cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
backspot flying fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backspot flying fish
Senses: glosses: A particular species of flying fish, Cheilopogon dorsomacula.
flyingfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flyingfish
form: flyingfishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flying fish.
whitetip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitetips
Etymology: From white + tip.
Senses: glosses: Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on the body.
The oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus.
glosses: Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on the body.
The whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus.
glosses: Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on the body.
Any of the hummingbirds of the Urosticte genus, characterized by the white tips on the males' rectrices.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on the body.
Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Episynlestes, endemic to Australia.
Derived terms: oceanic whitetip
oceanic whitetip shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oceanic whitetip sharks
Senses: glosses: a large pelagic shark, taxonomic name Carcharhinus longimanus, characterized by the white tips on the fin, often prone to attack humans.
Synonyms: oceanic whitetip
whitetip
narrowhead
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From narrow + head.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Applied to various kinds of animals with a narrow head.
Derived terms: narrowhead flyingfish
narrowhead garter snake
narrowhead rockcod
cardiacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: cardiac
unfollowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + followed.
Senses: examples: text: […] her husband's increased and more frequent storms of passion, unfollowed by any halcyon and honeymoon suings for forgiveness […]
ref: 1834, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Pilgrims of the Rhine:
glosses: not followed
unfollowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + followed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unfollow
simoniacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [B]y ambitious prenſations, by Simoniacal corruptions, by political bandyings, by popular factions, by all kinds of ſiniſter vvays, men crept into the place, doth appear by thoſe many diſmal Schiſms, […]
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The V. [Supposition] that the Bishops of Rome (According to God’s Institution and by Original Right Derived thence) should have an Universal Supremacy and Jurisdiction over the Christian Church]”, in J[ohn] Tillotson, editor, A Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. […], London: […] Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 149:
glosses: Synonym of simoniac.
synonyms: word: simoniac
depreciative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depreciatives
Etymology: From depreciate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: A statement with a tendency to depreciate.
depreciative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more depreciative
form: most depreciative
Etymology: From depreciate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Tending to depreciate (in value).
glosses: Belittling, disparaging.
Derived terms: depreciatively
spouter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spouters
Etymology: From spout + -er.
Senses: glosses: Anything that spouts.
examples: a spouter of hateful rhetoric
glosses: Someone who rants or talks nonsense at length.
glosses: A South Sea whale.
glosses: A skillful whaler.
riverward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From river + -ward.
Senses: glosses: towards a river
riverward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From river + -ward.
Senses: glosses: towards a river
dithery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dithery
form: most dithery
Etymology: From dither + -y.
Senses: glosses: Unable to think straight; tending to dither.
glosses: Constantly moving about
examples: text: It has been a dithery decade for nuclear policy. After the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, several countries began shuttering their reactors and tearing up plans for new ones.
ref: December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Characterized by dithering.
alpenrose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpenroses
Senses: glosses: An evergreen alpine shrub, taxonomic name Rhododendron ferrugineum
Synonyms: sense: Rhododendron ferrugineum
word: rusty-leaved alpenrose
sense: Rhododendron ferrugineum
word: snow-rose
coastward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coast + -ward.
Senses: glosses: towards the coast
coastward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From coast + -ward.
Senses: glosses: towards the coast
body temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body temperatures
Senses: examples: text: The normal body temperature of a dog falls within the range of about 38°C to 39°C.
text: Heatwaves are especially damaging to children, as they are less able to regulate their body temperature compared to adults, the statement said, adding that the more heatwaves children are exposed to, the greater the chance of health problems including chronic respiratory conditions, asthma, and cardiovascular diseases.
ref: 2022 October 26, “Over two million Cambodian children exposed to constant heatwaves, says Unicef”, in The Star:
glosses: The temperature of the body of a person or animal, especially when used as a simple guide to health.
Related terms: body heat
whyte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of white.
glosses: White (racial sense).
joinin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of joining.
thistlewarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thistlewarps
Etymology: From thistle + warp.
Senses: examples: text: An asse overwhelmed a thisselwarps nest; the little bird pecked his gaul'd back in revenge […].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 7:
glosses: The goldfinch.
thistlewarps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thistlewarp
frisure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frisures
Etymology: From French frisure.
Senses: examples: text: A box on the ear destroys the whole oeconomy of their frisure, upon which they bestow the greatest part of their time and attention […]
ref: 1769, Tobias Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom, volume 2, London: Robinson and Roberts, page 81:
text: 1870, Daniel Garrison Brinton and George H. Napheys, Personal Beauty: How to Cultivate and Preserve it in Accordance with the Laws of Health, Springfield, Massachusetts: W.J. Holland, “The Hair,” p. 306,
[…] in the selection of a frisure, as in that of colors, a lady should take into account her complexion, her stature, her features, and her expression, and so arrange the hair as to heighten and give prominence to the most favorable parts of these, and conceal or diminish any defect which they may present.
text: […]the frisure of women's hair
ref: 1878, The Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal, Volume 26:
glosses: The dressing of the hair by curling.
brisure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɹɪˈzjʊə(ɹ)/
/bɹɪˈʒʊə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: brisures
Etymology: From French brisure, from briser (“to break”).
Senses: glosses: Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
examples: text: The baton is made now very short by the French, who call it baton peri, and is always a brisure, frequently made use of by the younger sons of France, of which I have treated in my marks of cadency, and shall do so again[…]
ref: 1804, Alexander Nisbet, A system of heraldry ..., page 89:
text: But the bar (being a horizontal piece, a diminutive of the Fess), is not used like the French barre as a brisure for illegitimacy; a bar-sinister is an absurdity and impossibility.
ref: 1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 172:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A mark of cadency or difference.
randans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of randan
macadamise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: macadamises
form: macadamising
form: macadamised
form: macadamised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of macadamize.
Derived terms: unmacadamised
macadamises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of macadamise
nitrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitration
nitres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitre
japonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: japonises
form: japonising
form: japonised
form: japonised
Senses: examples: text: But Japanese political predominance, and constant intercourse during three centuries, have almost japonised the island.
ref: 1895, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, page 5:
text: Not methods alone are borrowed wholesale, but even plots, the proper names which occur in the stories being slightly japonised, as Shimizu for Smith, Risa for Eliza, and details being altered so as to suit Japanese social conditions.
ref: 1927, B.H. Chamberlain, Things Japanese, page 274:
text: But japonise it into Benkei and the difficulty vanishes, to say nothing of the apparent prop given to the story of Yoshitsune's visit to Yezo, by the fact of the name of his celebrated henchman Benkei thus figuring in the geography of the island.
ref: 1996, Kirsten Refsing, Early European Writings on the Ainu Language:
glosses: Alternative form of Japanize.
japonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of japonise
dogmatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dogmatises
form: dogmatising
form: dogmatised
form: dogmatised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dogmatize.
dogmatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dogmatise
slammingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slammingly
form: most slammingly
Etymology: From slamming + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a slamming sound or motion.
euonyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of euonym
superelevations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superelevation
superelliptical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superelliptical
form: most superelliptical
Etymology: From super- + elliptical.
Senses: examples: text: Already the large superelliptical pool has conferred upon Stockholm an unusual mathematical flavor, like the big catenary curve of St. Louis's Gateway Arch...
ref: 1975, Martin Gardner, Mathematical carnival, page 243:
glosses: Having the shape of a superellipse.
incrustant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incrustant
form: most incrustant
Etymology: From incrust + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: It is the practice at the Columbus plant to leave between 25 and 40 parts per million incrustant hardness in the water.
ref: 1915, Ohio's Health - Volume 5, page 721:
text: For the sessile fauna it was found that the visible first settlers were present after one week and were the incrustant forms of one species of foraminifera and one species of a red calcareous algae.
ref: 1972, James Woodell Miller, John G. VanDerwalker, Richard A. Waller, Scientists-in-the-sea, page WF-212:
text: Split-lime softened water after blending is usually incrustant and difficult to filter unless fully recarbonated or acid treated.
ref: 1972, Proceedings - Water Quality Conference, page 76:
glosses: Tending to leave an incrustation on a boiler or other container when the containing water evaporates.
incrustant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incrustants
Etymology: From incrust + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: The total incrustants in the water, expressed in terms of calcium carbonate, are clearly the sum of their component bases, calcium and magnesium, expressed in terms of calcium carbonate.
ref: 1905, The Journal of Infectious Diseases:
text: Aluminum also is an incrustant present in most waters in quantities so small that it is not necessary to consider it; but when too much aluminum sulphate, a substance frequently used as a coagulant in filtering water, is added in the process of filtering, the excess passes through the filter and may cause trouble in the boiler, where it hydrolyzes, forming free sulphuric acid.
ref: 1909, Water-supply Paper, page 188:
text: Solid particles of incrustant can be removed along with any fine sediments that may have entered the zone immediately around the screen after the well was placed in service.
ref: 1986, Fletcher G. Driscoll, Groundwater and Wells, page 644:
glosses: Any substance that is dissolved in water which forms an incrustation when the water evaporates.
supersophisticated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supersophisticated
form: most supersophisticated
Etymology: From super- + sophisticated.
Senses: examples: text: Simons runs a kind of supersophisticated arbitrage operation from his offices in Manhattan and in East Setauket […]
ref: 2008, David C. Johnston, Free lunch, page 246:
glosses: Highly sophisticated.
superslick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superslick
form: most superslick
Etymology: From super- + slick.
Senses: examples: text: Your Web site doesn't have to be full of the latest dropdowns, rollovers, superslick graphics, or Flash videos.
ref: 2007, Ray Foley, Heather Dismore, Running a Bar for Dummies, page 273:
glosses: Very slick.
supernaturals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supernatural
nonsingularities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsingularity
content repository
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: content repositories
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The main repository of a content management system.
vampirologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vampirologists
Etymology: From vampirology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies vampirology.
vampirologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vampirologist
vampirological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vampirology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to vampirology.
atrophias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atrophia
atrophia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atrophias
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of atrophy.
Related terms: atrophia areata
fanspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fănspēk
ipa: /ˈfæn.spiːk/
Etymology: From fan + -speak, modeled after Newspeak.
Senses: examples: text: fanspeak: The language, typography, and cliches of fandom. Term is derived from "newspeak," the language of the future, in George Orwell's 1984.
ref: 1952, Arthur Rapp, Lee Hoffman, Redd Boggs, Fanspeak, page 5:
text: The "lack" in the narrative's central relationship produces UST (fanspeak for "unresolved sexual tension") and more, a space for sublimated discourse about body and gender politics...
ref: 2000, Elyce Rae Helford, Fantasy girls, page 64:
glosses: The jargon used by science fiction fans.
glosses: The jargon used by fans of any genre of fiction or popular culture in general.
Related terms: geekspeak
nerdspeak
goutté
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gutty (“semé with drops”).
SNS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SNSs
form: SNSes
Senses: examples: text: The critical mass comprises the pioneers of an SNS who pay the start-up costs and set up a circle of acquaintances for newcomers; thereafter new subscribers to a mature SNS can join one after another rather than as a group (Heijden, 2004).
ref: 2015, Giuseppe Riva, Brenda K. Wiederhold, Pietro Cipresso, editors, The Psychology of Social Networking, volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 204:
glosses: Initialism of social networking site.
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Initialism of sympathetic nervous system.
SNS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: cloud computing
glosses: Initialism of Simple Notification Service.
autotranslation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autotranslations
form: auto-translation
Etymology: From auto- + translation.
Senses: examples: text: Beckett produced autotranslations of the first two works, but gave up on Worstward Ho, deeming it 'untranslatable'...
ref: 2006, Neil Cornwell, The absurd in literature, page 247:
glosses: Translation of a work into another language by its original author.
autotranslations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autotranslation
chunky monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chunky monkeys
Senses: examples: text: Can we see skinny on genes? How about obese? How about a little chunky? Can we spot who's gonna be a chunky monkey from day one?
ref: 2007, Moira Anne Gunn, Welcome to BioTech Nation, page 142:
text: When he was in seventh grade, he was a chunky monkey. Even though he played football, he still was called a “fat ass” on more than one occasion by a small group of jocks who were shaving at age twelve.
ref: 2010, Brian Tome, Free Book:
glosses: A mildly obese person.
chunky monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chunky monkey
yodle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yodles
form: yodling
form: yodled
form: yodled
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of yodel.
yodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yodles
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of yodel.
yodles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yodle
glamourise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glamourises
form: glamourising
form: glamourised
form: glamourised
form: glamorise
Etymology: From glamour + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of glamorize.
Derived terms: glamourisation
glamourises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glamourise
redactable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From redact + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being redacted or censored.
Derived terms: unredactable
thistly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: thistlier
form: more thistly
form: thistliest
form: most thistly
Etymology: From thistle + -y.
Senses: examples: a thistly lawn
glosses: Covered in thistles.
examples: a thistly weed
glosses: Resembling a thistle.
thistledowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thistledown
gymless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gym + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Using team dislocation to their advantage, Immaculata players did not remember gymless years as a problem. Instead, they regarded the lack of facilities as part of team tradition...
ref: 2003, Julie Byrne, O God of players: the story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs, page 63:
glosses: Without a gym.
nonbeveled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + beveled.
Senses: glosses: Not beveled.
episodicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: episodicities
Etymology: From episodic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being episodic.
episodicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of episodicity
unexistence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + existence.
Senses: glosses: Lack of existence.
Synonyms: inexistence
nonbeing
nonexistence
gilguls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gilgul
gilgulim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gilgul
incertainty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incertainties
Etymology: From Old French incertaineté.
Senses: examples: text: all is naught, full of imposture, incertainty, and doth generally more harm then good.
ref: , II.4.1.i
glosses: Uncertainty.
afterdeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterdele
Etymology: From Middle English afterdele. Equivalent to after- + deal.
Senses: examples: text: And thus the battaile was great, and oftentimes that one partie was at a foredele and anon at an afterdele, which endured long.
ref: 1889, Sir Thomas Mallory, La morte d'Arthure: The history of King Arthur and of the Knights:
text: Johnson & Company's account was now at an afterdeal, and Richard simply did not know where to find the money to pay their debts.
ref: 1955, Barbara Winchester, Tudor family portrait:
glosses: Disadvantage.
foredele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of foredeal.
turbith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turpeth
Etymology: From Old French turbit or its source, Medieval Latin turbithum, from Arabic تُرْبِد (turbid).
Senses: examples: text: […] turbith, agarick, mirabolanes, hermodactils from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […]
ref: , II.4.1.ii
glosses: A type of purgative drug made from the root of a type of morning glory plant (Operculina turpethum); or the plant itself.
afterdele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of afterdeal.
ganton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gantons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gantang.
gaston
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastons
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A grip using one hand with the thumb down and elbow out.
gaston
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gastons
form: gastoning
form: gastoned
form: gastoned
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To hold using such a grip
give something a miss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives something a miss
form: giving something a miss
form: gave something a miss
form: given something a miss
Senses: examples: text: I decided to give the new book a miss.
glosses: To forgo something.
Related terms: pass on
Dogrib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dogribs
form: Dogrib
Etymology: From dog + rib, a calque of Dogrib Tłı̨chǫ (“dog-flank”), from tłı̨ (“dog”) + echǫǫ̀ (“rib area, flank”), the dog-flank people, from a traditional legend.
Senses: glosses: A member of a people native to the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Synonyms: Tłįchǫ
Dogrib
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From dog + rib, a calque of Dogrib Tłı̨chǫ (“dog-flank”), from tłı̨ (“dog”) + echǫǫ̀ (“rib area, flank”), the dog-flank people, from a traditional legend.
Senses: glosses: The Athabaskan language of this people.
Related terms: Dogribbed
Wiktionary’s coverage of Dogrib terms
Chippewyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chippewyans
form: Chippewyan
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chipewyan.
Chippewyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chipewyan.
Gwich'in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gwitchin
form: Kutchin
Senses: examples: text: Climate varies from among the harshest in the Subarctic in the northern territory of the Gwich'in to more benign among the Carrier in the south.
ref: 2009, Alan D. McMillan, Eldon Yellowhorn, First Peoples In Canada, →ISBN, page 246:
text: It is not a Gwich'in history, nor is it a self-conscious effort to use Gwich'in structures of knowledge.
ref: 2010, Richard J. Preston, A Kindly Scrutiny of Human Nature: Essays in Honour of Richard Slobodin, →ISBN:
text: This history of the Gwich'in people is mostly unknown due to the lack of a written language.
ref: 2013, James Minahan, Ethnic Groups of the Americas: An Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 162:
synonyms: word: Loucheux
glosses: An ethnic group native to the northern Yukon Territory and adjacent parts of Alaska.
Gwich'in
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gwitchin
form: Kutchin
Senses: examples: text: In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status are English, French, Dëne Sųłıné (Chipewyan), Nēhiyawēwin (Cree), Dene Kǝdǝ́ (Northern Slavey), Dene Zhatıé (Southern Slavey), Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (Gwich’in), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłįcho.
ref: 2025, Marie-Ève Hudon, Language regimes in the Provinces and the Territories, Ottawa, Canada: Library of Parliament, page 30:
glosses: The Athabaskan language of this people.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Gwich'in terms
Inuinnaqtun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: He is Canadian in other ways, too: When he discovers that his Inuinnaqtun interpreter, a boy named Angituk McAndrew, is in fact a warm-hearted and good-cooking girl who has a thing for him, he resists the temptation for some fun under the skins with near super-human restraint. It's not that he's a married man, either. It just wouldn't be right.
ref: 2010 November 29, Andrew Pyper, “Coppermine, by Keith Ross Leckie”, in The Globe and Mail:
text: The Kitikmeot Heritage Society is launching a language revitalization project on Inuinnaqtun, a dialect of the Inuit language.
ref: 2021 July 7, Meral Jamal, “Kitikmeot Heritage Society launches Inuinnaqtun revitalization project”, in CBC News:
text: In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status are English, French, Dëne Sųłıné (Chipewyan), Nēhiyawēwin (Cree), Dene Kǝdǝ́ (Northern Slavey), Dene Zhatıé (Southern Slavey), Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (Gwich’in), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłįcho.
ref: 2025, Marie-Ève Hudon, Language regimes in the Provinces and the Territories, Ottawa, Canada: Library of Parliament, page 30:
glosses: A language or dialect of Inuktitut spoken by some Inuit.
Inuvialuktun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Ivvavik (“the place of birth” in Inuvialuktun), in the Yukon, is a relative newcomer to the national parks system. It was created in 1984 as part of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.
ref: 2011 August 13, Kirsten Murphy, “Ivvavik National Park: naturally spectacular”, in The Globe and Mail:
text: Since Dodie Malegana was two weeks old, she's heard Inuvialuktun. She was raised by her grandparents in Aklavik, N.W.T., and they never spoke English.
ref: 2019 July 23, “Keepers of the Language: Radio host never spoke Inuvialuktun until she hit the airwaves”, in CBC News:
text: In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status are English, French, Dëne Sųłıné (Chipewyan), Nēhiyawēwin (Cree), Dene Kǝdǝ́ (Northern Slavey), Dene Zhatıé (Southern Slavey), Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (Gwich’in), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłįcho.
ref: 2025, Marie-Ève Hudon, Language regimes in the Provinces and the Territories, Ottawa, Canada: Library of Parliament, page 30:
glosses: A language or dialect of Inuktitut spoken by some Inuit.
media circuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of media circus
OPI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OPIs
form: O.P.I.
Senses: examples: text: Please direct all suggestions to the OPI of the event, Mr. Smith.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of office of primary interest.
occupational hazard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: occupational hazards
Senses: examples: text: They are the abrasive breed of radio and television personalities, most of them talk-show hosts, who treat their profession as a verbal adjunct to street fighting. . . . Threats and sometimes violence are indeed an occupational hazard.
ref: 1984 July 9, Richard Lacayo et al., “Show Business: Audiences Love to Hate Them”, in Time:
glosses: A substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being which is present in a certain task, job, or profession.
examples: text: The attentions of passionate spinsters were an occupational hazard for all members of the clergy.
ref: 1988, Susan Howatch, Glittering Images, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Today he was going to make a few stops at the rare-book shops in the area—an occupational hazard of his new profession.
ref: 2008, Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal, →ISBN, page 557:
text: "Sorry. Asking uncomfortable questions at the most inopportune time is an occupational hazard."
ref: 2009, Jon Talton, Concrete Desert, →ISBN, page 201:
text: "Student crushes are an occupational hazard. Ask any teacher."
ref: 2010, Lisa Gardner, The Neighbor, →ISBN, page 237:
text: Normally I'm a big fan of managers handling performance problems on their staff themselves rather than looking to HR to do it for them, but in this case, since she's putting curses on her manager, I can see an argument for you having a one-time meeting with her and her manager and jointly laying down the law. (Of course, this may just get you added to the list of people she's cursing, but black magic is one of many occupational hazards.)
ref: 2013 July 26, Alison Green, “an employee is putting magic curses on her coworkers”, in Ask a Manager, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2023:
glosses: An unpleasant, inconvenient, or unusual circumstance which occurs or is likely to occur during the course of one's employment.
paizuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /paɪˈzʊ.ɹi/
rhymes: -ʊɹi
Forms: form: paizuri
form: paizuris
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese パイ擦り (paizuri), blend of オッパイ (oppai, “breasts”) + 擦り (suri, “rubbing”).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: Synonym of titty fuck.
synonyms: word: titty fuck
Derived terms: autopaizuri
naizuri
myrobalan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌɪˈɹɒbələn/
Forms: form: myrobalans
form: mirabolan
form: mirobalan
form: myrobalun
form: myrabolam
form: myrobolan
form: myrobolane
Etymology: From Latin myrobalanum, myrobalanus (“ben nut”), from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos), from μύρον (múron, “perfume”) + βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).
Senses: examples: text: turbith, agaric, myrobolanes, hermodactyls, from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection ii:
text: Myrrh, sweet marjoram, and the plum-like myrobalan fruit were likewise usual ingredients of aromatic preparations.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 180:
glosses: A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Terminalia arjuna
word: Arjun myrobalan
word: bastard myrobalan
taxonomic: Terminalia bellirica
word: beleric myrobalan
word: belleric myrobalan
word: chebulic myrobalan
taxonomic: Terminalia chebula
word: yellow myrobalan
taxonomic: Phyllanthus emblica
word: emblic myrobalan
taxonomic: Prunus cerasifera
word: myrobalan plum
myrobalans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myrobalan
hermodactyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hermodactyls
Etymology: From Medieval Latin hermodactylus, from Ancient Greek ἑρμοδάκτυλος (hermodáktulos, “Hermes's finger”).
Senses: examples: text: […] turbith, agaric, myrobolanes, hermodactyls, from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […]
ref: , II.4.1.ii
glosses: A type of root, probably from a plant of the genus Colchicum, as imported and used in Western medicine.
hermodactyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hermodactyl
farspeaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of farspeak
farspoke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of farspeak
farspoken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of farspeak
SGD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SGDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of speech generating device.
SGD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But, in SGD, we update the parameters after iterating through every single training sample.
ref: 2019, Sudharsan Ravichandiran, Hands-On Deep Learning Algorithms with Python, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 91:
glosses: Initialism of stochastic gradient descent.
whitetip reef shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitetip reef sharks
Senses: glosses: A small species of requiem shark, Triaenodon obesus.
Synonyms: whitetip
it's what's inside that counts
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: One's personality is more important than one's physical looks.
Related terms: beauty is only skin deep
some mothers do have them
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: some mothers do 'ave 'em
Etymology: Popularised by the popular British comedy show Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em starring Michael Crawford as the clumsy and foolish Frank Spencer (although it had been in common British use for many years before then).
Senses: glosses: A colloquial and mildly pejorative reaction to a clumsy or foolish action.
when the going gets tough, the tough get going
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: In difficult times, it is the strong-willed who take action.
Related terms: when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
hatmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hat + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of hats.
Hyponyms: millinery
Related terms: hatmaker
haberdashery
resinousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From resinous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being resinous.
cutting board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutting boards
form: cutting-board
Senses: glosses: A sturdy board, used for cutting and preparing food.
Synonyms: chopping board
Related terms: breadboard
chop
cutting boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutting board
cinnamon roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinnamon rolls
Etymology: cinnamon + roll. In reference to the character, derives from a headline in The Onion satirical newspaper, "Beautiful Cinnamon Roll Too Good for This World, Too Pure" (23 January 2014) https://web.archive.org/web/20200306125704/https://local.theonion.com/beautiful-cinnamon-roll-too-good-for-this-world-too-pu-1819576048/amp.
Senses: topics: baking
cooking
food
lifestyle
synonyms: cinnamon bun
glosses: A rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon and sugar.
examples: text: 2016, Alexandra Petri, ComPost • Opinion (satire), The Washington Post
Obama: Merrick Garland is a beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure
text: Even as a 9-year-old girl, I had a thing for sweet, innocent cinnamon rolls – fictional characters who are too good for this world, too pure.
ref: 2016, Crystal Bell, “Daisy Ridley Is the Hero I've Been Looking For”, in MTV News:
text: “Vanessa, I will not complain about finding you in my bed,” he said, his voice soft and pliant. / “I missed you, cinnamon roll. Didn’t think you’d mind.”
ref: 2020 February 28, Nancey Cummings, “Jaxar”, in Jaxar (Warlord Brides; Warriors of Sangrin; 8), Menura Press, →ISBN:
text: “Your soul?” Delia’s heart leaped at his words, and she met him halfway for a kiss. “You cinnamon roll.” She raked her fingers through his hair and smiled.
ref: 2021 May 19, Elle Beaumont, “Delia”, in Apple of Fate (Gods Among Us; 0.5), Midnight Tide Publishing, →ISBN:
synonyms: cinnamon bun
glosses: A person perceived as good, gentle and kind, often a fictional character who undergoes emotional suffering.
what's going on
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: An informal greeting.
glosses: An expression of concern, asking for an explanation.
Synonyms: word: what's happening?
word: what's up?
word: what's new?
word: what's happening
word: what's up
word: what gives?
word: what goes on?
word: what is it
up and running
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Crossrail is working with its contractors to enable physical works at stations to get back up and running.
ref: 2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Class 345s finally able to serve Heathrow Airport”, in Rail, page 15:
text: England are up and running. Again. It has been a happy feature of the Gareth Southgate years that his team always win their opening tie at tournaments. It never used to be the case with England but to the list that features Tunisia, Croatia and Iran can be added the name of Serbia.
ref: 2024 June 16, David Hytner, “Jude Bellingham gives England winning start but Serbia make Southgate sweat”, in Guardian:
glosses: operational, in operation
amicable suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amicable suit
better-known
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of well-known: more well-known
best-known
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of well-known: most well-known
rbd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rbds
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of rebound.
hooknose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʊkˌnoʊz/
Forms: form: hooknoses
Etymology: From hook + nose.
Senses: glosses: An aquiline nose.
glosses: Someone with such a nose; stereotypically a jew.
glosses: A fish, the armed bullhead (Agonus cataphractus).
Koro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: an unwritten Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the East Kameng district
Tibeto-Burman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Tibeto- + Burman.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to both Tibet and Burma.
examples: text: Oral tradition and archaeological evidence suggest the Chin were the earliest Tibeto-Burman group to come to the Chindwin Valley, a settlement process starting as early as the 4ᵗʰ century.
ref: 2021 December 24, Samson Alexander Lotven, “THE SOUND SYSTEMS OF ZOPHEI DIALECTS AND OTHER MARAIC LANGUAGES”, in Indiana University, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2025, page 7:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of the Tibeto-Burman languages, one of the subgroups of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
ozoniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozonisers
Etymology: From ozonise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ozonizer.
ozoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozoners
Etymology: From the supposed concentration of ozone gas at such theaters + -er (“Variety -er”).
Senses: examples: text: Instead of The Ten Commandments, ozoners were filled with pictures like The Beach Girls and the Monster, High School Hellcats, and Billy Jack
ref: 1997 September 14, “Starlite memories Series”, in St. Petersburg Times:
text: But it wasn't just Denver that was once infatuated with ozoners The whole country was in love with driveins
ref: 1998 July 26, “The `Ozoner' Layer Colorado's Remaining Drive-ins Flicker With Nostalgia, New Appeal”, in Rocky Mountain News:
text: Are you an ozoner fan? Well if you do love drivein movies KC offers seven outdoor screens from which to choose
ref: 2002 June 30, “KC is a movie lover's paradise”, in The Kansas City Star, The:
glosses: A drive-in movie theater.
agnus castus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agnus castuses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄγνος (ágnos), confused with ἁγνός (hagnós, “chaste”) + by reinforcement Latin castus (“chaste”).
Senses: examples: text: […] some herbs provoke lust; some again, as agnus castus, waterlilly, quite extinguish seed […] .
ref: , II.4.1.iii, 1813, Volume 2, page 94
glosses: A tree, Vitex agnus-castus, formerly believed to preserve chastity.
Synonyms: chaste tree
chemistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chemistical
form: most chemistical
form: chymistical
Etymology: From chemist + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Paracelsus and his chymistical followers, as so many Promethei, will fetch fire from heaven, will cure all manner of diseases with minerals, accounting them the only physick on the other side.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection iv:
glosses: Chemical.
epershand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epershands
Etymology: From Latin et + per se + English and.
Senses: glosses: ampersand
heteroclitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heteroclitical
form: most heteroclitical
Etymology: From heteroclitic + -al or heteroclite + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: those loathsome and fulsome filthy potions, heteroclitical pills (so he cals them), horse medicines […]
ref: , II.4.1.iv
glosses: Anomalous, heteroclite.
trez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trezes
Senses: glosses: the third tine of an antler's beam
surroyal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surroyals
Etymology: From sur- + royal.
Senses: glosses: the fifth tine of an antler's beam
afterdeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterdeal
faradization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faradizations
form: faradisation
Senses: examples: text: Thus, Galvani left his name to electricity by contact; and with equal justice, in my opinion, the name of Faraday may be bestowed on electricity by induction. Consequently, I propose that this electricity by called Faradism, and its application, Faradization.
ref: 1851, Dr. Duchenne, “The Physiological and Therapeutical Properties of Statical, Galvanic, and Faradic Electricity”, in The Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science, volume 7, page 301:
text: As I have already stated, many cases of nervous deafness, which often results only from relaxation of the tympanum, have been cured by Faradization.
ref: 1857 August 22, The Lancet London, page 189:
text: Comparing the effects of central galvanization with those of general faradization, we find that both are powerful tonics, and are adapted for conditions of debility, by whatever names they may be known.
ref: 1881, Alphonse David Rockwell, A Practical Treatise on the Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity, page 385:
text: Such is the rôle of Faradization, which applied in the uterus in a proper way, preceded and followed by antiseptic injection, constitutes the true interstitial massage, provocative of contraction of all the unstriped muscular fibres, exciting and hastening the circulation, accelerating the absorptions of the exudatino and correcting also a languid and perverted nutrition.
ref: 1887, Homœopathic Journal of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Pediatrics, page 342:
text: After three uterine faradizations, a patient commenced to menstruate after seven years of amenorrhea, and had continued regular ever since.
ref: 1888, The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, page 979:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The therapeutic application of the faradic, or induced, electrical current.
Synonyms: word: faradism
Related terms: faradize
faradopuncture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Faradization by use of a needle puncture to deliver electric current.
Circassians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Circassian
chelidonius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek χελῑδών (khelīdṓn, “swallow”).
Senses: examples: text: In the belly of a swallow, there is a stone found, called chelidonius, “which, if it be lapped in a fair cloth, and tied to the right arm, will cure lunaticks, mad men, make them amiable and merry.”
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection iv:
text: According to Thomas de Cantimpré the swallow-stone is a talisman for merchants and tradesmen. The merits of the chelidonius, as this stone was called, were fully recognized in Saxon England and are given due prominence in an Anglo-Saxon medical treatise, dating form the first half of the tenth century.
ref: 1915, George Frederick Kunz, The Magic of Jewels and Charms, page 172:
text: while he discusses the chelidonius, he says nothing of extracting it so soon and describes the colors of its two varieties as black and red, and so does Bartholomew later on.
ref: 1923, Lynn Thorndike, History of Magic and Experimental Science, volume IV, page 421:
glosses: A stone supposed to be taken from the stomach of a swallow, with purported magical or medicinal properties.
Kabardian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈbɑː(ɹ)diən/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪən
Forms: form: Kabardians
Etymology: From Kabard + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Circassian tribe of the Northwest Caucasus.
Kabardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈbɑː(ɹ)diən/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪən
Forms: form: more Kabardian
form: most Kabardian
Etymology: From Kabard + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to this tribe.
Kabardian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈbɑː(ɹ)diən/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪən
Etymology: From Kabard + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A North Caucasian language spoken in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, also known as East Circassian.
Synonyms: East Circassian
Related terms: Kabardino-Balkaria
Adyghe
Circassian
Wiktionary’s coverage of Kabardian terms
kbd ⁠
love eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love egg
clover clamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clover clamp
horrorstruck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horrorstruck
form: most horrorstruck
Senses: examples: text: I am horrorstruck at this antemosaic, unsourced existence of the unspeakable terrors of the whale, which, having been before all time, must needs exist after all humane ages are over.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: The others were horrorstruck and fled in all directions.
ref: 1926, Felix Salten, Bambi, a Life in the Woods, p. 276
glosses: Alternative form of horror-struck.
horrorstricken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horrorstricken
form: most horrorstricken
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
cyclometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyclo- + -metric.
Senses: examples: text: cyclometric functions
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: antitrigonometric
glosses: Of or pertaining to the inverse trigonometric functions: arcsine, arccosine, arctangent, arccotangent, arcsecant, and arccosecant.
Related terms: cyclometer
niggardliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of niggardly: most niggardly
skitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skitches
form: skitching
form: skitched
form: skitched
Etymology: Blend of skate + hitch
Senses: glosses: To hitch a ride by holding on to a motor vehicle while riding on a skateboard, roller skates, or bicycle.
skitched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skitch
skitches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skitch
skitching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skitch
test harness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test harnesses
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software framework containing tests to verify the behaviour of other software components.
Hypernyms: harness
test harnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of test harness
passagemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passagemaker