cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dioctyl phthalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound with a high boiling point, found in some aerosols (C₂₄,H₃₈,O₄).
postings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊstɪŋz/
ipa: /ˈpoʊstɪŋz/
rhymes: -əʊstɪŋz
Senses: glosses: plural of posting
playline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From play + line.
Senses: examples: text: Playline Barbie dolls, when not exaggerated by the fantasy requirements of a juvenile audience, reference contemporary fashion far more closely than any of the expensive collector lines, designed in-house by Mattel.
ref: 2004, Juliette Peers, The fashion doll: from Bébé Jumeau to Barbie, page 189:
glosses: Manufactured for use as a plaything, rather than as a collectible.
raw_tags: of toys
visualisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: visualisations
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of visualization.
potions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potion
practicioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of practitioner.
probes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of probe
probes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of probe
progenitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of progenitor
pronunciations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronunciation
protons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proton
protoplanetary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: proto-planetary
Etymology: From proto- + planetary and protoplanet + -ary.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planets
glosses: Of or pertaining to a protoplanet.
Coordinate terms: planetessimal
planetoid
Derived terms: proplyd
protoplanetary core
protoplanetary disc
protoplanetary disk
protoplanetary embryo
protoplanetary nebula
protoplanetary object
Related terms: inter-planetary
interplanetary
planet
planetary
post-planetary
postplanetary
pre-planetary
preplanetary
protoplanet
protoplanetary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: proto-planetary
Etymology: From protoplanetary nebula, from proto- + planetary nebula.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a stage in the life of a red giant star or its protoplanetary nebula during the star's final stages of life
Related terms: nebula
planet
planetary
planetary nebula
preplanetary
preplanetary nebula
protoplanetary nebula
protrudes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of protrude
rhetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Via Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma, “rheme”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-.
Senses: examples: This act we may call a rhetic act, and the utterance which it is the act of uttering a rheme. - "How To Do Things With Words" (1962) by J.L. Austin (OUP paperback edition, 93)
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a rheme.
provable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: proveable
Etymology: From Middle English provable, prevable, equivalent to prove + -able. Doublet of probable.
Senses: glosses: Of a statement or hypothesis that can be proven.
Related terms: proof
provably
prove
proverbially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more proverbially
form: most proverbially
Etymology: From proverbial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The bee is a proverbially busy creature.
text: “Unless I am gravely in error you are yourself a very brave man, and brave men are proverbially magnanimous.”
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 33:
glosses: In a manner that uses proverbs; in or according to proverbs.
glosses: In a manner reminiscent of a proverb.
Related terms: proverb
proverbial
providential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒvɪˈdɛnʃl̩/
Forms: form: more providential
form: most providential
Etymology: From Latin prōvidentia (“providence”) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The same belief underlay the providential view of history, in which the rise and fall of nations appeared as the expression of God's unsearchable purposes.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 88:
glosses: Pertaining to divine providence.
examples: text: “Why, Jane,” he cried, “what do you mean? What has our providential rescue to do with altering your feelings toward me? You are but unstrung—tomorrow you will be yourself again.”
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 183:
synonyms: heaven-sent
fortunate
lucky
serendipitous
glosses: Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence.
Derived terms: providentially
Related terms: providence
provincialisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of provincialism
provokes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of provoke
mano a mano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mano-a-mano
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mano a mano (literally “hand-to-hand”); on equal footing, neither of two participants having any distinct advantage.
Senses: examples: text: The public debate became a heated mano a mano between the two leading candidates.
text: Hemingway's subject for the epilogue was the mano a mano (or hand-to-hand, a duel) between Spain's two leading matadors, Luis Miguel Dominguin and his brother-in-law, Antonio Ordonez.
ref: 1985 June 9, William Kennedy, “The Last Ole”, in New York Times:
synonyms: duel
glosses: A head-on conflict or direct competition.
mano a mano
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mano-a-mano
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mano a mano (literally “hand-to-hand”); on equal footing, neither of two participants having any distinct advantage.
Senses: examples: text: We sat tensely in the courtroom while the mano-a-mano struggle ensued between the two skilled lawyers.
text: When he finally goes mano a mano with Xavier at the climax, it’s in a psychic battle staged inside the latter’s dreamspace, which happens to look exactly like his mansion
ref: 2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: in close confrontation
mano a mano
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: mano-a-mano
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mano a mano (literally “hand-to-hand”); on equal footing, neither of two participants having any distinct advantage.
Senses: examples: text: The newcomer brashly engaged the veteran player mano a mano.
text: Baz: 'BAD NEWS, BUD. I NEVER WANTED TO FIGHTCHA, BUT IF WE WANT OUT, WE GOTTA SCRAP! YOU 'N ME, MANO A MANO.'
ref: 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Reize), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch
glosses: Characterized by head-to-head competition or conflict.
psaltry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psaltries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of psaltery.
pulsations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulsation
pervaporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pervaporations
Etymology: Blend of permeation + evaporation
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A technique whereby the components of a mixture of two liquids are separated by selective permeation through a semipermeable membrane, the component that passes through the membrane being removed by evaporation
permeation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permeations
Senses: glosses: The movement of a fluid through a porous or permeable solid.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The spreading of something (especially something malignant) through the body via blood vessels etc.
Derived terms: perstraction
pervaporation
vasopermeation
Related terms: permeable
permeant
permeate
permeator
psoas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊ.əs/
ipa: /ˈsoʊ.əs/
ipa: /ˈsoʊ.æs/
rhymes: -əʊəs
Forms: form: psoae
form: psoai
form: psoas
form: psoases
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψόας (psóas, “of the muscle of the loins”), genitive singular of ψόα (psóa).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Either of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in flexion of the trunk.
Derived terms: iliopsoas
Related terms: psoitis
psychedelics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychedelic
psychedelics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Visual stimulation in the form of intense colors and moving patterns.
bucket chemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Analytical procedures for pesticides were largely still in the "bucket chemistry" era and the methods were provided by either the chemical company or the "Official Methods" of the Association of Agricultural Chemists.
ref: 1971, Francis A. Gunther, Residue Reviews:
text: One can prepare the organo-rare earth complexes by rather easy bucket chemistry.
ref: 1994, E. Roland Menzel, Laser Spectroscopy: Techniques and Applications:
text: There are certain manufacturing methods that do not require traditional chemical apparatuses. "Bucket" chemistry is an appropriate term, because these reactions can literally take place in a plastic bucket.
ref: 2003, Donnell R. Christian, Forensic Investigation of Clandestine Laboratories:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chemical process or technique that is relatively low-tech, and does not require specialist equipment or skills, or precise measurement or control.
crontab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crontabs
Etymology: Shortening of cron table, where cron is the name of the system program that handles these tasks, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).
Senses: examples: text: The purpose of /etc/crontab is different from that of individual users' crontabs. With /etc/crontab, root may specify which user will run a particular command.
ref: 2008, Michael Lucas, Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A table of commands to be executed periodically.
publicise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌblɪˌsaɪz/
Forms: form: publicises
form: publicising
form: publicised
form: publicised
form: publicize
Etymology: From public + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: The scandal was so publicised that he lost the next election.
glosses: To make widely known to the public.
examples: text: They're already publicising next month's concert.
glosses: To advertise, create publicity for.
publicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: publicists
Etymology: Borrowed from French publiciste, equivalent to public + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Legendary soul singer Bobby Womack died Friday, Womack’s publicist said. He was 70.
ref: 2014 June 27, Holly Yan, “Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bobby Womack dies”, in CNN:
glosses: A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker.
glosses: A journalist, often a commentator, who focusses on politics.
glosses: A scholar, of public or international law.
Related terms: publisher
publicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of publicist
projections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of projection
tree line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree lines
form: treeline
Senses: examples: text: Snowsheds and snow fences protect the line on either side of Semskfjell, but the country soon begins to lose some of its bleakness, and the tree line is regained at Lønsdal (1,680 ft. above sea-level), where the line is high on a hillside, commanding widespread views of the mountains.
ref: 1957 August 24, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 575:
glosses: A division in altitude (or latitude) above which trees tend not to grow on mountains.
Related terms: snow line
prosecutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosecution
prisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prism
pyloric stenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A narrowing of the pylorus which prevents the normal passage of food from the stomach to the small intestine.
printers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of printer
murva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit मूर्वा (mūrvā).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of marool.
synonyms: word: marool
precursors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precursor
learned treatise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: learned treatises
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A text that is sufficiently well received in its field that it may overcome a hearsay objection and be admitted into evidence in a court of law.
learned treatises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of learned treatise
opas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opa
triple agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple agents
Senses: examples: text: There are also triple agents—people who do what the doubles have done, but change their minds and, under our control, pass phoney intelligence back to the Russians. Do you understand? It’s nothing but a complicated game, really.
ref: 1980 [1962], Ian Fleming, chapter 11, in The Spy Who Loved Me, →ISBN, page 150:
glosses: A spy who pretends to be a double agent for one side, while actually acting as a double agent for the other side.
Related terms: double agent
spymaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spymasters
Etymology: From spy + master.
Senses: glosses: The leader of a group of spies.
Coordinate terms: spymistress
Related terms: ringleader
April showers bring May flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: The month of April, traditionally a rainy period, gives way to May, when flowers will bloom because of the water provided to them by the April rains.
glosses: A period of discomfort or hardship can provide the basis for a period of happiness and joy.
Related terms: every dark cloud has a silver lining
ne'er cast a clout till May be out
iglu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iglus
form: igluit
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of igloo.
propagates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of propagate
pump and dump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pumps and dumps
form: pumping and dumping
form: pumped and dumped
form: pumped and dumped
form: pump-and-dump
Senses: examples: text: Should you pump and dump after having a margarita?
ref: 2000, Claire Martin, The Nursing Mother's Problem Solver, page 19:
text: Again, check with your doctors to see which medications you will be given and how long you would need to pump and dump, if at all.
ref: 2010, Robin Elise Weiss, The Better Way to Breastfeed, page 283:
text: A fifth principle and a constant challenge is the blanket proscription by radiologists (and x-ray technicians) to “pump and dump” breast milk for 24 to 48 hours when radiocontrast agents are used.
ref: 2012, Gabbe, Niebyl et al., Obstetrics: Normal and problem pregnancies, p. 559
glosses: To use a breast pump and then discard the milk, typically because one has had an infection, or has been drinking alcohol.
examples: text: Do kids not yet old enough for a learner's permit think about sex 1000 times day, talk about cheerleaders who get "pumped and dumped," […]
ref: 1998 April 3, Larry Bonko, “Readers Defend Teen-Age Soap”, in The Virginian-Pilot:
text: This 'lightning shag' will give you 'hand' as most women hate the idea of being 'pumped and dumped'.
ref: 2005, Johnny Blue, The Blue Riders' Club, Trafford Publishing, published 2005, →ISBN, page 97:
text: Issie, when telling me about the event, pointed out with a certain pride that she was not 'pumped and dumped'; she and Wolf were to remain together for the next two years.
ref: 2010, Detmar Blow, Tom Sykes, Blow by Blow: The Story of Isabella Blow, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 52:
text: Now that you're done pumping and dumping the female intern and spending your day formulating ways to get her fired, you've got a pile of work on your desk as high as Willie Nelson on his tour bus.
ref: 2011, Chris Illuminati, A**holeology: The Cheat Sheet: Put the Science Into Practice in Everyday Situations, Adams Media, →ISBN, pages 76–77:
text: Life since our arrest back in Paris had been manic, things for me had been ok, I forgot about Joe pumping and dumping me.
ref: 2011, Cass Miller, Council Flats & Fiesta's:^([sic]) More Adventure's^([sic]) of Adele Prest, AuthorHouse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 197:
glosses: To have sex with a partner on a single occasion, without intention or prospects of further contact, or engaging in a serious relationship.
rise over run
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used for remembering that the slope of a non-vertical line is the ratio of the amount it rises over some interval, over the length of that interval.
Coptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒp.tɪk/
ipa: /ˈkɑp.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɒptɪk
Etymology: From Copt + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Copts, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria or to the Coptic language.
Derived terms: Coptic Catholic
Coptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒp.tɪk/
ipa: /ˈkɑp.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɒptɪk
Etymology: From Copt + -ic.
Senses: glosses: The Afroasiatic language traditionally spoken by the Copts in Egypt, now extinct and used only as a liturgical language.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Coptic terms
cop ⁠
orexigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orexigenic
form: most orexigenic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite”) + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Ghrelin is a 28‐amino acid acylated peptide predominantly secreted by the stomach but also by the brain. In mammals, ghrelin stimulates both GH [growth hormone] secretion and appetite, and it is the only GI [gastrointestinal] hormone with confirmed orexigenic properties[…].
ref: 2009, Hélène Volkoff, Saraj Unniappan, Scott P. Kelly, “The Endocrine Regulation of Food Intake”, in Nicholas J. Bernier, Glen Van Der Kraak, Anthony P. Farrell, Colin J. Brauner, editors, Fish Neuroendocrinology (Fish Physiology; 28), London; Amsterdam: Academic Press, →ISBN, section 2 (Endocrine Regulation), page 434:
antonyms: anorexigenic
glosses: That stimulates the appetite.
Related terms: anorexia
orexigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orexigenics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄρεξις (órexis, “appetite”) + -genic.
Senses: synonyms: orexigen
antonyms: anorexigenic
glosses: Appetite stimulant
aerodyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerodynes
Etymology: Back-formation from aerodynamic. Analysable as aero- + -dyne (“motor-powered flight”).
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
antonyms: aerostat
glosses: A heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift from motion.
aircraft attitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aircraft attitudes
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The orientation of an aircraft with respect to the horizon.
available seat-mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: available seat-miles
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity, equal to the number of seats onboard an aircraft multiplied by the distance flown in miles. Seats that are not available for sale to revenue-paying passengers (e.g., seats reserved for crew rest, etc.) are excluded from this calculation.
available ton mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: available ton miles
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
glosses: tons of carrying capacity multiplied by miles travelled.
breakeven load factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breakeven load factors
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The load factor necessary for an airline to break even. It is a function of the percent of seats filled at a particular yield versus the airlines operating costs.
gurn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɜː(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: gurns
form: girn
Etymology: Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.
Senses: glosses: A distorted facial expression; grimace.
gurn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɜː(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: gurns
form: gurning
form: gurned
form: gurned
form: girn
Etymology: Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.
Senses: glosses: To make a grotesque or funny face; to grimace.
Derived terms: gurner
sublicense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublicenses
form: sublicence
Etymology: From sub- + license.
Senses: examples: text: Joe received a license from McDonald's to develop twenty McDonald's restaurants in Dearborn, which included permission to grant a sublicense to the individual restaurant managers.
topics: law
glosses: A license granted by a licensee to a third party, under the authority of the license originally granted by a licensor to the licensee.
Derived terms: sublicensee
sublicense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sublicenses
form: sublicensing
form: sublicensed
form: sublicensed
form: sublicence
Etymology: From sub- + license.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: to grant a sublicense
Derived terms: sublicensable
licensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪsənsəɹ/
Forms: form: licensors
form: licenser
Etymology: From license + -or.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A party that grants a license to another.
Derived terms: sublicensor
Related terms: licensee
licensors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of licensor
ecumenopolises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɛ.kju.mɛˈnɒ.pɒ.lɪs.ɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of ecumenopolis
licensees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of licensee
sublicensee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublicensees
Etymology: From sub- + licensee.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A person to whom a sublicense is granted.
Related terms: sublicensor
sublicensees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sublicensee
sublicensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublicensors
Etymology: From sub- + licensor.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A licensee that grants a sublicense to another.
Related terms: sublicensee
sublicensors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sublicensor
kingdom come
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkɑm/
ipa: /ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: kingdoms come
form: kingdom comes
Etymology: From the phrase “Thy kingdom come” from the Lord’s Prayer which is recorded in Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 in the Bible: see, for example, Matthew 6:10 in the King James Version (spelling modernized): “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven.” By these sentences, Jesus seeks the establishment of the rule of God the Father over the Earth in the future.
Senses: glosses: The place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
Death; also, a state of complete annihilation.
examples: text: "And where are all these brothers and sisters?" demanded the stranger. / "Dead! dead as herrings—gone to kingdom come a precious long time ago.["]
ref: 1843, Alfred Crowquill [pseudonym; Alfred Henry Forrester], “The ‘Plummy’”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume XIII, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, part I, page 624:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
Heaven or paradise.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The rule of God over the world in the future; especially, according to those believing in millenarianism, during a period of peace beginning with the second coming of Jesus Christ and lasting a millennium.
examples: text: Somewhere between the O's and ones / That's where I found my kingdom come
ref: 2024, Nemo, “The Code”:
glosses: A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress; a golden age that is approaching.
Derived terms: blow to kingdom come
until Kingdom come
objectivist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more objectivist
form: most objectivist
form: Objectivist
Etymology: From objective + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: (Only now has Republican Congressman Paul Ryan, perhaps realizing that supporting an atheist adulterer might hurt his veep chances, changed his tune from Objectivist fanboy to follower of Thomas Aquinas.)
ref: 2012 June 10, Victoria Bekiempis, “Confessions of a recovering Objectivist”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or pertaining to objectivism.
objectivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: objectivists
form: Objectivist
Etymology: From objective + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: What of the current moment, shaping up to be the fourth age of Rand? The Randian politicians are still in place: [Paul] Ryan is now boosted by a cabinet crammed with objectivists.
ref: 2017 April 10, Jonathan Freedland, “The new age of Ayn Rand: how she won over Trump and Silicon Valley”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An advocate of objectivism.
Derived terms: neo-Objectivist
nonobjectivist
objectivistic
Related terms: Romanticism
ecumenopoleis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɛ.kju.mɛˈnɒ.pɒ.lɛɪz/
Senses: examples: text: Global new vocabularies can be found from vernacular houses to large scale urban developments, in local communities or even in ecumenopoleis.
ref: 2005, SB05Tokyo Student Session Organising Committee, Sustainable Building Design Book: The 2005 World Sustainable Building Conference in Tokyo, Student Session 23–29 September 2005, Tokyo, Japan, page 5:
glosses: plural of ecumenopolis
shoe bomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoe bombers
Senses: glosses: Someone who attempts to smuggle a bomb in their shoe, especially onto an airplane
bottom feeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom feeders
form: bottom-feeder
form: bottomfeeder
Senses: examples: text: The Apristurus genus, the second-most diverse group of sharks that counts about 40 species, is commonly known as the ghost or demon catshark. […] The sharks are bottom feeders and have elongated catlike eyes.
ref: 2023 May 12, Lauren McCarthy, “‘A Bit Spooky’: The New Shark Species With Bright, White Eyes”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: bottom dweller
bottom liver
glosses: A fish or other aquatic creature that feeds off the bottom of its habitat; a flatfish.
examples: text: “[T]he rise of Facebook, Twitter and other social media has made it harder to control the flow of information, thus making it easier for bottom-feeders to bully witnesses.”
ref: 2013 November 16, Christian Dem, “Bottom-feeders using social media to intimidate witnesses”, in The Daily Kos, NC:
text: The real-life cast of characters grew to include bikers, gamblers, a brutal money lender named Butchie (Andrew Dice Clay) and assorted bottom feeders like Gauthier’s accomplice Milton Ingley (Nick Offerman), a pornographer in the San Fernando Valley.
ref: 2022 February 2, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “‘Pam & Tommy’: A Story of Sex, Crimes and Videotape”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A person who operates amidst or thrives on the unwholesome things in a society; one who takes advantage of the misfortune of others.
Related terms: bottom feeding
bottom fishing
bottomfeeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottomfeeders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bottom feeder.
bottom feeding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: bottom dwelling
glosses: Of a fish or other aquatic creature, feeding off plant and animal life found in the lowest regions of its habitat.
glosses: Of a person, organization, etc., dwelling amidst or thriving on unwholesome situations or activities in society.
Related terms: bottom feeder
bottom fishing
bottomfeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bottom feeding.
that does it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: that did it
Senses: examples: text: That does it! I'm not waiting here any longer. I'll come back tomorrow instead.
synonyms: that tears it
that's torn it
that's it
glosses: Used to express annoyance or frustration or announce that one has reached the limit of one's patience or temper.
glosses: Used to announce or assert completion of a task.
Related terms: at the end of one's rope
do it
pootle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːtəl/
rhymes: -uːtəl
Forms: form: pootles
Etymology: Apparently an alteration of poodle, from German Low German Pudel, from the onomatopoeic term pudeln (“to splash about”) by its merging with tootle. Alternatively, a blending of doodle (to draw aimlessly) with potter (to move aimlessly)—as reported by 1970s English visitors to Australia.
Senses: examples: text: go for a pootle
glosses: A stroll; a wandering.
pootle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːtəl/
rhymes: -uːtəl
Forms: form: pootles
form: pootling
form: pootled
form: pootled
Etymology: Apparently an alteration of poodle, from German Low German Pudel, from the onomatopoeic term pudeln (“to splash about”) by its merging with tootle. Alternatively, a blending of doodle (to draw aimlessly) with potter (to move aimlessly)—as reported by 1970s English visitors to Australia.
Senses: examples: text: Prince William, in a surprise break from the schedule, borrowed his father's 41-year-old open-topped Aston Martin to pootle down the Mall to Clarence House with his new bride.
ref: 2011 April 30, Stephen Bates, “Prince William takes new wife for a spin in father's Aston Martin”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: ramble
wander
potter
glosses: To wander or ramble in a leisurely, indirect, or aimless manner, such as by walking or driving.
Derived terms: pootle along
pootles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pootle
pootles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pootle
bench-press
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bench-presses
form: bench-pressing
form: bench-pressed
form: bench-pressed
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
glosses: To press the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.
Synonyms: sense: to press the weight of a barbell
word: bench
bench press
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛntʃ.pɹɛs/
Forms: form: bench presses
form: benchpress
Senses: examples: text: ...Nubret has pushed and pulled maniacally at iron while sustaining a diet that would explode an ordinary metabolism—doing for that renowned chest, for instance, forty sets of twenty benchpresses (pushing 210 pounds off his chest a total of eight hundred times every other day)[…]
ref: 1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 18:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
glosses: An exercise performed by pressing the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.
bench press
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛntʃ.pɹɛs/
Forms: form: bench presses
form: bench pressing
form: bench pressed
form: bench pressed
form: benchpress
Senses: examples: text: I went home and bench pressed 30 pounds more than I had ever done before.
ref: 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, “Powersource: Ties that bind”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 21:
text: And I’m definitely getting stronger. I can now bench press — oh — at least 10 kilos without my arms collapsing underneath me.
ref: 2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
glosses: To press the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.
Synonyms: topics: exercise
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: bench
Derived terms: word: bench
Related terms: press
chest press
press up
bench presses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bench press
cheeselep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheeseleps
form: cheeselip
form: cheeselop
form: cheeslib
form: chislock
form: choslip
form: keeslip
Etymology: From Middle English cheslip (“rennet”), from Old English cȳslybb, cīeslybb (“rennet”), from Proto-West Germanic *kāsijalubi (literally “cheese medicine, cheese potion”). Equivalent to cheese + lib.
Senses: glosses: The dried stomach of a calf, used for curdling milk for cheese.
glosses: Rennet.
glosses: A bag in which rennet is kept.
airliners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airliner
alligators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.lɪ.ɡeɪ.təz/
enpr: ălʹĭ-gā-tərz
ipa: /ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of alligator
alligators
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.lɪ.ɡeɪ.təz/
enpr: ălʹĭ-gā-tərz
ipa: /ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɚz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of alligator
white-ant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: white-ants
form: white-anting
form: white-anted
form: white-anted
Etymology: From white ant (“termite”), suggesting the action of termites eating the inside of wooden building foundations, often leaving no outward evidence until the structure begins to crumble.
Senses: examples: text: The white-anting of ATSIC has been brought about by the usual suspects.
text: If someone undermines you at work you might say they were "white-anting" you.
text: The left was divided between the ALP Club, slowly being white-anted by supporters of the DLP, and a Labour or Socialist Club which disgraced the labour movement by its extremism.
ref: 2002, Alan Barcan, Radical Students: The Old Left at Sydney University, page 324:
text: Plans for the Force 7 had officially been announced earlier in ′74, off the back of the P76′s Car of the Year award, before the shortages and poor quality control started white-anting it.
ref: 2005, Clinton Walker, Golden Miles: Sex, Speed and the Australian Muscle Car, page 149:
text: He was always prepared to contest an open ballot, when he viewed runs on the leadership as a free-for-all, but never challenged an incumbent leader. In time, Peacock supporters would accuse Howard of white-anting Peacock′s leadership.
ref: 2008, Peter Van Onselen, Wayne Errington, John Winston Howard: The Definitive Biography, page 102:
text: In May 1947, Clark ‘debated’ Edmunds on ABC Radio, the topic: ‘Is communism white-anting our education system?’—a clear invitation for violent disagreement.
ref: 2011, Mark McKenna, An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark, page 263:
glosses: To bring down from within; to undermine.
bagboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bagboys
form: bag boy
Etymology: From bag + boy.
Senses: glosses: A man or boy employed to put clients' purchases (e.g. groceries) into bags at the checkout line of a store.
countertop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countertops
form: counter-top
form: counter top
Etymology: From counter + top.
Senses: glosses: The top surface of a counter, for preparation of food etc.
Derived terms: countertop oven
countertopped
beatdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beatdowns
Etymology: Deverbal from beat down; influenced by earlier throwdown.
Senses: glosses: A severe beating.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A prescribed situation, usually to advance an angle or establish character, where two or more wrestlers severely beat up another wrestler or performer.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A subgenre of hardcore punk influenced by heavy metal.
Related terms: smackdown
beat down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats down
form: beating down
form: beat down
form: beaten down
Senses: examples: text: The transmission tower was beaten down by the storm.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, down.
examples: text: The government tried to beat down the opposition movement.
glosses: To forcefully diminish the power or influence of; to quell; to squash.
examples: text: We had to leave the beach because the sun was really beating down.
glosses: (of the sun) To shine brightly and radiate with intense heat.
examples: text: It was a ghastly morning, with the rain beating down in sheets.
glosses: (of rain) To strike with great force.
examples: text: She continued to badger until his friend did what he said. Eventually, she beat him down and he gave in.
glosses: To wear (someone) out by repeated actions that overwhelm one's patience or strength.
examples: text: I managed to beat him down to half his original asking price.
text: We beat the price down to 50 dollars.
glosses: To haggle with (someone) to sell at a lower price.
glosses: To severely beat someone up.
beat down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beat downs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of beatdown.
white-anting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Derived from white-ant.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of white-ant
white-anting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from white-ant.
Senses: examples: text: The white-anting of our economic controls by black marketing operations is another serious circumstance.
ref: 1943, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 179, page 965:
text: You heard delegates admit that Cameron formed the white-anting organization for the purpose of undermining the A.W.U. ?
ref: 1965, The Federal Law Reports, volume 8, page 237:
text: I didn′t complain, just worked harder despite the white-anting that went on under the surface.
ref: 2006, Simon Illingworth, Filthy Rat: One Man's Stand Against Police Corruption and Melbourne's Gangland War, page 64:
text: Having done all she could for Wollar, Bev had to back off from local involvement; the white-anting had succeeded ... and Wollar would collapse.
ref: 2012, Sharyn Munro, Rich Land, Wasteland, Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page:
glosses: The action or process of bringing down from within, undermining, sabotage.
mouthbreathing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mouth + breathing.
Senses: glosses: The process of breathing through the mouth.
mouthbreathing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mouth + breathing.
Senses: glosses: unintelligent, especially when not aware of this
Related terms: mouth breather
unhelpful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈhɛlpfəl/
Forms: form: more unhelpful
form: most unhelpful
Etymology: From un- + helpful.
Senses: examples: text: Even if you are genuinely a victim, having a victim mentality is unhelpful because it is disempowering. ― Ned Kelly, "NFL Players Are Setting A Bad Example By Teaching Black People To Encourage Victimhood", 8th of October 2017
text: "Did you know, beloved, at the last, in that intolerable heat, in that moment of supreme anguish, that he is unlistening, unhelpful as the stars, that you cried not to him?"
ref: 1904, William Henry Hudson, Green Mansions, chapter XX:
text: The luckier and less disabled ones manned lifts or were posted at the doors of public buildings, a uniformed and bemedalled conciergerie who were more often than not unhelpful, making the most of whatever petty authority they were invested with.
ref: 2011, Alan Bennett, “Baffled at a Bookcase”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:
glosses: Not providing help or assistance; not helpful.
Ambai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in Cenderawasih Bay.
glosses: An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesian New Guinea.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Ambai terms
amk ⁠
Adyghe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.dɪ.ɡeɪ/
ipa: /ɑːdɪˈɡeɪ/
Forms: form: Adigei
form: Adighe
form: Adygei
Etymology: From Adyghe адыгэ (adəɣɛ).
Senses: synonyms: Adygean
Adygeyan
West Circassian
glosses: A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in the Republic of Adygea, in the Russian Federation.
Related terms: Adygea
Kabardian
Circassian
Wiktionary’s coverage of Adyghe terms
ady ⁠
Circassian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈkæsi.ən/
ipa: /səɹˈkæʃən/
Forms: form: more Circassian
form: most Circassian
Etymology: From Circassia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: But in the garden was life in all its glad and bright hues: the early roses and the late violets opened their urns, exhaling in perfume the drops they caught, till every breath was pleasure; the laburnums, those prodigals of fleeting wealth, were covered with gold; and the Persian lilacs waved graceful as the Circassian maidens, to whom they are so often compared in eastern song.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 285–286:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians.
Derived terms: Circassian chicken
Circassian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈkæsi.ən/
ipa: /səɹˈkæʃən/
Forms: form: Circassians
Etymology: From Circassia + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Cherkess
Cherkessian
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Circassia (historical) (nowadays shared by Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia), including the Adyghes and Ubykhs.
glosses: Alternative form of Circassienne (“kind of light cashmere”).
Circassian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈkæsi.ən/
ipa: /səɹˈkæʃən/
Etymology: From Circassia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A North Caucasian language group spoken in Circassia in North West Caucasus Russia.
glosses: The Adyghe, Kabardian, Ubykh languages.
Derived terms: Proto-Circassian
Related terms: Adyghe
Kabardian
Ubykh
Abkhazian
ady ⁠
kbd ⁠
abk ⁠
uby ⁠
Adygei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Adyghe
Senses: synonyms: Circassian
glosses: A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in the Republic of Adygea, in the Russian Federation.
Related terms: Adygea
Adygeic
ady ⁠
black rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black rats
Senses: examples: text: The black rat spread wherever they settled, and so tied was it to Roman habitats that it became extinct in Britain following the Roman withdrawal, only to reappear in Norman times. Thereafter the black rat prospered - until the arrival of the larger brown rat (also known as the sewer rat or Norway rat), which reached Britain at about the time of the Hanoverian succession in the eighteenth century.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 272:
glosses: A common species of rat, Rattus rattus, originating anciently in Asia but now distributed worldwide.
Synonyms: sense: Rattus rattus
word: Asian black rat
sense: Rattus rattus
word: house rat
sense: Rattus rattus
word: roof rat
sense: Rattus rattus
word: ship rat
Asian black rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asian black rats
Senses: glosses: The black rat.
house rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house rats
Senses: glosses: The black rat, Rattus rattus.
roof rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roof rats
Senses: examples: text: A large roof rat ran from the overflowing bins and disappeared under the house.
ref: 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 308:
glosses: The black rat.
ship rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ship rats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of black rat.
synonyms: word: black rat
swimwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swimwears
Etymology: From swim + -wear.
Senses: examples: April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Dark Tidehttp://www.avclub.com/articles/dark-tide,72548/
For Stockwell’s purposes, Halle Berry reps an appreciable presence in swimwear, but even her opening voiceover sounds swamped by boredom and regret.
glosses: Items of clothing appropriate for swimming.
Hyponyms: bikini
swim briefs
swimcap
swimming trunks
swimshorts
swimsuit
Derived terms: in there like swimwear
double-decker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-deckers
form: doubledecker
form: double decker
Etymology: From double + deck + -er.
Senses: glosses: A vehicle (usually a bus, coach or train) or aircraft with two floors.
glosses: A frigate with two decks above the waterline.
glosses: Any object with two layers or parts stacked on top of each other.
glosses: Any object with two layers or parts stacked on top of each other.
A sandwich with three slices of bread, whose toppings are on both sides of the middle slice.
topics: journalism
media
glosses: A headline that is two lines long.
examples: text: Indian MSM include self-identified gay men (Western acculturated), kothis (men who tend to be the receptive male partner in anal and oral sex and typically have more effeminate mannerisms), panthis (men who tend to be the insertive male partner in anal and oral sex), and double deckers (men who are both receptive and insertive partners). While MSM may self-identify as kothi, the terms panthi and double-decker are generally given by kothis to their male partners based on their sexual roles.
ref: 2011 December 24, Beena Thomas et al., “HIV in Indian MSM: Reasons for a concentrated epidemic & strategies for prevention”, in The Indian Journal of Medical Research, volume 134, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, page 921:
text: A double-decker is a term used for someone who functions as both. Double-deckers and Kothis have a high risk of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases according to studies among different MSM sub-groups in the nation.
ref: 2016 June 6, “Understanding LGBTQ+: An exhaustive explainer on gender and sexual identities”, in The News Minute:
text: Participants were either kothi (feminine acting, usually the receptive sexual partner) or double-decker (either insertive or receptive sexual partner; usually has male and female partners) at screening, and were required to speak English, Tamil (in Chennai), or Hindi (in Mumbai) fluently.
ref: 2021 April 24, Steven A Safren et al., “Strengthening resilience to reduce HIV risk in Indian MSM: a multicity, randomised, clinical efficacy trial”, in The Lancet Global Health, volume 9, number 4, →DOI, →PMID, page e448:
coordinate_terms: panthi
kothi
synonyms: versatile
vers
switch
qualifier: LGBTQ slang
glosses: a man who both penetrates (top) and is penetrated (bottom) in sex with other men; sometimes also has relationships with women and/or presents masculine as well as feminine mannerisms and appearances.
Related terms: word: double-deck
word: single-decker
word: three-decker
word: triple-decker
common rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common rats
Senses: glosses: The brown rat.
Norwegian rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Norwegian rats
Etymology: The common name was popularised (and perhaps coined) by English naturalist John Berkenhout, in his Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain (1769). Berkenhout believed the species migrated to England from Norwegian ships in 1728; he is also responsible for the scientific name.
Senses: glosses: The brown rat.
wikipedia: John Berkenhout
Synonyms: Norway rat
sewer rat
wharf rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wharf rats
Senses: hypernyms: rat
coordinate_terms: field rat#Noun
glosses: A brown rat; especially, one that lives among wharves.
glosses: A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs.
hypernyms: wharfie
dockworker
docker
glosses: A man who hangs around a wharf in the hope of finding temporary work there.
Related terms: mall rat
rink rat
day laborer