cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rip someone's head off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rips someone's head off
form: ripping someone's head off
form: ripped someone's head off
form: ripped someone's head off
Senses: glosses: To castigate someone very angrily.
underinclusivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + inclusivity.
Senses: glosses: Underinclusiveness.
Snegurochka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Снегу́рочка (Snegúročka).
Senses: glosses: the Snow Maiden, a character in Russian folklore who assists her grandfather Ded Moroz in bringing gifts to children every New Year.
Forever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of forever.
domovyk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domovyks
Etymology: From Ukrainian домови́к (domovýk).
Senses: qualifier: Slavic mythology
glosses: In Ukrainian folklore, a spirit of a house who protects the inhabitants.
Synonyms: domovoy
mavka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mavkas
Etymology: From Ukrainian ма́вка (mávka).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: Slavic mythology
glosses: In Ukrainian folklore, a forest spirit who lures men to their deaths.
Related terms: dryad
rusalka
nonalopecic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: non- + alopecic
Senses: examples: text: During the surgical procedure, up to one hundred 4 mm plugs were removed from alopecic scalp to make room for a like number of transplant plugs from nonalopecic scalp.
ref: 2012, Ronald Marks, Gerd Plewig, Skin Models, page 111:
text: The mortality rate of alopecic females from 2001 to 2204 was 42.9% (6/14), not significantly different from that of nonalopecic females (40%, 10/25).
ref: 2012, Judith Masters, Marco Gamba, Fabien Génin, Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology, page 382:
text: Congenital hypotrichosis describes a form of hypotrichosis that affects nonalopecic breeds from the moment of birth or during the first month of life and is not linked to a specific hair colour.
ref: 2020, Ana María Ríos Boeta, Diagnosis of alopecia in dogs and cats, page 91:
glosses: Not suffering from or associated with alopecia.
nonalphanumerical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: non- + alphanumerical
Senses: examples: text: But default, Windows tests a password's complexity by confirming that it: * Does not contain all or part of the user's account name * Ias at least six characters in length * Has at least one character from three of the four character classes: lowercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers, and nonalphnumerical symbols.
ref: 2003, Jason Garman, Kerberos: The Definitive Guide, page 114:
text: For nonalphanumerical information, some special-purpose peripheral devices have been designed, such as pen, tablet, mouse, trackball, joystick, touch-sensitive panel, and glove.
ref: 2011, 3C Vision: Cues, Context and Channels, 3C Vision: Cues, Context and Channels, page 6:
text: The observation that a distinction can be made between alphanumerical (digits and letters) and nonalphanumerical (e.g. objects and colors) RAN tasks is of further interest.
ref: 2019, Dolores Perin, The Wiley Handbook of Adult Literacy, page 198:
glosses: Synonym of nonalphanumeric.
synonyms: word: nonalphanumeric
beauteosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beaute(ous) + -osity.
Senses: examples: text: One glance at Hart Crane through Beat eyes and you can see why they chose him as precursor, but Crane’s lofty abstractions and Shelley-like beauteosity are controlled by an eye and ear that none of the Beats possessed.
ref: 1983 December 2, Hugo Williams, “Loving, working and suffering”, in The Times Literary Supplement, London: Times Newspapers Limited, →ISSN, page 1342, columns 1–2:
text: katya: How thrilling for a girl it is, dear sister, if she wins the prize; like us, today we beat ’em all for bare-faced beauteosity. / tchotchka: You’re dumber, sister, than I want. Or do you feel beautiful—I ask you—if you don’t get your face all smeared with soot?
ref: 2005, Plautus, translated by Amy Richlin, “Towelheads (Poenulus)”, in Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus (The Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature), Berkeley, Calif.;[…]: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 240, lines 1192a–1194:
text: There’s a book of the early writings of then-Theodore Geisel (now known as Dr. Seuss) that illustrates the simplistic beauteosity of English. It is called The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs the Dough.
ref: 2007, David F. Latham, “English Difficult? Au Contraire”, in American Rambler: 48 Original, Hilarious, Laugh-Out-Loud Newspapers Columns, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN:
synonyms: beauteousness
glosses: The quality of being beauteous.
dry wors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drywors.
Hejlsberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
countersemitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Opposition to Jews or Jewish interests.
kava kava
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In 1878, the firm's fluid extract of guaraná sold for $10 per pound […]; and kava kava form the Sandwich Islands (touted as a remedy for gonorrhea, rheumatism, and gout) sold for $6.00.
ref: 2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná […] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of kavakava.
emergency passport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emergency passports
Senses: glosses: A temporary passport issued to people with an urgent need to travel, for example those who have lost their passports abroad.
pink cloud syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: pink clouding
glosses: A state of euphoric optimism in the early stages of attempted recovery from depression, drug addiction, etc.
pink clouding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pink cloud syndrome.
synonyms: word: pink cloud syndrome
rainwater goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Fittings, such as gutters and downpipes, added to a building to protect it from the rain.
see if I care
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of I don't care.
synonyms: word: I don't care
TISP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪsp/
rhymes: -ɪsp
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Technology and Innovation for Smart Publishing
topocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From topo- + -cide, coined by Douglas Porteous.
Senses: examples: text: But topocide distances the destruction from the myriad of emotions tied to places, particularly those places that we strongly associate with, such as home.
ref: 2009, Christina E. Dando, “Deathscapes, Topocide, Domicide The Plains in Contemporary Print Media”, in Great Plains Quarterly, volume 29, number 2, page 95:
glosses: The annihilation of a place.
Derived terms: topocidal
urinary leash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urinary leashes
Senses: topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: The former situation of women being largely confined to their homes because of a lack of public toilets for women.
Vonnegut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Vonnegutesque
Vonnegutian
VBA stomping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: computer security
glosses: An exploit in which the VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) source code in a document is removed or replaced, but the compiled p-code is left intact. Since in some cases only the source code is checked for malware, this can allow malicious code to go undetected.
Qixia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Xixia
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 棲霞 /栖霞 (Qīxiá).
Senses: examples: text: The blast occurred at 2 p.m. local time (0600 GMT) on Sunday at the Hushan mine in Qixia, under the administration of Yantai city in Shandong province. But it was not until 8 p.m. the next day - 30 hours later - that it was reported to Qixia's emergency department, Xinhua said.
ref: 2021 January 13, Se Young Lee, Tom Daly, Min Zhang, “Rescuers try to reach 22 trapped after Chinese gold mine blast”, in Kevin Liffey, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2024:
glosses: A county-level city of Yantai, Shandong, China.
authserv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: authservs
form: AuthServ
Etymology: Blends of terms that start with "auth..." and "serv...". Analyzable as auth + serv.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of authoritative server.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of authentication service.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of authentication server.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of authorization service.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of authorization server.
Sheriffhales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in eastern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7612).
topocidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more topocidal
form: most topocidal
Etymology: From topocide + -al or topo- + -cidal.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to topocide; place-destroying.
from here on out
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of from now on.
synonyms: word: from now on
Kuyavia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kuiavia
form: Kujavia
form: Kujawy
form: Cuiavia
form: Cujavia
form: Kujawia
form: Cuyavia
Etymology: Ultimately from Polish Kujawy.
Senses: glosses: A historical region in north-central Poland.
Derived terms: Kuyavian
Larch Mountain salamanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Larch Mountain salamander
Larch Mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Keep dogs leashed in Larch Mountain picnic areas and near Multnomah Falls.
ref: 2004, Ellen Morris Bishop, Oregon, page 61:
text: Follow this good paved road, which eventually becomes Forest Road 15, for 14.5 miles to the large parking lot and turnaround just below the summit of Larch Mountain.
ref: 2012, Doug Lorain, Afoot and Afield: Portland/Vancouver, page 217:
text: The top of Larch Mountain remains gated in the winter months, whether there is snow or not.
ref: 2022, Russ Schneider, Hiking the Columbia River Gorge, page 54:
glosses: A mountain in Oregon about 35 miles west of Portland in the Columbia River Gorge area.
Derived terms: Larch Mountain salamander
Fengyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: fǔngʹyängʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 鳳陽 /凤阳 (Fèngyáng).
Senses: glosses: A county of Chuzhou, Anhui, China.
deverbal noun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deverbal nouns
Senses: glosses: deverbal
bran flake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bran flakes
Senses: examples: text: Leaving one bite of food (one piece of rice, or one bran flake) on your plate shows that you are aware of what you are eating, and we hope you are learning to focus on your hunger level.
ref: 1996, Donald A. Williamson, Catherine M. Champagne, Lori P. Jackman, Paula J. Varnado, “Lifestyle Change: A Program for Long-Term Weight Management”, in Vincent B. Van Hasselt, Michel Hersen, editors, Sourcebook of Psychological Treatment Manuals for Adult Disorders, New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press, →ISBN, part II (Adult Disorders and Problems), page 447:
text: Her girlfriend fed her breakfast, one bran flake at a time, because Barton couldn’t swallow well.
ref: 2002, Paul Benedetti, Wayne MacPhail, “Neck Manipulation and Stroke”, in Spin Doctors: The Chiropractic Industry Under Examination, Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 141:
text: In English, the verbs are as regular as bran flakes and conjugate as easily as well-greased Swiss clockworks.
ref: 2007, David F. Latham, “English Difficult? Au Contraire”, in American Rambler: 48 Original, Hilarious, Laugh-Out-Loud Newspapers Columns, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of branflake.
bran flakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bran flake
hike the Appalachian Trail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hikes the Appalachian Trail
form: hiking the Appalachian Trail
form: hiked the Appalachian Trail
form: hiked the Appalachian Trail
Etymology: Referring to the excuse given by the spokesperson of the former Governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford during his disappearance from June 18 to June 24, 2009. Upon returning from his absence, Governor Sanford gave a press conference and confessed to having travelled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to visit a woman with whom he had been having an extramarital affair.
Senses: glosses: To engage in an extramarital affair.
hiking the Appalachian Trail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hike the Appalachian Trail
hiked the Appalachian Trail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hike the Appalachian Trail
TikTokify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: TikTokifies
form: TikTokifying
form: TikTokified
form: TikTokified
Etymology: From TikTok + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: 'Your verse is like half a verse. Chorus. A lot of it is TikTokified. No doubt for the kind of attention span that we all talk about.'
ref: 2023 August 18, Kylie Minogue, “Kylie Minogue reveals what she really thinks about modern 'TikTokified' music - as the pop icon's Las Vegas residency sells out in minutes”, in Kinta Walsh-Cotton, editor, Daily Mail, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2024:
glosses: To render (something) more like TikTok.
Derived terms: TikTokification
Simpson and Ashland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, which includes the named places.
TikTokifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of TikTokify
TikTokifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of TikTokify
TikTokified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of TikTokify
Nolton and Roch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) in western Pembrokeshire, Wales, which includes the named places.
Nolton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Nolton and Roch community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8618).
petit gâteau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈtiːt ɡæˈtoʊ/
Forms: form: petits gâteaux
form: petit gateau
Etymology: From French petit gâteau (“small cake”).
Senses: examples: text: The next recipe is for one of the best of all petits gâteaux; little cups of choux paste are filled with crème patissière^([sic]) and finished on top with burnt icing sugar.
ref: 1956, Constance Spry, Rosemary Hume, “Pâtisserie, Petits Fours, Petits Gâteaux, and Gros Gâteaux”, in The Constance Spry Cookery Book, London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, published 1964, →ISBN, page 867:
text: From croissants to intricately layered slices and petits gâteaux, each mouth-watering recipe is accompanied by expert advice on how to achieve a truly professional finish.
ref: 2016, Martin Chiffers, Emma Marsden, Bake Off: Crème de la Crème: A Masterclass in Patisserie for the Home Cook, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, front flap:
text: Glass display cases show off rows of colorful, picture-perfect petits gâteaux, and croissants with so many layers that they’re almost reminiscent of the rings of a tree.
ref: 2022 January 11, Brett Anderson, Christina Morales, “Discover Miami’s Eclectic Bakery Scene”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2022:
glosses: A French chocolate dessert, consisting of a small cake with a crunchy shell and a creamy filling.
suckful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From suck + -ful.
Senses: glosses: sucky, bad
petit gateau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petits gateaux
Senses: examples: text: “The Parisians have a new movement against make-up, and everyone spends the day in walking about in bathing gowns,” he said. “After sunset, however, they relapse—and £7 for a bottle of champagne and two or three petits gateaux is a bit thick even for Deauville.[…]”
ref: 1925 August 17, “What the Gossips Say: Seen in the Papers”, in Evening Herald, volume 34, number 195, Dublin, →OCLC, page 4, column 5:
text: Each team has 20 hours to prepare one sugar and chocolate showpiece, one sugar showpiece, one chocolate showpiece, three fresh petits fours, three petits gateaux, three chocolate bonbons and one plated dessert.
ref: 2012 February 29, Jeannette Boner, “La douceur de vivre: Local pastry chef to represent US in Paris competition”, in Jeannette Boner, Hope Strong, editors, Valley Citizen, volume IV, number 9, Driggs, Ida., page A3, columns 2–3:
text: Success brought a move into as storefront in the Fondren Corner Building, where the bakery has become known for its pastries and delicacies such as alfajores, croissants and petits gateaux and handmade chocolates and candies.
ref: 2018 April 11, Nell Luter Floyd, “Sweet match: Miss. Museum of Art, La Brioche are the perfect pairing”, in Clarion Ledger, volume 178, number 42, Jackson, Miss., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4U, column 4:
glosses: Alternative form of petit gâteau.
castorea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castoreum
orb-web spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orb-web spiders
Senses: glosses: An orbweaver (Araneidae).
Coordinate terms: alt: Atracidae, Macrothelidae
word: funnel-web spider
english: Theridiidae
translation: Theridiidae
word: cobweb spider
english: Atypidae
translation: Atypidae
word: purseweb spider
english: Nesticidae
translation: Nesticidae
word: scaffold web spider
english: in Araneidae
translation: in Araneidae
taxonomic: Cyrtophora exanthematica
word: pan-web spider
english: Segestriidae
translation: Segestriidae
word: tube-web spider
robo-mining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: robo-minings
Senses: glosses: Automated mining
sponge pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sponge puddings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sponge (“a type of steamed pudding”).
synonyms: word: sponge
extra: a type of steamed pudding
sponge puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sponge pudding
culture-vulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: culture-vultures
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of culture vulture.
culture-vultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of culture-vulture
walks like an Egyptian
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of walk like an Egyptian
walking like an Egyptian
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of walk like an Egyptian
walked like an Egyptian
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of walk like an Egyptian
Jevgs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jevg
white scavenger vulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white scavenger vultures
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Egyptian vulture.
synonyms: word: Egyptian vulture
white scavenger vultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white scavenger vulture
God rest her soul
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: An honorific phrase said parenthetically after mentioning a deceased female person.
Related terms: God rest his soul
God rest their soul
God rest their souls
rest one's soul
God rest their soul
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: An honorific phrase said parenthetically after mentioning a deceased person.
Related terms: God rest his soul
God rest her soul
God rest their souls
rest one's soul
God rest their souls
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: An honorific phrase said parenthetically after mentioning a group of people who are deceased.
Related terms: God rest his soul
God rest her soul
God rest their soul
rest one's soul
sketches out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sketch out
sketching out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of sketch out
sketched out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sketch out
it girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: it girls
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of It girl.
It Girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: It Girls
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of It girl.
touffon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: touffons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of typhoon.
tuffon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuffons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of typhoon.
tufon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tufons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of typhoon.
tifoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tifoons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of typhoon.
toofan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toofans
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of typhoon.
touffan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: touffans
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of typhoon.
smoke my pole
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of suck my cock.
synonyms: word: suck my cock
-dronic
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From etidronic acid, itself from et(hyl) + (h)ydr(oxy-) + (di-) + (phosph)onic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: describes derivatives of etidronic acid, used as calcium metabolism regulators
Related terms: -dronate
rests one's soul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rest one's soul
resting one's soul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of rest one's soul
rested one's soul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rest one's soul
un-credit card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: un-credit cards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of uncredit card.
un-credit cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of un-credit card
Vacavillian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Vacavillian
form: most Vacavillian
Etymology: From Vacaville + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Waterman had hidden his beloved Maiden Cordelia in the 50-foot octagonal tower there to keep her from falling into the hands of Vacavillian brutes.
ref: 2013 May 7, Tony Wade, “Back in the Day: The medieval history of Fairfield, California”, in Daily Republic:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the city of Vacaville, California, United States.
Vacavillian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vacavillians
Etymology: From Vacaville + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: “I am a fruit rancher and fourth-generation Vacavillian. […]
ref: 1999 February 14, Kristin Delaplane, “Carrying on family’s agricultural tradition”, in Historical Articles of Solano County:
text: It came from the east, so Waterman guessed it was the dreaded Vacavillians attempting to plunder his castle again.
ref: 2013 May 7, Tony Wade, “Back in the Day: The medieval history of Fairfield, California”, in Daily Republic:
glosses: A native or resident of the city of Vacaville, California, United States.
Hypernyms: American
Californian
Vacavillians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vacavillian
sponge-brained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dull, witless, or unintelligent.
sponge brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sponge brushes
Senses: topics: cosmetics
lifestyle
glosses: A grooming tool designed specifically for naturally dry and textured hair.
examples: text: When dry, the paper must be pinned out on a board, and the silver solution spread over it, boldly but lightly, with a very soft sponge brush.
ref: 1853, Robert Hunt, A Manual of Photography, page 88:
text: The sponge-brush is moistened with the caustic liquid, and it is introduced at several intervals upon all the points of mucous membrane which it can reach.
ref: 1859, P. Bretonneau, Memoirs on Diphtheria, page 248:
text: The acid nitrate of mercury also requires the aid of the sponge-brush for its application.
ref: 1868, Sir Erasmus Wilson, On Diseases of the Skin - A System of Cutaneous Medicine, page 381:
text: Using sponge brush, topcoat plate with Teal Green. Let dry.
ref: 2001, Plaid, Decoupage the Easy Way, page 54:
topics: arts
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A sponge head attached to a handle, allowing for the smooth and even application of liquids.
encombrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more encombrous
form: most encombrous
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of incumbrous.
graph homomorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graph homomorphisms
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mapping between two graphs that respects their structure.
graph homomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graph homomorphism
sponge brushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sponge brush
Aoussou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French Aoussou, from Tunisian Arabic أوسو (ʔawissu), from Sicilian agustu. Doublet of August.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A 40-day period between the 25th of July and the 2nd of September, characterized by high humidity and high temperatures on some days.
touffans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of touffan
tuffons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuffon
tufons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tufon
tifoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tifoon
toofans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toofan
it girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of it girl
It Girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of It Girl
overcookedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overcooked + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being overcooked.
undercookedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From undercooked + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being undercooked.
Sisha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The coastguards, whose frigates previously sailed to Tongsha (Pratas) once every month, have extend patrols to the disputed Sisha (Paracel) islets, which are about 1,100 kilometers from Taiwan, the Liberty Times said.
Tongsha is some 455 kilometers (273 miles) from Taiwan.
The new patrol area also covers waters off the disputed Jhongsha (Macclesfileld^([sic – meaning Macclesfield]) Bank) islands, it said.
ref: 2006 December 24, “Taiwan steps up patrol in disputed South China Sea: report”, in Yahoo News, sourced from TAIPEI (AFP), archived from the original on 14 May 2024:
text: Taiwan maintains a historical claim to the islands of the South China Sea. Four groups of vast area: the Dongsha (Pratas) Islands, Nansha (Spratly) Islands, Sisha (Paracel) Islands, and Jhongsha (Macclesfield Bank) Islands. Currently, Taiwan’s effective jurisdiction includes the Dongsha Islands and Taiping (Itu Aba) Island in the Nansha Islands.
ref: 2007, “Geography”, in Taiwan Yearbook 2007, Government Information Office, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 2:
text: The ministry said Taiwan’s sovereignty claim was beyond doubt and challenge, stressing that all four groups of islands in the South China Sea — the Nansha, Jhongsha, Dongsha (Pratas) and Sisha (Paracel) — and their surrounding waters were Taiwan’s territories from a historical, geographical, factual and international law perspective.
ref: 2009 February 6, “TAIWAN NEWS QUICK TAKE”, in Taipei Times, sourced from CNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2009, Taiwan News, page 4:
text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) issued a statement Wednesday reiterating the Republic of China’s historical claim to islands and reefs in the South China Sea, including the Spratlys. The MOFA statement came after the two chambers of the Philippine legislature -- the Senate and House of Representatives -- passed bills, to annex some isles and reefs of the Spratly Islands (better known as Nansha in Chinese) and Macclesfield Bank Islands (known locally as Jhongsha) as part of the Philippines’ territory. The MOFA stated that Taiwan’s sovereignty claim is beyond doubt and challenge, stressing that all four groups of islands in the South China Sea -- Nansha, Jhongsha, Dongsha (Pratas) Islands and Sisha (Paracel) Islands -- and their surrounding waters are Taiwan’s territories from a historical, geographical, factual, and international law perspective.
ref: 2009 March, Maxwell Colby LaFrance, “China's Strategic Nuclear Decision Making During Crisis”, in Worcester Polytechnic Institute, archived from the original on 01 May 2024, pages 59–60:
glosses: Alternative form of Xisha.
perpend stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perpend stones
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder.
Synonyms: perbend
perpent stone
perpender
through stone
perpend stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perpend stone
Madelaine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Madeleine.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Gibbens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
304tok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From 304 (“sexually promiscuous woman”) + -tok.
Senses: examples: text: Due to social media sites banning certain words or phrases, 304tok has also come up with other different terms in order to get around the bans.
ref: 2023 March 21, Indy100 Staff, “Sex workers are using a secret code to talk about their jobs on TikTok”, in Indy100:
glosses: The community of sex workers on TikTok.
srirachi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of srirachas
otterly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more otterly
form: most otterly
Etymology: Blend of otter + utterly
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of utterly, used in situations involving otters.
Related terms: udderly
purrfect
pawsitive
Hsinchuang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 新莊 (Xīnzhuāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsin¹-chuang¹.
Senses: examples: text: Interviews in the low-mortality community were conducted in Hsinchuang township and in the high-mortality community in Kungliao township. Both of these townships were located in Taipei county.
ref: 1975, David M. Heer, Hsin-ying Wu, “The Effect of Infant and Child Mortality and Preference for Sons Upon Fertility and Family Planning Behavior”, in John F. Kantner, Lee Caffrey, editors, Population and Development in Southeast Asia, Lexington Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 257:
text: Hsinchuang township lies within the Taipei basin on the north side of the Tamshui River. Most of the township consists of flat alluvial land used for rice paddy. Although the township is situated a short distance north of the main railroad from Taipei to Kaohsiung, it is directly located on one of the main highways leading southwest from Taipei, and frequent buses travel to and from Taipei. Roads within the township are good although often crowded. The town of Hsinchuang is the site of both Foojen University, a Roman Catholic Institution supported in large part with funds from West Germany, and the Taiwan Provincial Institute of Health.
ref: 1978, “Rural Taiwan and Urban Morocco”, in Samuel H. Preston, editor, The Effects of Infant and Child Mortality on Fertility, Academic Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 139–140:
text: A Taiwanese woman waits as rescuers dig through the remains of her earthquake-demolished apartment where her family is still trapped in Hsinchuang.
ref: 1999, Itsuo Inouye, The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2022:
text: So what does a scene do when the Shidahood Self-Help Organizations of the world brashly defy the sacristy of their basement hovels and scream at them to leave? The scene heads out from the interior into the hinterland of the suburbs. They make tracks for Holy Land (聖地搖滾工作室) in Hsinchuang. They seek out alternative venues, as a group of punks, metal heads and other denizens of the alternative music community did last weekend, staging a show under a bridge in Taipei’s Guting Riverside Park. They resist and survive.
ref: 2016 January 29, Joe Henley, “Live Wire: A brief history of (Taiwanese) punk”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2017, Features, page 11:
text: The Luchou, Hsinchuang, and Sanchung areas of New Taipei City briefly lost power.
ref: 2018 June 10, Renée Salmonsen, “Bird causes power outage in New Taipei City”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2018, Society:
glosses: Alternative form of Xinzhuang.
twin XL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twin XLs
Senses: examples: text: The twin XL has a twin-size width—helpful given dorm rooms' limited space—and its king-size length, presumably, is a bone thrown to the comfort of students whose bodies are, after all, adult-size. ¶ Twin XLs are so specific to colleges that some families begin the college-preparation process having never heard of the size.
ref: 2019 August 31, Alia Wong, “How Twin XL Beds Took Over College Campuses”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A mattress that is slightly longer (usually 38.5 × 79.5 in or 98 × 202 cm) than a twin; a bed designed for such a mattress.
scissor-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scissor-like
form: most scissor-like
Senses: examples: text: The 30-inch stainless steel tongs have scissor-like pincers that you operate with one hand while working a shorter, third appendage with the other hand.
ref: 2014 January 29, Julie Lasky, “Extra Arms (and Teeth) for Wrangling Firewood”, in The New York Times:
text: “We gave them fake arms and taught them to hold a scalpel, how to tie sutures, how to hold multiple instruments,” Dr. Burns, the show’s medical adviser, said in a recent interview in his cluttered study, demonstrating the gunslinger reflexes needed to flip a waiting hemostat, a scissor-like tool, off the wrist and seal a broken blood vessel.
ref: 2014 January 8, Jennifer Schuessler, “The Cocaine, the Blood, the Body Count”, in The New York Times:
text: Scientists have often attributed their wild success to their unique way of chewing, in which they used a scissor-like motion to grind tough plants between a row of teeth and bare bone.
ref: 2023 June 16, Freda Kreier, “The Sad Story Behind a Fossil’s ‘Grin’”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of scissorlike.
artichoke-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more artichoke-like
form: most artichoke-like
Senses: examples: text: Steamed, with a little butter, they have an artichoke-like taste, which may have something to do with the name.
ref: 1993 May 9, Anne Raver, “CUTTINGS; Sunflowers To Fall For”, in The New York Times:
text: A solitary, nearsighted and largely nocturnal mammal with a taste for ants and termites, the pangolin is covered with large scales and rolls up into a giant artichoke-like ball when threatened.
ref: 2015 September 4, The Editorial Board, “The Vanishing Pangolin”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of artichokelike.
integral number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: integral numbers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of integer.
synonyms: word: integer
integral numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of integral number
Cartan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Cartan integer
Cartan subalgebra
chillin' like a villain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. First use appears c. 1991 in Tonite by DJ Quik, although there are indications it was used earlier by LL Cool J or Ice T.
Senses: examples: text: What's up, homies, here I am chillin' like a villain. Stay up and keep representing the Sur. Tell the homegirls I said what's up.
ref: 1998, Park Avenue Design (publisher), Low Rider - Volume 20, page 173:
text: What'z up baby boy? Hope everything is aiight on ya end! Me, I'm chillin' like a villain.
ref: 2004, Shannon Holmes, Never Go Home Again - A Novel:
text: Last time I remember, I was chillin' like a villain. I had me a girl, couple a hot gigs, stuff in the pipeline that was going to bring da house down.
ref: 2009, H. M. Naqvi, Home Boy - A Novel, page 111:
glosses: Relaxed and carefree.
air cooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air coolers
Etymology: See air + cooler.
Senses: synonyms: word: swamp cooler
word: desert cooler
word: evaporative cooler
glosses: Synonym of evaporative cooler.
desert cooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desert coolers
Etymology: See desert + cooler.
Senses: synonyms: word: air cooler
word: swamp cooler
word: evaporative cooler
glosses: Synonym of evaporative cooler.
clothes-presses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothes-press
wayfaress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wayfaresses
Senses: examples: text: I wandered as a wayfaress […]
ref: 2020 June 15, Roberta Kalechofsky, Bodmin, 1349: An Epic Novel of Christians and Jews in the Plague Years, B&R Samizdat Express, →ISBN, →OCLC:
synonyms: travelleress
glosses: Female equivalent of wayfarer.
pad paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpad̪ ˈpeɪ̯.pɚ/
Forms: form: pad papers
Senses: glosses: writing pad; notepad (of various sizes, usually bound on top with a cardboard cover)
Related terms: one-fourth
room temperature challenges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of room temperature challenge
gorl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gorls
Etymology: Variant spelling of girl. Popularized by the movie franchise Despicable Me.
Senses: examples: text: [The "gorls" meme seems to be everywhere.]
ref: 2018 May 3, Dustin Nelson, “Gru Saying 'Gorls' Is the Internet's Favorite New Meme”, in Thrillist, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2020:
glosses: Alternative form of girl.
wikipedia: Despicable Me
Related terms: gurl
Spalnoye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈspalnəjə/
Etymology: From Russian Спа́льное (Spálʹnoje), neuter substantive of спа́льный (spálʹnyj).
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Borkovsky selsoviet, Sudzhansky Raion, Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, situated on the banks of the River Psyol.
Finlandize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Finlandizes
form: Finlandizing
form: Finlandized
form: Finlandized
Etymology: From Finland + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Do you think that Russia with Eastern Europe would not have tried to not only neutralize, but Finlandize Germany?
ref: 1971, The Cold War: Origins and Developments Hearings Before the Subcomittee on Europe..., 92-1, June 7, 11, 14, and 18, 1971, United States Congress, page 143:
text: The removal of American troops would be construed by the Kremlin as an invitation to Finlandize Europe.
ref: 1977, Parameters Journal of the US Army War College, volume VII, number 2, United States Army War College, page 9:
text: A Marxist plan to "Finlandize" Honduras in an effort to spread subversive violence throughout Central America has been denounced by Steadman Fagoth, commander in chief of the anti-Sandinist insurgent Indian force called Miskitos, Sumus, and Remas (MISURA).
ref: 1983, Daily Report Latin America, volume 83:
text: “One can Finlandize a democracy,“ says a former Sandanista foreign policy advisor. ”To think one can Finlandize a totalitarian country is pure fantasy.”
ref: 1985, Charles Krauthammer, Cutting Edges: Making Sense of the Eighties, Random House, →ISBN, page 173:
text: Americans seem extremely afraid that the Soviet Union could “Finlandize” solidly capitalist countries in Western Europe (that is, make their foreign policy accommodating without changing their domestic system), but they have no sense that they might Finlandize Nicaragua, let alone Cuba.
ref: 1986, Jerry F. Hough, “Conclusion”, in The Struggle for the Third World: Soviet Debates and American Options, Brookings Institution, →ISBN, page 283:
ref: 2017, “The Sonnenfeldt Doctrine: A Plan to Finlandize Eastern Europe”, in The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs, number 3, pages 115–129:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To control a smaller or weaker nation's foreign policy through intimidation, while that nation remains nominally independent.
Related terms: Finlandization
Finlandizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Finlandize
Finlandizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Finlandize
Finlandized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Finlandize
auto rickshaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auto rickshaw
clock app
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the clock app
Etymology: From the onomatopoeia tick-tock which represents the sound of a ticking analog clock, being a homophone of TikTok.
Senses: examples: text: He seemed to be chewing on something as he considered her. “You going to put me on some TV show, or that Ticking Clock app?”
“TikTok? No, but you might end up on YouTube if you’re okay with that.”
ref: 2022, Teri Anne Stanley, Charming Texas Cowboy, Sourcebooks Casablanca:
text: TikTok is taking the social media platforms by storm. Each of the older ones are adding accommodations on their platforms to copy the style of posts that they need from their users. The ‘clock app’ has millions and millions of participants.
ref: 2022, Jolene MacFadden, Authors-How to Brand You and Your Books, Southern Dragon Publishing:
text: As shown in Figure 5.4, younger people are much more likely to be on TikTok multiple times a day, with 32 percent of that population selecting that option, while 87 percent of boomers are never on “the clock app.”
ref: 2024, Danielle Sarver Coombs, Advertising in America: A Reference Handbook, Bloomsbury Publishing:
glosses: The social media application TikTok.
Related terms: bird app
butterfly app
AuthorTok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From author + -Tok.
Senses: examples: text: New York Times best-selling author of These Violent Delights Chloe Gong is a delight on TikTok. […] She’s the perfect follow for anyone wanting a variety of content and a great introduction to AuthorTok done right.
ref: 2021 September 14, Addison Rizer, “Good For You: 8 Authors to Follow on TikTok Who Are Doing Great”, in Book Riot, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2024:
text: To Booktok and Authortok, who are forever teaching me new things and helping me reach my author goals.
ref: 2022, Stormi D. Lewis, Dead Draw: Book Three of the Sophie Lee Saga, […]:
text: A special thanks to BookTok and AuthorTok on TikTok for accepting our book with open arms.
ref: 2022, Rashmi P. Menon, Kimberlee Caruso, Amorina Carlton, M.N. Kee, Sathya Achia, D.B. Carter, Brenda Radchik, Chaz Beebe, D.M. Monkson, Janie Kang, Jessica Hopson, Joel C. Flanagan-Granemann, Sean Doyle, Max Turner, Mark Piggot, Tales Untold: Mythos Around the World, Ravens & Roses Publishing:
text: Technically BookTok and AuthorTok (sometimes under #AuthorsonTikTok) are two different things, but there are a lot of crossovers between these creators.
ref: 2023 April 8, Alyssa Shotwell, “9 SFF Authors You Need to Follow on AuthorTok & BookTok (a.k.a. TikTok for Readers)”, in The Mary Sue, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2024:
glosses: The community of writing-oriented accounts on TikTok.
Related terms: BookTok
Balakliya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Balakliia.
shadow library
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadow libraries
Senses: glosses: An unlawful online book distributor that hosts free copies as PDFs, EPUBs, and the like for download.
video essay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video essays
Etymology: From video + essay.
Senses: glosses: A form of an essay combining narration, visuals, and editing techniques through the medium of video.
Derived terms: video essayist
Fleet Marston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district.
Related terms: North Marston
juanilama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lippia alba, a flowering plant native from Texas to Uruguay, and grown ornamentally and medicinally.
Chinese anemone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pulsatilla chinense.
Sonoran bumble bees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sonoran bumble bee
bin nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bin night
Sri Lanka bush warblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sri Lanka bush warbler
railway buff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railway buffs
Senses: examples: text: As a schoolboy in the Soviet Ukraine's second largest city of Kharkiv, (it was then spelled Kharkov in line with the all-permeating 'Russification'), I was a railway buff.
ref: 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 46:
glosses: Synonym of railbuff.
synonyms: word: railbuff
railway buffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of railway buff
Shamamyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shamamyans
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Շամամյան (Šamamyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
sabra dermatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of dermatitis caused by the penetration of glochids from opuntias into the skin.
Turkey corn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: maize
turkey corn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: maize
synonyms: staggerweed
wild bleeding-heart
glosses: Dicentra eximia
Jumiekan Patwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Jamaican Patois.
zero rate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zero rates
form: zero rating
form: zero rated
form: zero rated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zero-rate.
go haywire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes haywire
form: going haywire
form: went haywire
form: gone haywire
Senses: examples: text: If you feel the autocorrect on your iPhone has gone haywire recently – inexplicably correcting words such as “come” to “coke” and “winter” to “w Inter” – then you are not the only one.
ref: 2025 November 1, Aisha Down, “Ducking annoying: why has iPhone’s autocorrect function gone haywire?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To become wildly confused, out of control, or mentally unbalanced.
dope deal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dope deals
Senses: glosses: Synonym of drug deal.
synonyms: word: drug deal
dope deals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dope deal