cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Chiloe fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chiloe foxes
Etymology: After Chiloé, the Chilean island to which the foxes are endemic. The name used by Charles Darwin.
Senses: examples: text: According to this view animals on separate islands ought to become different if kept long enough apart with slightly differing circumstances. Now [e.g.,] Galapagos Tortoises, Mocking birds, Falkland Fox, Chiloe fox, English and Irish Hare.
ref: 1837, Charles Darwin, Transmutation of Species: Notebook B:
glosses: Synonym of Darwin's fox.
synonyms: word: Darwin's fox
Chiloe foxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chiloe fox
Airoran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Papuan language spoken on the lower Apauwar River in Papua, Indonesia.
Related terms: word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Airoran terms
word: air ⁠
urls: http://www.language-archives.org/language/air
word: OLAC resources in and about the Airoran language
colpeo zorro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of culpeo.
synonyms: word: culpeo
crab-eating zorro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crab-eating zorros
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crab-eating fox.
synonyms: word: crab-eating fox
common zorro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common zorros
Senses: examples: text: There really is a creature called Cerdocyon thous — the common zorro — but no robotic version of it has ever been created — at least not yet!
ref: 1998, Meyer, Marianne, Metal heads : the case of the rival robots, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)
synonyms: word: crab-eating fox
extra: Cerdocyon thous
short-eared zorro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short-eared zorros
Senses: glosses: Synonym of short-eared dog.
synonyms: word: short-eared dog
small-eared dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: small-eared dogs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of short-eared dog.
synonyms: word: short-eared dog
small-eared dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of small-eared dog
short-eared fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short-eared foxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of short-eared dog.
synonyms: word: short-eared dog
rember
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛmbɚ/
Senses: examples: text: i rember
antonyms: forgor
glosses: Deliberate misspelling of remember.
Falkland fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Falkland foxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Falkland Islands wolf.
synonyms: word: Falkland Islands wolf
YAMOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of YAMO
Teumessian fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […]there is a place called Teumessus, where they say Europa was concealed by Jupiter. It is likewise said of the Teumessian fox, that it was nourished by Bacchus for the purpose of destroying the Thebans; aod that when it was on the point of being taken by that dog which Diana gave to Procris the daughter of Erechtheus, both the dog and the fox were changed into stones.
ref: 1824, Pausanias, The Description of Greece, →OCLC:
text: When Amphitryon came to Thebes he found that another curse had descended on that unlucky city. For the Teumessian Fox, which was as large and savage as a wolf, had been sent by Dionysus to plague the land, catching children and carrying them away to its lair, as a punishment for the things he had suffered in Thebes.
ref: 1961, Green, Roger Lancelyn, Heroes of Greece and Troy, retold from the ancient authors, →OCLC:
text: One Greek myth has it that Laelaps and the Teumessian Fox were cast into space where they formed the two constellations, Canis Major and Minor.
ref: 2015, Hankins, Justine, author, Dogopedia : a compendium of canine curiosities:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A giant fox destined to never be caught.
intermicronational organisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intermicronational organisations
Etymology: From intermicronational + organisation, by analogy with intergovernmental organisation.
Senses: examples: text: Should there be a Intermicronational Organisation that covers the whole of the historic county of Lancashire?
ref: 2016 July 22, KofBlackburn, Twitter:
text: What was the Sovereignty and Solidarity Coalition (SSC)? An electoral coalition or an intermicronational organisation?
ref: 2021 February 7, RJailavera, Twitter:
text: The Organisation de la microfrancophonie, a French-language intermicronational organisation, has hosted three intermicronational summits between its member states—one in 2016, 2018 and most recently in 2022.
ref: 2022 December 4, MicronationalF, Twitter:
glosses: An organisation composed of micronations.
Synonyms: word: micro org
word: micronational organisation
Coordinate terms: YAMO
intermicronational organisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermicronational organisation
gramadulla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gramadullas
Senses: examples: text: the word “gramadulla” […] seemed to express just the bleak desolation of those grey-capped masses of rock and the wild labyrinth of those innumerable gorges and ravines.
ref: 1958, Henno Martin, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Sheltering Desert, New York: Thomas Nelson, pages 65-66:
text: 1971, Jillian Becker, The Union, London: Chatto & Windus, Chapter 4, p. 248,
Perhaps it was Lisa, who had become a huntress, who chased him on; across the plains and down the gramadulla gorges, and through the shade of granite dykes.
text: ephemeral rivers like the Swakop are deeply incised into the plains, producing gorges and areas of badlands (locally called gramadullas)
ref: 2002, Andrew Goudie, chapter 6, in Great Warm Deserts of the World: Landscapes and Evolution, Oxford University Press, page 155:
topics: geography
geology
geomorphology
natural-sciences
glosses: Arid terrain characterized by numerous alternating canyons and gorges.
Related terms: badlands
processes of elimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of process of elimination
bush flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bush fly
alloimmunothrombocytopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
antithrombocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Preventing the formation of blood clots.
antithrombocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antithrombocytic.
erythrothrombocytapheresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The removal of red blood cells and platelets from a person through apheresis.
hyperthrombocytemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An abnormally high platelet count in the blood.
hypothrombocytemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An abnormally low platelet count in the blood.
hyperthrombocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An extremely high platelet count in blood.
non-depressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nondepressed.
immunothrombocytopenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to immunothrombocytopenia.
intrathrombocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Within a thrombus.
leukothrombocytopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Thrombocytopenia affecting only white blood cells.
leukothrombocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Thrombocytosis affecting only white blood cells.
macrothrombocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrothrombocytes
Senses: glosses: A usually large thrombocyte.
macrothrombocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to macrothrombocytes.
macrothrombocytopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disorder characterized by unusually large thrombocytes.
macrothrombocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The presence of unusually large thrombocytes in the blood.
side job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side jobs
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: side gig, side hustle
antonyms: day job
glosses: A (temporary or informal) job being done on the side; a person's non-primary job or other occupation, often distinguished by factors such as formality, legality, personal priority, and/or financial return.
Related terms: moonlighting
megathrombocytopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of macrothrombocytopenia.
synonyms: word: macrothrombocytopenia
megathrombocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of macrothrombocytosis.
synonyms: word: macrothrombocytosis
microthrombocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microthrombocytes
Senses: glosses: A very small thrombocyte.
microthrombocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to microthrombocytes.
microthrombocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The presence of unusually small thrombocytes in the blood.
pseudothrombocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Falsely elevated platelet count due to other cells being counted as platelets.
thrombotonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of serotonin.
synonyms: word: serotonin
thrombocytin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of serotonin.
synonyms: word: serotonin
thrombocytoasthenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thrombocytopenia.
synonyms: word: thrombocytopenia
thrombocytogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to thrombocytogenesis.
thrombocytoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Resembling a thrombocyte
thrombocytoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrombocytoids
Senses: glosses: Any cell that resembles a thrombocyte.
Newton Purcell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Newton Purcell with Shelswell parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6230).
CensorStation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of censor + PlayStation.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: The PlayStation video game console, regarded as having excessively censored content in its games.
thrombocytopathia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thrombopathia.
thrombocytopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to thrombocytopathy.
thrombocytophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The affinity for platelets.
ProMED
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: health
medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of ProMED-mail.
thrombocytopoietin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrombocytopoietins
Senses: glosses: A hormone that stimulates platelet production by stimulating megakaryocytes.
thrombocytotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That is toxic to platelets.
thrombocytotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being thrombocytotoxic.
ProMED-mail
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: health
medicine
sciences
synonyms: ProMED
glosses: Abbreviation of Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (the largest publicly available emerging diseases and outbreak reporting systems in the World).
Newton Purcell with Shelswell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (without a council) in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes the named places.
Quah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quahs
Etymology: From Hokkien 柯 (Koa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
lavache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lavaches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lavash.
Shelswell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet near the site of a medieval village in Newton Purcell with Shelswell parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6130).
Shi-jia-zhuang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Guangzhou marked the real beginning of our visit. From there we journeyed to thirteen other cities: Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Xian, Yenan, Shi-jia-zhuang, Peking, Tangshan, Shenyang, Anshan, Tianjin, Changsha, and Shaoshan.*[…]
It was late April when we visited the Zhao Ling Pu Commune, just north of Shi-jia-zhuang, Hebei Province. With our hosts we sipped tea and munched dry-roasted peanuts — a delicious example of the commune’s production.
ref: 1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, “Of Chivas Regal and Mao Tse-tung”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 19, 36:
text: When I first arrived here the Japanese had
surrendered,
And Shi-jia-zhuang was freed from Chiang
Kai-shek’s army.[…]
The enemy in Peking, keep them from marching
on Shi-jia-zhuang.
ref: 1975, Ho Qi-fang, “Xi-Hui Village”, in The Chinese Literary Scene: A Writer's Visit to the People's Republic, Penguin Books, published 1976, →OCLC, page 171:
text: Shih-chia-chuang, Pin-yin romanization SHI-JIA-ZHUANG, a city in west central Hopeh Province (sheng), China, a subprovincial-level municipality, an administrative centre of the Shih-chia-chuang Area ti-ch’ü), and the administrative capital of Hopeh Province.[…]
Shi-jia-zhuang (China): see Shih-chia-chuang.
ref: 1981, Encyclopedia Britannica, volume IX, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 144, 145:
text: In October 1948, when the fighting was raging in southern Manchuria, Mao had set up his Communist headquarters at Pingshan near the city of Shi-jia-zhuang, about 240 km. from Peking.[…]
In April, 35,000 enemy troops were annihilated and victories were recorded around Shi-jia-zhuang, Hebei province, and in the north of Shaanxi province, where a brigade commander was 'caught alive'.
ref: 1988, Laszlo Ladany, The Communist Party of China and Marxism, 1921-1985: A Self-Portrait, Hong Kong University Press, published 1992, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 129, 140:
glosses: Alternative form of Shijiazhuang.
shot in one's locker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shots in one's locker
Senses: examples: text: “Well, let ’em come, lad — let ’em come,” said Silver cheerily. “I’ve still a shot in my locker.”
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of shot in the locker.
shots in one's locker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shot in one's locker
blowing the lid off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blow the lid off.
blows the lid off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blow the lid off.
Gullage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: At this moment footsteps were heard on the porch and an instant after old man Gullage entered the dining-room.
ref: 1896 October 24, Dick Swiveller, “The Big Turkey of Nine-Mile Run”, in The Sportsman's Journal, volume 1, number 1, page 98, column 2:
glosses: A surname.
blew the lid off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of blow the lid off
blown the lid off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of blow the lid off
as far as I am concerned
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of as far as I'm concerned.
for me
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The bar silver and the arms still lie, for all that I know, where Flint buried them; and certainly they shall lie there for me.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: As far as I'm concerned.
to a desire
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The wind, serving us to a desire, now hauled into the west.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: Precisely as one would wish; ideally.
white smoothie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white smoothies
Senses: glosses: A type of health shake made by blending fruits or vegetables with yogurt or coconut milk.
South Molton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7125).
Related terms: North Molton
Milverton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district before that (OS grid ref ST1225).
glosses: A suburb and ward in Royal Leamington Spa parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3066).
glosses: A community and former village in Perth East township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada, named after Milverton, Somerset.
Derived terms: Old Milverton
ropanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ropani
ropanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ropani
Donowho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Ryan Donowho
glosses: A surname
undercrest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undercrests
Etymology: From under- + crest.
Senses: glosses: Something under a crest.
undercrest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undercrests
form: undercresting
form: undercrested
form: undercrested
Etymology: From under- + crest.
Senses: glosses: To support.
as you have brewed, so you must drink
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: “So, Jim,” said the doctor sadly, “here you are. As you have brewed, so shall you drink, my boy. Heaven knows, I cannot find it in my heart to blame you, but this much I will say, be it kind or unkind: when Captain Smollett was well, you dared not have gone off; and when he was ill and couldn’t help it, by George, it was downright cowardly!”
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of as you sow, so shall you reap.
synonyms: word: as you sow
word: so shall you reap
bounces off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bounce off
bouncing off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bounce off
bounced off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bounce off
antithromboembolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + thromboembolic.
Senses: glosses: Countering thromboembolism.
atherothromboembolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to atherothromboembolism.
macrothromboembolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A very large thromboembolism.
microthromboembolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of microthromboembolus formation.
thromboelastometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thromboelastometers
Senses: glosses: A device used for thromboelastometry.
thromboendarteritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Thrombosis and endarteritis.
hot doggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hot doggy
form: most hot doggy
Senses: examples: text: Hot Dogs, Non-Poultry / Brand Comments / 1. Hebrew National Light “Good sausage flavor,” “nice snap,” “hot doggy taste.”
ref: 1992 November 5, “Taste Test: Frank Discussion”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: The Times Mirror Company, page H36:
text: Now, think about your school lunchroom. Close your eyes for a moment and recall as many details as possible (even that hot doggy smell!).
ref: 1999, Pamela Curtis Swallow, A Writer’s Notebook: The Ultimate Guide to Creative Writing, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 60:
text: The Oscar Mayer Jumbo Beef Franks were too pale and pink for our liking, but they had a sweet “hot doggy” taste some of us found intriguing.
ref: 2004 June 23, Jacqueline Palfy, Jane Thaden Lawson, Jill Callison, Jennifer Sanderson, Caroline Lalley, Jarett C. Bles, Devon Brock, “Hot dogs: Some plump”, in Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D.: Gannett Co., Inc., page 4D:
glosses: Alternative form of hot-doggy.
hotdoggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hotdoggy
form: most hotdoggy
Etymology: From hotdog + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I mean I don’t want to exaggerate there is something there a kind of soft little end of hotdoggy thing with a frill around it it might be okay to piss through but he doesn’t have to piss.
ref: 1975, Ronald Sukenick, 98.6, New York, N.Y.: Fiction Collective, →ISBN, page 26:
text: […] she smelled of the sea, not the rank, oily waters of the East River that often shouldered its way on the back of fog along the Lower East Side, where he worked, or the flat, hotdoggy smell of the beach at Coney Island, but the bracing salt spray of the pounding surf at Far Rockaway, where he and my mother would sometimes go walking with the girls on Sunday afternoons.
ref: 1996, Dave Margoshes, Long Distance Calls, Regina, Sask.: Coteau Books, →ISBN, page 24:
text: He’d rather have a slightly hotdoggy good pilot than an unimaginative tyro, in case of trouble.
ref: 1997, Dewey Gram, Dante’s Peak, New York, N.Y.: Boulevard Books, →ISBN, page 96:
text: The extreme entrepreneur, on the other hand, uses any and all of these techniques to gather seed funding, as well as an array of other, more hotdoggy tactics (that may involve selling his grandmother down the river).
ref: 2001, Mark Baven, Extreme Entrepreneur: Intelligent Information from the Edge, Irvine, Calif.: Entrepreneur Press, →ISBN, page 82:
text: Mr. [IAN] McCAMMON: Well, it's true. And, in fact, if you look at the total number of people that are caught, the percentage that are women are very, very low. But it's interesting, when you add women into a group of skiers, it seems to change the way they behave, particularly male skiers. Remember that the... / [ALEX] CHADWICK: The hotdogs have to be even more hotdoggy? / Mr. McCAMMON: Perhaps. Perhaps. Remember that the typical avalanche victim is in his late 20s.
ref: 2005 January 17, “Interview: Ian McCammon discusses the factors that lead people to risk their lives in avalanche conditions”, in Day to Day, NPR:
text: “We had a couple of guys got hurt, and there were some calls by the referees the guys didn’t like – it was not the best way to start off the year at home,” said Trojans’ head coach Mark Essay. “It’s unfortunate, because early on, everything we had been working on, they were doing it, and then all the systems and everything went by the wayside … guys were being hotdoggy, and we failed miserably.”
ref: 2010 October 26, Laura Shantora Nelles, “Trojans drop the ball in opener”, in The Daily Graphic, Portage la Prairie, Man., page 10:
text: NADINE (CONT’D) / Hey, so any word if your mom's friend can sew the hotdog suits for us? / KRISTA / Yeah, she's gonna make 'em out of polyfiber foam, that way they'll bend and breathe but still maintain their hotdoggy shape.
ref: 2011 January 3, Kelly Fremon Craig, Besties, page 33:
glosses: Alternative form of hot-doggy.
snow daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow daisies
form: snow-daisy
Senses: examples: text: As he walks he spies a snow-daisy to one side of the pad.
ref: 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 90
glosses: Any of various perennial herbs chiefly of the genus Celmisia, especially Celmisia asteliifolia, growing in high ground in southeastern Australia (including Tasmania) and New Zealand.
snow daisies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow daisy
thromboendocarditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Thrombotic endocarditis.
endophlebectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The removal of a vein from within the body.
Burton Constable
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish and small village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1836).
Related terms: Constable Burton
endovenectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of endophlebectomy.
synonyms: word: endophlebectomy
thromboendovenectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The removal of a blood clot and a vein from within the body.
'dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'dogs
Senses: examples: text: From steak tips to pizza to cotton candy, the ballpark will satisfy your need for protein, carbs and sweets. And what’s a trip to Fenway without sampling a delicious ’dog?
ref: 2006 May 31 – June 13, G & R, “a gal’s guide to fenway”, in The Improper Bostonian, page 24, column 1:
text: “Don’t worry, hotdog fans. The ’dogs will be back in the spring,” she said.
ref: 2012 November 11, Alice Tessier, “Dolly's Christmas Caboose Opens Next to Wine Shop in New Milford”, in CT Insider, Hearst Media Services Connecticut, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2023:
text: ’Dogs back again […] While Philadelphians aren’t exactly familiar with it, sometimes, it seems that government can be effective. At least when it comes to hot dogs.
ref: 2022 May 23, Nick Vadala, “’Dogs back again”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 193rd year, number 357, page B3:
glosses: Alternative form of dog (“hot dog”).
'dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'dog
stride-legs
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Alongside lay one of the gigs, Silver in the stern-sheets — him I could always recognize — while a couple of men were leaning over the stern bulwarks, one of them with a red cap — the very rogue that I had seen some hours before stride-legs upon the palisade.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
text: The two made the best of it by taking opposite ends of the house and sitting stride-legs over the roof, with their backs to the chimneys.
ref: 1888, Thomas Mason, Adam Dickson; or, Sae sweet, sae bonnilie, page 182:
glosses: Alternative form of stridelegs.
thromboerythrocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thromboerythrocytes
Senses: glosses: An erythrocyte modified to act like a platelet substitute.
thromboexclusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The exclusion of a vessel by the formation of a thrombus within the vessel.
venothromboembolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to venothromboembolism.
Chavez Pass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Chavez + pass.
Senses: glosses: A mountain pass in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
synonyms: Chavez Pass Ruins
Nuvakwewtaqa Ruins
glosses: An ancient settlement in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
Kaibito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Navajo Kʼaiʼ Biiʼ Tó (literally “water in the willows”).
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
Happy Jack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated place in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
Tonalea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Navajo Tó Nehelį́į́h.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
Richmond Heights
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: According to Robert L. Ramsay, the name was suggested by Robert E. Lee, who thought the topography of the area resembled Richmond, Virginia.
Senses: glosses: A city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
wikipedia: Richmond, Virginia
Robert E. Lee
glucuronoconjugations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucuronoconjugation
cold rolled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cold roll
hot rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hot roll
hot rolling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of hot roll
hot rolling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot rollings
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
antonyms: cold rolling
glosses: A rolling of metal at a temperature above that of its recrystallization point.
Related terms: rolling mill
hot rolled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hot roll
single-issue
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more single-issue
form: most single-issue
Senses: examples: text: single-issue party
text: The concern about ungovernability in the United States often takes the form of complaints about “single-issue” politics and the limited influence and discipline of American political parties.
ref: 1982, Mancur Olson, The Rise and Decline of Nations, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 8:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Concerned with one essential policy area or idea.
Derived terms: single-issueism
dysemesias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysemesia
Burrough on the Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English burh, recorded as Burg 1086 (DB). Among earlier spellings is Burrow on the Hill.
Senses: glosses: A village in Somerby parish, Melton district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7510).
Mancur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mænsər/
Senses: glosses: A male given name, variant of Mansoor.
MONIAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of money + ENIAC.
Senses: examples: text: An amusing invention was the MONIAC (MOnetary National Income Analogue Computer) hydraulic macroeconomic machine where flows of investment or export were represented by streaming coloured water in transparent tubes, and the stock of money by a water tank, whereas taxation was controlled through a valve.
ref: 2018, Tönu Puu, Disequilibrium Economics: Oligopoly, Trade, and Macrodynamics, Springer, →ISBN, page 204:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Monetary National Income Analogue Computer.
since Adam was a boy
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of since Adam was an oakum boy.
synonyms: word: since Adam was an oakum boy
Rheinish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rheinish
form: most Rheinish
Etymology: From German Rhein + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: When growth rates changed in the 1990s, with Anglo‐Saxon capitalism doing better than Rheinish or Asian capitalism, some said that Olson had got it wrong; others that policy‐makers had listened to Olson and broken up their producer‐group lobbies.
ref: 2009, “Mancur Olson”, in Iain McLean, Alistair McMillian, editors, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics (Oxford paperback reference), 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Rhenish.
providee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: providees
Etymology: From provide + -ee.
Senses: glosses: The person to whom something is provided; the recipient.
providees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of providee
finger guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finger gun
Chinese pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of French pâté chinois.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pâté chinois.
synonyms: word: pâté chinois
word hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: word holes
Etymology: So called because it is the orifice that emits speech.
Senses: examples: text: “Shut your word hole and help me. Unless you want to do all the fighting," he said.
ref: 2016, David T. Somerset, Slip: A Zombie Novella, page 56:
synonyms: cakehole
glosses: A person's mouth.
word holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of word hole
iptacopan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A medication used to treat paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
Hyrum's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after software developer Hyrum Wright.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: An observation regarding the likelihood of breaking changes to a public interface, stating that, given a sufficiently popular system, any observable behavior — even if it is not guaranteed by contract — will be depended upon by some user.
bluebell creeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluebell creepers
Senses: synonyms: sollya
glosses: Any plant of the genus Billardiera.
bluebell creepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluebell creeper
sollya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sollyas
Etymology: From Sollya, the former genus name.
Senses: synonyms: bluebell creeper
glosses: Any plant of the genus Billardiera.
sollyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sollya
doobious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more doobious
form: most doobious
Senses: examples: text: Well, Jim, far be it from me, an' me your brother, to go avouchin' views to make you feel doobious of your choice. But candor's got the drop on me an' compels me to speak my thoughts.
ref: 1902, Alfred Henry Lewis, Wolfville Days, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, page 46:
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of dubious.
super shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super shoes
form: supershoe
Senses: examples: text: Buy shoes of each tier, and alternate them accordingly: easy runs in the traditional trainer, workouts in the supertrainer, races in the supershoe.
ref: 2022 September 14, Alex Cyr, “The best running shoes to buy on a budget”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022:
text: The 42-year-old Thompson, who first ran the marathon in 2014, winces at the memories of the pre-supershoe era. "I ran 2 hours 11 minutes and it is still, to this day, the most emotional, painful, horrible, excruciating thing," he says.
ref: 2023 April 22, Sean Ingle, “Battle of the super shoes: Nike under threat in London Marathon tech race”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2023:
text: When the first super shoe — the Nike Vaporfly 4% — was introduced in 2017, it lowered the amount of energy your body needs to sustain a certain pace by an average of 4 percent, a study published in the journal Sports Medicine determined.
ref: 2023 August 3, Ashley Mateo, “I've Worn This Kind of Shoe in 6 Marathons and Gone Faster Each Time”, in The Strategist, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2023:
glosses: A premium shoe that is extremely efficient for running.
super shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of super shoe
supershoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supershoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of super shoe.
supershoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supershoe
Tillietudlem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a fictional castle in Sir Walter Scott's novel Old Mortality, which readers thought resembled Craignethan Castle, not far from the hamlet.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet north-east of Blackwood, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8045).
wikipedia: Craignethan Castle
Old Mortality
Walter Scott
American buffalos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of American buffalo
American buffaloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of American buffalo
miswalk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miswalks
form: miswalking
form: miswalked
form: miswalked
Etymology: From mis- + walk.
Senses: examples: text: For there is another spirit near man, whose nature, work, and delight is to cause man to misunderstand, and miswalk by the very scriptures; and will bring things as warmly and (as it were) clearly to him, as he can from scriptures, purposely to deceive and mislead him.
ref: 1863, Isaac Penington, The Works of Isaac Penington, page 31:
text: Sue withdrew to the kitchen, very much aware that she had committed a folly as bad or worse than miswalking a minuet.
ref: 1941, Cyril Harris, Richard Pryne: A Novel of the American Revolution, page 87:
text: This visit was probably about the concern of Fenwick's business and land titles, rather than any miswalking or violation of Discipline.
ref: 1991, Salem Quarter: The Quakers of Salem Quarterly Meeting of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Southern New Jersey from 1675-1990, page 214:
text: The stroller who barely knows where he is going still keeps to the right path and stops at his destination without having miswalked. At least he gets there as a rule.
ref: 2006, Adam Phillips, Sigmund Freud, The Penguin Freud Reader:
glosses: To walk along the wrong path.
miswalks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miswalk
miswalking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miswalk
miswalked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miswalk
train track braces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of braces (teeth-straightening device) consisting of metal brackets cemented to the front of the teeth and connected by a wire threaded through them.
miswarn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miswarns
form: miswarning
form: miswarned
form: miswarned
Etymology: From mis- + warn.
Senses: examples: text: Our friend, Commander de Champeaux, was not miswarned when he was told by the squaw he claimed as his squaw, 'to look out and not cross Chief Ma-chan-qua's pathway.'
ref: 1905, Julia M. Baker Stapleford, Wah-see-ola, the Light of the Tribes at the Meeting Waters, page 180:
text: In miswarning cases, the plaintiff must show [unintelligible] to include a reasonable warning, in light of what the manufacturer knew
ref: 1992, Kentucky Law Journal - Volume 81, Issues 3-4:
text: For I have done all that you said Fingers bled and eyes fall dead Screaming dreams to wake and cry Miswarned warriors peel and die
ref: 2009, J.C. Wolf, “Slave to the King of Misunderstanding”, in The Hope And Betrayal Of Talking Only To Myself:
glosses: To warn of something that is not a threat; to cry wolf.
miswarns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miswarn
miswarning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miswarn
miswarned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miswarn
rankit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rankits
Etymology: Possibly a blend of rank + unit, along the lines of probit.
Senses: examples: text: For a sample size of 6, the rankits are approximately −1.2672, −0.6418, −0.2016, 0.2016, 0.6418, and 1.2672. This means, for example, that the second largest value of a sample is likely to be around 0.6148.
text: A special problem illustrated in this example is the case of ties, or variates of identical magnitude. In such a case we sum the rankit values for the corresponding ranks and find their mean.
ref: 1969, Robert R[euven] Sokal, F. James Rohlf, Biometry: The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research, San Francisco, C.A.: W. H. Freeman and Company, page 124:
glosses: The expected value of the nth largest value (for some n) in a standard normal distribution sample of a particular size, used in normality testing.
rankits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rankit
box-checker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box-checkers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of box checker.
box-checkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box-checker
Săcelu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Săcelu.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Gorj County, Romania.
miswarrant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miswarrants
form: miswarranting
form: miswarranted
form: miswarranted
Etymology: From mis- + warrant.
Senses: examples: text: he misrepresented and miswarranted the facts in that he represented and warranted that he was the sole legal owner of said trailer;
ref: 1943, South Western Reporter. Second Series, page 130:
text: […] whether the insureds, CBBE, Vincent Tai, Godfrey Jacobs, and Jon Markoulis, intentionally and knowingly misrepresented or miswarranted the quality and effectuation of repairs.
ref: 1990, California. Court of Appeal (1st Appellate District)., page 13:
text: To the opposing party for damages for having misrepresented or miswarranted your authority.
ref: 2021, Bernard A. Burk, Veronica J. Finkelstein, Nancy B. Rappoport, Ethical Lawyering: A Guide for the Well-Intentioned, page 166:
glosses: To falsely warrant.
miswarrants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miswarrant
miswarranting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miswarrant
miswarranted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miswarrant
Waitulavich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
miswash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miswashes
form: miswashing
form: miswashed
form: miswashed
Etymology: From mis- + wash.
Senses: examples: text: Two volumes of Elia have been spoilt by the man to whom they were entrusted, by miswashing sheets sent to him to clean.
ref: 1969, Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, The Journals of Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, 1879-1922, page 42:
text: Angie wheeled back through the lobby to the large front windows, grimy with years of miswashing and, the last few years, no washing at all.
ref: 2017, Terence Kuch, Exit 4, page 7:
text: The tinkling music of dishes miswashed
ref: 2017, Anthony C Murphy, “Music and Laughter”, in Scoppetry:
glosses: To wash badly.
miswashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miswash
miswashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miswash
miswashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miswash
Texas justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of the death penalty.
synonyms: word: the death penalty
Usenet Death Penalty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Usenet Death Penalty
Senses: synonyms: UDP
glosses: A final penalty that may be issued against internet service providers or single users who produce too much spam or fail to adhere to Usenet standards, whereby all of their messages are deleted from Usenet servers and not allowed to propagate.
bozack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bozacks
Etymology: Phonetic respelling of ballsac.
Senses: examples: text: All these groupies on my bozack
ref: 2012 November 6, Termanology, Lil Fame, “From the Streets”, in Fizzyology:
text: I'mma make a chastity belt out of a robotic shark with big pointy teefies. Then I'll just aim it at their bozacks and chase 'em around for a bit; See how those fake alpha males like them apples.
ref: 2022 October 1, @MLovesDemocracy, Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2023:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: The genitals.
bozacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bozack
ITYSL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Throughout ITYSL, the office has been a prime setting for unleashing uncomfortable characters who grate against unspoken social codes.
ref: 2023 June 17, Amanda Wicks, “A Master Class in How Not to Act at Work”, in The Atlantic:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of I Think You Should Leave.
miswater
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miswaters
form: miswatering
form: miswatered
form: miswatered
Etymology: From mis- + water.
Senses: examples: text: As a further guide, however, the principal effects of miswatering are summarised below:
ref: 1974, The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain, page 13:
text: Sometimes you may miswater a plant, but one mistake is never fatal.
ref: 1985, David L. Hamilton, Maintenance Techniques for Interior Plants, page 1:
text: Those plants are planted in Jardinier subirrigated containers, where they live longer because plants are less likely to be miswatered.
ref: 1993, Greenhouse Manager - Volume 12, page 39:
text: Instead, there's a whole slew of little ways beginners can mis'''water, turning on the spigot when they think they should rather than when the plants actually need it.
ref: 1998, Pat Stone, Easy Gardening 101, page 70:
glosses: To water badly; to underwater, overwater or water at the wrong times.
miswaters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miswater
miswatering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miswater
miswatered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miswater
bubblegoose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubblegooses
Etymology: Compound of bubble + goose, referring to the appearance of the jackets and the goose down insulation.
Senses: examples: text: Scrawny boys rock bubblegooses to pose like grown men / And you can catch freezer burn from women when they show skin
ref: 2003 April 1, CunninLynguists ft. Masta Ace, “Seasons”:
glosses: A puffer jacket.
bubblegooses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubblegoose
dimepiece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimepieces
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dime piece.
dimepieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimepiece
hellafied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hellafied
form: most hellafied
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hellified.
hellifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hellify
hellifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hellifying
form: most hellifying
Senses: examples: text: "I had to quit as Corydon chief of police because it was a hellifying experience," he said later as he and his wife moved their belongings into their house in Henderson, about 10 miles northeast of Corydon.
ref: 1979 December 17, Bill Bowell, quoting Lavelle Burrus, “Police chief's leaving is traumatic for small town”, in The Courier-Journal, volume 249, number 170, Louisville, K.: Louisville Courier-Journal Print. Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 1:
text: Many believe that racism can be dealt with effectively in one hellifying workshop, or one hour-long heated discussion. Many actually believe this monster, racism, that has had at least a few hundred years to take root, grow, invade our space and develop subtle variations...this mind-funk that distorts thought and action, can be merely wished away.
ref: 1990, Gloria Yamato, “Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name”, in Gloria Anzaldúa, editor, Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color, San Francisco, C.A.: Aunt Lute Foundation Books, →ISBN, page 20:
text: Yes, I was about to get some hellifying penetration again, and that certainly would take my mind off of Jasmine.
ref: 2006, Renée Alexis, Gotta Have It, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Publishign Corp., →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: Extreme.
Related terms: hellified