cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
off-grid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: HS2 Ltd is also testing new off-grid generators powered by LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), in a bid to reduce carbon emissions during construction.
ref: 2020 December 30, “Network News: Bidders sought for HS2 S&C contract”, in Rail, page 12:
text: It's actually because we're so off-grid that he was attracted to us in the first place.
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 115:
glosses: Synonym of off the grid.
synonyms: word: off the grid
Derived terms: off-gridder
scenarioizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scenarioize
scenarioizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scenarioize
scenarioist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scenarioists
Etymology: From scenario + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who prepares the scenario for a film or other work.
scenarioists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scenarioist
together with
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)wɪð/
ipa: /tʊˈɡɛðɚ wɪθ/
Senses: examples: text: The new tax, together with inflation, risks hurting the economy even more.
glosses: With or in proximity to another person or thing.
scientometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From scientometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of scientometrics.
scientometrician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scientometricians
Senses: glosses: One who studies scientometrics.
scientometricians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scientometrician
friendlyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more friendlyish
form: most friendlyish
Etymology: From friendly + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat friendly.
nitros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitro
like one needs a hole in the head
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: like one needs a hole in one's head
Senses: examples: text: I need another parking citation like I need a hole in the head.
glosses: not (needed) at all
mite box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mite boxes
Etymology: From (widow's) mite (“small donation”) + box.
Senses: examples: text: Even if there had been time for mite boxes they were not such a good idea after all, she corrected herself.[…]It was not a neat and tidy mite box the way Beulah Ball's was; it was a dirty, torn, loose mite box, and so was Jerry's.
ref: 1951, Eleanor Estes, Ginger Pye, published 2004, page 20:
text: For us, Lent was about the mite boxes we were given in each Sunday school class through sixth grade.
ref: 2003, Carol Bonomo, Humble Pie: St. Benedict's Ladder of Humility, page 46:
text: Sister Vincetta, principal of St. Augustine's Elementary School, told us that the pennies in the mite box fed starving children all over China.
ref: 2005, Marty Toohey, Bronx Boy: A Memoir, page 76:
glosses: A box, especially in a church, into which small charitable donations for the needy may be placed; (now commonly) any of a number of cardboard boxes distributed for individual donations.
Synonyms: sense: box for small donations
word: alms box
sense: box for small donations
word: poor box
mite boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mite box
curry puff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curry puffs
Senses: glosses: A Southeast Asian snack, a small pie consisting of curry with chicken and potatoes in a deep-fried or baked pastry shell.
curry puffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curry puff
Burmish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Burma + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Belonging or relating to a language family that includes Burmese, Arakanese, and other Burmese dialects.
Related terms: Burmic
thick as mince
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very stupid
girlproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more girlproof
form: most girlproof
Etymology: From girl + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, please, I thought, don't let Jack Paulson be as girlproof as I once imagined.
ref: 2009, Charity Tahmaseb, Darcy Vance, The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading, page 169:
text: [He] wanted to give his pals the impression he was girlproof. Which meant that during recess Luke played games with his friends instead of with me.
ref: 2015, Evan Kuhlman, Great Ball of Light:
glosses: Resistant to girls or their romantic appeal.
rockproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rockproof
form: most rockproof
Etymology: From rock + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to damage caused by rocks.
steamproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more steamproof
form: most steamproof
Etymology: From steam + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to steam.
hellproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hellproof
form: most hellproof
Etymology: From hell + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: A short while after we had published our early experiments with quartz glass, a man in Southern Virginia wrote to suggest that there might be mutual profit for him and for me if we would consider making silica-glass coffins which, he said, ought to be hellproof.
ref: 1936, American Society for Testing and Materials, Proceedings, volume 36, number 2, page 9:
glosses: Resistant to hell.
drugproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more drugproof
form: most drugproof
Etymology: From drug + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to the risk of drug abuse.
drugproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drugproofs
form: drugproofing
form: drugproofed
form: drugproofed
Etymology: From drug + -proof.
Senses: examples: a campaign to drugproof local families
glosses: To make resistant to the risk of drug abuse.
drugproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drugproof
drugproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drugproof
drugproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drugproof
kidproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kidproof
form: most kidproof
Etymology: From kid + -proof.
Senses: glosses: childproof
kidproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kidproofs
form: kidproofing
form: kidproofed
form: kidproofed
Etymology: From kid + -proof.
Senses: glosses: childproof
kidproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kidproof
kidproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kidproof
kidproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kidproof
deathproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deathproof
form: most deathproof
Etymology: From death + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: Controlled by computer, the plastic-skinned dummy has a heartbeat, breathes, tries to cough the air tube up out of its windpipe and even vomits. Sim is already serving students from Los Angeles County Hospital as a deathproof patient.
ref: 1967, LIFE, volume 63, number 23, page 87:
glosses: Resistant to dying.
spaceproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spaceproof
form: most spaceproof
Etymology: From space + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to the effects of outer space.
knifeproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more knifeproof
form: most knifeproof
Etymology: From knife + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to knives.
shitproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shitproof
form: most shitproof
Etymology: From shit + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to excrement.
Related terms: shitstained
polytetrafluoroethylene
Scotchgard
thoughtproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thoughtproof
form: most thoughtproof
Etymology: From thought + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to thought; not permitting a person to think.
noiseproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more noiseproof
form: most noiseproof
Etymology: From noise + -proof.
Senses: glosses: soundproof
noiseproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: noiseproofs
form: noiseproofing
form: noiseproofed
form: noiseproofed
Etymology: From noise + -proof.
Senses: glosses: soundproof
noiseproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of noiseproof
noiseproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of noiseproof
noiseproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of noiseproof
ullaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ullage
umbelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From umbel + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having umbels.
umbeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From umbel + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having umbels.
wallpapery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wallpapery
form: most wallpapery
Etymology: From wallpaper + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Most dictionaries are made of paper, glue and ink, from the cheap and ugly paperbacks favoured by schoolchildren, to sumptuous editions, exuding opulence, like that of the Spanish Royal Academy, with its stiff, cream, wallpapery pages […]
ref: 2005, Christopher J. Hall, An Introduction to Language and Linguistics, page 95:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of wallpaper.
umph
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of humph (“sound of doubt or disapproval”).
glosses: Alternative form of oof (“sound of loss of air from the body, as when struck”).
Luuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Sulu, Philippines.
unbased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈbeɪst/
rhymes: -eɪst
Forms: form: more unbased
form: most unbased
Etymology: From un- + based.
Senses: examples: text: We have the feudal state in the gloomy and Gothic grandeur of Northumberland House; we pass along the Strand, where Jack Cade pursued his brief triumph—the prototype of every popular insurrection unbased on any great principle—sudden, cruel, and useless!
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 148:
text: To revive questions supposed to be long since settled, may be thought to need some apology; but there is a sufficient apology in the implication above made clear, that the theory commonly accepted is ill-based or unbased.
ref: 1884, Popular Science, volume 25, number 19, page 290:
text: Such stumbling and unbased coincidences are often cited as indicative of some supernatural source of knowledge possessed by children and persons of the genius type; but if the unbased statements made of such persons the world over should be placed in one list, and the facts as later determined to be true should be placed in another, it seems that the laws of coincidence would govern the situation completely.
ref: 1907, Louisa Burns, Studies in the osteopathic sciences, page 144:
text: But the strangler's disquiet proved unbased. The snarl opened its jaws and Shelyid popped out, none the worse for wear.
ref: 2002, Eric Flint, Richard Roach, Forward the Mage:
glosses: Without a sound basis; unfounded; baseless.
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Not based; cringeworthy, contemptible.
raw_tags: of a political stance or statement
unbased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈbeɪst/
rhymes: -eɪst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbase
rompery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From romp + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: In spite of Mr. James' occasional weakness for sobbing notes, the presiding spirit of the establishment is, I should say, one of rompery.
ref: 1944, The New Yorker, volume 20, number 2, page 42:
text: The production numbers of La Cage sparkle, while the comedy is a bevy of sight gags, wildly drawn characters, and sexual rompery.
ref: 1984, Digital Audio, volume 1, numbers 2-7, page 88:
glosses: Romping; boisterous play.
uncanonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncanonic
form: most uncanonic
Etymology: From un- + canonic.
Senses: glosses: uncanonical
undear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undear
form: most undear
Etymology: From un- + dear.
Senses: examples: text: People say I am even minded and that no one is dear or undear to me. But I do love my devotees because they do not look forward to anyone else but me.
ref: 2004, Shiva Kumar Tripathi, A Garden of Deeds, page 201:
glosses: Not dear.
posttheater
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-theatre
Etymology: From post- + theater.
Senses: glosses: After attendance at the theater.
glosses: After the formation of theater.
unshoddy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unshoddy
form: most unshoddy
Etymology: From un- + shoddy.
Senses: glosses: Not shoddy.
unexpeditious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unexpeditious
form: most unexpeditious
Etymology: From un- + expeditious.
Senses: glosses: Not expeditious.
vaywode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaywodes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of voivode.
vaywodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaywode
wayvode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wayvodes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of voivode.
wayvodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wayvode
waywod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waywods
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of voivode.
waywods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waywod
nonrepentant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + repentant.
Senses: glosses: Not repentant.
nonrepentance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + repentance.
Senses: glosses: Lack of repentance.
vaiwode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaiwodes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of voivode.
vaivod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaivods
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of voivode.
vaiwodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaiwode
vaivods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaivod
wojwode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wojwodes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of voivode.
wojwodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wojwode
voievoda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voievodas
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of voivode.
voievodas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voievoda
vayvode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vayvodes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of voivode.
vayvodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vayvode
woywod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woywods
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of voivode.
woywods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woywod
undelightfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more undelightfully
form: most undelightfully
Etymology: From undelightful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not delightful.
underspins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underspin
unmard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmard
form: most unmard
Etymology: From un- + mard.
Senses: examples: text: And at the foote thereof a gentle flud / His silver waves did softly tumble downe, / Unmard with ragged mosse or filthy mud; […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 6:
glosses: Obsolete form of unmarred.
unvehement
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unvehement
form: most unvehement
Etymology: From un- + vehement.
Senses: glosses: Not vehement.
unnative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unnative
form: most unnative
Etymology: From un- + native.
Senses: glosses: Not native.
unpinked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈpɪŋkt/
Etymology: From un- + pinked.
Senses: examples: text: Nathaniel's coat, sir, was not fully made;
And Gabriel's pumps were all unpinked i' the heel
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
text: Gather and glue the unpinked edge of the fabric and tuck it inside the tube.
ref: 2007, Gooseberry Patch Homemade Gifts from the Heart, page 15:
glosses: Not pinked; of clothing or fabric, not ornamented with holes or scallops.
unpile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unpiles
form: unpiling
form: unpiled
form: unpiled
Etymology: From un- + pile.
Senses: glosses: To remove from a pile or stack.
unpiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpile
unpiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpile
unpervert
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unperverts
form: unperverting
form: unperverted
form: unperverted
Etymology: From un- + pervert.
Senses: glosses: To free from perversion or error.
unperverts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unpervert
unperverting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unpervert
unfragile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ædʒaɪl
Forms: form: more unfragile
form: most unfragile
Etymology: From un- + fragile.
Senses: glosses: Not fragile.
unfriable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfriable
form: most unfriable
Etymology: From un- + friable.
Senses: examples: text: The smooth surface, the elastic and unfriable nature of cartilage, render it of all substances the properest for the place and purpose.
ref: 1802, William Paley, Natural Theology:
text: If smaller milling equipment is used for prolonged time, residual material from the void areas may harden and agglomerate into unfriable particles.
ref: 2009, Jack Zheng, Formulation and Analytical Development for Low-Dose Oral Drug Products:
glosses: Not friable.
quasiquotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quasi- + quotation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of quasiquoting.
quasiquoter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasiquoters
Etymology: From quasi- + quoter.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software mechanism that quasiquotes.
quasiquoters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quasiquoter
quasiquote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quasiquotes
form: quasiquoting
form: quasiquoted
form: quasiquoted
Etymology: From quasi- + quote.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To enclose (a text fragment within source code) in a special markup that allows it to be separately parsed to yield a computed output value.
Related terms: quasiquotation
quasiquoter
quasiquoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quasiquote
quasiquotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quasiquote
quasiquoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quasiquote
unroyally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unroyally
form: most unroyally
Etymology: From unroyal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: His Majesty's royalty was accepted without further question or discussion, and the two little girls began at once to inquire into how he came to be where he was, and how he came to be so unroyally clad, and whither he was bound […]
ref: 1881, Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper:
glosses: In a way that is not royal, or does not befit royalty.
unsained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsained
form: most unsained
Etymology: From un- + sained.
Senses: glosses: Not sained; unblessed.
unshapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unshape
unshaping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unshape
unsowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sowed.
Senses: glosses: Not sowed; unsown.
unsubject
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + subject.
Senses: examples: text: Others must stipulate that God is unsubject to the constraints of space-time […]
ref: 2005, Gary C. Gibson, Waveform Politics: Fade to History, page 27:
glosses: Not subject to something.
unthatches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unthatch
unvaile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unvailes
form: unvailing
form: unvailed
form: unvailed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of unveil.
unvailes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unvaile
unwarie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwarie
form: most unwarie
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of unwary.
unworkables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unworkable
afterfeel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From after- + feel.
Senses: glosses: A feeling experienced after and as a result of something, e.g. a sensation left in the mouth by a drink.
photothermoplastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photothermoplastic
inbox zero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Zero refers to the number of messages in an empty inbox.
Senses: glosses: A technique for avoiding clutter in one's e-mail inbox by immediately dealing with incoming messages according to various strategies.
cargo culting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cargo cult + -ing.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hyponyms: voodoo programming
glosses: An approach that copies an existing successful approach without properly analysing and understanding it.
offendours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of offendour
ĩ
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Senses: examples: wĩ — win
ĩposed — imposed
glosses: The letter i with a tilde, replacing the sequence in or im.
nondeterminicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + determinicity.
Senses: examples: text: "The most important design decision for the new theory is how to combine this nondeterminicity with the classical concept of an algebra."
ref: 1989, Jan Grabowski, Pierre Lescanne, Wolfgang Wechler, Algebraic and Logic Programming: International Workshop ...:
glosses: The property or quality of being nondeterministic.
fanning mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanning mills
Senses: glosses: A mill-like device using an air blast to winnow grain, using riddles and sieves
Synonyms: winnowing machine
winnowing mill
sasaparilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sasaparillas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sarsaparilla.
gross margins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gross margin
net margin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒɪn
Forms: form: net margins
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The amount of money which a business generates after deducting all expenses, including taxes; often expressed as the ratio net margin percent.
Synonyms: profit margin
net margins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of net margin
stir fries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stir fry
stir frys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stir fry
old chestnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old chestnut
A-flats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A-flat
ad-libbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ad-libber
vert ramps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vert ramp
r-values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of r-value
house sitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house sitter
Nigerian scams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nigerian scam
tin-openers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tin-opener
tax stamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tax stamp
prof. ord.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of professor ordinarius.
blow-by-blows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blow-by-blow
sea-gulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea-gull
night-rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night-rail
red-tops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-top
nick-nacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nick-nack
CPOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CPO
no-names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-name
check-swings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of check-swing
professor ordinarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: professores ordinarii
form: prof. ord.
Senses: topics: academia
scholarly
sciences
glosses: A professor with a chair, representing a given area.
raw_tags: in Germany
professores ordinarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of professor ordinarius
India relish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: India relishes
form: Indian relish
Senses: examples: text: Thick slices of broiled tomato, first dipped in crumbs, and topped with a dab of butter, go well under the meat, and mustard pickle and India relish are almost necessary accompaniments.
ref: 2012, Margaret Yardley Potter, Elizabeth Gilbert, At Home on the Range, page 53:
text: I know nothing else about Elizabeth Scott Hardin, but I have her recipe for corn bread, and also for India relish: her granddaughter brought these recipes west in 1846, traveling with the Donner-Reed party as far as the Humboldt Sink […]
ref: 2013, Linda Anderson, Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings, page 568:
text: The maximalist patty (identified in Hemingway's papers as “Papa's Favorite Wild West Hamburger”) calls for minced carrot and tomato, cheddar cheese, grated apple, capers, India relish, and a brace of spices, all mixed directly into the beef.
ref: 2014, SAVEUR: The New Classics Cookbook:
glosses: A sour vinegared relish containing pickled cucumbers, onions, and typically other vegetables.
Synonyms: chow-chow
piccalilli
Indian relish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian relishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of India relish.
Aristophanic man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Aristophanic man.
glosses: Synonym of homo Aristophaneus.
synonyms: word: homo Aristophaneus
chow-chow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chow-chows
Senses: glosses: A chayote.
glosses: Alternative form of chowchow.
corticogeniculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlɪt
Etymology: From cortico- + geniculate.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Going from the cortex to the geniculate nucleus.
geniculocortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geniculo- + cortical.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Going from the geniculate nucleus to the cortex.
cow bite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow bites
Etymology: From the metaphor that one is making a cow's mouth with one's hand.
Senses: examples: text: "You two have been brought closer together by that cow bite, I see." "You said cow bite before, I guess you mean 'goose.' Do you?" Sissy asked.
ref: 1975, Norman Keifetz, The Sensation, page 178:
text: She pulled at the pants, inflicting some painful cow bites on Carl's legs.
ref: 2012, J. W. Stockton, Fardnock's Revenge, →ISBN, page 81:
text: He squeezed her thigh just above her knee, easily straddling it between fingers and thumb in a cow bite.
ref: 2013, Austin Clark, Shadows and Mockery: A Ghost Story, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: A large pinch performed with the entire hand, squeezing everything between thumb and fingers rather than just using the fingertips.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cow, bite.
cow bite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cow bites
form: cow biting
form: cow bit
form: cow bitten
Etymology: From the metaphor that one is making a cow's mouth with one's hand.
Senses: examples: text: You can use the grip to cow bite (grip, squeeze and twist) the tenderflesh on the inside of the upper arm.
ref: 2009, Mark Hatmaker, Doug Werner, No Second Chance: A Reality-Based Guide to Self-Defense, →ISBN, page 130:
glosses: To administer a cow bite.
cow bites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cow bite
cow bites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cow bite
cow biting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cow bite
cow bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of cow bite
cow bitten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of cow bite
walk the floor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks the floor
form: walking the floor
form: walked the floor
form: walked the floor
Senses: examples: text: "How wildly you talk, Margaret!" exclaimed Mr. Birtwell, with increased irritation. . . . Mr. Birtwell started to his feet and walked the floor with considerable excitement.
ref: 1875, T. S. Arthur, chapter 3, in Danger; or, Wounded in the House of a Friend:
text: "Oh—this is terrible!" she broke out frantically—and she began to walk the floor.
ref: 1913, Kathleen Norris, “Rising Water”, in Poor Dear Margaret Kirby and other Stories:
text: You left me and you went away
. . .
I'm walking the floor over you
I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you
ref: 1941, Ernest Tubb, "Walking the Floor Over You" (song)
text: Ida . . . remembered the "anxious way my mother walked the floor at night when my father was out to a political meeting."
ref: 1998, Linda O. McMurry, To Keep the Waters Troubled, ch. 1 (excerpt at nytimes.com)
text: If Kyle felt half as torn about his upcoming marriage as Brandon suspected, he might walk the floor all night.
ref: 2015, Brenda Novak, chapter 7, in Whiskey Creek Series Volume One, →ISBN:
glosses: To pace back and forth restlessly, because of worry, excitement, distress, etc.
walking the floor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of walk the floor
cream line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cream lines
form: creamline
Etymology: From cream + line.
Senses: examples: text: There is produced, however, at this temperature a cooked taste and the cream line is reduced to a greater extent than when the milk is heated and blown at 145° F.
ref: 1914, Samuel Henry Ayers, William Trimble Johnson, Removal of garlic flavor from milk and cream:
text: As pasteurization reduced cream line by about 15% some dairymen slightly under-pasteurized their milk in order to outsell their competitors.
ref: 2012, S Herschdoerfer, Quality Control in the Food Industry, →ISBN, page 81:
text: As experts debated its merits, ordinary citizens remained doubtful about pasteurized milk because the heating process of pasteurization altered one of the elements they used to evaluate milk's quality: the cream line.
ref: 2013, Kendra Smith-Howard, Pure and Modern Milk: An Environmental History since 1900, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: The layer of cream that floats to the top of a bottle of milk that has not been homogenized.
cream lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cream line
creamline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creamlines
Senses: examples: text: However illogical it may seem to us in the industry that a good creamline should be regarded as a standard of quality, the fact remains that for the housewife it very frequently is.
ref: 1948, J. R. Cuttell, The H.T.S.T. plant, page 80:
text: The thicker the creamline, the richer the milk, which was clearly visible in the glass bottles milk was delivered in.
ref: 2011, Diane A. Welland, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Local, →ISBN:
text: The fat in untreated milk floats freely and rises to the surface to form a creamline on the top.
ref: 2012, Christopher G J Baker, M.D. Ranken, R.C. Kill, Food Industries Manual, →ISBN, page 89:
glosses: Alternative form of cream line.
creamlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creamline
bering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈɹɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: berings
form: beringing
form: beringed
form: beringed
Etymology: From be- (prefix forming verbs from adjectives or nouns, usually with the sense ‘to make, become, or cause to be [like the adjective or noun]’) + ring.
Senses: examples: text: [A]n elephant was captured for a time by the king's hunters and, ere he broke free, beringed with a grievous leg-iron.
ref: 1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter IX, in Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 235:
glosses: To encircle (something) with a ring or some other circular object (such as a shackle).
overlordliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overlordly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: His Boer War experience, annotated in the ribbons which he wore, had given him a touch of overlordliness, which now tuned his irritable remarks.
ref: 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 59:
glosses: The fact or quality of being overlordly; superciliousness.
Chinese hackberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese hackberries
Senses: glosses: A tree, Celtis sinensis, of the family Cannabaceae and native to slopes in East Asia.
firetrench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firetrenches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fire trench.
insectiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more insectiferous
form: most insectiferous
Etymology: From insect + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: examples: text: The doctor and myself slept in a long, deep, French dugout, with a heavy timbered roof, quite warm, and scarcely less insectiferous.
ref: 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 80:
glosses: Containing or producing insects.
lunatical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːˈnatɪkl̩/
Forms: form: more lunatical
form: most lunatical
Etymology: From lunatic + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Fine days succeeded, and moonlit nights, temperate nights with their irresistible poetry creating a silver lake in the borders of Thiepval's lunatical wood, a yellow harvest on the downs towards Mesnil the mortuary.
ref: 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 86:
glosses: Lunatic.
Pravda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑːvdə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Правда (Pravda, literally “The Truth”).
Senses: examples: text: These figures indicate that there must have been considerable wastage in the past; indeed Pravda said that “no deviation from these standards is to be permitted, however slight, and it is the duty of Party workers in factories to exercise their rights of supervision to eliminate waste.”
ref: 1949 April, John Baker White, “How's Business in Russia?”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: The official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and successor papers.
examples: text: Pravda has described Tony Abbott as “a disturbed mind crying out for therapy”: after his threat to “shirtfront” the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in Brisbane.
ref: 2014 October 14, “Pravda lashes Tony Abbott as 'disturbed' over threat to shirtfront Vladimir Putin”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Pravda.ru, a privately owned Russian news website established in 1999.
Pravda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑːvdə/
Forms: form: Pravdas
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Правда (Pravda, literally “The Truth”).
Senses: examples: text: The fundamental purpose of the Government in introducing this measure, and in turning their three kept newspapers — the three Pravdas of Fianna Fail — to the propaganda campaign, is to wipe out the Labour Party, Clann na Talmhan, Clann na Poblachta and the Independents.
ref: 1959, Ireland. Oireachtas. Dáil, Parliamentary debates; official report:
text: The music press is forever weeping about corporate-dominated music, but their only real contribution is their service as Pravdas of genre orthodoxy; what's "real jazz," "real blues," "real rock 'n' roll," blah blah blah.
ref: 1993, Musician:
text: The following is an editorial in today's New York Pravda. My comments are included.
ref: 1999 February 2, John McGough, “NY Pravda: Ken Starr's Meddling”, in alt.impeach.clinton (Usenet):
text: Eric Pickles, the new local government secretary, said he wanted to axe 'the weekly town hall Pravdas' to ensure that a healthy independent local press can scrutinise the work of councils.
ref: 2013, Bloomsbury Publishing, Whitaker's Shorts: Five Years in Review, A&C Black, →ISBN:
text: Clinton did not mention Cernovich, but she attacked Alex Jones, the paranoiac Texas radio host, and Breitbart.com, the Pravda of the alt-right.
ref: 2016 October 31, Andrew Marantz, “Trolls for Trump”, in The New Yorker, retrieved 02 Dec 2017:
text: Unfund the CBC, Canada's Pravda and national enforcer of truth
ref: 2020 January 22, Terence Corcoran, “Terence Corcoran: Unfund the CBC, Canada's Pravda and national enforcer of truth”, in The Financial Post, retrieved 14 Dec 2023:
glosses: A newspaper or other media channel seen as untrustworthy and biased towards its owners or the establishment.
honey extractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honey extractors
Senses: glosses: A circular tank or drum in which honey is extracted from honeycomb by centrifugal force.
seraphims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Where in the Bible are seraphims mentioned? Seraphims are angels who continuously worship God.
ref: 2013, Jerry Adams, Christian Bible Challenge: Answers Every Christian Should Know, page 186:
glosses: plural of seraph
glosses: plural of seraphim
ovalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ovalises
form: ovalising
form: ovalised
form: ovalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ovalize.
prohibitionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prohibition + -ism.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The doctrine that people will refrain from certain actions if they are deemed unlawful (prohibited)
Related terms: prohibition
prohibitionist
temperance movement
factualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of factualize
factualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of factualize
factualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of factualize
denominationalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of denominationalize
silent numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silent number
hydrolic cycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrolic cycle
denominationalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of denominationalize
denominationalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of denominationalize
boo-boos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boo-boo
Eau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Cognate with North Frisian ia (“river”), Saterland Frisian Äi (“river”), West Frisian ie (“water, stream”), Dutch aa (“water, stream”), German Ache (“water, stream, river, flood”), Swedish å (“stream, creek”), Icelandic á (“stream, river”), Latin aqua (“water”). Doublet of aqua and yeo. Related to, but not derived from, French eau ("water").
Senses: glosses: Any of several rivers in Lincolnshire.
Derived terms: Barlings Eau
Bourne Eau
Great Eau
Kyme Eau
Long Eau
Risegate Eau
Related terms: Aa
ea
eau
yeo
List of waterways in Lincolnshire
Tusk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtuːsk/
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Tusk, from Kashubian Tuzk, a variant of Tuzek.
Senses: glosses: A male surname from Kashubian
shii tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shii trees
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 椎.
Senses: glosses: A tree, Castanopsis cuspidata, native to southern Japan and southern Korea.
belougas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belouga
widemouth blindcat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: widemouth blindcats
Senses: glosses: Any of species Satan eurystomus of North American freshwater catfish, endemic to Texas in the United States and the only representative of the genus Satan.
Africanish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Africanish
form: most Africanish
Etymology: From African + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: She might look out of the upstairs window to the convoluted twist of bramble and Africanish sumac beyond the squared, mowed lawn, but her mind does not travel into it. Where the manicured, defined lawn ends her curiosity seems to stop.
ref: 1997, Alice Hoffman, John Kulka, Natalie Danford, Scribners Best of the Fiction Workshops 1997, page 370:
text: The discussion of the literature that is considered in this paper as Africanish and not African, goes a long way to help us answer the question at hand. The observation made on Africanish Literature imply what then is African Literature.
ref: 2000, MJEAS, volume 3, page 31:
text: Who is this woman who became such an iconic sex symbol? Braga describes herself: “I am a typical Brazilian. I have a typical Brazilian bottom, typical Brazilian colouring, even a bit Africanish, and typical Brazilian style” [...]
ref: 2015, Severino J. Albuquerque, Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez, Performing Brazil:
glosses: Somewhat African.
Africanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Africanlike
form: most Africanlike
Etymology: From African + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The Africanlike Persona To position the men's experiences of this book, it is important to recognize that their individual and collective lives are socially linked to the historical legacy of slavery.
ref: 2010, Gail Garfield, Through Our Eyes:
glosses: rare spelling of African-like
yearthousands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yearthousand
cut the ground from under someone's feet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts the ground from under someone's feet
form: cutting the ground from under someone's feet
form: cut the ground from under someone's feet
form: cut the ground from under someone's feet
Senses: glosses: To thwart someone's plans by anticipating them and preventing their success.
Related terms: pull the rug out from under
Cantonese opera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cantonese operas
Senses: examples: text: My research on Chinese immigrant theater (in the form of Cantonese opera) in nineteenth-century America brought me to San Francisco. From the first documented performance to today's occasional productions, Cantonese opera in the Bay Area has had a continuous history of over a century and a half.
ref: 2007, Janelle G. Reinelt, Joseph R. Roach, Critical Theory and Performance, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: A major category of Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Cantonese culture, and involving music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and acting.
puss out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pusses out
form: pussing out
form: pussed out
form: pussed out
Etymology: From pussy.
Senses: glosses: To avoid doing something due to cowardice.
corroboree frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corroboree frogs
Senses: glosses: A small, ground-dwelling frog: Pseudophryne corroboree (southern corroboree frog) or Pseudophryne pengilleyi (northern corroboree frog), native to Southern Tablelands of Australia.
corroboree frogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corroboree frog