cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nonaerogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + aerogenic.
Senses: examples: text: Identified the causal agent of bell pepper soft-rot disease as a nonaerogenic strain of Erwinia carotovora,
ref: 1952, University of California (System). College of Agriculture, Research Program of the Experiment Station, 1950-1951, page 49:
text: By contrast, nonaerogenic coliforms in human feces were only 2.5 per cent of the total coliform strains examined
ref: 1969 May 20, Edwin E Geldreich, “Applying bacteriological parameters to recreational water quality”, in Journal‐American Water Works Association:
text: The result is the misleading classification of organisms into aerogenic or gas-producing, and nonaerogenic or no gas producers.
ref: 1999, Horace Willard Davenport, Not Just Any Medical School, page 50:
glosses: Not aerogenic.
chemodegradation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemodegradations
Etymology: From chemo- + degradation.
Senses: glosses: The decomposition of any material by chemical processes.
nonaerosolized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + aerosolized.
Senses: examples: text: The conclusion there was that these nonaerosolized antiperspirants are reasonably safe.
ref: 1975, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Use of Advisory Committees by the Food and Drug Administration, page 289:
text: Nonaerosolized hair spray will serve in a pinch, but it is not recommended because the formulation may be changed without notice.
ref: 1992, Andrew P. Schachat, Current Practice in Ophthalmology, page 275:
text: It seems advisable to ensure that patients are able to tolerate nonaerosolized morphine with no histamine release before attempting aerosol therapy.
ref: 2003, James L. Hallenbeck, Palliative Care Perspectives:
glosses: Not aerosolized.
Leduc County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipal district just south of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
P'ent'ay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛn.teɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: Pentay
Etymology: Borrowed from Ge'ez ጴንጤ (p̣enṭe).
Senses: examples: text: At least 95.3% of the population is Muslim and 4.7% is Christian (3.9% Orthodox Christian, 0.7% P’ent’ay, and 0.1% Catholics).
ref: 2013 April 20, Yohannes K. Mekonnen, Ethiopia: The Land, Its People, History and Culture, →ISBN, page 245:
text: The claim of Medhane consists of dual targets of ‘the enormously successful proselytizing efforts of the P’ent’ay Churches in Southern Ethiopia and the growth of Sunni fundamentalism in Somalia’ (ibid.).
ref: 2018 December 7, Enes Bayraklı, Farid Hafez, Islamophobia in Muslim Majority Societies, →ISBN, page 188:
text: The country is predominantly Christian with faiths like Ethiopian Orthodox, Pentay (a short form of Pentecostal, sometimes written as P’ent’ay), and Roman Catholic being prevalent.
ref: 2022 October 25, Luladey Moges, Enebla: Recipes from an Ethiopian Kitchen, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: Ethiopian and/or Eritrean Protestant
P'ent'ay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛn.teɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: Pentay
Etymology: Borrowed from Ge'ez ጴንጤ (p̣enṭe).
Senses: examples: text: A majority of the population adheres to Christianity (mainly the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and P’ent’ay), while around a third follows Islam (primarily Sunni Islam).
ref: 2017 June 2, IBP, Inc, Ethiopia Electoral, Political Parties Laws and Regulations Handbook: Strategic Information, Regulations, Procedures (World Business and Investment Library), →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: All denominations and organizations of Protestantism in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
gigglemug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪɡl̩mʌɡ/
rhymes: -ʌɡ
Forms: form: gigglemugs
Etymology: First attested in the Victorian Era, from giggle + mug
Senses: examples: text: The students walked down the hallway, their gigglemugs showing their excitement.
text: Mrs. Smyth scowls at me. "Why do you wear such a gigglemug? What is so amusing? We will surely be delayed. My husband has a vital appointment he cannot miss."
ref: 2020, Karin De Havin, chapter 9, in Jin In Time-Two: A Young Adult Travel Romance:
glosses: A smiling face
examples: text: He was quite a gigglemug and brightened the dull Monday.
text: 'You were quite the gigglemug back then, Hugo,' said Walter approvingly. 'Even after your father died, you and Flo always managed to make a joy of Christmas. In fact, it was your favourite time of the year.'
ref: 2020, Catherine Doyle, chapter 1, in The Miracle on Ebenezer Street:
text: Stepping backward, I looked into the face of Bernard—a definite gigglemug. I could have sworn I'd never seen anyone smile as broadly and as often as the sentry. Even when delivering bad news, he held a joyous expression.
ref: 2023, SF Benson, chapter 6, in Death and Ruin: All Things Dark and Deadly, Book 4:
glosses: A perpetually smiling and optimistic person
examples: text: Her boss is just a big gigglemug, and she's the only one who knows what he's really like.
glosses: A person who deceitfully behaves in a happy manner
rearrange someone's guts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rearranges someone's guts
form: rearranging someone's guts
form: rearranged someone's guts
form: rearranged someone's guts
Senses: glosses: To sexually penetrate someone's anus or vagina deeply and vigorously.
reptend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reptends
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of repetend.
reptends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reptend
chemodegradative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chemodegradative
form: most chemodegradative
Etymology: From chemo- + degradative.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or causing chemodegradation.
QPQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of quid pro quo.
topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of quench polish quench (“a treatment process for hardening steel, i.e. enhancing its corrosion resistance”).
Pentay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of P'ent'ay.
Pentay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of P'ent'ay.
depth bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depth bombs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of depth charge (“form of bomb”).
synonyms: word: depth charge
extra: form of bomb
depth bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depth bomb
Thongalel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Thongalen.
Thongarel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Thongalen.
Thongaren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Thongalen.
prelogism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prelogisms
Etymology: From pre- + Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word”) + -ism, by analogy with protologism and neologism.
Senses: glosses: A word that has more recognition than a protologism but less recognition than a neologism.
prelogisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prelogism
mayorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mayor + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The capital had been left mayorless, administered by a government‐appointed prefect who had no political reason to heed the virtually powerless city council, largely because French heads of state from Napoleon to de Gaulle feared that a mayor of Paris would become an instant challenger for national power.
ref: 1977 June 3, James F. Clarity, “Mayoral Race In Paris Shows Chaos Leading”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Without a mayor.
Larries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Larrie
BUIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BUI
DWIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DWI
undents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undent
undenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of undent
polyoestry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being polyoestrous.
Pantin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Pantin.
Senses: glosses: A commune in Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France, France.
sheath-tailed bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheath-tailed bats
Senses: glosses: Many bats of the family Emballonuridae.
sheathtailed bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheathtailed bats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sheath-tailed bat.
self-inserting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of self-insert
self-inserted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-insert
sheath-tail bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheath-tail bats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sheath-tailed bat.
sheathtail bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheathtail bats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sheath-tail bat.
sheathtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheathtails
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sheath-tailed bat.
synonyms: word: sheath-tailed bat
sheathtail-bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheathtail-bats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sheath-tail bat.
Nordfriesland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of North Frisia.
synonyms: word: North Frisia
pygmy-possum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pygmy-possums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pygmy possum.
Hovakimyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hovakimyans
form: Hovakimian
form: Hovagimian
form: Hovaguimian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Հովակիմյան (Hovakimyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Hovakimyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hovakimyan
Hovakimian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hovakimians
Etymology: Variant of Hovakimyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Hovakimians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hovakimian
parms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parm
pro-communist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pro-communist
form: most pro-communist
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of procommunist.
pro-communist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pro-communists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of procommunist.
pro-communists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pro-communist
Rytons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ryton
split ergativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The property of languages in which some constructions use ergative syntax and morphology, but others show another pattern, usually nominative–accusative.
unevictable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unevictable
form: most unevictable
Etymology: From un- + evictable.
Senses: examples: text: […] unevictable holdovers from times past when fecund nonnatives were employed as planters.
ref: 2021, Chadd VanZanten, On Fly-Fishing the Bear River Watershed, page 22:
glosses: Unable to be evicted.
thundercrash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thundercrashes
Etymology: From thunder + crash.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thunderclap (“sudden loud noise of thunder”).
synonyms: word: thunderclap
extra: sudden loud noise of thunder
thundercrashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thundercrash
nine night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nine nights
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dead yard (“Caribbean funerary tradition”).
synonyms: word: dead yard
extra: Caribbean funerary tradition
nine nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nine night
arcade adventure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arcade adventures
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A game combining the action elements of an arcade game with the narrative elements of an adventure game.
Related terms: action adventure
adventure game
text adventure
arcade adventures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arcade adventure
Croatoserbian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Croato-Serbian.
Croatoserbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Croato-Serbian.
noninclination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + inclination.
Senses: examples: text: Noninclination toward disastrous acts can be caused by aversion, which prevents the agent from undertaking any activity.
ref: 1990, Harold G. Coward, K. Kunjunni Raja, The Philosophy of the Grammarians, volume 5, page 266:
glosses: Lack of inclination.
nonsummons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + summons.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time.
Steppingley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the rare Old English personal name Stēapa + -ing (“belonging to”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0135).
outlunge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outlunges
form: outlunging
form: outlunged
form: outlunged
Etymology: From out- + lunge.
Senses: glosses: To lunge further or better than; to surpass in lunging.
outlunges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outlunge
outlunging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outlunge
glosses: present participle and gerund of outlung
outlunged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outlunge
glosses: simple past and past participle of outlung
outlung
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outlungs
form: outlunging
form: outlunged
form: outlunged
Etymology: From out- + lung.
Senses: glosses: To speak or shout louder than; to outvoice.
outlungs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outlung
outrogue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outrogues
form: outroguing
form: outrogued
form: outrogued
Etymology: From out- + rogue.
Senses: examples: He could outrogue a lawyer.
glosses: To commit more roguery than.
outrogues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outrogue
outroguing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outrogue
outrogued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outrogue
palaeoherpetologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeoherpetologists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleoherpetologist.
palaeoherpetologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeoherpetologist
Millbrooks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Millbrook
overdrench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overdrenches
form: overdrenching
form: overdrenched
form: overdrenched
Etymology: From over- + drench.
Senses: glosses: To drench excessively.
overdrenches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overdrench
overdrenching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overdrench
overdrenched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overdrench
overdrapery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overdraperies
Etymology: From over- + drapery.
Senses: glosses: Material that is draped over something.
overdraperies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overdrapery
overcurtain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcurtains
Etymology: From over- + curtain.
Senses: glosses: A curtain that is draped over something.
overcurtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcurtain
overdignify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overdignifies
form: overdignifying
form: overdignified
form: overdignified
Etymology: From over- + dignify.
Senses: glosses: To dignify excessively.
overdignifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overdignify
overdignifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overdignify
overgreatly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more overgreatly
form: most overgreatly
Etymology: From overgreat + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Too greatly.
overgrieve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overgrieves
form: overgrieving
form: overgrieved
form: overgrieved
Etymology: From over- + grieve.
Senses: glosses: To grieve excessively.
overgrieved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overgrieve
overgrieves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overgrieve
overgrieving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overgrieve
overinclination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + inclination.
Senses: glosses: Excessive inclination.
overpartiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Excessive partiality.
Hierl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hierls
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hierl.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
underzeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + zeal.
Senses: glosses: Insufficient zeal.
workplace parking levy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: workplace parking levies
Senses: examples: text: Invariably, the principal object is to improve air quality. But those constraints beg the question: why has no city followed Nottingham's example of a workplace parking levy, which has generated about £10 million a year to finance the city's tram system?
ref: 2024 March 6, Steve Edwards discusses with Anthony Lambert, “The bedrock of urban renewal”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 35:
glosses: A charge that can be imposed by local authorities for parking provided by employers for employees, for the purposes of reducing road congestion, improving air quality and encouraging use of public transport.
Related terms: parking place
congestion charge
congestion pricing
road pricing
underseeded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underseeded
form: most underseeded
Senses: glosses: Inadequately seeded.
enoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enoils
form: enoiling
form: enoiled
form: enoiled
Etymology: From en- + oil.
Senses: glosses: To coat or anoint with oil.
enoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enoil
enoils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enoil
entoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of entone
entoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of entone
workplace parking levies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workplace parking levy
epididymodeferential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epididymo- + deferential.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the epididymis and the vas deferens.
epidermatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of epidermal.
synonyms: word: epidermal
epigastrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epigastric.
epochist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epochists
Etymology: From epoch + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of epochism.
epochists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epochist
kangaroo tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kangaroo ticks
Senses: glosses: A tick of species Amblyomma triguttatum.
anteroapically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an anteroapical manner.
restartability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From restart + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The ability of something to be restarted.
Khamlangpa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Khamlangba.
anteroinferolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Anterioinferior and lateral.
red-tailed black cockatoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-tailed black cockatoos
Senses: glosses: A large species of cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus banksii, endemic to Australia, the males of which have red markings in their tails.
red-tailed black cockatoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-tailed black cockatoo
anterointermediate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Located in the front and in the middle.
anteromesal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anteromesial.
anteromesally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anteromesially.
anteroparietal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Anterior and parietal.
anterosubmedian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Located in the front and next to the midline.
anterosuperolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Anterosuperior and lateral.
interanteromedial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Between the front and towards a middle line.
refuse-collector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refuse-collectors
Senses: examples: text: One of the men engaged by the local Sanitary-board to empty ash-boxes, &c., called at the premises of a minister of religion, who likes to take the chair at Temperance meetings. The refuse-collector emptied the ash-box into his cart, and was then asked by the preacher to convey a boxful of broken brandy and whiskey bottles on to the same load.
ref: 1892 July 28, “Adulteration and Deterioration: Which Term You Like; But Both Spell Cheating”, in The Cornishman, volume XV, number 734, Penzance, Cornwall, page 7, column 5:
text: The truck didn’t arrive: the refuse-collectors had joined the fête. A policeman on horseback directed us towards the dump: it lay about eight miles along the Pichin road; the smell made it impossible to miss.
ref: 1992, Nicolas Bouvier, translated by Robyn Marsack, “Around the Saki Bar”, in The Way of the World, New York, N.Y.: New York Review Books, published 2009, →ISBN, page 259:
text: One of the Harrow refuse-collectors I went out with was astonished at the London attitude. “It’s a nightmare,” said Joshi. “No matter how many times you give them information they still contaminate the bloody recycling bins. They hide all sorts of stuff at the bottom of the organic bins – like machine parts. There’s no telling them.”
ref: 2009 October 8, Andrew O’Hagan, “The rotting state of London’s rubbish habit”, in Evening Standard, London, page 14, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of refuse collector.
refuse-collectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refuse-collector
aortoiliofemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Aortic and iliofemoral.
disimpede
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsɪmˈpiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: disimpedes
form: disimpeding
form: disimpeded
form: disimpeded
Etymology: From dis- + impede. Compare dispatch.
Senses: glosses: To remove impedances or hindrances, to expedite.
disimpedes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disimpede
disimpeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsɪmˈpiːdɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disimpede
disimpeded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disimpede
garbage-collector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garbage-collectors
Senses: examples: text: The initials of a writer’s real name form an initialism, and a sarcastic signature is an ironym. ‘Patiently Awaiting’ signed to a complaint against the garbage-collectors is an ironym.
ref: 1887 October 23, “Why Sign Only Demonyms? The Inquiry of a Man Who Says John P. St. John Has an Autohieroascetohagionym”, in Los Angeles Daily Herald, volume XXIX, number 21, Los Angeles, Calif., page 15, column 1:
text: She had no sooner done so than she was woken by an uproar in the street – a familiar racket which happened every day at this time. Zennoub recognised the noise of the garbage-collectors and the roar of their truck.
ref: 1976, Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad, translated by Leslie McLoughlin, Death in Beirut (Arab Authors; 5), London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, published 1980, →ISBN, page 56:
text: Why wouldn’t populist jealousy be directed against bankers or CEOs, whose gluttony dwarfs the salaries and perks of any unionized workers? After all, Canada’s big six banks alone paid out a record $9-billion in bonuses last year, while other Canadians struggled to make ends meet. Strangely instead, it’s the humble garbage-collector on the receiving end of the vitriol.
ref: 2011 April 9, Ken Lewenza, “Counterpoint: Fury of poor would erupt without unions”, in National Post, volume 13, number 138, Toronto, Ont., page FP19, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of garbage collector.
garbage-collectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garbage-collector
radical left
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We must be resolute in our fight against the radical left!
glosses: Pertaining to radical leftism.
so it seems
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: It appears to be true.
Related terms: so it goes
ashbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashboxes
Etymology: From ash + box.
Senses: examples: text: In Bishop’s Waltham house refuse is removed by contract, under the supervision of the District Council; each house has an ashbox, the man goes round twice a week, empties the ashboxes, and takes the refuse right away, in a covered cart, early in the morning.
ref: 1914, Rural District of Droxford. Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspector for the Year Ended December 31st, 1913., Winchester, Hants.: Jacob and Johnson, […], page 9:
text: Just for the sake of example, here is a list of a few places that currency has been found: in the ashboxes of old stoves and furnaces, […]
ref: 1972, Karl von Mueller [pseudonym; Charles Dean Miller], The Treasure Hunter’s Manual, 7th edition, Dallas, Tex.: Ram Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 42:
text: I caught something moving from the corner of my eye when I was out here putting rubbish in the ashbox just the other night.
ref: 2016, Alan Moore, “Rough Sleepers”, in Jerusalem: A Novel, London: Knockabout Ltd, →ISBN, book one (The Boroughs), page 104:
glosses: A container for ashes.
Related terms: ashbin
ashcan
ashpit
pyxis
ashboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ashbox
femorofemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the femoral arteries in both legs.
ileofemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the ileum and the femur.
lumbofemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the lumbar region and the femur.
Epworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE7803).
glosses: A community in Epworth-Great Salmonier local service district, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Fannin County, Georgia, named after Epworth, England.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in White County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Dubuque County, Iowa, named after Epworth, England.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri, named after a local Methodist church and Epworth, England.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in King William County, Virginia.
glosses: A dormitory town in Harare province, Zimbabwe, named after a Methodist mission.
Sheree
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sherees
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
sugarcube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugarcubes
Senses: examples: text: Small abstract sculptures in cast metal. A number of these gray pieces take the form of step-like towers that taper gradually toward the top. Others freely combine regular, geometric shapes—a cylinder, rectangle, or spiral—with dense aggregates of small sugarcube-like metal bits.
ref: 1976, “Orenstein, Philip”, in Judith Tannenbaum, editor, New York Art Yearbook, 1975–1976, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Noyes Art Books, →ISBN, page 77, column 2:
text: To bake a mind-altering cake nowadays, you’ve got to smash a few sugarcubes.
ref: 1991, “Sonic Boom”, in Ira A. Robbins, editor, The Trouser Press Record Guide, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: Collier Books, →ISBN, page 622, column 1:
text: He puts a few sugarcubes on the spoon and runs the alcohol over it, the sugar disintegrating into the liquid.
ref: 2003, Krista Madsen, Degas Must Have Loved a Dancer, Livingston, Ala.: Livingston Press at The University of West Alabama, →ISBN, page 94:
text: Palate-wise, it was nothing new. It was a synthetic kind of coffee flavor, like spraypaint and tree bark. A few sugarcubes helped the cause, for both my tongue and my brain, the latter struggling to overcome irritation and get to that place of bright clarity, to attain that souped-up inconquerability that only coffee brings.
ref: 2009, Benjamin Obler, Javascotia, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 352:
text: Another reason Pinky throws countless parties is that she REALLY loves eating sweets. So if you’re looking for her you’ll have a good chance at finding her at the Sugarcube Sweet Shoppe.
ref: 2009, “Pinkie Pie”, in My Little Pony Adventures: The Animated Series – Show Bible, Hasbro, Inc.:
text: After the building was completed, a documentary film represented the massing as a series of sugarcube-like boxes.
ref: 2014, James Stewart Polshek, Build, Memory, New York, N.Y.: The Monacelli Press, →ISBN, page 32:
text: Elsewhere, sugarcube-sweetness softens the acid-edges of Cope’s ‘spike Parliament’ fantasy “Psychedelic Revolution”, while there is even affection redeeming “Liver As Big As Hartlepool”.
ref: 2015 April, Jim Wirth, “Live: Rocking in the Free World; Julian Cope, Village Underground, London, January 29, 2015”, in John Mulvey, editor, Uncut, number 215, London, →ISSN, page 105, column 2:
glosses: Rare form of sugar cube.
sugarcubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugarcube
inconquerability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Singing and dancing in the honor of Geser Khan, Horpa offers to procure one of these inconquerable swords. Sands and stones are around, but still the idea of inconquerability is living.
ref: 1930, Nicholas Roerich, “Light in the Desert”, in Shambhala, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A[bbott] Stokes Company, page 248:
text: Russia’s rising might will by necessity rely on the soundness of [Halford] Mackinder’s theory concerning the inconquerability of the Continental heartland.
ref: 1945, Karl Brandt, “The Basic Controversial Issues in a World Agricultural Policy for an Era of Peace”, in The Reconstruction of World Agriculture, New York, N.Y.: W[illiam] W[arder] Norton & Company, Inc., page 247:
text: Palate-wise, it was nothing new. It was a synthetic kind of coffee flavor, like spraypaint and tree bark. A few sugarcubes helped the cause, for both my tongue and my brain, the latter struggling to overcome irritation and get to that place of bright clarity, to attain that souped-up inconquerability that only coffee brings.
ref: 2009, Benjamin Obler, Javascotia, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 352:
synonyms: unconquerability
glosses: The quality of being inconquerable.
beer sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beer stick
underregulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + regulation.
Senses: hypernyms: regulation
coordinate_terms: deregulation
overregulation
glosses: Inadequate regulation: a deficiency of rules.
Related terms: deregulated
dysregulation
underregulate
underregulated
unregulated
free-for-all
quasi-spin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quasispin.
school port
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: school ports
Senses: glosses: Synonym of portmanteau (“schoolbag”).
synonyms: word: portmanteau
extra: schoolbag
hairfluencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairfluencer
Roseisle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and rural locality south-east of Burghead, Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ1366).
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin, Manitoba, Canada.
thick-crust pizzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thick-crust pizza
thick crust pizza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thick crust pizzas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thick-crust pizza.
thick crust pizzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thick crust pizza
school ports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of school port
write over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: writes over
form: writing over
form: wrote over
form: written over
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To save a piece of data in place of other data; to overwrite.
Sacheverellians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sacheverellian
computer-aided translation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: CAT
glosses: The use of software to assist a human translator in the translation process.
Related terms: computer-aided design
machine translation
say gex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌseɪ ˈɡɛks/
Senses: examples: text: why fight when they can just have say gex?? 🤷♀️
ref: 2023 September 17, @ichigoginchan, X (formerly Twitter) (post):
text: IDK maybe people just like say gex?
ref: 2023 December 21, @bunny_joy00, X (formerly Twitter) (post):
text: Since Miko's a robot... do you guys think when they have say gex they go "CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK"
ref: 2024 September 21, @Cloud_Faramore, X (formerly Twitter) (post):
synonyms: gex
glosses: Spoonerism of gay sex
Derived terms: gex
Related terms: pay gorn
purry forn
sesbian lex
sisexual bex
medieveal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more medieveal
form: most medieveal
Senses: examples: text: This reminds one somehow of the Medieveal theory of the division between a sublunary and a superlunary world.
ref: 1981, Herman Parret, Jef Verschueren, Marina Sbisà, editors, Possibilities and Limitations of Pragmatics, page 311:
text: Further exemplification of Patanjali's position will be found in the disciplines followed by Gorakhnäth and his followers, the Kan-phata Yogis, during the medieveal period.
ref: 1989, Harold Coward, Julius Lipner, Katherine K. Young, Hindu Ethics, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 12:
text: Medieveal logicians often did the same — in Latin.
ref: 2007 August 13, Dov M. Gabbay, John Woods, The Many Valued and Nonmonotonic Turn in Logic, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 188:
text: Highlights here include artefacts from Switzerland's rich archaeological past and a medieveal treasury.
ref: 2010 May 17, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Switzerland, DK Publishing, →ISBN, page 162:
text: From the astral theology of Mesopotamia to Medieveal Christianity, the celestial realm had been associated with the divine.
ref: 2010 November 18, “The Enchanting Heavens”, in Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Attila Grandpierre, editors, Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment, Springer Netherlands, →ISBN, page 61:
text: (title)
ref: 2011 July, Guido Rossi, Cultures, Communities and Conflicts in the Medieveal Mediterranean, University of Edinburgh:
text: If, as we have argued, the core crisis which still haunts philosophy generally and phenomenology more specifically is that of late Medieveal Nominalist Voluntarism, […]
ref: 2016 June 14, “Cartesian Soul” (chapter 3), in Aaron Massecar, Charlene Elsby, editors, Essays on Aesthetic Genesis, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: Alternative form of medieval.
medical cannabis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: medical marijuana
glosses: Cannabis and cannabinoids that are prescribed by a medical practitioner for their patients.
medical marijuana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: MMJ
word: medical cannabis
glosses: Synonym of medical cannabis.
Koubaru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koubarus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Koupalu.
Koubru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koubrus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Koupalu.
magic niggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic nigger
Dorito body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dorito bodies
Etymology: From the resemblance of the upper body shape to a Dorito snack food.
Senses: topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A physique in which the shoulders are wide but the waist is small.
Dorito bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dorito body
error correct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: error corrects
form: error correcting
form: error corrected
form: error corrected
Etymology: Back-formation from error correction.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To debug.
glosses: To rectify mistakes.
Hyde Park Corner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A major gyratory road junction at the south-east corner of Hyde Park, London, England; Hyde Park Corner tube station is underneath the junction. (OS grid ref TQ2879).
cranberrita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cranberritas
Etymology: Blend of cranberry + margarita
Senses: glosses: A margarita made with cranberry juice instead of lemon or lime juice, usually served in a glass rimmed with sugar instead of salt.
cranberritas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cranberrita
HYSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HYSAs
Senses: topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of high yield savings account.
HYSAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HYSA
slippery slide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slippery slides
Senses: synonyms: slippery dip
qualifier: chiefly Queensland
glosses: a slide
slippery slides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slippery slide
potato scallop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potato scallops
Senses: synonyms: fairy chip
scallop
glosses: A potato cake.
potato scallops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potato scallop
sea scallop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea scallops
Senses: glosses: a scallop
glosses: the meat of a sea scallop
sea scallops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea scallop
Satavahana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɑtəˈvɑhənə/
ipa: /ˌsɑːtəˈvɑːhənə/
Forms: form: Satavahanas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit सातवाहन (sātavāhana).
Senses: glosses: the surname of the rulers of the Satavahana dynasty (a dynasty of southern India, extant from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE)
Derived terms: Satavahana dynasty
zitherwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zitherwood
out of spoons
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From spoon theory, in which the amount of physical or mental energy that a person has available for daily activities and tasks is metaphorically represented as a certain amount of spoons.
Senses: glosses: Out of physical or mental energy.
tortury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtoɹt͡ʃəɹi/
Senses: examples: text: "Ah," answered Jack on his own account, and with the openness for which he was distinguished, "you are afraid of little things. You were frighted of the tortury." "The tortury, indeed!" replied Monica, indignantly, "that is not a little thing, and at any rate I do not call a place a tortury because another place is named an armoury."
ref: 1882, Emily Marion Harris, The lieutenant, by the author of 'Estelle', page 142:
text: […] Josh and Paxton visit the "Museum Tortury." Roth presents us with the ghoulish historical instruments of torture—the miniature guillotine used to “punch” visitors' tickets, the eighteenth-century Witch's Chair, the hanging cage, the hooded henchman—if nothing else, the[…]
ref: 2015 April 24, Aaron Michael Kerner, Torture Porn in the Wake of 9/11: Horror, Exploitation, and the Cinema of Sensation, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 115:
text: [In the evil Boodkeep,] near the hall that leads to the tortury, you see […]
ref: 2020 March 28, Dimension 20, "Bloodlines and Lifelines (Full Episode) - Escape From the Bloodkeep Episode 5", 1:27:16
glosses: A place where torture is performed.
gigglemugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪɡl̩mʌɡz/
rhymes: -ʌɡz
Senses: glosses: plural of gigglemug
Orthogonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Orthogonians
Etymology: Coined by Richard M. Nixon in 1930 from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”), Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), + -ian, to mean "straight shooter".
Senses: examples: text: Orthogonians, like Nixon, saw themselves as hardworking "regular" people fighting against a powerful elite (personified by the Franklins) for status and wealth.
ref: 2016, Steven Hyden, Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me:
text: Fellow Orthogonians considered him an idealist who emphasized Orthogonian rituals to develop moral behavior among the members.
ref: 2023, Paul Carter, Richard Nixon: California's Native Son, page 40:
text: Al Stoll, a longtime Orthogonian who graduated from Whittier in 1949, surmised that Nixon possibly started the Orthogonian Society to compensate for the fact that he was a nonfactor on the field.
ref: 2023, Michael Richman, George Allen: A Football Life:
glosses: A member of the Orthogonian society, a social club at Whittier College founded by Richard M. Nixon in opposition to the wealthy elites at Whittier.
Orthogonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Orthogonian
form: most Orthogonian
Etymology: Coined by Richard M. Nixon in 1930 from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”), Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), + -ian, to mean "straight shooter".
Senses: examples: text: Nixon would employ the same Orthogonian politics in his adult career.
ref: 2011, Chris Matthews, Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America:
text: In place of "flower power" and "the struggle," America was offered what Rick Perstein in Nixonland calls an "Orthogonian” worldview. In its pure form, this ideal embraced the virtues of a productive, humble, and obedient adulthood.
ref: 2015, Dr. Bill Thomas, William H. Thomas, Second Wind, page 51:
text: Stone explored the Orthogonian concept thirteen years earlier in Nixon, though he did it with a lot less nuance.
ref: 2016, Steven Hyden, Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me:
glosses: Pertaining to or characteristic of the Orthogonian society and its ethos of appealing to working-class values and opposition to a wealthy ruling elite.
Related terms: Franklin
Orthogonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Orthogonian
new schooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /njuː ˌskuːlə/
ipa: /n(j)u ˌskulər/
Forms: form: new schoolers
form: new-schooler
Etymology: From new school (“a style, way of thinking, or method for accomplishing a task that is typical of the current era”) + -er (“a person who is associated with, or supports, a particular theory, doctrine or political movement”).
Senses: examples: text: In the meantime the citizens and students had opportunity to consider various aspects of the situation, while awaiting the coming of the new president in October, 1841. What were the new president's religious views? Was he a moderate or pronounced "new schooler"?
ref: 1932, James Insley Osborne, Theodore Gregory Gronert, Wabash College: The First Hundred Years, 1832-1932, Being the Story of Its Growth from Its Founding in the Wilderness to the Present Day, R[ichard] E[lwell] Banta, page 56:
text: If you want to meet a new schooler, look at Clarence's replacement, "Clark," who spent the first 2 weeks getting to know his staff.
ref: 1976, Electronic Design, volume 24, numbers 22–26, Hayden Publishing Company, page 22:
text: New-school mobile users are young, nimble, and on the move. They can broadcast a text message to 20 acquaintances in the time it takes an old schooler to dial a phone number. The new schooler's cellphone is not a convenience; it's an appendage, an implant; using it is second nature, akin to walking, talking, and eating.
ref: 2011, William Harrel, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Mobile Development For Dummies, Wiley, →ISBN, page 12:
antonyms: old schooler
glosses: One who is new school; a person who holds modern viewpoints, principles or ideologies relevant to the current era.
Related terms: new guard
new schoolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of new schooler
old schooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊl(d)ˌskuːlə/
ipa: /ˈoʊl(d)ˌskulər/
Forms: form: old schoolers
form: old-schooler
form: old skooler
form: old-skooler
Etymology: From old school (“a style, way of thinking, or method for accomplishing a task that was employed in a former era”) + -er (“a person who is associated with, or supports, a particular theory, doctrine or political movement”).
Senses: examples: text: A few facts may serve as confirmation of these last ideas. I saw an old schooler in Columbus recently, step to the bedside of his patient, then unable to rise, and give her a drink of acetate of lead dissolved in water, to cool her; the result was, soon great exertion was required to keep her warm, great prostration, and loss of capillary action continued long and severe.
ref: 1843 April 1, A. Curtis, “Editorial Department”, in The Botanico-medical Recorder, volume XI, Shepard & Co., page 156:
text: In the domain of healing I am for every school and cult and group in so far as it may be able to benefit humanity—old schoolers, osteopathists, chiropractors, nature curers, electroners, faith healers and Coueltes.
ref: 1923 May 6, Will Chamberlain, “Wayside Notes”, in Sioux City Journal, page 11:
text: They seemed to learn so slowly, perhaps because much they had to learn was incomprehensible to them. Wiltzon, the old schooler, had a passionate interest in history, and he suggested that Egarn teach him and let him drill the scouts.
ref: 2002 April 24, Lloyd Biggle Jr., The Chronocide Mission, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 111:
antonyms: new schooler
glosses: One who is old school; a person who holds traditional, conservative viewpoints, principles or ideologies.
Related terms: old guard