cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sash belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sash belts
Senses: examples: text: Another very attractive sash belt is made in the same manner, but instead of the belt being plain patent leather, it is made of three pieces of leather and two of elastic belting, the center piece of leather being ornamented with a buckle to match the ones at the front.
ref: 1912, Fabrics, Fancy Goods and Notions- Volume 46, page 18:
text: It can be worn with a sash belt as shown here, or with a buckle belt for a more formal look.
ref: 2021, Alison Smith, The Dressmaking Book, page 208:
text: The advantages of sash belts are endless.
ref: 2022, Claire McCardell, What Shall I Wear?::
glosses: A belt that is fastened by tying.
examples: text: Over 90 per cent of these were of the lap-sash type in which the sash belt cannot be separated from the lap belt.
ref: 1975, Proceedings - International Congress on Automotive Safety, page 844:
text: The relationship between sash belt force and the angle of recline of the sash also helped to explain other observations from the electronics results.
ref: 1996, Proceedings: The Fifteenth International Technical Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, page 1100:
text: Always use a lap/sash belt rather than just a lap belt, and make sure the belt fits properly; the lap belt should sit over your child's hip and the sash belt should sit on the shoulder without touching the neck.
ref: 2010, The Choice Guide to Baby Product, page 123:
glosses: The portion of a lap sash seatbelt that goes over the shoulder and down to the hip.
examples: text: In addition to wanting shielding and protection prayers, women who choose to use the sash belt provided in each of the birthing rooms at Chinle hospital or who bring their own sashes to other birthing centers often have a short pollet blessing performed before the birth.
ref: 1997, Maureen Trudelle Schwarz, Molded in the Image of Changing Woman, page 133:
text: When I went somewhere to help, I made sure someone had hung up the sash belt or tied a rope to one of the crossbeams in the roof of the hogan.
ref: 2001, Rose Mitchell, Charlotte Johnson Frisbie, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: When a woman gives birth she holds on to the Sash Belt and faces "the east direction in a kneeling position in a hogan."
ref: 2003, Ellen K. Moore, Navajo Beadwork: Architectures of Light, page 116:
text: While they are tying to the fork of the tree a sash belt or wool rope used to tighten a rug loom, they sing a song.
ref: 2005, John Holiday, Robert S. McPherson, A Navajo Legacy, page 266:
qualifier: Native Americans
glosses: A beaded strip of woven cloth that is suspended from above, used by Navajo women for support during childbirth or to support a loom for weaving.
cadmium fluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula CdF₂, used in the production of vertan metal alloys.
belt track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belt tracks
Senses: examples: text: It has been found that by simply substituting a belt track for an undercarriage with wheels in tandem, the unit load on the ground can be halved without increasing the bulk of the undercarriage.
ref: 1954, Interavia - Volume 9, page 630:
text: Figure III shows the Terrapin, a belt-track vehicle designed to transport cargo over very difficult terrain.
ref: 1962, Science, Technology, and Development, page 141:
text: Comparing the traction capabilities of a rubber belt track with wheeled equipment tires.
ref: 2017, Owen C. Duffy, Gus Wright, Scott A. Heard, Fundamentals of Mobile Heavy Equipment:
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A continuous track used to propel vehicles that drive on difficult terrain.
examples: text: The roadbed of this company (the Shreveport & Red River Valley Railroad Company) being entirely within the state of Louisiana, if it is required to pay the sum of $330,000, or an amount necessarily expended in the construction of the belt track down to Henderson street, it would be practically denied the benefit of this belt system, and an entrance into the city of New Orleans.
ref: 1904, Thomas H. Thorpe, Charles G. Gill, Louisiana Reports, page 921:
text: Said connection between the South Akron belt track and the canal yard tracks to cross Medsker street at grade.
ref: 1906, Corporate History of the Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh, page 765:
text: We think that the testimony of the plaintiff shows plainly that he did not look or listen for approaching trains after he crossed the belt track.
ref: 1906, The South Western Reporter - Volume 96, page 377:
glosses: A railroad track the traces a path around a city or other area.
examples: text: The graph of the actual abrasion time of the cotton canvas reference material against the number of samples abraded on the belt track is used to provide the reference abrasion time for canvas.
ref: 1996, James S. Johnson, Seymour Zack Mansdorf, Performance of Protective Clothing, page 63:
text: The XLR system has a rear belt track that drives the power steering pump and the air conditioning compressor mounted to the right side of the engine, and a forward belt track that drives the generator and water pump mounted on the left side of the engine.
ref: 2003, Daniel J Holt, Design of Racing and High-Performance Engines 1998-2003, page 43:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see belt, track.; a track used in for aligning and controlling a belt, such as a conveyor belt.
belt tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belt track
sash belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sash belt
newcal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Of a cow, that has newly given birth.
Helly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hellys
Senses: glosses: A surname from German, held by Eduard Helly.
Derived terms: Helly-Bray theorem
Helly dimension
Helly family
Related terms: Up Helly Aa
-Tuber
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈtʃuː.bə/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈtjuː.bə/
ipa: /ˈtu.bəɹ/
rhymes: -uːbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: -tuber
Etymology: Back-formation from YouTuber, possibly modelled after VTuber.
Senses: glosses: Forms agent nouns for YouTubers or similar occupations who have the qualities of the root word.
13 Colonies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the 13 Colonies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Thirteen Colonies.
garden croton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garden crotons
Etymology: garden + croton. While the species Codiaeum variegatum is no longer in the genus Croton, it is still referred to as a croton.
Senses: glosses: Any of species Codiaeum variegatum of spurges commonly used as a houseplant for its leaves, which can vary in color.
Synonyms: Croton variegatus
British North America
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: BNA
glosses: The collective colonies of the British Empire in North America.
currency lad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: currency lads
Senses: coordinate_terms: currency lass
glosses: A native-born white male Australian of the first generation.
currency lads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of currency lad
currency lass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: currency lasses
Senses: coordinate_terms: currency lad
glosses: A native-born white female Australian of the first generation.
currency lasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of currency lass
forelearns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forelearn
forelearned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forelearn
private attorney general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: private attorney generals
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An attorney who brings a lawsuit advocating it to be in the public interest on behalf of a citizen or group of citizens.
private attorney generals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of private attorney general
general counsel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: general counsels
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The chief in-house lawyer for a company or a governmental department.
general counsels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of general counsel
lewdtuber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lewdtubers
form: LewdTuber
Etymology: From lewd (“sexually suggestive”) + -tuber.
Senses: glosses: A YouTube personality who create erotic or pornographic videos.
lewdtubers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lewdtuber
hash pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hash pipes
form: hashpipe
Etymology: From hash + pipe.
Senses: glosses: Any pipe used for smoking cannabis.
hash pipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hash pipe
Dunscroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Hatfield parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6508).
primaeval forest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primaeval forests
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of primeval forest.
primaeval forests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primaeval forest
antiziganist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiziganist
form: most antiziganist
Senses: examples: text: Antiziganist policies were institutionalized in ethnically specified immigration bans that remained in force in Sweden and Denmark until 1954 and that explicit forbade the entry of 'foreign Gypsies' (zigenare) to these countries.
ref: 2015, Johan Strang, Nordic Cooperation: A European Region in Transition, →ISBN, page 135:
text: In other cases, particularly in Eastern European countries, old traditional antisemitic, racist and antiziganist prejudices were explicitly functionalized in order to construct scapegoats wherever and whenever needed.
ref: 2015, Ruth Wodak, The Politics of Fear: What Right-Wing Populist Discourses Mean, →ISBN:
glosses: Prejudiced against the Roma; exhibiting antiziganism.
antiziganist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiziganists
Senses: glosses: Somebody who discriminates against Romani people.
chaknow
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: chanow
Senses: examples: text: If you would take an advice from my experience - the more you listen to the words of all those who are hesitant about using the title or refrain from doing so alltogether, the more you might learn about the true core of Drai/ocht.
I guess, it's a 'wise' thing to do, chaknow? ;-)
ref: 1998 October 27, dtf-excal, “i have a dream!”, in alt.dreams.mystic (Usenet):
text: So does that mean you're with us or against us? Can't have it any other way, chaknow.
ref: 2008 December 24, 1X2Willows, “The Language Issue Again”, in alt.native (Usenet):
text: Well, you can call it a crush or an urge to want to sleep with me if you like, but chanow, all you really want there is to meet me, hang out, talk shit with me, drink tea and find out if I’m really so clever and witty in real life.
ref: 2009 May 14, “The Angelina Factor”, in Bitchy Jones's Diary:
glosses: Alternative form of don't you know.
grossitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gross + -itude.
Senses: examples: text: So why hasn't Kibo been all over this Levi Low-Rider Jeans commercial that features the singing/rapping bellybuttons? It's stunning in its grossitude.
ref: 2001 July 9, Darla Vladschyk, “TV Commercial: Worst Ever?”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):
text: YOu know, it is funny when yhou think about it. It was you who introduced us to PYLOMDASMAT in all of its vile stench. Yet the email address you claim is mine is based on the one you used. Why would I want to imitate such vile grossitude?
ref: 2016 October 25, Justin Tyme, “I must be off...”, in alt.baldspot (Usenet):
glosses: grossness, repulsiveness.
lellow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛl.əʊ/
Forms: form: more lellow
form: most lellow
Senses: glosses: yellow.
suxor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: suxors
form: suxoring
form: suxored
form: suxored
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sux0r.
roxor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roxors
form: roxoring
form: roxored
form: roxored
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of r0x0r.
supraharmonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From supra- + harmonics.
Senses: examples: text: The two main sources of supraharmonics that have been identified are power-electronic converters with active or passive switching (non-intentional emission) and transmitters of power-line communication (intentional emission).
ref: 2016, Sarah Rönnberg, Math Bollen, “Power quality issues in the electric power system of the future”, in The Electricity Journal, volume 29, number 10, page 57:
text: The term "supraharmonics" was first introduced in 2013 during the summit entitled "IEEE Power & Energy Society" to indicate any kind of voltage and current waveform distortion within the range of frequencies from 2 to 150 kHz.
ref: 2023 Jan, Michalec, Łukasz, Kostyła, Paweł, Leonowicz, Zbigniew, “Supraharmonic Pollution Emitted by Nonlinear Loads in Power Networks—Ongoing Worldwide Research and Upcoming Challenges.”, in Energies, volume 16, number 1, pages 273-274:
text: Characteristic examples of devices that have been associated with acoustic noise resulting from supraharmonics are battery chargers for electronic equipment such as personal computers and smart phones.
ref: 2024, Dimitrios Barkas, Anthoula Menti, Pavlos Pachos, Constantinos S. Psomopoulos, “Experimental investigation of the impact of environmental parameters on the supraharmonic emissions of PV inverters”, in AIMS Energy, volume 12, number 4, page 762:
glosses: Distortions to the current and voltage flow in power distribution lines that occur in the range of 2kHz-150kHz
Related terms: supraharmonic
hetness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From het + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It was an ugly scene with lots of drunk straight white boys busy proving their hetness.
ref: 1994 November 4, Purple Tiger, “A Halloween Story”, in soc.bi (Usenet):
text: I have been accused of ‘flaunting’ my hetness on this blog. Why? Cause I mention it? And I mention it because it’s a big part of who I am and, unlike in the big bad reactionary world, straightness is not presumed amongst kinky women. Bi is, like, the default.
ref: 2008 March 18, “On Being Straight”, in Bitchy Jones's Diary:
glosses: Heterosexuality.
supraharmonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supraharmonic
form: most supraharmonic
Etymology: From supra- + harmonic.
Senses: examples: text: The current research suggest that much effort is being given to understand measurement methods for supraharmonic emissions in order to further standardize DC power quality to include short circuits, voltage variations and other factors as well.
ref: 2024 September 29, Wikipedia contributors, “Conducted emissions”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
text: Due to the uncontrolled growing number of nonlinear devices supplied by electrical energy, more severe supraharmonic pollution has been observed.
ref: 2023 January, Michalec, Łukasz, Kostyła, Paweł, Leonowicz, Zbigniew, “Supraharmonic Pollution Emitted by Nonlinear Loads in Power Networks—Ongoing Worldwide Research and Upcoming Challenges.”, in Energies, volume 16, number 1, page 273:
glosses: Of or pertaining to supraharmonics.
enladen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, en- + laden.
Senses: examples: text: The fragrant lines, the bloom-enladen verse
ref: 1911, Arthur Lynch, Prince Azreel:
text: Fish in the creel mean that the angler returns more enladen than he sets out
ref: 2003, Mark Kingwell, Catch and Release: Trout Fishing and the Meaning of Life:
glosses: laden
Sendai River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sendai River
Etymology: From Japanese 千代川(せんだいがわ) (Sendaigawa).
Senses: glosses: A river in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
saneish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Somewhat sane.
soyciety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of soy + society, referencing the "soy boy" meme.
Senses: examples: text: The excuse I've seen incels giving is that they're not like that in "real life". But aren't they saying the things they would otherwise be saying out loud, if it weren't for so-called "soyciety" punishing them for it?
ref: 2022 May 2, u/NoXion604, “i hope these dudes are on some sort of list, no mentally sound person writes this type of stuff”, in Reddit, r/IncelTear, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2024:
text: About 7% of the population needs to be "educated" beyond primary school, even for an industrial soyciety. Everything else is "de-grugification" to make people susceptible to propaganda
ref: 2023 July 16, @realhumanschwab, Twitter, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2024:
text: If you are a white male quit being caretakers to a soyciety that hates you, a regime that only pines for your destruction. Form small groups of friends and just have fun again. There are no rules if you don't get caught
ref: 2024 March 18, @BThumos, Twitter, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2024:
text: I use a dumbphone now, so big chunks of soyciety are no longer available to me, and I'm okay with that.
ref: 2024 September 28, u/ea45a, “Its insane that capitalism has gotten streched so thin that every single company is begging you to use their mobile app so they can sell your data”, in Reddit, r/redscarepod, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2024:
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Modern society, perceived as being effeminate and unmasculine.
Related terms: word: soy
word: soy boy
word: soyface
word: soy face
word: soyjak
word: soy out
appearence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of appearance.
pastichey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pastichey
form: most pastichey
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of or being a pastiche
Hochelaga Archipelago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a cluster of islands located at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint Lawrence Rivers.
hypernationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypernationalist
form: most hypernationalist
Etymology: From hypernationalism + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to or supporting hypernationalism; exceedingly nationalistic.
hypernationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypernationalists
Etymology: From hypernationalism + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An adherent of hypernationalism.
Bayan Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The park is named by former mayor Luis Lardizabal after former mayor Sergio Bayan. The barangays are named after the park.
Senses: glosses: A name of several barangays in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
glosses: A park in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
lap/sash seatbelt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lap/sash seatbelts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lap sash seatbelt.
lap-sash seatbelt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lap-sash seatbelts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lap sash seatbelt.
stable lad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stable lads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lad (“a groom who works with horses”).
synonyms: word: lad
extra: a groom who works with horses
lap/sash seatbelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lap/sash seatbelt
lap-sash seatbelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lap-sash seatbelt
stable lads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stable lad
forest primeval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forests primeval
Senses: examples: text: This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks / Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight.
ref: 1847, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie:
text: Here is the forest primeval, thick with slender pine, fir, hemlock, spruce, cedar and arbor vitæ, the trunks gloved in moss of orange-green, the branches hung with brown Spanish moss, the ground white, yellow, and purple with luxuriant flowers.
ref: 1866, Albert Deane Richardson, Our New States and Territories, Being Notes of a Recent Tour of Observation Through Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Montana, Washington Territory and California, page 63:
text: The "forest primeval" is our most valuable inheritance. It is the ready cash of nature's bountiful provision for our future.
ref: 1892, California, State Board of Forestry, Fourth Biennial Report of the California State Board of Forestry for the Years 1891-92, page 62:
text: It is in these small remnants of the forests primeval, usually located in remote forest regions, that one finds the most delightful resting places and the choicest beauty spots within the Key-stone State.
ref: 1928, Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forests and Waters, Bulletin, Volume 31, page 3:
text: Here tower redwood trees which knew Earth before the Shepherd's Star, were forests primeval at the time of the Crusades, and were finishing a generation of centuries ere Columbus landed ... the oldest living things.
ref: 1953, Chet Schwarzkopf, “Rotary Grove”, in The Rotarian, volume 83, number 5, page 30:
text: Increasingly, people across the nation are seeking out this last expanse of the forest primeval, a land of Sitka spruce and western hemlock over 400 years old that tower over all that walks below.
ref: 1986, United States, Congress, House, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Management of the Tongass National Forest, Oversight Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, on Management of the Tongass National Forest, Hearings Held in Washington, DC, May 8 and 9, 1986, page 410:
glosses: Alternative form of primeval forest.
forests primeval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forest primeval
-tuber
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of -Tuber.
frescobol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese frescobol, from fresco (“fresh”) + -bol (“-ball”).
Senses: glosses: A racket sport originating in Brazil
Sheboyganite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sheboyganites
Etymology: From Sheboygan + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: As for Berg, she embraced her Sheboyganite status to the fullest. Her classmates quickly started introducing her as “Bethany, from Sheboygan.”
ref: 2017 October 3, Leah Ulatowski, “Funny girl: Sheboygan filmmaker graduates with first class of the Harold Ramis Film School”, in Sheboygan Press, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2020:
text: So it seems, to many Sheboyganites, attraction begins and ends with genuineness and easy conversation. Coffee shops are a go.
ref: 2018 April 10, Marina Affo, “What do Sheboyganites want in a first date? | Low Key Lovesick”, in Sheboygan Press, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2021:
glosses: A native or resident of the city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States.
Hypernyms: American
Wisconsinite
Sheboyganites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sheboyganite
radio-beacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio-beacons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of radio beacon.
radio-beacons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radio-beacon
Wards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ward
green in earth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a deceased person, recently buried.
verigreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verigreens
Senses: glosses: A simple or gullible person.
verigreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verigreen
piece of shite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piece of shites
Senses: qualifier: very uncommon
glosses: Alternative form of piece of shit
monkey paw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey paws
Senses: examples: text: "Seems we were all living bad dreams," he said. "Wishes coming true in a monkey-paw way."
ref: 1995, Marcia Golub, Wish-bone, page 334:
text: It was Tom's monkey paw, that wish that he could be the provider in the family. Suddenly my father was dead and the gauntlet was passed to my oldest brother.
ref: 2003, Darren Greer, Tyler's Cape, page 120:
text: For obvious reasons, I didn't trust demon favors. I had to think quickly, something that wouldn't backfire. There was a lesson to be learned from that whole monkey paw deal.
ref: 2010, Ann Aguirre, Hell Fire, page 304:
glosses: Alternative form of monkey's paw.
Black Bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Black Bottom
form: black bottom
Senses: topics: dance
dancing
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
music
sports
glosses: A dance which became popular during the 1920s amid the Jazz Age.
Derived terms: english: verbal form
translation: verbal form
word: black-bottom
black bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black bottoms
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: A tract of dark, rich soil, occurring in low-lying land.
black bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the black bottom
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Black Bottom.
black bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black bottom
piece of shites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piece of shite
black-bottoming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of black-bottom
black-bottomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of black-bottom
Three Kings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Three Kings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Orion's Belt.
synonyms: word: Orion's Belt
damkjernite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damkjernites
Senses: glosses: A hypabyssal rock with phenocrysts of pyroxene, biotite, and barkevikitic hornblende in a groundmass of perovskite, magnetite, and calcite.
Derived terms: damkjernitic
discombobulative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more discombobulative
form: most discombobulative
Etymology: From discombobulate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Distinguished by discombobulation; discombobulating.
glimpselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glimpselike
form: most glimpselike
Etymology: From glimpse + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a glimpse.
treatylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more treatylike
form: most treatylike
Etymology: From treaty + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a treaty.
business English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A type of English used in business contexts, such as banking, commerce, finance, international trade, insurance, etc.
discoverableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From discoverable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of discoverability.
synonyms: word: discoverability
makes you think
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Imagine, now, this irrepressible figure [Boris Johnson] transposed to the Group of 8 summit chamber, or with his finger on the nuclear button, or in the Downing Street equivalent of the White House Situation Room, deciding whether or not to send British troops to war. Makes you think, doesn’t it?
ref: 2014 September 1, Matthew d’Ancona, “Boris Johnson’s Blond Ambition”, in New York Times:
glosses: Used to acknowledge or invite reflection about an event (sometimes facetiously).
Related terms: food for thought
give someone pause
grist for the mill
think twice
nuclear button
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear buttons
Senses: examples: text: Imagine, now, this irrepressible figure [Boris Johnson] transposed to the Group of 8 summit chamber, or with his finger on the nuclear button, or in the Downing Street equivalent of the White House Situation Room, deciding whether or not to send British troops to war.
ref: 2014 September 1, Matthew d’Ancona, “Boris Johnson’s Blond Ambition”, in New York Times:
text: Reportedly, as Yeltsin accepted the need for bypass surgery he at first considered delegating responsibility for security to Premier Chernomyrdin, but retaining the nuclear button.
ref: 2019, Dietrich Schroeer, Alessandro Pascolini, The Weapons Legacy of the Cold War, page 77:
text: So, we decided to write this book, a history of the nuclear button, based on the insights of the people most experienced with this dangerous remnant from the Cold War.
ref: 2020, William J. Perry, Tom Z. Collina, The Button:
glosses: The means (not likely literally a button) of quickly and easily launching nuclear warheads.
examples: text: The four left the meeting and in their absence the nuclear button was pushed. A daring plan was hatched to fully underwrite Ireland's entire banking network.
ref: 2012, David Murphy, Martina Devlin, Banksters, page 1972:
text: We’ve now had 20 years of cautionary tales about replyallpocalypses. For the sake of workplace harmony: keep your pointer off the nuclear button.
ref: 2017 February 3, Elle Hunt, “When is it appropriate to reply all? Mostly never”, in The Guardian:
text: All RAF we ask, surprisingly as we are easygoing generally, admit they would press the nuclear button if cuckolded by adversary whether they hate or love him!
ref: 2021, Alison Sarah James, Heroine, First Female Elite Special Forces Uk:
glosses: The means of triggering a huge controversy, fight, or act of destruction.
Related terms: hit the button
nuclear war
nuclear winter
push-button
nuclear buttons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear button
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP5376).
plant parents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plant parent
waffle hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waffle holes
Senses: examples: text: My donkey fell in your waffle hole.
ref: 2010, Shrek Forever After:
text: “Okay, I know you don't remember me, but we're married,” Shrek began. “And at the birthday party with some pigs and a puppet, the villagers and this boy kept saying, ‘Do the roar! Do the roar!’ Then I punched the cake that the pigs ate, and the next thing I knew, my donkey fell in your waffle hole.” Fiona shook her head in disbelief. “Whoa, I guess I must have kicked him harder than I thought.”
ref: 2010 April 20, Lauren Alexander, “Chapter Fourteen”, in The Novel, Price Stern Sloan, →ISBN:
text: You always steal my waffles out of the toaster! Because you're a waffle-stealing pain in my waffle hole!
ref: 2022 May 24, Catherine Newman, “Chapter 4 How to Deal with Hard Things”, in What Can I Say? A Kid's Guide to Super-Useful Social Skills to Help You Get Along and Express Yourself; Speak Up, Speak Out, Talk about Hard Things, and Be a Good Friend, Storey Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: An anus.
champagne powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From champagne + powder.
Senses: examples: text: Champagne powder all day, boys!
ref: 2021 February 16, Charlie Berens and Taylor Calmus, The 5 People on the Ski Slopes:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
snowboarding
sports
glosses: Powdery snow.
dolphin shorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Genericized trademark. Compound of dolphin + shorts. Dolfin Swimwear brand name from 1980s.
Senses: examples: text: I changed into cute dolphin shorts for a summer vibe.
glosses: a kind of shorts for athletics, usually with contrasting binding, side slits and rounded corners
wikipedia: Dolfin Swimwear
Related terms: gym shorts
Trimingham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2738).
chicken throne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken thrones
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A stand for cooking a dish like beer-can chicken without the need for the can.
Overstrand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * In England, from Old English ofer + strand, recorded as Othestranda ^([sic]) in 1086 (DB), and Overstrand in 1231.
* In South Africa, basically the same, but probably from Afrikaans or Dutch: compare Dutch over, Afrikaans strand and Dutch strand.
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2440).
glosses: A local municipality in Western Cape province, South Africa.
healthyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more healthyish
form: most healthyish
Etymology: From healthy + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat healthy.
clearnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clearnet
Audsley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Audsleys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
diarylamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diarylamide
Amager
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Danish Amager
Senses: glosses: An island in the Øresund strait, the most densely populated island of Denmark, much of the northern part of which is occupied by the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
Sidestrand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2639).
waffle holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waffle hole
immunothromboses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunothrombosis
douchewaffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: douchewaffles
Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of douche + waffle.
Senses: glosses: An obnoxious or contemptible person.
Related terms: cuntwaffle
fuckwaffle
twatwaffle
cockwaffle
assbucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assbuckets
Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of ass + bucket.
Senses: glosses: A worthless or objectionable person or thing.
Related terms: fuckbucket
shitbucket
douchewaffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of douchewaffle
assbuckets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assbucket
hyposexualities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyposexuality
greysexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of graysexuality.
politburocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more politburocratic
form: most politburocratic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of politbureaucratic.
kaigai niki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaigai niki
form: kaigai-niki
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 海外ニキ (kaigai niki, “overseas bro”).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: An overseas (non-Japanese) person in a primarily Japanese livestream.
kaigai-niki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaigai-niki
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kaigai niki.
His Imperial Highness
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: Their Imperial Highnesses
Senses: glosses: A title of respect for male emperors.
Related terms: Her Britannic Majesty
His Britannic Majesty
Your Britannic Majesty
Their Britannic Majesties
Her Excellency
His Excellency
Your Excellency
Their Excellencies
Her Highness
His Highness
Your Highness
Their Highnesses
Her Holiness
His Holiness
Your Holiness
Their Holinesses
Her Imperial Highness
Your Imperial Highness
Their Imperial Highnesses
Her Imperial Majesty
His Imperial Majesty
Your Imperial Majesty
Their Imperial Majesties
Her Maj
His Maj
Your Maj
Her Majesty
His Majesty
Your Majesty
Their Majesties
Her Royal Highness
His Royal Highness
Your Royal Highness
Their Royal Highnesses
Her Royal Majesty
His Royal Majesty
Your Royal Majesty
Their Royal Majesties
Her Serene Highness
His Serene Highness
Your Serene Highness
Their Serene Highnesses
Her Imperial Highness
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: Their Imperial Highnesses
Senses: glosses: A title of respect for empresses.
Related terms: Her Britannic Majesty
His Britannic Majesty
Your Britannic Majesty
Their Britannic Majesties
Her Excellency
His Excellency
Your Excellency
Their Excellencies
Her Highness
His Highness
Your Highness
Their Highnesses
Her Holiness
His Holiness
Your Holiness
Their Holinesses
His Imperial Highness
Your Imperial Highness
Their Imperial Highnesses
Her Imperial Majesty
His Imperial Majesty
Your Imperial Majesty
Their Imperial Majesties
Her Maj
His Maj
Your Maj
Her Majesty
His Majesty
Your Majesty
Their Majesties
Her Royal Highness
His Royal Highness
Your Royal Highness
Their Royal Highnesses
Her Royal Majesty
His Royal Majesty
Your Royal Majesty
Their Royal Majesties
Her Serene Highness
His Serene Highness
Your Serene Highness
Their Serene Highnesses
Their Imperial Highnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: plural of Her Imperial Highness and His Imperial Highness
Their Highnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: plural of Her Highness and His Highness
Their Excellencies
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: plural of Her Excellency and His Excellency
Your Imperial Majesties
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Your Imperial Majesty
Nagaoka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 長岡 (Nagaoka).
Senses: glosses: A city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Tai Laing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Tai language spoken in Myanmar.
Huaihua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: hwīʹhwäʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 懷化 /怀化 (Huáihuà).
Senses: glosses: A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
tiger pistol shrimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiger pistol shrimps
Senses: glosses: An alpheid shrimp of species Alpheus bellulus.
Synonyms: tiger snapping shrimp
tiger pistol shrimps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiger pistol shrimp
gracilely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gracilely
form: most gracilely
Etymology: From gracile + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gracile manner.
Coomalie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in the Northern Territory, Australia; in full, Coomalie Shire.
chicken thrones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken throne
Cisalpine Gaul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Latin Gallia Cisalpina.
Senses: glosses: a province of the Roman Empire in what is now northern Italy.
Derived terms: Cisalpine Gaulish
Chenzhou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 郴州 (Chēnzhōu).
Senses: glosses: A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
portentuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more portentuous
form: most portentuous
Etymology: From Middle English portentuous, from Latin portentuōsus.
Senses: examples: text: Suche pꝛodigious ſightes were ſéene, ſuch vnnaturall woꝛking of the heauens, ſuch terrible ſightes on the earth, ſuch poꝛtentuous miracles then ſéene in Rome, that the Senatours came vnto Sibilla to knowe the effectes and endes of theſe monſtrous ſhowes, and to be inſtructed of the ſtate of the Citie, vnto whome ſhe gaue ſixe letters in wꝛitinges, thꝛée R. and thꝛée F. to be expounded of their wiſemen, which when the meaning was founde, that thꝛée R. was this, Regnum Romæ Ruet: and thꝛée F. was Flamma, Ferro, & Fame, that is as much to ſay, that the monarch of Rome ſhoulde periſh with fire, ſwoꝛde, and hunger.
ref: [1573?], Lodovvicke Lloid, The Pilgrimage of Princes, Penned out of Sundry Greeke and Latine Aucthours, […], London: […] [John Charlewood and John Kingston? for] VVilliam Iones, […], folio 86, verso:
text: I had almost askt-⁠-⁠-qui gurges, aut quis tartarus hoc ſcelus-⁠-eſt auſus attrectare? ſith in ſo many thouſãds of years from the fal of the reprobate and faithleſſe angels it neuer came into the head of anie deuil to ſuggeſt to the hart of any mã before this time ſo nefarious, flagitius, portentuous a wickedneſſe, as this was?
ref: 1607 November 5, John Kinge, A Sermon Preached in Oxford: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Ioseph Barnes, page 23:
text: The Ancients alſo were of Opinion, that Dreaming of Blood prognoſticated Suffocation; if ſo, actual Bleeding muſt needs be more Portentuous than a meer Dream.
ref: 1708 March 26–31, The British Apollo, or, Curious Amusements for the Ingenious. […], volume I, number 14, London: […] [F]or the Authors, by J[ohn] Mayo, […], signature O, verso, column 1:
text: Since that portentuous period, the wealth of our happy country has greatly increased, and peace with victory have, at length, intertwined their verdant wreaths around the dignified forehead of distinguished Britain.
ref: 1821, W[illiam] M[arshall] Craig, A Course of Lectures on Drawing, Painting, and Engraving, Considered as Branches of Elegant Education. […], London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], page 4:
text: Clouds pall the light of the Sun. And within the soul there are clouds often blacker than night and more portentuous than the black cloud of Elijah’s prayer.
ref: 1911, Walter Winston Kenilworth, “Night and Resurrection”, in Thoughts on Things Psychic, New York, N.Y.: R[obert] F[rancis] Fenno & Company, page 184:
glosses: Obsolete form of portentous.
Ichihara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 市原 (Ichihara).
Senses: glosses: A city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Kaminoyama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Agano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 阿賀野 (Agano).
Senses: glosses: A city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Kakegawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 掛川 (Kakegawa).
Senses: glosses: A city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Hidaka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 日高 (Hidaka).
Senses: glosses: A city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Ikoma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 生駒 (Ikoma).
Senses: glosses: A city in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Jōetsu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 上越 (Jōetsu).
Senses: glosses: A city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Kurayoshi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 倉吉 (Kurayoshi).
Senses: glosses: A city in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.
chant de cour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The mating cry of a boar.
Fukuchiyama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 福知山 (Fukuchiyama).
Senses: glosses: A city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Lasham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (without a council) in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6742).
Higashimurayama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 東(ひがし)村(むら)山(やま) (Higashimurayama, literally “East Village Mountain”).
Senses: glosses: A city in Tokyo prefecture, Japan.
glosses: A district of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
weaksauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weaksauce
wet my lips
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Used to represent the call of the common quail
fourwheeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: having four wheels.
photobathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: photic
postseasonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + seasonal or postseason + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Atmospheric mold sensitivity may prolong postseasonal ragweed symptoms until frost.
ref: 1975, French Keller Hansel, Allergy and Immunity in Otolaryngology:, page 61:
text: Then, for a third time in postseasonal play , the Dodgers rose from the dead ; after snatching three single - run victories , the Dodgers buried the Yanks 9-2 before a shocked Yankee Stadium crowd.
ref: 1987, David Quentin Voigt, Baseball, page 342:
text: But few small shops have the traffic to ensure that all of the postseasonal merchandise is sold within a few days of a holiday.
ref: 2002, Carol L. Schroeder, Specialty Shop Retailing, page 96:
text: An unwanted distraction looms darkly on the horizon, a postseasonal hurricane.
ref: 2017, Scott Johnson, Heartstrings in B-Flat Minor:
glosses: After a season (such as a holiday season, hunting season, flu season, etc.)
examples: text: "One is all the more delighted," he writes in a note, "to revel in these postseasonal rarities which have the flavor of a second coming, and a mystery."
ref: 2001, Pierre Nora, Rethinking France: Legacies, page 317:
text: Nearly every static ideology is likely to advance in one turning per saeculum (when what it offers is preseasonal and useful) and retreat in another (when what it offers is postseasonal and harmful).
ref: 2009, William Strauss, Neil Howe, The Fourth Turning, page 310:
text: Otherwise one falls prey to being "postseasonal,” or on the wrong side of history.
ref: 2019, Darius Sollohub, Millennials in Architecture, page 94:
glosses: Outdated; based on the culture of an earlier time.
quit when one is ahead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quits while one is ahead
form: quitting while one is ahead
form: quit while one was ahead
form: quit while one was ahead
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quit while one is ahead.
discourse analyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discourse analysts
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An expert or student of discourse analysis
discourse analysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discourse analyst
shiteface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitefaces
Senses: qualifier: very uncommon
glosses: Alternative form of shitface
shitefaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shiteface
Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England, which includes the named places.
and the church says amen
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Isaac [Dunbar]: I'm very grateful, a lot of people don't get to experience that. And since I make music and I'm lucky enough to have people that listen, hopefully they can feel the same transformative-ness that I felt.
Kerri [Colby]: And the church says Amen.
ref: 2024 May 10, Justin Moran, “Isaac Dunbar and Kerri Colby Were Built for This”, in Paper:
synonyms: church
preach
glosses: Used to express strong agreement or approval.
Shaffren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ningyuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 寧遠 /宁远 (Níngyuǎn).
Senses: examples: text: The attack occurred early Wednesday morning at Baijiaping Township Wanquan Elementary School in Ningyuan County, Hunan Province. A brief statement issued by Ningyuan County on its official WeChat social media account said that the two injured students had been taken to a hospital. Reached by telephone, an official surnamed Feng at the public security bureau of Ningyuan County said the injured students were in stable condition but declined to offer more details.
ref: 2019 April 3, Amy Qin, “Knife Attack at Chinese Elementary School Leaves Two Children Dead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2019, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A county of Yongzhou, Hunan, China.
NPCC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Police Chiefs' Council.
name-book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: name-books
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of namebook.