cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
claimee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: claimees
Etymology: From claim + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: The deceased belong to death now, not to us. And it may be that we feel that it is not simply other people watching us; we are being watched by death itself. Death has come to visit, and we are all in its presence when we share a room with one of its recent claimees.
ref: 2020 January 27, Iskra Fileva, “What Do We Owe the Dead?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A person from whom something is claimed.
claimees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claimee
basementsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basementful
Zhashkiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zhashkov
Etymology: From Ukrainian Жа́шків (Žáškiv).
Senses: glosses: A city in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.
shoeboxesful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoeboxful
Lypovets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lipovets
Etymology: From Ukrainian Ли́повець (Lýpovecʹ).
Senses: glosses: A city in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine.
video-conference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video-conferences
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of video conference.
video-conference
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: video-conferences
form: video-conferencing
form: video-conferenced
form: video-conferenced
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of video conference.
video-conferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video-conference
video-conferences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of video-conference
video-conferencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of video-conference
video-conferenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of video-conference
video conferencings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video conferencing
Basger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Basgers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
rupophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɹu.pəʊˈfəʊ.bik/
Forms: form: more rupophobic
form: most rupophobic
Etymology: From rupophobia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: His letters home from the voyage describe none of the eccentric passengers he would later evoke in his memoire, Going Solo: the nudist athletes Major Griffiths and his wife, for example, or the rupophobic Miss Trefusis.
ref: 2011, Donald Sturrock, Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl, page 104:
text: We are so influenced by media-driven campaigns for absolute cleanliness that we risk becoming rupophobic, afraid to get anything soiled, to show dirt, to reveal those bad things inside of us, but also to be contaminated from contact from others, with people who are different from us.
ref: 2022, Cosimo Schinaia, Psychoanalysis and Ecology, page 65:
text: It all communicates that we're rupophobic.
ref: 2022, Caleb Wilde, All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak, page 132:
synonyms: mysophobic
glosses: Suffering from rupophobia; having an irrational fear of dirt and rubbish.
istg
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The singer-rapper wrote “people r so fuckin dumb istg it’s terrifying” yesterday (August 3), the context of which is unknown. Doja’s post prompted some fans and Twitter users to call her out for they perceived was her being unnecessarily negative and immature.
ref: 2022 August 4, Charlotte Krol, “Doja Cat claims Twitter isn’t letting her send replies as she calls fans “nerds” and tells some to “shut the fuck up””, in NME:
related: word: ISTG
glosses: Initialism of I swear to God.
in the same shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: How are you getting on with fronted adverbials? I only ask because my timeline on social media is suddenly full of parents telling me that they don’t know what these are and they don’t know why their children need to know them. […] Perhaps, as a parent, you are in the same shoes.
ref: 2021 January 23, Michael Rosen, “Dear Gavin Williamson, could you tell parents what a fronted adverbial is?”, in The Guardian:
text: The push-pull puts us more or less in the same shoes as protagonist Lucy (Grace Van Patten), who spends years wriggling on his hook before she’s finally able to cut herself free — and it’s that keen understanding of the psychology driving its central relationship that distinguishes Tell Me Lies from any number of dramas about steamy but doomed romances.
ref: 2022 September 6, Angie Han, “‘Tell Me Lies’ Review: Hulu’s Bad Romance Is Very Good”, in The Hollywood Reporter:
synonyms: in the same boat
glosses: In the same situation; having the same problems.
showgirlish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more showgirlish
form: most showgirlish
Etymology: From showgirl + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a showgirl.
schmoo torte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schmoo tortes
Etymology: Invented in 1948 by a Winnipeg mother, Dora Zaslavsky, who started introducing her recipes via a catering business. The name is of unknown origin, though some claim it comes from shmoo (“fictional animal created by cartoonist Al Capp”).
Senses: examples: text: Glass display cases are filled with tempting delights — from schmoo torte and German chocolate cheesecake to English trifle and Key lime pie.
ref: 1991 November 20, “Best of Winnipeg”, in The Winnipeg Sun, volume 11, number 273, Winnipeg, Man., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 3:
text: It was even a favourite of Harry Belafonte, the multi-talented Jamaican-American singer, actor and activist. [Shannon] Aceman joked her baba was in love with him, following him on tour from show to show. “She started sending him schmoo tortes for he and his crew to appreciate after the show,” she said.
ref: 2022 May 3, Katherine Dow, “'The most delicious melange of flavours': Inside schmoo torte's quintessentially Winnipeg origin story”, in CTV News, Toronto, Ont., archived from the original on 08 May 2025:
glosses: A Canadian dessert, a torte with layered whipped cream, caramel, and nuts.
wikipedia: Al Capp
hailstone number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hailstone numbers
Etymology: The numbers are likened to hailstones because they "bounce" up and down before settling.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any number appearing in a sequence described by the Collatz conjecture.
hailstone numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hailstone number
thumka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thumkas
Senses: glosses: A sideways pelvic thrust forming part of some dances performed by women in India and Bangladesh.
thumkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thumka
submargin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submargins
Etymology: From sub- + margin.
Senses: examples: text: The ears are brownish, more or less rusty, the extreme edge whitish, particularly on the posterior border, the apical third externally with a submargin of black, expanding towards the tip into a broad blackish subapical spot.
ref: 1894, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 108:
text: Glumes slightly unequal […] ; florets slightly shorter than the longer glume; lemma ciliate on the margins or submargins in the upper part
ref: 2005, Katy Mallett, Flora of Australia (volume 44, part 2, page 137)
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: An area parallel to a margin but slightly further in.
submargins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submargin
semi-fascism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semifascism
Etymology: From semi- + fascism.
Senses: examples: text: “What we’re seeing now is the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy. It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something, it’s like semi-fascism,” Biden said at the donor event.
ref: 2022 August 26, Rebecca Shabad, quoting Joe Biden, “Biden blasts MAGA philosophy as ‘semi-fascism’”, in NBC News:
glosses: Synonym of para-fascism.
synonyms: word: para-fascism
Related terms: semifascist
semifascism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semi-fascism.
TTRPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TTRPGs
Senses: topics: games
glosses: Initialism of tabletop roleplaying game.
Related terms: RPG
Putzu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 朴子 (Púzǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻu²-tzŭ³.
Senses: examples: text: Another example is that of a tax official at the Putzu branch of the Chiayi County District Tax Office surnamed Tsai, who in September of 1993 violated regulations against releasing private and confidential information[…]
ref: 1995, Anti-Corruption Yearbook, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 275:
text: Li, who is seeking another term as president, made the remarks at a campaign rally in Putzu, Chiayi county, in central Taiwan. Li is running on the ruling Kuomintang ticket with Premier Lien Chang.
ref: 1996 March 7 [1996 March 7], Bear Lee, “Taiwan: Li Urges Calm on PRC Plans to Test Missiles”, in Daily Report: China, numbers 96-046, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 82, column 2:
text: A year ago in Putzu, a town of 30,000 people that borders the Tropic of Cancer, when the news arrived that Youde was selected to go to America to study, the town's people were surprised and delighted for him. He was the pride of the town.
ref: 2002 [1995], Tehpen Tsai, “Under the Zamboa Tree”, in Grace Tsai Hatch, transl., Elegy of Sweet Potatoes: Stories of Taiwan's White Terror, Taiwan Publishing Co. Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19:
text: The road to recognition for the 48-year-old craftswoman was a long one. Like many boys and girls in her hometown of Putzu in southern Taiwan's Chiayi County, Yeh started to work after completing her elementary education to help out the family.
ref: 2003 April 1, “Order in Disorder”, in Taiwan Today, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2022:
text: The event series of “Q is from Chiayi” held by the “Paper Windmill Foundation” has invited Mr. Hou Yo Yi, the dean of the Taiwan Police Academy who was born in Chiayi County to return to his home county to talk about how a country boy from Putzu became the Dean of the Police Academy in the speech of “The dream of a country boy”.[…]
In the grand hall of the Chiayi Innovation collage, Mr. Hou first shared his affiliations and ties with Chiayi; his family heritage, his parents, the memories of Putzu, interesting episodes during his student life, unforgettable girlfriend and etc.
ref: 2009 July 3, “Dean of the Police Academy Mr. Hou Yo Yi speech about his life journey”, in Chiayi County Government, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022:
text: Youde was born in 1925 in Chiayi County’s Putzu City (朴子). He went, as did Tsai, to the US for a year on a scholarship after graduating from university, and returned to teach in his home town.
ref: 2021 May 13, Bradley Winterton, “Book review: Novelizing Taiwan’s White Terror”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 May 2021, Features, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of Puzi.
Puzih
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 朴子 (Púzǐ) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Púzǐh.
Senses: examples: text: Getting There By Car
Take Freeway 1 to the Chiayi Interchange and turn onto Expressway 82 in the direction of Puzih. There, turn on County Hwy. 168, cross the Dongshih Bridge, and then turn right onto Provincial Hwy.
ref: 2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 167:
text: We suggested that simple soil weir can be constructed at Dapi-Huwei section and Puzih-Chiayi section to higher the river level and to increase the recharging during drought period.
ref: 2011 December, 台灣西部河川河槽作為地下水補注區可行性分析, →ISBN, →OCLC, page II:
text: Puzih Township head Wang Ju-ching (王如經, rear left) attends a promotional event for the Nezha deity Cultural Festival, Thursday in Chiayi County. The festival is scheduled to start in the township on Oct. 31. CNA photo Oct. 22, 2015
ref: 2015 October 22, “Cultural festival promo”, in Focus Taiwan, Photos of the Day:
text: Bus #7228 leaves the bus station at Puzih (朴子) seven times per day, and stops 100m east of Fuan Temple.
ref: 2022 January 28, Steven Crook, “Highways & Byways: The colonel, the pilot and the policeman: Taiwan’s Japanese gods”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2022, Features, page 13:
glosses: Alternative form of Puzi.
TRPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TRPGs
Senses: topics: games
synonyms: TTRPG
glosses: Initialism of tabletop roleplaying game.
topics: video-games
synonyms: SRPG
glosses: Initialism of tactical role-playing game.
Related terms: RPG
semi-fascist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semifascist.
semi-fascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-fascists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semifascist.
semi-fascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semi-fascist
early return
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: early returns
Senses: examples: text: With RAII, the closing action cannot be skipped or bypassed, even if the function exits the scope prematurely with an early return or by throwing an exception.
ref: 2019, Fedor G. Pikus, Hands-On Design Patterns with C++, page 469:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The act of returning from a function before reaching the end of that function.
early returns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of early return
diehard test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diehard tests
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a collection of statistical tests for gauging the randomness of a random number generator.
diehard tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diehard test
Gaboon adder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gaboon adders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gaboon viper.
synonyms: word: Gaboon viper
Gaboon adders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaboon adder
forest puff adder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forest puff adders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gaboon viper.
synonyms: word: Gaboon viper
bro globes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I'll admit, I've no idea what lies beyond the bridge, but I tell him it's fine to pack his skimpy swimwear. Mainly because I've cut a hole in them so his 'bro globes' can get some fresh air.
ref: 2016, Ben Phillips, Sorry Bro!, page 110:
glosses: The testicles.
Great North
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great North
Senses: glosses: Alaska.
Gabon viper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gabon vipers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gaboon viper.
Gabon vipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gabon viper
buccal pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buccal pits
form: buckle pit
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small pit that forms on the side of a molar.
skiapod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skiapods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sciapod.
skiapods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skiapod
sUAS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sUASes
form: sUASses
Senses: examples: text: To maximize the fidelity of the CFD wind simulation described in section 1.10.3, NTSB investigators conducted a mapping mission using an sUAS to obtain the imagery necessary to produce an accurate, photogrammetric 3-D model of the hangar, other buildings, and terrain near the area where the airplane was parked.
ref: 2019 February 14, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.13 Effective New Investigation Techniques”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Runway Overrun During Rejected Takeoff, Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc., dba Ameristar Charters, flight 9363, Boeing MD-83, N786TW, Ypsilanti, Michigan, March 8, 2017, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2022, page 46:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of small unmanned aircraft system.
Hypernyms: UAS
sUASes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sUAS
guest-friendship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guest-friendships
form: guestfriendship
form: guest friendship
Etymology: From guest + friendship. Compare Dutch gastvriendschap, German Gastfreundschaft.
Senses: examples: text: The great significance of guest friendship and gift-exchange in the Celto-Germanic world bears witness to a deeply-founded desire to enter into positive relations with other groups.
ref: 1996, Nico Roymans, From the Sword to the Plough: Three Studies on the Earliest Romanisation of Northern Gaul, Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, page 13:
text: Germanic cultural traditions of guest-friendship and hospitality, immortalised in the heroic literature of Beowulf (610ff) (Cat. 2003, 116, 397; von Uslar, 1934: Abb 2, 7-8).
ref: 2009, Ángel Morillo Cerdán, Norbert Hanel, Esperanza Martín, International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 20, Ediciones Polifemo, →ISBN, page 819:
text: Professor Victor Alonso stresses the role of xenia as an overarching, transcending form of universally binding law in ancient Greece. He writes that the Greeks employed the institution of xenia, or guest-friendship, as a fundamental instrument and precept of international law.
ref: 2012, Robert A. Williams, Jr., Savage Anxieties: The Invention of Western Civilization:
glosses: Friendship shown to guests; hospitality.
Related terms: guestfriendly
guestfriendliness
guest-friendships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guest-friendship
university of technology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: universities of technology
Senses: glosses: Synonym of technological university.
synonyms: word: technological university
blending inheritance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The obsolete theory that progeny inherits any characteristic as the average of the parents' values, so for example crossing a red and a white variety of flower would yield pink-flowered offspring.
British bulldogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of British bulldog
snowy mespilus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowy mespiluses
Etymology: From snowy + mespilus, a borrowing from translingual Mespilus, the genus they were formerly in.
Senses: glosses: Multiple species in the genus Amelanchier:
Amelanchier ovalis, also called the Savoy medlar.
glosses: Multiple species in the genus Amelanchier:
Amelanchier lamarckii, also called juneberry, serviceberry or shadbush.
Synonyms: snowy mespil
Degos disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Robert Degos, who in 1942 recognised the disease as a new clinical entity.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: Köhlmeier-Degos disease
malignant atrophic papulosis
glosses: A rare condition in which blockage of the arteries and veins leads to the formation of papules and sometimes other complications.
Köhlmeier-Degos disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Köhlmeier, who in 1941 first described the disease, and Robert Degos, who in 1942 recognised the disease as a new clinical entity.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Degos disease.
synonyms: word: Degos disease
white steenbras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white steenbrases
Senses: glosses: A fish of species Lithognathus lithognathus, endemic to South Africa.
castellos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castello
Confessing Church
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Confessing Church
Etymology: Calque of German Bekennende Kirche
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A movement within German Protestantism during Nazi Germany that arose in opposition to government-sponsored efforts to unify all Protestant churches into a single pro-Nazi German Evangelical Church.
Dutchie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutchies
Etymology: From Dutch + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Loaded now with "Bunker-C" fuel oil, we cleared Colombo harbor, bound for Amsterdam. The Dutchies were eager to get home and parties broke out all over the ship.
ref: 2010, Bernard Jankowsky, One Man's Odyssey, page 95:
glosses: A Dutch person.
Dutchie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutchies
Etymology: From Dutch angel dragon + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Personally, I think they sound like a-holes. All fandoms and communities have them. I don't know much about species crossing, but I do know that dutchies have specific-ish guidelines to making one. If you keep getting hate or have people telling you that you can't use your fursona, look into making it it's own species. I'm sure that there's some kind of process or something, but as far as I'm concerned go for it
ref: 2020 December 12, u/_-Gemini-_, Reddit, r/furry:
text: Dutchies are just cute no matter what!
ref: 2021 November 26, u/littlenoodledragon, Reddit, r/furry:
text: I think that would work great tbh! My sona is a wolf dragon and I’ve taken some inspo from dutchies. Their designs are really flexible to work with
ref: 2024 September 1, u/No_Criticism2025, Reddit, r/furry:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A Dutch angel dragon.
Dutchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutchie
Geordieland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Geordie + -land.
Senses: glosses: Tyneside.
Degos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Degos disease
Köhlmeier-Degos disease
hobby knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobby knives
Senses: glosses: Synonym of craft knife.
synonyms: word: craft knife
hobby knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hobby knife
chuck key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chuck keys
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A wrench-like device used to tighten or loosen a chuck.
chuck keys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chuck key
carroccios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carroccio
Millwall brick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Millwall bricks
Etymology: In reference to Millwall F.C., a football club with a reputation for hooliganism.
Senses: glosses: An improvised club-like weapon made of tightly rolled and bent newspaper, allegedly used by football hooligans.
wikipedia: Millwall F.C.
Millwall bricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Millwall brick
softbois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softboi
good bois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good boi
katuns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of katun
softboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softboy
Heller's disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Heller's syndrome.
synonyms: word: Heller's syndrome
infantile dementia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of childhood disintegrative disorder.
synonyms: word: childhood disintegrative disorder
housewife's eczema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Dyshidrosis of the hands, caused by excessive exposure to soap, detergent, etc.
subliminals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subliminal
neurocalometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurocalometers
Senses: synonyms: nervoscope
glosses: A thermographic device used in chiropractic, supposed to detect subluxation.
neurocalometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurocalometer
hardveldt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hardveld.
Rumeliote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rumeliotes
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Rumeliot.
Rumeliotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rumeliote
mutasarrifate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutasarrifates
Etymology: From mutasarrif + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it) as a calque of Ottoman Turkish mutasarriflik.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sanjak: the territory of a mutasarrif.
synonyms: word: sanjak
extra: the territory of a mutasarrif
mutasarrifates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutasarrifate
United States of the Ionian Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the United States of the Ionian Islands
Senses: glosses: A Greek state and amical protectorate of the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1864, including the Ionian Islands and the town of Parga on the adjacent mainland in modern Greece.
wool picker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wool pickers
Senses: glosses: A machine for cleaning wool.
wool pickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wool picker
flying rowan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying rowans
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A rowan tree growing parasitically on another tree, or from a wall, roof, etc., once believed in Scandinavia to have magical powers.
flying rowans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flying rowan
fembois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femboi
spiritual warfare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Christian concept of fighting against the work of preternatural evil forces, based on the biblical belief in demons or evil spirits.
softsubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softsub
softsubs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of softsub
softsubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of softsub
softsubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of softsub
soft-subbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of soft-sub
soft-subs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of soft-sub
soft-subbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of soft-sub
tembel hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tembel hats
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew טמבל (témbel). In Hebrew slang, tembel means "silly", "stupid", or "fool". It is not known whether the slang term came from the hat or vice versa.
Senses: glosses: A kind of loose hat with a floppy brim, an Israeli national symbol.
tembel hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tembel hat
mountain howitzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain howitzers
Senses: glosses: A relatively light howitzer designed for use in mountainous terrain.
mountain howitzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain howitzer
gun-howitzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gun-howitzer
LGBTQIA+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They also teach workshops on creating safer spaces for LGBTQIA+ communities and on something called radical sex positivity.
ref: 2022 August 30, “The sex ed most queer students never got”, in Life Kit, spoken by Lili Quiroz, via NPR:
text: The quartet will be joined by a plethora of LGBTQIA+ icons and allies, from The X Factor champion Alexandra Burke to ‘Shoulda Woulda Coulda’ icon Beverley Knight and Big Brother co-host AJ Odudu.
ref: 2024 September 12, Sam Damshenas, “‘A new direction for the franchise’: Drag Race UK stars on “mind-blowing” season 6”, in Gay Times:
synonyms: LGBTIQA+
glosses: Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer/questioning, intersex, allied/asexual/aromantic/agender, etc..
Prattian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Prattian
form: most Prattian
Etymology: From Pratt + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to E. J. Pratt (1882–1964), Canadian poet.
on God's green earth
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on God's green Earth
Etymology: See God's green earth.
Senses: examples: text: What was state of the art in 1912 has mostly fallen by the wayside. […] So why, oh why, on God’s green Earth are we still measuring chile pepper heat on the Scoville scale?
ref: 2022 August 31, Tamar Haspel, “Sorry, Scoville. Peppers deserve better than an archaic heat scale.”, in The Washington Post:
synonyms: on earth
glosses: Expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative word.
dive-bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dive-bomb
dive-bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dive-bomb
machine head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machine heads
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A geared apparatus for tuning stringed instruments by adjusting the tension of the strings.
Related terms: headstock
machine heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machine head
Catalan-Valencian-Balear
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Catalan language.
Sprechbund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Sprechbund (literally “speech bond”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A shared way of speaking that goes beyond language boundaries, such as the use of rhyme in hip-hop.
Related terms: sprachbund
Chiaotou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 橋頭 (Qiáotóu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻiao²-tʻou².
Senses: examples: text: The sweet success story told about the past of Taiwan's earliest sugarland—Chiaotou in Kaohsiung County—had an audience of about ten thousand on May 1st when the National Festival of Culture and Arts opened in the compound of the Taiwan Sugar[…]
ref: 1996, Taiwan Sugar, numbers 41-43, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29:
text: A "blackhead" steams through fields of sugar cane near Chiaotou, Kaohsiung County, in March 1978.
ref: 2001, Taipei Review, volume 51, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 55:
text: Third-tier activists view themselves as the DPP's fundamental vote-gathering mechanism, as these statements from third-tier leaders, interviewed in June 1999, attest:[…]
• "This level—we call it the third level—is where the electoral work actually happens." (Chiaotou, Kaohsiung County)
ref: 2001, Shelley Rigger, “Organization”, in rom Opposition to Power: Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party, Lynne Rienner Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63:
text: This park is the first large-scale public park in Taiwan. It is located on the border of Nantzu District in Kaohsiung City and Chiaotou village, Kaohsiung County and this park measures 95 hectares.
ref: 2003, An Outline of Interior Affairs, Republic of China, 2003, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 114:
text: II.Range and Area
It mainly bases on Chingpu Farm of Taiwan Sugar Corp., and the area is 95 hectares or so. The administration regions include Nanzih Dist. of Kaohsiung City and Chiaotou of Kaohsiung County.
ref: 2013 September 2, “Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park”, in Construction and Planning Agency, Ministry of the Interior, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2022:
text: A museum for Yu Chen Yueh-ying (余陳月瑛), commonly called the “Taiwanese Matsu” (台灣媽祖婆), was officially opened at the Yu family residence in Kaohsiung’s Chiaotou District (橋頭) on Thursday.
ref: 2015 September 12, Fu-nan Su, Jake Chung, “Yu Chen museum open to public”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2015, Taiwan News, page 5:
text: The Chiaotou Incident and the Kaohsiung Incident were watershed events for Taiwan’s road to democratization.
ref: 2021 February 28, 0:47 from the start, in President Tsai marks 228 Incident in Kaohsiung, spoken by Tsai Ing-wen, Formosa Television, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of Ciaotou.
lusotropical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lusotropical
form: most lusotropical
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to lusotropicalism.
audience surrogate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audience surrogates
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A character who serves to express the questions and confusion of the audience, such as a detective's assistant who asks for clarification regarding how a case was solved.
audience surrogates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of audience surrogate
SRPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SRPGs
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: TRPG
glosses: Initialism of strategy roleplaying game.
Related terms: RPG
lapsedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lapsed + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of having lapsed.
SRPGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SRPG
Khyber knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Khyber knives
Senses: glosses: A kind of Indo-Persian knife designed to penetrate armor.
Synonyms: pesh-kabz
Khyber knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Khyber knife
neck knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neck knives
Senses: coordinate_terms: boot knife
pocket knife
glosses: A knife carried by wearing it on a cord around one's neck.
neck knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neck knife
Río de Oro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Río de Oro (literally “Gold River”).
Senses: glosses: One of the two territories (the other being Saguia el-Hamra) that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969; it had been taken as a Spanish colonial possession in the late 19th century.
Erdel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish اردل (Erdel).
Senses: glosses: Transylvania.
softblock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: softblocks
form: softblocking
form: softblocked
form: softblocked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of soft-block.
softblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softblocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of soft-block.
softblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of softblock
softblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softblock
softblocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of softblock
softblocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of softblock
Carnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Ancient Roman province of Carnia.
Related terms: carnic acid
Carnia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑɹ.ni.ə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)niə
Etymology: Likely borrowed from Latin Carnia.
Senses: glosses: A historical geographic region in the northeastern Italian area of Friuli.
Related terms: Carnic
domnitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domnitor
brown priest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown priests
Etymology: Compare Brownshirt.
Senses: glosses: A German priest who supported the Nazi regime.
brown priests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brown priest
calm blue ocean
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean. I started running through a nice opening question. Something safe about his job, his current work.
ref: 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel, page 187:
text: Taking a breath (“Calm blue ocean. Calm blue ocean”), and trying to speak in measured tone, he adds: “Mindy... he is not suppose to know you're talking to us on the wireless mic. Okay?”
ref: 2015, Steve Lee, At the Narrow End of Time:
glosses: Used to calm oneself down from a state of rage or anxiety.
ocean blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ocean blues
Senses: glosses: A moderately deep greenish-blue color.
ocean blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ocean blue
diadochus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /daɪəˈdəʊkəs/
Forms: form: diadochi
form: Diadochus
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διάδοχος (diádokhos).
Senses: glosses: Any of the rival families who fought for control over Alexander the Great's empire after his death.
glosses: Heir to the Crown of Greece.
Related terms: diadochite
buchaechum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 부채춤 (buchaechum).
Senses: examples: text: The show’s stage design features bojagi, traditional Korean patchwork. The audience members are also presented with Korean traditional dance, including buchaechum, or “fan dance,” performed by a group of female dancers using fans painted in different colors.
ref: 2013 July 18, Claire Lee, “Popular TV drama revisited onstage”, in The Korea Herald:
text: Interspersed with musical numbers, including a serene solo by Chung-Eun Han for the daegeum, or bamboo flute, the program also showcased “Buchaechum,” a fan dance.
ref: 2013 August 6, Gia Kourlas, “In Drums and Fans, the Spirit of Korea”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A Korean fan dance, usually performed by groups of female dancers, originating from various traditional and religious Korean dances.
daegeum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Korean 대금 (daegeum).
Senses: examples: text: Interspersed with musical numbers, including a serene solo by Chung-Eun Han for the daegeum, or bamboo flute, the program also showcased “Buchaechum,” a fan dance.
ref: 2013 August 6, Gia Kourlas, “In Drums and Fans, the Spirit of Korea”, in The New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A large bamboo flute with a buzzing membrane that gives it a special timbre, used in traditional Korean music.
Kims
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kim
Pinghsi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 平溪 (Píngxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-hsi¹.
Senses: examples: text: Shihfen Fails is located at Pinghsi Village near the source of the Keelung River.
ref: 1975 January 5, “Shihfen Falls, a place for nature lovers”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVI, number 1, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1:
english: Free China Weekly
translation: Free China Weekly
text: Shihfen and Pinghsi are just two of several towns alongside Highway 106, a narrow back road that runs between southern Taipei and southern Keelung.
ref: 1998, Robert Storey, “North Taiwan”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 192, column 1:
text: Much of the blame must go to the Keelung River, which runs through the town of more than 160,000 people. Originating in Taipei County's Pinghsi Township, the eighty-six-kilometer river meanders through Keelung City and the Taipei basin, finally merging with the Tamshui River at Kuandu, north of Taipei City.
ref: 2002 June 1, “Taming a River”, in Taiwan Today, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2022:
text: Targeting teens with the use of pop idol Joseph Chang (張孝全) and a love story with a twist, the commercial flick secured a place on the top five for its well-constructed narrative, lyric visual vocabulary, and well chosen locations, such as the secluded Pinghsi (菁桐) railway line (平溪), the old wooden train station in Chintung and the Lo Sheng Sanatorium (樂生療養院), which all play important roles in the film.
ref: 2007 December 30, Ho Yi, “Top five Taiwanese films of 2007”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2008, Features, page 18:
text: Li said the county also planned to invite representatives from UNESCO to the next edition of the Sky Lantern Festival, which starts from Chinese Lunar New Year on Jan. 26.
In addition to its international campaign, the county would also still pressure the central government to recognize Pinghsi's festival as a piece of national cultural heritage, Li said.
ref: 2008 December 30, “Pinghsi festival to be considered for UNESCO cultural heritage status”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022:
text: The people of Pinghsi release sky lanterns to appeal for good fortune.
ref: 2015, Taiwan Art & Civilization, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://www.google.com/books/edition/Taiwan_Art_Civilization/FHOlCgAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PT156:
text: Locals and foreign visitors gathered to celebrate the mid-autumn festival in Pinghsi, Taiwan on Monday.
ref: 2018 September 25, “Lanterns flood the night sky in Taiwan”, in Times of Oman, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of Pingxi.
fear gortha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fear gortach
Etymology: From Irish [Term?] (literally “man of hunger/famine”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A phantom of hunger, resembling an emaciated man.
fear gortach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fear gortha.
back-engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: back-engineers
form: back-engineering
form: back-engineered
form: back-engineered
Senses: glosses: Synonym of reverse-engineer.
synonyms: word: reverse-engineer
back-engineers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of back-engineer
back-engineered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of back-engineer
declinarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: declinarians
Etymology: From decline + -arian.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Charles Babbage's Reflections on the Decline of Science and some of its Causes (1830), a paper criticizing the failure of government to support scientific research.
declinarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of declinarian
overcomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overcombs
form: overcombing
form: overcombed
form: overcombed
Etymology: From over- + comb.
Senses: examples: text: Do not overcomb the hair; comb it only enough to keep it smooth and well groomed.
ref: 1976, Mary Milo, Guide to Beauty, page 17:
glosses: To comb too much.
overcombed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcomb
overcombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overcomb
overcombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overcomb
speech therapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speech therapy
phonoaudiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: speech therapy
deathmarch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deathmarches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of death march.
deathmarches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deathmarch
Hochmeisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hochmeister
under one's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court...
glosses: With one's proper signature attached.
chaîne opératoire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French chaîne opératoire.
Senses: topics: anthropology
archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The technical processes and social acts involved in the production, use, and eventual disposal of artifacts; used to guide step-by-step analysis.
maternal impression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maternal impressions
Senses: glosses: An effect supposedly produced on a child in the womb as a result of a powerful mental or physical influence on the mother; thought to explain birth defects etc. before the modern understanding of genetics.
maternal impressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maternal impression
Gungnir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse Gungnir (“the swaying one”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
paganism
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The spear of the Norse god Odin, which is believed to never miss its target.
mal du Suisse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French mal du Suisse (literally “Swiss disease”); coined in 1688 by Johannes Hofer (1669–1752), based on its frequent occurrence in Swiss mercenaries who in the plains of Switzerland were pining for their landscapes. At the time it was thought to be accompanied by serious symptoms such as fainting and fever, and potentially fatal.
Senses: glosses: Nostalgia or homesickness.
sweat angel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweat angels
Etymology: From sweat + angel, modelled after snow angel.
Senses: examples: text: Once resurrected from this 'dark place', as Georgia, a 26-year-old CrossFitter put it, the creation of a 'sweat angel' acts as a valued corporeal meritocratic marker.
ref: 2020, James Brighton, Ian Wellard, Amy Clark, Gym Bodies: Exploring Fitness Cultures, page 127:
glosses: A snow angel-shaped mark of sweat remaining on a surface (usually the ground) indicating that one has perspired profusely, generally as a result of intense exercise.
sweat angels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweat angel
skiddily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more skiddily
form: most skiddily
Etymology: From skiddy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Liz's little car rattled skiddily round the corner, going too fast, as usual.
ref: 2011, Alice Moss, Mortal Kiss:
glosses: In a skiddy manner.
drop in the sea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: a drop in the sea
form: drops in the sea
Senses: examples: text: And while the Democrat-passed infrastructure bill will provide some $65 billion for upgrades to our sagging and squirrel-ravaged grid is a good start, it’s just a drop in the sea of public works efforts necessary to contend with not just our existing power transmission issues, but with the increased need for electrical capacity […]
ref: 2021 November 8, Dennis Perkins, “John Oliver explains why you're in the dark more than usual”, in The A.V. Club:
synonyms: word: drop in the bucket
word: drop in the ocean
word: spit in the ocean
word: bagatelle
word: bag of shells
word: bric-a-brac
word: dicky
word: dicky-bird
word: fico
word: fig
word: flyspeck
word: minuity
word: niff-naff
word: picayune
word: scuddick
word: sop
word: toy
word: trick
word: trifle
word: triviality
word: whiffle
word: white chip
glosses: A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.
handstaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handstaffs
form: handstaves
Etymology: From Middle English hond staffe; equivalent to hand + staff.
Senses: coordinate_terms: swipple
glosses: The part of a flail that is held in the hand.
glosses: A weapon mentioned in the Bible (Ezekiel), perhaps a javelin.
handstaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handstaff
handstaffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handstaff
drops in the sea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drop in the sea