cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
giving back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give back
gave back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give back
given back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give back
goes back on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go back on
going back on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go back on
went back on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go back on
gone back on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go back on
forniphilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A paraphilia involving a person being treated as a piece of furniture.
jurisprudist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jurisprudists
Senses: examples: text: I mean, the Rights of Women. Now, it is allowed by jurisprudists that it is idle to talk of rights where there are not corresponding powers to enforce them; […]
ref: 1871, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (published anonymously), The Coming Race, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 266:
glosses: Synonym of jurisprude.
synonyms: word: jurisprude
goes back to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go back to
going back to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go back to
jurisprudists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jurisprudist
went back to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go back to
gone back to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go back to
hangs back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hang back
hanging back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hang back
hung back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hang back
millipawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millipawns
Etymology: From milli- + pawn.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
computer
computing
engineering
games
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One thousandth of the value of a pawn, especially for calculation purposes in computer chess.
Related terms: centipawn
harkening back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of harken back
harkened back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harken back
Dajjalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Dajjalic
form: most Dajjalic
Etymology: From dajjal + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Al-Masih ad-Dajjal, an evil figure in Islamic eschatology.
hits back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit back
hitting back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit back
hollas back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of holla back
hollaing back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of holla back
hollaed back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of holla back
lashes back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lash back
lashed back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lash back
lays back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay back
laying back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay back
lies back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lie back
lying back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lie back
lain back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of lie back
moves back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of move back
moving back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of move back
moved back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of move back
pins back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pin back
pinning back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pin back
pinned back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pin back
agate snail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agate snails
Senses: glosses: A snail of species Achatina achatina.
agate snails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agate snail
pins back one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pin back one's ears
pinning back one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pin back one's ears
pinned back one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pin back one's ears
agelicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The belief, associated with Émile Durkheim, that the behavior and traits of an individual are determined by his or her social group.
pricks up one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prick up one's ears
pricking up one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prick up one's ears
pricked up one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prick up one's ears
perks up one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of perk up one's ears
perking up one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of perk up one's ears
perked up one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perk up one's ears
perks one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of perk one's ears
perking one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of perk one's ears
perked one's ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perk one's ears
pulls back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull back
pulling back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull back
pulled back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull back
aided school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aided schools
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A private school that receives financial aid from the government.
Related terms: voluntary aided school
aided schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aided school
rap backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rap back
raps back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rap back
rapping back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rap back
rapped back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rap back
rears back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rear back
rearing back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rear back
reared back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rear back
mahiole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hawaiian mahiole.
Senses: glosses: A feathered helmet traditionally worn by the native Hawaiian elite.
reports back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of report back
reporting back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of report back
reported back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of report back
reverts back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of revert back
reverting back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revert back
reverted back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of revert back
rings back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ring back
ringing back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ring back
rang back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ring back
rung back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of ring back
roars back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roar back
roaring back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roar back
roared back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roar back
screws back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of screw back
screwing back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of screw back
screwed back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of screw back
sends back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of send back
sending back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of send back
sent back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of send back
shrinking back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shrink back
shrank back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of shrink back
shrunk back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of shrink back
glosses: past participle of shrink back
shrunken back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of shrink back
skins back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skin back
skinned back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skin back
slicks back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slick back
slicked back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slick back
slips back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slip back
slipping back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slip back
slipped back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slip back
stands back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand back
standing back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand back
stood back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand back
stays back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stay back
staying back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stay back
stayed back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stay back
stays behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stay behind
staying behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stay behind
stayed behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stay behind
zaisang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaisangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zaisan.
zaisangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zaisang
zaisans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zaisan
aimag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aimags
form: aimak
Etymology: Borrowed from Mongolian аймаг (ajmag).
Senses: glosses: A kind of administrative subdivision in Mongolia, Russia, and the Inner Mongolia region of China.
aimags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aimag
aimak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aimaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aimag.
aimaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aimak
strikes back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strike back
striking back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strike back
struck back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of strike back
glosses: past participle of strike back
stricken back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of strike back
airighs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airigh
akaakai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻakaʻakai.
Senses: glosses: Great bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani), a slender grass once used for thatching houses in Hawaii.
Alvarinho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alvarinhos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Albariño.
Alvarinhos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alvarinho
Albariño
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Albariños
form: Alvarinho
Senses: glosses: A kind of white wine made from grapes grown in Northwest Portugal (Monção and Melgaço) and Galicia (northwest Spain).
Albariños
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Albariño
akosmism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acosmism.
cis guys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cis guy
cisbis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cisbi
cisdudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cisdude
cisguys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cisguy
cis-guys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cis-guy
clam-shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clam-shell
client bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of client base
legend in one's own time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of legend in one's own lifetime.
synonyms: word: legend in one's own lifetime
clavicymbals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clavicymbal
clap-o-meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clap-o-meter
biorefinement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + refinement.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of biorefinery.
synonyms: word: biorefinery
clapbreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clapbread
clap-breads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clap-bread
claiming marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claiming mark
pals up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pal up
palled up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pal up
speculative erotica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: Speculative fiction with erotic themes.
buddies up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buddy up
buddying up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buddy up
buddied up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buddy up
circumstantiators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circumstantiator
circumeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circumeter
circle groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circle group
cinnamon shadowdragons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinnamon shadowdragon
Kumishi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 庫米什 /库米什 (Kùmǐshí).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kümüx: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Kümüx
extra: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name
Tuokexun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: tôʹkǔʹshünʹ
Forms: form: T'o-k'o-hsun
form: T'o-k'o-hsün
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 托克遜 /托克逊 (Tuōkèxùn).
Senses: examples: text: The Tuokexun county court sentenced Li Xinglin to four and a half years in prison on Saturday on charges of violating the labour law, Xinhua said. His wife, Li Yunhua, was given a two-year jail sentence suspended for three years.
ref: 2011 May 1, Huang Yan, Benjamin Kang Lim, “China court jails couple for enslaving mentally retarded workers”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, sourced from BEIJING (Reuters), archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024, Business:
glosses: Synonym of Toksun: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Toksun
extra: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name
scorched rice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The crunchy golden crust that forms where cooked rice makes contact with the bottom of a rice pot or other hot surface. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Synonyms: crunchy rice
rice crust
sizzling rice
tahdig
throws back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw back
throwing back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw back
threw back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw back
thrown back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw back
throws it back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw it back
throwing it back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw it back
threw it back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw it back
thrown it back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw it back
ties back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tie back
thread-safe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of threadsafe.
tying back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tie back
wins back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of win back
won back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of win back
winds back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wind back
winding back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wind back
wound back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wind back
wolfs back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wolf back
wolfing back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wolf back
wolfed back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wolf back
works back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of work back
working back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of work back
worked back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of work back
goes backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go backwards
going backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go backwards
went backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go backwards
gone backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go backwards
winds back the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wind back the clock
winding back the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wind back the clock
wound back the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wind back the clock
kneels before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kneel before
kneeling before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kneel before
knelt before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kneel before
straight cigarette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight cigarettes
Senses: examples: text: The star of Netflix’s Wednesday, 20-year-old Jenna Ortega (another Gen Z actor) was recently papped holding an iPhone and chuffing on a straight cigarette (the fact that this was a pap photo is all the more throwback).
ref: 2023 June 16, Daisy Jones, “Cool, sexy and stinking of smoke: why are TV dramas giving cigarettes a comeback?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A ready-made cigarette, as opposed to a rollup.
straight cigarettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straight cigarette
child birth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: child births
Senses: examples: text: The pain of passing a larger stone is often compared to child birth.
ref: 2016 September 26, James Hamblin, “A Health Benefit of Roller Coasters”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Alternative spelling of childbirth.
pal around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pals around
form: palling around
form: palled around
form: palled around
Etymology: From pal + around.
Senses: examples: text: John plans to pal around with Joe today.
synonyms: hang around
glosses: To spend time with someone as a friend.
examples: text: If independents do turn out, it’s hard to see them turning out en masse for Lake, whose campaign is fueled more by outrage and theatrics than by any suggestion that she's ready to run a fast growing state of 7.2 million people. She has endorsed candidates who show an appalling tendency to pal around with white nationalists.
ref: 2022 July 6, Laurie Roberts, “Independent voters, take note: Kari Lake still leads in latest poll of GOP governor's race”, in Yahoo! News:
text: “While Kim Reynolds and Chuck Grassley pal around with a defeated former president who continues to attack our democracy, Iowa Democrats are busy knocking doors, meeting Iowans where they are and mobilizing voters," Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn said in a statement.
ref: 2022 November 3, Brianne Pfannenstiel, Tyler Jett, quoting Ross Wilburn, “Donald Trump teases Iowa crowd: 'I will very, very, very probably' run for president”, in Des Moines Register:
text: To be clear: Musk’s move is not a First Amendment issue, any more than it was when the previous regime suspended Donald Trump (among others). He has every right to ban whomever he wants. He has every right to bring Trump, along with whatever white supremacists and bigots and purveyors of hate speech and misinformation he wants to pal around with, back to Twitter.
ref: 2022 December 16, Bill Goodykoontz, “Elon Musk can ban all the journalists he wants from Twitter. But he's a free-speech fraud”, in AZCentral:
text: “This Supreme Court has lost its ethical compass,” Whitehouse, who chairs the Judiciary’s subcommittee on court oversight, said in a statement. “It’s no wonder that the American people are losing faith in the idea that they can get a fair shake before the nation’s highest court when they see a Supreme Court justice openly flouting basic disclosure rules in order to pal around with billionaires in secret.”
ref: 2023 April 10, Jennifer Bendery, quoting Sheldon Whitehouse, “Senate Democrats Urge John Roberts To Probe Clarence Thomas' Undisclosed Gifts”, in HuffPost:
text: Hours later he travelled to the G7 in Italy, where he giggled with Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister, embraced Pope Francis and palled around with Kristalina Georgieva, the head of the IMF.
ref: 2024 June 20, “Javier Milei has turned Argentina into a libertarian laboratory”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
glosses: To associate with someone, especially secretly or when viewed as objectionable; to fraternize.
Related terms: buddy-buddy
pals around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pal around
palling around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pal around
palled around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pal around
chavruta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chavrutas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chavrusa.
pre-suppose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pre-supposes
form: pre-supposing
form: pre-supposed
form: pre-supposed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of presuppose.
tree cancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A visible bump beside a tree giving away the presence of a hidden sniper.
matties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mattie
unipectinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unipectinate
Etymology: From uni- + pectinated.
Senses: examples: text: The following are the terms used in describing the different forms of antennæ in the Lepidoptera:— 1. Pectinated, when the joints have long processes like the teeth of a comb. If these are on one side only, the antennæ are unipectinated; if on both sides, bipectinated.
ref: 1928, George Vernon Hudson, The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, page 9:
glosses: Pectinate, with each ridge bearing a single projection.
thigmatropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to thigmatropism.
stricken off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of strike off
striking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strike off
strikes off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strike off
L/S
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
coordinate_terms: S/S
glosses: Initialism of long sleeve.
Burque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɝ.ki/
ipa: /ˈbɜː.ki/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki
Forms: form: Burques
Etymology: Clipping of Albuquerque.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Albuquerque: a city in New Mexico, United States.
Synonyms: word: ABQ
word: Abq.
word: Abq
word: Alb.
word: Alb
word: Duke City
Derived terms: sense: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
word: Burqueño
wulver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wulvers
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A wolf-like humanoid creature in Shetland folklore.
wulvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wulver
goodbuddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goodbuddies
Etymology: Compound of good + buddy.
Senses: examples: text: The story is that old Claude Torneille started out up here with two rooms, see. In one he had a shop that turned out cheap caskets for niggers and the other he kept full of beds that he sold to the cathouses in Storeyville. He sold them on time before anybody else did that and he was goodbuddies with the cops.
ref: 1966, Robert Stone, A Hall of Mirrors, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, published 1987, →ISBN, page 112:
text: He pays off Bodine, full price, overriding Bodine's offer to prorate for what's missing. "Call it a little lagniappe, goodbuddy, that's Duane Marvy's way o' doin' thangs. Damn that ol' toad's got my pecker to feelin' pretty good now. Damn 'f I wouldn't like to stick it inside one them little whores. Hey! Boats, where can I find me some pussy around here?"
ref: 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 3: In the Zone, pages 604–605:
text: "You were shaking hands with Stillson when you keeled over," Lancte said. "You looked sick. Stillson himself looked scared green. You're a very lucky young man, Johnny. Lucky his goodbuddies there didn't turn your head into a votive urn. They thought you'd pulled a piece on him."
ref: 1979, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 329:
text: And I knew that under his goodbuddy exterior Sam was no less serious than his big brother. Rose called the shots, but he always consulted with Sam first, always sought his advice.
ref: 2003, James Carlos Blake, Under the Skin: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, pages 30–31:
glosses: A close friend or buddy.
goodbuddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goodbuddy
Anglo-Chinese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Anglo- + Chinese.
Senses: glosses: Having both English and Chinese elements.
Related terms: sense: Anglo-Chinese School
word: a family of Methodist schools in Singapore and Indonesia that teach in both English and Chinese languages
Sara'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Mildly it [the wind] kiſt our ſailes, and, freſh, and ſweet, / As, to a ſtomack ſterv'd, whoſe inſides meete, / Meate comes, it came; and ſwole our ſailes, when wee / So joyd, as Sara' her ſwelling joy'd to ſee.
ref: a. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “The Storme. To Mr. Christopher Brooke.”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC, page 57:
glosses: Obsolete form of Sarah.
sterves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sterve
sterving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sterve
sterved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sterve
Dupuytren's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dupuytren's contracture.
synonyms: word: Dupuytren's contracture
Ameses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ames
gonadodysgenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gonado- + dysgenesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Infertility resulting from the degeneration of the gonads (ovaries or testicles) in either sex.
Ames window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ames windows
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ames trapezoid.
synonyms: word: Ames trapezoid
Ames windows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ames window
trick of the light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricks of the light
Senses: examples: text: In my darkened bedroom as a child, a trick of the light made my chair look like a crouching monster.
glosses: An optical illusion resulting from low lighting.
tricks of the light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trick of the light
Poggendorff illusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Poggendorff illusion
Ames trapezoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ames trapezoids
Etymology: Discovered by American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr. in 1947.
Senses: synonyms: Ames window
glosses: An optical illusion in which a trapezoid, subdivided into squares to look like a paned window, and made to rotate, appears to be a rectangle.
Ames trapezoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ames trapezoid
is with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be with
being with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be with
was with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be with (first and third person singular)
been with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be with
makes free with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make free with
making free with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make free with
made free with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make free with
boggle-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boggle-eyed
form: most boggle-eyed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of goggle-eyed.
synonyms: word: goggle-eyed
basketball shorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Relatively long and baggy shorts of the kind worn by basketball players.
dishie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dishies
Etymology: From dish + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Restaurant owner has decided not to open: everyone wants too much money, from the chef to the dishie, the waiters, the security company, me too if the truth be known:))
ref: 1999 November 20, Merlin Zener, “more NYE blues”, in alt.music.makers.soloact (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of dishy (“a dishwasher (person)”).
Dutch rudders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutch rudder
Hopey McChange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From hope + -y + Mc- + change, in reference to Obama's political campaigning; see Barack Obama "Hope" poster and compare hopeium.
Senses: examples: text: Is that why Hopey McChange had a beer with Biden, that professor and that cop?
ref: 2010 November 11, theget, “o/t - Is George W Bush a Racist?”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet):
text: First it was "my father served in WWII", now an enormous error in mixing up the dead with the living Medal of Honor Recipients. How do you suppose the magic President Hopey McChange, with the mind of a computer can make all these errors?
ref: 2011 June 26, Sorbo, “AP Goes All Orwell in Covering Obama Apology for MOH Gaffe It Originally Ignored”, in soc.retirement (Usenet):
text: But Hopey McChange just asked for more money to give to people who are below water.
ref: 2012 February 8, theget, “OT The Good Example”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet):
glosses: A nickname for former US president Barack Obama.
wikipedia: Barack Obama "Hope" poster
lexical set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexical sets
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A group of words that share a particular phonological feature.
lexical sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lexical set
piss in the ocean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spit in the ocean (“insignificant effort or amount”).
synonyms: word: spit in the ocean
extra: insignificant effort or amount
Black Mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.
Knightdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States.
byewash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byewashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of by-wash.
bye-wash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bye-washes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of by-wash.
byewashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byewash
bye-washes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bye-wash
Etneans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Etnean
latrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of latrate
plays the something card
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play the something card
playing the something card
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play the something card
played the something card
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play the something card
rapehons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapehon
spoilerage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spoiler + -age.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Spoilers generally; information about a TV series, film, etc. that will harm the viewer's enjoyment by spoiling a surprise.
Mens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Men
clueing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clue up
clues up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clue up
cluing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clue up
enematize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enematizes
form: enematizing
form: enematized
form: enematized
form: enematise
Senses: examples: text: In a few days enteritis set in; for which she was again leeched, stuped, enematized with assafætida and turpentine, and mercurialized with ointment rubbed into the groins and armpits.
ref: 1872, Gerrard George Tyrrell, “Blisters in the Pneumonia of Infants”, in Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 5, page 403:
glosses: To perform an enema upon.
furilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From furile + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Only used in furilic acid
had a crack at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a crack at
has a crack at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a crack at
having a crack at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a crack at
given something a go
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give something a go
gives something a go
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give something a go
giving something a go
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give something a go
gave something a go
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give something a go
given something a whirl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give something a whirl
gives something a whirl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give something a whirl
giving something a whirl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give something a whirl
gave something a whirl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give something a whirl
latrability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin lātrābilis (“barking, able to bark, characterized by barking”) + English -ity (“forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to latrate + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: But novv in the ſecond place, Hylobares, let us ſuppoſe that all the Planets or Earths be inhabited vvith rational Creatures, yet theſe rational Creatures may be as ſpecifically diſtinct as the Earths or Planets they inhabit, but agree all in Rationality; as the ſundry ſpecies of Dogs here on Earth agree in Latrability.
ref: 1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “The Third Dialogue”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. […], London: […] James Flesher, →OCLC, paragraph XXXIV, pages 529–530:
text: I do not thereby deny either the Being of Witches, nor other properties that they may have, for which thev may be ſo called: no more than if I deny that a Dog hath rugibility (which is only proper to a Lion) doth it follow that I deny the being of a Dog, or that he hath latrability?
ref: 1677, John Webster, chapter I, in The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft. […] , London: Printed by J[onas] M[oore] […] , →OCLC, pages 10–11:
text: […] and therefore if ſome be born Dum, Deaf, or Blind, they are not to be accounted perfect Men. In like manner Latrability in a Dog, Boability in a Cow, or an Ox, Hinnibility in a Horſe, &c. are all Second Properties immediately following internal Senſation, or rather Senſibility in Beaſts, […]
ref: 1702, Gideon Harvey, The vanities of philosophy and physick: […] , 3rd edition, London: Printed for A. Roper […] , →OCLC, page 94:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The ability or tendency to bark.
Related terms: latrant
latrate
latration
furnituremaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From furniture + making.
Senses: examples: text: Furnituremaking was one of the most universal of colonial enterprises. Not an industry susceptible to supervision from England, it was carried on domestically in small shops by no more than a handful of craftsmen at any one time.
ref: 1992, Morrison H. Heckscher, Leslie Greene Bowman, American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 133:
text: By 1810 the federal census recorded a profusion of furnituremaking, leather manufacture, tool- and implement-making, woodenware production, metalworking, hatmaking, clockmaking, brewing, distilling, boot- and shoemaking, and a variety of other occupations in rural areas […]
ref: 1993, Thomas Max Safley, Leonard N. Rosenband, The Workplace Before the Factory: Artisans and Proletarians, 1500-1800, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 18:
text: The unidentified compiler of this account book may have been John Hewitt, a furnituremaker from Savannah, Georgia. Accounts relate to furnituremaking and carpentry. There are drawings of furniture, including a bookcase and table.
ref: 2003, Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, edited by E. Richard McKinstry, Guide to the Winterthur Library: The Joseph Downs Collection and the Winterthur Archives, Winterthur Museum, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: The making of furniture, on either a craft or mass production basis; the business includes woodworking and (in some cases) upholstering.
Coordinate terms: cabinetmaking
Related terms: cabinetmaker
furnituremaker
Ellsberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ellsbergs
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Ellsberg paradox
langanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A piezoelectric crystal variant of langasite, where niobium substitutes for silicon, with formula La₃Ga_(5.5)Nb_(0.5)O₁₄.
langatate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from the first letters of lanthanum, gallium and tantalum, + -ate
Senses: glosses: An artificial variant of langasite, where tantalum substitutes for silicon, a lanthanum gallium tantalate.
Russian world
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Russian world
Etymology: Calque of Russian ру́сский мир (rússkij mir).
Senses: glosses: The community of Russia as its own world; the Russosphere.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The Russian neo-imperial geopolitical and ideological doctrine of the era of Putinism.
kebero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keberos
Senses: glosses: A type of double-headed drum used in Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia.
maddalam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maddalams
form: madhalam
Senses: glosses: A type of drum used in Kerala.
&/or
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: Increasing pain &/or mass enlargement following skeletal maturation suggest degeneration to chondrosarcoma
ref: 2016, B.J. Manaster, “Osteochondroma”, in B.J. Manaster, editor, Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal: Non-Traumatic Disease, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 250:
glosses: Abbreviation of and/or.
reupholsterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These are strongly built and will survive any number of reupholsterings.
ref: 1937, Woman's Home Companion, volume 64, page 105:
text: After several reupholsterings, the wood may no longer function to hold the upholstery in place and must be reinforced.
ref: 1978, Edward Stanek, Antiques and Art: Care and Restoration, Wallace-Homestead Book Company, →ISBN, page 160:
glosses: plural of reupholstering
Chaban
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chabans
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish, Russian Чаба́н (Čabán) or Ukrainian Чабан (Čaban). Also possibly from French Chaban and Spanish Chabán.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
chondroosseous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: chondro-osseous
Etymology: From chondro- + osseous.
Senses: examples: text: Calcifications in chondroosseous portion common
ref: 2016, B.J. Manaster, “Osteochondroma”, in B.J. Manaster, editor, Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal: Non-Traumatic Disease, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 250:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: osteocartilaginous
glosses: Relating to or composed of cartilage and bone.
undertubulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + tubulation.
Senses: examples: text: Lesion may be sessile (broad-based), mimicking undertubulation of metaphysis
ref: 2016, B.J. Manaster, “Osteochondroma”, in B.J. Manaster, editor, Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal: Non-Traumatic Disease, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 250:
topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: overtubulation
glosses: Insufficient tubulation of long bones, resulting in diaphyseal or metaphyseal widening.
ammonium bisulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A white, crystalline solid, (NH₄)HSO₄ produced by the half-neutralization of sulfuric acid by ammonia.
San Andrés
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Colombia.
Melvill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Melville