cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gymmaxx
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gymmaxxes
form: gymmaxxing
form: gymmaxxed
form: gymmaxxed
Etymology: From gym + -maxx.
Senses: examples: text: Within the incel movement, there are a variety of different attitudes, said [Laura] Bates. "Gymmaxxing" or "Looksmaxxing" incels believe they can improve their attractiveness to women by working out or otherwise improving their appearance.
ref: 2021 August 13, Alexandra Topping, “Plymouth shootings may be a sign 'incel' culture is spreading”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2023:
text: Idk about you but bald men with beards are hotter than most men. If you can't grow a beard and you're balding, shave all of it off and gymmaxx.
ref: 2022 November 19, u/ELLENRAPELEY2, “You ran for the mirror, but slipped in the clippings”, in Reddit, r/NewGreentexts, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023:
text: Luke explained that he has severe osteoporosis, which means he could not benefit from lifting weights or gymmaxxing.
ref: 2023 April, Shane Murphy, Lost Boys and Incel Forums: Mental Health and Masculinity in the Age of Loneliness (thesis), Dublin: Dublin City University, page 134:
text: Gymmaxx + go to medical school
ref: 2023 August 26, u/Shitposter420696969, “Anon has a dilema”, in Reddit, r/greentext, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023:
text: Self-doxx. Please go easy. I packed a few extra pounds but have gymmaxxed since then. This is from Gyatso monastery some time back
ref: 2023 October 12, @bvlldhist, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023:
synonyms: gymcel
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: To work out at the gym and build muscle in order to increase one's attractiveness.
Related terms: looksmaxx
gymmaxxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gymmaxx
gymmaxxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gymmaxx
gymmaxxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gymmaxx
scraped off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scrape off
Chapelcross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former nuclear power station north-east of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY2169).
settles for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of settle for
settling for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of settle for
settled for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of settle for
S/M
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of S&M.
S&Mer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: S&Mers
Senses: examples: text: Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, S/Mers, TVs and TSs have an enormously difficult life experience in common: persecution because who we love and sleep with or how we sleep with who we love (or ourselves) is different than conservative heterosexuality.
ref: 1990 April 14, Bet Power, “Who Gets To 'Belong' In The Lesbian Community Anyway”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
glosses: A participant in S&M; a sadomasochist.
yee-hah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: And in "Hotel Destiny: A Lesbian Western," yee-hah, they do a damn good job.
ref: 1988 April 16, Mara Math, “Women On Stage”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
glosses: Alternative form of yeehaw.
all-purpose cleaner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all-purpose cleaners
Senses: glosses: A type of multifunctional cleaning agent used for various surfaces and purposes.
Synonyms: APC
Hambantota
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sinhalese හම්බන්තොට (hambantoṭa).
Senses: glosses: A town, the provincial capital of Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
ACTFL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Slaveocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Slaveocrats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slavocrat.
United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Senses: glosses: Former country on the Scandinavian Peninsula that existed from 1814 to 1905, now the separate countries of Norway and Sweden.
Related terms: Norway
Sweden
Sweden and Norway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Sweden, Norway.
United Kingdom of Sweden and Norway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway.
Norway and Sweden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sweden and Norway.
Eranad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam ഏറനാട് (ēṟanāṭŭ).
Senses: glosses: An erstwhile province in Kerala, India.
blockbusterize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blockbusterizes
form: blockbusterizing
form: blockbusterized
form: blockbusterized
Etymology: From blockbuster + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The author agreed to adapt his story into a movie on the condition that the plot wouldn't be blockbusterized.
text: [Michael] Bay further exacerbates the problem by blockbusterizing his directorial pronouncements. For him, a characteristic boast is not, "I write all my own movies," but, "I write all my own action."
ref: 2005 June 15, Bryan Curtis, “The Bad Boy of Summer”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2023:
text: Over time, a who's who of six-figure screenwriters tried to blockbusterize the story, which was now being set in Venice: Jeffrey Nachmanoff (The Day After Tomorrow), William Wheeler (The Hoax), Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), and Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) turned in one promising draft after another.
ref: 2011 March 15, Chris Nashawaty, “Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie: Their Big Movie”, in Entertainment Weekly, New York, N.Y.: Dotdash Meredith, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2023:
text: Resisting the pressure to blockbusterize Botticelli, this exhibition is true to the material (which is limited in quantity; fewer than three dozen of the artist's drawings are known to survive) and to Botticelli's quirks (which are manifold).
ref: 2023 December 28, Karen Rosenberg, “Botticelli Beyond the Renaissance”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023:
glosses: To adapt (something) into the style of blockbuster movie, especially by making it excessively sensational or dramatic.
blockbusterizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blockbusterize
blockbusterizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blockbusterize
blockbusterized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blockbusterize
nonabstruse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonabstruse
form: most nonabstruse
Senses: examples: text: But of course Spinozism in an empiricist mode is Spinozism with a considerable difference, as ethics written in Hume's preferred nonabstruse style (and increasingly nonabstruse from Treatise to Essays and Enquiries) sets a different tone from ethics in ordine geometrico.
ref: 1993, Annette C. Baier, “David Hume, Spinozist”, in Hume Studies, volume 19:
text: […] contain material that helps us fill out Hume's views in ethics, as well as giving us instances of his experimentation in nonabstruse styles of writing on moral matters.
ref: 2013, Lawrence C. Becker, Charlotte B. Becker, Encyclopedia of Ethics:
text: Written in an easy-to-read, mathematically nonabstruse tone, this book aims to provide a gentle introduction to deep learning for computer vision, while still covering the basics in ample depth.
ref: 2017, Ragav Venkatesan, Baoxin Li, Convolutional Neural Networks in Visual Computing:
glosses: Alternative form of non-abstruse.
non-abstruse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more non-abstruse
form: most non-abstruse
form: nonabstruse
Etymology: From non- + abstruse.
Senses: examples: text: In the Novel we find Alexander's scattered intellectual reflective notes. From this speculative, non-abstruse introspection, one may conclude that the author strove for but unfortunately did not manage to produce the evidence justifying the academic prominence of Alexander, who does not come through as a profound original thinker of an international caliber.
ref: 2001, Lev Ḥaḳaḳ, Modern Hebrew Literature Made Into Films, page 213:
text: Beyond spanning levels, a global view of place and opportunity should be specific and accessible (non-abstruse) enough to speak to a wide audience yet broad and robust enough to offer explanatory power in a global age.
ref: 2013, Xavier De Souza Briggs, “Re-shaping the Geography of Opportunity: Place Effects in Global Perspective”, in Jürgen Friedrichs, George Galster, Sako Musterd, editor, Life in Poverty Neighbourhoods, page 121:
text: Geng Dingxiang emphasised its non-abstruse and non-profound aspect of refined subtlety within coarse shallowness.
ref: 2021, Xuezhi Zhang, History of Chinese Philosophy in the Ming Dynasty, page 392:
glosses: Not abstruse; easily understood.
set dresser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set dressers
Senses: topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
coordinate_terms: art director
dresser
property master
glosses: A person who prepares the set with props and furniture to give it the correct appearance and to make sure that each item is in the correct position for each performance.
set dressers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of set dresser
nonabsurd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonabsurd
form: most nonabsurd
Etymology: From non- + absurd.
Senses: examples: text: Thus a sociology of the absurd takes as its subject matter every person's quest for the nonabsurd. While trying to understand how modern man or woman achieves the nonabsurd, we happened to run across the writings of the Marquis de Sade.
ref: 1989, Stanford M. Lyman, Marvin B. Scott, A Sociology of the Absurd, page 192:
text: However, the intuition of the example only shows that between an absurd and a nonabsurd interpretation, the latter is to be chosen, other (global) things equal.
ref: 2013, Ernest Lepore, Kirk Ludwig, A Companion to Donald Davidson:
text: These examples of unfunny and nonabsurd incongruities also have other attention-directing characteristics that may interfere with the isolating of their component incongruities, and prevent their comic character from being properly noticed and naturally appreciated.
ref: 2020, Joel Feinberg, Freedom and Fulfillment: Philosophical Essays, page 335:
glosses: Not absurd;
supercultivated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supercultivated
form: most supercultivated
Etymology: From super- + cultivated.
Senses: examples: text: I rather like the semi-wild character of some of the less supercultivated roses; they contribute a large share of the interest which belongs to an artistic garden.
ref: 1894, F. Schuyler Mathews, “Roses, Lilies, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, and Orchids”, in The Beautiful Flower Garden: Its Treatment With Special Regard for the Picturesque, Philadelphia, P.A.: W. Atlee Burpee & Co., page 81:
text: If one follows [William] Blake's mind through the several stages of his poetic development it is impossible to regard him as a naïf, a wild man, a wild pet for the supercultivated.
ref: 1920, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Blake”, in The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., page 137:
text: What is curious is the completeness with which this hyper-imaginative, supercultivated world — which could well account for, say, Shakespeare's "romances," for his sophisticated and profoundly consistent use of the mythologies of the great religions, for his use of emblematic symbolism, both in his dramatic structure and his poetic style, and for his phenomenal abilities as an actively creative visionary—vanished.
ref: 1991, Ted Hughes, “Introduction”, in William Shakespeare, The Essential Shakespeare, Hopewell, N.J.: The Ecco Press, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: Extremely cultivated (in various senses).
inaffectionate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inaffectionate
form: most inaffectionate
Etymology: From in- + affectionate.
Senses: examples: text: You said that I was a fellow incapable of being affectionate. Yes, I'm inaffectionate. You said it, mister.
ref: 1990, Han Soo-san, translated by Kim Seong-kon, Floating Grass, Seoul: Dong-suh-Munhuk-sa, Inc., page 86:
glosses: Synonym of unaffectionate.
synonyms: word: unaffectionate
nonabusable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonabusable
form: most nonabusable
Etymology: From non- + abusable.
Senses: examples: text: I wondered, assuming that we find a legal basis for this requirement, that methadone only be dispensed in a nonabusable form, what criteria would you require to arrive at that decision?
ref: 1971, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Crime, Narcotics Research, Rehabilitation, and Treatment, page 409:
text: As an alternative to psychostimulants, the use of nonabusable medications such as pemoline or bupropion may be considered and have been effective in reducing ADHD symptoms (Riggs, 1998).
ref: 2002, David F. O'Connell, Eileen P. Beyer, Managing the Dually Diagnosed Patient, page 169:
text: The psychotropics can be further divided into either abusable or nonabusable psychotropics.
ref: 2011, Louis A. Pagliaro, Ann Marie Pagliaro, Handbook of Child and Adolescent Drug and Substance Abuse:
glosses: Not abusable, especially not addictive.
unmonklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmonklike
form: most unmonklike
Etymology: From un- + monklike.
Senses: examples: text: Roach founds a remote spiritual retreat in Arizona and moves his followers away from traditional Tibetan Buddhism by emphasizing its more controlling aspects and having lots of unmonklike sex on long silent-meditation retreats.
ref: 2015 April 4, “Sex and death on a doomed search for enlightenment”, in Maclean's, Toronto, Ont.: St. Joseph Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2023:
glosses: Uncharacteristic of a monk; not monklike.
megaprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaproteins
Etymology: From mega- + protein.
Senses: examples: text: The protein known as human exosome complex, for example, includes several globular proteins, each more than 200 amino acids in length, which come together to make the larger megaprotein molecule.
ref: 2019, Kimberley Waldron, “Protein: The Most Critical Nutrient”, in 21st Century Chemistry, second edition, New York, N.Y.: W. H. Freeman, →ISBN, page 422:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An extremely large protein.
megaproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaprotein
overmonetized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overmonetized
form: most overmonetized
Etymology: From over- + monetized.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike its streamlined, efficient former self, Google Search is now bloated and overmonetized.
ref: 2023 September 22, Charlie Warzel, “The Tragedy of Google Search”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023:
glosses: Excessively monetized.
dogfluencer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogfluencers
Etymology: Blend of dog + influencer.
Senses: examples: text: One likely reason these totes are slightly less popular than Love Thy Beast's right now is that, even though Wagwear is an older company (it debuted in 1998; Love Thy Beast launched in 2012), it came out before Instagram or dogfluencers were a thing, and therefore has stayed slightly more under the radar.
ref: 2019 July 19, Liza Corsillo, “What Dog Bag Should I Use to Look Like I'm Carrying a Dogfluencer?”, in The Strategist, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023:
glosses: An influencer who is a dog.
dogfluencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogfluencer
lapwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lap + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Despite their name, laptops seem to rarely be used lapwise.
text: The man rushed through it just in time to leave beside the road a volcanic eruption that to have been the recipient of which, lapwise, would have made the trip memorable indeed.
ref: 1986, Peter De Vries, Peckham's Marbles, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 91:
text: Thank goodness the cat took about half the coffee—which she certainly deserved. Things could have been a lot worse for me had she not been situated exactly where she was, lapwise, and anyway her hair grew back rather quickly.
ref: 1991, Robert Hitt Neill, Don't Fish Under the Dingleberry Tree (And Other Philosophies of Life), Leland, M.S.: Mississippi River Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 201:
text: Reading postures varied. Some attendees sat cross-legged with a book resting lapwise. Others were curled up on a sofa.
ref: 2023 December 19, Molly Young, “My Evening at Reading Rhythms, a Party for Bookish Introverts”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023:
glosses: On a lap.
Banjarmasin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Banjarmasin.
Senses: glosses: The largest city in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
supermobilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supermobilized
form: most supermobilized
Etymology: From super- + mobilized.
Senses: examples: text: After an initial stage of industrialization based on exploiting Russia's surplus of population, land, and mineral resources, made possible by a supermobilized communist state, the exhaustion of these relatively easy early gains by the late 1950s placed increasing burdens on a system that proved too centralized to allow the devolution of economic, social, and political authority that a complex, intensive process of economic growth requires.
ref: 2005, Allen C. Lynch, How Russia Is Not Ruled: Reflections on Russian Political Development, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire […]: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 38–39:
text: I'm sure even Donald Trump, who was once pro-choice but now panders to evangelicals, has qualms about criminalizing abortion. It's a political loser and could cost him the election if women are supermobilized.
ref: 2023 December 16, Maureen Dowd, “Supreme Contempt for Women”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023:
glosses: Extremely mobilized.
Baubau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Baubau.
Senses: glosses: A city in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
court bouillons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of court bouillon
Binjai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /biːnˌdʒaɪ/
Etymology: From Indonesian Binjai.
Senses: glosses: A city in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Bitung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Bitung.
Senses: glosses: A city in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Blitar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Blitar.
Senses: glosses: A city in East Java, Indonesia.
Bontang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Bontang.
Senses: glosses: A city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Bukittinggi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Bukittinggi.
Senses: glosses: A city in West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Cilegon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Cilegon.
Senses: glosses: A city in Banten, Indonesia.
Dumai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Dumai.
Senses: glosses: A city in Riau, Indonesia.
Gunungsitoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Gunungsitoli.
Senses: glosses: A city in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Kediri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Kediri.
Senses: glosses: A city in East Java, Indonesia.
Kotamobagu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Kotamobagu.
Senses: glosses: A city in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Langsa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Langsa.
Senses: glosses: A city in Aceh, Indonesia.
Lhokseumawe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Lhokseumawe, from Acehnese Lhôk Seumaw‘è.
Senses: glosses: A city in Aceh, Indonesia.
Lubuklinggau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Lubuklinggau.
Senses: glosses: A city in South Sumatra, Indonesia.
Magelang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Magelang.
Senses: glosses: A city in Central Java, Indonesia.
Malang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Malang.
Senses: glosses: A city in East Java, Indonesia.
Mojokerto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Indonesian Mojokerto.
Senses: glosses: A city in East Java, Indonesia.
Noida
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈnɔɪdə/
Etymology: From the acronym of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority.
Senses: glosses: A city in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Derived terms: Greater Noida
all-purpose cleaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of all-purpose cleaner
Baribault
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Baribaults
Etymology: Borrowed from French Baribault.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Related terms: Baribeau
Wuhsueh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 武穴 (Wǔxué), Wade–Giles romanization: Wu-hsüeh.
Senses: examples: text: On May 14 the Fourth Field Army led by Lin Piao, Lo Jung-huan and other comrades forced the Yangtse on a front of more than one hundred kilometres in the Tuanfeng-Wuhsueh sector east of Wuhan.
ref: 1961, Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung, volume IV, Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 388:
text: Jul. 1[…]Chinese planes attack Japanese ships and soldiers near Matang. Japanese planes raid Hukow and Wuhsueh. the next cities up the Yangtze. They also bomb Swatow, killing an estimated 300, including 200 schoolchildren.
ref: 2007, Rodney P. Carlisle, editor, Day by Day: The Thirties, volume 2, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 862:
text: Tao-hsin’s hometown was the Yangtze port of Wuhsueh, twenty-five miles southwest of Huangmei.
ref: 2009, Bill Porter, “No Work, No Food”, in Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China, Counterpoint Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 190:
glosses: Alternative form of Wuxue.
Jingyu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靖宇 (Jìngyǔ).
Senses: examples: text: The Baishan solar farm in Jingyu county, Jilin province was recently connected to the local power grid after a three-month construction period plagued with problems.
ref: 2017 August 31, Stephen Chen, “Solar farm may spell end for China’s plan to build nuclear plant on North Korea’s border”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2017, Society:
glosses: A county of Baishan, Jilin, China.
Jiangyuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江源 (Jiāngyuán).
Senses: examples: text: At least 11 workers were killed in a gas explosion in a privately run coal mine in Jilin province on Tuesday, state media reports said.
The blast occurred on the site of an illegal coal mine in Zhaxi, a city in Jiangyuan county in Baishan municipality.
ref: 2002 November 28, “11 miners killed in gas blast”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2024, Latest:
glosses: A district of Baishan, Jilin, China.
Ternopilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ternopilian
form: most Ternopilian
Etymology: From Ternopil + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Ternopil.
Ternopilian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ternopilians
Etymology: From Ternopil + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Ternopil.
mucilloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mucilloid
codesmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codesmiths
Etymology: From code + smith.
Senses: examples: text: Technoids get especially irritated. Though a few see him [Bill Gates] as the ultimate vindication of their breed, the rest maintain their sanity by considering him the Gladstone Gander of codesmiths, a guy who just happened to get a lucky break […]
ref: 1989, PC Mag, volume 8, number 5, page 91:
text: The use of ciphers and coded messages became more sophisticated, with codesmiths and cryptanalysts playing a crucial role in both sending and deciphering secret communications.
ref: 2023, Josh Luberisse, From Roman Speculatores to the NSA: Evolution of Espionage and Its Impact on Statecraft and Civil Liberties:
glosses: One who produces code or codes, especially a computer programmer or a cryptographer.
codesmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codesmith
thread needle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thread the needle (“children's game”).
nonpiecewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + piecewise.
Senses: glosses: Not piecewise.
nonpiercing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + piercing.
Senses: glosses: That does not pierce.
fire table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire tables
Senses: glosses: A stone table incorporating a firepit in its surface.
fire tables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire table
BAGS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of beauty, age, goodness, size (“those categories of adjective that occur before the noun in French”).
golden spice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the golden spice
Senses: glosses: Turmeric.
Australian Dream
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Australian Dream
Etymology: Modelled on earlier American Dream.
Senses: glosses: The Australian ambition of becoming a homeowner, seen as a sign of success and security.
snowshoe spam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Metaphor based on the use of snowshoes to spread one's weight over a wider area.
Senses: glosses: Spam (electronic junk mail) that is deliberately sent from a number of different IP addresses, to make it more difficult to detect and filter.
nursely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nursely
form: most nursely
Etymology: From nurse + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "She's a dreadful good hand in sickness," was said to us of a woman we were about to become acquainted with. […] If to know the worst way and to practise it was a nursely qualification, then she should have ranked high.
ref: 1886, Cottage Hearth: A Magazine of Home Arts and Home Culture, page 28:
text: Irene was not very good at being comforting. She felt she was sorely lacking in this "nursely" quality and was peeved at herself.
ref: 2017, Rena Wynne Schilsky, My Angel:
glosses: Synonym of nurselike.
synonyms: word: nurselike
Lauth's violet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First synthesised by Charles Lauth.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thionine (“the dyestuff”).
synonyms: word: thionine
extra: the dyestuff
wikipedia: Charles Lauth
ocherish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ocherish
form: most ocherish
Etymology: From ocher + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ochrish.
ochrish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ochrish
form: most ochrish
form: ocherish
Etymology: From ochre + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Having an ochre-like color.
dwarf olive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwarf olives
Senses: glosses: Any of the sea snails of the genus Olivella.
dwarf olives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwarf olive
Sciascinoso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variety of red grape from Campania in south Italy.
'ooman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'oomen
Senses: examples: text: "He seems to set a deal of store by her, though. There's some young 'ooman at home, where she lives, I'd take my dying dick."
ref: 1875, Mrs. George Croft Huddleston, Bluebell:
glosses: Woman.
'oomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'ooman
ornary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ornarier
form: ornariest
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ornery.
ornariest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ornary: most ornary
ornarier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of ornary: more ornary
overfleshed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overfleshed
form: most overfleshed
Etymology: From over- + fleshed.
Senses: glosses: Having too much flesh on the body.
overfleshy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overfleshy
form: most overfleshy
Etymology: From over- + fleshy.
Senses: glosses: Excessively fleshy.
overgotten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of overget
paduakan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paduakans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of padewakang.
paduakans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paduakan
padewakang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: padewakangs
form: paduakan
Etymology: From Makasar padewakang.
Senses: glosses: A traditional boat used for long-distance voyages by various peoples of South Sulawesi.
padewakangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of padewakang
pandurina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pandurinas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mandore (“early form of lute”).
synonyms: word: mandore
extra: early form of lute
pandurinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pandurina
paperworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paperworkers
Etymology: From paper + worker.
Senses: synonyms: papermaker
glosses: A person employed in paper manufacture.
glosses: Synonym of running stationer.
synonyms: word: running stationer
Related terms: paper trade
paperworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paperworker
pink-footed geese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink-footed goose
pa'us
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pa'u
pearl-coated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: pearl-coated beads
text: a pearl-coated pill
glosses: Having a smooth, pearly artificial coating.
pedaliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedalier
pennyweighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pennyweighters
Etymology: From pennyweight + -er.
Senses: glosses: A thief who steals jewellery from shops, leaving an imitation of the stolen article in its place.
pennyweighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pennyweighter
peppin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peppins
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of pippin (“type of apple”).
peppins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peppin
phlegmatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phlegmatous
form: most phlegmatous
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phlegmatic (“generating, causing, or full of phlegm”).
synonyms: word: phlegmatic
extra: generating, causing, or full of phlegm
Awwab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic أَوَّاب (ʔawwāb).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
phonotelemeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phonotelemeters
Senses: glosses: An instrument used to determine the distance of a target etc. based on the elapsed time between firing and detonation.
phonotelemeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonotelemeter
portrayability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being portrayable.
Luckin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
phosgenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phosgene + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to phosgene.
photoradio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An early facsimile technology for transmitting documents by radio.
Related terms: photoradiogram
photoradiograph
photoradiography
photoradiogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoradiograms
Senses: glosses: An image produced by photoradiography.
glosses: An image transmitted by photoradio.
photoradiograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoradiogram
photoradiograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoradiographs
Senses: synonyms: photoradiogram
glosses: An image produced by photoradiography.
photoradiographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoradiograph
phraseography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of phraseograms.
phraseographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to phraseography.
southern sennet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southern sennets
Senses: synonyms: picudilla
glosses: Sphyraena picudilla, an ocean-going species of game fish in the barracuda family.
southern sennets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southern sennet
picudilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picudillas
Senses: glosses: Synonym of southern sennet.
synonyms: word: southern sennet
picudillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picudilla
pigeon dropping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The carrying out of the pigeon drop confidence trick.
pigeon dropping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigeon droppings
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A poop from a pigeon.
pigeon dropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigeon droppers
Senses: glosses: One who carries out the pigeon drop confidence trick.
pigeon droppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigeon dropper
leisurelier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: As the whole art of reading depend^([sic]) on the proper management of the breath, use it with economy. Relieve thine^([sic]) voices at every stops,^([sic]) slightly at a commas,^([sic]) leisurelier at a semicolon, or colon, and completely at a periods.^([sic])
ref: 1795, “[Exercises.] Directions for Reading.”, in Rudiments of Constructive Etymology and Syntax, London: […] T[homas] Knott, […] G[eorge] Nicholson, […], Manchester, section IV, page 138:
text: “If that is the reward for walking slowly, then shall we take a turn even leisurelier?”
ref: 2014, Red L. Jameson [pseudonym; Lanita Beth Joramo], Enemy of Mine (The Glimpse Time Travel), →ISBN, page 44:
text: LOS B is an adequate region to freely select rapidity with some struggle in passing leisurelier moving walkers.
ref: 2016, Mohd Khairul Afzan Mohd Lazi, Masria Mustafa, Zanariah Abd Rahman, Nur’Aadila Binti kaman, “Assessing Pedestrian Behavior and Walking Speed on Staircase: A Review”, in Marina Yusoff, Nor Hayati Abdul Hamid, Mohd Fadzil Arshad, Ahmad Kamil Arshad, Ahmad Ruslan Mohd Ridzuan, Haryati Awang, editors, InCIEC 2015: Proceedings of the International Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Conference, Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, part IX ([…]), article section 2 ([…]), subsection 3 ([…]), page 1022:
text: When comparing our algorithms to the basic algorithm, it’s crystal clear that in our modified protocols, remaining energy diminishes leisurelier than basic one.
ref: 2019, Hajar Lagraini, Hicham Ouldzira, Mostafa Chhiba, Abdelmoumen Tabyaoui, Ahmed Mouhsen, “An Energy Balanced Algorithm for data communication in WSN”, in Jamal Zbitou, Adil Echchelh, Mostafa Hefnawi, Ahmed Errkik, editors, ICCWCS 2019: Third International Conference on Computing and Wireless Communication Systems, European Alliance for Innovation, →ISBN, page 351:
text: Moreover, the nodes in the proposed method did leisurelier than the hetDEEC-4, EDDEEC-4, and DDEEC-4 because it chooses the head nodes proficiently which helps in extending the network lifespan.
ref: 2020, Samayveer Singh, “A Threshold-Based Optimization Energy-Efficient Routing Technique in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks”, in Krishna Kant Singh, Akansha Singh, Korhan Cengiz, Dac-Nhuong Le, editors, Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing for Mobile Communications and Wireless Networks, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →DOI, →ISBN, page 218:
text: An air tightly shields them which makes them float leisurelier, nevertheless comfortable.
ref: 2022, Oliver Carey, “Journey’s End”, in This Is It, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: comparative form of leisurely: more leisurely
arm rest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arm rests
Senses: examples: text: Because of the heavy traffic, the 1960-61 Christmas guide to trains between King's Cross and the north stated: "To make travel conditions as comfortable as possible, passengers are requested to raise arm rests to enable four people to be seated on each side of those compartments which are fitted with arm rests."
ref: 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, pages 29-30:
glosses: Alternative form of armrest.
arm rests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arm rest
scorpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɔːɹ.pi/
ipa: /ˈskɔː.pi/
Forms: form: scorpier
form: scorpiest
Senses: examples: text: You're a scorpy cunt, anyway.
ref: 2021, Peter McKenna, 16:58 from the start, in Kin, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Nikita Murphy (Yasmin Seky):
glosses: Bad-tempered; hotheaded.
scorpier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of scorpy: more scorpy
scorpiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of scorpy: most scorpy
sternlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: To whom, as more amazed and sternlier stung, / Faltering, the traitor urged this wild address: […]
ref: a. 1839, John Fitchett, edited by Robert Roscoe, King Alfred: A Poem, volume V, London: William Pickering, published 1842, page 384, lines 1473–1474:
text: And haply, with the cream of sacred lore / Was blent some modern’s sweet but thrilling tale, / That made his eye gleam sternlier than before,— / A tale of Times when Scotland’s stifled wail, / And Persecutor’s shout, were blent on every gale.
ref: 1843 June, G[eorge] P[aulin], “Rhymed Sketches of Scottish Peasant Life”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine for 1843, volume X, number CXIV, Edinburgh: William Tait, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; Dublin: John Cumming, section I, page 384, column 1:
text: In vain she’d sought through many a striving hour / The word to break which stole the people’s bread; / His freezing brow did but the darker lower, / While sternlier to his will the tax he wed.
ref: 1865, John Poyer, “The Lady Godiva”, in St. Thomas à Becket; and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], page 94:
text: Accept the swift and rueful death, / Taught, somewhat sternlier than is wont, what waits / The ambiguous creature,—how the one black tuft / Steadies the aim of the arrow just as well / As the wide faultless white on the bird’s breast.
ref: 1869, Robert Browning, “X. The Pope.”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume IV, London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, pages 53–54, lines 1224–1228:
text: I know no law that sternlier deals / With strangers than with kindred blood.
ref: 1894, Henrik Ibsen, translated by C[harles] H[arold] Herford, Brand: A Dramatic Poem in Five Acts, London: William Heinemann, page 95:
text: Even when Luther purged, / Trimmed the sacred fire, / Sternlier Calvin urged, / Then did he expire.
ref: a. 1925, Manmohan Ghose, edited by Lotika Ghose, Adam Alarmed in Paradise: An Epic of Eden During The Great War (Collected Poems; IV), [Kolkata]: University of Calcutta, published 1977, book I, canto VI, page 69:
text: NOW not alone against a world on fire / Must preparation speed. Sure, the great gun / Must be supplied ton on unnumbered ton / Of quick munition. Faster, farther, higher / The deadly plane must flash, and the entire / Substance and spirit of the land be won / For that impregnable, last bastion / Which freedom’s dear necessities require. / But, sternlier still, for this we must prepare: / To cast out devils, yet refuse to be / Devils in turn; […]
ref: 1943 July 21, Leslie Pinckney Hill, “Of Preparedness”, in Charles Clayton Morrison, editor, The Christian Century, Chicago, Ill.: Christian Century Press, page 845, column 2:
text: Checking the glorious hand’s flaunting of lovelier leisure, now for some stubborner work sternlier it fashions the stone.
ref: 1946, Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by J[ames] B[lair] Leishman, Sonnets to Orpheus, 2nd edition, London: The Hogarth Press, […], published 1949, section X, page 107:
glosses: comparative form of sternly: more sternly
pakhanate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pəˈkɑːneɪt/
/pɐxɐˈnat/
Forms: form: pakhanates
Etymology: Blending of Russian пахан (paxan, “don, mob boss, kingpin”) and khanate.
Senses: examples: text: In a similar vein, political scientist Andrei Piontkovsky argues that the Putin regime is a "pakhanate"—a coinage derived from pakhan, Russian underworld slang for a gang boss—intent on surrounding itself with a protective ring of copacetic "godfather states" to protect itself against change.
ref: 2014, Cathy Young, Putin's New Old Russia, Reason:
glosses: Another term for mafia state.
Related terms: khanate
itsy-bitsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of itsy-bitsy
get home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets home
form: getting home
form: got home
form: got home
form: gotten home
Senses: examples: text: Just you wait till your father gets home.
text: And a Salisbury Cathedral chorister complained that after working late into Christmas Day, an absence of trains meant he and his brother would not be able to get home for "our proper Christmas" until the 27th.
ref: 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 30:
glosses: To reach one's abode or residence.
Related terms: go home
premount
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premounts
form: premounting
form: premounted
form: premounted
Etymology: From pre- + mount.
Senses: examples: text: Premount the faucet on new sink installations. If you're installing a new sink along with your faucet, mount the faucet to the sink before you install the sink.
ref: 2015, The Family Handyman Ultimate 1 Day Projects, page 36:
glosses: To mount in advance.
premounts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of premount
premounting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premount
near letter-quality
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: word: NLQ
glosses: Printed in relatively high quality on a dot matrix printer by using multiple passes to produce higher dot density.
Atman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atmans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of atman.
Ātman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ātmans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of atman.
Ātmans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ātman
Atmans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atman
fleshie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɛʃi/
rhymes: -ɛʃi
homophone: fleshy
Forms: form: fleshies
Etymology: From flesh + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A minifig with a flesh-colored complexion rather than the traditional yellow.
fleshies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleshie
bread clip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread clips
Etymology: Often used for the bags in which sliced bread is packaged.
Senses: synonyms: bread tag
bread tab
bread tie
bread buckle
bread-bag clip
occlupanid
glosses: A plastic clip used to hold a plastic bag closed by pinching the neck of the bag.
bread clips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bread clip
bread tag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread tags
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bread clip.
synonyms: word: bread clip
bread tab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread tabs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bread clip.
synonyms: word: bread clip
bread tie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread ties
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bread clip.
synonyms: word: bread clip
bread buckle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread buckles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bread clip.
synonyms: word: bread clip
bread-bag clip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread-bag clips
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bread clip.
synonyms: word: bread clip
bread tags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bread tag
bread-bag clips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bread-bag clip
bread buckles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bread buckle
bread tabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bread tab
bread ties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bread tie
show-offy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more show-offy
form: most show-offy
Etymology: From show off + -y.
Senses: glosses: Inclined to show off; exhibitionistic, ostentatious.
breadish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bread + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Like a cakeish bread or a breadish cake? It could pass for both. It is crumbly like standard bread, but sweetish, like a diet cake might be […]
ref: 2013, Gunnar Alutalu, Dad, Get Serious!, page 131:
synonyms: bready
glosses: Of or similar to bread.
glosses: Plain, dull, or boring.
Derived terms: breadishness
bread and cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plain, simple or reduced diet or way of living; simple living with the most basic of necessities.
glosses: A cheese sandwich.
glosses: Alternative form of bread-and-cheese.
Related terms: cheese and bread