cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
chasmogam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chasmogams
Senses: glosses: Any chasmogamous plant.
chasmogams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chasmogam
cataphyllic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a cataphyll.
crustaceously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From crustaceous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a crustaceous manner.
lingulately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lingulate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lingulate manner.
lingulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lingulate.
bikewashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bike-washing
Etymology: Blend of bike + whitewashing (or bike + -wash + -ing), patterned after greenwashing.
Senses: examples: text: […] today the phrase bikewashing has also taken on another meaning. The phenomenon is the two-wheeled equivalent to greenwashing. It’s when companies attempt to make their products seem “bike-friendly” even if what they are advertising has absolutely nothing to do with bikes or bettering the bike community.
ref: 2017 August 22, “Bikewashing: The Two-Wheeled Equivalent to Greenwashing”, in Ground Control Systems:
text: Local groups like Bike Portland have challenged the street-level alterations included in the I-5 project, which make up just a small fraction of total costs, as being used by the Oregon DOT for “greenwashing, bikewashing, and safety-washing yet another massive investment in automobile-oriented infrastructure.”
ref: 2019 June 28, Gideon Weissman, “Boondoggle: Portland Takes a Step Backward”, in Streets Blog USA:
text: First there was greenwashing, where organisations will spin initiatives or market products as being more environmentally friendly than they are. In the transport space that morphed into PT-washing, where even the tiniest amount of improvement to public transport as part of a mega roading project became promoted as one of the main benefits of the project. Then there was bikewashing, the same thing but for bikes.
ref: 2019 August 13, Matt L, “Safety-washing?”, in Greater Auckland:
hypernyms: greenwashing
glosses: The practice by people, organizations and states of presenting themselves as bike-friendly without making meaningful changes to promote the use of active means of transport.
Related terms: bike-friendly
ligulately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ligulate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a ligulate manner.
pinnatifidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pinnatifid + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pinnatifid manner.
metcons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metcon
petiolately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From petiolate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a petiolate manner.
C-man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C-men
Senses: glosses: A man who works for customs.
C-men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of C-man
ruminately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ruminate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a ruminate manner.
scorpioidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From scorpioid + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a scorpioid manner.
sclerenchymal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to sclerenchyma.
verruculosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From verruculose + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a verruculose manner.
dinning room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dining room.
helicoidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From helicoid + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a helicoid manner.
Bagehotian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bagehotian
form: most Bagehotian
Etymology: From Bagehot + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Walter Bagehot (1826–1877), English journalist, businessman, and essayist.
hypogynously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hypogynous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a hypogynous manner.
subimbricately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subimbricate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subimbricate manner.
calyculately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From calyculate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a calyculate manner.
calyptral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the calyptra.
conduplicately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From conduplicate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a conduplicate manner.
oblanceolately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From oblanceolate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an oblanceolate manner.
star plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star plates
Senses: examples: text: In 1925, to counteract an observed outward movement of the spandrel walls, star plates and tierods were fixed to each span.
ref: 1954 January, “Strengthening of Coquet Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A star-shaped anchor plate used in conjunction with a tie rod.
cyberexploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + exploitation.
Senses: examples: text: [D]isclosures about America's own focus on cyberweaponry – including American-led attacks on Iran's nuclear infrastructure and National Security Agency documents revealed in the trove taken by Edward J. Snowden, the former agency contractor – detail the degree to which the United States has engaged in what the intelligence world calls "cyberexploitation" of targets in China.
ref: 2014 April 6, David E. Sanger, “U.S. tries candor to assure China on cyberattacks”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Exploitation through the use of the Internet.
star plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star plate
rack unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rack units
Senses: glosses: A unit of measure defined as 1 3⁄4 inches (44.45 mm), most frequently used as a measurement of the overall height of 19-inch and 23-inch rack frames, as well as the height of equipment that mounts in these frames.
Related terms: horizontal pitch
rack units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rack unit
cow's grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow's grasses
Senses: glosses: A farmer's measurement for the size of a field, equal to the amount of land that could produce enough grass to feed a cow.
weep hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weep holes
Senses: examples: text: The two lower rows of tubes at each end pier were then drilled through to the extrados of the brickwork to act as weep holes and assist in the drainage from the backs of the arches.
ref: 1954 January, “Strengthening of Coquet Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
text: Repairs or replacement of rainwater downpipes and hoppers, clearing out and renewal of weep holes.
ref: 2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in RAIL, page 27:
glosses: Alternative form of weephole.
weep holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weep hole
nybl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nybls
Senses: examples: text: And the young Prophet did journey to the land of the Lotus where computers grew on trees and mighty wizards wandered about conjuring bytes and nybls, protocols and hashing algorithms, much to the astonishment of the people of that land.
ref: 1981, Interfaces, volume 11, page 10:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of nybble.
nybls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nybl
Eastern Pacific giant conch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eastern Pacific giant conchs
Senses: synonyms: pututu
glosses: A large marine littorinimorph of species Titanostrombus galeatus, used as a wind instrument in parts of the Andes Mountains.
Eastern Pacific giant conchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eastern Pacific giant conch
redfash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redfash
Etymology: From red (“communist”) + fash (“fascist”).
Senses: examples: text: redfash and tankie-kind are fascinating because theyll be so incredibly authoritarian as to reject autonomy in any way, theyll buy into reactionary black and white thinking, idolize regimes without worker ownership and fervent nationalism; and then they call anarchists fascists.
ref: 2024 May 24, @pointsock, Twitter:
text: redfash seem out to prove horseshoe theory is a thing
ref: 2022 September 26, u/Tuggerfub, Reddit, r/tankiejerk:
topics: communism
fascism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
synonyms: red fascist
redbrown
glosses: Someone who combines communism and fascism.
Related terms: Nazbol
tankie
Polyphemus caterpillar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polyphemus caterpillars
Etymology: Polyphemus + caterpillar, by analogy with the Polyphemus moth.
Senses: examples: text: Polyphemus caterpillars can eat the leaves of many different trees and shrubs.
ref: 2006, “Antheraea polyphemus – Polyphemus Moth”, in Prairie Haven:
text: This summer I acquired two Polyphemus caterpillars at Mothapalooza, a mothing conference.
ref: 2017 October 26, Edie Parnum, “Polyphemus Moths Live Near Me”, in Backyards for Nature, Valley Forge Audubon Society:
text: Polyphemus caterpillars feed on a variety of leaves.
ref: 2023 September 3, Cristina Garcia, “Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus)”, in Our Wild Yard:
text: Polyphemus caterpillars eat part or most of their eggshells before wandering off in search of food.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “Polyphemus Silkmoth - Antheraea polyphemus”, in wormspit.com:
glosses: A large, green saturniid caterpillar with a red head; the larval form of the Polyphemus moth.
codfish aristocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codfish aristocracy
vestibulocerebella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vestibulocerebellum
Jolani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In an exclusive interview with CNN, Jolani left no doubt that the ambitions of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) – a group that was formed out of a former al Qaeda affiliate – are nothing less than bringing an end to the Assad regime.
ref: 2024 December 6, Jomana Karadsheh, Gul Tuysuz, Brice Laine, Lauren Kent and Eyad Kourdi, “Syrian rebel leader says goal is to ‘overthrow’ Assad regime”, in CNN:
glosses: An Arab surname
Polyphemus caterpillars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Polyphemus caterpillar
boy moms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boy mom
Horham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Horham and Athelington Parish Council) in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2172).
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Etymology: great (“large in terms of size or importance”) + Pacific (“relating to the Pacific Ocean”) + garbage patch (“gyre of marine debris”)
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
oceanography
synonyms: Pacific Trash Vortex
North Pacific Garbage Patch
glosses: A geographic area and large gyre of mostly plastic marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean, the largest garbage patch in the world.
Derived terms: word: GPGP
fruticosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From fruticose + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fruticose manner.
growth retardations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of growth retardation
hypocotylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hypocotyl.
monadelphously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monadelphous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a monadelphous manner.
pentamerously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pentamerous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pentamerous manner.
punctately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From punctate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a punctate manner.
pustulately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pustulate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pustulate manner.
isomerously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From isomerous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an isomerous manner.
Hanumanthapura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Kannada ಹನುಮಂತಪುರ (hanumantapura).
Senses: glosses: A village in Tumkur district, Karnataka, India.
glosses: A village in Hassan district, Karnataka, India.
glosses: A village in Chikkaballapura district, Karnataka, India.
equitantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From equitant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an equitant manner.
Grantown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Grantown-on-Spey: a town in Highland council area, Scotland, originally in Morayshire (OS grid ref NJ0327).
Willow Canyon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: willow + canyon
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States.
spoo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: spo͞o
ipa: /spuː/
ipa: /spu/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: spoos
form: spooing
form: spooed
form: spooed
Etymology: An alteration of spew.
Senses: examples: text: On a road trip to Ithaca, NY, we were out carousing in the bars one fine weekend. Well, it seems that one of the guys was basically told to "fuck off" by a girl in one of the establishments. He proceded to jerk off on the girl, and had one of our teammates lift his dress (yes, cross dressing is also perfectly normal behavior for ruggers) when he came, spooing all over the girl's back. The reaction of the girl was, for reasons unknown, hostile. After all, he gave her the gift of love...
ref: 1993 February 14, Martin F. Roesch, “That just about takes the biscuit!”, in alt.tasteless.jokes (Usenet):
text: Try spooing some chocolate pudding onto a tray, or even better, right onto the table.
ref: 1996 August 15, Alex Hay, “What Are Your 4YO Doing”, in misc.kids (Usenet):
text: You come in here spooing your completely ignorant crap, and presume to *advise* as well?
ref: 1997 April 18, Billy Beck, “Democracy is Doomed”, in alt.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):
glosses: To spew (in several senses).
1PPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 1PP
2PPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 2PP
3PPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 3PP
capitately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From capitate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a capitate manner.
verbal participles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verbal participle
calycophyllous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to a calycophyll.
chartaceously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From chartaceous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a chartaceous manner.
spin someone's wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spins someone's wheels
form: spinning someone's wheels
form: spun someone's wheels
form: spun someone's wheels
Senses: examples: text: “Didn’t you say that Joe fulfills you? That he ‘spins your wheels’!”
ref: 2004, J. W. James III, chapter 26, in Don't Tell...: ...grandma, United States of America, page 249:
text: So let me repeat, I love rock and roll. Pretty much all of it. But it’s the vintage years, the old time rock and roll, that really spins my wheels. And since I’ve been such a constant listener, I’ve had lots of time to notice some things.
ref: 2007, Deborah Godin, “Introduction”, in Papa Do Run: A Baby Boomer Looks (and Laughs) at Vintage Rock & Roll, 1st edition, United States, page 8:
text: What I actually am is a fill-in magazine article writer, but freelance always sounds so much nicer. Now don’t get me wrong, I love my job. Most of the time. However, what I really want I do, what spins my wheels, is writing real news, not just “Ten Things You Should Look for in a Guy” or “How to Make Your Boobs Look Bigger.”
ref: 2012, Laura Del, chapter 1, in Graveyard Shifts, page 1:
text: When you know your employees well, when you know what motivates them, when you know what spins their wheels, then you have the ability to customize your approach to each employee.
ref: 2013, Shawn Doyle, “Jolt #6: Reward Exceptional Performers” (chapter 6), in Jumpstart Your Leadership: 10 Jolts to Leverage Your Leadership, Sound Wisdom, page 97:
glosses: To excite someone; to stir someone's emotions.
Related terms: spin one's wheels
spins someone's wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spin someone's wheels
spinning someone's wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spin someone's wheels
spun someone's wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spin someone's wheels
fastigiately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From fastigiate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fastigiate manner.
flabellately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From flabellate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a flabellate manner.
grammarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grammarizations
Etymology: By surface analysis, grammarize + -ation, or, by surface analysis, grammar + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or an instance of grammarizing.
Related terms: grammarian
grammaticality
grammaticalization
grammaticity
grammaticization
grammatization
grammarizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grammarization
Tataria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tatarstan.
synonyms: word: Tatarstan
extracontractually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Outside of a legal contract.
intracontractual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: intra- + contractual
Senses: glosses: Within a legal contract.
flexuosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From flexuose + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a flexuose manner.
foliately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From foliate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a foliate manner.
object clauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of object clause
ligneously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ligneous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a ligneous manner.
embedded clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embedded clauses
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of subordinate clause.
synonyms: word: subordinate clause
embedded clauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embedded clause
foveolately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From foveolate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a foveolate manner.
content clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: content clauses
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: nominal clause, noun clause
text: The bracketed parts [of the examples given] are like main clauses in some ways, but not in every way: that vaccines work would not be allowed as a main clause; nor would I ever saw it. I’ll call them content clauses from now on, because they express full sentence-like content of their own. […] Traditional grammars tend to call content clauses “noun clauses” because of a feeling that content clauses can serve as subjects and objects of verbs, just like nouns (by which they mean NPs [noun phrases]). It’s not a good parallel (verbs like Think and Inquire take content-clause complements but not NP complements), and I won’t be using the term “noun clause” in this book.
ref: 2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 91:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: subordinate clause
dependent clause
embedded clause
<
clause
coordinate_terms: adverbial clause
relative clause
glosses: A subordinate clause that expresses a full sentence's worth of meaning by itself and often functions like a noun phrase within a main clause (for example, often like a subject or object, but not always).
content clauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of content clause
fimbrially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From fimbrial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fimbrial manner.
pseudosite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudosites
Etymology: pseudo- + site
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An incorrect binding site that resembles the desired one.
pseudosites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudosite
Garmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Moray council area, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Spey (OS grid ref NJ3364).
funkstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funksticks
Etymology: From funk + stick.
Senses: glosses: A cowardly, nervous or timid person.
funksticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funkstick
Deveron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Moray council area and Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, which flows into the Moray Firth at Banff.
no matter how much milk you put in tea, it's still tea
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: There’s a saying among blak mob, ‘It doesn’t matter how much milk you put in tea, it’s still tea'.’ I am a descendant of genocide survivors, a child of the oldest living culture on Earth. Nothing, no amount of milk, can change that.
ref: 2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Synonym of no matter how much milk you put in coffee, it's still coffee.
synonyms: word: no matter how much milk you put in coffee
word: it's still coffee
Huggies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Huggie
diaper corsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaper corset
nappy services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nappy service
diaper services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaper service
pool nappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pool nappy
giraffesonas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giraffesona
Goodnites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Goodnite
All-Union
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Calque of Russian всесоюзный (vsesojuznyj): the conventionally standard English translation.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: Union, Soviet
text: All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
text: All-Union Scientific and Research, Planning and Design Technological Institute on Electric Locomotives Building
text: All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports
text: All-Union Communist Party
hypernyms: unionwide
glosses: Denoting a scope that included all of the Soviet Union rather than only one or several Republics of the Soviet Union.
Related terms: All India
countrywide
European
federal
national
nationwide
Pan-American
pan-Indian
supranational
necktie sociable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necktie sociables
Senses: glosses: Synonym of necktie party.
synonyms: word: necktie party
Russkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Russkies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Russki.
Stolypin's necktie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A noose.
reserve buoyancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reserve buoyancies
Senses: examples: text: In the engine room, the changing angle dropped the melted core to the deck. The hot mass attacked the steel deck first, burning through that, then the titanium of the hull. Five seconds later the engine room was vented to the sea. The Politovskiy's largest compartment filled rapidly with water. This destroyed what little reserve buoyancy the ship had, and the acute down-angle returned. The Alfa began her last dive.
ref: 1984, Tom Clancy, “The Eighth Day: Friday, 10 December”, in The Hunt for Red October, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, pages 194–195:
topics: natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
physics
transport
glosses: The ability of a ship, boat, or other vessel to stay afloat even if loaded with additional weight; the additional buoyancy of a vessel above and beyond that required to just float the vessel itself.
membar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: membars
Etymology: Abbreviation of memory barrier.
Senses: examples: text: The crucial thing to remember about memory visibility is that the perceived *sequence* of two operations is not guaranteed to be the same as seen from two different threads unless membars are used to guarantee it.
ref: 2003 September 25, Mike Mowbray, “Threads and initialization only once”, in comp.programming.threads (Usenet):
qualifier: systems programming
glosses: A memory barrier (an instruction that enforces an ordering constraint on memory operations issued before and after it).
membars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of membar
Ignatiev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Игнатьев (Ignatʹjev).
Senses: examples: text: One such officer was Count Nikolai Ignatiev, a brilliant and ambitious political, who enjoyed the ear of the Tsar and burned to settle his country's scores with the British.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 265:
text: Sadly, Ignatiev argued, the Irish became incorporated into whiteness just before the Civil War, through support for slavery and violence against free African Americans.
ref: 2019 November 12, Sewell Chan, “Noel Ignatiev, scholar who called for abolishing whiteness, dies at 78”, in Los Angeles Times:
glosses: A surname from Russian
locus amoenus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loci amoeni
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin locus amoenus (“pleasant place”).
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A literary motif of an idealised place of safety or comfort, typically comprising a meadow, trees (for shade) and water; sometimes evoking connotations of Eden or Elysium.
Related terms: locus terribilis
locus horridus
Arcadia
a worry shared is a worry halved
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of a problem shared is a problem halved.
synonyms: word: a problem shared is a problem halved
fuck you, Jack, I'm all right
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fuck you, Jack, I'm alright.
I'm alright, Jack
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fuck you, Jack, I'm alright.
I'm alright and fuck you Jack
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fuck you, Jack, I'm alright.
in retreat
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of on the run (“at a disadvantage”).
synonyms: word: on the run
extra: at a disadvantage
Deobra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Moray Firth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Moray Firth
Senses: glosses: A large bay, firth, or inlet of the North Sea on the coast of north-east Scotland, with its shoreline in Highland council area, Moray council area and Aberdeenshire council area.
anlas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anlases
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anlace. 14th-15th centuries.
frickin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of fricking.
anthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to anthesis.
callosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From callose + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a callose manner.
aristately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From aristate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an aristate manner.
etiolative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more etiolative
form: most etiolative
Senses: glosses: Relating to etiolation.
exocarpal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an exocarp.
epipetalously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From epipetalous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an epipetalous manner.
Port Gordon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Portgordon, Scotland.
Bridge of Gairn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, located on the River Gairn at the foot of Glen Gairn (OS grid ref NO3597).
Gairn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gairn
Senses: glosses: A river in Glen Gairn, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, a tributary of the River Dee.
Derived terms: Bridge of Gairn
New York seconds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New York second
Sir John Lack-Latins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sir John Lack-Latin
goodnite
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: good nite
Etymology: Compound of good + nite (“night”), by analogy with goodnight (“alternative form of good night: a farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep”).
Senses: examples: text: We'll be together every day and night sweetheart. Goodnite my Viv. Stay a good girl, and stay my girl always. I love you so very much my precious darling.
ref: 1954 April 9, Vivian Cash, Ann Sharpsteen, quoting Johnny Cash, I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny (collection of love letters), Scribner, published 2008, →ISBN, page 251:
text: goodnite to every little hour that you sleep tight... especially to u...james..
ref: 1996 October 17, Angel, “farewell and goodnite...”, in alt.music.smash-pumpkins (Usenet):
text: Guess im just going to say goodnite to me Buzz!! Im really saying Goodnite To all. Have a good nite. […] Goodnite Tracey & Cody Love You, My Grankids!
ref: 2000 May 2, BUZZY, “No Friends To say Goodnite Too? Post #49”, in alt.talk.grandparents (Usenet):
text: Rough day finally about to finish. Feeling like i was hit by a truck but thank God for this tea!!! ☝ goodnite guys ❤ x
ref: 2016 November 10, @palheiroisbackb, Twitter:
text: this is my favorite joke of the subreddit, ty and goodnite
ref: 2024 December 9, u/BigGayGinger4, “FBI arrests Upper St. Clair man accused of trying to join Hezbollah in Lebanon”, in r/pittsburgh, Reddit:
glosses: Informal spelling of goodnight.
goodnite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goodnites
Etymology: Alternative capitalisation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Goodnite (“a diaper of the Goodnites brand”).
Tugbok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Angalan, Bago Oshiro, Balengaeng, Biao Escuela, Biao Guianga, Los Amigos, Manambulan, Manuel Guianga, Matina Biao, Mintal, New Carmen, New Valencia, Santo Niño, Tagakpan, Talandang, Tugbok Proper, Ula — barangays of Tugbok
glosses: A district of Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
Workers' Party
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: workers' party
Senses: synonyms: Labour Party
glosses: An individual workers' party within a specific context.
examples: Political parties with "Workers' Party" as their exact official name are countless; in Algeria, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau, Spain, Singapore and many more countries.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Any of the political parties which share that name.
nothing more than
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Of course he disappointed you. The man is nothing more than a fraud and a swindler.
coordinate_terms: nothing less than
nothing if not
nothing but
glosses: Merely.
military grade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: military-grade
Senses: topics: business
marketing
synonyms: mil-spec
glosses: (typically of an advertised product) Having higher-than-usual levels of toughness, durability, efficiency, and quality.
catsona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catsonas
Etymology: From cat + -sona (“added to a noun to describe a character of the noun's form, typically one used to represent oneself in fandom spaces”).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: An original character, such as a fursona, that is a cat or other feline.
Pokésona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pokésonas
form: pokésona
Etymology: From Poké- (“pertaining to Pokémon or the Pokémon media franchise”) + -sona (“added to a noun to describe a character of the noun's form, typically one used to represent oneself in fandom spaces”).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: An original character or fursona that is a Pokémon, whether based on an existing one or fanmade.
marker light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marker lights
Senses: examples: text: No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting queue of locomotives had moved up one.
ref: 1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 54, at Harmon station, New York:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A light marking the end of a train.
pastor-teachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pastor-teacher
marker lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marker light
log spam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Excessive or irrelevant log entries, typically resulting from misconfiguration, that are unlikely to be read and serve only as clutter and waste storage space.
synonyms: referrer spam
glosses: Ellipsis of referrer log spam.
frog-legged beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frog-legged beetle
does the deed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do the deed
doing the deed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do the deed
did the deed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do the deed
done the deed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do the deed
KKE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Greek ΚΚΕ (KKE), initialism of Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας (Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas, “Communist Party of Greece”).
Senses: glosses: the Communist Party of Greece.
rontogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rontogrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rontogram.
rontogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rontogramme
electric engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric engines
Senses: examples: text: No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting queue of locomotives had moved up one.
ref: 1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 54, at Harmon station, New York:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Synonym of electric locomotive.
synonyms: word: electric locomotive
electric engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric engine
yottagrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yottagramme
ronnagramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ronnagrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ronnagram.
China Syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: China Syndromes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of China syndrome.
China Syndromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of China Syndrome
ronnagrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ronnagramme
quettagramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quettagrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quettagram.
quettagrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quettagramme
pinkface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pink + face, by analogy with blackface.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: The use of a straight actor to play an LGBT role or character.
internetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: internetters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Internetter.
internetters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of internetter
cast loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: casts loose
form: casting loose
form: cast loose
form: cast loose
Senses: glosses: To unfasten, loosen, or set free.
stay loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stays loose
form: staying loose
form: stayed loose
form: stayed loose
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hang loose.
synonyms: word: hang loose
silver-tipped myotis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver-tipped myotises
Senses: glosses: Myotis albescens, a species of mouse-eared bat found throughout the northern and eastern regions of South America.
Related terms: Myotis albescens
primordial cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primordial cells
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: In a vertebrate, a germline stem cell that develops into a gamete, such as a spermatozoon or an oocyte.
primordial element
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primordial elements
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular kind of a vector in a vector space.
topics: biology
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical element that has existed in its current state since before the Earth was formed.
primordial elements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primordial element
primordial fluctuations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: The density variations in the early universe which are considered the seeds of all the structure in the universe.
primordial sludge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixture of organic molecules hypothesized to be the origin of life on Earth; primordial soup.
primordial cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primordial cell
Eastwooded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Eastwood
Eastwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Eastwood
hyper-correctism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyper-correctisms
Etymology: From hyper-correct + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypercorrectism.
hyper-correctisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyper-correctism
primordial ooze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primordial oozes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of primordial sea.
synonyms: word: primordial sea
primordial ocean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primordial oceans
Senses: glosses: Synonym of primordial sea.
synonyms: word: primordial sea
roadwhore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊd.hɔː/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊd.hɔɚ/
Forms: form: roadwhores
Etymology: From road + whore.
Senses: examples: text: In article 6661234, some dipshit roadwhore without the slightest clue of how to use a news editor quoted an entire silly post and then wrote:
>That's the most disgusting load of shit I've heard in a long time. You
guys need to have your mouths washed out.
If that's "the most disgusting load of shit" you've heard in a long time, you must have one hell of a sheltered existence.
ref: 1997 May 22, xxxjoel, “This Newsgroup ...”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet):
text: Good job. When I worked at a telephone order center for Speigel Catalog, there would be several women who would repeatedly make those kind of calls to our center. After a while, I just started saying: "I'm sorry. I'd like to but I have a no roadwhore policy."
ref: 2003 February 13, Tyralak, “[OT] Interesting phone call”, in alt.startrek.vs.starwars (Usenet):
text: Oh go get fucked you mofo cunt licking roadwhore.
ref: 2004 December 1, Elizabeth, “Confronting breeders on airplanes”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet):
glosses: A sexually promiscuous woman; (by extension) a contemptible person.
thronize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɹəʊn.aɪz/
ipa: /ˈθɹoʊn.aɪz/
Forms: form: thronizes
form: thronizing
form: thronized
form: thronized
Etymology: Either a back-formation from inthronize, enthronize; or from throne + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To enthrone.
arillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the aril.
Stelliferous Age
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Stelliferous Age
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
synonyms: Stelliferous Era
glosses: The current period in the history of the universe, in which matter is organized into stars, planets, and galaxies.
ensiformity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The property of being ensiform.
ensiformly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an ensiform manner.
Stelliferous Era
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Stelliferous Era
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Stelliferous Age.
synonyms: word: Stelliferous Age
primordial oceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primordial ocean
primordial oozes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primordial ooze
normality bias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: normality biases
Senses: glosses: Synonym of normalcy bias.
synonyms: word: normalcy bias
stays loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stay loose
staying loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of stay loose
stayed loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stay loose
endocarpous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endocarp + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to the endocarp.
casting loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of cast loose
casts loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cast loose
guttately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From guttate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a guttate manner.
redrug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redrugs
form: redrugging
form: redrugged
form: redrugged
Etymology: From re- + drug.
Senses: examples: text: Young men were drugged and conveyed when asleep to this spot, and after a time redrugged and returned to their homes. They were then promised a return to the abode of bliss if they executed the stern decrees of the chief.
ref: 1876, Valentine Baker, Clouds in the East, page 313:
glosses: To drug again.
redrugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redrug
redrugged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redrug
redrugs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redrug
moral of the story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morals of the story
form: morals of the stories
Senses: examples: text: (please add the primary text of this usage example)
text: The moral of the story — "Wait till you're a big pot" — is a sound one.
ref: 1992, David Pannick, Advocates:
synonyms: word: essence
word: quintessence
word: thrust
word: bowels
word: brass tacks
word: core
word: crux
word: essence
word: gist
word: drift
word: guts
word: gravamen
word: heart
word: heart and soul
word: heartstring
word: heartstrings
word: inwardness
word: kernel
word: marrow
word: meat
word: moral of the story
word: nitty-gritty
word: nub
word: nuts and bolts
word: pith
word: punctum saliens
word: quintessence
word: soul
word: spirit
word: stuff
word: substance
word: tenor
glosses: The key lesson or message that an incident, situation or other happening conveys; a general takeaway point.
raw_tags: used with the
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see moral, story; the ethical lesson to be learned from a fictional tale.
raw_tags: used with the
morals of the story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moral of the story
morals of the stories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moral of the story
Chlöe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkloʊ.i/
Forms: form: Chlöes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chloë.
origin myth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: origin myths
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
lifestyle
religion
sciences
coordinate_terms: backstory
origin story
pourquoi story
glosses: A type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world.
Hungarton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6907).
origin myths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of origin myth
Goyana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Guyana.
glosses: A language of Brazil.
age adjustments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of age adjustment
age-standardizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of age-standardization
anæsthetises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anæsthetise
anæsthetising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anæsthetise
anæsthetised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anæsthetise
supervizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of supervize
supervizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of supervize
in a jam
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: To be in a difficult situation or predicament.
anaesthetisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anaesthetisation
tuftedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tufted + -ly.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In a tufted manner; having tufts.
settlementations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of settlementation
symphylly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being symphyllous.
verruciformly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From verruciform + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a verruciform manner.
villously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From villous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a villous manner.
virgately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From virgate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a virgate manner.
endospermous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the endosperm.
endospermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the endosperm.
cupularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cupular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cupular manner.