cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
murine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmjʊəɹaɪn/
rhymes: -ʊəɹaɪn
Forms: form: murines
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mūrīnus (“mouselike”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any murine mammal.
Hypernyms: murid
muroid
myomorph
rodent
wallboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallboards
Etymology: From wall + board.
Senses: examples: text: Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard. One hook should be sufficient to swag a lamp from a ceiling outlet.
ref: 1991, Kalton C. Lahue, Cheryl Smith, Interior Lighting, page 19:
glosses: A construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface.
Synonyms: drywall
Hyponyms: gypsum board
gyprock
plasterboard
Related terms: cement board
plaster
gypsum plaster
lath
drywalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drywall
drywalling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The drywalling will be done by next week.
glosses: The installation and finishing of drywall.
whitetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitetails
form: white-tail
form: white tail
Etymology: From white + tail.
Senses: glosses: A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
glosses: Any of the white-tailed spiders of genus Lampona (Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina) native to eastern and southern Australia.
glosses: A dragonfly of the genus Plathemis.
Synonyms: sense: deer
word: carjacou
sense: deer
word: Virginia deer
sense: deer
word: white-tailed deer
sense: spider
word: white-tailed spider
Derived terms: whitetail sharkminnow
wronged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɒŋd/
rhymes: -ɒŋd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wrong
parcel bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parcel bombs
Senses: glosses: A bomb, disguised as a parcel, set to explode when unwrapped.
Related terms: letter bomb
mail bomb
Noël
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Noel.
stomach lining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stomach linings
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A layer of tissue on the inside of stomach.
lact-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: lacto-
Senses: glosses: milk
Derived terms: lactalbumin
lactase
lactate
lactation
lacteal
lactescent
lactic
lactic acid
lactiferous
lactobacillus
lactoflavin
lactogenic
lactometer
lactone
lactoprotein
lactose
dorty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔɹti/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: more dorty
form: most dorty
Senses: examples: text: Ees claes were dorty.
glosses: Dirty; unclean.
Related terms: word: dirty
word: hacky
word: hacky dorty
word: unclean
hacky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æki
Forms: form: hackier
form: hackiest
Etymology: From hack + -y.
Senses: glosses: Like a hack; amateurish.
glosses: Filthy or totally dirty.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
examples: text: A hacky cough. A hacky laugh. A hacky breath. A hacky howl.
glosses: Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
Synonyms: hackish
Derived terms: hackily
hackiness
hacky sack
Related terms: word: dirty
word: dorty
word: hacky dorty
word: unclean
hacky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æki
Forms: form: more hacky
form: most hacky
Etymology: Alteration of hackneyed.
Senses: topics: comedy
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)
hacky dorty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: hacky + dorty
Senses: examples: text: "Yor hacky dorty man!, deeky yer claes, they're soden wi clarts!"
glosses: Filthy dirty, totally soiled.
Related terms: word: dorty
word: hacky
word: soiled
-lepsy
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λῆψις (lêpsis, “seizure”) and epilepsy, which is from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψίᾱ (epilēpsíā).
Senses: glosses: a specified form of possession (sense 5 or sense 6), fit or seizure
Derived terms: epilepsy
hypnolepsy
hysteroepilepsy
Related terms: -leptic
prolepsis
Shakespearian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shakespearian
form: most Shakespearian
Etymology: From Shakespeare + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Shakespearean.
Shakespearian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shakespearians
Etymology: From Shakespeare + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Shakespearean.
stap my vitals
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: stap me vitals
Etymology: Corruption of stop + my + vitals. Compare stap me.
Senses: examples: text: You have married a woman beautiful in her person, charming in her airs, prudent in her conduct, constant in her inclinations, and of a nice morality - stap my vitals!
ref: 1845, William Hazlitt, Lectures on the English Comic Writers:
text: The true Preux des Dames, (regretfully) went out with the full periwig, stap my vitals!
ref: 1854, Tom Taylor, Charles Reade, Masks and Faces:
text: "Stap my vitals, Bill" (this was to Shakespeare), "there's a great wave coming and you're on the top of it".
ref: 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando:
text: "Stap my vitals, Tuppy, old corpse," I said, concerned, "you're looking pretty blue round the rims."
ref: 1934, PG Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves:
text: Stap my vitals Neal cried, and I knew he was quoting Otway.
ref: 1995, Kenneth Robert, Boon Island:
glosses: An exclamation of surprise or anger, sometimes used as an oath.
Derived terms: stap me
ball boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball boys
form: ballboy
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.
wikipedia: 2013 US Open (tennis)
Related terms: ball girl
ball kid
ball girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball girls
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A female responsible for getting the balls from off the area of play to the players.
wikipedia: 2013 US Open (tennis)
Coordinate terms: ball boy
ball kid
in the way
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I really wanted a clear photo of the president, but all the journalists were in the way.
text: The pre-grouping railway managements were very chary about allowing other people's trains on their territory, and there were many instances where running powers granted by Act of Parliament were never actually excercised because of difficulties deliberately put in the way.
ref: 1955 July, R. S. McNaught, “"Foreign" Engine Workings”, in Railway Magazine, page 497:
glosses: Obstructing, blocking, or hindering.
examples: text: First thing on the Monday morning, I went to the haberdasher's shop, opposite Mr. Trinkle's, the great upholsterer's in Cheapside. "Mr. Phibbs in the way?"
ref: 1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Around; present; able to be found.
Related terms: in a way
in one's way
in the way of
on the way
on the way
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Don't panic! Reinforcements are on the way.
text: Spring is on the way.
text: Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way
Your brothers are comin', there'll be hell to pay
ref: 2020, Bob Dylan, Murder Most Foul:
glosses: Coming; approaching.
examples: text: We are on our way to the train station.
glosses: Heading to a certain place.
examples: text: I can drop you at the station, as it is on my way home.
glosses: On the direct route that one intends to travel.
glosses: On one's way.
examples: text: We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: We gathered up what was left of the red deer after skinning and cleaning it, and set out upon our return journey toward the U-boat. On the way Olson, von Schoenvorts and I discussed the needs of our immediate future, and we were unanimous in placing foremost the necessity of a permanent camp on shore.
ref: 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
glosses: While travelling.
thus far
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Barry removed Pawlisch last July and the former board member has sought reinstatement to his seat, thus far without success.
ref: 1983 December 3, “Citizeens Support Ousting of Homophobic Health Commissioner”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 2:
glosses: So far, hitherto.
Synonyms: as yet
to date
up to now
hitherto
Derived terms: thus far and no further
vital signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Read between the lines / What's fucked up, and everything's alright / Check my vital signs / To know I'm still alive, and I walk alone
ref: 2004, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, in American Idiot, performed by Green Day:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: vitals
glosses: A set of measurements of a patient's condition taken regularly to assess the state of bodily functions: CSM, skin signs, lung sounds, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration.
examples: text: the vital signs of the economy
text: We met in a pub and spoke for hours. We went through two bottles of red wine and a couple of pizzas. We had a kiss as the bus stop, and messaged as soon as we both got home. Good vital signs right? Wrong.
ref: 2019 October 23, Hayley Quinn, Paisley Gilmour, “An essential guide to 'zombieing' - the dating trend that's worse than ghosting”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: A set of variables or characteristics that indicate the general condition of something.
Related terms: sign of life
nose-picking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose-pickings
Senses: glosses: The insertion of one's finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus.
glosses: A piece of mucus extracted from the nose using one's finger.
Related terms: nose-pick
nose-picker
pick one's nose
nose-picking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nose-pick
Related terms: rhinotillexomania
stretch one's legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stretches one's legs
form: stretching one's legs
form: stretched one's legs
form: stretched one's legs
Senses: examples: text: I needed to stretch my legs after spending all day sitting around in meetings.
text: Finally, after nearly two and a half hours on the same train, I have the chance to stretch my legs at Taunton while I wait for the Bristol service.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66:
glosses: To walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down.
get one's leg over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's leg over
form: getting one's leg over
form: got one's leg over
form: got one's leg over
form: gotten one's leg over
form: get a leg over
Senses: examples: text: It's all well and good having a relationship, but at the end of the day all I want to do is get my leg over.
glosses: To have sex
examples: text: He just didn't quite get his leg over.
ref: 1991, Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special, describing Ian Botham treading on his stumps; quoted in Cris Freddi, The Guinness Book of Cricket Blunders, Guinness Publishing, 1996, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, one's, leg, over.
Synonyms: sense: to have sex
word: do it
word: get one's end away
word: get one's groove on
word: copulate
Derived terms: legover
Related terms: get over on
quillaia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwəˈleɪə/
Forms: form: quillaja
Etymology: After the genus Quillaja, from Mapudungun quillai.
Senses: examples: text: Although the emulsifying properties of quillaia are mentioned in every text-book, yet its advantages do not appear to be generally known or made use of.
ref: 1906 February 24, Pharmaceutical Journal, page 204:
glosses: An extract from the bark of the soapbark tree, Quillaja saponaria, used as a food additive.
Synonyms: E999 when used as a foaming agent
Related terms: quillai
foaming agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foaming agents
Senses: glosses: Any substance that will produce a foam under specified conditions
twoc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: twocs
form: twoccing
form: twocking
form: twocced
form: twocced
form: twocked
form: twocked
form: twock
Etymology: From the legal term TWOC (“taken without owner's consent”).
Senses: examples: text: Most familiarly, juveniles twoc cars. But, I suggest, readers twoc writings.
ref: 1994 Winter, John Hartley, “Twoccing and joyreading”, in Terence Hawkes, editor, Textual Practice, volume 8, number 3, page 2:
text: Joyriders are generally introduced to ‘twoccing’ by friends and it is seen as exciting, with many recounting the thrill, excitement and ‘buzz’ involved.
ref: 1998, Hazel Croall, Crime and Society in Britain, Longman, →ISBN, page 220:
text: James Harris also left a note saying "North Shields crew, if you don't keep it locked, it will get twocked" on the victim's TV
ref: 2015 June 22, Sara Nichol, “North Shields window cleaner poured bleach over victim's clothes when he burgled her house”, in Chronicle Live:
text: Security guard or not, Michael had jumped at the chance to steal, or in his parlance ‘twoc’, the bus.
ref: 2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 171:
text: A frustrated Kim, in a bright yellow waistcoat that looked like someone had made a hi-viz tabard out of Big Bird, twocked Vincent’s car and had a high octane 2mph crash with Dot Branning.
ref: 2016 October 18, Ian Hyland, “EastEnders has been a load of rubbish - but Kim's driving test could change that”, in Daily Mirror:
text: [The sentence was imposed in August by Judge Passfield, after he had pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without consent.]
ref: 2023 November 28, Gareth Crickmer, “Sunderland man gets banned from drinking alcohol after twocking car, then gets caught out by ankle tag”, in Sunderland Echo:
glosses: To steal (especially a car).
Derived terms: twoccer
twoccing
Related terms: english: British legal term
translation: British legal term
word: TWOC
shit happens
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: word: c'est la vie
word: it is as it is
word: it is how it is
word: it is what it is
word: life's a bitch
word: shit happens
word: so be it
word: so is life
word: so it goes
word: such is life
word: that's that and this is this
word: that's the way it goes
word: that’s the way it plays
word: that's the way life is
word: that's the way the ball bounces
word: that's the way the cookie crumbles
word: that's the way the mop flops
word: them's the breaks
glosses: An expression of acceptance of misfortune and unforeseen bad circumstances or luck.
Related terms: c'est la vie
that's life
it happens
these things happen
this is the life
Middlesbrough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪdəlzbɹə/
ipa: /ˈmɪdəlzˌbʌɹə/
Etymology: From Old English middel (“middle”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Middleburg and Middlebury. Cf. also Middelburg.
Senses: glosses: A town, unitary authority, and borough of North Yorkshire, England, situated on the River Tees.
so far so good
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: so far, so good
Senses: examples: text: Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put the dog in kennels. So far so good; now let's get to Minorca.
text: They say that Ngoc hoang sent a messenger from heaven to men to say that when they reached old age they should change their skins and live for ever, but that when serpents grew old they must die. The messenger came down to earth and said, rightly enough, "When man is old he shall cast his skin; but when serpents are old they shall die and be laid in coffins." So far so good. But unluckily there happened to be a brood of serpents within hearing, and when they learned the doom pronounced on their kind, they fell into a fury and said to the messenger, "You must say it over again and just the contrary, or we will bite you."
ref: 1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 76:
glosses: Up to this point, all is OK.
Derived terms: so far so bad
granary bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granary breads
Senses: glosses: bread, not made from white or brown flour, that contains wheatgerm, whole grains and malt.
wheatgerm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheatgerms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wheat germ.
syntactical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪnˈtaktɪkl/
ipa: /sɪnˈtæktəkəl/
Forms: form: more syntactical
form: most syntactical
Etymology: From Latin syntacticus + -al.
Senses: glosses: syntactic, related to syntax
locken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒkən/
ipa: /lɒkn̩/
Forms: form: lucken
Senses: glosses: past participle of lock
locken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒkən/
ipa: /lɒkn̩/
Forms: form: more locken
form: most locken
form: lucken
Senses: glosses: Locked.
examples: text: locken fingers
glosses: Webbed (of hands or toes).
examples: text: The locken hands do not give much.
glosses: Stingy, tight-fisted.
examples: text: She stood there stock-still, her brows locken.
text: A leering eye and locken brows, / And large Mongolian mouth and nose.
ref: 1852, Alex Harper, Fruits of Solitary Hours:
glosses: Knit (of brows), also close-set, contracted.
muga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moga
form: mooga
form: moonga
form: mugga
form: munga
Etymology: Borrowed from Assamese মুগা (muga).
Senses: examples: text: Muga (from the Antheroea Assama moth) silk was produced in Assam; the muga silkworm fed on a tree known as champa.
ref: 2005, Brenda M King, Silk and Empire, page 71:
text: She was wearing a mauve blouse, a matching mauve bordered sador and a plain muga mekhela.
ref: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
glosses: A type of wild silk found in Assam.
radioactive fallout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioactive fallouts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nuclear fallout.
synonyms: word: nuclear fallout
designated hitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of designated hitter
radioactive tracer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioactive tracers
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A radioactive isotope which, when injected into a chemically similar substance, or artificially attached to a biological or physical system, can be traced by radiation detection devices.
radioecology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + ecology.
Senses: glosses: the study of the fate and effects of radioactive materials in the environment
Derived terms: radioecological
radiometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiometries
Etymology: From radio- + -metry.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The branch of science that deals with the detection and measurement of radiant electromagnetic energy.
rain shadow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rain shadows
Senses: examples: text: As a necessary consequence of this analogous structure, we find no forests eastward of the slopes of the Rocky Mountains and the Cordilleras, or in their "rain shadow," but open steppes...
ref: 1876, Oscar Peschel, The Races of Man: and Their Geographical Distribution, D. Appleton & Company, page 422:
text: A pronounced 'rain shadow' and chinook belt occur on the plateau district in the lee of these mountains.
ref: 1896, “Current Notes on Physiography”, in Science, volume 3, number 72, page 732:
text: In the modern day, the Andes cast a very strong rain shadow, resulting in the extreme aridity of the Atacama Desert.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 59:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: An area of diminished precipitation on the lee side of mountains, caused by the prior release of moisture on the windward side.
Raman effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the inelastic scattering of photons with subsequent change in frequency and phase; employed in Raman spectroscopy
wikipedia: Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Synonyms: Raman scattering
Raman spectroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist.
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: A form of spectroscopy that uses the Raman effect to study low-frequency vibrational and rotational modes of molecules.
wikipedia: Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Raman scattering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the Raman effect
undertakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undertaker
kati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: katis
form: catty
form: katti
form: katty
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kati; see below.
Senses: glosses: A weight equivalent to about 1.5 pounds, adopted as a standard by British companies.
Derived terms: english: chest
translation: chest
word: caddy
Related terms: kati roll
thinketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 10:12:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think
trusteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From trust + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix.
Senses: examples: text: He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 11:28:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trust
turneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From turn + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix.
Senses: examples: text: And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 20:6:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn
understandeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From understand + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix.
Senses: examples: text: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 3:11:
text: He rejoined, “Thy calling is of no account in our city, where not a soul understandeth science or even writing or aught save money-making.”
ref: 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “The Second Kalandar’s Tale. [Night 12.]”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume I, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 115:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of understand
uttereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From utter + -eth (suffix forming archaic third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs).
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of utter
wanteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: One would have lingering wars with little cost; Another would fly swift, but wanteth wings;
ref: 1590, Shakespeare, King Henry VI, part 1:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of want
our kid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑː.kɪd/
Forms: form: r kid
Senses: examples: text: 'It looks like our kid's in bother again,' I'd remarked to Eileen.
ref: 1980, Stan Barstow, A Brother's Tale:
text: "I'll oscillate you if you don't pack it in," said Dad, and our kid had to scarper a bit smartish to get out of the way of his big black boot.
ref: 2000, Roy Holland, Just a Bit Touched:
qualifier: especially Manchester; Liverpool; especially Manchester; Liverpool
glosses: My sibling.
Related terms: word: oor kid
word: wor kid
thickening agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thickening agents
Senses: glosses: any substance used to increase viscosity, especially of a food product
Synonyms: thickener
viscosifier
rasen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rasens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reason (“raising piece”).
humectant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hjuːˈmɛktənt/
Forms: form: humectants
Etymology: From Latin ūmectāns, present participle of ūmectō (“to moisten”), from ūmectus (“moist”), from ūmeō (“to be moist”).
Senses: examples: text: […] that you have induced a horrid phlegmatic condition with will soon require a liberal and generous humectant to keep the very membranes of your very entrails from desquamating, chipping off and blocking up all the pipes of your body.
ref: 1911, Hampton's Magazine, volume 27, number 1, page 462:
text: The humectant is preferably added at this stage, subsequent to centrifuging, because it increases the viscosity of the slurry. The centrifuged material with the combined humectant is then dried to remove all or most of the water.
ref: 1973, Ronald W. James, Desiccants and humectants, page 285:
text: Sorbitol is an excellent humectant and is used to extend the shelf life of many baked goods and fillings.
ref: 2010, Peter Hull, Glucose Syrups: Technology and Applications, page 114:
glosses: Any substance that promotes the retention of water, especially one used to keep a food product moist.
stinkbait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinkbaits
Etymology: From stink + bait.
Senses: examples: text: Deke mashed a wad of stinkbait onto the treble hook, then rinsed his fingers in the water to reduce the foul stench before lifting his beer can.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A form of bait composed of malodorous ingredients, designed to attract fish (primarily catfish) that hunt by scent.
wor kid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wor kids
Senses: examples: Am gannin te see wor kid Oscar for a gyem of footy
glosses: A (usually younger and usually male) sibling.
Related terms: word: oor kid
english: mainly Manchester
translation: mainly Manchester
word: our kid
Waffen-SS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈvɑfən.ɛsˌɛs/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Waffen-SS, from Waffe (“weapon”) + SS.
Senses: coordinate_terms: Allgemeine SS
SS-Verfügungstruppe
SS-Totenkopfverbände
glosses: The combat branch of the Schutzstaffel.
kaffir corn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaffir
form: kafir corn
form: kafir
Etymology: This name for sorghum is probably connected with both the distinction of Muslim versus non-Muslim and the distinction of sub-Saharan Black race versus other race; the history of usage of the word kaffir includes derogation, depending on time and place. For more information, see kaffir cabbage and see the Wikipedia article on kaffir as a racial term.
Senses: glosses: The cultivated species of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, used as a food for people and animals and in ethanol production.
Related terms: kaffir beer
kaffir bread
kaffir cabbage
kaffir lime
Indian corn
phosphor-roesslerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phosphorrösslerite.
birdseed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɝdˌsid/
Forms: form: birdseeds
Etymology: From bird + seed.
Senses: examples: text: If you set out birdseed in the winter, cardinals will be encouraged to overwinter.
glosses: Seed, usually constituting a mixture from several species of plant, set out as food for birds.
phosphorrösslerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorrösslerites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transparent crystalline mineral, MgHPO₄·7H₂O.
phosphoruria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phosphor + -uria?
Senses: glosses: a higher than normal amount of phosphate in the urine; a symptom of renal failure
phosphuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phospho- + -uria.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phosphoruria.
reveller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revellers
form: reveler
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English revelour. By surface analysis, revel + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who attends revels; a partygoer.
narcoleptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narcoleptics
Etymology: From narco- (“pertaining to sleep”) + -leptic (“of or relating to a condition of seizing”).
Senses: glosses: One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").
narcoleptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more narcoleptic
form: most narcoleptic
Etymology: From narco- (“pertaining to sleep”) + -leptic (“of or relating to a condition of seizing”).
Senses: examples: text: Miranda, who is narcoleptic and forgot to take her medication, was out cold for nearly 40 minutes after the plucky little girl called 911.
ref: 2018 June 4, Lia Eustachewich, “3-year-old girl saves mom's life”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
glosses: Pertaining to or affected by narcolepsy.
examples: text: A tour guide, who claimed to have been a former Israeli colonel, whisked us about while he discoursed on chickpeas, the Six-Day War and, for the Christians among us, Jesus' difficult end. But the trip was pleasant in a narcoleptic, summery kind of way.
ref: 2014 February 23, Gary Shteyngart, “Wet Hot Israeli Summer”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022:
text: The loneliness of this new life, he said, is mitigated by Jacques, who spent most of the interview beached in a narcoleptic reverie at my feet, snoring and farting.
ref: 2017 May 3, Michael Paterniti, “Brad Pitt Talks Divorce, Quitting Drinking, and Becoming a Better Man”, in GQ, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023:
glosses: Lacking activity; drowsy, lethargic.
examples: text: The debate started at 11.30am, nudging out of port with a characteristically narcoleptic speech from Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con).
ref: 2005 July 15, Quentin Letts, “I am white, middle-class, love my wife, own my home and adore traditional TV sitcoms. So why does the BBC hate me?”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2015:
glosses: Tending to "put someone to sleep"; extremely boring or tedious.
Derived terms: narcoleptically
phosphure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphures
Etymology: Borrowed from French phosphure.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: phosphide
kalamata olive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalamata olives
Etymology: After the Greek city of Kalamata.
Senses: examples: text: Among the entrees are skate sautéed with capers and white wine served with puréed potatoes and haricot verts; and oven-cooked rainbow trout with fresh herbs served with cauliflower, kalamata olives and fresh tomato sauce.
ref: 2008 June 29, “The World Beats a Path”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small-fruited cultivar of olive originating in southern Greece around Kalamata and Mani producing a prized, high-quality oil.
Kalgoorlie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia, Australia, the seat of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
glosses: A district of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia, Australia.
Derived terms: City of Kalgoorlie
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Municipality of Kalgoorlie
Shire of Kalgoorlie
Town of Kalgoorlie
phosphuret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphurets
Etymology: From phospho- + -uret.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: phosphide
Related terms: phosphureted
phosphureted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: phosphuretted
glosses: treated, or reacted with phosphorus.
Derived terms: phosphureted hydrogen
Related terms: sulfureted
phosphureted hydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: phosphoretted hydrogen
coordinate_terms: carburetted hydrogen
sulphuretted hydrogen
glosses: phosphine
Kaliningrad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈliːnɪnɡrad/
ipa: /kəˈlinɪnɡræd/
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Калинингра́д (Kaliningrád); named for Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin.
Senses: glosses: An oblast or federal subject in Russia; an exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania.
examples: text: As a second-year student at Kharkiv University, I took a summer job as a conductor of the train that ran from Novorossiysk on the Russian Black Sea coast to Kaliningrad in the Baltics - a 48-hour journey via Kharkiv, from where the train originated.
ref: 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 47:
glosses: A city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, formerly called Königsberg.
Synonyms: sense: from German
word: Königsberg
sense: from Polish
word: Królewiec
nightcrawler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightcrawlers
Etymology: From night + crawler.
Senses: glosses: An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
glosses: More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
phosphuretted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phosphureted.
AMP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AMPs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: A
ADP
ATP
glosses: Initialism of adenosine monophosphate.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of antimicrobial peptide.
examples: text: That strict nature of the AMP HTML means that attention to detail is necessary. The pages must be properly validated in order to function every time — and in order to amp up your place in Google's rankings, your AMP site must function every time.
ref: 2019, Richard Conway, How to Get to the Top of Google Search: A Practical SEO Guide, Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of accelerated mobile page.
glosses: Initialism of Asian massage parlor.
AMP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Amplified Bible.
adenosine monophosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenosine monophosphates
form: AMP
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A nucleotide, found in all animal muscle cells, reversibly convertible to adenosine diphosphate and adenosine triphosphate.
Synonyms: adenylic acid
phosphorylated adenosine
Hypernyms: adenylic acid
adenosine phosphate
phosphorylated adenosine
Derived terms: adenosine 3'-monophosphate
adenosine 5'-monophosphate
Related terms: alt: A
word: adenosine
word: phosphate
word: adenosine phosphate
alt: ADP
word: adenosine diphosphate
english: ATP
translation: ATP
word: adenosine triphosphate
monophosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophosphates
Etymology: From mono- + phosphate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound containing a single phosphate unit
Derived terms: adenosine monophosphate
guanosine monophosphate
bone ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bone ashes
Senses: synonyms: bone earth
glosses: The white, powdery ash left when bone is burnt; it is high in calcium phosphate and is used as a fertilizer and in making bone china.
bone-ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bone ash.
bone china
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: an English form of porcelain made from clay mixed with bone ash
kanamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkæn.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/
Forms: form: kanamycins
Etymology: From (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
Derived terms: word: bekanamycin
word: gentamicin
english: antibiotic
translation: antibiotic
word: -kacin
smoking stool syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A symptom of severe phosphorus poisoning in which stools (feces) laden with phosphorus are passed.
numbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nombles
Etymology: From Middle French nombles (“loin of meat”), alteration (with dissimilation) of Old French and Anglo-Norman lumbles (“loins”), from Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus (“loin”).
Senses: examples: text: In the kitchens the famous cooks were preparing menus which included, for one course alone: ballock broth, caudle ferry, lampreys en gelatine, oysters in civey, eels in sorré, baked trout, brawn in mustard, numbles of a hart, pigs farsed [...].
ref: 1940, TH White, The Ill-Made Knight:
glosses: The entrails of a deer or other animal, used for food.
Derived terms: umbles
Wolverhampton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwʊlvə(ɹ)ˈhæm(p)tən/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Wolverenhampton, from Old English *Wulfrūnehēantūn named after Lady Wulfruna, who founded the town.
Senses: glosses: A city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. Historically it was in Staffordshire.
Related terms: word: Wulfrunian
Pelagianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the name of its founder, Pelagius: Pelagian + -ism.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A Christian belief that denies the view of original sin and the necessity of grace, asserting that man is capable of achieving salvation by his own efforts.
wikipedia: Pelagius
Derived terms: Semipelagianism
agyen
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: again
agyen
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: against
hominy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒmɪni/
homophone: harmony (non-rhotic, father-bother merger, weak vowel merger)
Forms: form: hominies
Etymology: First recorded in 1629. From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian"), though the exact source word is in question: suggestions include uskatahomen, appuminnéonash (“parched corn”), and rokohamin (“parched, ground corn”), the last yielding also the unclipped rockahominy.
Senses: examples: text: Then his plate was put before him: hominy grits and a scrap of bacon. He wanted to cry, like a child: ‘But, Mama, it's my birthday!’
ref: 1953, James Baldwin, “The Seventh Day”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN:
synonyms: nixtamal
glosses: A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.
Derived terms: hominy snow
aad wife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aad wives
Senses: glosses: An old woman.
glosses: An old wife.
Related terms: word: aad
adoptionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adoption + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: This account is close to Matthew 3:13–17 and its parallels in Mark and Luke, with one key difference—the addition of the phrase, “This day I have begotten you.” The Ebionites chose the moment of Jesus’ baptism by John as the key moment in which Jesus became God’s son, rather than the moment of Jesus’ birth. Jesus became God’s son by being “adopted” by him (a “spiritual birth,” so to speak) rather than by being literally fathered by God and born of a virgin. This idea is called adoptionism.
ref: 2000, Keith Akers, “[3] A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS”, in The lost religion of Jesus: simple living and nonviolence in early Christianity, New York, NY: Lantern Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 46:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity.
Derived terms: adoptionist
knucklebones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knucklebone
knucklebones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: dibs
jacks
glosses: A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules.
adoptionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adoptionists
Etymology: From adoption + -ist.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: One who believes in or supports adoptionism.
glosses: One who supports adoption.
adoptionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From adoption + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to adoptionism.
ovigerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪdʒəɹəs
Etymology: From ovum (“egg”) + -gerous.
Senses: examples: text: Protective measures for the species include a size limit (carapace length 8.5 cm), a closed season from 1 July to 31 October, bag limits for sportsfishermen (2 specimens per day), and the prohibition of taking ovigerous females or softshelled specimens.
ref: 1991, Lipke Holthuis, Marine Lobsters of the World:
glosses: carrying or bearing eggs.
Related terms: oviger
knucklehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌkl̩ˌhɛd/
Forms: form: knuckleheads
Etymology: From knuckle + head.
Senses: examples: text: Don't stick that screwdriver into the live electrical outlet, you knucklehead!
glosses: An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
Derived terms: knuckleheaded
knuckleheadery
knuckleheadish
Related terms: knuckle
bolo tie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolo ties
Senses: glosses: A necktie consisting of a heavy cord held in front by an ornamental clasp or slide.
Synonyms: shoelace tie
blackball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: blăk'bôl'
ipa: /ˈblækbɔːl/
ipa: /ˈblækbɑl/
Forms: form: blackballs
Etymology: From black + ball.
Senses: glosses: A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
examples: text: Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.
glosses: A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
synonyms: niggerball
glosses: A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
glosses: A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
synonyms: reds and yellows
glosses: A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
blackball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: blăk'bôl'
ipa: /ˈblækbɔːl/
ipa: /ˈblækbɑl/
Forms: form: blackballs
form: blackballing
form: blackballed
form: blackballed
Etymology: From black + ball.
Senses: examples: text: If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity.
text: Why, if I had known you all my life I should have grown up in the condition of Adam before the fall, and they would have blackballed me at the clubs.
ref: 1898, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train:
glosses: To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
examples: text: Henry knew. If he were blackballed by this distaff Mafia, he was doomed: Endless, but always justifiable, delays would occur in the work he wanted typed.
ref: 1968 July, Stan Dryer, “The Fully Automated Love Life of Henry Keanridge”, in Playboy Magazine, page 152:
text: My father sure could have used a union. The monopoly that controlled the bank vault installation business blackballed him when he was in his late fifties because he'd gone to work for a rival company that immediately went belly-up. If he'd been in a union he'd have got his job back."
ref: 1990 February 4, Pam Mitchell, quoting Susan Moir, “Pro-Union And Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 17:
text: The actor Katherine Kendall has revealed how the fear of being “blackballed” by Hollywood’s powerbrokers stopped her from making claims of sexual harassment.
ref: 2017 October 21, Mark Townsend, “Weinstein accuser says she was scared to go public with harassment claim”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: blacklist
word: send to Coventry
word: brush off
word: disregard
word: dissemble
word: ignore
word: slough
word: discount
word: misheed
word: misregard
word: neglect
word: pass
word: pass by
word: pay no heed
word: put aside
word: shrug off
word: take no notice of
word: tune out
word: unmind
word: unheed
word: black
word: blackball
word: blacklist
word: boycott
word: cancel
glosses: To ostracize.
Derived terms: blackballer
whoop-de-doo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwʊptiˈduː/
Senses: examples: text: 'Whoop-de-doo!', yelled a surprised Conrad as the large engine ignited in front of them. That's the biggest thrill of my life.'
ref: 2001, David J. Shayler, Gemini:
text: It felt like Daddy might come waltzing into the room any minute, look around at all the food and people, and say, "Whoop-de-doo! What a party!"
ref: 2001, Pamela Walker, Pray Hard, →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: Exclamation indicating (now often sarcastic) excitement or enthusiasm.
whoop-de-doo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwʊptiˈduː/
Forms: form: more whoop-de-doo
form: most whoop-de-doo
Senses: examples: text: Piscops are appalled by whoop-dee-doo gospel selections like "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" and "Brighten the Corner Where You Are."
ref: 1996, Florence King, The Florence King Reader:
text: […] they presuppose not only disposable income but a commitment to affluence that insures the ultimate banality of the CD'S concrète-naif sound effects and whoop-de-doo chord changes.
ref: 2000, Robert Christgau, Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s:
glosses: Causing or marked by excitement, enthusiasm, or showiness.