cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
HDOH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Both the EPA and the HDOH received and submitted comments on the report without any mention of a need for permitting discharges from the wells.
ref: 2020 April 23, “COUNTY OF MAUI, HAWAII v. HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND ET AL.”, in Supreme Court of the United States, page 36:
glosses: Initialism of Hawaii Department of Health.
chocolate-lava cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocolate-lava cakes
Senses: examples: text: Offerings include wonderful sorbets (the peach is especially good), rich banana cream pie with coconut sorbet, chocolate-lava cake with green-tea ice cream and something called Thai coffee, which is an Asian-accented tiramisu.
ref: 2003 May 9, Phil Vettel, “Reviews: Shades of Red and Green: New chefs at Red Light, Green Dolphin Street provide golden touches”, in Chicago Tribune, 156th year, number 129, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 7, page 30, column 2:
text: House specialties are the Bensi lava explosion and the Bensi nutty obsession—the former begins with warm chocolate-lava cake, the latter with peanut-butter mousse (and brownie chunks).
ref: 2005 March 23, Frank Curcio, “Here, it’s certain: Bensi Ristorante shares family-style eating with the Whitehouse community”, in Courier News, Bridgewater, N.J., →ISSN, →OCLC, Hunterdon Hills section, page 6, column 4:
text: Truth be told, it’s not demonstrably superior to the 3,667 other chocolate-lava cakes in existence, but if the phrase, “gooey, rich and chocolate” makes your knees wobble, you’ll be very happy with this.
ref: 2010 May 6, Phil Vettel, “Lighting up the West Loop: Former Ritz-Carlton chefs have made triumphant return with Prairie Fire”, in Chicago Tribune, 163rd year, number 126, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 5, page 3, column 3:
text: For dessert, the diners enjoyed chocolate-lava cake, topped with a chocolate-covered strawberry.
ref: 2014 February 16, Kayleigh Sommer, “Haute Harlingen: Dinner Club dishes out ethnic cuisine”, in Valley Morning Star, volume 102, number 316, Harlingen, Tex.: AIM Media Texas, →OCLC, page C1, column 5:
glosses: Alternative form of chocolate lava cake.
chocolate-lava cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chocolate-lava cake
molten-chocolate cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molten-chocolate cakes
Senses: examples: text: This time we sampled the superb desserts of Pastry Chef Philippe Fallait: a molten-chocolate cake with kumquat confit; quince turnovers with a ginger creme anglaise; and a sensational passion fruit creme brulee with a pineapple sorbet.
ref: 1998 April 11, Gerry Dawes, “Eating on the Wild Side at Union Pacific”, in Rockland Journal-News, White Plains, N.Y.: Gannett Suburban Newspapers, →OCLC, section C, page 7, columns 6–7:
text: Lately, I’ve been drowning in a tiramisu sea, and when I try to climb onto an island, it’s made of crème brûlée and molten-chocolate cake. Desserts have fallen into a rut.
ref: 2006 December 27, Alison Arnett, “Five on 5: A quintet of critics picks a year’s worth of favorites”, in The Boston Globe, volume 270, number 180, Boston, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page F1, column 1:
text: Her baba rum cake is essentially classical, though the presence of dates, cocoa nibs and Amaro granite make the dish her own, and her chocolate budino has pudding on the outside and warm chocolate cake within, a sort of molten-chocolate cake in reverse.
ref: 2014 January 23, Phil Vettel, “Dream team delivers: Formidable duo powers Kahan’s new seafood spot”, in Chicago Tribune, 166th year, number 23, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 5, page 6, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of molten chocolate cake.
molten-chocolate cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molten-chocolate cake
rent-stabilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Charging a rent agreed to by tenants and landlords and mediated by a state.
raw_tags: of housing
Related terms: rent control
Shinchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Sonogashira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Derived terms: Sonogashira coupling
Sonogashira reaction
ice IV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A phase of ice formed from HDA at 210-190 Kelvin.
PCelt.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Proto-Celtic.
masseteric nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masseteric nerves
Senses: glosses: A nerve of the face that innervates the masseter muscle, used in chewing.
masseteric nerves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masseteric nerve
masseter muscle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masseter muscles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of masseter.
synonyms: word: masseter
masseter muscles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masseter muscle
subj.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of subjunctive.
Toch.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Tocharian.
nonpyrogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonpyrogenous
form: most nonpyrogenous
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nonpyrogenic.
synonyms: word: nonpyrogenic
AstraZenecas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AstraZeneca
Xianyou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shyěnʹyōʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 仙遊 /仙游 (Xiānyóu).
Senses: glosses: A county of Putian, Fujian, China.
Lower Navarre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Navarre (“region in France”).
synonyms: word: Navarre
extra: region in France
Maranoa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in south-west Queensland, Australia, with its seat in Roma; in full, Maranoa Region.
glosses: A river in the Murray-Darling Basin and the same area of Queensland, which probably gave its name to the region; in full, the Maranoa River.
glaunst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The stroke down from her head unto her shoulder glaunst.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:
glosses: simple past and past participle of glance
lautiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lautiously
form: most lautiously
Etymology: 1547 coined by Andrew Boorde from Latin lautus + -i- + -ous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Sumptuously, elegantly, in an elegant or sumptuous manner.
puccinia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /puˈt͡ʃɪ.ni.ə/
Forms: form: puccinias
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Puccinia, from Italian Puccini, named after Tommaso Puccini.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Any rust fungus of the genus Puccinia.
Related terms: Puccinia
bottle share
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottle shares
Senses: examples: text: I'd been to bottle share parties before, the kind of party where people gather to share hard-to-find beers, many of which are aged.
ref: 2016, Lucy Burningham, My Beer Year, →ISBN, page 151:
text: I opened a 2013 Dark Lord at a bottle share during the same year and heard no complaints.
ref: 2016, Jeff Rice, Craft Obsession: The Social Rhetoric of Beer, →ISBN, page 223:
text: Beyond the sharing of often hard-to-find or limited-release beers, public bottle shares have two other characteristics: (1) they take place in open and accessible places like bars, restaurants, or shops, and (2) participants are usually expected to bring products that aren't available in their local market.
ref: 2023, Michael Ian Borer, “Pop, Pour, Pass: Bottle Shares as Public Rituals”, in Daina Cheyenne Harvey, Ellis Jones and Nathaniel G. Chapman, editors, Beer Places: The Microgeographies of Craft Beer, →ISBN, page 245:
glosses: A gathering to which each participant brings a rare or unusual beer, especially craft beer, to share with the other attendees.
snark hunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snark hunts
Etymology: See snark.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of snipe hunt (“fool's errand”).
synonyms: word: snipe hunt
extra: fool's errand
Ascope
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and province in La Libertad region, Peru.
cross-pol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
telecommunications
war
synonyms: X-pol
glosses: Clipping of cross-polarization.
bottle shares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottle share
Daraa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deraa
Senses: glosses: A city and governorate in southern Syria.
JWG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JWGs
Senses: hypernyms: WG
glosses: Initialism of joint working group
Deraa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daraa, Syria.
Suwayda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Soueida
form: Sweida
Senses: glosses: A city in southern Syria.
glosses: A governorate in southern Syria.
Soueida
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Suwayda, Syria.
breather switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breather switches
Senses: glosses: A type of expansion joint in rails.
t'ween
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 'tween (“between”).
t'ween
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: t'weens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tween (“tweenager”).
blahajar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blahaj
underriding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of underride
underrode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underride
underridden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of underride
PAWB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PAWBs
Senses: coordinate_terms: PAWG
glosses: Acronym of phat-ass white boy.
PAWBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PAWB
transnational repression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transnational repressions
Etymology: Coined by sociologist Dana M. Moss in 2016.
Senses: examples: text: Under the soon-to-be-enacted law, an individual is considered to have committed the offense of transnational repression if the person conspires to or commits certain crimes—including assault, harassment, stalking, causing an individual to leave or be confined in the United States, or retaliating against someone for engaging in protected First Amendment activities—on behalf of a foreign government or foreign terrorist organization, according to an analysis of the bill.
ref: 2025 May 27, The Epoch Times at Gan Jing World, Texas Gov. Abbott Signs Anti-Transnational Repression Law:
glosses: Political repression conducted by a state outside its borders.
pawbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawb
pawgs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawg
Titians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Titian
Stieltjes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Derived terms: Riemann-Stieltjes integral
Stieltjes constant
Jimmy O'Goblin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jimmy O'Goblins
form: jimmy-o-goblin
form: jimmy o' goblin
form: Jimmy-o-goblin
form: Jemmy O'Goblin
Etymology: Rhyming slang for "sovereign".
Senses: examples: text: He had won five Jimmy-o-goblins at ten to three at Chester.
ref: 1934, Evelyn Waugh, Handful of Dust:
glosses: A sovereign coin; a pound.
Derived terms: jim
jimmy
o'goblin
goblin
BGEPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The BGEPA, however, protects and conserves bald and golden eagles from take of an individual bird, chick, egg, or nest, including alternate and inactive nests. BGEPA prohibits disturbance that may lead to biologically significant impacts, such as interference with feeding, sheltering, roosting, and breeding or abandonment of a nest.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 98:
glosses: Initialism of Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
Chinese Dream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the Chinese Dream
form: Chinese Dreams
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 中國夢 /中国梦 (Zhōngguómèng).
Senses: examples: text: In his speech, Xi [Jinping] defined the “Chinese Dream” as “achieving the great revival of the Chinese nation.” […] Many Web users chose to define their own versions of the Chinese Dream by talking about their hopes and wishes for the next decade.
ref: 2012 December 13, Ellen Li, “Chasing the 'Chinese Dream'”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: The revival of the Chinese nation as a global power.
examples: text: For many people like Boris Gao, the Chinese Dream no longer feels achievable.
ref: 2025 June 23, Li Yuan, “‘The Better Life Is Out of Reach’: The Chinese Dream Is Slipping Away”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: As a result, “the Chinese dream no longer feels achievable,” The New York Times’ Li Yuan argued
ref: 2025 June 23, “Semafor Flagship: Regime change threats”, in Semafor, retrieved 24 Jun 2025:
glosses: A path to prosperity through hard work for ordinary Chinese citizens, analogous to the American Dream.
Coordinate terms: word: Celestial Empire
word: Tianxia
word: Chinese Century
Jerash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Amman is not a very interesting city, but there are two good hotels and Jerash, one of the most complete examples of a Roman provincial town, is not far away.
ref: 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 165:
glosses: A city and governorate in northern Jordan.
Related terms: Gerasa
toilet club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toilet clubs
Etymology: toilet (personal grooming) + club
Senses: glosses: A barbershop with a subscription pricing model.
Webbased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Webbased
form: most Webbased
Etymology: From Web + based.
Senses: glosses: Uncommon spelling of web-based
Yilan Creole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Yilan Creole has the two optional sentence-final markers ga and no, corresponding to Japanese ka and no, respectively.
ref: 2018, Andreas Hölzl, A typology of questions in Northeast Asia and beyond: An ecological perspective, Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 170:
synonyms: Yilan Creole Japanese
glosses: A Japanese-based creole spoken in southern Yilan county, Taiwan.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Yilan Creole terms
salmacian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sælˈmeɪ.ʃi.ən/
ipa: /-si-/
ipa: /sælˈmeɪ.ʃi.ən/
rhymes: -eɪʃiən
Forms: form: salmacians
form: Salmacian
Etymology: From Salmacis + -ian, a nymph in Ancient Greek mythology. Coined by Raphael Carter in 1996 in the webpage The Angel's Dictionary.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: male-to-intersex, female-to-intersex
For quotations using this term, see Citations:salmacian.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: Aphrodisian
glosses: One who has or wishes to have a mixed set of genitalia, typically both male and female genitalia.
salmacian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sælˈmeɪ.ʃi.ən/
ipa: /-si-/
ipa: /sælˈmeɪ.ʃi.ən/
rhymes: -eɪʃiən
Forms: form: Salmacian
Etymology: From Salmacis + -ian, a nymph in Ancient Greek mythology. Coined by Raphael Carter in 1996 in the webpage The Angel's Dictionary.
Senses: examples: text: salmacian surgery
text: Near-synonyms: male-to-intersex, female-to-intersex
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:salmacian.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: altersex
ambisex
dualsex
bigenital
glosses: Of or relating to having or desiring a mixed set of genitalia.
Related terms: androgynous
futanari
hermaphrodite
salmacians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salmacian
Salmacian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Salmacians
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of salmacian
Salmacian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Salmacis.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of salmacian
Salmacians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Salmacian
Foyleside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Foyle + -side
Senses: examples: text: Lockwood and Lundy will long be remembered on Foyleside.
ref: 1964, Northern Ireland. Parliament. Senate, The Parliamentary Debates: (Official report.):
text: I had always heard, dwelling by the Foyleside, that the Ballymena people never could make a success of anything until they left the town.
ref: 1971, Northern Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons, Reports:
text: City were locked in a two-horse race for the title with Shelbourne for the majority of last season before fading away, finishing outside of the European places entirely in fourth and Lynch was quickly given a taste of the task at hand on Foyleside.
ref: 2025 February 14, “Derry City beaten by Shels after floodlight delay”, in BBC News:
synonyms: Derry
Londonderry
the city by the Foyle
glosses: The conurbation surrounding Derry/Londonderry.
Seamie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Seamus + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Seamus.
Yenbo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Hedjaz Railway is best known for its connections to T. E. Lawrence, whose fame as "El Orens", the railway wrecker, spread quickly throughout Arabia. He arrived at Yenbo in December, 1916, and immediately started his campaign to sabotage the railway, but to keep it sufficiently in working order to allow supplies to reach Medina.
ref: 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 166-167:
glosses: Alternative form of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
woodwormed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more woodwormed
form: most woodwormed
Etymology: From woodworm + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Damaged by woodworm.
devil's avocado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devil's avocados
Senses: glosses: devil's advocate
Mollick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Glup Shittos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Glup Shitto
throw bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throw bag
speleofact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speleofacts
Etymology: Coined by Arthur Lange.
Senses: examples: text: Speleofacts, like artifacts, are formed by removal of material, addition of material, or both. Speleofacts are of two general types: speleogens, such as scour troughs, dome-pits, and drip pockets, form by solution and corrasion excavating cave rock and sediments; speleothems, such as flowstone, stalactites, and cave pearls, form by deposition of calcite within the cave.
ref: 1967 March 1, Arthur Lange, “Caves and Karst, Volume 9, No. 2, March/April 1967”, in Caves and Karst, volume 9, number 2:
text: Note that the burnt bone was covered by a reddish and blackened speleofact
ref: 2016, Jacques Jaubert, Sophie Verheyden, Dominique Genty, Michel Soulier, Hai Cheng, “Early Neanderthal constructions deep in Bruniquel Cave in southwestern France”, in Nature, volume 534, number 7605, →DOI, →ISSN, page 114:
text: Prehistoric humans intentionally modified stalagmites in the Cova Dones cave in Spain, forming over 100 structures—known as speleofacts—as a result.
ref: 2025 June 4, Dario Radley, “Over 100 prehistoric structures uncovered in Cova Dones cave, Spain”, in Archaeology News Online Magazine:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: item deliberately extracted from a speleothem for the purpose of usage in a particular function
applanche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: applanches
Etymology: Blend of apple + avalanche.
Senses: examples: text: The Show of Granny Smiths carries an "Applanche" warning. "Pull one of those babies out and the whole thing goes down," says Coco Vaughan, a Manzo Brothers hawker.
ref: 2007 June 18, Stuart Eskenazi, “At 100 years, Pike Place Market holds fast to its character”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2023:
text: APPLANCHE WARNING!! — PLEASE — DO NOT HANDLE... THANKS
ref: 2013 January 2, Don Blattner, Lisa Blattner Howerton, “Nutrition”, in Health, Wellness, and Physical Fitness, Grades 5 - 12, Mark Twain Media, →ISBN, page 44:
glosses: A large number of apples falling down like an avalanche.
applanches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of applanche
lymphangioadenitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphangioadenitises
Derived terms: dermatolymphangioadenitis
thermoflask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoflasks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thermos (“container to maintain temperature of contents”)
synonyms: word: thermos
extra: container to maintain temperature of contents
thermoflasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermoflask
pains aux raisins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pain aux raisins
ecodiversity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + diversity.
Senses: glosses: Ecological diversity.
ecodiverse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ecodiverse
form: most ecodiverse
Etymology: From eco- + diverse.
Senses: glosses: Ecologically diverse.
set book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set books
form: setbook
Senses: examples: text: Since the Apostolic Canons seem to have played the rôle of a set book at Wittenberg […] we may perhaps guess that Melanchthon and may be other lecturers commented on them several times.
ref: 1961, Pierre Fraenkel, Testimonia Patrum: The Function of the Patristic Argument in the Theology of Philip Melanchthon, page 22:
text: Years later, when visiting Japan, I was assured that my book had been a set book at Kyoto University since 1943.
ref: 1983, John Hicks, Classics and Moderns: Vol. III of Collected Essays in Economic Theory, →ISBN, page 361:
text: Gladstone's method of learning was, as at Eton, the detailed Epitome, and the way he made these Epitomes shows that he learned his set books while making a direct relationship between them and his own times.
ref: 1997, H. C. G. Matthew, Gladstone 1809-1898, →ISBN, page 20:
topics: education
synonyms: coursebook
set text
glosses: A book or other text assigned for reading as part of a course.
allokelping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæləˌkɛlpɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: We hypothesize that allokelping is a cultural behavior unique to southern resident killer whales. Future work should investigate if and how allokelping is learned, and whether it occurs in other killer whale societies.
ref: 2025 June 23, Michael N. Weiss, Rachel E. John, Alondra M. Caro-Ruiz, David K. Ellifrit, Charli A. Grimes, Taylor A. Redmond, Arlene A. Vargas, Darren P. Croft, “Manufacture and use of allogrooming tools by wild killer whales”, in Current Biology, volume 35, number 12 (Correspondence), →DOI, page R600:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An apparent form of allogrooming in which orcas rub each other with kelp.
set books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of set book
The Donald
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana Trump, who referred to him as such in a 1989 cover story for Spy magazine.
Senses: examples: text: The Donald's strange pompadour and Hillary's strange server have eclipsed all the usual primary permutations.
ref: 2015 August 22, Maureen Dowd, “Donald Trump Struts in His Own Pageant”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2015:
glosses: Nickname for Donald Trump.
wikipedia: Ivana Trump
Turangarere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Maori.
Senses: glosses: A rural locality in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand.
Music City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From being a major center for the music industry, especially country music.
Senses: examples: text: So where should a visit to Music City begin? “Even if you’re not necessarily a fan of country music, the Country Music Hall of Fame is really interesting,” she said. “Country music is a very historic genre, and this museum really honors the roots of that.”
ref: 2024 November 19, Celeste Moure, “Kacey Musgraves’s Nashville”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2024:
glosses: Nickname for Nashville: the capital city of Tennessee, United States.
blox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blocks (plural of block) with -x replacing the /ks/ sound. The verb is after Roblox.
Senses: examples: text: Two good stores are Amoeba and Rasputins, about a block from each other, both on Telegraph ave. about 3 blox from the campus. […] In San Jose itself....well, Streetlight on Bascom a few blox south of 280 is okay, but not great...you'll have to dig long and hard to turn up anything worthwhile...no reliable selection of prog.
ref: 1995 February 18, The Lighthouse Keeper, “Prog Music stores/Music Scene in San Jose?”, in alt.music.progressive (Usenet), archived from the original on 23 Jun 2025:
text: Laettner finally came to play, with 10 quick pts. in the first quarter, 20 overall. He had quite a few nice defensive plays that won't show up in the box score. He also had 8 boards, 5 assist, and a few blox and assists.
ref: 1997 November 6, Matthew Chung-Chie Sin, “Finally, Laettner shows up”, in rec.sport.basketball.pro (Usenet), archived from the original on 23 Jun 2025:
text: I've already started drafting a few blox and even that process has been fun.
ref: 2011 July 21, Trish Brown, “Needing some tips about Dear Jane”, in rec.crafts.textiles.quilting (Usenet), archived from the original on 23 Jun 2025:
glosses: plural of block
blox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bloxxes
form: bloxxing
form: bloxxed
form: bloxxed
Etymology: From blocks (plural of block) with -x replacing the /ks/ sound. The verb is after Roblox.
Senses: examples: text: Blox - To kill a player in a Roblox game. / Bloxxed - When a player’s health reaches zero and the player’s Robloxian falls apart.
ref: [2021 May 14, “Roblox”, in Gaming Buzzwords: Understanding Your Gamer (Safer Schools), version 1.0.2, Belfast: Ineqe Safeguarding Group, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2021:
text: Despite drawing on classic scary scenarios, this game is more silly than scary. You all run around and try to avoid getting bloxxed.
ref: 2023 February 7, Dynamo [pseudonym], “Insane Elevator!”, in Roblox: Create and Conquer!, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic, →ISBN, page 56:
text: Oh man, I'm meant to be bloxxing some noobs with Zeke right now!
ref: 2023 March 7, Ari Avatar [pseudonym], “Monday Night”, in Dragon Pet (Diary of a Roblox Pro; 2), New York, N.Y.: AFK, →ISBN:
text: "You're about to get bloxxed!" I said, PUNCHING away at my controller. […] And to think that we were only able to blox those zombies because of you, Max!
ref: 2023 October 3, Ari Avatar [pseudonym], Zombie Invasion (Diary of a Roblox Pro; 5), New York, N.Y.: AFK, →ISBN, “Monday Afternoon” and another section:
text: Roblox has its own lingo. It is different from Twitch slang because players talk with each other instead of streamers versus chat. What do words like bloxxed, CNP, and beaming mean in roblox?^([sic]) The following glossary provides you with meanings and definitions of the most commonly used slang words and abbreviations in Roblox!
ref: [2024 January 9, “Roblox Slang Words – Guide for Parents”, in Your Teen Magazine, Beachwood, Oh.: Your Teen Media, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2024:
text: After you complete this, you will earn the following Badges and rewards: / • ROLVe's "Token" Award (Badge) / • Bloxxed | KillEffect (Reward) / • Classic Girl | Skin (Reward)
ref: 2024 May 23, Swastik Sharma, “Roblox The Classic: Arsenal Guide”, in Sportskeeda, Mumbai: Nazara Technologies, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2025:
topics: video-games
glosses: To kill (a character) in a Roblox game, causing the blocks that make up it to fall to the ground.
reeksome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reeksome
form: most reeksome
Etymology: From reek + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Once They have finished with Their counting, They proceed to reeksome pits wherein They deposit noxious secretions from Their various orifices.
ref: 2000, Mark McLaughlin, I Gave at the Orifice, page 11:
text: Crispin, of course, remembered all about his treasure and his conversation with Trepan at the reeksome latrine ditch.
ref: 2013, Leif HerrGesell, Indians, Rogues and Giants, page 360:
glosses: Characterised or marked by reeking; smelly.
setbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: setbooks
Senses: examples: text: A similar interest in particulars appears in the exegesis of Peter Comestor (d. 1179) who, however, shifts the emphasis from Cain's limbs in general to Cain's head, in his famous Historia Scholastica which became the standard work on biblical history, serving as a setbook in the schools and as a classic for both clergy and laity.
ref: 1981, Ruth Mellinkoff, The Mark of Cain, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Background reading can include lecture notes, handout material, setbooks, books on reading lists and other texts.
ref: 2004, Sandra Cleary, The Communication Handbook: A Student Guide to Effective Communication, →ISBN, page 204:
text: As far as our studies were concerned, there were no locally produced setbooks, and if our education seemed rather foreign, we nevertheless had no choice in the matter.
ref: 2014, Jeremiah Gitau Kiereini, A Daunting Journey, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of set book.
setbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setbook
Belinyu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Belinyu, from Bangka Belinyu.
Senses: glosses: A district of Bangka, Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia.
swamp tupelo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swamp tupelos
Senses: examples: text: The stem of swamp tupelo is commonly less swollen than water tupelo but tapers more gradually.
ref: 1982, J. R. Saucier, Tupelo: An American Wood:
glosses: A type of wetland tree of species Nyssa biflora, native to the eastern United States.
vibes-based
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪbzˌbeɪst/
Forms: form: more vibes-based
form: most vibes-based
form: vibe-based
Etymology: From vibes (“how something feels intuitively or emotionally, often but not necessarily opposed to how it is factually”) + based (“founded on or relying on”).
Senses: examples: text: Remember: the stock market is entirely vibes-based. When the vibes are good, the line goes up; when the vibes are bad, the line goes down.
qualifier: especially social commentary
glosses: Determined based on emotions, opinions or feelings, rather than using evidence or research.
haulback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːlbæk/
Forms: form: haulbacks
Senses: examples: text: We ran 3,000 feet of haulback and got only thirty-five logs.
ref: 1910 June 11, American Lumberman, page 45:
text: The skyline isn't interlocked with the mainline and haulback, and the mainline and haulback can't both wind the same direction at the same time.
ref: 1978 April, Logging Systems Guide, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Alaska Region, Division of Timber Management, pages 48.42b--2:
text: Butt rigging—a series of heavy steel links, swivels, and shackles—commected the main line to the haulback line and carried up to six chokers.
ref: 2022 February 14, John Gill, The Wannabe Doctor: A Man's Quest Amid Psychiatry’s Identity Crisis, Page Publishing, Incorporated, page 17:
qualifier: timber industry
glosses: A small wire rope or line used to pull the main cable (or butt-rigging) back into position after a log has been hauled out.
examples: text: This includes mining systems R&D such as development of haulback techniques to redeposit overburden material in a beneficial sequence immediately behind the extraction operation to minimize costs and aesthetic and environmental damage.
ref: 1973, William B. Schmidt, Mining – Coal and Oil Shale, Bureau of Mines, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, page 8:
text: As a result, haulback systems are being designed in shich the strip mine is continuously filled in behind as the mine advances.
ref: 2013 September 17, Mohan K. Wali, editor, Ecology and Coal Resource Development, volume One, Pergamon Press, page 365:
topics: business
mining
glosses: A method of surface mining where overburden (the material on top of the coal or ore) is transported from an area and then hauled back after removal of ore or coal.
haulbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haulback
swamp tupelos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swamp tupelo
boomless cruise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boomless cruises
form: boom-less cruise
Etymology: boom + -less + cruise.
From eliminating the apparent sonic boom during the supersonic cruise portion of a flight.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A technique for supersonic flight where the sonic boom does not reach the Earth's surface, by taking advantage of atmospheric conditions to refract the shockwave upwards, away from the ground.
Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Renamed from Wootton St Lawrence on 1 April 2021.
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England, that includes the named places.
bacon hairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacon hair
Damsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Preston Damsky is a law student at the University of Florida. He is also a white nationalist and antisemite.
ref: 2025 June 21, Richard Fausset, “A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025:
glosses: A surname.
Fausset
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Does Fausset bother explaining whether Badalementi was even aware of the student's comments during the class? No, it is all left to insinuation.
ref: 2025 June 22, Josh Blackman, “The New York Times Launches An Unfair Attack On Judge Badalamenti”, in Reason:
glosses: A surname.
South Farnborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Farnborough, Rushmoor borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8754).
Bulgarophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bulgaro- + -philia.
Senses: antonyms: Bulgarophobia
glosses: Strong enthusiasm for the country, culture, or people of Bulgaria.
Related terms: Bulgarophile
Bulgarophilic
sandhill milkweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandhills milkweed
Senses: examples: text: In a land where speed rules, it's refreshing to walk at a slow pace, pausing to smell the wild roses, pondering the choices of butterflies as they flutter from purple asters to sandhill milkweed, and peering across the marshes to figure out where the frog croaks are coming from.
ref: 2018 December 4, Sandra Friend, John Keatley, 50 Hikes in Central Florida (Third Edition), The Countryman Press, →ISBN:
synonyms: pinewoods milkweed
glosses: A flowering plant of species Asclepias humistrata, native to the southeastern United States.
benevolent dictator for life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benevolent dictators for life
Etymology: Originally applied to Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum, creator of the Python programming language, in an email from 1995. According to van Rossum, coined likely by either Ken Manheimer or Barry Warsaw.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: The leader of an open-source software project, typically project founders, who retains the final say in disputes or arguments within the community.
wikipedia: Guido van Rossum
Balitski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, variant of Balitsky.
Blackburnian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Blackburn
Derived terms: Blackburnian warbler
Poșaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Poșaga.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Alba County, Romania.
prashants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prashant
Liuyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 瀏陽 /浏阳 (Liúyáng).
Senses: glosses: A county-level city of Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yuhua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yüʹhwäʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 雨花.
Senses: glosses: A district of Changsha, Hunan, China.
Furong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 芙蓉 (Fúróng).
Senses: glosses: A district of Changsha, Hunan, China.
Tianxin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: tyěnʹshǐnʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 天心 (tiānxīn).
Senses: glosses: A district of Changsha, Hunan, China.
Kaifu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 開福 /开福.
Senses: glosses: A district of Changsha, Hunan, China.
Wangcheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: wängʹchǔngʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 望城 (Wàngchéng).
Senses: glosses: A district of Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yuelu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yüěʹlo͞oʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 嶽麓 /岳麓 (Yuèlù).
Senses: glosses: A district of Changsha, Hunan, China.
Ningxiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寧鄉 /宁乡 (Níngxiāng).
Senses: glosses: A county-level city of Changsha, Hunan, China.
either-either
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌiːðə ˈaɪðə/
ipa: /ˌiːðɚ ˈaɪðɚ/
Etymology: Likely from varying pronunciations of "either" being used together for hysterical effect.
Senses: glosses: either-or.
xiaolongbaos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xiaolongbao
accessory gonadal structure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accessory gonadal structures
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: secondary organs or tissues supporting a reproductive system
Derived terms: AGS
AGSs
tomfoolerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tomfoolerous
form: most tomfoolerous
Etymology: From tomfoolery + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: LOL! What a fucking load of utter shit. Stupid shit too, I might add. Quite the tomfoolerous post.
ref: 1999 September 4, Rev. Jevon den Ridder, “Rumours about Episode II”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet):
text: But, just incase^([sic]) I've provided a link to a list of tomfoolerous facts about the DC verses the PS2.
ref: 2002 July 14, Scott H, “Sega Console History/Comparision Page”, in alt.sega.genesis (Usenet):
synonyms: tomfoolish
buffoonerous
buffoonish
glosses: Characteristic of tomfoolery; silly, foolish.
accessory gonadal structures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accessory gonadal structure
Derived terms: AGSs
buffoonerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more buffoonerous
form: most buffoonerous
Etymology: From buffoonery + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: You ARE the Three Stooges because I think your lack of logic in your arguments is just as buffoonerous.
ref: 2001 June 21, Randy Haskin, “F-16/cessna crash near sarasota”, in rec.aviation.piloting (Usenet):
text: Anyway, who am I to lecture somebody else about buffoonerous behavior?
ref: 2004 December 31, nJb, “Weird weather...”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks (Usenet):
synonyms: buffoonish
tomfoolerous
tomfoolish
glosses: Characteristic of buffoonery; silly, foolish.
AGSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AGS
giant Gippsland earthworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant Gippsland earthworms
Senses: glosses: Megascolides australis, a large species of earthworm native to Australia, typically growing to 1 metre in length.
lyre sponge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyre sponges
Senses: synonyms: harp sponge
glosses: Chondrocladia lyra, a carnivorous deep-sea sponge with a basic structure that resembles a lyre or harp.
LieMAX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪ.mæks/
rhymes: -aɪmæks
Forms: form: LieMAXes
form: liemax
form: Liemax
Etymology: Blend of lie + IMAX.
Senses: glosses: A digital cinema auditorium that is branded as IMAX but is significantly smaller than the traditional IMAX film format.
Frensham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU8441).
pump-action shotgun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pump-action shotguns
Senses: glosses: A shotgun with a pump action for loading.
pump-action shotguns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pump-action shotgun
obbys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obby
alfa grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: About noon they came to a douar of about twenty tents. Here they halted, and as one of the Arabs was releasing the alfa-grass ropes which bound him to his mount they were surrounded by a mob of men, women, and children.
ref: 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 129:
glosses: esparto
Oakhanger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Haslington parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7654).
glosses: A small village in Selborne parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7736).
HM mule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HM mules
Senses: examples: text: After those, it shows off some of the rideable Pokémon - that's right, you can ride upon select Pokémon, including Charizard! This looks like an end to requiring an HM Mule on your team, so that you can Cut, Surf and Fly around the map.
ref: 2016 August 1, Andrew Duncan, “Find Out About Old Pokémon's New Forms in Pokémon Sun & Moon”, in GameGrin:
text: Bidoof was originally written off as a junk Normal-type dex filler when Pokémon Diamond and Pearl were released, even though its evolution was the best HM mule in the game.
ref: 2022 February 24, Scott Baird, “Pokémon Celebrates Bidoof With 10 Hour "Bidoofwave" Music Video”, in Screen Rant:
text: HMs are... problematic. They take up a valuable slot on a Pokemon's moveset, they aren't always the most powerful attacks in battle, and they cannot be easily replaced by another move. Therefore, many trainers will opt to carry around an "HM mule," whose main purpose on the team is to use as many HMs as possible so that the rest of the team doesn't have to. […] Relicanth is a relatively unsurprising inclusion. It fulfills the ideal requirements for an HM mule in that it can learn four HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Dive, and Rock Smash.
ref: 2023 March 12, Quinton O'Connor, “Pokemon Emerald: The 16 Best Hoenn HM Mules”, in TheGamer:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of HM slave.
synonyms: word: HM slave
kamikaze shoplifting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In some cases, offenders are openly clearing shelves of items in full view of customers and shop workers - a tactic sometimes known as "kamikaze" shoplifting. In one "kamikaze" incident last month at a phone store in London's Oxford Street, two men spent minutes kicking down a phone stand in front of customers and shop workers.
ref: 2025 January 30, Cathy Owen, “Kamikaze shoplifting epidemic sees more than 2,000 violent attacks in Wales”, in Wales Online:
glosses: The unconcealed theft of goods from a shop in the presence of staff and customers.
Alligator Alcatraz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named because of its location in the Everglades, a habitat for alligators.
Senses: synonyms: word: Alligator Auschwitz
glosses: A proposed detention centre in the Florida Everglades.
daughter of the desert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daughters of the desert
Senses: examples: text: Leaving the field of war for that of love, I asked about their marriage customs - how daughters of the desert were wooed and won.
ref: 1902, Henry M. Field, On the Desert: With a Brief Review of Recent Events in Egypt, New York: C. Scribner's Sons, page 72:
text: He looked down upon the girl beside him—a daughter of the desert walking across the face of a dead world with a son of the jungle.
ref: 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 137:
coordinate_terms: son of the desert
glosses: A woman who traditionally inhabits a desert region, as an Arab.
daughters of the desert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daughter of the desert
squealed like a stuck pig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of squeal like a stuck pig
squeals like a stuck pig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of squeal like a stuck pig
squealing like a stuck pig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squeal like a stuck pig
beetle nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beetle nuts
Senses: examples: text: Among other things, he gave them his opinion, "that it was the encroachments made upon the Nabob's prescriptive rights, by the Governor and Council, and the rest of the servants in Bengal trading in the articles of salt, beetle-nut and tobacco, which had greatly contributed to hasten and bring on the troubles with the Nabob Coffim Ally Khawn.
ref: 1772, William Bolts, Considerations On India Affairs, Almon, page 164:
text: No longer ago than the fixth century it contained thirty thousand shops and stalls where beetle-nut was sold*.
ref: 1792, Quintin Craufurd, Sketches Chiefly Relating to the History, Religion, Learning and Manners of the Hindoos, with a Concise Account of the Present State of the Native Powers of Hindostan. 2. Ed, T. cadell, page 108:
text: Your Committee find, That is the last Regulation in the Books and Correspondence of the Company respecting Duties on Salt, Beetle Nut, or Tobacco.
ref: 1804, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Reports from Committees, Volume 4, page 128:
glosses: Archaic spelling of betel nut.
beetle nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beetle nut
Haslington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7355).
lysinomethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lysinomethyls
Derived terms: lymecycline