cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
niggerfucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggerfuckers
form: nigger-fucker
Etymology: From nigger + fucker.
Senses: examples: text: "We be back, niggerfucker. We be back. We be back." Devlin watched them disappear around the corner. "We be back, niggerbitch."
ref: 1995 October, Tim Willocks, Green River Rising, Avon Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 263:
glosses: A black person.
examples: text: […] the police called me a niggerfucker, they'd come in my motel room when I was out, they knew everything I did.
ref: 2000, Stanley Booth, Rythm^([sic]) Oil: A Journey Through the Music of the American South, New York: Da Capo, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 245:
text: Almost immediately they realize that Will is rich, gay, and involved with 'one of our little coloured brothers'. In the words of one skinhead, a 'Fuckin' niggerfucker' (SPL 173).
ref: 2016, Michèle Mendelssohn, Denis Flannery, Alan Hollinghurst: Writing Under the Influence:
text: […] as if I give a shit whether she lives or dies, as if she's more than another minor character to delineate in my novel: the young white niggerfucker.
ref: 2019, Eric Miles Williamson, Boning the Muse: Letters to Steve:
glosses: One who has sexual intercourse with black people.
niggerfuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niggerfucker
run of play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runs of play
Senses: examples: text: Except for the ending. Going down by nine points when we seemed to have the run of play was shattering.
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 225:
text: Was it a dominating performance? No. Were you expecting dominance? Fact is, Sounders FC created more than twice the chances of the home team. While the finishing was sub-par, the run of play was controlled by the guys in green until the unfortunate mistakes.
ref: 2010 April 25, Joshua Mayers, “Sounders FC 0, Toronto FC 2 -- postgame thoughts and player ratings”, in Seattle Times:
topics: games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A passage of play; a series of consecutive moments, considered as a whole.
Related terms: state of play
fact is
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Was it a dominating performance? No. Were you expecting dominance? Fact is, Sounders FC created more than twice the chances of the home team. While the finishing was sub-par, the run of play was controlled by the guys in green until the unfortunate mistakes.
ref: 2010 April 25, Joshua Mayers, “Sounders FC 0, Toronto FC 2 -- postgame thoughts and player ratings”, in Seattle Times:
glosses: actually, in truth
enclaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enclavers
Etymology: From enclave + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Magick Matrix was the glittering star of the entertainment district of the Hong Kong Free Enterprise Enclave. The club was a haven for enclavers jaded by ordinary reality.
ref: 1991 June 24, Robert N. Charrette, chapter 7, in Shadowrun: Find Your Own Truth, Roc Books, page 51:
text: Behind Prasanga, nine hundred Kiroho enclavers kneeled respectfully, heads raised as they watched his every move. Each one knew that Prasanga was next in line for leadership. The Yurgala fighters, the students of the ancient wisdom, stood guard around the enclavers, weapons poised, bristling with anticipation.
ref: 2007, Kaye Linden, The Wisdom Keepers, […], page 12:
text: In Crawley’s window, a short red-haired enclaver girl with a hat like a mushroom stirred away, the steam swirling up into her freckled face.
ref: 2012, Moira Crone, The Not Yet, UNO Press, page 52:
text: And meanwhile Orion doesn’t need to impress anybody at all. He’s not even just an enclaver. His mother is one of the top candidates to be the next Domina of New York, which is probably still the single most powerful enclave in the world right now, and his father’s a master artificer.
ref: 2020 September 29, Naomi Novik, “Soul Eater”, in A Deadly Education, Del Rey Books, page 17:
glosses: A member of an enclave.
endosmose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of endosmosis.
whath
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: Macleane explains himself very well when he says that “Whath part?” would express quota pars, if we could coin an interrogative adjective after the analogy of the seventh part, eighth, etc.
ref: 1884, Eldredge & Brother, Selections from the Satires of Juvenal: To which is Added the Fifth Satire of Persius, page 144:
glosses: Alternative form of whatth.
whath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It'sometimes^([sic]) amusing, sometimes, well, just majestic, especially King George the whath, E. Rex's father.
ref: 1996 September 4, Jim Farrell, “Blue eyes cryin' in the rain”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of whatth.
cover charges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cover charge
steel guitars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steel guitar
contoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contoid
intermediate filament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intermediate filaments
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of twisted protein filaments intermediate in size between microfilaments and microtubules.
immiscibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immiscibility
impavidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From impavid + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: As she read the portrait of the small staring face in the sailor hat, fervent in its withdrawn impavidness, gazed out upon her from the slowly gliding limousine.
ref: 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1030:
glosses: The state of being impavid; fearlessness, bravery.
cytoplasmic streaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The actin-mediated movement of cytosol and organelles within large fungal and plant cells.
glosses: Synonym of cyclosis.
synonyms: word: cyclosis
primary cilium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primary cilia
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: non-motile single cilium
intermediate filaments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermediate filament
nuclear envelopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear envelope
nuclear membranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear membrane
primary cilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primary cilium
transport vesicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transport vesicle
secondary cell walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secondary cell wall
hyperandrogenemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + androgen + -emia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hyperandrogenism.
synonyms: word: hyperandrogenism
rubber bullet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubber bullets
Senses: examples: text: Dastis defended the Spanish police’s actions as they tried to halt the referendum, even though other members of the government have apologised for the violent scenes when officers raided polling stations, charged the crowds with batons and fired rubber bullets.
ref: 2017 October 22, Sam Jones, “Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence”, in the Guardian:
synonyms: baton round
glosses: A large ballistic projectile made of or coated with rubber that has a propellant charge, typically used for riot control.
Related terms: defense ball launcher
flash-ball
riot gun
riot control
doorknocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of doorknock
doorknocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of doorknock
Camorrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Camorra + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The organization and mode of action of the Camorra.
bronzesmithing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bronze + smithing.
Senses: glosses: The art or profession of creating items out of bronze.
Related terms: bronzesmith
yellow anemones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow anemone
MBCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Multi-Byte Character Set.
NESB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NESBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of non-English-speaking background.
NESB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National European Social Movement.
Suku
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Yaka language spoken by approximately fifty thousand people in the south of Bandundu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (zone H.30 in Guthrie’s classification).
Synonyms: sense: Yaka language
word: Kisuku
canephora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canephoras
form: canephor
form: canephore
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κανηφόρος (kanēphóros).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
cannabism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cannabis + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Cannabis poisoning.
stultifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stultification
gap junction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gap junctions
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A specialized connection between cells that allows for intercellular communication, or the transfer of low molecular-weight substances
Derived terms: word: GJ
alt: AGJ
word: annular gap junction
Related terms: hemijunction
connexin
Carlism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Carlos (“Infante Carlos, Count of Molina”) + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A political movement in Spain that seeks the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne.
Related terms: Carlist
carnyx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːnɪks/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹnɪks/
ipa: /ˈkɑːnɪsiːz/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹnəˌsiz/
Forms: form: carnyces
form: carnyxes
form: carnix
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin carnyx, from Byzantine Greek κάρνυξ (kárnux, “carnyx”), from κάρνον (kárnon, “carnyx”) (both translating Galatian words into Greek), from Gaulish carno- (“horn of an animal”) (used in names), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn of an animal”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (c. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a type of battle trumpet; held vertically when played, it was shaped like an elongated S with a mouthpiece at the lower end and a bell (often resembling an animal with an open mouth) at the upper end.
wikipedia: Deskford
Tintignac
Vacomagi
motor protein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motor proteins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins that are able to move on a suitable substrate, being powered by the hydrolysis of ATP, and are involved in the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical work.
integral membrane protein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: integral membrane proteins
Senses: examples: 2000. Lodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, et al. Molecular Cell Biology. 4th edition. New York: W. H. Freeman; 2000. Section 3.4, Membrane Proteins. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21570/
Integral membrane proteins, also called intrinsic proteins, have one or more segments that are embedded in the phospholipid bilayer.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein (or assembly of proteins) that is permanently attached to a biological membrane.
Synonyms: word: intrinsic protein
word: IMP
peripheral membrane protein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peripheral membrane proteins
Senses: examples: text: 2000. Lodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, et al. Molecular Cell Biology. 4th edition. New York: W. H. Freeman; 2000. Section 3.4, Membrane Proteins. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21570/
Peripheral membrane proteins, or extrinsic proteins, do not interact with the hydrophobic core of the phospholipid bilayer.
text: Peripheral membrane proteins can attach to the surface of the plasmalemma by ionic interactions with an integral protein, another peripheral membrane protein, or by interaction with the polar head groups of the phospholipids.
ref: 2005, J. William Krause, Krause's Essential Human Histology for Medical Students, page 8:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins that adhere only temporarily to the biological membrane with which they are associated.
Synonyms: extrinsic protein
cassandra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Very commonly the forerunner of mat formation is the cassandra (Chamaedaphne calyculata). This shrub occurs both along the shore and along the edges of the advancing mat and frequently grows out several feet into the open water.
ref: 1981, Timothy K. Kratz, The Formation of a Northern Wisconsin Kettle-hole Bog, page 19:
glosses: Synonym of leather leaf (“Chamaedaphne calyculata”).
synonyms: word: leather leaf
extra: Chamaedaphne calyculata
527
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 527s
Etymology: Named after section 527 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, which governs them.
Senses: glosses: A tax-exempt organization whose role is to influence the selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates for federal, state or local public office.
gonzos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonzo
cheddite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheddites
Etymology: From Chedde + -ite, since it was originally manufactured in the town of Chedde in Haute-Savoie, France in the early 20th century.
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of explosives containing inorganic chlorates and organic nitro compounds.
chemism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemisms
Etymology: Compare French chimisme. See chemistry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: chemical attraction
oversightly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversightly
form: most oversightly
Etymology: First attested in November 1999; a calque of the German übersichtlich (“readily viewable, clearly seen”), equivalent to over- + sight + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If you don’t like the look, feel and handling of the camera – don’t buy it! I have it, and I like the oversightly LCD display.
ref: 1999 November 21st, Henrik Egedorf, rec.photo.equipment.35mm, “Re: Nikon 8008 and N70” (see the original message)
text: It’s better (more oversightly, less buggy) than the vtesonline engine.
ref: 2006 December 6th, Bram Vink, rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad, “Re: Pack Alpha Ponderings” (see the original message)
text: [2009 September 9th, Tina Hall]: Very ‘uebersichtlich’…which means it’s easy to over-look (not meaning ‘miss’) and use at a glance, everything in its proper place.
I’d translate it as “oversightly”…mean[ing] something like “giving a good oversight of (itself)”.
ref: 2009 September 15th, Jonathan L Cunningham, rec.arts.sf.composition, “Re: OT: news reader software” (see the original message)
glosses: Offering a clear and readily grasped overview (of something).
raw_tags: of a graphical user interface
torii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtoɹi/
ipa: /ˈtɔːɹi/
rhymes: -ɔːɹi
Forms: form: torii
Etymology: From Japanese 鳥居 (torii, literally “bird abode”).
Senses: examples: text: The torii marks the entrance to the sacred grounds of a shrine. There are a variety of types of torii, each with a unique history. Regardless of origin, the torii is inseparably identified with the image of Shinto.
ref: 1994 November 22, Stuart D. B. Picken, Essentials of Shinto: An Analytical Guide to Principal Teachings, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 146:
topics: Shinto
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: tori gate
glosses: A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
torii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtoɹi/
ipa: /ˈtɔːɹi/
rhymes: -ɔːɹi
Senses: examples: text: So as long as the surface gravity is big enough (by having a small r) this will overcome the centrifugal acceleration and stuff will indeed stay down. But things are much harder to guess for small radius torii.
ref: 2014 February 4, Torus–Earth:
glosses: plural of torus
no-call-no-show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no-call-no-shows
Senses: synonyms: word: NCNS
qualifier: human resources
glosses: An unexplained absence from work, usually grounds for discipline, where the employee does not alert the employer of their absence ahead of time nor during the scheduled shift.
no show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no shows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of no-show.
no-call-no-shows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-call-no-show
get-out-of-jail-free card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: get-out-of-jail-free cards
Senses: examples: text: 2020 December 3rd, Stephen Collinson, "Trump shows how to get away with almost anything", Meanwhile in America newsletter, CNN.
The aim would be more to shut down any pending investigations they face in civilian life and apparently offer get-out-of-jail-free cards for any past criminality.
glosses: Alternative spelling of get out of jail free card.
overseeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overseeable
form: most overseeable
Etymology: Compare the German übersichtlich.
Senses: glosses: That can easily be looked over.
Related terms: oversightly
panim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panims
Senses: examples: text: Wont ride in arm'd , and at the Soldan's chair
Defy'd the best of Panim chivalry
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of paynim.
panims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panim
painim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: painims
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paynim.
painims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of painim
khepesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khepeshes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khopesh.
compound bow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compound bows
Senses: topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A modern bow that uses pulleys and cables to help with the drawing and releasing of the bowstring.
Related terms: recurve bow
selfbow
self bow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self bows
Senses: examples: text: Many Archers use a piece of waxed cloth, which is of great utility, as it not only gives the Bow a polish, but is a preventative against damps penetrating; this precaution however, is not so much required for self Bows, as backed ones. Self Bows are made of one piece of wood only, and that is generally of yew, but the long known difficulty of procuring good English yew, has compelled Bow makers of late years, to resort to various other woods, all containing great spring, but little pliability; the deficiency of the latter is amply supplied by the addition of a slip of ash, or some other tough wood glued to them; the toughness of the one combined to the elasticity of the other, both acting in conjunction, make capital Bows, and these it is that are called back'd Bows.
ref: 1820, Thomas Waring, “Attitude in Shooting”, in A Treatise on Archery; or, The Art of Shooting with the Long Bow. […], 2nd edition, London: […] A. Seale [for Thomas Waring], →OCLC, page 21:
text: [A] backed bow does not exceed a self bow, except that it is thought by some to be pleasanter and easier to draw, especially in the last inch, and of quicker cast.
ref: 1831, T[homas] B[urgeland] Johnson, “BOW”, in The Sportsman’s Cyclopedia; […], London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, […], →OCLC, page 78:
text: Modern bows are of two kinds, viz. self bows and backed bows. The self bow is composed of only one kind of wood; but the backed bow is composed of two kinds of wood, both the full length of the bow, carefully joined together.
ref: 1845, [Jane] Loudon, “Letter XVIII. Archery: Targets; Self Bows and Backed Bows; …”, in The Lady’s Country Companion; or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally, London: […] [Andrew Spottiswoode] for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], →OCLC, book V (Country Amusements), page 366:
glosses: Alternative form of selfbow.
recurve bow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recurve bows
Senses: topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A bow whose two tips curve away from the archer when drawn, which gives the shot greater power and speed.
Related terms: compound bow
selfbow
basename
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basenames
Etymology: From base + name.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: filespec, pathname
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
related: word: filepath
glosses: A filename without any path or directory information.
stupidy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stupid + -y.
Senses: glosses: stupid
raw_tags: in the Caribbean
stupidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stupidies
Etymology: From stupid + -y.
Senses: glosses: something or someone stupid
Catskill Mountains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dutch kat (“cat”) + kille (“river bed”). It is not exactly known why the name refers to cats, but it could possibly reference mountain lions in the area (catamounts).
Senses: glosses: An upland area in the north of the state of New York.
Synonyms: Catskills
maisons de tolérance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maison de tolérance
homburg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homburgs
Senses: examples: text: But Akihito, wearing an outsized black homburg, appeared on Canada′s railroad station platforms, talked with strangers in fluent English, rode in a locomotive cab.
ref: 1953 April 27, “A Hat for Akihito”, in Life, page 62:
text: For evening wear, a black, dark gray, or midnight blue homburg hat was appropriate. With formal evening attire of white tie and tails, a black silk top hat was worn. For daytime, a derby or homburg might be worn.
ref: 1982, Shirley Miles O′Donnol, American Costume, 1915-1970: A Source Book for the Stage Costumer, published 1989, page 182:
text: In the next chair, the man wears a well-worn outfit consisting of a black homburg hat and a sack suit of black wool made with shawl collar and bound edges.
ref: 1995, Joan L. Severa, Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840-1900, page 283:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Homburg.
mesodermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mesoderm + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to the mesoderm
Faihriem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Faihriem have altogether 13 subclans. They are Saivate, Tuollai, Bapui, Tuimuol, Khawlum, Khawkhieng, Khawreng, Sekong, Seiling, Thlanghnung, Salhmar, […].
ref: 1992, Vijay Prakash Sharma, The Hmars of Manipur: an anthropological exploration, page 18:
text: The Hmar are divided into several clans, like Khawbung, Lungtau, Leiri, Zote, Ngurte, Khelte, Khawlhring and Faihriem; these are again divided into a number of lineages.
ref: 1998, India's Communities, volume 4 (edited by Kumar Suresh Singh of the Anthropological Survey of India)
text: […] 21 clans. They are Biete, Changsan, Chawrai, Darngawn, Faihriem, […] and Zote. The past tradition suggests that each clan had a dialect of its own but nowadays a common dialect used by the Hmar people was developed by Christian missionaries.
ref: 1999, Robin D. Tribhuwan, Preeti R. Tribhuwan, “Tribal dances of India”, in Encyclopaedic profile of Indian tribes, volume 1, page 117:
glosses: A clan of the Hmar tribal people of Assam, members of which speak a dialect of the Hmar language (a Tibeto-Burman language).
Hmar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tribal people from Northeast India who belong to Chin-Kuki-Mizo/Zo people.
Hmar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Hmar language, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family.
parautochthonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + autochthonous.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of rock, having a character intermediate between that of autochthonous rock (which is native to its location) and allochthonous rock.
slap in the face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slaps in the face
Senses: examples: text: That Joan's ex-boyfriend turned up to the school dance with Mary was a slap in the face for Joan, and now the girls are no longer best friends.
synonyms: kick in the teeth
smack in the face
glosses: Something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; an insult, rebuke, or rebuff.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, in, the, face. (This sense is a translation hub.)
Related terms: cuff on the ear
bitch-slap
pimp-slap
slap in the face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slaps in the face
form: slapping in the face
form: slapped in the face
form: slapped in the face
Senses: examples: text: With the election of George Bush this country has apparently chosen an answer to the AIDS crisis consisting of the most reactionary social principles. Adding insult to injury, it is a response which makes a show of slapping all marginalized groups in the face.
ref: 1988 December 18, Jack Ben-Levi, “The Death And Birth Of Families”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 23, page 5:
glosses: To insult or offend unnecessarily.
glosses: To be or suddenly become bluntly obvious to.
ex-servicemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ex-serviceman
ex-serviceman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ex-servicemen
Etymology: From ex- + serviceman.
Senses: glosses: A man who used to be in the armed forces, a veteran.
Related terms: word: ex-service
kollyva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of koliva.
consonantism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consonantisms
Etymology: From consonant + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The consonant system of a language or dialect.
examples: text: Still unexplained are geminate *-ll- in type 4, and the aberrant consonantism in type 3, where the *-r- found in the other forms appears to have been replaced with *-θ-
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 240:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The consonants, sequence of consonants, or the quality peculiar to the consonants of a given word or group of words.
Synonyms: consonanthood
Coordinate terms: sense: consonant system of a language
word: vocalism
commitmentphobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commitmentphobes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of commitment-phobe.
commitmentphobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commitmentphobe
ampersat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.pə.sæt/
ipa: /ˈæmp.ə.zæt/
ipa: /ˈæm.pɚ.sæt/
ipa: /ˈæmp.ɚ.zæt/
Forms: form: ampersats
Etymology: Blend of ampersand + at.
Senses: examples: text: Two weeks ago, Tim Nott asked what the @, the hub of the e-mail address, should be called. […] In the UK, Tim Gowens offered the highly logical "ampersat" and the art historian Frances Marks suggested "Van Gogh's ear".
ref: [1996 February 5, David Bowen, “bits & bytes”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2022:
text: […]there are users out there on the Internet right now who think that they possess an e-mail address containing neither an at-sign (@ often known as an "ampersat") nor a domain name.
ref: [2000, Wankyu Choi, Allan Kent, Chris Lea, Beginning PHP4, page 249:
text: From his Twitter feed I have learned that Darnielle is interested in politics, feminist activism, professional boxing (he sometimes live-tweets exciting bouts), vegan cooking, and his infant son. He engages eagerly with fans—his homepage is a flurry of ampersats from his back-and-forths with followers.
ref: 2011 November 18, L.V. Anderson, “Follow Friday: The Internet’s Wittiest Angst-Ridden Folk Musician”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2020:
synonyms: atmark
at symbol
commercial at
asperand
glosses: The at sign (@).
duchessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of duchess
duchessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of duchess
ampersats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ampersat
coroplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coroplast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the manufacture of figurines
examples: text: Once the entire frame has been constructed, it can be covered with greenhouse plastic, or fitted coroplastic panels using zip-ties to attach to the frame.
ref: 2012, Daniel Boughen, Medical Growing: A Garden of Peace:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or made of coroplast (the material).
coroplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coroplasts
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of terracotta figurines (in Ancient Greece).
examples: text: Cages are constructed of pressure-treated lumber, vinyl-coated chain link or welded wire, and coroplast, plus corrugated fiberglass over the coroplast on the roofs. Coroplast is a plastic material similar in structure to corrugated cardboard and […]
ref: 1990, National Wildlife Rehabilitation Symposium, Wildlife Rehabilitation: A Publication of the Proceedings of the National Wildlife Rehabilitation Symposium, Volume 8
text: In the cities, it is a visual abomination and is very harmful to the environment because the material used, coroplast, is not recyclable. It can be used to insulate garages, but it lasts 504 years.
ref: 2008, Official Report, House of Commons Debates, volume 142, numbers 113-117:
glosses: Corrugated plastic material manufactured by the Coroplast company.
Derived terms: coroplastic
mochiko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 餅粉 (もちこ, mochiko).
Senses: glosses: Japanese rice flour
eBook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eBooks
Etymology: From e- + book.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of e-book.
aetherial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aetherial
form: most aetherial
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ethereal.
lazuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of lapis lazuli.
clinical stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clinical stamps
Senses: examples: text: Please use the 'Well Baby Check' clinical stamp for your documentation of the next patient encounter.
glosses: a standardized pattern or mark for entering clinical information into a medical record (paper or electronic).
stupidies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stupidy
Tsukuyomi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -əʊmi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 月読 (つくよみ, Tsukuyomi), originally a compound of 月 (つく, tsuku, “the moon”) + 読み (よみ, yomi, “reading”, ancient meaning of “counting”).
Senses: topics: Shinto
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
religion
sciences
synonyms: Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
glosses: The Japanese moon god, son of Izanami and Izanagi and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Ōyamatsumi and Kagutsuchi.
Coordinate terms: Amaterasu
Ame-no-Uzume
Izanagi
Izanami
Kagutsuchi
Ōyamatsumi
Susanoo
ithand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪðənd/
Forms: form: more ithand
form: most ithand
form: ident
form: ydant
form: iden
form: ydan
form: eident
form: idand
form: ydand
Etymology: From Middle English ithand, an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of Middle English ithen (“diligent”), from Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), from iðja, iðna (“to do, perform”), from ið (“a restless motion”). Cognate with Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), Norwegian idig (“busy”), Danish idelig (“continual”), and perhaps to English eddy.
Senses: glosses: Industrious; assiduous; continually busy; diligent.
glosses: Plodding; constant; continual.
glosses: Conscientious; considerate; watchful; careful; attentive.
raw_tags: of mental or moral qualities
glosses: Continuous; persistent.
raw_tags: of weather
Derived terms: ithandly
creamometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creamometers
Etymology: From cream + -o- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument that is used to measure the amount of cream in milk
torpedo bomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torpedo bombers
Senses: qualifier: aircraft
glosses: A bomber plane designed primarily for assaulting naval targets with torpedoes.
wikipedia: Sopwith Cuckoo
japchae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 잡채(雜菜) (japchae). Doublet of chap chye.
Senses: examples: text: There are no precise rules governing the precise assortment of vegetables in japchae, but most recipes won’t stray far from the standard collection of mushrooms, carrots, spinach, onions, and leeks.
ref: 2023 June 29, Violet Kim, “Korean food: 39 dishes we can’t live without”, in CNN:
glosses: A Korean dish made of sweet-potato dangmyeon cellophane noodles, vegetables and other ingredients.
Related terms: noodle
unmanipulatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmanipulatable
form: most unmanipulatable
Etymology: From un- + manipulatable.
Senses: glosses: Not able to be manipulated.
pleonexia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pli.əˈnɛks.i.ə/
Forms: form: pleonexias
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλεονεξία (pleonexía, “greediness”).
Senses: examples: text: There are two words in the Greek which set forth the nature of covetousness: 1. Pleonexia, which signifies an 'insatiable desire of getting the world.' Covetousness is a dry dropsy.
ref: 1838, Thomas Watson, A body of practical divinity, consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster:
text: Pleonexia, or greed, the wishing and trying for the bigger share, we know under the name of covetousness.
ref: 1878 March 1, The Fortnightly Review, volume 29, page 313:
text: Like all character traits, pleonexia comes in degrees, but in its most extreme form, pleonectics are willing to do “whatever it takes” to “get what they want” and are bound only by their fear of punishment; they do not blanch at the thought of using or manipulating people as pawns or instruments in their own schemes or at acts of disloyalty and betrayal; in fact, such behavior may be their typical modus operandi.
ref: 2007, Pul Bloomfield, Morality and Self-Interest, page 257:
glosses: Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods.
Related terms: pleonectic
peripheral membrane proteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peripheral membrane protein
integral membrane proteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of integral membrane protein
roll-your-owns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roll-your-own
roll-your-own
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roll-your-owns
Senses: examples: text: […]and when you raise the 10-cent cigarette, on which you get the same tax as you do on the higher-priced cigarette, the increase in roll-your-owns will go right ahead and cause a diminution in consumption due to that higher cost.
ref: 1979, Bernard D. Reams, Internal Revenue Acts of the United States, 1909-1950: Legislative Histories, Laws, and Administrative Documents, volume 29, page 143:
text: You remember that, first of all, you never smoked anything but roll-your-owns? Tasman Gold Cut, and Zigzag rice papers. And you had this neat way of being able to roll a thin tight cigarette without looking at what your fingers were doing.
ref: 1986, Keri Hulme, Te Kaihau: The Windeater, page 108:
text: A great many pipe smokers, apart from the many who simply died of old age, seem to have shifted to roll-your-owns, while a significant proportion of the tailor-made market went to women and younger male smokers.
ref: 1999, Ian R. Tyrrell, Deadly Enemies: Tobacco and its Opponents in Australia, page 115:
synonyms: word: RYO
word: rollie
antonyms: tailor-made
glosses: A type of cigarette made by the smoker by rolling loose tobacco in a rectangle of paper.
roll-your-own
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] a director of KARL, likes the roll-your-own approach and is finishing up a 1500-watt […]
ref: 1966, QST, page 83:
text: However the emphasis of early networkers and computing services (not “where to go” just “how to get there”) can puzzle users new to the “roll-your-own” approach of research and scientific computing.
ref: 1990, Peter Stone, JANET: A Report on Its Use for Libraries, British Library Research and Development Department, →ISBN, page 26:
text: RAM ICs, floppy controllers and other roll-your-own computer parts, right on up to complete motherboards and whole machines, are in great supply.
ref: 1991, 73:
text: Will you opt for a preconfigured Web server solution or roll your own? […] As for upgrading the equipment, you unfortunately will find that your options are not quite as open as the roll-your-own approach.
ref: 1996, David Harms, Barton C. Fiske, Jeffrey C. Rice, Web Site Programming with Java, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, pages 438 and 440:
text: The disadvantages to roll-your-own are that the company is responsible for managing VPN configurations, and because traffic is transversing the Internet, there are no performance guarantees. Moreover, it typically is difficult to support latency-sensitive traffic, such as voice. However, a roll-your-own approach lets corporations establish a VPN to any site that has access to the Internet.
ref: 2002 April 8, Irwin Lazar, “Variations on a VPN theme”, in Network World, page 45:
text: As you can see from the chart, Diver’s Security has an unusual, roll-your-own approach that allows you to combine four plans, each covering a different type of injury or expense.
ref: 2004, Scuba Diving, page 91:
text: Way’s Enterprise Integration Suite provides everything necessary to achieve real-time, near-real-time, or batch integration more quickly and easily than competing tools and the ‘roll-your-own’ approach.
ref: 2004, Wall Street & Technology, page 37:
text: In the long run, I suspect custom Firefox builds created solely for the sake of processor optimization will disappear, especially when Firefox rolls out its own native 64-bit build. (In fact, 64-bit Firefox is already available in the most recent nightly build of version 11.) But for now, there's still a culture of roll-your-own Firefoxers keeping the faith.
ref: 2012 March 14, Serdar Yegulalp, “4 Firefox rebuilds feed the need for speed”, in InfoWorld, archived from the original on 11 May 2023:
glosses: Built for oneself as opposed to purchased ready-made.
Related terms: roll one's own
orthopnoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of orthopnoeic.
orthopneic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: orthopnoeic
form: orthopnoic
Etymology: From orthopnea + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to orthopnea—a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture.
Derived terms: orthopneic position
orthopnoeic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orthopneic.
orthopneic position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthopneic positions
Senses: glosses: A position in which a person sits upright in a bed, possibly bending forward.
complementiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complementisers
Etymology: From complementise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of complementizer.
GVW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GVWs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gross vehicle weight rating.
Synonyms: GVWR
dilatations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilatation
Talibanisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Talibanization.
diadochi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The diadochi not only continued to propagate the typological portrait of Alexander, they also commissioned such portraits themselves.
ref: 1982, Bernard Frischer, The Sculpted Word: Epicureanism and Philosophical Recruitment in Ancient Greece, University of California Press, page 271:
text: To be sure, one would have expected some wrangling about the diadochi, perhaps even a hard confrontation between party bosses and military leaders, but beerhall battles and street fighting, as in the days of the Weimar Republic, were scarcely to be expected.
ref: 1993, Alexander Demandt, translated by Colin D. Thompson, History that Never Happened: A Treatise on the Question, what Would Have Happened If...?, McFarland, page 108:
text: If you were to follow the wars of the diadochi, Alexander’s generals, after the death of Alexander the great, then the northern kingdom later becomes Syria only.
ref: 2011, Z. Richard Sawan, M. D., Revelation and the Mark of the Beast, Author Press, page 119:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Diadochi.
dissertative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dissertative
form: most dissertative
Etymology: From dissertate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a dissertation.
TFS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Team Foundation Server.
TFS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: qualifier: letter-writing; occasionally used; letter-writing; occasionally used
glosses: Initialism of thanks for sending.
tape library
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tape libraries
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A device or room holding tape drives for storage purposes.
helibus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helibuses
form: helibusses
Etymology: From heli- + bus.
Senses: glosses: A large, passenger-carrying helicopter.
smell fishy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smells fishy
form: smelling fishy
form: smelled fishy
form: smelled fishy
form: smelt fishy
form: smelt fishy
Senses: glosses: To seem suspicious.
Related terms: stink like a mackerel
smells fishy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smell fishy
Linsanity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Lin + insanity
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Enthusiasm and excitement about the sudden rise of Jeremy Lin (then of the NBA's New York Knicks) to basketball stardom in 2012.
fuchsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuchsites
Etymology: Named in 1842 by Karl F. Emil von Schafhäutl in honor of Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs, a German chemist and mineralogist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A green variety of muscovite
gazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gazis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ghazi.
egg in one's beer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eggs in one's beer
Senses: examples: text: What do you want? An egg in your beer?
text: Those who expected everyone to have an egg in his beer right after inauguration day are visibly disappointed.
ref: 1953 February 26, “Eisenhower's First 35 Days”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: Now, while you are here, let us see if we can even put some egg in the beer, and get a little more enlightenment from you.
ref: 1979, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources, “Equal Employment Opportunity for the Handicapped Act of 1979”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: Referring to people who are always griping about war-time conditions the bartender mentions the expression “the grass is always greener,” and I refer to Americans who always want “egg in their beer."
ref: 2002, William True, Deryck Tufts True, The Cow Spoke French: The Story of Sgt. William True, American Paratrooper in World War II:
text: Whaddy want, egg in your beer?
ref: 2014, James R Benn, Souvenir:
glosses: A bonus.
Italish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭtălʹĭsh
ipa: /ɪˈtælɪʃ/
enpr: ĭtălʹĭsh
enpr: ītălʹĭsh
ipa: /ɪˈtælɪʃ/
ipa: /aɪˈtælɪʃ/
Forms: form: more Italish
form: most Italish
Etymology: From Italy + -ish. Compare Italic.
Senses: examples: text: first Patron S. Frances, as we find in the history of his idolatrous feast, and also in the book of conformities of Frances to Christ, written by an Italish friar called Bartholomew Pisanus.
ref: 1849, John Bale, Select works of John Bale D.D. Bishop of Ossory:
text: “O Italish England,” he wrote, “what has become of your ancient fortitude and might; since Tuscanism has come in, Vanity is above all else, and next comes villainy; there is no one who is not a minion; grand words cover feeble deeds.”
ref: 1902, Lewis Einstein, The Italian Renaissance in England:
text: His independence incurred the wrath of other historians such as Leland, and his Catholicism enraged Bale, who declared that he ‘hath in this point deformed his writings greatly, polluting our English Chronicles most shamefully with his Romish lies and other Italish beggarys’.
ref: 1960, Geoffrey Bullough, Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare:
text: By coincidence, I am now travelling aboard another Otranto, a spaceship of Italish manufacture. Its engines are silent as it slips through interstellar space towards an artificial Golconda. Not a whisper comes from them.
ref: 1995, Brian Wilson Aldiss, The secret of this book: 20-odd stories:
glosses: Pertaining to Italy, its people, or language; Italian.
glosses: Made in the Italian manner, or appearing Italian.
Netherlandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Netherlandic
form: most Netherlandic
Etymology: From Netherland(s) + -ic. Compare Netherlandish, which is used mainly in the context of art and culture.
Senses: topics: art
arts
history
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Dutch, of the Netherlands or the Dutch language
Netherlandic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Netherland(s) + -ic. Compare Netherlandish, which is used mainly in the context of art and culture.
Senses: glosses: the Dutch language (or a variety thereof)