cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
countertextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more countertextual
form: most countertextual
Etymology: From counter- + textual or countertext + -ual.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a countertext.
countertextually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From countertextual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, a countertext.
unqueered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + queered.
Senses: glosses: Not queered (in various senses).
inculturations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inculturation
pity pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I've worn the pity hat, eaten the pity pie, and sung the blues. But I've learned over time that it isn't worth carrying that baggage through life.
ref: 2009, Adrienne Lee, Good News, page 46:
text: So before you have a taste of that pity pie, you would say, “Mr. Doe, we are required to give you one last opportunity to take care of this voluntarily […]
ref: 2011, Timothy J. Daye, The 5 Elements of the Highly Effective Debt Collector:
text: “Come on,” Wallace said, loping past me toward the van. “I'll buy you some pie.” Pity pie. That was what he was thinking. He thought I liked him, and he needed to buy me pity pie. Could this day get any worse? I sighed and followed after them.
ref: 2014, Kieran Scott, Complete Nothing, page 219:
text: “I mean about me,” said John, “but, as usual, let's talk about you.”
“At least I rank among the innocents,” Howard noted. “And my team thinks it deserves a tad more of the pity pie.”
ref: 2014, Cathie Pelletier, Running the Bulls:
glosses: An imaginary pie said to be consumed by a person who is self-pitying or being pitied.
Related terms: humble pie
pity party
MEMM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MEMMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of maximum-entropy Markov model.
MEMMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MEMM
noninvariance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + invariance.
Senses: glosses: The property of being noninvariant.
microdosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of microdose
microdosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of microdose
swivel-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swivel-eyed
form: most swivel-eyed
Senses: glosses: Having a squint.
examples: text: He will rattle into Canberra surrounded by a coterie of swivel-eyed trusties like Peta Credlin as chief of staff, Andrew Bolt as media director and Greg Sheridan as national security adviser.
ref: 2017, Alex Mitchell, Turnbull – waving or drowning?:
text: Richardson, Warner, Lewis and Adamson are not swivel-eyed, right-wing loons — Richardson was Bob Hawke’s chief of staff.
ref: 2019, Greg Sheridan, New Chinese era of living dangerously:
text: It seems that the Lib Dems’ policy to revoke Article 50 without a referendum has disturbed the sensibilities of all but the most swivel-eyed Remainers.
ref: 2019, Michael Moszynski, Labour’s dire general election campaign:
text: Sunak seems so scared of his party's swivel-eyed right wing that he has been panicked into focusing all new legislation on perceived 'red meat' issues which he hopes the Tory right will support.
ref: 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3:
glosses: Fanatical, deranged.
Related terms: swivel eye
anticrab
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + crab.
Senses: examples: anticrab shampoo
glosses: Active against pubic lice.
graphophonically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From graphophonic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a graphophonic manner or context.
miscuings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miscuing
miscueings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miscueing
big rigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big rig
graphophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From grapho- + -phonic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the relationship between how words or characters look and how they sound.
Derived terms: graphophonically
antitension
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + tension.
Senses: examples: text: The patient is urged to wear antitension tapes for 6 months or even longer if cessation of tape application at that time is followed by any widening of the scar.
ref: 1977, Clinics in Plastic Surgery, volume 4, number 2, page 271:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Countering muscular tension.
ACAB
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /eɪ siː eɪ ˈbiː/
/ˈeɪkæb/
Forms: form: A.C.A.B.
Senses: examples: text: Having a tattoo or a bomberjack with the text '1312' or 'ACAB' (All Cops Are Bastards).
ref: [2015, Thomas Bustamante, Christian Dahlman, Argument Types and Fallacies in Legal Argumentation, →ISBN, page 70:
text: One group is simply called 'ACAB'; the other is called 'Visitors 1312'. The latter was formed from the amalgamation of two groups, '1312' and 'Visitors'. '1312' is significant because it refers to the numerical positions in the alphabet of the letters comprising 'ACAB'.
ref: [2015, Mark Doidge, Football Italia: Italian Football in an Age of Globalization, →ISBN, page 174:
synonyms: 1312
all cats are beautiful
fuck 12
glosses: Acronym of all cops are bastards, a political slogan protesting against police behavior.
A.C.A.B.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ACAB.
warnerin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From warneri + -in.
Senses: glosses: A particular bacteriocin produced by Staphylococcus warneri.
warnericin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: warneri + -cin
Senses: glosses: A particular bacteriocin produced by Staphylococcus warneri.
breccioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From breccia + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: A coarse breccioid or large pebbly mass at the base.
ref: 1846, Ebenezer Emmons, Agriculture of New-York: Soils, page 83:
text: Above these shales we find a light, soft sandstone, sometimes of conglomeratic or breccioid structure, in moderately thick layers.
ref: 1916, Johan August Udden, The Thrall Oil Field, volume 2, page 10:
text: They are regarded as distal turbidites and are interbedded with bioclastic limestones and massive breccioid limestones containing blocks of coral colonies and intraclasts that are regarded as proximal turbidites.
ref: 2007, Bernhard Hubmann, Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003:
glosses: Resembling breccia.
vugular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vugular
form: most vugular
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling a vug.
sugarcane soldier fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugarcane soldier flies
Senses: glosses: Inopus rubriceps, a pest of sugarcane in Australia.
Synonyms: sense: Australian soldier fly
word: Inopus rubriceps
hybristophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hybristophiles
Etymology: Back-formation from hybristophilia with -phile
Senses: examples: text: For a mere $7 per address, a hybristophile can find love in the corrections system. "Thousands of people, men and women alike, after many years of searching for the right woman [or man], have finally discovered Jail Babes [and Jail Dudes]. […]
ref: 2006, Eric W. Hickey, Sex Crimes and Paraphilia, page 206:
text: In most cases, the hybristophile's focus of sexual desire (the criminal) is someone who has been imprisoned. In other cases, the hybristophile might even coax the criminal to commit a crime so as to derive sexual pleasure out of it.
ref: 2014, R. J. Parker, Serial Killer Groupies, page 20:
glosses: A person who exhibits hybristophilia.
hybristophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hybristophile
cruelty-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cruelty + -free.
Senses: examples: text: It can be particularly hard to tell what is and isn't cruelty-free, as the term isn't regulated; any brand can claim to be so. The only way a company can be totally cruelty-free is when no animal testing has happened at any point during production.
ref: 2020, Madeleine Olivia, Minimal: How to simplify your life and live sustainably, Random House, →ISBN:
glosses: Of cosmetics and similar products: made without harming animals.
tauberian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Tauberian.
northern cardinal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern cardinals
Senses: synonyms: red cardinal
redbird
Virginia nightingale
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glosses: A North American songbird, of species Cardinalis cardinalis, with a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face. The male is a vibrant red, while the female is a dull reddish olive.
northern cardinals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern cardinal
giver-uppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giver-upper
nonfacilitator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfacilitators
Etymology: From non- + facilitator.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a facilitator.
nonfacilitators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfacilitator
nonfacilitated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + facilitated.
Senses: glosses: Not facilitated.
nonfacilitating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + facilitating.
Senses: glosses: Not facilitating.
mungos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mungo
glosses: Alternative form of mongoose.
icebox cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icebox cake
zebra cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebra cakes
Etymology: From its striped pattern.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of icebox cake.
synonyms: word: icebox cake
zebra cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zebra cake
killer litter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Unwanted items thrown from high-rise apartment buildings, posing a danger to pedestrians below.
truffière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹuː.fɪˈɛː/
ipa: /ˌtɹu.fiˈɛəɹ/
Forms: form: truffières
Etymology: Borrowed from French truffière, from truffe (“truffle”) + -ière.
Senses: examples: text: As a result, interest developed quickly, and there are now at least 30 growers and more than 180 hectares of truffières in Tasmania, plus two more schemes of 30 hectares in the planning stages.
ref: 2005, Gareth Renowden, The Truffle Book:
glosses: A plot of land cultivated to produce truffles.
truffières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truffière
lucky money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: lai see
qualifier: East Asia
glosses: Money given as a gift during holidays, weddings, or other special occasions.
Fujimorista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fujimoristas
Etymology: From Spanish fujimorista.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Albert Fujimori.
Synonyms: Fujimorist
Related terms: Fujimorism
Fujimorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fujimorists
Etymology: From Fujimori + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Albert Fujimori.
Synonyms: Fujimorista
Related terms: Fujimorism
Antarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Antarian
form: most Antarian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Antarean.
Antarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Antarians
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Alternative form of Antarean.
Antarean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Antarean
form: most Antarean
form: Antarian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Antares.
Antarean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Antareans
form: Antarian
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Antares.
Antarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Antarian
Antareans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Antarean
antedation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antedations
Senses: glosses: antedating
antedations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antedation
anthericum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈθɛɹɪkəm/
Forms: form: anthericums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
anthericums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthericum
Gandhism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gandhiism
Etymology: From Gandhi + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Another critic observes Gandhism dreads the 'onslaught of technology' because it creates unemployment.
ref: 1945, Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala, Gandhism Reconsidered, page 28:
text: In trying to curb modern political Machiavellianism, some of the more consistent humanists find this analogy in the ethical ideas and the political practice of Gandhiism.
ref: 1972, Aleksandr Ivanovich Titarenko, Morality and politics;: Critical essays on contemporary views about the relationship between morality and politics in bourgeois sociology, page 142:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
political-science
sciences
social-sciences
glosses: The philosophy and principles of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, encompassing the broad tenets of upholding truth, pacifism, and nonviolent activism; also rarely used for Gandhian economics.
Related terms: Gandhian
Gandhigiri
Gandhist
Gandhiism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gandhism.
anthocodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthocodia
Senses: glosses: The upper part of the polyp in some corals.
Derived terms: anthocodial
anthocodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthocodium
anthocyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthocyans
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: anthocyanin
anthocyans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthocyan
anthophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthophiles
Etymology: From antho- + -phile.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An organism that visits flowers.
glosses: A person who loves flowers.
anthophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthophile
the fewer the better fare
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Things are better when fewer people are involved.
glosses: More food and drink are available per person if fewer people are there to consume it.
Related terms: too many cooks spoil the broth
anthotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthotypes
Etymology: From antho- + type.
Senses: glosses: An image created using photosensitive material taken from plants.
anthotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthotype
anthropogonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to anthropogony.
anthropopathical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anthropopathical
form: most anthropopathical
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anthropopathic.
synonyms: word: anthropopathic
armchaired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From armchair + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Tiers of grandstands with comfortable plush-covered armchaired seats will surround the “Dress Circle,” whilst the “mournful silence of the fells” will be drowned by the droning of the day-trip aeroplanes encircling our summits, from Blackpool and the Isle of Man.
ref: 1931, The Journal of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District, volume 9:
text: It must be one of the most comfortable dancehalls in Munster, with recent conversions providing an armchaired lounge and balcony, where everybody watched the Rowan and Martin laugh-in on television for half an hour or so.
ref: 2003, Elgy Gillespie, Changing the Times: Irish Women Journalists 1969-1981:
text: The plushly armchaired reception area and busy switchboard was manned, with laxity and a cut-glass accent, by the Hon. Antonia Beresford, who made up in elegance what she lacked in efficiency.
ref: 2013, Marilyn Messik, Relatively Strange, page 261:
glosses: Furnished with armchairs.
examples: text: There comfortably armchaired before the fire, a candle and snuffers by his side, in his hand the last number of the Ipswiclz journal, sat Mr. Abel Gooding, the picture of complacency and affected self-immolation.
ref: 1900, Matilda Betham-Edwards, A Suffolk Courtship, page 58:
text: Conversation of this type, comfortably fed and armchaired men discussing in the presence of deferential wives, was the recreation of his less frivolous leisure.
ref: 1925, Dorothy Miller Richardson, The Trap, page 205:
text: Next door, with a roaring fire nine months of the year, is the housekeeper's sitting room, where you may find Mrs Grouse either armchaired and sewing or desked with a puzzlery of papers, trying, as she says, to 'make head nor tail' of things and — what seems to me contradictory — to make their ends meet.
ref: 2011, John Harding, Florence and Giles, page 6:
glosses: Seated in an armchair.
examples: text: Often these problems are sequential in that the student's decision on one problem affects his analysis of the next one. Cases can also be classified by source as armchaired, published source, or field.
ref: 1974, James Don Edwards, Accounting education: problems and prospects, page 330:
text: An armchaired, or generalized experience, case is created by the author.
ref: 1989, Gary N. McLean, Muzaffer Ahmad, Bangladesh case studies in business management, page 408:
text: This is a question of empirical tests, not of armchaired reflection (Chalmers 2010).
ref: 2017, José María Ariso, Augmented Reality:
glosses: Based on general knowledge or theory rather than data.
armchaired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From armchair + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of armchair
Sankarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sankara + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The political philosophy of Thomas Sankara.
ARVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ARV
armstands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armstand
Armstrong guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Armstrong gun
army green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: army greens
Senses: coordinate_terms: olive green
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glosses: Any of several hues of dull green used by various militaries for their uniforms.
cellar spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellar spiders
Senses: glosses: Pholcus phalangioides, a spider of the family Pholcidae.
Synonyms: longbodied cellar spider
skull spider
cellar spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellar spider
dai pai dong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dai pai dongs
Etymology: From Cantonese 大牌檔 /大牌档 (daai6 paai4 dong3).
Senses: glosses: A kind of open-air food stall.
dai pai dongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dai pai dong
wok hei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊氣 /镬气 (wok6 hei3).
Senses: examples: text: Seafood flavors combine with the pork stock and it's simmered until the liquid evaporates and the contents are brought just to the brink of burning, resulting in creamy-textured noodles and a magic boost of wok hei flavor.
ref: 2016, Glenn van Zutphen, Living in Singapore: Fourteenth Edition Reference Guide:
glosses: The slightly seared flavour imparted to food that has been traditionally cooked in a seasoned wok.
Cobhamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cobhamites
Etymology: From Cobham + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A member of an 18th-century British political faction led by Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham.
differentiatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From differentiated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being differentiated.
enjo kosai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 援助交際 (enjo kōsai).
Senses: examples: text: The high price of these goods means that many young girls are tempted into lucrative enjo kosai in order to afford them.
ref: 1999 July 8, Michael Fitzpatrick, The Guardian:
text: Many of the girls involved in enjo kosai think their fathers probably have their own kogals anyway, so why shouldn't they also reap the rewards of the practice?
ref: 2008, William Sparrow, Red-Light Nights, Bangkok Daze:
glosses: The practice of "compensated dating", whereby girls and young women in Japan and Hong Kong provide companionship or sex to older men in exchange for money or luxuries.
Related terms: charity girl
sugar daddy
treating
Cobhamites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cobhamite
kaifong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaifongs
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 街坊 (gaai1 fong1) in the mid-1800s.
Senses: glosses: A kind of mutual aid organization in Hong Kong, originally set up under British colonial rule, and mainly intended to provide free or cheap services to Chinese refugees.
kaifongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaifong
leg-breakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leg-breaker
legicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛ.d͡ʒəˌsaɪd/
/ˈlɛ.d͡ʒɪˌsaɪd/
Senses: glosses: The overturning or destruction of a law, or (Judaism) of the law as set out in the Torah.
legitimatizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legitimatization
Craxism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹæksɪzəm/
enpr: krăkʹsĭ-zəm
Etymology: From Italian craxismo, equivalent to Italian Craxi + -ism.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The political philosophy of Bettino Craxi, Italian former prime minister.
sidepod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidepods
Etymology: From side + pod.
Senses: glosses: An aerodynamic device to improve airflow between the front and rear wheels of a racing car.
sidepods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidepod
De Leonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From De Leon + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The Marxist philosophy of Daniel De Leon, according to which militant industrial unions are the vehicle of class struggle.
sideshowman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideshowmen
Etymology: From sideshow + -man.
Senses: glosses: A showman who operates a sideshow.
sideshowmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sideshowman
teh tarik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪ ˈtɑːɹɪk/
ipa: /- ˈtaɹɪk/
ipa: [ˈteː˦ ˈtä˧ɹeʔ˦]
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay teh tarik (literally “pulled tea”).
Senses: glosses: An Indian-style hot drink made from black tea with condensed milk or evaporated milk, poured back and forth between two vessels to give it a frothy top.
kopitiams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kopitiam
kopi tiam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kopi tiams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kopitiam.
kopi tiams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kopi tiam
teleserye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t̪ɛlɛˈsɛɾjɛ/
Forms: form: teleseryes
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog teleserye.
Senses: glosses: A Philippine television drama, serialized in the manner of a soap opera.
teleseryes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleserye
VJed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of VJ
VJing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of VJ
anteally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anteal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: At the front; on the foremost portion.
ante-Mosaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antemosaic.
anthologizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anthologizable
form: most anthologizable
Etymology: From anthologize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for inclusion in an anthology.
encoffiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encoffiner
Armenian cucumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Armenian cucumber
army boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: army boots
Senses: glosses: combat boot
army boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of army boot
army cutworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: army cutworms
Senses: glosses: The caterpillar of Euxoa auxiliaris (miller moth), a pest on some crops.
army cutworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of army cutworm
miller moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miller moth
buddy list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buddy lists
Senses: hypernyms: flist
friends list
glosses: A user's list of contacts on an instant messaging system.
buddy lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buddy list
callstack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callstacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of call stack.
callstacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callstack
calls to arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of call to arms
celebritydom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From celebrity + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of celebrities.
examples: text: A funny thing happened on the way to celebritydom — Quentin Crisp had stopped being very funny, or engaging, or insightful.
ref: 1982 February 6, Michael Bronski, “A Very Stale Crisp”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 11:
glosses: The fact of being a celebrity.
Synonyms: celebdom
Related terms: celebrityhood
City of Brotherly Love
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the City of Brotherly Love
Etymology: See etymology at Philadelphia.
Senses: examples: text: Indiana eclipsed Philadelphia as the center of North American Quakers in the 1850s. To this day, Richmond, Indiana, is second only to the City of Brotherly Love in total Quaker population.
ref: 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 16, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Nickname for Philadelphia: a major city in Pennsylvania, United States.
daughter of joy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daughters of joy
Etymology: Calque of French fille de joie.
Senses: glosses: A female prostitute.
daughters of joy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daughter of joy
epicanthal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the epicanthus.
Derived terms: epicanthal fold
foot-dragger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot-draggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of footdragger.
foot-draggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foot-dragger
footmarked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From footmark + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: On such a muddy day, the carpet of the hotel lobby was soon unattractively footmarked.
glosses: Bearing footmarks.
footsure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more footsure
form: most footsure
Etymology: From foot + sure.
Senses: examples: text: You can still visit that sky-high fortress that was said to have taken the lives of 20,000 men during the decade of its construction. You get there atop a small but footsure donkey led by energetic and equally footsure youngsters.
ref: 1994, George McDonald, Marylyn Springer, Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide, Cruises, 1995-1996, page 48:
glosses: Sure of one's footing; not stumbling or tripping while walking.
examples: text: It makes floors footsure preventing slipping and skidding accidents.
ref: 1944, Modern Machine Shop, volume 17, page 263:
glosses: Of flooring, etc.: antislip.
Marylyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name, variant of Marilyn.
Marilyns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Marilyn
get-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of get-out
HDB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: From that month on, couples where at least one partner is a full-time student or NS Man can opt to defer their income assessment for an HDB loan.
ref: 2025 March 28, Ryan J, “HDB Just Made It Easier For Young Couples To Buy Flats: But Not Everyone Is Happy”, in STACKED:
glosses: Initialism of Housing and Development Board.
HDB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HDBs
Senses: qualifier: competitive eating
glosses: Abbreviation of hot dog and bun.
glosses: Synonym of HDB block; a public housing building or apartment block built by the Housing and Development Board.
synonyms: word: HDB block
extra: a public housing building or apartment block built by the Housing and Development Board
pep pills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pep pill
party pill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party pills
Senses: synonyms: herbal high
pep pill
glosses: Any of various recreational drugs, especially those whose main ingredient is benzylpiperazine.
party pills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party pill
Legendre symbols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Legendre symbol
Luckenbooth brooch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Luckenbooth brooches
Etymology: Named after the Luckenbooths, a range of tenements once standing in Edinburgh, where jewellery and trinkets used to be sold.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Scottish love token in the form of a heart-shaped brooch, usually made of silver and sometimes engraved or set with precious stones.
wikipedia: Luckenbooths
Luckenbooth brooches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Luckenbooth brooch
sandwich class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandwich classes
Etymology: Originated in the 1980s, from the perception of being "sandwiched" (or "squeezed") between the lower and upper classes.
Senses: examples: text: Although the conditions were generally poor, the rent was extremely low. In the 1970s, for example, the Home Ownership Scheme was introduced to help the middle-income group (sometimes called the "sandwich class").
ref: 2003 August 29, Kui-Wai Li, Capitalist Development and Economism in East Asia: The Rise of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: He proposed a new middle-class housing scheme to make it easier for the "sandwich class" to buy their own home.
ref: 2005 November 1, Joseph Y. S. CHENG, The July 1 Protest Rally: Interpreting a Historic Event, City University of HK Press, →ISBN, page 341:
text: Designed for the ‘sandwich class’ of Singaporeans, ECs are developed and sold by private developers, yet they are classified as public housing. They offer their first batch of buyers the chance to enjoy condo-style facilities like swimming pools at a subsidised price.
ref: 2021 August 17, “All 66 Completed Executive Condos (ECs) in Singapore and Where You Can Find Them (Prices Included)”, in Yahoo Finance:
glosses: The middle class; specifically those who are too wealthy to qualify for welfare schemes but not rich enough to afford non-subsidized housing, access further opportunities or maintain lifestyle expectations.
raw_tags: in Hong Kong
sandwich classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandwich class
side-blotched lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side-blotched lizards
Senses: glosses: Any of the lizards of the genus Uta.
side-whiskered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having side whiskers.
called upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of call upon
calls upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of call upon
calling upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of call upon
barycentricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From barycentric + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being barycentric.
get over oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets over oneself
form: getting over oneself
form: got over oneself
form: got over oneself
form: gotten over oneself
Senses: examples: text: When he told me I was to serve him as if he were a Russian czar, I told him to get over himself.
glosses: To cease to be vain and self-obsessed.
tod and lambs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An older version of the game of fox and geese.
naiades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naiad
Lundy cabbage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Coincya wrightii, a plant related to the brassicas which is endemic to the island of Lundy off the southwestern coast of England.
speckled footman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speckled footmen
Senses: glosses: Coscinia cribraria, a moth of the family Arctiidae, found in parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
speckled footmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speckled footman
Telfordization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Telford + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of Telfordizing.
Cantabric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cantabric
form: most Cantabric
Etymology: From Cantabria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Cantabria in Spain.
azalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azalias
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of azalea.
azalias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azalia
Foxite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Foxites
Etymology: From Fox + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A Whig following the political philosophy of Charles James Fox.
Gaitskellism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Gaitskell + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The ideology of a faction of the Labour Party (UK) led by Hugh Gaitskell.
Related terms: Gaitskellite
transmediations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transmediation
Gaitskellite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gaitskellites
Etymology: From Gaitskell + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A member of a faction of the Labour Party (UK) led by Hugh Gaitskell.
Related terms: Gaitskellism
Bevanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bevan + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The ideology of a faction of the Labour Party (UK) led by Aneurin Bevan.
Related terms: Bevanite
Bevanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bevanites
Etymology: From Bevan + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A member of a faction of the Labour Party (UK) led by Aneurin Bevan.
Related terms: Bevanism
Bevin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Bevin Boy
Bevanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bevanite
Grenvillite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Grenvillites
Etymology: From Grenville + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A member of a political faction supporting the Grenville family, especially George Grenville.
produsage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of production + usage, coined by Australian media scholar Axel Bruns.
Senses: glosses: User-driven content creation taking place over computer networks and blurring the traditional boundaries between consumption and production.
Related terms: prosumer
Grenvillites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grenvillite
Guevarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Guevara + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The political philosophy of Che Guevara.
Related terms: Guevarist
DBCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of double-byte character set.
Foxites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Foxite
De Leonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: De Leonists
Etymology: From De Leon + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of De Leonism.
De Leonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of De Leonist
formulative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From formulate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Serving to formulate something.
Related terms: formative
formulational
focalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From focal + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: How can focalism be reduced? The method of debiasing depends on the type of focalism affecting one's judgments.
ref: 2007, Roy F. Baumeister, Kathleen D. Vohs (eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, page 353:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of anchoring.
synonyms: word: anchoring
examples: text: While focalism drew from previous Marxist-Leninist ideas and the Maoist strategy of protracted people's war, it also broke with many of the mid-Cold War era's established communist parties.
ref: 2016, Brendan Michael, The Cold War Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Cold War, page 168:
glosses: A revolutionary strategy which posited that military vanguardism could lead to general rebellion.
Synonyms: sense: revolutionary strategy
word: foquism
foquism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowing from Spanish foquismo.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of focalism (“revolutionary strategy”).
synonyms: word: focalism
extra: revolutionary strategy
American dream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the American dream
form: American dreams
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of American Dream.
Guevarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Guevarists
Etymology: From Guevara + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Che Guevara or his political philosophy.
Synonyms: Che Guevarist
Related terms: Guevarism
Che Guevarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Che Guevarists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Guevarist.
synonyms: word: Guevarist
Ibarra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ibarras
form: Ybarra
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ibarra, a habitational surname of Basque origin.
Senses: examples: text: When Ibarra confronted Riley as she was jogging in UGA’s Oconee Forest Park, “He took her 64 feet and 11 inches off the trail for the purpose of victimizing her,” Ross said.
ref: 2024 November 20, Eric Levenson, Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan, “November 20, 2024 - Judge sentences Laken Riley’s murderer to life in prison”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
glosses: A city, the capital of Imbabura province, northern Ecuador.
glosses: A canton (Ibarra Canton) in Imbabura province, Ecuador, with the city as its capital.
antipapism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + papism.
Senses: synonyms: antipapalism
glosses: Opposition of the pope or his faction.
Related terms: antipapist
Hughligan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hughligans
Etymology: Blend of Hugh + hooligan.
Senses: glosses: A political supporter of Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood.
Josephinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Josephine + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The domestic policies of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Shar Pei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shar Peis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shar-pei.
Pingju
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 評劇 /评剧 (píngjù).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A school of Chinese opera.
Synonyms: word: Ping opera
word: Ping Opera
alt: malaprop
word: Pingju opera
drive-through penalty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drive-through penalties
form: drive through penalty
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A type of in-race penalty sanction against a driver or a team for in-race infractions, which results in the driver having to leave the track and drive through the pit lane at the reduced pit-lane speed before rejoining the track.
Coordinate terms: stop-and-go penalty
stop-and-wait penalty
Related terms: drive-through
stop-and-go penalty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop-and-go penalties
form: stop and go penalty
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A type of in-race penalty sanction against a driver or a team for in-race infractions, which results in a driver having to leave the track and make a pit stop without servicing the car.
Coordinate terms: drive-through penalty
stop-and-wait penalty
Related terms: english: splash-and-dash
translation: splash-and-dash
word: splash-and-go
splash-and-go
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splash-and-gos
form: splash and go
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Synonym of splash-and-dash.
synonyms: word: splash-and-dash
Related terms: stop-and-go penalty
General Tao chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: General Tao's chicken
Senses: glosses: Synonym of General Tso's chicken.
synonyms: word: General Tso's chicken
sausage kerb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sausage kerbs
form: sausage curb
Etymology: From sausage + kerb, from its sausage-like shape.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A type of kerb and speed bump found on motor-racing tracks, having a smooth profile similar to half a sausage split lengthwise and laid out with the cut side down.
Coordinate terms: FIA curbing
sawtooth kerb
turtle curb
LMP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LMPs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Initialism of Le Mans Prototype.
examples: text: Because of postconception bleeding or menstrual irregularities, the presumed date of LMP may be in error.
ref: 1995, National Center for Health Statistics, “Technical Appendix”, in Vital Statistics of the United States, 1992, volume 1, Washington, DC, published 1996, →ISBN, DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 96-1100, page 9:
topics: medicine
obstetrics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of last menstrual period; used in determining the start of a pregnancy.
topics: management
glosses: Initialism of lighting management plan.
Coordinate terms: english: World Sports Car
translation: World Sports Car
word: WSC
english: Grand Touring Prototype
translation: Grand Touring Prototype
word: GTP
ICEV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ICEVs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of internal combustion engine vehicle.
Related terms: alt: EV
word: electric vehicle
budbod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cebuano budbod.
Senses: qualifier: chiefly Visayas
glosses: Dish made of glutinous rice rolled in banana leaves, similar to suman.
glosses: A similar dish rolled in banana leaves.
hard-earned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: harder-earned
form: more hard-earned
form: hardest-earned
form: most hard-earned
Etymology: From hard + earned.
Senses: examples: text: This is my hard-earned money, and I can spend it how I see fit.
text: It was a hard-earned victory for the team.
glosses: Having been obtained with a great deal of effort.
Related terms: hard-won
hard-earned
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hard + earned.
Senses: glosses: Money that one owns.
bid rigging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bid riggings
Senses: topics: law
glosses: a conspiracy in which two or more competitors agree about who will submit the winning bid when there is a call for bids.
Synonyms: collusive tendering
Related terms: shill
hardest-earned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of hard-earned: most hard-earned
harder-earned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of hard-earned: more hard-earned
ICEVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ICEV
dryliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dryliners
Etymology: From dryline + -er.
Senses: glosses: A construction worker who does drylining.
dryliners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dryliner
percentage points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of percentage point
white-tip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-tips
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whitetip.
Varchonitae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A compound word probably alluding to the fusion of two Oghur tribes, Var and Chunni (Huns).
Senses: glosses: The original ethnonym of the early medieval Eurasian Avars
Synonyms: Varchunni
4-polytope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-polytopes
Etymology: From 4-dimensional + polytope.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps the most obvious next step is to investigate 4-polytopes with respect to symmetry equivalence.
ref: 1984, London Mathematical Society lecture note series, numbers 88-90, page 101:
text: The situation for 4-polytopes is fundamentally different from that for 3-dimensional polytopes. One reason is that there is no similar reduction of 4-polytope theory to a combinatorial (graph) problem.
ref: 2004, Martin Henk, Jürgen Richter-Gebert, Günter M. Ziegler, “16: Basic properties of convex polytopes”, in Joseph O'Rourke, Jacob E. Goodman, editors, Handbook of Discrete and Computational Geometry, 2nd edition, page 369:
text: For d = 4, Hamiltonian cycles in the regular 4-polytopes are known to exist. However, it seems that so far no decision about the existence or non-existence of 1-Hamiltonian surfaces in the 2-skeleton of any of the three sporadic regular 4-polytopes can be made, compare [120].
ref: 2011, Felix Effenberger, Hamiltonian Submanifolds of Regular Polytopes, page 40:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A four-dimensional polytope.
Synonyms: sense: 4-dimensional polytope
word: polycell
sense: 4-dimensional polytope
word: polychoron
sense: 4-dimensional polytope
word: polyhedroid
4-polytopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 4-polytope
color-blindly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more color-blindly
form: most color-blindly
form: color blindly
form: colorblindly
Senses: glosses: In a color blind manner; without reference to color.
Kunqu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kinqu
Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 崑曲 /昆曲 (kūnqǔ, literally “Kun[shan] melody”).
Senses: examples: text: Then, in 1936, the Firemen's Association of K’un-shan sponsored a benefit concert. This was a big deal because K’un-shan was the place where k’un-ch’ü originated six hundred years ago.
ref: [2002, Annping Chin, Four Sisters of Hofei, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 130:
glosses: A form of Chinese opera that began in the 16th century, during the Ming Dynasty, in the Wu cultural area.
Synonyms: Kunju
Kunju
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 崑劇 /昆剧 (kūnjù, literally “Kun[shan] opera”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kunqu.
synonyms: word: Kunqu
Ricciardo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ricciardos
Etymology: From Italian Ricciardo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
boob window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boob windows
Senses: glosses: A hole in clothing, showing a woman's cleavage.