cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
captivatresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of captivatress
fuk u
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fuck you.
Fuku
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Recently Dr. Sze¹ has described many species from Shihpanwan, 110 li west of Fuku Hsien (府谷縣), North Shensi.
ref: 1936 September, C. H. P'an, Older Mesozoic Plants from North Shensi, Nanking: Geological Survey of China, →OCLC, page 6:
text: But things differed in Fuku County, Shensi Province. Located on the loess plateau, the county is full of barren hills, and therefore it is very difficult to develop production.
ref: 1975 January 13 [1975 January 10], “Persist in Continuing the Revolution Under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat--Some Experiences in Developing the Movement To Learn From Tachai in Agriculture [坚持无产阶级专政下的继续革命——开展农业学大寨运动的一些经验]”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 8, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Red Flag, No 1, 1975, starting on p. 57 and Peking Domestic Service, translation of original by Chao Feng-nien [赵丰年] (in Mandarin), →ISSN, →OCLC, page E 7, page 目录:
english: 坚持无产阶级专政下的继续革命——开展农业学大寨运动的一些经验
translation: 坚持无产阶级专政下的继续革命——开展农业学大寨运动的一些经验
glosses: Alternative form of Fugu.
EAIS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The EAIS is far larger than the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS), which hosts the so-called “doomsday” Thwaites glacier, which has lost significant stability. Total loss of the WAIS would cause 5 metres of sea level rise.
ref: 2022 August 10, Damian Carrington, “Fate of ‘sleeping giant’ East Antarctic ice sheet ‘in our hands’ – study”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
oriental hornet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oriental hornets
Senses: examples: text: Velardi, 48, had been struck by a Vespa orientalis, or oriental hornet, a species of wasp that originates mostly from north Africa and south-east Asia whose presence in the Italian capital is growing sharply.
ref: 2023 October 29, Angela Giuffrida, “‘Excruciating’ hornet sting leaves Rome dinner party guest on crutches as plague spreads”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: Vespa orientalis, a social wasp species originating from Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa.
flamestrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flamestrikes
Etymology: From flame + strike.
Senses: examples: text: I could teach you a bit – healing and so forth: it’s part of my priestly skills – but that’s not what you want. You need attack spells – flamestrikes, lightning bolts, thundercrushes, that sort of thing.
ref: 1988, J[ames] H[erbert] Brennan, “Barmy Jeffers”, in Adventure Stories, St Michael, published 1989, →ISBN, page 328:
text: I do like your evasive maneuvers, by the way. Perenor will never expect me to drop to the ground to avoid a flamestrike.
ref: 1990, Mercedes Lackey, Ellen Guon, “Knight of Ghosts and Shadows”, in Bedlam’s Bard, Guild America Books, published 1992, →ISBN, page 183:
text: Uncouth threw a Flamestrike spell at me, while Arnold stole all of my Recall spells and then bashed me.
ref: 1995, Rawn Shah, Jim Romine, “Stories and Virtual Occurrences”, in Playing Muds on the Internet, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, part I (DikuMuds), page 133:
text: For ultimate hilarity, have a mage throw fireballs at you, call in flamestrikes, and so on while your shielded character whistles a tune.
ref: 2001, David Chong, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter: Sybex Official Strategies and Secrets, Sybex, →ISBN, page 105:
text: “[…] Did you see what happened to the white dragon?” / “I saw it take to the air after the first couple of flamestrikes.[…]”
ref: 2009, Stephen Deas, The Adamantine Palace (The Memory of Flames; I), Roc Books, published 2011:
text: These packs can put out massive damage if your group isn’t careful; watch out especially for the Flamestrikes and Blizzards cast by the Ring-Lord Sorceresses, and the Charged Skin ability cast by the Conjurers.
ref: 2009, World of Warcraft: Dungeon Companion III, BradyGames, →ISBN, page 126, column 2:
topics: fantasy
glosses: The strike of a flame.
flamestrikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flamestrike
Zipfian distribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zipfian distributions
Senses: examples: text: A Zipfian distribution occurs when some values appear much more often than others. When you diagram it on a graph with logarithm scales on both axes, you get a straight line (see Figure 12.1).
ref: 2010, Joe Celko, Joe Celko's Analytics and OLAP in SQL, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 108:
qualifier: mathematical statistics
glosses: A discrete probability distribution whose rank-frequency distribution is an inverse power law relation.
Related terms: Zipf's law
Zipfian distributions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zipfian distribution
Qinbei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 欽北 /钦北.
Senses: examples: text: The presence of expanding local government bureaus and private entrepreneurs in Qinzhou Prefecture provided avenues for employment, thus pulling people into the county towns, and even smaller urban centers. For example, the emerging towns in QinBei District have become urban, not only as a result of population growth but also as a result of political influence.
ref: [2021 February 25, Haiying Feng, Victor R. Squires, Jingji Wu, “Ecosystem Services Provisioning, Urban Growth and the Rural–Urban Interface: A Case Study from China”, in Land, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2021:
text: Cases of corruption in Qinzhou City were also reported in the media. One such case took place after an auction in the Qinbei District of Qinzhou City in autumn 2011 (Jiang 2015).
ref: 2022, “State Ownership and Governmental Management of River Sand”, in River-Sand Mining: An Ethnography of Resource Conflict in China, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 175:
glosses: A district of Qinzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Qinnan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 欽南 /钦南.
Senses: examples: text: In 2007, the government of Shafu Town in Qinnan District, Guangxi, forced villagers of several villages in Dashigu to lease land to the government at a rate of RMB 580 per mu per year. The farmers refused to comply.
ref: 2009, Wang Keqin, “Restoring Private Ownership of Rural Lands to Safeguard the Basic Rights of Farmers”, in Errol P. Mendes, Sakunthala Srighanthan, editors, Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China: Chinese and Canadian Perspectives, University of Ottawa Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 72:
text: On June 7, 2021, the Qinnan District People’s Court of Qinzhou city, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), sentenced to jail penalties 21 members of the Christian new religious movement known as “Bloody Holy Spirit” (血水圣灵) to jail penalties under Article 300 of the Chinese Criminal Code, which forbids being active in a banned religious movement classified as a xie jiao. 15 of them were women.
ref: 2021 June 18, Qi Junzao, “21 Bloody Holy Spirit Members Sentenced in Guangxi”, in Bitter Winter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2021, News China:
glosses: A district of Qinzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Lingshan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: lǐngʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: From Mandarin 靈山 /灵山 (Língshān).
Senses: glosses: A county of Qinzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Pubei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: po͞oʹbāʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 浦北 (Pǔběi).
Senses: examples: text: Thousands of porcelain pieces were uncovered at a highway construction site in Pubei county on Tuesday, drawing hundreds of village looters to the site,[…]
ref: 2015 March 5, He Huifeng, “Around the nation: Lijiang, Xishuangbanna among Chinese tourists' top cities to escape pollution”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2015, China Insider:
glosses: A county of Qinzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
audiobibliophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audiobibliophiles
Etymology: From audio- + bibliophile.
Senses: examples: text: I am writing in response to Roger Calip’s April 23 Commentary article, “Audio Books Are For Lazy People.” ¶ As an avid audiobibliophile, I was offended by Mr. Calip’s remarks. The fact that I listen to and enjoy audio books does not mean that I am lazy.
ref: 1999 May 2, Eileen G. Ferris, “Letters to the Editor: Audio Books Are Harmless Entertainment”, in Hartford Courant, volume 156, number 122, Hartford, CT, →ISSN, page C2:
glosses: One who loves audiobooks.
spooky season
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spooky seasons
Senses: examples: text: October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. I’m not sure why it’s October, maybe because it’s spooky season and the scariest thing that could happen to you would be cancer.
ref: 2017, The Blazer, page 4:
text: Once October hits, we're ready for spooky season and while we loved telling scary stories in the dark when we were kids, not everyone loves horror. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, but I hate scary movies.
ref: 2019, Alabamian, page 3:
text: But it’s heartening that we can have something like There’s Someone, a just OK movie with a diverse cast — a somewhat goofy slasher we'll all probably forget when spooky season ends.
ref: 2021, North Coast Journal, page 26:
glosses: The days leading up to, and including, Halloween.
Related terms: Christmas season
Christmastime
Eastertime
holiday season
Thanksgivingtide
graverobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From grave + robbed.
Senses: examples: text: This is, of course, the story of the scientist who created a monster from graverobbed parts.
ref: 1983, Darrell Moore, “Reading a Model of Literary Analysis: from The Best, Worst, and Most Unusual: Horror Films”, in James L[ouis] Kinneavy, John E. Warriner, Elements of Writing, fourth course, Ausin, Tex.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, published 1993, →ISBN, page 364:
text: In the act, Scribners—now for all purposes defunct, swallowed up by a conglomerate takeover—did itself, Ernest Hemingway, and American literature a grave disservice, for the day will soon come when the distinction between Hemingway’s willingly published work and the inferior, graverobbed texts is blurred.
ref: 1990, Gregory McNamee, The Return of Richard Nixon and Other Essays, Tucson, Ariz.: Harbinger House, →ISBN, page 128:
text: Robert Knox, the medical academic who, as keeper of the Anatomy Museum at Edinburgh from 1825, was the receiver of Burke and Hare’s graverobbed and later murdered goods, symbolized the dark world of a science prepared to progress at all costs.
ref: 1997, Murray G. H. Pittock, Inventing and Resisting Britain: Cultural Identities in Britain and Ireland, 1685–1789, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 140:
text: Its body so humpbacked and soiled it could only be a replica of a living thing, a sewn-together collection of graverobbed limbs.
ref: 2005, Andrew Pyper, The Wildfire Season, Toronto, Ont.: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, page 290:
text: Could this be the graverobbed body of Firejaw O’Rourke?
ref: 2008, Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, Legion of the Dead (Barnaby Grimes), London: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 135:
glosses: Robbed from a grave.
graverobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From graverob + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of graverob
lets one's guard down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of let one's guard down
letting one's guard down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of let one's guard down
rotch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rotche.
rot13
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ROT13.
devil's dozens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devil's dozen
mortuary sword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mortuary swords
Etymology: In popular belief, so named because the hilts sometimes depict a face, which is commonly believed to be that of King Charles I, executed in 1649; in fact, swords of this type with that face were used by both sides of the conflict even before Charles was killed. An alternative explanation for the name is that many such swords were donated to churches when their wielders died, and used in funerary displays.
Senses: glosses: A (typically two-edged) sword with a straight blade and a half-basket hilt, used in Britain especially during the English Civil War.
mortuary swords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mortuary sword
dodgy boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dodgy box
Kalki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit कल्कि (kalki).
Senses: glosses: The tenth avatar of Vishnu.
forevouch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forevouches
form: forevouching
form: forevouched
form: forevouched
Etymology: From fore- + vouch.
Senses: examples: text: And His own psalm in Hades had been forevouched for centuries, predicting His release from the grave and the intermediate world, and his reentrance into life, and assuming "the path of (unending) life."
ref: 1850, “Easter Even: Desultory Musings”, in Evergreen, volume 7, page 103:
text: Our Saviour hath forevouched that the wicked shall "go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal."
ref: 1851, Henry Ustick Onderdonk, Sermons and Episcopal Charges - Volume 1, page 333:
text: Is it not a startling fact, that in the midst of the Babel confusion which prevails, one conviction presses upon every mind, that we are in a period of solemn grandeur, forevouching the speedy approach of some universal, unprecedented change?
ref: 1856, The Watch Tower; Or, Observations on the Prophetic Phases of The Day, page 11:
text: […] was forevouched to be killer of his maternal uncle Rai Dayach in the likeness of Lord Krishna to be the ender of King Kanas.
ref: 1987, The Sikh Review - Volume 35, page 36:
glosses: To avow or affirm in advance.
Derived terms: forevouched
forevouches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forevouch
Dashavatara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit दशावतार (daśāvatāra).
Senses: glosses: The ten avatars of Vishnu.
forevouching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forevouch
audiobibliophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of audiobibliophile
Devasena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit देवसेना (devasenā).
Senses: glosses: The goddess of aspiration.
CalDAV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV.
criminal tribe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: criminal tribes
Etymology: From criminal + tribe. First defined and introduced in Indian law by the Criminal Tribes Act 1871.
Senses: glosses: a caste or tribe in British India that is deemed by authorities in "addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences", and was subjected to extensive police surveillance and registration.
wikipedia: Criminal Tribes Act
Related terms: denotify
criminal tribes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of criminal tribe
Aiyanar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ayyanar
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil ஐயனார் (aiyaṉār).
Senses: glosses: A Tamil guardian deity
Ayyappan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Dharmasastha
Manikandan
glosses: The Hindu god of righteousness and celibacy, popular in South India.
wall-mounted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: wall-mounted wall-mounted
form: more wall-mounted
form: most wall-mounted
Senses: examples: A wall-mounted table is the ideal, flexible solution wherever your space is limited.
glosses: Mounted on a wall; attached to a wall.
from the river to the sea
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: A calque of Arabic مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ (mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri, “from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea”), popularized among Palestinians by the Palestine Liberation Organization, from Hebrew בין הים לירדן (“between the [Mediterranean] sea and the Jordan [river]”); as seen in the platform of the right-wing Zionist Likud party in 1977; both referring to the geography of Palestine.
Senses: examples: text: The way out [of this cycle of violence] remains the same: a change of regime in Israel that brings equal rights for everyone from the river to the sea[.]
ref: 2023 November 5, Ilan Pappe, “Why Israel wants to erase context and history in the war on Gaza”, in Al-Jazeera, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023:
text: We demand your emancipation
From the river to the sea!
We stand with your emancipation;
Your people will be free!
ref: 2023, Seth Staton Watkins, “Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine”:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free
glosses: A slogan expressing support for Palestinian self-determination.
wikipedia: Likud
Palestine Liberation Organization
Zabloudil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zabloudils
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Zabloudil.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
byknife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byknives
Etymology: From by or by- + knife. Compare Scots byknife, byknyfe.
Senses: examples: text: This may represent either the top of some form of closure, or the pommel-cap of a byknife in the front of the sheath of the dagger, the remains of which are represented as if hung between the two suspension loops, its haft in front of the belt and its sheath behind the body of the pouch. It is of a type known to contemporaries as a ballock knife, that is a dagger with a phalliform haft or grip. An example of a byknife with just such a fleur-de-lis pommel is in the collection of the Canterbury City Museum.
ref: 1987, Church Monuments: Journal of the Church Monuments Society, volume 2, page 5:
glosses: A secondary knife carried beside a dagger or short sword.
byknives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byknife
free run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: winemaking
glosses: Unfermented or only partially-fermented juice, derived from grapes that have been crushed but not yet pressed; the must that runs off freely without pressure.
grow bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grow bags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of growbag.
grow bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grow bag
parentisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parentism
Sturgeonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sturgeonites
Etymology: From Sturgeon + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Forbes and her allies have already set up a backbench group in the Scottish Parliament to develop alternative policies; Yousaf and the Sturgeonites remain committed to her (superficially) progressive vision of the party and its controversial alliance with the Scottish Greens.
ref: 2023 October 6, Henry Hill, “Time to put devolution out of its misery”, in The Telegraph:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A political supporter of Nicola Sturgeon (born 1980), Scottish politician who served as First Minister from 2014 to 2023.
Hardaker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
ill-usages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ill-usage
senicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more senicidal
form: most senicidal
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to senicide.
senicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senicide
Gardos channel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gardos channels
Etymology: First described in 1958 by György Gárdos in human erythrocytes.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A voltage-independent potassium channel that is activated by intracellular calcium.
Gardos channels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gardos channel
spooktaculars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spooktacular
buuz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buuz
form: buuzy
Etymology: From Mongolian бууз (buuz). Doublet of baozi.
Senses: glosses: A Mongolian steamed dumpling filled with meat.
dealgans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dealgan
interesting number paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the interesting number paradox
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A humorous paradox arising from the attempt to classify every natural number as either "interesting" or "uninteresting". If there exists a non-empty set of uninteresting natural numbers, there must be a smallest uninteresting number, but this number is paradoxically interesting because it is the smallest uninteresting number.
sausageless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sausage + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a sausage.
rulerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ruler + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a ruler.
gelless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gel + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without gel.
rulelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ruleless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without a rule or rules.
unregulatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unregulated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unregulated.
Timucuas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Timucua
balloon stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloon sticks
Senses: glosses: A plastic rod to be attached to the knot of a balloon to raise it and make it appear to be floating.
balloon sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balloon stick
Marcuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marcus
hamburgering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hamburger
hamburgered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hamburger
metagamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metagamers
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in metagaming.
metagamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metagamer
didde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of doe
infinite hotel paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the infinite hotel paradox
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A thought experiment illustrating a counterintuitive property of infinite sets, showing that a fully occupied hotel with infinitely many rooms can still accommodate any number of additional guests.
wikipedia: Hilbert's paradox of the Grand Hotel
Legendre's constant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced by Adrien-Marie Legendre.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mathematical constant occurring in a formula to approximate the behavior of the prime-counting function π(x), originally chosen to be 1.08366 but now known to be exactly 1.
oxodegradable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oxodegradable
form: most oxodegradable
Etymology: From oxo- + degradable.
Senses: examples: text: oxodegradable plastics
glosses: That degrades in the presence of oxygen.
mycochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myco- + chemical.
Senses: coordinate_terms: phytochemical
zoochemical
glosses: Pertaining to the chemistry of fungi.
mycochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycochemicals
Etymology: From myco- + chemical.
Senses: coordinate_terms: phytochemical
zoochemical
glosses: Any chemical substance characteristic of, or derived from, fungi.
mycochemicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mycochemical
zoochemicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoochemical
numeric keypad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: numeric keypads
Senses: synonyms: number pad
tenkey
glosses: The square, palm-sized section of a computer keyboard, usually on the far right side, with keys for the digits and arithmetic operations, providing calculator-style efficiency for entering numbers.
Derived terms: Numpad
Related terms: Num Lock
numeric keypads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of numeric keypad
number pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: number pads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of numeric keypad.
synonyms: word: numeric keypad
number pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of number pad
overrespect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overrespects
form: overrespecting
form: overrespected
form: overrespected
form: over-respect
Etymology: From over- + respect.
Senses: examples: text: People who were timid and liberals who overrespected him, old man William treated icily. He stood on the porch with hands in his pockets, rocking on his slanted heels, squinting with his webbed eyes, wearing a curl to his lips.
ref: 1997, Jere Hoar, “The Incredible Little Louisiana Chicken Killer”, in Body Parts, Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 243:
glosses: To show excessive respect for (something or someone).
woman-identified-woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woman-identified-women
Senses: examples: text: Their father hasn't contributed except periodically to their support. He has the option of living his life style as he wishes, but I have to hide and deny my life style as a woman-identified-woman or risk losing my children.
ref: 1980 April 12, M. Amish, “The Right to Be a Parent”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: A lesbian, whether political or native-born.
pegaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Asiatic pennywort
Avory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Boehmian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Boehmian
form: most Boehmian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jakob Böhme or Jacob Boehme (1575–1624), German philosopher, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant theologian.
Boehmian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boehmians
Senses: synonyms: Boehmist
glosses: A supporter of Jakob Böhme's religious ideas.
Boehmist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boehmists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Boehmian.
synonyms: word: Boehmian
Boehmians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boehmian
Boehmism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Boehmian religious beliefs.
Boehmists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boehmist
Lamé curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lamé curves
Etymology: Named after Gabriel Lamé.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of superellipse.
synonyms: word: superellipse
wikipedia: Gabriel Lamé
Lamé curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lamé curve
re-settled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-settle
re-settles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-settle
re-settling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-settle
rap group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rap groups
Senses: glosses: A group of musicians who make rap music.
examples: text: a rap group for Vietnam War veterans
text: I generally meet women through rap groups. I also started a lesbian mother's rap group which used to be called Tykes and Dykes, but that died. I met a lot of women through that.
ref: 1980 April 12, Rosalyn, “Gay & Blind”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
glosses: An informal group of people who meet for the purpose of group therapy.
rap groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rap group
charagma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charagmata
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χάραγμα (kháragma).
Senses: glosses: A mark or marking
examples: text: Then I beheld thrones and those who sat upon them, and judgment was granted to them. And I beheld the souls of all those whose heads had been hacked off with axes because of their witness to Jesus and the word of God. These souls are the ones who never worshipped the Beast or his idol, nor did they accept the puncture mark—the charagma—on their foreheads or on their hands. These souls lived and reigned with Christ for the millennium.
ref: 2003 [around 100 CE], “Chapter Twenty”, in Mark B. Arey, Philemon D. Sevastiades, transl., edited by Patra McSharry Sevastiades, Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation (The Millennium Translation Project), Oradell, NJ: Dayspring Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 62-63:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: the mark of the beast.
charagmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charagma
rejack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rejacks
form: rejacking
form: rejacked
form: rejacked
Etymology: From re- + jack.
Senses: examples: text: His son, Richard, heard his cry for help and rejacked the car. Jim suffered lacerations of the face and hands.
ref: 1962, In Transit, volumes 70-71, page 20:
glosses: To raise again with a jack.
rejacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rejack
rejacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rejack
rejacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rejack
should on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shoulds on
form: shoulding on
form: shoulded on
form: shoulded on
Etymology: Attributed to Albert Ellis (1913–2007), American psychologist and psychotherapist; perhaps intended to evoke shit on.
Senses: examples: text: Shoulding on yourself keeps you imprisoned in other people's beliefs and it makes you a puppet on a string […]
ref: 2009, Ecallaw Leachim, Ratology: Way of the Undamned, page 100:
text: 2014, Jan Johnson, Invitation to the Jesus Life: Experiments in Christlikeness
As we join Jesus in death to self, we stop "shoulding" on people and telling them what to do: You should read this book; you should go to this conference.
glosses: To impose judgment on (oneself or others) by telling them what they should do.
wikipedia: Albert Ellis
Sadlermiut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sagdlirmiut
form: Sallirmiut
Senses: glosses: An Inuit group living in near isolation mainly on and around Coats Island, Walrus Island, and Southampton Island in Hudson Bay, into the early 20th century.
Sagdlirmiut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sadlermiut.
Sallirmiut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sadlermiut.
Siglit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Inuit group residing in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Canada's western Arctic.
personal brand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal brands
Etymology: Popularized by American consultant and author Tom Peters.
Senses: examples: text: Using my @grattongirl brand as example, my personal brand statement reads, “I delight in helping others create and unleash their personal brand on Twitter.”
ref: 2012, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Follow Me! Creating a Personal Brand with Twitter, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 78:
text: […]I had a social and possibly sexual interest in my coworkers and in the founder boys; I had an ambitious vain interest in my personal brand as it appeared to the world[…]
ref: 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
text: In many cases, the brand also pays. Mr. Musk, who is both a successful businessman and a freewheeling personal brand, appears to be an exception.
ref: 2021 May 7, Taylor Lorenz, “Elon Musk: Memelord or Meme Lifter?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: His TikToks follow a well-trod formula: He ambushes someone in the park and asks deep-but-not-deep questions like: “How would you describe your personal brand?”; “What’s the most interesting thing on your Notes app?”; “Do you have any regrets?”
ref: 2022 September 7, Mia Adorante, “The TikTok Star of Washington Square Park”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: The public image of an individual's unique and desirable qualities, often based on particular marketing strategies and the use of social media.
wikipedia: Tom Peters
personal brands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personal brand
overrespects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overrespect
overrespecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overrespect
overrespected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overrespect
overrespectful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overrespectful
form: most overrespectful
Etymology: From over- + respectful.
Senses: glosses: Excessively respectful.
zoink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zoinks
form: zoinking
form: zoinked
form: zoinked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zonk (“to make sleepy or delirious”).
Derived terms: zoink out
zoinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zoink
zoinked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zoink
caps-locked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From caps lock + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Typing using all capital letters in any sort of online correspondence usually is seen as the virtual equivalent of SHOUTING. For emphasis, bold type or italics always are preferable, because a caps-locked section of text is seen as both visually ugly and rude.
ref: 2014, Gregory J. Touhill, C. Joseph Touhill, “Appendix B: General Rules for Email Etiquette: Sample Training Handout”, in Cybersecurity for Executives: A Practical Guide, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 357:
text: The Republican convention was a gruesome and tawdry spectacle. And everything was topped off with nothing more than a red hat with a badly kerned, caps-locked slogan.
ref: 2017, Michael Bierut, “I’m with Her”, in Now You See It and Other Essays on Design, Hudson, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 217:
glosses: Typed with the Caps Lock mode turned on; written in all caps.
side on
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The car ploughed into a bridge side on.
glosses: With what is usually the side facing forward.
sans souci
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsɑːn suːˈsiː/
Forms: form: sans-souci
Etymology: Borrowed from French sans souci (“without worry”).
Senses: glosses: Carefree; without worry
sans souci
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˌsɑːn suːˈsiː/
Forms: form: sans-souci
Etymology: Borrowed from French sans souci (“without worry”).
Senses: glosses: In a carefree manner; without worry.
Related terms: Sanssouci
Siglitun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Sallirmiutun
glosses: The dialect of Inuvialuktun spoken by the Siglit.
Sallirmiutun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Siglitun.
synonyms: word: Siglitun
Sanssouci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Sanssouci, from French sans souci (“without worry”).
Senses: glosses: A palace in Potsdam.
harsh noise wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
related: word: HNW
glosses: An extreme subgenre of harsh noise music featuring noises layered together to form a consistent, static sound.
HNW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of harsh noise wall.
HNW
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more HNW
form: most HNW
Senses: glosses: Initialism of high-net-worth
yutori education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese ゆとり (literally “leeway”).
Senses: topics: education
synonyms: relaxed education
glosses: A Japanese education policy that reduced the hours and content making up primary education, with the aim of lowering stress among students.
relaxed education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of yutori education.
synonyms: word: yutori education
Ramanujan's sum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ramanujan's sums
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A function, usually denoted c_q(n), of two positive integer variables q and n, defined by the formula c_q(n)=∑_(1<a≤q atop (a,q)=1)e^(2πi tfrac aqn),, where (a, q) = 1 means that a only takes on values coprime to q. It is used in the proof of Vinogradov's theorem.
Ramanujan's sums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ramanujan's sum
deal flow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deal flows
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The rate at which a finance professional receives business proposals or investment offers.
deal flows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deal flow
Abel-Ruffini theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Abel-Ruffini theorem
Etymology: Named after Paolo Ruffini, who made an incomplete proof in 1799, and Niels Henrik Abel, who provided a proof in 1824.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: Abel's impossibility theorem
glosses: A theorem stating that there is no solution in radicals to general polynomial equations of degree five or higher with arbitrary coefficients.
Abel's impossibility theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Abel-Ruffini theorem.
synonyms: word: Abel-Ruffini theorem
MEGO
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mego (“my eyes glaze over”).
MHT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MHTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of male hose thread.
glosses: Initialism of mechanical heat treatment.
qualifier: radar
glosses: Initialism of multiple hypothesis tracker.
glosses: Initialism of menopausal hormone therapy.
glosses: Initialism of masculinizing hormone therapy.
MHTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MHT
micartas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micarta
Dunworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dunworths
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donndubhartaigh (“descendant of Donndubhartach”), a personal name composed of the elements donn (“brown-haired”) + dubh (“black”) + artach (“nobleman”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
self-homeomorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-homeomorphisms
Etymology: From self- + homeomorphism.
Senses: glosses: A continuous bijection from a topological space onto itself.
Synonyms: autohomeomorphism
autohomeomorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autohomeomorphisms
Etymology: From auto- + homeomorphism.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of self-homeomorphism.
synonyms: word: self-homeomorphism
autohomeomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autohomeomorphism
middle path
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle paths
Senses: glosses: Synonym of middle way.
synonyms: word: middle way
Del Conte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Del Contes
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Del Conte.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
middle paths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle path
Millennial Dawnist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Millennial Dawnists
Etymology: From Millennial Dawn (1886), a six-volume Bible textbook series associated with the movement, + -ist.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of the Bible Student movement.
Millennial Dawnists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Millennial Dawnist
self-homeomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-homeomorphism
minneola tangelo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of minneola.
synonyms: word: minneola
Del Contes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Del Conte
Dunworths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dunworth
Missouri grape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Missouri grapes
Senses: synonyms: catbird grape
cat grape
glosses: Vitis palmata, a New World species of tall, climbing lianas in the grape family, native to the south-central and southeastern United States.
catbird grape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catbird grapes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Missouri grape.
synonyms: word: Missouri grape
cat grape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat grapes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Missouri grape.
synonyms: word: Missouri grape
Missouri grapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Missouri grape
catbird grapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catbird grape
cat grapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cat grape
Galleanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Galleanists
Etymology: From Galleani + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A follower or supporter of the insurrectionary anarchist Luigi Galleani (1861–1931).
Galleanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Galleanist
Galleanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Galleani + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Support for the insurrectionary anarchist Luigi Galleani (1861–1931).
Clippard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Clippards
Etymology: Americanized form of German Klippert.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Orxit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Orkxit.
Ciraulo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ciraulos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ciraulo, Italianization of Sicilian Ciraulu, from ciraulu (“snake charmer”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].
Versaillais
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from French versaillais.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Versailles, Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France or the famous palace located there.
Versaillais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Versaillais
Etymology: Borrowed from French versaillais.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Versailles, Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France.
Ciraulos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ciraulo
Clippards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Clippard
Cooperwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cooperwoods
Etymology: A typical African-American surname, possibly an altered form of Cowperthwaite.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Urmian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Urmian
form: most Urmian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Urmia.
Urmian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Urmians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Urmia.
Urmians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Urmian
Coriz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Corizes
Etymology: Probably of Spanish origin, even though the original form of the surname is unknown.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Corizes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Coriz
Cooperwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cooperwood
Orphicism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Orphic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Orphism (“ancient religious movement”).
Bruckman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bruckmans
Etymology: Americanized form of German Bruckmann or Brückmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bruckmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bruckman
Casamentos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Casamento
Leacockian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Leacockian
form: most Leacockian
Etymology: From Leacock + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Stephen Leacock (1869–1944), Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist.
chew on one's nails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chews on one's nails
form: chewing on one's nails
form: chewed on one's nails
form: chewed on one's nails
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bite one's nails (“worry or fret”).
synonyms: word: bite one's nails
extra: worry or fret
House That Freddy Built
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the House that Freddy Built
Etymology: In reference to Freddy Krueger, a character in the studio's highly successful Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Presumably modelled on the name of the traditional folk song This Is the House That Jack Built.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: The American film and television production studio New Line Cinema.
wikipedia: A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
This Is the House That Jack Built
Fellenz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fellenzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fellenz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
go through the trouble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes through the trouble
form: going through the trouble
form: went through the trouble
form: gone through the trouble
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go to the trouble.
Foggie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Foggies
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Foggies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Foggie
Fellenzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fellenz
Fornwalt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fornwalts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fornwalt, a topographic surname for someone who lived in front of a wood.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
valets-de-chambre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valet-de-chambre
Fortini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fortinis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Fortini.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
sugar basin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugar basins
Senses: synonyms: sucrier
sugar bowl
glosses: A dish for serving sugar.
sugar basins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugar basin
sure of oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sure of oneself
form: most sure of oneself
Senses: glosses: Confident in one's knowledge.