cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
writation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From write + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: […] bad writation about the origin of society, and so forth […]
text: He wrote like a 'parnassian beau', cramming his essays with so many 'ornaments of study' that his writing was more properly called 'writation'. This attack on Latinate diction, it should be noted, often took on an explicitly chauvinistic edge.
ref: 2005, H. B. Nisbet, Claude Rawson, The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism (volume 4, page 446)
text: I know an eminent author that calls it a flux de plume, and another that says you have got a good clever talent at writation — your last pieces made a good deal of noise; and some of them ran thro' a second edition — […]
ref: 2024, James G. Basker, The Critical Review or Annals of Literature, 1756-1763, volume 9, page 152:
glosses: Writing, especially bad or pretentious writing.
winghanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wing-handed.
windfirm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more windfirm
form: most windfirm
Etymology: From wind + firm.
Senses: examples: text: […] the tree is therefore not very windfirm. The danger from windfall is greatest to trees developed in dense stands, which are tall and have slender stems, and increases with the age of the stand.
ref: 1911, United States. Forest Service, Bulletin, numbers 94-103, page 15:
glosses: Able to resist being blown down by the wind.
winful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more winful
form: most winful
Senses: examples: text: A winful spouse is Melthun's daughter, / Not nature's self a fairer rears, / Each grace maternal virtue taught her; / Then left this Earthly all in tears.
ref: 1827, “A. S.”, in Poems upon Various Subjects and on Various Occasions, page 23:
text: Sylvie was blossoming at fourteen, already attracting male attention but still exuding a winful childish charm that kept Jack wrapped around her little finger.
ref: 2020, Denise Weimer, The Gray Divide:
glosses: Synonym of winsome.
synonyms: word: winsome
Wabuma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Boma people.
Bomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boma
doubleplus-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From double + plus-. Coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Senses: examples: text: The main prefixes in the controlled language include “un-“, “plus-“, “doubleplus-“, “ante-” and “post-“. […] “Plus-” and “doubleplus-” are both intensifiers that replace words of different extremities, and the words very and extremely respectively.
ref: 2020 August 8, Zui, “Controlled Languages — Newspeak”, in The Language Closet:
glosses: An intensifying prefix, roughly equivalent to extremely.
wikipedia: Nineteen Eighty-Four
watchboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watchboats
Etymology: From watch + boat.
Senses: examples: text: "Is your destination Portofino on this evening, good sir?" questioned a local official in the watchboat, as the two ships pulled alongside each other.
ref: 2010, Andrew J. Farrell, Artifact of Atlantis, page 5:
glosses: A patrolling boat.
watchboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watchboat
Patrakarpuram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi पत्रकारपुरम (patrakārpuram).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
wardage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A payment made for watch and ward.
webfooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webfooters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of webfoot (“web-footed animal”).
synonyms: word: webfoot
extra: web-footed animal
webfooters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webfooter
webfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webfoot
waterworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterworms
Etymology: From water + worm.
Senses: glosses: Any aquatic worm.
waterworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterworm
Aishbagh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi ऐशबाग़ (aiśbāġ).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Mausamganj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi मौसमगंज (mausamgañj).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Babuganj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi बाबूगंज (bābūgañj).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Oxborrow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fernandina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in Ecuador, one of the Galapagos Islands.
Related terms: Fernandina Beach
Genovesa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in Ecuador, one of the Galapagos Islands.
Daphne Major
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small volcanic island in Ecuador, one of the Galapagos Islands.
Baltra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in Ecuador, one of the Galapagos Islands.
Fedorivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The name of various settlements in Ukraine.
Long Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Long Island
Euthyphro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ancient Greek Εὐθῠ́φρων (Euthŭ́phrōn).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
Derived terms: Euthyphro dilemma
European Russia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A geographic region of Russia, the portion of the country located in Europe.
Ephrem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Classical Syriac, of historical usage, equivalent to English Ephraim, notably held by Ephrem the Syrian.
Ebino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
dick-ache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dick-aches
form: dick ache
Senses: examples: text: "Darvon wouldn't cure a dick-ache in a mouse," you say. "The doc, he's cutting corners. All I can say is that's the last time we're throwing our dick business his way."
ref: 1993, Robert O'Connor, chapter 15, in Buffalo Soldiers, Borzoi Books, page 172:
text: If she only knew he needed her more than he wanted her. “Not tonight. I’ve got a headache. In fact, get me some aspirin.” Could headache medicine cure a dick-ache? Probably not but it couldn’t hurt.
ref: 2005, Mary B. Morrison, chapter 5, in When Somebody Loves You Back, Dafina Books, page 38:
glosses: Alternative spelling of dickache.
Dongchong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Nansha district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
glosses: A town in Chengqu district, Shanwei, Guangdong, China.
Delesseps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, variant of De Lesseps.
Delalande
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Delalande's fox
Delalande's foxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Delalande's fox
Rüppell's sand foxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rüppell's sand fox
DeBoer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, variant of de Boer or Deboer.
administrationese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədmɪnəˌstɹejʃəˈniːz/
Etymology: From administration + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: It seems strange to have to ask, but suddenly we wonder… […] -why administrators, in their peculiar administrationese, ask for "student input"--and then tell lus^([sic]) our options are foreclosed?
ref: 1977 December 16, “Commentary”, in The Goucher Weekly, volume 63, number 12, page 2:
text: Chairs and faculty members quickly learn that deans speak in strange tongues (ICLMs [Induced Course Load Matrices], FTEs [Full-Time Equivalents], and outcomes are administrationese from three different decades).
ref: 1994 April 1, Dealing With the Dean, “Dealing With the Dean”, in ADFL Bulletin, volume 25, number 3, →DOI, page 12b of 11–16:
text: Englishes used in ESL countries tend to be characterized by […] 3. a restricted input, historically often dominated by administrationese, literary English from Shakespeare to Dickens, and biblical language; its application to other text types can result in register misuse and unusual mixes.
ref: 1997 September 1, Manfred Görlach, “Varieties of English world-wide: where we stand”, in Links & Letters, number 5, 1998, page 28 of 13-36:
text: A stickler for the proper use of the English language, in one of his editorials, FJS commented: “Besides grammatical errors, the language is polluted (even by the ‘educated’) with jargon, clichés, and what I will call administrationese. I cannot count the times I have recently heard ‘going forward.’
ref: 2008 August 1, William F. Young, Jr., “THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY 2008 LAUREATE AWARDS: Citation for the 2008 Distinguished Physician Award of The Endocrine Society to Dr. F. John Service”, in Molecular Endocrinology, volume 22, number 8, →DOI, pages 1977–1989:
synonyms: administrationspeak
adminspeak
adminese
glosses: The jargon used in administration.
Related terms: bureaucratese
diplomatese
governmentese
lawspeak
legalese
officialese
probureaucratic
Rayno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name
dark woke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Can dark woke get the Democrats a Senate seat back in Ohio? What about Montana? Will enough name-calling put the Democrats in the mix in Missouri? It’s unlikely.
ref: 2025 May 1, Ross Barkan, “'Dark Woke' Is Cringey”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 May 2025:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A social media phenomenon and political strategy which combines progressive ideology with more aggressive and politically incorrect messaging.
Coordinate terms: Dark Brandon
Dark MAGA
bacilliculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacillicultures
Senses: glosses: The cultivation of bacilli.
glosses: A culture of bacilli.
bacillicultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacilliculture
DeLaGrange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French, variant of Delagrange.
barkpeeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: bark + peeling
Senses: glosses: The removal of bark from trees to obtain tannin.
noddying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of noddy
noddied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of noddy
baculitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more baculitic
form: most baculitic
Etymology: baculite + -ic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to baculites.
Darier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Darier's disease
Darier-Roussy disease
Darier-Roussy syndrome
Darboux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Christoffel-Darboux formula
Darboux's formula
Darboux's theorem
badarrah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: badarrahs
Senses: glosses: A kind of traditional native boat used in Alaska.
badarrahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of badarrah
Baidya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baidyas
form: Vaidya
Senses: glosses: A member of a Bengali Hindu community or caste of Ayurvedic physicians.
Baidyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baidya
Cuntis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
Cuautla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Morelos, Mexico.
Cormaia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Romania.
Cobden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Cobdenism
Cobdenist
Cobdenite
Kwe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kpwe
Senses: glosses: A Bantu ethnic group of Cameroon.
Coase
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, variant of Cooze.
Derived terms: Coase theorem
Coasean
Coasian
Kpwe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kwe (“a Bantu ethnic group”).
Kpwe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language of Cameroon.
Châu Đốc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chau Doc.
Choubey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, variant of Chaubey.
Cherniack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, variant of Cherniak.
Frontex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The European Border and Coast Guard Agency.
Butte Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in California, United States, tributary to the Sacramento River.
Budry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bănița
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Romania.
bandman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandmen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bandsman (“player in a musical band”).
glosses: Alternative form of bandsman (“mining labourer working with a band of men”).
bandmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandman
Baraitha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baraita.
Baraithas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baraitha
baptisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: translingual Baptisia + -in.
Senses: glosses: An impure resin prepared from the root of the wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria).
barnhardtite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Barnhardt + -ite, after Daniel Barnhardt, on whose land it was found.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A kind of copper ore.
Barundi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: People of Burundian descent.
becushioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more becushioned
form: most becushioned
Etymology: be- + cushion + -ed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cushioned (“having a cushion or padding”).
synonyms: word: cushioned
extra: having a cushion or padding
bedlamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bedlamic
form: most bedlamic
Etymology: From bedlam + -ic.
Senses: synonyms: bedlamish
glosses: In or relating to a state of crazy chaos.
bedlamish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bedlamish
form: most bedlamish
Etymology: From bedlam + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bedlamic.
synonyms: word: bedlamic
bellware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of seawrack.
synonyms: word: seawrack
bioxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /baɪˈɒksaɪd/
Forms: form: bioxides
Etymology: From bi- + oxide; compare binoxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dioxide.
bioxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioxide
bipinnatipartite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of bipinnatifid.
synonyms: word: bipinnatifid
bisquette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bisquettes
Senses: glosses: A manufactured disc of wood to be burned in a smoker to add flavor to the food.
bisquettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bisquette
Blau gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blaugas
Etymology: German Blaugas. Named after its inventor, Hermann Blau.
Senses: glosses: An artificial illuminating gas similar to propane, manufactured by decomposing mineral oils in retorts by heat and compressing the resulting naphtha into liquid.
Blaugas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Blau gas.
illuminating gases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of illuminating gas
blithehearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blithehearted
form: most blithehearted
Etymology: blithe + hearted
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blithe.
synonyms: word: blithe
bloodsuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bloodsucks
form: bloodsucking
form: bloodsucked
form: bloodsucked
Etymology: Back-formation from bloodsucker or bloodsucking.
Senses: glosses: To parasitize or freeload upon.
bloodsucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bloodsuck
bloomage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bloom + -age.
Senses: glosses: Blooms; flowers.
Boedromion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Ancient Greek Βοηδρομιών (Boēdromiṓn)
Senses: glosses: A month of the ancient Attic calendar, approximately September/October.
Delians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Delian
cockache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockaches
form: cock-ache
form: cock ache
Senses: examples: text: “Fine, but let’s go get this done fast. I’m getting a headache.” More like a cockache, but whatever.
ref: 2017, Gwyn McNamee, chapter 6, in Tortured Skye: A Hawke Family Novel, Book 2, Independently published, →ISBN:
text: “What’s the matter?” she asked, snapping her compact shut and shoving it back in her bag. “You’re not getting a headache now are you?”
 “More like a cockache.”
ref: 2018, Lucy Score, chapter 51, in The Worst Best Man, That’s What She Said Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Tight knee length skirt. A blouse clinging to her tits with just enough cleavage to give him a cockache in the root and a pair of heels a sex worker would get a wet patch in her panties over.
ref: 2018, V. Theia, chapter 19, in Finally Winter: A Renegade Souls MC Romance Saga, Book 5, Independently published, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of dickache.
synonyms: word: dickache
Bogomilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bogomilian
form: most Bogomilian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Bogomils.
Bogomilian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bogomilians
Senses: glosses: A Bogomil.
Bogomilians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bogomilian
Bogomilianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bogomilian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bogomilism.
synonyms: word: Bogomilism
boilerwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boiler + -work.
Senses: glosses: Metalwork forming part of a boiler.
boilerworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boilerworks
Etymology: From boiler + works.
Senses: glosses: A factory where boilers are made.
boltsmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boltsmiths
Etymology: bolt + smith.
Senses: glosses: A maker of bolts or arrows.
glosses: A manufacturer of bolts (the mechanical fasteners).
boltsmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boltsmith
bondfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bondsfolk
Senses: glosses: Bondmen and bondwomen collectively.
bondsfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bondfolk.
Canader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkænədə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Canaders
form: canader
Etymology: From Canada + -er.
Senses: examples: text: "List? Oh yes, I'll do that, sartin; and then I'll get three hundred acres of land after we've drove the Canaders all out."
ref: 1857, Peter Hamilton Myers, The Prisoner of the Border, page 47:
glosses: A Canadian (inhabitant of Canada).
examples: text: By the Parks the river was dense with row-boats, punts and Canaders.
ref: 1914, Coningsby Dawson, The Raft, page 378:
glosses: Synonym of Canadian canoe
synonyms: word: Canadian canoe
Canaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Canader
Canadian canoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Canadian canoes
Senses: synonyms: Canader
glosses: An open-top canoe, typically propelled by a single-bladed paddle, distinct from a kayak, which is covered and typically propelled by a double-bladed paddle.
Canadian canoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Canadian canoe
bordermark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bordermarks
form: border-mark
form: border-marke
Etymology: From border + mark.
Senses: examples: text: The solution of a bicycle-way along the Guanabara bay: more than a leisure facility, a bordermark between the favela and the bay.
ref: 1996, Integração de favelas no Rio de Janeiro, page 18:
text: Even in conversations which were conducted in Limbum people frequently used 'history' to explain and refer to something which had happened in the past, e.g. the meaning of bordermarks, the importance of secret societies, etc. How is one going to explain this growing substitution of the English word history for the local nsung?
ref: 2021, A Place in the World: New Local Historiographies in Africa and South Asia, page 149:
glosses: Something that marks the border between two regions.
bordermarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bordermark
Boread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boreads
form: Boreades
form: Boreiad
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A descendant of Boreas.
Boreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boread
Boreades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boread
cock ache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cock aches
form: cock-ache
Senses: examples: text: Gorm had asked him yestereve if he was suffering another headache from his dead brother. What he’d wanted to answer was, “Nay, a cock ache.” What he’d actually said was, “Yea, just a twinge.”
ref: 2010, Sandra Hill, chapter 8, in A Tale of Two Vikings, HarperCollins e-books, →ISBN:
text: “Yes,” was all he could manage. If he said more, he’d pounce on her. His control held on by a bare thread. It was a risk a person always ran when trying food from an alien planet. Usually, though, it led to a stomach, not a cock ache.
ref: 2022, Kate Rudolph, chapter 11, in Cipher: Dragon Brides, Intergalactic Dating Agency Book 4, Celestial Heart Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of cockache.
Botein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The star Delta Arietis in the northern constellation of Aries.
Synonyms: word: Botein
word: Delta Arietis
word: Delta Ari
word: δ Arietis
word: δ Ari
word: 57 Arietis
Brahmaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brahmaic
form: most Brahmaic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Brahmanical
Braidist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Braidists
Etymology: From Braid + -ist, after James Braid (1795-1860), English physician.
Senses: glosses: A hypnotist.
Braidists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Braidist
Briards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Briard
bribegiving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bribe + giving.
Senses: glosses: The giving of bribes.
bribegiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bribegivers
Etymology: From bribe + giver.
Senses: glosses: A person who gives bribes.
bribegivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bribegiver
brogueneer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brogueneers
Senses: glosses: One who speaks with a brogue.
brogueneers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brogueneer
broodlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broodlets
Etymology: From brood + -let.
Senses: examples: text: As in the old myth the pelican, hovering over her dead broodlets, pierced its own breast in agony and fluttered there until by the fanning of its wings above them and the dropping of its warm blood on them they were brought to life again, […]
ref: 1864, William rounseville Alger, A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life (page 578)
glosses: A member of a brood.
broodlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broodlet
brooky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brooky
form: most brooky
Etymology: From brook + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a brook.
glosses: Full of brooks.
Sahul brush cuckoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sahul brush cuckoos
Senses: glosses: Synonym of brush cuckoo
synonyms: word: brush cuckoo
Sahul brush cuckoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sahul brush cuckoo
brutification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brutifications
Senses: glosses: The act or process of brutifying.
brutifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brutification
GLES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I use data from several recent academic national surveys: the 2013 Austrian Election Study (AES), British Election Study Panel Survey (BES) conducted in January 2014 (from which I include respondents living in England), and the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) wave conducted in May 2013. […] Such questions are included in the GLES survey, which asks respondents to choose between paired items indicating preferences for child-rearing values.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Erik R. Tillman, “Authoritarianism and Support for Populist Radical Right Parties”, in DePaul University, page 8:
glosses: Initialism of German Longitudinal Election Study.
bucketman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucketmen
Etymology: bucket + -man
Senses: glosses: A worker who carries a bucket.
bucketmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucketman
Buddhaship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Buddha + -ship.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Buddhahood.
synonyms: word: Buddhahood
Balanta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Senegal, Cape Verde, and the Gambia.
Balanta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Balant
Bulanda
glosses: Either of two closely related Bak languages of West Africa, spoken by the Balanta people.
Balant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Balanta (“language”)
synonyms: word: Balanta
extra: language
Bulanda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Balanta (“language”)
synonyms: word: Balanta
extra: language
Bulgarophil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bulgarophils
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Bulgarophile.
Bulgarophils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bulgarophil
budgetful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: budgetfuls
Etymology: From budget + -ful.
Senses: glosses: A bagful.
budgetfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of budgetful
budtime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: bud + time.
Senses: glosses: The time of budding of plants; springtime.
pseudorape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsjuː.dəʊˌɹeɪp/
ipa: /ˈsuː-/
ipa: /ˈsu.doʊˌɹeɪp/
Forms: form: pseudorapes
Etymology: From pseudo- + rape.
Senses: examples: text: Crazed romantic that he is, he barges into her apartment for a friendly pseudorape that she enjoys but that puts them both in jeopardy. Ultimately she proves she's not completely heartless with one risky act.
ref: 2004 September 17, Stephen Holden, “Glittery Glamour and Idealism Do Battle in World War II Europe”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
text: And there’s Hope Davis as his bitter, sarcastic wife, Bunnie, who while Jack’s at the office, acts out elaborate rituals of phony robbery and pseudorape with her next-door neighbor Simon (Chi McBride). When that little game becomes stale, Simon’s adolescent son Josh (Evan Ross) is itching to step into his dad’s shoes.
ref: 2011 August 25, Stephen Holden, “'The Family Tree' Directed by Vivi Friedman - Review”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2025:
glosses: A sexual act in which a person pretends to rape another.
examples: text: […] the woman […] arouses an invisible mob to defend her pristine virtue and punish a "reckless black eyeballer" instead of the white companion who actually abused her. […] The apache in the pseudorape scene had appeared in Windy City (1947); […]
ref: 1994, Genevieve Fabre, Robert O'Meally, History and Memory in African-American Culture (page 201)
glosses: An act that appears to be rape but in fact is not.
Related terms: agonophilia
consensual non-consent
rapeplay
pseudorapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudorape
dyejob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyejobs
form: dye-job
Senses: examples: text: The back of the boy's head had a remarkable yellow and green food-coloring dyejob. A buzzcut DA with the left back half kapok yellow and the right half a poisonous green.
ref: 1991, Rudy Rucker, Transreal!, WCS Books, page 396:
text: I shivered; in full face, even with glasses, he looked just like Humphrey Bogart. An eightysomething-year-old Bogart, with a bad dyejob and plenty of wrinkles.
ref: 2006, Edgar Brau, Casablanca and Other Stories, Michigan State University Press, page 5:
text: The young man with the dyejob was the first to show signs of fatigue. He aimed a kick but couldn’t raise his leg as high as he wanted to, leaving him open.
ref: 2023, Kotaro Isaka, chapter 4, in The Mantis, The Overlook Press, →ISBN:
topics: cosmetics
lifestyle
glosses: Alternative spelling of dye job.
coarrangement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coarrangements
Senses: glosses: An arrangement made jointly.
coarrangements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coarrangement
cobeliever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobelievers
Etymology: From co- + believer.
Senses: glosses: A person of the same (religious) beliefs.
cobelievers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobeliever
codomestication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + domestication.
Senses: glosses: The domestication of multiple interacting species.
cointersect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cointersects
form: cointersecting
form: cointersected
form: cointersected
Etymology: From co- + intersect.
Senses: glosses: To intersect each other.
cointersects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cointersect
cointersecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cointersect
cointersected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cointersect
collenchymatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to collenchyma.
intimacy co-ordinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intimacy co-ordinators
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of intimacy coordinator.
collywest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: collywesson
Etymology: Apparently from Collyweston.
Senses: glosses: Contrary; opposite; the wrong way round.
collywesson
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of collywest.
intimacy co-ordinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intimacy co-ordinator
Aphrodites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aphrodite
complexives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of complexive
complexively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From complexive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a complexive manner.
consentment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And this confession cannot wrong him any way; for, if he be taken, your lordships consentment wil not sauve his lyffe […]
ref: 1844, Gilbert Blackhall, John Stuart, A Breiffe Narration of the Services Done to Three Noble Ladyes (page 172)
glosses: Consent; agreement.
conrector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conrectors
Senses: glosses: A deputy rector in a school.
Derived terms: conrectorship
conrectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conrector
conrectorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From conrector + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of conrector.
dye-job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dye-jobs
Senses: examples: text: She would be unmarked, and that was good. I would know what her crazy ex-husband looked like, dye-job and all, and this time I could stop him before he got close. Also good.
ref: 2011, Stephen King, chapter 23, in 11/22/63, Simon & Schuster, Inc., →ISBN:
text: Her fake tan is a nut brown, her dye-job is much too dark, and her teeth are stained. She’s shaking. I take her for an alkie.
ref: 2020, Eliza Clark, chapter 1, in Boy Parts, Influx Press, →ISBN:
text: Even for her, though, this one was OTT: a skin-tight ankle-length gold pleated gown, simultaneously retro and futuristic. With the fake tan and fire engine red dye-job with bum-length extensions, it added up to quite the look (Nikki could barely keep track of Annie’s hair colour and style from month to month – from blonde crop to chestnut bob to pale pink curls).
ref: 2022, Ellery Lloyd, chapter 2, in The Club, Mantle, →ISBN:
topics: cosmetics
lifestyle
glosses: Alternative spelling of dye job.
conquedle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conquedles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bobolink.
synonyms: word: bobolink
conquedles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conquedle
retro futures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retro future
consolidationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consolidationists
Etymology: From consolidation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who supports a policy of consolidation.
consolidationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From consolidation + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A policy of consolidation.
consolidationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consolidationist
consolidational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From consolidation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to consolidation.
Coosuc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Cowasuck.
synonyms: word: Cowasuck
coughbush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: cough + bush
Senses: glosses: A flowering plant of species Ernodea littoralis.
glosses: A flowering plant of species Cassinia laevis.
cryptaesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cryptaesthetic
form: most cryptaesthetic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to cryptaesthesia.
cryptesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cryptesthetic
form: most cryptesthetic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cryptaesthetic.
cyclopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cyclopia (“eye abnormality”)
Cygnid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cygnids
Etymology: Cygnus + -id
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A meteor of a meteor shower that appears to originate from the constellation of Cygnus.
Cygnids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cygnid
ISSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Initialism of International Sailing Schools Association
Thakurganj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi ठाकुरगंज (ṭhākurgañj).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Mohibullapur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi मोहिबुल्लापुर (mohibullāpur).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bellvue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bellview
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
sambusas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sambusa
Trebiș
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Romania.
Moneasa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Moneasa.
Senses: glosses: A commune, village, and river in Arad County, Romania.
Anieșul Mare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Romania.
kropeck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kropecks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kropek.
Derived terms: fish kropeck
kropeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kropek
kropecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kropeck
IRPCS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Initialism of International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
Bâsca Roziliei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Romania.
STCW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Initialism of Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
Kampong Cham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Cambodia.
Kampot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Cambodia.
Kampong Thom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Cambodia.
Tboung Khmum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Cambodia.
Prey Veng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Cambodia.
Preah Sihanouk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Cambodia.
Pursat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Cambodia.
Mondulkiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Cambodia.
Kratié
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Cambodia.
the second mouse gets the cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Referring to a mousetrap with cheese as bait: after a mouse is captured in it, another mouse is able to take the cheese.
Senses: examples: text: A product recall later sent his Livonia, Mich., company into bankruptcy. Its remains were sold to a Fargo businessman who moved the business there and later sold it to DaimlerChrysler, just as California's first electric car mandates were looming. "We were the story of how the second mouse gets the cheese," Mr. [Dan] Sturges says.
ref: 2007 February 26, John J. Fialka, “Thrifty Electric Car Turns On One Town”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2024:
text: Operating on what is often known as the "second mouse gets the cheese" principle, [Mason] Holland appears to be interested in retaining what was valuable about the airplane's design, after the wreck of the original company's finances.
ref: 2009 August 20, James Fallows, “More reassuring news: new life for Eclipse?”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2011:
text: BOSTON — Discretion is the better part of valor. Prevention is better than cure. The second mouse gets the cheese. Sometimes, caution is the way to go. So the Knicks have listed Tyson Chandler as “questionable” tonight against the Celtics in Boston. Chandler has missed the last six games, primarily because of a bulging disk in his neck, although he also has battled a bone bruise in his left knee.
ref: 2013 March 26, Fred Kerber, “Knicks’ Chandler hoping to play tonight vs. Celtics”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
text: "There was a saying around here: The second mouse gets the cheese," he [Chris Ford] said of Scotiabank's historic aversion to tech spending. "There's no advantage to being a first mover.
ref: 2016 July 22, David Berman, Tim Kiladze, “Shaking up Scotiabank: Brian Porter’s vision for a bank of the future”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2022:
text: Love to see a Haas tucked in behind the Mercedes/Red Bull/McLaren chaos that might unfold when lights go out. Second mouse gets the cheese!
ref: 2024 July 6, Patrick Iversen, “F1 British GP live updates: Lewis Hamilton wins amazing race at Silverstone”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
glosses: Others reap the advantages after a first mover absorbs the loss of a first-mover disadvantage.
one of us
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: A phrase chanted by the sideshow performers in the 1932 horror film Freaks.
Senses: glosses: A phrase chanted by a member or members of the in-group (almost always more than once) when a new member has joined or been accepted, willingly or by doing a behavior or action that is considered to have brought them into the group.
Verg.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Vergilius.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Virgil (Vergilius)
Ver. Aen.: Aeneid
glosses: Abbreviation of Virgil (Vergilius)
Ver. Ecl.: Eclogues
glosses: Abbreviation of Virgil (Vergilius)
Ver. G.: Georgics
textie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: texties
Etymology: From text + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Halfway through the night I got a textie from my girlfriend asking me to meet her at the DJ booth quickly.
ref: 2001 September 25, Ben Robinson, “convergance @ the fridge saturday 22nd sept”, in uk.music.rave (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
text: Had a textie from BTC about new charges?
ref: 2002 January 23, vr5, “BT Cellnet's huge tariff increase”, in uk.telecom.mobile (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
text: I had a textie from Paul yesterday after the match. He's had his op, but was feeling very sore.
ref: 2002 March 17, Hazel, “Paul's op”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
text: just write a textie which is not a reply to a previous one, and see what it comes up with: 'Number' and a little arrow pointing at the address book icon so you press that, so up comes a menu headed by 'Phone Book' […]
ref: 2003 May 20, flavio, “iBook > mobile phone > internet”, in uk.comp.sys.mac (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
text: Her cellphone beeps the arrival of a textie.
ref: 2004 February 17, Tiny Human Ferret, “youthful angst mass-reply”, in alt.gothic (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
text: I do use it for dialling up and no problem there (Nokia 7650 here) but i^([sic]) too find annoying the lack of feedback on whether a textie was successfully sent or not.
ref: 2004 March 29, Flavio Matani, “Bluetooth sucks....”, in uk.comp.sys.mac (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
text: ‘Ooooh!’ Connor teased, ‘Lanie’s got a textie from her boyfie.’
ref: 2008, Carmen Reid, Late Night Shopping (Annie Valentine; 2), Corgi Books, Transworld, →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: Diminutive of text.
texties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of textie
Rashidun Caliphate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rashidun Caliphate
Senses: synonyms: Rashid Caliphate
Rightly-Guided Caliphate
Well-Guided Caliphate
glosses: The first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Rashiduns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of Rashidun
slommacky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slommacky
form: most slommacky
Senses: glosses: Repulsively untidy.
Tacanan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Tacana language family of Bolivia.
Takanan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tacanan.
pawshake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pawshakes
Etymology: From paw + shake.
Senses: examples: text: Now my pet has grown into a big dog. I still shake its paw. When my friends come to visit me, my dog happily offers a pawshake to everyone.
ref: 2015, G. E. Giam, Model Compositions Series (Primary 1) (page 161)
glosses: The grasping of an animal's paw, analogous to a handshake.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A handshake, especially with a handpaw.
pawshakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawshake
undrop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undrops
form: undropping
form: undropped
form: undropped
Etymology: From un- + drop.
Senses: examples: text: You must undrop the table first, and any associated indexes will be automatically undropped.
ref: 2015, Bob Bryla, OCP Oracle Database 12c Advanced Administration Exam Guide, page 321:
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To undelete.
examples: text: I narrowed my eyes. "Don't think one act of generosity will undrop the bomb you just exploded all over me."
ref: 2019, Clare Kauter, Strip Joint:
glosses: Hypothetically, to undo the dropping of.
undrops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undrop
undropping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undrop
snow flake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow flakes
Senses: examples: text: Tomorrow we’ll restore. Get the past up and out, forgiveness (that is, regeneration) will result, and confusion will melt as a crystalled snow flake in the ’morrow’s sun.
ref: 1941 March 28, J. W. Kennedy, “Haven”, in The Southern Churchman, volume 107, number 17, Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., published 26 April 1941, →OCLC, page 3, column 2:
text: The Steelers (6-7) withstood temperatures in the teens, a wind chill that was below zero in the second half and an occasional snow flake to win their seventh in a row against their Rust Belt rival, following up a 41-0 rout in Cleveland last December and a 24-20 comeback victory last month in Cleveland.
ref: 2006 December 8, Associated Press, “Steelers run over Browns”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025:
text: Punters had bet £600,000 – making it the biggest white Christmas bet recorded in this country – but the Met Office, which uses the fall of single snow flake as a definition, only recorded a white Christmas in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Albemarle in the north-east, Church Fenton in Leeds and Waddington in Lincolnshire.
ref: 2010 December 27, Andrew McCorkell, “Freezing weather set to return across the country”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Dec 2019:
glosses: Alternative form of snowflake.
snow flakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snow flake