cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wikiverse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the wikiverse
Etymology: From wiki + -verse.
Senses: examples: text: In the wikiverse, the word "contributions" refers to edits done to a wiki.
glosses: The entire collective scope of wikis.
residuaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of residuary
cuddle buddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuddle buddies
Senses: examples: text: Carla isn't dating John. She's just his cuddle buddy.
glosses: A platonic friend who frequently cuddles another friend.
cuddle buddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuddle buddy
piyag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piyags
Etymology: From Cebuano payag.
Senses: glosses: A small crude shelter; a hovel; a cottage; a hut.
patican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paticans
Etymology: From Cebuano patikan.
Senses: glosses: The Philippine fishtail palm (Caryota cumingii).
piyags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piyag
pechay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pechays
form: petsai
form: pe-tsai
Etymology: From Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, “Chinese cabbage”, literally “white vegetable”). Doublet of bok choy.
Senses: glosses: the Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy)
Related terms: kiamchay
kinchay
polonchay
kuchay
walrus moustache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walrus moustaches
Senses: glosses: a moustache that resembles the whiskers of a walrus in being thick and bushy and drooping over the mouth
walrus moustaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of walrus moustache
aural toilet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aural toilets
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: ear toilet
glosses: A procedure used to clean the external auditory meatus of wax and other debris.
ear toilet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear toilets
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An aural toilet.
malocclude
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: maloccludes
form: maloccluding
form: maloccluded
form: maloccluded
Etymology: From mal- + occlude.
Senses: examples: text: Malocclusion is one of the contributing local causes of pyorrhea; and after the disease has progressed, all the teeth affected malocclude, due to loss of foundation tissue and to tilting.
ref: 1913, The Journal of the Allied Dental Societies, volume 8, page 114:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of teeth, to misalign.
Related terms: malocclusion
maloccludes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of malocclude
maloccluding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of malocclude
maloccluded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of malocclude
cliffline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clifflines
Etymology: From cliff + line.
Senses: examples: text: These defenses included cliffline complexes similar in concept to those built at Biak. One example of the cliffline complex is found at Ginalagan.
ref: 1992, Duane Colt Denfeld, Japanese Fortifications and Other Military Structures in the Central Pacific:
glosses: The upper portion of a cliff.
glosses: The shape, outline, or boundary of a cliff.
clifflines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cliffline
aural toilets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aural toilet
Cache County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the caches of furs once found in the area.
Senses: glosses: One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Logan.
don't buy green bananas
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Refers to the time that it takes green bananas to ripen and become edible.
Senses: examples: text: I don't buy green bananas anymore. I only buy one yellow banana, for I may not be around tomorrow.
ref: 2010, Norman Molesko, Retiring and Senior Living...Experiencing the Second Half of Life:
text: "I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas!" "Don't say that, Granma! You're not so old..."
ref: 2010, Susan Lynn Meyer, Skating with the Statue of Liberty:
glosses: One should not make long-term plans, as one may not live or survive long enough to accomplish them.
light month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light months
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one month.
Related terms: light second
light minute
light hour
light day
light week
light year
light months
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of light month
unparser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unparsers
Etymology: From unparse + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program or algorithm that unparses.
unparsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unparser
unoppressiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unoppressive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of not being oppressive.
distress purchase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distress purchases
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A purchase made out of necessity, rather than for pleasure.
distress purchases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distress purchase
death slot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death slots
Senses: examples: text: First the network bounced the series around the schedule like a beach ball, preempted it often, and then settled the show into the death slot […]
ref: 1997, TV Guide, volume 45:
text: So they program shows exactly when TV networks don’t. They debut series on Fridays (considered “the death slot” in network TV) and over holidays.
ref: 2015 December 16, James Poniewozik, “Streaming TV Isn’t Just a New Way to Watch. It’s a New Genre.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: graveyard slot
death slots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of death slot
Nelson County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Bardstown. Named after Thomas Nelson Jr.
glosses: One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Lakota.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Lovingston. Named after Thomas Nelson Jr.
wuzza
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From "who's a...", as in "who's a pretty boy?" etc.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, Betty — I suppose I'll have to go in to see you. That Doctor Holt says not to, in his book — but I don't care. He never was a mother! (She enters nursery.) Betty! Betty, my darling, oh, you wuzza wuzza wuzza!
ref: 1966, Vanity Fair, volumes 14-15, page 51:
text: Patti scooped up the new cat. She put her nose against its nose and cooed, "Wuzza, wuzza, wuzza, her's a pussycat and needs love, doesn't her? Somebody so mean to throw you out. […]
ref: 2008, Bethany Campbell, Amarillo by Morning, page 148:
text: “How do you know the cat's name?”
“Katie told me,” Pete said without looking up. “Who's a wuzza wuzza wuzza? Hey? Who's a wuzza wuzza woo.”
Jack rolled his eyes. “I hope you're not like that with Katie. She seems like a tough girl.”
ref: 2013, Martin Berman-Gorvine, Seven Against Mars, page 134:
glosses: Expresses doting affection toward an animal or child.
dyskeratosis congenita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A rare progressive congenital disorder with a highly variable phenotype, sometimes resembling premature aging, and typically first affecting the skin and proceeding to bone marrow failure.
Synonyms: DKC
Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome
Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: dyskeratosis congenita
physiotemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Etymology: From physio- + temporal.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to time-based relationships in physical phenomena, such as the recurring motions of planets.
biotemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Etymology: From bio- + temporal.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to time-based relationships in biological phenomena, such as life cycles and gestation periods.
sociotemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Etymology: From socio- + temporal.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to time-based relationships in social settings, such as a school timetable.
paraliturgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + liturgical.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Not part of the official liturgical canon
Related terms: paraliturgy
TDIH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: this day in history
Bardstown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bard + town, named after the Bard brothers.
Senses: glosses: A home rule city, the county seat of Nelson County, Kentucky, United States.
Fulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fula
Foulah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Foulahs
form: Foulah
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Fula.
Fellatah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fellatahs
form: Fellatah
Senses: glosses: A member of the Fula people.
Foulahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Foulah
Fellatahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fellatah
Christocentricism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Christocentric + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Christocentrism.
correlationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From correlation + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The philosophical standpoint, rejected by proponents of speculative realism, that we cannot directly access thinking and being, but only the correlation between them.
correlationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: correlationists
Etymology: From correlation + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A proponent of correlationism.
correlationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of correlationist
overrefreshed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overrefreshed
form: most overrefreshed
Etymology: From over- + refreshed.
Senses: glosses: drunk
Synonyms: medicated
tired and emotional
worse for wear
Lovingston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Loving (“surname”) + -ton.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place, the county seat of Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
gna
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of gonna.
yard pilot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yard pilots
Senses: glosses: A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
yard pilots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yard pilot
yard goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yard goats
Etymology: In reference to the traditional use of goats to pull carts, etc.
Senses: glosses: A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
yard goats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yard goat
switch engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: switch engines
Senses: glosses: A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
examples: text: 2. Is it possible to make the switch engine leave debris other than the normal 8 blocks/288 generations?
ref: 1990 May 17, David Moews, “Life questions”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: He did this by placing a large number of switch engines together so as to eliminate all debris. His original ship required 13 switch engines, but his smaller one given here only uses 10 of them.
ref: 1992 August 13, David Bell, “Spaceships in Conway's Life (Part 1)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: The average random Life pattern settles down instead of exploding (if you ignore output gliders and spaceships). There are exceptional quadratic-growth cases, mostly involving switch engines, but most random patterns affect only their immediate area.
ref: 2007 May 12, Dave Greene, “Wanted: 2D CA, "as complex" but "denser" than Life”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
topics: cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular methuselah in Conway's Game of Life that temporarily exhibits glide reflection symmetry while leaving debris behind, allowing for the construction of spaceships, puffers, and rakes.
switch engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of switch engine
Spitalny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Osborne County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Vincent B. Osborne.
Senses: glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Osborne.
chaulmoogric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chaulmoogra + -ic.
Senses: examples: chaulmoogric oil
fatty acids of the chaulmoogric series
glosses: Relating to the chaulmoogra tree or to chaulmoogric acid, obtained from its seeds.
rent-controlled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: ‘I have no money,’ she said simply. ‘This apartment is rent-controlled.’
ref: 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 288:
glosses: Subject to rent control.
Marcan priority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Markan priority
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The hypothesis that the Gospel of Mark was the first-written of the three Synoptic Gospels and was used as a source by the other two (Matthew and Luke).
Markan priority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Marcan priority.
travel bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travel bugs
Etymology: Genericized trademark from Travel Bug.
Senses: examples: text: The teams placed their travel bugs in a geocache and listed the bugs on the geocaching.com Web site […]
ref: Geocaching for Schools and Communities (page 182)
text: Because moving travel bugs is a practice that is only physical in nature—you find the travel bug and then you move it to another geocache—the game's design did not require players to take part in as much conversation as I had hoped.
ref: 2015, Christopher Holden, et al: Mobile Media Learning, page 168:
glosses: A tag stamped with a number, placed in a geocache (often attached to another item, called a hitchhiker) so that subsequent finders can take it to other caches and track its movement around the world.
examples: text: After my trip to New Zealand, I caught the travel bug: now I go abroad several times a year.
synonyms: wanderlust
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see travel, bug.
travel bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of travel bug
Garrett County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after John W. Garrett
Senses: glosses: One of 23 counties in Maryland, United States. County seat: Oakland. It is the state's westernmost county.
wikipedia: John W. Garrett
Dumura Karbi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Karbi people of Dumura Recho kingdom
Dumura Karbi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The language of these people
Karbi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Karbis
form: Karbi
Senses: glosses: A member of one of the major ethnic groups of northeast India, found especially in the hill areas of Assam.
Karbi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their language.
demonifuge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demonifuges
Etymology: From demon + -i- + -fuge.
Senses: glosses: A remedy to drive out demons.
Derived terms: demonifugic
demonifuges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demonifuge
migrastatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antineoplastic drug obtained from Streptomyces platensis.
cypemycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cypemycins
Senses: glosses: A peptide antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces bacteria
cyclines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycline
mycangimycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces bacteria.
backannotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of back-annotation.
back-annotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backannotation
Etymology: From back- + annotation.
Senses: glosses: The process of updating the logical design of a circuit with physically measured values, to allow for more accurate simulation.
back-annotate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: back-annotates
form: back-annotating
form: back-annotated
form: back-annotated
Senses: glosses: To carry out back-annotation.
back-annotated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of back-annotate
back-annotates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of back-annotate
back-annotating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of back-annotate
polyphemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A sunflower, bending its head, peered at us with its round, polyphemic, impersonal eye, the long yellow lashes half-curled over the great black pupil.
ref: 1944, Curzio Malaparte, translated by Cesare Foligno, Kaputt:
glosses: having one eye like the cyclops Polyphemus
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The captives brought back and passed on to a later day much that was beautiful and romantic: the poetic legends of the Indians, now a part of our literature, the picturesque native names of the hills and lakes and forest streams, names like Quinsigamond, Wachusett, Housatonick, Monadnock, and Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
ref: 1952, Robert V. G. Wail, “Certain Indian Captives of New England”, in Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, volume 68 (Third Series): October 1944 – May 1947, Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, →JSTOR, pages 114–115:
glosses: Only used in Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
Related terms: sense: long English-language placenames
word: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
sense: long English-language placenames
word: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
sense: long English-language placenames
word: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Drzymalla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Drzymallas
form: Drzymala
Etymology: Respelling of Polish Drzymała.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
unsubversive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Etymology: From un- + subversive.
Senses: glosses: Not subversive.
resubvert
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resubverts
form: resubverting
form: resubverted
form: resubverted
Etymology: From re- + subvert.
Senses: glosses: To subvert again.
resubversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + subversion.
Senses: glosses: The process of subverting again.
resubverting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resubvert
resubverts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resubvert
resubverted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resubvert
chronic toxicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronic toxicity
little spoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little spoon
big spoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big spoon
sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Sometimes you win and sometimes you are defeated; everybody has successes and failures.
Related terms: you win some, you lose some
Nuckolls County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Stephen Friel Nuckolls.
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Nelson.
wikipedia: Stephen Friel Nuckolls
nuckelavee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /nʌklɑːˈviː/
Forms: form: nuckelavees
form: nuckalavee
Etymology: From Orcadian Scots knoggelvi, from Scots neugle (“water spirit in the form of a horse”). Related to English nicker (“water demon”).
Senses: glosses: An aquatic horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology, said to cause droughts and epidemics and to harm crops and animals.
nuckelavees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuckelavee
Bula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bulas
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Polish Bula or Buła, from buła (“round object; fat person”).
* Borrowed from American Spanish Bula.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Bailey County, Texas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.
laugh on the other side of one's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: laughs on the other side of one's face
form: laughing on the other side of one's face
form: laughed on the other side of one's face
form: laughed on the other side of one's face
form: laugh on the other side of one's mouth
form: laugh on the wrong side of one's face
form: laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth
form: laugh out of the other side of one's face
form: laugh out of the other side of one's mouth
form: laugh out of the wrong side of one's face
form: laugh out of the wrong side of one's mouth
Senses: examples: text: You'll be laughing on the other side of your face when the police find out you've been lying to them.
text: Socialism? Ha! ha! ha! Where’s the money to come from? Ha! ha! ha!... Hitler will at any rate go down in history as the man who made the City of London laugh on the wrong side of its face. For the first time in their lives the comfortable were uncomfortable, the professional optimists had to admit that there was something wrong.
ref: 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. II:
glosses: To experience discomfiture after displaying cockiness.
Related terms: have the last laugh
he who laughs last laughs best
talk
speak out of both sides of one's mouth
cement steels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cement steel
Lord President of the Council
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The fourth of the Great Officers of State of England.
get the vapours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets the vapours
form: getting the vapours
form: got the vapours
form: got the vapours
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get the vapors.
Leake County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Walter Leake.
Senses: glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Carthage.
wikipedia: Walter Leake
Hart's line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hart's lines
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The boundary of the vulval vestibule.
vulval vestibule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vulval vestibules
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The part of the vulva between the labia minora containing the openings of the vagina and urethra.
Hypernyms: urogenital sinus - embryological precursor
false northings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false northing
suppressive people
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suppressive person
micromorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micromorph
court poor boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of court poor box
Scotland County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both counties are named after the country of Scotland.
Senses: glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Memphis.
glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Laurinburg.
Laurinburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Scotland County, North Carolina, United States.
Ballston Spa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Eliphalet Ball.
Senses: glosses: A village, the county seat of Saratoga County, New York, United States.
wikipedia: Eliphalet Ball
mnesic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to memory.
Derived terms: promnesic
Related terms: amnesia
water breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water breakers
form: water-breaker
Senses: examples: text: […] I came on deck, put down my own stock behind the rudder head and well out of the coxswain’s reach, went forward to the water-breaker, and had a good deep drink of water, and then, and not till then, gave Hands the brandy.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Chapter 25”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
text: I had only one canvas water-breaker; that was a big one, too big for me to carry single-handed from the spring to the dinghy. I should only be able to fill it half full—say seven or eight gallons on each journey.
ref: 1926, Neville Shute, chapter 4, in Marazan, London: Cassell:
text: […] under Hornblower’s eye the French captain and mate served out a biscuit of hard bread to each person in the boat, and filled the pannikin for each man in turn from the water breakers under the thwarts.
ref: 1950, C. S. Forester, “The Penalty of Failure”, in Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, London: Michael Joseph:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A container for storing water on a ship or other watercraft.
glosses: An attachment fitted to a hose to produce a spray.
water-breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water-breakers
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of water breaker.
water-breakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-breaker
water breakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water breaker
Ballston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ball (“surname”) + -ton.
Senses: glosses: A town in Saratoga County, New York, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Arlington County, Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Ballston Spa
Stach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stachs
Etymology: From Polish Stach, from Stanisław + -ch; or Czech Stach, from Stanislav. In some cases, from the German form of Latin Eustatius or Eustachius.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Walsh County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after George H. Walsh.
Senses: glosses: One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Grafton.
Shenandoah County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Senedo people.
Senses: glosses: One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Woodstock.
wikipedia: Senedo people
culthead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cultheads
Etymology: From cult + -head.
Senses: glosses: A person who belongs to a cult or who has a cult-like attitude to religion.
octarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒkˈtɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /ɑkˈtɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: octavius
Etymology: From New Latin octarius.
Senses: examples: text: The college take for their standard the exchequer wine measure of the realm, which they divide into the octarius or pint, the eighth part of a gallon; the fluid ounce, equal the sixteenth part[…]
ref: 1810, The Tradesman, Or, Commercial Magazine, page 412:
text: […] in one example at least, appears in the same pages of the same volume; therefore, should Fowler's solution be prepared from such an authority, is there not a chance of twelve ounces troy weight being substituted for the pint, or, what is now deservedly preferred, the octarius of the College here? - The technical excellence of the work high character of the author[…]
ref: 1810, The Medical and Physical Journal: Containing the Earliest Information on Subjects of Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacy, Chemistry, and Natural History ..., page 404:
text: Olivae oleum, L. Olea Europæa, E. Olive oil. An octarius of which acts as a gentle laxative.
ref: 1814, W. Peck, Veterinary Medicine, and Therapeutics: Containing the Effects of Medicines on various Animals; the Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment of Diseases, with a Select Collection of Formulaes, London, page 40:
text: Many physicians even ordered the octarius (℥xx pint) when they intended the 16 oz. pint, to which they were accustomed in their youth […] Similar perplexities will occur with weights, if the terms, drachm, scruple, and grain be retained and the value depreciated, […]
ref: 1863, The Pharmaceutical Journal ...: A Weekly Record of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences, page 122:
glosses: The pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system.
octavius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From New Latin octāvius, a misspelling or alteration of octārius.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of octarius (the pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system)
Margaret grunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Margaret grunt
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of margate grunt.
Wachowiak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wachowiaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Wachowiak.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
cultheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of culthead
Shenandoah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ.ə/
note: in poetry for metrical purposes
ipa: /ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ/
Etymology: From Skenandoa, a 19th-century Oneida chief, from Oneida oskanu꞉tú (“deer”) or kanʌʼtú꞉saʼ (“hemlock”).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Miami, Florida, United States.
glosses: A city in Fremont County and Page County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.
glosses: A community in East Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, United States.
glosses: A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A city in Montgomery County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A subdivision and neighbourhood of Houston, Texas.
glosses: A town in Page County, Virginia, United States.
examples: text: Here Shenandoah brawls along, / And burly Blue-Ridge echoes strong
ref: 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way
glosses: The Shenandoah River: A tributary of the Potomac River in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
glosses: The Shenandoah Valley in which the river runs.
Derived terms: Shenandoah beard
Shenandoah County
capacity utilizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capacity utilization
nonreplenishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + replenishable.
Senses: glosses: Not replenishable.
dead and gone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dead and buried.
synonyms: word: dead and buried
infant mortalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infant mortality
lesbian lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lesbian lizards
Etymology: So called because, despite reproducing asexually, and being an all-female species, the whiptail still engages in mating behavior with other females of its own species.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of New Mexico whiptail.
synonyms: word: New Mexico whiptail
córdobas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of córdoba
sea moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒθ
Forms: form: sea moths
Senses: glosses: Any fish in the family Pegasidae, with winglike pectoral fins and body covered in bony armor.
sea moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea moth
a.i.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: a. i.
Etymology: From Latin a. i., an abbreviation of ad interim.
Senses: glosses: In or for the meantime; temporarily.
Earl Greys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Earl Grey
rape oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rape oil
Benewah County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a chief of the Coeur d'Alene people.
Senses: glosses: One of 44 counties in Idaho, United States. County seat: St. Maries.
wikipedia: Coeur d'Alene people
anti-Nazis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-Nazi
achtaragdite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achtaragdites
Senses: glosses: An earthy hydrous aluminous silicate
broken breasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broken breast
cinnamon breads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinnamon bread
kissing gouramies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kissing gourami
St. Maries
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Benewah County, Idaho, United States.
conditional comment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conditional comments
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A comment in source code that can be interpreted as a directive by some systems, but is ignored by those others that are not aware of the convention; formerly used to overcome compatibility issues between web browsers.
conditional comments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conditional comment
predeclaration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predeclarations
Etymology: From pre- + declaration.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A declaration made in advance; forward declaration.
predeclarations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predeclaration
bareword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barewords
Etymology: From bare + word.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: chiefly Perl
glosses: A sequence of text characters in source code that do not form a keyword nor part of a quoted string, and may potentially be interpreted in various ways.
barewords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bareword
unremarried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: un-remarried
Etymology: From un- + remarried.
Senses: examples: text: Benefits are provided to unremarried surviving spouses of military personnel who died while on active duty.
glosses: Not having married again (following the death of one’s spouse, divorce, etc.)
forward-declare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forward-declares
form: forward-declaring
form: forward-declared
form: forward-declared
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Synonym of predeclare.
synonyms: word: predeclare
forward-declares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forward-declare
forward-declaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forward-declare
forward-declared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forward-declare
forward declarations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forward declaration
fishgarth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishgarths
Etymology: From Middle English fysshegarth; equivalent to fish + garth.
Senses: glosses: A fishweir.
fishgarths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishgarth
desk murderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desk murderers
Etymology: Used by Gideon Hausner to describe Adolf Eichmann, but often attributed to Hannah Arendt.
Senses: synonyms: desk killer
glosses: A bureaucrat, etc. who indirectly assists in genocide or other killing by performing clerical tasks.
wikipedia: Adolf Eichmann
Gideon Hausner
Hannah Arendt
Related terms: little Eichmann
desk murderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desk murderer
soft coup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft coups
Senses: glosses: The legal removal of a national leader, amounting to a coup, but carried out without military force.
soft coups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft coup
partyocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partyocracies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of partocracy.
partyocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partyocracy
partitocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of partocratic.
partyocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of partocratic.
partyarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partyarchies
Etymology: From party + -archy.
Senses: glosses: partocracy
partyarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partyarchy
Portalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Portalian
form: most Portalian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Diego Portales (1793–1837), Chilean statesman and entrepreneur who played a pivotal role in shaping the state and government politics in the 19th century.
Missoula County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 56 counties in Montana, United States. County seat: Missoula.
Missoula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈzuːlə/
Etymology: From Montana Salish nmesuletkw (“place of frozen water”).
Senses: examples: text: MacDonald says most people stay with her two nights in Missoula “because it’s really a nice biking town and Adventure Cycling is located there.”
ref: 2017 February 10, Maureen O'Hare, “Great-grandmother cycles 10,000 miles – and she’s not stopping”, in CNN:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, United States.
Derived terms: Missoula County
Missoulian
Eretria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹiːtɹiə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă, from ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”), literally “city of the rowers”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important polis in the 6th/5th century BC.
Derived terms: Eretrian
Eretrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eretrian
form: most Eretrian
Etymology: From Eretria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Eretria.
Eretrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eretrians
Etymology: From Eretria + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Eretria.
Eretrians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eretrian
Years of Lead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Italian anni di piombo.
Senses: glosses: A period during the Cold War, characterized by left-wing and right-wing terrorism and the strategy of tension, beginning in Italy and later spreading to the rest of Europe.
sebastokrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sebastokrators
Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek σεβαστοκράτωρ (sebastokrátōr).
Senses: glosses: A person holding a senior court title in the late Byzantine Empire and nearby states, generally restricted to members of the imperial family.
sebastokrators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sebastokrator
slave state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slave states
Senses: glosses: Prior to the American Civil War, any of the states in which the owning of slaves was legal.
slave states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slave state
grabful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grabfuls
Etymology: From grab + -ful. Compare English graspful.
Senses: glosses: The amount one can grab at one time
grabfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grabful
graspful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graspfuls
Etymology: From grasp + -ful. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Grapseful (“graspful”).
Senses: glosses: The amount one can grasp at one time
Related terms: grabful
nuckalavee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuckalavees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nuckelavee.
nuckalavees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuckalavee
delatinisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of delatinization.
delatinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delatinisation
Etymology: From de- + Latin + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The removal of Latin elements from something.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Changes in the Catholic liturgy that move away from the Roman Rite.
so mote it be
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: May it be thus; may the intentions expressed come to pass; a formula used in Freemason and Rosicrucian rituals, and now used to conclude spells in Wicca and other Neopagan traditions.
X-pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-packs
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Abbreviation of expansion pack.
X-packs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X-pack
Dungeness
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌdʌn.d͡ʒəˈnɛs/
Etymology: The first element is probably related to the nearby Denge Marsh, while the second element derives from Old Norse nes (“headland”).
Senses: glosses: A headland in Lydd parish, on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland (OS grid ref TR0916).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States.
Derived terms: Dungeness crab
Volubilis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A partly-excavated Berber and Roman city in Morocco, situated near the city of Meknes and commonly considered the ancient capital of the kingdom of Mauretania.
Lelystad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands.
glosses: A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.
superstrained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of superstrain
superstraining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of superstrain
nonhemiparetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hemiparetic.
Senses: glosses: Not affected by hemiparesis.
maskun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Some of the Ishihara plates, paradoxically, cannot be seen by color-normals, but only by achromatopes—these have dots which are identical in hue, but vary slightly in luminance. The older children with the maskun were particularly excited by these—it turned the tables on me, the tester—and they jostled to take their turns pointing out the special numbers that I could not see.
ref: 2012, Oliver Sacks, The Island of the Colorblind:
glosses: A congenital form of color blindness found in parts of Micronesia.
European windstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European windstorms
Senses: examples: text: From January 15–19, 2007, a cyclone over the Netherlands generated a “European windstorm” with high sustained winds and gusts up to 202 km/h.
ref: 2016, Kristi L. Koenig, Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The strongest kind of extratropical cyclone occurring across the continent of Europe, associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure.
European windstorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of European windstorm
boo hiss
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).
ref: 2019, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:
glosses: An expression of disagreement, outrage, or frustration.
RASopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RASopathies
form: rasopathy
Etymology: From the protein/gene name RAS (from rat sarcoma) + -o- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A developmental syndrome caused by a defect in the genes of the RAS/MAPK pathway.
testworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more testworthy
form: most testworthy
Etymology: From test + -worthy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of testable.
synonyms: word: testable
Derived terms: testworthiness
ponykind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pony + -kind.
Senses: glosses: All ponies, considered as a group.
fibroglycemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease, which is characterised by both fibromyalgic and hypoglycemic symptoms.
medicophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From medico- + -phobia.
Senses: synonyms: iatrophobia
antonyms: medicomania
glosses: The fear of or aversion to medical professionals or procedures.
Related terms: medicophobic
Kaposiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: kaposiform
Etymology: From Kaposi + -form.
Senses: examples: text: Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Resembling Kaposi's sarcoma
glomeruloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glomerulus + -oid.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having an appearance resembling that of a kidney glomerulus.
neurotensinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurotensinomas
Etymology: From neurotensin + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A neurotensin-producing tumour of the pancreas.
satsebeli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian საწებელი (sac̣ebeli).
Senses: glosses: A spicy Georgian sauce made with tomato paste, cilantro, garlic, vinegar, pepper, and spices.
tri-D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tri-Ds
form: tri-di
form: tri-dee
form: tridee
Senses: examples: text: Photos of smaller versions of him — I guessed his children — lined the ultra-modern furniture; as I swept a hand over a cabinet, a couple of tri-Ds even came to life.
ref: 2016, Jamie Sawyer, Origins, New York, N.Y.: Orbit, →ISBN, page 245:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Synonym of tri-V (“a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video”).
synonyms: word: tri-V
extra: a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video
tri-D
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tri-di
form: tri-dee
form: tridee
Senses: examples: text: They were still engaged in their mental game of tri-D chess, whispering moves back and forth when they assumed Captain Gold wasn't listening.
ref: 2007, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Star Trek: Corps of Engineers: Aftermath, page 452:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Three-dimensional.
horsekind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From horse + -kind.
Senses: glosses: All horses, considered as a group.
Related terms: dogkind
catkind
Guzy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Guzys
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Guzy.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.