cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
shifts the deckchairs on the Titanic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shift the deckchairs on the Titanic
shifting the deckchairs on the Titanic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shift the deckchairs on the Titanic
Durham boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Durham boats
Senses: glosses: A large wooden, flat-bottomed, double-ended freight boat used on many of the interior waterways of North America beginning in the middle of the 18th century, and eventually superseded by more efficient canal boats.
Durham boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Durham boat
Dungani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dungan (“a Muslim people”).
Tungani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dungan (“a Muslim people”).
Tungan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dungan (“a Muslim people”).
Tungan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: By the mid-13th century, a magistracy was set up in Penghu by the government of the Yuan Dynasty to exercise jurisdiction over Taiwan and other islands. This office was under the administration of Tungan County in Chuanchou Prefecture.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Barbara Barnouin, Yu Changgen, “Irresistible Historical Trends, (Selection of documents regarding China and the UN)”, in Chinese Foreign Policy during the Cultural Revolution, Kegan Paul International, published 1998, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 181:
glosses: Alternative form of Tong'an.
Ceduna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈdjuːnə/
Senses: glosses: A town on Murat Bay, Great Australian Bight, South Australia.
glosses: A local government area in this area of South Australia, with its headquarters in the town; in full, the District Council of Ceduna.
Dutch backgammon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variant of the game of backgammon in which the markers are initially brought onto the board by rolling dice and cannot be moved until all are on the board, and hitting/blotting is not permitted until a marker has been moved around to the home board.
Durham rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Durham rules
Etymology: After the case of Durham v. United States (1954).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A rule in a criminal case by which a jury may determine a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity because a criminal act was the product of a mental disease.
wikipedia: Durham v. United States (1954)
Durham rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Durham rule
Great Australian Bight
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great Australian Bight
Senses: glosses: A large open bay on the coast of Western Australia and South Australia, which faces the Southern Ocean.
Dutch woodbine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lonicera periclymenum 'Belgica', a variety of honeysuckle.
shooting and crying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Hebrew יוֹרִים וּבוֹכִים (yorim ve bochim).
Senses: glosses: A genre of war film in which soldiers are depicted showing remorse or grief while simultaneously committing acts of violence, particularly associated with the depictions of the Israel Defense Forces.
Pergam.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Pergamum.
proto-punk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Vega, one half, with Martin Rev, of pioneering electronic proto-punk duo Suicide, may not have died on stage, but came close over the years.
ref: 2017 July 18, Daniel Dylan Wray, “‘It was like going into the trenches’: how Suicide rioted against plastic punk”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: One of the most iconic bands to emerge from the proto-punk landscape was The Stooges, hailing from Ann Arbour, Michigan.
ref: 2023, Jac Hustle, PUNK: Loud Guitars, Louder Statements, Sheldon Hampstead:
glosses: Alternative spelling of protopunk.
Knopfler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German
Xiangdong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: shyängʹdo͝ongʹ
rhymes: -ʊŋ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 湘東 /湘东 (Xiāngdōng).
Senses: examples: text: The activities are not one-sided. In August this year, a delegation of teachers from Xiangdong district went to the University of Derby for a summer programme on the English language and to observe various pedagogies adopted by the university.
ref: 2016 October 25, “Far-sighted strategy: University of Derby is reaping the rewards of its hard work with Chinese counterparts”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2016, Special Reports:
text: * Changfeng extends its gas distribution pipeline to Luqian industrial area in Xiangdong district, Pingxiang city, Jiangxi province, China
ref: 2016 December 5, “BRIEF-Changfeng extends gas pipeline to Luqian industrial area”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2016, Market News:
glosses: A district of Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China.
Lianhua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 蓮花 /莲花 (Liánhuā).
Senses: glosses: A county of Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China.
counter-cartography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-cartographies
Etymology: From counter- + cartography.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of countermapping.
synonyms: word: countermapping
Penong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and locality on the Nullarbor Plain, South Australia.
Anyuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: änʹyüǎnʹ
Etymology: From the Mandarin 安源.
Senses: examples: text: Mao returned to Pingxiang County a year later, in the fall of 1921, and visited the Anyuan district. In an attempt to organize the miners in this area on the Hunan-Jiangxi border, Mao spent a week in the fall of 1921 investigating the lives of miners and their families.
ref: 1990, Mao Zedong, “Introduction”, in Roger Thompson, transl., Report from Xunwu, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24:
text: The city of Pingxiang, which includes the Anyuan district of Mao fame, is home to eight state-run coal mines.
ref: 2016 April 11, Hannah Beech, “Labor Unrest Grows in China, Even in the Historic Heartlands of Revolution”, in Time, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2016:
glosses: A district of Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China.
counter-cartographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counter-cartography
countercartography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countercartographies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of counter-cartography.
countercartographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countercartography
counterlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterlocks
Senses: glosses: A feature of dies that prevents lateral die shifting caused by the side thrust.
testectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of testectomy
Chungming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Chungming Island was close to the south shore two centuries ago, but today it is separated from the north shore by only a narrow strip of water and is still moving closer to it.
ref: 1975 February, “Deltas”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIV, number 2, Peking: China Welfare Institute, →OCLC, page 38, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of Chongming.
counterlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterlock
tiny house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiny houses
Senses: examples: text: Tiny houses come in all shapes and sizes, and the choices you will have to make in terms of utilities, design, mobility, will really affect the way you interact with that space.
ref: 2018, Tracey Harris, The Tiny House Movement: Challenging Our Consumer Culture, page 46:
text: The fundamental definition of a tiny house is that it is constructed from materials that aren't just considered to be renewable but also are eco-friendly also ^([sic]).
ref: 2021, Robert Turner, Tiny Homes:
glosses: Synonym of microhome.
synonyms: word: microhome
tiny houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiny house
tiny home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiny homes
Senses: examples: text: The average house price is NZ$900,000 but tiny homes can cost a fraction of that – between roughly NZ$50,000 and $200,000.
ref: 2024 December 25, Kiran Dass, “2m x 6m with a composting toilet: New Zealand embraces tiny home living”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of microhome.
synonyms: word: microhome
tiny homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiny home
Nullarbor Plain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An arid karst plain stretching 1142 kilometres across South Australia and Western Australia, just north of the Great Australian Bight.
voltometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /voʊlˈtɑmɪtɚ/
ipa: /voʊlˈtɑmətɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: voltometers
Senses: examples: text: Q. Did you hand the screw driver back to Leo when you took the plate off so that you could get to the battery screw to test it with the voltometer? A. I did. / Q. And then what did he do with that? A: I tested the voltometer, and I took the screw driver back off him to fasten the plate to the wall. / Q. Did you get the voltometer from him, too? A. I did. I held the voltometer at that time. / Q. Did you get it from him? A. I brought it from the shop.
ref: 1929, "[Case of the] People of the State of New York, Plaintiff-Respondent, against Irving Knapper, Defendant-Appellant", "Irving Knapper - For Defendant - Cross. [By Mr. McDonald]", in Supreme Court - Case[s] on Appeal, volume I (Jeffrey Press, Inc., Law Printers, […] ), page 1435
glosses: Alternative form of voltmeter.
voltometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voltometer
Dutch Belted
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch Belteds
Senses: synonyms: Dutch Belt
glosses: An American breed of dairy cattle from Germany and the Netherlands.
Dutch Belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch Belts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dutch Belted.
synonyms: word: Dutch Belted
Dutch Belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutch Belt
Dutch Belteds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutch Belted
us-and-them-ism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From us-and-them + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An us-and-them attitude or approach.
unclouted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + clouted.
Senses: glosses: Not cloutted.
Durocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Duroc
crouded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of croud
crouding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of croud
Joisey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of New Joisey.
Dutch lunch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutch lunches
Senses: glosses: A meal of delicatessen-style foods such as cured meat and cheese.
Dutch lunches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutch lunch
Durani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Duranis
form: Durani
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Durrani (“member of Sarbani Pashtun tribal confederation”).
Dutch Reformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Dutch Reformed Church.
Dutch Reformed Church
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Dutch Reformed Church
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930.
Related terms: Dutch Reformed
Easter flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Easter flowers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pasque flower.
synonyms: word: pasque flower
Easter flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Easter flower
blowpiped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blowpipe
blowpiping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blowpipe
blowpiper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blowpipers
Etymology: From blowpipe + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who uses a blowpipe (chemistry tool).
glosses: One who uses a blowpipe (weapon).
blowpipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blowpiper
East India Company
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the East India Company
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of British East India Company.
Edeleanu process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Edeleanu process
Etymology: Named after the Romanian chemist Lazăr Edeleanu.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The use of liquid sulfur dioxide to extract aromatics from kerosene, useful in the petroleum industry.
princessish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more princessish
form: most princessish
Etymology: From princess + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of princessy.
synonyms: word: princessy
empress tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: empress trees
Senses: glosses: Synonym of princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa).
synonyms: word: princess tree
extra: Paulownia tomentosa
empress trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empress tree
curd soaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curd soap
hard soaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard soap
scalphunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scalp + hunting.
Senses: glosses: The warlike act of collecting the scalps of vanquished enemies.
Related terms: scalphunter
balloon syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: Subcutaneous emphysema in hedgehogs.
per-centage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: per-centages
Etymology: From per cent + -age.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of percentage.
per-centages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of per-centage
balloon dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloon dogs
Senses: glosses: A balloon animal in the form of a dog.
balloon dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balloon dog
shlw
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of shallow.
shlubbiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of shlubby: most shlubby
shlubbier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of shlubby: more shlubby
per-cent
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of percent.
shoe spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoe spoons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shoehorn (“tool for helping to slide one's foot into a shoe”).
synonyms: word: shoehorn
extra: tool for helping to slide one's foot into a shoe
shoe spoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoe spoon
clip point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clip points
Senses: coordinate_terms: drop point
spear point
glosses: A form of knife blade with the appearance of having the forward third of the blade clipped off, either straight or concave.
clip points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clip point
etymological fallacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etymological fallacies
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: etymological argument
glosses: The argument that a word is defined solely by its etymology and that its customary usage can therefore be incorrect.
etymological fallacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of etymological fallacy
Kibalo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from ?
cat-claw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chadon beni.
synonyms: word: chadon beni
chuk-chuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chadon beni.
synonyms: word: chadon beni
fit-bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chadon beni.
synonyms: word: chadon beni
shadow-vinnie bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chadon beni.
synonyms: word: chadon beni
job's a good'un
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of job's a good 'un.
job's a goodun
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of job's a good 'un.
the job's a good 'un
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of job's a good 'un.
tanrogan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanrogans
Senses: qualifier: Isle of Man
glosses: A scallop (edible mollusc).
tanrogans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanrogan
Lakenvelder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːkənˌvɛldə(r)/
Forms: form: Lakenvelders
form: Lakenfelder
Senses: glosses: A breed of domestic chicken from the North Rhine-Westphalia area of Germany and neighbouring areas of the Netherlands.
glosses: A breed of cattle from which the Dutch Belted is derived.
Lakenvelders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lakenvelder
Zepp antenna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zepp antennas
form: Zepp antennae
Senses: topics: electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A horizontal antenna which is fed at one end by one lead of a two-wire transmission line.
Lakenfelder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lakenfelders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lakenvelder.
Lakenfelders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lakenfelder
crypto-Jewish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crypto- + Jewish.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the secret or covert practice of Judaism.
Zepp antennas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zepp antenna
Zepp antennae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zepp antenna
crypto-Jewess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crypto-Jewesses
Senses: glosses: A female crypto-Jew.
crypto-Jewesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crypto-Jewess
Aeschin.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Aeschines.
Related terms: Aeschin.Socr.
business rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business rules
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A formal rule that defines or constrains some aspect of a business, such as an action to be taken when certain conditions are true.
business rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of business rule
sphinctero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From sphincter + -o-.
Senses: glosses: sphincter.
business logics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of business logic
domain logics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domain logic
business object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business objects
Senses: examples: text: A business object (BO) is simply a software abstraction of a real-world entity.
ref: 2004, Chuck Cavaness, Programming Jakarta Struts, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 139:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
synonyms: BO
glosses: An entity, in a multitiered software application, that represents a particular entity within the business, such as a customer or an order.
business objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of business object
Washo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Washoe.
Washo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Washoe.
Semyon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Transliteration of the Russian given name Семён, equivalent to Simon or Simeon.
stuck in a rut
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: In a settled or repetitive habit or course of action, especially one without a goal or purpose.
empties the tank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of empty the tank
emptying the tank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of empty the tank
Coagie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coagies
Senses: glosses: A coarse or lower-class person from Dundee.
emptied the tank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of empty the tank
Coagies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coagie
Davy Crockett
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Davy Crocketts
Etymology: Named after American folk hero, soldier, and congressman Davy Crockett (1786–1836).
Senses: examples: text: […] the leaf blower? Like the Davy Crockett, it is something that should have never been invented.
ref: 2016, William Gurstelle, Ready the Cannons!: Build Wiffle Ball Launchers, Beverage Bottle Bazookas, Hydro Swivel Guns, and Other Artisanal Artillery, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN:
text: More than 2,100 Davy Crocketts were produced. They were withdrawn from West Germany in August 1967, although they remained in the U.S. military inventory until 1971.
ref: 2020, Spencer C. Tucker, editor, Weapons and Warfare, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 512:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A tactical nuclear smoothbore gun for firing nuclear projectiles.
Related terms: Davy Crockett cap
Davy Crockett hat
Davy Crocketts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Davy Crockett
Eurojank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Euro- + jank.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Video games from Europe (especially Eastern Europe) with ambitious concepts but lacking in execution and sometimes exhibiting unintended glitches.
lineatim
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin.
Senses: examples: text: The two editions of 1576 resemble each other paginatim but not always lineatim […]
ref: 1965, Colin Clair, A History of Printing in Britain, page 97:
coordinate_terms: literatim
paginatim
punctuatim
verbatim
glosses: Line by line; lineally.
Yeelanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an Aboriginal word meaning "local spring".
Senses: glosses: A town in Lower Eyre Peninsula district council area, South Australia.
telegrapher's paralysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If he were to use his fingers instead of his wrist, he would soon have telegrapher's paralysis or a “glass arm," in the lingo of the radio cabin.
ref: 1926, Radio Broadcast, volume 9, page 57:
glosses: A stiff arm resulting from a long session of telegraph operation.
Related terms: glass arm
wagges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wagge
metasubjectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more metasubjectively
form: most metasubjectively
Etymology: From metasubjective + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a metasubjective manner.
Lower Eyre Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia; in full, the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.
shunk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ʃʌŋk/
Forms: form: shunks
form: shunking
form: shunked
form: shunked
Etymology: Imitative. Compare shink, thunk, shlick.
Senses: examples: text: […] the bitt [of the axe] shunked into the jamb and stuck. Dog brought up his short sword […]
ref: 2019 January 21, Robert Low, Beasts Beyond The Wall, Canelo, →ISBN:
text: ... shunked into the snow next to the fighting trio. Rez did the same shortly after, although he was less concerned about hitting Bergmin or Tilvia than Silver was. Keskin didn't have the luxury of missing. He wanted to grab his sword, but[…]
ref: 2020 June 1, Bryan A. Collins, Sewn Together: (A Tale From Tiltwater 1), Bryan A. Collins, →ISBN:
text: […] and Guillaume and Aimer fought a press of furious Saracens. It was a tense moment as the key stuck in the lock, and more than one arrow shunked against the heavy oak doors inches from Elye's head.
ref: 2023 May 24, J. Aaron Gruben, Elye of Saint Gilles: A Chansons de Geste Retold, Post Tenebras Lux Books:
glosses: To impact and penetrate something with a heavy sound, like a blade hitting wood.
shunked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shunk
Hindenburgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hindenburgian
form: most Hindenburgian
Etymology: From Hindenburg + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I, and later became president of Germany, playing a key role in the Nazi seizing of power.
the struggle is real
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used when experiencing or sympathizing with a difficulty or hardship.
desheaths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desheath
drayful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drayfuls
Etymology: From dray + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: It all amounts to the same thing, I presume. Now, let me tell you something. Even though you came to me today with a drayful of crooked faro layouts and doctored-up roulette wheels from Penfield's house, it would be practically impossible, at this peculiar juncture of municipal administration, to take in my men and carry out a raid over Captain Kuttrell's head!
ref: 1907, Arthur Stringer, Phantom Wires: A Novel, Little, Brown, page 197:
text: Later in the day, after he had been seeing drayful after drayful of boxes leave the factory opposite, Bullen, the foreman, came into the office with some estimates, pointing out the figures with a small strip of steel tubing held absently in his fingers.
ref: 1908, Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting, The Wayfarers, McClure Company, page 262:
text: The corners and crannies of too many houses are stuffed with such accumulations. Old newspapers and magazines are more easily gotten rid of a few at a time than by the drayful.
ref: 1911, “House-cleaning out of fashion”, in The Medical Brief, volume 39, number 11, page 704:
coordinate_terms: word: carful
word: cartful
word: trailerful
word: truckful
word: wagonful
english: broadly synonymous
translation: broadly synonymous
glosses: Synonym of drayload.
synonyms: word: drayload
one nationer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one nationers
Etymology: From one nation + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A Conservative party source said: “This would tear the party apart. Several cabinet ministers and the one nationers would not stand for it – the prime minister wouldn’t even get it through the Commons. Never mind that this wouldn’t placate the head-bangers on the right either.”
ref: 2023 November 19, Rajeev Syal, “Sunak could block Human Rights Act to force through Rwanda asylum plan”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of one-nation conservative.
synonyms: word: one-nation conservative
one nationers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one nationer
drayfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The men dug a lot of dirt off of a trap-door over a hole in the ground, and Agab watched them unload two or three drayfuls of furniture and provisions from the ship and carry them down into the hole.
ref: 1903, James Winfield Scott, Jack Hardin's Rendering of the Arabian Nights: Being a New Translation in Up-to-date English: with Wise Comments, Explanations, &c., by this Eminent Linguist, Herbert B. Turner & Company, page 165:
text: […] drayfuls from the fields were stored in the barn. Wood from the bush was brought home in sledges, then sawn into huge logs to be burned in the open fireplace […]
ref: 1965, Jim Henderson, Open Country: People and Places Out of Town, Wellington, New Zealand: A.H. & A.W. Reed, →ISBN, page 146:
text: Sometimes if the other bench was over-run, they used to put things together like I put the jackets, they've asked me to help out and I've done my best, and if I couldn't earn my money they made it up. They always made stock because it used to come over there in big drayfuls.
ref: 2015, Gillian Holman, quoting Mrs N, Made in East Anglia: A History of the Region's Textile and Menswear Industries (Pasold Resources in Textile History), volume 1, Pasold Research Fund, page 187:
glosses: plural of drayful.
weenybopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weenyboppers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of weeny-bopper.
weenyboppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weenybopper
Cobar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in central-west New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A large local government area in New South Wales, with its headquarters in the town; in full, Cobar Shire.
paste soap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paste soaps
Senses: glosses: A smooth soap that is hard without much crystalline formation, made by allowing a paste of alkaline oleate that contains coconut oil or palm kernel oil to congeal.
paste soaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paste soap
benthic black
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benthic blacks
Senses: glosses: A very dark shade of blue-magenta.
benthic black
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a very dark shade of blue-magenta.
SGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SG
Minnipa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in Wudinna district council area, South Australia.
Wudinna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, the seat of the district council.
glosses: A local government area in South Australia; in full, Wudinna District Council.
misunderstate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misunderstates
form: misunderstating
form: misunderstated
form: misunderstated
Etymology: From mis- + understate.
Senses: examples: text: Just as the bathymetrical limit of marine life, which was laid down at 300 fathoms by Professor Edward Forbes, is now no longer accepted, so the distance to which light can penetrate may prove to have been misunderstated hitherto, and should, in the interest of truth, be re-examined by physicists.
ref: 1886, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, page 13:
text: Well, I would grossly misunderstate the thing if I didn't tell you this was the subject that was being thoroughly discussed at all times at the present time, and we intend, and Mr. Cresap has made it plain, I can assure you we all intend to make it a living policy, as has been stated today.
ref: 1961, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, Administered Prices, page 17457:
text: For foreign journalists, sociologists, and historians, the likelihood of misunderstating real limitations to democracy are even greater.
ref: 1996, John Markoff, Waves of Democracy: Social Movements and Political Change, page 106:
ref: 2022, Talbot Mundy, The Eye of Zeitoon, page 'Ooever said Bluebeard was brother to me's Either jealous or misunderstates!:
glosses: To understate by mistake.
misunderstates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misunderstate
misunderstating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misunderstate
misunderstated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misunderstate
misunderstatement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misunderstatements
Etymology: From mis- + understatement.
Senses: examples: text: To describe it as naïve would be a flagrant misunderstatement, but its sole purpose is to get laughs, and anyone who doubts its ability to do this has only to be reminded that for eighteen years now, day in and day out, " Aaron Slick " has averaged better than three productions every day.
ref: 1937, Harper's Magazine - Volume 176, page 389:
text: To say that the moratorium imposed by the present administration in Washington has had a disasstrous effect on meeting the housing needs of the elderly would be a gross misunderstatement.
ref: 1971, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Housing for the Elderly, Adequacy of Federal Response to Housing Needs of Older Americans, page 665:
text: The Fed has considerable resources. In some ways, I think this is a gross misunderstatement because the Fed really, literally, has unlimited resources.
ref: 1983, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, International Financial Markets and Related Problems, page 111:
text: This first presents as a grand misunderstatement, but let's not be too quick to judge.
ref: 2007, B. Elwin Sherman, George W. Bush -- On the Trips of His Tongue, page 20:
text: To say that Shawn was not popular in the locker room would be a gross misunderstatement.
ref: 2009, Aaron Feigenbaum, The Unauthorized History of DX:
glosses: An understatement made by mistake or that is so extremely understated as to be misleading.
misunderstatements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misunderstatement
down route
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: downroute
Senses: examples: text: The aircraft was scheduled to operate a freighter flight from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt Airport. The aircraft was planned to be operated by two pilots accompanied by an Overseas Engineer (OSE) to provide technical support down route. The pilots arrived at the operator’s Crew Reporting Centre at approximately 0520 hrs and collected the flight briefing pack. The pilots met the OSE prior to briefing but he had some engineering matters to attend to, so did not attend the flight crew briefing.
ref: 2022 November 3, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “History of the flight”, in AAIB investigation to Boeing 787-8, G-ZBJB, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2023, page 2:
glosses: Away from home base; in the field.
Ungarra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in Tumby Bay district council area, South Australia.
downroute
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of down route.
Darke Peak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after explorer John Charles Darke.
Senses: glosses: A small town in Cleve district council area, South Australia.
wikipedia: John Charles Darke
Cleve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, named after Cleve House in Devon, England.
glosses: A local government area is this area of South Australia; in full, the District Council of Cleve.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name, found predominantly in the United States.
monergy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌn.ə.d͡ʒi/
Etymology: Blend of money + energy.
Senses: examples: text: Get more for your monergy.
glosses: Money spent on energy resources, the subject of a 1986 British government campaign.
swine's feather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German Schweinsfeder
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A musket rest with a spike on it, usable as a spear-like weapon.
tabonuco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabonucos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tabanuco (“candlewood tree”).
tabonucos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabonuco
calceological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to calceology.
fauxmosexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Fauxmosexual practices or attitudes.
illicit darkness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illicit darknesses
Senses: glosses: A very dark shade of blue.
illicit darkness
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a very dark shade of blue.
pericladial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + cladial.
Senses: glosses: Forming a sheath around the stem.
olivetoric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
botany
chemistry
lichenology
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lichen derived organic acid with is a condensation of olivetolic acid with another similar acid. It has IUPAC name: 4-[2,4-dihydroxy-6-(2-oxoheptyl)benzoyl]oxy-2-hydroxy-6-pentylbenzoic acid
Asian fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of yellow fever (attraction towards ethnically East Asian men or women)
synonyms: word: yellow fever
extra: attraction towards ethnically East Asian men or women
gets through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get through
getting through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of get through
got through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get through
gotten through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get through
microphyllinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to microphyllinic acid. A chemical type of lichen.
sulfomethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sulfo- + methyl.
Senses: examples: text: In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].
ref: 2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical group derived from methanesulfonic acid (-CH₂SO₃H).
Related terms: sulfomethylated
selenidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selenidations
Etymology: From selenide + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Reaction with selenium to form selenides.
antireproductive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Preventing reproduction.
Maximoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maximoffs
form: Maximov
form: Maximova
form: Maksimoff
form: Maksimov
form: Maksimova
form: Maksymoff
form: Maksymov
form: Maksymova
Etymology: From Russian Максимов (Maksimov).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Russian
Coordinate terms: alt: Максимов
word: Maximov. Maksimov
word: Maksymov
alt: Максимова
word: Maximova
word: Maksimova
word: Maksymova
one nation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: One Nation
Senses: examples: text: The next prime minister must redefine Brexit as a One Nation project. If they do not, the door will be wide open for Britain’s first-ever Marxist government and a likely decade of decline.
ref: 2019 May 18, George Freeman, Nicky Morgan, Bim Afolami, Chloe Smith, Nicholas Soames, “One Nation conservatism can make a success of Brexit”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Ellipsis of one-nation conservatism.
Derived terms: one nationer
lancet fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lancet fish
landing pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landing pad
lantern flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lantern flower
lantern flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lantern fly
lantern sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lantern shark
lap-charts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lap-chart
lap robes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lap robe
lap charts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lap chart
resubjectify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resubjectifies
form: resubjectifying
form: resubjectified
form: resubjectified
Senses: glosses: To subjectify again.
transsubjectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transsubjectivities
Senses: glosses: The state of being transsubjective.
transsubjective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + subjective.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a state of existing beyond individual minds.
subsubject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsubjects
Senses: glosses: A subject that is beneath another subject.
dyer's woads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyer's woad
wolf-dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf-dog
remittance women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remittance woman
straight women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straight woman
woman-identified-women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woman-identified-woman
homœoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homœoplasty
limbokeratoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limbokeratoplasty
oculoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oculoplasty
sphincteroplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphincteroplasty
tendoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tendoplasty
velopharyngoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velopharyngoplasty
fibrillopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibrillopathy
hematopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hematopathy
keratoepitheliopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keratoepitheliopathy
leukencephalopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukencephalopathy
hypercoagulopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypercoagulopathy
lymphoadenopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphoadenopathy
lymphopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphopathy
macrovasculopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrovasculopathy
meningoencephalopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meningoencephalopathy
myocerebrohepatopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myocerebrohepatopathy
myeloencephalopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myeloencephalopathy
neopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neopathy
oligoarthropathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligoarthropathy
osteochondropathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteochondropathy
panmyelopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panmyelopathy
paraimmunoglobulinopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraimmunoglobulinopathy
Nannup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the South West region of Western Australia.
glosses: A local government area in this area of Western Australia; in full, the Shire of Nannup.
periorbitopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periorbitopathy
phonopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonopathy
porphyrinopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porphyrinopathy
sialopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialopathy
sinopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinopathy
somatopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatopathy
retinochoroidopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retinochoroidopathy
tachycardiomyopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tachycardiomyopathy
tachymyopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tachymyopathy
geosynonyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geosynonym
geostatisticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geostatistician
gliding ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gliding ant
social circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social circles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of circle of friends.
synonyms: word: circle of friends
harmonizants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmonizant
hasants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hasant
heptamutants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heptamutant
hexamutants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexamutant
infuriants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infuriant
involutants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of involutant
meicatalecticizants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meicatalecticizant
microscintillants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microscintillant
nonconformitants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonconformitant
otoprotectants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of otoprotectant
paramilitants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramilitant
precoagulants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precoagulant
quintinvariants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quintinvariant
regasification plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regasification plant
reinfestants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinfestant
semicovariants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semicovariant
tacinvariants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tacinvariant
vasodepressants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vasodepressant
jump and runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jump and run
MSPSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MSPS
mucopolysaccharases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mucopolysaccharase
Mugwumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mugwump
muedhdhins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muedhdhin
mud seasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mud season
mulies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mulie
multangles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multangle
multiacetylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiacetylation
generative artificial intelligences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generative artificial intelligence