cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
duble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dubles
Etymology: Blend of dub + ruble.
Senses: examples: text: Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions.
ref: 2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN:
text: The micronation of Slowjamastan has its own passports, flag, currency (“the duble”), national anthem, time zone (Slowjamastan Standard Time), national animal (the Slowjamastan raccoon),12 states — including the capital of Dublândia — and more than 5,000 registered Slowjamastanis in their census (none of whom live in Slowjamastan).
ref: 2023 June 14, Adriana Diaz, “I’ve already been to every country on Earth — so I founded Slowjamastan”, in New York Post:
glosses: The official currency of Slowjamastan.
obe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obes
Senses: examples: text: It is probably that the τριακάδες represented ultimate division of the people, like the γένη of Attica; but it is difficult to see how such generic divisions could have born any relation to the local division of the obe.
ref: 1890, Sir William Smith, William Wayte, George Eden Marindin, A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities, volume 1, page 905:
glosses: A particular subdivision of ancient Laconia.
obe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of obeah.
Related terms: obe ata
tattering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tatter
pay and display
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A system used for regulating parking, in which the customer purchases a ticket from a machine and displays it on the dashboard or window of the vehicle.
needest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: synonyms: needst
glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of need
roughies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roughy
glosses: plural of roughie
roughie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roughies
Etymology: From rough + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roughy (“type of fish”).
examples: text: Wishman's film is typically classified as a roughie within sexploitation cinema.
ref: 2021, Rashna Wadia Richards, Cinematic TV: Serial Drama Goes to the Movies, page 97:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A film portraying rough sex.
unrueful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrueful
form: most unrueful
Etymology: From un- + rueful.
Senses: glosses: Not rueful.
backsheeshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backsheesh
backsheeshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backsheesh
baksheeshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of baksheesh
baksheeshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of baksheesh
backshifting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backshift
backshifted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backshift
povidones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of povidone
pleurodeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleurodesis
PVPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone.
polyvinylpolypyrrolidone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A highly cross-linked modification of polyvinylpyrrolidone, used as a disintegrant in pharmaceutical tablets.
Synonyms: PVPP
disintegrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disintegrant
fieldset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fieldsets
Etymology: From field + set, the name of an HTML element.
Senses: examples: text: Paragraphs, lists, and fieldsets are all sorted out with CSS.
ref: 2006, Simon Collison, Beginning CSS web development: from novice to professional, page 308:
text: Use fieldsets to define multiple fields into logical groups within the form.
ref: 2009, Sue Jenkins, Richard Wagner, Dreamweaver CS4 All-in-One For Dummies:
glosses: A group of related user interface controls that make up one portion of a form.
fieldsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fieldset
Firestone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Firestones
Etymology: Translation of the German toponymic surname Feuerstein, from Feuer (“fire”) + Stein (“stone”). Doublet of Feuerstein.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
hypermodernity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + modernity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being hypermodern.
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
offbase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more offbase
form: most offbase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of off base.
occupational therapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: occupational therapists
Senses: glosses: A therapist whose aim is to help clients achieve a better quality of life through work or similar occupations.
Related terms: occupational therapy
occupational therapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occupational therapist
occupational therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: occupational therapies
Senses: glosses: The therapeutic practice of encouraging better quality of life through the pursuit of work or other occupations.
glosses: Busy work.
topics: education
human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
synonyms: OT
qualifier: mental health
glosses: Sensory play for children often involving an obstacle course to relieve stress while the therapist works to nurture the patient's basic life skills.
Derived terms: occupational therapist
regretless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more regretless
form: most regretless
Etymology: From regret + -less.
Senses: glosses: Having no regrets.
Thaification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Thai + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The process of Thaifying.
collyria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collyrium
Thaify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈtaiˌfaɪ/
Forms: form: Thaifies
form: Thaifying
form: Thaified
form: Thaified
Etymology: From Thai + -fy.
Senses: glosses: To make Thai in outlook, attitude, form
glosses: To become Thai
Derived terms: Thaification
Thaifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Thaify
Thaified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Thaify
hollerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hollerers
Etymology: From holler + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who hollers.
hollerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hollerer
Thaifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Thaify
metareasoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + reasoning.
Senses: glosses: Reasoning about the nature of reasoning itself.
QVT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QVTs
Senses: examples: text: UML models may be automatically transformed to other representations (e.g. Java) by means of QVT-like transformation languages, supported by the OMG.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Query/View/Transformation, a standard for model transformation in a certain model-driven architecture.
mirrouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mirrour
mirroured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mirrour
bruters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bruter
bruter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bruters
Etymology: From brute + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who brutes (shapes diamonds by grinding).
Thai Ridgebacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thai Ridgeback
nonroof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + roof.
Senses: examples: a nonroof surface
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a roof.
nonegg
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + egg.
Senses: examples: text: nonegg ingredients
glosses: Not of or pertaining to eggs.
accommodation bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accommodation bills
Etymology: accommodation + bill
Senses: topics: banking
business
synonyms: word: kite
word: accommodation cheque
word: accommodation check
glosses: A bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favor and without compensation.
shit hot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪt ˌhɒt/
ipa: /ˈʃɪt ˌhɑt/
Forms: form: shit-hot
Senses: examples: text: that was a shit hot goal he scored
text: And there's no doubt that when she puts her mind to it, she's shit-hot.
ref: 2005, Sarah Durant, Snowstorms in a Hot Climate, page 71:
glosses: Brilliant or exceptional, especially as a measure of attractiveness.
SDL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SDLs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Simple Declarative Language.
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Schema Definition Language.
glosses: Initialism of sexual division of labour.
topics: lifestyle
seduction-community
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of same day lay.
Hyponyms: CSDL
SSDL
WSGI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Web Server Gateway Interface.
yuppie flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Like yuppie food stamp, the term originally connoted (and may still connote) contempt by working-class people for others who are perceived as rich, undeserving, and soft. Thus, yuppies are people who can afford (have the luxury) to consider chronic fatigue syndrome a "real" medical problem, whereas working-class people just have to suck it up and tough it out when they feel tired. Compare also rich man's disease (only rich people can afford to get gout). Multiple biases are implicit: affluence is undeserved, CFS is fake and people who have it are whiners, and so on.
Senses: glosses: Chronic fatigue syndrome.
Synonyms: yuppie disease
nonproprioceptive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + proprioceptive.
Senses: glosses: Not proprioceptive.
proprioceptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proprioception
Biafra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /biˈɑfɹə/
Etymology: After the Bight of Biafra.
Senses: glosses: A short-lived secessionist state that declared independence from Nigeria in the late 1960s.
glosses: A region of West Africa.
glosses: The region of Nigeria that includes the territory of the former Republic of Biafra.
Derived terms: Biafran
Bight of Biafra
bialgebraic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + algebraic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to bialgebra.
potline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potlines
Etymology: From pot + line.
Senses: glosses: An interconnected row of electrolytic reduction pots used in the smelting of aluminium.
potlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potline
topline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toplines
Etymology: From top + line.
Senses: examples: text: When viewing the horse in profile, attention must be paid to the curvature and proportions of the topline.
ref: 2002, Ted S. Stashak, Ora Robert Adams, Adams' Lameness in Horses, page 75:
glosses: The upper curvature of a horse's or dog's withers, back, and loin.
examples: text: In recent weeks Cosby has, perhaps more than any other topline entertainer of the moment, been both at the pinnacle and at the crossroads.
ref: 1969 July, Ebony, volume 24, number 9, page 146:
glosses: Top billing.
glosses: The edge that runs along the top of the opening of a shoe.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The vocal parts of a piece of music (particularly pop).
topline
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: toplines
form: toplining
form: toplined
form: toplined
Etymology: From top + line.
Senses: examples: text: A popular series of musical shorts he made for Mack Sennett's company in 1930 added to his success as a radio vocalist, and had made him a star by the end of 1931, when Paramount toplined him in The Big Broadcast […]
ref: 1983, John Kobal, A History of Movie Musicals: Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance, page 147:
glosses: To bill (a performer) as the primary entertainer in a production.
examples: text: [Whitney] Houston's success in music led her to topline the features "Waiting to Exhale," "The Preacher's Wife" and the telefilm "Cinderella."
ref: Variety https://web.archive.org/web/20120216113023/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118050123?refCatId=16
text: Although occasionally he toplined in a “B” picture, he found his greatest achievements were as a character actor.
ref: 2006, Everett Aaker, Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters, page 418:
text: Over the next few years he toplined three "Encores!" productions […]
ref: 2009, Robert Viagas, I'm the Greatest Star:
glosses: To be billed as the primary entertainer in (a production).
glosses: (music) To compose and/or sing the vocal part of a song (particularly pop).
Derived terms: topliner
toplined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of topline
toplining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of topline
toplines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topline
toplines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of topline
tidiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tidier
nonassociation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + association.
Senses: examples: nonassociation shops
glosses: Not of or pertaining to an association.
nonassociation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + association.
Senses: glosses: Lack of association; the quality of not being associated.
earpad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earpads
Etymology: From ear + pad.
Senses: glosses: A cushioned pad enclosing the speaker part of a headphone for purposes of hygiene and comfort.
earpads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earpad
RESTful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛs(t)fʊl/
/ˈɹɛs(t)f(ə)l/
Etymology: From REST + -ful, punningly on restful.
Senses: examples: text: The RESTafarians — or REST zealots — are probably right that a RESTful approach is best for retrieving information, but it is obviously inappropriate whenever the remote procedure call has side effects.
ref: 2005, David Paul Megginson, Imperfect XML: Rants, Raves, Tips, and Tricks, page 124:
text: In this chapter, we'll build a RESTful web service on top of the MoviesService and OrdersService applications.
ref: 2008, Dan Chak, Enterprise Rails, page 279:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Using REST (representational state transfer).
Derived terms: RESTfulness
restenotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to restenosis
Derived terms: antirestenotic
restframes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restframe
restest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rest + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of rest
penlite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penlites
Etymology: From pen + lite.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of penlight.
examples: text: Slim Universal model at center for about $17 runs on four AA penlites.
ref: 1959 March, Howard G. McEntree, “Clever New Gadgets Run on Flashlight Batteries”, in Popular Science, volume 174, number 3, page 132:
glosses: A battery or cell of size AA, size AAA, or size N.
writeback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writebacks
Etymology: From write + back.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An operation in which data previously read into a cache is written back to permanent storage.
writebacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of writeback
penlites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penlite
penwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penwomen
Etymology: From pen + woman.
Senses: glosses: A female writer.
Derived terms: penwomanship
Related terms: penman
penwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penwoman
obliviates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of obliviate
obliviating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of obliviate
obliviated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of obliviate
edaphologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edaphologists
Etymology: From edaphology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A scientist involved in edaphology.
edaphologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edaphologist
hydrologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrology
oasification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oasis + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The process of restoring water, soil, and plant life to an environment that has been degraded by soil erosion.
outgate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outgates
Etymology: From out + gate.
Senses: glosses: An outlet; a passage outward.
outgates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outgate
outgeneraling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outgeneral
outgeneraled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outgeneral
ostracon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒstɹəˌkɒn/
ipa: /ˈɑstɹəˌkɑn/
Forms: form: ostraca
form: ostrakon
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon).
Senses: examples: text: The process in this condemnation was thus : the people being assembled, every man took a tile called ostrakon and carried it to a certain part of the market place, surrounded by wooden rails for that purpose, in which were ten gates for the ten tribes to enter distinctly : in this place the tiles were deposited by each person, and numbered in gross by the archons.
ref: 1804, William Fordyce Mavor, chapter I, in Universal History, Ancient and Modern, volume III, New York: Stansbury, page 5:
text: Also on view are ostraca, pottery fragments on which Athenians inscribed the names of persons they felt too powerful for the good of the city and deserving of ostracism, or 10 years’ exile, a procedure formalized by Cleisthenes.
ref: 1993, John Fleischman, “In Classical Athens, a market trading in the currency of ideas”, in The Classical Outlook, volume 71, number 1, →JSTOR, page 11:
text: If there was sufficient interest, the Athenians could vote once per year to ostracize someone, exiling him from Athens for a period of 10 years. To vote, Athenians scratched the name of the person to be ostracized on potsherds, broken pottery pieces called ostraka—hence the name of the procedure.
ref: 2009, Debra Hamel, “Citizen Tyrants”, in Military History:
glosses: A piece of pottery or stone, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel, especially one used to cast a vote during the Ancient Greek process of ostracism.
wikipedia: Themistocles
Related terms: ostracism
ostrakon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostraka
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ostracon.
ostraca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ostracon
ostraka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ostrakon
Pará rubber tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pará rubber trees
Senses: glosses: Hevea brasiliensis, the rubber tree.
Pannonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈnəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /pəˈnoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Pannonia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Pannonia.
Derived terms: Pannonian Basin
Pannonianism
Pannonian Plain
Pannonian Rusyn
Pannonian Sea
Pannonian Steppe
Pannonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈnəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /pəˈnoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Pannonians
Etymology: From Pannonia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Pannonia.
Pannonian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈnəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /pəˈnoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Pannonia + -an.
Senses: glosses: An extinct Romance language formerly spoken in Pannonia
Pannonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pannonian
zoomings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zooming
pentakisphosphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentakisphosphate
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /peɪweɪˈd͡ʒiː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: pe̍h-ōe-jī
form: Peh-oe-ji
form: peh-oe-ji
Etymology: Transliteration of Hokkien 白話字 /白话字 (“vernacular writing”).
Senses: glosses: A Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hokkien, created and introduced by Presbyterian Christian missionaries in the 19th century.
wikipedia: Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Related terms: Tâi-lô
protocollary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the Medieval Latin prōtocollārius.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to protocol.
protocolled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of protocol
protocolling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of protocol
pteroylmonoglutamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: folic acid
Marnie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹni/
Forms: form: Marni
Etymology: Possibly a contraction of Marina or a diminutive of Marian.
Senses: examples: text: "Marnie?" she said slowly, reading the name on the cover. "But how did you know? Marian was always called Marnie-"
ref: 1967, Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There, HarperCollins, published 2014, →ISBN, page 250:
glosses: A female given name from Latin or Hebrew.
foreshortenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreshortening
multipayer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-payer
Etymology: From multi- + payer.
Senses: examples: text: Single-payer systems tend to rely heavily on general tax revenues, whereas multipayer systems generally employ payroll-tax financing.
ref: 2004, Martin A. Levin, Martin M. Shapiro, Transatlantic policymaking in an age of austerity: diversity and drift, page 17:
topics: government
healthcare
antonyms: single-payer
glosses: Involving payment by more than one party.
Related terms: chargemaster
Madonnawise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Madonna + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Her dark chestnut hair, parted Madonnawise on her pale and thoughtful brow, fell in rich clusters down an ivory neck...
ref: 1851, The International magazine of literature, art, and science, Volume 4, page 651:
text: She simply sat smiling her smile of bliss, nursing her husband's feet Madonnawise on her lap.
ref: 1946, Dennis Gray Stoll, ...The dove found no rest, page 38:
text: Here her eyes must be wide open, gazing upward Madonnawise.
ref: 1952, Sholem Aleichem, Wandering star, page 216:
glosses: In the manner of the Virgin Mary.
roepiahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roepiah
Maronites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Maronite
neway
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Phonetic letter sounds for N and E.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of anyway.
conversion disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conversion disorders
Etymology: From conversion + disorder.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
neurology
neuroscience
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A condition where the patient displays neurological symptoms such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, but without any neurological explanation, usually traced back to a psychological trigger.
Synonyms: word: hysteria
pulled pork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pork barbecued for a long time at a low heat, making it tender enough to be pulled apart.
pumproom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pumprooms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pump room.
pumprooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pumproom
what languages do you speak
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: What are the languages which you can understand and which you can speak or write in?
Related terms: how many languages do you speak?
rimrocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rimrock
ringback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Deverbal from ring back.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: The sound transmitted back to a caller to indicate that the telephone they are calling is ringing.
examples: text: 'But you've been engaged an awfully long time: I had to use ringback in the end and that's expensive, but this is important so never mind.'
ref: 2013, Mark Roberts, The Sixth Soul:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A telephone feature allowing a person to receive an automatic call back when a busy line becomes free.
bariton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baritons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baryton.
silverskin onion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silverskin onions
Senses: synonyms: pearl onion
glosses: A kind of small white onion (Allium ampeloprasum var. sectivum), often pickled.
Swedenborgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Swedenborgian
form: most Swedenborgian
Etymology: From Swedenborg + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.
Related terms: Swedenborgianism
Swedenborgian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swedenborgians
Etymology: From Swedenborg + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: As Kirkpatrick worked, Otto Hahn - an intensely patriotic German lawyer and amateur petrologist turned Swedenborgian who believed life originated in outer space - was spending long hours staring down his microscope at what he took to be the fossilised remnants of algae.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 76:
glosses: A religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg.
tail wagging the dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First used in the 1858 play Our American Cousin. The shortened form wag with dog, with a political sense, was popularized by the film Wag the Dog (1997). For the verb phrase, see the tail wags the dog.
Senses: glosses: A minor or secondary part of something which is controlling or dominating the whole or the main part.
wikipedia: Wag the Dog
Derived terms: wag the dog
Related terms: put the cart before the horse
Baghdadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Bagdadian
Etymology: From Baghdad + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Baghdadi
glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Baghdad, Iraq.
Baghdadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baghdadians
form: Bagdadian
Etymology: From Baghdad + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Baghdadi
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Baghdad, Iraq.
babywise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more babywise
form: most babywise
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baby-wise.
unapparelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unappareled
Etymology: From un- + apparelled.
Senses: glosses: naked, unclothed
unappareled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + appareled.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unapparelled.
unsweet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsweet
form: most unsweet
Etymology: From Middle English unswete, from Old English unswēte (“unsweet; bitter; sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *unswōtī, from Proto-Germanic *unswōtuz (“unsweet”), equivalent to un- + sweet. Cognate with West Frisian ûnswiet (“unsweet”), Dutch onzoet (“unsweet”), German Low German unsööt (“unsweet”), German unsüß (“unsweet”), Swedish osöt (“unsweet”), Icelandic ósætur (“unsweet”).
Senses: examples: text: That each, who seems a separate whole,
⁠Should move his rounds, and fusing all
⁠The skirts of self again, should fall
Remerging in the general Soul,
Is faith as vague as all unsweet: […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 69:
text: Again I sank in that repose unsweet,
Again a clashing noise my slumber rent; […]
ref: 1870–1874, James Thomson, “The City of Dreadful Night”, in The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems, London: Reeves and Turner, […], published 1880, →OCLC, part XX:
glosses: Not sweet.
Synonyms: unsweetened
nonsweet
unsugared
Derived terms: unsweet tea
volary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volaries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of volery.
volaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volary
visa run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: visa runs
Senses: examples: text: […] there are even travel agents who specialise in arranging visa runs […]
ref: 2004, Joe Bindloss, Wendy Taylor, Thailand's islands and beaches, page 407:
glosses: A brief trip across a visited country's border in order to "restart the clock" on one's visa upon returning, where it would otherwise have expired.
Barclaycard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kliːˌkɑː(ɹ)d/
Forms: form: Barclaycards
Senses: examples: text: Barclaycards were discussed and the meeting felt that they were a very useful means of securing payment on Garden Centres […]
ref: 1970, The Gardeners' Chronicle:
text: 'You mean they may have left their Barclaycards behind?' 'You never know, sir.'
ref: 2007, Colin Dexter, The Secret of Annexe 3, page 102:
glosses: A global Visa credit card issued by Barclays plc.
X-bar theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X′ theory
Etymology: X signifies an arbitrary lexical category; certain structures are represented by this letter and an overbar.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A theory that posits a common syntactic structure for different lexical categories. Each phrase (XP) is the projection of a head (X) and may optionally include a specifier (sister of X-bar, daughter of XP), adjuncts (sister and daughter of X-bar) and complements (sister of X, daughter of X-bar).
Derived terms: X-bar theoretic
Related terms: X-bar
nectareous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɛkˈtɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /nɛkˈtɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin nectareus (“of nectar; sweet”), from Ancient Greek νεκτάρεος (nektáreos, “sweet as nectar, fragrant”), from νέκταρ (néktar, “nectar”).
Senses: examples: text: [O]n the board diſplay'd / The ready meal before Ulyſſes lay'd. / (VVith flour imbrovvn'd) next mingled vvine yet nevv, / And luſcious as the Bee's nectareous devv: […]
ref: 1725, Homer, “Book XIV”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 238, lines 91–94:
glosses: Pertaining to nectar; nectarous.
Derived terms: nectareously
nectarous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nectarous
form: most nectarous
Etymology: From nectar + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Sylphs! if at noon the Fritillary droops, / With drops nectarous hang her nodding cups […].
ref: 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 204:
text: Then did you, chivalrous Terence, hand forth, as to the manner born, that nectarous beverage.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Pertaining to or resembling nectar; sweet.
Related terms: nectareous
peristeronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɚˈɪs.tɚˈɒn.ɪk/
ipa: /pɚˈɪs.tɚˈɔn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: From Ancient Greek περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon, dove”) + English -ic. -on- possibly inserted to differentiate from chemical peristeric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to pigeons.
prodigal sons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prodigal son
Pierre Trudeau salute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Trudeau salute.
Pierre Trudeau Salute
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Trudeau salute.
Trudeau Salute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trudeau Salutes
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Trudeau salute.
dangherous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dangherous
form: most dangherous
Senses: qualifier: mimicking Irish accent
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of dangerous.
fellow-feeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fellow-feelings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fellow feeling.
reverse pickpocket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reverse pickpockets
form: reverse pickpocketing
form: reverse pickpocketed
form: reverse pickpocketed
Etymology: From reverse + pickpocket.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reverse-pickpocket.
reverse pickpocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse pickpockets
Etymology: From reverse + pickpocket.
Senses: examples: text: Rashid gave his sister a staunch, comforting hug and deftly slipped, like a reverse pickpocket, several bills of money into the un-protesting pocket of her gown.
ref: 2004, Abraham B. Yehoshua, Hillel Halkin, The Liberated Bride, page 216:
glosses: One who reverse-pickpockets, that is, who puts something in people's pockets without their knowledge.
reverse-pickpocket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reverse-pickpockets
form: reverse-pickpocketing
form: reverse-pickpocketed
form: reverse-pickpocketed
Etymology: From reverse + pickpocket.
Senses: examples: text: But when no one's watching he will slip hundreds inside palms and pocketbooks of poor people—reverse-pickpocket them—or bolt out of a car to help someone old hobble across the street.
ref: 2001, Gary Smith, Beyond the Game, page 78:
glosses: To slip something into someone's pocket or pocketbook, without their knowledge, sometimes as a gesture of generosity.
reverse pickpockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reverse pickpocket
reverse pickpockets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reverse pickpocket
reverse-pickpockets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reverse-pickpocket
reverse-pickpocketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reverse-pickpocket
reverse-pickpocketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reverse-pickpocket
reverse pickpocketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reverse pickpocket
reverse pickpocketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reverse pickpocket
larf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɑːf/
Forms: form: larfs
form: larfin'
form: larfed
form: larfed
Senses: examples: text: The neighbours described me as "a sorrowful lookin' delicate creetur', that couldn't larf to save her life"—[…]
ref: 1901, Miles Franklin, “Mr M‘Swat and I Have a “Bust Up.””, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 269:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of laugh.
larf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɑːf/
Forms: form: larfs
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of laugh.
phenomimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenomime
phonations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonation
I live in Melbourne
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Explains that the person lives in Melbourne (example city).
Related terms: where do you live?
standfirst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstandfəːst/
Forms: form: standfirsts
Etymology: From stand + first.
Senses: examples: text: The standfirst talked of “Jubilation as article 50 is finally served”.
ref: 2017 March 30, Jon Henley, Jane Martinson, The Guardian:
topics: journalism
media
glosses: Explanatory text under the main heading of a news article, smaller than the heading but still larger than the main text.
Synonyms: word: kicker
word: subheading
word: subhead
word: subhed
word: dek
word: deck
word: lead
word: lede
cum shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cum shots
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cumshot.
slap on the hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slaps on the hand
form: slaps on hands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slap on the wrist.
taintedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tainted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being tainted.
pseudo-medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-medicines
form: pseudomedicine
Etymology: From pseudo- + medicine. 19th-century coinage (1820s or 1830s).
Senses: glosses: Any system of treatment of physical ailments, or substances prescribed for such treatment, purported to be medical or supported by critical medical science but which cannot be shown to be effective
Synonyms: quackery
health fraud
Hypernyms: pseudo-scholarship
Derived terms: pseudo-medical
Related terms: alternative medicine
middle passage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle passages
form: Middle Passage
Etymology: middle + passage
Senses: glosses: A middle way, especially between two extremes; an intermediate path in space or time.
examples: text: The city once laid claim to the largest fleet of slave ships in the history of the trade as its merchants overtook Bristol and London in dominating the Middle Passage.
ref: 2007 August 23, Tristram Hunt, “A bold step away from the dead end of guilt and apology”, in The Guardian:
text: Some slaves refused to eat during the Middle Passage voyage as an act of self-determination and control.
ref: 2009, Herbert C. Covey, Dwight Eisnach, What the Slaves Ate, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: Specifically, the middle part of the sea voyage by which slaves were transported from Africa to America.
bordon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bordons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bourdon (“pilgrim's staff”).
moralistic therapeutic deism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
form: MTD
Etymology: 2005 neologism (coined by Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton in Soul searching: the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers, Oxford University Press, 2005).
Senses: examples: 'Moralistic Therapeutic Deism' indicates the young people's view is that religion is 'good for you' in so far as it provides people with a moral framework (Sara Savage, Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Making sense of Generation Y: the world view of 15- to 25-year-olds, 2006, p. 50)
glosses: A diffuse notion of theism and morality, which need not be tied to any particular religious creed, found to be common among early 21st century American teenagers.
JSR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JSRs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Jump to Subroutine: (an assembler command).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Java Specification Request.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Joint Spectral Radius.
middle way
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle ways
form: Middle Way
Etymology: From middle + way. Compare Dutch middelweg, German Mittelweg; compare also Latin via media.
Senses: glosses: The middle of three paths.
examples: text: Obama's choice, according to McChrystal, a former special forces commander, boils down to this: Escalate or evacuate, get on or get out; there is no middle way that does not invite calamity on a grand scale.
ref: 2009, Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, 21 Sep 09:
glosses: An intermediate course (of action, policy etc) between two extremes; a compromise.
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The teaching of the Buddha of neither living in great excess nor in great asceticism.
glosses: The midpoint of a person's life; middle age.
divewear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dive + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: Protective divewear and the weight belt also contribute to the diver's comfort and ability.
ref: 1992, Don Freeman, Open Water Diver Manual, page 2:
glosses: Items of clothing appropriate for diving.
tzigany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tziganies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tzigane.
tziganies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tzigany
tzolkins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tzolkin
cockroachy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cockroachy
form: most cockroachy
Etymology: From cockroach + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Look at me, another accessory, come two thousand miles on a garlicky, cockroachy banana steamer all the way from South America to connive at the sacrifice...
ref: 1917, O. Henry, Waifs and Strays, page 55:
text: By morning, the place seemed familiar in a cockroachy sort of way. Bibianna lent me a clean T-shirt to wear with my red miniskirt.
ref: 1992, Sue Grafton, H is for Homicide, page 227:
synonyms: roachy
glosses: Infested with cockroaches.
examples: text: Species singularis, to be called on account of its Cockroachy smell.
ref: 1839–1841, William Griffith, edited by John M‘Clelland, Itinerary Notes of Plants Collected in the Khasyah and Bootan Mountains, 1837-38, in Affghanisthan and Neighbouring Countries. 1839 to 1841. (Posthumous Papers Bequeathed to the Honourable, the East India Company, and Printed by Order of the Government of Bengal; II), Calcutta: […] J. F. Bellamy, published 1848, page 203:
text: This variety has a very strong cockroachy odour, similar to Pachycondyla soror.
ref: 1916 May 20, George Arnold, “A Monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa”, in Annals of the South African Museum, volume XIV, part II, […] for the Trustees of the South African Museum by Neill and Co., […], published 1924, page 198:
text: The young birds are also regarded as a table delicacy by the natives and many white men. Epicures dislike oil-birds because of an alleged “cockroachy” taste.
ref: 1938, Federal Writers’ Project, Birds of the World: An Illustrated Natural History, […], Chicago, Ill.: Junior Press Books, Albert Whitman & Co, page 134:
text: They had been captured by these clicking, cockroachy things almost as soon as they had left the TARDIS, and it stung the tribeswoman’s honour that she hadn’t had so much as a chance to retaliate.
ref: 2018, Dave Rudden, Twelve Angels Weeping: Twelve Stories of the Villains from Doctor Who, London: BBC Children’s Books, →ISBN:
synonyms: roachy
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of cockroaches.
watchstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From watch + standing.
Senses: glosses: Standing on watch on a ship.
Related terms: watchstander
chandelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chandelle
chandelles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chandelle
tiggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The teacher tried to encourage him to join in, and would tell Jamie to go and play 'tiggy' with the others.
ref: 1996, M. J. Carr, Murder: Past Tense,, page 67:
text: Everyone raced to catch squid hiding under floating leaves or wood, or tried to catch seahorses as well as playing tiggy in the water.
ref: 2006, Fiona Doyle, “Wet Season Time”, in On Country: Stories of Nyrlotte, Univ. of Queensland Press, page 15:
text: In the day they would walk along, playing tiggy and talking, and in the evening they would swim and surf
ref: 2009, Kirsty Anderson, TATSLINA - The Gipsy Princess, Valerie Yule, Literacy Innovations, page 35:
qualifier: North Island New Zealand
glosses: The children′s game tag.
Synonyms: sense: the game of tag
word: chasey
sense: the game of tag
word: it
sense: the game of tag
word: tag
chasey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chase + -y.
Senses: examples: text: At recess we would play chasey or kick a ball.
ref: 1995, Geoffrey Dutton, Out in the Open, Univ. of Queensland Press, page 39:
text: Kids just want: a place to play chasey, some teachers who know their name and a few mates they can laugh and swap lunches with.
ref: 2007, Catherine Deveny, It's not my fault they print them, Black Inc., page 62:
text: Timothy and Natalie ran back to their Mom asking her and Aden to come and play chasey with them.
ref: 2008, Afsaneh Varzaly, I Will Not Cry: Undiscovered Greatness,, page 139:
glosses: tag (the children's game).
Synonyms: chasings
tag
tiggy
it
Derived terms: kiss chasey
bridon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bridoon.
singing voice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singing voices
Senses: examples: text: The singing voice is probably the most versatile of all musical instruments.
ref: 2006, David Martin Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and psychoacoustics, Focal Press, →ISBN, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: speaking voice
glosses: A person's voice when singing.
gourdes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gourde
dalasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dalasi
wiluite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dark green, brownish, or black blocky silicate mineral.
hoglegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hogleg
fichtelite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named for type locality Fichtelgebirge (contracted) (in Germany)) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare white monoclinic organic mineral, 7-isopropyl-1,4a-dimethyl-dodecahydro-1H-phenanthrene, found in fossilized wood from Bavaria.
margaritasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Margaritas (“uranium deposit in Mexico”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow monoclinic caesium-bearing mineral in the carnotite group.