cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
jill of all trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jills of all trades
form: Jill of all trades
form: Jill-of-all-trades
form: jill-of-all-trades
Etymology: By analogy with jack of all trades.
Senses: examples: text: Sitting in a dive in Central Square, the one where she works as a dishwasher, barmaid, jill of all trades (illegal, no papers, below-the-minimum cash payments, afternoon and early evening shifts), she stared into a mug of beer and told herself: There comes a point.
ref: 1988, Janette Turner Hospital, Charades, University of Queensland Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 268:
text: If you intend to work primarily in one field, that approach would be reasonable. But if you aspire to be a jack or jill of all trades, you may want to begin by looking at some general guides for nonspecialized writers.
ref: 2000, Amy Einsohn, The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, University of California Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 64:
text: Sister Josephine was a jill of all trades. She served as bursar, school secretary, meals supervisor, welfare officer and troubleshooter.
ref: 2012, Ruth Hamilton, The Bells of Scotland Road, Macmillan, published 2012, →ISBN:
glosses: A woman competent in many endeavors rather than only one.
Coordinate terms: jack of all trades
arabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arabines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arabin.
jills of all trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jill of all trades
lazarly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪzə(ɹ)li/
Forms: form: more lazarly
form: most lazarly
Etymology: From lazar + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Church of Rome, unto her four famous Orders of Jacobins, Franciscans, Augustins, and Carmelites, hath added a fifth of Jesuits; and, like another Jerusalem, for those five leprous and lazarly Orders hath built five porches […]
ref: 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
glosses: Full of sores; leprous.
lazarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lazarlike
form: most lazarlike
Etymology: From lazar + -like, q.v.
Senses: examples: text: […] And a moſt inſtant Tetter bak'd about, / Moſt Lazar-like, with vile and loathſome cruſt. / All my ſmooth Body.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], page 258:
glosses: Synonym of leprous: afflicted with Hansen's disease or visibly covered in similar sores and lesions.
synonyms: word: leprous
extra: afflicted with Hansen's disease or visibly covered in similar sores and lesions
lazinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laziness
MacIntel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MacIntels
form: Macintel
Etymology: Blend of Macintosh + Intel
Senses: examples: text: There is no doubt that a MacIntel machine could supplant the Wintel platform. And most likely, the entire hungry Linux community could port all the x86 Linux code to the MacIntel OS within weeks, creating a huge flood of good products.
ref: 2003 April 7, John C. Dvorak, “How the MacIntel Will Change the Market”, in PC Magazine:
text: The ADC participants also received MacIntel computers for testing and development.
ref: 2005 August 12, Mark Baard, “Mac Hacks Allow OS X on PCs”, in Wired:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A Macintosh computer with an Intel CPU.
short sales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short sale
glass delusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glass delusions
Senses: glosses: The psychological/psychiatric delusion that one is made of glass and liable to shatter.
amoks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amok
amoks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of amok
FLIFO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Abbreviation of flight information.
opsophagos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opsophagoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek, from ὄψον (ópson, “delicacies”) + φάγος (phágos, “glutton”); compare English opson, Latin obsonium.
Senses: examples: text: How does this help us with the opsophagoi listed by Athenaeus′ comic poets and anecdotalists and their feats of consumption?
ref: 1995, John Wilkins, David Harvey, Mike Dobson, Food in Antiquity, page 209:
text: Thus, at the precise moment during the banquet when Myrtilus points out what should be understood as an opsophagos, it is fish that are brought to Larensis′ table.
ref: 2000, David Braund, John Wilkins, Athenaeus and His World: Reading Greek Culture in the Roman Empire, page 267:
text: 2012, Dan Brayton, Shakespeare′s Ocean: An Ecocritical Exploration, footnote, unnumbered page,
25. James Davidson (Courtesans and Fishcakes) describes something similar in classical Athenian culture, a cultural association between the fish desired by the opsophagos, or fisheater, and the bodies of prostitutes (male and female).
glosses: A glutton, a gourmand, chiefly one who hogs and eats excessive amounts of fish.
opsophagoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opsophagos
opson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄψον (ópson, “that which is cooked”).
Senses: glosses: In Ancient Greek cuisine, delicacies such as cooked fish, considered an integral component of a meal.
Related terms: opsophagos
Iliads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iliad
end item
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end items
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: (In an airline reservation system) a symbol, usually represented by the hash or plus key, used to join several lines of instruction together without the need to enter each separately.
rowboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rowboaters
Etymology: From rowboat + -er.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Someone who rows in a rowboat.
towboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: towboaters
Etymology: From towboat + -er.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Someone who pilots a towboat or generally works on towboats in the entercoastal waterways of the U.S.
narrowboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narrowboaters
Etymology: From narrowboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who pilots a narrowboat.
motorboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motorboaters
Etymology: From motorboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who pilots a motorboat.
steamboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steamboaters
Etymology: From steamboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who pilots a steamboat
tugboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tugboaters
Etymology: From tugboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who pilots a tugboat
gunboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunboaters
Etymology: From gunboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who pilots a gunboat.
ferryboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferryboaters
Etymology: From ferryboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who pilots, or travels by, a ferryboat
foldboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foldboaters
Etymology: From foldboat + -er.
Senses: qualifier: kayaking
glosses: Someone who paddles in a foldboat.
whaleboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whaleboaters
Etymology: From whaleboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who travels by whaleboat
keelboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keelboaters
Etymology: From keelboat + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Performed with full-throttle gusto and contagious delight, Galena Rose teems with a rich mix of characters: confidence men, keelboaters who could brag Paul Bunyan into modesty, captains who turned steamboats into race hounds, genteel eastern ladies bravely hunkering down, a black miner trying to buy his freedom, and an antislavery preacher whose firebrand sermons scorched the heads of his congregation.
ref: 1988 November 25, Lawrence Bommer, “Tamer of Horses; Galena Rose: How Whiskey Won the West”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
glosses: Someone who travels by keelboat.
paddleboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paddleboaters
Etymology: From paddleboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who travels by paddleboat
jetboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jetboaters
Etymology: From jetboat + -er or jet + boater.
Senses: hypernyms: boater#Noun
<
person#Noun
glosses: Someone who operates or rides on a jetboat.
longboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longboaters
Etymology: From longboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who travels by longboat
iceboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iceboaters
Etymology: From iceboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who travels by iceboat.
johnboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: johnboaters
Etymology: From johnboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who travels by johnboat
catboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catboaters
Etymology: From catboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who sails in a catboat
bumboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumboaters
Etymology: From bumboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who travels by bumboat
flatboater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatboaters
Etymology: From flatboat + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who travels by, or sells goods from, a flatboat.
U-boater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: U-boaters
Etymology: From U-boat + -er.
Senses: glosses: A submariner on a U-boat
cash and carry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cash and carries
Senses: glosses: A means by which someone pays for an item (i.e., does not purchase it on credit) and takes it (i.e., does not await delivery).
topics: business
finance
glosses: A means by which someone purchases something and sells a future or forward based on it.
glosses: A wholesale warehouse that sells goods exclusively or primarily to business customers, who pay on the spot in cash and carry the goods away themselves.
Puna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːnə
Forms: form: Punas
Etymology: From Spanish puna, from Quechua puna.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of puna.
Puna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -uːnə
Etymology: From Spanish puna, from Quechua puna.
Senses: glosses: Altiplano, a region that covers part of Bolivia, Peru, and the northern end of Argentina and Chile.
Puna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -uːnə
Etymology: From Hawaiian puna.
Senses: glosses: A district in the east-southeast portion of the island of Hawaii in the state of Hawaii, United States.
Puna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -uːnə
Etymology: From Spanish Puná.
Senses: glosses: An island off the coast of southern Ecuador.
Puna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -uːnə
Etymology: From Urdu پونا (Pūnā).
Senses: glosses: A village in Punjab, Pakistan.
Puna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -uːnə
Etymology: See Pune.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Poona, former name of Pune: a major city and district of Maharashtra, India.
Jill of all trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jills of all trades
Senses: examples: text: She was a people person, a bartender for years, a Jill of all trades.
ref: 2006, Alice Sharpe, Duplicate Daughter, Harlequin, →ISBN:
text: Running a crafty biz means being a Jill of all trades, and you have to be a real self-starter (if you'll pardon the business jargon).
ref: 2009, Grace Dobush, Crafty Superstar: Make Crafts on the Side, Earn Extra Cash, and Basically Have It All, North Light Books, →ISBN, page 20:
text: She was the Jill of all trades there; shampoo girl, receptionist, and sweep up gal.
ref: 2012, J. N. Sadler, Neighbors, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 44:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of jill of all trades.
Jills of all trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jill of all trades
Jill-of-all-trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jills-of-all-trades
Senses: examples: text: She was the head nurse and Jill-of-all-trades at the Sunshine Gap clinic.
ref: 1999, Myrna Temte, Wrangler, Silhouette Books, →ISBN:
text: However, I have no pretensions to being either an expert cameraperson or editor: a bit of a Jill-of-all-trades, you might say.
ref: 2011, Jenny Devitt, in Wildlife Film-making: Looking to the Future (ed. Piers Warren), Wildeye (2011), page 83
text: She was a Jill-of-all-trades: part-time photographer for the town, freelance photojournalist, wannabe medical examiner, and expert on all things supernatural... including a strange but thorough knowledge of the Cassidy family.
ref: 2012, Melissa Bourbon, A Fitting End, Obsidian, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of jill of all trades.
Jills-of-all-trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jill-of-all-trades
ass-kicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass-kickings
Senses: examples: text: When Wade first crosses paths with Art3mis (Olivia Cooke), the ass-kicking fellow “gunter” (or egg hunter) with whom he becomes infatuated, the pair’s meet cute is predicated on the swapping of favorite pop-culture quotes.
ref: 2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2018:
glosses: Alternative form of ass kicking.
open table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
synonyms: open communion
glosses: The practice of some Protestant churches of allowing all people to take Communion, regardless of whether they are members of the church.
jill-of-all-trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jills-of-all-trades
Senses: examples: text: She had been hired as a jill-of-all-trades.
ref: 2008, Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Borzoi Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 32:
text: […] Shana is our jill-of-all-trades here. It's a quiet day—and while she gets your stuff, I can give you folks a quick tour.”
ref: 2011, Matthew Costello, Vacation, Thomas Dunne Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 107:
text: Kira Gasthuber, Cosima's production assistant and jill-of-all-trades, picked up after two rings.
ref: 2013, Nele Neuhaus, Snow White Must Die, Minotaur Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: Alternative form of jill of all trades.
jills-of-all-trades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jill-of-all-trades
arbitrageuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arbitrageuses
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A female arbitrageur.
gay chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gay (“homosexual”) and chicken (“game of dare”).
Senses: examples: text: The two of you are always all over each other—playing gay chicken and all that shit.
ref: 2009 June 23, Evangeline Anderson, Str8te Boys, Macon: Samhain Publishing, →ISBN, page 10:
text: The entire public, gay and straight viewers alike, seemed to love watching good-looking guys play gay chicken, and they couldn't wait to see how far Mikey Phoenix would take them.
ref: 2011 June 7, Ryan Field, The Way We Almost Were, Beverly: Ravenous Romance, →ISBN, page 5:
text: If you're going to play gay chicken, you'd probably be better off playing it with someone who isn't actually gay.
ref: 2011 June 7, K. A. Mitchell, Bad Company, Macon: Samhain Publishing, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: A game in which two people of the same sex move their lips as close as possible with or without kissing, and the first to pull away loses.
thinks of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think of England
thinking of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of think of England
thought of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of think of England
anisomelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an- + iso- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inequality between paired limbs.
freakazoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːkəzɔɪd/
Forms: form: more freakazoid
form: most freakazoid
Etymology: From freak + -a- + -(z)oid.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Mannon testified that Spot is "100% friendly" as long as no one hits him with sticks or does other "freakazoid" things.
ref: 1990 October 24, Joan E. Rigdon, “See Spot Appeal: A Condemned Dog Bites Back in Court”, in The Wall Street Journal:
text: He starts to do some freakazoid dance right there on the sidewalk, kind of hopping from one foot to the other, punching his arms up in the air and bopping his head from side to side with his eyes closed.
ref: 2009, Darlene Ryan, Five Minutes More, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 102:
text: "I mean, what kind of freakazoid perv would go stalking women half his age over the Internet?"
ref: 2010, Lindsay Faith Rech, It Started With a Dare, Graphia, →ISBN:
glosses: Freaky.
freakazoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːkəzɔɪd/
Forms: form: freakazoids
Etymology: From freak + -a- + -(z)oid.
Senses: examples: text: But of the more serious allegation — being a total freakazoid — Jacko seems guilty as charged.
ref: 1994, Louis Theroux, "Michael Jackson, Doo-Doo Head", Spy, July/August 1994
text: "I don't want a freakazoid for a younger brother, that's why," Brad said.
ref: 2006, Elizabeth Flock, Everything Must Go, MIRA, →ISBN, page 22:
text: “Do you promise to shut up if we find out he's a freakazoid who likes to kill animals and set fires?” Mally shot back.
ref: 2008, Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Midnight Twins, Razorbill, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: creep#Noun
creepazoid#Noun
creeper
creepoid#Noun
weirdo
glosses: A freaky person or creature; a freak.
Related terms: creepazoid
dorkazoid
geekazoid
nutzoid
scuzzoid
sleazoid
freakazoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freakazoid
O2
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Both eyes.
O2
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the O2
form: The O2
Senses: glosses: A large entertainment district in Greenwich, London.
glosses: The arena and concert venue at the center of said district.
Related terms: english: original name of the building
translation: original name of the building
word: Millennium Dome
scunnersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scunnersome
form: most scunnersome
Etymology: From scunner + -some.
Senses: glosses: Disgusting.
examples: text: ‘But all the same it is damned scunnersome, spam, spam, spam, at every meal.’
ref: 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 19:
glosses: Annoying; irritating.
Chandragiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, “moon”) + गिरि (giri, “hill”).
Senses: glosses: A historical village in Andhra Pradesh.
park the bus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parks the bus
form: parking the bus
form: parked the bus
form: parked the bus
Etymology: Coined by José Mourinho.
Senses: examples: text: England goalkeeper Gordon Banks resisted everything Liverpool threw at him that day, as City parked the bus and banked on snatching the vital single goal and then holding on.
ref: 2011, John Williams, Red Men: Liverpool Football Club – The Biography:
text: Dan is Head Groundsman at Swansea, who in 2011/12 won plaudits For their positive, passing game - showing that you don't need to park the bus as a promoted side to retain top-flight status.
ref: 2012, The League Doesn't Lie: The 606 Book of Football Lists, page 311:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: To attempt to stop the opposition team from scoring a goal by playing extremely defensively and placing as many players as possible behind the ball.
Related terms: catenaccio
kitty bar the door
Sitanagaram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Seetanagaram
Etymology: From Sanskrit, सीता (Sītā) + नगर (nágara).
Senses: glosses: A village in Andhra Pradesh.
Seetanagaram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sitanagaram.
Seeta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sita.
Gurramkonda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Telugu గుర్రం (gurraṁ, “horse”) + కొండ (koṇḍa, “hill”).
Senses: glosses: A historical village in Andhra Pradesh.
eddos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eddo
targetings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of targeting
Ramasamudram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit राम (Rāma) + समुद्र (samudra).
Senses: glosses: A village in Andhra Pradesh.
Anantagiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ananthagiri
Etymology: From Sanskrit अनन्त (ananta) + गिरि (giri).
Senses: glosses: A hill range in the Eastern ghats.
glosses: A village in Andhra Pradesh.
Ananthagiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Anantagiri.
Ananta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Anantha
Etymology: From Sanskrit अनन्त (ananta, “endless”).
Senses: glosses: One of the names of Lord Vishnu.
glosses: In the Mahabharata, the serpent, or Vasuki, is the son of Kasyapa, through Kadru as her eldest son.
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit, commonly used in India.
Anantha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ananta.
Seetha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sita.
sialoquent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /saɪˈæləkwənt/
Forms: form: more sialoquent
form: most sialoquent
Etymology: Blend of sialic + eloquent, from Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon, “spittle, saliva”)
Senses: examples: text: The sialoquent professor could not understand why his pupils would not sit in the front row of the lecture hall.
text: With a little practice it will become easy and natural, and you will leave the sialoquent* sayers of ek-SPLIK-uh-buul in the dust.
ref: 1999, Charles Harrington Elster, The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 150:
text: In person your SMC may be boorish, charming, self-absorbed, humorous, gentle, sloppy, or even sialoquent ("spraying saliva while talking").
ref: 2001, Eric F. Fagan, Cast Your Net: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Your Soulmate on the Internet, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 210:
text: "Stop killing me you [censored] noob!"
The grand finale of a coveted franchise, millions of fans in the making and presumably more spent in marketing will have culminated in one siaoloquent outburst hissing through your standard issue Xbox Live headset.
ref: 2007 September 28, Azfarul Islam, “'Alo, 'Alo, 'Alo, What's This?”, in Felix, page 34:
glosses: Tending to spray saliva when speaking.
Related terms: say it, don't spray it
Griesheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Hesse, Germany.
glosses: A district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
puddingstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʊdɪŋˌstəʊn/
Forms: form: puddingstones
form: pudding-stone
form: pudding stone
Etymology: From pudding + stone.
Senses: examples: text: It looks like a sort of puddingstone [translating Totliegende], but it must be older, primary or even porphyritic.
ref: 1962, JW Goethe, translated by WH Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 25:
glosses: A conglomerate stone consisting of pebbles surrounded by cement.
paniculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paniculated
form: most paniculated
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: paniculate
Derived terms: subpaniculated
provent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of provender.
well-willing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-willing
form: most well-willing
Etymology: From Middle English welewillynge, welwillende, from Old English welwillende (“well-wishing, benevolent, kindly, good”), equivalent to well + willing.
Senses: examples: text: This is rational life's first, simplest, most natural longing when at rest: to be always and all-ways good as wholly well-willing for ever—which is essentially good-will's as it is love's self-generated and self-resting thought—for ever and ever !
ref: 1900, The Irish ecclesiastical record, page 39:
glosses: Wishing well; well-inclined; favourable; friendly; propitious.
Gen-X
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gen X.
scari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarus
scarus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scari
Etymology: From Latin scarus. See scar (“a kind of fish”).
Senses: glosses: A parrotfish, a Mediterranean food fish (any of various Scaridae species).
boot out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boots out
form: booting out
form: booted out
form: booted out
Senses: examples: text: ‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […]
‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 19:
glosses: Emphatic synonym of kick out: to remove, to eject, to expel; to dismiss (from a position, job, etc.).
synonyms: word: kick out
extra: to remove, to eject, to expel; to dismiss (from a position, job, etc.).
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skating
skiing
sports
glosses: To fall or slide out of a turn due to excessive lean, which causes the athlete's boot to contact and pivot on the surface and the proper surface contact element to lose contact and traction.
booze-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booze-ups
Senses: glosses: A session of heavy drinking.
Synonyms: sense: session of heavy drinking
word: brannigan
sense: session of heavy drinking
word: piss-up
bowie knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowie knives
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bowie knife.
boy-meets-girl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a romantic storyline involving a man and a woman.
raw_tags: of a narrative
Related terms: word: boy meets girl
spicknel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɪknəl/
homophone: spiknel
Senses: examples: text: I would gladly cõſẽt to thẽ yͭ holde yͭ yͤ herbe wich is called of the apothecaries feniculũ tortuoſum⸝ of yͤ Northẽ Engliſhe mẽ ſpiknel⸝ of the Duche mẽ berwurtz⸝ is yͤ true mew, if yͭ I could fynd any ſpicknel or berwurtz yͭ were of ij. cubites hygh.
ref: 1562, Wylliam Turner [i.e., William Turner], “Of the Herbe Called Meon or Mew”, in The Second Parte of Guilliam Turners Herball⸝ […], Cologne: […] Arnold Birckman, →OCLC, folio 56, verso:
english: I would gladly consent to them that hold that the herb which is called of the apothecaries feniculum tortuosum, of the Northern Englishmen spiknel, of the Dutchmen berwurtz, is the true mew, if that I could find any spicknel or berwurtz that were of two cubits high.
translation: I would gladly consent to them that hold that the herb which is called of the apothecaries feniculum tortuosum, of the Northern Englishmen spiknel, of the Dutchmen berwurtz, is the true mew, if that I could find any spicknel or berwurtz that were of two cubits high.
bold_translation_offsets: 216
224
text: The Root ſpreadeth divers long Strings, blackiſh without, like the Meum, or Spicknel, and abideth many Years.
ref: 1728, R[ichard] Bradley, “Apium Sylvestre sive Thysselinum. Wild Milk Parsley.”, in Dictionarium Botanicum: Or, A Botanical Dictionary for the Use of the Curious in Husbandry and Gardening. […], volume I, London: […] T. Woodward […], and J. Peele […], →OCLC, column 2:
text: Bärwurz […] distilled from bear's wort (spicknel); served as a digestive
ref: 2003, Joachim Lennert, “Bayern (Bavaria)”, in Gunter and Elizabeth Stegner, transl., Culinary Guidebook: Germany, Ismaning, Bavaria: Max Hueber Verlag, →ISBN, page 82:
text: Mū (spicknel). I never met anyone who knew it and I have never seen a vernacular name for it. I myself think that it is the plant called in the vernacular mwr'nh. […] Mū is an Arabicized form of the Greek μῆον, the name of spicknel (baldmoney; Meum athamanticum Jacq., Apiaceae).
ref: 2020, Marwān ibn Janāḥ [i.e., Jonah ibn Janah], “mīm”, in Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, transl., edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, Mailyn Lübke, and Guido Mensching, On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs (Kitāb al-Talkhīṣ) (Islamic History and Civilization; 170), volume 2, Leiden; Boston, Mass.: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, paragraph 561 (folio 511;17–v,8), page 731:
glosses: Rare spelling of spignel.
bowhunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowhunters
Etymology: From bow + hunter.
Senses: glosses: One who hunts with a bow and arrow.
bowhunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowhunter
capulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capulins
Etymology: From Spanish capulín, from Classical Nahuatl capolin.
Senses: glosses: The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.
glosses: A tropical American tree (Trema micrantha), the bark of which yields a strong fiber
glosses: A groundcherry (any of most species of Physalis).
glosses: A Mexican timber tree (Condalia obovata) whose hard wood furnishes a blue dye.
glosses: A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura, sole species of Muntingia).
capulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capulin
slug it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slugs it out
form: slugging it out
form: slugged it out
form: slugged it out
Senses: examples: text: For once I'd met a man which was willing and able to stand up and slug it out with me.
ref: 1932, Robert E. Howard, Vikings of the Gloves:
text: Merkel’s political and scientific sides slug it out in swan song presser [title]
ref: 2021 July 22, Philip Oltermann, “Merkel’s political and scientific sides slug it out in swan song presser”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To have an intense argument or fight until one side prevails.
compear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: compears
form: compearing
form: compeared
form: compeared
form: compeer
form: compeir
Senses: glosses: To appear before.
topics: law
glosses: To appear before a judge in court personally or by attorney.
Related terms: compearance
noncompearance
compeared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of compear
compearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of compear
compears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compear
take a flyer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a flyer
form: taking a flyer
form: took a flyer
form: taken a flyer
form: take a flier
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, flyer.
examples: text: The oldest girls are eagerly perusing the financial reports, for a certain young man remarked last Sunday night that he had taken a flyer in Q., X. & Z.
ref: 1906, O. Henry, Man About Town:
glosses: To invest against odds.
examples: text: Many voters said that while they liked Reform, they remembered having taken a flyer on Bob Rae and the NDP, a gamble they had come to regret.
ref: 1997, Edward Greenspon, “Following the Trail of Campaign '97”, in Alan Frizzell, Jon H. Pammett, editors, The Canadian General Election of 1997, Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 36:
text: In contrast, other leaders are almost totally risk-averse. They haven't taken a flyer in their adult life.
ref: 2002, Bill Hybels, Courageous Leadership, Zondervan, published 2002, →ISBN:
text: If you have an auction with no bids and a counter that reads a high number, newbie bidders may be dissuaded from taking a flyer and bidding on your auction.
ref: 2006, Dan Matthews, Marsha Collier, Starting a Business on eBay.co.uk for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, published 2006, →ISBN:
text: The Steelers essentially took a flyer on Brister since his track record consisted of one season leading a college team.
ref: 2009, Lew Freedman, Dick Hoak, Pittsburgh Steelers: The Complete Illustrated History, MBI Publishing, published 2009, →ISBN, page 112:
glosses: To make a choice with an uncertain outcome; to take a chance.
Synonyms: sense: take a chance
word: roll the dice
sense: take a chance
word: take a gamble
sense: take a chance
word: take a risk
pentandrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From New Latin pentandrus, from penta- + -andrus (“-androus”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Linnean class Pentandria; having five stamens.
pentandrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Pentandria + -an
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the class Pentandria; having five stamens.
contex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: contexes
form: contexing
form: contexed
form: contexed
Etymology: From Latin contexere.
Senses: examples: text: Having examin'd also several kinds of Mushroms, I finde their texture to be somewhat of this kind, that is, to consist of an infinite company of small filaments, every way contex'd and woven together, so as to make a kind of cloth […].
ref: 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXII:
glosses: To weave together; to form by interweaving.
contexed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of contex
contexing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of contex
appertinance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appertinances
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of appurtenance.
appertinence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appertinences
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of appurtenance.
appertinences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appertinence
appertinances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appertinance
allantoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the allantois.
algates
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of algate.
antimeritocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimeritocratic
form: most antimeritocratic
Etymology: From anti- + meritocratic.
Senses: examples: text: Another priority, particularly for Italy, is to overhaul the regulatory framework to uproot a deeply antimeritocratic system that hinders competition by protecting insiders in industry, education, and the services sector.
ref: 2011, International Monetary Fund, Regional Economic Outlook, October 2011:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing meritocracy.
antiplutocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiplutocratic
form: most antiplutocratic
Etymology: From anti- + plutocratic.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing plutocracy.
antiplutocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiplutocracy
form: most antiplutocracy
Etymology: From anti- + plutocracy.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing plutocracy.
unspoilable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unspoilable
form: most unspoilable
Etymology: From un- + spoilable.
Senses: glosses: Not spoilable.
rat shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ratshot.
caribes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caribe
Maronitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Maronitic
form: most Maronitic
Etymology: From Maronite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Maronites.
banilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of banana + vanilla
Senses: examples: a banilla cream pie
a banilla smoothie
glosses: A combination of banana and vanilla.
crab rangoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crab rangoons
form: crab Rangoon
Etymology: Named after, but apparently not otherwise connected to, the Burmese city of Rangoon. Apparently first served by the "Polynesian-style" restaurant Trader Vic's in San Francisco c. 1956. Now associated with American Chinese cuisine.
Senses: examples: text: The history of crab rangoon leads back to tiki culture. The dish was probably invented by Victor Bergeron, best known as the namesake founder of the Trader Vic's chains of tiki bars.
ref: 2020, Dan Nosowitz, “What the Heck is Crab Rangoon Anyway?”, in J. Kenji López-Alt, editor, The Best American Food Writing 2020, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 227:
glosses: A deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with cream cheese, crab meat, and scallions or garlic.
Derived terms: rangoon
crab rangoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crab rangoon
obsonators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obsonator
pickeer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pickeers
form: pickeering
form: pickeered
form: pickeered
Etymology: From French picorer (“to go marauding, originally to steal cattle”), ultimately from Latin pecoris (“cattle”).
Senses: glosses: To make a raid for booty; to maraud.
glosses: To skirmish in advance of an army.
Derived terms: pickeerer
pickeered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pickeer
pickeering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pickeer
pickeers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pickeer
murlins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of seaweed; badderlocks (Alaria esculenta)
razorshell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: razorshells
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of razor shell.
razorshells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of razorshell
rehearings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rehearing
Brailler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Braillers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brailler.
brassed off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brassed off
form: most brassed off
Senses: glosses: Fed up; annoyed.
brassed off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brass off
brave out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: braves out
form: braving out
form: braved out
form: braved out
Senses: glosses: To tolerate or put up with bravely.
brazen out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brazens out
form: brazening out
form: brazened out
form: brazened out
Senses: glosses: To face up to or confront (one's own misconduct or deceit) without shame.
breadkind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breadkinds
Etymology: From bread + kind.
Senses: glosses: Any starchy vegetable.
breadkinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breadkind
ploughgang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ploughgangs
Senses: glosses: A ploughgate.
ploughgangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ploughgang
breadnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breadnuts
form: bread-nut
Etymology: From bread + nut.
Senses: glosses: A tree, Brosimum alicastrum, native to Latin America
glosses: The edible fruit of this tree
glosses: Artocarpus camansi, a close relative of the breadfruit
Synonyms: word: capomo
sense: Brosimum alicastrum
word: Maya nut
sense: Brosimum alicastrum
word: ramón
brewup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brewups
Etymology: Deverbal from brew up.
Senses: glosses: The act of making tea.
glosses: The act of drinking tea.
bridal suite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridal suites
Senses: glosses: A hotel room designed for newlyweds.
Bridgend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and community with a town council in Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9080).
glosses: A county borough in Wales which includes the town.
glosses: A suburb of Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales, south of the River Teifi (OS grid ref SN1745).
glosses: A small village on Loch Indaal, Islay, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR3362).
glosses: A small settlement near Carradale, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute council area (OS grid ref NR7937).
examples: Alternative form: Bridge End
glosses: A village in County Donegal, Ireland, across the border from Derry, Co. Londonderry.
bring around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brings around
form: bringing around
form: brought around
form: brought around
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bring round.
bring-and-buy sale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bring-and-buy sales
Senses: glosses: bring-and-buy
bright lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The glamour and glitz of a place, especially a big city.
synonyms: bright lights and cold steel
cold steel and bright lights
glosses: Surgery.
brisken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: briskens
form: briskening
form: briskened
form: briskened
Etymology: From brisk + -en.
Senses: glosses: To become, or make, brisk; to hasten.
Kaballah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kabbalah.
prostokvasha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian простоква́ша (prostokváša).
Senses: glosses: A thick soured milk product, similar to unsweetened yogurt but less sour, or kefir but thicker. In Russia or other former USSR republics, commercial and home-made prostokvasha comes in different varieties: "varenets" (варене́ц), "ryazhenka" (ря́женка), katyk/qatıq (каты́к), etc.
Related terms: kefir
Iacchus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iacchos
form: Iakchos
form: Iakkhos
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Iacchus, from Ancient Greek Ἴακχος (Íakkhos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A minor deity of some cultic importance, particularly at Athens and Eleusis in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries.
widders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of widder
bait ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bait balls
Senses: glosses: A roughly spherical, very dense school of bait (prey) fish.
bait balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bait ball
solubility product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solubility products
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The product of the individual solubilities of the cation and anion of a salt
bush lawyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bush lawyers
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of climbing blackberry plants in subgenus Rubus subg. Micranthobatus, found in New Zealand.
glosses: One who is not qualified in law yet attempts to expound on legal matters.
glosses: A mining agent.
bush lawyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bush lawyer
SERCA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SERCAs
Etymology: Initialism from sarcoplasmic reticulum / endoplasmic reticulum / calcium ATPase
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A calcium ATPase of type P-ATPase
phytochorion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytochoria
Etymology: From phyto- + chorion.
Senses: examples: text: Adjacent phytochoria do not usually have a sharp boundary, but rather a soft one, a transitional area in which many species from both regions overlap.
topics: biogeography
biology
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A geographic area with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.
phytochoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytochorion
Nalca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Papuan language of West Papua.
nalidixate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nalidixates
Etymology: From nalidixic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of nalidixic acid.
TORCH complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Initialism. The TO originally stood for "toxoplasmosis" but is now understood as "toxoplasmosis and other infections".
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A set of perinatal infections that can lead to anomalies or fetal loss: toxoplasmosis, other infections, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus-2.
engineerability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From engineer + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being engineerable.
archaeol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archaeols
Etymology: From Archaea + -ol; the archaeols are Archaea homologues of diacylglycerols.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Di-O-phytanylglycerol, a double ether of sn-1-glycerol where positions 2 and 3 are bound to phytanyl residues.
Derived terms: caldarchaeol
archaeols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archaeol
caldarchaeol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caldarchaeols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A membrane-spanning lipid found in hyperthermophilic archaea; dibiphytanyldiglycerol tetraether.
caldarchaeols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caldarchaeol
phytanyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytanyls
Etymology: From phytane + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any radical derived from phytane
pyeloscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyeloscopies
Etymology: From pyelo- + -scopy.
Senses: glosses: medical examination of the pyelum, or renal pelvis, allowing visualisation of the entire drainage system of the kidney
pyeloscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pyeloscopy.
pyeloscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyeloscopy
pyelum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πύελος (púelos, “infundibulum”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: renal pelvis
Related terms: pyeloscopy
Homer-Wright rosette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Homer-Wright rosettes
Etymology: Named for James Homer Wright.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A kind of pseudorosette in which differentiated tumor cells surround the neuropil.
pseudorosette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudorosettes
Etymology: From pseudo- + rosette.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A structure resembling a rosette (tumor cell formation) that is not a true rosette.
pseudorosettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudorosette