cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
niggerwhine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggerwhines
Etymology: From nigger + whine.
Senses: examples: text: This shit is a Niggerwhine fiction, and everybody knows it.
ref: 1999 December 18, The Reaper, “1,200 Black G.I.'s killed by U.S. Army in WWII Miss.?”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):
text: It just kills you to know the truth, not that niggerwhine that you posted.
ref: 2001, webley©, “Great African Americans Past & Present”, in alt.politics.nationalism.black (Usenet):
text: There is a nigger I know who says this: Nigger goes into a store, if nigger gets immediate service, it's because the store thinks they are going to steal something. If nigger doesn't get immediate service, it's because the store doesn't want to wait on them. You can't win with niggers and their defeatist victim mentality, AKA NIGGERWHINE.
ref: 2004 July 18, white cracker, “The Bad Mood of Black America”, in alt.politics.nationalism.black (Usenet):
text: Translation: Lego must cave in to niggerwhines and throw money at "black charities" if they don't want Jesse and Fat Al careening off the walls.
ref: 2005, Byker, “"Legos beez racist!" HAHAHAHA!”, in alt.activism.children (Usenet):
text: Anthony Brandy's threats and niggerwhine accomplished nothing last year, evil mouseshit, why would you imagine it would be any different this year.
ref: 2008, Massah Samuel's Nog Repellant, “Re: This is an experiment.”, in alt.music.michael-jackson (Usenet):
text: Where would the nigger be without niggerwhine?
ref: 2015 February 25, Fred Oinka, “An angry Black New York State senator is slamming the closing of a Brooklyn grocery store saying that "white people don't eat the way we do..." Excuse me?”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):
glosses: A complaint made by a black person.
adrenogenital syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: congenital adrenal hyperplasia
nacrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: She walked quietly with apparent composure and lowered head but her pallor betrayed her mortal fear – her skin glowed almost nacrous in the warm rose of the flambeaux.
ref: 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 955:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pearl.
Related terms: nacreous
nacry
daigremontianin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual daigremontiana + -in.
Senses: glosses: A bufadienolide found in Kalanchoe daigremontiana.
marinobufagenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of marinobufagin.
cymarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cymarine.
metildigoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: medigoxin
methyldigoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + digoxin.
Senses: glosses: medigoxin
wiretappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiretapping
peruvoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cardiac glycoside derived from Cascabela thevetia.
Synonyms: cannogenin thevetoside
reauthor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reauthors
form: reauthoring
form: reauthored
form: reauthored
Etymology: From re- + author.
Senses: glosses: To author again or anew.
reauthors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reauthor
reauthoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reauthor
reauthored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reauthor
echujine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A highly toxic cardiac glycoside.
Sargasso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɑːˈɡæsəʊ/
ipa: /sɑɹˈɡæsoʊ/
rhymes: -æsəʊ
Senses: examples: ref: 2000, Ruth Heller, A Sea Within a Sea: Secrets of the Sargasso, →ISBN:
ref: 2010, James Prosek, Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish, →ISBN:
glosses: Ellipsis of Sargasso Sea.
Sargasso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɑːˈɡæsəʊ/
ipa: /sɑɹˈɡæsoʊ/
rhymes: -æsəʊ
Forms: form: Sargassos
Senses: examples: text: I cannot bear the striking of your colors, that Sargasso of / passionate forms.
ref: 1977, Ben Belitt, “From the Firehouse: (Homage to Paul Feeley)”, in The Double Witness: Poems: 1970–1976, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN; reprinted as The Double Witness (Princeton Legacy Library), Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2016, →ISBN, page 22:
text: His [Philip K. Dick's] ideas provide diegetic anchors for digitally oriented directors […] whose works might otherwise float off into a Sargasso of insignificance.
ref: 2005, Aaron Barlow, “Reel Toads and Imaginary Cities: Philip K. Dick, Blade Runner and the Contemporary Science Fiction Movie”, in Will Brooker, editor, The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic, New York, N.Y.: Wallflower Press, published by Columbia University Press, →ISBN, section 1 (The Cinema of Philip K. Dick), page 58:
text: His [William Shakespeare's] poems, like [John] Donne's and [John] Keats's and [Emily] Dickinson's, have not drowned in the Sargasso of discarded poetic diction.
ref: 2005, William Logan, “Verse Chronicle: Satanic Mills”, in The Undiscovered Country: Poetry in the Age of Tin, New York, N.Y.; Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 329:
text: All night on the plane, I had slept fitfully, my mind clogged with a Sargasso of floating memories and disconnected images—from when I lived in New Zealand or first went to Sierra Leone.
ref: 2007, Michael Jackson, “On Birth, Death, and Rebirth”, in Excursions, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 192:
text: They were all shocked when the crews saw the lights and glinting steel of a ghost ship. It was as if he entered a Sargasso of lost and forgotten vessels, shadows out of his shattered past.
ref: 2008 February, Dallas Tanner, chapter 32, in Wake of the Lake Monster (The Cryptids Trilogy; book 3), [s.l.]: Trilogus Books, →ISBN, pages 306–307:
glosses: Alternative form of sargasso (“a confused, tangled mass or situation”).
Satanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Satanize
Satanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of Satanize
Satanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Satanize
self-declared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + declared.
Senses: examples: text: That, however, is something the ZOA has seemed unwilling to do, on the theory that Bannon is a self-declared, and possibly even sincere, supporter of the Jewish state.
ref: 2017 November 16, Bret Stephens, “Steve Bannon Is Bad for the Jews”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2017:
glosses: self-proclaimed
self-declared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From self- + declared.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-declare
favorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of favorize
favorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of favorize
pastoralize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pastoralizes
form: pastoralizing
form: pastoralized
form: pastoralized
Etymology: From pastoral + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make pastoral.
Related terms: pastoralization
pastoralized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pastoralize
pastoralizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pastoralize
pastoralizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pastoralize
paternostered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paternoster
paternostering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of paternoster
aeropark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeroparks
Etymology: From aero- + park.
Senses: glosses: A visitor attraction where aeroplanes are on display.
aeroparks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeropark
achondroplasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From achondroplasia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to achondroplasia.
achondroplasic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achondroplasics
Etymology: From achondroplasia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: One who has achondroplasia.
achondroplasics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of achondroplasic
parascend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parascends
form: parascending
form: parascended
form: parascended
Senses: glosses: To take part in parascending.
parascended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parascend
parascends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parascend
Kronecker delta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kronecker deltas
Etymology: Named after German mathematician Leopold Kronecker (1823–1891)
Senses: examples: text: The Kronecker delta #92;delta#95;#123;ij#125; is an example of an isotropic tensor. That is, its components remain invariant with rotation of coordinate axes.
ref: 1998, Robert G. Deissler, Turbulent Fluid Motion, Taylor & Francis, page 24:
text: The permutation symbol and the Kronecker delta prove to be very useful in proving vector identities.
ref: 2007, J. N. Reddy, An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, page 20, Further, the Kronecker delta and the permutation symbol are related by the identity, known as the e-δ identity [see Problem 2.5(d)], e_ijke_imn=δⱼₘδₖₙ-δⱼₙδₖₘ. (2.2.43)
text: The most important property of the Kronecker delta occurs when it shares a common repeated index with another tensor:
Note 10.1.3. When an index of a tensor T is contracted with one of the indices of the Kronecker delta, the result is an expression in which the Kronecker delta is removed and the contracted index of T is replaced by the other index of the Kronecker delta.
ref: 2017, Sadri Hassani, Special Relativity: A Heuristic Approach, Elsevier, page 257:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A binary function, written as δ with two subscripts, which evaluates to 1 when its arguments are equal, and 0 otherwise.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A unary function, written as δ with a single index, which evaluates to 1 at zero, and 0 elsewhere.
Synonyms: sense: binary function
word: Kronecker tensor
sense: binary function
word: substitution tensor
Derived terms: generalized Kronecker delta
Related terms: Dirac delta
Dirac delta function
Dirac measure
Iverson bracket
Kronecker product
Kronecker symbol
Levi-Civita symbol
Dirac delta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dirac deltas
Etymology: Named after English theoretical physicist Paul Dirac (1902–1984); the notation was chosen because the symbol behaves analogously to the Kronecker delta.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A function-like symbol denoted as δ, with the property ∫f(t)δ(x-t)dt=f(x), informally understood as a function with an infinite value at 0 and zero elsewhere, and formally as a distribution or a measure.
Oshnavieh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oshnaviyeh
form: Oshnooyeh
form: Ashnooyeh
form: Oshnovieh
form: Oshnoviyeh
form: Ushnu
Etymology: From Persian اشنویه (ošnaviye).
Senses: glosses: A small town in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran.
Russism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Russisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ruscism.
Related terms: russist
Russisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Russism
Russicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Russicisms
Etymology: From Russic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Russianism
Russicisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Russicism
WUU2
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Initial W from what + phonetic letter spellings U for you + Initial U for up + number 2 for to.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of what are you up to?.
epicenity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epicene + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Property of being epicene.
penalty mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penalty marks
Etymology: From penalty + mark.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken
Synonyms: penalty spot
claviculæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clavicula
limited company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limited companies
Senses: glosses: A company in which the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.
Hypernyms: company
Related terms: limited liability company
limited companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limited company
divoon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more divoon
form: most divoon
Senses: examples: text: Isn't that divoon! MIKE. Divoon. Divoon. GEORGE. Kid — I can't let you do this ! RITA. Oh, Georgie, you will let me go with you, won't you, doll baby? I can't live without you, you know that. And I just can wait to meet Aunt Jessie.
ref: 1957, George Axelrod, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?: A New Comedy in Three Acts, Samuel French, Inc., →ISBN, page 69:
text: Oh, no. Your split was divoon.
ref: 1978, Grease (DVD subtitles), Paramount Pictures, 0:22:40
text: It's divoon, simply divoon. And I have a budget all worked out. Even down to the opening night party. We'll hold it at Sardi's, naturally, and if we charge the actors just a teensy cover charge, we'll break even.
ref: 1987, John Bishop, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Dramatists Play Service, Inc., →ISBN, page 17:
text: You look divoon, just divoon, Honey. There's a new one over there. She's assisting Miss Berk.” Dixie glanced at his wristwatch and squeaked “Oh, my God! Half hour to curtain. Oh, I just love show business. I'll return. Ta ta. Gotta pee.”
ref: 2012, Dale Bridges, Dreams Some Assembly Required ... the Beginning, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 129:
glosses: divine; wonderful
transeptal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛptəl
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of transseptal.
glosses: Relating to a transept.
transseptal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛptəl
Etymology: From trans- + septal.
Senses: glosses: Passing across a septum
smartglasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smart glasses
Senses: examples: text: Google Glass smartglasses are finally available in the UK for £1,000, two years after they were extravagantly launched by skydivers in the US.
ref: 2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Glasses worn to provide software functions through augmented reality.
voice command
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voice commands
Senses: examples: text: It can take pictures or video from a front-facing camera, controlled by a voice command or a swipe on the right-hand armature, and is designed to display at-a-glance information on its screen which is visible only to the user.
ref: 2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A spoken instruction to a computer.
Related terms: speech recognition
voice recognition
battery life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battery lives
Senses: examples: text: Since Glass's introduction, Google has made five hardware revisions and twelve software updates. The UK variant will come with better battery life than earlier models, as well as customisations to adapt its voice recognition to the varied British accent.
ref: 2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The time that a battery lasts
hands-frees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hands-free
whitebreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Teyshawn wanted to yell whitebreads did it—fucking whitebreads.
ref: 2006, Michael Soltys, The Grass Is Green, section 296:
glosses: plural of whitebread
white breads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Compared to whole grain bread, most commercial white breads contain little dietary fiber.
ref: 2011, Banu Mesci et al., “Dietary Breads and Impact on Postprandial Parameters”, in Flours and Breads, section XXXIX:
glosses: plural of white bread
quangoism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quango + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: John Walden, who was charged with monitoring this exercise in quangoism, found that many civil servants disliked this level of consultation.
ref: 1982, Philip Geddes, In the mouth of the dragon, page 70:
text: Whether it was corporatism or merely a limited experiment in quangoism, however, even the Labour government was starting to grow impatient with the MSC's independent autonomy, although such dissatisfaction was never overt.
ref: 2002, Brendan Evans, Politics of the Training Market, page 26:
glosses: The beliefs or attitudes of quangos.
unbotanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbotanical
form: most unbotanical
Etymology: From un- + botanical.
Senses: examples: text: The genus Cerasus, the Cherry, is a very extensive one; and some of our unbotanical readers may be surprised to find the common and Portugal laurels included in it.
ref: 1838, The Quarterly Review, volume 62, page 341:
glosses: Not botanical.
abso-bloody-lutely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of absobloodylutely.
shruggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shruggy
form: most shruggy
Etymology: From shrug + -y.
Senses: examples: text: FANNY turns slowly to TILDA. TILDA gives a little, shruggy, affectionate gesture, as if to apologise.
ref: 1980, David Edgar, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a shrug (gesture).
examples: text: I want to say, “Then why were you all shruggy and silent and abandon-your-friends-ish?” But he did endure youth group with me. So maybe they sort of even out.
ref: 2012, Lucas Klauss, Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse, page 41:
glosses: Inclined to shrug; uncaring or apathetic.
Related terms: shruggie
improvization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: improvizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of improvisation.
improvizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of improvization
oscines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oscine
cybertown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybertowns
Etymology: From cyber- + town.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike the many artificial worlds being built today on the Internet — including elaborate cybertowns with "virtual" apartments — the PlaceHolder reinforces the sense of place with ambient 3-D sound and kinesthetic appropriation.
ref: 1998, Michael Heim, Virtual Realism, page 70:
glosses: The social equivalent of a town on the Internet or in cyberspace; an online community.
Hypernyms: cybercommunity
cybertowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybertown
cyberplace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberplaces
Etymology: From cyber- + place.
Senses: glosses: A location on the Internet or in cyberspace.
cyberplaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberplace
cyberwriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberwriters
Etymology: From cyber- + writer.
Senses: glosses: One who writes on the Internet or in cyberspace.
cyberwriting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberwritings
Etymology: From cyber- + writing.
Senses: glosses: Writing done on the Internet or in cyberspace.
cyberwriters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberwriter
cyberwritings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberwriting
subforum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subforums
form: subfora
Etymology: From sub- + forum.
Senses: glosses: A single message board that is part of an online discussion forum.
subforums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subforum
Grishamesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Grishamesque
form: most Grishamesque
Etymology: From Grisham + -esque.
Senses: glosses: In the style of John Grisham (born 1955), American writer of legal thrillers.
r'ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: r'ships
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of relationship.
corn-crake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corn-crakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corncrake.
corn-crakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corn-crake
deverbals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deverbal
corn crake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corn crakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corncrake.
corn crakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corn crake
Cracker Night
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From cracker + night, in reference to firecrackers.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Guy Fawkes Night.
synonyms: word: Guy Fawkes Night
smart as a whip
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He's a smart chap, though ——smart as a whip, and knows a horse, too. Takes after his uncle Hod there; and Hod's a deal smarter than Seth, if he'd only stick to something, or go in with somebody that would furnish the stick for him.
ref: 1883 November 22, “Her Thanksgiving”, in The Youth's Companion, volume 56, number 47:
synonyms: sharp as a tack
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very intelligent.
Synonyms: whip-smart
whip-smart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʍɪpˌsmɑːt/
ipa: /ˈwɪpˌsmɑːt/
ipa: /ˈwɪpˌsmɑɹt/
Forms: form: whipsmart
Etymology: Inversion of earlier smart as a whip (compare rock solid, from solid as a rock; snow-white, from white as snow; etc.). Possibly an allusion to how quickly the tip of a whip moves when the whip is cracked.
Senses: examples: text: Seeing them here in town, smart in American-style uniforms, Peru's Army looks extremely well-trained, whip-smart.
ref: 1948, Ray Josephs, Latin America: Continent in Crisis, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC:
text: [Reed F.] Cutler, 350-pounder from Lewistown in the strip coalmining area, was a constant thorn in the Democratic side. A whip-smart parliamentarian, he effectively filled the role of "needler" as House Republican Leader.
ref: 1949, Don E. Chamberlain, “Illinois: The ‘New Look’”, in Robert S[haron] Allen, editor, Our Sovereign State, New York, N.Y.: The Vanguard Press; Toronto, Ont.: Copp Clark Company, →OCLC, page 208:
text: A big hug for the whipsmart, feisty Soho Teen team: Janine Agro, Meredith Barnes, Juliet Grames, Bronwen Hruska, and Rachel Kowal—what a fascinating journey, thank you so much for all your work to make it happen.
ref: 2014, Adele Griffin, “Acknowledgements”, in The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone, New York, N.Y.: Soho Teen, →ISBN:
text: Like Cabin In The Woods, it manages the extraordinary balancing act of delivering actual scares (more so than Cabin) while being a whip-smart critique of how scares are manufactured.
ref: 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018:
text: The singer, real name Emma Grankvist, deals in whip-smart lyrics and striking melodies that offer a refreshing perspective on the world around her, all wrapped up in a package that’s brilliantly tough to pigeonhole.
ref: 2023 June 28, Nick Reilly, “Meet eee gee, the singer who refuses to put her music in one box”, in Rolling Stone UK:
synonyms: smart as a whip
sharp as a tack
antonyms: word: intelligent
glosses: Very intelligent.
tough as old boots
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very tough; very strong.
Synonyms: tough as nails
Related terms: like old boots
deader than disco
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: In reference to the disco trend of the 1970s.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Unquestionably dead.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely old-fashioned.
Ushuaia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /uːˈswaɪ.ə/
Etymology: From Yámana ush + waia (“bay; cove”), meaning “deep bay” or “bay to background”.
Senses: glosses: A city in southern Argentina, the capital of Tierra del Fuego province.
Derived terms: Ushuaian
Ushuaian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ushuaia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or from Ushuaia
Ushuaian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ushuaians
Etymology: From Ushuaia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Ushuaia
Ushuaians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ushuaian
Tere Asar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Trei Asar.
bone-deep
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Parody, in its purest form, is an act of both mockery and appreciation. True masters of the practice possess a bone-deep understanding of their targets; they skewer because they love—or at least, because they’ve done their homework.
ref: 2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017:
antonyms: skin-deep
glosses: Extremely deep or profound (emotionally).
Related terms: in one's bones
core
Trei Asar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tere Asar
Etymology: Borrowed from Aramaic [Term?]. Compare to Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܬܪܥܣܪ.
Senses: glosses: The latter part of Nevi’im, the second section of the Tanakh, consisting of the books of Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
meet-cute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meet-cutes
Senses: examples: text: The hunt for love saturates Western culture. […] Romantic comedies have characters discover one another serendipitously, called "meet-cutes." The lead clumsily spills a drink on his future love interest, setting off a chain of events to love. Meet-cutes affirm the idea that possibility is all around us: love can happen anywhere, at anytime, and with anyone.
ref: 2013, Jaime Woo, “How to Find Love on Grindr (if You Hafta)”, in Meet Grindr: How One App Changed the Way We Connect, Canada: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 108, column 1:
text: In some respects, it might be too faithful to the genre it savages; as in many real rom-coms, the energy flags during the plot’s backstretch, and audiences may share the drifting interest of Kyle (Bill Hader) and Karen (Ellie Kemper), who come to regret ever asking Joel and Molly to chronicle their meet-cute.
ref: 2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017:
glosses: Alternative form of meet cute.
meet-cute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: meets-cute
form: meeting-cute
form: met-cute
form: met-cute
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meet cute.
paidopsychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of paedopsychology.
pedopsychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + psychology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of paedopsychology.
pink water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: It can turn pink if exposed to sunlight, due to photolytic reactions.
Senses: glosses: A waste product in the manufacture of TNT.
Cracov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Fixing cars in the time of shortages can be very profitable. I was making real good money. Luise lived in the elegant part of Cracov on Karmelicka and Straszeckiego and she rented a small bachelor’s apartment for me on Szewska and Plant. We would meet many times in Jordana Park.
ref: 1999, George Oscar Lee, Goat for Azazel: A World War II Story, Xlibris (hardback) (paperback), chapter 4, page 92
glosses: Alternative spelling of Krakow.
pilferable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pilferable
form: most pilferable
Etymology: From pilfer + -able.
Senses: examples: text: In 2001 the Navy modified its policy concerning pilferable property by changing the definition of what it considered pilferable property.
glosses: that can be pilfered
sea-pheasant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-pheasants
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sea pheasant.
sea-pheasants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea-pheasant
big bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big bats
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who specializes in hitting home runs.
craking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crake
craked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crake
membrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of membrane.
chili size
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chili sizes
Senses: synonyms: size
glosses: A hamburger served with chili con carne.
night market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night markets
Senses: glosses: A market that only operates at night.
night markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night market
bolth
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: enpr: bōlth
ipa: /boʊɫθ/
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of both.
bolth
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: enpr: bōlth
ipa: /boʊɫθ/
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of both.
sarcasticness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sarcastic + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He was a little surprised at the sarcasticness of his remark. Allan usually masked his feelings better.
ref: 2001, Lisa Hendrix Simmons, Kip Macallister: Close Cover, page 8:
glosses: The quality or state of being sarcastic.
sercon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sercon
form: most sercon
Etymology: Clipping of serious and constructive.
Senses: examples: text: Puns and similar witticisms are irrepressibly scattered all thru fan writings, even the most sercon.
ref: 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Humor:
text: Stephen Pickering's observations regarding the dilemma of the sercon fan confronted with an undercurrent of unorganized anti-intellectualism in APA fan-circles is a particularly brilliant, valid, and wholly justifiable resentment of the human condition which threatens to obfuscate and perhaps destroy the cogent and indispensible^([sic]) contributions to fandom (i.e., fandom as an expostulation of sf as a literary genre) which its sercon intellectuals have made.
ref: 1966–67 Winter, Fred Phillips, “Your 5¢ Worth”, in No-Eyed Monster, number 10, page 40:
text: Its contents were sercon. There were interviews with Fearn, Eric Frank Russell, and Festus Pragnell, it took great interest in Campbell's future plans for his prozines, and it ran photographs of rocket experiments.
ref: 1969, Harry Warner, Jr., All Our Yesterdays, page 84:
text: A few of the copies will be sent to Linguistics departments in a few universities. I realize that this is not a very faanish stunt, but rather more sercon.
ref: 1975, Elliot Weinstein, The Fillostrated Fan Dictionary, page 140:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Having a serious intellectual approach to science fiction; literary; scholarly; studious.
examples: text: Carl even established a false identity for himself (!!) as "Norman Sanfield Harris" a sercon-fuggheaded type.
ref: 1959, Dick Emey, Fancyclopedia II, Carl Joshua Brandon:
text: This seems to have been a sercon, dull group for the first few years.
ref: 1969, Harry Warner, Jr., All Our Yesterdays, page 247:
text: This flyer arrived in early December, all in Spanish and seems very sercon, even pompous, but the reptiloid alien on the front is suitably silly.
ref: 1995 July, It Goes On The Shelf, number 14:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Taking science fiction too seriously; boring; pompous; self-important.
sercon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sercons
Etymology: Clipping of serious and constructive.
Senses: examples: text: The sercons and Socially Conscious types smothered them in significant issues and realistic views. Without their fannish counterparts to balance them, these types swiftly went to extremes in Serious Discussion, until general fandom no longer resembled fandom of the fifties. That was years ago; today it still shows no sign of swinging back to a more genial and relaxed society.
ref: 1961 November-December, John Koning, “The Withdrawl”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 3, page 25:
text: But let's suppose your fan activities are confined to writing scholarly treatises on the Sources Used by H.P. Lovecraft in creating his Cthulhu Mythos, or deadly-serious lit-ry criticism of the latest Ace paperbacks [...]. In this case, you may very well be dismissed as an eggheady old Sercon.
ref: 1966 October, Lin Carter, “Handy Phrase-Book in Fannish”, in If, volume 16, number 10 (#107 overall), page 66:
text: Sercons tend not to have masquerades or pay much attention to media fandom. They don't ban fun, however.
ref: 2002, Justine Larbalestier, The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A sercon fan; a fan interested in intellectual, rather than fannish, matters.
examples: text: It's currently possible for true devotees to find a science fiction convention to goe^([sic]) to fifty-two weekends a year; often there will be up to a half-dozen choices, ranging from large, general conventions, to smaller scholarly conferences or "sercons," to specialised get-togethers for fans of feminist Science Fiction, military Science Fiction, gaming, "Star Trek," and so forth.
ref: 1995, Steven A. Stilwell, What Do I Read Next?, page 370:
text: He's somewhat gafiated from 'Fusion, because he wants to start a sercon in Detroit (and because of his new S.O.) but he still goes to parties & cons.
ref: 1995 May 19, Chad Childers, “Re: Fandom just the same as always”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <3pinf6$nh1@tbd120.tbd.ford.com>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A sercon activity; a serious and scholarly activity.
Aria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: region in modern-day Afghanistan
Related terms: Herat
Hari
Harev
Aria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: As a 21st century English name from TV and fantasy fiction, explained as "a musical aria". Similar sounding names exist in many languages, e.g. Ariah and Arie from Hebrew, Arya from Sanskrit, and Aria, Dutch short form of Adriana.
Senses: examples: text: Aria Montgomery burrowed her face in her best friend Alison DiLaurentis's lawn.
ref: 2006, Sara Shepard, chapter 1, in Pretty Little Liars, Hachette Digital, →ISBN:
text: Aria is not surprised to hear there is an Ardat-Yakshi on the planet. There have been reports of bodies and minds drained in ways only the Ardat-Yakshi are capable of. Aria tells you that Morinth’s last victim was a young human woman who lived in the tenements near Afterlife.
ref: 2010, Catherine Browne, “Walkthrough”, in Mass Effect 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide (Science Fiction), Roseville, CA: Prima Games, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 190, column 1:
glosses: A female given name from English.
Key limes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Key lime
sercons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sercon
mermaid skirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mermaid skirts
Etymology: Since it can give the wearer a mermaid-like appearance.
Senses: synonyms: fishtail skirt
glosses: A long skirt which is tight-fitting from the waist to below the knees, before flaring out at the bottom.
Related terms: hobble skirt
oarsmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oarsman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The skill of rowing a boat.
rubins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubin
corneousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From corneous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the state or property of being corneous
rudding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rud
rudded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rud
lockiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From locky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being locky.
suitcasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From suitcase + -ing, since such a person might be expected to distribute materials from a portable case rather than a pre-booked stall.
Senses: glosses: The distribution of promotional materials at an event by somebody who has not paid for permission to do so.
herbily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more herbily
form: most herbily
Etymology: From herby + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a herby manner.
infrapatellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From infra- + patellar.
Senses: glosses: Below the kneecap.
watchman's rattle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watchman's rattles
form: watchmen's rattles
Senses: glosses: An instrument, with a vibrating tongue fixed in a frame, which slips over the teeth of a ratchet wheel and produces a loud raucous sound when whirled around, once used by watchmen to warn of danger
Synonyms: word: fiddle
watchman's clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A watchman's detector in which the apparatus for recording the times of visiting several stations is contained within a single clock.
watchman's detector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: watchclock
watchman's time detector
glosses: An apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a station on his rounds.
sequence dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sequence dances
Senses: glosses: A form of dance in which a set pattern of movements is followed.
timberdoodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timberdoodle
hair divider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair dividers
Senses: glosses: A divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.
treefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treefishes
form: treefish
Etymology: From tree + fish.
Senses: glosses: Sebastes serriceps, a marine fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, with large spines on top of its head.
treefishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treefish
pearl edge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearl edges
Senses: glosses: An edge of small loops on the side of some kinds of ribbon.
glosses: A narrow kind of thread edging to be sewed on lace.
pearl sinter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: fiorite
pearl white
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Basic bismuth nitrate, or bismuth subchloride; used chiefly as a cosmetic.
glosses: A variety of white lead blued with indigo or Prussian blue.
glosses: A material made from fish scales, used in making artificial pearls.
glosses: Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Elodina.
Related terms: pearly whites
subchlorides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subchloride
spring of pork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: springs of pork
Senses: examples: text: A loin of pork with the fat and kidney taken out and boned, and a spring of pork boned, are very nice dressed in the same way
ref: 1823, M. Radcliffe, A Modern System of Domestic Cookery:
glosses: The lower part of a forequarter of pork, which is divided from the neck, and has the leg and foot without the shoulder.
springs of pork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring of pork
spring hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring hooks
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: An angler's snap-hook or spear-hook.
glosses: A latch or door-hook with a spring-catch for keeping it fast in the staple.
qualifier: locomotive engines
glosses: One of the hooks which fix the driving-wheel spring to the frame.
spring beam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring beams
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A beam of considerable span, without central support; the tie beam of a truss.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A beam that supports the side of a paddle box.
glosses: An elastic bar at the top of a tilt hammer, jigsaw, etc.
unfloral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfloral
form: most unfloral
Etymology: From un- + floral.
Senses: glosses: Not floral.
gain on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gains on
form: gaining on
form: gained on
form: gained on
form: gain upon
Senses: examples: text: The ocean gains on the land.
glosses: To encroach on.
examples: text: My gentleness and good behaviour had gained so far on the emperor and his court[…] that I began to conceive hopes of getting my liberty in a short time.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput):
glosses: To obtain influence with.
examples: text: Soon, the van lurched into a high gear and started gaining on Zoe, who was running as fast as her little legs would carry her.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest.
examples: text: The English have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself.
ref: 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To get the better of; to have the advantage of.
balsam of Peru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: It was long supposed to be a product of Peru.
Senses: glosses: A sweet-smelling balsam derived from a tree of the genus Myroxylon, used as a flavoring, as a fragrance, and in pharmaceuticals.
balsam apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balsam apples
Senses: glosses: Any tropical and subtropical tree of species Clusia major and Clusia rosea, native to the Americas, invasive elsewhere.
glosses: A vine of species Momordica balsamina, found in Africa.
glosses: A vine grown for its bitter, edible fruit (Momordica charantia, bitter melon).
glosses: A wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata).
glosses: A gourd of genus Echinopepon
Synonyms: sense: Clusia major, C. rosea
word: autograph tree
sense: Clusia major, C. rosea
word: copey
sense: Clusia major, C. rosea
word: pitch apple
sense: Clusia major, C. rosea
word: Scotch attorney
sense: Momordica balsamina
word: cundeamor
sense: Momordica balsamina
word: southern balsam pear
sense: Momordica balsamina
word: balsam pear
kineograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kineographs
Etymology: From kineo- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flip book.
synonyms: word: flip book
kineographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kineograph
gyger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gygers
Senses: examples: text: Towre ye, yander is the ken, dup the gyger and maunde that is beneship.
See you, yonder is the house, open the doore, and aske for the best.
ref: 1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursetors:
glosses: Alternative spelling of jigger (“door”).
superfinal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfinals
Etymology: From super- + final.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A deciding match in a situation in which a final takes the form of a group of matches
superfinals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfinal
pewless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pew + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a pew.
muttonmonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muttonmongers
Etymology: From mutton + monger.
Senses: glosses: A pimp.
examples: text: As arrant a smell-smock, for an old muttonmonger as thyself.
ref: 1604, Thomas Dekker, The Honest Whore, Part 2, act 4, scene 1; Rhys, Ernest, editor, Thomas Dekker, unexpurgated edition, London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887, page 247:
glosses: A frequent customer of prostitutes.
Synonyms: sense: pimp
word: fleshmonger
sense: pimp
word: whoremonger
sense: customer of prostitutes
word: whoremonger
word: prostitute's client
word: promiscuous man
muttonmongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muttonmonger
e-market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-markets
Etymology: From e- + market.
Senses: glosses: A market that operates by electronic means, especially the Internet when used for buying and selling.
e-markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-market
e-marketplace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-marketplaces
Etymology: From e- + marketplace.
Senses: glosses: A virtual marketplace on the Internet.
Synonyms: cybermarketplace
marketspace
e-marketplaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-marketplace
mutton fist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutton fists
form: mutton-fist
form: muttonfist
Senses: examples: text: Will he, who saw the soldier's mutton-fist, And saw thee mauled, appear within the list[…]?
ref: 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] (please specify the satire number)”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
text: One has no notion of him as making use of a fine pen, but a great mutton-fist; his style stuns his readers, and he 'fillips the ear of the public with a threeman beetle'.
ref: 1821, William Hazlitt, “Character of Cobbett”, in Table-Talk:
text: The little gentleman saw the keeper's great mutton fist very near his head, and thought a second time; he did not like the look of that mutton fist.
'No, keeper,' said he, don't hit me - shake me.'
ref: 1874, T.H.G. (author's initials, presumably), "Recollections of our Stale Contributor" in Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes Volume 25
glosses: A big brawny fist or hand.
mutton fists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutton fist
uncallous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncallous
form: most uncallous
Etymology: From un- + callous.
Senses: glosses: Not callous.
make foul water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes foul water
form: making foul water
form: made foul water
form: made foul water
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.
foul berth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foul berths
Senses: glosses: A berth in which a ship is in danger of fouling another vessel.
cotton mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cotton mice
Senses: glosses: Peromyscus gossypinus, an omnivorous rodent of the southeastern United States, often using cotton for nest construction.
Derived terms: Chadwick Beach cotton mouse
tool steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tool steels
Senses: glosses: Any of a variety of carbon and alloy steels that are particularly suited for making tools.