cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Dortmund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dortmund.
Senses: examples: text: At the age of 22, the Norwegian forward had already established himself as one of the best goalscorers in European football – first at Red Bull Salzburg, then with two prolific seasons at Borussia Dortmund.
ref: 2023 May 12, George Ramsay, “After a record-breaking season, Erling Haaland is on track to become ‘the best striker ever’”, in CNN:
glosses: A major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
RSFSR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː.ɛs.ɛf.ɛsˈɑː/
ipa: /ɑɹ.ɛs.ɛf.ɛsˈɑɹ/
Forms: form: R.S.F.S.R.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
RSJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RSJs
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Initialism of rolled steel joist.
blow this popsicle stand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows this popsicle stand
form: blowing this popsicle stand
form: blew this popsicle stand
form: blown this popsicle stand
Etymology: Unknown, although several theories with no basis in fact have been circulated.
Senses: examples: text: Well, we've been at this bar for two hours; let's blow this popsicle stand and go to the nightclub.
glosses: To leave an establishment speedily.
Synonyms: blow this pop stand
Derived terms: blow this pop stand
apologetic apostrophe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apologetic apostrophes
Senses: examples: text: While not all agreements were carried out as planned, what this attempt at consistency achieved in Smith's case was to give his poetry the appearance of a distinctive literary language, related to English, but having its own identity and forms, and without the distraction for the reader of the apologetic apostrophes.
ref: 2009, Margery Palmer McCulloch, Scottish Modernism and Its Contexts 1918-1959:
topics: communications
human-sciences
journalism
linguistics
literature
media
orthography
publishing
sciences
social-science
sociolinguistics
sociology
writing
glosses: An apostrophe added to a Scots word in order to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word.
karakul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karakuls
form: caracul
form: qaraqul
Etymology: Named after the town Qorakoʻl, from Uzbek, meaning black lake.
Senses: glosses: A sheep of a Central Asian breed.
examples: text: The karakul hats took me back to a stifling summer afternoon in Kiev and the memory of a squadron of Cossack cavalry exercising down a cobbled street […].
ref: 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 38:
glosses: A type of hat made from the wool of these sheep.
Related terms: astrakhan
Persian lamb
white-collar crime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-collar crimes
Etymology: Introduced by American sociologist Edwin Sutherland.
Senses: examples: text: Fraud and embezzlement are examples of white-collar crime.
glosses: Non-violent crime, generally for personal gain and often involving money.
wikipedia: Edwin Sutherland
Related terms: white-collar criminal
bullhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌlˌhɛd/
Forms: form: bullheads
Etymology: From bull + head.
Senses: glosses: any of a variety of related species of generally dark-colored catfish in the family Ictaluridae.
The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.
glosses: any of a variety of related species of generally dark-colored catfish in the family Ictaluridae.
The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
glosses: any of a variety of related species of generally dark-colored catfish in the family Ictaluridae.
The yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis.
synonyms: mudcat
qualifier: Asia
glosses: Any of various sculpins of the suborder Scorpaenoidei
qualifier: Asia
glosses: The European bullhead, Cottus gobio.
glosses: A fish of species Gobiomorphus gobioides.
glosses: A bullhead shark (Heterodontus spp.).
glosses: An obstinate person.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A bullhead rail.
topics: hobbies
horology
lifestyle
glosses: A chronograph (watch or stopwatch) with two push buttons arranged like the horns of a bull on the top end of the case, typically with the crown between them.
Derived terms: alpine bullhead
armed bullhead
bullhead lily
long-spined bullhead
Ussurian bullhead
Related terms: bullhead shark
channel catfish
kepi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛpi/
rhymes: -ɛpi
Forms: form: kepis
form: képi
Etymology: From French képi, from Switzerland German Käppi, diminutive of Kappe, from Middle High German kappe, from Old High German kappa, from Latin cappa. Akin to English cap.
Senses: examples: text: Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
text: Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 88:
glosses: A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.
kibbutzim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kibbutz
bullheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bullheaded
form: most bullheaded
Etymology: From bull + headed.
Senses: examples: text: John was so bullheaded that he kept driving and refused to stop for directions, even after getting hopelessly lost.
text: “I know, my dear. I’ve lived with these bullheaded Sartorises for eighty years, and I’ll never give a single ghost of ’em the satisfaction of shedding a tear over him. What did Horace’s message say?”
ref: 1964 [1929], William Faulkner, Sartoris (The Collected Works of William Faulkner), London: Chatto & Windus, page 23:
glosses: Unreasonably stubborn.
Derived terms: bullheadedly
bullheadedness
kidskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kidskins
Etymology: From kid + skin.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: goatskin
hypernyms: skin#Noun
hide
coordinate_terms: lambskin#Noun
sheepskin#Noun
glosses: The skin or hide of a kid, i.e., a young goat.
synonyms: kid leather
hypernyms: leather#Noun
skin#Noun
hide
glosses: The leather made from such skins.
Related terms: kid glove
Keeshond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ̯sn̩d/
/ˈkeɪ̯zn̩d/
Forms: form: Keeshonden
form: Keeshonds
form: keeshond
Senses: glosses: A spitz bred in the Netherlands and Germany, characterized by a fluffy coat of silver and black fur.
kirsch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪə(ɹ)ʃ/
ipa: /kɜː(ɹ)ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)ʃ
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃ
Forms: form: kirsches
Etymology: Borrowed from French kirsch, from German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”). Doublet of cerise and cherry.
Senses: glosses: A clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser.
kitchenware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchenwares
Etymology: From kitchen + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: The new chef reorganized the space where we keep the pots, pans, and other kitchenware.
text: He works in the kitchenware section of the department store.
text: The kitchenware company, which for decades dominated the world of food storage, since 2020 had warned of doubt in its ability to stay in business.
ref: 2024 September 18, Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, “Tupperware Files for Bankruptcy Amid Declining Sales and Growing Competition”, in Time:
glosses: Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
Synonyms: word: kitchenware
Hypernyms: word: artifact
Hyponyms: word: tableware
word: cookware
word: bakeware
word: cutlery
word: crockery
word: glassware
word: drinkware
word: teaware
word: plate
word: bowl
word: pan
word: saucepan
word: knife
word: fork
word: spoon
word: glass
word: cup
word: mug
Related terms: word: vessel
keyboarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keyboarders
Etymology: From keyboard + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who keyboards; a typist.
glosses: Synonym of keyboardist.
synonyms: word: keyboardist
kindheartedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more kindheartedly
form: most kindheartedly
form: kind-heartedly
Etymology: From kindhearted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a kindhearted manner.
kindheartedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kindheartednesses
form: kind-heartedness
Etymology: From kindhearted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being kindhearted.
king-sized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Unusually large, used especially of a king-sized bed.
klutziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From klutzy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being klutzy, or being a klutz.
constabulary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/
Etymology: From mediaeval Latin conestabularia, a noun use of the feminine version of conestabularius, from Latin constabulus, from comes stabuli, literally ‘master of the stables’.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to constables.
examples: text: Constabulary missions are different from fighting wars.
glosses: Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.
Synonyms: constabular
constabulary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/
Forms: form: constabularies
Etymology: From mediaeval Latin conestabularia, a noun use of the feminine version of conestabularius, from Latin constabulus, from comes stabuli, literally ‘master of the stables’.
Senses: glosses: A police force.
examples: text: […] the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361:
text: As Hiro is entering their neighborhood, he sees men running down the undulating pontoon bridge that serves as the main street, carrying guns and knives. The local constabulary.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 385:
glosses: The police in a particular district or area.
gamefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamefishes
form: gamefish
Etymology: From game + fish.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Fish deemed suitable for the sport of angling, as opposed to those caught primarily for food.
messageing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of messaging.
compartmentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɑːtmɛnˈteɪʃn̩/
ipa: /kəmˈpɑɹtmɛnˈteɪʃn̩/
Forms: form: compartmentations
Etymology: From compartment + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The fire spread rapidly after the building's compartmentation failed.
text: The reason for this compartmentation is FLAMETIGHT INTEGRITY. The purpose should be obvious: Propellent powder in flammable silk bags is always dangerous; compartmentation confines flame and explosive gas to the space in which it originates.
ref: 1958, Gunner's Mate 3: Navy Training Courses, Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 191:
glosses: Division into compartments; compartmentalization.
So as to prevent the spread of fire within a structure.
examples: text: The Titanics compartmentation' did not stop water from entering rooms.
text: Compartmentation of the hull.—It has become the accepted practice in conventional rigid-airship construction to subdivide the buoyant gas into numerous independent containers[…]
ref: 1937, “Naval Expansion Program”, in Hearing Before the Committee on Naval Affairs, United States: Government Printing Office, page 238:
glosses: Division into compartments; compartmentalization.
So as to prevent the spread of water (or rarely, another fluid) between otherwise watertight compartments (especially on a ship).
examples: text: Nevertheless the principles of compartmentation of information and need to know are essential to secrecy.
ref: 1956, Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, volume 1, Washington: Joint Commission on Atomic Energy:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The dissemination of information and knowledge between different people or organisations on a need-to-know basis, so as to reduce the risk of espionage should one person or organisation be compromised externally; compartmentalization.
Derived terms: microcompartmentation
compass rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compass roses
Senses: qualifier: navigation
glosses: A graduated circle, usually marked in degrees, indicating directions and printed or inscribed on an appropriate medium, often a map.
KTV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KTVs
Etymology: From Chinese KTV. Late 1980s Taiwanese Pseudo-English initialism from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke) + English TV. Modelled after the earlier MTV "movie TV", which in turn repurposed the initialism from the earlier meaning "music TV", copied from the American cable TV network of that name. This term is chiefly used in mainland China, Taiwan and Cambodia and Chinese speakers globally.
Senses: examples: text: Most KTV clubs in Taiwan have since followed a single architectural formula: […]
ref: 2004, Avron Boretz, "Carousing and Masculinity: The Cultural Production of Gender in Taiwan", in Catherine Farris, Anru Lee, Murray Rubinstein, Women in the New Taiwan: Gender Roles and Gender Consciousness in a Changing Society, East Gate, page 179
text: They are enshrined and worshiped on the table as ‘holy scripture’ for KTV devotees.
ref: 2006, Tsen Wang, "DEMO Exegesis: Virtual Songs", in Kevin K. W. Wong et al., Proceedings of Third Australasian Conference of Interactice Entertainment, Murdoch University, page 34
text: As opposed to karaoke’s open venues, such as bars, KTV is enclosed in a private room and features microphones and a large television screen which includes the lyrics and features the music videos or, in the case of most Western songs, a low-budget video filmed especially for KTV.
ref: 2010, Marc L. Moskowitz, Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow: Chinese Pop Music and Its Cultural Connotations, University of Hawaiʻi Press, page 10:
qualifier: chiefly Asia
glosses: Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment.
examples: text: The longest take of the film, where the underwold and political figures decide the case of Flatty and Kao in the shadowy interstices of a KTV, […]
ref: 2009, James Udden, No Man an Island: The Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hong Kong University Press, page 139:
text: “Anyway, in order to take my mind off of the problem, my wife suggested we go to a KTV,” Su said.
ref: 2012, Peter Martel, Gator Tango and the Higgs Boson, Strategic Book Publishing and Rights, page 67:
text: The KTV is an apt place to begin an investigation into such phenomena, […]
ref: 2014, Brian Hu, Love in the Club: Karaoke Realism in Chinese and Hong Kong Cinema, in David Laderman, Laurel Westrup, Sampling Media, Oxford University Press, page 135
qualifier: chiefly Asia
glosses: Karaoke box, a karaoke entertainment establishment.
Derived terms: DTV
lup sup KTV
RTV
Related terms: MTV
KTV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kondatam TV.
Senses: glosses: Kondatam Television (a popular Tamil TV channel)
quantum gravitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: The quantum theory of the gravitational field.
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: The study of quantum fields in curved spacetime.
Synonyms: quantum gravity
quantum solid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantum solids
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: Any of a class of solids (such as that of helium) whose atoms or molecules undergo large zero-point motion even in the quantum ground state (at absolute zero).
communications zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: communications zones
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: word: COMMZ
glosses: The rear part of a theater of war or theater of operations (behind but contiguous to the combat zone) which contains the lines of communications, establishments for supply and evacuation, and other agencies required for the immediate support and maintenance of the field forces.
Related terms: word: combat zone
word: line of communications
word: rear area
word: theater of operations
alt: JP 4-0
word: theater of war
zero-point
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: associated with zero on any scale, but particularly with a temperature of absolute zero
wet fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wet flies
Senses: examples: text: […] it was with the wet fly that he really knew happiness, trailing it, subtly, seductively under the surface, tempting the fish on to the hook, feeling their play and reading their mind from the tug and pressure beneath the surface of the water.
ref: 1987, Edward Rutherford, Sarum, New York: Crown Publishers, page 875:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A lure for fly fishing designed to be fished beneath the surface of the water.
Coordinate terms: dry fly
wet fly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: […] he had a spinning rod and a fly rod, but the rivers were too shallow and too swift for spinning, and he preferred to fish wet fly.
ref: 1952, Nevil Shute, chapter 4, in The Far Country, London: Heinemann:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Using such a lure.
muumuu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmuːmuː/
Forms: form: muumuus
form: mumu
form: muu-muu
form: mu'umu'u
form: moomoo
form: moo-moo
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian muʻumuʻu.
Senses: examples: text: Short and zoftig, she wore muumuus and rose-tinted, oversize glasses, was loud, abrasive, and very funny.
ref: 1998, Peter Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Bloomsbury, published 1999, page 132:
glosses: A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).
Derived terms: muumuued
quark-gluon plasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quark-gluon plasmas
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A predicted state of matter, containing deconfined quarks and gluons, present in the very early universe (first millionth of a second), and recreated at extremely high energy densities, such as those in the collision of heavy atomic nuclei as speeds very close to the speed of light.
Synonyms: quark matter
QCD matter
quagma
mustached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of moustached.
state of matter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: states of matter
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: Any of the different phases of matter whose properties are dependent on the motions and forces of the molecules of which they are composed.
Synonyms: sense: phase of matter
word: physical state
sense: phase of matter
word: state of aggregation
Related terms: solid
liquid
gas
gaseous
plasma
Bose-Einstein condensate
mustachio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mustachios
form: moustachio
Etymology: Borrowed from the Italian dialectal mustaccio (from Neapolitan) or mustacchio, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Senses: glosses: A mustache, especially a large or lush one.
mustachio
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mustachios
form: mustachioing
form: mustachioed
form: mustachioed
form: moustachio
Etymology: Borrowed from the Italian dialectal mustaccio (from Neapolitan) or mustacchio, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Senses: examples: text: Mayonnaise mustachioed their mouths, melted butter ran down their chins, crab juice ran down their arms and soacked the newspapers Kate had spread on the floor, and the empty shells piled steadily higher in the emptied cooking pot she had placed in the center of the table for just that purpose.
ref: 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 118:
text: We kissed beside the river, we kissed behind her sisters' backs, we kissed with the crema of a freshly made coffee still mustachioing our lips.
ref: 2009, Anthony Capella, The Various Flavours Of Coffee, →ISBN:
text: The face of the sky was mustachioed by a long, thin cloud which drooped at the ends.
ref: 2013, Kim Hunter, Scabbard's Song: The Red Pavilions, →ISBN:
glosses: To adorn with a mustachio, or something that resembles a mustachio.
Derived terms: mustachioed
moustachioed
moustachio'd
quartz clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartz clocks
Senses: glosses: Any timepiece that makes use of the piezoelectric property of a quartz crystal.
piezoelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From piezo- + electric.
Senses: examples: text: He developed a piezoelectric device that harnesses energy from heat, movement and pressure – all which occur naturally in the environment.
ref: 2021 July 26, Isabelle Gerretsen, “How pedestrians are lighting homes in Sierra Leone”, in BBC Future:
glosses: of or relating to piezoelectricity
Synonyms: piezoelectrical
Derived terms: nonpiezoelectric
non-piezoelectric
photopiezoelectric
piezoelectric effect
piezoelectric oscillator
Related terms: piezoelectrics
piezoelectrically
piezoelectronic
piezoelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piezoelectrics
Etymology: From piezo- + electric.
Senses: glosses: A piezoelectric material or device.
quasicrystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasicrystals
form: quasi-crystal
Etymology: From quasi- + crystal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: any solid with conventional crystalline properties but exhibiting a point group symmetry inconsistent with translational periodicity
Related terms: crystal
anticrystal
perfect crystal
amorphous
point group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: point groups
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A group of isometries leaving a fixed point.
racemization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: racemizations
Etymology: From raceme + -ization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of a racemate from a pure enantiomer.
Related terms: racemize
radar astronomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A technique that uses radar echoes to examine bodies within the solar system, obtaining information about size, shape, topography, surface density, spin etc.
radar meteorology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The application of radar to the study of the atmosphere, and to the observation and prediction of weather.
unwholesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/
ipa: /ˌənˈhəʊlsəm/
rhymes: -əʊlsəm
Forms: form: more unwholesome
form: most unwholesome
Etymology: From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome.
Senses: examples: text: unwholesome air, or food
text: Caliban: As wicked dewe, as ere my mother bruſh'd / With Rauens feather from vnwholeſome Fen / Drop on you both : A Southweſt blow on yee, / And bliſter you all ore.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:
text: Alas! he mastered not his destiny: I have said before, his ashes are in yonder urn. A few unwholesome dews on a summer night were mightier than all his science.
ref: 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 17:
glosses: Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
examples: text: There was something indefinably unwholesome about him. Something lean and snakelike.
ref: 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 184:
glosses: Not sound; tainted; defective.
glosses: Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
Derived terms: unwholesomely
unwholesomeness
muslin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌz.lɪn/
Forms: form: muslins
form: muselin
Etymology: From French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq (compare 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 p1502: "Muslins are so called from Moussol in India."). Doublet of mousseline.
Senses: examples: text: […] my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 11, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: A bleached or unbleached thin white cotton cloth, unprinted and undyed. [Nineteen varieties are thereafter listed.]
ref: 1875, Edward H. Knight, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, volume 2, page 1502:
text: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
ref: 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:
qualifier: textile
glosses: Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
examples: text: Other very different styles of fabric are now indifferently called muslins, and the term is used differently on the respective sides of the Atlantic.
ref: 1875, Edward H. Knight, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, volume 2, pages 1502–1503:
glosses: Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
glosses: Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
glosses: Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
glosses: A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
glosses: Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.
examples: text: "That was a pretty bit of muslin hanging on your arm—who was she?” asked the fascinating student.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 51, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin.
Derived terms: bit of muslin
book muslin
buke muslin
butter muslin
butter-muslin
muslined
muslin-kale
muslinlike
muslinoma
paper muslin
unwholesomely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unwholesomely
form: most unwholesomely
Etymology: From Middle English unholsomli, equivalent to unwholesome + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The air in the old mine was unwholesomely damp and dusty.
glosses: In an unwholesome manner.
fan camera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan cameras
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A camera, part of an assembly of three or more cameras systematically disposed at fixed angles relative to each other so as to provide wide lateral coverage with overlapping images.
Related terms: split cameras
fan camera photography
radiation biology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of the effect of ionizing and nonionizing radiation on biological systems.
Synonyms: actinobiology
radiobiology
unwholesomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unwholesome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being unwholesome.
bedlinen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedlinens
form: bed linen
Etymology: From bed + linen.
Senses: glosses: The items of cloth used to make up a bed, such as sheets and pillowcases, formerly made of linen but now manufactured in a wide variety of material such as cotton or polyester.
Hypernyms: linen
radiation chemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of the chemical changes that result from the absorption of ionizing radiation.
Synonyms: radiochemistry
split cameras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An assembly of two cameras disposed at a fixed overlapping angle relative to each other.
Related terms: fan cameras
radiation damage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiation damages
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Harmful changes in the properties of materials caused by interactions with ionizing radiation.
radiation hardening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The protection of semiconductor devices from the effects of ionizing radiation.
radiation pressure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiation pressures
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The pressure exerted by electromagnetic radiation on an object on which it impinges, as a consequence of its momentum.
cryptozoologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptozoologists
Etymology: From crypto- + zoologist or cryptozoology + -ist.
Senses: topics: biology
cryptozoology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One who studies cryptozoology.
pillowcase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪləʊˌkeɪs/
ipa: /ˈpɪləˌkeɪs/
ipa: /ˈpɪloʊˌkeɪs/
ipa: /ˈpɘlɐʉˌkæes/
ipa: /ˈpɘlɘˌkæes/
Forms: form: pillowcases
form: pillow case
Etymology: From pillow + case.
Senses: glosses: A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.
Synonyms: pillowslip
Derived terms: housewife pillowcase
Oxford pillowcase
radiation shielding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: physical barriers designed to provide protection from the effects of ionizing radiation, including radioactive material
glosses: the technology of providing such protection
radiation therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: irradiation
radiotherapy
therapeutic radiology
glosses: The use of ionizing radiation to treat disease, especially cancer.
glub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlʌb/
ipa: /ɡlʊb/
rhymes: -ʌb
Forms: form: glubs
Etymology: Imitative; compare glug.
Senses: examples: text: The boat, which was filled with water, instantly—glub, glub—sank.
ref: 2004, David L. Roper, Son Of A Sharecropper: Growing Up in Oklahoma:
glosses: The sound of underwater bubbles, or of water bubbling (often used repetitively).
glub
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlʌb/
ipa: /ɡlʊb/
rhymes: -ʌb
Forms: form: glubs
form: glubbing
form: glubbed
form: glubbed
Etymology: Imitative; compare glug.
Senses: glosses: To make a sound like underwater bubbling; to glug.
tri-camera photography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Photography obtained by simultaneous exposure of three cameras systematically disposed in the air vehicle at fixed overlapping angles relative to each other in order to cover a wide field.
Related terms: fan camera photography
Sprechstimme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Sprechstimme.
Senses: examples: text: The woozy “Black Market Baby” and spooky sprechstimme of “What's He Building?” are prime latter-day Waits, as are a host of other numbers that sound like work songs bellowed down a Tin Pan Alley.
ref: 1999 March 20, Bradley Bambarger, Billboard, Innocent When You Dream, Orion Books 2006, page 208
glosses: A dramatic vocal style midway between speaking and singing.
Synonyms: Sprechgesang
fair linen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Linen of the highest quality, especially that suited for use on an altar. The use of other quality fabric is now more common.
Hypernyms: linen
wholesomely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wholesomely
form: most wholesomely
form: holesomely
Etymology: From Middle English holsumly, holsumliche, equivalent to wholesome + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He let it be thought that he was wholesomely home-grown, not the son of the son of an immigrant.
ref: 2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 176:
antonyms: unwholesomely
glosses: In a wholesome manner.
wholesomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wholesomenesses
Etymology: From Middle English holsumnesse, equivalent to wholesome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being wholesome.
bedspread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛd.spɹɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: bedspreads
Etymology: From bed + spread.
Senses: synonyms: bedcover
counterpane
glosses: The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.
glosses: A coverlet.
shelved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shelve
shelved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shelved
form: most shelved
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a shelving; having shelves.
glosses: Postponed or put aside indefinitely.
Synonyms: sense: postponed
word: on ice
shelving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shelving
form: most shelving
Etymology: By surface analysis, shelve + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Her chamber is aloft, far from the ground, / And built so shelving that one cannot climb it / Without apparent hazard of his life.
ref: c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act III, Scene 1:
text: We still continued winding round Skiddaw, the sides of which are every where rather shelving, than steep.
ref: 1789, William Gilpin, Observations relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776, London: R. Blamire, Volume 2, Section 36, p. 157:
text: 1858, George Eliot, Scenes of Clerical Life, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, Volume 2, “Janet’s Repentance,” Chapter 3, p. 87,
her cheeks, which, on Whitsunday, loomed through a Turnerian haze of net-work, were, on Trinity Sunday, seen reposing in distinct red outline on her shelving bust, like the sun on a fog-bank
text: The town of Abda is built upon the top and down the steeply shelving face of an isolated rocky spur,
ref: 1914, T. E. Lawrence, chapter 5, in The Wilderness of Zin,, London: Jonathan Cape, published 1936, page 109:
text: […] a gently shelving plain led to a huge forest through which there were tracks that could safely be followed.
ref: 1987, Edward Rutherfurd, Sarum, London: Century, page 6:
synonyms: inclining
pitched
tilted
glosses: Sloping (as opposed to horizontally flat or vertically upright).
shelving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, shelve + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shelve
shelving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelvings
Etymology: By surface analysis, shelve + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: a shelving unit
text: There is ample shelving in the basement.
glosses: Shelves collectively.
examples: text: So, creaking and creaking, and the shelvins skirling under the weight of their load, they passed that danger point, the carts plodded into motion again […]
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 47:
glosses: The side-rails of a cart or waggon.
examples: text: […] the way was all along set so full of Snares, Traps, Gins, and Nets here, and so full of Pits, Pitfalls, deep holes and shelvings down there, that had it now been dark […] had he had a thousand souls, they had in reason been cast away;
ref: 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress, London: Nath. Ponder, page 82:
text: [The little room] had more corners in it than the brain of an obstinate man; was full of mad closets, into which nothing could be put that was not specially invented and made for that purpose; had mysterious shelvings and bulk-heads […]
ref: 1844, Charles Dickens, chapter 35, in Martin Chuzzlewit, page 412:
text: dry light sand, blown from higher shelvings, striped the dark wet edges of the shore
ref: 1919, Henry Blake Fuller, chapter 29, in Bertram Cope’s Year, Chicago: R.F. Seymour, page 276:
text: Frau Von Zeck settled her powerful chins upon the coarse shelving of her Wagnerian breasts […]
ref: 1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, New York: The Modern Library, Part 2, Chapter 24, p. 345:
synonyms: declivity
slope
glosses: A sloping surface.
Related terms: shelfing
linen closet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linen closets
Etymology: From linen + closet.
Senses: synonyms: linen cupboard
glosses: A shelved closet or cupboard used for the storage of household linen, particularly bedlinen and associated bedding, but also bathroom and kitchen linen (towels, etc.).
linen basket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linen baskets
Etymology: linen + basket
Senses: glosses: A basket for holding and transporting textiles.
glosses: A laundry basket.
linen paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linen papers
Senses: hypernyms: paper
coordinate_terms: rag paper
glosses: High quality paper with a high linen (i.e., flax fiber) content.
laundry basket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laundry baskets
Etymology: laundry + basket
Senses: examples: text: Fortunately, Frank had devised a cool way of getting down the seemingly endless staircase. He’d found an old laundry basket, and with felt-tip pens had painted it with the colours of Queenie – red, white and blue. All he had to do was sit at the top of the staircase, and then let gravity take its course.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A container, often made of plastic, for holding and transporting clothing and household textiles, especially before and after being laundered.
teasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tēz′ĭng
ipa: /ˈtiːz.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtiz.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtiːz.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈʈiːz.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːzɪŋ
Etymology: From tease + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tease
teasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tēz′ĭng
ipa: /ˈtiːz.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtiz.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtiːz.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈʈiːz.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːzɪŋ
Forms: form: teasings
Etymology: From tease + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Teasing can be seen as a kind of workplace abuse.
text: The gentle teasing between siblings filled the house with laughter.
synonyms: word: quizzery
word: ribbing
word: tantalization
word: tease
hypernyms: bullying
glosses: The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone.
examples: text: The teasing of her curls took nearly an hour with the fine-tooth comb.
synonyms: comb-out
glosses: The act of removing tangles from one's hair with a comb.
Derived terms: Adam-teasing
Eve-teasing
teasing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tēz′ĭng
ipa: /ˈtiːz.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtiz.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtiːz.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈʈiːz.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːzɪŋ
Forms: form: more teasing
form: most teasing
Etymology: From tease + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The children exchanged teasing remarks during recess.
synonyms: mocking
quizzical
glosses: Playfully vexing, especially by ridicule.
examples: text: The actress gave him a teasing glance before walking away.
glosses: Arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it.
examples: text: The teasing itch from the mosquito bite drove her crazy.
synonyms: annoying
bothersome
galling
irritating
nettlesome
pesky
pestering
pestiferous
plaguey
plaguy
vexatious
vexing
glosses: Causing irritation or annoyance.
Related terms: word: harassment
word: molestation
word: caper
word: frolic
word: gambol
word: play
word: romp
word: comb
word: combing
word: playful
word: seductive
word: disagreeable
do the math
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does the math
form: doing the math
form: did the math
form: done the math
form: do the maths
Senses: examples: text: Before my family left for Rome, I did the math. Over 11 days, with a lunch and a light dinner, each of us could taste approximately 55 dishes.
ref: 2002 February 17, Amanda Hesser, “Food Diary: Local Hero”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Dec 2018:
glosses: To perform a mathematical calculation.
examples: text: Gore has looked into buying cable channel News World International. Despite initial reports, Gore's camp says he and his backers intend to make the channel not a liberal mouthpiece but a "hip" news channel. […] Maybe; maybe not. (Gore has long complained about the undue influence of conservatives on talk radio and Fox News, so you do the math.)
ref: 2003 November 16, James Poniewozik, “All The News That Fits Your Reality”, in Time, retrieved 18 Dec 2018:
text: “The child has marks all over. I saw them when I took her to the bathroom. Ian, she is hurting this child. Now I don't know for sure what's going on here, and maybe it's none of my business. Nevertheless, even I can do the math. […] You can't let her keep this child for one more day.”
ref: 2012, Racine Lavelle, Embracing the Wolf, →ISBN, page 117:
text: “I can’t tell you what we’re going back to consider,” said Darrell Jordan, a special prosecutor assigned to the case, who cited Texas law regarding grand jury secrecy. “But you can do the math and figure out what it is.”
ref: 2015 December 22, Mitch Smith, “Sandra Bland’s Family Calls for Criminal Charges Against Texas Trooper”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Dec 2018:
glosses: To determine the explanation for or precise nature of a situation, such as the motive underlying someone's behavior, based on available facts.
Related terms: check the math
crunch numbers
master bedroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: master bedrooms
Etymology: First use appears c. 1920 in Sears catalogues.
Senses: examples: text: His entire adult life he had lived in the two-bed flat above the shop, sharing the space with his parents. Frank was in the spare room at the back. His parents had the master bedroom, with a big sash window that overlooked the high street.
ref: 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: primary bedroom
glosses: A room in a house, in which the head of the household sleeps, typically larger and better furnished than other bedrooms.
dropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɒp.ə/
ipa: /ˈdɹɔp.ə/
ipa: /ˈdɹɑ.pɚ/
rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: droppers
Etymology: From drop + -er.
Senses: examples: text: 'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck[…]
ref: 1964, The Velvet Underground, “Heroin”:
glosses: A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
examples: text: The dropper left the suitcase with the bomb next to the garbage can.
text: The child with the letter runs around the outside of the ring, repeating the words over and over again, and at one point drops the letter behind one of the players, who must pick it up and chase the dropper.
ref: 1975, Alison M. Abel, Popular party games, page 11:
glosses: One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The young bulb of a tulip, not of flowering size.
glosses: A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
glosses: A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
examples: text: Thus an American police chief discussing the 'cheque-droppers', then peculiar to his side of the Atlantic, who were taking a toll estimated at […] Over the years, forgery has tended to be an amateur operation — a crime of opportunity.
ref: 1969, Criminologist, number 11, page 123:
text: […] 'dropper' — the person who presents the cheque at the bank or elsewhere — who takes the risk. […] On the other hand, 'kite droppers' usually work in teams.
ref: 1973, Arthur J. La Bern, Noël C. Browne, Haigh: the mind of a murderer, page 39:
glosses: A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A drop shot.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A delivery by lob bowling (no longer legal).
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A bowler who makes such deliveries.
glosses: A seat post whose height can be adjusted while riding.
Derived terms: dime dropper
dime-dropper
dropperful
eardropper
eyedropper
jaw-dropper
marmalade dropper
microdropper
namedropper
name dropper
name-dropper
panty dropper
pigeon dropper
pink panty dropper
yod-dropper
Jewish lightning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the stereotype of Jews engaging in this practice.
Senses: examples: text: According to Manchu the fire had forced all the families upstairs to get out, the fire department had closed down the bar for repairs. Manchu said the bar wasn't bad off but the Jew collected all he could for fire and water damage ¶ "You mean it wasn't no Jewish lightning."
ref: 1974, Francis A. J. Ianni, Black Mafia; Ethnic Succession in Organized Crime, New York, N.Y.; : Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 133:
text: I can refute any charges that it was a case of 'Jewish lightning', but I admit that the fire did happen at the most opportune moment!
ref: 1992, James Edmist, The Sterling Years: Small-Arms and the Men, London: Leo Cooper, →ISBN, page 45:
text: The torching of overinsured buildings was so common that arson became known as "Jewish lightning." Forty-four percent of the arson cases reported by the New York Times in the 1890s were linked to Jews.
ref: [1996, William Kleinknecht, The New Ethnic Mobs: The Changing Face of Organized Crime in America, New York, N.Y. […]: The Free Press, →ISBN, page 31:
text: The insurance companies, many of which were Jewish, referred to "Jewish lightning" when unfortunate fires burned down warehouses in the East End.
ref: [1996 October 28, Andrew Ross, quoting John le Carré, “John le Carr”, in Salon.com, archived from the original on 20 May 2022:
text: The fire was a mysterious and tragic event upon which Mom is unwilling to elaborate. Was it a case of spontaneous combustion, perhaps due to poor wiring or improper storage of bulk dry goods? Or was it a case of "Jewish lightning" (a suspicious fire caused in order to collect the insurance money)? This is another family mystery left unsolved with all the individuals involved long gone.
ref: 2012, Jane Genende, Lost Tribe of the Andes: A Jewish-American Family's Struggle With Assimilation, Bloomington, I.N.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, pages 20–21:
text: Why not burn down the place and take the insurance? A little Jewish lightning never hurt anyone.
ref: 2019 December 27, “Being Harley Quinn”, in Harley Quinn, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Golda (Rhea Perlman):
glosses: The supposed cause of a fire that is deliberately started to collect insurance money, without leaving evidence of arson.
Related terms: arson
electioneering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˌlɛk.ʃənˈɪə.ɹɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: … his extraordinary announcement... ignored the most basic commandment of electioneering: Thou shalt not impose a new tax.
ref: 2010, Mungo MacCallum, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 32
glosses: Campaigning for elective office on behalf of oneself or another candidate.
electioneering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˌlɛk.ʃənˈɪə.ɹɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electioneer