cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
overresponse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overresponses
Etymology: From over- + response.
Senses: examples: an overresponse of the immune system
glosses: excessive response
overresponses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overresponse
overventilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + ventilation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: hyperventilation
intersexualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From intersexual + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: On the basis of this overall description it would seem that male pseudohermaphrodites fall roughly into two groups: first, those in which failure of gonadal differentiation is responsible for the intersexualization […]
ref: 1959, Samuel Leonard Simpson, Major Endocrine Disorders, page 394:
text: I chose these researchers because their work has been influential, and also because of their transdisciplinary collaborations in the process of intersexualization.
ref: 2016, Morgan Holmes, Critical Intersex:
glosses: The process of becoming intersex.
stringbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From string + backs.
Senses: glosses: driving gloves with a string mesh on the back
WTFery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From WTF (“what the fuck”) + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: So. I am ignoring the WTFery of my Mum and Kym's Mum and Sasha's parents and Naima's Dad (omg where did she get all these people's phone numbers from?) sitting around in our living room eating poncy nibbles from the deli by her office that she NEVER buys things from, because it is tiny-small compared to the WTFery of the rest of it.
ref: 2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 68:
text: I knew the falling-in-love-with-your-best-friend myth was just Hollywood WTFery.
ref: 2011, Keren David, Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery, Frances Lincoln Children's Books, →ISBN:
text: There's a text on my phone, news flash from Griff, and I'm sitting on our front porch pondering its blazing WTFery.
ref: 2014, Sarah Ockler, #scandal, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 354:
glosses: Blatant absurdity, stupidity, or surreality; nonsense.
pansexualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pansexual + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Process of making pansexual.
creps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of crepitations.
Senses: examples: text: bibasal creps
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Crepitations.
creps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: plural of crep (“athletic shoe”)
transsexualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transsexualizations
Etymology: From transsexual + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of making transsexual.
transgenderization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From transgender + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of making transgender.
queerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From queer + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Process of making queer (homosexual, transgender, etc.).
myopotential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myopotentials
Etymology: From myo- + potential.
Senses: glosses: electrical potential generated by a muscle
myopotentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myopotential
quadratosquamosal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadrato- + squamosal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Both quadrate and squamosal
refatting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + fat + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The replenishment of lipids to the skin.
Derived terms: refatting agent
rugulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rugulate
form: most rugulate
Senses: glosses: Having rugae
Synonyms: rugose
runcination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runcinations
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: rectification
glosses: An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each face, each edge and each vertex.
Related terms: runcic
runcinate
runcinated
runcinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Generated or modified by a runcination.
pseudophyllideans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudophyllidean
runcic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the vertices of a runcinated polytope.
raw_tags: of a polytope
sideshadowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A literary technique that uses references not in the current text.
sideshadowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sideshadow
Related terms: backshadowing
foreshadowing
stabstitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stabstitches
form: stab stitch
Etymology: From stab + stitch.
Senses: glosses: A stitch made with the needle held at right angles to the fabric
stormflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stormflows
Etymology: From storm + flow.
Senses: glosses: The runoff of surface water from rainfall.
stabstitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stabstitch
stormflows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stormflow
stickless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stick + -less.
Senses: glosses: Having no stick.
subbrachian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to fish of the order Subbrachiales.
subbrachian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subbrachians
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish of the order Subbrachiales (syn. Malacopterygii)
submixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of submix
semipersonalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + personalized.
Senses: glosses: Partially personalized.
silver alert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver alerts
Etymology: Introduced in 2005 by Oklahoma state representative Fred Perry, modelled on amber alert. Silver suggests the grey hair of elderly people; compare silver fox.
Senses: glosses: A public notification of a missing person, especially a senior with dementia.
Spartacism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spartacus + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Spartacist ideology
the show must go on
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Originated in the 19th-century circus industry.
Senses: examples: text: Two other very personal issues that Holly discloses are her ongoing struggle to maintain a weight she feels comfortable with, and her virtual breakdown from exhaustion in 1984. Her "the show must go on" martyrdom attitude was painful to read, for her stress-related problems demonstrate the irony that idealistic activists often live exactly the overworked, underpaid life they are hoping to end for everyone.
ref: 1990 December 9, Maida Tilchen, “Closer To Near”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 14:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Regardless of what happens, whatever show has been planned still has to be staged for the waiting patrons.
glosses: One must finish what one has started; things must continue no matter what.
Related terms: business as usual
slow and steady wins the race
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Originated from one of Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare.
Senses: glosses: Patient work will eventually conquer any problem.
Related terms: more haste, less speed
haste makes waste
judge, jury and executioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: judges, juries and executioners
form: judge and jury
Senses: glosses: Someone with the roles of judge, jury and executioner; someone with full power to judge and punish others unilaterally.
Related terms: butter one's bread on both sides
have one's cake and eat it too
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
phizzog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phizzogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phizog.
phizzogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phizzog
substratist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substratists
Etymology: From substrate + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: One who believes that creoles take their structure from their substrate languages.
Related terms: substratism
substratists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substratist
relexifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relexification
substratism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From substrate + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The theory that creoles take their structure from their substrate languages.
Related terms: substratist
mesolectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mesolect + -al.
Senses: examples: text: I prepared the three Matched Guise samples myself, controlling the forms carefully to represent basilectal, mesolectal, and acrolectal levels of usage
ref: 1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, →ISBN, page 158:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to a mesolect.
cinnamon ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinnamon rings
Senses: examples: text: Tim and Grish take their lives as goths very seriously. But when they meet super-goth Balfus, they get more than they bargained for. Black lipstick on their cinnamon rings?
ref: 2004 May 10, “Television”, in Gair Rhydd, number 762, page 27:
text: But do you see how even then, when I'm thrusting inside your baby sister's cinnamon ring, all I can do is think of you?
ref: 2006 July 9, Fopke S., “Re: Langste draadje ooit ?”, in alt.nl.kabel.athome (Usenet):
text: […] then went on to explain that her dream job involved a bunch of random men putting their wieners in her cinnamon ring.
ref: 2012, Mark Titus, Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench, Anchor Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: The anus.
Bichelamar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Bislama language.
not as green as one is cabbage-looking
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Not as naive or foolish as might be expected.
NEST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NESTs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of native English-speaking teacher.
sambhar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sambhars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sambar.
sambhars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sambhar
NESTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NEST
Bichelama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Bislama language.
jkt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jkts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of jacket.
pornoisseur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pornoisseurs
Etymology: Blend of porn + connoisseur.
Senses: examples: text: For years, I was so concerned that I would be ridiculed for liking Coldplay that I hid the band’s CDs with the paranoid shame of a pornoisseur.
ref: 2005, David Dunlap Jr., X&Y review, Washington City Paper, 24 June 2005
text: The fellow behind the desk — I’ll call him Rahim — was, like everything else in the store, bathed in enough fluoresence to radiate even greater shame and humility on the pornoisseur, which, at this hour, included no one other than myself.
ref: 2011, David Bidini, "It’s a friggin’ nuclear Technicolor smutfest!, The National Post, 30 January 2011
text: I’d heard similar proclamations from pornoisseur friends, but a celebrated adult performer calling it the pinnacle of smut.
ref: 2012, Tracy Clark-Flory, "Better than actual porn!", Salon, 8 December 2012 (archived on Usenet)
glosses: A person who consumes pornographic media.
pornoisseurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pornoisseur
Welshpool
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /wɛlʃˈpuːl/
Etymology: From Welsh + Pool; it was originally known as Pool, but the name was changed in 1835 to distinguish it from the English town of Poole.
Senses: glosses: A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ2207).
sentoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentoids
Etymology: From sentence + -oid.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A sentence-like chunk of language.
sentoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentoid
total allergy syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: DO YOU REMEMBER the "total allergy syndrome"? Barely more than a couple of years ago, worthy citizens of this sceptre'd isle were flaking out all over the place because the poor unfortunates believed themselves allergic to the world — not just, say to crabs or house mites or pencillin, or any other of the items on the long list of proven allergies which cause some of us to itch or wheeze or drop down dead.
ref: 1984, New Scientist, volume 104, number 1425, page 34:
glosses: A supposed illness with various symptoms caused by sensitivity to various substances in the modern environment.
leave a sour taste in one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaves a sour taste in one's mouth
form: leaving a sour taste in one's mouth
form: left a sour taste in one's mouth
form: left a sour taste in one's mouth
Senses: examples: text: But after having been employed for her "entire adult life," her experience of being uninsured leaves a sour taste in her mouth.
ref: 2007 July, Hilary Beard, “Surviving the Health Insurance Crisis”, in Ebony, page 140:
text: Some volunteers might opt to stay on in Zambia by other means, but the General election had left a sour taste in my mouth and I was ready to go.
ref: 2011, Mark Burke, Glimmers of Hope: Memoir of a Volunteer in Africa, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 307:
text: “Your daughter has amnesia, sir,” he said, the honourific^([sic]) leaving a sour taste in his mouth.
ref: 2012, Angela Nicole, I Heard There'd Be Cake, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 105:
glosses: To give one an unpleasant feeling or memory.
e-content
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + content.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, some e-content must first be downloaded to a computer before being transferred to a tablet or other mobile device for viewing.
ref: 2012, Rebecca K. Miller, Carolyn Meier, Heather Moorfield-Lang, Rethinking Reference and Instruction with Tablets, page 38:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: resources offered in computerized form
delimitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From delimit + -ative.
Senses: examples: a delimitative pause in speech, corresponding to a comma in writing
glosses: Serving to delimit
disfluent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disfluent
form: most disfluent
Etymology: From dis- + fluent.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dysfluent.
Derived terms: disfluently
disfluently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more disfluently
form: most disfluently
Etymology: From disfluent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dysfluently.
microplanning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + planning.
Senses: glosses: planning in great detail
macroplanning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + planning.
Senses: glosses: planning at a high level, without great detail
fraudmeister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fraudmeisters
Etymology: From fraud + -meister.
Senses: examples: text: This Canadian fraudmeister moved to Europe after being nabbed in a mining-stock scam in Ontario.
ref: 2007, Gary Weiss, Wall Street Versus America: A Muckraking Look at the Thieves, Fakers, and Charlatans Who Are Ripping You Off, Penguin, →ISBN, page 46:
text: It was quite forgotten by the candidates and the press that the energy crisis was caused by deregulation and the leasing of the state's electricity to Enron and other now-convicted Texas fraudmeisters, […]
ref: 2008, Gary Indiana, Utopia's Debris: Selected Essays, Basic Books, →ISBN, page 12:
text: Today, we are dealing with a new breed of potentially dangerous pests: the television and Web fraudmeisters who flog 'herbal remedies' and alternative medicines as cure-alls for almost every disease known to humankind.
ref: 2008, The Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 24, Issues 7-12, page 611
glosses: A person who commits fraud for profit.
Synonyms: fraudster
fraudmeisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fraudmeister
theta roles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theta role
multiclausal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + clausal.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one clause.
multiclause
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + clause.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one clause.
wanna contraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wanna contractions
Etymology: From wanna (nominalised usage) + contraction.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A style of contraction (such as want to into wanna, or going to into gonna) that may or may not be possible depending on the sense of to.
res judicatae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of res judicata
tax auditor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tax auditors
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A person who collects taxes.
pea butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pea butters
Etymology: Formed by analogy with peanut butter.
Senses: glosses: A culinary spread, a thick paste made from brown peas that is a substitute for peanut butter.
pea butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pea butters
Etymology: From pea + butter. Coined by Nathan Myhrvold.
Senses: glosses: A pea extract that composes 5% of peas by weight, that is lighter than pea solids but heavier than pea liquids when pureed peas are centrifuged, which contains the majority of pea flavour compounds.
pea butters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pea butter
tecnomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tecnomorphs
Etymology: From tecno- + -morph.
Senses: examples: text: In stratigraphically later genera with histial dimorphism frequently no histial structure and also no velar structure at all is present in the tecnomorphs.
ref: 1957, Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala, Volume 37, page 203:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The carapace of a larval ostracod.
Related terms: heteromorph
tectals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tectal
tectophase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tectophases
Etymology: From tecto- + phase.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any geological feature formed by collision of tectonic plates
teninucellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tenuinucellate.
tenuinucellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin tenuis (“thin”) + nucellus + -ate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having no nucellar tissue separating the embryo sac and the epidermis.
thermogradient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermogradients
Etymology: From thermo- + gradient.
Senses: glosses: A temperature gradient
topsetting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From top + setting.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That produces bulbils at the tops of the leaves rather than the seed heads.
turbidostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Whose turbidity is maintained at a constant level
glosses: Relating to a turbidostat
wireroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wirerooms
form: wire room
Etymology: From wire + room.
Senses: glosses: A room in which wires (telegrams or their modern equivalent) are received and acted on
librettistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: more librettistic
form: most librettistic
Etymology: From libretto + -istic.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Characteristic of a libretto
Related terms: librettistics
librettistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The brief comparative excursions into the >remaining< Italian librettists are both rare and unsystematic, not to mention the entire European librettistics.
ref: 1970, Ennio Stipčević, “Review: Musica e storia tra Medio Evo e Età moderna”, in International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, volume 22, number 2:
text: Attention is given firstly to arguments within the system which generate the typical and frequently mentioned literary defects of libretto texts, but is also directed at texts and groups of texts to which prejudices about librettistics as a second-rate dramaturgy cannot be applied.
ref: 2000, International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, page 125:
text: For this reason, the attention I devote to the libretto might seem out of proportion to its status in the opera as a whole, yet I feel encouraged in this direction by the recent interest kindled by librettistics, a subject for which we owe much to our German and Italian colleagues.
ref: 2005, Nelly Valtat-Comet, “From Novella to Opera: Dominick Argento's The Aspern Papers”, in E-rea. Revue électronique d'études sur le monde anglophone:
text: (see title)
ref: 2007, Fabrizio Della Seta, “Shakespeare at the opera. Drama in Italian librettistics”, in VIUZZO DEL POZZETTO:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The study of librettos
Related terms: librettistic
southern pig-tailed macaque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southern pig-tailed macaques
Senses: glosses: An Old World monkey of the species Macaca nemestrina, native to Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay peninsula.
Hypernyms: sense: Macaca nemestrina
word: pig-tailed macaque
tectophases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tectophase
tecnomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tecnomorph
wirerooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wireroom
pigtail macaque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigtail macaques
form: pig-tailed macaque
Senses: glosses: Any of two closely related SE Asian species of macaque:
A southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina);
glosses: Any of two closely related SE Asian species of macaque:
A northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina).
tecnomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tecnomorph + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to tecnomorphs.
velums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The neonates observed by Truby and his associates (1965) kept their velums open during their cries for the first three days of life and thereafter closed their velums during their cries.
ref: 1970, Linguistic Inquiry, page 319:
text: Polyp stage reduced or absent; medusae without velums.
ref: 1997, John A. Snyder, How to Prepare for the GRE Biology, page 265:
glosses: plural of velum
evals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eval
evals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eval
kegged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keg
kegging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keg
PDO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PDOs
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
oceanography
coordinate_terms: AMO
La Nina
El Nino
glosses: Initialism of Pacific decadal oscillationa, recurring pattern of ocean-atmosphere climate variability.
glosses: Initialism of protected designation of origin, a geographical indication for food-related products in Europe.
topics: Windows
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of physical device object.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of persistent data object (“a data object not lost when the application exits”).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of persistent domain object (“a domain object not lost when the application exits”).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of PHP data object, a PHP extension to be used as a database abstraction layer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Python data object.
PDOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PDO
debagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debaggers
Etymology: From debag + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A debagger breaks the bag, liberates material, and automatically removes bag from the material to be sorted.
ref: 1992, Solid Waste & Power, volume 6, page 36:
text: The use of mechanical debaggers to remove plastic bags, whether before or after composting, has been only partially successful. There are new mechanical debaggers on the market that are still undergoing field-testing.
ref: 1993, Herbert F. Lund, The McGraw-Hill recycling handbook, page 26-16:
glosses: A machine that tears open bags to remove the contents.
Synonyms: unbagger
debaggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debagger
MRFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MRF
khandvi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khandvis
Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati ખાંડવી (khā̃ḍvī).
Senses: glosses: A savoury snack from Gujarat, India, made from a paste of gram flour and yoghurt.
khandvis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khandvi
jilapi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jilapis
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali জিলাপি (jilapi).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jalebi.
jilabi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jilabis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jalebi.
jilapis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jilapi
jilabis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jilabi
kewra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kewda
Etymology: From Hindustani کیوڑہ (kyoṛh) / केवड़ा (kevṛā), inherited from Sanskrit केतक (ketaka).
Senses: glosses: The essence of pandanus flowers, used to make a syrup in North Indian and Pakistani cuisine.
kewda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kewra.
salmoriglio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Italian
Senses: glosses: An Italian condiment made from lemon juice, olive oil, and herbs
Synonyms: citronette
vulned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a pelican or, vulned gu.
ref: 1842, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, page 74:
text: Or a pelican in piety ppr. REIDHEUGH, Culte-bragan. Per chev. vert and erm. in chief a pelican or vulned ppr. JOYNER. [...] Quarterly per fess indented sa. and or in the first quarter a pelican of the second vulning itself ppr.
ref: 1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 306:
text: Gu. a pelican feeding her young arg. vulned ppr. (4th quarter).
ref: 1893, James Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, page 190:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Wounded and bleeding, especially from the breast.
raw_tags: of a pelican
vulned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vuln
butter salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Popcorn with butter salt is a delicious low-calorie snack.
ref: 1990, M. William Schwartz, Pediatric Primary Care: A Problem Oriented Approach, page 924:
glosses: salt with artificial butter flavoring, often used as a seasoning for popcorn
presweetened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + sweetened.
Senses: examples: text: Compare the nutrition information label of a regular ready-to-eat fortified cereal with that of a presweetened brand and you'll note that, although the sweetened one's sugar content is higher, the fortification is virtually identical.
ref: 1979 July, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 33, number 7, page 47:
glosses: sweetened in advance
Carolina style
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A North Carolinan style of serving hot dogs and hamburgers, involving chili, slaw, onions, and sometimes mustard.
antemedial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːdiəl
Etymology: From ante- + medial.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Situated before (i.e. closer to the head than) the middle of the thorax or wing.
Related terms: anteromedial
cephalad
aspergil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aspergils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aspergillum.
aspergils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aspergil
picturise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picturises
form: picturising
form: picturised
form: picturised
Etymology: From picture + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of picturize.
picturised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of picturise
picturises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of picturise
picturising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of picturise
chrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /xɹeɪn/
Etymology: From Yiddish כריין (khreyn), in turn from a Slavic source, probably Russian хре́н (xrén, “horseradish”).
Senses: glosses: A relish in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, consisting of grated horseradish, vinegar, sugar, salt, and optionally beetroot.
kachumbari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Swahili kachumbari.
Senses: glosses: An uncooked dish of chopped tomatoes, onions, and chili peppers in African cuisine.
mainwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mainwheels
Senses: examples: text: Once next to the ball and having aligned the mainwheel with the ball, the student should lean over and pin the ball against the mainwheel with the hand. As the wheelchair continues to move forward, the mainwheel will roll the pinned ball up.
ref: 2010, Ronald Davis, Teaching Disability Sport: A Guide for Physical Educators, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Note the abundant use of the red 2. Staffel trim for the background to I. Gruppe's 'Scottie dog' badge, as well as for the spinner tip and the dive-bomber's individual letter on the aft fuselage and (just visible) the front of the mainwheel spat.
ref: 2012, John Weal, Junkers Ju 87 Stukageschwader of the Russian Front, →ISBN, page 93:
qualifier: especially but not exclusively attributive
glosses: Alternative spelling of main wheel.
metricise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metricises
form: metricising
form: metricised
form: metricised
Etymology: From metric + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metricize.
metricised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metricise
mainwheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mainwheel
metricises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of metricise
metricising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of metricise
midleg
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + leg or mid + leg.
Senses: glosses: In the middle of the leg.
midleg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midlegs
Etymology: From mid- + leg or mid + leg.
Senses: examples: text: The following discussion considers exposure of the artery in the midleg, distal leg, and foot.
ref: 2003, Anatomic Exposures in Vascular Surgery, →ISBN, page 508:
glosses: The middle of the leg.
examples: in this species, the midlegs are brighter than the forelegs and hindlegs
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the legs located between the forelegs and back legs.
midlegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midleg
antemedian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ante- + median.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antemedial.
tornal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tornus + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the tornus.
Derived terms: pretornal
hardstands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardstand
paleographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From paleographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of paleography.
Olympically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Olympically
form: most Olympically
Etymology: From Olympic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: The expected debate, then, was never presented to the membership of the A.A.U. and the inspired defenders of a less Olympically disposed sporting ideal were not permitted oratorically to clarify their position.
ref: 1971, Richard D. Mandell, The Nazi Olympics, page 79:
text: They were dying with laughter about Kindelan's crazy house: crazy swimmers Olympically diving into empty pools, crazy painters hanging from their brushes, […]
ref: 2006, Jesús Díaz, The Initials of the Earth, page 242:
synonyms: Olympianly
glosses: In a way that is characteristic of the Olympic Games.
crossline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosslines
Etymology: From cross + line.
Senses: glosses: A line that crosses other lines.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A line running across an insect.
topics: journalism
media
synonyms: bar line
glosses: A small headline running across one or more columns, but not extending to the full width of the page.
crosslines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossline
soumbala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sumbala.
sumbala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soumbala
Etymology: From a Mande language. Compare Bambara sunbala.
Senses: glosses: A West African condiment prepared from crushed and fermented seeds (usually African locust beans or soybeans).
headshield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headshields
Etymology: From head + shield.
Senses: examples: text: Two new molded fiber-glass plastic headshields for weldors are reported to offer the user lighter weight comfort with complete head protection from the welding arc and spatter.
ref: 1955, The Welding Engineer, volume 40, page 50:
glosses: A helmet or similar covering that protects the head.
examples: text: Trilobites have a distinct headshield or cephalon and a distinct tailshield or pygidium, and in both these regions the original segmentation has been suppressed — more completely in the cephalon than in the pygidium — and [...]
ref: 1985, E. W. Nield, Ted Nield, V. C. T. Tucker, Palaeontology, an Introduction:
glosses: A cephalon of a trilobite.
headshields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headshield
plurinominal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pluri- + nominal.
Senses: examples: text: As Girard notes, this non-anonymous rule is a single-round plurinominal election in which the voter can support as many candidates as he wishes, hence exhibiting the basic features of Approval Voting.
ref: 2010, Jean-François Laslier, M. Remzi Sanver, Handbook on Approval Voting, →ISBN, page 7:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Nominating or electing more than one representative at once.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Elected at large rather than from a specific district.
Related terms: uninominal
weatherboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of weatherboard
parished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parished
form: most parished
Derived terms: unparished
parished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parish
parishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parishings
Senses: glosses: A hamlet or village associated with a local church.
parishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parish
coproducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coproduce
coproduced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coproduce
kubbeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kubbehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kibbeh.
hostplant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hostplants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of host plant.
hostplants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hostplant
ajika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of adjika.
re-edition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-editions
form: reedition
Etymology: From re- + edition.
Senses: glosses: A new edition.
reeditions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reedition
Philippine lime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Philippine limes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of calamondin.
synonyms: word: calamondin
Philippine limes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Philippine lime
bhava
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhavas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit भव (bhava).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A feeling or mood, especially one of maturation that arises from understanding of the continuity of life and death (reincarnation).
bhavas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhava
atchara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achara
form: atsara
Etymology: Borrowed from Philippine Spanish achara, possibly from Malay acar, ultimately from Classical Persian آچار (āčār, “pickle, marinade”). Compare Tagalog atsara, Cebuano atsara, Hiligaynon atsara, Indonesian acar, Hindi अचार (acār).
Senses: glosses: A pickle made from grated unripe papaya, popular in the Philippines.
bombload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombloads
Etymology: From bomb + load.
Senses: glosses: The amount of ordnance held by a bomber aircraft.
bombloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombload
resite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resites
form: resiting
form: resited
form: resited
form: re-site
Etymology: From re- + site.
Senses: glosses: To move to another site or place.
superdeep
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + deep.
Senses: glosses: Extremely deep
Luzonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Luzonian
form: most Luzonian
Etymology: From Luzon + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Luzon in the Philippines.
Luzonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Luzonians
Etymology: From Luzon + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Luzonese
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Luzon.
Luzonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Luzonian
resites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resite
resited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resite
resiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resite
ayvar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ajvar.
tribemate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribemates
Etymology: From tribe + mate.
Senses: synonyms: fellow tribesman
glosses: A member of the same tribe.
groupmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groupmates
Etymology: From group + -mate.
Senses: glosses: A member of the same group.
tribemates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tribemate
groupmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groupmate
mhammara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of muhammara.
trichocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichocytes
Etymology: From tricho- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: Any of the specialized epithelial cells from which hairs grow.
rectosigmoiditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From recto- + sigmoiditis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the sigmoid colon and rectum
laughy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: laughier
form: laughiest
Etymology: From laugh + -y.
Senses: glosses: Causing laughter; comical.
laughiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of laughy: most laughy
proctosigmoiditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From procto- + sigmoid + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the rectum and the sigmoid colon
Synonyms: rectosigmoiditis
underfired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌndəˌfaɪəd/
ipa: /ˈʌndɚˌfaɪ(ə)ɹd/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d
Etymology: From underfire + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underfire
Marie biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Marie biscuits
Etymology: Created in 1874 to commemorate the marriage of the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia to the Duke of Edinburgh.
Senses: glosses: A sweet biscuit, somewhat like a rich tea biscuit, and usually vanilla-flavoured.
Marie biscuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Marie biscuit
vairagya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit वैराग्य (vairāgya).
Senses: glosses: detachment from the material world
Related terms: vairagi
vision-impaired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vision impaired.
egologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egologists
Etymology: From egology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies egology.
egologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egologist
EFS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of event-free survival.
glosses: Initialism of emergency fire service.
egologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: egological
Inner Asia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A region of Asia, usually comprising of what is now Central Asia, Mongolia (including Inner Mongolia), and Northeastern China, particularly as an area of historically strong pastoralist influence in contrast to surrounding sedentary civilizations.
GTID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GTIDs
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of global transaction identifier.
GTIDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GTID
gutfeel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gut + feel.
Senses: glosses: gut feeling
boæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin boae, plural of boa.
Senses: examples: text: The hog-nosed boa, boa contortrix, p. 237, is certainly venomous, notwithstanding both the author and translator assure us, that none of the boæ are furnished with fangs.
ref: The British Critic and Quarterly Theological Review (volume 23, page 525)
glosses: plural of boa
Bœotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bœotic
form: most Bœotic
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Boeotic.
brightsizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of bright + rightsizing?
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Giving redundancy to (i.e. firing) the most intelligent employees of a company.
binyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binyans
form: binyanim
Etymology: From Hebrew בניין / בִּנְיָן (binyan, literally “building, construction”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: wazn
bab
stirp
stirps
hypernyms: template
pattern
form
wazn
coordinate_terms: mishkal
glosses: In Semitic languages, especially Hebrew, a template that creates verbs by having root consonants slotted into it.
binyanim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binyan
binyans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binyan
biofraud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + fraud.
Senses: examples: text: Details of "the great biofraud," as the The Washington Times has dubbed the affair, first emerged just before Christmas. Wainwright and six other state and federal wildlife scientists in Washington State allegedly "planted" clumps of wild lynx fur ...
ref: 2002, Outside:
glosses: Fraud in the context of biotechnology or a biological study.
down the gurgler
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: “Those people who have sought to deify our wilderness … those days are over. We are not going to sit around and read poetry to rare lizards, whilst our current account deficit goes down the gurgler,” Jones said.
ref: 2025 May 26, Eva Corlett, quoting Shane Jones, “New Zealand will not be ‘guilt-tripped’ over environment, resources minister says”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of down the drain.
synonyms: word: down the drain
reverse racist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse racists
Senses: glosses: One who promotes or takes part in reverse racism.
reverse racists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reverse racist
reflourishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + flourishment.
Senses: glosses: The process of flourishing anew.
pomegranateade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pomegranate + -ade.
Senses: examples: text: Juicy apples, pears, lemonade, orangeade, pomegranateade, ripe peaches, etc., are pleasanter than medicines.
ref: 1919, Jesse Feiring Williams, Healthful living, page 196:
text: […] we children had a platform—the “house in the coon tree," we called it—to which we ascended by the grapevine and on which we often sat reading books or playing and in season drinking (without ice, of course) pomegranateade.
ref: 1964, Joe Austell Small, The best of True West, page 84:
text: One penny will buy a big glassful. Alongside of it comes the pink colonche or cider of the tuna; this is an exceptionally good drink. Then you can buy lemonades, limeades, orangeades, pineappleades, and sometimes a pomegranateade […]
ref: 1987, Simon J. Bronner, Folklife Studies from the Gilded Age, page 200:
glosses: A sweetened drink made from pomegranates.
pineappleades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pineappleade
colonche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish colonche.
Senses: glosses: An ancient Mexican alcoholic drink made from nopal.
mumbo sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mambo sauce
Etymology: Used as early as 1950. Formerly a registered trademark.
Senses: glosses: A sweet, tangy, reddish-orange condiment found in Chinese takeout restaurants in the Washington, DC area.