cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
astraphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more astraphobic
form: most astraphobic
Senses: glosses: Morbidly afraid of thunderstorms.
Related terms: astraphobia
qualmishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more qualmishly
form: most qualmishly
Etymology: From qualmish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a qualmish manner.
qualmishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From qualmish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being qualmish.
motser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of motza (“a lot of money”).
zigadenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zigadene
zincsmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zincsmith
kikar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hindi कीकर (kīkar).
Senses: glosses: A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica var nilotica.
Synonyms: babul
prickly acacia
septfoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septfoils
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of seven partially overlapping circles of the same diameter.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A stylized flower or leaf with seven lobes.
Coordinate terms: trefoil
quatrefoil
cinquefoil
sexfoil
dyker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dykers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of diker (“one who digs dykes”).
jungler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junglers
Senses: glosses: a musician or fan of jungle music
junglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jungler
tussar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌsə/
Forms: form: tussars
form: tussah
form: tusseh
form: tusser
form: tussor
form: tussore
Etymology: From Hindi तसर (tasar), from Sanskrit तसर (tasara, “shuttle”).
Senses: examples: text: The principal manufacture throughout this district is the tusser or jungle silk.
ref: 1841, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 10, Part 2, p. 511:
text: The Tusseh silk is pretty well known in the English market; it is supplied by a large moth measuring five and a-half to six inches from wing to wing, the Antheræa paphia of Linnæus: The silk is strong and coarse, of a flax-brown colour.
ref: 1863, Peter Lund Simmons, editor, The Technologist: A Monthly Record of Science Applied to Art, Manufacture, and Culture, volume III, London: Kent & Co., page 111:
text: She wore a black lustre skirt that just exposed her broken button-boots, a white blouse topped heavily with moth-eaten lace, a long coat of well-worn tusser, and a purplish black silk hat […]
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IX, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, pages 143–4:
text: The carpets were rich with colour and design, the sofas were covered in silks and tussars […]
ref: 1996, Manju Kak, “The Collector”, in Requiem for an Unsung Revolutionary and Other Stories, Delhi: Ravi Dayal, page 165:
text: […] one could very well have such a jacket made out of tussore (or tussar) which is unbleached raw silk produced by the larvae of the moth Antheraea paphia.
ref: 2008, Nicholas Storey, History of Men's Fashion: What the Well-Dressed Man is Wearing, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Remember When, page 99:
glosses: A deep gold-coloured silk produced from larvae of several species of silk worms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea
examples: text: Kharias have also learnt to prepare certain fibres for different purpose as they are expert in spinning, weaving, tussar rearing […]
ref: 1980, Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi, The Kharia, Then and Now: A Comparative Study of Hill, Dhelki, and Dudh Kharia of the Central-eastern Region of India, Concept Publishing, page 197:
text: In order to strengthen the rearing of tusser worms, extensive plantation of Saja and Arjun plants will be undertaken by the forest department.
ref: 2006, Shankarlal C. Bhatt, Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 Volumes, volume 15, Madhya Pradesh, page 289:
text: Tussah moths are harder to raise than Bombyx moths, which have been selected for thousands of years for domestication.
ref: 2015, Judith MacKenzie, The Intentional Spinner: A Holistic Approach to Making Yarn, Adams Media:
glosses: Any of the moth species used to produce tussar silk
Derived terms: Sri Lankan tussar silk moth
gaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gasers
Etymology: Acronym of Gamma Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of graser.
WRPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WRPGs
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Western role-playing game, a traditional genre of role-playing video game derived from design traditions originating in the United States and western world; generally understood as involving a customizable player character, open-ended and non-linear gameplay, exploration of a large game world, and an overall high level of player agency.
Hypernyms: RPG
Related terms: CRPG
JRPG
WRPGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WRPG
vidder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vidders
Etymology: From vid (“video”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Old school vidders created these forms of post-modern art using a VCR; today more and more vids are being created using video software such as Adobe premiere and imovie.
ref: 2006, Rochelle Mazar, “Slash Fiction/Fanfiction”, in Joel Weiss, Jason Nolan, Jeremy Hunsinger, Peter Pericles Trifonas, editors, The International Handbook of Virtual Learning Environments, Springer, →ISBN, page 1148:
text: In his desire to differentiate vidders' multi-layered work from MTV's commercial, iconographic aesthetic, Jenkins asserts: “fan video is first and foremost a narrative art” (233).
ref: 2010, Kim Middleton, “Alternate Universes on Video: Fanvid and the Future of Narrative”, in Heather Urbanski, editor, Writing and the Digital Generation: Essays on New Media Rhetoric, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 121:
text: In a similar vein, another vidder, who made several Lianca videos, wrote that “I would just hear a song and start seeing clips. I would be driving down the road and it would just hit.”
ref: 2011, Eve Ng, “Reading the Romance of Fan Cultural Production: Music Videos of a Television Lesbian Couple”, in Gail Dines, Jean M. Humez, editors, Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Critical Reader, SAGE Publications, published 2008, →ISBN, page 560:
glosses: A person who creates fanvids.
Synonyms: fanvidder
sufuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʊ.fʊˈrɪ.ə/
ipa: /sʊ.fʊˈri.ə/
Forms: form: sufurias
Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili sufuria, from Arabic صُفْر (ṣufr, “brass”).
Senses: examples: text: Two large sufurias. For baking and roasting. Obtained from Zanzibar. Large enough to hold fry-pan mentioned above. / One small sufuria. For native servants. The only way to prevent the master's sufuria being used.
ref: 1891, S. Tristram Pruen, “Appendix: List of Supplies Necessary for One Person Travelling in Central Africa for One Year”, in The Arab and the African: Experiences in Eastern Equatorial Africa during a Residence of Three Years, London: Seeley and Co., Limited […], →OCLC, pages 326–327:
text: In a corner, he discovered a small amount of maize-flour in a bag among the utensils. He put this in a sufuria on a fire, added water and stirred it with a wooden spoon. He liked porridge in the morning.
ref: 1967, James Ngugi [i.e., Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o], chapter 1, in A Grain of Wheat (African Writers Series; 36), London: Heinemann, →OCLC; republished Nairobi, Kenya; Kampala, Uganda: East African Educational Publishers; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Ujuzi Educational Publishers, 2002 (2008 printing), →ISBN, page 3:
text: The prefects, including the choir boy, had a separate table. Their food was even cooked separately, in a small sufuria the way it is done at home, [...]
ref: 1972, Miriam Khamadi Were, The High School Gent (New Fiction from Africa series), Nairobi, Kenya: Oxford University Press, →OCLC, page 18:
text: Where there is no discipline, children do not perform well in their national examinations, for discipline is the mother of learning. Without it, imparting academic knowledge is like carefully boiling milk in a dirty, greasy sufuria.
ref: 1987, Priscilla Were, “The Importance of Children”, in The Kenyan We Want: An Approach to Social Education and Ethics, Nairobi, Kenya; Kampala, Uganda: East African Educational Publishers; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Ujuzi Educational Publishers, published 1998, →ISBN, page 34:
text: A few days to uhuru, the local sufuria repairman, Bangarasio, was repairing my mother's sufurias.
ref: 2000, Kiraitu Murungi, In the Mud of Politics (Acacia Biographies; 1), Nairobi: Acacia Stantex Publishers, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Sometimes that lunch was in the form of three raw eggs and a sufuria because there were times Damiano thought it wise to cook in school during lunch hour. Come that hour and he would light a fire, break his eggs into the sufuria, fry them, eat them and then belch as if he had just demolished a six course buffet.
ref: 2002, Wahome Mutahi, Whispers & Camisassius: 14 Whispers’ Stories Published between 1991 and 1997, Nairobi: Seed Magazine, Consolata Missionaries, →OCLC, page 51:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A deep metal cooking pot with a flat base and no handles.
Fridrich method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Jessica Fridrich.
Senses: topics: Rubik's-Cube
games
glosses: A method of solving the Rubik's Cube in which one starts with a cross, then finishes the F2L, then does OLL and PLL.
wikipedia: Jessica Fridrich
Synonyms: CFOP
lactage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactages
Senses: glosses: The food produced from animal lactation; milk and dairy products.
Related terms: lactic
lactaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lactaceous
form: most lactaceous
Etymology: From lacto- + -aceous.
Senses: examples: text: Infants generally subsist on a lactaceous diet.
glosses: Consisting primarily or exclusively of milk.
examples: text: The plant produces lactaceous secretions.
glosses: Milky in texture or consistency.
lactagogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactagogues
Senses: glosses: A substance which induces lactation; a galactagogue.
lactamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactamides
Etymology: From lacto- + amide.
Senses: glosses: An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.
lactarene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.
ladysfinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladysfingers
Etymology: From lady + -s- + finger.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ladyfinger.
pomosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl/
Forms: form: more pomosexual
form: most pomosexual
Etymology: From pomo (“post-modern”) + sexual, playing on homosexual. Attested since the 1990s.
Senses: glosses: Rejecting, avoiding, or not fitting in any sexual orientation label, such as heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, pansexual, or bisexual.
pomosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl/
Forms: form: pomosexuals
Etymology: From pomo (“post-modern”) + sexual, playing on homosexual. Attested since the 1990s.
Senses: glosses: A pomosexual person.
Related terms: pomosexuality
rainburn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rain + burn, by analogy with sunburn.
Senses: examples: text: It started with neck and upper body sores that looked a bit like rainburn - but usually they had only two or three of them.
ref: 1991 June 13, Mark Grundy, “Plot Seeds/Story: Undead of Purditory”, in rec.games.frp (Usenet):
text: I have seen sunburn/windburn and 'rainburn' affect horses over the years but this did not fit any of those causes […]
ref: 2002 May 31, old dobbin, “wild garlic overdose? (long)”, in uk.rec.equestrian (Usenet):
text: He peered out, glancing at the sky. 'We'd better get under cover before it starts raining,' he said, breathing heavily. 'We don't want to get rainburn.'
ref: 2005, Martin Sketchley, Affinity Trap:
glosses: A notional burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to heavy rain.
Related terms: moonburn
lattice point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lattice points
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: gridpoint
lattice points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lattice point
von Restorff effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: von Restorff effects
Senses: glosses: The effect that distinctive things are easier to remember
Zeigarnik effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zeigarnik effects
Etymology: After Bluma Zeigarnik, Soviet psychologist and psychiatrist (d. 1988), who studied the phenomenon.
Senses: glosses: The effect that remembering something is easier if a study period is interrupted by other tasks.
wikipedia: Bluma Zeigarnik
BS&P
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbiː ˈɛs ən ˈpiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Broadcast Standards and Practices, the department of a television network responsible for the moral, ethical, and legal implications of the network’s programming.
shoops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoop
pyramider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyramiders
Etymology: From pyramid + -er.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: One who engages in pyramid trading.
harmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmers
Etymology: From harm + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Turning to the post-Beowulf Cynewulfian poems, one notes the same duality between spiritual and natural "harmers" in the use of the word.
ref: 1961, Sietze Buning, A linguistic analysis of words referring to monsters in Beowulf:
text: And if the rich succeed in using the surplus, they would also be the first harmers because the poor are thereby made worse off.
ref: 2013, James P. Sterba, From Rationality to Equality, page 180:
glosses: One who harms.
Derived terms: self-harmer
peruker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perukers
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of perukes.
consuite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consuites
Etymology: From con + suite.
Senses: examples: text: On an impulse he took the painting with him to the consuite, where the dead-dog party closing the convention was in progress.
ref: 2004, Alfred D. Byrd, Through the Gate of Horn: The First Thread of the Dhitha Tapestry:
glosses: A hospitality room at a con (an organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress).
consute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Marked as if with stitches, like the wing-covers of some beetles.
roundoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roundoffs
form: round-off
Etymology: Deverbal from round off.
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A move similar to a cartwheel but ending with the legs together and the gymnast facing in the opposite direction.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The act of rounding off a number.
Derived terms: round-off error
antistes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin antistes (“bishop”).
Senses: examples: text: One of the reasons Antistes Samuel was first attracted to Gustele Faber was her “second sight.”
ref: 2003, Deirdre Bair, Jung, Little, Brown & Co., page 16:
text: Anton Klingler, the Antistes of Zurich, recommended him for preferment in the Church of England as a “speedy reward” for his past service.
ref: 2013, Sugiko Nishikawa, “The World of JC Werndli”, in Jane McKee, editor, The Huguenots, Sussex Academic Press, published 2014, page 169:
glosses: The chief minister of the Swiss Reformed Church in a given canton, from the sixteenth to the nineteeth centuries.
wanbeliever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wanbelievers
Etymology: From Middle English wanbelevare, equivalent to wan- + believer. Compare English wanbelief.
Senses: glosses: One who disbelieves; unbeliever.
Related terms: wanbelief
wanchancy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wanchancy
form: most wanchancy
Etymology: From wan- + chancy. Compare unchancy.
Senses: glosses: Unlucky; unchancy.
examples: text: It was the day of warlocks and apparitions, now happily driven out by the zeal of the General Assembly. Witches pursued their wanchancy calling, bairns were spirited away, young lassies selled their souls to the Evil One, and the Accuser of the Brethren, in the shape of a black tyke, was seen about cottage doors in the gloaming.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: Wicked.
Related terms: wanchance
wanchance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wanchances
Etymology: From wan- + chance.
Senses: glosses: Ill luck; misfortune; calamity.
Derived terms: wanchancy
wanfortune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wanfortunes
Etymology: From wan- + fortune.
Senses: glosses: Misfortune.
wanweird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wan- + weird (“fate”).
Senses: glosses: Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
wanrestful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wanrestful
form: most wanrestful
Etymology: From wan- + restful. Compare Scots wanrest (“unrest”).
Senses: glosses: Restless; uneasy.
wanrufe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wan- + Scots rufe (“rest, quietness”), equivalent to wan- + roo.
Senses: glosses: Disquietude; unrest.
dissavings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: an amount that is dissaved.
regalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regalists
Etymology: From regal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of regalism.
twirp
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Etymology: Onomatopoeia, like chirp.
Senses: examples: text: The hounds are impatient. "Twirp, twirp, twirp!" goes the horn, and "Crack, crack, crack!" responds the whip. It is a chorus that stirs the blood of the veteran as well as that of the uninitiated fox-hunter.
ref: 1898, Metropolitan: Volume 7, page 520:
text: The first guy climbed up a tree and the farmer yelled, "Who is in my tree?" "Twirp, twirp," replied the first guy. […] "Meow," replied the second guy.
ref: 1996 August, Garrett Barbuto, Boys' Life, page 54:
glosses: An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
twirp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: twirps
Etymology: Unknown, possibly derived from the onomatopoeia. See twerp.
Senses: examples: text: Don't be such a twirp. I'll be back in twenty minutes. Watch the clock! Time me! I'm going to take the bus.
ref: 1924, Munsey's Magazine: Volume 81, page 561:
glosses: Alternative spelling of twerp.
impressioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impressioners
Etymology: From impression + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Fully-round files are also popular among individuals who do not wish to be encumbered by a need to orient their file each time they pick it up (many competitive lock impressioners choose fully-round files for this very reason, to save precious seconds during sporting sessions).
ref: 2012, Deviant Ollam, Keys to the Kingdom, page 51:
text: While many skilled impressioner ^([sic]) use no key holder, most do and nearly all recommend its usage.
ref: 2017, Don OShall, Tony West, Locksmithing 101 (L101), page 140:
glosses: One who impressions (manipulates a key in a lock to aid in creating a duplicate).
piem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.əm/
Forms: form: piems
Etymology: Blend of pi + poem
Senses: glosses: A mnemonic to aid in memorizing the digits of pi.
Related terms: piphilology
piems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piem
decalumen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛkəluːmɪn/
Forms: form: decalumens
Etymology: From deca- + lumen.
Senses: examples: text: If the aquarium is placed where it receives insufficient daylight, artificial lighting by means of ordinary incandescent lamps should be employed. For good plant growth 2 decalumens of luminous flux per square decimetre of water surface […]
ref: 1956, C. van Duijn, Diseases of Fishes, page 149:
glosses: A unit of luminous flux equal to ten lumens.
stilar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stylar (relating to the style of a sundial)
jasest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of jas: most jas
charity box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charity boxes
Senses: glosses: A container into which people can deposit money to be collected by a charitable organization.
charity boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charity box
sumption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌmpʃən/
rhymes: -ʌmpʃən
Forms: form: sumptions
Etymology: From Latin sumptio, from sumo (“to take”).
Senses: examples: text: Now St. Clement, proving by Christ's sumption of the eucharist, that he did drink wine, must mean the sacramental symbol to be truly wine, […]
ref: 1653 (indicated as 1654), Jeremy Taylor, “The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, Proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation. Section XII. Transubstantiation was Not the Doctrine of the Primitive Church.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume X, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, paragraph 21, page 80:
glosses: A taking.
glosses: The major premise of a syllogism.
Related terms: consumption
transumption
shout-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shout-out
edaciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more edaciously
form: most edaciously
Etymology: From edacious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an edacious manner.
Ossete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɒsiːt/
Forms: form: Osete
form: Osset
form: Osseta
form: Ossetine
Etymology: From Russian осети́н (osetín).
Senses: glosses: Ossetian
Ossete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɒsiːt/
Forms: form: Ossetes
form: Osete
form: Osset
form: Osseta
form: Ossetine
Etymology: From Russian осети́н (osetín).
Senses: glosses: Ossetian (one who is from Ossetia)
Ossete
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɒsiːt/
Forms: form: Osete
form: Osset
form: Osseta
form: Ossetine
Etymology: From Russian осети́н (osetín).
Senses: glosses: Ossetian (language)
Derived terms: Ossetic
Ossetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ossete
gestalter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gestalters
Etymology: From gestalt + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who forms or frames a gestalt.
experter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: If their efforts were bent to the objects of making the individual labourer experter, wiser, more intelligent and economical than at present - could he depend more for his gratifications on sources within himself, and less on the trappings of the external world […]
ref: 1836, George S. White, Memoir of Samuel Slater, the father of American manufactures, page 337:
glosses: comparative form of expert: more expert
bussar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bussars
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of bazaar.
MIB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MIBs
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
qualifier: conspiracy theorists
glosses: Initialism of man in black.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
qualifier: conspiracy theorists
glosses: Initialism of man in black.
Initialism of men in black.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of methylisoborneol.
glosses: Initialism of motion-induced blindness.
Derived terms: english: 2-methylisoborneol
translation: 2-methylisoborneol
word: 2-MIB
MIB
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: mint in box
Related terms: MISB
DIB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DIBs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
qualifier: spectroscopy
glosses: Abbreviation of diffuse interstellar band.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of device-independent bitmap.
RHIB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɪb/
Forms: form: RHIBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of rigid-hulled inflatable boat.
Synonyms: rigid-hulled inflatable boat
rigid inflatable boat
ribbie
RIB
Victoria Falls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named by David Livingstone after Queen Victoria of England + falls.
Senses: glosses: A waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi river between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
glosses: A city in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe, close to the falls. Formerly a town, granted city status in 2020.
Synonyms: Mosi-oa-Tunya
scholar's mate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scholar's mates
Etymology: First named and described in The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, a 1656 text by the English author Francis Beale.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The checkmate which occurs shortly after the opening, when the white queen checkmates by taking the black pawn on f7 (or the black queen taking the white pawn on f2), protected by a bishop on c4 (or c5).
wikipedia: Francis Beale
little Eichmanns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little Eichmann
Milgram experiment
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after American social psychologist Stanley Milgram.
Senses: glosses: A social psychology experiment performed by Stanley Milgram in 1963, measuring people's willingness to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.
poly pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poly pockets
Etymology: Short for polyurethane pocket.
Senses: glosses: A clear plastic sleeve for documents; a sheet protector.
C64
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C64s
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: The Commodore 64, a home computer of the 1980s.
sheet protector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheet protectors
Senses: synonyms: punched pocket
glosses: A clear plastic sleeve for documents.
crash out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crash outs
form: crashout
Etymology: From crash + out. References online to the slang sense go as far back as a Twitter post from 2013, attributed to YoungBoy Never Broke Again, a rapper from Baton Rouge, La. Popularized by a December 2023 viral TikTok video.
Senses: examples: text: Niggas really be crash outs wit no motion biggest life asset be a pistol that shit crazy
ref: 2023 February 14, @1lonerlifestyle, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2024:
text: calling all crashouts in atlanta, please put this nigga in a blender 🙏🏾
ref: 2024 February 8, @JrMoneyGetting, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2024:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A reckless and enraged individual, often with nothing to lose.
examples: text: Ms. Toro, a 30-year-old project manager, documented her “crash out” in a video that has raced to more than 600,000 views, joining the ranks of countless TikTok users who have employed some iteration of the phrase to describe their burst of emotions — and at times, intentional overreactions.
ref: 2025 June 17, Nicole Stock, “Why Is Everybody ‘Crashing Out’?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2025:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: An instance of being uncontrollably angry or upset.
starting berth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starting berths
Senses: examples: text: Pardew made five changes to the side that thrashed West Ham 5-0 on Wednesday - with players such as James Perch and Alan Smith given the chance to underline their case for a regular starting berth.
ref: 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: An appearance in a match from the kick-off.
catch the eye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches the eye
form: catching the eye
form: caught the eye
form: caught the eye
Senses: examples: text: Meantime, the train went on to Brighton without further incident. No small stir was caused by its arrival with No. 61 at its head, resplendent with "East London Line Special" head boards, which at once caught the eye of William Stroudley, who was observing the traffic working from his office window.
ref: 1951 May, J. Pelham Maitland, “A Memorable Run by a Brighton "Terrier"”, in Railway Magazine, page 347:
text: Lawrie Wilson caught the eye with a surging run, although his strike was blocked, while Bostwick's powerful low strike drew an excellent save from Krul.
ref: 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:
glosses: To attract the attention
Related terms: catch someone's eye
eye-catching
set-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more set-up
form: most set-up
Etymology: Deverbal from set up.
Senses: examples: text: set-up time. The time taken to SET UP a machine or to change it from making one product to another.
ref: 1990, John Bessant, Richard Lamming, Macmillan Dictionary of Production Technology and Management, Palgrave Macmillan UK, page 153:
glosses: Alternative form of setup.
set-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set-ups
Etymology: Deverbal from set up.
Senses: examples: text: Despite criticisms which were made of the Railway Executive, it must be recalled that the general framework of the new railway set-up was established by statute, while this form of organisation was particularly well adapted for carrying out the unification of the railways—a very different thing from the purely political act of nationalisation, but an essential part of the objective of nationalisation.
ref: 1958 January 24, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
text: Stevenage's first-half performance forced a change of formation from Newcastle at the break, as they brought on Nile Ranger for Leon Best and switched to a 4-2-3-1 set-up.
ref: 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:
text: A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […].
ref: 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
glosses: Alternative form of setup.
spondeus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spondei
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of spondee.
spare someone's blushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spares someone's blushes
form: sparing someone's blushes
form: spared someone's blushes
form: spared someone's blushes
Senses: examples: text: He faced us as we assembled for breakfast with a deprecating false modesty in his eyes, as who should say, "I know that I deserve all that you can say, but I pray you to spare my blushes by not saying it." His beard bristled exultantly, his chest was thrown out, and his hand was thrust into the front of his jacket.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: Cesc Fabregas spared Arsenal's blushes with his late spot-kick
ref: 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC:
glosses: To save someone from embarrassment.
Related terms: put to the blush
against the run of play
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot.
ref: 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC:
glosses: Contrary to the flow of the game.
break the deadlock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks the deadlock
form: breaking the deadlock
form: broke the deadlock
form: broken the deadlock
Senses: examples: text: The Gunners continued to press after the break but it was Leeds who broke the deadlock in the 54th minute. There was no doubt about the penalty either, with Denilson clumsily fouling Gradel and Snodgrass stepping up to find the bottom corner of the net.
ref: 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC:
text: Sterling was once again England's key figure, as he was in the Euros, scoring the goal that broke the deadlock before setting up the second for Kane.
ref: 2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC:
text: However, Colombia broke the deadlock, Leicy Santos toying with Rachel Daly after collecting Caicedo’s pass, before sweeping a dipping effort over a caught-out Mary Earps. It was a luscious finish and the crowd enjoyed it.
ref: 2023 August 12, Suzanne Wrack, “England hit back to beat Colombia and set up World Cup semi with Australia”, in The Guardian:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To score the first goal or point in a competition.
toe-poke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: toe-pokes
form: toe-poking
form: toe-poked
form: toe-poked
form: toepoke
form: toe poke
Senses: examples: text: Malouda burst through the left side of the defence for the first time and crossed for Kalou, who toe-poked towards goal only for Hennessey's outstretched leg to deny him.
ref: 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: To kick (the ball) with the toe end of the boot.
toe-poke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toe-pokes
form: toepoke
form: toe poke
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A kick to a football with the toe end of the boot.
back-heel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back-heels
Senses: examples: text: It was Lampard, looking fresh from a three-month lay-off, who opened up the increasingly edgy defence with a delicate back-heel through to Kalou but the Ivorian could only slot the ball wide with the goal at his mercy.
ref: 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC:
glosses: Alternative form of backheel.
back-heel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: back-heels
form: back-heeling
form: back-heeled
form: back-heeled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backheel.
Sheriff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From sheriff.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation.
white-tailed hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-tailed hawks
Etymology: From white + tail + hawk.
Senses: glosses: Buteo albicaudatus, a species of hawk found in tropical or subtropical environments across the Americas
white-tailed hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-tailed hawk
white-throated hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-throated hawks
Etymology: From white + throated + hawk.
Senses: glosses: Buteo albigula, a species of hawk living in the Andes mountains of South America
white-throated hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-throated hawk
Willen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Willens
form: Wilen
Etymology: * As a German surname, spelling variant of Wille.
* As a Dutch surname, from Willin, related to Wilhelm.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A suburb in Campbell Park parish, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8741).
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Ellice-Archie, Manitoba, Canada.
Willens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Willen
zone-tailed hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zone-tailed hawks
Etymology: From zone + tailed + hawk.
Senses: taxonomic: Buteo albonotatus
glosses: a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas
zone-tailed hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zone-tailed hawk
trillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular steroid glycoside.
short-tailed hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short-tailed hawks
Etymology: From short + tailed + hawk.
Senses: taxonomic: Buteo brachyurus
glosses: an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae
short-tailed hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short-tailed hawk
rough-legged buzzard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rough-legged buzzards
Etymology: From rough-legged + buzzard.
Senses: glosses: Buteo lagopus, a medium-large bird of prey.
Synonyms: word: rough-legged hawk
rough-legged buzzards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rough-legged buzzard
red-necked buzzard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-necked buzzards
Etymology: From red + neck + buzzard.
Senses: glosses: Buteo auguralis, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family found in Africa
red-necked buzzards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-necked buzzard
jackal buzzard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jackal buzzards
Etymology: From jackal + buzzard.
Senses: taxonomic: Buteo rufofuscus
glosses: an African bird of prey with three main subspecies
jackal buzzards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jackal buzzard
red-shouldered hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-shouldered hawks
Etymology: From red + shouldered + hawk.
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized hawk native to North America, of species Buteo lineatus.
Related terms: Buteo lineatus
red-shouldered hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-shouldered hawk
red-backed hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-backed hawks
Senses: glosses: Buteo polyosoma, a species of hawk.
Madagascar buzzard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madagascar buzzards
Etymology: From Madagascar + buzzard.
Senses: glosses: Buteo brachypterus, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family endemic to Madagascar.
Madagascar buzzards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Madagascar buzzard
white-rumped hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-rumped hawks
Etymology: From white + rump + hawk.
Senses: glosses: Buteo leucorrhous, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family found in South America.
white-rumped hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-rumped hawk
piners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piner
laughing jackasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laughing jackass
tree kingfishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree kingfisher
Raines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪnz/
homophone: rains
homophone: reigns
homophone: reins
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Reins, Middle French Reins, variant of Reims, the French town where the fabric was originally produced.
Senses: examples: text: There was a certayne riche man, which was clothed in purple, and fine raynes, and fared deliciously every daye.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke:
glosses: A type of fine linen once imported from France.
Raines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪnz/
homophone: rains
homophone: reigns
homophone: reins
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Reins, Middle French Reins, variant of Reims, the French town where the fabric was originally produced.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
öres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of öre
ferruginous hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferruginous hawks
Etymology: From ferruginous + hawk.
Senses: glosses: Buteo regalis, a large bird of prey. It is not a true hawk like sparrowhawks or goshawks, but rather belongs to the broad-tailed buteo hawks, known as "buzzards" in Europe
ferruginous hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferruginous hawk
tyg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tygs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tig (drinking cup)
roadside hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roadside hawks
Etymology: From roadside + hawk.
Senses: glosses: Buteo magnirostris, a relatively small bird of prey found in Latin America
roadside hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roadside hawk
broad-winged hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broad-winged hawks
Senses: glosses: Buteo platypterus, a small hawk of the Buteo genus.
broad-winged hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broad-winged hawk
Hawaiian hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hawaiian hawks
Senses: glosses: Buteo solitarius, a raptor of the Buteo genus endemic to Hawaiʻi.
Hawaiian hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hawaiian hawk
rufous-tailed hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rufous-tailed hawks
Etymology: From rufous + tailed + hawk.
Senses: glosses: Buteo ventralis, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family, found in southern Argentina and Chile
rufous-tailed hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rufous-tailed hawk
mountain buzzard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain buzzards
Etymology: From mountain + buzzard.
Senses: glosses: Buteo oreophilus, a bird of prey endemic to East Africa.
mountain buzzards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain buzzard
long-legged buzzard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-legged buzzards
Senses: glosses: Buteo rufinus, a bird of prey in the Buteo genus, resident or breeding from North Africa to central Asia.
Related terms: rough-legged buzzard
long-legged buzzards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long-legged buzzard
deductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deductors
Etymology: From deduct + -or under influence from Latin dēductor.
Senses: glosses: One who deducts something, particularly one who deducts tax from wages or deducts certain expenditures from payment of tax.
Related terms: deductee
deductor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deductors
Etymology: From Latin dēductor (“guide; founder”). See deduce.
Senses: glosses: The formal patron of a Roman colony.
glosses: Synonym of pilot whale.
synonyms: word: pilot whale
snake eagle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake eagles
Senses: glosses: Any bird of prey in the Circaetinae subfamily, especially the Circaetus genus.
elanid kite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elanid kites
Senses: glosses: Any of several small, long-winged, hovering raptors of the Elaninae subfamily.
Synonyms: elanine kite
Hyponyms: black-winged kite
Elanus caeruleus
black-shouldered kite
Elanus axillaris
white-tailed kite
Elanus leucurus
letter-winged kite
Elanus scriptus
Genus Elanus
scissor-tailed kite
Chelictinia riocourii
Genus Chelictinia
pearl kite
Gampsonyx swainsonii
Genus Gampsonyx
elanid kites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elanid kite
snake eagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snake eagle
rufous-vented ground-cuckoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rufous-vented ground-cuckoos
Etymology: From rufous + vented + ground + cuckoo.
Senses: glosses: Neomorphus geoffroyi, a large terrestrial species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family
rufous-vented ground-cuckoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rufous-vented ground-cuckoo
freckled duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌfɹɛkəld ˈdʌk/
Forms: form: freckled ducks
Etymology: From freckled + duck.
Senses: examples: text: The chief stronghold of the freckled duck is the Murray Darling Basin of southeastern Australia.
ref: 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 82:
glosses: A moderately large, broad-bodied duck, Stictonetta naevosa, native to southern Australia.
freckled ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freckled duck
Arabetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /æ.ɹə.bɛ.tɪk/
Etymology: Coined in 2004 by Saad D. Abulhab.
Senses: examples: text: Arabetic Types
ref: 2004, Saad Abulhab, Visible Language, Rhode Island School of Design, page 306
glosses: Arabic-based
heigth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heigths
Senses: examples: text: Having accomplished the firſt part called Longimetra, contayning ſundrie rules to meaſure lẽgthes, breadthes, heigths, depthes, and diſtances: I thinke it meete novv to proceede to the ſeconde kynde named Planimetra, vvherein ye shall haue rules for the menſuration of all manner playne Figures, to knovv their contente ſuperficiall.
ref: [a. 1560?], Leonard Digges, “The Second Kynde of Geometrie Called Planimetra”, in Leonard Digges, Thomas Digges, A Geometrical Practise, Named Pantometria, Diuided into Three Bookes, Longimetra, Planimetra and Stereometria, Containing Rules Manifolde for Mensuration of All Lines, Superficies and Solides: […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman, published 1571, →OCLC, signature [L.iv.], recto:
text: A man Grovveth in heigth and length untill he be one and tvventie yeares of age: then beginneth he to ſpread and burniſh in ſquareneſſe.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XI.] A Discourse Anatomicall, of the Nature of Living Creatures, Part by Part, According to Their Particular Members.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 345:
text: [W]e ſee that the very aire it ſelfe is never conglaciate nor frozen, nor hardened, conſidering that miſts, fogs and clouds are no congealations, but onely gatherings and thickenings of a moiſt and vapourous aire: for the true aire indeed vvhich hath no vapour at all and is altogether drie, admitteth no ſuch refrigeration as may alter it to that degree and heigth.
ref: 1603, Plutarch, “Of the Primitive or First Colde”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 998:
text: Night walks at the héeles of the day, and ſoꝛow enters (like a tauerne-bill) at the taile of our pleaſures: foꝛ in the Appenine heigth of this immoderate ioy and ſecuritie (that like Powles Steeple ouer-lookt the whole Citie) Behold, that miracle-woꝛker, who in one minute turnd our generall mourning to a generall mirth, does now againe in a moment alter that gladnes to ſhꝛikes ⁊ lamentation.
ref: 1603, [Thomas Dekker], 1603. The Wonderfull Yeare. […], London: […] by [J. Browne, Nicholas Ling, and John Smethwick for?] Thomas Creede, […], →OCLC, signature C3, recto:
text: The 3d named Jenkin James, a luſty young Fellow, about the ſame Heigth as Gaſtril, has a good freſh Complection, bred by trade a Taylor, but of late has been uſed to ſawing, talks very much Welſhly, and had on when he went away a coarſe red Coat and Waſtecoat, the Buttons and Button Holes of the Coat black
ref: 1739 May 7, “Advertisements”, in The South-Carolina Gazette. […], number 286, Charleston, S.C., published 16 June 1739, page [2], column 2:
glosses: Obsolete form of height.