cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
beachgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beachgirls
form: beach-girl
form: beach girl
Etymology: From beach + girl.
Senses: examples: text: 'Very nice,' I said appreciatively, glancing at her glowing beachgirl face, green eyes, sandy hair held back with a clip.
ref: 1978, Miranda Miller, Under the Rainbow, page 146:
text: Nothing is more admired locally than the nut-brown beachgirl.
ref: 1991, Gillian Boddy, Jacqueline D. Matthews, Disputed Ground: Robin Hyde, Journalist, →ISBN, page 182:
text: Del's wife, Gloria, was a slim blonde, getting on into middle age, but tan as a beachgirl.
ref: 2004, Vincent Bugliosi, Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery, →ISBN, page 87:
text: Newspaper artists gave their impressions of how she'd look today, fleshing out her bones with a beachgirl's curves.
ref: 2006, Robert Drewe, Grace, →ISBN:
glosses: An attractive girl who spends a lot of time at the beach.
beachgirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beachgirl
beach-girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beach-girls
Senses: examples: text: He had no interest in drugs, and helped this hippie beach-girl – as he had first believed her to be–to get over her heroin addiction.
ref: 2013, Chris Salewicz, 27: Janis Joplin, →ISBN:
text: For a beach-girl, the entire experience of the Museum of Future Technology was taxing her intellect: but these new concepts pushed her to the limits of her sanity.
ref: 2015, Tooty Nolan, Earplug Adventures: Cometh the Earplug, →ISBN:
text: Just fancy that fat-headed Dutchman going all the way to Samoa and picking on a young girl and sending her to the Sisters to get educated properly! As if any old beach-girl isn't good enough for a blessed Dutchman.
ref: 2016, Louis Becke, By Reef and Palm, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of beachgirl.
beach-girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beach-girl
beach girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beach girls
Senses: examples: text: “You mean our little beach girl? Oh, she's just a passing whim of Ross's. You know how he is. Always has to be different. She's most likely the result of a midlife crisis.”
ref: 2012, Rosemary Hammond, The Perfect Male, →ISBN:
text: But the real action was next to the table, where we brought in an actual lifeguard chair, complete with a gorgeous sandy blond, bronzed lifeguard to watch over the table, and the typical beach girl who's always trying to distract him!
ref: 2012, Sandi Hoffman, My Love of Affairs, →ISBN:
text: Macquarie University academic Anthony Lambert explained the essence of Australia's troubled fascination with the case and with the island of Bali and Indonesia overall: "Schapelle occupies the place of the mythical Australian beach girl ,,, now trapped in a 'strange' land, in non-white hands, and at the mercy of foreign systems and institutions".
ref: 2014, Colleen Murrell, Foreign Correspondents and International Newsgathering, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of beachgirl.
beach girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beach girl
intraperiod
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + period.
Senses: examples: text: PLP has a crucial structural role in maintaining the stability of the intraperiod lines of compact myelin although other nonstructural roles for this protein have been also proposed.
ref: 2016 January 26, “Role of Proteolipid Protein in HSV-1 Entry in Oligodendrocytic Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within a single period.
loganin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An iridoid glycoside first isolated from the plant family Loganiaceae, and formed from loganic acid by the enzyme loganic acid O-methyltransferase (LAMT).
Related terms: secologanin
billiken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: billikens
Senses: examples: text: Other experiments have been made with the billiken but none so successful as the milliken. One is the rarely seen "billiken in a barrel," a male billiken with movable genitals. Carvers occasionally have attempted to portray billikens in different positions or in action, for example, "Spike" Milligrock's billiken bowing in a Japanese-like posture, which had little success.
ref: 1961, Dorothy Jean Ray, Artists of the Tundra and the Sea, page 123:
text: Happy Jack made his first ivory billiken in 1909, the commercial ones were at the height of their success — having taken the country by storm — but by 1912 they had plunged to oblivion.
ref: 1972, The Alaska Journal - Volumes 2-4, page 26:
text: Florence Pretz of Kansas City patented the billiken in 1908.
ref: 2013, Nancy Gates, The Alaska Almanac: Facts about Alaska, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Billiken.
billikens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of billiken
Billiken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪ.lɪ.kən/
Forms: form: Billikens
form: billiken
form: billikin
Etymology: Coined by Florence Pretz. It is believed that Pretz found the name Billiken in Bliss Carman's 1896 poem Mr. Moon: A Song Of The Little People.
Senses: glosses: A rotund charm doll originally patented in 1908 by American art teacher and illustrator, Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, and representing "the God of Things as They Ought to Be".
Billikens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Billiken
sweroside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A secoiridoid glycoside found in the centaury Centaurium erythraea.
morroniside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoside isolated from Lonicera morrowii.
loganic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An iridoid synthesized from 7-deoxyloganic acid by the enzyme 7-deoxyloganic acid hydroxylase (7-DLH); it is a substrate for the enzyme loganate O-methyltransferase for the production of loganin.
Derived terms: loganate
loganiaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Loganiaceae + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Loganiaceae.
wadsett
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wadsetts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wadset.
wadsett
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wadsetts
form: wadsetting
form: wadsetted
form: wadsetted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wadset.
wadsetts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wadsett
wadsetts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wadsett
findless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From find + -less.
Senses: examples: text: He says that alphabet history teaches us that we should reckon with a findless period of about 200 years from the invention of the script to the oldest preserved inscriptions.
ref: 1990, Bengt Odenstedt, On the Origin and Early History of the Runic Script, page 168:
glosses: Without finds; without anything being found.
hapticities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hapticity
purrsuasive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more purrsuasive
form: most purrsuasive
Etymology: Blend of purr + persuasive.
Senses: examples: text: Cats have served as expert sales-creatures of everything from pet food to whiskey and tobacco. Be it in print or on television, they are undeniably purrsuasive.
ref: Cat Lover's Daily Companion (page 160)
glosses: Alternative form of persuasive.
raw_tags: said of a cat
transpiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transpile
transpiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transpile
transpiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transpile
bogstandard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bogstandard
form: most bogstandard
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bog-standard.
virtual private servers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virtual private server
Illiterati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of illiterati.
mereing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mereings
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old English mǣre (“boundary, limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mēriją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Cognate with Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”).
Senses: examples: text: Mereings on O.S. maps show to which field or enclosure the boundary fence […] belongs […]
ref: 1934, Ordnance Survey, Notes on CB, Parish and other Boundaries:
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: An administrative or property boundary on a map.
glosses: The process of deciding upon the boundary's position.
Related terms: mere
Maryborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛribəɹə/
/ˈmɛrɪbəɹə/
/-bɹə/
Etymology: From Mary + -borough.
Senses: glosses: A city in Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A town in Victoria, Australia.
glosses: Former name of Port Laoise, Ireland.
language arts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: The study of language as a subject in primary school and secondary school, with a particular focus on essay writing and debate.
chigga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪɡə/
rhymes: -ɪɡə
Forms: form: chiggas
Etymology: Blend of Chinese + nigga.
Senses: glosses: A man of Asian ethnicity who is heavily influenced by hip-hop culture.
glosses: A vulgar insult for a contemptible Chinese man.
glosses: A vulgar insult for a contemptible East Asian man.
chigga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪɡə/
rhymes: -ɪɡə
Forms: form: chiggas
Etymology: From "Chigwell" (a working-class suburb of Hobart).
Senses: glosses: A young working-class person from Hobart, Tasmania
chiggas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chigga
amerospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amerospores
Senses: glosses: Any dark or colourless spore that cannot be characterized as any other type
bibundle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibundles
Etymology: From bi- + bundle.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalized bundle in a Lie group
bidisc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bidiscs
Etymology: From bi- + disc.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polydisc of the second order
biomineralizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biomineralizers
Etymology: From bio- + mineralizer.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism involved in biomineralization
bottom bracket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom brackets
Senses: examples: text: Crucial to the crankset is the bottom bracket. Of all the bearings on a bike, the bottom bracket is the one that has to bear the heaviest load. Not only does the bottom bracket have to spin while you pedal, but it takes the force of all the twisting and turning that occurs during pedaling.
ref: 2009, Dennis Bailey, Keith Gates, Bike Repair and Maintenance For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
holonyms: spindle
bearing
glosses: A bicycle part that connects the crankset (chainset) to the frame and allows the crankset to rotate freely.
bispore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bispores
Etymology: From bi- + spore.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of asexual spores produced by some red algae
Derived terms: bisporic
counterelectrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterelectrodes
form: counter electrode
Etymology: From counter- + electrode.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An auxiliary electrode in a three-electrode cell.
circumscribed circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circumscribed circles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A circumcircle.
circumscribed circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circumscribed circle
delithiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delithiations
Etymology: From de- + lithiation.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The removal of lithium from an electrode of a lithium-ion battery
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The removal of lithium from a compound
Coates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊts/
ipa: /koʊts/
homophone: coats
Forms: form: Coates
form: Coateses
Senses: examples: text: In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book.
ref: 2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A village in Whittlesey parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3097).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9700).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A suburban area in Barnoldswick parish, Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8847).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Stow parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, seemingly the same as Coates by Stow (OS grid ref SK9083).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in North Leverton with Habblesthorpe parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK8281).
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Barlavington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9917).
glosses: A placename:
A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, west of the city centre (OS grid ref NT2373).
glosses: A placename:
A minor city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.
Coordinate terms: word: Coat
word: Coate
word: Coats
word: Cote
word: Cotes
Derived terms: Salt Coates
Coates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊts/
ipa: /koʊts/
homophone: coats
Senses: glosses: plural of Coate
Eagan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eagans
Etymology: Variant of Egan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States.
inscribed circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inscribed circles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An incircle
inscribed circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inscribed circle
dictyospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dictyospores
Etymology: From dictyo- + spore.
Senses: glosses: A multicellular spore, produced by fungi, that has both transverse and longitudinal septa
didymospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didymospores
Senses: glosses: A form of dictyospore whose pattern of septa is reminiscent of a brick wall
duplicand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duplicands
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A doubling of the duty to be paid on a feu.
ceneme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cenemes
form: keneme
Etymology: Maybe related to κοινός (koinós)
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A phonological unit of expression that has no inherent meaning
Related terms: cenematic
cenemic
lup sup bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlap ˈsap ˈbɑː/
Forms: form: lup sup bars
form: lap sap bar
Etymology: From Cantonese 垃圾 (laap6 saap3, “rubbish; garbage”) + bar.
Senses: examples: 2005 December 12, Master Cartwheeler, 7 years later.., blog entry
All that is lacking is some mamasans walking in with some bar girls holding XO bottles in their hands (would like to clarify that I've never been to a lup sup bar.. but i think this is how it looks like, right?) http://sevenyrslater.blogspot.sg/2005/12/first-time-at-lup-sup-bar-oops-i-mean.html
2013 February 17, unnamed, Singapore Exposed: Singapore Sleaze - Da Lu Music Lounge , blog entry
Locals will normally refer to this place as a "Lup Sup Bar", meaning a bar that provides sexual services. While the bar is a legal business entity, the sexual services that are offered are under table and illegal http://www.sgexposed.com/2013/02/singapore-sleaze-da-lu-music-lounge.html
2014 June 5, The Guru, The Guru Project, blog entry
7 in 10 guys* these days are familiar with the term “LapSap Bars”. It refers to establishments where girls from neighbouring countries such as Thailand and Philippines masquerade as hostess. https://theguruproject.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/fw1sp0/
2014 November 2013, CowBoy Johnny, Redwire Times: REVEALED: What Goes on in Singapore’s Seedy KTV Bars, An Ex-Bouncer and Lup Sup Bar Hopper Talk to Redw, online
Redwire spoke to one bar-hopper who used to frequent lup sup bars in Duxton when, in his words, it was still an area known for cheap pinoy prostitutes, Chinese pei jiu mei (drinking kaki girls) and high-class ang moh callgirl https://web.archive.org/web/20160727232011/http://redwiretimes.com/cow-beh-cow-bu/revealed-goes-singapores-seedy-ktv-bars-ex-bouncer-lup-sup-bar-hopper-talk-redwire/
glosses: A seedy bar that offers prostitution.
gian peng
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɡiɛn⁴² pŋ̍²²]
Forms: form: more gian peng
form: most gian peng
form: giam png
Etymology: Romanization from Hokkien 癮飯 /瘾饭 (giàn pn̄g, “greed for rice”), from 癮 /瘾 (giàn, “a craving for something”) + 飯 /饭 (pn̄g, “rice”).
Senses: examples: 1998 May 29, Drew, “Hello” Ticket for sales , Google Groups https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/gian$20peng/sg.marketplace/zzfTmuj0n74/ZpX3K7N4zRkJ
wah lau, you damn 'gian peng'.singtel give free, you want to sell.
2009 August 27, FeedMeToTheFish,, SGian Png" Temasek Needs Retail Investors? , blog entry http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.sg/2009/08/gian-png-temasek-needs-retail-investors.html
For the benefit of those who do not understand the Hokien dialect, "Gian Png" literally means "hungry for rice" or if I may, "needs more money to survive".
2015 September 30, Snap Snap Eat Editor, Snap Snap Eat , online http://www.snapsnapeat.com/uncategorized/gian-peng-tips-best-credit-cards-in-singapore/
The author is a very Gian Peng person always eyeing for promotions, freebies, etc.
2015 December 27, Timothy Tan, HardwareZone:Channel 8 news show the gian peng gian sai people.. , online http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/channel-8-news-show-gian-peng-gian-sai-people-5268127.html
If you not so gian peng, you no need to wait the 15 minutes... See that auntie / uncle use lame excuse to say like they die die must wait 15 minutes….
glosses: Greedy and always on the lookout for cheap deals and freebies.
Indian sandalwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian sandalwoods
Senses: glosses: A species of sandalwood (Santalum album) the most commonly known source of sandalwood.
lauyah
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /laʊ(˩).ja(˨˦)/
Forms: form: more lauyah
form: most lauyah
form: lau yah
Senses: examples: text: It's not that becoz their servers are lauyah, it's becoz some TMnet staffs maintain some "kind" of attitude that makes the customers mad.
ref: 1998, Nicky, "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/tmnet.communities/lauyah/tmnet.communities/1aiMtuiQ3Rs/YqJQ7qhLZZEJ", tmnet.communities, 12 Feb
glosses: Alternative spelling of laoya.
PDL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PDLs
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
coordinate_terms: HSR
HFR
LRT
glosses: Initialism of passenger dedicated line.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of pushdown list.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of page description language.
qualifier: international law
glosses: Initialism of person deprived of liberty (“prisoner; incarceree”).
examples: text: PS, PB, PW, PDL, ice-cold A/C   [power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, ice-cold air conditioning]
glosses: Initialism of power door locks.
raw_tags: in classified ads for used cars
passenger dedicated line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passenger dedicated lines
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A railroad line which is dedicated for the exclusive use of passenger trains.
Synonyms: word: PDL
Derived terms: word: PDL
Costa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Costas
form: Costas
form: Dacosta
form: DaCosta
form: daCosta
form: da Costa
form: Da Costa
form: dalla Costa
form: Dalla Costa
form: dallaCosta
form: DallaCosta
form: Dallacosta
Etymology: From pan-Romance (Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa (“rib; side”).
Senses: examples: text: Although Costa retained his contacts with the royal family, Gye was able to develop his own close relationship with the operaphile Prince of Wales, for whose mistress Pauline Lucca he occasionally rescheduled the programme.
ref: 2016, John Goulden, Michael Costa: England's First Conductor, →ISBN:
glosses: A surname from the Romance languages.
examples: text: Coccinelle, the flamboyant star of a female-impersonation revue at the Carrousel Club in Paris, recounted the saga of her physical transformation to Italiaan journalist Mario Costa.
ref: 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 82:
glosses: A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Italian.
glosses: A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Galician.
glosses: A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from French.
glosses: A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from French.
A surname from Occitan.
glosses: A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Spanish.
glosses: A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Spanish.
A Catalonian surname from Catalan.
glosses: A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Portuguese.
Related terms: Acosta
Costa Blanca
Costa Verde
Dacosta
sanitary pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanitary pads
Senses: glosses: Standard form of sanitary napkin.
Messapii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Messapians.
Wildesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Wildesque
form: most Wildesque
Etymology: From Wilde + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet.
point of tangency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: points of tangency
Etymology: From point + of + tangency.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The point where a tangent line and its curve meet
points of tangency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point of tangency
Coyle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington, United States.
yam cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjæm keɪk/
Forms: form: yam cakes
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 芋頭糕／芋头糕 (yùtougāo).
Senses: examples: text: Let me hazard a guess: Yam cakes are made from yam, something that grows underground like a potato.
ref: 1995 April 11, Seetoh Wai Keong, “What’s ‘Yam cake’”, in rec.food.veg (Usenet):
text: Many regulars also come for his delicious chwee kueh (steamed rice cakes topped with preserved radish), here sold in generous bowl-sized portions rather than our usual dainty morsels, and steamed yam cake topped with golden fried shallots, chopped spring onions and sliced chillies.
ref: 2010 September 4, “The best Nonya kuehs in KL”, in The Straits Times, Singapore:
text: This recipe can be adapted to make yam cake. Replace the daikon with 300 g (11 oz) peeled taro. Skip Step 4 and instead steam the taro unitil just soft, then break it roughly into chunks and small bits while it is still hot. Stir it into the batter with the sausages and dried prawn mixture in step 5 and proceed with the recipe as above.
ref: 2012, Christopher Tan, Amy Van, Chinese Heritage Cooking (Singapore Heritage Cookbooks), Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Cuisine, →ISBN, page 68:
text: The defining features of this yam cake are its garnishing and sauce, which are always part of the dish.
ref: 2014, Ng Lip Kah, edited by Audrey Yow, Dim Sum: A Step-by-step Cookbook (Cooking Classics), Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: Taro cake.
Crews
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹuːz/
homophone: cruise
homophone: Cruise
homophone: crews
homophone: Cruz
Senses: glosses: A surname.
nickel-plated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Coated with a layer of nickel.
raw_tags: of metal
Related terms: word: nickel-plate
nickel-plated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nickel-plate
parking permit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parking permits
Senses: glosses: A pre-printed card, issued by several local authorities, that a resident (or his visitor) can display in his car when parking in a designated roadside place.
Gale's Lump
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gales Lump
Senses: glosses: An area of Chesapeake Bay, near Baltimore, Maryland, designated as an oyster sanctuary.
glycosamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amide derived from glycosamine
glycosaminidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosaminidases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of chitin or similar amino-polysaccharides
fanservicy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fanservicy
form: most fanservicy
form: fan servicy
form: fan-servicy
form: fanservicey
form: fan-servicey
Etymology: From fanservice + -y.
Senses: glosses: Involving or bordering on fanservice.
helicospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helicospores
Etymology: From helico- + spore.
Senses: glosses: Any fungal spore that has the form of a cylindrical coil (helix)
heteroplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteroplates
Etymology: From hetero- + plate.
Senses: glosses: A sheet of culture medium designed to allow the formation (and subsequent counting) of heterotrophic bacterial colonies, especially as a means of evaluating drinking water
hydroimidazolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroimidazolones
Etymology: From hydro- + imidazolone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A partially hydrogenated form of imidazolone; any derivative of this compound
imidazolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imidazolones
Etymology: From imidazole + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclic ketone derived from imidazole
Derived terms: benzimidazolone
hydroimidazolone
imepitoin
hyperdegree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperdegrees
Etymology: From hyper- + degree.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of a number shared with another number with which it is hyperarithmetical.
hyperoval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperovals
Etymology: From hyper- + oval.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular set of points, related to an oval, in a projected plane
hypervoxel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypervoxels
Etymology: From hyper- + voxel.
Senses: examples: text: Assume, now, that we use one bit per hypervoxel to specify whether points in space are occupied at moments in time.
ref: 1995, William J. Mitchell, Malcolm McCullough, Digital Design Media, page 271:
text: These grids are normally named after the shape of their hypervoxels.
ref: 2008, Peer Stelldinger, Image Digitization and Its Influence on Shape Properties in Finite Dimensions, page 46:
glosses: A multidimensional analogue of a voxel
layan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈlʌjʌn/
Forms: form: layans
form: layaning
form: layaned
form: layaned
Etymology: From Malay layan (“service”).
Senses: examples: text: BTW investors are profit-driven and motivated lar. I can elaborate on this but I'm too lazy to spend too much time to 'layan' ignorant morons like you.
ref: 2002 August 1, Ahmad Sayuthi, “PAS polygamist: Why I took another wife in Cambodia”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
text: ..haiya, don't layan this Bad Boy la. He is here to make 'kacau' only. Leave him alone..then the world will be a better place.
ref: 2002 November 12, AM Abdul Rahman, “FALSE religious teachings”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
text: LOL. You must be desperate and lonely....okay....I layan you enough already today. Bye.
ref: 2003 August 13, ignoramus, “Let's pay a fair price for the water.”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
glosses: To respond to (a person) through conversation or actions.
Jesus hugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jesus huggers
form: Jesus-hugger
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Christian.
synonyms: word: Christian
Jesus huggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jesus hugger
autopeotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autopeotomies
Etymology: From auto- + peotomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: removal of one's own penis
autopeotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autopeotomy
petroleum cokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petroleum coke
petcoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petcokes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pet coke.
pet coke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pet cokes
form: petcoke
Senses: glosses: Clipping of petroleum coke.
petcokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petcoke
pet cokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pet coke
dolphin dive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolphin dives
Senses: glosses: A form of rapid traversal through shallow water used by lifeguards, consisting of a series of dive-like forward leaps alternated with tucking the feet under the chest.
dolphin dives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dolphin dive
endocentrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endocentric
exocentrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exocentric
Lopes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ribeiro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Portuguese Ribeiro.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Carvalho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Carvalhos
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Carvalho.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
acid-resistant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: acidproof
glosses: Able to withstand the effects of acids.
hyperexcitably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hyperexcitably
form: most hyperexcitably
Etymology: From hyperexcitable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a hyperexcitable manner.
Croftian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Croftian
form: most Croftian
Etymology: From Croft + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to William Croft (born 1956), linguist and inventor of radical construction grammar.
Goldbergian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Goldbergian
form: most Goldbergian
Etymology: From Goldberg + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rubegoldbergian.
synonyms: word: rubegoldbergian
glosses: Relating to Adele Goldberg (born 1963), American linguist.
Related terms: rubegoldbergian
esophorics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esophoric
exophorics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exophoric
homophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homophoric
form: most homophoric
Etymology: From homophora + -ic.
Senses: hypernyms: exophoric
coordinate_terms: deictic
glosses: Relating to homophora.
Related terms: word: homophorically
fan servicy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fan servicy
form: most fan servicy
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fanservicy.
Byronism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.ɹən.ɪzm̩/
Forms: form: Byronisms
Etymology: From Byron + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Admiration or emulation of the poet Lord Byron.
Dai Di
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪ tiː/
ipa: /(ˈ)daɪ ˈdi/
Forms: form: Daai Di
form: Cho Dai Di
form: Chor Dai Di
Etymology: Clipping of Cantonese 鋤大弟 /锄大弟 (co4 daai6 di2).
Senses: examples: text: I would have tot everyone would know about the card game Chor Dai Di
ref: 2002 July 25, roychang, “most playable games on the palm”, in SPUG.sg/forums, retrieved 03 Apr 2016:
text: A round of Chor Dai Di in College
ref: 2009 January 15, Gavan Chua, “Chor Dai Di @ College”, in YouTube:
text: The mobile card game is based on the traditional Chinese card game called ‘big two’ (or ‘choh dai di’ Cantonese) which is similar to poker.
ref: 2013-09-26, Lester Wong, “Become a Chinese poker grand master with Big Dai Di’s new global leaderboard”, in techinasia, retrieved 03 Apr 2016:
text: Big Two(大D; jyutping, co4 daai6 di2) is a card game similar to Assholes, Crazy Eight and other shedding games
ref: 2015, Kian J. Fraser, Total card games! The biggest and best collection of solo & group card games, page 388:
glosses: A Chinese card game where the number two cards are the most powerful in the deck.
Synonyms: Big Two
jam penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jam pennies
Senses: examples: text: Jam pennies were reportedly a favourite food of Queen Elizabeth II.
glosses: A small circular jam sandwich.
jam pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jam penny
khidmatgar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khidmatgars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khitmatgar.
khidmatgars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khidmatgar
schmalz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schmaltz.
shmalz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schmaltz.
Rodman gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rodman guns
Etymology: Designed by Union artilleryman Thomas Jackson Rodman (1815–1871).
Senses: glosses: Any of a series of heavy columbiads with a curved bottle shape, designed to fire both shot and shell, and used in the era of the American Civil War.
Rodman guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rodman gun
Rodman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒdmən/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Rodman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒdmən/
Forms: form: Rodmans
Senses: glosses: A Rodman gun.
Rodmans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rodman
red box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red boxes
Senses: glosses: A phreaking device that generates tones to simulate the insertion of coins into a payphone, thus enabling the user to make illegitimate free calls.
examples: text: Downing Street has rejected suggestions that David Cameron might have caused a security breach by briefly leaving his official ministerial red box unaccompanied on the table of a train carriage.
ref: 2013 September 9, Ben Quinn, “No 10 denies David Cameron red box security breach”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: ministerial box
coordinate_terms: dispatch box
glosses: A secure briefcase-like box used by ministers in the British government to carry their documents.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A safe located at a nuclear installation containing launch codes.
examples: See also: severe thunderstorm watch
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A "tornado watch" notification, indicating that conditions might lead to a tornado though none has yet been sighted.
red boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red box
mee chiang kueh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmiː ˌt͡sjaŋ ˈkwe/
ipa: [ˌmi˩ ˌt͡ɕjäŋ˨˧ ˈkwe˦˨]
Forms: form: mee jiang kueh
form: mee jiang kuih
Etymology: From Teochew 麵煎粿／面煎粿 (min⁷ ziang¹ guê²), from 麵／面 (min⁷, “noodle”) + 煎 (ziang¹, “pan fried”) + 粿 (guê², “rice cake, pastry-like snack”).
Senses: examples: text: Before we left Tiong Bahru, whose stall holders are all ethnic Chinese, we tasted further evidence of the Asian genius for making a lot from a little, in the form of mee chiang kueh, a thick pancake filled with coconut and peanuts crushed before our eyes in an ancient heroically clanking and banging contraption.
ref: 2003 10 September, R. W. Apple Jr., “ASIAN JOURNEY; Snacker's Paradise: Devouring Singapore's Endless Supper”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A thick, sweet pancake, usually with a filling of peanut, coconut or red bean.
Necessarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Necessariums
form: Necessaria
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of necessarium.
Necessariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Necessarium
Necessaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Necessarium
necessariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necessarium
dialate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dilate.
dialation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dilation.
Kautskyist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kautskyists
Etymology: From Kautsky + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kautskyite.
synonyms: word: Kautskyite
Kautskyists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kautskyist
plasmarons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasmaron
lymphoplasmocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lympho- + plasmocytic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to lymphoplasmocytes.
security culture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: security cultures
Senses: glosses: A set of practices shared by a community whose members may engage in illegal or sensitive activities, in order to minimize the risk of these activities being subverted or sabotaged.
security cultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of security culture
unrestrict
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unrestricts
form: unrestricting
form: unrestricted
form: unrestricted
Etymology: From un- + restrict.
Senses: glosses: To free from restrictions.
unrestricting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unrestrict
unrestricts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unrestrict
unstringent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unstringent
form: most unstringent
Etymology: From un- + stringent.
Senses: glosses: Not stringent.
PSLE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌpiː ɛs ɛl ˈiː/
Senses: examples: text: One father was asked, “If your child pass PSLE, would you allow her to go to a secondary school?” The reply was, “Even if she passes I don’t think I could afford the fees to send her to a secondary school. Anyway what could secondary school do for her? I need her to earn a living right now”.
ref: 1970, Yee Hean Gwee, Education and social change, page 84:
text: MOE may also consider giving parents the option of exempting their child with special needs from the Primary 6 PSLE and allowing these pupils to proceed directly to NorthLight School or a vocational school.
ref: 2010, Yeo Lay See, Maureen Neihart, Chong Wan Har, Vivien Huan, Inclusive Education in Singapore Primary School Classrooms, page 2:
text: What is the significance of it? Well, employers of Singapore-based companies are particularly focussed on PSLE, GCE 'O' and 'A' levels score for recruitment, so a high PSLE T-score could get you a better job next time.
ref: 2011, Importance of PSLE: My two-cents worth (online forum):
text: The PSLE is one of our most important examinations or at least, many parents think that the PSLE is one of our most important examinations. Because it is not just a report of the student’s performance in primary school, but parents think that this determines the student’s future.
ref: 2014, Prime Minister’s Office, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally 2013 (speech):
glosses: Initialism of Primary School Leaving Examination, a national examination taken at the end of the final year of primary school; regarded as a high-stake examination determining the ability to enter a secondary school of choice.
indirect transitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: indirectly transitive
Senses: examples: text: French indirect transitive verbs, i.e. verbs which take an indirect object, cannot be passive.
ref: 1999, Monique L'Huillier, Advanced French Grammar, →ISBN, page 245:
text: It is common, not only for perception verbs but also for verbs that convey a metaphorically directional action with partially affected objects (especially animate objects), to display canonical indirect transitive constructions.
ref: 2008, Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann, The Typology of Semantic Alignment, →ISBN, page 209:
text: Overall children's performance on direct transitive event (e.g. girl crumpling a paper) was not significantly different from their performance on the indirect transitive event (e.g. man putting powder in a liquid that changes its color).
ref: 2008, Hindi-speaking Two-year-old Children's Development of Verb Constructions, →ISBN:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Taking an indirect object.
raw_tags: of a verb
remessage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪdʒ
Forms: form: remessages
form: remessaging
form: remessaged
form: remessaged
Etymology: From re- + message.
Senses: glosses: To message again.
ionic product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ionic products
Senses: examples: text: A solution is saturated when ionic product is equal to the solubility product. A solution is unsaturated when ionic product is less then the solubility product. A solution is super saturated, when ionic product exceeds the solubility product.
ref: 1997, B.K. Sharma, Objective Question Bank in Chemistry:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The product of the concentrations of ions, each raised to the power specified by its stoichiometric coefficient in a solution of a salt.
Related terms: solubility product
pisalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin pisalis.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Synonym of calefactory: the room holding an abbey, convent, or monastery's communal fire.
synonyms: word: calefactory
extra: the room holding an abbey, convent, or monastery's communal fire
fucklord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucklords
Etymology: From fuck + -lord.
Senses: glosses: Term of abuse.
Related terms: shitlord
douchelord
edgelord
in with a shout
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: By halftime Solent trailed 42 - 46 and were still in with a shout, but once the senior players tired there was little to counter the constant Coventry attacks.
ref: 2007, Jim Rumsey, A Sporting Rollercoaster, →ISBN, page 263:
text: He's no taking the redundancy v. well but at 47 he is not exactly in with a shout down the Job Centre.
ref: 2012, Ken MacLeod, The Restoration Game, →ISBN:
text: We might be in with a shout for a fair play award and the club might win a certificate for having the cleanest toilets or best pies, but that's it.
ref: 2013, anonymous author, The Secret Player, →ISBN:
text: I knew and sensed I was in with a shout of a decent part after the success of our first film together — we had a winning formula and we were all brimming with confidence.
ref: 2013, Vinnie Jones, It's Been Emotional, →ISBN:
glosses: Having a good chance; likely to succeed.
Related terms: in the running
look-in
rest areas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rest area
share a bed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shares a bed
form: sharing a bed
form: shared a bed
form: shared a bed
Senses: glosses: To engage in sexual intercourse (with someone).
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see share, bed.
Synonyms: sense: to engage in sexual intercourse
word: exchange flesh
word: have sex
word: sleep together
word: copulate
passenger dedicated lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passenger dedicated line
four-wheel drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of four-wheel drive
necessary house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necessary houses
Etymology: Likely formed under influence from necessarium (“monastic latrine, outhouse, or lavatory”) and necessary (“outhouse; lavatory”).
Senses: examples: text: I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which the calls of nature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house; but gradually went through all the Latin poets in those moments.
ref: 1747 15 December, Lord Chesterfield, letter
glosses: An outhouse: an outbuilding used for the "necessary" business of urination and defecation.
Synonyms: outhouse
Related terms: necessary
necessary houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necessary house
necessary place
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necessary places
Etymology: Likely formed under influence from necessarium (“monastic latrine, outhouse, or lavatory”) and necessary (“outhouse; lavatory”).
Senses: examples: text: He bought, for example, a common edition of Horace, of which he tore off gradually a couple of pages, carried them with him to that necessary place, read them first, and then sent them down as a sacrifice to Cloacina: this was so much time fairly gained, and I recommend you to follow his example.
ref: 1747 15 December, Lord Chesterfield, letter
glosses: A place used for the business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
Synonyms: bathroom
Related terms: necessary
necessary places
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necessary place
necessary stool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necessary stools
Etymology: Likely formed under influence from necessarium (“monastic latrine, outhouse, or lavatory”) and necessary (“outhouse; lavatory”).
Senses: glosses: A stool or seat used for the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: a chamber pot or toilet.
Synonyms: toilet
Related terms: necessary
necessary stools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necessary stool
necessary vault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necessary vaults
Etymology: Likely formed under influence from necessarium (“monastic latrine, outhouse, or lavatory”) and necessary (“outhouse; lavatory”).
Senses: glosses: An outhouse: an outbuilding used for the "necessary" business of urination and defecation.
Synonyms: outhouse
Related terms: necessary
necessary vaults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necessary vault