 15, Hart Seely, Bard of the Deal: The Poetry of Donald Trump, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
text: He presents himself as a Strong Man who promises to knock heads and make things right again. In this, he has a lot more in common with South American populist demagogues than with our tradition of political leaders... The middle-class consensus in America has collapsed. This is the most important political and social earthquake since World War II. The conservative movement's leadership isn't up to the challenge, and a good number of voters are willing to gamble on Trump's bluster. Bad bet. Our nation's solidarity is being tested. It will only make things worse if we go Trumpster diving.
ref: 2016 January 21, R. R. Reno, “Conservatives against Trump”, in National Review, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2022:
text: Reno humorously cautions against going “Trumpster diving” for our next president (p. 38). Donald Trump was reviled for his vulgarity and boastfulness.
ref: 2017 March 8, William L. Benoit, Mark J. Glantz, Persuasive Attacks on Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Primary, Lexington Books, →ISBN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The act of scraping the bottom of the barrel to find a candidate.
Related terms: word: Trumpster fire
english: voting for liberal candidates regardless of their record
translation: voting for liberal candidates regardless of their record
word: VBNMW
age identity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: age identities
Senses: examples: text: "You're only as old as you feel." This cultural adage captures an understanding of age as more than simple chronology; rather, age is a construct having social content and personal meaning. This viewpoint is also reflected in a scholarly interest in age identity, or the circumstances under which people attach age labels to themselves and the consequences of those labels.
ref: 1992 December, John R. Logan, Russell Ward, Glenna Spitze, “As Old as You Feel”, in Social Forces, volume 21, number 2, Oxford University Press, →ISSN:
text: While all identities are inherently dynamic, age identity constitutes a special case of normative identity fluidity and temporality: individuals are expected to belong to different chronologically sequenced age identities over the course of their lives[…]
ref: 2020 January 16, Andrew D. Brown, The Oxford Handbook of Identities in Organizations, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
text: One way in which generational studies can inform age identity studies is by leveraging the common age-based generational identity labels of Millennials, Baby Boomers, and Generation X to explore how their associated stereotypes […] can inform self and others' definitions.
ref: 2016 November 26, Emma Parry, Jean McCarthy, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Age Diversity and Work, Springer Publishing, →ISBN, page 60:
text: Most people's "age identity" appears to be heavy on the declining body and product placement, light on culture.
ref: 2004 January 15, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, “Age Identity Revisited” (chapter 7), in Aged by Culture, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 124:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The age category such as "child", "young adult", "old person", etc. that is part of a person's self-identity.
intermercurial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inter-Mercurial
form: inter-mercurial
Etymology: From inter- + mercurial.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Between Mercury and the Sun.
intermental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + mental.
Senses: glosses: Between minds.
intermundial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of intermundane.
synonyms: word: intermundane
interobjective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + objective.
Senses: glosses: Between objects.
intermundium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intermundia
Etymology: From Latin intermundium, singular of intermundia.
Senses: glosses: A space between worlds.
interproduce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interproduces
form: interproducing
form: interproduced
form: interproduced
Etymology: From inter- + produce.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, a₁ can produce a₂, while a₂ produces a₁. […] But the point is that, if a system of magicians is mutually interproducing in this way, then it is likely to survive the continual flux of magician interaction dynamics.
ref: 2013, Clive D. L. Wynne, John E. R. Staddon, Models of Action: Mechanisms for Adaptive Behavior, page 20:
glosses: To produce each other.
interproduces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interproduce
interproducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interproduce
interproduced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interproduce
interrepulsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inter- + repulsion.
Senses: glosses: Mutual repulsion.
interattractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interattraction
intersoluble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + soluble.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Each soluble within the other.
intersolubility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The quality of being intersoluble.
intratomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + atomic.
Senses: glosses: Within an atom.
Mastriano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mastrianos
form: Mastrianoes
Senses: glosses: A surname
Michels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Michelses
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Michels Caskey syndrome
Michels syndrome
Michels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Michel
cointer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cointers
form: cointerring
form: cointerred
form: cointerred
Etymology: From co- + inter (see verb senses).
Senses: glosses: To bury together; inter.
Kaptur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kapturs
Senses: glosses: A surname
Raffensperger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raffenspergers
Senses: examples: text: Earlier this week, the two GOP senators, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, fighting for reelection, demanded Raffensperger resign from office, accusing him without evidence of failing to “deliver honest and transparent elections.”
ref: 2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
deep scattering layer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep scattering layers
Etymology: From being a layer of the ocean that lies deep, and scatters sonar signals.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
oceanography
glosses: A layer of the ocean lying usually 300-500 metres deep composed of dense concentrations of pelagic animal life, that moves depending on the time of day, up at night and down during the day. It sometimes appear as if it were the seabed on sonar scopes, due to the density of life in the layer.
Synonyms: DSL
ECR layer
Eyring-Christensen-Raitt layer
false bottom
phantom bottom
sound scattering layer
SSL
Derived terms: DSL
Masto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mastos
form: Mastoes
Senses: glosses: A surname
Mastos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Masto
karakoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karakoas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caracoa.
Howison
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Compare Howson, Howieson.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
cranio-vertebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of craniovertebral.
microutrophins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microutrophin
consanguineally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From consanguineal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: These six priests are designated in Zuñi ecclesiastical language “Priests of the Light or Day”; while resident in those special clans, which by heredity furnish the high-priesthoods (mainly the Clan of the Parrots, itself considered consanguineally descended from the gods), are numerous “Priests of the Night or Darkness,” […]
ref: 1882 June, F. H. Cushing, “The Zuñi Social, Mythic, and Religious Systems”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 21, page 187:
synonyms: consanguineously
glosses: In a consanguineal fashion; by blood relationship.
Laxalt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laxalts
Senses: glosses: A surname
Cuvierean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cuvierean
form: most Cuvierean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cuvierian.
Badenese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Baden + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: MATHY, KARL (1807–1868), Badenese statesman, was born at Mannheim on the 17th of March 1807. He studied law and politics at Heidelberg, and entered the Baden government department of finance in 1829.
ref: 1911, “Mathy, Karl”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh edition, volume XVII, New York: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 888:
glosses: Of, from or relating to the historical state or territory of Baden, now part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Badenese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Baden + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: When war broke out between France and Austria in 1792 the Badenese fought for Austria; consequently their country was devastated and in 1796 the margrave was compelled to pay an indemnity, and to cede his territories, on the left bank of the Rhine to France.
ref: 1910, “Baden, Grand Duchy of”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh edition, volume III, New York: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 186:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the historical state or territory of Baden, now part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Eatontown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Eaton + town. Named after Thomas Eaton, an early settler who built a mill around 1670.
Senses: glosses: A borough of Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
Borduria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The feuds between Namsang and Borduria continued. In 1875-76 the dispute between the Namsang and Borduria arose about the buffaloes which were carried off by Borduria people from Namsang areas.
ref: 2015, “Arunachal Pradesh”, in H. M. Bareh, editor, Encyclopaedia Of North-East India, 1st edition, Mittal Publications, →ISBN, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2022, page 72:
text: Wanglin Lowangdong, incumbent MLA of Borduria Bogapani trails in the constituency.
ref: 2019 May 23, The Hindu Net Desk, “Arunachal Pradesh Assembly results live updates | BJP wins 7 Assembly seats, leads in both LS seats”, in The Hindu, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022:
text: The Congress has retained three of the 42 seats it had won in 2014 - Sagalee seat, Mebo, Borduria-Bogapani - while wresting Pasighat West from the BJP.
ref: 2019 May 25, “BJP records landslide victory in Arunachal Pradesh Assembly polls”, in The Hitavada, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022:
glosses: A village in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Lachish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew לָכִישׁ (lāḵīš).
Senses: examples: text: Unearthed in Lachish, a Canaanite city state in the second millennium BCE and the second most important city in the kingdom of Judah, the comb suggests that humans have endured lice for thousands of years and that even the wealthiest were not spared the grim infestations.
ref: 2022 November 9, Ian Sample, “Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah region of Israel, now an archeological site and national park.