cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Jobseeker's Allowance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jobseekers Allowance
form: jobseeker's allowance
form: jobseekers allowance
Senses: synonyms: JSA
glosses: A means-tested government benefit available to jobseekers.
means-tested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The unnamed driver appeared before the South East Traffic Commissioner in late November, to receive a six-month HGV driving ban. It followed an earlier court appearance when he was fined a means-tested £715 and given six points on his driving licence for driving without due care and attention.
ref: 2022 December 14, “Network News: HGV driver banned after Coulsdon bridge bash”, in RAIL, number 972, page 7:
glosses: Subject to a means test.
means-tested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of means-test
means-test
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: means-tests
form: means-testing
form: means-tested
form: means-tested
Senses: glosses: To subject a person to a means test, or to require a means test in order to receive a benefit
Derived terms: means-tested
means test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: means tests
Senses: examples: text: Accordingly, the dean's office has been consulting with other graduate schools over the development of a fair means test.
ref: 1970, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 71, page 14:
glosses: An inquiry into the financial position of a person applying for some form of financial assistance in order to determine their eligibility.
Related terms: means-test
means-tested
means test
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: means tests
form: means testing
form: means tested
form: means tested
Senses: glosses: To apply a means test to an individual or group.
eligibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bɪl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bɪl.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bɪl.ə.ɾi]
ipa: /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bɪl.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bɪl.ə.ɾi]
ipa: /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl.ə.ɾi]
Forms: form: eligibilities
Senses: examples: text: determine eligibility
text: meet eligibility
text: eligibility criteria
text: She checked her eligibility for the scholarship.
text: Citizenship is a requirement for eligibility.
glosses: The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.
Derived terms: reeligibility
ketide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ketides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound containing adjacent methylene and carbonyl functional groups.
Derived terms: decaketide
diketide
heptaketide
hexaketide
ketidic
nonaketide
octaketide
oligoketide
pentaketide
polyketide
tetraketide
triketide
polyketide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyketides
Etymology: From poly- + ketide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer whose monomer is a ketide.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many biochemical intermediates, having such a structure, that have a role in biosynthesis and metabolism.
Synonyms: acetogenin
Derived terms: polyketidic
polyketide synthase
biosynthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbaɪoʊˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/
Forms: form: biosyntheses
Etymology: From bio- + synthesis.
Senses: examples: text: The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.
ref: 2015 April 23, Simon Moore et al., “Spatiotemporal modelling of hormonal crosstalk explains the level and patterning of hormones and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and mutant roots”, in The New Phytologist, volume 207, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis of large compounds from small ones.
Derived terms: biosynthesize
biosynthetic
metabiosynthesis
photobiosynthesis
retrobiosynthesis
Related terms: biogenesis
semisynthesis
synthetic biology
ladyboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪdiˌbɔɪ/
Forms: form: ladyboys
Etymology: From lady + boy.
Senses: glosses: A trans woman or transfeminine person in or from Asia, especially Thailand.
Related terms: kathoey
shemale
Derry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛɹi/
rhymes: -ɛɹi
Forms: form: Derrys
Etymology: From Irish Doire, from doire (“oak grove”), from Old Irish daire (“oak forest”), from Proto-Celtic *daru.
Senses: examples: text: There was music there in the Derry air / Like a language that we could all understand
ref: 1973, Phil Coulter, “The Town I Loved So Well”:
glosses: A city in northwestern Northern Ireland; also known as Londonderry.
glosses: One of the traditional counties in northwestern Northern Ireland; known as County Derry, or officially as County Londonderry.
glosses: A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
glosses: A borough and township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A number of townships in Illinois (1) and Pennsylvania (4), United States, listed under Derry Township.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
banana seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana seats
Senses: glosses: An elongated seat, on a lowrider bicycle, that curves upward at the rear.
cage dancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cage dancers
Senses: glosses: An erotic dancer who dances inside a cage, often in a nightclub.
storie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɔː.ɹi/
rhymes: -ɔːɹi
Forms: form: stories
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of story.
Luciano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lucianos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hartman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hartmans
Etymology: From Dutch Hartman.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch of Dutch and Low German origin.
Derived terms: Hartman Hips
Hartmanian
Related terms: Hartmann
phantom punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phantom punches
Senses: examples: text: The first part of the act went off smoothly. One of the brothers responded to the phantom punch and stumbled off the stage onto the floor.
ref: 1984, Lewis A. Erenberg, Steppin’ Out: New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture, 1890-1930, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 127–128:
text: He smiled and faked a hook to Frank's midsection. The idea of the phantom punch hitting his throbbing liver pushed Frank back onto the heels of his plain polished shoes.
ref: 1998, House on Fire, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 111:
text: “You know that many people said it was a phantom punch, that you threw yourself down?”
ref: 2002, Alessandro Baricco, translated by Ann Goldstein, City, Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, →ISBN, page 322:
text: In only his second defense he took on Mike Tyson and found himself on the losing end of a very questionable first-round knockout. (It seemed he was dropped by a phantom punch.) That was Seldon's last fight...
ref: 2005, David E. Finger, Rocky Lives!: Heavyweight Boxing Upsets of The 1990s, Brassey's, →ISBN, page 29:
text: “I need you to practice because the end of this nightmare is coming to an end. Leon, you have to fight if you're to return to Los Angeles.” ... Zion threw a mean, phantom punch at some guy who tried to attack first. His entire face caved into his mouth.
ref: 2006, Ashaki Boelter, Destined to Win, Shakalot High Entertainment,, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: A feigned punch with the fist.
microloan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microloans
Etymology: From micro- + loan.
Senses: examples: text: He got a one hundred dollar microloan.
topics: banking
business
glosses: A small loan, especially one extended to a poor person as part of a microcredit program of such lending intended to alleviate poverty.
Related terms: microlending
microloans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microloan
perpyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perpynes
Senses: glosses: A 16th-century French gold coin bearing a porcupine emblem.
perpynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perpyne
negotiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˈɡəʊʃəbəl/
ipa: /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/
ipa: /nɪˈɡəʉʃəbəl/
Forms: form: more negotiable
form: most negotiable
Etymology: From negotiate + -able.
Senses: qualifier: route etc
glosses: Able to be traversed; navigable.
raw_tags: of an obstacle
examples: text: The court had to decide if a "telecheck" had been "signed" by the purported "drawer," and in doing so the court had to determine whether a "telecheck" is a negotiable instrument[…]
ref: 2003, Daniel V. Davidson, Brenda E. Knowles, Lynn M. Forsythe, Business law: principles and cases in the legal environment, page 498:
topics: business
finance
law
glosses: Able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement, in exchange for money.
examples: text: Salary is negotiable, according to education and experience.
glosses: Open to negotiation or bargaining.
Derived terms: negotiability
negotiable instrument
negotiableness
negotiably
nonnegotiable
unnegotiable
negotiable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˈɡəʊʃəbəl/
ipa: /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/
ipa: /nɪˈɡəʉʃəbəl/
Forms: form: negotiables
Etymology: From negotiate + -able.
Senses: examples: text: “It is only once you start looking at houses that you realize what you do and don’t like, and what your negotiables and nonnegotiables are,” Ms. Wexler said.
ref: 2007 August 26, Joyce Cohen, “No Longer Boxed In”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Something that is open to negotiation.
RU-486
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: RU486
form: RU 486
Etymology: Roussel+UCLAF+486, from Usines Chimiques des Laboratoires Français. From French RU-486. From the codename RU-38486, the 38,486th compound synthesized by Roussel-Uclaf; then shortened to RU-486.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of mifepristone.
synonyms: word: mifepristone
RU-486
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RU486
form: RU 486
Etymology: Roussel+UCLAF+486, from Usines Chimiques des Laboratoires Français. From French RU-486. From the codename RU-38486, the 38,486th compound synthesized by Roussel-Uclaf; then shortened to RU-486.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug formulation containing the active agent mifepristone
mifepristone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪ.fɛˈpɹɪ.stəʊn/
ipa: /ˌmɪf.əˈpɹɪˌstoʊn/
Etymology: From (a)mi(no)phe(nyl) + pr(opargyl) + ist- (“alteration of (o)est(radiol)”) + -one.
Senses: examples: text: Now a year later, as the courts consider the fate of mifepristone and abortion providers gird for the possibility of a miso-only protocol, Cristina says that she’s grateful she was able to end her unwanted pregnancy, although she knows not everyone has access to the same resources […]
ref: 2023 July 31, Sara Hutchinson, “Having an Abortion at Home? There’s a Hotline for That”, in Cosmopolitan:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: RU-486
glosses: A steroid medication that inhibits the action of progesterone, typically given orally in combination with misoprostol in early pregnancy to induce abortion.
Derived terms: aglepristone
lilopristone
onapristone
-pris-
steroid compound acting on progesterone receptors
telapristone
ulipristal
swaybacked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swaybacked
form: most swaybacked
form: sway-backed
Etymology: From swayback + -ed.
Senses: examples: swaybacked horse
glosses: Having a sagged back.
examples: swaybacked roof
glosses: Having sagged or hollow surface.
examples: swaybacked book
glosses: Old.
self-medicator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-medicators
Etymology: From self- + medicator.
Senses: glosses: A person who administers self-medication.
self-medication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + medication.
Senses: synonyms: word: automedication
hypernyms: self-treatment
glosses: The treatment or medication of oneself without professional advice in order to treat a real or imagined condition.
Related terms: self-medicate
self-medicator
fieldwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːldwɜːk/
ipa: /ˈfildwɝk/
Forms: form: fieldworks
form: field work
Etymology: From Middle English *felde-werk (found in plural felde werkes), equivalent to field + work.
Senses: examples: text: The days now were occupied in field work and more field work; he cleared new bits of ground, getting out roots and stones; plowing, manuring, harrowing, working with pick and spade, breaking lumps of soil and crumbling them with hand and heel; a tiller of the ground always, laying out fields like velvet carpets. He waited a couple of days longer―there was a look of rain about―and then he sowed his grain.
ref: 1917, Knut Hamsun, Growth of the Soil, Book 1, Ch.3, at p.30
text: Besides the bookkeeping and marketing, there's a ton of fieldwork to get done this week.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
synonyms: outwork
glosses: Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
examples: text: That well Bob set up last weekend was some good fieldwork.
glosses: Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions.
examples: text: I thought the fieldwork in the course I was taking was going to be hard, but it was just interviewing people.
glosses: The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
raw_tags: in scientific research
examples: text: Billy's out building some fieldwork so that our enemies don't walk right over us.
coordinate_terms: outwork
glosses: A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
Related terms: fieldhand
field test
field trip
in the field
shiso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 紫蘇 (shiso).
Senses: synonyms: perilla
glosses: Any of several varieties of the herb Perilla frutescens, related to basil and mint, used in Japanese cooking.
gay bob
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gay bob
form: most gay bob
Senses: examples: text: If you're too gay bob and want to go play with your dolls instead, I guess you don't have to play football with us.
glosses: Divergent from the group, by comparison with a homosexual.
Synonyms: sense: pejorative for divergent, by comparison with homosexual
word: gay
sense: pejorative for divergent, by comparison with homosexual
word: namby-pamby
gay bob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gay bobs
Senses: examples: text: The others called me a gay bob when I wouldn't ditch class with them.
glosses: One who is acting in a manner divergent from the group, by comparison with a homosexual.
Synonyms: sense: pejorative for a divergent individual, by comparison with a homosexual
word: queer
rancidification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rancidifications
Etymology: From rancid + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The decomposition of fats and other lipids by hydrolysis or oxidation; the process of becoming rancid.
old boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old boys
form: OB
Senses: glosses: An alumnus, especially of a public school.
examples: text: Swansea named an unchanged side from their win over West Brom, and the visitors made an encouraging start, with Blues old boy Scott Sinclair prominent - Branislav Ivanovic had to make an important block to halt the winger's run.
ref: 2011 September 24, Aled Williams, “Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A former member of a group.
examples: text: The fact that they have waited to leave messages and have left hand-written evidence indicates to me that they don't believe they are going to be apprehended, that they have friends in 'higher places.' This is a small town. Everybody knows everybody. That 'ol boy' chuminess ^([sic]).
ref: 1983 February 12, Jil Clark, quoting Kiriyo Spooner, “Northampton Lesbians Fight Hate Campaign”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 3:
glosses: A man with an established network of friends who assist one another in social and business situations; a good old boy.
examples: text: I got talking to an old boy in the pub, and he told me what the village used to be like in the old days.
glosses: An elderly man.
examples: text: Listen, old boy, I've got some news.
glosses: A familiar term of address for a man of any age.
Derived terms: old boyism
old boy network
Related terms: good old boy
big boy
pizzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pizza
Related terms: pizze
sway-backed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sway-backed
form: most sway-backed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of swaybacked.
sha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shas
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ша (ša).
Senses: glosses: The letter Ш, ш.
sha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shah (“king of Persia etc.”).
sha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shas
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of SHA (“cryptographic hash”).
donkey jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donkey jackets
Senses: examples: text: A standard type of donkey jacket made of white milled flannel is being introduced by British Railways for the use of staff working in tunnels where there are conditions of extreme cold, dampness and draught.
ref: 1953 November, “Notes and News: New Clothing for Tunnel Workers”, in Railway Magazine, page 783:
glosses: A type of thick jacket, usually dark blue, often worn by men who work outside (though originally worn by donkeymen)
cheng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chengs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sheng (Chinese wind instrument)
Related terms: cheng tng
pa chew cheng
aftermaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftermath
tricarboxylic acid cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The Krebs cycle.
Yonkers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈjɑŋkɚz/
Etymology: From Dutch jonkheer (“young lord, esquire”).
Senses: glosses: A city in New York, bordering New York City.
souvenier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: souveniers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of souvenir.
octadecanoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octadecanoic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of stearic acid.
synonyms: word: stearic acid
Coordinate terms: english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: octadecanoate
word: stearate
Anti-Stratfordian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anti-Stratfordians
Etymology: From anti- + Stratfordian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of anti-Stratfordian.
neckerchief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛkə(ɹ)tʃɪf/
ipa: /ˈnɛkə(ɹ)tʃiːf/
Forms: form: neckerchiefs
form: neckerchieves
form: neck kerchief
form: neck-kerchief
form: neckkerchief
Etymology: From Middle English nekkyrchefe, neckercheve, equivalent to neck + kerchief.
Senses: examples: text: The Boy Scout wore a red neckerchief, the ends clasped with a sliding knot ornament.
text: Self-assured, peripatetic and unfailingly dapper — he favored dark double-breasted suits and the occasional neckerchief, and once made the cover of Men’s Vogue in Italy — Mr. Enwezor never doubted that an African had every right to take the lead at Western art institutions.
ref: 2019 March 18, Jason Farago, “Okwui Enwezor, Curator Who Remapped Art World, Dies at 55”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The fella in question was still sitting at his table, sans everything above the neckerchief. There was blood everywhere, and brain matter, and bits of skull, and what looked like very expensive bone china.
ref: 2023 June 25, HarryBlank, “Transposthumousism”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2024:
glosses: A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
Synonyms: handkerchief
necker
Derived terms: neckerchiefed
Related terms: bolo
cravat
handkerchief
neckerchiefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neckerchief
overpass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pæs/
ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pɑːs/
ipa: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈpæs/
ipa: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈpɑːs/
Forms: form: overpasses
form: o'erpass
Etymology: From over- + pass.
Senses: examples: text: The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass.
text: By visible evidence, this Saturday morning is a comparatively placid one. Earlier in the week a young man had died after being stabbed in a flat, and from the overpass at Archway Road, darkly referred to as “suicide bridge,” another man had jumped to his death.
ref: 2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2018:
glosses: A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
Synonyms: word: flyover
Related terms: underpass
overbridge
overpass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pæs/
ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pɑːs/
ipa: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈpæs/
ipa: /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈpɑːs/
Forms: form: overpasses
form: overpassing
form: overpassed
form: overpassed
form: o'erpass
Etymology: From over- + pass.
Senses: examples: text: Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.
glosses: To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.
examples: text: Marshall was really overpassing his authority when he ordered the security guards to fire their tasers at the trespassers.
text: The precocious student had really overpassed her peers, and was reading books written for children several years older.
text: Thou who didst fling on Troia's every tower / The o'er-roofing snare, that neither great thing might, / Nor any of the young ones, overpass / Captivity's great sweep-net— […]
ref: 1877, Æschylus, translated by Robert Browning, The Agamemnon of Æschylus, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 31:
text: For as was the land, such was the art of it while folk yet troubled themselves about such things; it strove little to impress people either by pomp or ingenuity: not unseldom it fell into commonplace, rarely it rose into majesty; yet was it never oppressive, never a slave’s nightmare or an insolent boast: and at its best it had an inventiveness, an individuality, that grander styles have never overpassed: […]
ref: [1878], William Morris, The Decorative Arts: Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress […], London: Ellis and White, […], →OCLC, page 21:
glosses: To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal.
examples: text: A youth, how all the beauties of the East / He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, lines 197–198:
glosses: To disregard, skip, or miss something.
Synonyms: sense: to pass above
word: pass over
sense: to pass above
word: transpass
sense: to exceed a limit
word: overgo
word: surpass
word: transgress
word: transcend
sense: to disregard
word: misregard
word: miss
word: overlook
word: take no notice of
word: ignore
word: fail to notice
overpasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overpass
overpasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overpass
overpassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overpass
overpassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overpass
bin man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bin men
form: binman
Senses: examples: text: Back then, in an unspecified period between 1950 and 1980, the binmen were stronger, more hardworking and more polite.
ref: 2022 November 15, Dan Hancox, “‘Who remembers proper binmen?’ The nostalgia memes that help explain Britain today”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A man with the job of collecting refuse from people's homes and transporting it to a refuse tip for processing.
Synonyms: word: dustman
word: garbage collector
word: garbage man
word: garbo
word: refuse collector
word: sanitation engineer
word: trashman
word: garbage collector
rungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rung
message board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: message boards
Senses: glosses: A board on which messages may be posted, especially one in a public space.
examples: text: He busted in, blessed be the Lord / Who believe any mess they read up on a message board
ref: 2004, MF DOOM, “Vomitspit”, in MM..FOOD:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A system by which users may send, read and reply to public messages; an electronic bulletin board or forum.
examples: text: Disabled lesbian spells out 'I love you' on message board.
ref: 1989 February 12, Chris Bull, “Thompson Visits Kowalsky”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 30, page 1:
glosses: A communication board.
oleon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oleone.
Zane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /zeɪn/
Etymology: * The usage seems to date from the American writer Zane Grey (1875-1939), born Pearl Zane Gray. It was the surname of his mother's family, of unknown meaning.
* Sometimes explained as a form of John because of the resemblance to Shane, or because Italian surnames such as Zanelli and Zanetto derive from the equivalent name Giovanni.
* In some cases, a respelling of Zayn, which is of Arabic origin.
Senses: glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
light show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light shows
Senses: glosses: A display of coloured lights that move in shifting patterns.
Related terms: slide show
levelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leveling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of level
levelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levellings
form: leveling
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leveling.
Derived terms: levelling staff
memorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of memorize
tick-tack-toe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tic-tac-toe.
noun clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noun clauses
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: content clause
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: nominal clause
hypernyms: subordinate clause
dependent clause
embedded clause
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clause
glosses: A clause that is used as a subject or object.
thunderbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθʌndə.bɜːd/
ipa: /ˈθʌndɚ.bɝd/
Forms: form: thunderbirds
Etymology: From thunder + bird.
Senses: examples: text: A man there was, grim his expression, just like a Thunderbird his features were frightening.
ref: 1999, Andrew George, transl., Gilgamesh, section VII:
text: The Thunderbird, one of the most powerful symbols of Indigenous American mythology, borrows heavily from eagle features.
ref: 2021, Peter Cavanagh, “1. Eagles”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 15:
text: Candace Thomas, a Tsleil-Waututh artist, provided the design for the crosswalk which now spans the intersection of Dollarton Highway and Sleil-Waututh Road. It depicts a thunderbird embracing both residential school survivors and missing and murdered Indigenous women, according to the news release.
ref: 2025 September 25, Edzi'u Loverin, “Every Child Matters crosswalk at Tsleil-Waututh Nation one of several to be unveiled in Metro Vancouver”, in CBC News:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A mythological bird, often associated with stormy weather, especially in various indigenous North American mythologies.
glosses: The golden whistler, an Australian insectivorous songbird (Pachycephala pectoralis, formerly Pachycephala gutturalis), whose male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast.
working day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working days
Senses: examples: text: It will take five working days to process your application.
glosses: Any of those days of a week on which work is done, officially Monday to Friday in many countries (even though many people work on weekends).
examples: text: Your working day is 8 hours.
text: That's all they really want / Is some fun / When the working day is done / Oh, girls, they wanna have fun / Oh, girls just wanna have...
ref: 1979, Robert Hazard, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, in She's So Unusual, performed by Cyndi Lauper, published 1983:
glosses: The part of a day in which work is done; the number of hours one must work per day for a specified wage.
Synonyms: word: workday
sense: part of the day
word: 9 to 5
sense: part of the day
word: nine to five
sense: day on which work is done
word: weekday
sense: day on which work is done in legal and official usage
word: business day
thunderbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunderbird
drinking game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drinking games
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A game (often a logic or memory game) which involves the drinking of alcohol, usually as a penalty for making mistakes, as the intoxication makes the game harder to play.
one step at a time
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Slowly and steadily, without rushing.
Related terms: put one foot in front of the other
cropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: croppers
Etymology: See come a cropper.
Senses: examples: text: But to myself I thought: ‘Considering that for eight whole years I sat on the front bench as top of the class while he drifted about somewhere in the middle, he can hardly fail to nourish a wish, left over from his schooldays, that some day or other I may come a complete cropper.’
ref: 1900, Sigmund Freud, “The Interpretation of Dreams”, in James Strachey, transl., Avon Books, page: 185:
text: You're riding for a fall, Healey, you know that? There are hedges and ditches ahead and you are on course for an almighty cropper.
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section II, page 20:
glosses: A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.
raw_tags: normally confined to the expression come a cropper
Derived terms: come a cropper
go a cropper
cropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: croppers
Etymology: From crop + -er, in reference to a bird's crop.
Senses: glosses: A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
cropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: croppers
Etymology: From crop + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational suffix), in reference to agricultural crops.
Senses: glosses: A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
examples: text: The mango tree cannot be regarded as a reliable cropper.
ref: 1901 July 5, “Coast Fruit”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 9, page 284:
glosses: A variety of plant producing a good harvest.
Derived terms: heathcropper
cropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: croppers
Etymology: From crop + -er, from the verb.
Senses: glosses: A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
Derived terms: bolt cropper
Thotlavalluru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Telugu తోట్లవల్లూరు (tōṭlavallūru).
Senses: glosses: A village and tehsil in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
do what it says on the tin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does what it says on the tin
form: doing what it says on the tin
form: did what it said on the tin
form: done what it said on the tin
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of do exactly what it says on the tin.
olla podrida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒlə pə(ʊ)ˈdɹiːdə/
ipa: /ˌɑlə pəˈdɹidə/
ipa: /ˌɔ(l)jə pəˈdɹidə/
Forms: form: olla podridas
form: ollapodrida
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish olla podrida, from Old Spanish olla potrida (literally “rotten pot”) or olla poderida (literally “pot [of the] mighty”). Doublet of potpourri.
Senses: glosses: A Spanish stew made from a mixture of highly seasoned meat and vegetables.
examples: text: Continuously testing the resilience of the melting pot differentiates America from other places; and the olla podrida of colors and cultures creates a reservoir of talents unduplicated on the planet.
ref: 2003 August 22, Rotan E. Lee, “Black gay men suffer double racism”, in Philadelphia Tribune:
glosses: A miscellaneous assortment or collection; a hodgepodge.
Synonyms: olio
cooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coo
cooing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːɪŋ
Forms: form: cooings
Senses: glosses: A coo; a cooing sound.
glosses: A stage in the development of child language after crying and before babbling; the baby is able to control their sounds but tongue muscles are not well developed.
cooed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːd/
rhymes: -uːd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coo
fulfils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fulfil
badging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of badge
badged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more badged
form: most badged
Senses: glosses: Wearing a badge
Derived terms: unbadged
badged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of badge
Frida
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːdə/
rhymes: -iːdə
Etymology: * In Scandinavia, Frida mainly derives from the Old Norse name Fríða, short for female names ending in fríðr (“beautiful, beloved”).
* In Central and Eastern Europe, Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried "peace"; cognate to English Freda.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.
Related terms: Freda
Freida
Frieda
bowks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bowk
bowkin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of bowk
bowked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bowk
obfuscated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of obfuscate
obfuscated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more obfuscated
form: most obfuscated
Senses: glosses: Having undergone obfuscation.
glosses: Drunk.
Synonyms: sense: undergone obfuscation
word: covert
word: hidden
sense: drunk
word: drunk
Derived terms: unobfuscated
baffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of baff
baffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: fashionable clothes
baffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of baff
Derived terms: baffing spoon
baffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of baff
Sandancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sandancer
Sand-Dancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sand-Dancer
Sand Dancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sand Dancer
sufferation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəˌreɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: sufferations
Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole sofarieshan.
Senses: examples: text: In this time of economic hardship, there is only sufferation upon the land.
text: Lockdown remind you that what make you brothers is not blood but sufferation.
ref: 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 332:
glosses: Suffering, especially due to poverty or repression.
supermini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superminis
Senses: glosses: A small motor car, especially a hatchback, which is powerful for its size or class
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
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sciences
glosses: A superminicomputer
superminicomputer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superminicomputers
form: supermini
Etymology: From super- + minicomputer.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A minicomputer that has higher-than-normal performance, especially one using 32-bit rather than 16-bit words.
Talibanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Talibanisation
Etymology: From Taliban + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of converting something, especially a government or culture, into something based on the fundamentalist Islamic teachings of the Taliban.
Related terms: Talibanize
Talibanized
Talibanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Talibanizes
form: Talibanizing
form: Talibanized
form: Talibanized
form: Talibanise
Etymology: From Taliban + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert something, especially a government or culture, into something based on the fundamentalist Islamic teachings of the Taliban.
Related terms: Talibanization
Talibanized
Talibanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Talibanised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Talibanize
Talibanized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Talibanized
form: most Talibanized
form: Talibanised
Senses: glosses: Governed by the Taliban
glosses: That has undergone Talibanization
xerothermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xero- + thermic.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: Both hot and dry.
examples: text: […] a southwestern, xerothermic element, including Geothallus, Targionia, and various Riccia species.
ref: 1966 October, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: That flourishes in hot, dry conditions.
raw_tags: of an organism
Derived terms: xerothermic period
polylege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyleges
Senses: glosses: An insect that collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.
Coordinate terms: oligolege
Related terms: polylectic
McGill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill "son of the stranger"
glosses: A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
examples: text: One would have expected something more perfected from a don—and a lecturer at McGill at that.
ref: 1964 September, “New Books: A History of Russian Railways. By J. N. Westwood. Allen & Unwin. 45s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222:
glosses: McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Related terms: Gaw
noggins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noggin
sassenachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sassenach
lowlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowlander
xerothermic period
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerothermic periods
Senses: glosses: A warm, dry postglacial interval.
polylectic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪk
Forms: form: more polylectic
form: most polylectic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “a lot of, much”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“many, much”), from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + λέγειν (légein), from λέγω (légō, “to arrange, choose, gather; to count, reckon”) (from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.
examples: text: A polylectic term is a multi-word term, as opposed to a monolectic term which is a one-word term.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a term consisting of more than one word.
Related terms: word: polylecty
word: polylege
topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: periphrastic
half ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half asses
Senses: glosses: The onager.
Related terms: half-ass
half-assed
makkin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of mak
microspores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microspore
cleistogamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: cleistogamic
glosses: Pertaining to cleistogamy.
Derived terms: cleistogamously
half-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæfæs/
Forms: form: more half-ass
form: most half-ass
form: half-arse
Etymology: From half + -ass, see half-assed.
Senses: examples: text: the only abortion she could get even in the city would be a half-ass job by some half-ass doctor who could mess her up for the rest of her life
ref: 1969, The End of the Road by John Barth (page 155)
synonyms: half-assed#Adjective
coordinate_terms: quarter-assed#Adjective
whole-ass#Adjective
glosses: Produced in an incompetent or desultory manner, or of something lacking in quality or substance; of low rank; incompetent.
Derived terms: half-assery
half-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæfæs/
Forms: form: half-asses
form: half-assing
form: half-assed
form: half-assed
form: half-arse
Etymology: From half + -ass, see half-assed.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: phone in, shortchange, underdo
text: Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything… that's heroic.
ref: 1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek):
text: if you're working for me and I send you to do a job and you half-ass it, that reflects on me. In civilian life, we'd just fire you. Here I can't get rid of you.
ref: 2002, Guardians of the Eagle by John D. Messer (page 102)
coordinate_terms: quarter-ass#Verb
whole-ass#Verb
glosses: To perform a task incompletely or carelessly.
Related terms: english: onager
translation: onager
word: half ass
half-assed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæfæst/
ipa: /hæfˈæst/
Forms: form: more half-assed
form: most half-assed
form: half-arsed
Etymology: Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: halfhearted
text: a half-assed attempt at something
synonyms: half-ass#Adjective
coordinate_terms: quarter-assed#Adjective
whole-ass#Adjective
glosses: Poorly or incompetently done; desultory.
Derived terms: half-assedly
half-assed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæfæst/
ipa: /hæfˈæst/
Forms: form: half-arsed
Etymology: Possibly a humorous mispronunciation of haphazard.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of half-ass
Related terms: half-baked
half-cocked
half-measure
T-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-balls
form: tee ball
form: tee-ball
Senses: examples: text: His dad found that the store-bought baseball stand broke every time the bat hit the tee, but using a medium sized pylon let the kids play a full game of T-ball without any fuss.
glosses: A form of baseball, played by young children, in which the batter hits a ball placed on a tee rather than being thrown by a pitcher.
glosses: The lightweight wiffleball used to play a game of T-ball.
tee ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tee balls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of T-ball.
thigh-high
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thigh-highs
Senses: examples: text: My bureau drawers were knotted with nylon stockings and "thigh hi's," my closet was cluttered with little pointed shoes.
ref: 1987 April 11, Pamela Wescott, “Judy Grahn: Pursuing the Work We Want”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
text: Every once in a while a girl has to stop brooding over gender injustice, start thinking about sexual revenge, and slip into her thigh-highs and stiletto heels to lure a few dopes to destruction.
ref: 1994 November 14, Richard Schickel, “Wretch on a Sexual Rampage”, in Time:
text: The resulting outfit: a cape, a breath-stealing corset, and a sheer black skirt atop a black vinyl thong and fishnet thigh-highs.
ref: 1999, Jennifer Wolff, “Vamping with Vampires”, in Cosmopolitan, Jan 99:
text: One of them wore a microskirt, and he could see the tops of black or navy thigh-highs as he stopped to pick them up.
ref: 1999, James Patterson, Pop Goes the Weasel, Headline, →ISBN:
glosses: A hold-up stocking.
thigh-high
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Ashley: If you expect to get me in a tinfoil miniskirt and thigh-high boots, I want dinner first.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
text: Shops' shelves were emptied on Friday as people began stockpiling food, with some unable to leave their homes due to the thigh-high snow.
ref: 2010 February 7, Adam Gabbatt, “Snow storms cause chaos on US east coast”, in The Guardian:
glosses: That is at thigh level; that reaches up to thigh level.
thigh-high
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Up to the thigh.
drop trou
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /dɹɒp tɹaʊ/
Forms: form: drops trou
form: dropping trou
form: dropped trou
form: dropped trou
form: drop trow
Senses: glosses: To drop one's trousers and/or undershorts; to moon.
glosses: To strip, undress, get naked.
tupuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tupunas
form: tupuna
form: tūpuna
form: tipuna
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori tupuna.
Senses: examples: text: […] tupunas are there, beside us, in the rain, and when the sun comes busting out.
ref: 1998, Janet Hunt, Hone Tuwhare: A Biography, page 139:
text: We have carved the journeys of the adventures of our tūpuna, who were true navigators—venturing into the unknown—sailing towards the sun.
ref: 2015 June 1, Chellie Spiller, Rachel Wolfgramm, Indigenous Spiritualities at Work: Transforming the Spirit of Enterprise, IAP, →ISBN, page 253:
text: The existence of our wairua in this realm allows us to connect with our tūpuna in the spirit world. The spiritual connection to our tūpuna also exists in certain portals of communication with them.
ref: 2019 July 18, Kieran O'Donoghue, Robyn Munford, New Theories for Social Work Practice: Ethical Practice for Working with Individuals, Families and Communities, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 203:
glosses: An ancestor, especially a grandparent, in Maori culture.
tipuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tipunas
form: tipuna
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tupuna.