cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Rainier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rainiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French Rainier. The cherry was named after Mount Rainier.
Senses: glosses: A hybrid cherry cultivar, sweet with a thin skin and thick creamy-yellow flesh.
nonpyroclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pyroclastic.
Senses: glosses: Not pyroclastic.
Decade Volcano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Decade Volcanoes
Etymology: These volcanoes were identified in the 1990s as part of the UN-sponsored International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.
Senses: glosses: Any of a small number of volcanoes that are located near populated areas and have a history of large, destructive eruptions.
fontology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From font + -ology.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of fonts, or electronic typefaces.
chainsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chain + sticks.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nunchaku.
synonyms: word: nunchaku
hojatolislam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hojatolislams
Senses: examples: text: Ayatollah Khamenei was elevated from the middle clerical rank, hojatolislam, to ayatollah overnight in what was essentially a political rather than a religious decision.
ref: 2009 June 16, Neil Macfarquhar, “In Iran, an Iron Cleric, Now Blinking”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of hojatoleslam.
hojatolislams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hojatolislam
hojatoleslam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hojatoleslams
form: hojatolislam
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian حُجَّتُالْاِسلام (hojjatoleslâm), from Arabic حُجَّةُ ٱلْإِسْلَامِ (ḥujjatu l-ʔislāmi, literally “authority on Islam”)
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A middle-ranking Islamic cleric.
hojatoleslams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hojatoleslam
waterphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterphone
waterphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterphones
Etymology: From water + -phone.
Senses: examples: text: The listing for Loop 2.4.3 had promised that a waterphone would be featured.
ref: 2009 June 23, Allan Kozinn, “Classical Tunes Come Down to the Streets for Impromptu Concerts”, in New York Times:
glosses: An acoustic percussion instrument consisting of a resonator bowl or pan with a cylindrical neck, surrounded by rods of different lengths and diameters. Water may be added to the bowl to modify the sound.
synonyms: aquaphone
glosses: An instrument for detecting leaks in pipes by their sound, consisting of a rod attached to an earpiece.
gruntometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gruntometers
Etymology: From grunt + -o- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: In the land of the gruntometer, everyone should soon find out exactly how noisy.
ref: 2009 June 22, Christopher Clarey, “A Player’s Reputation Precedes Her, Loudly”, in New York Times:
glosses: A (non-scientific) device for measuring the volume of a tennis player's grunts of exertion.
gruntometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gruntometer
bogeyland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bogey + -land.
Senses: examples: text: Even worse than the sand, though, was the grassy bank that comes down between the bunkers, where the rough was so thick it amounted to bogeyland.
ref: 2009 June 20, Charles Mcgrath, “Where Golf's Best Looked Their Worst”, in New York Times:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Part of the terrain of a golf course, or (figurative) a situation, that leads to a player achieving no better than a bogey.
nonsuite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + suite.
Senses: examples: text: Fans also have the option of redeeming their tickets for half-price tickets to nonsuite seats in 2009 or 2010.
ref: 2009 June 19, Jack Curry, “Better Seats but No Victory After Wait”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not belonging or relating to a suite.
precolor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: precolour
Etymology: From pre- + color.
Senses: examples: text: They also bring to mind stylish movie sets in precolor Hollywood; Fred and Ginger or a phalanx of Busby Berkeley dancers could easily drift among their mirrored, ethereal forms.
ref: 2009 June 19, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Before the advent of color film, and thus presented in black and white.
precolor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: precolors
form: precoloring
form: precolored
form: precolored
form: precolour
Etymology: From pre- + color.
Senses: examples: text: This approach also makes use of the Precolored option to FourColoring, which in this case is used to precolor all vertices but one.
ref: 1999, Stan Wagon, Mathematica in Action, Page 522:
glosses: To color beforehand.
formicivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin formīca (“ant”) + -vorous.
Senses: examples: text: Formicivorous mammals (those which feed mainly on ants) come in all shapes and sizes […]
ref: 2010, Paula Hammond, Atlas of the World's Strangest Animals, page 152:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
synonyms: myrmecophagous
glosses: Feeding on ants.
Stimpmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stimpmeters
Etymology: Blend of Stimpson + meter; it was designed by golfer Edward S. Stimpson, Sr. in 1935.
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A device that measures the speed of a golf course's putting green by applying a known force to a golf ball and measuring the distance travelled.
Stimpmeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stimpmeter
Stimpson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪmp.sən/
rhymes: -ɪmpsən
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Stimpmeter
guydom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From guy + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: He ordered himself a cheeseburger and fries and, in an extravagant attempt to prove his meaty regular guydom, brought back $80 worth of burgers and fries in a greasy bag for White House staffers.
ref: 2009 June 17, Maureen Dowd, “Hold the Fries”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being a guy, or man.
laab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laabs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of larb (meat salad)
laabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laab
nontriumph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nontriumphs
Etymology: From non- + triumph.
Senses: examples: text: But factor in Paige’s delectable flair for exaggerating (“Methuselah was my first bat boy”), his convenient ability to forget the nontriumphs […] and his willingness to let his memoirs be co-written by white authors who shared his eagerness to embellish — this yields the morass into which Mr. Tye has intrepidly waded.
ref: 2009 June 15, Janet Maslin, “This Baseball Patriarch Could Really Pitch Himself”, in New York Times:
glosses: An event that is not a triumph.
megateam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megateams
Etymology: From mega- + team.
Senses: examples: text: That is the nature of competition in Sprint Cup. And the megateam that is performing best from week to week is the one that is most likely to produce the season’s champion.
ref: 2009 June 7, Viv Bernstein, “Same Old Stewart Inspiring New Team”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very large or successful team.
megateams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megateam
Mughal Empire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmuːɡəl ˈɛmpaɪə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: the Mughal Empire
Senses: glosses: A Persianate empire centered in North India from 1526 to 1857; succeeded by the British East India Company.
Related terms: mogul
Moghul
mocumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mocumentaries
Senses: examples: text: But your Bigfoot image might be different, because for a while the hairy hominid was everywhere, in B movies and liquor advertisements and docu- and mocumentaries.
ref: 2009 June 7, Florence Williams, “Be Very Afraid”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of mockumentary.
mocumentaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mocumentary
nontriumphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontriumph
minitart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minitarts
Etymology: From mini- + tart.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to French pastries, the baked goods include chocolate chip cookies ($7.50 for a bag of 10) that are pure buttery bliss. Ms. Jackson, who studied at the Restaurant School in New York City, also makes old-fashioned butter-cream cupcakes ($2), densely rich brownies ($4.25) and minitarts from puff pastry, almond cream and fruit ($3.75).
ref: 2009 June 7, Kelly Feeney, “Croissants and Buttery Bliss”, in New York Times:
glosses: A little tart (kind of pie or pastry).
minitarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minitart
underdanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underdanced
form: most underdanced
Etymology: From under- + danced.
Senses: examples: text: And since it’s largely underdanced, it only occasionally feels like a ballet.
ref: 2009 June 6, Alastair Macaulay, “Love, the Rough and Elegant Editions”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of a theatrical production, etc.: featuring too little dancing.
Related terms: underdance
minisolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minisolos
Etymology: From mini- + solo.
Senses: examples: text: There are sharp lyrics, lovely harmonies at the hook and a pair of raucous guitar minisolos, a minute apart, which constitute this album’s most explicit moment of Rancid reaching beyond itself for something greater, and getting it.
ref: 2009 June 1, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A short solo.
minisolos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minisolo
coelectrophoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + electrophoretic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to coelectrophoresis.
gyudon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 牛丼 (literally “beef bowl”).
Senses: glosses: A Japanese dish of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce.
Related terms: donburi
butadon
tempuradon
Boudiccan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Boudiccan
form: most Boudiccan
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Boudican.
Boudicca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Mackay says: “There is almost a mythological aspect to Boudicca, and she’s sometimes seen in the same way as King Arthur, but we know Boudicca was real, we just don’t know a huge amount about her.
ref: 2023 April 2, David Barnett, quoting Duncan Mackay, “Boudicca returns as a 21st-century feminist – 2,000 years after her death”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of Boudica.
entremetier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entremetiers
Etymology: French
Senses: examples: text: The main — or cooking — kitchen is an inhumanly immaculate expanse of burner rings and countertops where, according to tradition, the stations move clockwise from canapé to entremetier.
ref: 2009 May 28, Alan Feuer, “In the Gilded World of Per Se’s Kitchen”, in New York Times:
glosses: A cook responsible for preparing hot appetizers, soups, vegetables, pasta, and starches.
entremetiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entremetier
cinchable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cinch + -able.
Senses: examples: text: I made him try on a white military-style jacket with breast pockets and a cinchable waist ($228).
ref: 2009 May 28, Mike Albo, “Spend Some Time, if Nothing Else”, in New York Times:
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Capable of being cinched, or tightened.
underconditioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underconditioned
form: most underconditioned
Etymology: From under- + conditioned.
Senses: examples: text: To Ryan, teams have tried so hard to prevent injuries — and protect guaranteed contracts — that they have underconditioned pitchers.
ref: 2009 May 27, Tyler Kepner, “Ryan Instills His Toughness in the Rangers”, in New York Times:
glosses: Inadequately conditioned.
Ultrasuede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ultra- + suede, a brand name.
Senses: glosses: A kind of washable synthetic suede.
webslinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webslingers
Etymology: From web + slinger.
Senses: examples: text: Buildings tall enough to be useful are not necessarily strung for a webslinger's convenience in a straight line between him and his destination. Over time Spidey had learned where the tall buildings clustered and where they petered out.
ref: 1998, Diane Duane, The Venom Factor, page 39:
text: “We are thrilled that Evan and Alan are onboard, and we look forward to announcing further casting, including the webslinger himself, very soon,” the statement said.
ref: 2009 June 27, Felicia R. Lee, “Spider-Man Musical Names 2 of Its Stars”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who throws out webs; applied to the comic-book superhero Spider-Man, who traverses buildings by shooting sticky webs.
webslingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webslinger
rumbero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumberos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish rumbero.
Senses: examples: text: Dozens of colorful murals line the narrow streets and wide avenues, celebrating pleneros and poets, rumberos and revolutionaries.
ref: 2009 June 27, David Gonzalez, “Vandals Sully an Ode to East Harlem”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who enjoys rumba.
rumberos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rumbero
neurologger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurologgers
Etymology: From neuro- + logger.
Senses: examples: text: The researchers developed tiny neurologgers, to record electrical activity in the pigeons’ brains as they flew.
ref: 2009 June 30, Henry Fountain, “Reading the Brains of Pigeons in Flight”, in New York Times:
glosses: A device that records neurological activity.
neurologgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurologger
waxathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxathons
Etymology: From wax + -athon.
Senses: examples: text: But before you book your waxathon, know this: "Its very easy to burn the delicate tissue down there," says Hilda Hutcherson, M.D., an ob-gyn in private practice in New York City.
ref: 2003, Glamour, volume 101, page 82:
text: To play Brüno, a gay fashion reporter who favors hot pants, the formerly hirsute Sacha Baron Cohen endured repeated waxathons to get bare nearly everywhere.
ref: 2009 July 9, Catherine Saint Louis, “Do Women Like Men Quite That Cleanshaven?”, in New York Times:
glosses: An extended session of waxing the body.
waxathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxathon
vitraillist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitraillists
Etymology: French vitrail + -ist
Senses: glosses: An artist who uses stained glass as a medium.
whiplashy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whiplashy
form: most whiplashy
Etymology: From whiplash + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The British news media has a whiplashy relationship with Ms. Deyn, simultaneously crushed-out and abusive.
ref: 2009 July 9, Cintra Wilson, “Of the Moment, and Thinking Ahead”, in New York Times:
text: If you're the type of rider who likes to stand on the pedals and whip the bike back and forth when climbing hills, you should know that doing so with your kid in the seat could give her a seriously unpleasant, whiplashy ride.
ref: 2015, Robert Hurst, Christie Hurst, Family Biking: The Parent's Guide to Safe Cycling, page 78:
glosses: Reminiscent of a whiplash injury; involving a rapid back-and-forth jerking motion.
showmanish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more showmanish
form: most showmanish
Etymology: From showman + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: “The Ascent of Money,” based on his book of the same title, secures his position as television’s most flamboyant, showmanish public intellectual.
ref: 2009 July 8, Ginia Bellafante, “Our Current Global Economic Crisis: The Prequel”, in New York Times:
glosses: Characteristic of a showman or showmanship.
Synonyms: showmanly
vitraillists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vitraillist
oomphing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oomph
oomphed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oomph
ooph
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Ooph!" Jeff grunted as I elbowed him in the rib.
glosses: Alternative form of oof.
ochreing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ochre
daimonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /daɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: daimonians
form: daimonion
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion, “of a demon”).
Senses: examples: text: Draw nigh them daimonian! Why so fearest the Argives?
ref: 1906, George Robert Stow Mead, Thrice-Greatest Hermes Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Ghosis Being a Translation of the Extant Sermons and Fragments of the Trismegistic Literature, with Prolegomena, Commentaries and Notes, →ISBN:
text: It is because Plato describes the role of the daimonian as being only that of warning that Kierkegaard prefers Plato's representation of Socrates to that of Xenophon, who through lack of thought, “in his wisdom thought that if the daimonian warned, then it surely must prompt as well".
ref: 2009, Robert L. Perkins, The Moment and Late Writings, →ISBN, page 92:
text: On this point Socrates had no doubt, for he says, “When I was about to cross the stream, the daimonian sign that usually comes to me was given—it always holds me back from what I want to do—and I thought I heard a voice from it which forbade..." (Phaedrus, 242b).
ref: 2013, Samuel Bendeck Sotillos, Psychology and the Perennial Philosophy, →ISBN, page 159:
glosses: A daimon, especially that which inspired or warned Socrates.
moscofilero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moscofileros
Senses: examples: text: Michael Pelletier at Fountainhead also recommends a 2007 moscofilero, which he called “the new grüner veltliner” (like rosé, Austrian grüner veltliner has surged in popularity).
ref: 2009 July 5, Alice Gabriel, “Dry RosSummer, Uncorked”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of moschofilero.
jacquardlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jacquardlike
form: most jacquardlike
Etymology: From jacquard + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Is that a see-through grid by Alan Shields next to the jacquardlike abstraction by Jay Heikes?
ref: 2009 July 3, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: Reminiscent of weaving on a jacquard loom.
tetractys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρακτύς (tetraktús).
Senses: examples: text: ON the subway home, I noticed that the tattoo-esque logo for Solange includes a honeybee sitting in the middle of what looked like an early design by the 17th-century mystic Jakob Böhme: a flaming tetractys.
ref: 2009 July 2, Cintra Wilson, “Riches at Rainbow’s End”, in New York Times:
glosses: A triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four rows, representing the fourth triangular number and having mystical significance to the Pythagoreans.
groundstroking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: The use of groundstrokes.
postshot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + shot.
Senses: examples: text: “Most golfers have a preshot routine but need a postshot routine, too.
ref: 2009 June 29, Bill Pennington, “The Key Is to Relax, Visualize and Refrain From Felony Assault”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Occurring shortly after a shot.
After a shot is taken (as in golf, snooker, etc.).
examples: text: After a postshot round of beers, the mechanical bull started up.
ref: 2011, Tucker Max, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, →ISBN:
glosses: Occurring shortly after a shot.
After drinking a shot of alcohol.
examples: text: All the rock types showed a general postshot decrease in compressive strength.
ref: 1964, Geological Society of America, Abstracts for 1963: Abstracts of papers submitted for six meetings with which the Society was associated, →ISBN, page 94:
text: Postshot production tests show no improvement in the West Virginia wells, and an increase in production rate in the Devonian shale well, although the postshot rate is only approximately 50 Mcf/day.
ref: 1995, Bill Linville, Enhancement of Recovery of Oil and Gas, page 1975:
text: With this information, we generated spread sheets with the following information for as many of the events as possible: general device description; preshot inventory of Pu, U, other actinides, and tritium; postshot measurements of all relevant nuclides; fission yield, fission split, fusion yield; NTS hole number, depth of burial, cavity radius, SWL.
ref: 2013, Charles S. Shapiro, Atmospheric Nuclear Tests, →ISBN, page 74:
glosses: Occurring shortly after a shot.
After an explosion (such as a nuclear test, fracking, etc.)
examples: text: The experimental arrangement allows preshot and postshot microscopy of the entrance surface, and minor damage can be detected on even a structured surface.
ref: 1984, Harold Earl Bennett, Laser induced damage in optical materials, 1982, page 158:
text: Image review – Turns the camera's postshot automatic image review on or off.
ref: 2013, Darrell Young, Mastering the Nikon, →ISBN, page 600:
glosses: Occurring shortly after a shot.
After shooting a device, such as a laser, camera, etc.
examples: text: Kate enjoyed the postshot celebration, but after an hour of chatting and grazing the sandwich buffet, fatigue hit hard.
ref: 2013, Mary Jo Putney, Stirring the Embers (The Starting Over Series, Book 1), →ISBN:
glosses: Occurring shortly after a shot.
After a photo shoot or filming session.
examples: text: It remains to show that the resulting snapshot is feasible, i.e., that each postshot (basic) message is received in a postshot event.
ref: 2000, Gerard Tel, Introduction to Distributed Algorithms, →ISBN, page 342:
glosses: Occurring shortly after a shot.
After a state or configuration has been captured.
glosses: Occurring shortly after a shot.
After an injection.
primatelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more primatelike
form: most primatelike
Etymology: From primate + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The 1967 film of the female Bigfoot mentioned in her review has about 30 seconds with the primatelike creature in question in view, enough to allow a detailed biomechanical analysis by several primate specialists.
ref: 2009 June 28, “Bigfoot, Seriously”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a primate.
megarecession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megarecessions
Etymology: From mega- + recession.
Senses: examples: text: Even if it were working perfectly, the stimulus would not come close to stemming the cascade of joblessness unleashed by this megarecession.
ref: 2009 July 11, Bob Herbert, “The Human Equation”, in New York Times:
glosses: A major economic recession.
megarecessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megarecession
oilgae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of oil + algae
Senses: examples: text: Algal biofuel, sometimes nicknamed oilgae by environmentalists, is a promising technology.
ref: 2009 July 14, Jad Mouawad, “Exxon to Invest Millions to Make Fuel From Algae”, in New York Times:
glosses: oil-based algal biofuel
kumbha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kumbhas
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha)
Senses: glosses: A piece of Indian pottery symbolizing the womb and fertility.
kumbhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kumbha
kalasas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kalasa
kalasha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalashas
form: kalasa
form: kalash
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa, “pitcher, pot”).
Senses: glosses: A metal pot with a large base and small mouth, used in Hindu rites, in which it is filled with water, coins, grain, etc. and topped with a coconut.
anti-racialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + racialization.
Senses: examples: text: Asian American cultural nationalism should not be conflated or confused with some of its most valid and powerful social activist trajectories, such as anti-racialization, working class grass roots politics and the empowerment of minority students in higher education.
ref: 2002 June, L Yang, “Theorizing Asian America: On Asian American and Postcolonial Asian Diasporic Women Intellectuals”, in Journal of Asian American Studies, volume 5, number 2:
text: This normalization of the English, what I have referred to previously as the anti-racialization of the English, did not occur through a stable construction of race.
ref: 2013, Ayanna Thompson, Performing Race and Torture on the Early Modern Stage, →ISBN, page 119:
text: Rather, she thinks that Dictée's politics does not need to be separated from a class politics from the outset, because she sees a cultural politics of anti-racialization as an ideal alternative to neocolonial capitalism.
ref: 2014 December, Dongho Cha, “Wishing for a Home: Race, Class, and Global Capitalism in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictée and Se-Hŭi Cho's A Little Ball Launched by a Dwarf”, in MLN, volume 129, number 5:
glosses: Activities or policies in opposition to racist distinctions.
kalashas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kalasha
kalash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kalasha.
kalashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kalash
werepup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweə(ɹ).pʌp/
Forms: form: werepups
Etymology: From were- + pup.
Senses: examples: text: Or will Bella choose Jake, and raise a litter of dark-haired werepups?
ref: 2007 August 12, Liesl Schillinger, “Children’s Books / Young Adult”, in New York Times:
topics: fantasy
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A werewolf puppy.
werepups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werepup
reactionwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From reaction + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: “But a lot of times in order to make the right decisions, reactionwise, you have to make them quick.”
ref: 2009 March 7, Jonathan Abrams, “N.B.A. Shooters Unconscious? Give It a Second Thought”, in New York Times:
glosses: In terms of reactions (responses to stimuli).
daimonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daimonian
besleeved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- + sleeve + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: In the television commercial, the Snuggie is featured mostly indoors, with owners using the besleeved blanket to sip tea while curled up on the couch.
ref: 2009 March 1, Allen Salkin, “Snuggie on the Street: Watch Your Back”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having sleeves.
brayne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: braynes
Senses: examples: text: The Ueynes are ſpred foorth throughout the whole bodie, howbeit from one welhead, that is to ſay from the Liuer: ſo be the Sinews, howbeit from the Brayne; So likewiſe are the Heartſtrings, howbeit from the Heart.
ref: 1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “That there is but Onely One God”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] [John Charlewood and] George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 18:
glosses: Obsolete form of brain.
braynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brayne
metabasaltic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metabasaltic
form: most metabasaltic
Etymology: From meta- + basalt + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or containing metabasalt.
administrative regions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of administrative region
hormone-replacement therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hormone-replacement therapies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hormone replacement therapy.
administrative region
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: administrative regions
Senses: glosses: A type of region in some countries.
glosses: A type of region in some countries.
Any of the 31 populated places in Federal District (Distrito Federal), Brazil, which are officially designated as administrative regions.
Derived terms: special administrative region
mancopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
myclozolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
mebenil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
mecarbinzid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
mepronil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
metconazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
methasulfocarb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
methfuroxam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
metiram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
metominostrobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
Mako Mori test
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the character Mako Mori from the 2013 film Pacific Rim by a Tumblr user known as "Chaila", who thought that the older Bechdel test was sometimes insufficient for measuring the representation of women in films.
Senses: examples: text: But what stood out most to me was how the film [Gravity] proves we need The Mako Mori Test.
ref: 2013, Ryan Syrek, "She Needed Her Space", The Reader, Volume 20, Number 35, 10 October 2013 - 16 October 2013, page 22
text: It [Run Lola Run] does pass the Mako Mori test though, because Lola is motivated by her boyfriend's safety, her actions do not always impact his story arc.
ref: 2015, Lani Gerbi, "The Bechdel Sword in the Stone", On Dit (Adelaide University), Volume 83, Issue 7, 15 July 2015, page 19
text: Below is just one take, and uses the established Bechdel and Mako Mori tests to assess whether a work is feminist/representative.
ref: 2015 August 17, Charlotte Hann, “Feminist Fandom”, in Salient, volume 78, number 19, Victoria University of Wellington, page 30:
topics: literature
media
publishing
qualifier: critical theory
glosses: A feminist test for evaluating works of fiction by whether they have (i) at least one female character (ii) who has her own narrative arc (iii) which does not exist to support the narrative arc of a male character.
wikipedia: Pacific Rim (film)
metrafenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
metsulfovax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
milneb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
I'm Hindu
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker is a follower of Hinduism.
pi minus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pi minuses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pi-minus.
pi plus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pi pluses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pi-plus.
tecloftalam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
tecnazene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
tecoram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
tetraconazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + conazole.
Senses: glosses: A systemic fungicide 1-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)propyl]1,2,4-triazole
thiadifluor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
thicyofen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
thifluzamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
triforine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
thiochlorfenphim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
thiophanate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
thioquinox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Further determinations of the amounts of thioquinox on cucumbers at different periods after spraying were made on fruits from the trials previously described […]
ref: 1963, Glasshouse Crops Research Institute (Littlehampton, England), Report (page 95)
glosses: A particular fungicide.
tiadinil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
tioxymid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
triadimenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
triamiphos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
triarimol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
triazbutil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
triazoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
tricyclazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + cycl- + azole.
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
triticonazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
trichlamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
triadimefon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
tolclofos-methyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular fungicide.
Federal District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An administrative division of Brazil; located in the Center West Region of Brazil and containing the country's capital Brasilia
glosses: Before 2016, the name formally given to Mexico City, the country’s capital.
Synonyms: Distrito Federal
convolutedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From convoluted + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. D. J. Cunningham, of Dublin, in a communication addressed to our contemporary Nature, brings into evidence the theory of Zelgersina, who explains the convolutedness or otherwise of the brain on mechanical grounds.
ref: 1890, “How the Cerebral Convolutions are Produced”, in The Cincinnati Lancet-clinic, volume 64, page 233:
text: A classic way of measuring the degree of convolutedness of a brain has been to determine the exposed surface relative to the total surface of the cerebral cortex.
ref: 1978, Sydney Frost, Whales and whaling, page 189:
text: Analysts of morality must retreat from their subject far enough to examine the reasons for its convolutedness.
ref: 1993, Matthew H. Nitecki, Evolutionary Ethics, page 192:
glosses: The quality of being convoluted.
unconvoluted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconvoluted
form: most unconvoluted
Etymology: From un- + convoluted.
Senses: glosses: Not convoluted.
unconvolved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + convolved.
Senses: glosses: Not convolved.
spinachless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spinach + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe your spinachless diet is slighting that invisible but necessary element raised to food fame during the past decade, the vitamin.
ref: 1930, Collier's, volume 85, page 14:
glosses: Without spinach.
Rashad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic, common in African American communities since the mid-1970s.
glosses: A male surname from Arabic.
faggotier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of faggoty: more faggoty
faggotiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of faggoty: most faggoty
sell in May and go away
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: sell in May
form: sell in May and stay away
form: sell in May then go away
Senses: examples: text: If ever there was a year in which, as the saying goes, “to sell in May and go away”, this was surely it. . . . From the beginning of May, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood above 10,000, it slid to a low in July of 7,702.
ref: 2002 August 23, “Jumping but jumpy”, in The Economist, retrieved 11 Oct 2015:
text: "Sell in May, and go away" is an old English proverb, but it does have some basis in reality. In the 1980s, Yale Hirsch, founder of the Stock Trader's Almanac, crunched the numbers. . . . From 1950 to 2007, the market from May to October provided an average annual gain of 0.6%, enough to earn $1,021 on $10,000 in those years. But if you had invested only in the "best six months," from November to April, your average gain would have been 7.6%, netting you $531,444 over those 58 years.
ref: 2009 May 15, Ben Steverman, “Stocks: Sell or Stay in May?”, in Businessweek, retrieved 11 Oct 2015:
text: One such truism is this: “Sell in May and go away”, meaning investors are best advised to sell stocks at the beginning of May and return to the equity market at the end of October.
ref: 2011 April 25, Josh Lipton, “Should You Sell in May and Go Away?”, in Forbes, retrieved 11 Oct 2015:
topics: business
finance
stock-market
synonyms: buy when it snows, sell when it goes
glosses: Stock market securities can be expected to increase in value to a greater degree in the months from November through April than in the months from May through October, and profit-minded investors should manage their portfolios accordingly.
Related terms: buy low, sell high
sell in May
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sell in May and go away.
Reformation Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: In Protestant churches, a commemoration of Martin Luther's 95 Theses, observed on the last Sunday in October (from Reformation Day, which was originally 31 October 1517).
Related terms: Reformation Day
Kingdomtide
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From kingdom + -tide, from the Festival of Christ the King that culminates the season.
Senses: topics: Christianity
Protestantism
glosses: The period or season of the Christian church year between the seasons of Pentecost and Advent, or the second half of this period.
Related terms: Ordinary Time
d/o
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of daughter of.
examples: text: What eating d/o is characterized by episodes of binge eating associated with emotional distress and accompanied by compensatory behaviors aimed at preventing weight gain? ¶ Bulimia nervosa
ref: 2006, John H. Naheedy, Daniel A. Orringer, Khashayar Mohebali, Peter F. Aziz, Susie Lim, Déjà Review™ USMLE Step 2 CK, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, published 2010, →ISBN, page 207:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of disorder.
Related terms: english: son of
translation: son of
word: s/o
audiencier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audienciers
Etymology: From French audiencier.
Senses: examples: text: That the Audiencier had proposed to renew the ancient leagues, which had been between England and Burgundy; […]
ref: 1749, Thomas Birch, An Historical View of the Negotiations Between the Courts of England, France, and Brussels from the Year 1592 to 1617, page 196:
glosses: A bailiff in certain French courts.
stubbourn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of stubborn.
ambulance chasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪsɪŋ
Senses: glosses: The action of an ambulance chaser.
matriarchism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From matriarch + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of matriarchy.
synonyms: word: matriarchy
Bordigism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bordiga + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The Marxist politics of Amadeo Bordiga
Related terms: Bordigist
Bordigist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Bordiga + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Alongside, and connected to this, we find the expected emphases of Bordigist thinking on organization: capitalism can only be surpassed if a party of the proletariat is organized; this party is a representative of the proletariat and is, in its invariant programme and existence, 'the prefiguration of communist society' (Camatte, 1961: 4) […]
ref: 2015, C. el-Ojeili, Beyond Post-Socialism: Dialogues with the Far-Left, page 94:
glosses: Relating to Bordigism.
if you're not Dutch, you're not much
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Believed to originate from Dutch American communities in the Midwest.
Senses: glosses: The Dutch culture is vastly superior to all others.
wikipedia: Dutch American
councilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From council + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The communist doctrine that advocates workers' councils
Related terms: councilist
coquecigrue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coquecigrues
Etymology: From French coquecigrue.
Senses: glosses: A chimera.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A certain mathematical object in connection with Leibniz algebras.
Ambrosius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ambrosiuses
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Ambrosius.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
godamm
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of goddamn.
dissidences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissidence
shahrud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shahruds
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian شاهرود.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of short-necked lute, similar to an archlute, originating in traditional Persian music.
shahruds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shahrud
dizain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dizains
Etymology: From French dizain.
Senses: glosses: decastich
moustached kingfisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moustached kingfishers
Senses: glosses: A rare species of kingfisher endemic to Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea, Actenoides bougainvillei.
IRGC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces.
decossackization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + Cossack + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The Bolshevik repression of the Cossacks.
ELINT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ELINTs
form: elint
Etymology: Blend of electronic + intelligence.
Senses: examples: text: (a) Intelligence.—This includes SIGINT, ELINT and their Electronic countermeasures (ECM, ECCM, ECCCM and so on).
ref: 2002, Indian Journal of Strategic Studies, volume 23, page 163:
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of electronic intelligence.
Related terms: COMINT
HUMINT
SIGINT
CCIP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Common Configuration Implementation Program.
dekulakization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dekulakizations
Etymology: From de- + kulak + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The communist repression of the kulaks (prosperous peasants and farmers) in the Soviet Union and communistic Eastern Europe.
Related terms: dekulakize
kuhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kuh
sshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ssh
sshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ssh
sshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ssh
Roman fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: malaria
Roman showers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Roman shower
cybersurveillance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + surveillance.
Senses: examples: text: The group is accused of defaming the state after a British nonprofit, Privacy International, wrote a report based on the testimony of four Moroccans who say they were targets of cybersurveillance by the government.
ref: 2015 October 11, Aida Alami, “Moroccan Government Cracks Down on Journalists and Activists”, in New York Times:
glosses: Surveillance of computer activity.
Related terms: e-surveillance
horn-bearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horn-bearing
form: most horn-bearing
form: hornbearing
Etymology: From horn + bearing. Compare Old English hornbǣre (“horn-bearing”).
Senses: examples: text: There are to be found among most kinds of hornbearing animals individuals with horns of wholly exceptional size, just as among all nations there are individuals of wholly exceptional height.
ref: 1914, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections:
text: In modern horn-bearing mammals, the bovids (such as sheep, cattle, and antelope), the horn sheath extends a variable, and often considerable, distance beyond the tip of the horn core.
ref: 1998, Peter Dodson, The Horned Dinosaurs: A Natural History:
glosses: Having or equipped with horns; horned
death-bearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: more death-bearing
form: most death-bearing
Etymology: From death + bearing. Compare Old English dēaþbǣre, cwealmbǣre (literally “death-bearing”).
Senses: examples: text: A pitiless, death-bearing posterity lies on the earth without cries of grief. Meanwhile wives and even gray mothers — one on one side of the raised altar, the other on the other — lament, praying for protection from the deadly misfortunes.
ref: 2006, Olga Freidenberg, Image and Concept:
glosses: Bringing or carrying death; deadly; destructive
undreamy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undreamy
form: most undreamy
Etymology: From un- + dreamy.
Senses: examples: 1848-49, Edward Bulwer Lytton, The Caxtons: A Family Picture
During the last two years in which I had been at school, my love for study had returned; but it was a vigorous, wakeful, undreamy love, stimulated by competition, and animated by the practical desire to excel.
glosses: Not dreamy.
cockhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockholes
Etymology: From cock + hole.
The ethnic slur was chosen from the phonological similarity to khokhol, popularized among English-speaking supporters of the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022.
Senses: glosses: The urethra.
glosses: The urethra.
A contemptible person.
glosses: A Ukrainian; khokhol.
Synonyms: urinary meatus
external urethral orifice
dickhole
pisshole
piss slit
cockholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockhole
Euromissile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euromissiles
Etymology: From Euro- + missile.
Senses: glosses: An American or Soviet missile stationed in a European country during the Cold War
glosses: An antitank missile manufactured by Euromissile
soo wee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sooey.