cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
q̓íc̓əy̓
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Halkomelem q̓íc̓əy̓.
Senses: examples: text: She and 24 other educators in the MEd cohort spent only one day in the classroom during the two-year program. The rest of their classes were held in natural settings off-campus that included q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie) and q̓ʷa:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen) First Nations lands where they learned from Indigenous elders and experts about the land and land stewardship. They also learned about the long-term impacts of colonial practices such as overfishing.
ref: 2019 October 1, Diane Lucow, “MEd grad ready to reinvent her approach to teaching”, in Faculty of Education - Simon Fraser University:
glosses: Synonym of Katzie.
synonyms: word: Katzie
Katzie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Halkomelem q̓íc̓əy̓.
Senses: examples: text: She and 24 other educators in the MEd cohort spent only one day in the classroom during the two-year program. The rest of their classes were held in natural settings off-campus that included q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie) and q̓ʷa:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen) First Nations lands where they learned from Indigenous elders and experts about the land and land stewardship. They also learned about the long-term impacts of colonial practices such as overfishing.
ref: 2019 October 1, Diane Lucow, “MEd grad ready to reinvent her approach to teaching”, in Faculty of Education - Simon Fraser University:
glosses: A First Nation in Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
Tsawwassen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Halkomelem scəw̓aθən.
Senses: examples: text: “Extremely proud of our strong relationship with our neighbour, Tsawwassen First Nation, and thankful for their assistance to create a meaningful and respectful acknowledgement, recognizing the significance of this location for the scəw̓aθən people,” said Harvie.
ref: 2021 August 8, “Delta, TFN unveil new interpretive sign”, in Delta Optimist:
glosses: A First Nation in British Columbia, Canada.
examples: text: B.C. Ferries says it will be contacting customers who have reservations on the Duke Point and Tsawwassen sailings by both phone and email. Included in that notice will be information on how people can access B.C. Ferries' new priority phone queue.
ref: 2023 August 18, Tessa Vikander, “Several daily sailings between Duke Point and Tsawwassen cancelled until ferry's engine fixed”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Suburban neighbourhood of the southwestern corner of the City of Delta in British Columbia, Canada.
Kesawai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken in New Guinea.
no fall zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no fall zones
form: no-fall zone
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
mountaineering
sports
glosses: A region from which a fall would highly likely lead to death; a region from which one must absolutely not fall.
ganthoda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ganthodas
Senses: qualifier: Ayurvedic medicine
glosses: long pepper root.
pipramul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: long pepper, especially its root
pippali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Sanskrit पिप्पली (pippalī). Doublet of pepper, peepul, and falafel.
Senses: glosses: long pepper
sonth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunthi
Senses: glosses: ginger powder
ultra-violent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ultraviolent.
chin job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chin jobs
form: chin-job
form: chinjob
Etymology: From chin + job, after nose job.
Senses: examples: text: Louise Denton had been in therapy only a few weeks. She’d been referred after her eighth round of plastic surgery had failed to correct what Louise felt were highly visible defects in her appearance. To date, Louise Denton had had a nose job; an eye job; a cheekbone enhancement; breast enlargement; and a chin job. She’d had liposuction on her cheeks and collagen in her lips and a couple of skin treatments whose names Portia didn’t even remember.
ref: 1998, Faye Sultan, Teresa Kennedy, chapter 9, in Over the Line, Fourth Estate Limited, page 103:
text: “Ah, well. She was due for a chin job, anyway. Up until now, I was too polite to say anything, but those saggy jowls are so unattractive in profile.”
ref: 2010, Lisa Rinna, chapter 35, in Starlit, Gallery Books, page 240:
text: After the first operation I'd bumped into a girl from school who had remarked lazily ‘I can't really see the difference ...’ despite an almost two-centimetre shortening of my face. I wanted to lamp her. So although I knew that the chin job was going to complete Mr Harrison’s work I didn’t particularly expect it to be the most transformational operation of them all.
ref: 2015, Joanna Jepson, chapter 21, in A Lot like Eve: Fashion, Faith, and Fig-Leaves: A memoir, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 141:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
synonyms: mentoplasty
genioplasty
glosses: A plastic surgical procedure to cosmetically alter the appearance of the chin.
logarithmic decrement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logarithmic decrements
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: The logarithm of the ratio of two successive amplitudes separated by one period for oscillators (second-order linear dynamical systems).
Related terms: damping ratio
Brolin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core.
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2013:
text: The approach certainly worked out for the musical icon when meeting her now-husband James Brolin over two decades ago, an exchange she recounted in a new interview with Gayle King about her upcoming memoir “My Name is Barbra.”
ref: 2023 November 5, Alli Rosenbloom, “The surprising way Barbra Streisand won over James Brolin”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
pedophilephobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pedophile + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Is state-mandated education of all children concerning the beauty of homosexuality too far-fetched? How about hiring quotas for the homosexual minority? Or maybe the sex criminals will be successful in their efforts to eliminate pedophile laws. (Then pedophiles can whine about pedophilephobia.)
ref: 1993, Randall A[llen] Terry, “Battling with [Bill] Clinton (Betrayal in the Camp)”, in Why Does a Nice Guy Like Me Keep Getting Thrown in Jail? How Theological Escapism and Cultural Retreatism in the Church Have Led to America’s Demise, Lafayette, La.: Huntington House Publishers; Windsor, N.Y.: Resistance Press, →ISBN, section 3 (Letters From the Front), page 139:
text: > >Mule recently published in alt.sex.femdom some lovely little
> >*fantasies*, pretty clearly presented as fantasies, and apparently
^^^^^^^^^^^
> >a bunch of people have jumped on the bandwagon and decided to abuse
> >him and suggest that he's a pedophile. Welcome to the Thought Police,
> >people.
Pedophilephobia is the last refuge of the thought police. Or at least the latest one.
ref: 1996 October 15, Steven S. Davis, “Censor the kiddie porn? I don't think so....”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
text: Well, surprise! Despite Pedophilephobia and everyhting^([sic]) else, most places that have created Anti-Nudity laws have specifically exempted persons under 10 years of age. In most places, it is just fine for your son to go nude anywhere that you say it's OK. The schools may have dress codes (of questionable enforcability^([sic])), but other than that, you son can, most likely, legally be nude anywhere.
ref: 2003 July 7, maravera@prodigy.net, “Naked etiquite??^([sic]) (is there such a thing?)”, in rec.nude (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
text: Proper word would be pedophilephobia.
On Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 4:23:57 PM UTC-5 plainolamerican wrote:
Your homophobic religious klan's hatred of gays and Disney should cost you severe pain. Get ready for it, homophobe.
ref: [2022 July 28, Susiejoe, “Disney and Hulu Submit to Democraps”, in Political Euwetopia (Google Groups), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
glosses: Alternative form of pedophilophobia
Sarah's Law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The law was introduced in response to the murder of Sarah Payne.
Senses: examples: text: Backers of a ballot measure that would require parents to be notified before an abortion is performed on a minor acknowledged Friday that the 15-year-old on which “Sarah’s Law” is based had a child and was in a common-law marriage before she died of complications from an abortion in 1994.
ref: 2008 August 2, Patrick McGreevy, “‘Sarah’s Law’ would not have aided ‘Sarah’”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2020:
text: It is unclear what such a scheme might look like but "Sarah's Law", recently rolled out nationally, may provide a model. Under that scheme, which is intended to prevent sexual abuse of children, parents can request a check for information about an individual with access to their child.
ref: 2011 July 22, Lucy Reed, “Why Clare's Law won't prevent domestic violence”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2013:
text: In recent testimony on the scandal in Parliament, Ms. [Rebekah] Brooks cited the measure named after Mrs. [Sara] Payne’s daughter, Sarah’s Law, as evidence of the good she had done in her years at the tabloid’s helm.
ref: 2011 July 28, Ravi Somaiya, “New Hacking Case Outrages Britain”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2015:
glosses: In England and Wales, the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, under which the police can tell parents, carers, and guardians if someone has a record for child sexual offences.
wikipedia: murder of Sarah Payne
Related terms: english: a similar law in the United States
translation: a similar law in the United States
word: Megan's Law
brow job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brow jobs
form: brow-job
form: browjob
Etymology: From brow + job, after nose job.
Senses: examples: text: “Face creams are really a scam,” he says. “They don’t do it, and exercise doesn’t do it.” As a possible alternative to the brow job that he recommends for me, he tells me that he can inject my frown lines with Botox, which temporarily paralyzes the nerves around the corrugator muscles.
ref: 1999 November 24, Dodie Kazanjian, chapter 1, in Dodie goes Shopping: And Other Adventures, St. Martin's Press, page 15:
text: The main attraction of the first workday was a single marathon session—rib removal, breast augmentation, and brow job. There was so little actual blood flow that, through the lens, it looked surreal.
ref: 2012, David J. Schow, chapter 1, in Upgunned, Thomas Dunne Books, page 18:
text: Now that Viola had the chance to inspect Magda closer, her impression was even less favourable. The woman was in her late fifties, but Viola could immediately tell Magda did everything she could to stop that clock. Nose job, cheek job, brow job, any kind of job. All done tastefully, so they wouldn’t draw undue attention to themselves.
ref: 2017, Piotr Ryczko, chapter 14, in A Child Made to Order, The Book Folks, page 101:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
synonyms: eyebrow job
glosses: A plastic surgical procedure to alter the appearance of the browline or eyebrow(s), especially for cosmetic reasons.
examples: text: “The eyebrows are the most important feature on the face. They're also the most underestimated part of your body. I call a good brow job the five-minute face-lift. If you can't do anything else, get your brows done,” Damon tells The Black Book.
ref: 2006, Kym Douglas, Cindy Pearlman, chapter 3, in The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets, Plume Books, page 53:
text: A properly shaped brow frames the face, lifts the eyes, and softens your appearance. And after a good brow job, you might need less make-up to look your best!
ref: 2006, Lisa Petty, chapter 14, in Living Beauty: Feel Great, Look Fabulous & Live Well, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, page 233:
text: If you have given yourself a botched brow job, fill them in the best you can until they grow out. Then draw attention to your mouth with a fabulous new lip color!
ref: 2010, Carmindy, chapter 4, in Crazy Busy Beautiful: Beauty Secrets for Getting Gorgeous Fast, HarperStudio, page 101:
topics: cosmetics
lifestyle
glosses: A nonsurgical modification of the eyebrow(s), namely through threading, tweezing, makeup, etc.
helicline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlɪˌklaɪn/
Forms: form: heliclines
Etymology: Blend of helico- + incline or combination of heli- + -cline, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”). Attested from the 1930s (see quotations below).
Senses: examples: text: A bridge will link the sphere to the tower, while from the latter a ramp 900 ft. long will slope gently to the ground curving around the fountain basis beneath the sphere in a huge three-quarter circle. This ramp is described as the “helicline,” and will be 50 ft. high at the top
ref: 1937 March 25, “Fair Designers Make Theme Building Plans”, in The Iron Age, page 62:
text: We have heard rumours of several good buildings at the Fair, but the newscuttings have not so far found time to tell us about them among attractions so sensational that no previously known words would cover them. “Democracity” is studded with Trylons and Perispheres, slides on Heliclines and sploshes in Aquacades.
ref: 1939 May 11, “Notes & Topics”, in The Architects' Journal, page 758:
text: Stepping to the helicline of the flood-lighted Perisphere at the New York World's Fair at midnight Sunday, an Army bugler sounded taps, signalizing the beginning of an epic grand finale.
ref: 1940 November 4, “Taps for the Fair”, in Newsweek, page 19:
text: The Perisphere housed the exhibit, where visitors entered by means of “the world’s longest escalator,” and exited down a 950-foot ramp, called the Helicline.
ref: 1999, “Max Abromovitz”, in Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement, volume 18, page 1:
text: stepped ramp ¶ A series of ramps connected by steps.¶ helicline ¶ A curved ramp.
ref: [2011, Francis D.K. Ching, A Visual Dictionary Of Architecture, page 239:
topics: architecture
glosses: A curving or spiral-shaped ramp; (especially) the ramp at the 1939 New York World's Fair Theme Center.
wikipedia: Trylon and Perisphere
heliclines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helicline
tentadick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛn.təˌdɪk/
rhymes: -ɛntədɪk
Forms: form: tentadicks
Etymology: Blend of tentacle + dick.
Senses: topics: fiction
lifestyle
literature
media
pornography
publishing
sexuality
synonyms: tentacock
glosses: A smooth, flexible, prehensible limb and sexual organ, typically tapering to a slit and lacking external testes.
comedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of come
hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: hən'q'əmin'əm'
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Halkomelem hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓.
Senses: examples: text: According to a release from the university, which sits on traditional Musqueam land, the signs on nine campus streets supplement English names with names in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the traditional language of the Musqueam people.
ref: 2018 April 4, “UBC unveils bilingual Musqueam street signs on campus”, in CBC News:
text: In their hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language, the nation is properly known as the səlilwətaɬ, and the watershed is xʔəl̓ ílwətaʔɬ. But just a handful of members can speak the language. Gabriel George has spent years learning hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, to preserve a part of a culture that was close to being lost – a culture closely tied to the land.
ref: 2022 June 11, “An urban First Nation reclaims stewardship over vast rainforest on Metro Vancouver’s doorstep”, in The Globe and Mail:
text: A sign at the University of British Columbia bus loop written in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the traditional language of the Musqueam peoples is shown in this handout image. A team worked for years to create a font that would match hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ characters with the university's official institutional font.
ref: 2023 June 7, The Canadian Presse, “New font gives fresh look to B.C. Indigenous languages, advances reconciliation”, in CTV News:
text: A round of applause erupted Tuesday in the gallery of Vancouver city council chambers, after the city officially adopted its first street name in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the language of the Musqueam First Nation.
ref: 2025 June 17, “Vancouver's Trutch Street is now šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street. Not everyone is happy”, in Vancouver Sun:
glosses: Synonym of Halkomelem, in particular the variant of the Delta and the Lower Fraser River.
synonyms: word: Halkomelem
word: in particular the variant of the Delta and the Lower Fraser River
overmarried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overmarried
form: most overmarried
Etymology: From over- + married.
Senses: glosses: Having been married too many times.
counterdisputations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterdisputation
Great Snoring
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Snaringes in 1086 (DB, including Little Snoring)
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9434).
Related terms: Little Snoring
totes up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tote up
toting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tote up
toted up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tote up
overshoot the mark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overshoots the mark
form: overshooting the mark
form: overshot the mark
form: overshot the mark
Senses: glosses: Synonym of overstep the mark
synonyms: word: overstep the mark
Little Snoring
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Snaringes in 1086 (DB, including Great Snoring)
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9532).
Related terms: Great Snoring
oathsworn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: typically fantasy
glosses: Bound by an oath.
Blackadder chord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blackadder chords
Etymology: Introduced by YouTuber Joshua Taipale of Ongaku Concept in a 2017 video, coined by a subscriber of his. According to him, the name was chosen as it "sounds cool", arguing that is the reason why composers use the chord.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: Ikisugi chord
Japanese sixth
glosses: A 4-note chord, popularly used in Japanese music, particularly J-pop.
Ikisugi chord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ikisugi chords
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese イキスギコード (“Ikisugi chord”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of Blackadder chord.
synonyms: word: Blackadder chord
Jesus'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: jē'zəs
enpr: jē'zŭsˌ
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒiːˌzʌs/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒizəs/
Senses: glosses: possessive of Jesus
poison book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poison books
Senses: glosses: A log kept by chemists' and pharmacists' shops, signed by customers who purchased poisons.
Bossall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Buttercrambe with Bossall parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7160).
North Frisia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district and cultural region of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Synonyms: Nordfriesland
Related terms: Frisia
inferior hypophyseal artery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inferior hypophyseal arteries
Senses: glosses: An artery in the head, a branch of the internal carotid artery.
inferior hypophyseal arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inferior hypophyseal artery
Braniewo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Braniewo.
Senses: glosses: A town and county of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.
Buttercrambe with Bossall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district, that includes the named places.
Hul'q'umi'num'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Halkomelem Hul'q'umi'num'.
Senses: examples: text: “We have come a long way to share our language and we are finally coming back in keeping our language alive with our students today,” Sylvester said. “They are hungry and keen to learn the Hul’q’umi’num’ language.”
ref: 2021 May 19, Carla Wilson, “Duncan children help teach pronunciation of Hul'q'umi'num street signs”, in Times Colonist:
text: A Nanaimo-based non-profit has created a Valentine's Day card that it hopes will teach everyone to say "I love you" in Hul'q'umi'num', a language shared by nine Coast Salish Nations.
ref: 2022 February 12, CBC News:
glosses: Alternative form of Halkomelem.
thamk
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Alteration of thank, as in thank you.
Senses: glosses: Thanks.
Buttercrambe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Buttercrambe with Bossall parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7358).
Nieuport
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Nieuport, from Dutch Nieuwpoort.
Senses: examples: text: Ypres was not the actual start of the front; that distinction belongs to Nieuport, a city on the North Sea twentyodd miles down the river Yser from Ypres.
ref: 1986 November 24, Jack Beatty, “Along the Western Front”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2022:
glosses: A city and municipality of West Flanders, Belgium.
RdRp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)diː ɑː(ɹ)piː/
Forms: form: RdRps
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
tenodd
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Etymology: From ten + -odd.
Senses: examples: text: A photograph showing a column of tenodd cars with black registration plates moving along an empty highway on their way to Subotica, […]
ref: 1994 February 21, Dejan Anastasijevic, “VREME: The Front Page: The Departure”, in TOL, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2020:
glosses: Slightly more than ten.
qiqéyt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Halkomelem qiqéyt.
Senses: examples: text: Located in New Westminster, qiqéyt is the one of the smallest First Nations and currently without a land base. Chief Rhonda Larabee has been working on a land claim, noting in the 2003 NFB film that a land base is a legacy for the children and grandchildren of qiqéyt members.
ref: 2024 February 7, Ashley Edwards, “Project 57 Week 11: qiqéyt (Qayqayt First Nation)”, in SFU Library:
glosses: Synonym of Qayqayt.
synonyms: word: Qayqayt
lək̓ʷəŋən
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Saanich lək̓ʷəŋən.
Senses: examples: text: Two new student housing buildings at the University of Victoria (UVic) have been given names to reflect the language and culture of local Indigenous people.
UVic is located on the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən people, known today as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations.
ref: 2023 April 7, “UVic unveils lək̓ʷəŋən names for new student housing buildings”, in CBC News:
text: “We, an autonomous group of queers living on the unceded land of lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, are here to disrupt a pride parade happening during the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people by the zionist entity,” the email said.
ref: 2024 July 7, “Pride parade in Victoria delayed by pro-Palestinian protesters”, in Global News:
text: Sam is a member of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees) First Nation and has led IPC’s communications and engagement since 2022. She has played a key role in the Indigenous Youth Conference and the Blue Economy Day Camp for Indigenous Youth.
ref: 2025 September 25, “Tarrin Sam takes the helm of Indigenous Prosperity Centre”, in Peninsula News Review:
glosses: Synonym of Lekwungen.
synonyms: word: Lekwungen
coalmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalmeters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coal-meter
coal meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coal meters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coal-meter
coal meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coal meter
coalmeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coalmeter
goose grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goose grass
goose-grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goose-grass
minibraai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: minibraai was also found to dissipate heat from the gas burner evenly over thin-bottomed pots, thereby preventing food from burning.
ref: 1989, Bothalia, volume 19, page 274:
text: minibraai has four surfaces: a nonstick aluminium ribbed grill with a smooth aluminium nonstick grill plate on the ... minibraai until the cheese has melted.
ref: 1999, Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa, page 81:
text: Why not host a minibraai during your book club meeting? Have everyone bring a dish to share, and be sure to include some barbecued meats — a staple at any braai.
ref: 2007, Lauren St John, Rainbow's End, A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm, page 274:
glosses: A small (miniature) barbecue; a barbecue for two people.
chisa nyama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chesanyama
form: chesa nyama
form: shisa nyama
Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A barbecue or braai.
chesanyama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chisa nyama
chesa nyama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chisa nyama
shisa nyama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chisa nyama
toadestoole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of toadstool
todestoole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of toadstool
bootlace fungus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootlace fungi
Senses: glosses: Synonym of honey fungus
synonyms: word: honey fungus
shoestring mushroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoestring mushrooms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of honey fungus
synonyms: word: honey fungus
Jezo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Ezo
Derived terms: Jezo spruce
flight-mare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flight-mares
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flightmare
Florida cracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Florida crackers
Senses: coordinate_terms: Georgia cracker
glosses: A descendant of colonial-era British American pioneer settlers in modern-day Florida.
Georgia cracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Georgia crackers
form: Georgia Cracker
Senses: coordinate_terms: Florida cracker
glosses: A descendant of colonial-era British American pioneer settlers in modern-day Georgia.
Related terms: Cracker State
table cracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: table crackers
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A thin, hard, and crispy water biscuit, designed to be eaten with cheese, wine, or other accompaniments.
bootlace fungi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bootlace fungus
shoestring mushrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoestring mushroom
table crackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of table cracker
Florida crackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Florida cracker
Georgia crackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Georgia cracker
flight-mares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flight-mare
fast backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fast backward
fast backwarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fast backward
fast backwarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fast backward
spoke nipple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spoke nipples
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A small, cylindrical, threaded metal component on a bicycle wheel that connects a spoke to the rim.
spoke nipples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoke nipple
backwarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backward
backwarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backward
Mamble
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6871).
terramation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terramations
Etymology: Blend of Latin terra (“earth”) + cremation.
Senses: synonyms: human composting
organic reduction
recomposition
glosses: A process for the final disposition of human remains in which microbes convert a deceased body into compost.
Derived terms: terramate
terramations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terramation
human composting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human compostings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of terramation
synonyms: word: terramation
organic reduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organic reductions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of terramation (“a process for the final disposition of human remains”)
synonyms: word: terramation
extra: a process for the final disposition of human remains
terramate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: terramates
form: terramating
form: terramated
form: terramated
Etymology: A back-formation from terramation.
Senses: glosses: To subject a deceased body or human remains to terramation.
terramates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of terramate
terramating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of terramate
Lerdwichagul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Of Australian Aboriginal origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
unified rear triangles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unified rear triangle
Lekwungen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lekwungen
Senses: examples: text: The Victoria Foundation also unveiled its new brand identity, a fresh look that emphasizes the foundation’s commitment to the community. Key to the brand is an Indigenous companion logo, created by artist Bradley Dick, who is Lekwungen, Ditidaht, and Da’naxada’xw, with decades of experience making art in different mediums.
ref: 2025 September 28, Sandra Richardson, “Sandra Richardson: A new brand of reconciliation”, in Times Colonist:
glosses: A member of a Native American people from British Columbia in Canada and Washington State in the United States.
Lekwungen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: An elementary school in Victoria will have a new name in the coming years — and that name will be in Lekwungen, the language of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations on whose traditional territory the school sits.
ref: 2023 March 8, Kathryn Marlow, “School in Greater Victoria will get new Lekwungen name”, in CBC News:
glosses: Dialect of the Northern Straits Salish language spoken by this people.
gay disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the gay disease
Senses: glosses: AIDS.
service levels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of service level
Kyuquot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Nootka qaay̓uuk̓tḥ, qaay̓uuk̓ʷatḥ.
Senses: glosses: Indigenous people to Vancouver Island, part of the Nuu-chah-nulth and the Ḵa:'yu:'k't'h'-Che:ḵ'tles7et'h' First Nation (Kyuquot/Cheklesahht First Nation).
glosses: Unincorporated settlement located on Kyuquot Sound on northwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Beaver Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of streams in Canada and the United States.
glosses: A settlement in Canada:
A community in Yukon, on the Alaska Highway near the border with Alaska.
glosses: A settlement in Canada:
A community in central Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
glosses: A settlement in Canada:
A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Dundurn, Saskatchewan.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community and ski resort in Eagle County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A township in Crawford County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A minor city and township in Rock County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A census-designated place in Hill County, Montana.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of settlements in the United States:
A census-designated place in Burleson County, Texas.
townsizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: townsizings
form: townsizinging
form: townsizinged
form: townsizinged
Etymology: Coined by the travel booking company Priceline in its "Where To Next?" 2025 Travel Trends Report.
Senses: qualifier: urban
glosses: A trend where travellers visit smaller, quieter towns and villages rather than the better-known big tourist cities.
booktivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booktivists
Etymology: First used at the "Selling Sickness, 2013: People Before Profits" conference in Washington, D.C.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A person who uses what they read in books to help them try to bring about political or social change.
mood reading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mood readings
Etymology: Coined in 2025.
Senses: topics: engineering
literature
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
technology
glosses: A method of choosing books to read based on the way you feel at the time, rather than reading books in a fixed order.
SIM farm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SIM farms
Etymology: Around 2020s.
Senses: topics: engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
numismatics
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: A device that can hold several SIM cards, used by criminals to send very large numbers of texts and calls at the same time, with the aim of defrauding people.
applejuicification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: applejuicifications
Etymology: Coined in a viral X (formerly Twitter) thread posted in March 2024.
Senses: qualifier: social media
glosses: The use of apple juice as the main ingredient in drinks that contain several different fruit juices, especially when this is not made clear in the name or on the packaging.
homunculuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homunculus
upper atmosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upper atmospheres
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere
Coordinate terms: atmosphere
lower atmosphere
middle atmosphere
punch press
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punch presses
form: punchpress
form: punch-press
Senses: examples: text: The panels and hoods of autos, the fenders of your bike, the ends of a can, the socket of a lamp, and thousands of other common metal objects are all stamped out on the punch press.
ref: 1969, Herbert S. Zim and James R. Skelly, Machine tools, W. Morrow, page 56
text: A properly equipped punch press is provided with a brake, and air cylinder, or a counterbalance to retard the downward motion of the moving head.
ref: 1980, Miller, Richard K, Noise Control Solutions for the Mental Products Industry, Faireast Press, page 17
text: For example, to ensure that the part is properly located in the die when a robot loads a part in a punch press, a sensor can be mounted in the die.
ref: 1986, Larsen, Lawrence P, Industrial Robotics and Automation, Heathkit/Zenith Educational Systems, page 101
glosses: A machine that shapes and cuts holes into metal and other materials by pressing a die into it.
call-letter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to call letters.
metster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metsters
form: mettister
form: metstar
form: mettstare
Etymology: From mete (“to measure”) + -ster.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of meter (“one who metes or measures”)
synonyms: word: meter
extra: one who metes or measures
metsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metster
Archit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit अर्चित (arcita).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
spiroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spiroid
form: most spiroid
Etymology: From Latin spiroïdes, from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek σπειροειδής (speiroeidḗs). By surface analysis, spire + -oid.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Resembling or having the form of a spiral or helix.
spiroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiroids
Etymology: From Latin spiroïdes, from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek σπειροειδής (speiroeidḗs). By surface analysis, spire + -oid.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A curve that resembles a spiral or helix.
spiroloculine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spiroloculine
form: most spiroloculine
Etymology: From spiro- + loculus (“chamber”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having chambers arranged spirally; used especially of a foraminiferan shell.
mosquito eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosquito eaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mosquito-eater.
mosquito eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosquito eater.
rotalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of rotation + italic. Likely coined in 2007 by Swedish typographer Filip Tydén.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Having letters rotated for emphasis, rather than slanted as in traditional italic.
raw_tags: of a typeface or font
rotalic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of rotation + italic. Likely coined in 2007 by Swedish typographer Filip Tydén.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A variant of italic in which letters are rotated, rather than slanted.
mosquito-eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosquito-eater.
goose grease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compound of goose + grease.
Senses: glosses: Fat derived from geese.
examples: text: “Barby ought to be well rubbed with goose grease,” mother said, and she looked hard at Jimmy.
Jimmy didn’t like to be rubbed with goose grease, so he felt sorry for Barby.
ref: 1927 January 27, Frances Margaret Fox, “Jimmy’s Little Dog and the Baby Bears”, in Youth’s Companion, page 79:
glosses: An emollient, ointment, liniment, or lubricant containing or resembling such fat.
examples: text: that he will stick by a friend and lie his head off if necessary when the friend is in a jam, that he laps up goose grease and even the cruder forms of blandishment, that he always has one or more favorite wrongdoers who he insists are all right,
ref: 1933, Stanley Walker, The Night Club Era, published 1999, page 162:
text: “I’m a big girl, Kip. I don’t–”
“Yeah, that’s what I’m afraid of. Just don’t forget he’s got a line as smooth as goose grease.”
ref: 1987, Delaney Devers, Places in the Heart, page 86:
glosses: Smooth talk, fast-talking, flattery.
Hryhorivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: hrĭʹhôrivkə
ipa: /ˈhɹɪhɔːɹivkə/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Григорівка (Hryhorivka), variously stressed on the penult, antepenult, or preantepenult. Compare Grigorăuca, Grigorievca, Grigorovka, Grigoryevka, Grzegorzówka, and Hryharaŭka.
Senses: glosses: A village in Bakhmach urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded 1650–1700.
glosses: A village in Bakhmach urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded 1650–1700.
A former silrada of Bakhmach Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1917, merged into Bakhmach urban hromada in June 2020.
glosses: A village in Starokostiantyniv urban hromada, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1647.
glosses: A village in Starokostiantyniv urban hromada, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1647.
A former silrada of Starokostiantyniv Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1928, amalgamated into Starokostiantyniv urban hromada in June 2020.
synonyms: Storozhenkivskyi
Khranevshchyna
glosses: A village in Hrebinka urban hromada, Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, founded in the eighteenth century.
synonyms: Storozhenkivskyi
Khranevshchyna
glosses: A village in Hrebinka urban hromada, Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, founded in the eighteenth century.
A former silrada of Hrebinka Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, established a. 1927, merged into Hrebinka urban hromada in June 2020.
Meronyms: sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada of Bakhmach Raion of Chernihiv Oblast
english: rural-type settlement
translation: rural-type settlement
word: Vesele
sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada of Starokostiantyniv Raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast
english: village
translation: village
word: Voronkivtsi
sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada of Hrebinka Raion of Poltava Oblast
english: village
translation: village
word: Pysarshchyna
Hryhorivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: hrĭhôrēvʹkə
ipa: /hɹɪhɔːˈɹiːvkə/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Григорівка (Hryhorivka), variously stressed on the penult, antepenult, or preantepenult. Compare Grigorăuca, Grigorievca, Grigorovka, Grigoryevka, Grzegorzówka, and Hryharaŭka.
Senses: glosses: A village in Novopokrovka settlement hromada, Dnipro Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
chocolatish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chocolatish
form: most chocolatish
Etymology: From chocolate + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: A dusty walk through the old town of Tewkesbury, locally noted for its stocking manufactures and its fine church, was pleasantly succeeded by a delightful walk through green meadows covered with flowers of all hues, and by the river, which we cannot in this notice denominate shining, inasmuch as its colour was somewhat chocolatish, if we may be allowed the expression.
ref: 1866 June 16, “Pic-nic at Tewkesbury”, in Berrow’s Worcester Journal. […], number 8537, Worcester, Worcestershire: […] Joseph Paul Christopher Hatton, […], →OCLC, page 8, column 3:
text: But, strange to say, though the drink was chacolate^([sic]) in color and had a chocolatish taste, there was not a piece of chocolate in the drink- […]
ref: 1891 October 21, “A New Southern Drink”, in Pacific Wine and Spirit Review: Journal of Viticulture, volume XXVII, number 6, San Francisco, Calif.: R. M. Wood & Co., →OCLC, page 24, column 2:
text: Besides, she makes fudge—perfectly lovely fudge, all whitish and chocolatish and nuttish. Wasn’t it only last January, when I was away down in lonesome land, when Elizabeth Ann sent me the nicest box of whitish and chocolatish fudge you ever saw?
ref: 1916 September 17, “Elizabeth Ann”, in The Courier-Journal, volume CXXVI, number 17,427 (New Series), Louisville, Ky., →ISSN, →OCLC, “The Courier-Journal Junior” section, “Opp⹀O’⹀Tunes: Weekly Editorial of Aloha Club President”, page 3, column 2:
text: “Thanks. A biscuit-finding light; your car really does have everything.” “Map-reading light. This car’s old as the hills.” “Here. You can have a horrible old chocolate thing or half a digestive, or a wafer—or here’s a whole digestive. Or a custard cream or a bourbon.” “What’s on earth’s a bourbon when it’s a biscuit?” “This sort of chocolatish sandwich object.”
ref: 1973, Margaret Storey, “You Lose on the Roundabouts”, in Wrong Gear, London: Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 14:
synonyms: chocolatelike
chocolately
chocolaty
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of chocolate.
boo hag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boo hags
form: booga hag
form: boo-hag
form: boohag
Senses: examples: text: HAMILTON’S HILL, 0.4 m., a little elevation, was the starting point for the races, and is known for a wide variety of ghosts including such fearsome creatures as a 10-foot cat that explodes before the beholder’s eyes, plat-eyes in the guise of three-legged hogs and two-headed cows, boo-daddies, boo-hags, and drolls.
ref: 1938, The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida, page 204:
text: Witches are sometimes called boo-hags instead of just hags. One authority on witchcraft says that the boo-hag is more powerful than the ordinary hag, but all sea island Negroes do not concur in this opinion. Hags are hags, they say, no matter what fancy name you may give them.
ref: 1941, South Carolina Folk Tales: Stories of Animals and Supernatural Beings, page 47:
text: To the typical Negro of the Carolina coast, the night was made fearsome by hordes of spirit beings—the plat-eye, the boo-daddy and boo-hag, the drolls. […] Boo-daddies and boo-hags, were disembodied spirits, released for dread purposes, while drolls were the ghosts of children who had died under mysterious circumstances.
ref: 1949, Chalmers S. Murray, This Our Land: The Story of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina, page 233:
text: And once she had hold of her spirit, boo hag could slip off her skin and fly all over the place, too. Ride you in just the shape of her while her skin hang there behind the door! 'Tis true!
ref: 1995, Virginia Hamilton, Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales, →ISBN, page 54:
text: Be sure to mind Mama, now. 'Cause if you let somebody in, you never know. It just might be Pruella the Boo Hag.
ref: 2005, Pat McKissack, Onawumi Jean Moss, Precious and the Boo Hag, →ISBN:
synonyms: night hag
coordinate_terms: boo daddy
qualifier: Gullah folklore
glosses: A malevolent supernatural being thought to sit on sleeping victims to drain their life force.
boo hags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boo hag
boo-hag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boo-hags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boo hag.
boo-hags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boo-hag
o'ernight
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overnight.
nonpolarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nonpolar + -ity
Senses: glosses: The condition of being nonpolar.