cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Triers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
ref: 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2
glosses: Alternative form of Trier.
Triers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Trier
acute angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acute angles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees.
obtuse angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obtuse angles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: acute angle
right angle
reflex angle
glosses: An angle that is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.
acute angles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acute angle
obtuse angles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obtuse angle
sets of wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of set of wheels
half-deal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-deals
Etymology: From Middle English halfdele. Equivalent to half- + deal (“part, portion”). Cognate with Danish halvdel (“half-deal”).
Senses: glosses: A half-part; half.
wireframer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wireframers
Etymology: From wireframe + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or tool that produces wireframes.
wireframers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wireframer
customisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From customise + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of customizability.
unofficiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unofficial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unofficial.
unofficialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unofficial + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unofficial.
dragra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌɡɹə/
Forms: form: dragras
Senses: glosses: A cantilevered veranda, serving a wide variety of purposes, commonly affixed to dwellings of the Gaddi of Chamba, India.
Synonyms: sense: cantilevered veranda
word: behi
Pampathy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
counties palatinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of county palatinate
counties palatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of county palatine
Palenquero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish palenquero, from San Basilio de Palenque + -ero.
Senses: glosses: A Spanish-based creole spoken in northern Colombia.
wikipedia: Palenquero
San Basilio de Palenque
red lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red line
hard wheat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard wheats
Senses: synonyms: durum wheat
antonyms: soft wheat
glosses: Any variety of wheat with hard grains of a higher protein content, used in the production of bread flour and pasta.
soft wheat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft wheats
Senses: glosses: Varieties of wheat with soft grains of higher starch and lower protein content, used in the production of biscuit, cake and domestic flours.
Related terms: hard wheat
Afrophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afrophobes
Etymology: From Afro- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: Someone who exhibits Afrophobia
Synonyms: Blackophobe
negrophobe
Afrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Afrophobic
form: most Afrophobic
Etymology: From Afro- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting Afrophobia.
Afrophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afrophobe
North Atlanticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From North Atlantic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A characteristically North Atlantic feature.
pan-Shia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + Shi'a.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to pan-Shiism.
pan-Shiism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + Shiism.
Senses: glosses: An ideology that promotes unity and solidarity between the various Shia madhabs
Shi'ification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shiification
Senses: glosses: Shi'itization.
Shi'itization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Shi'ite + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Shiitization.
Shiification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Shi'ification.
Shi'ify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Shi'ifies
form: Shi'ifying
form: Shi'ified
form: Shi'ified
Senses: glosses: To make Shiite, or to increase the Shia character of.
Related terms: Shi'ification
Shi'ifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Shi'ify
Shi'ifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Shi'ify
Shi'ified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Shi'ify
Shiiteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Shi'iness
Shi'a-centric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shi'a-centric
form: most Shi'a-centric
Etymology: From Shi'a + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Centred on or emphasizing Shi'a Islam.
non-Shia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-Shiite
Etymology: From non- + Shia.
Senses: glosses: not Shia
non-Shiite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + Shiite.
Senses: glosses: non-Shia
saturative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sæˈtjʊəɹətɪv/
ipa: /sæˈt͡ʃʊɹətɪv/
ipa: /ˈsæt͡ʃəɹətɪv/
Etymology: From saturate + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That is brought to full satisfaction
raw_tags: in languages such as Russian
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That proceeds to full saturation
inter-Shia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inter-Shiite
form: inter-Shi'a
Senses: glosses: Between Shiite movements or madhabs.
inter-Shiite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + Shiite.
Senses: glosses: inter-Shia
inter-Shi'a
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inter-Shia.
North Atlantican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more North Atlantican
form: most North Atlantican
Etymology: From North Atlantic + -an.
Senses: examples: text: North Atlantican Arctic
ref: 1930, Hvalrådet, International Whaling Statistics - Issues 1-15, page 54:
text: (see title)
ref: 1989, P. Ziegler, “Evolution of the North Atlantican Overview”, in Extensional tectonics and stratigraphy of the North Atlantic margins: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir, volume 46, page 111:
text: He yearned to be back in the luxurious confines of his habitation cube… or even better, on a North Atlantican beach wrapped in a heating thermal and sipping a mojito.
ref: 2018, Troy Grice, Gaiastan:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the North Atlantic
North Atlanticans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of North Atlantican
out-of-character
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more out-of-character
form: most out-of-character
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of out of character.
crifanac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈfæn.æk/
Etymology: Blend of critical + fan + activity. From fanac. Coined by Charles Burbee.
Senses: examples: text: Come to think of it, I certainly don't envy you all the work involved. Gad, you must be superhuman, or at least superdevoted to crifanac!
ref: 1955 January, Art Rapp, “Through Rain”, in Abstract, number 9:
text: This is a matter of degree, and depending on the extent to which a given fan indulges in anything more than local club activity he may be distinguished as an actifan (as opposed to passifen); stress on crifanac rather than congoing, among actifans, is the chief extensional distinction between trufans and confans.
ref: 1959, Richard Emey, Fancyclopedia II, Fan:
text: The state of Wisconsin, once one of the cooler hotbeds of faanish endeavor, today lies fallow, barren and all but devoid of the faintest crepitance of crifanac.
ref: 1966 November, Dean Grennell, “A Pilgrim in Never-Never Country”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 4, page 19:
text: It may still be a little bit before I can add a.f.i-m back into my list of online crifanac, but I do hope to be back before too long.
ref: 1998 August 9, Dave Locke, “Re: Critical Mass (and where in the world is Dave Locke???)”, in alt.fan.inspector-morse (Usenet), message-ID <35cd9d1a.55797347@news.pipeline.com>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Urgent, high-priority fan activity.
doodle-bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doodle-bugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of doodlebug.
doodle-bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doodle-bug; alternative form of doodlebugs
Malcolm X-ism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Malcolm X + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: So Malcolm X-ism, the violence which is appearing in most of these civil rights organizations and to some extent its leadership, springs from an evaluation of the past ten years and the frustration which is inevitably coming to the fore […]
ref: 1964, Manas, volume 17, page 48:
glosses: Pressure and resistance against racism or xenophobic conditions.
wikipedia: Malcolm X
home ownership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of homeownership.
Phú Thọ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfuːθɔː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Phú Thọ.
Senses: glosses: A province of Vietnam.
vyshyvanka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vyshyvankas
form: vyshyvanky
Etymology: From Ukrainian вишива́нка (vyšyvánka). Compare Belarusian вышыва́нка (vyšyvánka).
Senses: glosses: Traditional Ukrainian and Belarusian clothing, featuring elements of Ukrainian and Belarusian ethnic embroidery.
Coordinate terms: english: flower wreath
translation: flower wreath
word: vinok
word: kobeniak
word: kozhukh
word: kozhushanka
word: ochipok
word: zhupan
english: other parts of Ukrainian outfits
translation: other parts of Ukrainian outfits
word: sharovar
vyshyvanky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vyshyvanka
vyshyvankas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vyshyvanka
jihadistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jihadistic
form: most jihadistic
Etymology: From jihad + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to jihadism
sharia laws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharia law
anti-Muslimist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-Muslimists
Senses: examples: text: A casual reading of Serbian press materials since the start of the war in Bosnia reveals a plethora of anti-Muslimist themes
ref: 2002, Fred halliday, Two hours that shook the world, p 97
text: Since 9/11, however, the situation has simultaneously deteriorated and intensified, and the anti-Muslimist discourse prevails to the extent that society is becoming increasingly receptive to such ideas (Allen and Nielsen 2002).
ref: 2005, Tahir Abbas, Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure - Page 50
text: and Hindu fundamentalists operate in an environment less affected by Western cultural invasion (they are more anti-Muslimist than anti-Western).
ref: 2006, Peter Demant, Islam vs Islamism, p 96
glosses: One who exhibits anti-Muslimism; Islamophobe
anti-Muslimists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-Muslimist
thanatocoenoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thanatocoenose
glosses: plural of thanatocoenosis
Indianapolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Indianapolitan
form: most Indianapolitan
Etymology: From Indianapolis + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Indianapolitan public accordingly abstains in considerable numbers from paying its fares, being moved by sympathy with labor...
ref: 1889 October 19, “Bobtail Cars”, in The New York Times, retrieved 02 Oct 2014:
glosses: Of or from Indianapolis.
Indianapolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indianapolitans
Etymology: From Indianapolis + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Indianapolitans seem to be very civil and orderly people, a pattern of sobriety and good behavior, if we can infer anything on these points from the smallness of their police force, for this body, considered indispensable in most cities for the preservation of order, in this city numbers only eight, including a chief.
ref: 1857, J. B. B., “A City of the West”, in The New England Farmer, volume 9, page 387:
ref: 1885 October 17, “A Missing Indianapolitan”, in The Chicago Daily Tribune, retrieved 03 Oct 2014:
text: If the Indianapolitans could declare and enforce an effective embargo upon all outsiders, it is evident that Indianapolis would languish and die.
ref: 1892 September 17, “Indianapolis, New-York, and Cholera”, in The New York Times, retrieved 02 Oct 2014:
text: The earliest sculpture by an Indianapolitan was the statue of Benjamin Franklin by John Mahoney, erected in 1874 above the front doorway of the Franklin Insurance Company building in the southeast segment of the Circle.
ref: 1954 June 24, Eva Draegert, “The Fine Arts in Indianapolis, 1875–1880”, in Indiana Magazine of History, volume 50, number 2, Trustees of Indiana University, page 105:
glosses: A person from Indianapolis.
Related terms: Indianan
leupeptins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leupeptin
lixisenatide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + [Term?] + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A glucogan-like peptidase agonist being investigated for the treatment of diabetes.
lyssa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪs.ə/
rhymes: -ɪsə
homophone: Lyssa
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύσσα (lússa).
Senses: glosses: Rabies.
Derived terms: lyssic
lyssophobia
impercipiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impercipience
hell houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hell house
reëntrance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reëntrances
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of reentrance.
reëntrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of reentrant.
reëntrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reëntrants
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of reentrant.
having an affair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have an affair
had an affair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have an affair
has an affair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have an affair
jummah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jummahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jumu'ah.
female genital mutilations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of female genital mutilation
onion booty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onion booties
Etymology: From the jocular idea that the buttocks in question are so attractive that, like an onion, they can "make a grown man cry." Popularized by the 1997 film Def Jam's How to Be a Player.
Senses: examples: text: One nigga approaches, having a hard time tryna decide whether to focus on my perky 34C-cup titties or my hypnotizing onion booty.
ref: 2014, De'nesha Diamond, Street Divas,, page 132:
glosses: Large, attractive female buttocks.
wikipedia: Def Jam's How to Be a Player
Indianapolitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If the Indianapolitans could declare and enforce an effective embargo upon all outsiders, it is evident that Indianapolis would languish and die.
ref: 1892 September 17, “Indianapolis, New-York, and Cholera”, in The New York Times, retrieved 02 Oct 2014:
glosses: plural of Indianapolitan
packing needle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packing needles
form: packing-needle
Senses: glosses: A large needle used for heavier sewing, such as sewing up canvas packages.
packing-needle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: packing-needles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of packing needle.
noisy miner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noisy miners
Etymology: 'Miner' is a spelling variant of 'myna', a name given to this bird due to its superficial resemblance to the myna.
Senses: examples: text: By keeping small birds out of huge areas and fatally degrading their habitat, the noisy miner has had a devastating effect on dry woodlands and the birds that ought to live in them.
ref: 2016 December, Nigel Andrew, “Beware the Cassowary”, in Literary Review:
glosses: A grey honeyeater (Manorina melanocephala), that has a large range of songs, calls, and alarms, is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia, and has a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, and a yellow patch behind the eye.
Synonyms: native miner
noisy myna
native myna
Related terms: taxonomic: Geositta cunicularia
word: common miner
word: common myna
word: common mynah
word: Indian myna
word: Indian mynah
Wayleen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Wayne + Coleen.
Senses: examples: text: Whether Wayleen were aware of the showers or not, remains to be seen, as they travelled under tight security in vehicles with blacked-out windows to the venue.
ref: 2008 June 12, Corinne Abrams, Adam Sherwin, “Rain puts a damper on Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin wedding”, in The Times:
text: Whilst all appears well for the Wayleen partnership, it appears Wayne's dad, who's also called Wayne isn't having such good fortune.
ref: 2009 November 23, “And baby Roo comes too - Wayne Rooney's son enjoys his first visit to Old Trafford”, in Daily Mail:
text: If her family and strong Catholic upbringing in Croxteth has helped her through the 'Wayleen' sagas, Coleen goes into 2011 in the knowledge that while she is one half of a famous footballing couple, she has developed a lucrative brand identity in her own right and, this week, she fronts three magazine covers
ref: 2010 December 10, Bairbre Power, “Coleen -- still smiling despite Wayne's away games. . .”, in Irish Independent:
glosses: The couple consisting of celebrities Wayne Rooney and Coleen Rooney (née McLoughlin).
alferez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alfereces
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of alférez.
alfereces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alferez
cibolero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsiː.bəˈlɛ.ɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˌsi.bəˈlɛ.ɹoʊ/
Forms: form: ciboleros
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cibolero.
Senses: examples: text: When the cibolero returned to the plain, he was received with a fresh burst of vivas, and kerchiefs were waved to greet him.
ref: 1855, Thomas Mayne Reid, chapter VIII, in The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico, volume I, David Bogue, page 89:
qualifier: New Mexico
glosses: A Spanish colonial (and later Mexican) buffalo hunter from New Mexico.
ciboleros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cibolero
chirche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chirches
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of church.
chirches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chirche
coort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coorts
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of court.
bloudie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloudie
form: most bloudie
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of bloody.
coorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coort
batteaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batteau
avore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English avore.
Senses: glosses: before
awaye
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of away.
chappells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chappell
abyde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of abide.
carrie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carries
form: carrying
form: carried
form: carried
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of carry.
anoon
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: anon
Senses: glosses: immediately, straightaway
argueth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: argue + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of argue
arguest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of argue
fringefan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪnd͡ʒfæn/
rhymes: -ɪndʒfæn
Forms: form: fringefans
form: fringefen
Etymology: From fringe + fan.
Senses: examples: text: It got next to no prozine publicity and Los Angeles newspapers ignored it, so the fringefans didn't know about it.
ref: 1969, Harry Warner, Jr., All Our Yesterdays, page 263:
text: I repeat my contention that absence of critical sense is one of the marks of the fringefan, and introduce the corollary (observable from the earliest days of anything recognizable as fandom) that argumentativeness is one of the common denominators of the [trufan] (I hate that term but it carries a useful sense).
ref: 1983 January 7, csin!cjh, “Re cursing ministers”, in net.sf-lovers (Usenet), message-ID <bnews.csin.246>:
text: Some were undoubtedly fakefans and fringefans, and there was I'm sure a strong surviving increment of Trekkies, as well as a high proportion of what might be called Jedites.
ref: 1985, Algis Budrys, Benchmarks, page 253:
text: Depends on what you want from a con, but I imagine that the name GoH attracts the fringefen who would not come otherwise, and those people pay enough money so the con can book all the function space it wants to.
ref: 1994 June 3, Brad Templeton, “Re: What Are Cons For?”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <CqssD6.755@clarinet.com>:
text: Oh, I do enjoy Ansible as well <grovel>. However, I wasn't sure that was a True Fanzine (tm) - after all, it's read by (shock, horror) media fans, filkers, and other such fringefen. It also uses Modern Technology, not Traditional Ways Of Producing Fanzines (not that the email version of DR is exactly traditional either!)...
ref: 1995 June 11, Chris Croughton, “Re: LL Reconsidered?”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <802799304snz@keris.demon.co.uk>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A science fiction fan primarily interested in a specific subset of fandom; a partial fan on the fringe of fandom.
Meronyms: Trekker
Trekkie
Whovian
indian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indians
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Indian (“indigene”).
indian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indian
form: most indian
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Indian (“indigenous”).
mediafan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːdi.əˌfæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: mediafans
form: mediafen
Etymology: From media + fan.
Senses: examples: text: Your post is looking suspiciously like one of those litfan vs mediafan debates that are so incredibly stupid and pathetic and do nothing more than irritate people.
ref: 1998 June 9, Grant Watson, “Re: Godzilla - What a Turkey”, in aus.sf (Usenet), message-ID <357d206b.15155455@news.iinet.net.au>:
text: And I do know the difference between actors and the characters they play, unlike the usual mediafan stereotype (see GALAXY QUEST among many others).
ref: 2000 August 24, Matt G. Leger, “Re: TV science fiction [was Re: Beware of Slanted Fedora Cons!]”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <B5CA7EDE.A18D%mattleger@SPAMSUX.earthlink.net>:
text: I've never been starstruck by some of the actors I've met over the years, unlike so many local mediafen who fawn and grovel.
ref: 2006 April 5, Lloyd Penney, “ChatBack”, in Vegas Fandom Weekly, volume 2, number 17 (whole number #71), page 20:
text: Point is we weren't a pack of "mediafen barbarians", we were real, live, young litfans (and hardly any of us read any fantasy, were SF fans); but we were from the burbs and we were unfannish.
ref: 2014 January, Neil Williams, “Letters of Comment”, in Space Cadet, volume 12, number 1 (whole number #25), page 7:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A science fiction fan primarily interested in film and/or television.
confan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnfæn/
Forms: form: confans
form: confen
Etymology: From con (“convention”) + fan.
Senses: examples: text: Depending on the extent to which a given fan indulges in anything more than local club activity he may be distinguished as an actifan (as opposed to passifen); stress on crifanac rather than congoing, among actifans, is the chief extensional distinction between trufans and confans.
ref: 1959, Richard Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Fan:
text: Wake up fandom, not everyone here is large. If the equal rights of the slim are not recognized we could find ourselves in a mud-slinging contest that will make the zinefan vs. confan fight look like a sand-box squabble.
ref: 1995 May 30, Moshe Feder, “Re: TAFF T-Shirts”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <D9Dpzt.569@dorsai.org>:
text: "Ah, Meyer, you forget that we are in confan country," he said with less enthusiasm than I'd expected. "Some of these people dream about situations like this. A con in trouble. An intrepid confan rises to the occasion, takes over the con and saves the day. It's a File 770 front pager."
ref: 2004, Arnie Katz, The Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Fuggheads, page 14:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A science fiction fan primarily interested in conventions.
confans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confan
confen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confan
fringefans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fringefan
fringefen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fringefan
mediafans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mediafan
mediafen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mediafan
body corporates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of body corporate
property management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The operation, control and oversight of real estate.
Mashpee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An anglicization of the Massachusett words mass ("great") + nippe ("water"), synthesized as "great pond".
Senses: glosses: A town in Massachusetts.
Mashpee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mashpees
form: Mashpee
Etymology: An anglicization of the Massachusett words mass ("great") + nippe ("water"), synthesized as "great pond".
Senses: synonyms: Cummaquid
Mattachiest
glosses: A member of a Native American people, a subgroup of the Wampanoag people.
hum and ha
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hums and ha's
form: humming and ha'ing
form: hummed and ha'd
form: hummed and ha'd
form: hummed and ha'ed
form: hummed and ha'ed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hum and haw.
Clanton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Chilton County, Alabama.
West Ham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English west (“west”) + hamm (“water-meadow”).
Senses: glosses: A town in eastern London in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England.
glosses: Ellipsis of West Ham United, a football team in the English league.
Related terms: East Ham
North Ham
South Ham
Westham
fisherman's suplex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A wrestling move. With their opponent in a front facelock with the near arm draped over the attacker's shoulder, the wrestler hooks the opponent's near leg behind the opponent's knee with his/her free arm and falls backwards, flipping the opponent onto his/her back.
pep pill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pep pills
Senses: glosses: Synonym of party pill.
synonyms: word: party pill
undenotable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + denotable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be denoted.
nondenotative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + denotative.
Senses: glosses: Not denotative.
undenoted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + denoted.
Senses: glosses: Not denoted.
hypervisual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypervisual
form: most hypervisual
Etymology: From hyper- + visual.
Senses: examples: text: As befits a hypervisual modern world we have all been seeing and looking with ever greater intensity and sophistication, while the other senses have been ignored.
ref: 2004, Mark Michael Smith, Hearing History: A Reader, page 23:
glosses: Very highly visual.
postlingually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From postlingual + -ly.
Senses: examples: a postlingually deaf child
glosses: After the acquisition of language.
defectological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Nearly 3000 special educators are working in special schools; 520 of them have defectological preparation. Specialists for Uzbekistan are trained at defectological institutes in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Sverdlowsk, and Minsk.
ref: 1987, Cecil R. Reynolds, Lester Mann, Encyclopedia of Special Education, volume 3, page 1470:
glosses: Relating to defectology.
defectology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From defect + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: Training in orthopedagogics started as a global course without division into types of handicaps while training in defectology started with profound study of auditive handicapped children and was influenced greatly by a German system of special education with profound specialization according to a handicapping condition.
ref: 2000, Jan de Groof, A New Framework of Special Education in the Russian Federation:
glosses: The training of teachers of handicapped children.
raw_tags: in the former Soviet Union
Derived terms: defectological
schizophrenese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From schizophrenia + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The form of word salad uttered by schizophrenics.
nonrehabilitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rehabilitative.
Senses: glosses: Not rehabilitative.
rehabilitatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From rehabilitative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of rehabilitation.
rehabilitativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rehabilitative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being rehabilitative.
Brunerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brunerian
form: most Brunerian
Etymology: From Bruner + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to psychologist Jerome Bruner (1915–2016).
Lurian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lurian
form: most Lurian
Etymology: From Luria + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Alexander Luria (1902-1977), Russian neuropsychologist.
zinefan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈziːnfæn/
rhymes: -iːnfæn
Forms: form: zinefans
form: zinefen
Etymology: From zine + fan.
Senses: examples: text: Confan: Who cares about fanzines; cons are where the action is.
Zinefan: Yeah, well when the history of fandom is written, we will write it.
Confan: Yeah, but nobody will read it.
ref: 1991 May 6, Richard Harter, “Re: Query about Sixth Fandom”, in alt.fandom.misc (Usenet), message-ID <446@smds.UUCP>:
text: Wake up fandom, not everyone here is large. If the equal rights of the slim are not recognized we could find ourselves in a mud-slinging contest that will make the zinefan vs. confan fight look like a sand-box squabble.
ref: 1995 May 30, Moshe Feder, “Re: TAFF T-Shirts”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <D9Dpzt.569@dorsai.org>:
text: I’d love to see a complete list of active zinefen, find out how many there are.
ref: 2009 April, R. Graeme Cameron, “Letters of Comment”, in WCSFAzine, volume 3, number 3 (whole number #19), page 48:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A science fiction fan primarily interested in fanzines.
litfan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪtfæn/
rhymes: -ɪtfæn
Forms: form: litfans
form: litfen
Etymology: From lit (“literature”) + fan.
Senses: examples: text: There's certainly some overlap between litfen and mediafen, but there's also a distinctly different audience of mediafen, who may never look at this group.
ref: 1994 November 13, Laurie Mann, “Re: Do we need rec.arts.sf.fandom.media?”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <3a51lf$83p@terrazzo.lm.com>:
text: Personally, I was apalled^([sic]) at the divisions I saw within Star Trek fandom, where people wearing "Original Series" uniforms were sneered at far worse than I've seen from 'trufans', and the way some media fans sneer at others for watching the "wrong shows". Forget 'litfen' versus 'meejafen', the mediafen seem to be their own worst enemies.
ref: 2001 August 17, Chris Croughton, “Re: Any thoughts appreciated.”, in uk.people.sf-fans (Usenet), message-ID <slrn9nqri2.651.chris@ccserver.keris.net>:
text: Point is we weren't a pack of "mediafen barbarians", we were real, live, young litfans (and hardly any of us read any fantasy, were SF fans); but we were from the burbs and we were unfannish.
ref: 2014 January, Neil Williams, “Letters of Comment”, in Space Cadet, volume 12, number 1 (whole number #25), page 7:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A science fiction fan primarily interested in written science fiction.
litfans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of litfan
litfen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of litfan
zinefen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zinefan
zinefans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zinefan
king-hell
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Minced version of fucking hell.
Senses: examples: text: "Hello," you would say to the ones who looked like him as you lined up for the kickoff, and his type would nod and look away, one rock glint of recognition your due for living across the hall from one another all through freshman year, and then bang, as the ball was passed back, you'd get a bony king-hell knee in the crotch.
ref: 1960 November, Norman Mailer, “Superman Comes to the Supermarket”, in Esquire:
text: In a scene where nobody with any ambition is really what he appears to be, there's not much risk in acting like a king-hell freak.
ref: 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, →ISBN:
text: This is indeed one king-hell, motherfucker of a burger—one that would be seriously difficult to top in a blind taste-off of “experts.”
ref: 2010, Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: Tremendous; terrible.
blingmobile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blingmobiles
Etymology: From bling + mobile.
Senses: examples: text: While the advertising campaign for this environmentally irresponsible blingmobile is macho to the point of being dated, […]
ref: 2005 August 26, “Creative critique”, in Precision Marketing:
text: If the MTV show Pimp My Ride, where run-of-the-mill motors are transformed into blingmobiles, were to turn its attention to heavily-armed robots, the results would look something like this.
ref: 2007 June 29, James O'Brien, “Doctor K is back to make us brighter”, in Daily Mail:
text: A silver sedan with tinted windows drove by me, then slowed down for no apparent reason. Its shiny rims kept spinning even as the wheels came to a stop. Custom-made rims were common where I'd grown up in California, but in New York City they were gangster accessories. […] I tried to jog away from the blingmobile.
ref: 2009, Paul Bacon, Bad Cop: New York's Least Likely Police Officer Tells All, Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, pages 81–82:
glosses: A luxury vehicle, or any vehicle outfitted with expensive accessories or detailing.
blingmobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blingmobile
NDN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NDNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of next-door neighbour.
NDN
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: When spoken, the letters N—D—N sound like "Indian".
Senses: examples: text: Like much of the english language usage in NDN Country, the way and understanding of this usage [of the term "rights"] is quite a bit different than the standard mainstream [understanding], because the usage for NDN People is culturally based.
ref: 2007, Gkisedtanamoogk, quoted by Sarah King in Fishing in Contested Waters: Place & Community in Burnt Church/Esgenoôpetitj
text: NDN technologies have historically tended to be green and sustainable—not because NDN folks are magically spiritually attached to Mother Earth but because NDN cultures tend to value foresight and cycles, considering generational consequences of technological adoption and understanding of systems over flat utilization of resources.
ref: c. 2012, Monique Poirier, Musing about Native Steampunk, quoted by Ann VanderMeer, Steampunk Revolution, page 401
glosses: Native American; Indian.
NDN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NDNs
Etymology: When spoken, the letters N—D—N sound like "Indian".
Senses: glosses: Native American; Indian.
low-profile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more low-profile
form: most low-profile
Senses: examples: text: With their low-profile design, these old houses seem to be hiding in the countryside.
antonyms: high-profile
glosses: Not clearly attracting attention; inconspicuous.
Related terms: lowest-profile
keep a low profile
tuckamore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuckamores
Senses: glosses: A spruce tree bent and entangled by winds on the coastal shores of Newfoundland.
Related terms: krummholz
kokoshniki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kokoshnik
sarafany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarafan
floodgum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floodgums
Etymology: From flood + gum.
Senses: examples: text: The paperbarks and floodgums that shroud us look eerie and ethereal in the silver light, and I find myself matching Jasper's step.
ref: 2009, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, page 5:
glosses: The flooded gum, Eucalyptus rudis.
floodgums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floodgum
clerke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clerkes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of clerk.
clerkes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clerke
alluz
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Aw, Becky, don't pay no attention to THEM. Why, they don't hardly know NOTHIN'. They alluz make up things. I declare they do.
ref: 1990, Dave Barton, Matt Bond, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: An American Legend Brought to Life by Dave Barton and Matt Bond Based on the Novel by Mark Twain, Denver, Colo.: Pioneer Drama Service, →OCLC, act I, scene v (A Dead Cat and an Engagement), page 22:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of always.
bankiva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bankivas
Senses: glosses: Gallus gallus bankiva, a subspecies of the red junglefowl
bankivas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bankiva
fellaheen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fellah
gemmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Gemmen (says he), you all well know / The joy there is whene'er we meet; / It's what I call the primest go, / And rightly named, 'tis—'quite a treat,' […]
ref: 1820, Thomas Moore, W. Simpkin, R. Marshall, Jack Randall's Diary of Proceedings at the House of Call for Genius:
text: Gemmen, have you ordered the peck and booze for the evening?
ref: 1821, W. T. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry:
glosses: plural of gemmun
amitie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of amity.
cutt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of cut.
borry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: borries
form: borrying
form: borried
form: borried
Senses: examples: text: You pay me back the chaws you've awready borry'd off'n me, Lafe Buckner, then I'll loan you one or two ton of it, and won't charge you no back
ref: 1885, Mark Twain, chapter 21, in Huckleberry Finn:
text: Reckon I better be steppin' over to Vander's and see can I borry their cow.
ref: 2019, Grace MacGowan Cooke, The Power and the Glory:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of borrow.
adhikarana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adhikaranas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit अधिकरण (adhikaraṇa, “government”).
Senses: glosses: In ancient India, an administrative department
glosses: The office of such a department
adhikaranas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adhikarana
crathur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crathurs
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish créatúr.
Senses: glosses: creature
Palma de Mallorca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Palma: A city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Senses: synonyms: Las Palmas
glosses: The largest city and co-capital of the Canary Islands, along with Santa Cruz de Tenerife; the capital and largest city of the island of Gran Canaria; the capital and largest city of the province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands.
Las Palmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest city in Gran Canaria.
Synonyms: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Badalona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbædəˈloʊnə/
ipa: /ˌbɑːdəˈloʊnə/
Senses: glosses: A city in Catalonia, Spain situated on the left bank of the Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea.
Jerez de la Frontera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Andalusia, Spain; short form Jerez.
Jaén
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /hɑˈeɪn/
Forms: form: Jaen
Etymology: The Spanish city name likely derives from Arabic جَيَّان (jayyān), from Latin Villa Gaiena.
Senses: glosses: A city in Andalusia, Spain.
glosses: A province of Andalusia, Spain.
glosses: A habitational surname from Spanish.
glosses: A province of Cajamarca, Peru.
glosses: A district of Jaén, Cajamarca, Peru.
glosses: A city in Jaén, Cajamarca, Peru.
Corunna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹʌnə/
rhymes: -ʌnə
Etymology: From Spanish La Coruña, of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of La Coruña.
synonyms: word: La Coruña
glosses: A city, the county seat of Shiawassee County, Michigan, United States.
The Groyne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðə ˈɡɹɔɪn/
rhymes: -ɔɪn
Etymology: From Spanish La Coruña, of uncertain origin, possibly through an Old French form.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of A Coruña.
synonyms: word: A Coruña
eats up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat up
eating up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat up
ate up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat up
eaten up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat up
Muslimistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Muslimistic
form: most Muslimistic
Etymology: From Muslim + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: are you or have you ever been a member of the Muslimistic Church
ref: 2002, Fool, “Re: [OT] Re: After Afghanistan”, in rec.games.diplomacy (Usenet):
text: I think those influences you mention are affecting most all aspects of world culture. Muslimistic Sufis should not feel "special", as the focus of such threats, imo.
ref: 2006, obov, “Re: Sufism defined by people who hate Muslims”, in alt.sufi (Usenet):
text: For suffering under a Muslimistic/Hinduistic/Buddhistic/ Jewishistic/ quasi Christianistic regime of primary spiritualistic essences, they might well ask: Where was my father when I needed him?
ref: 2012, Art Odell, Why You Are a Racist, page 578:
glosses: Muslim or Muslim-like.
BOR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BORs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: IOR
glosses: Initialism of (member of) British other ranks.
qualifier: scouting
glosses: Initialism of board of review.
glosses: Initialism of branchio-oto-renal syndrome.
Muslimaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Muslimaniacs
form: muslimaniac
Etymology: Blend of Muslim + maniac
Senses: examples: text: Well that's true but it'll be entirely academic if the fundamentalist Muslimaniacs in Pakistan get hold of them as to if and when and where they might use them
ref: 2004, Dick Lankey, “Re: Sleeping With The Enemy”, in alt.consciousness.4th-way (Usenet):
text: Three brainless instigators. Those Muslimaniacs simply cannot understand that Israel is out to REINFORCE the gateway to the mosque
ref: 2007, Iamhere, “Re: Friday for Al-Aqsa Mosque Defense”, in soc.culture.palestine (Usenet):
glosses: An excessively zealous Muslim.
Muslimaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Muslimaniac
form: most Muslimaniac
form: muslimaniac
Etymology: Blend of Muslim + maniac
Senses: glosses: Being an excessively zealous Muslim.
Muslimaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Muslimaniac
muslimaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muslimaniacs
Senses: examples: 2003, Arch preposterous, Re: Is there increased activity at Air Force bases? Group: atl.general
Glad to see it since these guys live to blow muslimaniacs to hell.
2009, John Howard, re: man jailed for raping sleeping woman Group: aus.legal
i call bulltish. how many times have we heard lately that the muslimaniac rapist was drunk? that's perjury. being devout muslimaniacs, they don't touch the drink, do they?
2006, cmw, Re: Comedy Central censors Trey & Stone Group: aus.tv
Society as of recently is far too worried about NOT offending the minorities, no one has a sense of humour anymore. Fuck the muslimaniacs! we dont have to bow down to their wishes, they can't respect our society so why should we respect theirs?
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Muslimaniac.
muslimaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muslimaniac
sallees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sallee
bastard mahogany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastard mahoganies
Senses: glosses: Any of various eucalypts with hard wood, especially Eucalyptus botryoides.
glosses: A tree of the soapberry family, Matayba apetala.
forest mahogany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forest mahoganies
Senses: glosses: Red mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera).
glosses: Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys or Eucalyptus affinis).
glosses: River red gum (Eucalyptus spp., esp. Eucalyptus camaldulensis).
synonyms: Cape mahogany
Christmas bells
red ash
thundertree
glosses: Forest natal-mahogany (Trichilia dregeana)
iron gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron gums
Senses: glosses: Any of various eucalypts of eastern Australia known for their hard wood.