cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wet play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wet plays
Senses: examples: text: You should stay in since it's wet play.
text: It was a rainy day, so at breaktime, we had to stay in for wet play.
ref: 2017, Jennifer Killick, Alex Sparrow and the Really Big Stink, Firefly Press:
text: Wet Play poses challenges to the school day. We know that children are happier and more focused on learning if they have time to run around and play outside. Unfortunately, sometimes (and quite often recently) the weather doesn’t allow this. At these times we have ‘Wet Play’.
ref: 2022, “Wet Play | Willow Lane Primary School”, in Willow Lane Community Primary School, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2022:
topics: education
glosses: Structured play activities for young schoolchildren during inclement weather.
examples: text: In the Delaware there is lots of water, especially brackish and produced. It’s a wet play, but there is very little water infrastructure.
ref: 2018, Gregory Morris, quoting Josh Adler, “Three Pipes in a Ditch”, in Sourcewater:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A natural gas formation containing wet gas, meaning it has sizable amounts of liquid alkanes.
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Sexual activity involving liquids; either urolagnia or sploshing (wet and messy fetishism).
arc-fault circuit interrupter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arc-fault circuit interrupters
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A type of circuit breaker that detects signs of potentially-dangerous arcing on downstream wiring and shuts off power to the affected branch circuit to reduce the risk of a fire.
Synonyms: AFCI
Hypernyms: circuit breaker
Coordinate terms: ground-fault circuit interrupter
arc-fault circuit interrupters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc-fault circuit interrupter
changes the channel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of change the channel
changing the channel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of change the channel
changed the channel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of change the channel
blows out of the water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blow out of the water
blowing out of the water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blow out of the water
blew out of the water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of blow out of the water
blown out of the water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of blow out of the water
approvedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of approve
testeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of test
alligatorweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alligatorweeds
Etymology: alligator + weed
Senses: glosses: The plant Alternanthera philoxeroides
alligator weed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of alligatorweed.
beeweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Rocky Mountain beeplant
Rocky Mountain beeweed
stinking clover
bee spider-flower
skunk weed
Navajo spinach
glosses: Cleomella serrulata (syn. Cleome serrulata)
benweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: ragwort
smegplant
stinking willie
St. James' wort
stinking nanny
stinking ninny
stinking willy
staggerwort
dog standard
cankerwort
stammerwort
tansy ragwort
tansy
glosses: Common ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea).
blackweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia.)
Synonyms: annual ragweed
low ragweed
yellowdicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Helenium amarum
Synonyms: yellow sneezeweed
fiveleaf sneezeweed
bitter sneezeweed
spar torpedoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spar torpedo
spar torpedos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spar torpedo
flower-of-an-hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowers-of-an-hour
Senses: glosses: The plant Hibiscus trionum
Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Johnny-jump-up
glosses: The plant Viola tricolor.
Riesbeck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Riesbecks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
SIRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SIR
SIUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SIU
SLDMBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SLDMB
SLMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SLM
SLOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SLO
SLUFFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SLUFF
smFRETs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smFRET
SMMCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SMMC
Priggione
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Priggiones
Senses: glosses: A surname.
World of Warcrafters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of World of Warcrafter
sMMOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sMMO
SOCOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SOCO
SOGIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SOGI
SORNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SORN
runecast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runecasts
Etymology: From rune + cast.
Senses: examples: text: Like an astrological chart, a runecast is a map of something that is likely to happen given your orientation in the world at the time of the inquiry. It is not an absolute. There is no reason why you should resign yourself to disaster every time your runecast indicates a problem.
ref: 1989, Lisa Peschel, A Practical Guide to the Runes: Their Uses in Divination and Magic, St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, page 9:
glosses: An instance of runecasting.
runecasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runecast
SpAds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SpAd
SPNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SPN
SPSTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SPST
srcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of src
STEMIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of STEMI
STEMinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of STEMinist
StMBHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of StMBH
svrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of svr
SVCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SVC
subsps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsp
diving cylinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diving cylinders
Senses: synonyms: scuba tank
diving tank
glosses: An oxygen tank used in scuba diving
diving cylinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diving cylinder
runecaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runecasters
Etymology: From rune + caster.
Senses: examples: text: From the numinous fire of fehu Frigg and Freyja receive their gifts as seeresses. From this common source runecasters derive their ability to "read the runes aright" in divinatory work.
ref: 1989, Edred Thorsson, Runelore: A Handbook of Esoteric Runology, York Beach, Me.: S. Weiser, page 115:
glosses: A person who uses runes for divinatory or esoteric purposes; one who practises runecasting.
runecasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runecaster
SWBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SWB
swbds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swbd
T&Gs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of T&G
T4s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of T4
TCIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TCI
TCONs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TCON
TCUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TCU
Dobbses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dobbs
TDMAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TDMA
TDRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TDR
TEFLers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TEFLer
TEEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TEE
African jacanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of African jacana
rat's nests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rat's nest
Settler of Catan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Settlers of Catan
Senses: examples: text: But you just have to ask the 2011 Eagles (helmed at the time by new Kansas City Head Coach Andy Reid) or any seasoned Settler of Catan to learn that past performance is not indicative of future returns.
ref: 2013 March 15, Tom Shaw, “Shaw ’13: Fear the bird, free agency musings”, in The Brown Daily Herald, volume CXLVIII, number 36, page 12:
text: World of Warcrafters, LARPers, Settlers of Catan? Weird. Beliebers, Swifties, Directioners? Weirder. Paleos, vegans, carb loaders, ovolactovegetarians? Definitely weird. Face it. We’re all weird. So why are companies still trying to build products for the masses? Why are we still acting like the masses even exist? Weird is the new normal. And only companies that figure that out have any chance of survival. In this book, Seth Godin shows you how.
ref: 2015, Seth Godin, We Are All Weird: The Rise of Tribes and the End of Normal, Portfolio Penguin, →ISBN, back cover:
text: “Cecily, I see you’ve brought us a new Settler of Catan!” says Nick in an affected English-narrator voice. Cecily replies in kind. “Indeed I have, good sir.” As I sit down in a wooden chair beside Cecily, I hear the rattle of game pieces inside a cardboard box.
ref: 2017, Josh Sundquist, Love and First Sight, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:
text: Have you aspired (at a distance) to be a Settler of Catan? Sometimes the most rewarding pastimes have a higher barrier to entry than your typical board game.
ref: 2019, Jessica Misener, JOMO: Celebrate the Joy of Missing Out!, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 51:
text: The @RealKenBehrens Twitter handle, which is fast gaining traction, describes themselves as a typical Canberra resident: "APS 6, dressed by Kathmandu, certified Settler of Catan, Brodburger eating, gin drinker, resident of Camp Baron, Subaru driver".
ref: 2021 August 16, Alex Crowe, “Ken Behrens fast becomes the hero Canberra needs as ACT heads into day 4 of Covid lockdown”, in The Canberra Times, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2021:
glosses: A player of the multiplayer board game The Settlers of Catan.
Settlers of Catan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Settler of Catan
D&Der
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D&Ders
Etymology: From D&D + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Being geeky has always been about making and doing things. That’s nothing new—kids who went to Space Camp constructed and launched their own model rockets, and D&Ders painstakingly hand-drew maps, or painted their own pewter figures.
ref: 2011, Susan Beal, “Introduction”, in World of Geekcraft: Step-by-Step Instructions for 25 Super-Cool Craft Projects, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 6:
text: René, an aficionado himself, never missed an opportunity to find fellow D&Ders.
ref: 2018, Cara Black, Murder on the Left Bank, Soho Crime, →ISBN, page 17:
text: Regardless of how you do or don’t play games—whether you are an MMORPGer, a console gamer, a D&D'''er, a Settlers of Catan enthusiast, or someone who has never gamed before but who is perhaps curious about gaming or instructional design—I hope that in reading this book you will find a lens that will be useful to you in your own life, whether for teaching, writing, learnining, training, game development, or simply the enjoyment of games.
ref: 2018, Carly Finseth, Teach Like a Gamer: Adapting the Instructional Design of Digital Role-Playing Games (Studies in Gaming), Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: A player of the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
Synonyms: Dungeons & Dragoner
D&Ders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of D&Der
get rekt
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicating offensiveness to one another.
pullicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin pullus + -icide.
Senses: examples: text: Verily, I put myself in mind of Gay's sick fox, who, after preaching to his young kin against pullicide, cries, […] A chicken, too, might do me good.
ref: 1866, Horace Walpole, “1338. To Sir Horace Mann”, in Peter Cunningham, editor, The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford, volume 5, London: Henry G. Bohn, page 282:
text: […] was also given to "gallicide," "pullicide," and every kind of 'cide, and a good deal of Warre's correspondence is full of apologies for the misdeeds of both dogs.
ref: 1922, Charles Robert Leslie FLetcher, Edmond Warre, D.D., C.B., C.V.O., Sometime Headmaster and Provost of Eton College, J. Murray, page 223:
text: In one of the more broadly comic touches, for example, Cicero illustrates the Stoic claim that all crimes are equal by equating parricide with untimely pullicide: "And the man who strangles a poultry-cock when it is not necessary does no less wrong than the man who strangles his father"
ref: 2011, David C. Urban, “The Use of Exempla from Cicero to Pliny the Younger”, in Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations, University of Pennsylvania, page 125:
glosses: The killing of a chicken.
Synonyms: gallicide
Warcrafters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Warcrafter
combat air patrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combat air patrols
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A patrolling force of fighter aircraft tasked with covering and screening a friendly asset (such as an aircraft carrier or a flight of bombers) in order to defend it from incoming hostile aircraft.
Synonyms: CAP
combat air patrols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of combat air patrol
air denial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A situation in aerial warfare wherein one's air force is significantly outmatched in the air by an enemy air force, but is nevertheless able to contest control of the air and prevent the enemy from achieving air supremacy.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A situation in aerial warfare wherein one's air force is significantly outmatched in the air by an enemy air force, but is nevertheless able to contest control of the air and prevent the enemy from achieving air supremacy.
The strategies used by the weaker air force in this situation.
Coordinate terms: air parity
air superiority
air supremacy
Related terms: airpower
fat shame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fat shames
form: fat shaming
form: fat shamed
form: fat shamed
Senses: examples: text: The coverage of Ms. Doherty was reflective of a time “when publications would attack, would fat shame, would ugly shame, would anorexia shame,” said Stephen Galloway, the dean of the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., and a former executive editor of The Hollywood Reporter.
ref: 2021 October 9, Maria Cramer, quoting Stephen Galloway, “In Candid Photos, Shannen Doherty Shows the Ravages of Breast Cancer”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fat-shame.
twig rune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twig runes
Senses: examples: text: Twig-runes occur on both Old-Northern and Scandinavian-runic monuments.
ref: 1867, George Stephens, The Old-Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, volume I, London: John Russell Smith, page 84:
glosses: A type of cryptographic runic letter resembling twigs on a tree stem; the total of branches on one side denote a division of the futhark (runic alphabet), while the total of branches on the other side denote the position of the rune within the division.
twig runes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twig rune
13375p34k
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I have full intentions of spending the rest of my life with this man, and, as an atheist, I have not God or some divine spirit to thank for it, but the Internet. In 13375p34k, that's a great big "R16|-|730U$".
ref: 2006, Carmi Turchik, “Love in the Time of John Stossel”, in Steve Monas, editor, Chemistry and Numbers, volume 2, Fast Agency, →ISBN, page 224:
text: Use correct English (or the appropriate language for non-English channels). Txtspk and 13375p34k (modern variants of the English language used for mobile and online communications) are obnoxious to some and completely incomprehensible to others.
ref: 2011, Ben Melançon, Susan Stewart, chapter 9, in The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7, Apress, →ISBN, page 200:
glosses: Alternative form of leetspeak.
task manager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: task managers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A system monitor program used to provide information about the processes and applications running on a computer, as well as the general status of the computer.
wikipedia: KDE System Guard
remote work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of telework.
synonyms: word: telework
Related terms: hybrid working
remote worker
teleworker
task managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of task manager
time is ticking
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of clock is ticking.
synonyms: word: clock is ticking
Coopers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cooper
Karatzidises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Karatzidis
Hardstaff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
flowers-of-an-hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flower-of-an-hour
clubstarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clubstart
piston valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piston valve.
Rilke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪlkə/
note: Standard New High German
ipa: [ˈʁɪlkə]
Senses: glosses: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), Austrian poet and novelist.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Rilkeana
Rilkean
Rilkeana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɪl.keɪˈɑːnə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From Rilke + -ana.
Senses: examples: text: In the first decades of the 20th century, the famous German poet Rainer Maria Rilke spent extended periods in Ronda, where he kept a permanent room at the Hotel Reina Victoria (built in 1906). His room remains to this day as he left it: a mini-museum of Rilkeana.
ref: 2018 January 9, La Cazalla de Ronda, Tajo del Abanico, Ronda, Malaga, “Things to Do in Ronda”, in Ronda: An Inspiration for Writers and Artists, and La Cazalla: The Perfect Writer’s Retreat:
glosses: Belongings, manuscripts, and other items reminding of the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
examples: text: 'Rilkeana: variações elegíacas' ('Rilkeana: Elegiac Variations') is a 1999 collection of poems by w:Ana Hatherly first published in Lisbon by w:pt:Assírio & Alvim.
glosses: Poetry composed in a manner reminiscent of Rainer Maria Rilke, or else dealing with themes similar to those of Rilke's poetry.
blast pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blast pipes
Senses: examples: text: [W]ith this arrangement the cylinders are cast separately from the saddle, and bolted to the frames on each side with a fabricated stiffener between the frames. This stiffener is carried up to form the saddle for the smokebox, and within it is fitted the exhaust pipes from the cylinders to the blast pipe.
ref: 1944 November–December, “Modified G.W.R. ‘Hall’ Class Locomotives”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 350:
glosses: Alternative form of blastpipe.
blast pipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blast pipe.
1337speak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leetspeak.
burnishest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of burnish
Karnofsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Karnofskys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Prigione
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Prigiones
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Prigione.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
CNNers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CNNer
refittable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From refit + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be refitted.
asuang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asuangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aswang.
asuangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asuang
deproblematizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deproblematize
deproblematizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deproblematize
deproblematized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deproblematize
deproblematization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of deproblematizing.
reproblematization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of reproblematizing.
prefit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prefits
form: prefitting
form: prefitted
form: prefitted
form: prefit
form: prefit
Etymology: From pre- + fit.
Senses: examples: text: Be sure to prefit all polished and deburred shift rails in the case.
ref: 2010, Paul Cangialosi, How to Rebuild and Modify High-Performance Manual Transmissions, page 115:
glosses: To fit in advance.
prefitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prefit
prefits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prefit
prefitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prefit
codeball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Code + ball, named after Chicago doctor William Edward Code, who invented the game in 1929.
Senses: glosses: A sport, combining elements of golf and football, in which a rubber ball is repeatedly kicked from a marked area until it is successfully sunk into a bowl.
Related terms: footgolf
codefest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codefests
Etymology: From code + -fest.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hackathon.
synonyms: word: hackathon
codefests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codefest
milus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milu
Milü
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An approximation of pi: 355/113.
burr in one's saddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burrs in one's saddle
form: burr under one's saddle
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bee in one's bonnet.
synonyms: word: bee in one's bonnet
breathtakingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From breathtaking + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being breathtaking.
Okazakis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Okazaki
datathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: datathons
Etymology: From data + -thon.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A kind of hackathon focusing on the use of large data sets.
datathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of datathon
turgitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From turgite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the mineral turgite.
turgite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turgites
Senses: examples: text: The Bakal' deposit is a relatively rare type of iron deposit; the ores are siderites, grading in the oxidized zone into brown ironstones and turgites.
ref: 1969, Geophysical Abstracts, numbers 268-271, page 679:
text: The fibrous mineral turgite is variable in composition, and considerable evidence is given that it probably represents solid solutions of goethite with hematite with enclosed and capillary water.
ref: 1937, Charles Freeman Jackson, Eugene Delos Gardner, Stoping Methods and Cost, number 391, page 50:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: esmeraldite
hydrohematite
lepidocrocite
glosses: A ferric hydrate, 2Fe₂O₃H₂O, closely related to hematite and limonite.
Derived terms: turgitic
turgites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turgite
jungli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junglis
Senses: examples: text: You are a jungli. We ought to send you to England to be civilized.
ref: 1964, Cecilie Leslie, The Rope Bridge, page 28:
text: [T]he legendary Adivasi leader Jaipal Singh Munda who came to represent the tribals not just of his native plateau, but also of all of India, said,
As a jungli, as an Adibasi, I am not expected to understand the legal intricacies of the Resolution.
ref: 2018, Vaijayanta Anand, Geeta Balakrishnan, Purnima George, Community Practices in India: Lessons from the Grassroots, page 66:
glosses: An inhabitant of the jungle or wild forest.
junglis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jungli
jungle cock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jungle cocks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of junglefowl.
synonyms: word: junglefowl
jungle cocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jungle cock
Pennerley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small settlement in Worthen with Shelve parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3598).
hoggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of hoggy: most hoggy
hoggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of hoggy: more hoggy
keffel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keffels
Etymology: From Welsh ceffyl.
Senses: examples: text: A short stop, but no refreshment. Such baits are frequently given by the natives of the principality to their keffels, or horses, particularly after climbing a hill.
ref: 1824, Thomas Fielding, Select Proverbs of All Nations, page 132:
text: Two keffels had been bespoke of our host, but as no time was to be lost in catching 'em, we mounted four men on two horses and once more traversed the rocky boggy plain to the hill-foot, just at which we met the keffels descending from the mountains.
ref: 1845, Thomas Forster, Philosophia Musarum, page 164:
glosses: A horse.
keffels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keffel
klondyking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of klondyke
klondyked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of klondyke
klondiking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of klondike
klondiked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of klondike
Kebar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mpur (“a language of New Guinea”).
synonyms: word: Mpur
extra: a language of New Guinea
Mpur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Amberbaken
Dekwambre
Ekware
Kebar
glosses: A language isolate spoken in and around Mpur and Amberbaken Districts in Tambrauw Regency of the Bird's Head Peninsula, New Guinea.
Mpumalangan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mpumalangan
form: most Mpumalangan
Etymology: From Mpumalanga + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Mpumalanga.
picture desks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picture desk
subfissile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + fissile.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Nearly or somewhat fissile.
Finnraccoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Finnraccoon
Finn raccoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Finn raccoon
Finndians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Finndian
finnan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finnans
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of finnan haddie (“cold-smoked haddock”).
finnans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finnan
dizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diz
dizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diz
dizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diz
dizzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of diz
firefang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: firefangs
form: firefanging
form: firefanged
form: firefanged
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fire-fang.
firefangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of firefang
firefanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of firefang
firefanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of firefang
fire-fang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fire-fangs
form: fire-fanging
form: fire-fanged
form: fire-fanged
form: firefang
Etymology: From fire + fang; see fang (“to seize”).
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To cause (manure) to lose its goodness and acquire an ashy hue because of the heat generated by decomposition.
fire-fanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fire-fang
fire-fangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fire-fang
red hairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red hair
feodarie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feodaries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of feodary.
foen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foens
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of foehn.
foens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foen
foenumosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foenumoside
foreboom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forebooms
Etymology: From fore- + boom.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The boom of the foremast.
forebooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreboom
foremeaning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foremeanings
Etymology: From fore- + meaning.
Senses: examples: text: It is dangerous because in understanding we interpret, and in interpreting we bring with us our prejudice and foremeanings.
ref: 1993, Roberto Alejandro, Hermeneutics, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere, page 72:
glosses: A meaning determined or assumed in advance.
Related terms: foremeant
foremeanings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foremeaning
beanmeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beanmeal
peameals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peameal
oatmilks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oatmilk
oat milks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oat milk
loafing around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of loaf around
loafed around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of loaf around
loafering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of loafer
forzandos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forzando
forzandi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forzando
forzatos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forzato
fourragere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourrageres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fourragère.
fourrageres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fourragere
fotogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fotog
friskas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friska
pssted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of psst
pssts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of psst
pssting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of psst
excavating machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excavating machines
Senses: examples: text: No borrow pit excavation was necessary, and 41,000 cu. yd. were removed from cuttings by excavating machines.
ref: 1944 November and December, “Increasing G.W.R. Line Capacity”, in Railway Magazine, page 367:
synonyms: excavator
glosses: Any machine, usually self-powered and self-propelled, used for digging out material, such as earth, from the surface of the ground.
donabes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donabe
excavating machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excavating machine.
fusibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From fusible + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This is filled with weld metal to fusibly unite the channel forming portions of the blade ends with the peripheral portion.
ref: 1946, Welding Engineer, volume 31, page 104:
glosses: In a fusible manner.
Oxhandler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
unbackable favourite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unbackable favourites
Senses: examples: text: At $1.01 (or 1/100 in traditional odds), he was the unbackable favourite to win the race.
topics: gambling
games
glosses: A contestant or competitor whose odds are so short that it is not considered worthwhile betting on.
froughy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹəʊˌi/
rhymes: -əʊi
Forms: form: more froughy
form: most froughy
Etymology: Compare frow.
Senses: examples: text: froughy, unseasoned oak
ref: 2017, David Hoseason Morgan, Harvesters and Harvesting 1840-1900, page 23:
glosses: Loose, spongy, or easily broken.
eftest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: The word is used by Dogberry in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (and may be a deliberate error, since Dogberry frequently uses malapropisms). Other writers have used the word in direct allusion to Shakespeare's use. Compare eftsoons and see -est.
Senses: examples: text: Here 'Turk's emotion overcame him: he lifted up his head, turned around, and finding the 'eftest way' and place to lie down upon the hearth-rug, he 'sought repose' before the cheerful grate: […]
ref: 1855, Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, page 637:
text: Vayu is the eftest deity
ref: 2014, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Charles A. Moore, A Source Book in Indian Philosophy, page 494:
glosses: Quickest or most convenient.
Waipukurau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: The largest town in Central Hawke's Bay district, Hawke's Bay region, North Island, New Zealand.
gegenpress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The use of the gegenpressing tactic.
cabinet particulier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabinets particuliers
Etymology: From French cabinet particulier.
Senses: glosses: A small private room, occasionally booth, set apart within a restaurant that may be hired by clientele wishing not to be disturbed.
cabinets particuliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabinet particulier
cabinet noir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabinets noirs
Senses: glosses: A government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination.
cabinets noirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabinet noir
top boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top boots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of topboot.
top-boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top-boots
Senses: examples: text: Mr Poyser had no reason to be ashamed of his leg, and suspected that the growing abuse of top-boots and other fashions tending to disguise the nether limbs, had their origin in a pitiable degeneracy of the human calf.
ref: 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Church”, in Adam Bede […], volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book second, page 20:
text: A very spirited affair it looked with its red body and yellow wheels, bouncing about on its high C springs [...] with its four horses going full stretch and two postilions in knee-cords and top-boots laying into the horses in a lather of dust and excitement.
ref: 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 16:
glosses: Alternative form of topboot.
top boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top boot
toplighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From top + lighting.
Senses: topics: architecture
broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
coordinate_terms: sidelighting
glosses: The lighting of a scene or location from above.
sidelighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From side + lighting.
Senses: topics: architecture
broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
coordinate_terms: toplighting
glosses: The lighting of a scene or location from the side.
cabinet pianoforte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabinet pianofortes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of upright piano.
synonyms: word: upright piano
Millfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb of the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1800).
glosses: A suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, just south of the River Wear (OS grid ref NZ3857).
glosses: A census-designated place in Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A town in the City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.
cabinet pianofortes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabinet pianoforte
legal professional privilege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legal professional privileges
Senses: glosses: Synonym of attorney-client privilege.
synonyms: word: attorney-client privilege
legal professional privileges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legal professional privilege
Blanketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blanketeers
Senses: glosses: A protester taking part in the Blanket March, a demonstration organized in Manchester, England in March 1817, mainly by Lancashire weavers, with the intention of marching to London to petition the Prince Regent over the desperate state of the textile industry in Lancashire, and to protest over the recent suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.
Blanketeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Blanketeer
Blanketeering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The protest activities of the Blanketeers.
cabinetted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cabineted
Etymology: From cabinet + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Furnished with a cabinet or cabinets.
cabineted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cabinetted.
doubletimes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of doubletime
doubletiming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of doubletime
doubletimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of doubletime
Kallar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kallars
form: Kallar
form: Kallan
form: Collery
Etymology: From Tamil கள்ளர் (kaḷḷar, literally “thief”).
Senses: glosses: A member of one of the three related castes of southern India (along with the Maravar and Agamudayar) that constitute the Mukkulathor confederacy.
Kallan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kallans
form: Kallan
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kallar (“member of certain Indian caste”).
Kallars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kallar
Kallans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kallan
parks the bus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of park the bus
parked the bus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of park the bus
parking the bus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of park the bus
semimadness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semi- + madness.
Senses: examples: text: James Flexner calls Hamilton “by far the most psychologically troubled of the founders,” even a “semimadman” at times—without wondering if this form of semimadness has a name.
ref: 2008, John D. Gartner, The Hypomanic Edge, page 59:
glosses: Partial madness.
Hagadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hagadic
form: most Hagadic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aggadic.
Haggadahs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Haggadah
Haggadot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Haggada
glosses: plural of Haggadah
Haggadoth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Haggada
glosses: plural of Haggadah
Haggadas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Haggada
haplopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Binocular single vision, as opposed to diplopia.
Hagadist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hagadists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Haggadist.
Hagadists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hagadist
Hagadistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Haggadistic.
headpeace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headpeaces
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of headpiece.
headpeaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headpeace
hipparch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hipparchs
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek cavalry officer.
hipparchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hipparch
escape artistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escape artistries
Senses: glosses: The skill or practice of an escape artist
best-formed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of well-formed: most well-formed
better-formed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of well-formed: more well-formed
slipping away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slip away
slipped away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slip away
looks back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of look back
looking back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of look back
looked back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of look back
Temiar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈmɪə/
ipa: /təˈmɛː/
note: from the spelling
ipa: /ˈtɛmiˌɑː/
ipa: /ˈteɪmiˌɑː/
ipa: /təˈmaɪə/
ipa: /təˈmɪɹ/
ipa: /təˈmɛɹ/
note: from the spelling
ipa: /ˈtɛmiˌɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈteɪmiˌɑɹ/
ipa: /təˈmaɪɚ/
Forms: form: Temiars
form: Temiar
form: Tembe
form: Tembé
form: Tĕm-be'
form: Tĕmbe'
form: Tembeh
form: Tembeh
form: Tĕmbi
form: Tembir
form: Tĕmbir
form: Teme
form: Tĕmeh
form: Temeok
form: Temer
form: Temêr
form: Tĕmîa
form: Tĕmiar
form: Tĕmiå
form: Tĕmiau
form: Tĕmiok
form: Timeor
form: Tm-ee
form: Tumeor
form: Tumior
form: Tûmîor
form: Tumiou
form: Tûmiyôr
form: Tummeor
form: Tummior
Etymology: Probably borrowed from Semai Temiir, Temèèr (“Temiar”), or a cognate such as Lanoh Təmyɛl (“Temiar”), itself probably from a Malayo-Polynesian term cognate to Javanese tambér, Madurese tambir and Sundanese tambir (all "to stick to the edge"); possibly compare Austroasiatic terms such as Bulo Stieng bər (“rim”), Laven bi̤ər (“rim”), Lawi tapiər (“rim”) (Proto-Bahnaric *ɓər), Nyah Kur [script needed] (bíər, “edge of soft-shelled turtle carapace”), and Khasi tmier (“edge”).
Senses: glosses: An Aslian language (belonging to the wider Austroasiatic family) spoken by the Temiar people.
glosses: An Orang Asli ethnolinguistic group that speaks this language or a member of it.
Temiar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈmɪə/
ipa: /təˈmɛː/
note: from the spelling
ipa: /ˈtɛmiˌɑː/
ipa: /ˈteɪmiˌɑː/
ipa: /təˈmaɪə/
ipa: /təˈmɪɹ/
ipa: /təˈmɛɹ/
note: from the spelling
ipa: /ˈtɛmiˌɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈteɪmiˌɑɹ/
ipa: /təˈmaɪɚ/
Forms: form: more Temiar
form: most Temiar
form: Tembe
form: Tembé
form: Tĕm-be'
form: Tĕmbe'
form: Tembeh
form: Tembeh
form: Tĕmbi
form: Tembir
form: Tĕmbir
form: Teme
form: Tĕmeh
form: Temeok
form: Temer
form: Temêr
form: Tĕmîa
form: Tĕmiar
form: Tĕmiå
form: Tĕmiau
form: Tĕmiok
form: Timeor
form: Tm-ee
form: Tumeor
form: Tumior
form: Tûmîor
form: Tumiou
form: Tûmiyôr
form: Tummeor
form: Tummior
Etymology: Probably borrowed from Semai Temiir, Temèèr (“Temiar”), or a cognate such as Lanoh Təmyɛl (“Temiar”), itself probably from a Malayo-Polynesian term cognate to Javanese tambér, Madurese tambir and Sundanese tambir (all "to stick to the edge"); possibly compare Austroasiatic terms such as Bulo Stieng bər (“rim”), Laven bi̤ər (“rim”), Lawi tapiər (“rim”) (Proto-Bahnaric *ɓər), Nyah Kur [script needed] (bíər, “edge of soft-shelled turtle carapace”), and Khasi tmier (“edge”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Temiar people or their language.
Temiars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Temiar