cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
little folk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: arts
fantasy
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: Small magical humanoid creatures, such as elves, leprechauns, and fairies.
Synonyms: little people
LFT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LFTs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of liver function test.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of lateral flow test.
highpad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highpads
Etymology: From high + pad.
Senses: glosses: highwayman
highpads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highpad
workerisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workerism
oxytonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: oxytonic
casebearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casebearers
Etymology: From case + bearer, a calque of translingual Coleophora.
Senses: glosses: Any casebearing moth.
casebearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casebearer
casebearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From case + bearing.
Senses: glosses: That constructs a protective silken case.
raw_tags: of a moth
Related terms: casebearer
decklist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decklists
Etymology: From deck + list.
Senses: glosses: A list of the cards in a player's deck, in a collectible card game.
decklists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decklist
sportscard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sportscards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sports card.
sportscards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sportscard
multilicensed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + licensed.
Senses: glosses: Having more than one licence.
multilicense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪsəns
Etymology: From multi- + license.
Senses: glosses: Having more than one license.
ACBL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American contract bridge league.
arrow switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪtʃ
Forms: form: arrow switches
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: The action of changing the North direction during an event, typically for the last round of a Mitchell movement, so that the pairs who were North-South become East-West and vice versa. This allows a single winning pair to be determined.
arrow switches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrow switch
bidding box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bidding boxes
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: A box holding cards with calls printed on them, allowing a player to bid without speaking.
Bath coup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bath coups
Etymology: Presumably named after the city of Bath, England.
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: A coup where the declarer, holding AJx in a suit, ducks the left-hand opponent's lead of a king or queen.
polymorphitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polymorph + -itis.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: In some roguelike games, an intrinsic ability that causes the player's character to polymorph without warning.
Related terms: teleportitis
counterjihad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From counter- + jihad.
Senses: glosses: A right-wing anti-Islamic political trend.
shark week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shark weeks
Etymology: A jocular reference to Shark Week, an annual week-long marathon of shark-related programming on Discovery Channel, which, like a menstrual period, is bloody.
Senses: examples: text: There are several ways to green your Shark Week, ranging from bare-minimum "shucks, why not?" consciousness to Burning Man aggro hippie.
ref: 2008, Coco Tanaka, "Shark Week!", LA CityBeat, Volume 6, Number 36, 4 September 2008 - 10 September 2008, page 17
text: If you've booked a hotel room, STAIN, and it's shark week for the wife, or a certain former senator drops in (drops out?) when you have anal sex, there's always the option of bringing your own santorum- and/or menstrual-blood-coloured/stained towels from home.
ref: 2012, Dan Savage, "Hotel room clean-up", Now (Toronto), Volume 31, Number 29, 15 March 2012 - 21 March 2012, page 102
text: Imagine my shock at discovering what those little bins with the flaps in bathrooms were really for, or that when girls mentioned shark week they didn't mean there was a Jaws marathon on SBS.
ref: 2014, Michael Walsh, "Christening the backyard," Catalyst Magazine (RMIT University), Volume 70, Issue 2, April 2014, page 43
synonyms: word: Aunt Flo
word: Aunt Frieda
word: Aunt Rose
word: blob
word: blood sports
word: Bloody Mary
word: blowjob week
word: breaching the beaver dam
word: catamenia
word: caught short
word: Charlie
word: closed for maintenance
word: come crook
word: country cousin
word: crimson tide
word: crimson wave
word: curse
word: curse of Eve
word: curse of Tom
word: dropping clots
word: entertaining the general
word: fallen to the Communists
word: fall off the roof
word: flowers
word: flashing the red flag
word: flying baker
word: flying the red flag
word: friend
word: grandma George
word: granny
word: granny grunts
word: have the painters in
word: have one's moons
word: have the rag on
word: high tide
word: holy week
word: illness
word: in the red tent
word: Jennie
word: lady problems
word: lady time
word: little sister
word: menstruation
word: menstrual period
word: menstruation period
word: Monica
word: monthlies
word: monthly bill
word: monthly friend
word: monthly period
word: monthly visitor
word: mooncup time
word: moontime
word: mother nature
word: off games
word: old faithful
word: on
word: on a streak
word: OTB
word: on the blob
word: on the cloth
word: on the rag
word: out of order
word: paddling in scarlet waters
word: period
word: poorliness
word: ragging
word: red-headed aunt
word: red-letter day
word: red sails in the sunset
word: riding the cotton pony
word: riding the red river
word: Rita Red Pants
word: shark week
word: so
word: so-so
word: squiffy
word: surfing the crimson tide
word: surfing the crimson wave
word: surrendering to the red army
word: the captain is home
word: the cardinal is home
word: the flag is out
word: the flag is up
word: the Reds are playing at home
word: time for an oil change
word: time of the month
word: Tom
word: Tommy
word: up on blocks
word: woman's week
glosses: The week during which someone menstruates.
wikipedia: Discovery Channel
Shark Week
toleratable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toleratable
form: most toleratable
Etymology: From tolerate + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be tolerated, tolerable.
navagable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more navagable
form: most navagable
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of navigable.
navigable waters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see navigable, waters.
topics: law
glosses: Those waters that are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and/or are presently used, or have been used in the past, or may be susceptible for use to transport interstate or foreign commerce. A determination of navigability, once made, applies laterally over the entire surface of the waterbody, and is not extinguished by later actions or events which impede or destroy navigable capacity.
Derived terms: word: traditional navigable waters
apprehendable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apprehendable
form: most apprehendable
Etymology: From apprehend + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Positivism postulates a "real" and apprehendable reality, driven by immutable natural laws and mechanisms.
ref: 2012, Kaye Sung Chon, Consumer Behavior in Travel and Tourism, page 112:
synonyms: apprehensible
antonyms: unapprehendable
glosses: That can be apprehended.
Wernicke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of Werner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Wernicke's area
bodybuild
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bodybuilds
form: bodybuilding
form: bodybuilt
form: bodybuilt
Etymology: Back-formation from bodybuilding.
Senses: glosses: To take part in bodybuilding.
bodybuilds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bodybuild
bodybuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bodybuild
laydee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laydees
form: laydeez
Senses: examples: text: Another A-list laydee who has graced Don Saladino’s books, as well as PT Ramona Braganza, who told WH, Anne Hathaway tones up with five days of one-hour workouts, gaining muscle weight for her role in The Last Thing He Wanted with intense HIIT sessions.
ref: 2023 June 5, Rebecca Gillam, “18 celebs who swear by weight training, from Adele to Millie Mackintosh & Frankie Bridge”, in Women's Health:
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of lady.
laydees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laydee
Batnipples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batnipples
Etymology: From Bat- + nipples.
Senses: examples: text: The Batnipples are gone, but they should not be forgotten.
ref: 2012 August 5, Mason Krollig, “The Nipples that Batman Deserves, But Not the Ones He Needs Right Now”, in UniLife Magazine, number 20, University of South Australia, page 23:
text: As long as you don't get the George Clooney suit with the batnipples, you're golden.
ref: 2012 October 25, Tristan Cooper, “Cape down, sass up”, in Vanguard, volume 67, number 17, Portland State University, page 7:
text: Will the earth-inheriting geeks be assuaged that this super-suit is free of the Batnipples that helped make a mockery of George Clooney’s suit (“putting the ‘mocker’ in ‘Joel Schumacher’ since the mid-’90s”), which seemed to signal brightly, like some areola Borealis, that those Bat-films were troubled from the get-go, if not the get-up?
ref: 2014 May 13, Michael Cavna, “Ben Affleck’s Batman suit? Channing Tatum’s Gambit role? Welcome to the new (screen) world order…”, in The Washington Post:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The molded nipples on the rubber suits worn by the characters Batman and Robin in the films Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.
batnipples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Batnipples.
transgendereds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transgendered
Funningsfjørður
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Faroese Funningsfjørður.
Senses: glosses: A fjord in the Faroe Islands.
glosses: A village in the Faroe Islands, at the end of the fjord of the same name.
gippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:gippers.
glosses: plural of gipper
tykhana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /taɪˈkɑːnə/
Forms: form: tykhanas
Etymology: From Urdu تہ خانہ (teh xānā).
Senses: examples: text: The ‘basement’ Mr Prashad had saved from destruction seems in fact to have been the largest and best preserved Mughal tykhana to have survived in Delhi up to the present day […].
ref: 1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 125:
glosses: An underground chamber in which to keep cool during the heat of the day.
honour guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honour guards
form: honor guard
form: guard of honour
Senses: examples: text: Princess Anne inspects the Honour Guard at Rideau Hall.
ref: 2014, “Princess Anne takes part in Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa.”, in Canada.com:
glosses: a ceremonial assembly of uniformed military personnel performing the duty of escort or exhibition, i.e. accompany a casket during a funeral procession.
tykhanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tykhana
honour guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honour guard
honor guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honor guards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of honour guard.
honor guards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honor guard
guard of honor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guards of honor
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of guard of honour.
CQD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CQDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of colloidal quantum dot.
CQDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CQD
ECE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electrical and computer engineering.
glosses: Initialism of early childhood education.
Related terms: topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
electrical
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
word: EE
topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
computer
computing
mathematics
sciences
word: CE
topics: science
sciences
computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
electrical
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
word: EECS
english: electrical engineer
translation: electrical engineer
word: EE
english: computer engineer
translation: computer engineer
word: CE
EECS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electrical engineering and computer science.
Related terms: topics: science
sciences
computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: CS
topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
electrical
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
word: EE
topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
computer
computing
mathematics
sciences
electrical
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
word: ECE
topics: engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
computer
computing
mathematics
sciences
word: CE
english: electrical engineer
translation: electrical engineer
word: EE
english: computer engineer
translation: computer engineer
word: CE
police brutality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of excessive, unjustified force, typically of a physical nature, but also including verbal abuse and psychological intimidation, by a police officer while carrying out, or under the cover of carrying out, law enforcement duties.
guards of honour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guard of honour
max Q
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: max Qs
form: max-Q
form: max q
form: maximum Q
form: maximum-Q
Etymology: From the abbreviation of maximum (max) and the formula for dynamic pressure (q /Q) q= tfrac 12,ρ,v².
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of maximum dynamic pressure (the maximum pressure from aerodynamic forces experienced while traveling through the atmosphere).
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The point at which dynamic pressure reaches its maximum level while traveling through the atmosphere.
peace officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peace officers
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
synonyms: officer of the peace
coordinate_terms: peacekeeper
glosses: A civil law enforcement officer with a duty to maintain law and order, i.e., a bylaw officer, a police officer, a sheriff, etc.
peace officers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peace officer
onery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: onerier
form: oneriest
Senses: qualifier: particularly Southern US
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of ornery.
oneriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of onery: most onery
MECO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MECOs
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of main engine cut-off.
topics: astrophysics
glosses: Acronym of magnetospheric eternally collapsing object.
Hypernyms: sense: main engine cutoff
english: engine cut-off
translation: engine cut-off
word: ECO
Related terms: english: eternally collapsing object
translation: eternally collapsing object
word: ECO
sense: main engine cutoff
english: sustainer engine cutoff
translation: sustainer engine cutoff
word: SECO
sense: main engine cutoff
english: secondary engine cutoff
translation: secondary engine cutoff
word: SECO
sense: main engine cutoff
english: booster engine cutoff
translation: booster engine cutoff
word: BECO
bylaw officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bylaw officers
Etymology: From bylaw + officer.
Senses: synonyms: green hornet
glosses: An agent of municipal law enforcement responsible for ensuring obedience to the bylaws.
bylaw officers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bylaw officer
green hornet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green hornets
Etymology: From green + hornet.
Senses: glosses: Bylaw officer.
green hornets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green hornet
boxtop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boxtops
Etymology: From box + top.
Senses: glosses: The upper portion of a product's box, used as a proof of purchase when claiming an associated offer.
boxtops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boxtop
IMSP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism.
Senses: glosses: Internet Message Support Protocol
sexual reproduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process whereby a new organism is created by combining the genetic material of two organisms.
sexualness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sexual + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being sexual.
unsexually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsexually
form: most unsexually
Etymology: From unsexual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not sexual.
unsexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + sexuality.
Senses: glosses: Quality of not being sexual.
brimstonewort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brimstone + wort, from the yellow, sulfur-like sap obtainable from its roots.
Senses: glosses: Rosa canina, the dog rose.
blawort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blaworts
Etymology: From Scots blae + wort?
Senses: glosses: Centaurea cyanus, cornflower.
bogwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bog + wort.
Senses: glosses: Any of species Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or whortleberry plant).
brotherwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English brotherwort, from Old English brōþorwyrt; equivalent to brother + wort.
Senses: glosses: pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
glosses: wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
cancerwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cancer + wort.
Senses: glosses: A species of the speedwell plant (Veronica sp.).
glosses: Any of genus Kickxia (fluellens), especially
Kickxia spuria (roundleaf cancerwort)
glosses: Any of genus Kickxia (fluellens), especially
Kickxia elatine (harpleaf cancerwort)
glosses: Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris).
spurwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spur + wort?
Senses: glosses: Sherardia arvensis, a flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family.
kelpwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kelp + wort.
Senses: glosses: The plant kali.
strapwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strapworts
Etymology: From strap + wort?
Senses: glosses: The plant Corrigiola litoralis.
stinkwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stink + wort.
Senses: glosses: The plant Dittrichia graveolens.
staverwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of staggerwort.
stammerwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of staggerwort.
lazarwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of laserwort.
stabwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stab + wort, since it was once believed to cure wounds.
Senses: glosses: Aster atticus, the European Michaelmas daisy.
wortcunning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɜːtˌkʌnɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈwɝtˌkʌnɪŋ/
Forms: form: wort-cunning
form: wort cunning
Etymology: From wort + cunning.
Senses: examples: text: (see title)
ref: 1864, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England:
text: Evidence of the universal belief in wortcunning at this period is found in one of the Proverbs of Alfred.
ref: 1882 September 3, The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions, page 208:
text: Perhaps the oldest word for penis in the English language is tarse, first recorded in an eleventh-century book of wort-cunning, that is, a medical treatise explaining the use of various herbs or worts.
ref: 2003, Mark Morton, The Lover's Tongue: A Merry Romp Through the Language of Love and Sex:
text: I think that the most important thing about wortcunning is learning to grow and harvest the herbs yourself.
ref: 2004, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard, →ISBN:
text: Wort cunning is knowledge of the herbs.
ref: 2008, Christopher Penczak, The Living Temple of Witchcraft Volume One: The Descent of the Goddess:
text: You can find it in ancient Western magickal papyri, European wortcunning, Hoodoo, and Santería.
ref: 2013, Christopher Penczak, The Witch's Heart: The Magick of Perfect Love & Perfect Trust, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Signy lost herself in the wort-cunning and was surprised when Helga called their work to a halt.
ref: 2017, NH Kerr, Signy Kráka - Part 2: A story of völva magic and survival in Viking Scandinavia:
text: While Robert and I were chatting generally about the craft brewing explosion, Piper arrived in the taproom. He didn't call her his “ale wife,” but it soon became apparent that she had “good wort cunning.”
ref: 2017, Jon C. Stott, Beer 101 North:
glosses: Knowledge of the medicinal uses of plants and herbs.
moudiewort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moudieworts
Senses: glosses: A mole (the animal).
moudieworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moudiewort
moorwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moorworts
Etymology: From moor + wort.
Senses: glosses: A plant, the staggerbush.
moudiwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moudiworts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of moudiewort.
moudiworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moudiwort
hoodwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hood + wort.
Senses: synonyms: madweed
glosses: A plant, Scutellaria galericulata, the common skullcap.
sleepwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English slepwort, slepwourt, equivalent to sleep + wort, after the mild sedative properties of lactucarium.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
synonyms: word: lettuce
extra: Lactuca sativa
heathwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heathworts
Etymology: From heath + wort.
Senses: glosses: Any ericaceous plant.
heathworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heathwort
hillwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hill + wort.
Senses: glosses: Calamintha nepeta, a perennial herb in the mint family.
hogwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hog + wort.
Senses: examples: text: Hogwort is an erect, stout, sparingly branched annual that grows up to 4 feet tall.
ref: 1972, Robert August Evers, Roger P. Link, Leo Roy Tehon, Poisonous Plants of the Midwest & their Effects on Livestock, page 139:
text: Beach hogwort and beach primrose probably also contribute to the diet of these birds.
ref: 1974, Albert Sydney Johnson, An Ecological Survey of the Coastal Region of Georgia, page 40:
text: It is Persian hogwort, and it is used as a spice in Iran.
ref: 2011, Sally Butcher, Veggiestan: A Vegetable Lover's Tour of the Middle East, unnumbered page:
synonyms: goatweed
glosses: Woolly croton (Croton capitatus, syn. Heptallon graveolens), an annual plant of the southeastern US.
Related terms: hogweed
croton
holewort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hollowwort.
hollowwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holewort
Etymology: From hollow + wort, because of its hollow root.
Senses: glosses: The plant Corydalis cava.
nuciferine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual nucifera + -ine.
Senses: glosses: An alkaloid found in the plants Nymphaea caerulea and Nelumbo nucifera, with sedative effects.
stepholidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A chemical compound with antipsychotic activity, found in the herb Stephania intermedia.
pukateine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pukatea + -ine.
Senses: glosses: An alkaloid found in the bark of the pukatea.
pukatea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pukateas
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: Laurelia novae-zelandiae, a tree of New Zealand.
Synonyms: New Zealand sassafras
Derived terms: pukateine
pukateas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pukatea
nantenine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid found in the plant Nandina domestica and in some Corydalis species.
Derived terms: nornantenine
hammerwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hammer + wort.
Senses: glosses: Parietaria officinalis, a plant of the nettle family.
talewort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant, the common borage.
catwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English catwort; equivalent to cat + wort.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] She needed something stronger, so her tea has yarrow, rosemary, and catwort.” / “Catwort? I never heard of that.” / “It’s more commonly known as catnip.”
ref: 2019, Karen Hawkins, Love in the Afternoon (A Dove Pond eNovella), New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of catnip (plant).
synonyms: word: catnip
extra: plant
mitrewort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mitreworts
Etymology: From mitre + wort.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of miterwort.
mitreworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mitrewort
springwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spring + wort.
Senses: glosses: The plant St. John's wort.
degree centigrade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degrees centigrade
Senses: glosses: Synonym of degree Celsius.
synonyms: word: degree Celsius
Related terms: degree Fahrenheit
kelvin
IAMFI
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of I ask merely for information.
monadic second-order logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monadic second-order logics
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A formal deductive system which extends first-order logic by the ability to quantify over unary predicates over individual members of the universe of discourse.
wafery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English waaffery, probably from wafre + -ie (equivalent to wafer + -y). Compare Medieval Latin wafria, French wafrie.
Senses: examples: text: 1474, Ordinances for the Government of Prince Edward, Son of King Edward IV in A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household Made in Divers Reigns, London: Society of Antiquaries, 1790, “Office of Greate Spycerye,” p. 80,
One secundary clerke in this office of the greate spycery, sufficiaunt to resceive and trulye to keepe the Kinge’s stuffe of this office; and to wryte the dayly bookes of the delyveraunces thereof, and of all the other three offices, as it shall require; and he to awnswere to everye parcell of them into the counting-house, as for suger to the wafery, or to the sellare or kychyn, with all other manner of spices nedefull to the confectionarye and sawcerye […]
text: Item the xi daye paied to Robert a lee yoman of the wafery for carying of the kinge nette for one hole yere ended xvi daye of Aprill laste […]
ref: 1531, Nicholas Harris Nicolas, editor, The Privy Purse Expences of King Henry the Eighth, London: William Pickering, published 1827, page 139:
text: 1603, Richard Niccols, A Funeral Oration, upon the Death of the Late Deceased Princesse of Famous Memorye, Elizabeth, London: E. White, “Queen Elizabeths Funerall,”
Then folowed Groomes, being: […] Kitchin. Lawndrie. Ewerie. Confectionary. Waferie. […]
text: It was not till comparatively recent times that the wafery, a special department of the royal kitchen, where the confectionery and pastry were prepared, was discontinued.
ref: 1886, W. Carew Hazlitt, “Meals”, in Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine, London: Elliot Stock, page 244:
glosses: A kitchen or building in which wafers and other pastries are prepared; the department of the royal household responsible for the preparation of wafers.
wafery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wafery
form: most wafery
Etymology: From wafer + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It is, however, much more dangerous to descend than to ascend a rapid; for it is then almost impossible to stop a canoe, when under full headway, and if you happen to strike a rock, you will find your wafery canoe no better than a sieve.
ref: 1847, Charles Lanman, chapter 24, in A Summer in the Wilderness; Embracing a Canoe Voyage up the Mississippi and around Lake Superior, New York: D. Appleton, page 145:
text: 1900, Annie French Hector (as “Mrs. Alexander”), The Step-Mother, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Chapter 4, p. 65,
[…] enter Mrs. Raikes […] leading by the hand a little boy in a sailor suit, cap in hand, a thin, wafery-looking boy, tall for seven years old, but white and wan, with big, dark-grey eyes, restless and shifty, alarmed like a wild thing afraid of the hunters.
text: Barbara had understood from her fifth year that it was not actually the same wafery substance, here on the table at Golders Green, that had been baked by the Israelites on the first Passover night, and yet, in a mysterious sense, it was […]
ref: 1965, Muriel Spark, The Mandelbaum Gate, London: Macmillan, Part One, Chapter 2:
text: I had one further mission, to investigate the famous Moroccan pastilla—a parcel of wafery pastry filled with an exotic concoction of meat (classically pigeon), almonds, spices, sugar and eggs.
ref: 2002 December 8, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, “Confessions of a kitchen tart”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Like a wafer (especially, thin, brittle, light).
examples: text: 1864, Louisa M. Alcott, Boston: Loring, Chapter 5, p. 94,
This was none of your stand-up, wafery, bread and butter teas, but a thorough-going, sit-down supper […]
text: I am greatly afraid they will not give you anything substantial here; nothing but a cup of tea and a biscuit or wafery slice of bread.
ref: 1888, Richard Dowling, chapter 14, in Miracle Gold, Toronto: William Bryce, page 125:
text: One of the things she didn’t like about being fashionable was the miserable sort of tea people gave you in London—little wafery curls of bread and butter, and the sort of sandwich that wouldn’t keep a butterfly alive.
ref: 1947, Patricia Wentworth, chapter 12, in Spotlight, London: Hodder & Stoughton, published 1949:
glosses: Sliced very thinly. (of bread)
waferless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wafer + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a wafer.
Manchester coding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Developed at the University of Manchester in England.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A line code in which the encoding of each data bit has at least one transition and occupies the same time.
kilp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of kelp.
dot or feather
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: dots, not feathers
form: red dot or feather
Etymology: A reference to the bindi and the feathered war bonnet. First attested in a 1993 Vanity Fair article, where it is attributed to Gita Mehta.
Senses: examples: text: Oddly, the only bons mots that this crowd can recall all have to do with India: Kenneth Jay Lane cites her “Indian? Dot or feather?” and others come up with puns about Chutney Marys and Chutney Miras or quick jokes about pujas.
ref: 1993 May, Joan Juliet Buck, “A Mehta of Style”, in Vanity Fair, page 162:
glosses: Used to inquire whether a person described as "Indian" is a Native American or from the Indian subcontinent.
wikipedia: Gita Mehta
viertel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viertels
Senses: glosses: An old German liquid measure.
blocked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of block up
blocked up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blocked up
form: most blocked up
Senses: glosses: Obstructed by a blockage.
glosses: Having nasal congestion.
examples: text: “Can we-- Can we get goin' with this, though? 'Cause those supplements are givin' me the squirts like you would not believe.” “Oh, man, I would kill for your bowel movements right now. I am so blocked up.”
ref: 2008 October 30, Scott Marder & Rob Rosell, “Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack” (14:51 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 4, episode 10, spoken by Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton):
glosses: Constipated.
Synonyms: cloyed
blocking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of block up
blocks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of block up
analgesically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From analgesic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: in an analgesic manner
Mahlerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mahlerian
form: most Mahlerian
Etymology: From Mahler + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), late-Romantic composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation.
caught short
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Compare French prendre de court.
Senses: examples: text: Some clever person came up with the apt name of little John (or big John for the optimist) for a suitably shaped container for those who were caught short.
ref: 2009, Colin Cox, Short Hops Across the Atlantic, page 174:
synonyms: taken short
glosses: Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available.
moorberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moorberries
Etymology: From moor + berry.
Senses: glosses: cranberry (Vaccinium spp,)
moorberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moorberry
switchmode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From switch + mode.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Being or relating to a power supply that incorporates a switching regulator to convert electrical power efficiently.
nondoped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + doped.
Senses: glosses: Not doped.
nondopant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondopants
Etymology: From non- + dopant.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: That which is not a dopant.
nondopants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondopant
underpanted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From underpants + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing underpants.
Chyna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of China (“female given name”).
whaddo
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Whaddo I know?
text: Whaddo I care?
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of what do.
angletwitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angletwitches
Etymology: From Middle English angletwitche, angletwatche, from Old English angeltwiċċa, angeltweċċa, angeltwæċċa, angeltwiċċe (“fishing worm”), equivalent to angle + twitch or angle + tweak.
Senses: glosses: An angleworm; earthworm.
Related terms: angledog
twachel
exaggerater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exaggeraters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of exaggerator.
exaggeraters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exaggerater
riddlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riddling
muttongrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mutton + grass.
Senses: glosses: Poa fendleriana, a grass native to western North America.
subcosta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcostae
Etymology: From sub- + costa.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The first major vein behind the costa on an insect wing
Synonyms: Sc
subcostal
Derived terms: subcostal
soundwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soundwomen
Etymology: From sound + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A female audio technician or soundman.
soundwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soundwoman
soundperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soundpersons
form: soundpeople
Etymology: From sound + person.
Senses: glosses: An audio technician.
Related terms: soundman
soundwoman
soundpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soundperson
soundpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soundperson
postcubitus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postcubiti
Etymology: From post- + cubitus.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the cubitus and the anal veins (although it was originally considered one of the anal veins itself).
Synonyms: Pcu
Derived terms: postcubital
Pcu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of postcubitus.
nigger-heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nigger-head
cutting horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutting horse
gayfags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gayfag
duckmole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duckmoles
Etymology: From duck + mole.
Senses: examples: text: We can form a fairly clear idea from the duckmole and the kangaroo how the whole class of mammals have arisen from reptiles, but when we turn to geology we find the case greatly strengthened.
ref: 1906, Dennis Hird, A Picture Book of Evolution, volume 1, page 147:
text: “Duckmoles? I never heard of them.” His fleshy bill was the same shape as a duck's, but with comblike ridges inside the bottom half. “May I pick you up?” He nodded. “Mind the spurs on my hind feet, though. I've poison in them.”
ref: 2009, Tamora Pierce, The Realms of the Gods, page 39:
text: “Tell me, sir,” she says, “does this duckmole, does it quack?”
ref: 2023, Kevin M. Miller, Wigs on the Green:
glosses: Synonym of platypus.
synonyms: word: platypus
duckmoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duckmole
Fotini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Greek Φωτεινή (Foteiní), from Ancient Greek φωτεινός (phōteinós, “bright, shining”).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Greek female given name Φωτεινή (Foteiní).
fruit sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruit sugars
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: fructose
D-fructose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D-fructoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of dextrorotatory fructose.
L-fructose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: laevorotatory fructose
D-glucose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: dextrorotatory glucose
L-glucose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: laevorotatory glucose
pintail duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪnˌteɪl ˈdʌk/
Forms: form: pintail ducks
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of dabbling ducks, all in genus Anas, having a characteristic pointed tail.
Hyponyms: word: northern pintail
taxonomic: Anas acuta
word: pintail
word: white-cheeked pintail
word: silver Bahama pintail
word: bahama pintail
taxonomic: Anas bahamensis
word: summer duck
taxonomic: Anas georgica
word: yellow-billed pintail
taxonomic: Anas georgica georgica
word: South Georgia pintail
taxonomic: Anas eatoni
word: Eaton's pintail
universal suffrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On Dec. 5, 1934, women gained full universal suffrage in Turkey...
ref: CIHAN. (2014). KA-DER demands equity on 80th anniversary of universal suffrage
glosses: The right to vote in a political election for all citizens who have attained the age of majority and are not disenfranchised under the laws of the country.
Related terms: suffragette
suffragettism
suffragist
cowtow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: We will be powerless, subject to the whims of every traffic cop and legal bigot who is aware that we don't even have to break a law to be imprisoned...and more and more laws will be enacted—as has already begun—that require us to cowtow to the personal desires of the tyrannical majority.
ref: 1990 December 16, Tom Sparks, “Universal Suffrage”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 4:
glosses: Misspelling of kowtow.
treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of treat them mean, keep them keen.
Super Bowel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Super Bowl.
synonyms: word: Super Bowl
Superbowel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Superbowl.
ton-up boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ton-up boys
Senses: glosses: A member of the British rocker subculture of the mid-twentieth century.
kythed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kythe
starboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of starboard
starboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of starboard
araphorostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: araphostic
form: arrhaphostic
form: arhaphostic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄραφος (áraphos, “not sewed”) + -ic. Cognate with English rhapsody.
Senses: examples: text: Do you think, because you are as impervious as an araphorostic shoe, that I, John Russelton, am equally impenetrable?
ref: 1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Pelham, or Adventures of a Gentleman (I. xxxiii. 292)
text: On the territory under consideration, the lower boundary of the Atdabanian is marked by the appearance of Olenellina, early araphorostic trilobites . . .
ref: 2014 September, IY Gogin, MS Vdovets, “Geosites of International Significance in the UNESCO WHS Lena Pillars Nature Park (Sakha Republic, Russia)”, in Geoheritage, volume 6, number 3:
glosses: Seamless, unsewn.
mercy buckets
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: merci buckets
Etymology: Jocular malapropism (or phono-semantic matching) of French merci beaucoup (“thanks a lot”); influenced by buckets of (“lots of”).
Senses: examples: text: "Well, anyhow, thanks a lot, Mr. Dumont," he added. "Mercy buckets, as you French say."
ref: 1929 "Franklin W. Dixon" (Penguin) Hardy Boys 7: The Secret of the Caves, Chapter 16, p.89
text: Mercy buckets—a pleasure doing business with you, dude.
ref: 2008 Jonathan Nasaw (Simon and Schuster) Fear Itself p.187
glosses: Thanks very much.
Related terms: much grass
chimpiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chimpy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of resembling a chimpanzee.
howlround
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From howl + round.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A high-pitched squeal produced by feedback when a microphone is too close to its connected speakers.
Synonyms: howlback
feedback
momnesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of mom + amnesia.
Senses: examples: text: It's difficult when we're young mothers—in the throes of momnesia, barely able to remember where we're supposed to be in two minutes (let alone two days)—to plan time for, much less seriously think about, our relationships.
ref: 2009, Lisa T. Bergen, Life on Planet Mom: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Your Changing Relationships, Revell, →ISBN:
text: The mystery is that if our hippocampus, like that of mother rats, shows signs of new growth, why do we get momnesia? Why do we forget to pay the bills and return calls?
ref: 2011, Jena Pincott, Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?: The Surprising Science of Pregnancy, Free Press, →ISBN, page 192:
text: Just chalk it up to “momnesia” and write things down when you really need to remember them.
ref: 2011, Alison Sweeney, Christie Matheson, The Mommy Diet, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: Forgetfulness in a pregnant woman or mother.
Synonyms: baby brain
mommy brain
Hypernyms: brain fog
Related terms: pregnancy brain
Neustrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Neustria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to Neustria.
Neustrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neustrians
Etymology: From Neustria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Neustria.
American black bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American black bears
Senses: glosses: A bear of the species Ursus americanus, native to cooler climates in North America.
sperglord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sperglords
Etymology: From sperg + -lord.
Senses: examples: text: This would be amusing were it not for the fact that, y'know, she was with me yesterday, so your attempt at humor fails on all levels. Like most sperglord humor does save to other sperglords.
ref: 2010 March 3, smr [username], “Re: new networking business”, in chi.general (Usenet):
text: Ime, these specimens are the sort broad-spectrum autists one avoids.The sperglords (sorry, Phil) that you didn't want to play before TCS.
ref: 2013 August 19, Playa [username], “Re: [40k] A Codex CSM Supplement”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet):
text: Are you implying that ALL grammar correcting sperglords are passive aggressive douchebags?
ref: 2014, anonymous internet poster, quoted in Sophia Bayer, "#GrammaNazi: The Interplay of Politeness and Language Ideologies in Internet Forums", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 61
glosses: A person who displays awkward, pedantic, or obsessive behavior stereotypically associated with Asperger's syndrome.
Synonyms: word: Asperger
word: Aspergerian
word: Aspergian
word: Aspergic
word: Aspie
word: sperg
greatley
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of greatly.
host family
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: host families
Related terms: foster family
host families
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of host family