cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pretty boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pretty boys
Senses: synonyms: word: metrosexual
word: puss-gentleman
word: barbermonger
word: beau
word: blade
word: blood
word: buck
word: carpet knight
word: cockscomb
word: dandy
word: dike
word: dood
word: dude
word: dudelet
word: exquisite
word: fashionable
word: fast man
word: fine gentleman
word: fop
word: foretop
word: fribble
word: gallant
word: go
word: jack-a-dandy
word: Jemmy-Jessamy
word: jetter
word: macaroni
word: masher
word: metrosexual
word: mignon
word: petit maître
word: popinjay
word: pretty boy
word: prig
word: puss-gentleman
word: smart
word: spark
word: spiff
word: swell
word: tippy
word: toff
word: bading
word: big girl's blouse
word: cockney
word: cot-quean
word: cupcake
word: dudelet
word: fakaleiti
word: fairy
word: femboy
word: gentleman
word: ginch
word: girl's blouse
word: girlyman
word: janegirl
word: jessie
word: nancy
word: nancyboy
word: nancy pants
word: pansy
word: Percy
word: poof
word: poofter
word: posy sniffer
word: pretty boy
word: puss-gentleman
word: quiche-eater
word: sissy
word: softling
word: soy boy
word: swish
word: twink
word: zenana
glosses: A young man whose physical attractiveness is considered rather effeminate and who may be vain about his appearance.
synonyms: word: dimber cove
word: hunk
word: beefcake
word: bona omi
word: chicken
word: chick magnet
word: dimber cove
word: dreamboat
word: himbo
word: hunk
word: lady-killer
word: man-meat
word: pretty boy
word: rizzler
word: spunk
word: stud
word: stud muffin
word: superhunk
word: twink
glosses: A good-looking young man, especially whose good looks are rather feminine than masculine.
raw_tags: used by women
Related terms: who's a pretty boy then
touch down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: touches down
form: touching down
form: touched down
form: touched down
form: touchdown
form: touch-down
Senses: examples: The plane will touch down in Heathrow at about 2 o'clock.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To land an aircraft or spacecraft.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To score a touchdown
examples: text: Centre Shontayne Hape scored two tries for England before the break, while Georgia number eight Dimitri Basilaia touched down to make it 17-10 at half-time.
ref: 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: To score a try.
barrelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of barrel
barrelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrellings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barreling.
barrelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of barrel
barrelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a barrelled action
a double-barrelled shotgun
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Having a barrel or specified number of barrels.
examples: barrelled water
glosses: Packed in a barrel.
Derived terms: double-barrelled
long-barrelled
multibarrelled
quasibarrelled
triple-barrelled
unbarrelled
Related terms: barreled
inside baseball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inside-baseball
Senses: examples: text: There always has been a tendency to overlook the catcher, possibly because so much of him is covered up during the game, but more because the greatest part of his work is inside baseball and of the kind which the general public can neither see nor appreciate.
ref: 1914, Paul Withington, Lothrop Withington, The Book of Athletics, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard:
text: Here, the game is marked by the "little things" that have come to be defined as "inside baseball".
ref: 1993, Michael A. Katovich, “Humor in Baseball: Functions and Dysfunctions”, in The Journal of American Culture, volume 16, number 2, pages 7–16:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Technical matters concerning baseball generally not apparent or of interest to spectators.
examples: text: But in fact, redistricting remained very much a game of inside baseball.
ref: 2003, Sam Hirsch, “The United States House of Unrepresentatives: What Went Wrong in the Latest Round of Congressional Redistricting”, in Election Law Journal, volume 2, number 2, pages 179–216:
text: […] the more inside-baseball the name, the nerdier the subject matter.
ref: 2015 June 11, Paul Ford, “What is Code?”, in Bloomberg:
glosses: Matters of interest only to insiders.
Related terms: word: shop talk
word: small ball
word: talk shop
dog bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog bone
black-hole
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: black-holes
form: black-holing
form: black-holed
form: black-holed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of black hole.
French-kiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: French-kisses
form: French-kissing
form: French-kissed
form: French-kissed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of French kiss.
cop-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cop-out
argy-bargies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argy-bargy
argy-bargies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of argy-bargy
argy-bargying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of argy-bargy
argy-bargied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of argy-bargy
birdieing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of birdie
birdied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of birdie
optimising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of optimise
optimised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of optimise
larches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of larch
pitot head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitot heads
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pitot tube.
forehands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forehand
covener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coveners
Etymology: From coven + -er.
Senses: glosses: A member of a coven.
coveners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covener. Members of a coven.
man tit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man tits
form: man boob
Senses: glosses: A man's nipple and/or pectoral muscle.
glosses: Gynecomastia, large or womanly breasts on a male.
man boobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of man boob
man tits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of man tit
snowblind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snowblind
form: most snowblind
form: snow-blind
Etymology: From snow + blind.
Senses: glosses: Affected by snow blindness; temporarily blinded by light reflected off snow.
Related terms: snow blindness
expats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expat
Basel problem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Basel, the home town of Euler and of the Bernoulli family who unsuccessfully attacked the problem.
Senses: examples: text: As noted, some of Euler's contemporaries, while accepting his answer to the Basel Problem, wondered about the validity of the argument that got him there.
ref: 1999, William Dunham, Euler: The Master of Us All, Mathematical Association of America, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Solving the Basel problem was one of the early triumphs of L. Euler (1707–1783)... .
ref: 2005, Rajendra Bhatia, Fourier Series, Mathematical Association of America, →ISBN, section 3.10, page 75:
text: And so ends one of Euler's most famous papers. We see that Euler actually solves the Basel problem three times and that he does much more.
ref: 2007, Charles Edward Sandifer, The Early Mathematics of Leonhard Euler, Mathematical Association of America, →ISBN, page 165:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The question as to the value of ∑ₙ₌₁ ᪲1/(n²), the sum of the reciprocals of the squares of the positive integers.
yaup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yaups
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of yawp.
yaup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yaups
form: yauping
form: yauped
form: yauped
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of yawp.
yaup
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: hungry
yaup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yaups
form: yauping
form: yauped
form: yauped
Senses: glosses: To be hungry.
bycoket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bycokets
Etymology: From French bicoquet, ultimately from bi- (“double”) + coque (“shell”).
Senses: glosses: A type of medieval cap with a wide brim that comes to a point in the front and is turned up at the rear, originally worn by Western European nobility and royalty.
Related terms: abacot
PED
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PEDs
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of platform edge door.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: Initialism of porcine epidemic diarrhoea.
glosses: Initialism of personal electronic device, usually an electronic smartphone or other media or game-playing device.
examples: text: The rationale for use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) varies among athletes.
ref: 2018, Mark Roettger, Modern Sports Dentistry, Springer, →ISBN, page 189:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of performance-enhancing drug.
glosses: Initialism of parole eligibility date.
right as rain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: So I went to him [Thackeray d. 1863] while he was at breakfast in Onslow Square, on the morning of the banquet, and asked him if the speech was “all right.” “As right as rain,” he replied.
ref: 1894, George Augustus Sala, Things I Have Seen and People I Have Known, volume I, London: Cassell and Company, page 32:
text: ‘I’ve just made the rounds,’ he said, ‘and everything looks as right as rain.’
ref: 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 63:
text: Malachy brought me aspirins and vitamins and told me I'd be as right as rain in the morning and I wondered what that meant, right as rain.
ref: 1999, Frank McCourt, Tis: A Memoir, page 322:
text: Five questions. Now, I know you’re sleepy, but I just bet it’ll make you feel right as rain.
ref: 2022 February 18, Dan Erickson, “Good News About Hell”, in Severance, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Mark S. (Adam Scott):
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very good; all in order; healthy.
examples: text: "To whom are you engaged? As I understand your talk, it is to Miss Bartlett. Am I right?"
"Right as rain, Renny."
ref: 1894, Robert Barr, chapter 23, in In the Midst of Alarms:
text: “Look, you got nothin’ to worry about. The review committee said you were right as rain on that shooting. I got no reason to doubt it.”
ref: 2001, George Pelecanos, Right as Rain, →ISBN, page 103:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Correct; factually accurate.
Synonyms: right as a trivet
right as ninepence
righter than rain
East Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more East Indian
form: most East Indian
Etymology: From East Indies + -ian. May also be analyzed as east + Indian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the people, products, or culture of Southeast Asia, particularly the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, or India.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the people, products, or culture of India, or South Asia in general.
East Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: East Indians
Etymology: From East Indies + -ian. May also be analyzed as east + Indian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, or India.
Related terms: east
East
East India
East Indies
India
Indian
Indies
West Indian
microbody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbodies
Etymology: From micro- + body.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cellular organelle bound by a single membrane and containing enzymes.
Synonyms: peroxisome
contour interval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contour intervals
Senses: glosses: The difference in elevation represented by the space between adjacent contour lines
helicase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helicases
Etymology: From helix + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme required for DNA unwinding.
Derived terms: antihelicase
contrahelicase
Related terms: strippase
double-entendre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-entendres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of double entendre.
Deut.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Deuteronomy.
pictoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Probably an alteration of pictorial influenced by analysis as Latin pictor (“painter”) (the source of pictorial) + the common suffix -al.
Senses: examples: text: mise en abyme […] is a device in which an enclave is embedded in the work (which may be pictoral, literary or theatrical), […]
ref: 1998, Dictionary of the Theatre: Terms, Concepts, and Analysis, →ISBN, page 215:
glosses: Alternative form of pictorial.
described
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈskɹaɪbd/
ipa: /dəˈskɹaɪbd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of describe
Derived terms: abovedescribed
aforedescribed
foredescribed
predescribed
underdescribed
undescribed
describing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of describe
Derived terms: self-describing
archaelogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of archaeological.
archeologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archeologists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of archaeologist.
Derived terms: bioarcheologist
osteoarcheologist
archæologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archæologists
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of archaeologist.
archæologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archæologist
archeologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archeologist
Eccl.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eccles.
form: eccl.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ecclesiastes.
Eccles.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eccl.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ecclesiastes.
Ecclus.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eccl.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ecclesiasticus.
Sandies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sandy
Ecclesiasticus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
Synonyms: Ben Sira
Sirach
Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
preimplantation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + implantation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Prior to implantation.
Ben Sira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Ecclesiasticus, a book of the Bible.
Synonyms: Sirach
Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
Sirach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪɹæk/
ipa: /ˈsʌɪɹak/
Forms: form: Si.
form: Sir.
Senses: glosses: A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
Synonyms: Ben Sira
Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Ecclesiasticus, a book of the Bible.
Synonyms: Ben Sira
Sirach
reprogenetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The use of genetics in reproduction, especially in order to choose traits in an offspring or to minimize the risk of genetic disease.
Related terms: eugenics
blastocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastocysts
Etymology: From blasto- + cyst.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The mammalian blastula.
Derived terms: blastocystic
revelatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɹɛvəˈlɛjtəɹi]
ipa: [ɹɛvəˈlejtəɹi]
ipa: [ˈɹɛvələtoɹi]
Forms: form: more revelatory
form: most revelatory
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin revēlātōrius. by surface analysis, revelate + -ory.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: revealing
synonyms: revelative#Adjective
antonyms: unrevelatory#Adjective
unrevealing#Adjective
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation.
glosses: Prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic.
Derived terms: revelatorily
unrevelatory
Related terms: word: revealingness
word: revelate
word: Revelation
word: revelation
word: revelator
word: revelatoriness
resequencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From re- + sequencing.
Senses: examples: text: For those involved in the programme, the improvements meant a huge resequencing exercise, effectively turning the build into two separate projects.
ref: 2024 January 24, Peter Plisner, “Rising to the University challenge”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 61:
glosses: present participle and gerund of resequence
resequencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resequencings
Etymology: From re- + sequencing.
Senses: glosses: Arrangement in a new sequence; reordering.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The sequencing of part of an individual's genome in order to detect sequence differences between the individual and the standard genome of the species.
tabus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabu
Ephes.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eph.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Ephesians.
collider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlaɪdɚ/
Forms: form: colliders
Etymology: From collide + -er.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A node in a causal graph that has at least two incoming edges.
examples: text: The race controller will check for a trigger hit between this player's collider and the start/finish line trigger, but this script has an OnTriggerEnter function to check for triggers used to force a respawn.
ref: 2014, Jeff W. Murray, C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D, page 339:
topics: video-games
glosses: A model of the shape of an object for purposes of collision detection.
Derived terms: supercollider
worryingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more worryingly
form: most worryingly
Etymology: From worrying + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] I have always found it hard that Hamlet, a character that I love and admire, is guilty of a puerile misogyny and, perhaps, more worryingly, of the unnecessary deaths of his old friends from university, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
ref: 2014 April 12, Simon Russell Beale, “Why Shakespeare always says something new: As the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth approaches, the great Shakespearean actor Simon Russell Beale explains his secrets [print version: The king and I]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), London, page R7:
glosses: In a worrying manner
phlebotomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlebotomists
Etymology: From phlebotomy + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: venipuncturist
;
vampire
glosses: A practitioner of phlebotomy.
Binche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Haintaut, Wallonia, Belgium.
Derived terms: Binche lace
orthopaedist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthopaedists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
hyperextensible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperextensible
form: most hyperextensible
Etymology: From hyper- + extensible.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being stretched and extended
Related terms: hyperextension
amyoplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + myo- + -plasia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A congenital condition in which there is a lack of muscle development
paediatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pediatric.
Derived terms: nonpaediatric
odontopaediatric
telepaediatric
echocardiogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echocardiograms
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The visual image formed by an echocardiograph.
echocardiograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echocardiographs
Etymology: From echo- + cardiograph.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A device that uses ultrasound to produce images of the heart
Related terms: echocardiogram
echocardiography
echocardiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: echocardiographies
Etymology: From echo + cardiography.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart; especially, cardiac ultrasonography done with cardiology-specific devices and training, as contrasted with POCUS applied cardiovascularly by any clinician.
Derived terms: echocardiographical
Related terms: word: echocardiogram
word: echocardiograph
english: a form of electrophysiology not to be hastily confused
translation: a form of electrophysiology not to be hastily confused
word: electrocardiography
Esd.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Esdras.
microcentrifuge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcentrifuges
Etymology: From micro- + centrifuge.
Senses: glosses: A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
microcentrifuge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microcentrifuges
form: microcentrifuging
form: microcentrifuged
form: microcentrifuged
Etymology: From micro- + centrifuge.
Senses: examples: text: Cell suspensions in RNAlater were microcentrifuged for one minute at 20,000 × g, and the pellets were re-suspended in the kit-provided buffer RLT.
ref: 2016 February 4, “Use of De Novo Transcriptome Libraries to Characterize a Novel Oleaginous Marine Chlorella Species during the Accumulation of Triacylglycerols”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To centrifuge in such a device.
disparities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disparity
decadal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [dɪˈkeɪdəɫ]
Etymology: From decade + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to the number ten.
examples: text: About the same time in a decadal sense, there was a rather unexpected discovery.
ref: 2017, W. Hugh Woodin, In search of Ultimate-L: The 19th Midrasha Mathematicae Lectures (Version: January 30, 2017), p. 2
glosses: Of or related to a decade, in its various senses.
Synonyms: sense: in some contexts
word: decennial
Derived terms: decadally
interdecadal
intradecadal
multidecadal
subdecadal
Related terms: sense: base-10 numeration
word: decimal
multicentre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multicenter.
falciparum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /falˈsɪ.pə.ɹəm/
Etymology: Contemporary Latin, from falx (“scythe”) + par (“equal to”) + -um
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria
Derived terms: nonfalciparum
lithospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lithosphere + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: And of course, in order to understand the Earth's past and how it got to where it now is, it is important to have a basic knowledge of plate tectonics, which explains how the planet's continental and oceanic crusts are part of the lithospheric plates that are buoyant and ride upon the highly viscous asthenosphere.
ref: 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the lithosphere
Derived terms: nonlithospheric
sublithospheric
arthrogryposis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arthrogryposes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
teratology
glosses: The permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position.
examples: text: Republican front-runner twisted his arms in apparent imitation of Serge Kovaleski’s arthrogryposis as he reiterated controversial 9/11 claims[.]
ref: 2015 November 26, Claire Phipps, “New York Times slams 'outrageous' Donald Trump for mocking reporter's disability”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
sciences
teratology
glosses: A congenital disorder in which the joints are so fixed because of lack of muscle development.
Derived terms: arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
ephebo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ephebos
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Disenfranchise pedo-priests and ephebo-priests.
ref: 2009 February 21, R. L. Measures, “Re: "The View" Rips Catholicism - Again”, in alt.abortion, alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic, soc.men (Usenet):
text: About 98% of the pedo-priest cases in this archdiocese involved young boys and c. 2% involved teenage girls - so comparing homosexual pedo-priests to ephebo-teachers who become intimate with their female students is somewhat flawed.
ref: 2011 May 6, R. L. Measures., “Re: NBC allows Leno to bash priests”, in alt.abortion, alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic, rec.arts.tv (Usenet):
glosses: An ephebophile.
Derived terms: ephebophiliac
ephebos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epheboi
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ephebe.
synonyms: word: ephebe
ephebos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ephebo
sedile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sediles
form: sedilia
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sedilium (“type of seat in a church”).
sequestra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sequestrum
sequestrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkwəstɹeɪt/
Forms: form: sequestrates
form: sequestrating
form: sequestrated
form: sequestrated
Etymology: Back-formation from sequestration.
Senses: glosses: To sequester.
sequestrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkwəstɹeɪt/
Etymology: Back-formation from sequestration.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having enclosed underground or partially buried fruiting bodies, like a truffle.
Proto-Slavic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: PSl.
form: PS.
Etymology: From proto- + Slavic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A hypothetical, reconstructed language whence all the Slavic languages later descended.
Synonyms: word: Common Slavic
english: more accurately referring to a late form of Proto-Slavic
translation: more accurately referring to a late form of Proto-Slavic
word: Common Slavonic
english: may also refer to Old East Slavic or Old Church Slavonic
translation: may also refer to Old East Slavic or Old Church Slavonic
word: Old Slavonic
word: Slavonic
Hyponyms: Common Slavic
Common Slavonic
Related terms: Proto-Balto-Slavic
proto-language
Proto-Slavic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: PSl.
form: PS.
Etymology: From proto- + Slavic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Proto-Slavic language.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the people or nation that spoke Proto-Slavic.
abollae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abolla
abollas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abolla
out on the tiles
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on the tiles
Senses: examples: "I've had a pint of bitter and now I'm feeling better and I'm out on the tiles." - Led Zeppelin, Out on the Tiles (1970).
glosses: Out for a night on the town.
Synonyms: on the town
starting point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starting points
Senses: examples: text: King's Cross Station proved to be the starting point of a journey that took me around the world.
synonyms: point of departure
glosses: The place where a journey starts.
examples: text: Examining the data and facts will be a good starting point.
text: What Loehr called the Middle Western Chou is the probable starting point, that is, during the mid-eleventh century B.C.⁵⁸ when a breakdown in the old order of Phase I can be documented. For instance, a yu found at T'un-hsi, Anhui, (Plate 19) is decorated with intertwining birds both on the belly and lid and exemplifies this conversion.
ref: 1979, Katheryn McAllister Linduff, Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93:
text: Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […].
ref: 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171:
synonyms: point of departure
glosses: The first steps when commencing an activity.
Related terms: starting time
volleying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of volley
volleying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volleyings
Senses: examples: text: […] the King's Entrance takes place under volleyings and cannonadings.
ref: 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The firing of a volley.
volleyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of volley
at pains
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The agency has been at pains to stress that its decisions are still based on sound science.
text: He was at great pains to distance himself from the rumours.
text: She was at some pains to remind the others to read the instructions.
glosses: Making careful effort (to).
Related terms: go to pains
painstaking
take pains
go to great lengths
go to the ends of the earth
Helga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlɡə/
Etymology: From Old Norse Helga (“holy”), a pre-Christian term, feminine form of Helgi. Doublet of Olga.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Old Norse occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
Related terms: Olga
pride comes before a fall
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: pride goes before a fall
form: pride goeth before a fall
form: pride wenteth before a fall
form: pride cometh before a fall
form: pride comes before the fall
Etymology: Probably a truncation of Proverbs 16:18.
Senses: glosses: A person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure.
Related terms: hamartia
hubris
the bigger they are, the harder they fall
pride goeth before a fall
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pride comes before a fall.
dso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dsos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dzo.
DFDAU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DFDAUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of digital flight data acquisition unit: the processor on an aircraft that feeds data to the black box flight data recorder.
double entendres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double entendre
Helle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛli/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A daughter of king Athamas, who, together with her brother Phrixus, fled from their stepmother Ino to Colchis on a golden ram. On their way, she fell from its back and was drowned in the strait called, after her, Hellespont.
Thora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Short form of Old Norse female given names beginning with Þórr (“Thor”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Old Norse occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
in rags
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Like Cinderella, the girl in rags was swept off her feet by a handsome Prince Charming.
glosses: Dressed in very old, torn clothes.
examples: October 9 2007, Rory Carroll, The Guardian, "Cocaine galore! Villagers live it up on profits from 'white lobster'"
Some locals who used to be in rags live it up at posh hotels.
glosses: Very poor or lowly.
Related terms: ragamuffin
rag-and-bone man
under-the-counter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The village shop seemed to be a bastion of respectability but those in the know could obtain some very questionable under-the-counter material.
text: The frequency of under-the-counter selling is most difficult to ascertain.
ref: 1962, United States Congressional Serial Set, United States Government Printing Office:
text: 1973, Robert Wallace Winslow, Crime in a Free Society: Selections from the President's Commission on Law
Traffic and distribution of under-the-counter materials appears to be a very minor ... The total market in under-the-counter materials is estimated to be ...
text: 1988, Gordon Hawkins and Franklin E. Zimring, Pornography in a Free Society,
of material classified as "under-the-counter" was being openly exhibited and openly sold.
glosses: Illicit, obtained or sold furtively.
Related terms: under the counter
rags and tatters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: ...she was sworn just as she was, all rags and tatters.
ref: 2002, C. L. Brightwell, Memorials of the Early Lives and Doings of Great Lawyers, page 198:
glosses: very old, torn clothes
examples: December 17 2001, Russell Thomas, The Guardian Sports section.
Fulham's defence was a thing of rags and tatters long before the end.
glosses: something ruined; fragments
Tove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Northamptonshire, England, tributary to the Great Ouse, which passes Towcester.
Tuva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtuːvə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Тува́ (Tuvá).
Senses: glosses: A republic of the Russian Federation in southern Siberia.
Synonyms: Tyva
Tannu Tuva
Tannu-Tuva
Tuwa
Derived terms: Tuvan
Related terms: Kyzyl
Tannu-Tuva
rotely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rotely
form: most rotely
Etymology: From rote + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She kisses him to make him stop talking, and after that sex unfolds rotely. It is all she can do not to roll her eyes.
ref: 2024, Vajra Chandrasekera, Rakesfall, Solaris (2025), page 99:
glosses: By rote, in rote fashion; machine-like.
Tyra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African American usage.
glosses: A female given name from Swedish.
glosses: A surname from Polish.
web celebs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of web celeb
gynecomastia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡaɪ.nɪ.kəʊˈmæs.tɪə/
ipa: /-kə-/
ipa: /ˌɡaɪ.nɪ.koʊˈmæs.tiə/
ipa: /-kə-/
ipa: /ˌdʒaɪ-/
Forms: form: gynecomastias
form: gynaecomastia
form: gynæcomastia
form: gynaecomasty
form: gynæcomasty
form: gynecomasty
Etymology: From gyneco- + -mastia.
Senses: examples: text: But probably the primary reason for gynecomastia in adult onset is drugs—and these are not illegal drugs.
ref: 2006, Merle J. Yost, Demystyifying Gynecomastia: Men with Breasts, →ISBN, page 24:
text: Fitness coach Powell was awake and talking throughout the procedure last month at the Cardiff branch of Signature Clinic, a cosmetic surgery group which for the past year has averaged 100 gynecomastia patients a month across its six locations in UK and Ireland.
ref: 2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: gynecomastism
gynecomazia
glosses: Excessive development of breasts in men, resembling the breast development in women.
Derived terms: gyno
pseudogynecomastia
Related terms: man boob
moob
bitch tits
gynaecomastia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gynecomastia.
pudding basin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pudding basins
form: pudding-basin
Senses: glosses: A bowl in which raw pudding dough or batter is placed for cooking.
Derived terms: pudding basin haircut
pudding-basin haircut
newser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsers
Etymology: From news + -er.
Senses: topics: media
glosses: A press conference.
Synonyms: presser
alegar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: ale + French aigre (“sour”)
Senses: glosses: vinegar produced from fermented ale.
spizzerinctum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌspɪz.əˈɹɪŋk.təm/
Senses: glosses: Chutzpah, guts, nerve, or backbone.
glosses: Determination, ardor, or zeal.
incisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incision
wildland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wildlands
form: wild land
Etymology: From wild + land.
Senses: examples: 1837, Lord Glenelg, question submitted to the law officers of the Crown in England, quoted in Justice Gwynne, opinion in Mercer v. Attorney General for Ontario, 1881, in Reports of the Supreme Court of Canada, Volume V, page 686,
Whether it is in point of law competent for his Majesty, with the advice of and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of New Brunswick, to render the tracts of wildland in the colony which belong to his Majesty jure coronæ subject to the appropriation of the legislature of the province for a fixed period or in perpetuity in return for a civil list to be settled on the Crown for a similar term, or in perpetuity as may be thought best?
1883 September 22, Mallerstang Forest and Pendragon Castle, Westmoreland (book review), in Manchester City News, Notes and Queries section, No. 37, reprinted in J. H. Nodal (ed.), City News Notes and Queries, City News Office (1883–4), Volume V, page 136,
The traveller by the Midland Railway line to Carlisle passes through Mallerstang in the stretch of wildland traversed before reaching Kirkby Stephen, but there is no station in any portion of the valley to acquaint him with the fact.
glosses: Land that is unfit for, or has not been modified by, cultivation or other human activity; a natural area.
Synonyms: wasteland
wilderness
Hypernyms: land
Related terms: wildlife
wildling
wildlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wildland
bi-lingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of bilingual.
vice-versa
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vice versa.
brik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: briks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of burek (“type of pastry”).
Trinidadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹɪ.nɪˈdæ.diː.ən/
Forms: form: Trinidadians
Etymology: From Trinidad + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Down ‘D’ Islands, or DDI for short, makes it easy for visitors to island-hop around offshore parts of Trinidad that most Trinidadians don’t even know.
ref: 2024 April 9, Steve Bennett, “This overlooked island has some of the Caribbean’s best beaches”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Trinidad or descending from Trinidad.
Trinidadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /tɹɪ.nɪˈdæ.diː.ən/
Etymology: From Trinidad + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Donning a tracksuit in the colors of the American flag and a Team USA shirt that paid respect to the late NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, Snoop Dogg laced up for a 200-meter exhibition race against Trinidadian former Olympic medalist Ato Boldon and two-time NCAA outdoor 200m champion Wallace Spearmon.
ref: 2024 June 25, Sam Joseph, “Snoop Dogg delivers mic drop moments at US trials as 52-year-old runs 200m in 34.44 seconds”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Trinidad or to the people or language of that country.
pudding basin haircut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pudding basin haircuts
form: pudding-basin haircut
Senses: glosses: A haircut carried out by placing a pudding basin over the head and cutting around the base; or, one that looks as if it were so carried out.
Related terms: bowl cut
waystation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waystations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of way station.
stars in one's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: After their first kiss the pair of them walked around with stars in their eyes for days.
glosses: The state of being overly or extremely impressed with something; enchanted with romance.
Related terms: starry-eyed
way station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: weigh station
Forms: form: way stations
form: way-station
form: waystation
Senses: glosses: A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
examples: text: At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201:
glosses: A service area or temporary lodging used during a longer journey.
Synonyms: stopover
whistle-stop
staging post
tuxedos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuxedo
tuxedoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuxedo
bad medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Many economists believe that trying to spend your way out of a recession is bad medicine.
glosses: Any advice or treatment that has no value or exacerbates the problem.
black bag
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of black-bag.
black bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black bags
Senses: examples: text: The road was full of black bags awaiting the arrival of the dustbin men.
glosses: A black plastic sack produced for the disposal of household waste.
glosses: The pouch or case traditionally carried by medical doctors, especially when making house calls, and containing medical instruments and supplies.
glosses: A pouch or case containing burglary tools.
glosses: Synonym of football (“the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President”)
synonyms: word: football
extra: the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President
Synonyms: sense: sack for disposal of waste
word: garbage bag
word: trash bag
word: rubbish bag
sense: bag containing medical instruments
word: medical bag
Derived terms: black bag job
black bag operation
garbage bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garbage bags
Senses: examples: text: The road was full of garbage bags awaiting the arrival of the trash men.
glosses: A plastic bag produced for the disposal of household waste.
Synonyms: word: black bag
word: rubbish bag
word: trash bag
Hyponyms: word: bin bag
word: bin liner
trash bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trash bags
Senses: examples: text: The road was full of trash bags awaiting the arrival of the garbage men.
glosses: A plastic bag for the disposal of household waste.
glosses: A disrespectful person.
Synonyms: word: black bag
word: rubbish bag
word: garbage bag
trash bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trash bag
black bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black bag
garbage bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garbage bag
overpressure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overpressures
Etymology: From over- + pressure.
Senses: examples: text: ... or whether the bronchiectatic cavity is due principally to a yielding of the bronchial walls to the inspiratory and expiratory pressure, to the overpressure of the engorging secretion, ...
ref: 1904, trans. unknown, Wilhelm von Leube, Julius L. Salinger (ed.), Medical Diagnosis, page 101
text: The walls facing the explosion will experience a reflected overpressure.
ref: 1997, Task Committee on Blast Resistant Design, Design of Blast Resistant Buildings in Petrochemical Facilities, ASCE, page 3-14
text: Figure 5-19 shows a breather valve that carries separately a direct-loaded vacuum relief value and an overpressure relief valve.
ref: 2004, Peter Smith & R.W. Zappe, Valve Selection Handbook 5th ed, Elsevier, p191
glosses: excess or markedly elevated pressure, especially a transient high pressure due to a shock wave
overpressure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overpressures
form: overpressuring
form: overpressured
form: overpressured
Etymology: From over- + pressure.
Senses: glosses: To subject to a high pressure
overpressures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overpressure
estancia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estancias
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish estancia. Doublet of stance and stanza.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the campsites are close to estancias; some are run by the parks service and have showers; and the remainder are in more remote locations with no vehicle access or facilities.
ref: 2006, R. Buckley, Adventure Tourism, page 322:
glosses: A large rural estate in Latin America; a kind of ranch.
Related terms: estanciero
étagère
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: étagères
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of etagere.
pank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panks
Etymology: Likely a modification of punk.
Senses: examples: text: We're through being cool
We're through being cool
Spank the pank who try to drive you nuts
ref: 1981, Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, “Through Being Cool”, in New Traditionalists, performed by DEVO:
text: > my name is vaughan mcdonald and i am in the tenth grade. this is my first time on senior chat and would like for someone to write back to me.
>
>
Get out of this Newsgrp you pank. Can't you read is senior chat
had to be a sophomore.
ref: 1994 November 30, El Matador, “new user”, in k12.chat.senior (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022:
text: What a pank!
ref: 1998 August 13, Grigori Khaskin, “Arutz 7 again”, in israel.lists.il-board (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022:
text: What a PANK. Think you could use a little bit more vulgar language for you personal attack here? Thanks, that's real helpful for the Net+ exam......dolt.
ref: 2001 September 6, Gary, “low level format”, in alt.certification.network-plus (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022:
text: Boy, you really nailed it there, you panks.
ref: 2004 October 12, Jim Brown, “And you thought quayle was dum”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet), retrieved 23 Aug 2022:
glosses: An irritating or stupid person.
pank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: panks
form: panking
form: panked
form: panked
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps related to Swedish panka (“to be exhausted, give out”). Alternatively, perhaps a syncopated variant of panic.
Senses: glosses: To breathe hard, pant.
glosses: To pound.
raw_tags: of the heart
handymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handyman
furioso
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian. Doublet of furious.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Rapidly and with passion.