cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Hallissey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hallisseys
Etymology: Variant of Hallisey.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
adnaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adnavirus
adnavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adnaviruses
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Any member of the realm Adnaviria of viruses.
blonde joke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blonde jokes
form: blond joke
Etymology: From the stereotype that blonde women rely more on their own appearances rather than their own intelligence, giving the impression that they are not intelligent.
Senses: glosses: A joke involving a stereotypical blonde-haired woman.
Related terms: dumb blonde
aspergillomycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aspergillo- + mycosis.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A fungal infection by fungi of the genus Aspergillus, as:
A specific such disease in some fish, such as tilapia.
qualifier: usually strictly
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A fungal infection by fungi of the genus Aspergillus, as:
Aspergillosis as a pulmonary or cutaneous disease in humans, certain livestock, and some other animals.
qualifier: occasionally loosely
Hypernyms: mycosis
Coordinate terms: aspergillosis
aflatoxicosis
aspergillotoxicosis
aspergillo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: enpr: ăs′pər-jĭ′lō-
ipa: /ˌæs.pəˈd͡ʒɪ.ləʊ-/
ipa: /ˌas.-/
ipa: /ˌæs.pəɹˈd͡ʒɪ.loʊ-/
ipa: /ˌæs.pəˈd͡ʒɪ.ləʉ-/
ipa: /-.lɐʉ-/
ipa: /ˌɛs.pɐˈd͡ʒə.lɐʉ-/
ipa: /ˌas.pəɹˈd͡ʒɪ.lo-/
ipa: /ˌæs.pɜʳˈd͡ʒi.loː-/
Forms: form: aspergill-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from aspergillus, from Aspergillus.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: fungi-
glosses: Combining form of aspergillus (Aspergillus).
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Related terms: aflatoxin
aspergill-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: enpr: ăs′pər-jĭl-
ipa: /ˌas.pə.d͡ʒɪlˈ-/
ipa: /ˌæs.pə.d͡ʒɪlˈ-/
ipa: /ˌæs.pəɹ.d͡ʒɪlˈ-/
ipa: /ˌɛs.pɐ.d͡ʒəlˈ-/
ipa: /ˌas.pəɹ.d͡ʒɪlˈ-/
ipa: /ˌæs.pɜʳ.d͡ʒilˈ-/
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of aspergillo- (before a vowel)
Robertstown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in County Kildare, Ireland.
glosses: A townland and civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland.
glosses: A hamlet in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ2444).
glosses: A suburban area in Aberdare East community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0003).
glosses: An unincorporated community in White County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A town in the Regional Council of Goyder area, South Australia.
aspergillotoxicosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aspergillotoxicoses
Etymology: From aspergillo- + toxicosis.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any disease caused by any mycotoxin produced by fungi of the genus Aspergillus, such as aflatoxicosis.
Hypernyms: mycotoxicosis
Hyponyms: aflatoxicosis
Coordinate terms: aspergillosis
aspergillomycosis
Bengal cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bengal cats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bengal (“cat breed”).
synonyms: word: Bengal
extra: cat breed
Bengal cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bengal cat
burps the worm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burp the worm
burping the worm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of burp the worm
burped the worm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burp the worm
make the bald man cry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes the bald man cry
form: making the bald man cry
form: made the bald man cry
form: made the bald man cry
Senses: examples: text: > No thongs!
You watching the same thing Bobby? Or were you too busy making the bald man cry? Thongs galore.
ref: 1999 August 5, JACK EPSTEIN, “Nitro Girls PPV Review”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), retrieved 31 Aug 2022:
text: I don't know why people bother to watch Babestation, because the "babes" are in really minute windows which are plagued with MPEG artefacts. I can only guess that their viewers use their imagination to the fullest as they're attempting to "make the bald man cry".
ref: 2003 January 23, rich a, “Hey, wait, there's a "campain" now?”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet), retrieved 31 Aug 2022:
text: The scientists say the difference also explains why men may need a "recovery period" after forming The Beast with Two Backs, but can happily nip to the loo for five minutes, make the bald man cry, then get straight back to work.
ref: 2006 February 24, bg1...@apexmail.com, “OT: A bird in the bed is worth two hands in the bush”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), retrieved 31 Aug 2022:
glosses: To masturbate.
makes the bald man cry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make the bald man cry
making the bald man cry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make the bald man cry
made the bald man cry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make the bald man cry
hypernymically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hypernymic + -ally. By surface analysis, hyper- + -nym + -ic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a hypernymic way.
Synonyms: hypernymously
Coordinate terms: synonymically
synonymously
More: see Wiktionary:Semantic relations
hypernymously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hypernymous + -ly. By surface analysis, hyper- + -nym + -ous + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a hypernymic way.
Synonyms: hypernymically
Coordinate terms: synonymically
synonymously
More: see Wiktionary:Semantic relations
dunger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dungers
Etymology: From dung + -er.
Senses: examples: text: But I will bring over you Dungers with great Dung-Forks, who shall dung thee from off the earth, with thy great heap, as an abominable sin-dunghill.
ref: 1710, John Maximilian Daut, The Approaching Judgements of God upon the Roman Empire:
glosses: A person employed to spread or transport dung.
examples: text: [Worms are] the natural diggers and dungers of land, worm-casts being nothing more than the dung of the worm.
ref: 1790, William Curtis, Practical Observations on the British Grasses:
glosses: An animal that produces dung.
examples: text: Dunger, dyeing and finishing mill
ref: 1930, United States Census Bureau, Classified Index of Occupations:
glosses: A person employed in the dunging of textiles.
dunger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dungers
Etymology: From the "dung" sound often made by a worn-out engine.
Senses: examples: text: I got a free loaner. And this was quite a new car, too. Not like the clunky old dunger without a working heater I had to battle with on a previous occasion in the dead of winter.
ref: 2007, Martz Witty, Ian McBride, Hit the Road Running:
glosses: An old, worn-out machine, especially a car.
dungers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunger
elephant walk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephant walks
Etymology: From elephant + walk. Coined in the United States Air Force during World War 2, in reference to the appearance of large numbers of taxiing heavy bombers.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: The taxiing of multiple aircraft in close formation before a mass take-off.
examples: text: […] which the players moved in a line while gripping the genitalia of those in front of them similar to an "elephant walk".
ref: 2012, Lynn M. Jamieson, Thomas Orr, Sport and Violence, page 51:
text: […] members at Sacramento State University simulating the elephant walk (a ritual that involves men forming a line and walking as a group while grasping the penis of the man in front of them).
ref: 2022, Jana Mathews, The Benefits of Friends, page 60:
glosses: A men's hazing ritual in which the men walk with each one holding the penis of the man behind him and with his thumb in the anus of the man in front of him.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, walk.
elephant walks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elephant walk
lotus-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lotus-eaters
form: lotus eater
form: lotos-eater
form: lotos eater
Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos), described in the epic poem the Odyssey, Book IX.
Senses: examples: text: Men of Ithaca, this is meeter, / In the hollow rosy vale to tarry, / Like a dreamy Lotos-eater, a delirious Lotos-eater!
ref: 1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Lotos-Eaters”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 116:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: Lotophagi
glosses: A member of the legendary people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, who have forgotten their homes due to the fruits' narcotic and stupefying effect.
examples: text: Our readers will, we think, agree that this is admirably character­istic, and that the singers of this song must have made pretty free with the intoxicating fruit. How they got home you must read in Homer:—Mr. Tennyson—himself, we presume, a dreamy lotus-eater, a delicious lotus-eater—leaves them in full song.
ref: 1833 April/July, John Wilson Croker, “Poems by Alfred Tennyson”, in Quarterly Review, volume 49, page 92:
text: I remember being ill once in a foreign hotel myself and how much I enjoyed it. To lie there careless of everything, quiet and warm, and with no weight upon the mind, to hear the clinking of the plates in the far-off kitchen as the scullion rinsed them and put them by; to watch the soft shadows come and go upon the ceiling as the sun came out or went behind a cloud; to listen to the pleasant murmuring of the fountain in the court below, and the shaking of the bells on the horses’ collars and the clink of their hoofs upon the ground as the flies plagued them; not only to be a lotus-eater but to know that it was one’s duty to be a lotus-eater.
ref: 1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, chapter LXXX, in R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC, page 367:
text: What! not begun yet? Oh! you degenerate lotus-eater. And here have I been a horny-handed son of toil all the morning, and now I'm as hungry as a hound, and I knew you'd never remember to bring me a turnover or anything, and so I thought I'd come up and get it myself.
ref: 1889, Laura D. Nichols, Lotus Bay: A Summer on Cape Cod, page 31:
text: "You're a lucky man, Jim," he kept saying. "You've been ordered to become a lotus-eater."
ref: 1974, John le Carré, chapter 32, in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy:
glosses: Someone with a carefree, idyllic life.
Derived terms: lotus-eating
Related terms: Lotusland
lotus land
lotus-eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lotus-eater
heavy bomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heavy bombers
Etymology: From heavy + bomber.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A large, long-range bomber, capable of carrying a heavy payload.
heavy bombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heavy bomber
dollas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dolla
fancomic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fancomics
form: fan comic
form: fan-comic
Etymology: Compound of fan + comic.
Senses: examples: text: For my upcoming fancomic(I promise it this time), I need artists. I STINK at drawing, and I need some VERY good ones. So if your talented, IM me(Danehog), or e-mail me(dan...@aol.com). If you're talented and have the time, PLLLEEEEASE do this, as I appreciate it.
ref: 1999 May 23, Danehog, “Fancomic Help!”, in alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog (Usenet), retrieved 31 Aug 2022:
ref: 2003 November 29, silvercat, “Thunderkitties, the only weekly Thundercats fancomic”, in alt.fan.thundercats (Usenet), retrieved 31 Aug 2022:
ref: 2006 January 21, Why Am I here?, “Simpsons Fancomic (links to pages)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet), retrieved 31 Aug 2022:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An unofficial comic based on an existing media property, created by fans and typically without the copyright owner's permission.
Hypernyms: fan fiction
Hyponyms: topics: manga
comics
literature
publishing
media
word: doujinshi
alt: Homestuck
word: fanadventure
alt: Homestuck
word: fanventure
word: sprite comic
Related terms: Tijuana Bible
fancomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fancomic
Ocampos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ocampo
Hallisseys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hallissey
Hasells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hasell
Hazells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hazell
Absecon Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barrier island in Atlantic County on the coast of New Jersey, United States. The largest settlement is Atlantic City.
Kerestedjian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kerestedjians
Etymology: From Armenian Քերեսթեճյան (Kʻerestʻečyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Hachigian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hachigians
Etymology: Variant of Khachikyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Hachigians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hachigian
Kerestedjians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kerestedjian
Zivic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zivics
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Živić.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Poubelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Poubelles
Etymology: Borrowed from French Poubelle.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Horishni Plavni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Горі́шні Пла́вні (Horíšni Plávni).
Senses: glosses: A city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
Synonyms: english: before 2016
translation: before 2016
word: Komsomolsk
discursorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more discursorily
form: most discursorily
Etymology: From discursory + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: HAVING, in the preceding pages, discursorily looked to the works of some of the early Fathers, with the particular view of informing myself, whether they furnish any “Evidence” as to the order in which the Gospels were written, and having noticed the mal-version of Lardner in several instances, — I take this opportunity just to consider a still earlier document, which appears to me not to have been fully understood, from the inadequate translation commonly given of it.
ref: 1806, [Charles Dunster], Discursory Considerations on the Supposed Evidence of the Early Fathers, That St. Matthew’s Gospel Was the First Written, London: […] J. Nichols and Son, […] T. Payne, […]; and Nornaville and Fell […], page 73:
text: But John Randolph, always happy in his element of universal opposition, battled against the men of his own section in his peculiar way, sometimes with ability, always discursorily, and frequently with the keenest satire.
ref: 1869, Benson J[ohn] Lossing, chapter XI, in The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the Last War for American Independence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], page 214:
text: Sir Rupert had no gift for writing; indeed, he rambles most discursorily, and is as great a vagabond with his pen as he seems to have been in his life.
ref: 1903, H[enry] B[rereton] Marriott Watson, Alarums and Excursions, page 1:
glosses: In a discursory manner.
Hackbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: meronyms: BedZED
glosses: A suburb in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2865).
Minecraftian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪnkræftiən/
ipa: /ˈmaɪnkraftiən/
Forms: form: more Minecraftian
form: most Minecraftian
Etymology: From Minecraft + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: It’s time to go deeper into Minecraft, to not just learn how to be great at playing Minecraft, but to dive into every crevice of Minecraftian knowledge that there is in the world.
ref: 2015, Trevor Talley, “Introduction”, in Master Builder 3.0 Advanced: Minecraft®™ Secrets and Strategies from the Game’s Greatest Players, Triumph Books, →ISBN, page 5:
text: A Note to Parents (…and grandparents, aunts and uncles, teachers, and all other Minecraftian grown-ups)
ref: 2015, James H. Clark, Cori Dusmann, John Moltz, The Visual Guide to Minecraft, Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page xii:
text: Cracked and CollegeHumor have taken its pop cultural musings and made them into a Minecraftian mini-world from which there’s no escape.
ref: 2015 October 2, David Berry, “The glory days of National Lampoon revisited”, in Calgary Herald, page C2:
text: Much, perhaps most, Minecraft fiction follows the robinsonade template, emphasizing the day-to-day life of a character, including nonhuman characters, striving to survive and thrive in a recognizably Minecraftian world by utilizing its resources.
ref: 2020, Michael T. Wilson, “Minecraft Fiction”, in Anne H. Stevens, Molly C. O’Donnell, editors, The Microgenre: A Quick Look at Small Culture, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:
topics: video-games
synonyms: Minecraftlike
Minecrafty
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Minecraft.
Minecraftian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪnkræftiən/
ipa: /ˈmaɪnkraftiən/
Forms: form: Minecraftians
Etymology: From Minecraft + -ian.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A person who plays the game Minecraft; a Minecrafter.
St Helier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saint Helier
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Sutton and borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2666).
Schnellbomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃnɛlˌbɒmə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈʃnɛlˌbɑmɚ/
Forms: form: Schnellbombers
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Schnellbomber, from schnell (“fast”) + Bomber (“bomber”).
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A type of German World War 2 bomber designed to outrun fighters as part of its defensive capability.
Schnellbombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schnellbomber
pop-cultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pop-cultural
form: most pop-cultural
form: pop cultural
Senses: examples: text: In ‘The mental diaspora of the networks’, Baudrillard offers a way to read the effect of réalité intégrale in rendering impotent media exposure of presidential misdeeds and incompetence as well as providing insight into some of the current regime’s most symptomatic pop-cultural moments.
ref: 2009, Diane Rubenstein, “Reality: now and then – Baudrillard and W-Bush’s America”, in David B. Clarke, Marcus A. Doel, William Merrin, Richard G. Smith, editors, Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 152:
text: Ice-T presents himself as a pop-cultural mogul, presiding over the growth of hip-hop as a multi-national and cross-platform empire. The passage stresses his success, ubiquity, and seemingly effortless ability to negotiate a number of cultural terrains. Yet the wider significance of Ice-T’s pop-cultural prominence is hotly contested.
ref: 2014, Josephine Metcalf, Will Turner, “Introduction: “It’s got to feel real but not be real” (Ice-T)”, in Rapper, Writer, Pop-Cultural Player: Ice-T and the Politics of Black Cultural Production, Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 4:
text: I was an editor at the magazine Spex at that time, that is, around 1992 and 1993, and to us, it was partly obvious, partly nonsense, that klangkunst, krautrock (see Papenburg in this book), and techno of the early nineties, a very pop-cultural thing, would have a lot in common with each other.
ref: 2017, Hans Nieswandt, “Concepts of Cologne”, in Michael Ahlers, Christoph Jacke, editors, Perspectives on German Popular Music (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series), Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Pertaining to pop culture.
Hofstadter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɒfstætə(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Hofstadterian
Hofstadter's law
broom-bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broom-bushes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of broom bush.
broom bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broom bushes
form: broom-bush
form: broombush
Etymology: From broom + bush.
Senses: examples: text: Your box ſhall be ſent next week by ſea. You will find in it some pieces of the broom buſh, which you ſaw growing on the old caſtle of Auchinleck. The wood has a curious appearance when ſawn acroſs. You may either have a little writing-stand made of it, or get it formed into boards for a treatiſe on witchcraft, by way of a ſuitable binding.
ref: 1791, James Boswell, “[1773]”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume I, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 429:
glosses: Various taxa of Genisteae traditionally used to make brooms.
examples: text: For about twenty-five miles we traversed an entirely open plain, similar to that just described, and mostly covered with the waving broom bushes; […]
ref: 1889, Ernest Giles, Australia Twice Traversed:
glosses: Melaleuca uncinata, a plant in the paperbark family, native to southern Australia.
acaustobiolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acaustobioliths
Etymology: From Ancient Greek άκαυστος (ákaustos) + bio- + -lith.
Senses: examples: text: The acaustobiolith components are frequently mixed in with mineral compounds. Acaustobioliths (the mineral phases present in the oil shale) are mainly composed of limestones, dolomites, some sandstones, and often clays[…]
ref: 2017 November 28, Michael S. Blinderman, Alexander Y. Klimenko, Underground Coal Gasification and Combustion, Woodhead Publishing, →ISBN, page 527:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: A nonflammable organic sedimentary rock.
Kawar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kawars
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Liebmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Liebmanns
form: Liebman
Etymology: Borrowed from German Liebmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Martensons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Martenson
Liebmanns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Liebmann
acaustobioliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acaustobiolith
Hammaker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hammakers
Etymology: Americanized spelling of Dutch Haemmaker, or altered spelling of German Hammacher.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Handford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Handfords
Etymology: Variant of Hanford, with intrusive -d-.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Handford device
Belarusian People's Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Belarusian Белару́ская Наро́дная Рэспу́бліка (Bjelarúskaja Naródnaja Respúblika).
Senses: synonyms: Belarusian Democratic Republic
BDR
glosses: A former country that controlled most of modern Belarus from 1918–19, and a government-in-exile to the present day; abbreviation BPR.
Matsushitas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Matsushita
Hammakers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hammaker
Handfords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Handford
Herl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Herls
Etymology: Borrowed from German Herl.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Hodgens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hodgenses
Etymology: Patronymic from Hodgen.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Guyons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Guyon
Herls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Herl
Hodgenses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hodgens
Hollett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Holletts
Etymology: Variant of Howlett.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Altenrhein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Thal municipality, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
Javid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Javids
Etymology: Borrowed from Iranian Persian جاوید (jâvid), from Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd). Doublet of Javed.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Persian.
Javids
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Javid
Holletts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hollett
Ferdig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ferdigs
Etymology: Variant of German Fertig.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Godino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Godinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Godino.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Godinos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Godino
Ferdigs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ferdig
Gracy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gracys
Etymology: Respelling of Gracie.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gharib
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gharibs
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb, “stranger, foreigner”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Gharibs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gharib
Gracys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gracy
McLune
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McLunes
Etymology: Variant of McGlone.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Otterburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Otterburns
Etymology: From Old English oter (“otter”) + burna (“stream”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY8893).
glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8857).
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Amelia County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Inkpen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Inkpens
Etymology: From an unrecorded Old English element *ing (“hill, peak”), which has been postulated to explain a number of placenames such as Ingon or Ingham, + penn (“enclosure; fold”). The second element may alternatively be Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head; top, height”), but that's less likely.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3764).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Inkpens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Inkpen
McLunes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McLune
Otterburns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Otterburn
Ransley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ransleys
Etymology: Habitational surname from a lost manor in Penshurst, Kent, which is recorded as Reneslegh in 1292, Ranshlegh in 1435 and Raneleights Heath in 1800. This placename derives from an uncertain first element + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Tunbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tunbridges
Etymology: Habitational surname from any of various places called Tunbridge or Tonbridge, from Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A town in the Central LGA Region of Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Orange County, Vermont, United States.
glosses: A surname from Old English.
Related terms: Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tunbridge
Ransleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ransley
Bletchingley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Blæcca + -ing (“belonging to”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ3350).
Frittenden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an unclear Old English personal name + -ing (“belonging to”) + denn (“woodland pasture for swine”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8141).
shuln
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shul
puts out to pasture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put out to pasture
putting out to pasture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put out to pasture
puts out to grass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put out to grass
putting out to grass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put out to grass
puts out of one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put out of one's mind
putting out of one's mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put out of one's mind
meliponaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meliponary
aforeenumerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:aforeenumerated.
glosses: Alternative form of afore-enumerated.
fakeitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fake + -itude.
Senses: examples: text: As for "esquivalience"’s excesses, McKean made no apologies. "Its inherent fakeitude is fairly obvious," she said. "We wanted something highly improbable. We were trying to make a word that could not arise in nature."
ref: 2005 August 21, Henry Alford, “Not a Word”, in The New Yorker:
text: Apparently, I was the only one on the track who saw through Lexy's fakeitude, because everyone else was nodding cheerfully.
ref: 2010, Kay Cassidy, The Cinderella Society:
text: This is not to suggest that all negative reviews are fake, any more than the idea that all positive reviews are fake. Indeed, it may be that fan endorsements and hired shills mean that positive reviews carry a greater likelihood of fake-itude.
ref: 2013 August 8, Colin Campbell, “Why do some gamers post fake negative reviews?”, in Polygon:
glosses: The state of being fake; fakeness.
cross-promote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross-promotes
form: cross-promoting
form: cross-promoted
form: cross-promoted
Etymology: From cross- + promote.
Senses: glosses: To advertise or promote products by using other advertised products, services, or promotions, thereby simultaneously increasing the commercial presence and impact for all products involved.
qualifier: between two or more parties; entities; between two or more parties; entities
glosses: To promote mutually.
Related terms: cross-promotion
cross-promotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-promotions
Etymology: From cross- + promotion.
Senses: glosses: The advertising or publicising of products using other products or promotions.
Related terms: cross-promote
cross-promotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-promote
cross-promoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cross-promote
cross-promoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cross-promote
quizzaciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /kwɪˈzeɪ.ʃəs.li/
Forms: form: more quizzaciously
form: most quizzaciously
Etymology: From quizzacious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I was gonna draw this more quizzaciously but I changed my mind
ref: 2016 May 6, @Kallehmono, Twitter, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2022:
text: The man, with distorted Russian and ^([sic – meaning said]) quizzaciously “you've got to be out of your mind, my friend!?”said.
ref: 2018, Emef Guaze, Sacred Dreams:
text: "Who cares?" Then Joe said quizzaciously, "Oh boy! Here's a whole bunch of crap we'll probably never use! Isn't that neat?"
ref: 2021, Joseph DeJesus, Commander Moose's Strange Mall:
glosses: In a mocking or satirical manner.
Wychwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Whycchewode, Whucchewode, Whecchewode, from Old English Huiċċewudu, from Hwiċċe (an Anglo-Saxon tribe) + wudu (“forest”).
Senses: glosses: A national nature reserve in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, originally a royal forest.
Derived terms: Ascott-under-Wychwood
Cornbury and Wychwood
Milton-under-Wychwood
Shipton-under-Wychwood
self-promote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-promotes
form: self-promoting
form: self-promoted
form: self-promoted
Etymology: Back-formation from self-promotion, equivalent to self- + promote.
Senses: examples: text: If we narrow our focus to "bad" office politics, the kind that subverts an organization or undermines the work of people, the self-promoting plotting that others do, then yes, there are things that can be done.
ref: 1998, IEEE-USA, The Balanced Engineer: Essential Ideas for Career Development, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 82:
text: Back in the centre of the universe – Toronto, the 'vortex' of all known Canadian culture, most of the gigs were self-promoted, presented in the unused basement room of a hotel or the back room of a hip café.
ref: 2011, William (Bill) E. Smith, Bill Smith, Rant & Dawdle: The Fictional Memoir of Colston Willmott, Charivari Press, →ISBN, page 285:
text: But if influencers can't help but self-promote, even in the cringiest of times, perhaps it's a little better that they now are also actually raising money? Hey, I'm not saying this "chaotic good" scenario is, well, good. But it exists. And it's not the worst thing that's ever happened.
ref: 2020 October 1, Tanya Chen, “I Roughly Calculated The Cost Of This Lifestyle Blogger's Beautiful, Outrageous Master Bathroom Decor”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 30 May 2023:
glosses: To promote oneself; to present oneself to others in a favorable light.
Related terms: self-promoter
self-promoting
Apponagansett Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Massachusett [Term?].
Senses: glosses: An inlet of Buzzards Bay in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Cornbury and Wychwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (without a council) in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England.
tawnying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tawny
tawnied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tawny
quadruple-header
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadruple-headers
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Four sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.
topics: broadcasting
hobbies
lifestyle
media
sports
glosses: Four sporting events, one after the other, broadcast on the same television channel.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Four locomotives at the front of a train.
glosses: Four similar events of any kind performed on the same day.
Salem Lakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The town of Salem and village of Silver Lake were merged in 2017.
Senses: glosses: A village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.
oil rain lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oil rain lamps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rain lamp.
oil rain lamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oil rain lamp
Barí
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bari.
fun police
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The world’s largest electric-vehicle manufacturer has had repeated run-ins with federal safety regulators, whom Musk calls "the fun police". These have included flaws related to rear-view cameras, bonnet latches, seat-belt reminders and the sound-system software.
ref: 2022 September 23, “Tesla recalls one million vehicles that can pinch people’s fingers”, in E&T Magazine:
glosses: A metaphorical police force imagined to prevent others from having fun.
Coordinate terms: killjoy
don't fish off the company dock
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of you don't dip your pen in company ink.
synonyms: word: you don't dip your pen in company ink
nod-back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nod-backs
Senses: examples: text: Haaland was having his shirt pulled as he advanced onto Phil Foden's curling cross for his opener. He was part of a fantastic one-touch passing move for the second which ended with the loose ball from a slide tackle on Foden presenting him with a tap-in. He shrugged opponents out of the way to make sure he was in the right place to head home John Stones' nod-back for his third.
ref: 2022 August 31, Simon Stone, “Manchester City 6-0 Nottingham Forest”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A soft header played away from the opponent's goal
jaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaxies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jacksy (“backside; buttocks”).
umbilic-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: See umbilico- § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of umbilico- (before a vowel)
arachn-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: See arachno- § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arachno- (before a vowel)
weweia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weweias
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori weweia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dabchick.
synonyms: word: dabchick
LinkedIner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LinkedIners
form: LinkedInner
Etymology: From LinkedIn + -er.
Senses: examples: text: LinkedIn is especially useful when you’re looking for a new job — or a new employee, which helps explain its 70-million-strong global membership — because you’re no longer limited to asking your immediate colleagues for referrals. Now you can ask colleagues of colleagues, which greatly expands your reach. LinkedIners can also vouch for one another as references.
ref: 2010 July 8, David Pogue, “For Those Facebook Left Behind”, in The New York Times, section B, page 1:
text: You don’t have to post funny pictures to engage with people here, in fact, LinkedIners probably won’t play with you if you do.
ref: 2013, Amy Denim, The Coffee Break Guide to Social Media for Writers: How to Succeed on Social Media and Still Have Time to Write, Denver, Colo.: Coffee Break Publishing, →ISBN, page 101:
text: HR people, or other executives, as fellow ‘LinkedIners’, you might use this article (or at least the headline title) if you need a “motivator” for their new people;[…].
ref: 2022, Paul Gammarano, Insights & Observations, Xlibris, →ISBN:
glosses: A user of the professional network service LinkedIn.
LinkedIners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LinkedIner
Madonnabe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madonnabes
form: Madonna-be
Etymology: Blend of Madonna + wannabe.
Senses: examples: text: After Pat Benatar made room on MTV for the far-more-calculated Madonna and her younger Madonnabes, the rest of the freaks and geeks vanished too, and so did I in a way.
ref: 2000 April, Sara Sherr, “Pat Benatar”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, number 80, page 94:
text: Two retro Madonnabes in black bras and lace panty girdles walked by, snapping their gum and playing with their costume-jewelry necklaces.
ref: 2007, Richard B. Schwartz, Proof of Purchase (A Jack Grant Mystery), Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, →ISBN, page 124:
text: No one would accuse the “Madonnabes” – the women who copied the pop star – of being demure.
ref: 2013 April 14, Jacqueline Cutler, “The ’80’s: The Decade That Made Us”, in TVWeek (The Miami Herald), page 46TV:
glosses: A person (usually female) who dresses or acts like American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).
Madonnabes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Madonnabe
misprocure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misprocures
form: misprocuring
form: misprocured
form: misprocured
Etymology: From mis- + procure.
Senses: examples: text: Although he permitted "slap on the wrist" against the procurement personnel who misprocured on the basis of incorrect technical information, he did nothing against those technical personnel who "perpetrated misconceptions" and disseminated "statements which were inaccurate, unproven, inconsistent" and who were "biased against JRL interests" and who thus misled these procurement personnel.
ref: 1983, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs, Management of the Department of Defense, page 29:
text: In such cases, MCC will declare misprocurement and cancel that portion of the Compact allocated to the services that have been misprocured if corrective measures satisfactory to MCC are not taken.
ref: 2011, CTIA: Consolidated Treaties and International Agreements, page 85:
text: If procurement is not carried out as agreed, ADB will declare misprocurement, and normally cancel that portion of the financing allocated to the goods and works that have been misprocured.
ref: 2013, Asian Development Bank, Procurement Guidelines:
text: When misprocurement is declared, the Bank will not finance expenditures under the contract that has been so misprocured.
ref: 2017, Sope Williams-Elegbe, Public Procurement and Multilateral Development Banks:
glosses: To procure incorrectly; to procure in a manner not in accordance with official policies and procedures.
misprocures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misprocure
misprocuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misprocure
misprocured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misprocure
misprocurement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misprocurements
Etymology: From mis- + procure + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: The information on Bank “misprocurements,” that is, expenditures that have not been procured in accordance with Bank procurement rules and related loan agreements, covers the period from January 1996 to November 1999.
ref: 2000, United States. General Accounting Office, World Bank, page 26:
text: Ultimately, the Bank may declare misprocurement if matters of contention cannot be resolved in a reasonable period of time.
ref: 2006, Consulting Services Manual 2006: A Comprehensive Guide to the Selection of Consultants at the World Bank, page 35:
text: If procurement is not carried out as agreed, ADB will declare misprocurement, and normally cancel that portion of the financing allocated to the goods and works that have been misprocured.
ref: 2013, Asian Development Bank, Procurement Guidelines:
text: A loan may be cancelled where a suspension of the loan lasts longer than 30 days, for fraud and corruption, for misproducrement, or where the loan is no longer required.
ref: 2017, Sope Williams-Elegbe, Public Procurement and Multilateral Development Banks:
glosses: The act of misprocuring.
misprocurements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misprocurement
slapping on the wrist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of slap on the wrist
slapped on the wrist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slap on the wrist
celure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celures
form: cellar
form: selar
form: silour
Etymology: Uncertain; apparently related to Medieval Latin celatorium, caelatura, via unattested Old French forms.
Senses: examples: text: And whan these thre spyndels were shapen / she made hem to be fastned vpon the selar of the bedde […].
ref: c. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur:
text: Cellar for a bedde, ciel de lit.
ref: 1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse:
text: [A]t dawn, if the archon is still enjoying himself, they'll let down the curtains to exclude the light, and perhaps even raise the celure over the garden.
ref: 1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter V, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Above the rood-screen, the painted celure of twenty painted panels carries symbols of the Passion […].
ref: 2001, Judith Middleton-Stewart, Inward Purity and Outward Splendour, page 231:
glosses: A canopy, especially one over a bed or altar.
RSVM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of reduced vertical separation minima (practice of reducing vertical separation when flying).
eisegesistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eisegesistic
form: most eisegesistic
Senses: examples: text: [T]hese writings […] were fragmentary, contradictory, and eisegesistic.
ref: 1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter VI, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 45:
glosses: Eisegetic.
vice presidential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: vice-presidential
form: vicepresidential
Senses: examples: text: He wished to suggest a single amendment, which was to strike out the word “four,” and insert six as the extent of the presidential and vice presidential terms.
ref: 1835 February 26, Blair & Rives, editors, The Congressional Globe: Containing Sketches of the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Twenty-Third Congress, volume II, City of Washington: […] the editors, page 292:
text: The media were reporting that Gore was on Clinton’s short list, so I said to Al what I truly felt: “I’ve been reading about the vice presidential speculation and I hope you get it, I think you’d be fantastic.”
ref: 2003, Joe Lieberman, Hadassah Lieberman, An Amazing Adventure: Joe and Hadassah’s Personal Notes on the 2000 Campaign, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 40:
text: In the past, some vice presidential candidates have had qualifications that might easily match those of the presidential contender.
ref: 2008, William O. Dailey, Edward A. Hinck, Shelly S. Hinck, Politeness in Presidential Debates: Shaping Political Face in Campaign Debates from 1960 to 2004, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: Of or relating to a vice president.
Karamanyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Karamanyans
form: Karamanian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Քարամանյան (Kʻaramanyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Karamanian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Karamanians
Etymology: Variant of Karamanyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Karamanians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Karamanian
Karamanyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Karamanyan