cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Berwyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Berwyns
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: synonyms: the Berwyn mountains
the Berwyn range
glosses: A mountain range in northeastern Wales.
glosses: A locality and railway station on a heritage railway in Llangollen community, Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1943).
glosses: A village in the Municipal District of Peace, No. 135, in northwestern Alberta, Canada.
examples: text: Marla Rose, a 57-year-old Berwyn resident, told cops that after seeing an online Fuentes post “in regards to women’s rights” that declared, “Your body my choice,” she decided to “record a video” of Fuentes’s Berwyn property.
ref: 2024 December 6, “Battery Charge For Racist Nick Fuentes”, in The Smoking Gun:
glosses: A city and township in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A township and village therein, in Custer County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Easttown Township and Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: Former name of Gene Autry, Oklahoma, renamed in 1941.
trisetum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trisetums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: The trisetums are tufted perennial grasses (rarely annuals) with flat leaves and loose panicles.
ref: 1924, Arthur William Simpson, Native American Forage Plants, page 185:
text: The species of trisetum found in the Western States have similar palatability and are all fairly good to good forage, although somewhat less palatable to sheep than to cattle and horses.
ref: 1937, William Adams Dayton, Range Plant Handbook, United States Forest Service:
text: Of the five trisetums in California only two species — nodding trisetum and spike trisetum — are abundant enough to be important forage producers.
ref: 1950, Bulletin - California Agricultural Experiment Station, numbers 716-747, page 80:
glosses: Any of various grasses of the genus Trisetum.
play someone like a violin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays someone like a violin
form: playing someone like a violin
form: played someone like a violin
form: played someone like a violin
Senses: synonyms: play someone like a fiddle
play someone like a bass fiddle
wrap around one's little finger
glosses: To control or manipulate someone, especially by playing on their emotions.
Swedophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swedophile
no-CD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no-CDs
Senses: examples: text: Some NO-CDs will replace your Game.exe, which sucks. I can entirely understand how he lost his game.exe, and why he needs it back.
ref: 2000, Sean, “CD-Key Generator and Game.exe”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet):
text: I have one little problem with no cds, not insurmountable. Sometimes when I click to start up the game I get a message about not being abole to find the right DirectX driver or soemthing ( I forget exactly because I no longer actually read it ) and I have to reboot the computer then it's ok.
ref: 2008, kat, “Re: Speedy skilling”, in alt.games.the-sims (Usenet):
text: I know you said you were talking about real DOS, but I have this game setup to run in DOSbox with no-CDs and it plays great, better than it did in DOS 6.22 in fact. :)
ref: 2008, Matt v3.2, “Re: Daemon tools - best virtual drive choice?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
video-games
glosses: A software crack for a program that usually requires the presence of the original compact disc (to prove that it is a legally-acquired copy), allowing it to run without the disc.
no-CDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-CD
tarbomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tarbombs
Etymology: From tar + bomb.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A tarball (archive file) containing numerous files that are extracted into the working directory, potentially causing inconvenience by overwriting other files or mixing up files from different sources.
tarbombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarbomb
JARs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of JAR
whippomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whippomorphs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the suborder Whippomorpha, including hippopotamuses and cetaceans.
Synonyms: whippomorphan
whippomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whippomorph
mountain chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain chickens
Etymology: Compound of mountain + chicken. So called because it is a local delicacy, supposed to taste like chicken.
Senses: glosses: Leptodactylus fallax, a large edible frog native to Dominica and Montserrat.
mountain chickens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain chicken
tanniferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more tanniferous
form: most tanniferous
Etymology: From tannin + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: examples: tanniferous leaves
glosses: Containing or yielding tannin.
thigmonastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thigmonasty + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to thigmonasty.
Withgott effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Observed by M. M. Withgott in a 1982 dissertation.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A phenomenon relating to the pronunciation of stops in American English, whereby words appear to be chunked into pronunciation units, based on their morphology, which may block flapping.
piano fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Long, slender fingers, such as might be suited for playing the piano.
craniocerebellocardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cranio- + cerebello- + cardiac.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Affecting the cranium, cerebellum, and heart; applied to 3C syndrome.
3C syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the three initial cs of cranium, cerebellum, and cardiac.
Senses: glosses: craniocerebellocardiac dysplasia: a rare condition whose symptoms include heart defects, cerebellar hypoplasia, and cranial dysmorphism.
Synonyms: Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome
vomeronasal organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vomeronasal organs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Jacobson's organ.
synonyms: word: Jacobson's organ
Related terms: vomerolfaction
vomeronasal organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vomeronasal organ
sleep spindle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleep spindles
Etymology: From its spindle-like appearance on an EEG.
Senses: glosses: A burst of oscillatory brain activity during stage 2 sleep.
sleep spindles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleep spindle
graftless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From graft + -less.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Not involving a graft.
eye bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eye bags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eyebag (“mild swelling or puffiness under and around the eye, generally caused by lack of sleep or illness”).
marsh fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: malaria
skin glue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skin glues
Senses: glosses: dermal adhesive; a glue used to close wounds in the skin, as an alternative to sutures etc.
skin glues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skin glue
prepotato
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + potato.
Senses: examples: text: In Ireland, land became scarce relative to the rapidly growing population in the early nineteenth century, whereupon fertility began a retreat to its low, prepotato level.
ref: 1997, The St. Croix Review, volume 30, page 32:
glosses: Before the introduction of the potato to Europe from the New World.
mound builders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mound builder
New Spain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Spanish Nueva España.
Senses: examples: text: After Cortés the government of New Spain degenerated under the rule of Nuño de Guzmán, president of the first audiencia, into a brutish exploitation of the Indians.
ref: 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: A former viceroyalty (a type of colony) in North America and Central America that existed from 1521 to 1821. It comprised of Spain's territorial possessions in the New World including the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Philippines, established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521.
Related terms: New Spanish
Novohispanic
New Granada
Gran Colombia
NIBMAR
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of no independence before majority rule: a policy adopted by the United Kingdom requiring the implementation of majority rule in a colony, rather than rule by the white colonial minority, before the colony could be granted independence.
Galtonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Galton + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The eugenics scheme advocated by Francis Galton (1822–1911).
Related terms: Galtonian
Galton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒl.tən/
ipa: /ˈɡɔːl.-/
ipa: /ˈɡɔl.tən/
ipa: /ˈɡɑl.-/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Illinois, United States, named after Douglas Galton.
Derived terms: Galton board
Galton box
Galtonian
Galtonism
Galton's problem
Galton's whistle
Galton-Watson process
protofascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protofascist
proto-fascist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of protofascist.
proto-fascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proto-fascists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of protofascist.
cryobot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryobots
Etymology: From cryo- + -bot.
Senses: glosses: A robot capable of using heat to penetrate ice and sink down through it.
cryobots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryobot
tsymbaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ukrainian цимбали (cymbaly)
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The Ukrainian version of the hammered dulcimer.
Pazuzu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fazuzu
form: Pazuza
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒉺𒍪𒍪 (Pazūzu).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: In Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, the king of the demons of the wind, often depicted as a combination of diverse animal and human parts.
lily crucifix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lily crucifixes
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A symbol found in a few Anglican churches in England, depicting Christ crucified on a lily, or holding a lily.
lily crucifixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lily crucifix
Branch Davidian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Branch Davidians
Senses: glosses: A member of a religious group that originated in 1955 from a schism in the Davidians. They believed that Bible prophecies of a final divine judgment were coming to pass as a prelude to Christ's Second Coming, and were involved in a fatal siege in 1993 near Waco, Texas.
Branch Davidians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Branch Davidian
Borland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Quimby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
OKish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From OK + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of okayish.
tail risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tail risks
Etymology: From statistics, namely referring to the end-portion ("tail") of distribution curves.
Senses: examples: text: The advantage of performing a simulation is that different tail risk measures can be computed from the simulated loss distribution.
ref: 2004, Srichander Ramaswamy, Managing Credit Risk in Corporate Bond Portfolios, →ISBN, page 123:
text: Hence, under tail risk, excess risk-shifting incentives of bank shareholders may exist almost independently of the level of initial or required capital.
ref: 2011, International Monetary Fund, Capital Regulation and Tail Risk, →ISBN, page 4:
text: Given this backdrop and these fears, “tail risk” hedging, or protecting investment portfolios against extreme negative moves in the market, has been a frequent topic of conversation among market participants.
ref: 2012 April 20, Alan Gerstein, “The Challenges in Hedging Tail Risk”, in The New York Times:
text: Not making this distinction between normal risk and extreme tail risk is often the reason institutions lack clear, highly focused goals and governance policies for the management of tail risk.
ref: 2013, Paul Karamjeet, Managing Extreme Financial Risk, →ISBN, page xxii:
topics: business
finance
glosses: The probability that the value of something will fall more than three standard deviations below the mean
Related terms: english: a rare and hard-to-predict event with major consequences
translation: a rare and hard-to-predict event with major consequences
word: black swan
voom
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vuːm/
ipa: /vum/
ipa: /vʊm/
rhymes: -uːm
rhymes: -ʊm
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vroom.
Related terms: va-va-voom
quackbuster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quackbusters
Etymology: From quack + buster.
Senses: examples: text: That interest has exceeded its original bounds as a hobby; now, Dr. Barrett is a "quackbuster” full-time.
ref: 1986, California Physician, page 48:
text: This meant that while most of the public continued to associate the work of the FDA with its policing duties as de facto quackbuster, the administration quietly spent more time and money investigating the booming pharmaceutical industry.
ref: 2013, Eric W. Boyle, Quack Medicine, page 142:
text: The Amazing Meeting, an annual celebration of science and skepticism founded by the magician and quackbuster James Randi, sells out in hours in both Britain and the United States.
ref: 2013, Mark Henderson, The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters, page 26:
text: Monbiot also published his research in the Guardian, which must have presented Guardian readers with some odd contradictions, for some of the people that Monbiot targeted as the criminal dross of the crisis PR industry were the very people lauded by his Guardian colleague and quackbuster, Ben Goldacre.
ref: 2017, Martin J. Walker, Corporate Ties that Bind:
glosses: A person or agency that seeks to expose and discredit quackery.
quackbusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quackbuster
quackbusting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quack + busting.
Senses: glosses: The practice of exposing quackery in order to discredit it.
Kalewala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Kalevala.
Kalevalan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kalevalan
form: most Kalevalan
Etymology: From Kalevala + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Finnish national epic Kalevala.
huszar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huszars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hussar.
huszars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huszar
four-by-two
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four-by-twos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of four by two.
land whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: land whales
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of landwhale.
land whales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land whale
Novaya Zemlya effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Novaya Zemlya effects
Senses: glosses: A polar mirage caused by high refraction of sunlight between atmospheric thermoclines.
Novaya Zemlya effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Novaya Zemlya effect
room meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat in the room
Etymology: from the sense of "meat" that refers negatively to people as in meat puppet
Senses: examples: text: There is a scene in the film In The Loop where an MP is asked to attend an important meeting. But as he enters the room he is warned, with some menace, to keep his mouth shut tight. "What?", he asks, "You've got me here as room meat?"
text: How much of our lives as academics is spent as room meat: turning up to things because it would look bad if the numbers were small, or just because we are meant to be there?
ref: 2012 April 23, Jonathan Wolff, “Lecturers, are you talking to 'room meat'?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Person(s) present in a passive way or to make up the numbers; bystander(s).
Related terms: bums in seats
warm body
Ancient Greeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ancient Greek
love of one's life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loves of one's life
Senses: glosses: A soulmate; a one and only.
murderhobo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murderhobos
form: murderhoboes
form: murder hobo
form: murder-hobo
Etymology: From murder + hobo.
Senses: examples: text: Know that you're not going to be the only group of murderhobos out there though, and there's an increasing chance that you may run into others the more dungeons you explore.
ref: 2017, Jason Paul McCartan, Through Dungeons Deeper: A Survival Guide for Dungeoneers as Written by a Survivor, page 99:
text: Grab some stone, craft a sword and go on, be a murderhobo.
ref: 2019, Drew Sleep, “Minecraft”, in Retro Gamer UK, number 200, page 100:
text: Maybe you joined a new group expecting a heavy role-playing experience, just to discover the rest of the party was a group of murderhobos with their hearts set on loot and plunder.
ref: 2021 September 16, Brenden Bobby, “Roll d20 for consent”, in Reader, Sandpoint, Idaho, page 14:
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: A character who wanders the gameworld, unattached to any community, indiscriminately killing and looting.
murderhobo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: murderhobos
form: murderhoboing
form: murderhoboed
form: murderhoboed
form: murder hobo
form: murder-hobo
Etymology: From murder + hobo.
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: To act like a murderhobo: to wander a gameworld indiscriminately killing and looting.
Related terms: hack-and-slash
techpreneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: techpreneurs
Etymology: From tech + -preneur.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of technopreneur.
synonyms: word: technopreneur
techpreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of techpreneur
melittology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek μέλιττα (mélitta, “bee”) and -λογία (-logía, “study, -logy”).
Senses: glosses: The study of bees
melittological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to melittology.
technopreneurial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more technopreneurial
form: most technopreneurial
Etymology: Blend of technology + entrepreneurial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to entrepreneurship in the field of technology.
Related terms: technopreneur
genipapo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genipapos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of genipap.
genipapos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genipapo
lead poisoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lead poisoners
Senses: glosses: The poisonous mushroom Entoloma sinuatum.
lead poisoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lead poisoner
palyno-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παλύνω (palúnō, “I sprinkle, scatter”) (from πάλη (pálē, “fine meal, dust”)).
Senses: glosses: pollen
glosses: palynology
superpositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From superposition + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to superposition.
superpositionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From superpositional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, superposition.
Baltimore oriole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baltimore orioles
Etymology: The male's colours resemble those of the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore.
Senses: synonyms: Baltimore
Baltimore bird
Baltimore finch
glosses: Icterus galbula, a small New World blackbird.
wikipedia: Lord Baltimore
Baltimore orioles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baltimore oriole
foxlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foxling
foxhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fox + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state, condition, or quality of a fox
Related terms: vixenhood
vixenhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vixen + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state, condition, or quality of a vixen
retroscripting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + scripting.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: The technique of preparing a plot but leaving the actors to improvise their own dialogue.
blue norther
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue northers
Senses: glosses: A strong wind from the north that sweeps away clouds, leaving a clear blue sky.
blue northers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue norther
Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after D. Ritscher and A. Schinzel.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of 3C syndrome.
synonyms: word: 3C syndrome
coffin birth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffin births
Senses: topics: medicine
obstetrics
sciences
glosses: Postmortem fetal extrusion: the expulsion of a nonviable fetus through the vaginal opening of a deceased pregnant woman as a result of gaseous pressure through decomposition.
coffin births
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffin birth
UNOS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of United Network for Organ Sharing.
perfed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: One would think that the wall of a human heart would have to be either perfed or not perfed.
ref: 2010, Dan Walter, Collateral Damage: A New Procedure, a Patient and the Learning Curve:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: perforated
regurged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regurge
regurging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regurge
regurges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regurge
Sexmoan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Sexmoán, from Kapampangan sasmuan (“meeting place”). Unrelated to sex moan.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Sasmuan.
Westward Ho!
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Chosen as an unusual name to attract tourists, after Charles Kingsley's best-selling novel Westward Ho! (1855), which was set in nearby Bideford. The phrase itself comes from westward + ho (variant of hey), the call of Thames ferrymen indicating their proffered direction.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Westward Ho!.
glosses: A seaside village in Northam parish near Bideford, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4329).
wikipedia: Westward Ho! (novel)
Related terms: word: Westward
word: Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
word: another village with an exclamation mark in its name
O'Higgins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Ellipsis of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins: a region of Chile.
Derived terms: O'Higgins Land
like molasses
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very slowly and gradually.
yomper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɒmp.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈjɑm.pɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: yompers
Etymology: From yomp + -er.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier who participates in a yomp, or long-distance march.
yompers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yomper
red flag to a bull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red flags to a bull
form: red flags to bulls
Senses: glosses: Synonym of red rag to a bull.
synonyms: word: red rag to a bull
red flags to a bull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red flag to a bull
fuck book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuck books
form: fuckbook
Etymology: US, 1944.
Senses: examples: text: The Archbishop of Toronto is an Irish-Catholic, and he told the police there to allow the sale of male-female fuck books but to prohibit the sale of boy-boy fuck books in the porno shops.
ref: 1977 April 16, “Sex and Power in High Places”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
glosses: An illustrated pornographic book; a pornographic magazine.
Synonyms: dirty magazine
girlie
Related terms: skin flick
fuck books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuck book
roundabout dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roundabout dogs
Senses: glosses: A form of Swedish street art, a home-made dog sculpture placed on a traffic roundabout.
roundabout dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roundabout dog
Wakaliwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Wakaliga + Hollywood
Senses: glosses: The developing film industry in Wakaliga, a slum in Kampala, Uganda.
Magonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɡəʊ.ni.ə/
ipa: /məˈɡoʊ.ni.ə/
rhymes: -əʊniə
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Magonia, of further unknown origin. It's first attested in Latin in 815 by Agobard of Lyon.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A cloud realm from which felonious aerial sailors were said to come in flying ships, according to an ancient treatise against weather magic by the Carolingian bishop Agobard of Lyon.
wikipedia: Agobard of Lyon
Derived terms: Magonian
Magonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɡəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /məˈɡoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Magonian
form: most Magonian
Etymology: From Magonia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the mythological realm of Magonia.
Magonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɡəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /məˈɡoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Magonians
Etymology: From Magonia + -an.
Senses: glosses: One who comes from the mythological realm of Magonia.
Magonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Magonian
Maronitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maronite + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The social and religious practices of the Maronites.
protopriest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protopriests
Etymology: From proto- + priest.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: The first cardinal priest in the order of precedence in the College of Cardinals, who has the honour of pronouncing the formal prayer for the new pope at the papal inauguration.
qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: Synonym of protopresbyter.
synonyms: word: protopresbyter
protopriests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protopriest
three days ago
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Related terms: day before yesterday
hyperinformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + information.
Senses: glosses: An excess of information, leading to information overload.
glosses: Information structured using hypertext and hyperlinks.
rangekeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rangekeepers
Etymology: From range + keeper.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An early electromechanical computer used to direct gunfire.
rangekeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rangekeeper
rangekeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From range + keeping.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The calculation of how to direct gunfire at a target, involving range, bearing, and other factors.
Related terms: rangekeeper
tanorexic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tanorexic
form: most tanorexic
Etymology: Blend of tan + anorexic
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or suffering from, tanorexia.
tanorexic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanorexics
Etymology: Blend of tan + anorexic
Senses: glosses: Somebody suffering from tanorexia.
tanorexics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanorexic
Crown lands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Crown land
overlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overland
credit spread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: credit spreads
Etymology: credit + spread
Senses: glosses: extra interest charged to borrowers with a bad credit rating
autum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] but if the ſtars grace him with all fauourable aſpects, and that he liue ful of content in many honoꝛs and much wealth, yet his pꝛime hath his autum, his faire bloſſoms turnes to tawnie leaues, age wil ſhake him by the ſhoulder, and nature wil haue his due, […]
ref: 1600, Robert Greene, Greenes Neuer too late.:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of autumn.
autum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autums
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of autem.
autum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of autem.
Cassini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cassini.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
glosses: Giovanni Domenico Cassini, an Italian astronomer.
Derived terms: Cassini ellipse
oval of Cassini
Cimmeria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ancient microcontinent separating the ancient Paleo-Tethys and Neo-Tethys oceans.
Derived terms: Cimmerian
colchica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: dogbane
Danao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Cebu, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.
Emesene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛməˌsiːn/
ipa: /ˌɛməˈsiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: Emisene
Etymology: From Latin Emesēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἐμεσηνός (Emesēnós).
Senses: examples: text: This association may be explained by the kinship between the Emesene gods and those of Baalbek.
ref: 2005, Maurice Sartre, The Middle East Under Rome, →ISBN, page 77:
text: The Emesene guardsman's blade sparked off the marble.
ref: 2011, Harry Sidebottom, Lion of the Sun: Warrior of Rome, →ISBN:
text: But the names were presumably popular Emesene ones and may not necessarily refer to the royal family, despite the names' close associations with both the ruling dynasty and the Emesene Sun cult.
ref: 2016, Warwick Ball, Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire, →ISBN:
synonyms: Emesan
Emesenian
glosses: Of or pertaining to Emesa or its region.
Emesene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛməˌsiːn/
ipa: /ˌɛməˈsiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: Emesenes
form: Emisene
Etymology: From Latin Emesēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἐμεσηνός (Emesēnós).
Senses: examples: text: And Aurelius Antoninus, the Emesene, was he not slaughtered together with his mother?
ref: 1854, Theodoret (Bishop of Cyrrhus.), Evagrius (Scholasticus), A history of the church from A.D. 322 to the death of Theodore of Mopsuestia, A.D. 427:
text: But though the fiscus was put in charge of an Emesene of low character, the confiscations which Dio complains of the increased exaction of crown gold", and the general disorder into which the imperial finances fell may have been due less to the rapacity or incompetence of officials than to the foolish liberality by which the Emperor sought to win popular applause.
ref: 1939, John Bagnell Bury, Stanley Arthur Cook, Frank E. Adcock, The Cambridge Ancient History - Volume 12, page 54:
text: A prominent Emesene, who may well have been a kinsman of Julia, was the victim, one Julius Alexander.
ref: 2002, Anthony R Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, →ISBN:
synonyms: Emesan
Emesenian
glosses: A person from, or an inhabitant of, Emesa or its region.
Emesene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛməˌsiːn/
ipa: /ˌɛməˈsiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: -iːni
ipa: /ˈɛməˌsiːn/
ipa: /ˌɛməˈsiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐμεσηνή (Emesēnḗ).
Senses: examples: text: Here Remy notes that four kings received ornamenta, the three here mentioned and Sohaemus of Emesene.
ref: 1990, Seth Schwartz, Josephus and Judaean Politics, →ISBN, page 110:
text: Yet the question remains: how typical of conditions in Mount Lebanon and the Emesene was Abraames' experience?
ref: 2001, Frank R. Trombley, Hellenic Religion and Christianization: C. 370-529, →ISBN, page 150:
text: All 713 inscriptions from the region of Emesene are in Greek, including funerary monuments.
ref: 2007, Barbara Levick, Julia Domna: Syrian Empress, Routledge, page 11:
glosses: A region in Syria along the middle and upper section of the Orontes river, between Epiphaneia to the north and Maurikiopolis to the south.
Derived terms: Emesenian
excalceate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not wearing shoes; barefoot.
excalceate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: excalceates
form: excalceating
form: excalceated
form: excalceated
Senses: glosses: To take off one's shoes.
florilege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: florileges
Senses: glosses: A treatise on flowers.
Galla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall.
* As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or a spelling variant of Calla, Cala.
* As an Arabic and Muslim surname, spelling variant of Kalla.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A township in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.
Galla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Somali gaalo (“non-believers”).
Senses: glosses: The Oromo people.
Galla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Somali gaalo (“non-believers”).
Senses: glosses: The Oromo language.
Gallos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gallo
Helvetios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /hɛlˈviːʃiəs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Helvētiōs.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 51 Pegasi, a Sun-like star in the Pegasus constellation.
Iberi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ancient Iberians.
lixive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lixives
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of lixivium.
Mariani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marianis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Mariani.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Marianis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mariani
oxyrhynchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxyrhynchus
quaternarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quaternarius
quinarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinarius
rhomboideum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin rhomboideum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The ligament that joins the sternal end of the clavicle with the cartilage of the first rib.
rhomboidei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhomboideus
strumosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From struma + -osis.
Senses: glosses: The production of struma.
trivias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trivia
administerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: administerers
Etymology: From administer + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who administers something.
administerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of administerer
androgenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From androgenic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Interestingly, we found an association with LNG- and NE-containing COCs that was more pronounced among LNG users but no association between drospirenone use and the development of MS/CIS. We speculate that this may be due to the differences in androgenicity of these compounds.
ref: 2016 March 8, “Oral Contraceptives and Multiple Sclerosis/Clinically Isolated Syndrome Susceptibility”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being androgenic.
Derived terms: antiandrogenicity
hyperandrogenicity
grampappy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grampappies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grandpappy.
grampappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grampappy
unseparation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + separation.
Senses: glosses: The condition of not being separate; togetherness; combination.
unseparate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + separate.
Senses: glosses: Not separate.
chronicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronicity
nonseparate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + separate.
Senses: glosses: Not separate.
remodulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remodulates
form: remodulating
form: remodulated
form: remodulated
Etymology: From re- + modulate.
Senses: glosses: To modulate again or anew.
Related terms: remodulation
remodulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remodulate
remodulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remodulate
remodulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remodulate
exocellulases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exocellulase
endocellulases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endocellulase
anticollective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticollective
form: most anticollective
Etymology: From anti- + collective.
Senses: glosses: Opposing collectives or collectivism.
dhampire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dhampires
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dhampir.
dhampires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dhampire
dhampyr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dhampyrs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dhampir.
dhampyrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dhampyr
GAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: He was a Yankee and they say he would not hang a man who had been in the G.A.R.
ref: 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: G.A.R.
G. A. R.
glosses: Initialism of Grand Army of the Republic.
GAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GARs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of glycineamide ribonucleotide.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of glutathione amide reductase.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of gross annual revenue.
owl hoot trail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: owl hoot trails
form: hoot owl trail
Senses: examples: text: “One thing after all my years ridin' the owl-hoot trail, podna, is that you can't think about what may be behind you. If you do, you soon go crazy in the head.”
ref: 2000, William W. Johnstone, Justice of the Mountain Man:
text: Tub Sampson had quit the owl-hoot trail at the urging of his Indian wife and had been trying to make an honest living for the last several years.
ref: 2003, E. Roy Hector, Escape from Hell's Corner, page 80:
glosses: A path taken by outlaws or fugitives.
hoot owl trail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoot owl trails
Senses: examples: text: They had ridden the “hoot-owl trail” and tasted the fruits of evil and now justice had caught up with them to demand payment.
ref: 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
glosses: Alternative form of owl hoot trail.
Delmonico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Delmonicos
Senses: examples: text: So the tenderest steaks typically come from the center, from the rib (rib steaks, rib-eyes, Delmonicos) or the short loin (New York/Kansas City strip steaks) […]
ref: 2000, Rick Bayless, JeanMarie Brownson, Deann Groen Bayless, Mexico One Plate At A Time, page 291:
glosses: Synonym of Delmonico steak.
synonyms: word: Delmonico steak
Delmonicos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Delmonico
middlebreaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middlebreakers
Etymology: From middle + breaker.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of middlebuster.
synonyms: word: middlebuster
nondilating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dilating.
Senses: glosses: Not dilating.
undilating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dilating.
Senses: glosses: Not dilating.
turn-key
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more turn-key
form: most turn-key
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of turnkey.
caciocavallos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caciocavallo
pastebin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastebins
Etymology: From paste + bin.
Senses: examples: text: For example, if you're stuck with a piece of code or you just want to show off how awesome something you wrote is, then you can paste it into the pastebin and it will give you a link to share with other people. Pastebins usually have built-in […]
ref: 2013, Callum Macrae, Learning from jQuery, page 100:
text: Some pastebins even include syntax highlighting for common programming languages. This can be an appealing advantage when constructing an email with source code in it, or multiple attached log files, […]
ref: 2015, Ernesto Damiani, Fulvio Frati, Dirk Riehle, Open Source Systems: Adoption and Impact:
glosses: A website allowing users to paste and store plain text, so that they can refer to it with a simple hyperlink rather than having to paste the entire text elsewhere.
Related terms: pastepot
pastebins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pastebin
torsade de pointes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torsades de pointes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of torsades de pointes.
torsades de pointe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of torsades de pointes.
main street
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main streets
Senses: examples: text: Invercargill in New Zealand has two main streets, Dee Street and Tay Street.
text: "The Chengtu revolutionaries were fantastically colourful in the Szechwanese manner—they costumed themselves as heroes of the stage and their energies were chiefly occupied in tying ropes across the main streets so that when Imperial officials rode by in their litters they would have to get down and crawl under, losing face.
ref: 1942 March, “Notes and News: Monument to a Stillborn Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
text: An almost 19th-century atmosphere has returned to Beetham since the M6 motorway drew away the traffic which used to roar along its main street.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd., page 53:
glosses: The principal street, or one of the several principal streets, of a town.
Derived terms: Main
Main Street
mainstreeting
SoMa
South Main
Related terms: high street
main road
Shellsort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shellsort
Etymology: From Shell + sort, after Douglas Shell, who published the first version in 1959.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A sorting algorithm that starts by sorting pairs of elements that are far apart from each other, then progressively reduces the gap between elements to be compared.
Shellsorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shellsort
beanie-weenies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Rhyming coinage; from bean and wiener?
Senses: examples: text: (Calvin):Relax, Susie. I bought the cafeteria lunch today. […] It appears to be cigar butts in a gallstone sauce.
(Susie): That's beany-wienies!
(Calvin): Really? Oh gross.
ref: 1989 November 6, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
glosses: A dish resembling pork and beans, but with hot dog sausage instead of pork.
pentadecathlons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentadecathlon
pentadecathlon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentadecathlons
Etymology: From pentadeca- + -athlon.
Senses: glosses: A sporting event consisting of fifteen different sports or contests.
examples: text: X! Produces a westward stream of lightweight spaceships representing prime numbers: a LWSS escapes past the pentadecathlon around generation 120n+100 if and only if n is prime.
ref: 1993 March 16, David Bell, “Life program (part 6/18)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: The speed was very dependent on the number of live cells, but it ran the pentadecathlon at 92 gen/sec in the last version I measured.
ref: 2002 July 23, Owen Rees, “Wolfram and "general 2D simulators"”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
topics: cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular oscillator that returns to its initial state after 15 generations.
shellsort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shellsorts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shellsort.
pavement cafe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pavement cafes
form: pavement café
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sidewalk cafe.
synonyms: word: sidewalk cafe
dogfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogfalls
form: dog-fall
Etymology: From dog + fall.
Senses: examples: text: Lucky Ned Pepper said, “What is your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?”
ref: 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A fall in which both wrestlers touch the ground at the same time; hence, in extended use, any tie or stalemate.
like a martin to his gourd
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: like a martin to its gourd
Senses: examples: text: The ball flew to its mark like a martin to his gourd and Lucky Ned Pepper fell dead in the saddle.
ref: 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
text: Whether all of the above was reason enough I don't know, but I left East St. Louis and, like a martin to its gourd, I headed back to the cotton fields of southeastern Missouri.
ref: 2008, Paul Self, No Lower Place, page 219:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Straight, unerringly, directly.
explaination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: explainations
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of explanation.
glosses: Misspelling of explanation.
explainations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of explaination
black elder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black elders
Senses: glosses: Sambucus nigra
Synonyms: sense: Sambucus nigra
word: elder
antivir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of antivirus.