cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
albuminoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of albuminose
arytenoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arytenoid
sodomizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodomizers
Etymology: From sodomize + -er.
Senses: glosses: American standard spelling of sodomiser.
sodomizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sodomizer
buggerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buggerers
Etymology: From bugger + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Schmitt also lists six terms for buggerer
ref: 1997, Stephen O. Murray, Will Roscoe, Islamic homosexualities: culture, history, and literature:
text: The irony for Ibrahim and Sharaf is that all the characters, whether buggerers or buggerees, are always already buggered by globalization and that the physical sexual act that they fear has already happened to them at much deeper levels.
ref: 2008, Joseph A. Massad, Desiring Arabs, page 385:
glosses: One who buggers, usually referring to anal intercourse.
buggerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buggerer
square footage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: square footages
Etymology: From square foot + -age.
Senses: examples: text: Next, to find how many boards you will need, calculate the square footage of each wall, ignoring all openings except the largest, such as archways or picture windows.
ref: 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Area (the measure of an extent of surface), in square feet.
glosses: Area (an extent of surface), especially of real estate.
square footages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of square footage
symptom journal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symptom journals
Senses: topics: health
medicine
sciences
glosses: A means of regularly tracking and recording the symptoms of individuals and their daily health choices in relationship to their health outcomes.
LTM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LTMs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of last twelve months.
examples: text: The distinction between STM and LTM should not be taken for granted. Due to the strong interactions between these distinct processes, they can be confused or lumped together.
ref: 2021, Stephen Grossberg, Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62:
coordinate_terms: MTM
STM
qualifier: cognitive science
glosses: Initialism of long-term memory.
hop, skip, and a jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hop, skip, and jump
Senses: examples: text: It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from the library.
text: 1996, Carl Sagan
I don't know why you're on Mars. Maybe you're there because we recognize we have to carefully move small asteroids around to avert the possibility of one impacting the Earth with catastrophic consequences, and while we're up in near-Earth space, it's only a hop, skip, and a jump to Mars.
synonyms: stone's throw
glosses: A short distance.
dei ex machina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I was a little let down, though, that Arya didn’t get to use her specific skills more (why not have her disguise herself as a White Walker?), but as far as dei ex machina go, it’s hard to argue with the pint-size killer Stark.
ref: 2019 April 29, David Sims, Spencer Kornhaber, and Lenika Cruz, “The Long Night Finally Arrives on Game of Thrones”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 02 May 2019:
glosses: plural of deus ex machina
lacerti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacertus
rekick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rekicks
form: rekicking
form: rekicked
form: rekicked
Etymology: From re- + kick.
Senses: examples: text: The Texans recovered their first onside kick attempt but had to rekick after an illegal formation penalty.
ref: 2007, “Titan Sets Record With Eight Field Goals”, in New York Times:
glosses: To kick for a second time (such as a ball, in sports).
rekick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rekicks
Etymology: From re- + kick.
Senses: examples: text: The rekick ricocheted off an upright, the Broncos eventually won the game and a fad was born.
ref: 2007, Judy Battista, “Icing Kicker: New Tactic Has Drawn Double Take”, in New York Times:
glosses: The action of swinging a foot or leg for a second time (or the flight of an object kicked again).
lardier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lardy: more lardy
prenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prenates
Senses: examples: text: Compositions by such classical composers as Bach, Mozart, Hadyn, Handel, Fasch, and Vivaldi are excellent for the pregnant mom. It has been commonly noted that prenates do not like hard-rock music.
ref: 2000, Carista Luminaire-Rosen, Parenting Begins Before Conception: A Guide to Preparing Body, Mind, and Spirit for You and Your Future Child, Healing Arts Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 220:
glosses: An unborn offspring at any stage of gestation.
Related terms: prenatal
prenote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prenotes
form: prenoting
form: prenoted
form: prenoted
Etymology: From Latin praenotare, equivalent to pre- + note.
Senses: examples: text: All this blind ignorance of that age, thus above prenoted[…]
ref: 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To note or designate beforehand.
prenote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prenotes
Etymology: Blend of pre- + keynote
Senses: glosses: A speech that serves as a warm-up to the keynote of a conference.
predikante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predikant
leku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lek
green fluorescent proteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green fluorescent protein
peptide bonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peptide bond
working titles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of working title
Marson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː.sən/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹ.sən/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sən
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename
A village and commune in Marne department, Grand Est, France.
glosses: A placename
A village in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France.
coreopses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coreopsis
coreopsises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coreopsis
jukus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juku
i.a.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Initialism of inter alia.
tenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenates
form: tanate
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tenate, tanate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tānahtli.
Senses: examples: text: She pretended not to hear him and busied herself opening her tenate—the basket without handles, made of matting—where she carried her clothes.
ref: 1942, Maria Cristina Chambers, The Water-Carrier’s Secrets, Oxford University Press, page 150:
text: “You know how I could be the most beautiful woman in the world?”
“How?”
“With a tenate basket over my head.”
ref: 1994, Sergio Galindo, translated by Carolyn Brushwood and John Brushwood, Otilia’s Body: A Novel, The University of Texas Press, translation of Otilia Rauda:
text: He comes back to pick up the tenate full of tortillas and embarks on his daily journey.
ref: 2016, Mario E. López-Gopar, Decolonizing Primary English Language Teaching, Multilingual Matters:
glosses: A kind of deep cylindrical basket, usually made of woven palm, used in Mexico.
rostis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosti
rostite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal white mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
bradylalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɹeɪdəˈleɪliə/
Etymology: From brady- + -lalia.
Senses: synonyms: bradyphasia
glosses: A form of dysarthria characterized by very slow speech.
bombardos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombardo
kuris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kuri.
paraclade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraclades
Etymology: From para- + clade.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A group of paraphyletic or monophyletic evolutionary lineages
donis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doni
donos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dono
maccarons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maccaron
mace-bearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mace-bearer
ma'ams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ma'am
ma'ams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ma'am
machairas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machaira
machans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machan
macheers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macheer
machine rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machine room
machines of government
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machine of government
legos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lego
machine screws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machine screw
machine-gunners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machine-gunner
machinegunning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of machinegun
machinegunned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of machinegun
mack daddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mack daddy
mackerel sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mackerel shark
fikas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fika
mackinaw coats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mackinaw coat
mackinaw boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mackinaw boat
mackinaw skiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mackinaw skiff
mackinaw trouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mackinaw trout
maclureites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maclureite
macro lenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macro lens
macro expansions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macro expansion
macroanalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroanalysis
macrocrysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrocryst
macrocyclic compounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrocyclic compound
macroelements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroelement
macrofaunae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrofauna
macroglial cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroglial cell
macroinitiators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroinitiator
macroscales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroscale
polar cones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polar cone
macroseisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroseism
mactators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mactator
maculae luteae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macula lutea
nelma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nelmas
Senses: glosses: inconnu, sheefish (Stenodus nelma)
LUCA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːkə/
Forms: form: LUCAs
form: Luca
form: L.U.C.A.
form: L. U. C. A.
Senses: examples: text: Luca is now usually placed deep underground, in a fissure in hot igneous rocks, where she fed on sulphur, iron, hydrogen and carbon.
ref: 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2000, page 19:
text: It was around 2.9 billion years ago that LUCA split into the three domains of life: the single-celled bacteria and archaea, and the more complex eukaryotes that gave rise to animals and plants[…].
ref: 2011 November 26, Michael Marshall, “Our ancestor, the mega-organism”, in New Scientist, page 8:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
taxonomy
synonyms: LUA
coordinate_terms: LCA
UCA
glosses: Initialism of last universal common ancestor; the hypothesised most recent primordial organism that is an ancestor to all organisms now living.
Related terms: LCA
MRCA
progenote
executive committee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: executive committees
Senses: examples: text: The Council is an executive committee composed of representatives from the Asari Republics, the Turian Hierarchy, and the Salarian Union. Though they have no official power over the independent governments of other species, the Council's decisions carry great weight throughout the galaxy. No single Council race is strong enough to defy the other two, and all have a vested interest in compromise and cooperation.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Council Codex entry:
topics: management
glosses: A subcommittee of a board authorized to make some decisions on behalf of the entire board.
topics: government
politics
glosses: the equivalent of the cabinet of ministers for a city government, serving the mayor.
executive committees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of executive committee
alabastrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alabastrine
form: most alabastrine
form: alabasterine
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster.
Made of alabaster.
examples: text: alabastrine limbs
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster.
Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
Synonyms: alabastrian
antimere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimeres
Etymology: From anti- + -mere.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
Derived terms: antimeric
antimerism
thermosensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermosensors
Etymology: From thermo- + sensor.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: thermoreceptor
thermoreceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoreceptors
Etymology: From thermo- + receptor.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A nerve cell that is sensitive to changes in temperature
Hyponyms: english: thermoreceptor sensitive to cold
translation: thermoreceptor sensitive to cold
word: cold receptor
word: warm receptor
english: thermoreceptor sensitive to warmth
translation: thermoreceptor sensitive to warmth
word: warmth receptor
Derived terms: thermoreceptive
reliquaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reliquaires
Etymology: From French reliquaire.
Senses: glosses: reliquary (container)
capsicum spray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capsicum sprays
Senses: glosses: A pepper spray (aerosol mace) made with peppers from the genus Capsicum.
Synonyms: OC gas
OC spray
pepper spray
bust a move
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌst ə ˈmuːv/
rhymes: -uːv
Forms: form: busts a move
form: busting a move
form: busted a move
form: busted a move
form: bust a move
form: bust a move
Etymology: Ellipsis of bust out a move (“break out a move”), in reference to unveiling or demonstrating a move from one's repertoire of dance moves.
The original usage of this phrase is "to dance." The term appeared in the 1986 song “Posse in Effect” by Beastie Boys, in which M.C.A. said “Pay attention, my intention is to bust a move.” It was then popularized in the 1989 single of the same name by rapper Young MC, who tells (in the song) of his several attempts to find (or seduce) a woman in various places and failing to be able to do so because he can't dance; he isn't able to "bust a move."
Senses: examples: text: Damn, see that guy on the dance floor? He can bust a move!
synonyms: cut a rug
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To dance.
examples: text: It's time to go. Let's bust a move.
text: What you looking at me like that for? C'mon man, bust a move if you're feeling froggy.
synonyms: get in gear
hit the road
make a move
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To initiate an action, such as a departure, attack, etc.
yakuzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yakuza (a member of a yakuza)
nitrobarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nitro- + barite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral consisting of barium nitrate.
underworked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underworked
form: most underworked
Etymology: From under- + worked.
Senses: examples: text: The malicious boss thought that all of his employees were underworked.
glosses: Ineffectively or inadequately utilized.
terebic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛˈɹɛbɪk/
ipa: /təˈɹɛbɪk/
ipa: /təˈɹibɪk/
Etymology: From terebinth + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to turpentine, often terebic acid.
festivalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: festivalists
Etymology: From festival + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who frequents or enjoys festivals.
festivalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of festivalist
double magnums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double magnum
po' boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of po' boy
po'boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of po'boy
poachers turned gamekeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poacher turned gamekeeper
pocket flasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket flask
pocket calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket call
pocket calls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pocket call
ass calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ass call
butt calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butt call
pocket knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket knife
pocket handkerchieves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket handkerchief
pocket pairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket pair
pocket trumpets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket trumpet
pocket vetos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket veto
pocket-flasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket-flask
pod people
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pod person
poddier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of poddy: more poddy
poddiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of poddy: most poddy
poddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poddy
poets laureate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poet laureate
poeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poes
poignances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poignance
poikilocarynoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poikilocarynosis
point bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point bar
point functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point function
point groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point group
points in time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point in time
points of articulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point of articulation
points of inflection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point of inflection
points of interest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point of interest
points of no return
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point of no return
points of pride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point of pride
points of purchase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point of purchase
points of sail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point of sail
point-in-lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point-in-line
pointillés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pointillé
pointings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pointing
pointing-trowels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pointing-trowel
points classifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of points classification
poison dart frogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poison dart frog
poison sumacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poison sumac
poivoits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poivoit
sparko
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He will scream the house down during the day when I put him down to sleep. This lasts an absolute maximum of five minutes before he is fast asleep, totally sparko.
ref: 2011, Deborah Harrow, A Mummy's New World, AuthorHouse, page 147:
text: It's the hardest punch I've ever seen or heard. This guy was sparko, covered in blood, and as we found out afterwards, his jaw was shattered, not to mention the glass damage, and it caused a few rows between the rival team's supporters.
ref: 2012, Thomas Appleby, Life in the Harsh Lane: The Nine Lives, Mishaps, and Adventures of a No-Body, Xlibris, page 29:
text: My name was put forward as the driver even though I was sparko in hospital.
ref: 2013, Carole McEntee-Taylor, A Battle Too Far: The True Story of Rifleman Henry Taylor, Pen & Sword Military, page 123:
glosses: Contraction of spark out.
consumer good
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consumer goods
Senses: examples: text: fast-moving consumer goods
text: At a shopping mall, one can purchase all kinds of consumer goods.
text: The basket of consumer goods in the United States Consumer Price Index has changed little this year.
text: This is a result of a switch from High Street to online retailing, requiring consumer goods to be delivered to the door from large-scale distribution parks that have sufficient traffic to justify a rail terminal.
ref: 2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:
topics: business
marketing
synonyms: consumption goods
coordinate_terms: capital goods
glosses: Goods that are meant to be sold to consumers or end-users.
nott
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: more nott
form: most nott
form: not
Etymology: From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.
Senses: glosses: Bald.
examples: text: For these and other reasons farmers who occupy good land in the vale with their hill farms are getting tired of the horned sheep, and use their hill farms only as summering-ground for nott sheep and bullocks.
ref: 1850, “On the Farming of Somerset”, in Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, volume XI, page 679:
text: Do ye know that riddle about the nott cows, Jonathan? Why do nott cows give less milk in a year than horned?
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles:
glosses: Of an animal: having no horns; polled.
nott
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: notts
form: notting
form: notted
form: notted
form: not
Etymology: From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: he caused his owne head to bee poiled, and from thencefoorthe his bearde to bee notted, and no more shaven.
ref: 1575, John Stow, Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles:
glosses: To shear.
consumer goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consumer good
Chinese snooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese snookers
Senses: examples: text: His white came back down the table in the orthodox fashion and rested up against the green ball in a Chinese snooker.
ref: 1991, Michael Curtin, The plastic tomato cutter:
text: ...in snooker a 'Chinese snooker' is the action of leaving the cue-ball, not behind a coloured ball as with a normal snooker, but in front of one and almost touching it...
ref: 1998, Pamela Siew Im Ong, One man's will: a portrait of Dato' Sir Onn bin Ja'afar:
text: Now, happy bridging over a chinese snooker.
ref: 2003, Tjander Nathoeni, “touching ball clarification (snooker)”, in rec.sport.billiard (Usenet):
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: A reverse snooker position where the cue ball is in front of, rather than behind, a ball that is not on, making the shot very difficult because the bridge is hampered and the cueing angle is unnaturally high.
lidding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lid
lidding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liddings
Senses: examples: text: Changes and improvements in liddings and adhesives have also contributed to the industry's growth because new packages, especially those made for the microwave, use easy-to-open peel-off lids, and without those liddings such packages would not be possible.
ref: 1990, I. Sam Saguy, Ernst Graf, Food Product Development: From Concept to the Marketplace:
glosses: The materials used to cover and close a container.
clear out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clears out
form: clearing out
form: cleared out
form: cleared out
Senses: examples: text: We had to clear out the attic so the guest could sleep there.
text: Clear out your e-mail inbox to make more space.
coordinate_terms: clean out
clear off
glosses: To completely empty.
examples: text: Kelly disappeared last night, and she cleared me out.
glosses: To rob or steal from (someone).
examples: text: I don't have any money, Betty cleared me out.
synonyms: clean out
coordinate_terms: wipe out
glosses: To be victorious in gambling against (someone); to financially ruin (someone).
examples: text: The police cleared the crowd out of the street to investigate the accident.
text: We need to get the trees cleared out the way before anything can drive down this path.
coordinate_terms: clean out
clean up
mop up
glosses: to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly.
examples: text: They cleared out as soon as the cops arrived.
synonyms: cheese it
hypernyms: get out
coordinate_terms: run away
glosses: To leave quickly.
examples: text: The town is packed in the summer, but clears out in the winter.
synonyms: empty out
glosses: To become empty.
Derived terms: word: clear-out
word: clearout
clear-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clear-outs
form: clearout
Etymology: Deverbal from clear out.
Senses: examples: text: We should give the garage a clear-out to make space for the new car.
text: DB Cargo has begun its clear-out of its Class 90 electric locomotive fleet in a fresh attempt to sell 12 examples, some of which have been out of use for almost 20 years.
ref: 2023 October 4, “Network News: DBC launches fresh bid to sell redundant Class 90s”, in RAIL, number 993, page 10:
coordinate_terms: cleanout
clearance
glosses: The act of emptying a room or space.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A semicircular sweep with the ball grasped firmly in both hands.
examples: text: Dave Kearney was straight over the ball in a jackal, and Mul made a brilliant clear-out.
ref: 2016, Gerry Thornley, Front Up, Rise Up: The Official Story of Connacht Rugby:
text: Leading British rugby correspondent Brendan Gallagher, writing in The Rugby Paper on 31 December 2017, produced a withering indictment of the practice, saying: “Sort out the thuggery at clear-out time, start reffing it properly. The clear out doesn't exist in law and certainly shouldn't be used as an excuse for players who are not bound to launch themselves off their feet like an Exocet and take out-injure-maim players who are behind the ball and legally bound on. Or sometimes just trying to reach the ruck."
ref: 2021, Ross Reyburn, Saving Rugby Union:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: The act of removing opponents from a ruck or scrum in order to secure possession of the ball.
Irishism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irishisms
Etymology: From Irish + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: And in the same short poem, we have these additional Irishisms in the rhymes : "But let me now awhile survey, Our madam o'er her ev'ning tea." "Hypocrisy with frown severe, Scurrility with gibing air."
ref: 1855, The Living Age, page 223:
text: Indeed, Beckett has always welcomed suggestions for Americanization of the Anglicisms and Irishisms in his plays; for instance, his and Asmus' replacement of "Macon" and "Cackon country" with "Napa" and "Crappa Valley" in the 1978 Godot ...
ref: 1991, Jonathan Kalb, Beckett in Performance, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 89:
glosses: A word, phrase, idiom, or expression chiefly used in Irish English.
examples: text: This fact, like so many others, is accounted For in part by Irishisms in southern Scottish Gaelic, in part by the strong Scottish influence on northern Irish. The most significant trait in the nominal inflexion is the plural termination —(c)an, which ...
ref: 1942, N.M. Holmer, The Irish Language in Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim, Рипол Классик, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: A word, phrase, or idiom of Irish Gaelic (especially as borrowed into another language).
sculptured painting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sculptured paintings
Senses: examples: text: A sculptured painting in the grand temple of Karnak furnishes the explanation; wherein they appear filled by great trees or masts, their elevation inferring they were spliced as our present masts.
ref: 1824, Edward Upham, Rameses: an Egyptian tale, with historical notes of the era of the pharaohs, page 315:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A painting in which materials are used to add relief in a third dimension.
jab artist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jab artists
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A boxer who fights with short jab-like punches.
jab jab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jab jabs
form: jab-jab
form: Jab Jab
Etymology: From a patois variety, originally from French diable (“devil”).
Senses: glosses: A person dressed up as a devil-like character, in Caribbean carnivals, who carries a whip used for hitting other devils.
glosses: The devil as represented in a costume
jack around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jacks around
form: jacking around
form: jacked around
form: jacked around
Senses: glosses: To misbehave, fool around.
glosses: To dawdle; to waste time.
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derives from its tendency to close its flowers around midday on sunny days.
Senses: synonyms: John-go-to-bed-at-noon
meadow salsify
showy goatsbeard
glosses: A biannual plant distributed across Europe and North America (Tragopogon pratensis).
jet fighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jet fighters
Senses: synonyms: word: fighter jet
word: blowtorch
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: fast mover
word: firecan
glosses: A fighter aircraft with one or more jet engines.
jazzfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazzfests
Etymology: From jazz + -fest.
Senses: glosses: A festival of jazz music.
island-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: island-hops
form: island-hopping
form: island-hopped
form: island-hopped
Senses: glosses: To travel from island to island in a certain area, especially as a tourist to visit numerous islands.
I-spy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of I spy.
thermosensors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermosensor
thermosensory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛnsəɹi
Etymology: From thermo- + sensory.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to thermosensation.
Izzie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Izzies
Etymology: From the /ɪz-/ root of the names + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Izzy (diminutive of female and male given names)
Italian sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian sandwiches
Etymology: The sandwich was invented in Portland, Maine, in 1903 by Giovanni Amato, an Italian baker.
Senses: glosses: A type of submarine sandwich consisting of French bread sliced lengthwise, filled with salami or ham with cheese and onion.
Synonyms: Italian
Italian sub
Italian sub sandwich
Italian submarine sandwich
Hypernyms: submarine sandwich
salsifies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salsify
izinyanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inyanga
ecliptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ecliptic + -al.
Senses: synonyms: ecliptic#Adjective
glosses: Of or pertaining to an eclipse.
synonyms: ecliptic#Adjective
glosses: Of or pertaining to an ecliptic.
Derived terms: ecliptically
inyanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inyangas
form: izinyanga
Etymology: From Zulu inyanga.
Senses: glosses: In Zulu communities, a traditional doctor or healer
jazzfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jazzfest
jewelfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jewelfishes
form: jewelfish
form: jewel fish
Etymology: From jewel + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any fish in the genus Hemichromis, native to Africa.
jab artists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jab artist
jingbang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jingbangs
form: jing-bang
Senses: examples: text: It made my heart bleed; but the men had a great respect for the chief mate, who was, as they said, "the only seaman of the whole jing-bang, and none such a bad man when he was sober."
ref: 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Go to Sea in the Brig Covenant of Dysart”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC, page 61:
text: Bloom was pointing out all the stars and the comets in the heavens to Chris Callinan and the jarvey: the great bear and Hercules and the dragon, and the whole jingbang lot.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: The Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 225:
text: And he called them Bloody Scotch savages, and was in an awful rage and at the term-time he had them sacked, the whole jing-bang of them, so sore affronted he had been.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, “Sunset Song”, in A Scots Quair, Polygon, published 2006, page 16:
glosses: A thing, a lot, a shebang.
jewelfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jewelfish
job-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: job-hops
form: job-hopping
form: job-hopped
form: job-hopped
Senses: glosses: To have numerous jobs in a short period of time.
floppy baby syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of floppy infant syndrome
synonyms: word: floppy infant syndrome
nonaquarium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹiəm
Etymology: From non- + aquarium.
Senses: examples: nonaquarium fish
glosses: Not of or pertaining to an aquarium.
floppy infant syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: floppy baby syndrome
glosses: Hypotonia.
nongeminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + geminal.
Senses: glosses: Not geminal.
nongeminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + geminated.
Senses: glosses: Not geminated.
flying frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying frogs
Senses: glosses: Any type of frog with the ability to glide
Derived terms: Wallace's flying frog
flying mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying mice
Etymology: Compare Russian лету́чая мышь (letúčaja myšʹ, “flying mouse”).
Senses: glosses: Any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the ability to glide.
examples: text: The system I quoted […] was a full system: 486 PC 8megRAM 140HD, 2 DVI boards, 1 Ascension Bird flying mouse (6D mouse with 3 buttons, used for navigation and interaction), 1 VirtualResearch Headmounted display, 1 Logitech Sonic 6D tracker for headmount, Sense8 software and environment.
ref: 1992, Maurice Sharp, “INDUSTRY: VPL's MicroCosm - Clarification from VPL”, in sci.virtual-worlds (Usenet):
text: My hope is that the system would be as friendly as possible. So, i like ^([sic]) to know how to start looking into possible I/O devices. i.e. flying mouse, voice activated programs, video capture card?...
ref: 1993, ala...@cerritos.edu, “Help! PC System Configuration”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware (Usenet):
text: Oh, and those wacky nonstandard mice — including the infamous 3D flying mouse — they need their own software to do their tricks.
ref: 2008, Dan Gookin, Troubleshooting Your PC For Dummies, page 165:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An input device like a mouse that can be lifted from a surface and moved in three dimensions.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Idiurus macrotis
word: long-eared flying mouse
front desk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front desks
Senses: glosses: The reception of an office, hotel, or the like.
rarify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rarifies
form: rarifying
form: rarified
form: rarified
Etymology: From rare + -ify, or misspelling of rarefy (see usage notes).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rarefy.
rarifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rarify
rarifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rarify
mistifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistify
mistifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistify
mistified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mistify
noncopular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + copular.
Senses: glosses: Not copular.
noncalculable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + calculable.
Senses: glosses: Not calculable; that cannot be calculated.
Synonyms: incalculable
noncomputed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + computed.
Senses: glosses: Not computed.
nonbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bound.
Senses: glosses: Not bound.
nonbounded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bounded.
Senses: glosses: Not bounded; unbounded.
natatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /nəˈteɪ.tə.ɹi/
Etymology: From Latin natare.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to, swimming
Related terms: natant
natation
natator
natatorial
natatorium
natator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natators
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin natator.
Senses: glosses: swimmer
Related terms: natation
natatorial
natatory
natant
natatorium
chinese snooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chinese snookers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chinese snooker.
canalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canalisation
recanalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recanalises
form: recanalising
form: recanalised
form: recanalised
form: recanalize
Etymology: From re- + canalise.
Senses: glosses: to canalise again
Derived terms: recanalisation
recanalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recanalise
recanalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recanalise
recanalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recanalise
recanalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recanalizes
form: recanalizing
form: recanalized
form: recanalized
Etymology: From re- + canalize.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of recanalise.
Derived terms: recanalization
recanalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recanalize
recanalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recanalize
recanalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recanalize
mastigures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastigure
chemobrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo + brain.
Senses: glosses: Cognitive impairment resulting from chemotherapy.
Synonyms: chemofog
natators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of natator
overdesign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overdesigns
form: overdesigning
form: overdesigned
form: overdesigned
Etymology: From over- + design.
Senses: glosses: To design too specifically or to too great an extent, as by including unnecessary features.
overdesign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + design.
Senses: glosses: Designing too specifically or to too great an extent.
Related terms: overengineer
overdesigns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overdesign
overdesigning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overdesign
zooty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zooty
form: most zooty
Etymology: From zoot + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Only the silver dollar hawkers have kept up their professional spirits. They hang around street corners, clinking gleaming stacks of coins, their orthodox blue Chinese gowns topped by broad-brimmed brown fedoras that give them, from the neck up, that zooty air usually associated with Broadway characters in Li’l Abner.
ref: 1949 April 18, Dwight Martin, “City of Defeat”, in Time, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2013:
text: 1988 Martin A. Janis, The Joys of Aging, Dallas: Word Publishing, p. 122,
A man of 75 may be feeling pretty frisky. Frisky enough that he starts chasing the girls of 25. He divorces his wife, buys a set of “zooty threads” as he calls them, and a zippy convertible, and has himself a big time in Las Vegas.
text: I could see he’d become pretty zooty, little Allie. His clothes were Italian and immaculate, daring and colourful without being vulgar, and all expensive and just right: the zips fitted, the seams were straight, and the socks were perfect—you can always tell a quality dresser by the socks.
ref: 1990, Hanif Kureishi, chapter 18, in The Buddha of Suburbia, London; Boston: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, part two, page 267:
text: 2002, Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex, New York: Picador, Book One, “The Silver Spoon,” p. 13,
From the tender age of twelve, my mother had been unable to start her day without the aid of at least two cups of immoderately strong, tar-black, unsweetened coffee, a taste for which she had picked up from the tugboat captains and zooty bachelors who filled the boardinghouse where she had grown up.
glosses: Stylish, flashy, snappy.
nonsalesman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsalesmen
Etymology: From non- + salesman.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a salesman.
nonsalesmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsalesman
grey wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grey wolf
nonelliptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + elliptical.
Senses: examples: a nonelliptical curve
a nonelliptical utterance
glosses: Not elliptical.
nonovoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ovoid.
Senses: glosses: Not ovoid.
nongreenhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + greenhouse.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to greenhouse gases.
cybercapitalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + capitalism.
Senses: glosses: Capitalism with regard to the Internet or cyberspace, seeking to raise funds by these means.
Related terms: cybercapital
cybercapitalist
crystallographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crystallography + -ical.
Senses: glosses: crystallographic
Millerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Millerian
form: most Millerian
Etymology: From Miller + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to William Hallowes Miller (1801-1880), British mineralogist, or his works, especially on crystallography.
glosses: Of or pertaining to J. Hillis Miller (1928–2021), American deconstructionist literary critic.
noncompetent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + competent.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of incompetent.
synonyms: word: incompetent
nonblurred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + blurred.
Senses: glosses: Not blurred.
nontransitory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + transitory.
Senses: glosses: Not transitory.
nontransient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + transient.
Senses: glosses: Not transient.
nonchronically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonchronic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a nonchronic manner.
nonchronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chronic.
Senses: glosses: Not chronic.
Derived terms: nonchronically
nontextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + textual.
Senses: glosses: Not textual.
Derived terms: nontextually
nongraphical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + graphical.
Senses: glosses: Not graphical.
noniconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + iconic.
Senses: glosses: Not iconic.
nonhypertextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hypertextual.
Senses: glosses: Not hypertextual.
nonstereotypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + stereotypical.
Senses: glosses: Not stereotypical.
nonblurring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + blurring.
Senses: glosses: That does not blur or cause blurring.
nonhidden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hidden.
Senses: glosses: Not hidden.