cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ridden the cock carousel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of ride the cock carousel
riding the cock carousel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ride the cock carousel
rode the cock carousel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ride the cock carousel
rides the cock carousel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ride the cock carousel
totem kin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: totem kins
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A human kin or family group bearing the names of a particular totem.
ridden one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of ride one's luck
rides one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ride one's luck
riding one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ride one's luck
rode one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ride one's luck
totem stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: totem stones
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any art form which depicts a totem on a stone or other engraving.
totem kins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of totem kin
totem stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of totem stone
creamed in one's jeans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cream in one's jeans
creams in one's jeans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cream in one's jeans
creaming in one's jeans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cream in one's jeans
throuplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throupling
popped someone's cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pop someone's cherry
pops someone's cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pop someone's cherry
popping someone's cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pop someone's cherry
popped the cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pop the cherry
pops the cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pop the cherry
popping the cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pop the cherry
slept together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sleep together
sleeps together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep together
Tarzan swing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tarzan swings
Etymology: After the fictional character Tarzan, known for swinging from tree to tree on lianas in the jungle.
Senses: examples: text: Emphasis upon the acquisition of knowledge rather than upon the development of wholesome mental attitudes tends to belittle such experiences as the following listed by boys as being “most enjoyed”: [...] Taming a squirrel. Making a Tarzan swing.
ref: 1937 May 24, The Research Quarterly, Ann Arbor, MI, page 171:
text: But Pete, possibly under the — Hollywood influence, made the scaling wall four feet higher than Army regulations stipulated and exaggerated the monkey walk, Tarzan swing, and other hazards accordingly.
ref: 1944, Ezra Stone and Weldon Melick, Coming, Major!, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., page 251:
text: Skills acquired include learning the "Flea Hop" and the "Tarzan Swing" as well as "Riding the Zipper" (sliding 400 feet on a cable between two mountain peaks), canoeing in white-water rapids, bushwacking and learning to "rappel" hundreds of feet down sheer rock cliffs on a rope.
ref: 1975 July 24, The Barium Messenger, Barium Springs, NC, page 2, column 3:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: recreation
glosses: A swing consisting of a single rope, typically suspended from a tree or beam, now especially installed in an outdoor activity center or as part of an obstacle course.
Tarzan swings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tarzan swing
Chetniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chetnik
Ramsbothams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ramsbotham
cytokine release syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytokine release syndromes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: CRS
glosses: An acute systemic inflammatory syndrome characterized by fever and multiple organ dysfunction.
cytokine release syndromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytokine release syndrome
immunoglobulin A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IgA
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: IgA
glosses: An antibody that plays a crucial role in the immune function of mucous membranes.
immunoglobulin D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iː
Forms: form: IgD
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: IgD
glosses: an antibody isotype that makes up about 1% of proteins in the plasma membranes of immature B lymphocytes
immunoglobulin G
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IgG
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: IgG
glosses: the most common type of antibody found in human blood circulation
immunoglobulin M
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IgM
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: IgM
glosses: one of several isotypes of antibodies produced by vertebrates
godsibs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godsib
Ramsbottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ramsbottom
Winterbottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Winterbottom
Danism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Danisms
Senses: examples: text: Among the lights which guide our path through the obscurity of the Transition period, we may mention the Cursor Mundi as a work in which many Danisms are preserved, […]
ref: 1875, The Quarterly review, page 458:
text: […] it is not easy to see why the Danisms which are both more common and more natural, […]
[…] but concludes that "it is quite as likely that it is a Danism."
ref: 2012, H. Logeman, A Commentary, critical and explanatory on the Norwegian text of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt its language, literary associations and folklore, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 49:
glosses: A distinctively Danish word or borrowing, linguistic feature, etc.
Danisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Danism
Dakins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dakin
Oglethorpes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Oglethorpe
Roediger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Roedigers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Rödiger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Roston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rostons
Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Hrōþsiġe + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The personal name is composed by the elements hrēþ (“glory, triumph”) + siġe (“victory”).
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Norbury and Roston parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1241).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
part-fund
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: part-funds
form: part-funding
form: part-funded
form: part-funded
Senses: examples: text: Part-funded through Avanti West Coast's Station Community Project Fund, events are taking place between April 2021 and April 2022 to coincide with key milestones in the lines' history.
ref: 2021 October 6, “Network News: Plaque at Oxenholme celebrates line's 175th anniversary”, in RAIL, number 941, page 22:
glosses: Synonym of part-finance.
synonyms: word: part-finance
Rostons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Roston
Roedigers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Roediger
part-funded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of part-fund
Takhar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Takhars
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਤੱਖਰ (takkhar).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Punjabi.
Takhar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian تخار (taxâr).
Senses: glosses: A province of Afghanistan.
Soltesz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Solteszes
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Soltész.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Solteszes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Soltesz
Takhars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Takhar
Strole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stroles
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ströle.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Quinter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quinters
Etymology: Probably a reduced form of McQuinter.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A city in Gove County, Kansas, United States.
Quinters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Quinter
Stroles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Strole
Quirin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quirins
Etymology: From the German and French surname, from Medieval Latin Quirinus. Compare Queer and Kerin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Ramo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ramos
Etymology: Various origins:
* Borrowed from Finnish Rämö, a surname of unexplained origin.
* Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Ramo, a habitational surname.
* Borrowed from Spanish Ramo, a topographic surname from ramo (“branch”). Compare Ramos.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Quirins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Quirin
part-funding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of part-fund
Raptis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raptises
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Ράπτης (Ráptis).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Greek, equivalent to English Taylor.
part-funds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of part-fund
Proia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Proias
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Proia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Proias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Proia
Raptises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Raptis
Plichta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Plichtas
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech and Polish Plichta.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Polakowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Polakowskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Polakowski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Polakowskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Polakowski
Plichtas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Plichta
McNeece
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McNeeces
Etymology: Variant of McNeese.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Berres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Berreses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Berres.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Berreses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Berres
Magadans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Magadan
McNeeces
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNeece
friction burns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friction burn
Vincents
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vincent
ditto machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ditto machines
form: Ditto machine
Etymology: From the name of the manufacturer, Ditto Corporation.
Senses: examples: text: As Mr. Friedlander conceived it, Reason was neither strictly right-wing libertarian nor strictly left — in modern parlance, neither red nor blue but a purple amalgam of the two. It was genuinely purple at first, as it was run off on a ditto machine.
ref: 2011 May 7, Margalit Fox, “Lanny Friedlander, Founder of Reason Magazine, Dies at 63”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Synonym of spirit duplicator.
synonyms: word: spirit duplicator
Derived terms: ditto
Ditto machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ditto machines
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ditto machine.
Çanakkale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Çanakkale, from Ottoman Turkish چناق قلعه (Çanak Kalʼe, literally “Fortress of Pots”), so named from the great manufacture of coarse earthenware carried on in and around the town.
Senses: glosses: A province of Turkey, along the Dardanelles.
glosses: A district of Çanakkale Province, Turkey.
glosses: A municipality, the capital city of Çanakkale district and Çanakkale Province, Turkey.
slips and capture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of cognitive error whereby a person inadvertently performs one action while intending to do another.
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: A type of cognitive error whereby a person inadvertently performs one action while intending to do another.
Particularly, the error by which a police officer bears a gun while intending to take out a Taser instead.
work horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: work horses
Senses: examples: text: The old “work horse” of the office, the mimeograph, was a starred performer at the National Business Show, which was recently held at the New York Coliseum.
ref: 1956 November 8, Alexander R. Hammer, “Duplicator Still The ‘Work Horse’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of workhorse.
work horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of work horse
electronic brain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electronic brains
Senses: examples: text: After the Univac or other electronic brain has made its fast computations, there still remains the problem of getting the information into many hands quickly.
ref: 1956 November 8, Alexander R. Hammer, “Duplicator Still The ‘Work Horse’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: 'puter
word: box
word: calculator
word: computer
word: electronic brain
word: electronic computer
word: machine
word: number cruncher
word: thinking machine
glosses: A computer.
electronic brains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electronic brain
electronic computers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electronic computer
zettelkasten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zettelkastens
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Zettelkasten.
playing hardball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play hardball
gerundal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gerund + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The difference between these forms is, however, purely phonetic, since the gerund may also be mutated and the infinitive may appear in gerundal form ...
ref: 1943, Clarence Paschall, The Semasiology of Words Derived from the Indo-European *nem-:
text: c. Cartier's defeating Dugué is significant (gerundal or verbal noun clause)
d. Nelson saw Cartier defeating Dugué (participial clause)
ref: 1985, Timothy Shopen, Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 2, Complex Constructions, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 43:
synonyms: gerundial
gerundive
glosses: Being or pertaining to a gerund.
tries one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of try one's luck
trying one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of try one's luck
tried one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of try one's luck
throws someone a bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw someone a bone
throwing someone a bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw someone a bone
threw someone a bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw someone a bone
thrown someone a bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw someone a bone
sib-bred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sib + bred.
Senses: examples: text: […] have great faith in the London Fancy birds for a cross, and should prefer these birds to Norwich, as they have been sib-bred for at least fifty years.
ref: 1883, Robert Linlithgow Wallace, The Canary Book. (2 sect.)., page 91:
text: The “sib-bred" canaries shew unmistakable signs of albinism; they are practically white in plumage, and, through lack of pigmentation in the iris […]
ref: 1914, Eggs and the Intensive World: The Official Organ of the Intensive Poultry League:
text: […] of course, can have no effect on its pedigree, which, as the carefully sib-bred hens prove, is really the crucial point in the production of clear Mules.
ref: 1919 (printed 2013), Rosslyn Mannering, Mules and Hybrids - Production, Management, & Exhibition
text: […] reported to be glad to get out of high-priced Shorthorns, for the sib-bred Bates cattle of those days were a delicate lot and frequently went wrong.
ref: 1920, The Shorthorn World and Farm Magazine, page 128:
glosses: Bred or descended from ancestors who were related.
you don't fish off the company pier
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of you don't dip your pen in company ink.
synonyms: word: you don't dip your pen in company ink
you don't get your nookie where you get your cookies
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of you don't dip your pen in company ink.
synonyms: word: you don't dip your pen in company ink
don't get your honey where you make your money
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of you don't dip your pen in company ink.
synonyms: word: you don't dip your pen in company ink
lumicalciferol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A photoisomer produced by the excessive irradiation of ergosterol, lumisterol, or vitamin D.
7-dehydrocholesterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A zoosterol that functions in the serum as a cholesterol precursor, and is photochemically converted to vitamin D3 in the skin.
dihydroxycalciferol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A metabolite of vitamin D, exerting antirachitic activity in animals
hydroxycalciferol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a biologically active metabolite of vitamin D2 which is more active in curing rickets than its parent
pIg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pIgs
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of polyclonal immunoglobulin.
pIgs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pIg
non-cooperation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of noncooperation.
godsip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: godsips
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:godsip.
glosses: Alternative spelling of godsib or gossip (“godparent”).
godsips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godsip
Caldecott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Caldecotts
form: Callcott
Etymology: From Old English cald (“cold”) + cot (“cottage”), denoting a place provided with a shelter for the wintertime. Compare Caldecote and Calcott, which share the same etymology.
Senses: glosses: A former civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, now part of Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish.
glosses: A hamlet in Chelveston cum Caldecott parish, North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, originally in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9968).
glosses: A suburb of Abingdon, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU4996).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SP8693).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Baylisses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bayliss
Chelveston cum Caldecott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in East Northamptonshire district.
Liddells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Liddell
best-case
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: In the most favorable of all possible circumstances.
Derived terms: best-case scenario
best-case scenario
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: best-case scenarios
form: best case scenario
Senses: glosses: Any situation or conclusion which could not be any better; the best possible outcome.
Related terms: happy day scenario
worst-case scenario
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worst-case scenarios
form: worst case scenario
Senses: examples: text: Everyone is rightly planning for the worst-case scenario. Across Europe, that worst-case scenario is already playing out.
ref: 2020 March 25, “Network News: What COVID-19 means for rail in a wider transport context”, in Rail, page 10:
text: Here’s the worst case scenario: You’ve just wasted your time on a few meaningless Tinder messages and not an actual date—or heaven forbid, a full-blown relationship.
ref: 2023 March 6, Alexis Jones, Megan Schaltegger, “These Tinder Conversation Starters Actually Work, According To Dating Experts”, in Women's Health:
antonyms: best-case scenario
glosses: Any situation or conclusion which could not be any worse; the worst possible outcome.
worst-case scenario
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: worst case scenario
Senses: antonyms: at best
best-case scenario
glosses: At worst, worst comes to worst, in the worst-case scenario.
Chelveston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Chelveston cum Caldecott parish, North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SK9969).
Underhills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Underhill
stylista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stylistas
Etymology: From style + -ista, after fashionista. Piecewise doublet of stylist.
Senses: examples: text: Pam frowned as she eyed me and my jersey. Whatever. Volleyball jerseys are formfitting and cute—unlike the oversize basketball or football ones. But Pam is such a stylista, she wouldn’t be caught sleeping in what I had on.
ref: 2009, Debbie Rigaud, chapter 2, in Perfect Shot (The Romantic Comedies), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Imagine you’re babysitting for a very fashionable little kid, which is thrilling because you, too, are a stylista. When it’s time to choose her outfit for the day, you furiously comb the drawers for the cutest stuff you can possibly find.
ref: 2012, Halley Bondy, “Getting Kids Dressed”, in Don’t Sit on the Baby: The Ultimate Guide to Sane, Skilled, and Safe Babysitting, San Francisco, Calif.: Zest Books, →ISBN, section B (Essential Skills), page 48:
text: ‘There’ll be a lot of running around, so bring flats as well as your killer heels.’ ‘Your killer heels’. Mona Armstrong thinks I’m a stylista who owns killer heels. I’ve really pulled the cashmere over her eyes.
ref: 2016, Rosie Nixon, chapter 3, in The Stylist, London: HQ, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: A stylish person.
biopolitician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biopoliticians
Senses: examples: text: In response, biopoliticians of the 1980's have taken several paths. Some are exploring the relationship between physiological factors and political behavior.
ref: 1981 August 23, Rochelle Semmel Albin, “Biopolitics: Odd Hybrid or a Synthesis?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A proponent of biopolitics.
biopoliticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biopolitician
Caldecott Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Shocklach Oviatt and District parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, formerly in Caldecott parish (OS grid ref SJ4352).
allocation units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allocation unit
clusterball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clusterballs
form: cluster-ball
Etymology: From cluster + ball.
Senses: examples: text: I'd known it was going to be a giant cluster-ball when everyone saw me, but... I still wasn't prepared for how angry they all were.
ref: 2014, Cynthia Brint, Maybe Fate:
glosses: Synonym of clusterfuck.
synonyms: word: clusterfuck
clusterballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clusterball
clusterbumble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clusterbumbles
Senses: glosses: A clusterfuck.
clusterbumbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clusterbumble
trainwrecking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trainwreck
trainwrecked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trainwreck
train wrecked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of train wreck
train wrecking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of train wreck
prairie meet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prairie meets
Senses: qualifier: hobo slang
glosses: Synonym of cornfield meet.
synonyms: word: cornfield meet
prairie meets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prairie meet
gawker blocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gawker blockers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gapers' block.
synonyms: word: gapers' block
gawker blockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gawker blocker
Kooners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kooner
field meet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field meets
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A spectacle in the field involving opposing contestants.
field meets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of field meet
Sehgals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sehgal
bon-mot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bon-mots
Senses: examples: text: "Yes," interrupted his uncle, with something between a smile and a sneer, "to decide on the merits of rival actresses; to bear away a few bon-mots from the coffee-houses; to see that the fashion of your hair is not too much behind hand; and to choose the newest embroidery for your waistcoat."
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 106:
glosses: Alternative form of bon mot.
bon-mots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Voiture carried this talent to perfection. His letters were charming—full of point and flattery; and his conversation sparkled with bon-mots and compliments.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 246:
glosses: plural of bon-mot
aggrieved party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: aggrieved parties
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An individual or collective whose rights have been violated and who is entitled to commence a lawsuit; victim.
aggrieved parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggrieved party
tick on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒn
Forms: form: ticks on
form: ticking on
form: ticked on
form: ticked on
Senses: examples: text: He shuts off the engine, which ticks on mechanically, cooling down.
ref: 2003, Tom Wilkins, The Demise of The Color War Captain, page 121:
text: None of that should affect the beat, or pulse itself, which ticks on regardless.
ref: 2008, Ian Assersohn, First Time Bars - A Choral Singer's Handbook, page 6:
text: The sun sets and the clock ticks on.
ref: 2017, Bryanna Bond, The Color Black, page 23:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tick, on.; to continue ticking.
examples: text: Slowly the moments ticked on; once he murmured the name of the girl he loved.
ref: 1912, Kate Everest, The Searchlight on the Throne: Reminiscences of an Ex-ambassador, page 132:
text: Seconds ticked on.
ref: 1958, Ashes of Conflict, page 2:
text: But the night ticked on and we soon missed Monk's cleaning.
ref: 2011, Lee Goldberg, Mr. Monk on the Couch:
text: Or we think of an absolute time which ticks on regardless of events, agents, causes and effects.
ref: 2013, Roy Abraham Varghese, The Missing Link, page 113:
text: The day ticked on and it was soon time to head back.
ref: 2020, Richard Georgiou, One Man on a Bike, page 212:
text: As time ticked on, with 15 minutes remaining, Billy Gilmour side-footed at Gestsson after breaking into the box from a rare flash of incision.
ref: 2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
qualifier: or units of time
glosses: To elapse;
raw_tags: of time
examples: text: The banner flutters and love of the group / stifles the petty unmanly doubt / which ticks on, a liberal superstition.
ref: 2012, Charles Kraszewski, Irresolute Heresiarch: Catholicism, Gnosticism and Paganism in the Poetry of Czesław Miłosz, page 68:
text: In that web, my father's pacemaker and our broken human lives ticked on, not in a universe governed by a god whose rules were written on tablets and interpreted by male priests who'd never spent a day changing adult diapers or listening to the moans of a Nancy Cruzan.
ref: 2014, Katy Butler, Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, page 202:
text: With the dumb, inchoate misery of a small child's inability to understand its situation or express bereavement, the relentless question ticked on, and on.
ref: 2015, Claire Collard, Footpaths on the Sea, page 82:
glosses: To continue; to keep occurring.
Chawlas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chawla
stand-your-ground law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stand-your-ground laws
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legal principle that permits the use of lethal force when it is necessary to defend oneself against great bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, robbery or any other serious crime without a duty to retreat.
Related terms: castle doctrine
self-defense
stand-your-ground laws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stand-your-ground law
Sekhons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sekhon
thinking machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thinking machines
Senses: examples: text: Electronic computing machine experts warned last night at a meeting of the New York Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management that “thinking machines” now appear to be bringing about a second industrial revolution.
ref: 1950 November 17, “‘Revolution’ Is Seen In ‘Thinking Machines’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: 'puter
word: box
word: calculator
word: computer
word: electronic brain
word: electronic computer
word: machine
word: number cruncher
word: thinking machine
glosses: A computer.
thinking machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thinking machine
duty to retreat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duties to retreat
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legal requirement in some jurisdictions that a threatened individual cannot harm another in self-defense when it is possible instead to retreat to a place of safety.
aphant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aphants
Etymology: Clipping of aphantasiac.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Zeman considers it merely a difference in perception and said many aphants who have contacted him are working successfully in creative fields such as art or architecture.
ref: 2020 July 15, Serena Puang, “Living With Aphantasia, the Inability to Make Mental Images”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: aphantasiac
aphantasic
glosses: One who has aphantasia.
duties to retreat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duty to retreat
aphants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphant
Cribbs Causeway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commercial area with an out-of-town shopping mall in Almondsbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, named after the main road through the area (OS grid ref ST5780).
wetline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wetlines
form: wet line
Etymology: From wet + line.
Senses: examples: text: In cheatgrass the wetline technique has proven to be successful and is equally useful in other light to moderate grass fuels on relatively smooth terrain.
ref: 1982, Henry A. Wright, Fire Ecology: United States and Southern Canada, page 398:
text: We have used this method in the evening when strip headfires would burn into the wetline, but the backfire would go out.
ref: 1977, Robert E. Martin, Wetline Technique for Prescribed Burning Firelines in Rangeland:
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A line that has been doused with water in order to stop the advance of a fire.
examples: text: […] safety risks associated with the transportation of flammable liquids in unprotected product piping – known as wetlines – on DOT-specification cargo tank motor vehicles.
ref: 2003, Commercial Carrier Journal, volume 160:
text: Perhaps the best example is wetlines. Wetlines are unprotected piping located beneath a cargo tank that is used for the bottom loading of gasoline or other petroleum products. In April 2009, we asked PHMSA how many wetlines incidents occurred since 2000.
ref: 2009, Concerns with Hazardous Materials Safety in the U.S.: Is PHMSA Performing Its Mission?, United States Congress House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:
topics: transport
glosses: An unprotected pipe located beneath a cargo tank that is used for loading of liquid products such as petroleum.
examples: text: Its below decks layout has been redesigned to suit its role as a modern wetline or rock lobster fishing boat.
ref: 1983, Australian Fisheries, volume 42, page 35:
text: The commercial wetline fleet is a subset of the total fishing fleet, and consists of all boats with Fishing Boat Licences which have access to fish stocks that are not subject to specific management.
ref: 2000, Protecting and Sharing Western Australia's Coastal Fish Resources: The Path to Integrated Management: Issues and Proposals for Community Discussion, Fisheries Western Australia:
text: I worked on several boats over a total of eight seasons, along the way obtaining my Master Class V and Master of Limited Trade Vessels skipper's tickets, and skippered a wet-line fishing boat, and a charter boat in the off-seasons.
ref: 2012, Bob Cooper, Outback Survival:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Commercial line fishing that does not use a longline.
wetlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wetline
doggystyling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of doggystyle
doggystyles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of doggystyle
doggystyled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of doggystyle
sat in for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sit in for
sits in for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sit in for
sitting in for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sit in for
stands in for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand in for
standing in for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand in for
stood in for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand in for
vaxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vax
vaxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vax
Arnos Vale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Alternative form: Arno's Vale
glosses: A suburb in the south-east of the City of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6071)
glosses: A settlement in Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
glosses: A town in Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago.
porn star martinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porn star martini
quonset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quonsets
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Quonset.
quonsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quonset
single pane of glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single panes of glass
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: SPOG
glosses: A management dashboard that brings together information and metrics from various different sources, giving a unified view.
single panes of glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of single pane of glass
SPOG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SPOGs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of single pane of glass.
SPOGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SPOG
prepopulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of prepopulating.
kyangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kyang
sleboggans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleboggan
Cheenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cheena
Hyblaean Mountains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in south-eastern Sicily.
Related terms: Hybla
Hybla Gereatis
Hybla Heraia
Megara Hyblaea
cottonrose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cottonroses
Etymology: From cotton + rose.
Senses: hypernyms: cudweed
glosses: Any of the genera Filago and Logfia of flowering plants of Eurasia and North America.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Filago californica
alt: syn. Logfia filaginoides
word: California cottonrose
cottonroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cottonrose
I am afraid of this
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: I'm afraid of this
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker is afraid of something.
Faraday rotator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Faraday rotators
Senses: glosses: A polarization rotator based on the Faraday effect.
Faraday rotators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Faraday rotator
Faraday effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Faraday effects
Senses: glosses: The phenomenon of Faraday rotation.
Faraday effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Faraday effect
metatrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: metatrophic bacteria
hyponyms: saprophytic
coordinate_terms: paratrophic
prototrophic
glosses: Deriving sustenance from dead organic matter.
tinctura myrrhae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin tīnctūra myrrhae.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A preparation made by macerating or digesting myrrh with alcohol and filtering.
brought to one's knees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring to one's knees
bringing to one's knees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring to one's knees
brings to one's knees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring to one's knees
ulstering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Cloth used for making ulsters.
Ulsterite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ulsterites
Etymology: From Ulster + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Ulster in Ireland.
Ulsterites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ulsterite
Ulsterization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ulsterisation.
ultrabenevolent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrabenevolent
form: most ultrabenevolent
Etymology: From ultra- + benevolent.
Senses: glosses: extremely benevolent
ultraconscientious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraconscientious
form: most ultraconscientious
Etymology: From ultra- + conscientious.
Senses: glosses: Extremely conscientious.
ultraceremonious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraceremonious
form: most ultraceremonious
Etymology: From ultra- + ceremonious.
Senses: glosses: extremely ceremonious
ultracivil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultracivil
form: most ultracivil
Etymology: From ultra- + civil.
Senses: glosses: extremely civil
ultracordial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultracordial
form: most ultracordial
Etymology: From ultra- + cordial.
Senses: glosses: extremely cordial
ultracosmopolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultracosmopolitan
form: most ultracosmopolitan
Etymology: From ultra- + cosmopolitan.
Senses: glosses: extremely cosmopolitan
ultraenthusiastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more ultraenthusiastic
form: most ultraenthusiastic
Etymology: From ultra- + enthusiastic.
Senses: glosses: extremely enthusiastic
ultraexcessive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈʌltɹəɪkˈsɛsɪv/
Forms: form: more ultraexcessive
form: most ultraexcessive
form: ultra-excessive
Etymology: From ultra- + excessive.
Senses: examples: text: As an old and accustomed traveller, as fond of speedy travel as anyone, and not myself, at times, above pottering away an extra half-an-hour in town and making up time en route, my firm impression is that the necessity, the importance of this ultraexcessive rapidity of travel is a mistake, which is becoming one of increasing gravity.
ref: 1906, The World's Paper Trade Review, Volume 46, Stonhill & Gillis, page 12:
text: When yttrium was added in the form of a water solution of a salt and alkali hydrolysis was used the condition for ultraexcessive water hydrolysis was realized.
ref: 2009, Glass and Ceramics, page 330:
text: Afterward we proceeded down the tawdry Las vegas strip to the ultraexcessive Caesar's Palace Hotel, a sprawling place that seeks to the ancient Rome into twenty-eighth century.
ref: 2013, Chase Untermeyer, When Things Went Right: The Dawn of the Reagan-Bush Administration, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: Extremely excessive.
ultrafrivolous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrafrivolous
form: most ultrafrivolous
Etymology: From ultra- + frivolous.
Senses: glosses: extremely frivolous
ultraheroic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraheroic
form: most ultraheroic
Etymology: From ultra- + heroic.
Senses: glosses: extremely heroic
ultragallant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultragallant
form: most ultragallant
Etymology: From ultra- + gallant.
Senses: glosses: extremely gallant
ultramodest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultramodest
form: most ultramodest
Etymology: From ultra- + modest.
Senses: glosses: extremely modest
ultralogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultralogical
form: most ultralogical
Etymology: From ultra- + logical.
Senses: glosses: extremely logical
ultramodernistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultramodernistic
form: most ultramodernistic
Etymology: From ultra- + modernistic.
Senses: glosses: extremely modernistic
ultrasubtle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrasubtle
form: most ultrasubtle
Etymology: From ultra- + subtle.
Senses: glosses: extremely subtle
ultrawise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrawise
form: most ultrawise
Etymology: From ultra- + wise.
Senses: glosses: extremely wise
Ulua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ulúa.
Ulua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ulúa.
ulvan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ulvans
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of sulfated polysaccharides found in the cell wall of the green alga Ulva pertusa.
ulvans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ulvan
ultrayoung
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrayoung
form: most ultrayoung
Etymology: From ultra- + young.
Senses: glosses: extremely young
umbiliciform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more umbiliciform
form: most umbiliciform
Senses: synonyms: umbiliform
glosses: Shaped like an umbilicus.
umbonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an umbo.
umptekitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more umptekitic
form: most umptekitic
Etymology: From umptekite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the mineral umptekite.
unabundance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lack of abundance; scarcity.
scissorses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scissors
scissorsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scissors
scissorsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scissors
unabrased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + abrased.
Senses: glosses: Not abrased.
w8s
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of w8
w8ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of w8
w8ed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of w8
unaccidental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + accidental.
Senses: glosses: Not accidental.
unaccorded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + accorded.
Senses: glosses: Not accorded.
unaccordant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unaccordant
form: most unaccordant
Etymology: From Middle English unaccordant, unaccordaunte; equivalent to un- + accordant.
Senses: glosses: Not accordant.