cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Negrillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Negrillos
Etymology: From Spanish negrillo, from negro + -illo.
Senses: examples: text: Negrillo children are sometimes caught and held in slavery; but when “they attain the age at which the Spanish laws set them free, they, with but a single known exception, return to the woods.[…]”
ref: 1848, United States exloring expedition, United States Exploring Expedition: During the Year 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, page 174:
text: Negrillo Race. — An Aramanga Lad. “THE Negrillo race,” says Dr. Pickering, “has much the same complexion as the Papuan; but differs in the diminutive stature, the general absence of a beard, the projecting of the lower part of the face […]”
ref: 1855, John Frost, Grand Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animated Nature: Embracing a Full Description of the Different Races of Men, and of the Characteristic Habits and Modes of Life of the Various Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, and Microscopic Animalcula of the Globe. Being a Complete History of the Animal Kingdom, page 19:
text: These clicks are very characteristic of the Bushmen and dwarf languages, and if the statement be true, then these two tribes must be Negrillo. It rests, however, solely on some remarks by Tutschek, and is improbable.
ref: 1896, John Walter Gregory, The Great Rift Valley: Being the Narrative of a Journey to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo: with Some Account of the Geology, Natural History, Anthropology and Future Prospects of British East Africa, page 328:
text: (v) Negrillo (African pygmy). The Negrillos are very short in stature. Their average height is 4' 6" or 136 cm. They have short trunk, short legs and long arms; Steatopygea is occasionally present in women.
ref: 1997, Ram Nath Sharma, Rajendra K. Sharma, Anthropology, page 101:
glosses: An African Pygmy.
adjustress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjustresses
Etymology: From adjuster + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female adjuster.
advocatess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advocatesses
Etymology: From advocate + -ess.
Senses: examples: 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery
Therefore God hath provided us of an advocatess, who is gentle and sweet, in whom nothing that is sharp, is to be found.
synonyms: advocatress
advocatrice
advocatrix
glosses: A female advocate.
afflictress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afflictresses
Etymology: From afflicter + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Let us count our afflictresses: we have Eve, Delilah, Pandora, Dejanira, Helen, the daughters of Pandarus, Messalina, the Empress of Russia, and several queens and empresses whom we need not mention.
ref: 1886, James Hain Friswell, The Gentle Life: Essays in Aid of the Formation of Character:
text: Sisinnios was also a Christian name from the end of the first century onwards, frequent for martyrs of the 4th cent., especially under Diocletian, to whose period was attributed St. Sisinnios of Antioch, the magical opponent of the demonic afflictress of childbirth.
ref: 1998, Bulletin of the Asia Institute - Volume 10, page 255:
text: Another afflictress of childbirth in the Talishi beliefs is Shasha (šaša).
ref: 2014, Garnik Asatrian, Victoria Arakelova, “On the South Caspian Contact Zone: Some Talishi Folk Beliefs”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 18, number 2:
glosses: A female afflicter.
alienatress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alienatresses
Etymology: From alienator + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female alienator.
Kidder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city and town in Missouri, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in South Dakota, United States.
Derived terms: Kidder County
hot yoga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] Yoga on the Ball, Hot Yoga, and Yoga Mama (for pregnant women).
ref: 1998, Lyn Skreczko, Virginia Bell, The Manhattan Health Pages: A Resource Guide to Educate, Pamper, and Inspire You:
text: BARON BAPTISTE'S HOT YOGA LEVEL 1: POWER YOGA BASICS For intermediate to advanced students. Great fun and a challenge even for the very fit. Be prepared to sweat buckets.
ref: 1999, Mademoiselle: The Magazine for the Smart Young Woman:
text: Given how difficult and complicated it can be to keep a room heated to hot yoga levels, it could be quite pricey.
ref: 2009, John Philp, Yoga, Inc.: A Journey Through the Big Business of Yoga, page 55:
text: For one, “back then, it wasn’t about getting the right workout look,” said Rachelle Hruska MacPherson, the founder of Lingua Franca. Less green juice, less hot yoga, more walks of shame.
ref: 2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, quoting Rachelle Hruska MacPherson, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York, archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
glosses: Yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions.
Mendon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and town in Illinois, United States.
glosses: A town in Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: A village and town in Michigan, United States.
glosses: A city and town in Missouri, United States.
glosses: A town in New York, United States.
glosses: A village and town in Ohio, United States.
glosses: A city in Utah, United States.
glosses: A town in Vermont, United States.
Festus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).
Senses: glosses: A city in Missouri.
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
U-turners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of U-turner
tailhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪl.həʊl/
Forms: form: tailholes
Etymology: From tail + hole.
Senses: examples: text: Cat diapers often come with adjustable tabs, stretchable gathers, and an adjustable tailhole to ensure a secure fit without slipping or bunching, accommodating tails of all sizes.
ref: 2024, “DIY Cat Diapers: A Solution for Incontinence and Spraying”, in Cats-Luv-Us, archived from the original on 30 May 2024:
glosses: An opening in a garment for a tail to go through.
examples: text: The whole hog, lips, tits, and tailhole.
ref: 1962, Gladden Schrock, Madam Popov:
text: Miz Fan Dunning was standing in her kitchen door screeching. "I seen you, what you done, you little devil! Goosed that pig, poked that fishpole right up her tailhole! Not any cruel mean monster would've done it. […]
ref: 1979, Ruth Moore, Sarah Walked Over the Mountain, page 143:
text: how does the cat continue to lick itself from toenail to tailhole.
ref: 1995, Sandra M Gilbert, Susan Gubar, Diana O'Hehir, MotherSongs: Poems for, by, and about Mothers:
glosses: The anus of an animal, below its tail.
tailholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tailhole
nonsororal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sororal.
Senses: glosses: Not sororal.
MacGregor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: MacGregors
form: Macgregor
form: Mac Gregor
form: Magregor
form: MaGregor
form: Ma'Gregor
form: Ma'gregor
form: M'Gregor
form: M'gregor
form: McGregor
form: Mcgregor
form: Mc Gregor
form: Gregor
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic MacGriogair (“son of gregory”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A community in Manitoba, Canada.
Related terms: MacGregory
McGregory
crawdaddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crawdaddies
Etymology: From crawdad.
Senses: glosses: crayfish
crossmember
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɔsˌmɛmbɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑsˌmɛmbɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɹɒsˌmɛmbə/
Forms: form: crossmembers
form: cross-member
Etymology: From cross- + member.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A transverse structural support.
examples: text: The machines are supported at the pinion end by the gearcase itself and at the other end by cross-members of the bogie frame.
ref: 1964 February, “French 155mph electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 124:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A beam lying crosswise; a rail.
crossmembers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: First of all, it didn’t have a frame, at least not one of steel beams and crossmembers to which a body was bolted; the Airflow used a design that made the frame an integral part of the body.
ref: 2007 July 8, Jerry Garrett, “A Chrysler Designed to Beat the Wind”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of crossmember
koumbaros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koumbaroi
Etymology: Transliteration of Greek κουμπάρος . Doublet of compere.
Senses: examples: text: He became Mr. Koutsoftas’s koumbaros, a combined best man and godfather to Mr. Koutsoftas’s children, a role in the Greek Orthodox church that is the equivalent of family.
ref: 2009 March 14, Anne Barnard, “Furniture Chain’s Boast: Made in America. In Queens, in Fact.”, in New York Times:
glosses: The person who, during a Greek Orthodox wedding, exchanges the crowns over the couple<s heads and has other related roles
Coordinate terms: koumbara
supermiddleweight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supermiddleweights
Senses: examples: text: Calzaghe ruled the supermiddleweight division for almost 11 years, and in his final fight, he defeated Roy Jones Jr. by unanimous decision in November at Madison Square Garden.
ref: 2009 March 14, Kabir Chibber, “British Boxers Are Rising, Pound for Pound”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of super middleweight.
super middleweight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super middleweights
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cruiserweight.
synonyms: word: cruiserweight
unlewd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːd
Forms: form: more unlewd
form: most unlewd
Etymology: From un- + lewd.
Senses: glosses: Not lewd.
ponto-geniculo-occipital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the pons, the lateral geniculate nucleus, and the occipital cortex regions of the brain; applied to a class of phasic field potentials that are most prominent immediately before REM sleep.
Synonyms: PGO
solid compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solid compounds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound that is solid.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of closed compound.
synonyms: word: closed compound
Naqshbandis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Naqshbandi
potjie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potjies
Senses: glosses: A lidded round-bottomed pot used for cooking in South Africa.
Related terms: potjiekos
potjies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potjie
pregamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pregame
lupene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pentacyclic triterpenoid 3a-(hydroxymethyl)-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-4,9-diol
labio-palatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From labio- + palatal.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: articulated on the lips and the palate
Gaden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Torre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Torquay, Torbay borough, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9064).
glosses: A hamlet in Nettlecombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST0440).
Related terms: Muir-Torre syndrome
scienceman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sciencemen
Etymology: From science + man.
Senses: examples: text: “The shipmind has harnessed as much thoughtpower as it can,” said the scienceman.
ref: 2015, D. S. Brown, Champion, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: Carl Ben had been called away for a trial of uncertain length, but the others eagerly anticipated the scienceman's observations.
ref: 2005, Donald Bruce Beard, Billie the Wind Discovers Bodie, Cal., iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: The scienceman led him into a bedroom off the living-room area...
ref: 2011, James Patterson, The Big Bad Wolf, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: At the height of the fracas Principal Wallace came down from his office in the library and tried to address the sciencemen, only to be struck on the shoulder by a flour-bomb.
ref: 1983, Frederick W. Gibson, Hilda Neatby, Queen's University, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 187:
text: “Noble” was the sciencemen's epithet for him; for the others he was the man who eased the agony,...
ref: 2011, Tobias Churton, Aleister Crowley: The Biography, Duncan Baird Publishers, →ISBN:
text: The problem was the poison soil, or so said the sciencemen.
ref: 2013, Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant, Unicorn Western: Full Saga: Books 1-9, Sterling & Stone:
text: In other words the hard-earned money of tax-payers like you and me who sweat it out 365 days a year not only to keep our body and soul together but also to keep our sciencemen in form.
ref: 1991, The Astrological Magazine:
text: Why not fight the sciencemen on their own-own^([sic]) ground?
ref: 2006, B. Kojo Laing, Big Bishop Roko and the Altar Gangsters: A Novel, Woeli Pub Serv:
glosses: Synonym of scientist.
synonyms: word: scientist
Agno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Pangasinan, Philippines.
Narka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and village in Kansas, United States.
labyrinthopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labyrinthopathies
Etymology: From labyrinth + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease of the labyrinth of the ear
labyrinthosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From labyrinth + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the labyrinth of the ear
means business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mean business
meaning business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mean business
meant business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mean business
botijas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botija
moronicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From moron + -icity or moronic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The answer is that cities are run by politicians most of whom are morons or on the verge of moronicity.
ref: 1955, Morris Allison Bealle, American Capsule News, Issue 1; Issue 150
text: If this were the only example of moronicity in my teens, I could chalk it up to an aberration or a fluke or even gamma rays from the planet Zoobon.
ref: 2010, Dave Meurer, Mistake It Like a Man: An Imperfect Guy's Guide to Romance, Kids, and Secret ...:
synonyms: moronicness
glosses: The quality, state or condition of being a moron.
illogicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illogicities
Etymology: From illogic + -icity.
Senses: examples: text: It must be clear by now that I was not — and am not now — that literal a person in relationship to time or place, but there was a reason, I believe, for this illogicity — the forging of the Dream, and it haunts and wracks the manuscript to this date.
ref: 1998, Oliver Stone, A Child's Night Dream: A Novel:
glosses: The quality, state or condition of being illogical.
illogicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of illogicity
defeatistly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more defeatistly
form: most defeatistly
Etymology: From defeatist + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: A battle is engaged between the electric light
And the daylight, defeatistly withdrawing.
ref: 1951, James Laughlin, New Directions in Prose and Poetry, volume 13:
glosses: In a defeatist manner.
FoMO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of FOMO.
fuck fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuck finger
swag it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swags it out
form: swagging it out
form: swagged it out
form: swagged it out
Senses: examples: text: It's not easy to admit now, as I look at my life, but I have done it all -- from pouring champagne all over women's asses while partying, to having some of the most notorious relationships in popular culture. I basically swagged it out so much that people expect it from me.
ref: 2012, Maxwell Billieon, Ray J, Death of the Cheating Man, →ISBN, page 98:
text: Formerly a Ralph Lauren model, hot like one of those Ecuadorian soccer players in the World Cup, you pump the bass, mi amor, while I swag it out right next to the statue of the Virgin Mary that abuela bought from the local bedega.
ref: 2013, Sara Grillo, Queen Bitchionnaire, →ISBN:
text: I wanted to practice shooting for a bit before getting cleaned up for graduation, but before I left, I gave both Car and Ash each a big hug and told them to swag it out when walking across the stage.
ref: 2014, Lauren Renz, Kick It, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: To behave in a self-confident and ostentatious manner; show off.
swags it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swag it out
swagging it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swag it out
swagged it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swag it out
swag it up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swags it up
form: swagging it up
form: swagged it up
form: swagged it up
Senses: examples: text: Arian Foster do a lot of talking, man. He swag it up with it.
ref: 2014 August 18, Brian T. Smith, “Trash talking an art form a few Texans practice”, in Houston Chronicle:
glosses: Alternative form of swag it out.
examples: text: Dude swags it up every time in risky colors and experiments different designs.
ref: 2015 September 9, Joan Ngomba, “Matt DamonActor flaunts new hot physique for latest 'Bourne' film”, in Pulse Nigeria:
glosses: To dress in a flamboyant and fashionable manner.
swags it up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swag it up
swagging it up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swag it up
swagged it up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swag it up
brainly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brainly
form: most brainly
Etymology: From brain + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] Surely a brainly lot of lads we have here in America.
ref: 1939, The Churchman - Volume 153 - Page 11
text: General Aguinaldo gladly welcomed him, for he needed a brainly adviser, who was well-versed in law. Accordingly, he appointed Don Ambrosio as adviser and Auditor General de Guerra, and sought his advice on the cosntitution, […]
ref: 1970, Gregorio F. Zaide, Great Filipinos in History:
text: Among these are Forrest, as the brainly hood who attempts to escape the racket, but winds up a don; Al Lettieri, as his roughhewn, dependent, ill-fated brother, and Forster, as the rising, vengeful muscleman who is eventually cut down.
ref: 1975, The New York Times Film Reviews, page 132:
text: One is supposed to be a brainly university-based group that descended from Webern, has no tolerance for minimalism, and spends most of its time manipulating mathematical systems.
ref: 1989, Tom Johnson, The Voice of New Music:
text: " […] Uh — his lusty working seems to have brock on a brainly breakdown."
ref: 1993, Martin Harry Greenberg, Stanley Schmidt, Unknown Worlds: Tales from Beyond - Page 171:
glosses: Of, relating to, or typified by a brain; (by extension) proficient in intellectual matters; brainy
knockaround
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from knock around.
Senses: examples: text: Now they’re both correct. Mr. Penn has joined the cast of “The Three Stooges,” a new MGM comedy based on the vintage film shorts of that knockaround trio, Variety reported. Mr. Penn, who recently won his second Academy Award, for playing the title role in Gus Van Sant’s “Milk,” is set to play Larry, the wire-haired, violin-wielding Stooge.
ref: 2009 March 26, “Nyuk Nyuk Huh? Sean Penn Joins ‘Three Stooges’ Movie”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of knockabout.
synonyms: word: knockabout
stickaburr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stickaburrs
form: sticker burr
Senses: examples: text: So, too, it’s oddly redolent of the Monkees, neighborhood stickaburr fights and going to the stock car races at Star Speedway in Epping, N.H.
ref: 2009 March 26, Dana Jennings, “With a Buzz Cut, I Can Take on Anything”, in New York Times:
glosses: The grass Cenchrus echinatus
fantabulousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fantabulous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: (The president lauded their fantabulousness, but G.M. sales fell 51 percent during the first two months of this year while the overall market declined by 39 percent.)
ref: 2009 March 31, David Brooks, “Car Dealer in Chief”, in New York Times:
glosses: The condition of being fantabulous
reinflationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reinflationary
form: most reinflationary
Etymology: From re- + inflationary.
Senses: examples: text: “But all the steps the government is taking to help out the financial markets are reinflationary.
ref: 2009 April 2, J. Alex Tarquinio, “A Hedge Against Inflation”, in New York Times:
glosses: That leads to reinflation
rectitudinarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rectitudinarians
Etymology: From rectitude + -in- + -arian.
Senses: examples: text: William Logan, a critical rectitudinarian, called Seidel a “name dropper” whose books trade in “jet-set tastes and upmarket sinning.”
ref: 2009 April 12, Wyatt Mason, “Laureate of the Louche”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person who has a high standard of rectitude
goiterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From goiter + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: “To this day,” Dr. Hotchkiss said, “deficiencies are common in the Andes of Peru, and goiterism in its worst form, which also causes mental retardation in offspring, is frequently seen.
ref: 2009 April 28, C. Claiborne Ray, “Salt of the Earth”, in New York Times:
glosses: hyperthyroidism
violincello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Mark Morris Dance Group will unveil two works, “Visitation,” set to Beethoven ’s cello sonata in C, and “Empire Garden,” to Ives’s trio for violin, violincello and piano, at Tanglewood in August. Mr. Morris is also crashing Mostly Mozart with these dances, which feature quite the musical trio: Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax and Colin Jacobsen.
ref: 2009 May 10, Claudia La Rocco, “Summer Stages: Dance”, in New York Times:
glosses: Misspelling of violoncello.
sukuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sukuk
form: sukuks
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صُكُوك (ṣukūk), plural of صَكّ (ṣakk, “bond, deed”).
Senses: topics: Islam
economics
lifestyle
religion
sciences
glosses: A bond that generates a return to an investor without infringing Islamic laws against interest.
sukuks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The company has two listed Islamic bonds, or sukuks.
ref: 2009 May 14, Richard Beales, Rob Cox, Una Galani, “Taking Long View on Pay at Banks”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of sukuk
corsetiere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkoɹ.səˈtjɛɹ/
ipa: /-sɪ-/
ipa: /-sɛ-/
ipa: /-ˈtɪɹ/
ipa: /ˌkɔːsɛtɪˈɛə/
ipa: /kɔːˌsɛt-/
Forms: form: corsetieres
form: corsetière
Etymology: From French corsetière.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Wadsworth grew up in Newnan, where his father tended produce in a grocery store, and his mother cinched in the town’s women as a corsetiere in a clothing shop, her young son often watching from the dressing-room corner.
ref: 2009 May 17, Kathryn Shattuck, “Chamber’s Master, Leaving the Building”, in New York Times:
glosses: A female corsetmaker, or a woman in a shop who fits corsets.
catchfence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catchfences
Senses: examples: text: Castroneves pleaded with them to let him climb the catchfence on the front stretch, as he did in 2001 and 2002.
ref: 2009 May 25, Dave Caldwell, “Hardest Miles Behind Him, Castroneves Pulls Away to Win Indy 500”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of catch fence.
mototaxistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Most common are the mototaxistas, who carry passengers or documents and usually break nothing more serious than traffic laws.
ref: 2009 May 25, Simon Romero, “For a City in Gridlock, a Lifeline and a Scourge”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of mototaxista
mototaxista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mototaxistas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mototaxista and Portuguese mototaxista.
Senses: examples: text: Simply ask any mototaxista for a general tour of what there is to see in Puerto Maldonado, and he'll do so for about 8 soles, or $2.70.
ref: 2010, V!VA Travel Guides: Peru, →ISBN, page 444:
text: The mototaxista drives off
ref: 2012, Roy Kesey, Pacazo, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 231:
text: Unlike the city buses, which were desperately slow and made numerous stops, the mototaxistas took people directly to their destinations for approximately the same fare as a city bus, one that undercut by 50 percent the rate licensed cabbies charged.
ref: 2014, L. Gill, “Fragmented Solidarity”, in S. Kasmir, A. Carbonella, editors, Blood and Fire, →ISBN, page 67:
glosses: The driver of a mototaxi.
jamon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jamons
Etymology: From Spanish jamón. Doublet of gammon and jambon.
Senses: glosses: Spanish dry-cured ham
jamons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Spain and Italy are renowned for the quality of their dry-cured hams, their jamons and prosciuttos, which can sell for $30 to $100 a pound.
ref: 2009 June 3, Harold Mcgee, “Bringing Flavor Back to the Ham”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of jamon
surtitled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of surtitle
supertitled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supertitle
funana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: With a limber, inviting voice, Ms. Andrade fuses Cape Verdean styles  the gentle morna and the peppier coladeira and funana  with Brazilian music, jazz and hints of African styles.
ref: 2009 June 23, Jon Pareles, “Commanding the Stage at Another French Open”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of funaná.
funaná
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funana
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An accordion-based style of music from Cape Verde.
Noto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Notos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Noto, Italianization of Sicilian Notu.
Senses: glosses: A town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
glosses: A peninsula in Ishikawa, Japan.
Licata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Licatas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Licata.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
coadunations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coadunation
catchfences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catchfence
puzzle box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puzzle boxes
form: puzzle-box
Senses: examples: text: "Jest like the Injian puzzle-boxes, ain't they?" said Dan, as the one boat dropped into the other.
ref: 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:
text: They walked about this town and found their own house, just as before, and went in, and there was the toy town on the floor; and you will see that they might have walked into that town also, but they saw that it was no good, and that they couldn’t get out that way, but would only get deeper and deeper into a nest of towns in libraries in houses in towns in libraries in houses in towns in … and so on for always—something like Chinese puzzle-boxes multiplied by millions and millions for ever and ever.
ref: 1901, E. Nesbit, “The Town in the Library, in the Town in the Library”, in Nine Unlikely Tales:
glosses: A box that cannot be opened by the usual obvious means, and therefore challenges a person to find the correct way to open it.
examples: text: That’s where Osvath’s ravens come in. His student Can Kabadayi trained the birds to open a baited puzzle box by putting a stone of particular weight and shape into a tube.
ref: 2017 July 13, Ed Yong, “Ravens Can Plan for the Future”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A similar device or cage that can be opened by means of levers, latches, etc., used to test the learning behaviour of animals.
examples: text: puzzle box show
text: puzzle-box plot
text: Now the band has released its most po-mo puzzle box of anguish yet. Stickles has described The Most Lamentable Tragedy as a rock opera and has annotated the lyrics at Genius.com; judging by the band’s Twitter feed, which is filled with retweeted praise, the ambition has gone over quite well with its biggest fans.
ref: 2015 July 31, Spencer Kornhaber, “Titus Andronicus and the Joy of Angst”, in The Atlantic:
text: The movie’s narrative structure, which moves both forward and backwards, is a puzzle box that hard-core Nolan fans will probably enjoy taking apart and putting back together, but it may be excessively inscrutable for a lot of viewers.
ref: 2020 September 2, David Sims, “I Want to Watch ‘Tenet’ Again. Unfortunately.”, in The Atlantic:
text: But Memento is one of his finest efforts, a brilliant film that reveals new layers on every rewatch thanks to its puzzle-box plot structure.
ref: 2021 August 6, David Sims, “Revisiting the Best Films of 2001”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Something that is puzzling; an enigma; (narratology, also attributive) a complex story that is gradually revealed, often driven by a central myth.
examples: text: The world is the geologist's great puzzle-box; he stands before it like the child to whom the separate pieces of his puzzle remain a mystery till he detects their relation and sees where they fit, and then his fragments grow at once into a connected picture beneath his hand.
ref: 1863 March 24, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 11, number 65:
glosses: A box containing a jigsaw puzzle.
Derived terms: puzzle box show
puzzle boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puzzle box
embryoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From embryoscopy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to embryoscopy.
Derived terms: embryoscopically
embryoscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From embryoscopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of embryoscopy.
polypins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypin
embryoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embryoscopies
Etymology: From embryo + -scopy.
Senses: glosses: The direct examination of a foetus/embryo by means of an embryoscope.
Synonyms: fetoscopy
Derived terms: embryoscopic
polypin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypins
Etymology: From poly- + pin.
Senses: topics: beverages
brewing
business
food
lifestyle
manufacturing
glosses: A plastic version of the kind of brewery cask called a pin (equal to half a firkin), popular in homebrewing and the off-trade (deliveries for home consumption).
embryoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embryoscopes
Etymology: From embryo + -scope.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fetoscope.
synonyms: word: fetoscope
Related terms: embryoscopy
embryoscopic
ukulelelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ukulele + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The album begins with a traditional Brazilian sound — the syncopated strumming of the ukulelelike cavaquinho, the classic samba accompaniment — but it’s soon overlaid with clicks (like scratches on vinyl) to signal its quaintness, sending Céu into arrangements that mingle natural sounds with sampled and manipulated ones.
ref: 2009 July 5, Jon Pareles, “Brazilian Grooves, Groovy ’60s”, in New York Times:
glosses: Similar to a ukulele.
rectitudinarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rectitudinarian
kajavah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kajavahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kajawah.
kajavahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kajavah
stickaburrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stickaburr
embryoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embryoscope
embryoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embryoscopy
plinther
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plinthers
Etymology: From plinth + -er.
Senses: examples: text: At 9 a.m. on Monday, the first plinther, 35-year-old Rachel Wardell, a homemaker from Sleaford, England, was raised by a cherry picker onto the plinth (a safety net has been installed around it, lest people slip or, worse, try to jump off).
ref: 2009 July 7, Sarah Lyall, “Briefly Ascending to the Spotlight, Britons Take Their Place Among Giants”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.
fetoscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From fetoscopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of fetoscopy.
plinthers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If plinthers miss their slots, substitutes take over, as they would at an airline check-in desk.
ref: 2009 July 7, Sarah Lyall, “Briefly Ascending to the Spotlight, Britons Take Their Place Among Giants”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of plinther
foetoscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From foetoscopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fetoscopically.
unsending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unsend
unsends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unsend
Softail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Softails
Etymology: Blend of soft + tail, coined as a trademark by the Harley-Davidson company, and modelled on hardtail.
Senses: glosses: A bicycle or motorcycle featuring a hidden rear suspension system with springs or shock absorbers.
Softails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Softail
Czexit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛk.sɪt/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛɡ.zɪt/
rhymes: -ɛksɪt
Etymology: Blend of Czech + exit.
Senses: examples: text: “So far in the Czech Republic this is proposed only by fringe parties with minimal public appeal — but if Brexit happens, it would be much more attractive to propose a Czexit for parties like Civic Democratic Party [ODS] (ex-party of former president Václav Klaus) or for the communists,” Prouza said.
ref: 2016 February 23, Tara Palmeri, “Brexit ‘could lead to Czexit’”, in Politico:
text: Czech PM Bohuslav Sobotka has caused an all-EU debate on Czexit by his warning against the gloomy effects of Britain's EU departure on Czechs, in consequence of which the rest of the EU may part with the Czechs prematurely, Tomas Menschik writes in weekly Tyden out on Monday.
ref: 2016 March 1, “Týden: PM's hint at Czexit may backfire on Prague, oust it from EU”, in Prague Daily Monitor:
text: But there has already been an attempt to hold a Czexit referendum.
ref: 2016 June 25, Rebecca Perring, “MAPPED: Czexit, Pexit, Frexit - EU referendum CONTAGION sweeps Europe amid political quake”, in Express:
text: Mr Babiš insists he won’t seek a Czexit if he becomes prime minister.
ref: 2017 October 14, Tim Gosling, “Anti-establishment billionaire leads race to become Czech prime minister”, in The Telegraph:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: Brexit
Frexit
Grexit
Huxit
Polexit
Roexit
glosses: The possible act of the Czech Republic leaving the European Union.
adovada
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Spanish adobada.
Senses: examples: text: Out came platters piled with carne adovada burritos (with Niman Ranch pork, Jack Cheddar and pico de gallo), four tacos (chicken and pork with Jack Cheddar), beef burritos and Santa Fe Jack Cheddar enchiladas.
ref: 2009 July 12, Patricia Brooks, “Taste of New Mexico With an Organic Twist”, in New York Times:
glosses: marinated
tailride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tailrides
form: tailriding
form: tailrode
form: tailridden
Etymology: From tail + ride.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: To manoeuvre a surfboard from the rear end
tailriding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The idea behind the shape, reminiscent of an hourglass, is to emphasize noseriding and tailriding for recreational surfers.
ref: 2009 July 14, Joshua Robinson, “Going Beyond the Waves to Reshape an Experience”, in New York Times:
glosses: present participle and gerund of tailride
laciferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lac + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: glosses: That produces lac
noserode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of noseride
noseridden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of noseride
Kesteven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɛstəvən/
Senses: glosses: A geographic area, one of the three traditional divisions of the county of Lincolnshire, England.
Derived terms: North Kesteven
Parts of Kesteven
South Kesteven
Related terms: Holland
Lindsey
tailridden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of tailride
tailrides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tailride
tailrode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of tailride
Tribonacci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of tri- + Fibonacci
Senses: examples: text: Elite uses a pseudorandom number generator based on Tribonacci numbers. Unlike Fibonacci numbers, where the nth term in the series is based on the previous two terms, Tribonacci numbers use the previous three terms: […]
ref: 2016, John Aycock, Retrogame Archeology, Springer, →ISBN, page 113:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A variant of the Fibonacci sequence in which the preceding three terms, rather than the preceding two, are summed at each iteration.
Reidemeister move
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reidemeister moves
Etymology: Demonstrated by Reidemeister (1927).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: knot theory
glosses: Any of three local moves on a link diagram: (i) twist and untwist in either direction; (ii) move one loop completely over another; (iii) move a string completely over or under a crossing.
Reidemeister moves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reidemeister move
two pennies to rub together
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A minimal amount of money to live on; any money at all.
Synonyms: two ha'pennies for a penny
Related terms: not have a pot to piss in
gay old time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gay old times
Senses: glosses: An enjoyable experience.
discusting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of disgusting.
shoulder belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoulder belts
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A seat belt worn over one shoulder and diagonally across the upper body (following the lower margin of the ribcage as it descends), providing restraint for the upper torso (often coupled with a lap belt which restrains the pelvic area and prevents submarining).
Synonyms: crossbelt
kaesespaetzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Käsespätzle, from Käse (“cheese”) + Spätzle (“spaetzle”).
Senses: examples: text: One dish, kaesespaetzle, was described by my wife as a “German mac and cheese,” and Mr. Avery said she wasn’t far off the mark.
ref: 2015 July 16, Joel Keller, “Review: At Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten, Authentic Beer Garden Meets Jersey Shore”, in New York Times:
glosses: A German form of macaroni and cheese
kataribe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kataribe
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 語(かた)り部(べ) (kataribe).
Senses: examples: text: The only reason we know about the people described by Southard is that all of them overcame their deep embarrassment and “came out,” as it were, as kataribe, or “storytellers” about the atom bomb, reminding people of the horrors of nuclear war by speaking in public, at schools, conferences and peace gatherings all over the world.
ref: 2015 July 28, Ian Buruma, “‘Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War,’ by Susan Southard”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Japanese storyteller or narrator
sertanista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sertanistas
Etymology: From Portuguese sertanista.
Senses: glosses: A specialist in the undeveloped interior of Brazil and other parts of Portuguese America
sertanistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Anthropologists and Brazilian frontiersmen called sertanistas likened the policy to genocide.
ref: 2015 August 8, Andrew Lawler, “Do the Amazon’s Last Isolated Tribes Have a Future?”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of sertanista
optomologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The groom, 44, is an optomologist and clinical instructor for Regional Eye Associates in Cherry Hill, and teaches at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.
ref: 2015 September 6, “Christina Chennat, Ravi Goel”, in New York Times:
glosses: Misspelling of ophthalmologist.
kunefe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kunefes
Etymology: From Turkish.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Eriske said he encouraged his clientele to take their time, including waiting for the kunefe to arrive.
ref: 2015 September 24, Joel Keller, “Bridge Turkish & Mediterranean Grill Offers Reasons to Take Your Time”, in New York Times:
text: We used to go to Turkey every second year to visit our relatives and many of my memories of Gaziantep are based around food. Stuffed dolma, eggplant kebap, onion kebap, lahmacun, yuvalama, cig kofte, baklava, kunefe and much more.
ref: 2023 March 31, “Recipes for Ramadan: Beyza Koca’s ali nazik (Turkish lamb with eggplant)”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of kanafeh.
paves the road to hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pave the road to hell
paving the road to hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pave the road to hell
paved the road to hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pave the road to hell
by-ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of by-end
jailcells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jailcell
Mexamerican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mexamericans
Etymology: Blend of Mexican + American
Senses: synonyms: Mexican American#Noun
Chicano#Noun
hypernyms: American#Noun
<
person#Noun
glosses: An American of Mexican descent.
Cubanadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cubanadians
Etymology: Blend of Cuban + Canadian
Senses: glosses: Someone who is of both Cuban and Canadian descent.
swift moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swift moths
Senses: glosses: Any moth of the family Hepialidae.
hyperthyroidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + thyroid + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hyperthyroidism
examples: text: But we can get Glenn Beck teary and feel a Chris Matthews thrill up the leg as we think about the hyperthyroidic posturing of Keith Olbermann and Bill O’Reilly .
ref: 2009 July 21, Clyde Haberman, “2009: A Year to Remember 40 Years Ago”, in New York Times:
glosses: excessive
Romaeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Romaean
puntarelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puntarella
spurious diphthong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spurious diphthongs
Senses: glosses: Either of the digraphs ει and ου in Ancient Greek, when they represent a long vowel arising from compensatory lengthening or contraction rather than an actual diphthong
multitracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: There’s some exciting music here. Mr. Hammond multitracks gorgeous vocal harmonies in “Best Thing That Ever Happened.”
ref: 2009 October 5, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of multitrack
konpa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Wednesday at 7 p.m., Haitian konpa music by the group CaRiMi, in Brower Park, Brooklyn and St. Marks Avenues, Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
ref: 2009 July 31, Anne Mancuso, “Spare Times”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of compas.
synonyms: word: compas
Muhmmed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mohamod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mohammod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Muhmad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Muhmmad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Muhimmad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mohmad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mohmmad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mohmmed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mohmed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Tortosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɔːˈtəʊ.sə/
ipa: /tɔrˈtoʊ.sə/
rhymes: -əʊsə
Senses: glosses: A city in Catalonia, Spain.
Benet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
acid-tongued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acid-tongued
form: most acid-tongued
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Christie then gave Mr. Rubio his trademark New Jersey treatment: He unleashed a series of rapid-fire, acid-tongued attacks on the man standing four podiums to his right, alternately looking directly at Mr. Rubio and at the camera.
ref: 2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Bitingly critical or sarcastic; sharp-tongued.
wind force
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wind forces
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: the strength of the wind. The Beaufort scale was devised to classify wind forces of various strengths.
oxidation states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxidation state
Bhattiprolu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a variant of the Brahmi script, used in South India
glosses: A city in India.
oxidation numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxidation number
amphidromine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of molluscs, exhibiting both left-handed and right-handed spiral shells within the same species
deass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deasses
form: deassing
form: deassed
form: deassed
form: de-ass
Etymology: From de- + ass.
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
military
politics
war
glosses: To exit or depart from (an area) rapidly.
Related terms: haul ass