cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
churnalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɜːnəlɪzəm/
Etymology: Blend of churn (out) + journalism.
Senses: examples: text: New-media gossip juggernaut Gawker also pays tribute to churnalism's animating spirits: shortness, sensationalism, superficiality, and speed.
ref: 2014, Astra Taylor, The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
text: One can see the possibility for limitless content for a 24/7 world: churnalism, hamsterization, the news cyclone—names to describe the condition keep coming.
ref: 2014, Nikki Usher, Making News at The New York Times, page 232:
glosses: The use of ready-made press release material copied wholesale into a newspaper article as if it were the journalist's own copy.
Related terms: churnalist
checkbook journalism
hamsterization
news cyclone
pink-slime journalism
science by press conference
science by press release
straight chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight chains
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A structural element of a molecule consisting of an unbranched sequence of atoms or simple groups, especially such a sequence of methylene groups in a aliphatic compound
extenuator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extenuators
Senses: glosses: Someone who extenuates.
affinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affinizations
Etymology: From affine + -ization.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: conversion to affine form
Related terms: affinize
affinized
eigencurves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigencurve
microflares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microflare
microphenomena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microphenomenon
vortons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vorton
orthosexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ortho- + sexuality.
Senses: examples: text: We have erected, perhaps in place of other erections, entire structures of intelligibility and comprehensibility on and around the pandemic, structures that themselves render AIDS normative and routine: the business of AIDS, constructed and carried on around an impossible object, has become—like genocide, nuclear terror, racism, misogyny, and heteronormativity (or what I would prefer to call orthosexuality)—business as usual.
ref: 1996, William Haver, The Body of This Death: Historicity and Sociality in the Time of AIDS, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, pages 2–3:
text: To prevent these unintended pregnancies, it is time to take a new approach to sex education -- orthosexuality. Ortho is from the Greek meaning proper or correct, thus orthosexuality is a method of sex education that focuses on correctly channeling the sexual drive while emphasizing the importance of preventing pregnancy, AIDS and other sexual diseases.
ref: 1998 April 5, J. Anthony Samenfink, “It's Time To Take A 'Correct' Approach To Sex Education”, in Chicago Tribune:
text: […] from ads in naichi (metropolitan) magazines and newspapers published inside Japan[,] in that the regulative ideal of orthosexuality was not assumed to be reproductive, monogamous marriage. In Dalian, as everywhere in the Japanese colonies, a healthy sex life for men free from what the ad calls the "bad habit of masturbation" (akushu onani) and "debilitating sexual neurasthenia" (seiteki shinkei suijaku) would begin for most Japanese men by hygienically following the advice in the colonial newspaper's weekly column called "Using the Red-Light District" (karyūshi).
ref: 2005, Barbara Molony, Kathleen S. Uno, Gendering Modern Japanese History, Harvard University Asia Center, →ISBN, page 193:
glosses: The orthodox or socially accepted form of sexuality or sexual expression in a particular culture.
Related terms: orthosexual
Adurol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A chlorinated (or brominated) derivative of hydroquinone once used as a photographic developer
whaddayacallit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whaddayacallits
Etymology: From what do you call it. Compare whatdoyoucallit.
Senses: glosses: A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember.
tapadera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapaderas
form: tapadero
form: tapidero
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tapadera.
Senses: glosses: One of the leather hoods that cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle.
tapaderas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapadera
n-butane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛnˈbjuːteɪn/
rhymes: -uːteɪn
Etymology: From n- (“normal”) + butane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CH₃(CH₂)₂CH₃).
Related terms: cyclobutane
isobutane
whatsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatsises
Etymology: From what's this or similar.
Senses: glosses: Any object whose actual name one does not know or cannot remember.
Synonyms: thingy
whatsitsname
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatsitsnames
form: what's-its-name
form: wossname
Etymology: From what's + its + name.
Senses: examples: text: Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob.
text: Don’t forget to feed whatsitsname.
ref: 1971 May, Elenor Grozney, “Letters”, in National Lampoon, volume 1, number 14, New York, N.Y.: National Lampoon, Inc., page 6, column 3:
synonyms: word: whatsit
word: ;
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word: widget
word: hickey
word: gizmo
word: thingy
word: gimmick
word: thingie
word: jigger
word: gismo
word: gubbins
word: whatsit
word: thingamajig
word: doodad
word: whatchamacallit
word: doohickey
word: thingo
word: thingamabob
word: thingummy
word: whatsis
word: thingumajig
word: thingumabob
word: whatchacallit
word: Sorted alphabetically
word: affair
word: bazinga
word: bizzo
word: dealie
word: dealy
word: dinglehopper
word: dingus
word: dohickey
word: dojigger
word: dongle
word: doo-hickey
word: doober
word: doodah
word: doofer
word: doohickus
word: doohinkey
word: doohinkus
word: doojigger
word: doovalacky
word: foobar
word: foo
word: frammis
word: frobnitz
word: gadget
word: geegaw
word: gewgaw
word: gingambob
word: gingumbob
word: hodad
word: hootenanny
word: jawn
word: jimbang
word: jobber
word: jobby
word: joint
word: junk
word: kajigger
word: kludge
word: MacGuffin
word: oojamaflip
word: rigamajig
word: shebang
word: stuff
word: thingabob
word: thingamabobber
word: thingamafuck
word: thingamajigger
word: thingamajiggy
word: thingmabob
word: thingmajig
word: thingmy
word: thingummabob
word: thingummajig
word: thingummyjig
word: thingum
word: thingymabob
word: thingymajig
word: thing
word: ting
word: whachacallit
word: whachamacallit
word: whaddayacallit
word: whatchamahoozie
word: whatdyecallem
word: whatdoyoucallit
word: whatnot
word: whatsaname
word: whatsitsname
word: whiff-whaff
word: whosiewhatsit
word: whosit
word: wossisname
word: wossname
word: wotsit
word: yoke
word: yokibus
glosses: Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.
Related terms: Whateverville
whatsaname
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatsanames
Senses: glosses: Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember.
thingummyjig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thingummyjigs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thingamajig.
thingumajig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thingumajigs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thingamajig.
impurer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of impure: more impure
impurest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of impure: most impure
hoop skirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoop skirt
hobble skirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hobble skirt
ur-poem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ur-poems
Etymology: From ur- (“primordial”) + poem.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A poem that is believed to be a precursor or prototype to a more modern class of poetry; usually a hypothetical 'mother poem' of a genre.
Related terms: ur-myth
urform
like falling off a log
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of easy as falling off a log.
clamburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clamburgers
Etymology: From clam + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A burger made with clam instead of beef.
crabburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crabburgers
Etymology: From crab + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A burger made with crab instead of beef.
tunaburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tunaburgers
Etymology: From tuna + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A burger made with tuna instead of beef.
TMJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TMJs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of temporomandibular joint.
examples: text: She was an only child, a gym rat, had a blotchy red birthmark on her neck in the shape of Florida, a gum-chewing habit that gave her TMJ and breath that reeked of cinnamon and green apple candy.
ref: 2018, Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Vintage, published 2019, page 7:
synonyms: TMD
TMJD
glosses: Temporomandibular pain, temporomandibular joint disorder.
temporomandibular joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temporomandibular joints
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone).
Synonyms: TMJ
TM joint
temporomandibular joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of temporomandibular joint
TMD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TMDs
form: temporomandibular joint disorder
form: temporomandibular disorder
form: TMJD
Senses: glosses: Initialism of temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of traction maintenance depot.
glosses: Initialism of Theater Missile Defense.
topics: architecture
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of tuned-mass damper.
coordinate_terms: THD
glosses: Initialism of total Muslim death
TMJD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TMJDs
form: temporomandibular joint disorder
form: temporomandibular disorder
form: TMD
Senses: glosses: Initialism of temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
ur-poems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ur-poem
champertous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Old French champart.
Senses: examples: text: Champertous contracts may be voided.
glosses: Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
unwedable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of unweddable.
n-pentane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛnˈpɛnteɪn/
rhymes: -ɛnteɪn
Etymology: From n- (“normal”) + pentane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CH₃(CH₂)₃CH₃).
n-hexane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛnˈhɛkseɪn/
rhymes: -ɛkseɪn
Etymology: From n- (“normal”) + hexane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CH₃(CH₂)₄CH₃).
n-octane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛnˈɒkteɪn/
rhymes: -ɒkteɪn
Etymology: From n- (“normal”) + octane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (CH₃(CH₂)₆CH₃).
hypocrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: hypocrisy
glosses: Misspelling of hypocorism.
eyecatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyecatcher
unreplicable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + replicable.
Senses: glosses: Not replicable
Synonyms: irreplicable
non-replicable
nonreplicable
prosthodontist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosthodontists
Senses: glosses: one who specializes in prosthodontics.
Chch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: CHCH
form: ChCh
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand.
Derived terms: Cheech
CHCH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chch.
Christchurch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹaɪst.tʃɜːtʃ/
ipa: /ˈkɹaɪs(t).tʃøːtʃ/
Etymology: From Christ + church.
* (English town): The English town's name is from the name of a priory established in 1094.
* (New Zealand city): The New Zealand city's name is from Christ Church, Oxford, an Oxford University college, chosen by an alumnus of the University.
Senses: examples: text: Far-right extremist attacks are on the rise and have demonstrated the ability to inspire other attacks. This paper examines a cluster of seven attacks, five inspired by the Christchurch attacker, the Christchurch attack itself, and the 2011 Oslo and Ut⌀ya attack that inspired the Christchurch attacker. In this exploratory paper the common ideologies of the attackers are explored to look for commonalities and trends among the data.
ref: 2021 December 6, Emma Ryan, “The Transnational Far Right: An Exploratory Paper on Common Ideology Amongst Attacks”, in SUNY Global Engagement Program, page 1:
glosses: A city in Canterbury, New Zealand, which is the largest in the South Island.
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England, on the border with Norfolk (OS grid ref TL4996).
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A coastal town and former borough in Dorset, England, formerly in Hampshire. The borough was abolished on 1 April 2019.
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A settlement next to Berry Hill, West Dean parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5712).
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A village in Caerleon community, City of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3489)
glosses: An unincorporated community in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States.
Synonyms: topics: city
cities
region
location
word: ChCh
Derived terms: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
protip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protips
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pro tip.
pw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pws
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: pwd
pword
pass
glosses: Initialism of password.
pw
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: /wk.
/wk
glosses: Initialism of per week.
work envelope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: work envelopes
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
robotics
sciences
synonyms: workspace
glosses: The area which a robot, or any part of one, can reach and can operate within.
Orël
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Oryol.
more so
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: moreso
form: more-so
Senses: examples: text: She was always shy in such circumstances and was always afraid of new people, and was even more so now.
ref: 1866, Fyodor Dostoevsky (original), Crime and Punishment, page 251:
glosses: Contextual comparative. Modifies another adjective (to which the "so" is a direct anaphoric reference), indicating a greater degree of the quality in question.
Related terms: a fortiori
arahants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arahant
underbearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underbearers
Etymology: From underbear + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who helps to bear or carry the corpse or accessories at a funeral.
Related terms: underbear
underbearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underbearer.
arahant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arahants
Etymology: Borrowed from Pali arahant (“one who is worthy”). Doublet of arhat and arihant.
Senses: qualifier: Theravada Buddhism
glosses: Eminently high achiever who has attained enlightenment.
wikipedia: arahant
Derived terms: arahantship
Related terms: arahanthood
arhathood
arhat
Theravada
underbind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underbinds
form: underbinding
form: underbound
form: underbound
Etymology: From Middle English underbinden, equivalent to under- + bind.
Senses: glosses: To bind underneath.
tulka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tulkas
Senses: examples: text: Since the Dalai Lama is a tulka, he can choose to be reborn as he pleases to serve humanity.
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: In Tibetan Mahayana, a particular high-ranking lama who can choose their own manner of rebirth.
preter-human
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more preter-human
form: most preter-human
Senses: examples: text: He exerted preter-human self-denial in abstaining from finishing him, completely; but getting out of breath, he finally desisted, and dragged the apparently inanimate body onto the settle.
ref: 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter III, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume II, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 52:
glosses: Beyond what is human.
Bodhipathapradīpa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌbəʊdɪˌpɑːtəpɹəˈdiːpə/
Etymology: From Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi) + पथ (patha) + प्रदीप (pradīpa).
Senses: glosses: An 11th-century Buddhist text, A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, written by Atiśa.
Azkal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Azkals
Etymology: Stylized from Tagalog askal. The term came into use in 2005, months before the Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Philippines national football team.
underburn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underburns
form: underburning
form: underburned
form: underburned
form: underburnt
form: underburnt
Etymology: From Middle English underbrennen (“to set on fire, burn up”), equivalent to under- + burn.
Senses: glosses: To burn up.
glosses: To burn too little.
underburn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underburns
Etymology: From Middle English underbrennen (“to set on fire, burn up”), equivalent to under- + burn.
Senses: glosses: The deliberate burning of surface fuel so as to leave the tree canopy intact.
undercraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undercrafts
form: under-craft
Etymology: From under- + craft.
Senses: examples: text: Not that by any analysis , -or that from any table of interest or genealogy , there appears much more ground of alliance betwixt them than betwixt light and darkness , or any two of the most unfriendly opposites in nature ; - only 'tis an undercraft of authors to keep up a good understanding amongst words , as politicians do amongst men.
ref: 1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]:
text: Mrs. Lambert believed this, and Ivon would not permit himself to doubt it; for to a generous and noble character like his, the undercraft and meanness of a small nature is simply incomprehensible.
ref: 1872, Ann Sophia Stephens, The Reigning Belle, page 277:
text: But in the usual routine of its life, When it addresses friend, lover or wife; The soft sweet smooth and modulating strain, Doth ever in expression sweeter gain, Without the undercraft or oily tone, It e'en delights their foes and stands alone.
ref: 1874, H W. Jeffree, Life, an epic - Issue 761, page 121:
text: Meredith's high-toned verbosities often draw strength from a secret affiliation with the "undercraft" of the underclasses, his humor sociolectic as well as lexical.
ref: 1990, Garrett Stewart, James O Freedman, Reading Voices: Literature and the Phonotext, page 217:
text: Such hordyng up of worldly wealth, such keeping much in store. . .Such falshed undercraft, and such unstedfast wayes, Was never sene within men's hartes, as is found nowadayes.
ref: 2010, Graham Greene, Collected Essays:
glosses: A sly trick, or subterfuge in general.
examples: text: Under-craft, witchcraft, call it what you will, but it is indeed poisonous.
ref: 2008, John Dickinson, The Fatal Child:
text: He arrives at Ambrose's home in Tarceny and lets loose the “Heron Man,” Ambrose's uncle, who, for three hundred years, has used “undercraft” to maintain his evil power.
ref: 2011, Linda Pavonetti, Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World Through Children's Books, page 273:
glosses: Witchcraft or sorcery.
examples: text: These principles are to organize the undercrafts for justice and humanity, for better wages and diminished poverty, the reduction of hours of toil and the abolishment of Sunday slavery in so far as possible.
ref: 1925, The Journeyman Barber, volume 21, page 426:
glosses: An apprentice or journeyman.
undercraft
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undercrafts
form: undercrafting
form: undercrafted
form: undercrafted
form: under-craft
Etymology: From under- + craft.
Senses: examples: text: In mock obeisance bow him low And he succumbs your slave: a show Of high respect will undercraft His cunning wit!
ref: 1901, Charles Richard Panter, Granuaile: A Queen of the West, page 94:
glosses: To outwit; to outmaneuver.
examples: text: Quite recently I had a piece published in a special Latino issue of a respected literary magazine, and though the cast now includes Cuban and Puerto Rican writers as well, the themes are still the same, and much of the writing is disappointingly simplistic or undercrafted.
ref: 1999, Marilyn Kallet, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Sleeping with One Eye Open, page 137:
text: Although the unpolished nature of Chan-related figure painting is taken as a matter of course, apparition painting appears to rely largely on deskilling, the purposeful undercrafting that strained to achieve whatever the opposite of professionalism looked like in the monochrome ink medium.
ref: 2010, Francesco Pellizzi, Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 55/56: Absconding, page 79:
text: "I'd infinitely rather fall into the trap of overcrafting an ad than undercrafting it,” confesses Graham Warsop, “though clearly a healthy balance is preferable. […]"
ref: 2012, Jim Aitchison, Cutting Edge Advertising:
text: While she does not explicitly say that Swift's writing is undercrafted, she relies heavily on the word “clichéd,” which implies that Swift's work is lazy or insufficiently polished.
ref: 2022, Ryan Hibbett, Lit-Rock: Literary Capital in Popular Music, page 82:
glosses: To make with insufficient craftsmanship.
undercraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undercrafts
form: under-craft
Etymology: From under- + craft.
Senses: examples: text: But effective as mine-fields and cable nettings may be against hostile "undercraft" – as in the case of the channel where not a single troop-ship or supply-ship has yet been lost – they can be said to be only a deterrent, little more.
ref: 1916 January, Robert Wilden Neeser, “The Submarine in War”, in Scribner's Magazine, volume 59, number 1, page 43:
text: Before considering the ways of combatting "undercraft," analyze the characteristics of this class of sea-fighters.
ref: 1917 March 3, Marion Eppley, “Anti-Submarine Patrol”, in Scientific American, volume 116, number 9, page 222:
text: How many of you know that before the war was over the dreadnaught which cost $8,000,000 was at the mercy of the submarine undercraft ?
ref: 1920, The American Photo Engraver - Volume 13, page 397:
text: In Spain, the “Rome-Berlin Axis" had its way, and on the Mediterranean "unknown" undercraft plied their game of piracy.
ref: 1940, Nykyfor I︠A︡. Hryhoriïv, Democracy: Its Channels and Tasks, page 22:
text: At the south coast at the end of the island there are great depths in the sea where the undercraft can very easily maneuver.
ref: 1959, Communist Threat to the United States Through the Caribbean:
glosses: A submarine.
examples: text: His Body was first buried in the Undercraft of his own Cathedral-Church, whence, shortly after, it was taken up, put into a goodly Shrine beset with costly Jewels and precious Stones, and plac'd at the East end of the same Church.
ref: 1708, Richard Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense, page 552:
text: According to the plans of the second Arthur, an undercraft was to be hewn out beneath the whold of the new building, and this was to be reserved for a sepulchre or mausoleum.
ref: 1815, William Dunlap, The Life of Charles Brockden Brown, page 275:
text: Here in this dim and scanty undercraft is an epitome of the English art of four centuries, precious and beautiful beyond the power of words to describe.
ref: 1905, Ralph Adams Cram, Ruined Abbeys of Great Britain:
text: The Abbey, seat of the Leigh family for 400 years, was founded by the Cistercians in 1154 and the original Gate House is still occupied, while the vaulted undercraft and parts of the original buildings are incorporated in the Elizabethan wing of the House.
ref: 1958, Go: Travel, Holiday Magazine, page 66:
glosses: An underground crypt.
undercraft
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: under-craft
Etymology: From under- + craft.
Senses: examples: text: All models are recording instruments, instantaneously charting undercraft conditions on a permanent record.
ref: 1952 January, Wilfrid O. White, “1952 Equipment”, in MotorBoating, volume 89, number 1, page 139:
text: Eight hard points are provided with landing pads, and these extend below the bottom of the buoyancy tank and protect the undercraft structure from local projections on the ground.
ref: 1962, The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-builder, page 525:
text: The sidespin is intended to compensate for the, umm, gravitational deficiencies, but of course I should have activated the tripswitch to alter the undercraft sensor system .
ref: 2008, Tania Hershman, The White Road and Other Stories, page 18:
text: Undercraft spray would be minimized by this system and a uniformly depressed water surface would result.
ref: 2013, J.R. Amyot, Hovercraft Technology, Economics and Applications, page 317:
glosses: Beneath a craft (water, air, or space vehicle).
undercreep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undercreeps
form: undercreeping
form: undercrept
form: undercrope
form: undercrept
form: undercrope
form: undercropen
Etymology: From Middle English undercrepen, equivalent to under- + creep.
Senses: glosses: To creep secretly or imperceptibly.
undercry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undercries
form: undercrying
form: undercried
form: undercried
Etymology: From Middle English undercryen, equivalent to under- + cry.
Senses: glosses: To cry out.
underhole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underholes
form: underholing
form: underholed
form: underholed
Etymology: From under- + hole.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: To cut away or mine out the lower portion of a coal seam or a part of the underlay so as to win or get the overlying coal.
rense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: renses
form: rensing
form: rensed
form: rensed
Senses: examples: text: First, you must get up every morning at six a clock, and wash your hands and face, then rense your mouth, and rub your teeth, and then you must go into your chamber and pray […]
ref: 1725, Willem Séwel, A Compendious Guide to the Low-Dutch Language, page 52:
glosses: Obsolete form of rinse.
oyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Near to the Iſland Hainan are caught Whales,after the ſame manner as the Hollanders and Engliſh in the North about Greenland, whereof they make Oyl which ſerves for ſeveral uſes.
ref: 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, page 270:
text: ...into the glands that separate the oyl abovesaid.
ref: 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 14:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of oil.
Related terms: oyly
oyly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oyly
form: most oyly
Senses: examples: text: ...there should be plac'd many glands, to separate an oyly matter, wherewith to lubricate the joints and tendons in action.
ref: 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 14:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of oily.
Related terms: oyl
succedaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Hence the cure of the gout, by our artificial oyls, analogous and succedaneous to the natural.
ref: 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 16:
glosses: Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another.
podagric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more podagric
form: most podagric
Etymology: From Latin podagricus, from Ancient Greek ποδαγρικός (podagrikós, “gouty”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to gout.
Derived terms: antipodagric
podagric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podagrics
Etymology: From Latin podagricus, from Ancient Greek ποδαγρικός (podagrikós, “gouty”).
Senses: examples: text: And at best the podagric, when in health, is but a criple, the joints being defrauded of due unction.
ref: 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 16:
glosses: A person suffering from gout.
Related terms: podagra
podagral
podagrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of podagric
kittened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kitten
plating carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plating carriers
Etymology: From the plates, shaped like a credit card with a raised airline name, formerly used when paper tickets were issued.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel-industry
glosses: The airline that a ticket has been issued on behalf of.
fervescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more fervescent
form: most fervescent
Etymology: From Latin fervescens, present participle of fervescere (“to become boiling hot, inchoate”), from fervere. See fervent.
Senses: examples: text: Where’s the argentiferous wind-jammer of Nebraska whose fervescent oratory knocked the Chicago Convention head over heels?
ref: 1897 May 13, “Run Here, Somebody”, in The Montgomery Advertiser, volume LXVII (old series) / XXXII (new series), number 291, Montgomery, Ala.: The Advertiser Co., →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
glosses: Growing hotter.
with any luck
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: with luck
form: with a bit of luck
form: with a little luck
Senses: examples: text: With any luck, we'll be able to finish our assignment before the deadline.
glosses: Hopefully; with a modicum of good fortune.
coast guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coast guard
squib kick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squib kicks
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A play in American football whereby the team performing the kick-off kicks the ball so that it will bounce instead of going deep downfield.
squib kicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squib kick
onside kick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onside kicks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of on-side kick.
onside kicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onside kick
shanachie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shanachies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seannachie.
multi-party
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multi-party
form: most multi-party
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multiparty.
fulgurator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌl.ɡjʉˌɹeɪ.tə/
ipa: /ˈfəl.ɡ(j)əˌɹeɪ.dəɹ/
ipa: /ˈfʊl.ɡ(j)əˌɹeɪ.dəɹ/
Forms: form: fulgurators
Etymology: From Latin fulgurator.
Senses: examples: text: As the same person might be both extispex and fulgurator, it is not astonishing to find them both called haruspices.
ref: 1854, Christian Charles Josias Bunsen, Outlines of the Philosophy of Universal History: Christianity and Mankind, Their Beginnings and Prospects:
glosses: Somebody who predicts the future using lightning.
chole-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: bili-#Prefix
glosses: Bile.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: bili-#Prefix
glosses: Bile duct.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: bili-#Prefix
glosses: Bile pigment.
Related terms: english: gall bladder
translation: gall bladder
word: cholecysto-
simplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: simplicates
form: simplicating
form: simplicated
form: simplicated
Etymology: Blend of simple + complicate
Senses: examples: text: Our audience is getting younger and less educated, so despite the additional fabrication costs, we must simplicate the new model of this machine to improve ease of use.
glosses: To make a system more complex so that the use of the system is easier or simpler.
Related terms: simplication
covaledictorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covaledictorians
Etymology: From co- + valedictorian.
Senses: examples: text: In the words of covaledictorian and weekender Jim Tudor at the May 22 commencement: "For the most part the Day students have moved directly from high school to college, play loud music, and give hard-hitting graduation speeches filled with constructive criticism for the school; while the Weekend students, like myself, have had their education interrupted, enjoy periods of silence, and give emotional graduation speeches filled with gratitude for the school."
ref: 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2010:
glosses: A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student
unsmug
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + smug.
Senses: examples: text: It would be nice to have them go out unsmug.
ref: 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Not smug
cosustainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosustainers
Etymology: From co- + sustainer.
Senses: examples: text: Students, coinquirers in class, are […
ref: 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2010:
glosses: Someone who sustains something together with someone else
cogovernor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cogovernors
Etymology: From co- + governor.
Senses: examples: text: Students[…] are cogovernors in the Assembly of Shimer College (which sets policy under the board of trustees and is constituted as "a participatory democracy"), and cosustainers of the college's day-to-day operations.
ref: 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2010:
glosses: Someone who governs something together with someone else
cogovernors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cogovernor
Proto-Italic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Italic.
Senses: glosses: Hypothetical prehistoric Indo-European language, ancestor of all Italic languages.
Synonyms: Italic
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Italic terms
coinquiry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coinquiries
Etymology: From co- + inquiry.
Senses: examples: text: Obviously sometimes this system of coinquiry doesn't work, when the students don't do the reading or don't do it well, and as a result the faculty member does too much talking.
ref: 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2010:
glosses: Collective inquiry into something
Related terms: coinquirer
coinquirer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coinquirers
Etymology: From co- + inquirer.
Senses: examples: text: Students, coinquirers in class, are cogovernors in the Assembly of Shimer College […
ref: 1988 June 17, Harold Henderson, “Big Ideas”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2010:
glosses: A participant in coinquiry; someone who inquires together with someone else
coinquirers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinquirer
run the gauntlet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs the gauntlet
form: running the gauntlet
form: ran the gauntlet
form: run the gauntlet
form: run the gantlet
form: run the gantlope
form: run the gauntlope
Etymology: From a corruption of run the gauntlope, run the gantelope. More at gantlope.
Senses: examples: text: Run the gauntlet north and south
March on up to the cannon's mouth
And say I can do any goddamn thing I want
ref: 1985, J. G. Thirlwell, “Anything (Viva!)”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel:
glosses: To undergo a series of tests or challenges.
Synonyms: word: pass the pikes
Related terms: word: gantlope
english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: run the gamut
gamuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamut
bldg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bldgs
form: bldg.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of building.
prolongued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of prolonged.
quaternionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quaternionists
Etymology: From quaternion + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Now I can imagine a quaternionist (unless prejudiced) admitting the simplicity of establishment and of operation, and the convenience of the notation, and its sufficiency for practical requirements up to a certain point; and yet adding the inquiry whether there is not, over and above this vector analysis, a theory of Quaternions which is overlooked.
ref: 1893, Electromagnetic theory: Volume 1, D. Van Nostrand Company, page 138:
glosses: One who studies or promotes the use of quaternions.
quaternionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quaternionist
cadr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːdə/
ipa: /ˈkɑdɚ/
ipa: /ˈkeɪdə/
ipa: /ˈkeɪdɚ/
Forms: form: cadrs
Etymology: Contraction of car of the cdr.
Senses: examples: text: If we let x denote the tree (1 2 3), then the car of x is 1, the cdr of x is (2 3), the cadr of x is 2, the caddr of x is 3, and the cdddr of x is nil.
ref: 2000, Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, J. Strother Moore, Computer-Aided Reasoning: An Approach:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Car of the cdr in Lisp. The second element in a list.
Derived terms: caddr
caddr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːdədə/
/ˈkɑdədɚ/
Forms: form: caddrs
Etymology: Contraction of car of the cdr of the cdr.
Senses: examples: text: Following the SEL in the control list are two elements (the cadr and caddr of the C list), both of which are themselves lists of instructions.
ref: 1991, Peter M. Kogge, The Architecture of Symbolic Computers, page 156:
text: For example, in a procedure that manipulates a list data stream, we might know that the mode of the car of the list (that is the current message) is the same mode as the cadr (second message), caddr (third message), etc.
ref: 1994, Evan Tick, Giancarlo Succi, Implementations of Logic Programming Systems, →ISBN, page 239:
text: If we let x denote the tree (1 2 3), then the car of x is 1, the cdr of x is (2 3), the cadr of x is 2, the caddr of x is 3, and the cdddr of x is nil.
ref: 2000, Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach:
text: In effect, lazy evaluation would force things to happen in the proper order: The car of output is the first prompt. The cadr of output is the first square, a value that requires evaluation of the car of input. The caddr of output is the second prompt.
ref: 2004, Scott, Programming Principles Of Mulltimedia Systems, →ISBN, page 608:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Car of the cdr of the cdr in Lisp. The third element in a list.
cddr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkʊdədə/
/ˈkʊdədɚ/
Forms: form: cddrs
Etymology: Contraction of cdr of the cdr.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Cdr of the cdr in Lisp. The remainder of a list if the first two elements are removed.
Derived terms: caddr
cdddr
gallicas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallica
genuflector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genuflectors
Senses: glosses: One who genuflects.
AJE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of Al Jazeera English.
Related terms: AJ
AJA
AJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aj
form: a.j.
form: a. j.
form: A.J.
form: A. J.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of apple juice.
AJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: AJs
form: A.J.
form: A. J.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of Al Jazeera.
glosses: Alternative form of Ajay.
Related terms: sense: Al Jazeera
word: AJE
sense: Al Jazeera
word: AJA
word: Ajay
bush planes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bush plane
Khwarshi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Khvarshi
Senses: glosses: A Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan region of Russia.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Khvarshi terms
gomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gomers
Etymology: From Latin gomor in the Vulgate, from Ancient Greek γομόρ (gomór) in the Septuagint, from Hebrew עומר ('ómer, “sheaf; unit of dry measure”).
Senses: examples: text: On the morrow, the 16th, after having offered to God the homer, they began eating the corn of the country; and the 17th the manna ceased to fall from heaven. What supports this calculation is, that the gomer, or sheaf, was offered the 16th of Nisan, in broad day-light, though pretty late.
ref: 1801, Thomas Coke, A Commentary on the Holy Bible, page 20:
topics: units-of-measure
glosses: Alternative form of omer: a former Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
gomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gomers
Etymology: After Louis-Gabriel de Gomer, the French artillery officer who invented the design. Attested in English since the early nineteenth century.
Senses: examples: text: [Table] of dimensions of howitzers, stone and Gomer mortars, vol. 1. p. 250.
ref: 1809, Louis de Tousard, American Artillerist's Companion, page 659:
text: All iron mortars now in use have gomer chambers and brass ones conical.
ref: 1847, Augustus Frederick Oakes, The Young Artillery Officer's Assistant, page 15:
glosses: A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars.
gomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gomers
Etymology: Likely from the oafish fictional character Gomer Pyle from the 1960s American sitcom The Andy Griffith Show.
Senses: examples: text: “Lordy Jeezus,” he said out loud. When did he become such a gomer?
ref: 2005, Ralph Hardy, Lefty, iUniverse, published 2004, →ISBN, page 25:
text: Okay, you wanted to go to the Big Apple, but didn't want to sit in traffic or feel like a country hic, as you stare up at all 'dem big buildins'. Try Universal Studios Florida's version of New York, where you can stare at all the fake big buildings all you want and not feel like a total Gomer.
ref: 2007, Brian McDaniel, Walt Disney World: The Full Report, iUniverse, published 2007, →ISBN, page 147:
text: Everyone will have to guess who I want to dance with tonight, I thought. I'm not giving myself away to this bunch of gomers. That would be way too embarrassing.
ref: 2008, Julie Johnson Oliver, I've Been 16 for 34 Years, Groveland Branch Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: A stupid, awkward, or oafish person.
examples: text: These recruits were given such sobriquets as moron, idiot, or Gomer (after the television marine Gomer Pyle). There were constant comparisons between wayward recruits and animals or vegetables.
ref: 1993, James Ebert, A Life in a Year: The American Infantryman in Vietnam, 1965-1972, page 34:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An inept trainee or serviceperson.
examples: text: We were almost invisible in our tiger stripes and ghillie suits. However, as the unit marched by, a lone gomer broke rank and ventured into the high, wet saw grass that concealed our position.
ref: 2010, Brian Easton, Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter, page 22:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An opponent in combat or in training.
Synonyms: sense: a stupid person
word: idiot
Hyponyms: Gomerette
gomerette
gomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gomers
form: GOMER
form: gomere
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps the same as, or influenced by Etymology 3, above. It is frequently claimed that the word is an acronym for "grand old man of the emergency room", or for "Get Out of My ER", the latter story popularized by the 1978 novel The House of God by Samuel Shem. John Algeo (1991) notes that various people claim the word is an acronym or is borrowed from Hebrew גמר (G-M-R, “finish; complete”), but suggests that these accounts are dubious. He concludes that a connection to Gomer Pyle or to the "stupid, awkward person" sense of the word is the most likely source. The Oxford English Dictionary online (2003) likewise treats the "undesirable patient" and "stupid person" senses as uses of the same word.
Senses: examples: text: That patient is a total GOMER. Turf him and let's get some lunch.
text: Mumford (1970) noted that the terms ‘crock’, ‘gomer’, and ‘turkey’, were sometimes utilized by interns to designate different types of undesirable patients, and sometimes used synonymously. At Bayview, gomer was the preferred term
ref: 1976, Stephen Charles Frankel, Emergency Medical Care in an Urban Area, page 118:
qualifier: medical slang
glosses: An undesirable hospital patient, or a patient who does not need medical care.
examples: text: It was 3:00 a.m. and an elderly homeless person had just been admitted to the emergency room. [...] One resident seemed tired and angry and said, "I can't believe we got beeped out of bed for this gomer."
ref: 2001, David Thomasma, Thomasine Kimbrough Kushner, Ward Ethics: Dilemmas for Medical Students and Doctors in Training, page 163:
text: As a consequence of their loss of their personhood, the medical subculture has coined a lexicon of pejorative, cynical, and insulting names for demented patients, the most common of which is "gomer."
ref: 2008, James Bernat, Ethical Issues in Neurology, page 359:
glosses: A dirty, senile, or otherwise unpleasant patient.
examples: text: The number of problems the two groups of patients presented to physicians was comparable; however, the pattern of their hospital stays contrasted dramatically. Gomer patients remained in the hospital longer than other patients, and had more consultations for diagnosis and therapy, and posed more diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas for the physicians who cared for them.
ref: 1985, Deborah B. Leiderman, Jean-Anne Grisso, “The gomer phenomenon”, in Journal of Health and Social Behavior, page 225:
glosses: A patient who does not respond to medical treatment.