cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Dimashq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq). Doublet of Damascus.
Senses: examples: text: Between 1960 and 1970 the population of Dimashq and Halab provinces increased to more than 1.4 million and 1.3 million, respectively, and by 1970 accounted for some 44 percent of the total population.
ref: 1971 May, Richard F. Nyrop, Beryl Lieff Benderly, William W. Cover, Susan R. MacKnight, Gordon C. McDonald, Newton B. Parker, Suzanne Teleki, “Physical Environment and Population”, in Area Handbook for Syria (DA Pam 550–47), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →LCCN, page 25:
text: The large number of coins from Dimashq can be attributed to Jericho’s placement in that province, yet even so the number is high considering the distance the coins had to travel.
ref: 2000, Alan Walmsley, “Production, exhange and regional trade in the Islamic East Mediterranean: old structures, new systems?”, in Inge Lyse Hansen, Chris Wickham, editors, The Long Eighth Century: Production, Distribution and Demand (Transformation of the Roman World; 11), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338:
text: He had driven a white taxi from Beirut to Dimashq and when his uncle’s cousin had shown up to collect the fare at the post office by the train station, it was how things worked, which always came first.
ref: 2008, Joseph McElroy, “No Man’s Land”, in Fiction, number 54, New York, N.Y.: City College of New York, →ISSN, page 60:
text: On Monday, al-Megrahi’s brother, Abel Nasser, spoke to reporters outside the villa, in the posh Dimashq neighbourhood.
ref: 2011 August 30, David D. Kirkpatrick, Rod Nordland, Alan Cowell, “Extradition of Lockerbie bomber ruled out”, in The Gazette, Montreal, Que.: Postmedia Network Inc., →ISSN, page A13, column 6:
text: Someday, my art would adorn every corner of Dimashq. Someday, there would be long rows of children learning to doodle. They could learn to doodle their alif-be-pe-te instead of wrestling with them like I did.
ref: 2017, Kirthi Jayakumar, chapter 1, in The Doodler of Dimashq: A Heart Wrenching Tale of Hope from Syria’s Rubble, New Delhi: Readomania, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Synonym of Damascus: The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.
synonyms: word: Damascus
extra: The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE
poindable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪn.də.bl̩/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈpɔɪn.də.bl̩/
Forms: form: more poindable
form: most poindable
Etymology: From poind + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being poinded.
perfectionistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more perfectionistically
form: most perfectionistically
Senses: glosses: In a perfectionistic way.
Cape York
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A cape in Queensland, Australia, at the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula.
glosses: A cape in Greenland, on the northeast side of Baffin Bay.
glosses: An area on the western rim of Endeavour Crater, Mars.
Derived terms: Cape York Peninsula
villagedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From village + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Though almost engulfed by Bedford, Elstow's claim to villagedom is still maintained by two fine rows of timber-framed, overhung, black-and-white cottages and the timber and herringbone-brick Swan pub.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174:
glosses: The characteristics or status of a traditional village.
mezza mezza
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtsə ˈmɛtsə/
Senses: glosses: so-so; neither good nor bad
Related terms: comme ci comme ça
scosh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scoshes
Senses: examples: text: "Not quite so easy." I edged my chair away from his a scosh. "First tell me about possible motives."
ref: 2013, Karen Sandler, Clean Burn, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Exhibit A, →ISBN, page 145:
text: Her cheekbones sat high and round like tiny candied apples, and her lips were full and plump. She seemed a scosh too thin. Perhaps her long stay in India had something to do with it.
ref: 2018, Pamela J. Lantz, Just Let Them Love You, Bloomington, I.N.: WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 192:
glosses: Alternative spelling of skosh.
mama-pian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mamanpian
Etymology: Compound of mama + pian. Compare Spanish mama-pian, French mamanpian, mère des pians. First attested in 1822.
Senses: examples: text: One ulcer is usually larger and fouler than the rest, and this is known by the negroes […] as the mama-pian, or mama yaw.
ref: 1860, Robert J. Jordan, Skin Diseases and Their Remedies, page 191:
text: [T]he master-fungus being named mama-pian, or mother-yaw, as supposed to be the source or supply of the rest.
ref: 1822, John Mason Good, edited by Samuel Cooper, The Study of Medicine, volume 2, page 675:
text: A large persistent yaw is sometimes known as the "mother," or "grandmother," or "mama-pian"[…]
ref: 1903 [1898], Sir Patrick Manson, Tropical Diseases, Cassell & Company, ltd., page 526:
synonyms: mamma-yaw
master yaw
mother-yaw
glosses: The primary lesion caused by yaws, typically surrounded by other, smaller lesions.
game is game
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: The end justifies the means when seeking a sexual partner.
out of the starting gate
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of out of the gate.
Elterwater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Located near the Elter Water, a small lake.
Senses: glosses: A village in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref NY3204).
wikipedia: Elter Water
Related terms: Elter Water
I got 2 phones
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: A lyric from the Kevin Gates song 2 Phones:
I got 2 phones, one for the plug and one for the load
Popularised around 2023, when creators began stitching videos, usually of women or LGBTQ people, interrupting them with the song.
Senses: examples: text: – My dog died.
– And I got 2 phones.
glosses: Used to express indifference.
wikipedia: 2 Phones
esophageally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The lowest frequencies of the integral harmonic series of esophageally phonated vowels are different from each other.
ref: 1965, Ronald Sherwood Tikofsky, Phonetic Characteristics of Esophageal Speech, page 83:
text: Unfortunately, misting can also sometimes occur in a patient who has a significan amount of gastric air who has been esophageally intubated.
ref: 2004, Gregg S. Margolis, Paramedic, Airway Management, page 239:
text: Because of the practical and ethical difficulties in preparing and maintaining esophageally fistulated animals, many authors use a simulated grazing method in which forage is collected by hand, attempting to simulate the observed selectivity by animals grazing the same pasture.
ref: 2012, Rodney A. Hill, Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry, page 280:
glosses: Of, through, by, into, or involving the esophagus.
Derived terms: intraesophageally
supraesophageally
bubble era
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble eras
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: An unsustainable period of economic growth and rapid asset price increases that may eventually lead to a crash or a bubble burst.
bubble eras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubble era
bubble envelopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubble envelope
floptok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flop + -tok.
Senses: glosses: A genre of TikTok videos, typically low-quality shitposts similar to those of Stan Twitter.
glosses: The community associated with these videos.
bubble snail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble snails
Senses: glosses: Any medium to large hermaphrodite sea snail in the genus Bulla.
bubble snails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubble snail
bubble switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble switches
Senses: glosses: A type of optical switch that utilizes the creation and manipulation of tiny air bubbles within a fluid to control the transmission of light.
bubble switches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bubble switch
housing bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housing bubbles
Senses: topics: business
economics
sciences
synonyms: land bubble
glosses: A temporary period when home prices increase rapidly due to high demand and low supply.
housing bubbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housing bubble
land bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: land bubbles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of housing bubble.
synonyms: word: housing bubble
land bubbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land bubble
stock bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock bubbles
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A type of economic bubble occurring in stock markets when market participants drive stock prices above their value in relation to some system of stock valuation.
Related terms: hype cycle
speculation
tulip mania
stock bubbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stock bubble
vacuum bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuum bubbles
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A hypothetical phenomenon in which a small region of the universe has reached a more stable vacuum state, also known as a bounce.
vacuum bubbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacuum bubble
rake-steppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rake-stepping
rake stepping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rake steppings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rake-stepping.
rake steppings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rake stepping
go hard in the paint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes hard in the paint
form: going hard in the paint
form: went hard in the paint
form: gone hard in the paint
Etymology: From the sport of basketball.
Senses: glosses: To put in a great effort.
Related terms: points in the paint
metodichka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metodichki
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian методичка (metodička, “instruction manual, study guide”).
Senses: examples: ref: 2023 March 2, Darina Zhunussova, “Russia’s Information War at Home: What Are These Metodichki?”, in Center for Eurasian, Russian, and Eastern European Studies, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Instruction manuals about the right or approved way to talk about specific events for the purposes of propaganda.
Elter Water
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small lake in Lakeland, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3304).
Related terms: english: nearby village
translation: nearby village
word: Elterwater
two and ten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two and tens
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A minor penalty (mandating the player leave the ice for two minutes) accompanied by a penalty for misconduct (ten additional minutes).
two and tens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two and ten
merdiban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A traditional accounting method used in the Ottoman Empire and elsewhere, with amounts recorded in descending order.
physical exam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physical exams
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of physical examination.
physical exams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physical exam
clinical exam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clinical exams
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A physical examination.
direct exam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: direct exams
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Clipping of direct examination.
desemer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desemers
Senses: glosses: A kind of ancient balance or steelyard.
desemers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desemer
cross-exam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-exams
Senses: glosses: A cross-examination.
cross-exam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross-exams
form: cross-examing
form: cross-examed
form: cross-examed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cross-examine.
synonyms: word: cross-examine
cross-exams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-exam
tau-saghyz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz, a source of latex.
Related terms: kok-saghyz
krim-saghyz
Skelwith Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Lakes parish and Skelwith parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref NY3403).
Ladiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ladik
oral exam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oral exams
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A type of assessment that evaluates a student's knowledge, skills, and abilities through verbal communication.
oral exams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oral exam
cross-examing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of cross-exam
cross-examed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cross-exam
acrogymnastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acrobatic gymnastics.
synonyms: word: acrobatic gymnastics
Skelwith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.
Derived terms: Skelwith Bridge
neutral deduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neutral deductions
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A score penalty that is not related to the gymnast's or team's performance, such as a penalty for wearing the incorrect attire.
neutral deductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neutral deduction
finance charge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finance charges
Senses: topics: banking
business
finance
law
glosses: Any fee representing the cost of credit, or the cost of borrowing, expressed as interest accrued on, and fees charged for, on some forms of credit.
Diamidov
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Diamidovs
Etymology: Named after Sergey Diomidov.
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A move on the parallel bars, consisting of a swing down from handstand, through support, then releasing one hand and twisting the body a full turn before regrasping in handstand.
wikipedia: Sergey Diomidov
Diamidovs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Diamidov
finance charges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finance charge
mamanpian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French mamanpian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mama-pian.
condolently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more condolently
form: most condolently
Etymology: From condolent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a condolent manner.
certain as death and taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sure as death and taxes.
synonyms: word: sure as death and taxes
certain as death and taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sure as death and taxes.
synonyms: word: sure as death and taxes
certain as death or taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sure as death and taxes.
synonyms: word: sure as death and taxes
certain as death or taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sure as death and taxes.
synonyms: word: sure as death and taxes
sure as death or taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sure as death and taxes.
sure as death or taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sure as death and taxes.
semicoroutine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semicoroutines
Etymology: From semi- + coroutine.
Senses: examples: text: Each incarnations needs some block structure information (static and dynamic link, display or such like), a return label, n+1 label variables for the activation points of the cooperation (in the "semicoroutine" case) and of the n coprocedures and the space needed for parameters and locals.
ref: 1974, Information Processing (IFIP transactions: Computer science and technology), Unesco, page 409:
text: C# 2.0 added semi-coroutine functionality through the iterator pattern and yield keyword.
ref: 2024, Vaskaran Sarcar, Parallel Programming with C# And . NET: Fundamentals of Concurrency and Asynchrony Behind Fast-Paced Applications, Apress, →ISBN, page 359:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A type of coroutine with limited control over its execution flow that can yield values multiple times, suspending its execution and allowing the caller to resume it later. However, unlike full coroutines, semicoroutines do not specify where the execution will continue after yielding; control is always returned to the caller.
Synonyms: generator
semicoroutines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semicoroutine
yong tau foo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjɔŋ ˌtaʊ ˈfuː/
ipa: [jɔŋ˨ t˭aʊ˨ fuː˨]
Forms: form: yong tau fu
form: yong tao foo
form: yong tofu
Etymology: Borrowed from Penang Hokkien 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐 (yōng-tāu-fū), from Cantonese 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐 (joeng⁶ dau⁶ fu⁶), from Hakka 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐 (ngiong-theu-fu).
Senses: glosses: A Hakka Chinese dish consisting of tofu (or sometimes vegetables or mushrooms) filled with ground meat or fish paste.
yong tau fu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yong tau foo.
yong tao foo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yong tau foo.
yong tofu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yong tau foo.
Erbistock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and community (served by Erbistock and Eyton Community Council) in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3541). The community is bounded by the River Dee to the east and south, and a small part borders Shropshire in England across the Dee.
bisom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bisoms
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of besom.
bisoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bisom
cepage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cepages
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cépage.
cepages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cepage
cutblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutblocks
Etymology: cut + block
Senses: topics: business
forestry
glosses: A designated area from which timber can be harvested.
cutblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutblock
dancical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dancicals
Etymology: Blend of dance + musical
Senses: examples: text: The 1980s dancicals are already a cross between narrative film and rock video.
ref: 1987, Gerald Mast, Can't Help Singin': The American Musical on Stage and Screen, page 349:
glosses: A musical based around dancing.
dancicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dancical
extreated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of extreat
extreating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of extreat
foefie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foefies
Senses: glosses: A gimmick.
Derived terms: foefie slide
foefie slide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foefie slides
Senses: glosses: A zipline.
foefies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foefie
foefie slides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foefie slide
Zayu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tibetan རྫ་ཡུལ (rdza yul).
Senses: glosses: A county of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Chayu
Dugalds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dugald
glasscloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glasscloths
Etymology: From glass + cloth.
Senses: glosses: A cloth for cleaning drinking-glasses.
glasscloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glasscloth
Bomê
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tibetan སྤོ་མེས (spo mes).
Senses: examples: text: Laudakia wui (Fig. 1), commonly known as Wui’s Rock Agama, is a reptile belonging to the genus Laudakia of the Agamidae family and endemic to Xizang of China¹. It was initially discovered and designated as a new species by Zhao(1998), based on specimens from the Bomê County area in Xizang².
ref: 2024 December 21, Cong Wei, Yanchao Liu, Le Yang, Diancheng Yang, Shiyang Weng, “High-quality chromosome-scale genome assembly of Laudakia wui (Laudakia, Agamidae)”, in Scientific Data, volume 11, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2025:
glosses: A county of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Bomi
grape-louse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grape-lice
Senses: glosses: The phylloxera.
grape-lice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grape-louse
Bayi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: bäʹēʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴宜 (Bāyí).
Senses: glosses: A district of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
hairwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairwings
Etymology: hair + wing
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A kind of fishing fly with wings made from hair.
Mainling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tibetan སྨན་གླིང (sman gling).
Senses: examples: text: The avalanche occurred on a section of road between Pai village in Mainling county and the exit of the Doxong La tunnel in Medog county at around 8 p.m. (1200 GMT) on Tuesday, with people and vehicles stranded, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
ref: 2023 January 18, Bernard Orr, “At least 8 killed in Tibet avalanche, Chinese govt sends team to help search for survivors”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, sourced from BEIJING (Reuters), archived from the original on 19 Jan 2023, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A county-level city of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Milin
hairwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairwing
steam donkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam donkeys
Senses: glosses: Synonym of donkey engine.
synonyms: word: donkey engine
steam donkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steam donkey
Nang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tibetan སྣང (snang).
Senses: examples: text: Nang county is the name given to the present administrative division of E Dakpo, the principal gateway to the sacred mountain of Tsari, and the region through which the Brahmaputra River cuts its way through an unnavigable 33 km horse-shoe gorge as it flows towards Longpo and Kongpo.
ref: 1996 January, “Southern Tibet”, in Gyurme Dorje, editor, Tibet Handbook: with Bhutan, Passport Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 288, column 1:
glosses: A county of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Lang
fieldbuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fieldbus
indigesting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] the indigesting stomach, the trembling hand, the bloody eye, […]
ref: 1802, The Balance, and Columbian Repository, volume 1, page 350:
glosses: Failing to digest.
Gongbo'gyamda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tibetan ཀོང་པོ་རྒྱ་མདའ (kong po rgya mda').
Senses: examples: text: Conngo Lake, 360 kilometers cast of Lhasa, the capital of the region, ts located in Gongbo'gyamda county. Situated at an elevation of 3,100 meters, the fresh-water lake covers an area of 37.5 square kilometers. Thick virgin forests rim the lake, with plentiful resources where wildlife abound.
ref: 1995 January 5 [1995 January 4], “Tibet Builds 1st Vacation Resort”, in Daily Report: China, number 3, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA, →ISSN, →OCLC, Regional Affairs, page 73, column 2:
glosses: A county of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Gongbujiangda
kituls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitul
vitellaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vitellary
Ewelme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6491).
landwash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landwashes
Etymology: From land + wash.
Senses: glosses: The foreshore.
landwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landwash
germary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: germaries
Etymology: From germ + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: In Asplanchnaceae, the germary is median, continuous at the distal end with the middle of the transverse horesshoe-shaped vitellary. In Bdelloidaceae and Seisonaceae the whole organ is paired, the germary proximal, the vitellary next the cloaca.
ref: 1911, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 762:
text: The female apparatus consists of two germaries—uncertain if quite separated or united in the middle as in Promescosforma marmoratum (Luther 1943, figg. 15-16) — and two vitellaries (branched or not?).
ref: 1948, Paul Lassenius Kramp, Medusae: Collected by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03, page 41:
text: The germary is ventrolaterally joint to the syncytial tissue.
ref: 1990, Microfauna marina - Volume 6, page 81:
glosses: An organ that produces germ cells (sperm or eggs).
germaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of germary
petaurines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petaurine
cute aggression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The urge to squeeze or bite things perceived as being cute without the desire to cause any harm.
pandemonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pandemonian
quinzie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinzies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of quinsy.
presentives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presentive
prepresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prepress
reremai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori [Term?].
Senses: glosses: The basking shark.
requisitories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of requisitory
rhoncus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhonci
Senses: examples: text: […] and from the gas-pipe came a râle or rasp, a rhoncus, as though it were diseased.
ref: 1995, John B. Sanford, A Book of American Women, page 57:
glosses: Alternative form of rhonchus.
rhonci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhoncus
resuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resus
resusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resus
sahari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sahri
form: sehri
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani سَحَری (saharī) / सहरी (sahrī), ultimately from Arabic سَحَر (saḥar, “dawn”), literally "of the dawn".
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Synonym of suhur.
synonyms: word: suhur
sehri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of sahari.
sahri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of sahari.
poke one's fun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pokes one's fun
form: poking one's fun
form: poked one's fun
form: poked one's fun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poke fun.
stormstayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of storm-stayed.
nanday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nandays
Senses: synonyms: black-hooded parakeet
nanday conure
nanday parakeet
glosses: A type of parakeet of species Aratinga nenday, a medium-sized, mostly green parrot native to South America.
nandays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanday
morsal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morsals
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of morsel.
morsals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morsal
mosaicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: mosaic + -ization
Senses: glosses: The bringing together of various elements in a mosaic.
paroccipitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paroccipital
uncome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈkʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Etymology: From un- + come (past participle).
Senses: glosses: Unarrived; not having come.
Normanzu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cow of a Brazilian breed developed from Normandes and zebuines.
car brains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of car brain
outriggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outrigging
pandrop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pandrops
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pan drop.
pandrops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pandrop
almondites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of almondite
emerses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emerse
emersing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emerse
ecumenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecumene
oecumenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oecumene
sittines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sittine
slabbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slabbing
lands of plenty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land of plenty
skogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of skating + jogging or similar.
Senses: glosses: A fitness technique involving riding a skateboard and propelling it with alternate feet.
vacuum workout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuum workouts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vacuum exercise.
synonyms: word: vacuum exercise
stomach vacuum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stomach vacuums
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vacuum exercise.
synonyms: word: vacuum exercise
abdominal vacuum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abdominal vacuums
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vacuum exercise.
synonyms: word: vacuum exercise
vacuum workouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacuum workout
stomach vacuums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stomach vacuum
abdominal vacuums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abdominal vacuum
reivings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reiving
vacuum pose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuum poses
Senses: topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pose in which the competitor stands upright and places the hands on the hips, expanding the chest, and completely exhales all the air out of the lungs.
glosses: Synonym of vacuum exercise.
synonyms: word: vacuum exercise
vacuum poses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacuum pose
Afrocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afrocrats
form: afrocrat
Etymology: Blend of Africa + Eurocrat.
Senses: examples: text: Losing its former political leaders, it re-embodied itself in the team of "Afrocrats” associated with the UN Economic Commission for Africa ( UNECA ) .
ref: 1972, Europe and the Maghreb, page 15:
text: However, as the case of Europe suggests, Africa's own 'Afrocrats' can play an important role by providing the knowledge base for political decisions .
ref: 2011, Moeletsi Mbeki, Advocates for Change: How to Overcome Africa's Challenges:
text: On the other hand, Eurocrats in Brussels have often complained about a lack of timely response to their proposals by their Afrocrat counterparts in the poorly capacitated AU Commission in Addis Ababa.
ref: 2024, Adeoye O. Akinola, Jesper Bjarnesen, Worlds Apart?: Perspectives on Africa–EU Migration, page 1989:
text: He rhetorically asked whether a cadre of 'Afrocrats' (i.e. technocrats who are competent and driven by a Pan-African vision) existed and, if so, what motivated them?
ref: 2024, Francis Mangeni, Andrew Mold, Borderless Africa, page 50:
glosses: An employee or minister of the AU Commission or a similar Pan-African organization.
Afrocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afrocrat
eurogroup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eurogroups
Senses: examples: text: “We look forward to working with whomever comes out of this democratic process,” said Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister, who chairs the eurogroup.
ref: 2016 July 11, Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of Eurogroup.
eurogroups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eurogroup
afrocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afrocrats
Senses: examples: text: […] "afrocrats" will have to be put in place; and this, in cooperation with the Security Council of the UNO, to ensure the success of the concerted efforts towards peace, democracy and development in Africa.
ref: 1991, Angadipuram Appadorai, Sundar Lal Poplai, Foreign Affairs Reports- Volume 40, page 23:
text: At this early stage, the benefits of Africa's integration have become very espoused by some proactive afrocrats and leaders such as Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Tafawa Balewa, among others.
ref: 2023, Vincent Okwudiba Anyika, Kelechi Johnmary Ani, “Changing Dynamics of African Diplomacy"Concluding Thoughts from Pre-colonial Era to Contemporary Times”, in Kelechi Johnmary Ani, editor, Political Economy of Colonial Relations and Crisis of Contemporary African Diplomacy, page 279:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Afrocrat.
PSHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PSH
agonious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡəʊ.nɪ.əs/
ipa: /əˈɡoʊ.ni.əs/
rhymes: -əʊniəs
Forms: form: more agonious
form: most agonious
Etymology: From agony + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Agonizing.
pan-African
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pan-African.
pan-Africanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pan-Africanism.
Sankara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from ?
Derived terms: Sankarism
Nkruma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from ?
Derived terms: Nkrumaism
Nkrumaist
afrocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afrocrat
metodichki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metodichka
who's who in the zoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Likely in reference to Who's Who, the British publication of biographies for the upper class, first published in 1849. Numerous works titled Who's Who In the Zoo? have been published describing animals in specific or generic zoos.
Senses: examples: text: When you join a company, it's important to start by learning who's who in the zoo.
text: The most important aspect in investigative work is identifying potential sources, analyzing the nature and depth of their relationships with the fugitives and their relationships with other family members and business associates. According to the Los Angeles U.S. Marshals Task Force Commander, Chief Inspector John Clark, it is all about knowing "who's who in the zoo."
ref: 2007 June 30, James J. F. Forest, Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: International Perspectives [3 volumes], Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 215:
text: Next up, identify the key players and their roles. Every group has its movers and shakers. Maybe there's one person cracking all the jokes, while another's calling the shots. There could also be quieter folks happy to let others take the lead. Pick out these roles, and you'll get a better grip on how the group ticks and who's who in the zoo.
ref: 2024 June 1, Logan Mind, Emotional Intelligence for Social Success: Enhance Your Relationship Skills. Practical Strategies to Communicate Effectively, Manage Conflicts, and Build Deep Connections, Publishing 360:
glosses: The identities and roles of people in an organisation or area.
Related terms: who's who
Prajna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit, meaning “Wisdom”, of Indian usage.
ñáñiguismo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ñáñiguismo
Senses: glosses: The beliefs and practices of the Abakuá.
injest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: injests
form: injesting
form: injested
form: injested
Etymology: Likely influenced by inject.
Senses: examples: text: It will readily be taken by patients who are unable to injest food in any other form.
ref: 1889, Arlington Chemical Company, Koch's Discovery (illustrated). Alimentation as a Therapeutic Measure:
text: They do not seem to make any selection of material in their feeding but injest any small particles which happen to come within their reach.
ref: 1941, Stanley Jennings Carpenter, The Mosquitoes of Arkansas:
text: Because essential oils are highly concentrated, it is not usually advisable to apply them directly to your skin or to injest them, unless advised by a skilled therapist.
ref: 1994, Allardice, Pamela, An A-Z of Essential Oils: the fragrant art of aromatherapy:
text: However, BPA can be released from the container and go into your food or drink, making it easy to injest without you even knowing it.
ref: 2019, Rachel Salt, The Plastic Problem:
glosses: Misspelling of ingest.
AIJAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪdʒæk/
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Acronym of Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, a pro-Israel lobby in Australia.
Derived terms: AIJACer
Ozempic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /oʊˈzɛmpɪk/
Senses: examples: text: And drugs like Ozempic can also cause less serious but still debilitating symptoms including nausea, vomiting and racing heart beat, as many videos on TikTok attest (see: #ozempic).
ref: 2023 January 24, Amy Synnott, “Those Weight Loss Drugs May Do a Number on Your Face”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2023:
coordinate_terms: Zepbound
glosses: A trade name for the drug semaglutide.
Derived terms: Ozempic baby
Ozempic face
Endeavour Crater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A crater on the Meridiani Planum on Mars.
cragbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crag + -bound.
Senses: examples: text: Yet is this not Juss, but Lord Brandoch Daha, to whom all Demonland west of Shalgreth and Stropardon oweth allegiance: the rich vineyards of Krothering, the broad pasture lands of Failze, and all the western islands and their cragbound fastnesses.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: Fenced in by crags.
Chaoskampfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] while others make death what is right, for example, cosmogonic sacrifices, Chaoskampfs, redemptive death and rebirth.
ref: 2013, Margo Kitts, “Violent Death in Religious Imagination”, in Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, Michael K. Jerryson, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence, Oxford University Press, page 351:
text: While all suggested a struggle to wrest form from some abyssal void, men seemed less likely to acknowledge how the ability to pursue their personal chaoskampfs depended upon unevenly distributed resources and socially produced tools.
ref: 2021, Michael L. Siciliano, The Ambivalence of Work in the Culture Industries, Columbia University Press, page 48:
glosses: plural of Chaoskampf
Ewenny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9077).
glosses: A river in Bridgend borough and the Vale of Glamorgan borough county boroughs, a tributary of the River Ogmore; in full, the Ewenny River.
Koqand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kokand.
Qoqand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kokand.
red penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red pennies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of red cent.
synonyms: word: red cent
red pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red penny
Khokand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kokand.
colonied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colony
Eyam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2176).
VAWT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VAWTs
Senses: coordinate_terms: HAWT
glosses: Initialism of vertical-axis wind turbine.
VAWTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VAWT
NFFO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NFFOs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of non-fossil fuel obligation.
NFFOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NFFO
galdegaia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Basque galdegaia, the absolutive singular form of galdegai (literally “question topic”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: the focused element of a clause, immediately before the verb complex or inflected auxiliary
paper-milling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The village was once well known for its paper-milling, founded by Huguenot immigrants in 1648, which produced high-quality hand-made paper until 1952.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 178, about Eynsford:
glosses: The process of making paper from raw material such as wood pulp.
Related terms: papermaking
paper mill
split the G
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: splits the G
form: splitting the G
form: split the G
form: split the G
Senses: glosses: To drink enough Guinness from a fresh pint to bring the level of liquid down to within the letter G on the branded glass, as a kind of drinking game.
derby dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derby dogs
Senses: glosses: A stray dog that runs onto a racecourse.
draw-boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draw-boys
Senses: examples: text: […] a draw-boy in the carpet-weaving shop; and while there I was sent one half of the day to a school kept by a widow, and the other half was spent in the shop at work.
ref: 1867, Joshua Poole, The life of Joshua Poole, page 2:
glosses: Alternative form of drawboy.
draw-boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draw-boy
how goes the enemy
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: What time is it?
Hardware Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Hardware Village
Senses: glosses: The city of Birmingham, England.
shared sorrow is half sorrow
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Standing shoulder- to- shoulder regularly with other men strengthens our listening skills, increases our ability to be present and open, and helps us work through some of our issues— qualities that also tremendously enhance intimacy with our partner. An old tribal proverb remembers that shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half sorrow.
ref: 2018, Victor La Cerva, Cornerstones: Daily Meditations for the Journey into Manhood and Recovery, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of a sorrow shared is a sorrow halved.
Chengie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gingee.
Chengy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gingee.
Chenji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gingee.
Senji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gingee.
Shenji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gingee.
Keds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ked
Etymology: Modified from Peds (the name initially chosen for the brand, which was already trademarked), from Latin pedēs (“feet”), plural of pēs (“foot”).
Senses: examples: text: Now for any mid-century boy worth his Keds, mastery of the pea-shooter was a skill on a par with tree fort construction, delivering a satisfactory nuggy, and frying ants with sunshine and a magnifying glass.
ref: 2018 July 11, Jerome Christenson, “An ode to the plastic straw”, in La Crosse Tribune, volume 115, number 57, La Crosse, Wis., →ISSN, page B2, column 4:
text: Once far from the flooding light, Caleb pulled up short, and her Keds skidded out from under her on the damp pavement.
ref: 2022, Dani Pettrey, The Deadly Shallows (Coastal Guardians; 3), Thorndike, Me.: Center Point Large Print, →ISBN, page 417:
text: As I prepared myself by putting my Keds back on (I still take my shoes off at any opportunity), my mom mumbled something under her breath at my dad.
ref: 2022, Jenny Pentland, This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 59:
glosses: Plimsolls (canvas shoes with rubber soles) of the American brand Keds.
Ked
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Keds
Etymology: Back-formation from Keds.
Senses: examples: text: Consequently he hadn’t been able to run well; his gym shoe threatening to fall off, he had surrendered at the appearance of the car. He had rather be caught than lose one Ked.
ref: 1975, Thomas Berger, chapter 4, in Sneaky People, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 78:
text: Meanwhile, I struggled to keep my composure and to keep my breathing steady as she ever so slightly would shift first one Ked, then the other, as she gently played with my foot.
ref: 2013, Amy Briant, chapter 14, in Heavenly Moves, Tallahassee, Fla.: Bella Books, →ISBN, pages 258–259:
text: I put one Ked gingerly on the driveway to test for ice.
ref: 2014, Stasia Ward Kehoe, section 120, in The Sound of Letting Go, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 316:
glosses: singular of Keds