cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
beeherds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beeherd
noseying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nosey
noseyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nosey
rinky-dinky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rinky-dinky
form: most rinky-dinky
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rinky-dink.
rinse off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rinses off
form: rinsing off
form: rinsed off
form: rinsed off
Senses: examples: text: I rinsed off my shirt under the tap, to get rid of the worst of the mud.
glosses: To clean by rinsing.
hissing cockroach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hissing cockroaches
Senses: glosses: Any member of the tribe Gromphadorhini of large, flightless, wood-inhabiting cockroaches that can produce a hissing sound by forcing air through their abdominal spiracles.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Gromphadorhina portentosa
word: Madagascar hissing cockroach
hissing cockroaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hissing cockroach
alley apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alley apples
Senses: glosses: A cobblestone used as an impromptu missile.
alley apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alley apple
rawker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rawkers
Senses: examples: text: The absence of keyboardist Sadie Shaw (who split for the Bay Area garage rawkers the Husbands) allows the group more space to indulge in dark wordless experiments; […]
ref: 2004, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 129, page 59:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of rocker (“type of popular musician”).
rawkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rawker
finger crotches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finger crotch
Numenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Numenian
form: most Numenian
Etymology: From Numenius + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Numenius of Apamea, a Neopythagorean philosopher of the 2nd century CE.
Numenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Numenians
Etymology: From Numenius + -an.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of the philosophical ideas of Numenius of Apamea.
Numenians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Numenian
runs off at the mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run off at the mouth
ran off at the mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run off at the mouth
burosumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A human monoclonal antibody medication for the treatment of X-linked hypophosphatemia and tumor-induced osteomalacia.
S and M
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of S&M.
sausage jockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sausage jockeys
Etymology: From sausage + jockey, a reference to anal sex.
Senses: examples: text: And all the sodomites and catamites, poncey sausage jockeys, arse bandits, turd burglars and fudge packers, fur burger-licking carpet munchers, gormless imbeciles, morons, geeks, cretins and retards […]
ref: 2011, Bruce Mason, The Telomere Conspiracy, page 96:
text: Don't know why they allow those sausage jockeys in a high-class school like this one. They should ship them off to Oklahoma or Alabama where they know how to deal with butt riders like him.
ref: 2015, Jerry Don Lewis, Teenage Rage:
glosses: A gay male.
sausage jockeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sausage jockey
butt rider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butt riders
Senses: examples: text: Don't know why they allow those sausage jockeys in a high-class school like this one. They should ship them off to Oklahoma or Alabama where they know how to deal with butt riders like him.
ref: 2015, Jerry Don Lewis, Teenage Rage:
glosses: A homosexual male.
butt riders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butt rider
antelabbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antelabbits
Etymology: Blend of antelope + rabbit
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jackalope (“folkloric animal”).
synonyms: word: jackalope
extra: folkloric animal
antelabbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antelabbit
sausage rider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sausage riders
Senses: examples: text: "Typical homosexual murder," said Backstrom, nodding. "Besides, it was part of a whole series of homo murders—you might not remember them. Some crazy fairy was running around with a big fucking knife hacking down other sausage riders […]
ref: 2012, Leif G. W. Persson, Another Time, Another Life, page 360:
glosses: A homosexual male.
sausage riders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sausage rider
zavegepant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist used as a medication to treat migraine.
English strong ales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of English strong ale
screaming habdabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of screaming abdabs.
shashias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shashia
shashiyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shashiya
ain't what it used to was
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Thanksgiving 'ain't what it used to was.'
ref: 1852, Harper's New Monthly Magazine: Volume 5, Harper & Brothers, page 848:
text: Your memory ain't what it used to was, my man, or what it ought to be.
ref: 1862, Albany Fonblanque, chapter XXIV, in The St. James's Magazine: Volume 5, Houlston & Wright, A Tangled Skein: A Romance, page 180:
text: Then Grandmother snuffled a teardrop
And said. "It is jest like I suz
T’ th’ parson—Grandfather’s liver
Ain’t what it used to was."
ref: 1920 October 23, Ellis Parker Butler, “A Pastoral”, in Judge (a satirical magazine):
text: With a few more years to procrastinate, as we used to say of the old gray mare, we'll be able to say of the elementary schools, "It ain't what it used to was!"
ref: 1948 December 17, The Winonan, volume XXX, number 3, Winona State Teachers College, Winona, Minn., page 2:
glosses: Is not what it used to be; (expressing nostalgia).
Roscoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒs.kəʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Roscoff, with the pronunciation influenced by Breton Rosko.
Senses: glosses: A small town and commune in Finistère department, Brittany, France.
Roscoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒs.kəʊ/
Forms: form: Roscoffs
Etymology: Borrowed from French Roscoff, with the pronunciation influenced by Breton Rosko.
Senses: examples: text: The oceanic climate and light rainfall mean that Roscoffs need little intervention to develop their flavour […]
ref: 2022, Fred Foster, Turnips' Edible Almanac:
glosses: A kind of sweet pink onion from Brittany in France.
Roscoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Roscoff
scuzzo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scuzzos
Senses: examples: text: To hear him tell it, his range runs the gamut from “total scuzzo” to “just your basic country asshole.”
ref: 2014, Scott Von Doviak, Stephen King Films FAQ:
glosses: A scuzzball; a lowlife.
scuzzos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scuzzo
oncogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒŋˈkɒd͡ʒɪnəs/
rhymes: -ɒd͡ʒɪnəs
Etymology: From onco- + -genous.
Senses: examples: text: oncogenous osteomalacia
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: oncogenic
glosses: Arising from or caused by a tumor.
examples: text: oncogenous viruses
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: oncogenic
glosses: Causing a tumor.
Related terms: oncologic
oncological
oncology
Chessy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune of Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France, famous as the location of Disneyland Paris.
Derived terms: Chessy copper
alpha-gal syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: New cases of alpha-gal syndrome — a rare but potentially life-threatening illness that makes people violently allergic to red meat — suggest that more tick species may be to blame than initially thought.
ref: 2025 March 24, Diana Bruk, “What is alpha-gal syndrome? New concern about bizarre red meat allergy linked to ticks”, in New York Post:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disease that causes an immunological response to alpha-gal, typically first causing gastrointestinal problems, and proceeding with other symptoms of allergies.
Synonyms: word: AGS
word: alpha-gal allergy
word: lone-star-tick meat allergy
alt: MMA
word: mammalian meat allergy
word: red meat allergy
word: tick-induced meat allergy
word: tick meat allergy
Coordinate terms: word: alpha-gal
alt: IgE
word: immunoglobulin E
word: lone star tick
word: meat
word: red meat
word: tick
Derived terms: AGS
alpha-gal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When certain ticks bite humans, they can transfer alpha-gal into the bloodstream, causing their victims to develop a severe response to red meat consumption.
ref: 2025 March 24, Diana Bruk, “What is alpha-gal syndrome? New concern about bizarre red meat allergy linked to ticks”, in New York Post:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A carbohydrate found in most mammalian cell membranes.
Derived terms: word: alpha-gal allergy
alt: AGS
word: alpha-gal syndrome
Related terms: alpha-GAL
α-GAL
α-gal
alpha-GAL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: α-GAL
α-gal
glosses: Abbreviation of α-Galactosidase.
Related terms: alpha-gal
mammalian meat allergy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mammalian meat allergies
Etymology: It is an allergy to the ingestion of mammalian products, such as meat, cheese, gelatin, etc. which contain alpha-gal.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of alpha-gal syndrome.
synonyms: word: alpha-gal syndrome
Derived terms: word: MMA
beeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beemen
form: bee-man
Etymology: From Middle English beman, bemon, perhaps a partial calque of Old English bēoċeorl (“beekeeper”), equivalent to bee + -man. Old English bēoċeorl may be an alteration of bēocere (“beekeeper”).
Senses: examples: text: I am a beeman of long standing, having practically kept bees all my life.
ref: 1906, The Bee-keepers' Record, volume 24, page 170:
glosses: One who tends bees, usually as an occupation; beekeeper.
beemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beeman
QIS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: QED
QCD
QM
QP
QS
glosses: Abbreviation of quantum information science.
CGC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CGCs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: gluon
quark
hadron
quark-gluon plasma
QCD
color force/colour force
glosses: Abbreviation of color glass condensate/colour glass condensate.
Nickelback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nickelbacks
Etymology: From nickel + back. From having nickel atoms on the backbone structure.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A peptide with a nitrogen backbone containing two nickel atoms and having 13 amino acids.
Longonot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and mountain nearby (an inactive volcano) in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.
comatosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of comatose
comatosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of comatose
wobbly egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wobbly eggs
Senses: glosses: A gelatin-covered capsule of temazepam or lorazepam, taken as a recreational drug.
wobbly eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wobbly egg
double science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
coordinate_terms: triple science
glosses: A GCSE option in which three sciences are studied (biology, chemistry, physics) but to a lesser degree than if all three were taken separately, and only two GCSE certificates are awarded.
triple science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
coordinate_terms: double science
glosses: A GCSE option in which three sciences are studied separately (biology, chemistry, physics) and three GCSE certificates are awarded.
sinarquistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinarquista
Xs out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of X out
yorgah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yorgahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yorga.
yorgahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yorgah
asantaist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asantaists
form: a-Santa-ist
Etymology: From a- + Santa + -ist, based on atheist.
Senses: examples: text: Nearly everyone but small children are asantaists, while the same is true of aunicornists — even if they have never once decided as an absolute fact, or even as a matter of faith, that unicorns do not exist.
ref: 2016 January 30, Nicholas Bittner, The Roads Around Religion, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: A person who does not believe in Santa Claus.
Hypernyms: nonbeliever
Coordinate terms: adragonist
afairyist
aleprechaunist
atoothfairyist
aunicornist
asantaists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asantaist
butt-rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butt rock
form: Butt Rock
Etymology: Said to have begun as a parody of the phrase nothing but rock, reanalyzed as butt + rock.
Senses: examples: text: Somebody wrote this ad copy who doesn't know anything about music, probably just listens to your average butt-rock AOR (adult-oriented-rock) station.
ref: 1994 August 7, James Muretich, quoting Kim Thayil, “This is Soundgarten: Kickstarting Rock in the Right Direction”, in Calgary Herald, page A11:
text: Butt-rock is just the stupidest, three-chord rock that you can possibly play, and it works with big crowds like this who don’t know you as a band.
ref: 1995, Chris Nickson, quoting Matt Cameron, Soundgarten: New Metal Crown, page 175:
text: But just before high school, through some new friends, I'd become acquainted with metal and some serious 1980s butt-rock! Musically, it wasn't my taste, but I did take well to the butt-rock ballads and the boys in the bands.
ref: 2012, Terryn Sundy, You're Not A Ninja, And No You Can't Spend The Night!, page 136:
text: “You're the one who’s the cold fish! And I do care, you know I hate Butt Rock and I came anyways to support you! Why do you think I’m here? I was just a little late.”
“It’s called Alternative Rock, not Butt Rock! How many times do I have to tell you?”
ref: 2018, Eve Harms, The Secret Name, page 33:
glosses: Rock and roll music of a style or subgenre disparaged as uninteresting or out of fashion.
butt rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of butt-rock.
jalloppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jalloppies
Senses: glosses: Dated form of jalopy.
jalloppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jalloppy
Beaches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Beach
two-tops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-top
karzis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of karzi
underkecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + kecks.
Senses: glosses: Underpants.
road manager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road managers
Senses: glosses: A person in the music industry who assists an artist or band on tour, by arranging performance dates, travel and hotels, collecting payments, managing personnel, etc.
Related terms: roadie
road managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road manager
triple singles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triple single
Beaner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beaners
Senses: glosses: A surname
glosses: A surname
A surname originating as an occupation, from being a bean-seller
glosses: A nickname, diminutive of McBean.
Related terms: beaner
beanie
Beanie
cha-chinging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cha-ching
cha-chinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cha-ching
kerchink
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: kachink
Senses: glosses: A mechanical chinking sound, as of a coin or small metal object being inserted into a machine.
kachink
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kerchink.
preconsideration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preconsiderations
Etymology: From pre- + consideration.
Senses: glosses: Prior consideration; the act of considering something in advance.
preconsiderations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preconsideration
closing time effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closing time effects
Etymology: Originates from the song Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time by Mickey Gilley in 1975.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The phenomenon whereby people's perception of other people's attractiveness increases towards the end of the night.
wikipedia: Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time
Mickey Gilley
barrigon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The deciduous tree Pseudobombax septenatum.
Defender of the Faith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Defenders of the Faith
Senses: glosses: A title of many English, Scottish, and later British monarchs since the early 16th century, signifying governance of the church.
vibroimpacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vibroimpact
ecopedagogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eco- + pedagogic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ecopedagogy.
ecopedagogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecopedagogies
Etymology: From eco- + pedagogy.
Senses: glosses: Ecological pedagogy.
Related terms: ecopedagogic
ecopedagogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecopedagogy
ecopessimistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ecopessimistic
form: most ecopessimistic
Etymology: From eco- + pessimistic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to ecopessimism.
perp.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: architecture
coordinate_terms: Norm.
e.e.
dec.
glosses: Clipping of perpendicular, a style of English Gothic architecture.
mirabilites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mirabilite
chesneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chesney
tufans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tufan
cistemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cistemic
form: most cistemic
Etymology: Blend of cis + systemic.
Senses: examples: text: In the context of this thesis, I have framed this section around cistemic violence and vulnerability to consider the persistent reduction of gender diversity to genitalia within the Trans Debate and other anti-trans discourses.
ref: 2021, Lo Cathryn Lanfear, "Navigating gender diverse worlds assembled upon binary expectations: Investigating the experiences of trans people living in Britain", thesis submitted to University College London, page 122
text: This study points to the necessity of “coordinated steps to create gender-inclusive classrooms and schools [that] are taken proactively” (Luecke, 2018, p. 281) to ensure that white cistemic barriers are proactively acknowledged and confronted.
ref: 2022, Kenan Omercajic, “'Basement Boys' in the All-Gender Bathroom: Investigating Student-Inspired Trans-Activism and White Cisgenderist Barriers to Supporting Trans Students in School”, in Teacher College Record, volume 124, number 8, page 239:
text: Last but not least, this thesis/project is ultimately dedicated to the incredible countless Queer and Trans students, staff, and faculty of color, (for those who have fought and those who continue) fighting on university campuses today for equitable administrative practices and lasting cistemic change.
ref: 2022, Wesley R. Paláu, "The Csu-Know/Cis-Dsu: Systematic Debilitation and Cis-Fragility in Higher Education", thesis submitted to San Diego University, page v
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to systems that privilege cisgender people and marginalize transgender people.
Related terms: cistem
Vajravārāhī
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit वज्रवाराही (vajravārāhī).
Senses: glosses: A wrathful form of Vajrayogini
short-haired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more short-haired
form: most short-haired
Senses: glosses: Having short hair.
Derived terms: short-haired bumblebee
half-colonel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-colonels
Senses: examples: text: 'Yep. Lieutenant one day; major by the end of the week: lieutenant-colonel the week after. That's what it's like.' He snuffed down his nose in self-contempt. 'The office in Cairo is full of bogus half-colonels like me.'
ref: 1965, Olivia Manning, Friends and Heroes (The Balkan Trilogy; 3), Bath: Chivers, page 895 (in series):
glosses: lieutenant colonel
half-colonels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-colonel
dodecin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodecins
Etymology: From dodecameric + -in (as the proteins assemble in groups of 12).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A small protein from bacteria used to store flavins.
Steblaj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Steblajes
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovene Šteblaj.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovene.
Salses-le-Château
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.
Chatterley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chatterleys
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Chatterly
decillionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decillionaires
Etymology: From decillion + -aire.
Senses: examples: text: The constellation Norma had Normaesque constellations . . . the world's richest man was the first quintillionaire, formerly a decillionaire, after losing a lot of his money, and his Moira Sheareresque name was Hanksy Ronald Stump, and he pissed on the skeleton of Donald Trump.
ref: 2012, Willis Bryant, Cold Blood, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: Somebody whose wealth is at least one decillion (10³³) currency units.
flow meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flow meters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flowmeter.
flow meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flow meter
short-lined chocolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short-lined chocolate
shortbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shortbow
shortblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shortblock
short-toed treecreepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short-toed treecreeper
chocoflans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chocoflan
bonded wineries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonded winery
swinecresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swinecress
swineherdesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swineherdess
swinehounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swinehound
swine-hounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swine-hound
dealcoholisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dealcoholisation
Eleonora's falcons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eleonora's falcon
tiger civets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiger civet
tight heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tight head
tight-heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tight-head
Hispaniolan crossbills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hispaniolan crossbill
second readings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second reading
third readings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third reading
first readings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first reading
whistle blowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whistle blower
blow flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blow fly
dry blowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry blower
boobjobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boobjob
nipple wrenches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nipple wrench
smellscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smellscape
stinking corpse lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stinking corpse lily
doggie paddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doggie paddle
dog-legs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog-leg
dog-legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dog-leg
Makemakeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Makemakean
false 9s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false 9
Whit Saturdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whit Saturday
dung forks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dung fork
dunghils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunghil
dumb blonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumb blond
dwagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwagon
yknow
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Apart from his horrible English face, he looked like a Paddy, y'know.
ref: 2002, Shane MacGowan, Victoria Mary Clarke, A Drink with Shane MacGowan, →ISBN, page 114:
text: [...] so some of those people kind of get push aside and so yknow as you can see I'm standing on m^([sic]) soapbox here [...]
ref: 2010, Duane G Watson, Michael Wagner, Edward Gibson, “The role of syntactc structure in guiding prodsy perception”, in Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody, →ISBN, page 1153:
text: It was the fifites yknow.
ref: 2019, Falconi, Elizabeth and Graber, Kathryn, “The Heritage Narratives of Yiddish Community Members”, in Storytelling as Narrative Practice: Ethnographic Approaches to the Tales We Tell, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: Alternative spelling of y'know; (informal) Shortened alternative form of you know; shortened alternative form of do you know what I'm saying.
arachidates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arachidate
aralosaurins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aralosaurin
arbourisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arbourisation
Arabophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arabophone
arcdegrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arcdegree
Arcadias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arcadia
arc elasticities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc elasticity
arc-form pearly mussels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arc-form pearly mussel
archaeozoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archaeozoon
arch-commanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arch-commander
archdeaneries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archdeanery
archboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archboard
arch-fiends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arch-fiend
archeases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archease
archlectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archlector
archivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archivore
Arctic warblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arctic warbler
arcures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arcure
area control centres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of area control centre
arenediazoniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arenediazonium
arealizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arealization
argonides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argonide
arkstorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arkstorm
arkhaligs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arkhalig
argyraspids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argyraspid
aristologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aristologist
aristomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aristomere
armored combat fights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armored combat fight
armoured combat fights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armoured combat fight
army-worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of army-worm
aro-allos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aro-allo
Bishkeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bishkekers
Etymology: From Bishkek + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Issyk-Kul's health resorts now seem a dying breed, although they still fill up with Bishkekers and local tourists in the hot months. Of at least 115 shoreline sanatoria before 1991, only a handful (mostly around Cholpon-Ata) remain open; best known is the immense Issyk-Kul Sanatorium near Cholpon-Ata.
ref: 1996 June, John King, John Noble, Andrew Humphreys, “Kyrgyzstan: Laky Issyk-Kul & the Central Tian Shan”, in Central Asia: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit), Hawthorn, Victoria: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 377:
text: For many long-term Bishkekers, the claim of the ‘incomers’ (priezhie) to the city is a contested one. […] Many Bishkekers were angry that, for the second time in recent memory, state buildings had been ransacked or set on fire […] and that they would have to foot the bill.
ref: 2010 May 13, Madeleine Reeves, “The Latest Revolution”, in London Review of Books, volume 32, number 9:
text: As the Scythians mounted up, Kate spotted Patime Akhun in the crowd with a group of Women in Black who had been some of the first Bishkekers to join the protests. / “Patime,” Kate shouted, catching her attention. “Get in the truck.”
ref: 2017, Matthew Palmer, Enemy of the Good, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 375:
text: Kumis is best sampled fresh in a yurt. Even modern Bishkekers come to kumis-drinking retreats in Song Köl Lake or Suusamyr Valley. Coincidently, the name of the Kyrgyz capital city probably derives from the word bishkek — the wooden barrel in which kumis is made.
ref: 2020 January 19, Karolina Wiercigroch, “Photo gallery: dining with nomads in Kyrgyzstan”, in National Geographic:
synonyms: Bishkekian
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
two pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 2p
Senses: examples: text: There is a bit of debate on whether using a join at the end of your rounds still qualifies the doll as Amigurumi. Let me add my two pennies…
ref: 2008 August, Tamie Snow, Tiny Yarn Animals: Amigurumi Friends to Make and Enjoy, New York, NY: Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: Synonym of two pennies' worth.
synonyms: word: two pennies' worth
2p
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Well, just my 2p, I can understand that you kinda felt lost with your source code going into something like /dev/nil, but I didn't like the way you bashed Metrowerks in your first post coz Metrowerks is the last company not to tell their customers of bugs like the one you experienced […].
ref: 1995 January 2, Florian -FDj- Dejako, “Re: BLACK DAY IN HELL my work gets frie”, in comp.sys.mac.programmer.codewarrior (Usenet):
synonyms: 2¢
glosses: Alternative form of two pennies.
Wikimania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wikimanias
Etymology: From wiki + mania.
Senses: examples: text: At the Wikimania conference this weekend in Stockholm, the Wikimedia Foundation signed a first-of-its-kind partnership with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
ref: 2019 August 16, Stephen Harrison, “Wikimania to the Rescue”, in Slate:
taxonomic: Wikimedia jargon
glosses: An annual gathering of Wikimedians.
enabling act
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enabling acts
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Legislation piece enacted by a legislative body that authorizes a dependent entity to exercise specific powers or undertake certain actions.
Hyponyms: act
enabling acts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enabling act
Chrimes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
endonymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endonym + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Being or pertaining to an endonym.
Synonyms: endonymous
Derived terms: endonymically
Idoni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Idonis
Senses: glosses: A surname.
thermic siphon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermic siphons
form: thermic syphon
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A heat-exchanging element in the firebox or combustion chamber of some steam boiler and steam locomotive designs, directly exposed to the radiant heat of combustion.
Related terms: thermosiphon
Imizu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
thermic siphons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermic siphon.
uranium-238
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A radioactive isotope of uranium, ²³⁸₉₂U, having a half-life of 4.5 billion years; it accounts for about 99.3% of natural uranium.
uranium-234
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A radioactive isotope of uranium, ²³⁴₉₂U, having a half-life of about 250,000 years; it accounts for about 55 parts per million of natural uranium; it is a member of the uranium-238 decay chain (aka "uranium series").
uranium-233
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "The guy that just left—what's he got in his lungs?" / "Well, I'm not very sure. But the two best candidates are uranium-233 and plutonium-239, one or both." / "They're in his bones too, aren't they?" / "Yeah, they're both boneseekers. And they've got half-lives of one hundred sixty-two thousand and twenty-four thousand years respectively. So they stay hot for a long time."
ref: 1985, Michael Swanwick, “Boneseeker”, in In the Drift (Ace Science Fiction Specials; series 3), New York, N.Y.: Ace Science Fiction Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2017, →ISBN, page 80:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A radioactive isotope of uranium, ²³³₉₂U, having a half-life of about 160,000 years; it is fissile.
gold-198
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The radioactive isotope of gold, ¹⁹⁸₇₉Au, with a half-life of about 2.7 days.
Synonyms: radiogold
thermic syphon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermic syphons
Senses: examples: text: […]combined heating surface is 6,151 sq. ft. (tubes, 530 sq. ft., flues, 3,275 sq. ft., firebox, with arches and thermic syphons, 415 sq. ft., and superheater 1,931 sq. ft.);[…].
ref: 1941 January, “Recent North American Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 27:
text: The response to firing is remarkable, and though the 280 lb. pressure seems more in the nature of a reserve for emergencies than a continuous working figure, even with the present-day apology for coal it seldom fell below 250 lb., and could always be brought up to blowing-off point with little difficulty. To this liveliness of steaming the thermic syphons are doubtless the chief contributory.
ref: 1947 January and February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 39:
glosses: Alternative form of thermic siphon.
Related terms: thermosyphon
thermic syphons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermic syphon.
contributories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contributory.
Geevarghese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam ഗീവർഗീസ് (gīvaṟgīsŭ), probably from Classical Syriac ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ (gēwargis).
Senses: examples: text: The defendant's creditor was the partnership and not the deceased Geevarghese.
ref: 1927, The Travancore Law Journal, page 127:
text: 'Come on, sing, you blighter,' coaxed Appan, looking tenderly at the silent Geevarghese. 'Don't be afraid. I'm not your father now, I'm your P.T. master.'
ref: 1992, Geeta Dharmarajan, Katha Prize Stories, Katha, →ISBN, page 139:
text: Like Milton's Satan, Jabbar has dwindled and dimished in stature and St. George, known among Kerala Christians as the Saint Geevarghese, slays a puny and pathetic dragon. However, this refusal of Jabbar to acknowledge Geevarghese is highly revealing.
ref: 2015 October 30, M.T. Ansari, Islam and Nationalism in India: South Indian contexts, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: A male given name from Malayalam, equivalent to English George.
Rickwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
age like fine wine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ages like fine wine
form: aging like fine wine
form: ageing like fine wine
form: aged like fine wine
form: aged like fine wine
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of age like a fine wine.
age like wine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ages like wine
form: aging like wine
form: ageing like wine
form: aged like wine
form: aged like wine
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of age like a fine wine.
two pesos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It's like, you can get real tired of Frank Sinatra, but when you hear someone doing a Sinatra tune (and doing it really well, but just slightly different) it's kinda cool again. Like I said, no disrespect here, just my two pesos.
ref: 2001 August 8, Brain in Jar, “Second Night in Philly”, in rec.arts.marching.drumcorps (Usenet):
text: But here are my two pesos: My fundamental perspective is that the content comes first, and the needs and preferences of the search engines second.
ref: 2010, Ann Handley, “Creating Content People Care About: The Cornerstone of Social Media”, in Mitch Meyerson, editor, Success Secrets of the Social Media Marketing Superstars, [Irvine, CA]: Entrepreneur Press, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: Synonym of two pennies' worth.
synonyms: word: two pennies' worth
tossed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of toss up
tosses up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of toss up
tossing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toss up
Chessun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
jagueite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jagüéite
form: jaguéite
Etymology: ? + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoclinic mineral containing copper, palladium, and selenium.
microthermometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + thermo- + -metry.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Using a microscope to observe the temperature at which fluid inclusions in minerals change phase.
suborganisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suborganisation
suborganisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suborganisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of suborganization.
trichotomism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trichotomy + -ism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The belief that human beings are made up of three distinct components: body or flesh, soul, and spirit.
Coordinate terms: monism
dichotomism
Derived terms: trichotomist
dichotomism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dichotomy + -ism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The belief that the human being is formed of two components: material (body or flesh) and spiritual (soul or spirit).
Coordinate terms: monism
trichotomism
Derived terms: dichotomist
trichotomists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichotomist
trichotomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichotomists
Etymology: From trichotomy + -ist.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A person who believes that human beings are made up of three distinct components: body, soul, and spirit.
Coordinate terms: monist
dichotomist
Related terms: trichotomism
Kaladan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese ကုလားတန် (ku.la:tan).
Senses: glosses: Kaladan (a river in Burma).
in company with
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alongside.
in-company
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in-house.
synonyms: word: in-house
grockle-boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grockle-box
arsenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arsenation
arsenoxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arsenoxide
arsenosilicates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arsenosilicate
fluoroarsenates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluoroarsenate
pyrrhoarsenites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrrhoarsenite
triarsenides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triarsenide
Q&As
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Q&A
sparse tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sparse table
scarsellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarsella
Hardington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Hemington parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7452).
Related terms: Hardington Mandeville
Hardington Marsh
VKT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of vehicle kilometers travelled.
Related terms: VMT
time-wasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Shaw's dismissal did little to help England's cause late on. The defender picked up the first of his two yellow cards in the 78th minute for time-wasting when preparing to take a throw-in and the second came just two minutes later for a mis-timed challenged on Retegui.
ref: 2023 March 23, Phil McNulty, “Italy 1-2 England”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Alternative form of timewasting.
Foxcote
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Withington parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0118).
glosses: A small village in Hemington parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7155)
GEODE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GEODEs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of generic object of dark energy, a theoretical alternative to black holes; an object with an event horizon enclosing an interior composed of dark energy.
high-temperature superconductivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Superconductivity at a relatively high temperature, often warm enough that liquid nitrogen, rather than the much more expensive liquid helium, can be used.
high-temperature superconductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high-temperature superconductors
Senses: glosses: Something that exhibits high-temperature superconductivity.
high-temperature superconductors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-temperature superconductor
bear spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bear spiders
Senses: glosses: A spider of the genus Arctosa
BCS theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer, who developed the theory.
Senses: glosses: A theory for explaining superconductivity.
slimelily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slimelilies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slime lily.
USDS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: It's significant that the first leader of the USDS was an SRE. The unit already had in its DNA a deep commitment to user-centered service design, through its initial inspiration by the UK's Government Digital Service and the Code for America team working on food stamps in California.
ref: 2017, Tim O'Reilly, WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us, Random House, →ISBN:
text: A claim by Gleason that Musk does not work for USDS was “contradicted” by Trump and Musk’s own statements, Cooper wrote in an opinion this month, and he pointed to news reports of orders from the president that Cabinet secretaries cooperate with DOGE on staffing issues.
ref: 2025 March 30, Tierney Sneed, “Is DOGE actually an agency? The answer could have major ramifications”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of United States Digital Service.
gold-197
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A stable isotope ¹⁹⁷₇₉Au, having 79 protons and 118 neutrons; it is the only stable isotope of gold, and the only isotope of gold that occurs in nature in significant amounts.
ayilo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Ghana
glosses: White bentonite clay.
supercomputer-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supercomputer-like
form: most supercomputer-like
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of supercomputerlike.