cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
makes one's mark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make one's mark
left little to the imagination
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leave little to the imagination
leaving little to the imagination
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leave little to the imagination
leaves little to the imagination
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of leave little to the imagination
whip-creamy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: whip-creamier
form: more whip-creamy
form: whip-creamiest
form: most whip-creamy
Etymology: From whip cream + -y.
Senses: examples: text: When you wash your hands, and rub them with the soap sheet, the water dissolves the soap and you have the nicest, smoothest, whip-creamiest lather you could ask for.
ref: 1949 April 8, Linda Bruce, “Window Shopping: Downtown Store’s Demonstration Features Story of Nylon from Crystal to Garment”, in The Calgary Herald, 66th year, Calgary, Alta., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 4:
text: In the pool, something is poking up out of the whip-creamy froth: a black nose, a long snout, a flat head, two tufted ears.
ref: 2008, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room), Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, →ISBN, page 477:
text: A commercial dating to the late 1960s advertised, “Cool Whip has all the good old-fashioned taste with lots less calories than whipped cream you have to make,” implying that making fresh real cream was too much trouble. See cream. The product was shown being used on fresh fruit and strawberry shortcake. By 1992 a TV commercial featured the jingle “Cool Whip’s the one, with the whip-creamy taste,” and the product was shown in pudding parfaits and as a topping for waffles.
ref: 2015, Robert Sietsema, “Cool Whip”, in Darra Goldstein, editor, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 188, column 1:
synonyms: whipped-creamy
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of whip cream.
examples: text: He nodded without seeming to listen and ate from a tall glass of whip-creamy dessert.
ref: 1968, Herbert Kastle, The Movie Maker, [New York, N.Y.]: Bernard Geis Associates, →LCCN, page 344:
text: These ladies will examine the entire menu, comment extensively on each item, contemplate as deeply as a Hindu guru, and finally order a wedge of whip-creamy cake with a glass of cold water.
ref: 1969, Temple Fielding, Fielding’s Travel Guide to Europe, New York, N.Y.: Fielding Publications, →LCCN, page 652:
text: The cheesecake was flaky rather than soggy, the mousse (of which I had a bite) extremely rich and the strawberry pie about the whip-creamiest I’ve ever seen.
ref: 1978 March 30, Stanley Gilliam, “Eating Out: You can go home for brunch”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 240, number 39,884, Sacramento, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E4, column 3:
synonyms: whip-creamed
whipped-creamed
whipped-creamy
glosses: With whip cream.
mini-Trump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-Trumps
Etymology: From mini- + Trump.
Senses: examples: text: And for the EU a Johnson premiership would mean “a mini-Trump across the Channel, dedicated to its sabotage”. Britain would become “a hostile principality, built on social, fiscal and environmental deregulation.”
ref: 2019 June 13, Jon Henley, “'Mini-Trump across the Channel': EU media on Boris Johnson as British PM”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Yet most of Europe’s mini-Trumps have survived his fall, his denial of defeat and the storming of Congress by his supporters, and are now hoping that a comeback for the Republican frontrunner in next year’s US presidential election will put fresh wind in their own sails.
ref: 2023 September 26, Paul Taylor, “Europe’s ‘mini-Trumps’ survived his fall. Now they’re hoping for his comeback”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A petty Trumpian politician.
mini-Trumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mini-Trump
Dromore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dɹəˈmɔː(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A small market town in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J2053).
glosses: A small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref H3563).
glosses: A community in Southgate township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
noosepaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noosepapers
form: noospaper
Etymology: Partially from noose + paper, partially indicating a nonstandard pronunciation /ˈnuːsˌpeɪpə(r)/ or /ˈnuːzˌpeɪpə(r)/.
Senses: examples: text: "That was only a mere ruse de guerre, as they say in the noosepapers."
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 169:
glosses: A newspaper.
noosepapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noosepaper
flake salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: salt in flake-shaped crystals
dressing-table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dressing-tables
Senses: examples: text: On the one side was a stand of moss roses, on the other a dressing-table, and a glass à la Psyche, over whose surface the wax tapers flung a soft light, worthy of any complexion, even had it rivalled the caliph Vathek’s pages, whose skins “were fair as the enamel of Frangistan.”
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 52:
text: Going up to the dressing-table he passed his hand over the lilac-coloured pincushion, into which were stuck all kinds of pins; a bowl of pot-pourri exhaled a scent that made his head turn just a little.
ref: 1920, John Galsworthy, “Soames Entertains the Future”, in In Chancery (The Forsyte Saga; 2), London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, part I, pages 87–88:
text: “Don’t tell me she caught you bending again?” “Bending is right. I was half-way under the dressing-table. You and your singing,” I said, and I’m not sure I didn’t add the word “Forsooth!”
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
text: Now that the days of handbag-carrying women have largely drawn to a close, houseworkers rarely have a clearly marked-out personal territory – although for some the dressing-table may be a non-transportable handbag equivalent.
ref: 1989, Pauline Hunt, “Gender and the Construction of Home Life”, in Graham Allan, Graham Crow, editors, Home and Family: Creating the Domestic Sphere, Basingstoke, Hants; London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: Dated form of dressing table.
dressing-tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dressing-table
Gebbie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gebbies
Etymology: Variant of Gibbie.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
sharkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharkies
Etymology: From shark + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: We also set a shark line, baiting it with a bonito head. "Get a sniff at that, little sharkies", said Dave, as he lowered the fragrant mess over the side.
ref: 1963 November, William E. Old, Jr., “Dredging in the East Gulf of Mexico”, in New York Shell Club Notes, number 96, page 5:
text: Most of the levels have moving parts - things like lifts, or little sharkies swimming on and off the screen waiting to eat you up, or swinging cranes and rolling barrels ready to knock you over and squash you flat.
ref: 1993 May, Laetone Gravolin, “Lethal Weapon”, in The Australian Commodore & Amiga Review, volume 10, number 5, Saturday Magazine PTY. LTD., page 76, column 2:
text: The sharks coast inward, slowly. The DOORS open, splitting into halves lined with steel teeth, like that of a shark. / JUNI / Back to sleep. Good little sharkies...
ref: 2000, Robert Rodriguez, Spy Kids (screenplay), page 86:
text: >Apparently, this guy […] devoted his
>life to demonstrating […] that one could, in fact, stand in
>chum-baited water surrounded by dozens of feeding sharks in perfect
>safety. […] there's a thesis that's going to need a tiny bit of revision […] (as in fact, the shark […] revised *him* a bit, to the tune of a nice big chunk of his calf,[…]).
Food for thought for the little sharkie too. How come I didn't do that before?
ref: 2003 August 19, Jaime M. de Castellvi, “OT -- Avoiding shark bites”, in misc.writing.screenplays (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Jan 2025:
text: “Okay. Sharkslayer declares this is a shark-free zone. Patrol’s over. Back to the party!” Oscar was just about to swim away when a shadow passed overhead. He looked up. Above him were two great whites. He quickly zipped back under the blade of kelp. Please go by, he thought. Please go by, little sharkies . . . “Lenny!” one of the sharks called.
ref: 2004, Louise Gikow, chapter 8, in Shark Tale: The Movie Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN:
text: “This is a big island with a lot of sharks swimming around it, anxiously waiting to sing the ‘lookie, lookie, lookie, here comes a cookie’ song,” Onray said. / “I’ve heard the little sharkies are not discriminative in their taste of cookie.”
ref: 2009, Rudi London, The Operator is Calling, [Pleasant View, Tenn.]: Amazing Road, →ISBN, page 258:
text: Lured by the blood, they attacked the whale timidly at first, but then more fiercely until every shark tore off bits of the whale and devoured them. At last, the whale stopped squealing and with a final flip of its tail, became still. “Can you believe it,” whispered Richards under his breath. “My little sharkies have come to rescue us.”
ref: 2012, Brandon M. Dennis, The Tale of Cloran Hastings, →ISBN, page 146:
glosses: Diminutive of shark.
sharkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharkie
carrot-nosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The carrot-nosed snowman shouted Merry Christmas! and zoomed off into the hills, but not before Ozzie got his picture for our cover.
ref: 1966 December 24, Boys' Life, volume liv, page 3:
glosses: Having a carrot for a nose, as a snowman.
examples: text: "You're a carrot-nosed poltroon," said the Puddin' loudly".
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 140:
text: Elijah's conversations with Esther used to be about jazz and soul artists and religion. Now she would wax lyrical about how she detested right-wing groups like the National Front and neo-Nazis and found any opportunity to insult Margaret Thatcher, whom she often called “the carrot-nosed witch.”
ref: 2020, Leke Apena, A Prophet Who Loved Her:
glosses: Having a large, ruddy nose somewhat resembling a carrot.
sock and buskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named from two ancient symbols of comedy and tragedy. In ancient Greek theatre, actors in tragic roles wore a boot called a buskin, while those in comedic roles wore a thin-soled "sock" or soccus.
Senses: glosses: The theatrical world.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
synonyms: comedy and tragedy
Thalia and Melpomene
glosses: The comedy and tragedy masks.
delegants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delegant
antipeasant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipeasant
form: most antipeasant
Etymology: From anti- + peasant.
Senses: glosses: Opposing peasants.
antivillage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antivillage
form: most antivillage
Etymology: From anti- + village.
Senses: glosses: Opposing villages.
snow fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow flies
Senses: glosses: Chionea, a genus of cranefly known for remaining active in cold temperatures.
millenniary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From millennium + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: Particularly Rom[ans] viii. 19, 20, 21. which I would thus render, and thus punctuate: The earneſtly wiſhful expectancy of the creation, i. e. of the brute-creation; that implicit thirſt after happineſs, wrought and kneaded into the very being of every creature endued with ſenſitive life; virtually waits, with vehement deſire, for that appointed, glorious manifeſtation of the ſons of God, which is to take place in the millenniary ſtate: […]
ref: a. 1779, Augustus Toplady, “An Essay on Original Sin”, in The Gleanings of the Vintage, Being Several Essays and Meditations Selected from the Manuscripts of Periodical Papers, […], Lincoln, Lincolnshire: […] S. Simmons, Dilly, […], published 1783, →OCLC, page 35:
text: They also set the terms for the millenniary process through which apartheid might engineer a racially separated but economically integrated society.
ref: 1987 January, Jean Comaroff, “The Political Mythology of Apartheid. By Leonard Thompson. […]”, in American Journal of Sociology, volume 92, number 4, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: Scotland: History of a Nation is one of many tomes we can expect in this momentous, millenniary and evolutionary times.
ref: 1999 March 12, The Herald, Glasgow, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2025:
glosses: Synonym of millenarian.
synonyms: word: millenarian
examples: text: millenniary celebration of Rome's foundation
ref: 2000, David L. Vagi, Coinage and History of the Roman Empire (page 328)
text: millenniary celebration for Ansgar's arrival in Denmark
ref: 2002, Martin Schwarz Lausten, A Church History of Denmark (page 218)
glosses: Synonym of millennial (“relating to a millennium”).
synonyms: word: millennial
extra: relating to a millennium
millicron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millicrons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of millimicron.
millicrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millicron
millsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millsites
Etymology: From mill + site.
Senses: glosses: The plot of land on which a mill is built.
millsites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millsite
mill moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mill moths
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mediterranean flour moth.
synonyms: word: Mediterranean flour moth
mill moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mill moth
milo disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fungal disease of sorghum, caused by Periconia circinata.
mill run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mill runs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of millrun.
mill runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mill run
milrei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milreis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of milreis.
mind-expanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mind-expanding
form: most mind-expanding
Senses: glosses: Of a drug: causing a sensation of enlightenment or enhanced awareness.
mimosa webworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mimosa webworms
Senses: glosses: Any moth of species Homadaula anisocentra.
mimosa webworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimosa webworm
mission home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mission homes
Senses: glosses: The official residence of a mission president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
mission homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mission home
mixed larceny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of compound larceny.
synonyms: word: compound larceny
compound larceny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: mixed larceny
coordinate_terms: simple larceny
glosses: The stealing of something directly from a person or from their house.
prabhus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prabhu
prairie alligator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prairie alligators
Senses: synonyms: devil's horse
witch's horse
glosses: The North American insect Anisomorpha ferruginea.
devil's horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prairie alligator.
synonyms: word: prairie alligator
witch's horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prairie alligator.
synonyms: word: prairie alligator
prairie alligators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prairie alligator
harlequin snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harlequin snakes
Senses: glosses: Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead, a venomous viper found in the eastern United States.
glosses: Micrurus fulvius, the eastern coral snake, a venomous elapid found in the eastern United States.
glosses: Micrurus tener, the Texas coral snake, a venomous elapid found in the southern United States and northern/central Mexico.
harlequin snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harlequin snake
harlequin-type ichthyosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: harlequin ichthyosis
glosses: A severe genetic disorder that results in thickened skin over nearly the entire body at birth.
Related terms: harlequin baby
harlequin fetus
harlequin foetus
harlequin ichthyosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of harlequin-type ichthyosis.
synonyms: word: harlequin-type ichthyosis
harlequin baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harlequin babies
Senses: glosses: A baby born with harlequin-type ichthyosis.
harlequin babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harlequin baby
hardy perennial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hardy perennials
Etymology: From botanical use.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of perennial (“a person, problem, etc. that appears or returns regularly”).
synonyms: word: perennial
extra: (“a person, problem, etc. that appears or returns regularly”).
hardy perennials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardy perennial
hatchet face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hatchet faces
Senses: glosses: A narrow face with sharp, angular features.
Related terms: hatchet-faced
hatchet faces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hatchet face
have a loose screw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has a loose screw
form: having a loose screw
form: had a loose screw
form: had a loose screw
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of have a screw loose.
pitch a tantrum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pitches a tantrum
form: pitching a tantrum
form: pitched a tantrum
form: pitched a tantrum
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pitch a fit.
synonyms: word: pitch a fit
Ferriday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹɪdeɪ/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Easther
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
head over ears
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of head over heels (“madly or deeply, usually in love”).
synonyms: word: head over heels
extra: madly or deeply, usually in love
health physicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: health physicists
Senses: glosses: One who practises health physics.
health physicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of health physicist
heart pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The heartwood of the pine tree.
artificial immune system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artificial immune systems
Senses: qualifier: machine learning
glosses: Any of a class of computationally intelligent, rule-based machine learning systems inspired by the principles and processes of the vertebrate immune system.
artificial ani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artificial anus
artificial immune systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artificial immune system
womenchildren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of womanchild
at first hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of first-hand.
synonyms: word: first-hand
van der Waals volume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: van der Waals volumes
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
hyponyms: atomic volume
molecular volume
glosses: The volume occupied by an individual atom or molecule. For a single atom, it is the volume of a sphere whose radius is the van der Waals radius of the atom
atomic volume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atomic volumes
Senses: glosses: The van der Waals volume of an atom.
molecular volume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molecular volumes
Senses: glosses: The van der Waals volume of a molecule.
atomic volumes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atomic volume
molecular volumes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molecular volume
van der Waals radius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: van der Waals radii
Etymology: Named after Johannes Diderik van der Waals, the first to recognise that atoms were not simply points and to demonstrate the physical consequences of their size.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The radius of an imaginary hard sphere representing the distance of closest approach from one atom to another.
van der Waals equation of state
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the van der Waals equation of state
Senses: glosses: Synonym of van der Waals equation.
synonyms: word: van der Waals equation
monkism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From monk + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Monasticism.
monk parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monk parrots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of monk parakeet.
synonyms: word: monk parakeet
monk parrots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monk parrot
Quaker parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Quaker parrots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of monk parakeet.
synonyms: word: monk parakeet
Quaker parrots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Quaker parrot
monocytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monocytic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, monocytes.
neuroformative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + formative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the formation of the nervous system.
new duck disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anatipestifer disease.
synonyms: word: anatipestifer disease
never the wiser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of none the wiser.
synonyms: word: none the wiser
newsbeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsbeats
Etymology: From news + beat.
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: Synonym of beat (“the primary focus of a reporter's stories”).
synonyms: word: beat
extra: the primary focus of a reporter's stories
newsbeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newsbeat
nigrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nigrometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument used to measure the blackness of a color.
nigrometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nigrometer
nippitaty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Peculiarly strong and pleasant alcoholic drink.
Related terms: nippitate
poom-poom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poom-pooms
Senses: examples: text: That you wanna get with, lick up in my twat / Gotta hit the spot, if not don't test the poom-poom
ref: 1996, “No Time”, in Hard Core, performed by Lil' Kim ft. Puff Daddy:
text: I like how she move when she move, yeah / I see your poom-poom, yeah / How 'bout you step in my room, yeah
ref: 2019, “Poom Poom Shorts”, in Good Vibrations, performed by Eclipse Darkness:
glosses: Alternative form of pum-pum (“vulva”).
nodding trillium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: nodding wakerobin
glosses: The flowering plant Trillium cernuum.
nodding wakerobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nodding trillium.
synonyms: word: nodding trillium
poom-pooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poom-poom
nodical month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nodical months
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lunar month.
synonyms: word: lunar month
nodical months
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nodical month
droozy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Compare drowsy
Senses: examples: text: Us drones all swing and lurch in droozy unison as the trains change speed.
ref: 2001, David Mitchell, chapter 2, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
glosses: drowsy or sleepy
nonfiction novel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfiction novels
form: non-fiction novel
Senses: glosses: A work of literature that depicts true events with fictitious elements such as conversations between the historical figures involved, and uses the storytelling techniques of fiction.
Related terms: faction
nonfiction novels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfiction novel
non-fiction novel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-fiction novels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonfiction novel.
non-fiction novels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-fiction novel
northern oriole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern orioles
Senses: glosses: Icterus galbula, a species of North American bird from 1973 to 1995, now divided into the eastern Baltimore oriole and the western Bullock's oriole.
northern orioles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern oriole
pum-pum shorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poom-poom shorts
Senses: examples: text: Yeah, in saloons we drink Boone's and battle goons 'til high noon / Bust rap tunes on flat spoons, take no shorts like poom-pooms
ref: 1996, “Fu-Gee-La”, in The Score, performed by Fugees:
text: “Yo, Audre, so content warning: My mama is wearing booty shorts—or pum-pum shorts, whatever you call it—doing yoga in the backyard. She is very comfortable with herself and her body and all a that, so you been warned, fam.”
ref: 2019, Junauda Petrus, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, Penguin, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: Tight-fitting shorts.
poom-poom shorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pum-pum shorts.
same-origin policy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: same-origin policies
Senses: synonyms: SOP
glosses: A rule, in web browsers, that permits scripts contained in a first web page to access data in a second web page, but only if both web pages have the same origin (based on URI scheme, hostname, and port number), so as to prevent malicious scripts from accessing sensitive data through the Document Object Model.
same-origin policies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of same-origin policy
north geographical pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: north geographical poles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of geographic North Pole.
synonyms: word: geographic North Pole
north geographical poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of north geographical pole
nose ape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose apes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of proboscis monkey.
synonyms: word: proboscis monkey
nose monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose monkeys
Senses: glosses: Synonym of proboscis monkey.
synonyms: word: proboscis monkey
nose monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nose monkey
nose apes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nose ape
not by any manner of means
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Of subject and invention we have still very little. These we can only obtain from inventors or men of genius — not a bespeakable class by any manner of means.
ref: 1861, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 64, page 587:
glosses: Synonym of by no manner of means.
synonyms: word: by no manner of means
nose putty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose putties
Senses: glosses: A wax-based substance for temporarily changing the shape of a person's nose, for example in a theatrical production.
nose putties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nose putty
you have to be in it to win it
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of you've got to be in it to win it.
no-tillage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of no-till.
synonyms: word: no-till
it's not what you know but whom you know
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of it's not what you know but who you know.
nritya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nritta.
nstd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of nonstandard.
topics: computing
engineering
furniture
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: logistics
glosses: Abbreviation of nested.
kikesucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kikesuckers
Etymology: Blend of kike + cocksucker.
Senses: examples: text: Lay off the booze and the grass and get back to me when you are willing to be better than a lying, boozing kikesucker.
ref: 1996 December 22, Tickle Me Grabner, “Re: Some Holocaust Facts”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet):
text: It is not my bigotry you fecal-minded kikesucker, it is the CIC's own words.
ref: 2008 May 7, Anarchore, “Re: PROOF: Canada Really is like pre-Nazi Germany”, in de.soc.politik.misc (Usenet):
text: Cuz he and Harper are doing the work for the Kikes so well. I love how the Big Jewry banking scams are ruining you Kikesuckers! Maybe some time on the streets will fully revise your worldview.
ref: 2008 December 19, horo...@instruction.com, “Re: Why doesn't Harper fire Flaherty?”, in can.politics (Usenet):
glosses: An individual who is groveling or sycophantic towards Jews or Jewish interests.
kikesuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kikesucker
xvalue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xvalues
Etymology: Short for expiring value.
Senses: examples: text: Together, xvalues and lvalues are called “glvalues” (“generalized” lvalues). Rvalues, as currently known in the core language clauses, are renamed to “prvalues” (“pure” rvalues). Together, prvalues and xvalues are called “rvalues,” reflecting the use of that term in the library clauses and the intended uses in reference binding, overload resolution, and template argument deduction. […] An xvalue is the result of certain kinds of expressions involving rvalue references (8.3.2).
ref: 2010 March 12, William M. Miller, “A Taxonomy of Expression Value Categories”, in C++ Standards Committee Papers, pages 3, 5:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
coordinate_terms: lvalue
rvalue
glosses: A value representing an object near the end of its lifetime whose resources can be reused, typically by moving them.
xvalues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xvalue
nigga moment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nigga moments
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nigger moment.
nigga moments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nigga moment
Krefft's glider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Krefft's gliders
Etymology: Named after German-Australian zoologist and paleontologist Gerard Krefft.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Petaurus notatus, a species of arboreal nocturnal gliding possum, a type of small marsupial.
Krefft's gliders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Krefft's glider
cnawvshawled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cnawvshawl
cnawvshawls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cnawvshawl
cnawvshawling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cnawvshawl
knauvshawls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knauvshawl
knauvshawling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knauvshawl
knauvshawled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knauvshawl
numerical control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: CNC (broadly synonymous in current usage)
synonyms: NC
glosses: The automated control of machine tools by means of numbers corresponding to motion inputs.
KCNA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Korean Central News Agency, the state news agency of North Korea.
Montreal nutmeg melon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Montreal nutmeg melons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Montreal melon.
synonyms: word: Montreal melon
Montreal nutmeg melons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Montreal nutmeg melon
obligability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The quality of being obligable.
grass crown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grass crowns
Senses: synonyms: blockade crown
obsidional crown
glosses: The highest and rarest of all military decorations in the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire, presented to a general, commander or officer whose actions saved a legion or the entire army, and taking the form of a chaplet made from plant materials taken from the battlefield.
obsidional crown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obsidional crowns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grass crown.
synonyms: word: grass crown
blockade crown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blockade crowns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grass crown.
synonyms: word: grass crown
obsidional crowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obsidional crown
grass crowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass crown
blockade crowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blockade crown
onion thrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: cotton seedling thrips
potato thrips
tobacco thrips
glosses: An insect of species Thrips tabaci, a pest on onions.
cotton seedling thrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of onion thrips.
synonyms: word: onion thrips
potato thrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of onion thrips.
synonyms: word: onion thrips
tobacco thrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of onion thrips.
synonyms: word: onion thrips
on oath
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of under oath.
synonyms: word: under oath
skyfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skyfish
form: skyfishes
Etymology: From sky + fish.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
glosses: Synonym of rod (“rod-shaped optical phenomenon”).
synonyms: word: rod
extra: rod-shaped optical phenomenon
skyfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skyfish
opening gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opening guns
Etymology: Metaphor from warfare.
Senses: examples: text: the opening gun in the '48 presidential campaign
glosses: The initial event that triggers a subsequent chain of events.
opening guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opening gun
open-shopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open-shoppers
Etymology: From open shop + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who supports, promotes, or operates an open shop (type of employment situation).
open-shoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open-shopper
gravel stop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravel stops
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: Flashing installed to prevent the gravel surfacing from being washed off a roof by heavy rain.
gravel stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravel stop
greater one-horned rhinoceros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Indian rhinoceros.
synonyms: word: Indian rhinoceros
stationary phase approximations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stationary phase approximation
trites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trite
misapproximations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misapproximation
stealth nerfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stealth nerf
stealth nerfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stealth nerf
starbaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starbath
star-makers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star-maker
star plots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star plot
steppe lions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steppe lion
stephanoceratoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stephanoceratoid
steppe wisents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steppe wisent
step-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of step-up
linguoversions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linguoversion
limit cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limit case
Madeira petrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Madeira petrel
magnesium caseinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnesium caseinate
petrosal sinuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petrosal sinus
short pastry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short pastries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shortcrust pastry.
synonyms: word: shortcrust pastry
persistent organic pollutants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of persistent organic pollutant
personal advertisements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personal advertisement
phacochoeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phacochoere
short pastries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short pastry
phacocysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phacocyst
phacoidoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phacoidoscope
phleboscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phleboscope
pleuroscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleuroscope
sialendoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialendoscope
Islamomisia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Islamo- + -misia, coined as an alternative to Islamophobia.
Senses: synonyms: Islamophobia
glosses: Hatred of Islam or Muslims.
kinematoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinematoscope
spectromicroscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectromicroscope
orthoconoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthoconoscope
marteloscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marteloscope
microgyroscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microgyroscope
microgranulometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microgranulometer
microharvesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microharvester
microheterotrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microheterotroph
negatoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of negatoscope
monoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoscope
neko cafés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neko café
Babylon the Great
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Whore of Babylon.
synonyms: word: Whore of Babylon
permahighs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permahigh
pentel pens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentel pen
penny sweets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penny sweet
penguin diagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penguin diagram
spindle diagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spindle diagram
spined loaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spined loach
penalty envelopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penalty envelope
end of discussion
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of end of story.
synonyms: word: end of story
centipede-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centipede-eaters
Senses: glosses: Any of various snakes, of the genus Aparallactus, native to Africa.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Aparallactus guentherii
word: black centipede-eater
taxonomic: Aparallactus capensis
word: Cape centipede-eater)
taxonomic: Aparallactus jacksonii
word: Jackson's centipede-eater
taxonomic: Aparallactus lineatus
word: lined centipede-eater
taxonomic: Aparallactus turneri
word: Malindi centipede-eater
taxonomic: Aparallactus nigriceps
word: Mozambique centipede-eater
taxonomic: Aparallactus lunulatus
word: reticulated centipede-eater
taxonomic: Aparallactus werneri
word: Usambara centipede-eater
taxonomic: Aparallactus modestus
word: western forest centipede-eater
taxonomic: Aparallactus moeruensis
word: Zaire centipede-eater
pseudoperiod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-period
Etymology: From pseudo- + period.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A solution function that is not technically periodic, but nevertheless displays repetitive behavior.
glosses: The average time between repetitions of a repetitive function that is not regular.
glosses: The inverse of instantaneous frequency of a wave function.
glosses: The distance between peaks in an autocorrelation function.
Derived terms: pseudoperiodic
Uruk Period
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Uruk period.
eco-grief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + grief.
Senses: glosses: A feeling of loss stemming from the knowledge of environmental destruction or climate change.
grocery bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grocery bags
Senses: synonyms: word: shopping bag
word: carrier bag
glosses: Synonym of carrier bag.
grocery bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grocery bag
Cake and Cunnilingus Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A satirical unofficial holiday on April 14, on which women are supposed to receive cake and oral sex, celebrated as a female response to Steak and Blowjob Day.
groom's cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groom's cakes
form: grooms' cakes
Senses: glosses: A second cake sometimes offered at a wedding, in addition to the wedding cake, usually having a richer flavor and darker color.
grotzen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grotzens
Senses: glosses: The central back portion of a pelt, corresponding to the animal's spine.
grotzens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grotzen
grouch bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grouch bags
Senses: glosses: A small drawstring bag worn about one's person to keep one's valuables safe.
grouch bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grouch bag
blue shrimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The prawn Litopenaeus stylirostris.
Atash Behram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atash Behrams
Senses: glosses: The highest grade of fire that can be placed in a Zoroastrian fire temple, produced by purifying and blending 16 types of fire from different sources: from a mint, from a baker, from a lightning strike, etc.
Atash Behrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atash Behram
growthsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹoʊθsəm/
ipa: /ˈɡɹəʊθsəm/
rhymes: -əʊθsəm
Forms: form: more growthsome
form: most growthsome
Etymology: From growth + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Intellectually, the four-year-old is in a growthsome age. He learns best from firsthand experience. He is having fun with language and is liable to run out of bounds verbally.
ref: 1962, California Journal of Elementary Education, volume 31, page 205:
glosses: Marked by growth.
hab. corp.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of habeas corpus.
gyroscopic compass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyroscopic compasses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gyrocompass.
synonyms: word: gyrocompass
gyroscope compass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyroscope compasses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gyrocompass.
synonyms: word: gyrocompass
gyroscopic compasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyroscopic compass
gyroscope compasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyroscope compass
hadn't ought
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: oughtn't
Related terms: had better
must
half a brain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: anyone with half a brain
text: Anyone with half a brain should have known what to do.
text: Well, if he had half a brain, then we wouldn't be having this conversation.
synonyms: half a head
glosses: A very basic or minimal level of intelligence.
Related terms: brainless
half-assed
half-brained
half-hearted
handform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handforms
Etymology: From hand + form.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of handshape.
synonyms: word: handshape
handforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handform
hand language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand languages
Senses: glosses: Sign language produced by hand gestures.
hand languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand language
hand drill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand drills
Senses: hyponyms: fire drill
glosses: A rod held vertically between the hands and rapidly rotated by moving the hands back and forth, in order to bore a hole or to start a fire.
glosses: A hand-held drill (tool for boring).
hand drills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand drill
hand signal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand signals
Senses: glosses: A standardized hand gesture used by cyclists and some motorists to indicate intentions (such as turning or braking) to other traffic.
hand signals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand signal
microhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microhouse
St Nicholas Hurst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England.