cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reclaimest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: reclaim + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of reclaim
reclaimeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: reclaim + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reclaim
wedlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wedlock
karted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kart
ravenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ravening
dusker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dusk: more dusk
duskest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dusk: most dusk
back the right horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backs the right horse
form: backing the right horse
form: backed the right horse
form: backed the right horse
form: pick the right horse
Senses: antonyms: back the wrong horse
pick the wrong horse
glosses: To support someone who will succeed.
squirtable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From squirt + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being squirted.
uplight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uplights
Etymology: From up- + light. Compare Saterland Frisian apljuchte (“to illuminate”), West Frisian opljochtsje (“to illuminate”), Dutch oplichten (“to illuminate”), German Low German upluchten, uplüchten (“to illuminate”), German aufleuchten (“to illuminate”).
Senses: synonyms: uplighter
glosses: A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.
uplight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uplights
form: uplighting
form: uplighted
form: uplighted
form: uplit
form: uplit
Etymology: From up- + light. Compare Saterland Frisian apljuchte (“to illuminate”), West Frisian opljochtsje (“to illuminate”), Dutch oplichten (“to illuminate”), German Low German upluchten, uplüchten (“to illuminate”), German aufleuchten (“to illuminate”).
Senses: examples: text: Save in the withered woods alone, where flashing bolts from Heaven
Uplit the scene, and poured the fire, amid the branches riven.
ref: 1858, The Knickerbocker, volume 51, page 80:
glosses: To light up, illuminate.
glosses: To illuminate from below.
uplights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uplight
cerebellopontine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cerebello- + pontine.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cerebellum and pons.
consolatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consolatory
omamori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omamori
Senses: glosses: A Japanese protective talisman.
Comstock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The noun sense is from Anthony Comstock (and the Comstock laws which he propagated). From combe (“valley”) + stoc (“dwelling”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Comstock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Comstocks
Etymology: The noun sense is from Anthony Comstock (and the Comstock laws which he propagated). From combe (“valley”) + stoc (“dwelling”).
Senses: examples: text: Self-appointed Comstocks among us have for years been dedicated to the unholy quest of seeking out and destroying books considered unfavorable.
ref: 1967, Samuel W. Taylor, “Peculiar People, Positive Thinkers and the Prospects of Mormon Literature,”, in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought:
glosses: a censor; one who censors
Derived terms: comstockery
Comstockian
Linburg-Comstock syndrome
Linburg-Comstock variation
Comstocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Comstock
hotski
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hotski
form: most hotski
Etymology: From hot + -ski.
Senses: examples: text: It's a beautiful relationship. I look down, past the bulge in his shorts; his legs are shaved. Hotski wow-wow. This big moose, with biceps and a tattoo, shaves his legs. It's a mixture of feminine and masculine that sends me through the roof.
ref: 2002, Andy Schell, My Best Man, Kensington Books, page 148:
text: When I was breaking into Hollywood, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, Seagal were all really hotski. There was no room for another action hero and I was a victim of the numbers
ref: 2011, Chris Jericho (quoting Hulk Hogan), Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps, Hachette Digital, Inc., page http://books.google.com/books?id=ufdL_jO4GiUC&pg=PT113
text: “Good morning, Colonel,” greeted Bill. “How are you? Not so hotski, I bet."
ref: 2012, Lydia Zola, China on the Threshold of World War II, Dorrance Publishing, page 51:
glosses: Hot.
pickelhaube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪk(ə)lhaʊbə/
Forms: form: pickelhaubes
form: pickelhauben
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Pickelhaube.
Senses: examples: text: Whereupon an outlandish production number breaks out in which the Marx Brothers play xylophone on the pickelhauben of the assembled soldiers[…].
ref: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 299:
glosses: A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
pickelhauben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pickelhaube
archaeological horizons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archaeological horizon
archaeological horizon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archaeological horizons
form: archeological horizon
Etymology: From archaeological + horizon (“layer or stratum, subculture”).
Senses: examples: text: The Lochnore Phase is followed by the Shuswap Horizon, the first of three archaeological horizons that together comprise the Late Period of the Mid Fraser-Thompson River area.
ref: 1996, Arnoud R. Stryd, Michael K. Rousseau, “Early Prehistory of the Mid Fraser-Thompson River Area”, in Roy L. Carlson, Luke Robert Dalla Bona, editors, Early Human Occupation in British Columbia, page 197:
text: 2011, Nuria Sanz, Penelope Keenan (editors), Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersal and Social Developments (HEADS), World Heritage Papers: 29, UNESCO, page 132,
While speech, song, music and dance presumably existed still earlier, the oldest musical instruments known are four bone flutes and four mammoth ivory flutes from archaeological horizon II at Geißenklösterle (Hahn and Münzel, 1995; Conard et al., 2004).
text: 2012, Rivka Rabinovich, Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Lutz Kindler, Naama Goren-Inbar, The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, Volume III: Mammalian Taphonomy: The Assemblages of Layers V-5 and V-6, page 5,
The evidence of fire revealed in each of the archaeological horizons is based mainly on the high frequency of microartifacts.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A common set of artefacts that identifies a culture and is found disseminated widely (usually over a number of sites, but sometimes widely over one site) but restricted to a single stratum; a layer or stratum.
archeological horizon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archeological horizons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of archaeological horizon.
archeological horizons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archeological horizon
irrefragible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more irrefragible
form: most irrefragible
Senses: examples: 1957 (2012), Arthur C. Clarke, "The Next Tenants", Tales from the "White Hart", RosettaBooks, →ISBN
"I suppose not," replied Harry, with that air of irrefragible innocence which is so disconcerting to his critics.
glosses: Alternative spelling of irrefragable.
alcornoque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alcornoco
Senses: glosses: The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
K-complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪˌkɒmplɛks/
Forms: form: K-complexes
Senses: glosses: A waveform that occurs approximately every 60–100 seconds during stage 2 of NREM sleep, and which consists of a brief negative high-voltage peak (usually >100µV), followed by a slower positive complex ~350–550ms, and at 900ms a final negative peak.
Related terms: sleep spindle
gentleboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentleboys
Etymology: Blend of gentleman + boy.
Senses: examples: text: Acteon found the air hostess trying to pull on her damasse dress and realign cleavage in the gentleboys' bog.
ref: 1980, Ian Kennedy Martin, The Last Crime, page 9:
coordinate_terms: gentlegirl
glosses: A young gentleman.
NREM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛnɹɛm/
ipa: /ˈɛnɑːiːˌɛm/
Etymology: Initialism of non-rapid eye movement.
Senses: examples: text: [A] key function of deep NREM sleep, which predominates early in the night, is to do the work of weeding out and removing unnecessary neural connections.
ref: 2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin, published 2018, page 45:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Non-rapid eye movement, non-REM; designating the stage or stages of sleep when there is no dreaming and brain activity is reduced.
electrencephalography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɛktɹɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒɡɹəfi/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of electroencephalography.
sievish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪvɪʃ/
Forms: form: more sievish
form: most sievish
Etymology: Formed as sieve + -ish. Compare memory like a sieve.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps I have a frighteningly sievish memory, but I’ll be damned if I can flip a folded chart back and forth and remember exactly what was on the other side.
ref: 1982, Ferenc Máté, Best Boats: To Build or Buy, Albatross Publishing House, →ISBN, page 242, →ISBN:
glosses: Like a sieve: unretentive.
raw_tags: of memory
thoughtworld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thoughtworlds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thought-world.
thoughtworlds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thoughtworld
aquafitness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aqua- + fitness.
Senses: examples: text: Beth also attends aquafitness classes four or five days a week.
ref: 1999, Susan Cantwell, Silken Laumann, Mind Over Matter: Personal Choices for a Lifetime of Fitness, page 38:
text: Moderate evidence that physical activity with general aerobic and strengthening exercise or aquafitness was more effective than nonactive controls for long-term reduction of disability[…]
ref: 2009, Thomas Souza, Differential Diagnosis and Management for the Chiropractor, page 170:
glosses: water aerobics, typically preceded or followed by stretching exercises
Synonyms: aquafit
aquatic fitness
waterfit
water fitness
levanters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levanter
cockhorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockhorse
Hurstonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɜːˈstəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /hɝˈstoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Hurstonian
form: most Hurstonian
Etymology: From Hurston + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the Harlem Renaissance.
blushings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈblʌʃɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of blushing
annullability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From annul + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being annullable.
annulability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of annullability.
fadingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fading + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: the frailty and fadingness of all natural and earthly perfections
ref: a. 1677, Thomas Manton, a sermon [untitled]:
glosses: The quality of fading or passing away.
Hussey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Husseys
Etymology: From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Houssaye.
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Norman.
wikipedia: Houssaye
Clough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /klʌf/
rhymes: -ʌf
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun clough.
* As a Welsh surname, from cloff (“lame”), from Late Latin cloppus, perhaps ultimately imitative of a limping person.
* As an Irish place name, from Irish an Chloch, "the stone".
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the common noun.
glosses: A village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
glosses: A village in County Laois, Ireland.
glosses: An extinct town in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.
Canuckistani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Canuckistani
form: most Canuckistani
Etymology: From Canuckistan + -i.
Senses: examples: text: I'm not familiar with your quaint Canuckistani units of measure. Does relocating 500km away mean you have to scoot your chair slightly to the left, or does it mean you're moving to Neptune?
ref: 2004 February 17, John Schmidt, “Re: Thanks for the rays...”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):
text: One of the first things that struck me as I learned more about Canuckistani culture was the lingering fascination with matters of the Crown. It's as if y'all don't really want to make a complete break with Mum England.
ref: 2004 July 6, Conan The Librarian [username], “Re: OT: Happy Canada Day!”, in rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (Usenet):
text: Of course, when I calmed down and thought about it a little more reasonably, I realized that very few worthy publications of that nature actually existed—certainly none that celebrated the (perhaps idiosyncratic) things I loved about being Canuckistani.
ref: 2009, David Townsend, Pogey, Poutine and Warm, Furry Beavers: (Plus Twenty Other Reasons to Enjoy Being Canadian), iUniverse, →ISBN, page 2:
glosses: Canadian.
Canuckistani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Canuckistanis
Etymology: From Canuckistan + -i.
Senses: examples: text: Here in Canuckistan, the mullahs who control the state media (the CBC) have decreed that the words "fisherman" and "fishermen" are somehow offensive to the ears of loyal Canuckistanis.
ref: 2003 May 29, MC, “Re: When do actresses become actors?”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
text: Pamela Anderson's a Canuckistani? I had no idea.
ref: 2003 October 17, Matt Olson, “Re: Another Canadian bimbo PETArd (nooze)”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet):
text: I'll have you know, sir, that I learned to play cribbage from my grandfather, who was a Canuckistani like yourself, when I was so young my hands were too small to shuffle the cards.
ref: 2006 January 21, Kimberly, “Re: Mars Poll”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy (Usenet):
glosses: A Canadian.
Synonyms: Canuckistanian
bombasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bombast
bombasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombast
bombasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bombast
componing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of compone
fashionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fashion + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: I mean, come on, there's no way you can tell me with a straight face that this reblossoming of hipster fashionism and rehashed rock and roll bullshit isn't a byproduct of that cynicism.
ref: 2003, Keith Rosson, The Best of Intentions: The Avow Anthology:
glosses: Devotion to fashion; faddishness.
divulgates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of divulgate
fortyeightmo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortyeightmos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of forty-eightmo.
thirtytwomo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thirtytwomos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thirty-twomo.
sixtyfourmo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sixtyfourmos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sixty-fourmo.
twentyfourmo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twentyfourmos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of twenty-fourmo.
fortyeightmos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fortyeightmo
thirtytwomos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thirtytwomo
sixtyfourmos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sixtyfourmo
twentyfourmos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twentyfourmo
circumflexed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of circumflex
circumflexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having a circumflex accent.
raw_tags: of a written word
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting a language-specific type of pitch accent or tone characterized by a circumflex accent mark in the language's transcription or orthography.
raw_tags: of a pronounced word
Derived terms: uncircumflexed
circumflexing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of circumflex
farded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fard
rumless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rum + -less.
Senses: examples: a rumless rickey
glosses: Not including rum as an ingredient.
raw_tags: of a food
examples: a rumless city
a rumless evening
glosses: Without the consumption of rum.
bedazzlingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bedazzlingly
form: most bedazzlingly
Etymology: From bedazzling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to bedazzle; stunningly bright or glamorous.
rickey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rickeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rickey.
rickeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rickey
loop in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loops in
form: looping in
form: looped in
form: looped in
Senses: examples: text: One day late that fall, Clinton summoned James Carville, the architect of Bill's victory in 1992, to her Senate office. Hillary adored James, had no doubt about his allegiance or discretion—although she hadn't looped him in until now.
ref: 2010 January 11, Read Excerpt: Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, ABC News (retrieved 24 April 2013)
text: [T]he actor still hadn't heard about it. So we looped him in.
ref: 2011 April 10, Dan Amira, Catherine Coreno, “In Which We Inform Samuel L. Jackson About N-ggerhead”, in New York Magazine Daily Intelligencer, retrieved 24 Apr 2013:
glosses: To include in communications about something; to keep informed about something.
Related terms: in the loop
close the loop
breveted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Holding a brevet
Derived terms: unbrevetted
breveted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brevet
breveting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brevet
unbreveted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + breveted.
Senses: examples: an unbreveted cadet
glosses: Not promoted in rank by brevet.
better place
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He's in a better place now.
glosses: Heaven; happiness after death.
chokidar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chokidars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaukidar.
chokidars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chokidar
Tsarnaev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Царна́ев (Carnájev), from Chechen царна (carna).
Senses: examples: text: In 2009 Tsarnaev was reportedly arrested for assaulting his girlfriend.
ref: 2013 April 19, Miriam Elder, “Tamerlan Tsarnaev – American life of dead Boston bombing suspect”, in The Guardian, retrieved 19 Apr 2013:
text: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, was still being sought, officials said. He is believed to be the suspect who was identified as wearing a white baseball cap in surveillance video from the area where the bombings took place.
ref: 2013 April 19, Matt Pearce, Neela Banerjee, Laura J. Nelson, Richard Serrano, “Bombing suspects are brothers: Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 19 Apr 2013:
glosses: A surname.
Soviet Canuckistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First attested in a 1993 article in the US anti-Semitic publication The Liberty Bell. Subsequently (and apparently independently) used by American conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan on the October 31, 2002 episode of his MSNBC television show, in reaction to Canadian objection to a US law mandating Arab-Canadian visitors to the US be photographed and fingerprinted.
Senses: examples: text: […] Chelsea Polk and Kellie Matthews for bolstering my knowledge of the native music of Soviet Canuckistan; […]
ref: 2005, Elizabeth Bear, Worldwired, Spectra (2005), unnumbered page (acknowledgements)
text: We have been on the verge of decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana for personal use up here in Soviet Canuckistan for the past couple of years, but have yet to do so.
ref: 2005, Laura Penny, Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit, Three Rivers Press, published 2006, →ISBN, pages 118–119:
text: But it's not just the residents of Soviet Canuckistan - a Pat Buchanan dig that many Canadians have embraced - who have soured on the US.
ref: 2006, Adbusters, Issues 63-65, unknown page
synonyms: Canuckistan
glosses: Canada.
Related terms: EUSSR
URSAL
equivalent in Latin America
technologize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: technologizes
form: technologizing
form: technologized
form: technologized
Etymology: From technology + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: America is in a rush to technologize itself.
glosses: To make technological; to equip with technology.
technologizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of technologize
technologizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of technologize
technologized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of technologize
skunkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of skunky: most skunky
skunkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of skunky: more skunky
discommodates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of discommodate
discommodating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of discommodate
discommodated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of discommodate
Canuckistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Canuck + -i- + -stan.
Senses: examples: text: Fistfights aside, Day is looking forward to her band's first Canadian tour as she anticipates a more European flavour up here in Canuckistan.
ref: 2005 April 28, Adrian Mack, “Top of the Pops”, in The Georgia Straight:
text: Meantime, the loonie's buoyancy this year reflects growing interest in Canuckistan from offshore admirers.
ref: 2006 January 7, David Olive, “Data belie resilient economy”, in Toronto Star:
text: Republican political consultants regularly ply their trade with Conservatives up in Canuckistan […]
ref: 2012, Warren Kinsella, Fight the Right: A Manual for Surviving the Coming Conservative Apocalypse, Random House Canada, published 2012, →ISBN, page 28:
synonyms: Soviet Canuckistan
glosses: Canada.
Derived terms: Canuckistani
Canuckistanian
Canuckistanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Canuckistani
padiddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of padiddle
unguiculates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unguiculate
mizmar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mizmars
Etymology: From Arabic مِزْمَار (mizmār).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A traditional Arabic wind instrument with a double or single reed.
mizmars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mizmar
phosphomolybdates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphomolybdate
Sheban
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sheban
form: most Sheban
Etymology: From Sheba + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sheba.
Synonyms: english: ancient biblical Sheba
translation: ancient biblical Sheba
word: Sabaean
Sheban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shebans
Etymology: From Sheba + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sheba.
Synonyms: english: ancient biblical Sheba
translation: ancient biblical Sheba
word: Sabaean
Shebans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sheban
unscrambler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unscramblers
Etymology: From unscramble + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Even with the best helium unscrambler it can be difficult to understand all divers, particularly at deeper depths.
ref: 2004, Robert W. Christensen, The Simple Guide to Commercial Diving, page 60:
text: I more than once saw home-made satellite TV unscramblers being sold on the street in Havana.
ref: 2012, Fr. Pat Sullivan O.F.M. Cap, Four Years In Castro's Cuba (page 59)
glosses: That which unscrambles; a device for decoding a scrambled signal.
Derived terms: helium unscrambler
helium speech unscrambler
Related terms: descrambler
unscramblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unscrambler
tusk shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tusk shell
stramashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stramash
stramashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stramash
strales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strale
rowf
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Imitative. Compare woof, ruff.
Senses: glosses: The bark of a dog.
unamericanized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unamericanized
form: most unamericanized
Etymology: From un- + Americanized.
Senses: examples: an unamericanized immigrant
glosses: Not Americanized.
Canuckistanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Canuckistanian
form: most Canuckistanian
Etymology: From Canuckistan + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Man, I was looking forward to some of that Canuckistanian beer.
ref: 2004 February 12, Frank Reid, “Re: dates for May Penns clave”, in rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (Usenet):
text: Although the thought of the best Canuckistanian hockey team losing to a bunch of FL beach boys is pretty fucking funny.
ref: 2004 June 4, Scott McFadden, “Re: Woohoo!!!! GO FLAMES GO”, in rec.scuba (Usenet):
text: Just keep an eye on that Canuckistanian shipping. It can sneak up on you.
ref: 2006 July 29, Scott Seidman, “Re: snowshoe hare feet”, in rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (Usenet):
glosses: Canadian.
Canuckistanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Canuckistanians
Etymology: From Canuckistan + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: oh....I thought the Canuckistanians would be building a wall to keep out the gun-toting prescription drug seeking grannies from south-of-the-border..;
ref: 2003 January 7, hoo ha [username], “Re: The Border Patrol Screwed Up Again!”, in alt.tv.pol-incorrect (Usenet):
text: Believe it or not, in the 2001 Canadian Census, 20,000 Canuckistanians declared themselves to be of the Jedi religion: […]
ref: 2004 May 26, la n., “Re: "Religion in the U.S. Military"”, in us.military.army (Usenet):
text: I ain't never heard of no such thing, which is odd because I *am* a Canuckistanian who enjoys the odd tipple every now and then.
ref: 2006 July 26, Dave Browne, “Re: "Canadian Lyric" cocktail?”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):
glosses: A Canadian.
Synonyms: Canuckistani
hawk owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawk owls
form: hawk-owl
Senses: glosses: The northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula.
glosses: Any owl in the genus Ninox, native to Australasia.
Synonyms: sense: owl in the genus Ninox
word: boobook
hawk owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hawk owl
hawk-owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawk-owls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hawk owl.
hawk-owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hawk-owl
USAian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more USAian
form: most USAian
Etymology: From USA + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Back in the '60s and '70s, when I was a wee lad, the economics were such that the Canadian dollar was actually worth a bit more than its USAian counterpart.
ref: 2000 January 2, Don Cochrane, “Re: Cross-border currency (was Re: McDonald's cash register?)”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet):
text: George Bush (Senior) is for some reason in Austria. He made the amusing Freudian slip of saying "Bob Hope" (incredibly funny USAian comedian) instead of "Bob Hawke" (former Austrian Prime Minister, and holder of the WORLD RECORD for DRINKING BEER).
ref: 2001 November 6, Beable van Polasm, “Freudian Slurp”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):
text: Here in Canada they have dollar stores that sell the same crap as in USAian dollar stores except they only cost a Canadian dollar here!
ref: 2003 November 4, Joe Manfre, “Re: Dear World”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):
glosses: Of or pertaining to the United States.
USAian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: USAians
Etymology: From USA + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: That does not mean life as normal, or life as pre-11 Sept. I sincerely hope every USAian has a different perspective now of the world we live in, of the very real threat of terrorism.
ref: 2001 October 18, D., “Re: WTC and European reaction to the US military action”, in rec.travel.europe (Usenet):
text: You appear unusual for a USAian in even understanding the British colloqualism.
ref: 2002 April 2, Paul J. Adam, “Re: Let The Games Begin: Kansas Supreme Court Rules Transsexuals May Not Marry”, in alt.books.tom-clancy (Usenet):
text: [Cindy Sheehan:] Observing how my fellow USAians believe that we live in the greatest nation in history and if our government does anything wrong, it’s an aberration instead of a habit.
ref: 2010 February 18, Michael Sullivan, “By any means possible”, in Pasadena Weekly:
glosses: A citizen or resident of the United States.
USAians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of USAian
Ramsey number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ramsey numbers
Etymology: Named after Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903–1930), British mathematician, philosopher and economist.
Senses: topics: combinatorics
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any one of a certain set of numbers which are guaranteed to exist by Ramsey's theorem; a positive integer which is a certain function of some given multiset of positive integers, where that "certain function" is that which yields the minimal number guaranteed to exist by Ramsey's theorem.
wikipedia: Frank Plumpton Ramsey
shoothouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoothouses
Etymology: From shoot + house.
Senses: glosses: A structure used in military training exercises with live ammunition.
shoothouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoothouse
flash bang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flash bangs
Senses: examples: text: A flash bang contains no explosive, and the container is not designed to fragment.
ref: 2003, Dennis Krebs, When Violence Erupts: A Survival Guide for Emergency Responders, page 153:
text: In January of 2005 in Niagara Falls, New York, an 18-year-old woman who was not the intended arrest target suffered second and third degree burns as a result of the use of a flash bang during the service of a high-risk warrant.
ref: 2007, Frank A. Colaprete, editor, Internal Investigations: A Practitioner's Approach, page 180:
text: I have a flash bang with a timer set for 60 seconds.
ref: 2008, James Devries, Deep Cover, page 151:
glosses: Alternative form of flash-bang.
flash bangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flash bang
give it a rest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives it a rest
form: giving it a rest
form: gave it a rest
form: given it a rest
Senses: glosses: Stop doing that; stop nagging, complaining, or otherwise being a nuisance.
qigongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qigong
spesmilos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spesmilo
tricube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricubes
Etymology: From tri- + cube.
Senses: glosses: A polycube composed of three cubes.
tetracube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetracubes
Etymology: From tetra- + cube.
Senses: glosses: A polycube composed of four cubes.
tricubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tricube
tetracubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetracube
strugglest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: struggle + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of struggle
struggleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: struggle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of struggle
deemeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: deem + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deem
deemest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: deem + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of deem
Hoxtonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hoxtonites
Etymology: From Hoxton + -ite.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Hoxton, a district in the East End of London, England.
Hoxtonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hoxtonite
legcuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legcuffs
Etymology: From leg + cuff.
Senses: glosses: A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's legs, and connected by a chain or hinge.
Related terms: handcuff
legcuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legcuff
scuttlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scuttling
gagwriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gagwriters
Etymology: From gag + writer.
Senses: glosses: One who writes jokes.
gagwriters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gagwriter
gagwriting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gag + writing.
Senses: glosses: The writing of jokes.
sultriecin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces roseiscleroticus.
foddering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fodder
foddering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fodderings
Senses: examples: text: How many fodderings do you give the cows daily?
glosses: The feeding of an animal with fodder.
foddered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fodder
fodders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fodder
fodders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fodder
provenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of provender
currie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curries
Senses: examples: text: […]even the Hindoos enjoy a currie of fish as a real delicacy[…]
ref: 1832, Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali, Observations on the Mussulmauns of India, volume 2, page 51:
glosses: Archaic form of curry.
currie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of quarry.
noyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of noy
Romewards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Rome + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Tending or directed toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic church.
sinoples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinople
unnotarized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + notarized.
Senses: glosses: Not notarized.
synthroni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synthronus
synthronus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synthroni
Senses: glosses: A bishop's throne.
IGMC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: No probs, although I dunno why you'd want to go in there in the first place...bunch of weirdos in there....whaddya mean I've been seen there? Ah..erm...IGMC.
ref: 1999, [TAA]GreyJackal, “Quake2.uk.ng ... Hello...anyone there?”, in uk.games.computer.quake2 (Usenet):
text: The Indian brave [1] inherited a wigwam. This left him in a bit of a quandary. Which to use? His old Tepee, or his new Wigwam? He was sorely vexed by his dilemma, so much so that he couldn't get to sleep. He went to see the medicine man. "I know what your problem is" said the medicine man "Your two tents" IGMC
ref: 2002, No Sheds, “Native American Corner...”, in uk.rec.humour (Usenet):
text: As no-one else seems to have pointed it out, I will. LICENCE is perfectly good English spelling. In England we tend to use LICENSING and LICENCE wheras^([sic]) LICENSE is regarded as an Americanism. IGMC.
ref: 2012, Mike Brown, “Radio mic frequency.”, in uk.tech.broadcast (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of I'll get my coat (“admission that one has embarrassed oneself and should leave”).
antidesign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidesign
form: most antidesign
Etymology: From anti- + design.
Senses: glosses: Opposing the usual approach to, or conventions of, design.
Related terms: undesign
sparklies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sparkly + -s.
Senses: examples: text: "Fetched us a good haul of sparklies last night, did our young Twist," said the rat.
ref: 2008, Heather Vogel Frederick, Goldwhiskers, page 27:
text: You Can Find: T-shirts, tanks, and sweatshirts; flip-flops; feather boas; hats and caps; beads, pearls, stones, charms, jewels, appliqués, studs, sparklies, and hardware for making your own jewelry […]
ref: 2013, Jackie Walker, Pamela Dittmer McKuen, Expressionista:
glosses: Things that sparkle; gems.
examples: text: Once the C/NR of the incoming satellite signal reaches +2 or more dB above the threshold rating of the receiver, the last few stray sparklies disappear and the video appears to be totally clear.
ref: 1993, Mark Long, Jeffrey Keating, The world of satellite TV, page 179:
text: One of the most common troubles with a satellite home unit is sparklies, as shown in Fig. 4.8.
ref: 1999, Eugene Trundle, Newnes TV and Video Engineer's Pocket Book, page 96:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A kind of interference pattern on analogue satellite television, caused by a signal that is either too weak or too strong.
antielimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + elimination.
Senses: examples: text: Antielimination occurs in both solvents […]
ref: 1976, Michael R. J. Dack, Solutions and solubilities (volume 8, part 2, page 177)
text: These arise through re-addition of the initially formed palladium hydride and subsequent antielimination of the trimethylsilyl and palladium moieties.
ref: 1995, Alan Roy Katritzky, Otto Meth-Cohn, Stanley Michael Roberts, Comprehensive organic functional group transformations, page 490:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: elimination of substituents from opposite sides of a double bond
pollutionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollutionist
autoiris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoirises
Etymology: From auto- + iris.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A camera iris that adjusts automatically based on light levels.
autoirises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoiris
autoionizational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + ionization + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to autoionization.
signholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: signholders
Etymology: From sign + holder.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, holds a sign.
signholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of signholder
spraddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spraddle
revilings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reviling
raddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of raddle
raddling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raddlings
Senses: glosses: Hedges or fences made with raddles.
embitteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more embitteringly
form: most embitteringly
Etymology: From embittering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to embitter.
whiggishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whiggishness
Etymology: From whiggish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: presentism
text: Two anathemas of academic historians of science have been attracting a certain amount of interest in the history of science blogo-twittersphere lately. One is whiggishness and the other heroes, the two of which often come together in history writing and broadcasting aimed at a broad audience.
ref: 2012 October 3, Rebekah Higgitt, “Why whiggish won't do”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: But Grayling’s enthusiasm and conviction should not be confused with naive whiggishness. He does believe that through science and learning we have made progress, but he does not think the march forwards is inevitable or that our gains are irreversible.
ref: 2015 March 22, Julian Baggini, “The Soul of the Marionette by John Gray; The Challenge of Things by AC Grayling – review”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The quality of being whiggish.
overdosages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overdosage
antiprofanity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiprofanity
form: most antiprofanity
Etymology: From anti- + profanity.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or forbidding profanity.
nonaliphatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + aliphatic.
Senses: glosses: Not aliphatic.
serging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of serge
serged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of serge
merrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of merrow
merrowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of merrow
overedge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overedges
form: overedging
form: overedged
form: overedged
Etymology: From over- + edge.
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: To overlock.
Derived terms: overedger
overedging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overedge
overedges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overedge
overedged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overedge
problematicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: problematicalities
Etymology: From problematical + -ity.
Senses: synonyms: problematicalness
problematicity
problematicness
glosses: The quality of being problematic.
problematicalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of problematicality
problematicness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From problematic + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: problematicality
problematicalness
problematicity
glosses: The quality of being problematic.
problematicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From problematical + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: problematicality
problematicity
problematicness
glosses: The quality of being problematical.
unproblematicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unproblematical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unproblematical.
overedger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overedgers
Etymology: From overedge + -er.
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: An overlocker.
overedgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overedger
reinterpretative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Involving or relating to reinterpretation.
morchal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morchals
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A fan or flywhisk made from peacock feathers.
malpractitioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malpractitioners
Etymology: From mal- + practitioner.
Senses: glosses: One who commits malpractice.
malpractitioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malpractitioner
unspread
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + spread.
Senses: glosses: Not spread.
unspread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unspreads
form: unspreading
form: unspread
form: unspread
Etymology: From un- + spread.
Senses: examples: text: A rumour is as hard to unspread as butter.
glosses: To undo the spread of.
respread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: respreads
form: respreading
form: respread
form: respread
form: re-spread
Etymology: From re- + spread.
Senses: glosses: To spread again.
respreads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of respread
respreading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of respread
polder models
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polder model
boxing weeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boxing week
muff pistols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muff pistol
anocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anocracies
Etymology: Apparently from an- + -ocracy.
Senses: examples: text: As the number of autocracies in the world began to decline in the late 1980s, the number of anocracies began to increase.
ref: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 374:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A political system which is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic, often being vulnerable to political instability.
glosses: A government not lacking governmental power but absent of political domination.
anocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anocracy
manoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manoscope