cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
soft-grain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: folic acid: It is often added to breakfast cereals and soft-grain white bread as a FOOD SUPPLEMENT.
ref: 2003, David Worthington, Dictionary of Environmental Health, →ISBN:
text: I sank my teeth into the soft-grain bread and groaned.
ref: 2015, Natasha Boyd, Deep Blue Eternity, →ISBN:
text: Introduce new foods in stages: for example, if switching to wholemeal bread, try a soft-grain white bread first.
ref: 2015, Carolyn Meggitt, Tina Bruce, CACHE Level 3: Child Care and Education (Early Years Educator), →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of softgrain.
examples: text: This is a soft-grain gloving leather with considerable stretch without much elasticity.
ref: 1972, Materials and Technology:
text: Knowing what was coming, the soft-grain leather felt even more sensual and unbearably irresistible against her skin.
ref: 2014, Karen Wiesner, Shards of Ashley, Book 5 of the Family Heirlooms Series, →ISBN, page 24:
text: Soft-grain leather with contrast stitching on Portfolio and XKR models.
ref: 2016, Nigel Thorley, Jaguar - All the Cars (4th Edition), →ISBN, page 303:
glosses: Flexible; pliable.
raw_tags: of leather
montebanc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: montebancs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mountebank.
to burn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Senses: examples: text: Their new striker has pace to burn.
glosses: In abundant supply.
jugglesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jugglesome
form: most jugglesome
form: juggle-some
Etymology: From juggle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Why not adhere to that system in spite of all the jugglesome theories and disguised pleas in the interest of our competitors?
ref: 1901, The Tariff Review - Volume 28
text: The committee on rules, obeying the caucus instruction, has reported that it is prepared to smooth the way for the passage of an abolition bill such as the caucus, in its jugglesome way indorsed on June 25, but it says it has no authority to frame an abolition bill.
ref: 1914, The Traffic World, volume 12:
text: But even more important than these jugglesome statistics is the aura and atmosphere of the city itself.
ref: 1951, Howard Whitman, Terror in the streets:
text: “He's a troublesome, worrisome, juggle-some pug.”
ref: 2013, Sean Bryan, The Juggling Pug:
glosses: Characterised or marked by juggling
buggersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more buggersome
form: most buggersome
Etymology: From bugger + -some.
Senses: examples: text: "[...] The gay Afghan is a buggersome man!" [...]
ref: 1963, D. A. Kinsley, Allen Edwardes, Death rides a camel:
text: That Reeda had noticed Riley's nose, and that Riley had commented upon his mother's ankles did not pass Cy by without first clipping him like a buggersome fingernail on the back of an earlobe.
ref: 2010, Sarah Hall, The Electric Michelangelo:
text: A buggersome rancher named Reap
Remarked as he ravished a sheep,
“I'm hoping I shall
Someday hump a gal,
But they're neither as tight or as cheap!”
ref: 2015, Kuldeep Saluja, The Unofficial Joke book of Holland:
glosses: Characteristic or typical of a bugger; characterised or marked by buggery
so on
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: ...and that the inhabitants of the liberty of the borough of, &c. aforesaid, the liberty of the priory aforesaid, &c. respectively, from time whereof, &c. have repaired and amended, and have used and been accustomed to reapir and amend, and still of right ought respectively to repair and amend the said king's highway in the said indictment mentioned and alleged to be ruinous, in decay, and out of repair, in manner following, that is to say, the inhabitants of the borough of C. aforesaid, so much thereof as lies within the said borough, the inhabitants of the liberty of the priory aforesaid, so much thereof as lies within the said liberty, &c. (so on with the others,) to wit, at, &c. aforesaid, and this the said R. T. and T. S. for themselves, and the rest of the inhabitants of the said parish of C. (except the inhabitants of the liberty of the borough of C. &c.) are ready to verify ;
ref: 1819, Joseph Chitty, A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law:
text: It's normal to be nervous in a job interview! You can control and reduce your anxiety by being well-prepared, practicing ahead of time, looking your best, showing up early, and so on.
ref: 2012, Pete Leibman, I Got My Dream Job and So Can You, →ISBN:
text: You should be alert online as you are when alone out in the public going to the store or so on.
ref: 2013, David R. Des Autels, Social Networking Safety: It All Starts with the User, →ISBN:
glosses: Other things of the same sort or nature.
port-wine stain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: port-wine stains
Senses: examples: text: Cryogen spray cooling and higher fluence pulsed dye laser treatment improve port-wine stain clearance while minimizing epidermal damage.
ref: 2011, David Ellis, Aging Facial Skin: Use of Lasers and Related Technologies:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of naevus flammeus.
synonyms: word: naevus flammeus
port-wine stains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of port-wine stain
port-wine mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: port-wine marks
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: naevus flammeus
port-wine marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of port-wine mark
gas pipeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas pipelines
asynchronically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more asynchronically
form: most asynchronically
Senses: glosses: In an asynchronous manner.
leuk-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: -uːk
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leuko- before a vowel.
proudsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proudsome
form: most proudsome
Etymology: From proud + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Bahceli expressed that the relations and the cooperation between the two countries are proudsome yet should not be considered sufficient as the common will for their furtherance exists in both of the countries.
ref: 2000, Eurasian File - Issues 126-156
text: Uncle Tom is there, as a concession to me, and very proudsome and distinguished he looks in evening formal.
ref: 2010, Robert A. Heinlein, Podkayne of Mars:
text: She would catch her husband watching. Was he proud some? Proudsome, pleased? She thought so.
ref: 2015, Noy Holland, Bird:
glosses: Characteristically proud; pridesome
composite key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: composite keys
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A key constituted by several fields, including one which is not a superkey.
Related terms: compound key
compound key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compound keys
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A key which is constituted by several fields.
Related terms: composite key
deciday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decidays
Etymology: From deci- + day.
Senses: glosses: One tenth of one day, i.e. 2.4 hours, proposed for use in metric systems of time.
Related terms: centiday
decidays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deciday
squinting modifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squinting modifiers
Senses: examples: text: A squinting modifier makes the meaning ambiguous and is, therefore, an error.
ref: 1983, Marylu Mattson, Sophia Leshing, Elaine Levi, Help Yourself: A Guide to Writing and Rewriting, page 251:
text: Do not try to fix a squinting modifier by inserting a comma to make your readers pause.
ref: 1998, Jill Meryl Levy, Take Command of Your Writing, →ISBN, page 228:
text: For example: “Running on concrete surfaces quickly leads to knee damage.” Owing to the squinting modifier "quickly," this sentence could meant that running at a high rate of speed on concrete surfaces leads to knee damage, or that running on concrete surfaces will very soon lead to knee damage.
ref: 2014, Rachelle Smith, Dominic Marulllo, Ken Springer, CLEP: College Composition, →ISBN:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A modifier that could apply to either the clause that precedes it or the clause that follows it; an instance of amphiboly.
squinting modifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squinting modifier
California rabbit tobacco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: California rabbit tobaccos
Senses: synonyms: ladies' tobacco
California everlasting
glosses: California cudweed (Pseudognaphalium californicum)
moansome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moansome
form: most moansome
Etymology: From moan + -some.
Senses: examples: text: What? Go and do some work for heaven's sake. Stop moping. I swear Ross, I have never met anyone in my life more impossibly moansome.
ref: 2008, Jay McEnery, Rattus Norvegicus:
text: Lonesome, moansome. I'm a rat.
ref: 2011, Derek Keen, The Last Defender:
glosses: Characterised or marked by moaning
groansome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more groansome
form: most groansome
Etymology: From groan + -some.
Senses: glosses: Characterised or marked by groaning
just then
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: set phrase
glosses: Very close to a given moment.
Synonyms: just now
lately
recently
IYAM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: If you ask me.
status mixtus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It now becomes necessary to inquire how, in an international quasi-order which purports to rule out the threat or use of force otherwise than in self-defence, the need for a status mixtus can still arise.
ref: 1957, Georg Schwarzenberger, International Law: The law of armed conflict, page 52:
text: Such noncomprehensive uses of force, commonly denominated "measures short of war," are incompatible, Dr. Schwarzenberger urged, with the states of both peace and war and have "created rules pertaining neither to those of peace or war, but constituting a status mixtus."
ref: 1994, Myres Smith MacDougal, Florentino P. Feliciano, The International Law of War, →ISBN:
text: This concept is distinguished from pacific occupation (occupatio pacifica), which is based on the consent of the territorial State, and from the occupation of foreign territory in a status mixtus.
ref: 2009, Yutaka Arai, The Law of Occupation, →ISBN:
glosses: A state of armed conflict not at the level of war but involving more hostility than neutrality or peace.
examples: text: But whether explicitly or by implication, the methodist distinction between status laxus, status strictus, and status mixtus is always present.
ref: 1956, Owsei Temkin, Soranus' Gynecology, →ISBN, page xxxii:
text: Methodism, in contrast to these sects, was based on a strict division of causes of symptoms into three conditions of the body: status laxus, in which the body or affected part is lax and wet, leading for example to a flux; status strictus, a constricted and dry state, of which amenorrhea was seen as a case in point; and status mixtus, a combination in which some parts of the body are constricted and others lax.
ref: 1993, Sander L. Gilman, Hysteria Beyond Freud, →ISBN, page 40:
text: Galen, for the status mixtus gives the example of an inflammation of the eye with discharge: the inflammation itself is a case of constriction whereas the discharge indicates relaxation.
ref: 1996, Plinio Prioreschi, A History of Medicine: Roman medicine, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: One of the three classes of disease recognized by the Ancient Greek Methodic school of medicine, in which some parts of the body are constricted and others relaxed.
Cape yellowwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cape yellowwoods
Etymology: From Cape + yellowwood.
Senses: examples: text: He was standing beside the old Cape yellowwood jonkmanskas which I'd changed into a cocktail cabinet.
ref: 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 160:
glosses: A South African tree with yellowish wood, Podocarpus latifolius, or the wood from this tree.
Afrikaansness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Afrikaans + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: “I know you're trying to free yourself from your own Afrikaansness, but you won't ever succeed.”
ref: 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 162:
glosses: The fact or state of being Afrikaans.
azidooxygenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azidooxygenations
Etymology: From azido- + oxygenation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that adds an azide group and an oxygen atom across a double bond
azinyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azinyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from an azine
Derived terms: benzoazinyl
boy-girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boy-girl
night meal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night meals
form: night-meal
form: nightmeal
Etymology: From night + meal.
Senses: examples: text: Hippolyte appreciates Delphine's erotic tutelage […] but feels anxious and dyspeptic, as if she has eaten too rich a night meal.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
glosses: A meal eaten at night; a late supper.
Synonyms: supper-time
Coordinate terms: daymeal
beautyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beauty + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: I tell you what: not to particular also because I would like to avoid all the problems linked with the original style of the mini, or the heritage system of facts.
Work on it, plat with it and give her the beautyness she need and deserve, ya know.
ref: 2006 November 12, doc, “Whare's the story?”, in alt.autos.mini (Usenet), message-ID <RwC5h.39708$uv5.269842@twister1.libero.it>:
glosses: Alternative spelling of beautiness.
has a bath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a bath
having a bath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a bath
had a bath
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a bath
that's saying something
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Longbottom, if brains were gold you’d be poorer than Weasley, and that’s saying something.
ref: 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
text: 2015, ending theme song of Star vs. the Forces of Evil
I think Earth is a pretty great place. That's saying something, 'cause I've been through outer space.
glosses: Said of something that has an even greater impact or effect than what is readily apparent, considering the context.
disappearables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disappearable
montebancs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of montebanc
fat bikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fat bike
azinyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azinyl
night meals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night meal
Republic of Costa Rica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Official name of Costa Rica: a country in Central America.
Republic of Colombia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Republic of Colombia
Senses: glosses: Official name of Colombia: a country in South America.
reptilase time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reptilase times
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A blood test used to detect deficiency or abnormalities in fibrinogen.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The resulting measure of such a test.
reptilase times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reptilase time
Republic of Guatemala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The official name of the country Guatemala.
Republic of Nicaragua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Official name of Nicaragua: a country in Central America.
SFTP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Secure File Transfer Protocol, a true SSH File Transfer Protocol client from the OpenSSH project.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Simple File Transfer Protocol, an unsecured and rarely used file transfer protocol from the early days of the Internet.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of SSH File Transfer Protocol, a network protocol used for secure file transfer over secure shell.
Hypernyms: FTP
spring melt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring melts
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The time of the year, generally in the early spring, when the snowpack accumulated during the winter melts.
spring melts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring melt
pachyptile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈkɪptɪl/
ipa: /pəˈkɪptaɪl/
ipa: /ˈpækɪptaɪl/
ipa: /pəˈkɪptɪl/
ipa: /pəˈkɪptʌɪl/
ipa: /ˈpakɪptʌɪl/
Forms: form: pachyptiles
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Pachyptila.
Senses: examples: text: On the New Zealand shelf in the Tasman Sea pachyptiles are the most characteristic (the most numerous is the Pachyptila turtur).
ref: 1976, V.P. Shuntov, Sea Birds and the Biological Structure of the Ocean, page 257:
glosses: Any seabird in the genus Pachyptila.
Synonyms: prion
metroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈtɹɑ.skəˌpi/
Senses: glosses: The use of the metroscope.
metroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to metroscopy.
rocksploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rock + -sploitation.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A genre of exploitation film that deals with the lives of rock musicians.
gossipeuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gossipeuses
Etymology: gossip with French feminine suffix -euse.
Senses: glosses: A female gossip.
gossipeuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gossipeuse
pseudophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudophobic
form: most pseudophobic
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to pseudophobia
technomanagerial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From techno- + managerial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to technology and management.
fizzies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fizzy + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of fizzy (fizzy drink)
glosses: Products designed to effervesce in bathwater.
Hyponyms: bath bomb
Laynster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Leinster.
statute of repose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statutes of repose
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, a plaintiff's cause of action may be extinguished by the statute of repose before the applicable statute of limitations time period expires, and a statute of repose may start running before a plaintiff's cause of action accrues.
ref: 2007, D. Alan Rudlin, Toxic Tort Litigation, →ISBN, page 74:
text: Statutes of repose are a compromise of the interests of consumers on the one hand and of manufacturers and sellers on the other.
ref: 2011, Donald L. Carper, John A. McKinsey, Understanding the Law, →ISBN, page 334:
text: Although twenty-two states have adopted a product liability statute of repose, these statutes frequently provide little if any comfort to a product manufacturer. For a statute of repose to offer true repose, it must provide a basis for a defendant to move to dismiss or for summary judgment.
ref: 2016, John S. Allee, Theodore V. H. Mayer, Robb W. Patryk, Product Liability, →ISBN, page 8-84:
topics: law
glosses: A law that sets a time limit for legal liability starting from the occurrence of a specified act (typically completion of a product or point of sale).
Synonyms: nonclaim statute
statutes of repose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statute of repose
nonclaim statute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonclaim statutes
Senses: examples: text: A typical nonclaim statute provides that if a creditor does not present the creditor's claim for payment within four months after receiving notice, the creditor's claim is forever barred even if the statute of limitations on that claim has not yet expired.
ref: 2008, Gerry W. Beyer, Texas Estate Administration: Cases and Materials, →ISBN, page 16:
text: A claim that is presented within the limits of a nonclaim statute may be dismissed because the statute of limitations has run and vice-versa.
ref: 2011, William McGovern Jr, Sheldon Kurtz, David English, McGovern, Kurtz and English's Principles of Wills, Trusts and Estates, →ISBN:
text: The effect of the running of the domiciliary nonclaim statute on Maine creditors is unclear.
ref: 2016, James E. Mitchell, Maine Probate Procedure, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of statute of repose.
synonyms: word: statute of repose
nonclaim statutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonclaim statute
West Coast offenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of West Coast offense
behinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of behinder
IoTization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From IoT + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The introduction of "Internet of Things" technology to a process or facility such as a factory.
macrophiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrophiliacs
Senses: examples: text: […] I hear Jiminy Cricket's a macrophiliac with a giant fetish […]
ref: 2012, Sheri-D. Wilson, Goddess Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe: The Poems, page 19:
text: Amir, the Macrophiliac. You briefly met Amir in Chapter 15. He came to me with help for his fetish […]
ref: 2015, MA Castro, Fetish and You: Understanding and Embracing Your Fetish:
glosses: Synonym of macrophile.
synonyms: word: macrophile
macrophiliacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrophiliac
microphilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊˈfɪl.i.ə/
ipa: /-ˈfiː.li.ə/
ipa: /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊˈfɪl.i.ə/
ipa: /-ˈfi.li.ə/
rhymes: -ɪliə
rhymes: -iːliə
Etymology: micro- + -philia
Senses: glosses: A love of trivia or minutiae.
examples: text: "This guy's into microphilia — or is it macrophilia? He gets off on being made to feel that he's really small."
ref: 2006, David Stukas, Biceps Of Death, page 14:
text: The giantess fetish, whether it's macrophilia or microphilia, is a pretty unique one. What y'all want is to be made to feel tiny by a bigger, stronger, superior woman.
ref: 2010, Diamond, “Black BBW Goddess Fulfills All Your Giantess Fetish Fantasies”, in alt.sex.telephone.alt (Usenet):
text: 'Still, it's true. First we get pygmy hippos blown up, then we come across a dwarf skeleton. Someone's into microphilia.'
ref: 2016, Paul Johnston, Skeleton Blues:
glosses: A paraphilia involving attraction to small people.
glosses: A love of tiny objects, microorganisms, or microbiology.
Coordinate terms: macrophilia
microphile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microphiles
Senses: examples: text: If there are macrophiles living and working among us—and I assure you, there are—the world must also make room for the microphiles who love them back.
ref: 2008, Cynthia Ceilan, Weirdly Beloved:
glosses: A person who has microphilia.
Coordinate terms: macrophile
microphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microphile
thicc
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: thiccer
form: thiccest
form: thic
Etymology: From thick + -cc.
Senses: examples: text: To some fans, Wicke is thicc. To others, she’s a positive representation of diverse bodies in video games.
“Thicc Wicke,” as some are calling the fan art version of the character, has become such a trend that there’s already a meme criticizing it:
And there are plenty of images that depict her as “thicc,” but not in a drooling, overtly sexualized way.
ref: 2016 September 12, “Thirsty Pokémon fans are sexualizing Wicke, Sun & Moon’s new Pokémon researcher”, in Daily Dot:
ref: 2016 December 19, “Thicc, Beautiful R. Mika and Ibuki Street Fighter V Statues Incoming - Niche Gamer”, in Niche Gamer:
text: '@bayrose99 we don’t feel sorry for you when they called you thicc because you’re a thicc racist.' — Rio
ref: 2017 November 30, Ashitha Nagesh, “Girl bullied for ‘looking thicc’ in dress gets backlash for using n-word”, in Metro, published 24 January 2018:
glosses: Alternative spelling of thick (“curvy”).
examples: text: “The weight of the female Gyr given as 1396-2000g [brings it to a] mean of 1752g (n=12),” Sweet tells Inverse. That’s roughly four pounds — extremely thicc by falcon standards.
ref: 2018 February 8, “The Original "Falcon Heavy" Isn't What You Think”, in Inverse:
glosses: Alternative spelling of thick (“wide”).
Synonyms: chonk
voluptuous
Derived terms: thiccness
steelmans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of steelman
steelmanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of steelman
steelmanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of steelman
Atholl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Athole
form: Athol
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Athall, possibly from Old Irish Ath-fhotla (“New Ireland”) or Athfochla.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A historical division of the Scottish Highlands within the modern council area of Perth and Kinross.
head_nr: 1
glosses: An ancient Scottish ten-times-created earldom, more recently dukedom, which initially possessed the above lands.
Derived terms: Blair Atholl
Atholl brose
AAO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of anodic aluminium oxide.
AAO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Australian Astronomical Observatory, formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory.
rugby boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rugby boots
Senses: examples: text: His rugby boots were caked in mud after the game.
glosses: A shoe with rounded studs, used to play sports on soft ground.
deep link
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deep links
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, it depends on the concrete circumstances whether deep links are legal or not. Noncommercial sites are probably more often allowed to deep link to other sites than commercial sites.
ref: 2004, Munindar P. Singh, editor, The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: A type of hyperlink directly pointing to content on a website, rather than its home page.
deep link
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deep links
form: deep linking
form: deep linked
form: deep linked
Senses: examples: text: Noncommercial sites are probably more often allowed to deep link to other sites than commercial sites.
ref: 2004, Munindar P. Singh, editor, The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: To directly link to content on a website.
unpleasantest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of unpleasant: most unpleasant.
unpleasanter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of unpleasant: more unpleasant.
flashforwarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flashforward
flashforwarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flashforward
nimblesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nimblesome
form: most nimblesome
Etymology: From nimble + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Since man is equipped to gnaw and mob,
Nimblesome fingers to dig for gold [...]
ref: 1911, Frederick Fanning Ayer, Bell and Wing:
text: And was a fish and swam most nimblesome
through waters deep, silent and silver-grey,
saw jelly-fish on coral stems at home [...]
ref: 1960, Rainer Maria Rilke, Poetry:
glosses: Characterised or marked by nimbleness
fulvescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Senses: glosses: Becoming fulvous; approaching a tawny colour.
Related terms: fulvid
nigrescent
rubescent
olivescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Etymology: From olive + -escent.
Senses: glosses: Becoming olive; approaching an olive colour.
Coordinate terms: fulvescent
nigrescent
rubescent
grease boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grease boys
Senses: glosses: A man employed in metalworking to dip sheets of tin in hot tallow to remove excess tin.
grease boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grease boy
Scandahoovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scandahoovian
form: most Scandahoovian
form: Scandihoovian
Etymology: Attested since the early 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: If my father is a rough old brute of a pig-headed Scandahoovian sailor, then my sweetheart is the darlingest and loveliest of women, although she is scarcely more than a child.
ref: 1911, Henry Cottrell Rowland, The Magnet:
synonyms: Scowegian
Souwegian
glosses: American and of Scandinavian ancestry.
Scandahoovian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scandahoovians
form: Scandihoovian
Etymology: Attested since the early 20th century.
Senses: synonyms: Scowegian
Souwegian
glosses: An American of Scandinavian ancestry.
'tocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Aphetic form of buttocks.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of buttocks.
YORP effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: YORP effects
Etymology: From the first letters of the surnames Yarkovsky, O'Keefe, Radzievskii and Paddack + effect. Coined in 2000 by American geophysicist David Perry Rubincam.
Senses: topics: astrophysics
synonyms: Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack effect
glosses: The effect of solar radiation on an asymmetric asteroid or other small body whereby its rate of rotation increases, potentially leading to the object's eventual disintegration.
wikipedia: David Perry Rubincam
Related terms: Yarkovsky effect
taps aff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Scots taps (“tops”) aff (“off”).
Senses: examples: text: But the Union Bears decided it was a “taps aff” kind of day and celebrated Hemmings' goal by displaying their bare chests.
ref: 2013, Lisa Gray, Rangers FC We Don't Do Walking Away: The Incredible Inside Story of a Season in the Third Division, Black & White Publishing, →ISBN:
text: For a street view search of Partick's Merkland Street has unveiled a man who appears to be dancing in the middle of the street with his "taps aff".
ref: 2015 February 12, “Only in Glasgow: 'taps aff' man features in Partick Google Maps”, in Glasgow Evening Times:
text: Neil took to the stage wearing a huge white coat, but after four songs it was "taps aff" as he joined the Johnstons in playing naked from the waist up.
ref: 2016 December 3, “REVIEW: Biffy Clyro, Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle”, in Shields Gazette:
glosses: topless in warm weather.
raw_tags: of men
Ormonde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ormondes
Etymology: Variant of Ormond.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
cheif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of chief.
Tyrconnell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tyreghonolde
Etymology: From Irish Tír Chonaill (“Land of Conall”), named after the ancient Irish king Conall Gulban.
Senses: glosses: A kingdom in northwest Ireland during the Middle Ages and early modern period.
glosses: A brand of Irish single malt whiskey.
deflectably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Such that it can be deflected or diverted.
undeflectably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Such that it cannot be deflected or diverted.
Tyreghonolde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Tyrconnell.
supervisual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supervisual
form: most supervisual
Etymology: From super- + visual.
Senses: examples: text: The heightened attention to issues of representation is precipitated, in good part, by the advent of new, supervisual media.
ref: 2009, Geoffrey H. Hartman, A Scholar's Tale: Intellectual Journey of a Displaced Child of Europe:
text: Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.
ref: 2016, Brooke Warner, Green-Light Your Book:
glosses: Strongly or predominantly visual.
examples: text: So we build equipment to see light beyond the rainbow's spectrum, supervisual light like x-rays, and sub-visual light like radio waves.
ref: 2016, Ransom Stephens, The Left Brain Speaks, the Right Brain Laughs:
glosses: Beyond the threshold of vision, thus invisible.
supervisual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supervisual
form: most supervisual
Senses: examples: text: While the centralized state, administrative, political or supervisual remains, there can be no real democracy, a loose confederation of communities at a national level without any centralized state whatsoever.
ref: 2010, Gary W. O'Brien, Oswald's Politics, page 213:
glosses: Of or relating to supervision.
supervoltages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supervoltage
schoenus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schoeni
Etymology: From Latin [Term?].
Senses: glosses: An ancient unit of length and area based on the knotted cords first used in Egyptian surveying.
Related terms: schoinion
blocklayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blocklayers
Etymology: From block + layer.
Senses: glosses: A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
Related terms: bricklayer
blocklayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blocklayer
blocklaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From block + laying.
Senses: glosses: The work of a blocklayer, laying down blocks of material.
Related terms: bricklaying
snobscat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snobscats
Senses: glosses: A cobbler; a person who repairs shoes.
Related terms: snob
snobscats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snobscat
Mioritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: In reference to the Romanian pastoral ballad Miorița. See mioritic.
Senses: glosses: Applied to a breed of large dogs used for guarding livestock, originating in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
wikipedia: Miorița
washman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washmen
Etymology: From wash + -man.
Senses: glosses: A person employed in metalworking to wash the tin plates between manufacturing processes.
Synonyms: washer
washmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washman
Madrasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Madrasi
northie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northies
Etymology: From north + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Somebody from the north of India; a northerner.
Coordinate terms: southie
southie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southies
Etymology: From south + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Somebody from South India; a Dravidian language speaker.
Coordinate terms: northie
southies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southie
northies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northie
jhopadpatti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jhopadpattis
Senses: examples: text: With the population growth in the jhopadpattis, favelas, bastis and bidonvilles higher than any other environment in the world, we are seeing the emergence of Megaslums, where one million urban poor live in an area measuring just 1.5 square miles.
ref: 2012, Sarwant Singh, New Mega Trends: Implications for Our Future Lives, page 63:
glosses: An urban slum of tents or makeshift huts.
jhopadpattis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jhopadpatti
ora serrata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōra serrāta (“serrated edge”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The serrated junction between the retina and the ciliary body, marking the transition from the simple non-photosensitive area of the ciliary body to the complex, multilayered photosensitive region of the cilia.
fieldmap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fieldmaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of field map.
fieldmaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fieldmap
field map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field maps
form: fieldmap
Senses: glosses: A map of local magnetic fields, used in magnetic resonance imaging to undistort the image.
field maps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of field map
elephantol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound obtained by alkaline hydrolysis of elephantin.
multicropping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multicroppings
form: multi-cropping
Etymology: From multi- + cropping.
Senses: examples: text: 1978 December, Samuel G. Unger, George W. Bailey, Environmental Implications of Trends in Agriculture and Silviculture, Volume 2: Environmental Effects of Trends, US Environmental Protection Agency, page 28,
Multicropping practices will increase in some areas; however, it is doubtful if year-round cropping will occur throughout most of the U.S.
text: Other researchers have shown interest in multiple cultivar phenomena among indigenous and peasant peoples by studying the distribution and merits of polyculture and multicropping in the tropics.
ref: 1998, Brien A. Meilleur, Clones within Clones: Cosmology and Esthetics and Polynesian Crop Selection: Anthropologica, volume XL, number 1, page 76:
text: Farms with relatively abundant labor compared with their farm size are less likely to engage in multicropping.
ref: 2000, B. A. M. Bouman, R. Roetter, R. A. Schipper, A. G. Laborte, “Regional land-use analysis to support agricultural and environmental policy formulation”, in T. P. Tuong, editor, Characterizing and Understanding Rainfed Environments, page 463:
glosses: The practice of growing two or more crops on the same piece of land during a single growing season.
Synonyms: sense: practice of planting more than one crop in the same place
word: multiple cropping
sense: practice of planting more than one crop in the same place
word: polyculture
night mode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A colour scheme with light text and other elements on a dark background.
Synonyms: dark mode
acculturalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: UK and Australia spelling of acculturalization.
fuckably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fuckably
form: most fuckably
Senses: examples: text: She was perfectly, fuckably proportioned everywhere else, both above and below her waist. A pocket-size Venus, with the longest stems he'd ever seen on someone so dang diminutive.
ref: 2008, Lori Wilde, Rhonda Nelson, Cara Summers, August Harlequin Blaze:
glosses: In a fuckable manner.
unfuckably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unfuckably
form: most unfuckably
Senses: examples: text: I thought all Italians were supposed to dress well. What is this guy's story? He's terribly handsome, actually, and it's entirely wasted on him and his unfuckably bad taste in clothes.
ref: 2006, Kirsten Lobe, Paris Hangover, page 141:
text: Once I asked him if he'd seen any younger female patients, but he only said: “Young, Prof? Christ no, they're all unfuckably old. […]
ref: 2012, Colin Thubron, A Cruel Madness:
glosses: So as to preclude sexual intercourse.
prenylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prenylates
form: prenylating
form: prenylated
form: prenylated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To subject to prenylation
Derived terms: diprenylate
prenylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prenylate
prenylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prenylate
blasthole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastholes
Etymology: From blast + hole.
Senses: glosses: The hole created by an explosion, for example, in mining.
glosses: A hole in the bottom of a pump through which water enters.
glosses: The hole into which a blasting charge is inserted.
hydroxyacids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroxyacid
homocysteinuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homocysteinurias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of homocystinuria.
Derived terms: hyperhomocysteinuria
homocysteinurias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homocysteinuria
muckerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mucker + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Hockey is an exciting and healthful form of exercise, well suited to college students, but if it is to retain favor the intercollegiate league should cut out the muckerism which has attended its contests on the ice in recent years.
ref: 1906, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 7, page 210:
text: In a game between Stanford and California, in their series last month, there were manifestations of the muckerism with which we of the East are familiar — the rude joshing of the pitcher, the strident yapping of the fielders […]
ref: 1911, Collier's, volume 47, page 80:
glosses: rowdy, ungentlemanly behaviour in sporting contests
muckite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muckites
Etymology: From muck + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A resin found in cretaceous lignite in Moravia.
muckites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muckite
mumpery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mump + -ery.
Senses: glosses: The practice of mumping or begging; beggary.
munjon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: munjons
Senses: glosses: An Aboriginal Australian who has little or no contact with white people.
munjons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of munjon
muricacean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muricaceans
Etymology: From Myricacea ("superfamily of gastropods"), (ultimately from Murex) + -an.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the superfamily Muricacea (accepter name: Muricoidea).
muricacean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Myricacea ("superfamily of gastropods"), (ultimately from Murex) + -an.
Senses: examples: a muricacean gastropod
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the superfamily Myricacea of gastropods.
Related terms: myricacean
muricaceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muricacean
New Federalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A political philosophy of the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government back to the individual states.
Related terms: New Federalist
New Federalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Federalists
Senses: glosses: A supporter of New Federalism.
New Federalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Federalist
mudge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Etymology: Possibly a blend of mud + sludge. From mid-19th c.
Senses: glosses: mud; sludge
mudge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Forms: form: mudges
form: mudging
form: mudged
form: mudged
Etymology: Possibly an alteration of budge, under the influence of move.
Senses: examples: text: He could kill a man, I verily believe, without ever bitin' him—just by doonin' him wi' the waght o' his body and his paws, and then lying on the tap o' him, growlin' to throttle and devour him if he mudged.
ref: 1827, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 21, page 913:
glosses: To move oneself; to stir.
japalura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: japaluras
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Japalura.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any lizard of the genus Japalura.
japaluras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of japalura
granny-sit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: granny-sits
form: granny-sitting
form: granny-sat
form: granny-sat
form: granny-sitted
form: granny-sitted
Etymology: From granny + sit, modelled on babysit.
Senses: examples: text: I know he'll have you stitched up with pre-nuptial agreements but if he's prepared to pay you five thousand bucks a day just to granny-sit, then being his wife has got to be worth at least double that.
ref: 2009, Chrissie Manby, Running Away From Richard:
text: Eventually she called a neighbour to granny-sit and followed the ambulance down to the Bristol Royal Infirmary, but she didn't see my father alive again I don't think.
ref: 2010, Naeem Inayatullah, Autobiographical International Relations: I, IR, page 21:
glosses: To watch or tend an elderly female relative at home.
Derived terms: granny-sitter
granny-sits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of granny-sit
granny-sitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of granny-sit
granny-sat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of granny-sit
granny-sitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granny-sitters
Senses: glosses: One who granny-sits.
granny-sitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granny-sitter
New Lighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Lighters
Etymology: From New Light + -er.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of the New Light religious movement.
New Lighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Lighter
Old Lighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Old Lighters
Etymology: From Old Light + -er.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of the Old Light religious movement.
Old Lighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Old Lighter
Afro-Baptist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afro-Baptists
Etymology: From Afro- + Baptist.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of a black Baptist Christian movement.
Afro-Baptists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afro-Baptist
ill-constructed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ill-constructed
form: most ill-constructed
Senses: glosses: Badly constructed; poorly built.
ice maiden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice maidens
Senses: topics: fantasy
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A woman who comes from a frozen climate.
glosses: An ice queen; a beautiful but heartless woman.
ice maidens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice maiden