cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
raises the dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of raise the dead
dead bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead bolts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deadbolt.
dead bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dead bolts
form: dead bolting
form: dead bolted
form: dead bolted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deadbolt.
dead-beat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead-beats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deadbeat.
dead-tree edition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead-tree editions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dead tree edition.
dead person walking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead people walking
form: dead persons walking
Etymology: From dead man walking.
Senses: glosses: neuter equivalent of dead man walking
date me doc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: date me docs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of date-me doc.
date-me-doc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: date-me-docs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of date-me doc.
dead people walking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dead person walking
dead persons walking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dead person walking
date-me-docs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of date-me-doc
date me docs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of date me doc
whole life tariff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whole life tariffs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of whole life order.
synonyms: word: whole life order
whole-life order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whole-life orders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whole life order.
raise one's eyebrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: raises one's eyebrows
form: raising one's eyebrows
form: raised one's eyebrows
form: raised one's eyebrows
Senses: glosses: Of a person, to be surprised.
glosses: Of a person, to be mildly disapproving of something.
Related terms: raise eyebrows
reading lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reading lamps
Senses: glosses: A lamp with designed for reading, not very bright.
riding school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riding schools
Senses: glosses: An establishment that teaches people how to ride horses.
reading lamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reading lamp
riding schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riding school
sanding machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanding machines
Senses: glosses: sander (tool)
sanding machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanding machine
sapphic vice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They go out in the evening and must be back by noon on the following day at latest. Very few of them have lovers. They are satiated with men. But doctors who are competent to speak say that sapphic vice is widespread among them.
ref: 1912, The modern Parisienne, London: William Heinemann, translation of Études de sociologie féminine : Parisiennes de ce temps et leurs divers milieux, états et conditions by Octave Uzanne, page 196:
glosses: Lesbianism.
Related terms: solitary vice
shift worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shift workers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shiftworker.
shift workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shift worker
shock tactics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To their critics, the YBAs, with their emphasis on sex, sensationalism and shock tactics, were doing little more than copying the tactics of the ad agencies.
ref: 2015, Dominic Sandbrook, The Great British Dream Factory, Penguin, published 2016, page 110:
glosses: Tactics that are intended to shock and push outside the comfort zone.
glue-sniffing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or addiction of sniffing glue.
Related terms: glue sniffer
rise to the purple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An elevation to a very high rank, especially a royal one.
rise to the purple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rises to the purple
form: rising to the purple
form: rose to the purple
form: risen to the purple
Senses: glosses: Synonym of raise to the purple.
synonyms: word: raise to the purple
whole life tariffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whole life tariff
whole-life orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whole-life order
raises red flags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of raise red flags
raising red flags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of raise red flags
raised red flags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raise red flags
raised to the purple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raise to the purple
raising to the purple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of raise to the purple
raises to the purple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of raise to the purple
rises to the purple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rise to the purple
-plasm
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /plæz.əm/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”); a doublet of plasma and plasm used mostly in biology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: -plast
glosses: The contents of a cell.
Related terms: mictoplasm
plasmid
plasmon
rising to the purple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of rise to the purple
rose to the purple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of rise to the purple
risen to the purple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of rise to the purple
bleading edge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: *Blend of leading edge + bleeding edge
Senses: examples: text: The objectives of this chapter are to reveal some "bleading edge" aspects of accounting and billing strategies...
ref: 2009, Malgorzata Pankowska, Infonomics for Distributed Business and Decision-Making Environments, page 178:
glosses: At the forefront of practice or technology.
study up on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: studies up on
form: studying up on
form: studied up on
form: studied up on
Senses: examples: text: Last night I was studying up on organic chemistry for the test.
glosses: To thoroughly study a subject or become current in knowledge on a topic
graphicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graphicons
Etymology: Blend of graphical + icon
Senses: examples: text: Emoji are a subcategory of what Herring and Dainas (2017) classify as ‘graphicons’ (graphical icons) – a classification of graphical features found on social media platforms that also include emoticons, stickers, graphics interchange formats (GIFs), images and videos.
ref: 2023 January 12, Lorenzo Logi and Michele Zappavigna, “A social semiotic perspective on emoji: How emoji and language interact to make meaning in digital messages”, in New Media & Society, page 1:
text: In our study, we analyse a case in which the participants of a video-mediated workshop draw on images or animated GIFs (i.e. graphicons) in managing emotion discourse.
ref: 2023, Elina Salomaa and Esa Lehtinen, “Graphicons as a vehicle for eliciting negative emotions in multimedial workplace interaction”, in Conversation Analytic Perspectives to Digital Interaction: Practices, Resources, and Affordances, page 3:
text: Since its introduction in the early 1970s, textual computer-mediated communication (CMC) has been enriched by graphical icons (henceforth graphicons) that express emotion and attitude.
ref: 2020 March 6, Artie Konrad, Susan C Herring, and David Choi, “Sticker and Emoji Use in Facebook Messenger: Implications for Graphicon Change”, in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, page 1:
glosses: Any of various kinds of graphical icon used on social media platforms.
graphicons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graphicon
CPTSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of C-PTSD.
iPad parent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iPad parents
Etymology: By analogy with iPad kid (“a child who is addicted to using their tablet”).
Senses: glosses: A parent who allows their child near-unlimited (usually unsupervised) screen time; a parent who lets a tablet computer, such as an iPad, raise their child.
Hyponyms: iPad father
iPad mother
iPad parents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iPad parent
Old Khmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An extinct Austroasiatic language, ancestral to modern Khmer.
nutrimentive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Related to or characteristic of nutrients or nourishment.
uncornered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cornered.
Senses: glosses: Not cornered.
cornerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From corner + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be cornered.
New York sour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New York sours
Senses: glosses: A kind of whiskey sour cocktail that includes a float of dry red wine.
New York sours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New York sour
BMWing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of BMW
BMWed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of BMW
little blue man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little blue men
Etymology: From little + blue + man. Coined by Andrew S. Erickson of the Naval War College by analogy with little green man, the term used to refer to covert soldiers used by Russia during the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
Senses: topics: geopolitics
government
politics
glosses: A member of the Maritime Militia of the People's Republic of China, primarily composed of fishing and motorboats, who aid in the pursuit of its maritime interests in disputed waters (and especially those relating to the territorial disputes in the South China Sea); chiefly when viewed as a covert projection of power, intended to encroach on the sovereignty of other countries.
wikipedia: Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Naval War College
bostel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bostels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of holloway.
synonyms: word: holloway
bostels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bostel
wiffle-woffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the wiffle-woffles
form: wiffle-waffles
Senses: examples: text: Billy whined in the bobbing shore boat.
"What is it? You've got the wiffle-woffles?"
ref: 2004, Susan Vreeland, The Forest Lover, page 107:
text: 'She's got the wiffle-woffles,' said her mother. 'She was all right when she came back […] but now she just mopes around, face like a fiddle. […]'
ref: 2006, Bowering Sivers, Jammy Dodgers Go Underground, page 347:
glosses: A state of melancholy or upset; the blues.
wiffle-waffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the wiffle-waffles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wiffle-woffles.
face like a fiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faces like fiddles
Senses: examples: text: 'She's got the wiffle-woffles,' said her mother. 'She was all right when she came back […] but now she just mopes around, face like a fiddle. […]'
ref: 2006, Bowering Sivers, Jammy Dodgers Go Underground, page 347:
qualifier: simile
glosses: A long face; a melancholy expression.
faces like fiddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face like a fiddle
FEB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: JAN
word: MAR
word: APR
word: MAY
word: JUN
word: JUL
word: AUG
word: SEP
word: OCT
word: NOV
word: DEC
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Feb (“February”).
FEB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FEBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of full English breakfast.
ballouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballout
little blue men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little blue man
Halvergate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4207).
even a broken clock is right twice a day
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of a broken clock is right twice a day.
Adbaston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7627).
artigi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artigis
Senses: examples: text: He found the Eskimo children most interesting; as soon as they are brought into the world they are carried on their mother's back, inside her artigi, or coat, and are kept so till they are three years old, when they get a coat and pants. They are never cold, as they lie next to the mother's back, and her flesh is very warm on account of the fat she eats.
ref: 1906, The Sunday at Home, page 59:
text: […] Eskimo tot in its mother's artigi.
ref: 1953, Donat Marc Le Bourdais, Nation of the North: Canada Since Confederation, page 251:
text: […] Eskimo mother has the bottom of the artigi well padded with sphagnum-type moss.
ref: 1959, William A. Leising, Arctic Wings, page 216:
glosses: Alternative form of atigi.
artigis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artigi
basants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basant
browntail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: browntails
Etymology: From brown + tail.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of brown-tail moth.
synonyms: word: brown-tail moth
browntails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of browntail
clumpet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clumpets
Senses: examples: text: Scattered here and there […] stand a great many elegant houses, interspersed with various clumpets of trees.
ref: 1893, James Skinner, Autobiography of a Metaphysician, page 110:
glosses: A little clump.
synonyms: clumper
glosses: A floating piece of sea ice.
clumpets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clumpet
chalkstripe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalkstripes
Etymology: From chalk + stripe.
Senses: glosses: A thin stripe on fabric, like a pinstripe but made with multiple threads for a softer, more blurred appearance.
chalkstripes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalkstripe
windowline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windowlines
Etymology: From window + line.
Senses: examples: text: Deep blue fuselage-length pinstripes begin at the belly and get gradually narrower as they approach the windowline, each trimmed either side in red.
ref: 1985, Nigel Milton Tomkins, World Airline Colours, volume 1, page 37:
glosses: The line formed by a series of windows.
windowlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of windowline
New Silksworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A southern suburb of the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3853).
cody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coady.
coady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cody
Senses: glosses: A sauce, usually made from boiled molasses, spices, and an acid such as vinegar or lemon juice.
clumpifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clumpify
clumpifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clumpify
pilinut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilinuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pili nut.
pilinuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilinut
dehiscently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dehiscently
form: most dehiscently
Etymology: From dehiscent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a dehiscent manner.
bareland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barelands
Etymology: From bare + land.
Senses: examples: text: […] open woodlands and barelands.
ref: 2005, Herman H. Shugart, Rik Leemans, Gordon B. Bonan, A Systems Analysis of the Global Boreal Forest, page 215:
text: The 'barelands' as the name suggests, was uninhabited, no cultivation, no trees, and consequently nobody […]
ref: 2006, John Francis Kinsella, Borneo Pulp, page 279:
text: […] woodland and bareland were the dominant LULC types at the beginning of the study period.
ref: 2019, Tesfay Gebretsadkan Gebremicael, Understanding the Impact of Human Interventions on the Hydrology of Nile Basin Headwaters, the Case of Upper Tekeze Catchments, page 1984:
qualifier: uncommon outside the sciences; also found capitalized as the name of various specific places; uncommon outside the sciences; also found capitalized as the name of various specific places
glosses: Uncultivated land without trees.
bareland
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bare + land.
Senses: examples: text: In some crofting areas it is practice to pay a considerable sum for the assignation of a bareland croft, or a croft with an unfit house, in order to qualify for grant.
ref: 1969, The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, volume 14, page 91:
glosses: Of a croft: not including a house.
barelands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bareland
cuzzie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuzzies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cuzzy.
correttos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corretto
collar studs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collar stud
collarstud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collarstuds
Senses: examples: text: And if I barge in for a collarstud, I don't suppose you'll mind!
ref: 2010, Robert Keable, Though This Be Madness, page 110:
glosses: Alternative form of collar stud.
collarstuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collarstud
collar stud abscess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collar stud abscesses
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Tuberculous lymphadenitis.
didymos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didymoi
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of didymus.
didymoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of didymos
dreighest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dreigh: most dreigh
dreigher
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dreigh: more dreigh
frizadoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frizado
feedpipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feedpipes
Etymology: From feed + pipe.
Senses: glosses: A pipe that feeds material into or through a system.
feedpipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feedpipe
kapeek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kapeeks
Senses: glosses: A former coin of Belarus.
Related terms: kopek
kapeeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kapeek
jump-rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jump-ropes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jump rope.
jump-ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jump-rope
jumprope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumpropes
Senses: examples: text: The centrifugal force of the whirling jumprope draws the ends together. As we stretch rubber, we are pulling the jumpropes out to a flatter contour. This also explains why rubber deforms easily at first, then stiffens as strain increases.
ref: 2006, Cycle World Magazine, volume 45, number 1, page 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of jump rope.
jumpropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumprope
Kimbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small settlement in Mottisfont parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3225).
grey alien
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey aliens
form: gray alien
Etymology: From grey + alien.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
literature
media
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
ufology
glosses: An archetypical humanoid alien, usually described as having grey skin, elongated, hairless, sexless features, and a large head with bulbous black eyes; chiefly associated with flying saucers, alien abductions and conspiracy theories relating to cover-ups by the United States government, such as Area 51.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see grey, alien.
grey aliens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grey alien
gray alien
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray aliens
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grey alien.
gray aliens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gray alien
sourdock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sourdocks
Senses: glosses: A common name for rumex arcticus, a perennial flowering plant that is native to Alaska.
sourdocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sourdock
landfill indie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These have focused variously on the abysmal quality of its 'landfill indie' variant, its alleged takeover by privately-educated nu-folkers, and its almost total failure to respond to an increasingly harsh rightwards turn in British politics
ref: 2013 March 11, Rhian E. Jones, Clampdown: Pop-Cultural Wars on Class and Gender, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN, page 1994:
text: For example, Robinson writes that the 'Godfathers of landfill Indie', like Razorlight, the Pigeon Detectives and the Wombats, are doing for the new generation of indie-guitar bands what Menswear and Sleeper did for Britpop.
ref: 2013 January 28, Professor Andy Bennett, Professor Jon Stratton, Britpop and the English Music Tradition, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., →ISBN, page 165:
text: The View were a Libertines-adjacent landfill indie band from Dundee with a few hit singles. Although music buffs will no doubt recoil in horror here, their hit single, “Superstar Tradesman”, really resonated with me.
ref: 2023 February 14, Dan Evans, A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petite Bourgeoisie, Watkins Media Limited, →ISBN:
glosses: A genre of British indie rock music in the late 2000s and early 2010s, typically defined by high-energy guitars, realist lyrics and use of regional accents; indie rock music perceived as unambitious, stale and commercial.
counterie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counteries
Senses: examples: text: He's now in that bright blissful counterie
ref: 1838, Thomas Eagles, Brendallah, A Poem, Whittaker & Co., section LIX, page 115:
text: Now, I can say no more ; to the Law-board I must go, / There to take the last farewell of my friends and counterie ;
ref: 1888, “The Lamentation of Hugh Reynolds”, in Henry Halliday Sparling, editor, Irish Minstrelsy: Being a Selection of Irish Songs, Lyrics, and Ballads, Walter Scott, page 381:
text: She's the fairest young maiden that e’er I did see, / She exceeds all the maids in the north counterie.
ref: 1932, “Molly of the North Country”, in The Musical Quarterly, volume 18, G. Schirmer, Inc., page 110:
text: You shall dry up your milk as a virgin so free, / And pass for a maid in some strange counterie.
ref: 2011 [1965], Frank Purslow, “Home, Dearest Home”, in Marrow Bones: English Folk Songs From The Hammond And Gardiner Mss., Read Books Limited, page 91:
glosses: Alternative spelling of country.
counteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterie
Adrastean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ædrəˈstiːən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the nymph Adrasteia or Adrastea in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Jovian moon named for Adrasteia.
Adrastean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ædrəˈstiːən/
Forms: form: Adrasteans
Senses: glosses: An imaginary inhabitant of the Jovian moon, Adrastea.
lobby up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lobbies up
form: lobbying up
form: lobbied up
form: lobbied up
Senses: examples: text: The company lobbied up after losing the lawsuit.
text: With sales declining, the software industry lobbied up.
glosses: To hire one or more lobbyists; to become active in lobbying to ensure a particular outcome.
ultramature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultramature
form: most ultramature
Senses: glosses: Extremely mature.
Louis.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: La.
word: LA
glosses: Abbreviation of Louisiana: a state of the United States.
Al-Kharj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A governorate in central Saudi Arabia.
invet'rate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more invet'rate
form: most invet'rate
Senses: examples: text: Invet'rate' now, his Tongue not idle,
ref: 1766, Thomas Sadler, “Bunch Hesperus: or, The Mock-Artist: A Burleſque Poem.”, in Poems on various subjects. To which is added, The merry miller: or, The country-man's ramble to London, a farce, page 103:
text: Invet'rate prejudice will oft prevail ;
ref: 1790, François Fénelon, “Book XXII”, in Gibbons Bagnall, transl., The Adventures of Telemachus, volume I, page 279, line 273:
text: Oh! what a pang was that!–Fitzormond, say– / Invet'rate foe,–now, art thou reconcil'd
ref: 1818, Frances Burney, “Act III, scene VIII”, in Tragic Dramas, Thomas Davison, Fitzormond, page 53:
text: And those who'd been so long invet'rate foes
ref: 1838, Thomas Eagles, Brendallah, A Poem, Whittaker & Co., section LXXVI, page 117:
glosses: Contraction of inveterate.
desp'rate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more desp'rate
form: most desp'rate
Senses: glosses: Contraction of desperate.
diglossally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more diglossally
form: most diglossally
Etymology: From diglossal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Diglossically.
diglossal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Diglossic.
sov'reign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sov'reign
form: most sov'reign
Senses: glosses: Contraction of sovereign.
o'erjoy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: o'erjoys
form: o'erjoying
form: o'erjoyed
form: o'erjoyed
Senses: glosses: Contraction of overjoy.
o'erjoys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of o'erjoy
o'erjoying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of o'erjoy
o'erjoyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of o'erjoy
slav'ry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slav'ries
Senses: glosses: Contraction of slavery.
slav'ries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slav'ry
vig'rous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vig'rous
form: most vig'rous
Senses: glosses: Contraction of vigorous.
murd'rer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murd'rers
Senses: glosses: Contraction of murderer.
murd'rers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of murd'rer
destressify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: destressifies
form: destressifying
form: destressified
form: destressified
Etymology: From de- + stress + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: I decided in the interest of trying to destressify that I would leave early for the spa so I could have a peaceful ride and not rush.
ref: 2002 October, Malinda Terreri, To Give or Deceive, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 216:
text: MUSIC IN THE LIBRARY APRIL 17TH —11:00 am / Relax and destressify with Michael Hull on guitar & Alison Robuck on oboe
ref: 2012 April 13, “The Library Column”, in The Scout, Peoria, Ill.: Bradley University, page A11:
text: But destressifying by mastering our needs is really easy, and our exploration of it will shine a spotlight into the darkness.
ref: 2015, davidji [pseudonym], destressifying: The Real-World Guide to Personal Empowerment, Lasting Fulfillment, and Peace of Mind, Carlsbad, Calif.: Hay House, Inc., →ISBN, page 111:
text: Her spun-gold hair and sun-kissed skin (a souvenir from the summer she’d just spent ‘destressifying’ on the glorious beaches of southeast Prosper) were out of place amongst the midnight-black hair and pale, sickly complexions of the Crow family.
ref: 2017 October 10, Jessica Townsend, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, Sydney, N.S.W.: Lothian, Hachette Australia, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: To reduce or eliminate emotional stress.
examples: text: I know it’s a tough pill to swallow, particularly after being inundated with the demands of a music school, but I hope this helps destressify you by peering at it from several different perspectives.
ref: 2004, Debbie Gray, These Tricks Are for Kids! Tricks of the Trade for Teachers of Elementary Music! A Few Ideas That Might Make Your Work a Little Easier and Definitely, a Lot More Fun!, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 241:
text: Try to destressify a tense situation as the latter puts hurdles on the thinking process.
ref: 2011, Raj Gopal Katju, 40 Stress Busters for Executives, New Delhi: Pustak Mahal, →ISBN:
text: With so much uncertainty in my life and surrounding Luba’s great-grandchild, I’m going to opt to believe Nadine. I don’t know if it’s the wisest decision, but I do know that it will destressify my life and help me focus on more important things than the horror that I could be about to become an aunt to the Antichrist.
ref: 2014 May, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy; 3), New York, N.Y.: K Teen, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 43:
text: Meditation initiates the restoration of your unconditioned self, very gradually destressifying you as layers of conditioning are peeled away.
ref: 2015, davidji [pseudonym], destressifying: The Real-World Guide to Personal Empowerment, Lasting Fulfillment, and Peace of Mind, Carlsbad, Calif.: Hay House, Inc., →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: To reduce or eliminate emotional stress from (someone or something).
Related terms: destressification
Fertile Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley No. 285) in central Saskatchewan, Canada.
gyre-carline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gyre-carlin.
gyre-carling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gyre-carlin.
Corlise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from ?.
b/o
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of o/b/o (“on behalf of”).
B/O
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of o/b/o (“on behalf of”).
o.b.o.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OBO: or best offer
o. b. o.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OBO: or best offer
O.B.O.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OBO: or best offer
O. B. O.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OBO: or best offer
O/B/O
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OBO: or best offer
big honkin'
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of big old.
synonyms: word: big old
botton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bottom.
top to bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: all the way, from soup to nuts; see also Thesaurus:to the full
text: They went through everything with a fine-toothed comb, searching the place top to bottom.
glosses: Completely; entirely.
top to bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top to bottoms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of top-to-bottom.
white blood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white bloods
Etymology: From white + blood. First appears c. 1398 in a publication by John Trevisa.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Blood devoid of red blood cells, commonly found in invertebrates.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Hemolymph.
red-blood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of red-blooded.
synonyms: word: red-blooded
raise to the ermine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: raises to the ermine
form: raising to the ermine
form: raised to the ermine
form: raised to the ermine
Etymology: Ermine robes were traditionally worn by members of the House of the Lords, and by high-ranking judges in the English courts.
Senses: examples: text: THE Times, in a late article on the judicial system, in reference to the objection that, 'by multiplying judicial officers an inferior order of men must be raised to the ermine,' remarked that, if fifty years ago it was easy to select fifteen judges from the mass of practising barristers, it ought to be quite as easy to choose twenty or twenty-five now from a field of selection three or four times as wide.
ref: 1879, The Law Journal, page 111:
text: Burnet styles him "this vicious drunkard raised to the ermine." Evelyn terms him "most ignorant but most daring cruel and a slave to the Court"
ref: 1907, Joshua James Foster, The Stuarts: Being Outlines of the Personal History of the Family:
text: The last Australian raised to the ermine was the Rt Hon Richard Gardiner Casey, who became a life peer as Baron Casey of Berwick and the City of Westminster in 1960.
ref: 1989, Evan Whitton, The Hillbilly Dictator: Australia's Police State:
glosses: To ennoble; to appoint someone to the House of Lords or the judiciary.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
coordinate_terms: raise to the purple
glosses: Of a person, to increase in status by adding an ermine fur pattern to a coat of arms.
raises to the ermine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of raise to the ermine
raising to the ermine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of raise to the ermine
raised to the ermine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raise to the ermine
top to bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top to bottom
ore-bulk-oil carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ore-bulk-oil carriers
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: OBO carrier
OBO
glosses: A ship designed to be capable of carrying wet or dry cargoes.
OBO carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OBO carriers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ore-bulk-oil carrier.
synonyms: word: ore-bulk-oil carrier
ore-bulk-oil carriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ore-bulk-oil carrier
OBO carriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OBO carrier
settles accounts with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of settle accounts with
settling accounts with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of settle accounts with
settled accounts with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of settle accounts with
generation Zs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generation Z
settles one's account
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of settle one's account
settling one's account
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of settle one's account
settled one's account
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of settle one's account
peekaboo dress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peekaboo dresses
Senses: topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
coordinate_terms: peekaboo blouse
glosses: A dress that is made partially or completely of fabric that is sheer or transparent and that reveals small portions of skin.
peekaboo blouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peekaboo blouses
Senses: topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
coordinate_terms: peekaboo dress
glosses: A blouse that is made partially or completely of fabric that is sheer or transparent and usually reveals portions of the breasts.
peekaboo blouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peekaboo blouse
peekaboo dresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peekaboo dress
second contact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second contacts
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: first contact
third contact
fourth contact
glosses: The moment, during an eclipse or transit, when the smaller body is entirely inside the larger body, moving further inward, also known as interior ingress.
third contact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third contacts
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: first contact
second contact
fourth contact
glosses: The moment, during an eclipse or transit, when the smaller body is entirely inside the larger body, moving outward, also known as interior egress.
fourth contact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourth contacts
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: first contact
second contact
third contact
glosses: The moment, during an eclipse or transit, when the smaller body is entirely outside the larger body, moving outward, also known as exterior egress.
Nether Exe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England.
Related terms: Up Exe
contact explosive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contact explosives
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: explosives
glosses: A chemical substance that explodes violently when it is exposed to a relatively small amount of energy.
second contacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second contact
third contacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third contact
fourth contacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fourth contact
contact explosives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contact explosive
Netherexe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Nether Exe parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9300).
goatback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From goat + back, modelled on horseback.
Senses: examples: text: ON "GOATBACK" IN WESTERN QUEENSLAND. This photo was sent us by Mr. E. Hill, Rosevale, Wyandra, Queensland
ref: 1917, The Pastoral Review: A Journal and a Record of All Matters Affecting the Pastoral and Agricultural Interests Throughout Australasia, page 125:
text: […] on goatback at the end of Satire V was not meant to recall the equestrian manoeuvres of the lusus Troiae in Book V of the Aeneid. Juvenal may think that Rome has been rotted by long peace, but the glories of battle and conquest hold[…]
ref: 2004 May 27, Juvenal, The Sixteen Satires, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
text: […] on goatback because [they are] unable to afford a horse. The cartoons became slightly more friendly as the century advanced, but it is as well to remember that the nursery rhyme about 'Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief' is first recorded in[…]
ref: 2008 February 24, Prys Morgan, The Tempus History of Wales, The History Press, →ISBN:
text: "[…] on goatback. Waving butcher knives and rakes." "The rebels don't stand a chance."
ref: 2014 September 21, Edward W. Robertson, The Cycle of Arawn: The Complete Trilogy, Edward W. Robertson:
text: ([…] on goatback) will become plain when the additional symbols of Tiphareth are concerned. The cube and the cross of six squares are actually two forms of the same symbol, because a cube unfolded makes a six-square cross.
ref: 2017 March 1, John Michael Greer, Paths of Wisdom: Cabala in the Golden Dawn Tradition, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 168:
text: […] on goatback, and especially the ancient Indian one, in which goats appear as means of transport used by gods” (Gamkrelidze and Ivanov, 1984, Pt 2, pp. 586- 587). The ritual mission of the carrier-goat is reflected in the Bible.[…]
ref: 2017 December 29, Alex A. Gurshtein, The Puzzle of the Western Zodiac: Its Wisdom and Evolutionary Leaps: A Painful Ascent to the Truth, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
glosses: The back of a goat (being ridden, or laden with luggage, as a means of transportation).
bitchy resting face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitchy resting faces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of resting bitch face.
rentrepreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rentrepreneur
retrotranslocators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retrotranslocator
Richard Snaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Richard Snary
ribolocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ribolock
serobanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serobank
Sunda coucals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sunda coucal
Bulsara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bulsaras
form: Balsara
Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati બલસારા (balsārā).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Gujarati.
Longville in the Dale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Rushbury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5393).
adge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adges
Senses: examples: text: and called me by King James, my dread soveraigne’s gratiosness, to this habitation in Ingland, and to this holy ministerie, being then fifty-eight yeares of adge;
ref: 1865, Edward Dunbar Dunbar, editor, Social Life in Former Days, Chiefly in the Province of Moray, Edmonston & Douglas, page 286:
text: The will was as follows: “ I, George Bateman, of the township of Maryposa, County of Victoria, Province of Canada Esq the adge of 56 years, and being in sound mind and memery do Make publich and decare this my will And testement in maner following, […]”
ref: 1871, Alexander Grant, Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Chancery of Upper Canada, volume XVII, Henry Rowsell, page 228:
text: Thou shalt shortlye knowe thou hadst bene better— / I say no more ; though my deserts be hydd / My adge is not, for I neare weare a hatt ;
ref: 1884, Arthur Henry Bullen, A Collection of Old English Plays, Wyman & Sons, The Distracted Emperor, page 170:
text: And I doe also ad unto the same five poundes to be payed : the whol fivten pound unto the sayd Abiel at the adge of one and twentie by my Executor.
ref: 1897, Charles Henry Pope, compiler, The Cheney Genealogy, Charles Henry Pope, page 205:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of age.
adges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adge
Rushbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5191).
bitchy resting faces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitchy resting face
delly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more delly
form: most delly
Etymology: From dell + -y.
Senses: glosses: Having many dells.
sexual dysfunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
medicine
sciences
sexology
sexuality
glosses: A difficulty experienced by an individual or partners during any stage of normal sexual activity.
Derived terms: post-retinoid sexual dysfunction
post-SSRI sexual dysfunction
sex industry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Collectively, the business involved in sexual products or services.
Related terms: sex work
sex worker
Stretton Westwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Much Wenlock parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5998).
usurpious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From usurp + -ious.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of usurpation.
transdenominational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transdenominational
form: most transdenominational
Etymology: From trans- + denominational.
Senses: glosses: Across multiple denominations in a religion
comes back from the dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come back from the dead
coming back from the dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come back from the dead
came back from the dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come back from the dead
knocks dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock dead
knocking dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock dead
knocked dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock dead
kills someone dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kill someone dead
killing someone dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kill someone dead
killed someone dead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kill someone dead
automated driving system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: automated driving systems
Senses: examples: Czech Republic legalizes vehicles with level 3 automation (SAE). Revolution on the roads starts in 2026! ITS
Czech law clearly specifies that when the automated driving system (ADS) is active, the vehicle manufacturer is responsible, not the driver. However, the driver is obliged to take control when the system requests it.
glosses: The hardware and software that can operate a motor vehicle without human intervention.
glosses: A driverless car.