cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
backsplat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backsplats
Senses: examples: text: the backsplat often features elaborate carvings, contributing to the chair's elegance and visual interest
ref: 2024 May 23, “Room AI”, in Room AI:
text: Backsplats are used to add support and stability to chairs
ref: 2019 October 18, “What is Backsplat in Interior Design?”, in Interior Design Schools:
synonyms: splat
glosses: The wood block on a chair's back
backsplats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backsplat
genuinfluencer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdʒɛnjuˈɪnflu.ənsə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: genuinfluencers
Etymology: Blend of genuine + influencer. Planted by WGSN in January 2021 as a supposed trend of the upcoming year.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
qualifier: social media
glosses: A postmaterial influencer.
wikipedia: WGSN (trend forecasting)
genuinfluencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genuinfluencer
hunzone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hunzones
form: hunzoning
form: hunzoned
form: hunzoned
Etymology: From hun (“a woman involved in an MLM”) + zone, by analogy with friendzone.
Senses: examples: text: However, if the desire to join their business isn’t there, it can easily sever a new friendship there and then, leaving the hunzoned person feeling used.
ref: 2019 July 10, Jessica Lindsay, “Hunzoning is the trend that sees you going from friend to MLM recruit”, in Metro:
text: The study’s findings add to our understanding of women’s use of social media as well as existing MLM communication literature to qualify hunzoning as a computer-mediated-communication expectancy violation.
ref: 2020, Naomi L. Yanike, “Hunzoning: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Expectancy Violations Surrounding Multi-Level Marketing Message Strategies on Facebook”, in Dissertatations, University of Nebraska:
glosses: To contact an acquaintance or former friend on social media, with the intention of recruiting them to a multi-level marketing scheme.
Endon and Stanley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, that includes the named places.
Endon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Endon and Stanley parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9253).
Stanley and Stanley Common
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England, that includes the named places.
Stanley Common
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Stanley and Stanley Common parish, Erewash borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4142).
Bremhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish between Calne and Chippenham, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9873).
witch's brew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪtʃɪzˌbɹuː/
ipa: /ˌwɪtʃɪzˈbɹuː/
homophone: witches' brew
Forms: form: witch's brews
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of witches' brew.
witch's brews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of witch's brew
Sopley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ1597).
AUMFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AUMF
does someone like that
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do someone like that
doing someone like that
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do someone like that
did someone like that
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do someone like that
done someone like that
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do someone like that
out-Christians
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of out-Christian
out-Christianing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of out-Christian
out-Christianed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of out-Christian
XYZs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of XYZ
omicron variant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Omicron variant.
Omicron Variant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Omicron variant.
Omicron strain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Omicron variant.
synonyms: word: Omicron variant
Omicron virus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Omicron variant.
synonyms: word: Omicron variant
omicron virus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Omicron variant.
synonyms: word: Omicron variant
omicron strain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Omicron variant.
synonyms: word: Omicron variant
front-of-house curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front-of-house curtains
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Synonym of front curtain.
synonyms: word: front curtain
front-of-house curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of front-of-house curtain
betting one's bottom dollar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of bet one's bottom dollar
bets one's bottom dollar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bet one's bottom dollar
cyclone chaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclone chasers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hurricane hunter.
synonyms: word: hurricane hunter
cyclone hunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclone hunters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hurricane hunter.
synonyms: word: hurricane hunter
hurricane chaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hurricane chasers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hurricane hunter.
synonyms: word: hurricane hunter
typhoon chaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typhoon chasers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hurricane hunter.
synonyms: word: hurricane hunter
typhoon hunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typhoon hunters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hurricane hunter.
synonyms: word: hurricane hunter
tornado chaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tornado chasers
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
synonyms: tornado hunter
glosses: A storm chaser specializing in tornadoes, as a profession, meteorologist, journalist, or hobby.
tornado hunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tornado hunters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tornado chaser.
synonyms: word: tornado chaser
-na adjectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of -na adjective
Urozhaine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: o͝orŏzhīʹnā
ipa: /ʊəɹɒʒˈaɪneɪ/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Урожа́йне (Urožájne). Compare Urozhaynoye.
Senses: glosses: A village in Bobrovytsia urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Simferopol Raion, Crimea, Ukraine, occupied by Russian forces since February 2014.
glosses: A village in Theodosia Raion de jure, in Sovietskyi Raion de facto, in Crimea, Ukraine, occupied by Russian forces since February 2014.
glosses: A village in Tomakivka settlement hromada, Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
examples: text: Here, after months of relative inactivity, Russian forces have drastically increased the intensity of their offensive operations targeting the villages of Staromaiorske and Urozhaine. These villages, located south of Velyka Novosilka, hold tactical and symbolic significance, as these are the last settlements that Ukrainian forces recaptured during their counteroffensive in the summer of 2023.
ref: 2024 May 23rd, “Reporting from Ukraine” (channel name), 22 May: NOT SO FAST! Ukrainian Forces STOP & COUNTERATTACK RUSSIANS in Urozhaine | War in Ukraine, via YouTube, 0:04–0:27:
text: In the area south of Urozhaine, heavy clashes have been reported, which started with extensive Russian aerial bombardments over the settlement aimed to set the conditions for the subsequent mechanized and infantry attacks.
ref: ibidem, 3:17–3:29
glosses: A rural settlement in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Beryslav urban hromada, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A deserted rural settlement in, at time of last population, the former Novoarkhanhelsk Raion, now in Holovanivsk Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine, abandoned sometime after 2001 (before the introduction of hromady).
glosses: A rural settlement in Khrustalnyi urban hromada, Rovenky Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, controlled by the Luhansk People’s Republic since 2014.
glosses: A village in Melnytsia-Podilska settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Hnivan urban hromada, Vinnytsia Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Tokmak urban hromada, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine
W in the chat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ws in the chat
form: W's in the chat
Etymology: Originates from a cliché expression used by live streamers, especially those on Twitch, to request that chat (“the entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream”) type w (“successful, admirable, excellent, good”) into the chatbox in response to something positive or favourable; now used figuratively. Ultimately from w (“abbreviation of win”), in-turn from W (“as a sports statistic, abbreviation of wins”).
Compare figurative F in the chat (“an expression of condolences, sympathy or regret”), smash that like button (“requests the viewer to like, upvote or favourite the video, live stream, post or photograph in question”) and hit the bell icon (“requests a viewer to follow one's account”).
Senses: antonyms: L in the chat
glosses: A victory: excitement, happiness, amazement.
W in the chat
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Originates from a cliché expression used by live streamers, especially those on Twitch, to request that chat (“the entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream”) type w (“successful, admirable, excellent, good”) into the chatbox in response to something positive or favourable; now used figuratively. Ultimately from w (“abbreviation of win”), in-turn from W (“as a sports statistic, abbreviation of wins”).
Compare figurative F in the chat (“an expression of condolences, sympathy or regret”), smash that like button (“requests the viewer to like, upvote or favourite the video, live stream, post or photograph in question”) and hit the bell icon (“requests a viewer to follow one's account”).
Senses: antonyms: L in the chat
glosses: Congratulations; well done.
Related terms: FTW
W community
Ws in the chat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of W in the chat
Zweigian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zweigian
form: most Zweigian
Etymology: From Zweig + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: It is a strange performance, the clash of callow self-certainty with a certain innate modesty, resolved in a (typically Zweigian) stance of passivity and helplessness and evasion (‘probably’).
ref: 2010 January 28, Michael Hofmann, “Vermicular Dither”, in London Review of Books, volume 32, number 02, →ISSN:
glosses: Of or relating to Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881–1942).
opens up the kimono
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of open up the kimono
opening up the kimono
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of open up the kimono
opened up the kimono
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of open up the kimono
opening the kimono
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of open the kimono
opens the kimono
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of open the kimono
opened the kimono
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of open the kimono
tornado hunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tornado hunter
tornado chasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tornado chaser
typhoon hunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of typhoon hunter
hurricane hunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hurricane hunter
cyclone chasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclone chaser
cyclone hunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclone hunter
hurricane chasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hurricane chaser
typhoon chasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of typhoon chaser
Shaughnessys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shaughnessy
Shaughnessyes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shaughnessy
Shaughnessies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shaughnessy
MMfA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Media Matters for America.
opens up a can of whoop ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of open up a can of whoop ass
opening up a can of whoop ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of open up a can of whoop ass
opened up a can of whoop ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of open up a can of whoop ass
Victorian Turkish bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Victorian Turkish baths
Senses: examples: text: The system of heating used in Victorian Turkish baths, however, differed dramatically from the Turkish model.
ref: 2007 March, Susan Aykut, “Washing from the inside out: Turkish baths down under”, in TASA Review (The Asian Arts Society of Australia), volume 16/1, page 11:
text: The Victorian Turkish bath was really a re-invention of the Roman bath, as the dryness of the air distinguishes it from the orignal hammams.
ref: 2008, Efterpi Mitsi, “Private rituals and public selves”, in Teresa Gómez Reus, Aránzazu Usandizaga, editors, Inside out: women negotiating, subverting, appropriating public and private space, Rodopi, →DOI, page 59:
text: Urquhart’s personal attempts, enhanced by a series of publications and lectures on the benefits of the Victorian Turkish bath, were quite effectve in the rapid spread of this institution throughout the British Isles.
ref: 2020 Fall, Burkay Pasin, “The east in the west: Victorian Turkish baths in the British Isles”, in Hammam Magazine, number 1, page 50:
glosses: A bathing procedure in which the bather sweats freely in a room heated by hot dry air (or in a series of two or three such rooms maintained at progressively higher temperatures), usually followed by a cold plunge, a full body wash and massage, and a final period of relaxation in a cooling-room.
examples: text: Harrogate Victorian Turkish Baths offer guided tours on several weekday mornings where a resident historian will guide you through the building's unique history […]
ref: 2021 July 25, “Turkish Baths Harrogate: the last fully working Victorian Turkish bath in England”, in Atlas Obscura, retrieved 25 May 2024:
glosses: a specific named establishment offering such baths.
give the word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives the word
form: giving the word
form: gave the word
form: given the word
Etymology: From the concept of using a certain word used as a signal to others that they are allowed to commence on some event. While the term originally meant that a pre-decided word was to be used, the term has since evolved to mean giving allowance for an event to commence in general, not necessarily by a specific word.
Senses: examples: text: We can't start the project until the boss has given us the word.
text: Given the choice / Given the heart / Given the truth / Given the word / Given the cheers / Given the tears / Given the choice
ref: 1988, R.E.M., “Turn You Inside-Out”, in Green:
glosses: To communicate or signal to another that an action or event is allowed to commence or should be commenced, usually but not necessarily by linguistic communication.
Related terms: given the choice
give the go-ahead
give the thumbs-up
double hater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double haters
form: double-hater
Etymology: Attested from at least 2017 (see quotations below).
Senses: examples: text: Donald Trump’s data analysts gave them a nickname: “double haters.” These were people who disliked both candidates but traditionally showed up at the polls to vote.
ref: 2017, Joshua Green, Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising, page 231:
text: Trump's analysts nicknamed this group "double haters." They comprised about 3% to 5% of the 15 million voters the campaign believed were persuadable.
ref: [2020 April 24, Joshua Green, “New Poll Shows a Hidden Danger for Trump: Double Haters”, in Bloomberg (subscription required):
text: Without Clinton on the ballot this year, Trump no longer wins what Republicans in 2016 wryly dubbed the "double hater" vote — a small but important slice of the public that dislikes both presidential candidates, but grudgingly settled for Trump as the lesser evil.
ref: 2020 May 4, Keith Boag, “Strong third-party candidate for U.S. president rattles nervous anti-Trumpers”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 04 May 2020:
text: There's the anti-Trump forces on the right and the anti-Biden forces on the left, but there's also the anti-everyones, the so-called double haters, the people who really dislike both their choices and say they don't want to vote for either candidate. We had double haters in 2020, and they tended to ultimately break for Biden.
ref: 2024 March 17, Carlos Lozado, Katherine Miller, Michelle Cottle, Lydia Polgreen, quoting Carlos Lozado, “The Double-Hater Election”, in New York Times, page SR 11:
text: Double haters make up about 15% of the electorate, according to a poll this month by USA TODAY/Suffolk University, giving them significant sway in deciding the outcome of the November election.
ref: 2024 March 23, Joey Garrison, “Meet the surging ‘double haters’ who could decide whether Biden or Trump wins the election”, in USA Today:
text: Uhh, okay. 67% of, this is my favorite category, the double haters, and a lot of us are in this category, [laughter] including me. Look, I- I'm never going to vote for Trump and I'm never going to help Trump win. So that's not going to happen. But, you know, beyond that, uhh, I got no love for Joe Biden. So, you know, double hater? Well, maybe. Uhh. So. Anyways, that's a big number; that's a big group in America, the double haters, understandably so. And uhh...67% of them said that the- that Trump should drop out. Now that's, like, since they're not decided, that's a really important group. On the other hand, they already hate him, that's why they're double haters, so it's not that surprising that two-thirds of them- of them want him to drop out.
ref: 2024 June 5, Cenk Uygur, 7:39 from the start, in Was Trump Hurt by the Felony Conviction? Poll Results, YouTube; The Young Turks, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2024:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A person who did not favor either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party candidate in the 2016, 2020, or 2024 United States presidential election.
anagama kiln
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anagama kilns
Etymology: From Japanese 穴窯(あながま) (anagama, literally “cave kiln”) + kiln.
Senses: glosses: A form of dragon kiln traditionally used in Japan.
anagama kilns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anagama kiln
dragon kiln
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragon kilns
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 龍窯 /龙窑 (lóngyáo).
Senses: synonyms: climbing kiln
glosses: A form of long, sloped kiln traditionally used in China, which can achieve very high temperatures.
dragon kilns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragon kiln
climbing kiln
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climbing kilns
Etymology: From climbing (“ascending”) + kiln.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dragon kiln.
synonyms: word: dragon kiln
climbing kilns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climbing kiln
nonaldermanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonaldermanic
form: most nonaldermanic
Etymology: From non- + aldermanic.
Senses: examples: text: As nonaldermanic members were, naturally, less informed concerning the problems with which the commission was concerned than were the aldermanic members, the chairman called a number of "seminar meetings" for the nonaldermanic members alone.
ref: 1954, Chicago (Ill.). Home Rule Commission, Chicago's Government, Its Structural Modernization and Home Rule Problems, page 8:
text: A mayor of a nonaldermanic city or village does not have a veto power; a mayor in an aldermanic structure has very restricted voting powers;
ref: 1984, Stephen Davis Porter, Illinois Appellate Reports, page 480:
text: […] evidence of nonaldermanic elections involving black candidates was admissible in § 2 vote dilution action as proof of local voting patterns, where district court had statistical data of only two city aldermanic elections.
ref: 1989, West's Federal Practice Digest 4th - Volume 77, page 496:
text: […] there were still living in the City and Liberties fifteen nobleman and their ladies, one ambassador, and thirty-four nonaldermanic knights, some of them government contractors and officials like Sir Henry Spiller or Sir William Russell, some of them royal officials like Sir Robert Heath , others mere landed gentry like Sir Thomas Richardson.
ref: 2016, Barbara C. Malament, After the Reformation: Essays in Honor of J. H. Hexter, page 187:
glosses: Not aldermanic; Not being or involving an alderman.
schenachy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schenachies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seannachie.
hapua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hapua
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori hāpua (“be hollow, depressed like a valley, be hollowed out, scooped out”).
Senses: examples: text: Given the spectrum of hapua that exist in Canterbury more studies are needed on the effects of river flow changes on the hapua represented in Table CS5.1. The next section examines the scientific basis for determining and managing the impacts of development on hapua environments within the current New Zealand resource and environmental management framework.
ref: 2009, Allan Williams, Anton Micallef, Beach Management: Principles and Practice, Earthscan, →ISBN, page 282:
text: Hapua take the form of generally coast-parallel bodies of predominantly fresh water impounded by a long, narrow spit formed of coarse sediments by longshore drift offsetting at a river mouth.
ref: 2000 April, R. M. Kirk, G. A. Lauder, “Two types of coastal lagoon, South Island, New Zealand” (chapter 3), in Significant coastal lagoon systems in the South Island, New Zealand: Coastal processes and lagoon mouth closure (Science for Conservation; 146), Department of Conservation, →ISBN, archived from the original on 24 May 2024, 'River-mouth lagoons—hapua (section 3.1), page 11:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: a river-mouth lagoon, chiefly in New Zealand, formed at the interface between a braided river and a mixed sand and gravel beach deposited and extended by longshore drift.
ACRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Abbreviation of Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.
wikipedia: ACRA
pachislot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pachislots
Etymology: Shortening of pachinko + slot machine. See パチスロ (pachisuro).
Senses: glosses: A Japanese slot machine.
language branch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language branches
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A subcategory within a language family, which groups together languages that share a common ancestor more recent than the proto-language of the language family.
language branches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of language branch
Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Etymology: From pre- + pottery + Neolithic.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: Neolithic, New Stone Age
Meronyms: Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: PPN
glosses: The early Neolithic age.
Tsagaglalal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Wasco-Wishram.
Senses: examples: text: The pièce de résistance of the guided hike is Tsagaglalal, or “She Who Watches” (Figure 119). And she really does look as though she’s watching over the lake. But the waters of the modern lake hide the true focus of Tsagaglalal’s gaze.
ref: 2016, Kenneth L. Feder, Ancient America: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 183:
glosses: A petroglyph located at the Columbia Hills State Park in Washington state.
whole life order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whole life orders
form: whole-life order
Senses: synonyms: whole life tariff
qualifier: criminal law
glosses: A type of life imprisonment reserved for the most serious cases, in which the convict is not eligible for parole or conditional release.
wikipedia: whole life order
Sơn Vi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Sơn Vi.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Lâm Thao district, Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam.
Llanferres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1860).
towel down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: towels down
form: toweling down
form: towelling down
form: toweled down
form: toweled down
form: towelled down
form: towelled down
Senses: examples: text: The nurse was toweling down the baby.
glosses: To dry something or someone with a towel.
examples: text: After the shower, I toweled down.
glosses: To dry oneself with a towel.
Derridans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Derridan
Karibib
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Erongo Region, Namibia.
Derived terms: karibibite
Tsumeb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Oshikoto Region, northern Namibia.
TLAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TLAMs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Tomahawk Land Attack Missile.
TLAMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TLAM
Otavi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Otjozondjupa Region, northern Namibia.
Derived terms: otavite
Kalkfeld
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably from German Kalk + Feld.
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia.
Omaruru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Erongo Region, Namibia.
bite someone's hand off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bites someone's hand off
form: biting someone's hand off
form: bit someone's hand off
form: bitten someone's hand off
Senses: examples: text: Early next morning, before Stephen left for town, Juan called us again with his final offer. We bit his hand off.
ref: 2011 March 11, Jackie Todd, Dog Days in Andalucía: Tails from Spain, Random House, →ISBN, page 35:
text: I tried to look cool but I bit his hand off and verbally accepted the provisional offer.
ref: 2014 July 2, Shelley Bridgman, Stand-up for Yourself, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:
text: Whilst Michael did not refuse her offer, he did not exactly bite her hand off either but, as Charley later admitted to herself, he was a very busy man.
ref: 2015 January 19, BB Occleshaw, The Whiskerly Sisters, Grosvenor House Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: To enthusiastically accept an offer.
Urozhaynoye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: o͝orəzhīʹnəyə
ipa: /ʊəɹəˈʒaɪnəjə/
Etymology: From Russian Урожа́йное (Urožájnoje). Compare Urozhaine.
Senses: glosses: A village in Urozhayny rural settlement, Sovetsky Raion, Altai Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia.
glosses: A village in Dalnevostochnoye rural settlement, Romnensky Raion, Amur Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.
glosses: A settlement in Guryevsky Raion, Kaliningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia, founded in 1258.
glosses: A settlement in Slavsky Raion, Kaliningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia, founded before 1893.
Otjiwarongo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia.
Turkana Boy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Turkana boy
Etymology: Named after Lake Turkana, Kenya, near which the fossil was discovered in 1984 by Kenyan palaeontologist Kamoya Kimeu, on the bank of the Nariokotome River.
Senses: examples: text: The prime importance of the Turkana Boy is that he represented the earliest kind of human we know of whose general body proportions matched those of living people.
ref: 1995, Ian Tattersall, The Fossil Trail, Cambridge University Press, page 118:
text: As Homo erectus is no chimpanzee, Turkana boy’s true age at death was probably between seven and 11 years. What is clear is that the Turkana boy followed a pattern of growth that is neither that of a modern human nor that of a chimpanzee.
ref: 1999, Barry Bogin, Patterns of Human Growth, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 202:
text: 2009, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, Simon & Schuster (Free Press), page 197,
The most famous specimen of Homo ergaster, and one of the most complete pre-human fossils ever found, is the Turkana Boy, or Nariokotome Boy, discovered by Kamoya Kimeu, star fossil-finder of Richard Leakey's team of palaeontologists.
The Turkana Boy lived approximately 1.6 million years ago and died at the age of about eleven.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The nearly complete fossilised skeleton of a Homo ergaster youth (estimated 7–11 years old at death) who lived 1.5 to 1.6 million years ago.
wikipedia: Kamoya Kimeu
Lake Turkana
Synonyms: word: Nariokotome Boy
english: fossil designation by National Museums of Kenya
translation: fossil designation by National Museums of Kenya
word: KNM-WT 15000
Outjo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Kunene Region, northern Namibia.
ultraendurance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + endurance.
Senses: examples: text: If you follow long-distance races, you might be thinking, wait—males are outperforming females in endurance events! But this is only sometimes the case. Females are more regularly dominating ultraendurance events such as the more than 260-mile Montane Spine foot race through England and Scotland, the 21-mile swim across the English Channel and the 4,300-mile Trans Am cycling race across the U.S.
ref: 2023 November 1, Cara Ocobock, Sarah Lacy, “The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong”, in Scientific American:
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Involving sustained or consistent activity for a very long time.
Faustian dilemma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Faustian dilemmas
Senses: examples: text: I find that many people see sustainability as a version of a Faustian dilemma; they often knowingly make choices that have immediate personal benefits, but in the long run are disastrous for all of us.
ref: 2011 April 6, Ron Ashkenas, “Sustainability’s Faustian Dilemma”, in Harvard Business Review:
glosses: Having to choose between an option that promises short-term gain with foreseeable adverse long-term consequences, and an alternative option with no short-term gain and possibly even short-term suffering, but promising an eventually better future than the first option.
Related terms: Faustian bargain
Faustian deal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Faustian deals
Senses: examples: text: Ali Abbasi’s feature — which has just been announced as part of the 2024 Cannes main competition — charts Trump’s ascent to power through what is described as a “Faustian deal” with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn (seen in the still being portrayed by Jeremy Strong).
ref: 2024 April 11, Alex Ritman, “Sebastian Stan Transforms Into Young Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’ First Look”, in Variety:
glosses: A Faustian bargain.
Amiel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Amiels
Etymology: Borrowed from French Amiel, itself from Occitan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
glosses: A unisex given name.
Soi Nhụ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Soi Nhụ.
Senses: glosses: An archaeological site in Bái Tử Long Bay, Gulf of Tonkin, South China Sea.
tree model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree models
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: Stammbaum
glosses: A model of the evolution of languages analogous to the concept of a family tree, with the assumption that each language has evolved from a single parent language, with languages that share a common ancestor belonging to the same language family.
shower up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: showers up
form: showering up
form: showered up
form: showered up
Senses: examples: text: After practice, we showered up.
text: I got Alex into the bathroom and showered her up.
glosses: To shower oneself thoroughly or to clean another in a shower.
specimen bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specimen bags
Senses: glosses: A bag for the safe transportation of medical samples such as tissue, blood, or urine.
specimen bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specimen bag
midnight in a coal mine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: A state of pitch-blackness.
Dahl's acid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: Dressel acid
glosses: 2-aminonaphthalene-5-sulfonic acid.
Dressel acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After the German chemist Oskar Dressel.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of Dahl's acid.
synonyms: word: Dahl's acid
front-wheel skid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front-wheel skids
Etymology: Rhyming slang for Yid.
Senses: examples: text: Doesn't it make you sick? Education for our kids / Is run by four-be-twos and front-wheel skids
ref: quoted in 2015, Robert Forbes, Eddie Stampton, The White Nationalist Skinhead Movement: UK & USA, 1979 - 1993 (page 126)
glosses: A Jew.
fudge-nudger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fudge-nudgers
Etymology: A vulgar allusion to anal sex, from fudge (“euphemism for faeces”) + nudger (“one who nudges”).
Senses: examples: text: In the eyes of this affected fudge-nudger seduction is still alive. […] Soon he will be on his knees sucking off the young man and making everything right again.
ref: 2019, Lars Saabye Christensen, Echoes of the City:
text: Hot news. DC is a fudge nudger.
ref: 2010, Matt Beaumont, E Squared:
glosses: A gay man.
full as a boot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Very drunk.
Ru ware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ru wares
form: Ju ware
Etymology: Partial calque of Mandarin 汝瓷 (Rǔcí), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 汝 (Rǔ), in reference to the town of Ruzhou where it was manufactured.
Senses: glosses: A very rare type of Chinese porcelain, often with a blue glaze, dating from the Song dynasty.
Related terms: Ru kiln
Ru wares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ru ware
gazunga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gazungas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gazonga.
gazungas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gazunga
Ju ware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ju wares
Etymology: Partial calque of Mandarin 汝瓷 (Rǔcí), using the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 汝 (Rǔ), Ju³, in reference to the town of Ruzhou where it was manufactured.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ru ware.
synonyms: word: Ru ware
Ju wares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ju ware
dribbling drunk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dribbling drunk
form: most dribbling drunk
Senses: glosses: Thoroughly drunk.
Ru kiln
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ru kilns
form: Ju kiln
Etymology: Partial calque of Mandarin 汝窯 /汝窑 (Rǔyáo), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 汝 (Rǔ), in reference to Ruzhou, where they were located.
Senses: glosses: A kiln in which Chinese Ru ware was manufactured during the Song dynasty.
Related terms: Ru ware
Ru kilns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ru kiln
get one's arse into gear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's arse into gear
form: getting one's arse into gear
form: got one's arse into gear
form: got one's arse into gear
form: gotten one's arse into gear
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get one's arse in gear.
Ju kiln
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ju kilns
Etymology: Partial calque of Mandarin 汝窯 /汝窑 (Rǔyáo), using the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 汝 (Rǔ), Ju³, in reference to Ruzhou, where they were located.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ru kiln.
synonyms: word: Ru kiln
Ju kilns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ju kiln
googy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: googies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of googie (“an egg”).
Kranzberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Freising district, Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A railway station and junction between Karibib and Usakos, Namibia.
Swakop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ephemeral river in west-central Namibia, which flows into the Atlantic.
Derived terms: english: mouth of the Swakop
translation: mouth of the Swakop
word: Swakopmund
Okahandja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Otjozondjupa Region, central Namibia.
don't tread on me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: dont tread on me
Etymology: Calque of Late Latin nōlī mē tangere (literally “do not touch me”), from John 20:17 in the Bible.
The phrase was initially rendered as dont tread on me, without apostrophe, as dont was then an accepted contraction of do not. In some later versions, due to standards for apostrophes becoming more strict since the 18th century, the first word was changed to don't.
Senses: glosses: A slogan, associated during the American Revolutionary War with freedom from British rule, and in more recent years with libertarianism and anti-government sentiments.
dont tread on me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: The phrase was initially rendered as dont tread on me, without apostrophe, as dont was then an accepted contraction of do not. In some later versions, due to standards for apostrophes becoming more strict since the 18th century, the first word was changed to don't.
Senses: examples: text: For the first flag adopted for an armed force raised for the Independence was a rattlesnake with the slogan, "Dont Tread on Me."
ref: 1929, West Virginia, West Virginia Blue Book:
text: Twice in the Navy's history, the union jack has been replaced by a different flag that has been known by several names: “First Navy Jack,” “Navy Jack,” the “Dont Tread on Me” flag, and sometimes “the rattlesnake flag.”
ref: 2008 September 1, Thomas J Cutler, NavCivGuide: A Handbook for Civilians in the United States Navy, Naval Institute Press, →ISBN:
text: Jake browsed for five minutes and spent another two debating between a “Dont Tread on Me” T-shirt that mimicked the popular Gadsden flag showing a coiled snake on a yellow background, and a red hoodie with a “Southern cross” on the back.
ref: 2017 December 30, Nathan Birr, Fire & Ice, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 98:
glosses: Archaic spelling of don't tread on me.
ego boost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ego boosts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of egoboost.
ego boosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ego boost
Point Edward
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, named after Edward, Prince of Wales.
glosses: A community in Cape Breton regional municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after Edward VII.
long-spun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more long-spun
form: most long-spun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of longspun.
Fort Gratiot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A fort and township in St. Clair County, Michigan, United States, named after Charles Gratiot.
wikipedia: + Township
Fort Gratiot
hunzones
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hunzone
hunzoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of hunzone
hunzoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hunzone
incircumscriptible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incircumscriptible
form: most incircumscriptible
Etymology: From in- + circumscriptible.
Senses: examples: text: Against whom St. John Chrysostom writeth thus:
“ When thou speakest of God, thou must consider a thing, that in nature is single, without composition, without conversion, that is invisible, immortal, incircumscriptible, incomprehensible, with such-like. […]”
ref: 1809, Legh Richmond, The Fathers of the English Church: Or, A Selection from the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines of the Church of England, John Hatchard, page 377:
text: He took flesh; and doth not also think, after the doctrine of true divinity, the same divine nature, after the assumpting of flesh, to remain notwithstanding incircumscriptible ; let him be holden as accursed.
ref: 1846, James Calfhill, edited by Richard Gibbings, An Answer to John Martiall's Treatise of the Cross, Cambridge University Press, page 153:
text: This was the body which was given for them, betrayed, crucified, humbled to the death ; not the glorious body of Christ, which should be capable of ten thousand places at once, both in heaven, and earth ; invisible, incircumscriptible.
ref: 1851, James Brogden, Catholic Safeguards Against the Errors, Corruptions, and Novelties of the Church of Rome: Being Discourses and Tracts, Selected from the Works of Eminent Divines of the Church of England, who Lived During the Sevententh Century, John Murray, page 38:
text: And Damascen, following the doctrine of the same Council, says, ‘It is as great impiety, as it is folly, to make any image of the Divine Nature, which is invisible, incorporeal, incircumscriptible, and not to be figured by the art of man.’
ref: 1855, Joseph Bingham, edited by R. Bingham, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, volume 3, Oxford University Press, page 167:
text: Now, whosoever shall come to know his owne soule, and the place thereof, meerly by the power & worke of it selfe, shall confesse himselfe to be absolutely ignorant thereof. Therefore if nature & reason, with the powers & affects of the soule & reason, commeth short to know it self ; much more must it come short, to discouer or vnderstand the incircumscriptible nature, essence and place of the Holy Trinitie.
ref: 1876, John Davies, edited by Alexander B. Grosart, The Works in Verse and Prose (including Hitherto Unpublished MSS) of Sir John Davies, page 178:
glosses: Capable of being uncircumscribed or limitless; illimitable.
Seroquels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seroquel
Spart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sparts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dave Spart.
synonyms: word: Dave Spart
Sparts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spart
D&Bs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of D&B
Detroit River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An international river between Michigan, United States, and Ontario, Canada, which links Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie.
the seventh water after kissel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
lostwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lost + -wave.
Senses: examples: text: Just like “EKT”, “The Most Mysterious Song” features elements that could now be called hallmarks of the lostwave genre: an 80s sound, a singer with an undiscernible accent (many associate it with Germany or Eastern Europe) and blurry lyrics that spark debate (is it “like the wind”, or “blind the wind”?)
ref: 2024 February 27, “Everyone Knows That: how the internet became obsessed with lostwave”, in Dazed:
glosses: Music of unknown origin.
Soloviove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /sɔːləvˈjɔːveɪ/
Forms: form: Solovyove
Etymology: From Ukrainian Соловйо́ве (Solovjóve). Compare Solovyovo.
Senses: examples: text: With their losses quickly mounting, Russian forces in Soloviove desperately needed reinforcements.
ref: 2024 May 24th, “Reporting from Ukraine” (channel name), 23 May: RUSSIANS DECIMATED! Ukrainians Launch Successful Counterattacks! | War in Ukraine Explained, via YouTube, 4:34–4:40:
glosses: A village in Ocheretyne settlement hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Nova Sloboda rural hromada, Konotop Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
Jukdo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 죽도(竹島) (Jukdo).
Senses: examples: text: No less remarkable, however, is Article 2 under which it was stipulated that the jurisdiction of the newly-renamed Uldo County should extend not only to the island of Ulleungdo and Jukdo, but also to Seokdo. Jukdo, here, refers to today’s Jukdo (Jukseo), and the entire of Ulleung, namely, Ulleungdo and its adjoining islets and rocks.
ref: 2016, Song Byeong-kie, “The Declaration of Ulleungdo and Usando (Dokdo) as Foreign Possessions by Japanese Dajokan Minister”, in Historical, Geographical and Legal Analyses on Dokdo, Northeast Asian History Foundation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 138:
glosses: An island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
front-wheel skids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of front-wheel skid
Dagelet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Dagelet; named for French astronomer, clockmaker and mathematician Joseph Lepaute Dagelet.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ulleungdo: An island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
synonyms: word: Ulleungdo
extra: An island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
wikipedia: Joseph Lepaute Dagelet
Josephite marriage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Josephite marriages
Etymology: From Joseph, husband of Mary, the latter of whom remained a virgin all her life according to Catholic and Orthodox dogma.
Senses: glosses: A marriage in which the couple do not have sexual relations with each other, often (but not necessarily) for religious reasons. Such marriages are not considered sham marriages as long as there is true partnership and a common household.
Hypernyms: white marriage
koolah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koolahs
Senses: glosses: An Indonesian unit of capacity, equivalent to 2.1173 bushels.
koolahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koolah