cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
carboceramic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Made of a composite material consisting of both carbon and ceramic.
Yoni egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yoni eggs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of yoni egg
Yoni eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yoni egg
Doitsuism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Doitsu + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A parody religion based on the character of Germany (often referred to as "Lord Doitsu") from the webcomic and anime series Hetalia: Axis Powers.
Related terms: Doitsuist
Doitsuist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Doitsuists
Etymology: From Doitsuism + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A follower or adherent of Doitsuism.
Doitsuists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Doitsuist
nitty gritty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nitty-gritty.
sport of nature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sports of nature
Etymology: Calque of Latin lusus naturae
Senses: examples: text: The dogma that organized fossils were mere sports of nature.
ref: 1875, Charles Lyell, The Principles of Geology, volume 1, page 37:
glosses: A natural object which by pure chance resembles some other thing.
rises with the sun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rise with the sun
rising with the sun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rise with the sun
rose with the sun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of rise with the sun
risen with the sun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of rise with the sun
goes way back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go way back
going way back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go way back
went way back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go way back
gone way back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go way back
forgets one's manners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forget one's manners
forgetting one's manners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forget one's manners
forgot one's manners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of forget one's manners
forgotten one's manners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of forget one's manners
risks it to get the biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of risk it to get the biscuit
risking it to get the biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of risk it to get the biscuit
risked it to get the biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of risk it to get the biscuit
corn sweat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Is corn sweat the cause of the coming heat wave? Definitely not. At most, it could make it more uncomfortable for some places.
ref: 2016 July 18, Angela Fritz, “What in the world is ’corn sweat’ and is it really causing this heat wave?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2018:
text: The heatwave and the related corn sweat-induced humidity are part of broader extreme weather patterns seen in the US in recent days.
ref: 2024 August 27, Erum Salam, “Corn sweat: crop moisture amplifies humidity and heat in US midwest”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2025:
text: She noted that while all plants put some level of moisture into the atmosphere, they do not get the same credit as corn sweat. ¶ "I guess you could say corn is a very sweaty plant. It's very efficient at taking that moisture and putting it out to the ground. It requires a lot of moisture to grow and thus it evaporates a lot of moisture off of each stock," Mayesboustead said. ¶ Mayesboustead, who grew up in Michigan, said each stock^([sic – meaning stalk]) of corn puts a substantial amount of water vapour into the air.
ref: 2024 September 13, “Did you know corn can sweat? It's real, and it can make it more humid outside”, in CBC, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2025:
glosses: Water drawn in by corn (maize) stalks from the earth and then released into the air via evapotranspiration.
muzzle sweeps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muzzle sweep
muzzle sweeping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of muzzle sweep
muzzle swept
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of muzzle sweep
takes the gap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take the gap
taking the gap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take the gap
took the gap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take the gap
taken the gap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the gap
sticks like shit to a blanket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stick like shit to a blanket
sticking like shit to a blanket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stick like shit to a blanket
stuck like shit to a blanket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stick like shit to a blanket
sticks like shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stick like shit
sticking like shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stick like shit
stuck like shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stick like shit
tack welding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tack weld
tack welded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tack weld
self-delivers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-deliver
self-delivering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-deliver
self-delivered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-deliver
recharges one's batteries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recharge one's batteries
recharging one's batteries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recharge one's batteries
recharged one's batteries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recharge one's batteries
rides the brakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ride the brakes
riding the brakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ride the brakes
rode the brakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ride the brakes
ridden the brakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of ride the brakes
rides the clutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ride the clutch
riding the clutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ride the clutch
rode the clutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ride the clutch
ridden the clutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of ride the clutch
half-passing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of half-pass
half-passed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of half-pass
gaps it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gap it
gapping it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gap it
gapped it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gap it
stands sentinel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand sentinel
standing sentinel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand sentinel
stood sentinel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand sentinel
Bay Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Honduras.
Nuuchahnnulth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own.
ref: 2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery, archived from the original on 24 May 2024:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Nuu-chah-nulth.
EVIIR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Edward VII Rex; the royal cypher of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.
Benioff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Benioff zone
Wadati-Benioff zone
Bekhterev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Бехтерев (Bexterev).
Bakur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Armenian
Presidente Hayes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Paraguay
Amambay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Paraguay
Nord-Est
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the ten departments of Haiti.
Nord-Ouest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the ten departments of Haiti.
Morona-Santiago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Ecuador.
Zamora-Chinchipe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Ecuador.
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Ecuador.
athede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: athedes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of atheed.
ABAWD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ABAWDs
Senses: topics: government
healthcare
glosses: Acronym of able bodied adult without dependents.
athedes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈθiːdz/
ipa: [əˈθɪjdz]
Forms: form: atheeds
form: ithedes
form: itheeds
form: ythedes
form: ytheeds
Senses: glosses: plural of athede
Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Renamed from Peckleton on 1 April 2023.
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England, that includes the named places.
seed-vessel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seed-vessels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seed vessel
seed-vessels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seed-vessel
heron's bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heron's bills
Senses: glosses: Synonym of storksbill
synonyms: word: storksbill
milk food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk foods
form: milk-food
Etymology: From milk + food.
Senses: examples: text: Primitive people in all lands have long used the milk of cows, sheep, buffaloes, to produce Yogurt. True, it is known by different names in different countries; but essentially it is the same milk-food.
ref: 1951 October 29, Hal Stebbins, “This "Secret of Youth" is 4000 Years Old”, in Life, volume 31, number 18, →ISSN, page 128:
text: Authority sought to operate as a contract carrier, by motor vehicle over irregular routs, transporting: Milk food (yogurt), from Auburn, Wash., to Eugene and Portland, Oreg., for 150 days.
ref: 1969 October 24, “Motor Carrier Temporary Authority Applications”, in Federal Register, volume 34, numbers 200–210, →ISSN, →OCLC, Notices, page 17468:
glosses: Yogurt.
milk-food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk-foods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of milk food
milk-foods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk-food
milk foods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk food
Peckleton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England; it was also previously the name of the parish (OS grid ref SK4701).
Merkle-Patricia tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Merkle-Patricia trees
Senses: examples: text: A Merkle-Patricia tree is a tree that has a root node that contains the hash value of the entire data structure. The Merkle-Patricia tree combines Merkle and Patricia trees where Patricia is used for efficient storage and Merkle enables tamper-proof data validation.
ref: 2023, Imran Bashir, Mastering Blockchain: Inner workings of blockchain, from cryptography and decentralized identities, to DeFi, NFTs and Web3, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 65:
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A tree data structure that combines properties of Merkle trees and Patricia trees.
Kirkby Mallory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Manorial affix from the Mallory family.
Senses: glosses: A village in Kirkby Mallory, Peckleton and Stapleton parish, Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4500).
knows full well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of know full well
knowing full well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of know full well
knew full well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of know full well
known full well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of know full well
waxes philosophical
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wax philosophical
waxing philosophical
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wax philosophical
waxed philosophical
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wax philosophical
boots one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boot one
booting one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boot one
booted one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boot one
takes the knee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take the knee
taking the knee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take the knee
took the knee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take the knee
taken the knee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the knee
Iqglic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/
homophone: English
Etymology: From Iqglic Iqglic.
Senses: examples: text: Typically, the people who develop Romanization systems (or constructed languages like Loglan or Iqglic they'll want their alphabet to minimize surprises so that it's easy to learn. So they'll typically choose letter-sound correspondences from existing languages. Though, they don't necessarily take all of their letters from the same language (which may be your source of confusion).
ref: 2023 September 26, dan04, Linguistics Stack Exchange:
text: Iqglic or some improved version of English (I suppose Iqglic is not a very good example of "improved" english, now i think about it...)
ref: 2025 July 14, Impentina, NationStates:
glosses: An English-based constructed language created by Jack Eisenmann in 2011.
lays hold upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay hold upon
laying hold upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay hold upon
lays hold on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lay hold on
laying hold on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay hold on
goes off at a tangent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go off at a tangent
going off at a tangent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go off at a tangent
went off at a tangent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go off at a tangent
gone off at a tangent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go off at a tangent
goes off on a tangent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go off on a tangent
going off on a tangent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go off on a tangent
went off on a tangent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go off on a tangent
gone off on a tangent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go off on a tangent
casts one's net wider
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cast one's net wider
casting one's net wider
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cast one's net wider
spreads one's net wide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spread one's net wide
spreading one's net wide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spread one's net wide
casts one's net far and wide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cast one's net far and wide
casting one's net far and wide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cast one's net far and wide
gets right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get right
getting right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get right
got right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get right
gotten right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get right
pulls a few strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull a few strings
pulling a few strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull a few strings
pulled a few strings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull a few strings
shows one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of show one's stuff
showing one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of show one's stuff
showed one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of show one's stuff
shown one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of show one's stuff
tsunamiite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tsunamiites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: sediment deposited by a tsunami.
does one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's stuff
doing one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do one's stuff
did one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do one's stuff
done one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do one's stuff
does one's sums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's sums
doing one's sums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do one's sums
did one's sums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do one's sums
done one's sums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do one's sums
does one's worst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's worst
doing one's worst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do one's worst
did one's worst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do one's worst
done one's worst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do one's worst
spreads oneself too thin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spread oneself too thin
spreading oneself too thin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spread oneself too thin
Beqa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island of Fiji.
Mbengga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Beqa
synonyms: word: Beqa
atheed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈθiːd/
ipa: [əˈθɪjd]
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: atheeds
form: athede
form: ithede
form: itheed
form: ythede
form: ytheed
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ġeþēode (“language”), from ġe- + þēode (“people, nation”).
Senses: synonyms: word: tongue
word: speech
english: in some sense
translation: in some sense
word: theed
glosses: Language.
ithede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈθiːd/
ipa: [ɪˈθɪjd]
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: ithedes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of athede.
itheed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈθiːd/
ipa: [ɪˈθɪjd]
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: itheeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of atheed.
ythede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈθiːd/
ipa: [ɪˈθɪjd]
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: ythedes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of athede.
ytheed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈθiːd/
ipa: [ɪˈθɪjd]
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: ytheeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of atheed.
assumedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of assume
atheeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈθiːdz/
ipa: [əˈθɪjdz]
Senses: glosses: plural of atheed
adoptedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of adopt
ithedes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈθiːdz/
ipa: [əˈθɪjdz]
Senses: glosses: plural of ithede
itheeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈθiːdz/
ipa: [əˈθɪjdz]
Senses: glosses: plural of itheed
ythedes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈθiːdz/
ipa: [əˈθɪjdz]
Senses: glosses: plural of ythede
ytheeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈθiːdz/
ipa: [əˈθɪjdz]
Senses: glosses: plural of ytheed
pacifycacion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pacifycacions
Etymology: From Middle English pacifycacion.
Senses: examples: text: Ye shal also perceyve what I write unto the Queue of Scottes, aswell touching the reconsiliacion of the said Erie unto her favour, as also for the pacifycacion of the variances depending bitween hym and thErle of Arayn; not doubting but whan ye shall have red the copies of the said letters and articles, ye woll thinke this the most direct and sure waye to provide for all chaunces and daungiers, that may ensue by the instabilitie of the Counsaillours and noble men being in Scotland
ref: 1524, State Papers: Published under the Authority of His Majesty's Commission, J. Murray, published 1831:
glosses: Archaic form of pacification
pacificacion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pacificacions
Etymology: From Middle English pacificacion.
Senses: examples: text: Wherfore to begyn a shorte pacificacion in so long a broyle.
ref: 1548, Edward Hall, Hall's Chronicle: Containing the history of England, during the reign of Henry the Fourth, and the succeeding monarchs, to the end of the reign of Henry the Eighth, in which are particularly described the manners and customs of those periods. Carefully collated with the editions of 1548 and 1550, published 1809, page 219:
text: And becauſe the cardinal of Lorrain hath conjured me to travail for the pacificacion of theſe matters, as much as in me lieth
ref: 1740, A full view of the public transactions in the reign of Q. Elizabeth: Or a particular account of all the memorable affairs of that Queen, transmitted down to us in a series of letters and other papers of state, J. Bettenham:
glosses: Archaic form of pacification
signback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: signbacks
Etymology: Compound of sign + back.
Senses: topics: business
real-estate
glosses: A back of a sign.
hand strip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hand strips
form: hand stripping
form: hand stripped
form: hand stripped
Senses: glosses: To manually pluck the old coat of a dog; (for some breeds, such as terriers, clipping does not help a new coat grow in.)
ammonoidean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ammonoidean
form: most ammonoidean
Etymology: From ammonoid + -ean.
Senses: examples: text: Scientific naming conventions are such that technically, ammonites are ammonoidean, ammonitidan, and sometimes strictly ammonitinan cephalopods.
ref: 2017 June 14, Mark Carnall, “The ancient mystery of St Hilda's 'snake stones': what do ammonites really look like?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or pertaining to ammonoids.
ammonitidan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ammonitidan
form: most ammonitidan
Etymology: From translingual Ammonitida + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Scientific naming conventions are such that technically, ammonites are ammonoidean, ammonitidan, and sometimes strictly ammonitinan cephalopods.
ref: 2017 June 14, Mark Carnall, “The ancient mystery of St Hilda's 'snake stones': what do ammonites really look like?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or pertaining to ammonites.
ammonitinan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ammonitinan
form: most ammonitinan
Senses: examples: text: Scientific naming conventions are such that technically, ammonites are ammonoidean, ammonitidan, and sometimes strictly ammonitinan cephalopods.
ref: 2017 June 14, Mark Carnall, “The ancient mystery of St Hilda's 'snake stones': what do ammonites really look like?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or pertaining to ammonites.
initiativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɪʃətɪvnəs/
Etymology: From initiative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: initiative, drive, action
majorino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: majorinos
Etymology: From majoron + -ino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hypothetical elementary particle, the fermionic superpartner of the majoron.
Rohrabacher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “He’s not the only one doing this,” Rohrabacher answered. “But it seems to me like what we’ve got are warmongers claiming other people are war criminals. This is the wrong kind of tone. That type of rhetoric is leading us to a point where we will be in conflict and the Russians will think that we are out to get them.”
ref: 2017 January 13, Andrey Kaczynski, quoting Dana Rohrabacher, “GOP congressman: ‘Warmongers’ in Congress are wrong to call Putin a ‘war criminal’”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
machine that goes "ping"
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machines that go "ping"
Etymology: Coined in the movie Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983), in a sketch depicting a group of doctors at a birth more interested in the technological equipment than the mother and baby. The eponymous machine serves no apparent purpose except making an occasional ping sound.
Senses: examples: text: see title
ref: 2015, Amy M Dennett et al., “Machines that go "ping" may improve balance but may not improve mobility or reduce risk of falls: a systematic review”, in Journal of Rehabilitative Medicine, volume 47, number 1, pages 18-30:
text: The inside of the vehicle is pretty sparse and there are no oxygen tanks, intravenous drips or machines that go "ping."
ref: 2024 January 9, Scott Snowden, “Santa Monica rolls out mobile mental health unit”, in Santa Monica Daily Press:
text: "Sure, medicine is about machines that go ‘ping’ and data and pharmacology," said Klingle, "but it’s also about fear, hope, joy, sorrow, grief, all those things that are in the realm of the humanities."
ref: 2024 February 7, Matthew Klingle, quotee, “The Role of the Historian in Medical Research”, in Bowdoin:
glosses: A piece of medical equipment, especially a bedside monitor; particularly one perceived as superfluous.
wikipedia: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
driver's ed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clipped compound of driver's education.
Old Passage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally the location of a ferry service across the Severn, which later moved to New Passage.
Senses: glosses: A locality by the Severn in Aust parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5688).
Related terms: New Passage
braphog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: braphogs
Senses: glosses: A person who farts excessively
braphogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braphog
Baptist Mills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Bristol, England, north-east of the city centre (OS grid ref ST6074).
memorandum of agreement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memoranda of agreement
form: memorandums of agreement
form: MoA
form: MOA
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Synonym of memorandum of understanding
synonyms: word: memorandum of understanding
she-ogre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: she-ogres
Etymology: From she- + ogre.
Senses: examples: text: He it was who alone and unweaponed had struggled with Grendel, and he who heedless had swam to the depths of the tarn to kill the she-ogre.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:
glosses: A female ogre.
she-ogres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of she-ogre
Pugach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pugaches
Etymology: From Ukrainian or Russian Пугач (Pugač), or from Polish Puchacz; Literally, “owl”.
Senses: examples: text: The crime and trial were tabloid sensations. But the Pugaches were merely at the end of Act 1. During 14 years in prison, Mr. Pugach nursed a fanatical ardor for Miss Riss, writing her love letters in a florid hand.
ref: 2007 May 27, Ruth La Ferla, “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
glosses: A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
glosses: A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
Burton N. Pugach (1927–2020), disbarred American lawyer
examples: text: Most striking about their relationship is not Mrs. Pugach’s lingering resentment, not her husband’s less-than-evident remorse, and not even their mutual dependence, but the marriage’s frank descent into humdrumness.
ref: 2007 May 27, Ruth La Ferla, “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”, in the New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
glosses: A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
Burton N. Pugach (1927–2020), disbarred American lawyer
Linda Eleanor Pugach (née Riss, 1937–2013), hired-blinding victim and, later, wife of Burton N. Pugach
glosses: A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
Leon Pugach (born 1972), Israeli male badminton player
glosses: A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
Alina Pugach (born 1993), Israeli female badminton player
glosses: A surname from Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, meaning “owl”, variant of Pugacz, equivalent to Ukrainian Пугач (Puhač) or Hebrew פוגץ or פוגטש.
Yuval Pugach (born 2001), Israeli female badminton player
self-isos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-iso
self-isoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-iso
self-iso'ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-iso
self-isoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-iso
self-iso'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-iso
has something going with someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have something going with someone
having something going with someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have something going with someone
had something going with someone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have something going with someone
shows the way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of show the way
showing the way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of show the way
showed the way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of show the way
shown the way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of show the way
over-respects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of over-respect
over-respecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of over-respect
over-respected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of over-respect
shoots one's shot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot one's shot
shooting one's shot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shoot one's shot
shot one's shot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shoot one's shot
butt-welds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of butt-weld
butt-welding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of butt-weld
loses one's cookies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lose one's cookies
losing one's cookies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lose one's cookies
lost one's cookies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lose one's cookies
polices one's brass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of police one's brass
policing one's brass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of police one's brass
policed one's brass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of police one's brass
Fulljames
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
opera slipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ŏp′(ə)r-ə slĭp′ər
ipa: /ˌɒp.ə̯(ɹ).ə ˈslɪp.ə̯(ɹ)/
note: older
ipa: /ˌɔːp.ə̯(ɹ).ə ˈslɪp.ə̯(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌɔp.ə̯ɹ.ə ˈslɪp.ə̯ɹ/
ipa: /ˌɑp.ə̯ɹ.ə ˈslɪp.ə̯ɹ/
ipa: /ˌɒp.ə̯ɹ.ə ˈslɪp.ə̯ɹ/
ipa: /ˌɑp.ə̯ɹ.ə ˈslɪp.ə̯ɹ/
ipa: /ˌɔp.ə̯(ɹ).ə ˈslɪp.ə̯(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌɒp.ə̯(ɹ).ə ˈsləp.ə̯(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌɒp.ɐ̯(ɹ).ə ˈsləp.ɐ̯(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌɒp.a̯(ɹ).ə ˈsləp.a̯(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌɔp.ə̯ʳ.a ˈslɪp.ə̯ʳ/
Forms: form: opera slippers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of opera pump.
synonyms: word: opera pump
glosses: One's house slipper, cut low on both sides at the shank.
opera slippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opera slipper
machines that go "ping"
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machine that goes "ping"
wagetaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagetakers
Etymology: From wage + taker.
Senses: examples: text: Here I assume that the producer is a wagetaker, even though I have supposed that the supplier of each differentiated good uses a different type of labor with its own market.
ref: 2003, Michael Woodford, Interest and Prices, →ISBN, page 148:
glosses: A firm that has no choice over its wages and must accept those of the general market.
wagetakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagetaker
Pugaches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pugach
Joe Strummer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Joe Strummers
Senses: examples: text: Another total downer is being skint, likesay. Pure Joe Strummer, man.
ref: 1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Times Film School, page 49:
glosses: A bummer (“a disappointment, a pity”).
Parkfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States, located on the San Andreas Fault.
glosses: A hamlet in St Ive and Pensilva parish, eastern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX3167).
glosses: A hamlet in Pucklechurch parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, location of the former Parkfield Colliery (OS grid ref ST6977).
glosses: A southern suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9296).
Fregoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Fregoli delusion
Fregoli syndrome
Faysal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name, variant of Faisal.
Faryal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Farial
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Persian.
Farial
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Faryal.
gets someone's shirt out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get someone's shirt out
getting someone's shirt out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get someone's shirt out
got someone's shirt out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get someone's shirt out
gotten someone's shirt out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get someone's shirt out
stepping it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of step it
stepped it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of step it
steps it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of step it
puts in the pin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put in the pin
putting in the pin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put in the pin
puts someone's pipe out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put someone's pipe out
putting someone's pipe out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put someone's pipe out
flies the blue pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fly the blue pigeon
flying the blue pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fly the blue pigeon
flew the blue pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fly the blue pigeon
flown the blue pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fly the blue pigeon
minds one's pees and cues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mind one's pees and cues
minding one's pees and cues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mind one's pees and cues
minded one's pees and cues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mind one's pees and cues
sees the error of one's ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of see the error of one's ways
seeing the error of one's ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of see the error of one's ways
saw the error of one's ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of see the error of one's ways
seen the error of one's ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of see the error of one's ways
presses one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of press one's luck
pressing one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of press one's luck
pressed one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of press one's luck
swallows the anchor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swallow the anchor
swallowing the anchor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swallow the anchor
swallowed the anchor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swallow the anchor
gives a tin shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give a tin shit
giving a tin shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give a tin shit
gave a tin shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give a tin shit
given a tin shit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give a tin shit
keeps one's side of the bargain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep one's side of the bargain
keeping one's side of the bargain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep one's side of the bargain
kept one's side of the bargain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep one's side of the bargain
holds in derision
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hold in derision
holding in derision
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hold in derision
held in derision
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hold in derision
puts bread on the table
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put bread on the table
putting bread on the table
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put bread on the table
sluices one's bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sluice one's bolt
sluicing one's bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sluice one's bolt
sluiced one's bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sluice one's bolt
puts one's fist to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put one's fist to
putting one's fist to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put one's fist to
does a land-office business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do a land-office business
doing a land-office business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do a land-office business
did a land-office business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do a land-office business
done a land-office business
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do a land-office business
root-causes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of root-cause
root-causing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of root-cause
root-caused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of root-cause
goes back to the tools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go back to the tools
going back to the tools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go back to the tools
went back to the tools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go back to the tools
gone back to the tools
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go back to the tools
drains the dragon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drain the dragon
draining the dragon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drain the dragon
drained the dragon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drain the dragon
comes to a stop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come to a stop