cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
New Albion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: All of the territory of North America north of New Spain, as claimed by Sir Francis Drake for England in 1579.
mallku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mallkus
Etymology: From Aymara mallku.
Senses: glosses: A prince or leader among the Aymara people.
Related terms: apu mallku
mallkus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mallku
Aymaran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Aymaran
form: most Aymaran
Etymology: From Aymara + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Aymara people or their language.
Aymaran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Aymara + -an.
Senses: glosses: The family of languages spoken by the Aymara.
Vandemonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌvæn.dɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Vandemonians
Senses: glosses: A person from Van Diemen's Land.
glosses: A person from Tasmania.
Vandemonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌvæn.dɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Senses: glosses: Relating to Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land.
Vandemonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vandemonian
protofeudalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From proto- + feudalism.
Senses: glosses: Any social system preceding, and moving toward, later feudalism.
macahuitls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macahuitl
macahuitl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macahuitls
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl macahuitl.
Senses: glosses: A wooden sword with obsidian blades, used by various Mesoamerican cultures.
Related terms: macana
underpads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underpad
underpadding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underpaddings
Etymology: From under- + padding.
Senses: glosses: Material used for underpads.
underpaddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underpadding
underpadded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + padded.
Senses: glosses: Having padding underneath.
glosses: Having insufficient padding.
Dinaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Dinara + -ic, after the mountain on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Dinaric Alps, a mountain chain in southern Europe.
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a subtype of the Caucasoid race, associated with southeastern Europe.
Dinaric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dinarics
Etymology: From Dinara + -ic, after the mountain on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A member of a subtype of the Caucasoid race, associated with southern Europe.
Snowball Earth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The planet Earth when its surface was almost completely frozen some time earlier than 650 million years ago, according to a hypothesis aiming to explain certain enigmatic features in the geological record, such as apparently glacial sedimentary deposits found at tropical paleolatitudes.
weird fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Popularized by H. P. Lovecraft.
Senses: examples: text: Weird fiction is, after all, notoriously typified by the presence of entities so radically different from normality that they are, to borrow a characteristic phrase from H. P. Lovecraft, “impossible to describe” (Lovecraft 2014: 404).
ref: 2020, Julius Greve, Florian Zappe, editors, The American Weird: Concept and Medium, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, pages 30–31:
glosses: A macabre subgenre of speculative fiction originating in the late 19th and early 20th century, pre-dating the horror and fantasy genres.
wikipedia: H. P. Lovecraft
Related terms: New Weird
multicontinental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multicontinental
form: most multicontinental
Etymology: From multi- + continental.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one continent.
simulism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The arrangement of leaves in E. cæspitosum and E. Ripleyi is quite different, but since both species are depressed dwarfs with much-condensed habits, the divergence in this character is almost concealed under a marked habital simulism.
ref: 1946, Leaflets of Western Botany, volumes 4-5, page 6:
glosses: A tendency to be similar; resemblance.
Publilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Publilius + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Publilius Volero, Ancient Roman statesman who pushed for reforms in suffrage.
Littrow projection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Developed by Joseph Johann von Littrow in 1833.
Senses: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A map projection that is conformal and retroazimuthal.
Gibson Girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gibson Girls
Etymology: Introduced in the satirical works of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson in the 1890s.
(radio transmitter): So called from its hourglass shape (allowing it to be held between one's legs while the generator handle was turned), supposed to resemble a womanly figure.
Senses: glosses: A personification of American ideal feminine beauty around the beginning of the 20th century, depicted as voluptuous but ladylike and fashionable.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A survival radio transmitter carried by aircraft on over-water operations.
Gibson Girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gibson Girl
ayllus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ayllu
yanakuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yanakunas
form: yanakuna
form: yanacona
Etymology: Borrowed from Quechua.
Senses: glosses: An individual in the Inca Empire who left the ayllu system and worked full-time at a variety of tasks for the Inca, their queen, or the religious establishment.
yanakunas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yanakuna
quyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quya
osculum infame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin, "shameful kiss".
Senses: glosses: A witch's supposed ritual greeting of kissing the anus of the Devil.
suicide bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicide bags
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A lysosome.
glosses: Synonym of exit bag.
synonyms: word: exit bag
suicide bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suicide bag
baby shampoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby shampoos
Etymology: Intended for use with young children.
Senses: glosses: A shampoo formulated to cause less irritation than normal shampoo if it gets into a person's eyes.
baby shampoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby shampoo
mediaevalesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mediaevalesque
form: most mediaevalesque
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of medievalesque.
medievalesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more medievalesque
form: most medievalesque
form: mediaevalesque
Etymology: From medieval + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat medieval in style.
discerningness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From discerning + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being discerning; discernment.
furtivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From furtive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Furtiveness.
præter-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of preter-.
dispatch rider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dispatch riders
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A messenger on a motorcycle.
glosses: A postrider or mounted courier (eg the US Pony Express)
Synonyms: word: estafette
nonaggregatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + aggregatable.
Senses: glosses: Not aggregatable.
aggregable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aggregable
form: most aggregable
Senses: glosses: Synonym of aggregatable.
synonyms: word: aggregatable
Derived terms: aggregability
self-hateful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-hateful
form: most self-hateful
Etymology: From self- + hateful.
Senses: glosses: Self-hating.
bogatyri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bogatyr
ideot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ideots
Senses: examples: text: No remedy; you must be dieted, and let blood in the Cephalica vein of asses, fools, dolts, ideots, dunces, dodipolles, and so forth infinitely; and never trust me, if you be not as tame-tongued, and barren-witted, as other honest men of Lombardy and the Low Countries.
ref: 1593, Gabriel Harvey, Pierce's Supererogation; or, A New Praise of the Old Ass, published 1815, page 59:
text: VVhat’s heere, the portrait of a blinking Ideot, / Preſenting me a ſedule?
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ix]:
text: She bags of Gold out of her boſome drevv, / VVhich ſhe to Sots and arrant Ideots threvv.
ref: 1630, Michael Drayton, “The Legend of Robert, Duke of Normandy”, in Poems: […], London: […] Willi[am] Stansby for Iohn Smethwicke, →OCLC, page 355:
text: 1721, Cotton Mather, diary entry for 16 July, 1721 in Diary of Cotton Mather, 1709-1724, Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, Seventh Series, Volume VIII, Boston: 1912, p. 632,
The Destroyer, being enraged at the Proposal of any Thing, that may rescue the Lives of our poor People from him, has taken a strange Possession of the People on this Occasion. They rave, they rail, they blaspheme; they talk not only like Ideots but also like Franticks, […]
text: A Noble-man tooke a great liking to a naturall, and had covenanted with his parents to take him from them and to keepe him for his pleaſure, and demanding of the Ideot if he would ſerve him, he made him this anſwere, My Father ſaith he, got me to be his foole of my mother, now if you long to have a foole; go & without doubt you may get one of your owne wife.
ref: 1633, A Banqvet of Jests: or, Change of Cheare. Being a collection, of Moderne Ieſts. Witty Ieeres. Pleaſant Taunts. Merry Tales. The Second Part newly publiſhed, page 30:
text: Nor will you think this ſtrange, when I tell you, that, take him out of his rote of official buſtle, and the jargon of Change-alley, he had not an idea beyond that money-grubbing ſphere, and was ſcarce not a born ideot, with a head as contracted as his heart[.]
ref: 1768, John Cleland, The Woman of Honor, volume 3, page 96:
text: So ſhould an ideot vvhile at large he ſtrays, / Find the ſvveet lyre on vvhich an artiſt plays, / VVith raſh and aukvvard force the chords he ſhakes, / And grins vvith vvonder at the jar he makes; […]
ref: 1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 257:
text: What an Ideot I must be sure!! a Hasty Fool & Blockhead!! Earnest to shew my Zeal & write a Ballad for the Welsh here to sing at yᵉ Balloting Houses; […]
ref: 1803 July 25, Hester Lynch Thrale, “To Mʳ Piozzi 25: July 1803—Brynbella”, in Katharine C[anby] Balderston, editor, Thraliana: The Diary of Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale (Later Mrs. Piozzi), 1776–1809, volume II (1784–1809), Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Clarendon Press, published 1942, →OCLC, pages 1040–1041:
glosses: Obsolete form of idiot .
ideots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ideot
Guiney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪni/
Forms: form: Guineys
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Géibheannaigh (“son of Géibheannach”), a personal name derived from géibheannach (“fettered”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Guiney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪni/
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Guinea.
awooga
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aooga.
Hotlanta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of hot + Atlanta, referring to the hot climate.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Atlanta: a major city in Georgia, United States.
Jewniverse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Jew + universe
Senses: examples: text: When I was eleven years old my stepmother enrolled my heathen ass in Gan Israel, an Orthodox summer day camp run by the Lubavitchers, the Jewiest Jews in all of the known Jewniverse.
ref: 2009, Nathan Rabin, The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture:
text: What matters is how you feel about the Jewish world, the Jewniverse.
ref: 2008, Lisa Alcalay Klug, Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe, page xvii:
glosses: The entire Jewish world or culture.
gaytard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: gaytards
Etymology: From gay + -tard.
Senses: glosses: Term of abuse.
glosses: A homosexual person, especially a homosexual man.
gaytards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaytard
flipism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flip + -ism, introduced in the Disney comic Flip Decision by Carl Barks, published in 1953.
Senses: examples: text: You flip three times, but maybe that is still placing too much responsibility on the penny. You decide to flip it a hundred times, five hundred, a thousand. You have become a victim of flipism, and you still haven't solved your conflict frustration.
ref: 1961, Harold J. Mahoney, Thelburn Laroy Engle, Points for decision, page 318:
glosses: A pseudophilosophy under which all decisions are made at random, as if by flipping a coin.
dalca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dalcas
Senses: glosses: A light canoe employed by the Chonos, a nomadic indigenous people of southern Chile.
dalcas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dalca
crurifragium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin crus (“leg”) + fragium (“a fracture of a part of the body”).
Senses: glosses: The breaking of the lower leg bones as an ancient form of punishment or execution.
rain garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rain gardens
Senses: examples: text: The area around the station, spanning some 150 hectares, will also be transformed, with sunken rain gardens in the public plaza in addition to an outdoor terrace to the station concourse.
ref: 2023 May 31, Chris Howe, “A new rail Interchange in the Midlands”, in RAIL, number 984, page 61:
glosses: A planted depression or hole that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas, such as roofs and driveways, to be absorbed into the ground.
Related terms: bioswale
dry well
drywell
sump
rain gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rain garden
temple garment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temple garments
Senses: topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
religion
textiles
synonyms: magic underwear
Jesus jammies
glosses: A form of underwear worn by Latter-day Saints after taking part in the endowment ceremony; they are a symbolic reminder of the covenants made in temple ceremonies.
temple garments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of temple garment
magic underwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A temple garment.
Mayanism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mayan + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An eclectic collection of New Age beliefs influenced in part by pre-Columbian Maya mythology and some folk beliefs of the modern Maya peoples.
alarmistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alarmistic
form: most alarmistic
Etymology: From alarm + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of alarmist.
synonyms: word: alarmist
Derived terms: alarmistically
if-by-whiskey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪf baɪ ˈwɪski/
ipa: /ˌɪf baɪ ˈʍɪski/
Etymology: Refers to a 1952 speech by Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat Jr. during a debate on whether or not Mississippi should legalize alcoholic beverages. He prefaced his qualified agreement with each side in turn with the formula "if by whiskey you mean..." and a definition of "whiskey" crafted to support that side.
Senses: examples: 2010, Carol Phillip-Tudor, The Boy, The Professor and Ella's Regret, Dorrance Publishing Company (RoseDog Books), page 103,
"You a foolin' nary a soul, mister Emil" says Bilky. "I's thinkin' maybe yourin a usin' the If-by-Whiskey defense. […] "
topics: government
politics
glosses: That equivocates on an issue while appearing to affirm both sides, by asserting that each is correct depending on which of two stated alternatives is used as the definition of a key term.
raw_tags: of a speech
wikipedia: Noah S. Sweat
beave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beaves
Etymology: Shortening of beaver.
Senses: examples: text: She was too wrapped up in regaling them with an amusing story from her freshman year when one of the senior girls got tired of Mr. Stephenson's constant quest to see her beave and came to school wearing a strap on penis...a really big one.
ref: 2013, Duane L. Martin, Origins:
glosses: Alternative form of beav.
beaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beave
Disumbrationism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Apparently an arbitrary invention, perhaps from dis- + umbra + -ation + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A supposed art movement created as a hoax in 1924 in reaction to an art establishment perceived as overvaluing inferior artworks.
doughfacism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From doughface + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The character of a doughface; willingness to be led about by others of stronger mind and will.
flunkeyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flunkey + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The suggestion first saw public print last autumn in British Transport Review, wherein Mr. Rupert Shervington, Movements Officer of the S.R., expressed the view that in its present economic situation B.R. could no longer tolerate at its stations inherited traditions of "flunkeyism", which required the maintenance of a large number of men to shut doors and carry bags, [...].
ref: 1963 April, “News and Comment: Stations into bus stops”, in Modern Railways, page 219:
glosses: Alternative form of flunkyism.
surf punk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From surf + punk.
Senses: glosses: A form of punk rock music influenced by surf rock.
facilitated communication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: FC
glosses: The now-discredited technique of assisting a person with a disability to communicate by helping them to point out letters of the alphabet on a board so as to spell a message.
Related terms: Ouija
Bhuddism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Buddhism.
ex-Yu
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: From or relating to the former nation of Yugoslavia.
reattacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reattack
reattacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reattack
reattacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reattack
potaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potaholic
dispatch riders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dispatch rider
post rider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post riders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of postrider.
post riders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post rider
aminoanthraquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoanthraquinones
Etymology: From amino- + anthraquinone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of anthraquinone
Derived terms: diaminoanthraquinone
aminoanthraquinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoanthraquinone
arabinofuranosylcytosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arabinofuranosylcytosines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of arabinofuranosides of cytosine, some of which are anti-tumor agents
archmould
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archmoulds
Etymology: From arch + mould.
Senses: glosses: A plastic moulding that surrounds and protects the wheel arch of a car.
wheel arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheel arches
Senses: glosses: The shaped part of the bodywork of a car or other vehicle that allows the wheel to be accessed, and in the case of front wheels, enable them to be steered.
archsodality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archsodalities
Etymology: From arch- + sodality.
Senses: glosses: A confraternity
expense accounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expense account
Fabergé eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fabergé egg
extension blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extension block
argosol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argosols
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Synonym of alfisol.
synonyms: word: alfisol
qualifier: soil science
glosses: Synonym of cambisol.
synonyms: word: cambisol
back-translate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: back-translates
form: back-translating
form: back-translated
form: back-translated
Etymology: From back- + translate.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: To translate a translated text back to the original language.
Related terms: back-translation
back-transliterate
back-translation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back-translations
form: backtranslation
Etymology: From back- + translation.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: A text which has been translated in such a fashion.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The translation of an amino acid sequence into genetic code.
Related terms: back-translate
back-transliteration
back-translates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of back-translate
back-translating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of back-translate
back-translated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of back-translate
back-translations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back-translation
armbrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armbraces
form: arm brace
Etymology: From arm + brace.
Senses: glosses: Any of several forms of harness that support an injured arm.
golden staphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden staph
has the painters in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have the painters in
having the painters in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have the painters in
had the painters in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have the painters in
arotinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arotinoids
Etymology: From aromatic retinoid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of synthetic derivatives of a retinoid that contains a benzene ring
Derived terms: heteroarotinoid
in duplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: This contract is in duplicate.
glosses: Consisting of two copies.
home loans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home loan
mattress protectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mattress protector
Fabergé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfæbə(ɹ)ˌʒeɪ/
Etymology: From Russian Фаберже (Faberže), ultimately of French origin. The é was deliberately added to make the name sound more French.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Fabergé egg
full-stack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: full stack
Senses: examples: text: He said that Eclipse is a full-stack IDE for Java developers.
text: I'd like to hire a full-stack developer to complete both the front end and the back end of our new website.
qualifier: software developer
glosses: Skilled at, or relating to, multiple software layers such as operating system and user interface.
Derived terms: full-stacker
great white rat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From its traditional predominantly white livery with a red tail.
Senses: glosses: Qantas airline.
fembitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛmbɪt͡ʃ/
enpr: fĕmʹbĭch
Forms: form: fembitches
form: femibitch
Etymology: Blend of feminist + bitch.
Senses: examples: text: The whole notion of sexual harassment is a lie concocted by the fembitches.
ref: 1995 January 5, Gary Clark, “THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS SEXUAL HARASSMENT”, in soc.men (Usenet):
text: Again, you're so busy assuming that I'm a woman, therefore I'm a selfish fembitch, that you didn't read my posts. I *do* support C4M. It's just that I support it in the direction of the default being no-paternity-option-to-assume-it, than being paternity-option-to-deny-it.
ref: 1997 May 19, Laurel Halbany, “Re: Incomprehension of Paternal Abandonment”, in or.politics (Usenet):
text: Nothing like the howling and gnashing of teeth heard from the fembitches in response to the accusations made against Clarence Thomas. The same goes for the Democrats.
ref: 2000 September 7, Tony Bounds, “Re: Al Gore, man of honor”, in soc.men (Usenet):
synonyms: femcunt
femifascist
feminazi
glosses: An intolerant feminist, often used by anti-feminists to refer to a feminist in general.
Canadian studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Canadian + studies.
Senses: qualifier: humanities
glosses: The academic field that examines topics concerning Canada, including Canadiana, culture, politics, history.
Coordinate terms: english: one who practices Canadian studies
translation: one who practices Canadian studies
word: Canadianist
order arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A position in which the gun is held at the right side, with its butt on the ground.
Related terms: present arms
order arms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: orders arms
form: ordering arms
form: ordered arms
form: ordered arms
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To adopt such a position.
Related terms: present arms
hand salute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand salutes
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: a gesture of respect to someone or something by raising the right hand to the side of one's head.
surfbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surfbird
surf carnival
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surf carnivals
Senses: glosses: A type of sports fair with competitions for surfers and lifesavers.
surf duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surf ducks
Senses: glosses: Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).
surf scoter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surf scoters
Senses: glosses: A species of sea duck, Melanitta perspicillata, which breeds in northern North America.
Synonyms: surf duck
sweat out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sweats out
form: sweating out
form: sweated out
form: sweated out
Senses: glosses: To sweat; to secrete sweat because of heat, nerves etc.
examples: text: They developed a tremendous respect for the gravel crunchers after sweating out a few rounds of artillery and observing at painfully close range how rocky a Korean hill can be.
ref: 1952, Naval Aviation News, page 9:
text: Evidently he placed himself at some risk to help us, I learned later, because he was threatened with dismissal for his unauthorized use of the typesetter. Not long thereafter he set up his own business, Xanadu Graphics, where he could work for us without having to sweat out any repercussions.
ref: 1984 December 15, John Kyper, “Remembering David Stryker”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 5:
glosses: To endure or go through (an ordeal).
examples: text: I'm going to sweat out fifty more push-ups more before I hit the rack.
glosses: To accomplish or achieve, usually through endurance or effort.
Related terms: ride out
weather out
Swedish massage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swedish massages
Senses: glosses: A popular style of massage involving effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, friction, and vibration/shaking as the basic strokes.
Swedish mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swedish miles
Senses: glosses: A unit of measure used in Sweden and other parts of Scandinavia, today with a length of 10 kilometres, but formerly with different values.
sword-swallower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sword-swallowers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sword swallower.
sword swallower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sword swallowers
Senses: glosses: A performer who performs sword swallowing
examples: text: Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels
He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels
And without further notice, he asks you how it feels
ref: 1965, Bob Dylan, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, in Highway 61 Revisited:
glosses: A person who performs oral sex on a man.
sword swallowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of passing a sword through the mouth and down the esophagus to the stomach, and then removing it.
Related terms: sword swallower
system operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: system operators
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person who oversees the day-to-day operation of a computer system
Synonyms: sysop
tahsildar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tahsildars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tehsildar.
talk into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talks into
form: talking into
form: talked into
form: talked into
Senses: examples: text: At the beginning, I wasn't keen on working the weekend shift, but my boss talked me into it.
text: She talked him into making the investment.
text: It’s still hard to accept that an abstract geographic rivalry resulted in the murders of the genre’s two biggest stars, but that was what happened. They’d talked themselves into it.
ref: 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
antonyms: talk out of
glosses: To convince (someone) by talking and suggesting.
talk down to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -uː
Forms: form: talks down to
form: talking down to
form: talked down to
form: talked down to
Senses: glosses: To speak to another person in a demeaning or patronizing way.
Synonyms: condescend
Related terms: talk down
Guayana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Guyana: A country in South America.
Related terms: Ciudad Guayana
ustifluvent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ustifluvents
Senses: glosses: A ustic soil that is deposited on a floodplain
ustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Intermediate between aridic and udic
raw_tags: of a soil
udic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Somewhat moist at most times of the year.
raw_tags: of a soil
aryloxyphenoxypropionate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aryloxyphenoxypropionates
Etymology: From aryloxy + phenoxy + propionate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aryloxy-phenoxy-propionate
arytænoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arytænoides
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of arytenoid.
escribano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escribanos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish escribano. Doublet of scrivener and scrivano.
Senses: examples: text: They robbed a gentleman and ill-treated him, but his brother, who was an escribano, was soon upon their trail, and had them arrested; but he wanted some one to identify them, and it chanced that they had stopped to drink water at my stall […]
ref: 1843, George Borrow, The Bible in Spain:
glosses: A clerk; a scrivener.
ascogonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ascogonia
Etymology: From ascus + -gonium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The spiral female organ of an ascomycetous fungus from which asci are produced
asteriosaponin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asteriosaponins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of toxic saponins produced by starfish
Synonyms: asteriotoxin
asteriotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asteriotoxins
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of toxic steroids produced by starfish (of the class Asteroidea)
Related terms: asteriosaponin
Astrophel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Astrophels
Senses: glosses: A male lover similar to that in the poem Astrophel and Stella.
rootin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of rooting.
Related terms: rootin' tootin'
struttin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of strutting.
stretchin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of stretching.
prowlin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of prowling.
mournin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of mourning.
traipsin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of traipsing.
providin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of providing.
healin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of healing.
orderin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of ordering.
trottin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of trotting.
ruinin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of ruining.
hustlin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hustling.
snorin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of snoring.
behavin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of behaving.
snortin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of snorting.
waterin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of watering.
trampin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of tramping.
growlin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of growling.
thumpin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of thumping.
crowdin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of crowding.
reckonin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of reckoning.
accusin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of accusing.
bendin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of bending.
sippin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of sipping.
strugglin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of struggling.
humpin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of humping.
shuttin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of shutting.
strappin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of strapping.
discussin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of discussing.
windin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of winding.
insultin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of insulting.
fagginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From faggy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being faggy.
obesities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obesity
obesest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of obese: most obese
obeisantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obeisantly
form: most obeisantly
Etymology: From obeisant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an obeisant manner.
obesely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obesely
form: most obesely
Etymology: From obese + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an obese manner.
oakums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oakum
obscurantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more obscurantic
form: most obscurantic
Senses: glosses: Employing obscurantism.
occipitally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From occipital + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In relation to the occiput or the occipital bone.
obsessors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obsessor
octantal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From octant + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an octant.
octosyllabics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octosyllabic
odeums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odeum
odism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From od + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The supposed science of the force or natural power called od.
Grecicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Grecicize
Grecicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Grecicize
octopush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of octopus + push
Senses: glosses: The sport of underwater hockey.
Derived terms: octopusher
underwater hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sport in which two teams compete to manoeuvre a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool into the opposing team's goal by propelling it with a pusher.
Synonyms: octopush
oenophily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oeno- + -phily.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oenophilia.
synonyms: word: oenophilia
grecicize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grecicizes
form: grecicizing
form: grecicized
form: grecicized
Senses: examples: text: 1894, H.E. Wassa Pasha and P. Colquhoun, "The Pelasgi and their Modern Albanian Descendants", in The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial Record, New Series, Vol. VII, No. 13, The Oriental University Institute, Woking.
Interesting too is the contention, that after the Pelasgi had occupied Asia Minor and the islands in the Aegean Sea, they conquered Greece, became gradually grecicized, and then, from Greece, re-conquered their original settlements, which in the meanwhile had themselves become grecicized.
text: 1951, Karl Heinrich Menges, "The Oriental Elements in the Vocabulary of the Oldest Russian Epochs", in Word: Journal of the Linguistic Circle of New York (Supplement).
From Byzantine sources, the word is rather late as τζελεπἡς (usually grecicized and declined, explained as ἑξ εὐγενῶν καταγὁμενος), in the main found with Georgios Frantzes (Γεὠργιος Φραντζἠς, 1401–1478[?]) treating the history of 1258–1477...
text: Of course, Byzantines who were engaged in legal parlance would have encountered the grecicized "ἀκτοριτάτε" (occasionally used in legal texts) and its later trajectory in Romance vernacular.
ref: 2014, Stratis Papaioannou, “Voice, Signature, Mask: The Byzantine Author”, in Aglae Pizzone, editor, The Author in Middle Byzantine Literature:
text: They comprised a number of Greeks from Istanbul, and a number of grecicized Romanians.
ref: 2014, Andreas Kappeler, The Russian Empire: a Multi-Ethnic History:
glosses: Alternative form of Graecicize.
rawks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rawk
oenophil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oenophils
Senses: glosses: Dated form of oenophile.
oenophils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oenophil
offsaddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of offsaddle
offsaddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of offsaddle
offsaddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of offsaddle
okeydoke
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of okey-doke.
omertas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omerta
oncologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oncology
ondings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onding
onsettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onsetting
graecicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Graecicization
form: Grecicization
form: grecicization
Senses: examples: text: But the name is a graecicization of an older form of unknown origin (there is also a Céreste in the Alps).
ref: 1939, The Dublin Magazine, volume 14:
text: On the other hand, it is more likely that -του reflects an attempt at graecicization by a scribe whose knowledge of Greek and Greek orthography, as the inscription amply demonstrates, was none too secure.
ref: 1981, “Turkic-Bulgarian-Hungarian Relations: (VIth-XIth Centuries)”, in Studia Turco-Hungarica, Budapest: Loránd Eötvös University:
text: The form ᾿Ιερἀ Πἑτρα shows a further Graecicization whereby the meaningless Πὐτνα has been replaced by Πἑτρα.
ref: 1985, Raymond A. Brown, Evidence for Pre-Greek Speech on Crete from Greek Alphabetic Sources, Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert:
glosses: The translation of a word or name into the Greek language, or the rendering of it in a Greek form.
glosses: A precise transliteration of a Greek word or name that is commonly Latinized or anglicized.
glosses: The application of the qualities of Greek to another language.
glosses: The assimilation or acquisition of qualities characteristic of Greek culture, language, or tradition.
Related terms: Graecicize
Valley of the Sun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: The Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona, United States.
equine therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A treatment using horses for therapeutic purposes to treat a wide variety of mental health issues.
Sinagua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Spanish words for "without water", sin agua; a reference to the desert climate where these people lived.
Senses: glosses: A pre-Columbian culture that existed from 500 AD to 1425 AD in the desert of present day Arizona.
Mogollon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmoʊɡəˈjoʊn/
Forms: form: Mogollons
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Mogollón. The culture's name derives from the Mogollon Mountains, in which they lived, which in turn were named after Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon. The surname is mostly found in Venezuela.
Senses: glosses: A member of a pre-Columbian culture that existed from 300 CE to 1300 CE in the desert of present day Arizona.
Mogollon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌmoʊɡəˈjoʊn/
Forms: form: Mogollons
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Mogollón. The culture's name derives from the Mogollon Mountains, in which they lived, which in turn were named after Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon. The surname is mostly found in Venezuela.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Derived terms: Mogollon Mountains
afterlook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterlooks
form: after-look
Etymology: From after- + look.
Senses: examples: text: Never shall his companionable draught cause thee an afterlook of anxiety into the tankard!
ref: 1932, John William Tibble, Anne Northgrave Tibble, John Clare: a Life, published 1972, page 187:
text: Then you have a chance to kibitz and to discuss or “Monday morning quarterback” on the wisdom with the Council, which is appointed to have an afterlook of the action we have taken as to whether they did properly or truly reflect the going rates.
ref: 1967, Wage Board Employees: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Ninetieth Congress, First Session, 1967, Parts 1-2
text: Having come in
At last and closed the door and lighted her lamp,
Sometimes she would go back for an afterlook.
ref: 1985, Robert Francis, Collected Poems 1936-1976, →ISBN, page 119:
text: Josephine folded her arms across her bosom, satisfied with herself. A smirk formed on her lips as she shot an after-look Veronica's way.
ref: 2008, Yolanda McVey, Love's Secrets, →ISBN:
glosses: A retrospective or secondary look; a backward look or glance; a review.
Synonyms: hindlook
Related terms: forelook
afterlooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterlook
Sonoran Desert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Spanish sonora (“sonorous”), from Latin sonoros. Compare sonorous.
Senses: glosses: A desert which covers large parts of the southwestern United States in Arizona and California, and of Northwestern Mexico.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Malacothrix sonorae
word: Sonoran Desert dandelion
taxonomic: Incilius alvarius
word: Sonoran Desert toad
writing board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtɪŋ bɔː(ɹ)d/
Forms: form: writing boards
Senses: glosses: A smooth vertical surface to be written upon using an erasable material, large enough for several persons to read simultaneously.
Hyponyms: blackboard
chalkboard
whiteboard
busyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more busyish
form: most busyish
Etymology: From busy + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat busy.
azabicyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aza- + bicyclic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: bicyclic with a bridging nitrogen atom as part of both rings (sometimes with a non-bridging nitrogen atom)
azabicyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azabicyclics
Etymology: From aza- + bicyclic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having such a structure
azalogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azalogues
Etymology: From aza- + -logue.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound that is analogous to another, the only difference being that a carbon atom (normally a CH group) has been replaced with a nitrogen one
azasteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azasteroids
Etymology: From aza- + steroid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The azalogue of an existing steroid