cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pretornal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + tornal.
Senses: examples: text: Upper and under sides similar to those in ♂; the differs in the black markings which are broader, the red ocelli on the hind wing that are considerably larger, and in the obliquely placed pretornal short bar that is always centred with red.
ref: 1907, Lieut. Colonel CT Bingham, The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma., volume II Butterflies, London: Taylor and Francis, page 127:
text: In the male, the forewing is lighter and without the greyish clouding; the pretornal mark is reduced to a few fuscous scales or is sometimes completely absent.
ref: 1953, Bulletin of Entomological Research, volume 43, London: Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, pages 686-687:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Close to the margin of an insect’s wing towards the posterior angle; near the tornus.
olive pomace oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olive pomace oil
manokit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manokits
form: manokit
Etymology: Blend of Hawaiian manō (“shark”) + Japanese 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). Coined by open species creator DubMutt in December 2016.
Senses: examples: text: MANOKITS […] MANOKITS WADDLE AROUND DUE TO THEIR BODY STRUCTURE
ref: 2016 December 16, DubMutt, “Official ManoKit Information”, in DeviantArt:
text: Something i did for a personal project. Sculpted last night with @dub_mutt approval. Future Manokit bases. ^-^
ref: 2017 April 6, @MonoyashaDvC, Twitter:
text: I'm pretty happy with how this manokit turned out, so I thought I'd share it with everyone as a f2u base!
ref: 2019 August 13, Pyromander, “F2U Manokit base”, in FurAffinity:
text: A Manokit is an original species popular in the furry fandom. It is a mammal-shark hybrid that has narrow, squinty eyes, large ears that point back, and of course, the iconic shark fin tail. Look them up to learn more!
ref: 2020 September 14, u/Dusk_The_Furry, “Manokit models made for VR!”, in r/furry, Reddit:
text: Damn! I really like this! I recently made a manokit sona for myself and would love artwork done of her ^_^ I love this!
ref: 2021 May 30, iSlaveWolfy, “Manokit Beachday”, in FurAffinity:
text: Happy Fursuit Friday all from a non-mischievous manokit <3 It's nearly the weekend!
ref: 2023 June 9, @RevyShargon, Twitter:
text: Just a manokit enjoying his swim ^^
Excellent YCH done by kete on FA!
ref: 2024 September 1, @seleth_proto, Twitter:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fictional species of furry (animal-like character with human-like characteristics) creatures with a shark-like tail, fin, digitigrade legs, raptor-like back arch, short arms with digital pads and a canid body and face.
MIATA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Back-formation from Miata as a backronym. From Old High German miata (“reward”). Referring to the fact that the answer to what car to choose is always the Mazda MX-5 Miata. From the drivability and popularity of the sports car. Phrase has been in use in car aficionado circles since the 1990s.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Acronym of Miata is always the answer.
wikipedia: en:Mazda MX-5 Miata
Related terms: FIAT
hand-select
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hand-selects
form: hand-selecting
form: hand-selected
form: hand-selected
Senses: glosses: Synonym of handpick.
synonyms: word: handpick
hand-selects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hand-select
hand-selecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of hand-select
overexclusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overexclusive
form: most overexclusive
Etymology: From over- + exclusive.
Senses: glosses: Too exclusive; tending to exclude too much.
hand-selected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hand-select
underexclusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underexclusive
form: most underexclusive
Etymology: From under- + exclusive.
Senses: glosses: Not exclusive enough; tending to exclude too little.
microsubscription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsubscriptions
Etymology: From micro- + subscription.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A subscription costing very small amounts of money (micropayments).
microsubscriptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsubscription
blinkah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blinkahs
Senses: examples: text: Failure to use a 'blinkah' when changing lanes is a ticketable offense in Massachusetts.
ref: 2014 September 5, “MassDOT Signs Remind Commuters To 'Use Yah Blinkah'”, in CBS News:
text: It appears to me that use of the blinkah is more or less a lost art here in New England — or maybe it was never an art in the first place.
ref: 2021 March 26, Doug Brandel, “Outsidah: Don’t be a stinkah — use ya blinkah!”, in North Shore News:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of blinker.
blinkahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blinkah
skulldog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skulldogs
Etymology: From skull + dog (“a mammal of the family Canidae: domesticated dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes etc.”).
Senses: examples: text: *bangs desk*
SKULLDOGS ARE ONE OF THE CUTEST FURRY SPECIES NEXT TO SYNTHS I DONT LIE
ref: 2021 December 29, @VlareZirclo, Twitter:
text: The shocking similarity between edgy skulldog sonas... Mine is named bloodlust and it's extremely similar to yours :/
ref: 2022 September 13, V0idtheprotogen, “Death The Skulldog”, in Fur Affinity:
text: I love skulldogs sm, beautiful skully btw
ref: 2023 January 30, @doomedtheanthro, Twitter:
text: My friend and I were wearing matching porcelain skulldog suits that he painted and I built, and it was my first fursuit(s) project I’ve ever done!!
ref: 2024 June 20, u/Beneficial-Ranger166, “Furries of Reddit: Who Were The Kindest/Rudest Popufurs That You Met In Real Life?”, in r/furry, Reddit:
topics: lifestyle
synonyms: skullie
glosses: A furry having the form of a canid with an exposed skull for a face.
manokits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manokit
skulldogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skulldog
WDSF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of World DanceSport Federation.
IDSF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International DanceSport Federation.
sagalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sagalike
form: most sagalike
Etymology: From saga + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The abandoned novels he wrote between 1947 and 1950 provide proof that he developed considerable facility at dreaming up exactly the kind of elaborate, sagalike plots that movie producers might have gone for.
ref: 2013 January 24, Joyce Johnson, “Kerouac’s Lost Movie”, in Utne:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a saga.
bastionlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bastionlike
form: most bastionlike
Etymology: From bastion + -like.
Senses: examples: text: We pointed to the bastionlike range we had just come over, the thousands of feet we must climb again to reach the track: […]
ref: 1964 August 24, Sheila Burnford, “Walking”, in The Atlantic:
text: Even from his office in the bastionlike Municipal Building, 19 stories above the silently bustling city, the pressure to run pulls like aggravated gravity on the first-term 61-year-old Manhattan Borough President.
ref: 1988 November 28, Michel Marriott, “To Run or Not to Run: Dinkins's Struggle”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bastion.
clurichaun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clurichauns
form: cluracan
form: cluracaun
form: cluricaun
form: cluricaune
form: clúrachán
Etymology: From Irish clobhair-ceann.
Senses: examples: text: The residents of a house would leave offerings for the clurichaun, who sing in Gaelic with enchantingly beautiful voices. Related to leprechauns, clurichauns are house faeries who specialize in caring for and protecting wine and beer cellars.
ref: 2012, Sirona Knight, Wiccan Spell A Night, Kensington Publishing, unnumbered page:
text: 2016, Keith B. Darrell, Flashbacks: Fangs & Fur, Book 1, Amber Book Company, unnumbered page,
"Clurichauns are Dark Fae cousins of leprechauns," Aurae explained. "Unlike their Seelie Court cousins, the clurichauns drink to excess and are seldom sober. But despite always being drunk, the clurichauns are impeccably groomed and well-dressed... although they can be a bit surly."
topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A mischievous, potentially malicious fairy, akin to the leprechaun, that greatly loves drinking and tends to haunt breweries, pubs and wine cellars.
clurichauns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clurichaun
happinesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of happiness.
afreard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A blend derived from Middle English afered and affrayed.
Senses: glosses: afraid
anence
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anent.
Sarlat-la-Canéda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Sarlat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Sarlat-la-Canéda commune, Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
house shrews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house shrew
Van Dorn battle flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Van Dorn battle flags
Etymology: Named after American major general Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863).
Senses: examples: text: The Van Dorn battle flag had a red field adorned with thirteen white stars arranged in five rows, with a white crescent in the upper corner. The flags were bordered in yellow or white.
ref: 1989 January 1, Devereaux D. Cannon, The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History, St. Lukes Broadfoot Publishers, →ISBN, page 63:
text: The Van Dorn battle flag, as it came to be called, was a red rectangle bordered in yellow on three sides. Thirteen stars were scattered across the field, and in the upper left was a white crescent symbolizing Missouri.
ref: 2001 December 10, Robert Maberry Jr., Texas Flags, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 91:
text: The flag of the 4th Missouri Infantry, which may be one of the earliest examples of a Van Dorn battle flag.
ref: 2018 January 17, Sarah Laskow, “The Museum That Keeps Now-Obscure Confederate Flags”, in Atlas Obscura, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2023:
glosses: A flag utilized by the regiments under the command of the Confederate major general Earl Van Dorn during the American Civil War.
wikipedia: 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment
4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate)
Earl Van Dorn
the house
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: As for Lindsay [Hubbard], it’s like this Courrèges dress was hand dyed to look as excellent on her as a dress could possibly look. Her breasts are sat, her waist snatched, and all the other sorts of things I could possibly say about a girl boss queen who slays boots the house.
ref: 2024 May 16, Joan Summers, “So Chic, Very Chic: Trade of the Season”, in Paper:
qualifier: drag slang
glosses: Ellipsis of the house down.
Van Dorn battle flags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Van Dorn battle flag
the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Expressing pride in one's black heritage.
glosses: Expressing a sexual preference for black people.
Synonyms: the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice
Related terms: burn the coal, pay the toll
the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice.
synonyms: word: the blacker the berry
extra: the sweeter the juice
Mickleham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English Michelham, from Old English miċel (“big”) + hamm (“land enclosed by a river”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1753).
glosses: A northern suburb of Melbourne in the City of Hume, Victoria, Australia.
toft and croft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tofts and crofts
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
history
human-sciences
lifestyle
sciences
glosses: A smallholding consisting of cottage (the toft) with a small area of attached land (the croft).
tofts and crofts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toft and croft
Finnucane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Finucane.
shocktroop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shocktroops
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shock troop.
shocktroops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shocktroop
stick-with-it-ness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stick-with-it + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sticktoitiveness.
synonyms: word: sticktoitiveness
Chono
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chonos
form: Chono
form: Chonoan
Senses: examples: text: [T]he appellation by which the Indians after whom the islands inhabited by them were called the Archipelago de los Chonos, were known to the early missionaries, etc., of Chile. According to Lenz (Dicc. etimol., p.312), Chono is probably the name given by these Indians to themselves. Its etymology is quite uncertain.
ref: 1911, Alexander F Chamberlain, “On the Puelchean and Tsonekan (Tehuelchean), the Atacameñan (Atacaman) and Chonoan, and the Charruan Linguistic Stocks of South America.”, in American Anthropologist, volume 13, number 3, page 468:
glosses: A member of an extinct indigenous people of the southern Chilean archipelago.
Chono
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chonoan
Senses: examples: text: It seems not entirely certain that Chono is forgotten, and an exploration for surviving speakers, as well as for individuals who may know the neighboring Atacaman, is urgently needed.
ref: 1923, A. L. Kroeber, “Review: El Grupo Lingüistico Alakaluf journal= American Anthropologist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 25, number 4, page 570:
glosses: The language spoken by the Chono.
-antel
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From anthelmintic (“against parasitic worms”), with simplification of the -nth- and truncation.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Forms names of anti-worm drugs, often pyrantel derivatives.
Related terms: english: parasitic worm
translation: parasitic worm
word: helminth
conjuring trick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjuring tricks
Senses: examples: text: Instead, as literary scholar Kate Shanley has argued, American Indians are “a permanent ‘present absence’ in U.S. colonial imagination, an ‘absence’ that reinforces at every turn the conviction that Native peoples are indeed vanishing and that the conquest of Native lands is justified.” Literary imagination played a significant part in this conjuring trick, and scholars have identified the significance of works such as those by James Fenimore Cooper.
ref: 2014, Gunlög Fur, “Indians and Immigrants — Entangled Histories”, in Journal of American Ethnic History:
glosses: A type of magic trick in which something is made to appear or disappear.
Hypernyms: magic trick
Chinese full stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese full stop
plains lovegrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plains lovegrasses
Etymology: plains + lovegrass.
Senses: glosses: Eragrostis intermedia, a New World species of tall grass.
Related terms: Eragrostis intermedia
Leith Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hill in the south of Surrey, England, the highest in the county at 294 metres ASL (OS grid ref TQ1343).
Pecknarm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pecknam
Etymology: Blend of Peckham + Vietnam, as an analogy between Peckham's high level of violence and the Vietnam War.
Senses: examples: text: A Ghetto Boy told journalist Donal MacIntyre: ‘If any of those Peckham Boys come over to New Cross, this will happen.’ And he ran his finger across his throat. MacIntyre asked if the war between the Ghetto Boys and the ‘Pecknarm’ — the slang name for Peckham – was about drugs.
ref: 2010, Nigel Cawthorne, “The Peckham Boys” (chapter 1), in The World's Most Evil Gangsters, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: Peckham (a suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England).
wikipedia: Green's Dictionary of Slang
Vietnam War
unbuyability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of being unbuyable.
stg
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: related: word: STG
glosses: Initialism of swear to God.
dino oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dinosaur juice.
synonyms: word: dinosaur juice
dinosaur oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dinosaur juice.
synonyms: word: dinosaur juice
bluebirds of happiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluebird of happiness
Hawaii State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hawaii.
synonyms: word: Hawaii
State of Hawaii
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hawaii.
synonyms: word: Hawaii
Kingdom of Hawaii
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kingdom of Hawaii
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hawaiian Kingdom.
synonyms: word: Hawaiian Kingdom
Islands of Hawaii
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hawaiian Islands.
synonyms: word: Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii Kingdom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hawaiian Kingdom.
synonyms: word: Hawaiian Kingdom
as Australian as Vegemite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Describing someone or something that is indisputably mainstream Australian.
emotional incontinence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emotional incontinences
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pseudobulbar affect.
synonyms: word: pseudobulbar affect
emotional lability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emotional labilities
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pseudobulbar affect.
synonyms: word: pseudobulbar affect
catmalogen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cat melodeon.
cat melodium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cat melodeon.
tree-house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree-houses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of treehouse.
orphan tears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dextromethorphan.
synonyms: word: dextromethorphan
rates of interest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rate of interest
Double Seventh Festival
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Double Seventh Festival
Etymology: By analogy with the Chinese and English names of the holidays on similar doubled dates in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar such as the Double Fifth and Ninth Festivals.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Qixi.
synonyms: word: Qixi
wikipedia: Chinese lunisolar calendar
Magpie Festival
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Magpie Festival
Etymology: From the importance of the Magpie Bridge (鵲橋) in the legends surrounding the Chinese holiday.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Qixi.
synonyms: word: Qixi
Night of Sevens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A calque of Chinese 七夕 (Qīxī).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Qixi.
synonyms: word: Qixi
pink of health
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of in the pink of health.
doll's pram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doll's prams
Senses: examples: text: I saw a doll's pram, too, which was big enough for Teddy, and some croquet things, mallets and balls.
ref: 1918, Friedrich Fröbel, Froebel Society, Froebel Society and Junior Schools Association (contributors), George Philip & Son (publisher), The Child Life Quarterly, Volumes 20-21, page 24:
text: Coal was her baby now. Jane could put him in the doll's pram and he would lie there and let her wheel him around.
ref: 1965, New Zealand, School Publications Branch (contributor), School Journal, Volume 59, Issues 1-2, page 28:
text: The types of apparatus and toys usually available are: climbing frame, steps and slide, rocking horse, trucks, doll's house, doll's pram, balls, toy cars, guns, dolls and so on.
ref: 1972, N. Blurton Jones (editor), Ethological Studies of Child Behaviour, page 76:
text: I mean, she'd set her heart on a doll's pram and my little boy had set his heart on a train set, which they were both expensive.
ref: 1977, Joan Busfield, Michael Paddon, Thinking About Children - Sociology and Fertility in Post-War England, page 151:
text: When, two years after Nicole's birth, four-year old Anne ran into the road in pursuit of a doll's pram and was knocked down by a dry-cleaner's van, Angela was sufficiently hardened and tempered psychologically to cope with the crisis.
ref: 1990, David Lodge, Souls & Bodies, page 145:
text: Though doll's prams were still hard to get during the first year or two of the 1950s , by the middle of the decade the choice was astounding; prams were not only made by toymakers such as Tri-ang (Pedigree), but by makers of full size prams including Silver Cross, Marmet, Tan-Sad and Royale.
ref: 2009, Susan Brewer, British Dolls of the 1950s:
text: To my amazement, he reappeared almost immediately with a perfect little doll's pram.
ref: 2018, Faye Robinson, An Ordinary Girl, My Path to Peace of Mind, page 11:
glosses: A toy model of a pram, especially one used by children to push a doll.
Related terms: doll's house
doll's prams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doll's pram
jerks the gherkin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jerk the gherkin
jerking the gherkin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of jerk the gherkin
jerked the gherkin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jerk the gherkin
superheavy tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superheavy tanks
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A tank that is notably beyond the standard of the class heavy tank in either size or weight relative to contemporary vehicles.
superheavy tanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superheavy tank
Marions
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marion
rides St. George
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ride St. George
rode St. George
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ride St. George
ridden St. George
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of ride St. George
mount St. George
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mounts St. George
form: mounting St. George
form: mounted St. George
form: mounted St. George
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ride St. George.
synonyms: word: ride St. George
ride St George
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides St George
form: riding St George
form: rode St George
form: ridden St George
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ride St. George.
ride Saint George
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides Saint George
form: riding Saint George
form: rode Saint George
form: ridden Saint George
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ride St. George.
ejaculate and evacuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ejaculates and evacuates
form: ejaculating and evacuating
form: ejaculated and evacuated
form: ejaculated and evacuated
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hit it and quit it.
synonyms: word: hit it and quit it
chimney flute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimney flutes
Senses: glosses: A type of organ flute stop whose half-length pipes consist of chimney tops.
chimney flutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chimney flute
wolf father
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf fathers
Senses: coordinate_terms: tiger mother
glosses: A man who is fiercely protective of one or more people in his care.
wolf fathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf father
creeping phlox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creeping phloxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of moss phlox.
synonyms: word: moss phlox
mountain phlox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain phloxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of moss phlox.
synonyms: word: moss phlox
moss pink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moss pinks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of moss phlox.
synonyms: word: moss phlox
parlor pink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parlor pinks
form: parlour pink
Senses: synonyms: champagne socialist
glosses: An affluent person who professes leftist or socialist beliefs, but does not actively support them.
parlor pink
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: parlour pink
Senses: glosses: Of such a belief or position.
parlour pink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parlour pinks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of parlor pink.
parlour pink
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of parlor pink.
cognitive distortion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cognitive distortions
Senses: glosses: A firmly held belief in one's mind that filters all new information to fit the person's worldview.
parlor pinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parlor pink
parlour pinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parlour pink
pink lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink ladies
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pink Lady.
pink ladies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink lady
shell pink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shell pinks
Senses: glosses: A pink of a light yellowish hue.
Wakan Tanka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wakan Thanka
Etymology: Borrowed from Lakota Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka.
Senses: glosses: The Great Spirit in Lakota religious and spiritual belief.
Coordinate terms: english: other Native American peoples
translation: other Native American peoples
word: Wakanda
pink bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The vagina.
Related terms: girly bits
shell pinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shell pink
unharassing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + harassing.
Senses: glosses: That does not harass.
Ridges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ridge
Bademus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from ?.
Related terms: Vadim
Vadym
recalendar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recalendars
form: recalendaring
form: recalendared
form: recalendared
Etymology: From re- + calendar.
Senses: examples: text: Since May 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security, ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA or DHS) has filed motions to recalendar thousands of administratively closed cases in immigration courts throughout the country. […] A case may only be recalendared on the motion of one or both of the parties. […] If one party opposes recalendaring or does not “affirmatively indicate” a nonopposition, the immigration court or the BIA must consider the following factors in determining whether to grant the motion to recalendar the case:
ref: 2025 July 24, Kate Mahoney and Merle Kahn, “RESPONDING TO DHS MOTIONS TO RECALENDAR”, in Immigrant Legal Resource Center, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2025, pages 1, 2:
glosses: To schedule a new hearing for a case when court proceedings had previously been administratively closed or indefinitely postponed.
Manitobah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Manitoba.
tree-houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree-house
sunshine and kittens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sunshine and rainbows.
synonyms: word: sunshine and rainbows
smokes like a chimney
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smoke like a chimney
smoking like a chimney
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of smoke like a chimney
smoked like a chimney
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smoke like a chimney
bird cages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bird cage
creeping phloxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creeping phlox
mountain phloxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain phlox
moss pinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moss pink
Abbys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Abby
chups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chup
chups
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chup
uncalqued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + calqued.
Senses: examples: text: Some Actual Kids Today in Israel have taken to using “bro” as is, uncalqued, according to an article I read a few months ago. These seem to be the online gaming sort.
ref: 2024 November 7, Y, languagehat.com:
glosses: Not calqued.
soft-shell
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of softshell.
soft-shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft-shells
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of softshell.
soft-shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft-shell
thermoisopleth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoisopleths
Etymology: From thermo- + isopleth.
Senses: glosses: An isotherm.
multisig
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Clipping of multisignature. By surface analysis, multi- + sig (“signature”).
Senses: examples: text: Security firm Check Point believes the attacker identified multisig signers responsible for approving transactions and hacked their devices through the use of malware, phishing, or a supply chain attack.
ref: 2025 February 24, Eduard Kovacs, “$1.5 Billion Bybit Heist Linked to North Korean Hackers”, in SecurityWeek:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: Of a cryptocurrency wallet: requiring two or more signatures from different private keys in order to complete a transaction.
multisig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multisigs
Etymology: Clipping of multisignature. By surface analysis, multi- + sig (“signature”).
Senses: examples: text: Schroé describes Spiderchains as a decentralized network of multisigs, similar in concept to the Lightning Network but using a different architecture.
ref: 2024 June 7, “Proof-Of-Stake On Bitcoin? Discussing Botanix's Spiderchains”, in Bitcoin Magazine, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: A multisig cryptocurrency wallet.
multisigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multisig
unaliver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unalivers
Etymology: From unalive + -er.
Senses: glosses: Killer, murderer.
targets of opportunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of target of opportunity
CFNF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Initialism of clothed female, naked (or sometimes nude) female.
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
coordinate_terms: ENF
EUF
ENM
CMNF
CFNM
hypernyms: humiliationplay
glosses: A form of lesbian sexual roleplay (usually humiliationplay) in which the players act out situations in which one woman wears clothes and the other is naked.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
coordinate_terms: ENF
EUF
ENM
CMNF
CFNM
hypernyms: humiliationplay
glosses: A form of lesbian sexual roleplay (usually humiliationplay) in which the players act out situations in which one woman wears clothes and the other is naked.
Pornography depicting such a situation.
EUF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EUFs
Etymology: Initialism of embarrassed, underweared (or sometimes undressed or underclothed) female.
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
coordinate_terms: ENF
ENM
CMNF
CFNF
CFNM
hypernyms: humiliationplay
glosses: A form of sexual roleplay in which a woman acts out situations in which she is accidentally, unintentionally, unwillingly, or reluctantly in her underwear and consequently embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated.
Pornography depicting such a situation.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
coordinate_terms: ENF
ENM
CMNF
CFNF
CFNM
hypernyms: humiliationplay
glosses: A form of sexual roleplay in which a woman acts out situations in which she is accidentally, unintentionally, unwillingly, or reluctantly in her underwear and consequently embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated.
The woman in such a situation.
basewards
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more basewards
form: most basewards
form: baseward
Etymology: From base + -wards.
Senses: examples: text: … in the space above the cell it forms a right angle whose limbs are equal projecting bor derwards in the cell one whose limbs are unequal projecting basewards, …
ref: 1865, Proceedings of the Enotmological Society of Philadelphia, volume V, page 9:
text: The fact that trees project baseward beneath layer A1 indicates that most or all of layer A1 accumulated after the trees fell; the presence of intact bark beneath A1 material indicates that abrasion by layer A1 was small on horizontal surfaces.
ref: 1981, PETER W LIPMAN, DONAL R MULLINEAUX, editors, THE 1980 ERUPTIONS OF MOUNT ST. HELENS, WASHINGTON, United States Geological Survey, page 452:
text: Further towards the root hair base, the cytoplasm is increasingly vacuolated, and still further basewards, the root hair tube is completely vacuolated.
ref: 2004, Keith Lindsey, editor, Annual Plant Reviews, Polarity in Plants, volume 12, Blackwell Publishing, page 3:
glosses: Toward the base of a structure.
HIAS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪəs/
rhymes: -aɪəs
Senses: examples: text: Together with our partner in Pittsburgh, Jewish Family and Community Services, and others across the country, we’ve directly resettled more than 450,000 refugees in the US since 1980 when the USRAP was established, according to HIAS annual reports.
ref: 2018 November 5, Mark Hetfield, “HIAS chief: If you’re not combating hate speech, you’re accepting it”, in CNN:
glosses: Acronym of Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, a Jewish American organization that provides aid to refugees; founded under the name but now known officially as HIAS.
blapses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blaps
baseward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more baseward
form: most baseward
Etymology: From base + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: The fact that trees project baseward beneath layer A1 indicates that most or all of layer A1 accumulated after the trees fell; the presence of intact bark beneath A1 material indicates that abrasion by layer A1 was small on horizontal surfaces.
ref: 1981, PETER W LIPMAN, DONAL R MULLINEAUX, editors, THE 1980 ERUPTIONS OF MOUNT ST. HELENS, WASHINGTON, United States Geological Survey, page 452:
glosses: Alternative spelling of basewards.
red rock hares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red rock hare
the victor gets the spoils
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of to the victor go the spoils.
spabook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spabooks
Etymology: Modification of spook (definition #5) using Ubbi dubbi
Senses: examples: ref: 2003, Reuters, The 44-year-old singer sometimes refers to black people as "spabooks," the magazine said:
glosses: A mildly insulting term for an African-American, especially one perceived as lower-class or uncouth, the word was supposedly defined by Michael Jackson.
wikipedia: Ubbi dubbi
Manuae Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Sandwich Island
glosses: An island of the Cook Islands, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, of the Cook Islands.
splaboo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splaboos
Etymology: Unclear, possibly related to spabook
Senses: examples: ref: 2003, Andrea Peyser, Jackson, who the friend said frequently faked injury or disease to gain sympathy, invented the derogatory word “Splaboo” for African-American.:
glosses: A mildly insulting term for an African-American, especially one perceived as lower-class or uncouth, the word was supposedly defined by Michael Jackson.
policy interest rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of policy interest rate
key rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key rate
emotional incontinences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emotional incontinence
Fuentard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fuentards
Etymology: The first syllable of Nick Fuentes's surname + -tard
Senses: examples: ref: 2024, Raw Egg Nationalist, Something like that is definitely happening with the Keith Woods types and the Fuentard / closet-homosexual Latinx tradcaths on Twitter:
ref: 2024, Mike Carroll, It makes me think of another boil on the ass of humanity (Fuentard):
glosses: A derogatory term for a fan or follower of right-wing political commentator Nick Fuentes.
wikipedia: Nick Fuentes
spoils system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spoils systems
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: patronage system
glosses: A practice in which a successful political party offers government jobs to its supporters.
spoils systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoils system
patronage system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patronage systems
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spoils system.
synonyms: word: spoils system
patronage systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patronage system
the rich get richer
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of those that have, get.
synonyms: word: those that have
word: get
kifaya
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Arabic كفاية (“enough”).
Senses: examples: text: To many Lebanese, kifaya encapsulates their desire to be free of domination from the dictatorial regime in Damascus.
ref: 2005 March 27, William Safire, “Kifaya!”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2021:
glosses: Enough!
bipoded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bipodded
Etymology: From bipod + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The PKM is lighter than the M240 and has a quick-change barrel—an excellent feature for sustained fire. Most bipoded models run seventeen pounds empty.
ref: 2007, Barrett Tillman, “We Need Guns and Gear” (chapter 5), in What We Need: Extravagance and Shortages in America's Military, St. Paul, Minn.: Zenith Press, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: Supported by a bipod.
estavelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estavelles
Etymology: From French estavelle, which is in turn from l'Estavelle, a spring in Hérault. The place name may come from Occitan estable (“stable”) or estervel (“whirlpool”), though this is uncertain.
Senses: examples: text: The water pressure within the earth can force a swallow hole to become a spring and vice versa. These reversible sinks, which geologists call by the French geologic term estavelle, change their direction of flow (swallow or discharge) based on fluctuations in the water table.
ref: 2002, Sandra Friend, Sinkholes, page 35:
text: Depending upon the position of the groundwater level and hydrological conditions on the surface, an estavelle can function at one time as an intermittent spring and at another as a ponor (swallowhole).
ref: 2004, Petar Milanovic, Water Resources Engineering in Karst, page 23:
text: Furthermore, the filling and emptying should occur via an estavelle, or ephemeral spring, and there should be no surface water inlet or outlet.
ref: 2012 Summer/Haf, Gareth Farr, “Water environment”, in Natur Cymru: A Review of Wildlife in Wales, page 44:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A hole that may function as an ephemeral spring or a sinkhole, depending on hydrological conditions.
wikipedia: Hérault
Related terms: karst
ponor
swallow hole
akohekohe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akohekohes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ʻākohekohe.
ʻākohekohe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ʻākohekohes
Senses: glosses: a species of honeycreeper endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaii (Palmeria dolei)
rockchat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockchats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rock chat.
rockchats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockchat
rock chat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock chats
Senses: glosses: any of a number of species of wheatear
brown rock chat
glosses: any of a number of species of wheatear
brown-tailed rock chat, Oenanthe scotocerca
glosses: any of a number of species of wheatear
sombre rock chat, Oenanthe dubia
glosses: any of a number of species of wheatear
brown rock chat, Oenanthe fusca
rock chats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rock chat
shrike-flycatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrike-flycatchers
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of species of birds
grey shrike-flycatcher, Colluricincla harmonica
glosses: Any of a number of species of birds
African shrike-flycatcher/red-eyed shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
glosses: Any of a number of species of birds
black-and-white shrike-flycatcher, Bias musicus
glosses: Any of a number of species of birds
Ward's shrike-flycatcher, Pseudobias wardi
Related terms: flycatcher-shrike
shrike-flycatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrike-flycatcher
wren-spinetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wren-spinetails
Senses: glosses: any bird of the genus Spartonoica, of which the bay-capped wren-spinetail (Spartonoica maluroides) is the sole species.
wren-spinetails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wren-spinetail
yellownape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellownapes
Etymology: From yellow + nape.
Senses: glosses: Any of various birds with a yellow nape
greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)
glosses: Any of various birds with a yellow nape
lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)
glosses: Any of various birds with a yellow nape
Javan yellownape/checker-throated yellownape (Chrysophlegma mentale)
yellownapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellownape
Edusei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
minhibbakji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minhibbakjis
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِنْحِبَّكْجِيّ (minḥibbakjiyy), from North Levantine Arabic مِنْحِبَّك (minḥibbak, “we love you”) + ـجِيّ (-jiyy). It was coined by protesters to Bashar al-Assad.
Senses: examples: text: … minhibbakji[s]”—the name derived from a 2007 presidential “election” slogan designating good citizens' devotion to their leader. On the other hand, the complexities are apparent in the constant poking fun at the president on user …
ref: 2015, Lisa Wedeen, Ambiguities of Domination:
text: … minhibbakji in reference to the Assad regime sympathizers. The origin of the new word was minhibbak (We love you), a slogan chanted during a campaign organized by the Syrian government. The demonstrators used this slogan and added …
ref: 2016, Mohammed D. Cherkaoui, What Is Enlightenment?:
text: … minhibbakji, derisively indicating supporters of Bashar Assad, refers back to the image meme of the Syrian president, the word minhibbak lettered underneath. Attention to signs such as the protest cry degage! (get out), addressed
ref: 2020, Larbi Sadiki, Routledge Handbook of Middle East Politics:
text: … minhibbakji was not a negative word. Like the word shabbīḥa, minhibbakji was thus subverted in the Syrian public space, with posters springing up using the term positively
ref: 2023, Eylaf Bader Eddin, Translating the Language of the Syrian Revolution (2011/12):
topics: government
politics
glosses: In the Arab World, a loyalist
wikipedia: Bashar al-Assad
minhibbakjis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minhibbakji
Delamere and Oakmere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, that includes the named places.
gorls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gorl
Zumas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zuma
Cutland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
palitard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blend of Palestine +
head_nr: 1
form: palitards
head_nr: 2
Senses: head_nr: 2
glosses: (used by Twitter users) someone who supports Palestine, but is ignorant about the politics.
head_nr: 2
glosses: (used by Twitter users) Someone who falls for Palestinian propaganda.
Related terms: politard
bio-pic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bio-pics
Senses: examples: text: The sweetness of historical vindication pervades “Winner,” Susanna Fogel’s bio-pic about Reality Winner, who, in 2018, pleaded guilty to retaining and transmitting national-defense information to the media, while employed by a military contractor working for the N.S.A.
ref: 2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: Alternative form of biopic.
N.S.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The sweetness of historical vindication pervades “Winner,” Susanna Fogel’s bio-pic about Reality Winner, who, in 2018, pleaded guilty to retaining and transmitting national-defense information to the media, while employed by a military contractor working for the N.S.A.
ref: 2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker:
topics: government
related: word: NSA
glosses: Initialism of National Security Agency.
shot-drill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of nonproductive penal labor in which prisoners are forced to carry cannonballs back and forth while stooped over.
coalbacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coalbackers
Senses: glosses: One who carries coal upon their back.