cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
volcanic field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volcanic fields
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
volcanology
glosses: A localized area of the earth's crust with clusters of volcanic vents that have their own magma supply.
Related terms: monogenetic volcanic field
polygenetic volcanic field
brought to heel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring to heel
Mbunda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A kingdom in west central Africa (now southeastern Angola) from 1500 to 1917.
glosses: A Bantu language of Angola and Zambia.
Mbunda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Bantu people who, during the Bantu migrations, came from the north to southeastern Angola and finally Barotseland, now part of Zambia.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Mbunda terms
uncottaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cottaged.
Senses: examples: text: […] for this land of the north, outside of a few centers, has hardly been touched by the resorters, so vast are the uncamped and uncottaged stretches.
ref: 1933, William Henry Phelps, Ye Lakes and Hills of Michigan "We're with You Once Again", page 18:
glosses: Lacking cottages.
disleading
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈliːdɪŋ/
Forms: form: more disleading
form: most disleading
Etymology: Blend of dis- + misleading.
Senses: examples: text: The geographers map is the exaggeration of certain scientific facts that are apt to prove disleading to the unskilied eye.
ref: 1897, The Atlanta Constitution 1897-10-17: Vol 30, page 27:
text: A seed is misbranded if the package or label bears any statement, design or device which is false or disleading in any particular.
ref: 1913, Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, page 425:
text: Direct Service and Trackage Oil is charged with disleading advertising.
ref: 1935, National Petroleum News 1935-10-23: Vol 27 Iss 43, page 23:
text: Bordo maintained the word ‘partisan’ in the second clause of the resolution was unnecessary and disleading because the stands taken by CUS were political in the sense that every organization takes political stands.
ref: 1968, The Gateway (1968-09-17), page 1:
text: The problem is an epidemic of mis- and disleading content made to scam your attention {...} for monetary gain alone.
ref: 2023, Kyle Hill, 12s from the start, in YouTube’s Science Scam Crisis:
qualifier: malapropism
glosses: Alternative form of misleading.
uterine horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uterine horns
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: a point in the upper uterus where the fallopian tubes exit to meet the ovaries. They are one of the points of attachment for the round ligament of uterus (the other being the mons pubis)
octillionaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octillionaire
catmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catman
decatonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: deca- + tonic.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Being or relating to a musical scale of ten notes.
clubbed together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of club together
prereform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + reform.
Senses: examples: text: A third important issue was how to phase out widespread special privileges — dating from the pretransition period — for listed groups of persons below the prereform minimum pension ages of 55 for women and 60 for men.
ref: 2006, Robert Holzmann, Edward Palmer, Pension Reform: Issues and Prospects for Non-Financial Defined Contribution (NDC) Schemes (page 398)
glosses: Before a reform.
quarter-yearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quarterly (“every three months”).
synonyms: word: quarterly
extra: every three months
quarter-yearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quarterly (“every three months”).
synonyms: word: quarterly
extra: every three months
quauk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quauks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quawk (“harsh bird call; squawk”).
quauks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quauk
queen-of-the-prairie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The flowering plant Filipendula rubra.
nonlemma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonlemmas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of non-lemma.
mntn.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mntns.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of mountain.
mntns.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mntn.
mngrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mngr.
mocha bisque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medium tan brown color.
monkey apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey apples
Senses: glosses: The tropical fruit tree Annona glabra.
glosses: Syzygium smithii, an Australian tree, also naturalized in New Zealand.
glosses: Licania platypus, a tree native to Central America.
glosses: The fruit of Posoqueria latifolia.
monkey apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkey apple
moon gate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moon gates
Senses: glosses: A circular opening in a garden wall that acts as a pedestrian passageway and is a traditional architectural element of Chinese gardens.
moon gates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moon gate
chi chis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chi chi
nonaccretive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + accretive.
Senses: glosses: Not accretive.
nonaccretional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + accretional.
Senses: glosses: Not accretional.
Drahunova
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Drahunovas
Etymology: From Ukrainian Драгунова (Drahunova).
Senses: glosses: A feminine surname from Ukrainian
Synonyms: word: Drahunov
english: Russian masculine derivation
translation: Russian masculine derivation
word: Dragunov
english: Russian derivation
translation: Russian derivation
word: Dragunova
Drahunov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Drahunovs
Etymology: From Ukrainian Драгунов (Drahunov).
Senses: glosses: A masculine surname from Ukrainian
Synonyms: word: Drahunova
english: Russian feminine derivation
translation: Russian feminine derivation
word: Dragunova
english: Russian derivation
translation: Russian derivation
word: Dragunov
Bulverize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Bulverizes
form: Bulverizing
form: Bulverized
form: Bulverized
Senses: examples: text: We might recall here Roger Scruton's commendation of taking "a negotiating posture towards the other'—to do that, I think, is to cease to see a person as "the other" but rather as "my neighbor." And when you do that, it becomes harder to Bulverize that person, to treat him or her as so obviously wrong that no debate is required, only mockery.
ref: 2017, Alan Jacobs, How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds, New York, N.Y.: Currency, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: To subject (an opponent) in a debate) to Bulverism ("a rhetorical fallacy in which a speaker assumes that their opponent's argument is wrong, and instead of disproving it, condescendingly explains why their opponent would have come to that conclusion").
Bulverizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Bulverize
Bulverizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Bulverize
Bulverized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Bulverize
jalepeño
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of jalapeño.
mysto
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mysto
form: most mysto
Etymology: From myst(ical) + -o. Compare mysto-magic.
Senses: examples: text: It was the most mysto sensation, kissing each other that way without even wanting to come up for air, and that crazy hot storm roaring through all the trees outside.
ref: 1964, Kay Martin, The Disconnected, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 317:
text: Everyone is picking up on the most minute incidents as if they are metaphors for life itself. Everybody's life becomes more fabulous, every minute, than the most fabulous book. It's phony, goddamn it . . . but mysto ... and after a while it starts to infect you, like an itch, the roseola.
ref: 1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 21:
text: Allen was as yet a virgin, and Jack remained a compulsive masturbator as always, so that their discussions were flavored with the mysto-decadent excitement of voyeurs.
ref: 1979, Dennis McNally, Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 66:
text: Amidst all the mysto verbiage I found various quarternities, including a categorization set of Toni Wolff's on Women: amazon, hetaera, mother, medium.
ref: 1997, Damien Broderick, The White Abacus, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 244:
glosses: Mystical, mysterious, weird.
ahzab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hizb
hizbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hizb
codfish aristocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codfish aristocracies
Senses: glosses: New-money families who gained their wealth from cod fisheries.
doryman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorymen
Etymology: From dory + -man.
Senses: examples: text: In the old salt fishery, once the dorymen came back on board, their catch had to be cleaned.
ref: 1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 117:
glosses: A fisherman who works on a dory.
mysto-magic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably derived from the Mysto Magic playsets, sold from 1909 through the 1960s.
Senses: examples: text: Or, put differently: the deeper art goes, the more meaningless it should become. For superficial matters, sense is valid, but for the most profound levels of human life, nonsense, mysto-magic, and something approaching mumbo-jumbo are the valid mediums of expression.
ref: 1932, William Harlan Hale, Challenge to Defeat: Modern Man in Goethe's World and Spengler's Century, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 125:
text: That there is such a revelation; that it is not mysto-magic or mechanical mental telepathy, but that it has a history; and that this history moves progressively towards a great climax, has been the understanding and the experience of literally millions of Christians for over two thousand years.
ref: 1952, A[lbert] T[heodore] Mollegen, “A Christian View of Psychoanalysis”, in Christianity and Psychoanalysis: Four Lectures and Panel Discussion, The Organizing Committee, Christianity and Modern Man, page 17:
text: In one of the paradoxes of democratic government, the main strength of seizure as a device for settling labor disputes is its very cumbersomeness, its legal mysto-magic, its flummery. Simplicity is not always a prime virtue in a democracy.
ref: 1952 Autumn, John P[aul] Frank, “The United States Supreme Court: 1951–52”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 20, number 1, Chicago, I.L.: University of Chicago Law School, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
text: By fusing the mysto-magic of the mysteries with the secrecies of Jewish wisdom, the Judaism of Paul and paganism became one, so that time is fulfilled, not in waiting for the Messiah, but in the mystery of the sacraments.
ref: 1968, Luther H. Harshbarger, John A. Mourant, Judaism and Christianity: Perspectives and Traditions, Allyn and Bacon, Inc., pages 266–267:
glosses: Something involving superstition, magical thinking, or clevery trickery; voodoo, hocus-pocus.
Related terms: mysto
true neutral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Of a character: having a perfectly balanced alignment; not tending to any particular moral position.
general quarters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A maximum alert level issued on a warship for all personal to prepare for immediate combat; the state of a warship at maximum combat readiness
pubilect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pubilects
Etymology: Coined by Italian semiotician Marcel Danesi in 1987, from pubi- (as in pubescent, puberty) + -lect.
Senses: examples: text: Research on pubilects throughout the world shows that such terms have a very short lifespan. By comparison with vocabulary change in the language as a whole, which sometimes takes centuries, the rate of change in teen vocabularies is greatly accelerated.
ref: 2000, Gianrenzo P. Clivio, Marcel Danesi, The Sounds, Forms, and Uses of Italian: An Introduction to Italian Linguistics, Toronto, O.N. […]: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 185:
glosses: The language of teenagers.
pubilects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pubilect
BICARSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Acronym of billing, inventory control, accounts receivable, sales analysis.
IBMese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From IBM + -ese.
Senses: synonyms: IBMerese
glosses: The jargon used within the IBM computer company.
morabukea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The wood of the tree Mora gonggrijpii.
joever
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more joever
form: most joever
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Joever.
calumpang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a wild almond tree, of species Sterculia foetida, common in rural areas of the Philippines.
chalky paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalky papers
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A kind of paper coated with a chalky solution for security purposes, to prevent removal of a postmark without damaging the stamp.
chalky papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalky paper
chamferer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chamferers
Etymology: From chamfer + -er.
Senses: glosses: A tool for chamfering.
chamferers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chamferer
champs at the bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of champ at the bit
champed at the bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of champ at the bit
champing at the bit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of champ at the bit
champagnization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The turning of wine into champagne.
burrito bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burrito bowls
Senses: examples: text: Foursquare likes to show off its data-crunching prowess with predictions. It forecast the sales figures for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, for instance, and the decline in revenue, almost to the burrito bowl, for Chipotle following the E. coli mess.
ref: 2017 March 1, Aaron Gell, “The Not-So-Surprising Survival of Foursquare”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023:
glosses: A dish consisting of various typical burrito ingredients, especially rice, beans, salta, and vegetables (but not the tortilla wrap), mixed in a bowl.
burrito bowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burrito bowl
chemo brain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chemobrain.
Israelish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Israel + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: First Maccabees records one of the most important crises in Israelish history. As a faithful historical writing, it is hardly equalled in ancient literature.
ref: 1906, Charles Foster Kent, The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 221:
glosses: Synonym of Israelite.
synonyms: word: Israelite
Hodgkin lymphomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hodgkin lymphoma
BEACOPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: COPP
MOPP
glosses: Acronym of bleomycin, etoposide, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, oncovin, procarbazine, prednisone (“a chemotherapy regimen for treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma”).
COPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: BEACOPP
MOPP
glosses: Acronym of cyclophosphamide, oncovin, procarbazine, prednisone (“a chemotherapy regimen for treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma”).
MOPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒp/
ipa: /mɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Senses: coordinate_terms: COPP
BEACOPP
glosses: Acronym of Mustargen (chlormethine), oncovin, procarbazine, prednisone (“a chemotherapy regimen for treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma”).
MOPP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒp/
ipa: /mɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Mission Oriented Protective Posture.
glosses: Acronym of means of patient protection (“an electrical safety standard”).
probabilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: probabilizes
form: probabilizing
form: probabilized
form: probabilized
Senses: examples: text: But, by whomsoever the existence of any such excess of good is asserted, upon him does it rest to prove or probabilize it.
ref: 1823, Abraham John Valpy, The Pamphleteer, volume 22, page 7:
glosses: To show to be probable.
probabilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of probabilize
probabilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of probabilize
probabilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of probabilize
professionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A graduate of the Queen's University in Ireland, he brought out the highest testimonial of his professionary qualifications, which his subsequent career (though, alas! so short a one) in Wynaad has fully confirmed.
ref: 1867, British Medical Journal, page 439:
glosses: Relating to a profession or occupation; professional.
Wynaad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A graduate of the Queen's University in Ireland, he brought out the highest testimonial of his professionary qualifications, which his subsequent career (though, alas! so short a one) in Wynaad has fully confirmed.
ref: 1867, British Medical Journal, page 439:
glosses: Obsolete form of Wayanad.
Wayanad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wynaad
Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam വയനാട് (vayanāṭŭ).
Senses: glosses: A city in Kerala, India.
Derived terms: Wayanad bowtail
proletarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proletarizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proletarianization.
proletarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: proletarizes
form: proletarizing
form: proletarized
form: proletarized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proletarianize.
proletarizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of proletarize
proletarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of proletarize
proletarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of proletarize
proletarizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proletarization
promyshlennik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promyshlenniks
form: promyshlenniki
Etymology: From Russian промышленник (promyšlennik).
Senses: glosses: A Russian or indigenous Siberian worker, typically from the state serf or townsman class, who took part in the fur trade.
promyshlenniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promyshlennik
promyshlenniki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promyshlennik
prosbul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosbuls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prozbul.
prozbuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prozbul
prosbuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosbul
proselytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proselytical
form: most proselytical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proselytic.
protargol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally a brand name.
Senses: glosses: Silver proteinate used for staining in electron microscopy.
direct democracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of direct democracy
pure democracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pure democracies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of direct democracy.
synonyms: word: direct democracy
pure democracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pure democracy
purificants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purificant
puts into practice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put into practice
rebelhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rebel + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: He mangled their dead bodies with his cruel Saxton sword. He said, That Irish brat might live to join the rebelhood.
ref: 2018, Horace P. Beck, The Folklore of Maine:
glosses: The state or condition of being a rebel; rebellion.
scythed chariot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scythed chariots
Senses: glosses: War chariot with scythe blades mounted on each side.
breaks a sweat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break a sweat
breaking a sweat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break a sweat
broke a sweat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break a sweat
broken a sweat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break a sweat
Lelaina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: For example, late in the movie, Michael and Troy end up on an empty street outside a club after offering Lelaina two conflicting futures: remain a struggling artist with Troy by her side, or sell her documentary to In Your Face with Michael.
ref: 2019 March 6, Soraya Roberts, “Reality Bites Captured Gen X With Perfect Irony”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A female given name.
uroboroi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uroboros
uroboroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uroboros
breaks character
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break character
breaking character
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break character
broke character
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break character
broken character
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break character
climatic pessimum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climatic pessima
form: climatic pessimums
Senses: topics: biology
climatology
geography
geology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
antonyms: climatic optimum
glosses: Any time period, ranging from a few centuries to millions of years, marked by persistently cold temperatures, but not always glaciation.
Laryssa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laryssas
Senses: glosses: A female given name, variant of Larissa.
lithams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of litham
'fit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'fits
Senses: examples: text: Ahem, this multicolored cardigan is the moment. All you gotta do is pair it with any bottoms—denim jeans/shorts, linen pants, trousers, a mini or maxi skirt—and you've got an effortless, statement 'fit.
ref: 2023 June 16, Megan Uy, “25 Absolutely Gorgeous Crochet Clothing Pieces You Won’t Stop Wearing This Summer”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Alternative form of fit (“outfit”).
btl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The crate contains six 12-btl cases of red wine and eight 24-packs of beer.
glosses: Abbreviation of bottle.
trust law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A body of law regulating the legal instrument for holding wealth known as a trust.
Related terms: common law
property law
Scafell Pike
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain in Cumbria, the highest in England (OS grid ref NY2107).
ur mom
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of your mom.
æsh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: æshes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ash (“ligature”).
æshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of æsh
maltolte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maltoltes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of maletote.
brokeback marriage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brokeback marriages
Senses: glosses: An opposite-sex marriage in which one partner, typically the man, is secretly homosexual.
maltoltes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maltolte
Scafell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɔːfəl/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /skɑːˈfɛl/
Forms: form: Scawfell
form: Scaw Fell
Etymology: First recorded in 1578 as Skallfield; inherited from Middle English *Scalfel, from Old Norse skalli (“baldness”) + fjall (“peak”).
The form Scawfell predominated during the 19th century before the Ordnance Survey's adoption of the form Scafell displaced it; see Scafell#Name history.
Senses: glosses: A mountain in Cumbria, England.
wikipedia: Scafell#Name history
Related terms: Sca-Fell
Sca Fell
boner killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boner killers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of boner-killer.
Merlinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Merlin + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Flatterers were indeed beginning to wonder whether Edward I was not a new Arthur in the mould of Merlinic prophecies.
ref: 2000, R. R. Davies, The First English Empire: Power and Identities in the British Isles, 1093–1343, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: Pertaining to the legendary wizard Merlin, especially the tradition of medieval prophecies attributed to him.
come get some
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From come + get some (action).
Senses: glosses: A battle cry.
Elmstead Market
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Elmstead parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0624).
brokeback marriages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brokeback marriage
boner killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boner killer
'fits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'fit
climatic pessima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climatic pessimum
climatic pessimums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climatic pessimum
no notes
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Your upcoming Instagram beach photos are begging you to snag this bright orange maxi. BEGGING. Like, oof! Do you see that high slit? 10/10. No notes.
ref: 2023 June 16, Megan Uy, “25 Absolutely Gorgeous Crochet Clothing Pieces You Won’t Stop Wearing This Summer”, in Cosmopolitan:
text: After years of public feuding and subtweets and alleged battery with a cricket bat, the Gallagher brothers—Liam and Noel, obvs—are working it out on the remix, with a rash of 2025 summer dates announced on their website. (This is as good a time as any to say that “Wonderwall” is a masterpiece; no notes.)
ref: 2024 August 28, Raven Smith, “Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, and the Art of the Public Feud”, in Vogue:
synonyms: tens across the board
glosses: Used to express praise or satisfaction.
catch Z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches Z's
form: catching Z's
form: caught Z's
form: caught Z's
Senses: examples: text: Whether you're catching Z's at home or at your bestie's place, you can sleep easy with this comfy blanket and eye mask set. It even comes with a soft bag for holding everything.
ref: 2023 July 17, Nashia Baker, “Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale Is Here! These Are the Best Home Deals You Can Snag Right Now”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Alternative form of catch some z's.
snag some z's
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snags some z's
form: snagging some z's
form: snagged some z's
form: snagged some z's
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catch some z's.
Kravis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Kourtney + Travis.
Senses: examples: text: Megan described Kravis’s vibe to Glamour, saying, “They’re magnetic. So nobody’s really interacting with them too much, because they’re just stuck. They’re stuck together like this.[…]”
ref: 2022 April 27, Mehera Bonner, “Megan Fox Explains Why She and MGK Don’t Have Many Double Dates With Kravis”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: The couple consisting of American musician Travis Barker and American media personality Kourtney Kardashian, married in 2022.
Bridgens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
video lottery terminal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video lottery terminals
Senses: synonyms: word: VLT
glosses: A gambling slot machine with an electronic display.
video lottery terminals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video lottery terminal
papall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more papall
form: most papall
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of papal.
episcopall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more episcopall
form: most episcopall
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of episcopal.
episcopality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being episcopal.
sacerdotall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sacerdotall
form: most sacerdotall
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of sacerdotal.
4thly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of fourthly.
gases and dashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gas and dash
Margulis lemma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Margulis lemma
Etymology: Named after Grigory Margulis.
Senses: qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: A result about discrete subgroups of isometries of a non-positively curved Riemannian manifold.
wikipedia: Grigory Margulis
unbuffer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbuffers
form: unbuffering
form: unbuffered
form: unbuffered
Etymology: From un- + buffer.
Senses: examples: 2003, Stas Bekman, Eric Cholet, Practical mod_perl
We set $|=1 to unbuffer the STDERR stream, so we can immediately see the debug output generated by the program.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To release or flush from a buffer.
unbuffers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unbuffer
unbuffering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unbuffer
debuffer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: debuffers
form: debuffering
form: debuffered
form: debuffered
Etymology: From de- + buffer.
Senses: examples: text: Thus removal of this opposition is spoken of as debuffering the cardiovascular system, leading to a sustained increase in heart rate.
ref: 1987, Charles H. Hockman, Essentials of Autonomic Function, page 113:
glosses: To remove a buffer from.
debuffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debuffers
Etymology: From debuff + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, you likely won't be doing much in the way of attacking physically, since the P3MC can make a good debuffer or someone who inflicts ailments and/or binds. He becomes a debuffer of sorts when his Persona is upgraded to Messiah, […]
ref: 2015, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Strategy Guide, GamerGuides.com:
topics: games
gaming
glosses: One who or that which debuffs.
debuffered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debuffer
debuffering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of debuffer
debuffers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debuffer
debuffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debuffer
methyl rubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymer of dimethylbutadiene, invented in Germany and historically used as one of the first synthetic rubber during World War I.
Hunei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuneɪ/
enpr: ho͞oʹnāʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 湖內 (Húnèi).
Senses: examples: text: Protesters from Kaohsiung’s Lujhu (路竹) and Hunei (湖內) districts said the city government failed to promptly publish online that a controversial iron wire and screw factory had passed an environmental review.
ref: 2016 September 1, Abraham Gerber, “Kaohsiung mayor ignoring public: protesters”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2016, Taiwan News, page 3:
text: A meat company in Hunei, Kaohsiung received a batch of chickens from Yulin County on the 13th, and the poultry were suspected of infection due to the apparent skin flushing.
ref: 2017 February 15, Chieh-Tsun Wang, 許政俊 [Hsu Cheng-Chun], “南部分傳雞鴨疑染H5N6 各縣市加強消毒 [H5N6 SPREADS, DEAD POULTRY DUMPED, INSPECTIONS RAISED]”, in Bryant Chang, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022:
english: H5N6 SPREADS, DEAD POULTRY DUMPED, INSPECTIONS RAISED
translation: H5N6 SPREADS, DEAD POULTRY DUMPED, INSPECTIONS RAISED
glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
straight shirttail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight shirttails
form: straight shirt-tail
form: straight shirt tail
Etymology: Alluding to shirttails, which were formerly commonly worn by gentlemen. When someone would break into a run, they would rise into the air; hence, one might make "straight shirttails" when moving so fast that the shirttails become horizontal.
Senses: examples: text: The other boat closed with them. They had seen the seal basking on a low rock, but he was wary, and as soon as they came in sight, he flounced off the rock into the water, and made 'straight shirt-tails,' as the Yankees say, Allan taking a snap shot at him just ere he did so; but whether he had struck, grazed, or merely frightened the seal he could hardly tell.
ref: 1860 September, Francis Francis, “The Experiences of Sydney Godolphin Yahoo, Esq.”, in Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, page 400:
text: An' he made the funniest noise, tryin' to git his breath; kind of a 'w-e-e-k'—like a fat hog choked on an apple. Then he took a straight shirttail fer the open air; an' gittin' outside, he leaned up ag'inst the wall an' commenced to cry.
ref: 1901, James Ball Naylor, Ralph Marlowe: A Novel, Akron, O.H. […]: Saalfield Publishing, page 59:
text: The chairman had difficulty preserving order. One man said of their guest from Missouri: "I'll advise him to make a straight shirt tail for Missouri."
ref: 1977, Reef Waldrep, Macomb and Its Methodists, page 79:
glosses: A very hurried journey or movement, especially in return to a previous location; a dash.
Related terms: hightail
skedaddle
straight shirttails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straight shirttail
monepiscopacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoepiscopacy
Etymology: Coined by English bishop and theologian Charles Gore in 1889, from mon(o)- + episcopacy.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Leadership by a single bishop (in a diocese or regional church).
Derived terms: monepiscopal
monepiscopate
Lutos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Louto
Luto
Rito
Routo
Ruto
glosses: A Central Sudanic language of Chad and the Central African Republic.
fat, dumb and happy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fat, dumb and happy
form: most fat, dumb and happy
Senses: examples: text: It's hard to believe that only a week ago we were bopping around, fat, dumb and happy, then we got shot at, and now it looks like we can go back to being fat, dumb and happy.
ref: 2004, Jinx Schwartz, Troubled Sea, page 158:
glosses: Synonym of fat and happy.
synonyms: word: fat and happy
NazLib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NazLibs
form: nazlib
Etymology: Blend of Naz(i) + lib(eral).
Senses: examples: text: No, random yt online anon, I'm not watching your favorite nazlib video. My politics are informed by the Black radical tradition. Not breadtube.
ref: 2021 May 5, @SixTenSocialist, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2023:
text: your average nazlib literally believes that people who think Trump is funny are worse than hitler and mussolini combined but militias in Ukraine with swastika tattoos carrying out violent pogroms against Russians are tolerant democratic liberals you can't make this shit up
ref: 2022 June 21, @StalinismUSA, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2023:
text: they did this to me too. i defended my mother country of iran and these racist nazlibs said i was not a real iranian. leftists will drop their wokeism and become white supremacists to any minority that does not fall in line with globalism. it's a façade.
ref: 2022 September 25, @ComradeCena99, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2023:
text: It's interesting how anti Semitic behavior is denounced automatically rightfully so because the Holocaust happened but Russophobia is considered a joke by Nazlibs even though Russia lost 27 million people to the nazis. Interesting.
ref: 2022 November 4, @americas_putin, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2023:
text: Reagan and North are NazLibs who brought Yaroslav Stetsko to the White House and celebrated him as the "last premier of a free Ukrainian State".
ref: 2022 December 30, u/Express-Guide-1206, “Oliver North reassuring us about Ukraine”, in Reddit, r/TrueAnon, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2023:
text: Banderites didn't get started in 2022, dumbass. They've been in power since the 2014 Maidan coup where they were killing protesters with snipers. Even back in 2008 one of the early pro-NATO NazLibs commemorated Bandera as "Hero of Ukraine". Your mental gymnastics are historical revisionism
ref: 2023 June 4, u/RequirementRemoteB, “74% Of Ukrainians Hold Favorable View Of Stepan Bandera According To Ukrainian Research Org.”, in Reddit, r/stupidpol, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2023:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Someone who identifies as a liberal, but espouses far-right beliefs.
Related terms: fishhook theory
NatSoc
Nazbol
scratch a liberal and you'll find a fascist
NazLibs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NazLib
spruce aphid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spruce aphids
Senses: coordinate_terms: pine aphid
glosses: Any member of the insect family Adelgidae (not true aphids) associated with spruce trees.
pine aphid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pine aphids
Senses: coordinate_terms: spruce aphid
glosses: Any member of the insect family Adelgidae (not true aphids) associated with pine trees.
spruce aphids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spruce aphid
pine aphids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pine aphid
legal chemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Chemistry used in forensic investigations.
leg-pulling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the term pull someone's leg.
Senses: glosses: Joking, fibbing or teasing.
lemon lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lemon lilies
Senses: glosses: Lilium parryi, a rare lily native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
lemon lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lemon lily
leopard moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leopard moths
Senses: glosses: Zeuzera pyrina, a cossid moth.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Hypercompe scribonia
word: giant leopard moth
taxonomic: Phragmataecia castaneae
word: reed leopard moth
alt: Obtusipalpis pardalis
word: snow leopard moth
Related terms: taxonomic: Azygophleps inclusa
word: leopard goat moth
leopard moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leopard moth
enshittify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enshittifies
form: enshittifying
form: enshittified
form: enshittified
Etymology: From en- + shittify. Coined by Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in 2022 along with enshittification.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:enshittify.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: To make an online platform worse by enshittification.
enshittifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enshittify
enshittifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enshittify
enshittified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enshittify
leper's squint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: An allusion to the contagious disease of leprosy, which might make a person unwelcome inside the church.
Senses: glosses: A hagioscope.
leopard snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leopard snakes
Senses: synonyms: European rat snake
glosses: The non-venomous colubrid snake Zamenis situla.
leopard snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leopard snake
liar dice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of liar's dice.
liberty of speech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of freedom of speech.
synonyms: word: freedom of speech
lifted the lid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lift the lid
lifts the lid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lift the lid
lifting the lid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lift the lid
lightning chess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Synonym of blitz chess.
synonyms: word: blitz chess
lightning war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightning wars
Etymology: Calque of German Blitzkrieg.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blitzkrieg.
synonyms: word: blitzkrieg
lightning wars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lightning war
light meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light meats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of white meat.
synonyms: word: white meat
light meats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of light meat
like lightning
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Extremely fast.
Related terms: greased lightning
like magic
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: With the aid of a screwdriver, the stuck jar lid opened like magic.
glosses: In a way that looks impressively easy.
Lilibeths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lilibeth
link verb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: link verbs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of linking verb.
synonyms: word: linking verb
link verbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of link verb
linkage editors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linkage editor
linoblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linoblocks
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A linoleum block used in block printing.
linoblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linoblock
Kitterland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An islet in the Calf Sound between the Isle of Man and the Calf of Man in the Irish Sea.
linoleum knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linoleum knives
Senses: synonyms: banana knife
glosses: A small knife having a short, stiff blade with a curved point, used for cutting linoleum and similar materials.
banana knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana knives
Etymology: From the curved shape of the blade.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of linoleum knife.
synonyms: word: linoleum knife
linoleum knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linoleum knife
banana knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banana knife
glue dot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glue dots
Etymology: Originated as a brand name.
Senses: examples: text: Help children sprinkle a bit of glitter on each glue dot.
ref: 2019, Ann Dickinson Degenhard, Celebrating the Lectionary® for Preschool and Kindergarten, page 8:
text: After the craft sticks have dried, stick them together with a glue dot so they make a narrow X.
ref: 2023, Good Housekeeping The Ultimate Kids Christmas Book, page 64:
glosses: A pressure-sensitive adhesive dot for use in craft activities etc.
glue dots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glue dot
lirah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lirahs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of lira (“currency unit”).
lirahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lirah
Lob's pound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lobspound (“prison”).
lobster moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lobster moths
Senses: synonyms: lobster prominent
glosses: Stauropus fagi, a notodontid moth.
glosses: Stauropus alternus, a notodontid moth.
lobster prominent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lobster prominents
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lobster moth (“Stauropus fagi”).
synonyms: word: lobster moth
extra: Stauropus fagi
lobster moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lobster moth
lobster prominents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lobster prominent
local governments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of local government
log line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: log lines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of logline.
log lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of log line
longful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more longful
form: most longful
Senses: examples: text: a longful time
glosses: Long (in duration).
look snappy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks snappy
form: looking snappy
form: looked snappy
form: looked snappy
Senses: glosses: Synonym of look sharp (“hurry up”).
synonyms: word: look sharp
extra: hurry up
pencil fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare penciler (“a bookmaker”).
Senses: topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: The situation where punters discover that a horse is almost certain to lose, and so become eager to lay bets against it.
nib-cove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nib-coves
Senses: glosses: A gentleman.
Related terms: his nibs