cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pedlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of pedestrian + gridlock.
Senses: examples: text: "We're going to spend a pile of money widening the sidewalks a little bit and narrowing the streets a little bit," Mr. Haikalis said of city plans to ease pedlock — pedestrian congestion — in Times Square.
ref: 2008 April 6, Jeff Byles, “Taking Back the Streets”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The condition of an area being so crowded that it impedes the flow of pedestrian traffic.
pupperware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pupperware
Etymology: Blend of pup + Tupperware.
Senses: examples: text: At a pupperware party, a pet consultant comes to your home and shows you and your guests a bevy of pet products available for purchase.
ref: 2006 April 22, “In-home sales parties extend a paw to pets”, in The Detroit News:
glosses: Dog products marketed through in-home parties.
Pupperware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Whether you walk them, groom them, train them, house-sit them, or create pet parties (Pupperware, anyone?), there's a pet side business for you.
ref: 2009, Richard Stim, Lisa Guernin, Running a Side Business: How to Create a Second Income, Nolo, →ISBN, page 20:
glosses: Alternative spelling of pupperware.
promzilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Forms: form: promzillas
form: Promzilla
Etymology: From prom + -zilla.
Senses: examples: text: "Things get crazy around this time. Girls you never thought would ever go through such extremes have turned into promzillas," said Monacan senior Amanda Hairston.
ref: 2009 May 6, Crystal Hamilton, Eboni Merriman, “The prom race”, in Chesterfield Observer:
glosses: A teenage girl who is obsessed with preparing for her prom and ensuring it turns out the way she envisions.
promzillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promzilla
bezanty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bezanté
form: bezantée
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: bezanted
glosses: Covered with bezants; semé (strewn) with bezants.
Promzilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Promzillas
Senses: examples: text: Normally, Promzilla that she was, Spencer always insisted on a limo.
ref: 2007, Sara Shepard, “Flawless”, in Pretty Little Liars 4-Book Collection, HarperTeen, published 2011, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of promzilla.
Promzillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Promzilla
botonny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of botony.
bractiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bract + -iform.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the form of a bract
ubieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ubiety
khalat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khalats
form: kellaut
form: khelaut
form: khilat
form: killaut
form: killut
Etymology: From Persian خلعت.
Senses: examples: text: Russian faces and dress have almost entirely disappeared and in their places are the enormous fur caps, long khalats, daggers and pistols of the swarthy Daghestan mountaineers and the black stupid faces of the Kalmuck Tartars.
ref: 1870, George Kennan, letter, 12 Sep 1870, University of Washington Press 2003 (Vagabond Life), p. 93
text: The khalat was held in place with a girdle; among the upper classes, the richness of the buckle gave a clue to the rank of the wearer.
ref: 1966, Elizabeth E. Bacon, Central Asians Under Russian Rule, Cornell, published 1980, page 63:
text: Guards armed with scimitars and wearing long, brightly coloured khalats, or silk coats, stood at its gates, while an excited crowd of Khivans lined the way to see the giant figure of the Englishman pass.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 330:
glosses: A type of native gown worn in parts of Central Asia, historically awarded as a robe of honor.
glosses: A long, close-fitting coat with shawl collars and pockets, worn by Ashkenazi Jewish men in Eastern Europe until the early 20th century
Related terms: seerpaw
khalats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khalat
Cecina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Livorno, Italy.
Cilento
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cilentos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cilento.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
manito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manitos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of manitou.
manitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manito
clean shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clean shells
Senses: examples: text: The business was sold to a publicly traded clean shell to achieve rapid liquidity for the owners.
topics: business
glosses: A legal entity that demonstrably has no liabilities.
Related terms: newco
bashi-bazouks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bashi-bazouk
pyrohy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrohies
form: pyrohi
Etymology: From Ukrainian пироги́ (pyrohý), plural of пирі́г (pyríh). Doublet of pierogi (from Polish), pirogi (from Russian), and pirohy (from Czech and Slovak).
Senses: examples: text: Other feast dishes include a clear borscht that is always home‐cooked with fresh beets and filled with the popular pyrohy (pirogi to the Poles), a small, doughy turnover that is usually filled with mushrooms; […]
ref: 1973 December 30, Helen Silver, “For Ukrainians, It’s Christmas Twice a Year”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2025:
text: The event is at CapitalCare Dickinsfield at 14225-94 Street and tickets are $45 each for a multi-course Ukrainian extravaganza featuring everything from pyrohy to poppy seed cake.
ref: 2013 January 3, Liane Faulder, “Here’s a fundraiser to renovate the dining rooms at CapitalCare Dickinsfield”, in National Post, Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2025:
glosses: Synonym of pierogi in Ukrainian cuisine.
synonyms: word: pierogi in Ukrainian cuisine
newcos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newco
amour propre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amour-propre
Etymology: Borrowed from French amour-propre.
Senses: examples: text: St Petersburg was endeavouring to restore its amour propre in Central Asia following the hurried departure of its mission from Afghanistan and the disappointing outcome of its recent war with Turkey.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 345:
text: How he hated and how he loved the lilt in her voice, the bounce in her step, the serenity of her amour propre!
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
text: You'd imagine a 26-year sentence for a brutal murder would be enough to assuage the amour-propre of any police force.
ref: 2010 November 11, Deborah Orr, The Guardian:
glosses: Self-regard, self-esteem.
hickock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hickocks
form: hickock
form: hichcock
Etymology: From a reduplicated variant of hic, hick (“to hiccup”), formed as a quasi-diminutive as though equivalent to hick + -ock.
Senses: glosses: A hiccup.
star shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star shells
form: star-shell
form: starshell
Senses: examples: text: Twilight deepened, and a flicker of star-shells wavered in the sky beyond Béthune.
ref: 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 260:
text: The sky flickered with the flash of guns, and an occasional star-shell flooded their path with light.
ref: 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 5:
text: To deprive the enemy of any advantage they might gain at night, he had star shells which could light up the entire countryside.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 351:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A type of ammunition shell which bursts to release a shower of stars for illuminating enemy positions etc.
star shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star shell
string along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strings along
form: stringing along
form: strung along
form: strung along
Senses: examples: text: She's been telling me for ages that she wants to meet up, but won't give me a date. I'm convinced she's stringing me along.
text: What irks is the DfT's response of stringing the industry along. Far better would be for the DfT to say: "No, we are not upgrading this or that part of the railway - we must make the best of what we have."
ref: 2021 May 5, Philip Haigh, “I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL, number 930, page 51:
glosses: To keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions.
counter-rampant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: counterrampant
Etymology: From counter- + rampant.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Both rampant and facing each other.
raw_tags: of two animals
rape van
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rape vans
Senses: examples: text: It would be difficult even to raise questions about the accuracy of the rape van story, however, in the highly emotional atmosphere of a slide show; you'd be accused of "not believing the women."
ref: 1997, Wendy Kaminer, True Love Waits: Essays and Criticism, page 133:
text: There were no abductions, no girls lured into rape vans with promises of modeling careers or screen time, no burglaries in the parking lot.
ref: 2008, Anthony Swofford, Exit A: A Novel, page 14:
text: ...if you want to teach younger kids a lesson, then teach them not to talk to strangers, how to cross the street, not to take candy or puppies out of scary looking rape vans... things of that nature.
ref: 2010, Eric Smith, Textual Healing, page 183:
glosses: A vehicle with a large interior body having no windows or blocked windows, such that it would be easy to lure or force a person inside and thereafter conceal their presence in the vehicle in order to commit a sexual assault against them.
rape vans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rape van
precariat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precariats
Etymology: Blend of precarious + proletariat, popularized by economist Guy Standing in his book The Precariat (2011).
Senses: examples: text: The global precariat is not yet a class in the Marxian sense, being internally divided and only united in fears and insecurities. But it is a class in the making, approaching a consciousness of common vulnerability.
ref: 2011 June 1, Guy Standing, “Who will be a voice for the emerging precariat?”, in The Guardian:
text: Professor [Stephanie] Luce characterized the protesters who had problems finding full-time work as part of an emerging demographic that some commentators call the “precariat” — educated people forced into unsteady or insecure jobs because little else is available.
ref: 2013 January 28, Colin Moynihan, “In 'Occupy,' Well-Educated Professionals Far Outnumbered Jobless, Study Finds”, in New York Times City Room:
text: The American Precariat seems more hunkered down, insecure, risk averse, relying on friends and family but without faith in American possibilities. This fatalism is historically uncharacteristic of America.
ref: 2014 February 11, David Brooks, “The American Precariat”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: My first encounter with one group of the new nomads came in 2013, at the Desert Rose RV park in Fernley, Nevada. It was populated by members of the “precariat”: temporary laborers doing short-term jobs in exchange for low wages.
ref: 2017 December 2, Jessica Bruder, “Living in cars, working for Amazon: meet America's new nomads”, in The Guardian:
text: Second, there is the precariat. These are the young and educated voters caught in the gig economy, who see no career security ahead.
ref: 2019 December 13, David Brooks, “The Politics of Exhaustion”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living a precarious existence, without security or predictability, especially job security.
wikipedia: Guy Standing (economist)
Related terms: word: cognitariat
sense: and see
word: precarious
hideling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hideling
form: most hideling
Etymology: From hidel + -ing or from a back-formation from hidelings (adverb).
Senses: examples: text: [...] although from the small creature's habits it must be to a certain extent local, several places in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire are known to us where it may be called abundant, taking into consideration its hideling ways.
ref: 1895, Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, The Spectator, Volume 7:
glosses: Given to hiding or concealment; secretive; furtive; clandestine; secret.
Related terms: hidelings
hideling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hidelings
Etymology: From hide + -ling.
Senses: glosses: A person or thing given to hiding itself.
hidelings
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: hidlings
form: hidlins
Etymology: From hide + -lings.
Senses: examples: text: An' she's to come to you here, hidlings, as it war?
ref: 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, act 1, page 12:
glosses: In a clandestine manner; secretly; stealthily; furtively; in secret.
hidelings
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hidelings
form: most hidelings
form: hidlings
form: hidlins
Etymology: From hide + -lings.
Senses: glosses: Clandestine; furtive; hideling.
hidelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hidlings
form: hidlins
Etymology: From hide + -lings.
Senses: glosses: plural of hideling
hidel-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hidel-like
form: most hidel-like
Etymology: From Middle English hidel-like, equivalent to hidel + -like.
Senses: glosses: Secretly; hidingly.
hidingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hidingly
form: most hidingly
Etymology: From hiding + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But the very fact that you are doing it hidingly means it is not all right.
ref: 2012, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Where There Is Love, There Is God:
glosses: In a hiding, clandestine, or secretive manner.
hidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English hidnes, hudnesse, from Old English ġehȳdnes (“comfort, security”), equivalent to hide + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Secrecy; hiddenness.
Abrahamist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abrahamists
Etymology: From Abraham + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who follows or believes in an Abrahamic religion.
Abrahamists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abrahamist
check-fold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: check-folds
form: check-folding
form: check-folded
form: check-folded
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To check and then fold to a bet by another player in the same betting round.
check-fold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: check-folds
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: An instance of checking then folding to a subsequent bet.
wadd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wadds
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of wad.
waeg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waegs
Senses: glosses: kittiwake
wagel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of waggel.
waikavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waikaviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several viruses, of the genus Waikavirus, that are transmitted by leafhoppers and infect rice and other plants
waileress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waileresses
Etymology: From Middle English weileressis pl; equivalent to wailer + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female professional mourner
wallhick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallhicks
Senses: glosses: The lesser spotted woodpecker.
wanhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: galangal
blue-red
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blue-red
form: most blue-red
Etymology: From blue + red. Compare Old English blēorēad (“blue-red, purple”).
Senses: examples: text: This unquiet feeling increases as the hue progresses, and it may be safely assumed, that a carpet of a perfectly pure deep blue-red [translating Blaurot] would be intolerable.
ref: 1840, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe's Theory of Colours:
text: A dye-stuff which dyes wool and silk in acid-bath in fine red-violet tints, dissolves in water with a blue-red color and a yellowish fluorescence, is sparingly soluble in alcohol, insoluble in ether and benzene, […]
ref: 1898, The Year-book for Colorists and Dyers, page 85:
text: Amyl alcohol extracts a blue-red color from material dyed with magenta, but extracts a yellow color from aurin, while from orchil a pink or violet color is obtained.
ref: 1908, Samuel Philip Sadtler, A Hand-book of Industrial Organic Chemistry:
text: (V), C₁₄H₉O₃NBr₂, dark crystals with cantharides luster, blackens above 230°, does not m. 310°, sol. in NaOH with blue-red color and very faint fluorescence.
ref: 1925, Chemical Abstracts, volume 19, page 2649:
text: Standing and moving to under one of the lights by the nav station I could see a dark blue-red mark across the right side of my rib cage. Prodding gently I realised I had just cracked or broken one or more ribs.
ref: 2013, Crispin Latymer, Where the Ocean Meets the Sky, page 48:
text: When hemoglobin is unoxygenated, blood assumes a darker blue-red color. Thus, blood coming from the lungs is well oxygenated and appears red. Blood leaving the tissues has given up its oxygen and appears blue-red.
ref: 2014, Barbara L. Herlihy, The Human Body in Health and Illness, page 289:
text: She ran her fingers down his leg, tugging up his jeans to reveal a blue-red bruise already starting to swell.
ref: 2021, Allie Boniface, Inferno of Love:
glosses: Of a colour between blue and red; purple or crimson.
examples: text: a blue-red cock (rooster)
glosses: Consisting of the colours blue and red individually.
blue-red
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue-reds
Etymology: From blue + red. Compare Old English blēorēad (“blue-red, purple”).
Senses: examples: text: Let us suppose a red represented by the equivalent number, five, with one part of blue added to it, thus causing it to be a blue-red or crimson.
ref: 1981, The Technical Educator, an Encyclopædia:
text: A blue-red monochromatic color plan includes any hues created when blue-red is combined with white, black, and/or gray.
ref: 2014, Joen Wolfrom, Color Play, page 104:
glosses: A colour between blue and red; purple or crimson.
Related terms: yellow-red
wannabee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wannabees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wannabe.
yellow-red
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more yellow-red
form: most yellow-red
form: yellowred
Etymology: From Middle English ȝelu-red, ȝolowhered, from Old English ġeolurēad (“reddish yellow, orange”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelwaraud (“orange”), equivalent to yellow + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jeelrood (“orange”), Dutch geelrood (“orange”), German Low German geelroot (“orange”), German gelbrot (“yellow-red, orange”).
Senses: examples: text: The spar buoy is a red and white horizontally striped pole with a yellow top and has a yellow-red ball at the top and a yellow triangular flag beneath the ball.
ref: 1953, Sailing Directions for Northern U.S.S.R., page 20:
text: After a few days the silver appeared to become more colloidal and the sections were stained a yellow-red color.
ref: 1953, International Review of Cytology, volume 2, page 86:
text: I'd been told many times that my yellow-red hair and peach skin were beautiful, that their contrast with my dark eyes was compelling.
ref: 2008, Traci L. Slatton, Immortal, page 6:
text: Her yellow-red eyes reflected the torches on either side of her throne. A black cape with a crimson lining finished the outfit, connecting to two red stones on her fingers. She could drop any mortal man dead just by her looks.
ref: 2010, Alexandra Livingston, Defy the Gods, page 8:
glosses: Of a colour between yellow and red; orange.
glosses: Consisting of yellow and red colours individually.
yellow-red
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-reds
form: yellowred
Etymology: From Middle English ȝelu-red, ȝolowhered, from Old English ġeolurēad (“reddish yellow, orange”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelwaraud (“orange”), equivalent to yellow + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jeelrood (“orange”), Dutch geelrood (“orange”), German Low German geelroot (“orange”), German gelbrot (“yellow-red, orange”).
Senses: examples: text: Obviously one will be red, but will the other hue be a yellow-red (orange) or a red-purple?
ref: 1930, Benson H. Paul, C. A. Plaskett, Charles Nicholas Ainslie, A Method for Determining the Color of Agricultural Products:
text: The cultural meanings associated with yellow and yellow-red (orange) are varied.
ref: 2017, Jim Long, The New Munsell Student Color Set, page 33:
glosses: The colour orange.
wardialer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wardialers
Etymology: From war + dialer.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program that dials every telephone number in a particular area searching for computers, or trying to guess passwords.
assistive technology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assistive technologies
Senses: glosses: Umbrella term that includes adaptive, assistive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities.
assistive technologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assistive technology
lurt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lurts
Etymology: Of North Germanic origin, related to Danish lort (“excrement”) and Norwegian lort (“filth, dirt, excrement”).
Senses: glosses: A lump of dirt or excrement; a turd.
Related terms: lurry
presidentialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃəlnəs/
ipa: /ˌpɹɛzɪˈdɛnt͡ʃəlnɪs/
Etymology: From presidential + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: For Carter, who during the primaries had emerged from the oblivion of "Jimmy who?", the debates offered a challenge as well as an opportunity — to convince voters that his "presidentialness" was better than the incumbent's.
ref: 1978, Don F. Faules, Dennis C. Alexander, Communication and Social Behavior: A Symbolic Interaction Perspective, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 138:
text: Likewise, Perot continued to work on the miscellaneous goal of proving his own presidentialness via use of statistics and common sense.
ref: 1994, Dan F. Hahn, edited by Robert V. Friedenberg, Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates, 1960-1992, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, The 1992 Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debates, page 200:
text: Some scholars also suggest that debates activate the electorate, make it easier for candidates to be held accountable on their campaigns, increase the public's acceptance of the candidates, give voters a chance to test the "presidentialness" of the candidates under pressure, […]
ref: 2007, Andrew Busch, The Constitution on the Campaign Trail: The Surprising Political Career of America's Founding Document, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 130:
glosses: The quality of being presidential; suitability for the presidency.
pollutician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polluticians
Etymology: Blend of pollution + politician.
Senses: examples: text: Here the polluticians and the developers carved up the cake with gusto.
ref: 2001, Peter Casey, 30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account, Bloomsbury, published 2008, →ISBN, page 211:
glosses: A politician who supports policies and initiatives that result in environmental damage.
examples: text: Too many owners of factory chimneys have already capitulated to the negative attitude of the polluticians and have converted to smokeless fuels.
ref: 1971, Electroplating and Metal Finishing, volume 24:
glosses: A politician who supports policies and initiatives designed to reduce environmental pollution.
examples: text: Indeed the Rastafarian brethren contend that the '"polluticians" [politicians] are selling us out' for their own self-serving interests.
ref: 2005, Jalani A. Niaah, “Absent Father(s), Garvey's Scattered Children and the Back to Africa Movement”, in Elísio Salvado Macamo, editor, Negotiating Modernity: Africa's Ambivalent Experience, Codesria, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: A corrupt politician
polluticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollutician
chromia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Chromium(III) oxide.
Derived terms: erythrochromia
politainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: politainers
Etymology: Blend of politician + entertainer.
Senses: examples: text: Both [Jesse Ventura and Jerry Springer] are famous, populist politicians with a history of outlandish behavior. They are both "politainers."
ref: 2003 August 5, Gregory Korte, “Ventura won — could Springer?”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer:
glosses: A politician who is or used to be an entertainer.
politainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of politainer
strontia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From strontium + -a. Ultimately after Strontian, the Scottish village where strontium (and the mineral strontianite) was discovered.
Senses: examples: 1829, Jacob Green, A Text Book of Chemical Philosophy, R. H. Small, page 247,
From the close resemblance between baryta and strontia, these substances were once supposed to be identical.
1825 [Clara F. Cutbush], James Cutbush, A System of Pyrotechny, 2018, Outlook Verlag, page 230,
Nitrate of strontia deflagrates on ignited coals Dr. Hope pointed out, that if nitrate of strontia be exposed to a red heat, and a combustible substance be, at this time, brought in contact with it, a deflagration, with a very vivid red flame, will be produced.
1866, C. Remigius Fresenius, Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, 2021, Salzwasser Verlag, page 103,
The solution of sulphate of strontia in hydrochloric acid is made turbid by chloride of barium, after addition of water.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: strontium oxide
glosses: A pale earth composed of strontium oxide (SrO).
Related terms: strontianite
playlistism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From playlist + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: This has lead ^([sic]) to a new kind of music snobbery called playlistism. Music snobs amuse themselves by laughing at a colleague's collection of showtunes, or the hopelessly pretentious jazz of the goatee-ed guy at the other end of the dorm.
ref: 2005 November 2, Leander Kahney, “The Cult of iPod”, in Playlist:
glosses: The practice of judging other people based on the contents of their music playlist.
Related terms: rockism
quarter-finals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter-final
life-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of life-time
torchère
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torchères
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of torchiere.
torchères
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torchère
Sassarese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːsəɹiz/
ipa: /ˈsæsəɹiːz/
Senses: glosses: A Romance lect, transitional between Corsican and Sardinian, spoken in the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Sassarese terms
Sassarese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːsəɹiz/
ipa: /ˈsæsəɹiːz/
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sassari or its people or culture.
Sassarese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːsəɹiz/
ipa: /ˈsæsəɹiːz/
Forms: form: Sassaresi
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sassari.
pumpkineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pumpkineers
Etymology: From pumpkin + -eer.
Senses: examples: text: Last year's winner weighed in at 604.5 pounds, grown by a Vermont pumpkineer.
ref: 1988 October 8, John Spears, “Rival groups weigh in for gold in Nova Scotia pumpkin patch”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: One who grows giant pumpkins, generally for the purpose of entering contests.
pumpkineers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pumpkineer
amban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambans
form: ambasa
Etymology: Borrowed from Manchu ᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨ (amban).
Senses: examples: text: Regarding the scene before him with the calmness of a stoic, sits the grey-bearded old Ambân in his chair of state, quietly smoking a long pipe, while beside him kneel his weeping daughters, all conscious of their coming fate.
ref: 1869, George W. Hayward, “Journey from Leh to Yarkand and Kashgar”, in Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, volume XL:
text: In 1846 Messrs. Huc and Gabet, two French Lazarist Fathers, visited Lhasa from the north, and stayed two and a half months, when they were expelled through the influence of the Chinese Amban.
ref: 1924, Charles Bell, Tibet Past and Present, Delhi, published 2000, page 46:
text: Although he was received there by a guard of honour of sorts, Elias found the amban, or senior Chinese official, openly hostile.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 388:
glosses: A Chinese official under the Qing Dynasty, especially the ranking official or provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule.
ambans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amban
ambasa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amban
Yarkandi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Yarkandi
form: most Yarkandi
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the city or district of Yarkand.
Yarkand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yärkändʹ
Senses: examples: text: Goez, who travelled to Tibet in 1602, in describing Yarkand, the capital of the kingdom of Kasgar, in Little Bucharia, mentions, that a commodity, particularly acceptable in China, was a kind of marble or jasper, found in Kasgar*.
ref: 1800, John Pinkerton, Petralogy, volume I, White, Cochrane, and Co., page 280:
text: Posgām (in Arabic letters written Būskām) is a large town to the southeast of Yārkand, situated on the trade route coming from Karġalik (today: Yeh-ch‘eng) at a distance of 21 miles from Karġalik. Posgām is the modern Tse-p‘u.
ref: [1986, Monika Gronke, “The Arabic Yārkand Documents”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, volume XLIX, number 3, School of Oriental and African Studies, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 491:
text: The Manchu-Chinese replaced the Junghar imperial coinage of East Turkistan with Manchu-Chinese coins they began minting at Yarkand in 1759.
ref: 2009, Christopher I. Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 240:
glosses: Alternative form of Yarkant.
glosses: A river in China, upon which the city of Yarkant is located. The upper part of this river is known as Raskam.
Synonyms: english: the river
translation: the river
word: Neinejoung
shagreened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From shagreen + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Covered in shagreen.
examples: text: Surface, especially pseudoscutal area, shining, faintly shagreened.
ref: 1943, Public Health Reports, page 1870:
glosses: Having a rough surface similar to that of shagreen.
kifu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈki.fuː/
Forms: form: kifu
form: kifus
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 棋譜(きふ) (kifu), from Chinese 棋譜／棋谱 (qípǔ).
Senses: qualifier: board games
glosses: A record of an abstract strategy game, especially Go or shogi.
plutography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From pluto- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: We successfully averted Hilary Duff's Valley Girl riff ("A Cinderella Story") and Julia Stiles' Midwestern spin ("The Prince & Me"), only to crash head-on into more Hathaway in "PD 2: Royal Engagement", an odious piece of plutography, the bait being more Julie Andrews.
ref: 2004 September 19, “Movies' princess myth becomes a royal pain”, in Philadelphia Inquirer:
glosses: Depiction, presentation, or coverage of the rich, particularly the lifestyles they enjoy.
diatoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having an aperture for attachment to the dental plate
raw_tags: of an artificial tooth
pinkwashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pink + -wash + -ing. The LGBT-related sense derives from the fact that the colour pink is often associated with homosexuality and LGBT culture. The breast cancer-related sense refers to the pink ribbon, an international symbol of breast cancer awareness.
Senses: examples: text: Several protesters, many of whom said they were Jewish, invoked what they called pinkwashing, Israel's alleged touting of its progressive stance on gay rights as a way of deflecting global attention away from its treatment of Palestinians.
ref: 2012 March 6, Tim Murphy, “A Gay Community Center's Middle-East Problem”, in New York Magazine:
glosses: The practice of a state or company presenting itself as gay-friendly and progressive to downplay its negative behavior.
examples: text: One such pinkwashing campaign was KFC's "Buckets for the Cure," an attempt by the fried chicken franchise to raise breast cancer awareness in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
ref: 2011, Our Bodies, Ourselves, Touchstone, →ISBN:
glosses: The practice of a company using support of breast cancer-related charities to promote itself and its products or services.
examples: text: Today, the pink-washed versions of toys that had been marketed solely to boys for decades are touted as a shift toward gender-neutrality.
ref: 2014 December 22, Elizabeth Sweet, “How Did Toys Get Stereotyped by Sex?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The practice of making a toy pink to signal that the manufacturer is marketing it toward girls.
pinkwashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From pink + -wash + -ing. The LGBT-related sense derives from the fact that the colour pink is often associated with homosexuality and LGBT culture. The breast cancer-related sense refers to the pink ribbon, an international symbol of breast cancer awareness.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pinkwash
Related terms: artwashing
greenwashing
purplewashing
rainbow washing
redwashing
chrysostomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chrysostomic
form: most chrysostomic
Etymology: Ancient Greek
Senses: glosses: golden-tongued (used as an epithet)
glosses: Of or pertaining to John Chrysostom, early Archbishop of Constantinople
Synonyms: goldenmouthed
empyreumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more empyreumatic
form: most empyreumatic
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Characteristic of empyreuma
blocker bet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blocker bets
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A relatively small bet, chiefly on the river, designed to discourage a player yet to act in the betting round from raising.
Synonyms: word: blocker
word: blocking bet
pinkwash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pinkwashes
form: pinkwashing
form: pinkwashed
form: pinkwashed
Etymology: From pink + -wash.
Senses: examples: text: […] I see, twenty yards away, workmen pinkwashing the newly laid, badly stained, cheap-looking brick cladding of a newly built apartment house called — well, something ridiculous: Nepal, let's say.
ref: 1986 December 29, Susan Lardner, “Lotus Blossum”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: To cover in a coat of pink paint.
examples: text: They see such corporate involvement as exploitation, making profits on the backs of ill women. […] They claim these campaigns trivialize the disease, "pinkwashing" its real nature.
ref: 2008, Penelope Williams, Breast Cancer: Biography of an Illness, BPS Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 162:
text: Gayle Sulik, sociologist and author of "Pink Ribbon Blues", said pinkwashing is only the beginning of how "breast cancer culture" undermines women's health.
ref: 2012 February 15, Karen McVeigh, “Susan G Komen's 'pinkwashing' problem a black mark on charity”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To promote consumer goods and services using support of breast cancer-related charities.
examples: text: Pinkwashing not only manipulates the hard-won gains of Israel’s gay community, but it also ignores the existence of Palestinian gay-rights organizations.
ref: 2011 November 22, Sarah Schulman, “Israel and ‘Pinkwashing’”, in New York Times:
text: Critics say Israel is 'pinkwashing' its practices vis-a-vis the Palestinians by emphasizing its good record on gay rights.
ref: 2012, "Seattle LGBT commission cancels meeting with Israeli gays over treatment of Palestinians", The Times of Israel, 21 March 2012 (article tagline)
glosses: To tout the gay-friendliness of something in an attempt to downplay or soften aspects of it considered negative.
Related terms: purplewash
nomenclation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nomenclations
Etymology: From Latin nomenclatio.
Senses: examples: text: And if we were to give every hill and Province their old nomenclations from Armenia to Indya, it would savour of presumption and prolixity […]
ref: 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section II:
glosses: A name.
pinkwashed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pinkwashed
form: most pinkwashed
Senses: examples: text: The buildings were low, generally with one story, and never with more than two, and built of adobe, a sort of clay found abundantly in the dryer parts of the Southwest. They were not only whitewashed but bluewashed and pinkwashed, as Roy put it, giving a very gay appearance to the streets.
ref: 1907, Mary Wright Plummer, Roy and Ray in Mexico, Henry Holt and Company, page 22:
text: We move out of the trees and up a little rise where we can better see the sky, which is slate blue with a flaming rosy glow that fades to the palest pinkwashed gold.
ref: 2008, Tanita S. Davis, A La Carte, Borzoi Books, →ISBN, page 218:
glosses: Colored or tinged pink, especially from paint or light.
pinkwashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pinkwash
pinkwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pinkwash
supermoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supermoon
gay-friendliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gay-friendly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: New Orleans is something of a bastion of gay-friendliness in perhaps the most socially conservative and gay-hostile part of the nation, the Gulf South.
ref: 2007, Andrew Collins, New Orleans, Avalon Travel, →ISBN, page 375:
glosses: The state or quality of being gay-friendly.
rapophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rapophiles
Etymology: From rap + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: You've got gall, you've got guile / To step to me, I'm a rapophile
ref: 1998, Beastie Boys, “Intergalactic”, in Hello Nasty:
glosses: One who loves rap music.
rapophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapophile
fact check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fact checks
form: factcheck
form: fact-check
Senses: glosses: A verification of the factuality of specific information.
Derived terms: fact checker
fact checking
fact check
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fact checks
form: fact checking
form: fact checked
form: fact checked
form: factcheck
form: fact-check
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fact-check.
fact checks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fact check
fact checks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fact check
fact checking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fact check
fact checking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fact-checking.
fact checked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fact check
fact-check
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fact-checks
form: fact check
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fact check.
fact-check
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fact-checks
form: fact-checking
form: fact-checked
form: fact-checked
form: fact check
Senses: examples: text: There are the tiniest statements, such as claiming that Dartmouth is technically the only railway station in Britain never to have had a railway line, that need to be fact-checked (and in this case debunked - at least Hull Corporation Pier was similar).
ref: 2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76:
glosses: To verify the factuality of specific information.
fact-checks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fact-check
fact-checks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fact-check
fact-checking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fact + checking.
Senses: examples: text: However, I'm hopeful that the constant and diligent fact-checking that the Brown Bob team pursued throughout the production has done the trick for The Architecture The Railways Built.
ref: 2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76:
glosses: The investigating of an issue with regards to the validity or veracity of its stated facts.
fact-checking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From fact-check (verb) + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fact-check
fact-checked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fact-check
d/b/a
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Alternative form of dba (“doing business as”).
Synonyms: o/a
T/A
Related terms: a/k/a
f/k/a
thingmy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thingmy
form: most thingmy
Senses: examples: text: If a guy it^([sic]) going to get thingmy when he sees a women^([sic]) pull her breast out then he is not much a guy is he.
ref: 2005, Samantha, quotee, edited by Immy Holloway, Qualitative Research in Health Care, Open University Press, →ISBN, page 68:
glosses: Agitated, flustered, in a lather.
thingmy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thingmies
Senses: examples: text: It was a huge, massive great place, with loads of people dragging lights around, and tiers of seating, and a big blonde woman wearing earmuff thingmies, […]
ref: 2000, Susie Maguire, The Short Hello, Polygon, →ISBN:
glosses: A thingy; a non-specific object or gadget.
Synonyms: thingy
thingmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thingmy
Abrahamism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abrahamisms
Etymology: From Abraham + -ism.
Senses: coordinate_terms: UFO religion
Dharmism
NRM
new religious movement
paganism
reconstructionism
glosses: Abrahamic henotheism: the Abrahamic religions, sects, or denominations, considered collectively.
Related terms: english: a follower of these religions
translation: a follower of these religions
word: Abrahamist
word: Christo-Muslim
word: Judeo-Christian
word: Judeo-Islamo-Christian
word: People of the Book
gliotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to gliosis
Gobannian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or from Abergavenny
Gobannian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gobannians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Abergavenny
Abergavenny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh aber + Gavenny; the mouth of the River Gavenny, which here flows into the river Usk.
Senses: glosses: A market town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO2914).
Derived terms: Gobannian
lovelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loveling
machoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machoisms
Etymology: Anglicization of machismo. By surface analysis, macho + -ism.
Senses: glosses: machismo; exaggerated masculinity
Synonyms: machismo
morrice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morrices
Senses: examples: text: The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove,
Now to the moon in wavering morrice move;
And on the tawny sands and shelves
Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.
ref: 1634, John Milton, Comus:
text: Across the page the symbols moved in grave morrice, in the mummery of their letters, wearing quaint caps of squares and cubes.
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
glosses: A morris dance.
morrice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: morrices
form: morricing
form: morriced
form: morriced
Senses: examples: ref: 1861, M. Collins, Temple Bar I, page 268:
glosses: To dance, especially a morris dance
examples: text: Zounds! here they are. Morrice! Prance!
ref: 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer:
text: Up with you, on your pins. There: now then, Morrice!
ref: 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To move away rapidly; to decamp.
Derived terms: morricer
dessicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of desiccated.
combustionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kəmˈbʌst͡ʃəˌnɛəɹi/
Forms: form: more combustionary
form: most combustionary
Etymology: From combustion + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, combustion.
cranequin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪn.əˌkɪn/
/ˈkɹæn.əˌkwɪn/
Forms: form: cranequins
Etymology: Equivalent to crane + -kin.
Senses: glosses: A device used to arm a crossbow by cranking a gear.
decock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈdi.kɔk/
/diˈkɔk/
Forms: form: decocks
form: decocking
form: decocked
form: decocked
Etymology: From de- + cock.
Senses: examples: text: "Fair enough. I'll tell Pintsize to decock the confetti cannon."
ref: 2020, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4255: We Know How It Is:
glosses: To uncock; to let down the cock of (a firearm).
Derived terms: decocker
decocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decock
decocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decock
decocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decock