cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
poor little rich girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poor little rich girls
Senses: examples: text: One is a cheerful and spunky orphan, another is a poor little rich girl. (The poor little rich girl speaks with a British accent. The spunky orphan wears her baseball cap backwards, so you don't have a problem figuring out who's who.)
ref: 2003, Svetlana Boym, Ninochka, page 172:
text: Not all of the girls in my Guide Company were poor little rich girls. Mandy was a poor little poor girl, a mousy waif who lived out Thika Road, far from Muthaiga.
ref: 2006, Dorothy Stephens, Kwa Heri Means Goodbye: Memories of Kenya 1957-1959, page 96:
text: So, are you a poor little rich girl, slumming it and hiding from boyfriends who only want your trust fund instead of you?
ref: 2010, Michelle L. Levigne, Have Yourself a Faerie Little Christmas:
glosses: An unhappy young woman from a wealthy background.
Coordinate terms: poor little rich boy
poor little rich girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poor little rich girl
popular beat combo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒpjʊlə ˌbiːt ˈkɒmbəʊ/
ipa: /ˌpɑpjəlɚ ˌbit ˈkɑmboʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɑ-/
Forms: form: popular beat combos
Etymology: From popular + beat + combo (“small musical group”).
Senses: examples: text: I thought it was a bit odd that the world's most popular beat combo should choose a golf tournament at Waldviertel for their reunion concert.
ref: 1999 June 12, Lawrence Donegan, Maybe It Should Have Been a Three Iron: My Year as Caddie for the World's 438th Best Golfer, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 199:
text: An early indication of crabbitness can be identified in teenage years by an inability to move either hips or shoulders no matter what popular beat combo are playing.
ref: 2006 October 5, John K. V. Eunson, Crabbit Old Buggers!, Black & White Publishing, →ISBN:
text: When I was younger, I was quite an adherent of the popular beat combo known as The Moody Blues.
ref: 2020 April 10, Brian Taylor, “Coronavirus: 'A question of balance' over lockdown exit”, in BBC News:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A pop group.
pom-pom-pull-away
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pom-pom pullaway
Senses: glosses: A tag game played by children; a possible predecessor of the game of British bulldog.
Pompe disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the Dutch pathologist J. C. Pompe, who identified it in 1932.
Senses: glosses: Glycogen storage disease type II
Portosan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Portosans
Etymology: Trademark, perhaps from portable sanitation.
Senses: glosses: A portable toilet.
postcolonialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From postcolonial + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Would an image such as Boccasile’s staged power play still work in the context of the postcolonialist market?
ref: 1995, Karen Pinkus, chapter 2, in Bodily Regimes: Italian Advertising under Fascism, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: Synonym of postcolonial.
synonyms: word: postcolonial
postcolonialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postcolonialists
Etymology: From postcolonial + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Other critiques have not focussed on the lexicography but rather have situated Hobson-Jobson within a larger postcolonialist critique of the British imperial project.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487:
glosses: One who studies postcolonialism.
postcolonialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postcolonialist
poudre de riz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French poudre de riz. Compare rice powder.
Senses: examples: text: Madame Antoine had laid some coarse, clean towels upon a chair, and had placed a box of poudre de riz within easy reach. Edna dabbed the powder upon her nose and cheeks as she looked at herself closely in the little distorted mirror which hung on the wall above the basin.
ref: 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
glosses: A cosmetic face powder, originally made with powdered rice.
porketta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porkettas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of porchetta.
porkettas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porketta
porencephalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of porencephaly.
Porkopolis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From pork + -o- + -polis; it was once the country's chief hog-packing center.
Senses: glosses: The city of Cincinnati.
glosses: The city of Chicago.
po'oulis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of po'ouli
po'ouli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpoʊ.oʊˈuːli/
Forms: form: po'oulis
Etymology: From Hawaiian poʻo-uli (literally “black-head”).
Senses: glosses: Melamprosops phaeosoma, the black-faced honeycreeper, endemic to Hawaii, declared extinct in 2021.
jeopardizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jeopardizers
Etymology: From jeopardize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who jeopardizes.
jeopardizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jeopardizer
Popovtsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Popovets
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian поповцы (popovcy, “the priested ones”), the followers of the Popovshchina movement.
Senses: glosses: The members of one of the two principal movements (along with the Bezpopovtsy) of the Old Believers.
postholocaust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + holocaust.
Senses: examples: text: So both books form a unity and sequence, the contents of which not only describe his personal sufferings but also forge the first and decisive link from his to our postholocaust generation.
ref: 1996, Hubert G. Locke, Marcia Sachs Littell, Holocaust and Church Struggle, page 338:
glosses: After the Holocaust.
prepill
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + pill.
Senses: glosses: Prior to the use of an oral contraceptive.
postpill
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + pill.
Senses: glosses: After the use of an oral contraceptive.
powershift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: powershifts
form: powershifting
form: powershifted
form: powershifted
Etymology: From power + shift.
Senses: qualifier: driving
glosses: To shift gears without letting off the accelerator and while briefly depressing the clutch, keeping the engine in its powerband.
powershift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From power + shift.
Senses: examples: text: We overcame this difficulty by using a powershift front-end loader as the last unit in the train[.]
ref: 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A type of dual-clutch gear transmission system.
powershifting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of powershift
powershifts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of powershift
powershifted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of powershift
newbro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newbros
Etymology: From new + bro (“man”).
Senses: glosses: newbie
powerband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerbands
Etymology: From power + band.
Senses: glosses: The range of operating speeds under which an engine or motor is able to operate efficiently, defined by the range from peak torque to peak horsepower (or sometimes to redline).
Related terms: powershift
powerbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powerband
overrev
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overrevs
form: overrevving
form: overrevved
form: overrevved
Etymology: From over- + rev.
Senses: glosses: To rev (an engine or vehicle) too much.
overrevving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overrev
overrevs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overrev
overrevved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overrev
revvings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revving
pricings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪsɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of pricing
parasympatheticomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: parasympathomimetic
parawais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parawai
parawai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parawais
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A fine Maori mat made of muka.
Jopadhola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jopadhola
Senses: glosses: A member of the Adhola people.
Parmigiano-Reggiano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Parmigiano-Reggianos
Senses: glosses: parmesan cheese
Parseval's theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Marc-Antoine Parseval.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The result that the Fourier transform is unitary; loosely, that the sum (or integral) of the square of a function is equal to the sum (or integral) of the square of its transform.
wikipedia: Marc-Antoine Parseval
parikrama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parikramas
Etymology: Sanskrit परिक्रमा (parikramā)
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The circumambulation of a sacred place.
parikramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parikrama
parengo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of karengo.
karengo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parengo
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: examples: text: “I also look after a stand of mushrooms hereabouts, and my patches of puha and my karengo beds are very carefully tended.”
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 106:
glosses: Pyropia columbina, an edible seaweed.
Synonyms: red laver
neurohypophyseal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the neurohypophysis.
Derived terms: hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal
neurohypophysial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the neurohypophysis.
Derived terms: hypothalamo-neurohypophysial
neurohumors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurohumor
neurohumour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurohumours
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neurohumor.
neurohumours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurohumour
paradoxography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæ.ɹə.dɒkˈsɒ.ɡɹə.fi/
ipa: /ˌpɛ.ɹəˌdɑkˈsɑ.ɡɹə.fi/
rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From paradox + -o- + -graphy. First use appears c. 1949, in the Oxford Classical Dictionary.
Senses: glosses: A type of classical literature dealing with the occurrence of abnormal or inexplicable phenomena of the natural or human world.
wikipedia: Oxford Classical Dictionary
Derived terms: paradoxographic
Related terms: paradoxographer
paradoxographical
paradoxographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paradoxographical
form: most paradoxographical
Etymology: From paradoxography + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to paradoxography.
Passe Crassane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A French variety of winter pear.
passometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument for measuring the number of paces taken by a walker.
passometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passometer
trundle wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trundle wheels
Senses: glosses: A device for measuring distance, consisting of a wheel of fixed circumference, a handle, and a clicking device triggered by each revolution of the wheel.
passageable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more passageable
form: most passageable
Etymology: From passage + -able.
Senses: glosses: Through which passage can be made; traversable.
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
virology
glosses: Capable of being maintained or preserved indefinitely by transplantation in tissue cultures or other organisms.
dawn prayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dawn prayers
Etymology: Calque of Arabic صَلَاةُ الْفَجْرِ (ṣalātu l-fajri)
Senses: examples: text: Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet never omitted four raka'as before the noon prayer and two raka'as before the dawn Prayer.
ref: 1975, Nawawi, Gardens of the Righteous, Page 198
text: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) happened to pass by a person who was busy in praying while the (Fard of the) dawn prayer had commenced.
ref: 1990, Sahih Muslim, Being Traditions of the Sayings and Doings of the Prophet, book 4, number 1535
text: It is known with certainty that if someone prays one bowing of the dawn prayer before sunrise, and if someone prays one bowing of the afternoon prayer before sunset, then […]
ref: 2013, al-Shafii, The Epistle on Legal Theory, Page 239
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: fajr, the first of the five daily prayers offered by practising Muslims.
Synonyms: fajr
parrot and monkey time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First appears c. 1882 in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Obsolete since c. 1920.
Senses: examples: text: The esteemed Presbyterians of South Carolina have been having a real parrot and monkey time over evolution, with the result that after a year of charge and counter charge, the evolutionary wing of the society is ahead[…]
ref: 1888, Life, volume 12, page 240:
text: If he is inclined to be frisky, however, and they both take it into their heads to run there is generally a parrot and monkey time of it[…]
ref: 1894, Sheldon Jackson, Report on Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska:
glosses: A period of quarrelling.
wikipedia: Brooklyn Daily Eagle
sunset prayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunset prayers
Senses: examples: text: Somehow, I needed to develop a reasonable amount of skill and accuracy before gathering the courage to join the circle of worshippers after the dawn or sunset prayer
ref: 2009, John Herlihy, Wisdom's Journey: Living the Spirit of Islam in the Modern World:
text: 2007, Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Wolves of the Crescent Moon, link
I was intending to take it back before the sunset prayer call, before the shops closed, but as I was passing the taxi rank I noticed you playing with your mustache and I felt something inside, something electric, and after I had gone a few steps […]
text: Though we ignored the call to sunset prayer, when we went to dinner in the Hilton's Chinese restaurant we kept our left hands scrupulously in our laps and were inept with the chopsticks in our right
ref: 2011, Alex Jeffers, The Abode of Bliss: Ten Stories for Adam, Page 71
glosses: maghrib
uncongratulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncongratulatory
form: most uncongratulatory
Etymology: From un- + congratulatory.
Senses: glosses: Not congratulatory.
congratulatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more congratulatorily
form: most congratulatorily
Etymology: From congratulatory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is congratulatory.
pastry cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastry creams
Senses: synonyms: confectioner's cream
glosses: Custard thickened with starch.
humiliatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humiliatrix
armbones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armbone
legbone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legbones
Etymology: From leg + bone.
Senses: examples: text: They looped ropes around the stiff legbones of the first cow and pulled her body toward the stoneboat, resting between spurts of hauling.
ref: 1984, Lois Phillips Hudson, The Bones of Plenty, page 204:
glosses: A bone in the leg.
legbones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legbone
stoneboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoneboats
Etymology: From stone + boat.
Senses: examples: text: They looped ropes around the stiff legbones of the first cow and pulled her body toward the stoneboat, resting between spurts of hauling.
ref: 1984, Lois Phillips Hudson, The Bones of Plenty, page 204:
text: Each night the builder and the horse and the empty stone-boat left for the mountain.
ref: 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 59:
glosses: A kind of sled for moving heavy objects.
Related terms: dray
galamander
sledge
stoneboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoneboat
evening prayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evening prayers
Senses: qualifier: Anglicanism; Methodism; Anglicanism; Methodism
glosses: The second of the two services of the Daily Office, combining the canonical hours of vespers and compline. Commonly called evensong, especially when the service is musical.
examples: text: – – has been set at two in the morning prayer, four in the midday prayer, four in the afternoon prayer, three in the sunset prayer, and four in the evening prayer.
ref: 2006, Vincent Cornell, Voices of Islam [5 Volumes], page 13:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see evening, prayer.
buttlegging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of butt + bootlegging
Senses: examples: text: Massachusetts Democrat Edward Kennedy, who conducted Senate buttlegging hearings last month, says that the Mob's infiltration has led to "increasing violent crime: extortion and bribery, truck hijackings, armed robberies, serious assaults […]
ref: 1977, Time, volume 110, numbers 19-26, page 84:
glosses: The smuggling of cigarettes.
buttlegger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buttleggers
Etymology: Blend of butt + bootlegger
Senses: glosses: One who smuggles cigarettes.
buttleggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buttlegger
caipiroska
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkaɪ.pɪˈɹɒs.kə/
Forms: form: caipiroskas
Senses: glosses: caipirinha prepared with vodka instead of the usual cachaça
caipiroskas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caipiroska
petermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peterman
Peter Pan generation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by American sociologist Kathleen Shaputis, because of the members' perceived tendency for delaying some rites of passage into adulthood.
Senses: glosses: Generation Y
fecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feckers
Etymology: From feck + -er.
Senses: glosses: fucker (term of abuse)
feckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fecker
databack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: databacks
Etymology: From data + back?
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A mechanism for imprinting the date and time onto film.
databacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of databack
henna tattoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: henna tattoos
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mehndi
synonyms: word: mehndi
Koreatown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Koreatowns
Etymology: From Korea + town.
Senses: glosses: A district of a city or town (in a country other than Korea) in which there is a large concentration of Korean residents and businesses.
Coordinate terms: Chinatown
Little India
Little Italy
Little Saigon
Little Tokyo
French Quarter
Latin Quarter
Chinatowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinatown
Koreatowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koreatown
tricknology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricknologies
Etymology: Blend of trick + technology
Senses: examples: text: In the genetic universe of Yakub's tricknology, such duping assumes the form of offspring whose ultimate purpose is to wreak havoc on their forebears.
ref: 1998, Michael Lieb, Children of Ezekiel, page 143:
text: Whites had achieved their power and position through devious means and "tricknology." They had perpetuated "devilish acts" against black people through slavery, brutality, and lynching, and even by using alcohol and narcotics.
ref: 2009, Anthony B. Pinn, African American Religious Cultures, page 240:
qualifier: Nation of Islam
glosses: technology used for purposes of trickery
tricknologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tricknology
xylophagans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylophagan
xylometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xylo- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to xylometry.
xylometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xylo- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: Measurement of the specific gravity of wood.
stoner rockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoner rocker
airy-fairy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more airy-fairy
form: most airy-fairy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of airy fairy.
xenohormonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xeno- + hormonal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to xenohormones.
flip chip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A method for interconnecting semiconductor devices to external circuitry with solder bumps that have been deposited onto the chip pads.
flotation tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flotation tanks
Senses: glosses: isolation tank
tea egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea eggs
Senses: synonyms: marble egg
glosses: An Asian snack consisting of a boiled egg that is cracked and then boiled again in tea.
glosses: Synonym of tea ball.
synonyms: word: tea ball
Tom Thumb golf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Miniature golf.
in short trousers
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From an early 20th century practice of reserving short trousers only for small children.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: in diapers
text: We didn't have computers or mobile phones back when I was in short trousers!
synonyms: in short pants
glosses: In childhood; as a child; when quite young (including nonliterally, e.g., as a young adult).
connexionalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: connectionalism
Etymology: From connexional + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Can it be said that here is an application of Methodism's concept of connexionalism to the embodiment of koinonia? That no indications in the dialogue point overtly in this direction does not rule out the possibility of it being in the Methodist mind and heart.
ref: 2008, Lorelei F. Fuchs, Koinonia and the Quest for an Ecumenical Ecclesiology:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The theological understanding and foundation of Methodist polity, as practised in the British Methodist Church, the American United Methodist Church, and many of the countries where Methodism was established by their missionaries.
pastoral charge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastoral charges
Senses: glosses: The basic unit of the United Church of Canada, consisting of one or more congregations under the spiritual leadership of a minister or ministry team.
patricentricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From patricentric + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being patricentric.
matricentricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From matricentric + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being matricentric.
patricentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more patricentric
form: most patricentric
Etymology: From patri- + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Centering around the father or fathers.
raw_tags: of a family or society
Derived terms: patricentricity
pativrata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pativratas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पतिव्रता (pativratā).
Senses: glosses: A devoted wife.
pativratas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pativrata
pattinsonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pattinsonizes
form: pattinsonizing
form: pattinsonized
form: pattinsonized
Etymology: From Pattinson + -ize; named after the inventor of the process, Hugh Lee Pattinson (1796–1858), English industrial chemist.
Senses: glosses: To process (a mixture of metals) by melting it and skimming off the lead as it cools, so as to leave the silver.
wikipedia: Hugh Lee Pattinson
Related terms: pattinsonization
pattinsonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pattinsonize
pattinsonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pattinsonize
pattinsonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pattinsonize
pattinsonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of pattinsonizing.
over the river and through the woods
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊ.vɚ ðə ˈɹɪvɚ ən(d)θɹu ðə wʊdz/
Etymology: Originally based on a Thanksgiving poem written by Lydia Maria Child, this phrase was eventually turned into one of the many various Christmas carols and then soon developed its own meaning in the English lexicon. See the Wikipedia article for more information.
Senses: glosses: Trying to achieve a particular task, often with difficulty.
glosses: Lost.
glosses: Having lost one's mind; insane.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, the, river, and, through, the, woods.
Related terms: over the river
parasol tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasol trees
Senses: glosses: Polyscias kikuyuensis, a plant in the Araliaceae family, endemic to Kenya.
glosses: Firmiana simplex, a plant in the Malvaceae family, native to Asia.
Synonyms: sense: Firmiana simplex
word: Chinese parasol tree
sense: Firmiana simplex
word: wutong
sarungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarung
pomosexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pomosexual + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being pomosexual.
pathshala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathshalas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पाठशाला (pāṭhśālā, “school”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of Hindu-run village school.
Related terms: madrasah
pathshalas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathshala
loses one's temper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lose one's temper
losing one's temper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lose one's temper
lost one's temper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lose one's temper
pasta basica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Spanish?
Senses: glosses: cocaine sulfate
Paso Fino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paso Finos
Etymology: From Spanish paso fino (“smooth step”).
Senses: glosses: A horse of a breed originally imported to the Caribbean from Spain, prized for its smooth, natural, four-beat, lateral ambling gait.
Paso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pasos
Senses: glosses: A Paso Fino horse.
Related terms: Peruvian Paso
Pasos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pasoses
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Pasos. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Pasos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Paso
pasanda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasandas
Etymology: Urdu پسندہ, related to a word meaning "the favourite one", referring to a prime cut of meat.
Senses: glosses: A mild curry made with cream, coconut milk, and almonds.
pasandas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasanda
loses one's cool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lose one's cool
losing one's cool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lose one's cool
lost one's cool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lose one's cool
Illiniwek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Illinois Confederation.
Illini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Illinois Confederation.
Parthenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: more Parthenian
form: most Parthenian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Parthenius, a mountain in Arcadia.
Parthenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: Parthenians
Senses: glosses: A member of a lower-ranking Spartiate population which, according to tradition, left Laconia to go to Magna Graecia and founded Taras, modern Taranto, in the current region of Apulia in southern Italy.
parthenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partheniums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Parthenium of flowering plants in the aster family.
arcadias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arcadia
partheniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parthenium
pars tuberalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Part of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which wraps the pituitary stalk in a highly vascularized sheath.
partitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From partitive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being partitive.
loses one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lose one's mind
losing one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lose one's mind
lost one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lose one's mind
particularizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: particularizers
Etymology: From particularize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who particularizes.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word or phrase that focuses attention on part of something, such as mainly, especially, or primarily.
particularizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of particularizer
partocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partocrats
Senses: glosses: A supporter of partocracy.
partocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partocrat
parula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parulas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the New World warblers of the genus Parula.
parulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parula
pars nervosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A region constituting the majority of the posterior pituitary, and serving as the storage site of oxytocin and vasopressin.
Herring body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Herring bodies
Etymology: They were first described by Percy Theodore Herring in 1908.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A neurosecretory structure found in the posterior pituitary, where hormones are temporarily stored. They represent the terminal end of the axons from the hypothalamus.
wikipedia: Percy Theodore Herring
Herring bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Herring body
dagnab
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dagnabs
form: dagnabbing
form: dagnabbed
form: dagnabbed
Etymology: See dagnabbit.
Senses: examples: text: Dagnab it!
text: Where did I put those dagnabbed keys?
glosses: damn (as an expletive)
dagnabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dagnab
dagnabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dagnab
goelette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goelettes
form: gulet
Etymology: From French goélette.
Senses: glosses: A schooner.
goelettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goelette
gulet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gulets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goelette.
gulets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gulet
basic pay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: base pay
glosses: The monthly pay granted to members of the active-duty military, determined by pay grade.
baby bust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby busts
Etymology: Coined as an opposite to baby boom.
Senses: examples: text: By contrast, when today’s 18-to-29-year-old group was born, the baby boom was fading into the so-called baby bust, with its precipitous decline in the U.S. birthrate.
ref: 1990 July 16, David M. Gross, Sophfronia Scott, “Proceeding With Caution”, in Time:
text: But the real societal challenge of a Covid baby bust will be a smaller work force, which portends lower economic productivity and fewer workers to contribute to the tax base.
ref: 2021 March 4, Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine, “We Expect 300,000 Fewer Births Than Usual This Year”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A decrease in the birthrate.
Related terms: baby buster
Chilean sea bass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chilean sea bass
Senses: glosses: Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
party bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party bag
partan bree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Scots; partan is Gaelic and Scots for crab, and bree (cognate to brew) is Scots for soup.
Senses: glosses: A Scottish crab soup made with cream and rice.
particeps criminis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: particeps criminis
form: particepes criminis
Etymology: From Latin particeps + crīminis, literally “participant in the crime”.
Senses: examples: text: “I have heard too that he was particeps criminis in some road-agent work before he came here and attached himself to the courthouse.”
ref: 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
topics: law
glosses: An accomplice in crime; an accessory.
patagially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From patagial + -ly.
Senses: examples: patagially marked birds
glosses: On the patagium.
dactylopatagium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dactylopatagia
Etymology: From dactylo- + patagium.
Senses: glosses: The portion of patagium found between the digits.
dactylopatagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dactylopatagium
uropatagium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uropatagia
Etymology: From uro- + patagium.
Senses: glosses: The portion of patagium found between the hind limbs and connecting to the tail.
Related terms: cruropatagium
uropatagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uropatagium
brachiopatagium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachiopatagia
Etymology: From brachio- + patagium.
Senses: glosses: The portion of patagium stretching from the fourth digit to the hind limbs.
brachiopatagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachiopatagium
propatagium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propatagia
Etymology: From pro- + patagium.
Senses: glosses: The portion of patagium stretching from the neck to the first digit
Related terms: propatagial
propatagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propatagium
plagiopatagium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plagiopatagia
Etymology: From plagio- + patagium.
Senses: glosses: The portion of patagium stretching from the last digit to the hind limbs.
plagiopatagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plagiopatagium
papyrographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of papyrograph
papyrographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of papyrograph
lose her head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses her head
form: losing her head
form: lost her head
form: lost her head
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lose one's head.
lose his head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses his head
form: losing his head
form: lost his head
form: lost his head
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lose one's head.
lose their head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses their head
form: losing their head
form: lost their head
form: lost their head
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lose one's head.
standing O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standing Os
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of standing ovation.
loses their head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lose their head
loses one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lose one's head
losing one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lose one's head
lost one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lose one's head
pathoanatomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From patho- + anatomic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to disorders of the anatomy.
Derived terms: pathoanatomically
Iōtō
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ioto, Iwo Jima, one of the Volcano Islands administered as part of Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo, Japan.
Papuo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: examples: Papuo-Melanesian
Papuo-Austronesian
glosses: Papua
nonconformable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + conformable.
Senses: glosses: Not conformable; causing discomfort.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Exhibiting nonconformity.
parrotfeather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parrotfeathers
form: parrot's-feather
form: parrot feather
Etymology: From parrot + feather.
Senses: glosses: A perennial dicotyledon of species Myriophyllum aquaticum, natively found in South America but now grows around the world.
parrotfeathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parrotfeather
parrotings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parroting
Jamaican patty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jamaican patties
Senses: glosses: A turnover with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.
Jamaican patties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jamaican patty
floriferousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From floriferous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being floriferous, or bearing many flowers.
critiquers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of critiquer
uncriticizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncriticizable
form: most uncriticizable
form: uncriticisable
Etymology: From un- + criticizable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be criticized.
uncritiqued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + critiqued.
Senses: glosses: Not critiqued.
uncriticized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + criticized.
Senses: glosses: Not criticized.
uncriticised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + criticised.
Senses: glosses: Not criticised.
Mercedarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɜː.səˈdɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌmɝ.səˈdɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Mercedarians
Senses: glosses: A member of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy.
Mercedarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mercedarian
mero motu
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: ex mero motu
Etymology: From post-classical Latin motu mero (with transposition of elements), ablative of motus merus (“free impulse, volition”), from classical Latin mōtus (“motion, movement”).
Senses: examples: text: I charge thee, write not a word to me in her favour, if thou meanest her well; for if I spare her, it must be all ex mero motu.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: (Of) one's own accord.
Meskhetian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Meskhetians
Etymology: From Meskheti + -an.
Senses: glosses: A member of a subgroup of Georgians, the indigenous population of Meskheti, a historical province of Georgia with its own dialect.
Synonyms: Meskh
Meskhetians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Meskhetian
Messalianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Messalian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The beliefs and practices of the Messalians.
Mesoamericanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mesoamericanists
Etymology: From Mesoamerican + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies Mesoamerica.
Mesoamericanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mesoamericanist
be here for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is here for
form: being here for
form: was here for
form: been here for
Senses: examples: text: I am HERE for this relationship. This is exactly how I like my OTPs, you guys.
ref: 2016 May 18, Andrea Towers, “'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' finale recap: 'Absolution' / 'Ascension'”, in Entertainment Weekly:
text: But, in classic Kate style, this isn't the first time we've seen her sport this particular ensemble. Despite her official title, she's well-known as Queen of the re-wear, regularly championing outfit repeating. Something we are definitely here for.
ref: 2023 May 26, Natasha Harding, Alexandria Dale, “Kate Middleton just re-wore her Alexander McQueen baby pink trouser suit”, in Women's Health:
glosses: To be excited for; to be in favour of.
glosses: Alternative form of be there for.
minimal brain dysfunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
do want
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /du wɑnt/
Forms: form: does want
form: doing want
form: did want
form: done want
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, want.
do want
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /du wɑnt/
Senses: glosses: Used as an expression to indicate one's desire to have something.
tight building syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sick building syndrome.
synonyms: word: sick building syndrome
handbaggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more handbaggy
form: most handbaggy
Etymology: From handbag + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a handbag.
glosses: Resembling the handbag genre of anthemic house music.
with friends like these, who needs enemies
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /ˌwɪθ fɹɛn(d)z laɪk ðiːz ˌhu niːdz ˈɛnəmiːz/
Forms: form: with friends like these who needs enemies
form: with friends like those, who needs enemies
form: with friends like those who needs enemies
form: with friends like that, who needs enemies
Etymology: The Yale Book of Quotations cites American comedian Joey Adams as the originator of this line.
Senses: examples: text: Three years ago Elaine Noble came out to San Francisco and campaigned against Harvey Milk, at the behest of Foster and David Goodstein. These people now have the gall to take Harvey's name in vain. With "friends" like these, who needs enemies? Hypocrites!
ref: 1979 August 11, John Kyper, “Gay Shame!”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 5:
glosses: Indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents.
with friends like those, who needs enemies
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of with friends like these who needs enemies?.
Menckenesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Menckenesque
form: most Menckenesque
Etymology: From Mencken + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of H. L. Mencken (1880–1956), American writer, editor, and critic.
Mertensian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mertensian
form: most Mertensian
Etymology: From Mertens + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Robert Mertens (1894–1975), German herpetologist.
Mouhamet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
mesogastropod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesogastropods
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Mesogastropoda, a former taxonomic group of snails.
mesogastropods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesogastropod
mermaid's tresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A brown alga of species Chorda filum.
Synonyms: sense: genus
word: mermaid's fishing line
sense: genus
word: sea-laces
sense: genus
word: mermaids line
sense: genus
word: bootlace weed
sense: genus
word: seatwine
sense: genus
word: dead men's ropes
sense: genus
word: catgut
sense: genus
word: sea lace
merit good
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merit goods
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A commodity that an individual or society should have on the basis of some concept of need, rather than ability and willingness to pay.
merit goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merit good
mesozeugma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meso- + zeugma.
Senses: glosses: A zeugma where the governing word occurs in the middle of the sentence and governs clauses on either side.
prozeugma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pro- + zeugma.
Senses: glosses: A zeugma where the governing word occurs in the first clause of the sentence.
off with someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒf wɪð ˈsʌmwənz ˈhɛd/
ipa: /ˈɔf wɪθ ˈsʌmwənz ˈhɛd/
Etymology: From the common use in past times of decapitation as a method of execution for prominent persons.
Senses: examples: text: Some nerve! Off with their heads! shouted the master of ceremonies with mock ferocity, while the audience laughed.
text: "I see!" said the Queen, who had meanwhile been examining the roses. "Off with their heads!" and the procession moved on, three of the soldiers remaining behind to execute the unfortunate gardeners, who ran to Alice for protection. "You shan't be beheaded!" said Alice, and she put them into a large flower-pot that stood near.
ref: 1866, Lewis Carroll, “Chapter 8: The Queen's Croquet-Ground”, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_(1866)/Chapter_8), Macmillan and Company:
glosses: Used to express a desire to kill the person in question.
Related terms: have someone's head
heads will roll
diazeugma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A zeugma where a single subject governs multiple verbs.
hypozeugma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + zeugma.
Senses: glosses: A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.