cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cataphoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cataphoreses
Etymology: From cata- + -phoresis.
Senses: glosses: electrophoresis of cations
Coordinate terms: anaphoresis
cationotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cation + -o- + -tropic.
Senses: glosses: tautomeric
cationotropy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cation + -o- + -tropy.
Senses: glosses: tautomerism
cenosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cenospheres
Senses: glosses: A porous or hollow carbonaceous sphere-like particle formed during pyrolysis or in the course of the combustion of coal.
cephem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cephems
Senses: glosses: Any of several antibiotics including the cephalosporins and cephamycins (cephams)
ecopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːkə(ʊ)pɔɪˈiːsɪs/
Etymology: Coined by Robert Haynes in 1990, from eco- + -poiesis.
Senses: glosses: The artificial creation of a sustainable ecosystem on a lifeless planet.
Related terms: terraforming
sweer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more sweer
form: most sweer
form: swear
form: sweir
form: swere
Etymology: From Middle English swere, sware, from Old English swǣr, swār (“heavy, of great weight, oppressive, grievous, painful, unpleasant, great, sad, feeling or expressing grief, grave, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent, inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak”), from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, *swērijaz (“heavy”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).
Senses: glosses: Heavy.
glosses: Dull; indolent; lazy.
glosses: Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined.
choucroute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French choucroute. Doublet of sauerkraut.
Senses: glosses: sauerkraut
flag of convenience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flags of convenience
Senses: examples: text: The terms of the treaties restricted the Navy's potential actions somewhat, but slavers were beginning to recognise that no flag of convenience was likely to keep them safe for long, especially as the United States began to send a few ships to help out what was now called the Preventative Squadron starting in the 1820s.
ref: 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 6:44 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
glosses: Registration of a ship in a country chosen for its low taxes, permissive regulations, etc.
glosses: The flag flown by a ship so registered (corresponding to the country of registration).
topics: business
glosses: Use of a particular location or jurisdiction as one's nominal base of operations in order to take advantage of favorable laws and regulations or to avoid restrictions on one's operations.
Related terms: flag-hopping
flag state
Essenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Essene
farthingdale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farthingdales
form: farthingdeal
Senses: synonyms: rood
glosses: A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
ambidexterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ambidextrous.
tube steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tube steaks
form: tube-steak
form: tubesteak
form: tube-steak
Etymology: A rhyming allusion to cube steak and the item's shape.
Senses: examples: text: She said it's often used in doughnuts and American hot dogs (solving at least a minuscule part of the what's-in-a-tube-steak mystery).
ref: 2008 May 14, Lisa Donovan, “Mace has sweet, mild flavor all its own”, in Chicago Sun-Times:
glosses: A frankfurter/hot dog.
examples: text: I want to slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade?
ref: 1987, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket, spoken by Joker (Matthew Modine):
glosses: A penis.
Synonyms: hot dog
frankfurter
tube-steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tube-steaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tube steak.
one side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably short for "move to one side", that is to one side of a passageway.
Senses: examples: text: He put next year's reserved seed on one side.
text: He put some money to one side.
glosses: A place where things are stored or reserved, as in
one side
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Probably short for "move to one side", that is to one side of a passageway.
Senses: examples: text: […] sign hung from the bronze knob, and it stated without equivocation that the Britannic Museum was "closed for repairs."
But the Inspector was made of stern stuff. He closed his right hand and with the resulting fist pounded formidably on the bronze.
[…] out popped the gargoylish head of a bulb-nosed old man.
"Hey!" snapped this apparition. "Can't you read English?"
"One side, brother," said the Inspector cheerfully. "We're in a hurry."
The doorman did not budge […]
ref: 1933, Barnaby Ross, Drury Lane's Last Case, March 1946 republication as by Ellery Queen, Little, Brown, page 45
text: “This is no time for sympathy,” I said. “Now one side or flipper off — I gotta go to work.”
ref: 1952, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Make Mine Mars:
text: "I'm late now, Fatty. C'mon. One side," Zooey said. A Philadelphia highboy had been moved out into the hall, and, together with Mrs. Glass's person, it blocked Zooey's passage.
ref: 1957, J. D. Salinger, Zooey:
glosses: A direct, somewhat impolite demand to ask someone to move out of the way.
recut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʌt
Forms: form: recuts
form: recutting
form: recut
form: recut
Etymology: From re- + cut.
Senses: examples: text: The footage of the first Christopher Street demonstration parade came from Lilli Vencenz. She made a film called Gay and Proud and sent me a release on her footage so that I could recut it for GAY USA.
ref: 1977 December 17, Michael Bronski, Arthur Bressan, “Bressan's "Politics Of Celebration"”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 9:
glosses: to cut again.
Hyponyms: remill
resaw
charlie horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charlie horses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of charley horse.
barathrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barathrum
assemblymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assemblyman
with bells on
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: How about a BBQ at our house, Saturday June 14th, 4pm?
Great idea! We'll be there with bells on.
qualifier: especially regarding acceptance of an invitation
glosses: With eager anticipation and enthusiasm.
Related terms: pull the other one, it's got bells on
arboretums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arboretum
accelerogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accelerograms
Etymology: From accelero- + -gram.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The graphical output from an accelerograph or seismograph.
Synonyms: seismogram
yearlies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yearly
seismogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seismograms
Etymology: From seismo- + -gram.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The graphical output from an accelerograph or seismograph.
Synonyms: accelerogram
Related terms: seismograph
warrantied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of warranty
warrantying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of warranty
weaklier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of weakly: more weakly
weakliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of weakly: most weakly
wisterias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wisteria
wranglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrangler
aseismic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aseismic
form: most aseismic
Etymology: From a- + seismic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
seismology
glosses: seismically inactive
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
seismology
glosses: applied to earth fault slip movement that does not produce any seismic shock.
Derived terms: aseismically
sullage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌlɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: sullages
Etymology: Compare suillage, sulliage.
Senses: examples: text: The streets [were] exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for the sullage.
ref: 1645 February 18 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 8 February 1645]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
glosses: The liquid discharges from kitchens, washbasins, toilets etc; sewage.
glosses: Silt or sediment deposited from flowing water.
examples: , "The Lineal Descent of Jesus of Nazareth from David by his Blessed Mother the Virgin Mary"
It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to receive no tincture, sullage, or defilement from the most noisome sinks and dunghills here below.
glosses: That which sullies or defiles.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
Derived terms: sullage piece
Essene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Essenes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐσσηνοι (Essēnoi); earlier etymology unknown
Senses: glosses: A member of a first-century ascetic Jewish sect in ancient Palestine from the second century BCE to the second century CE. The Essenes are believed to have been the authors of the Dead Sea scrolls.
Coordinate terms: Pharisee
Sadducee
Related terms: Essene bread
Essenian
Essenic
Essenism
accretionary wedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accretionary wedges
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The accumulation of surface sediment formed between a subducting oceanic crustal plate and a continental tectonic plate, as it is scraped from off the top of the oceanic crustal plate.
Synonyms: accretionary prism
Sadducees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sadducee
Coordinate terms: Pharisees
Essenes
Sadducee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sadducees
Etymology: Possibly, from Hebrew צדוקי (ts'dokí, “Sadducee”), whence also Zadokites or other variants.
Senses: glosses: A member of an ancient Jewish sect possibly formed as a political party in the 2nd century BCE and existing until around the 1st century CE.
Coordinate terms: Pharisee
Essene
set up shop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets up shop
form: setting up shop
form: set up shop
form: set up shop
Senses: examples: text: He set up shop in his garage every Saturday.
glosses: To physically arrange a shop or workplace.
examples: text: They set up shop as venture capitalists on Sand Hill Road.
text: Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.
ref: 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: […] these companies could enjoy support required to set up shop for the long term.
ref: 2010 September, Derek Rapp, "Good Company", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 80
antonyms: close up shop
glosses: To establish a business.
Synonyms: hang out one's shingle
Related terms: set out one's stall
Bowery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊəɹi/
Forms: form: Bowerys
form: Bowry
Etymology: Unexplained. Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a small cottage, from Middle English bour (“chamber, cottage”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for someone who worked there.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Bowery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊəɹi/
Forms: form: the Bowery
Etymology: From Dutch bouwerij (“farm”).
Senses: examples: text: We were seen quarrelling this afternoon in a saloon over on the Bowery.
ref: 1919, Frank L. Packard, chapter 3, in The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale:
text: […] sewer people, derelicts, bag ladies, undergrounders, and Bowery bums. Whatever the cause of their illness, as in Scanners, homeless people are victims but, more importantly, a threat to be eliminated.
ref: 2017, Stephen Pimpare, Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens, page 227:
glosses: A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low socioeconomic class.
Bowery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊəɹi/
Forms: form: more Bowery
form: most Bowery
Etymology: From Dutch bouwerij (“farm”).
Senses: synonyms: Boweryish
glosses: Characteristic of this street; swaggering; flashy.
sweat shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweat shirts
Senses: examples: text: After that came off there was just my undershirt, stained with sweat. he smiled at it for a while and then said as he heaved himself out of the chair, "There. You should have worn that all day, just that. That has real taste. The rest of your outfit was just gilding that lily of a sweat shirt."
ref: 1959, John Knowles, chapter 8, in A Separate Peace:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sweatshirt.
yellow peril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow perils
form: Yellow Peril
form: the yellow peril
Etymology: Of yellow + peril, modeled on earlier French péril jaune. Compare yellow as a racist term for East Asian people. Attested in English from the 1890s. The French cognate is attested from the 1880s.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps the German Emperor is the only man who really believes in the “Yellow Peril,” and what is this “Yellow Peril”?
The thought that the Japanese will get control of 500,000,000 Chinamen, arm them, and kill off the white men is so absurd that a child would laugh at it.
ref: 1891, Phillip Jaisohn, “The Far Eastern War from a Japanese point of view”, in Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, page 94:
text: I cannot, after a survey necessarily crammed with conjecture, conceive that the Yellow Peril will devastate Europe, or endanger the East Indies, though it may change their populations.
ref: 1900 December, Lloyd Sanders, “The Yellow Perils”, in The Anglo-Saxon Review, volume VII, page 102:
text: As long as the United States remains committed to aggressive capitalism domestically and aggressive militarism internationally, Asians and Asian Americans will continue to be scapegoats who embody threat and aspiration, an inhuman “yellow peril” and a superhuman model minority.
ref: 2021 June 6, Viet Thanh Nguyen, “The Flawed Fiction of ‘Asian American’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page SR 3:
glosses: The alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians, especially Chinese or Japanese people, due to their vast population, non-Western cultures, or supposed antagonism to the West.
examples: text: It was such a journey as I had taken once before, early in our pursuit of the genius of the Yellow Peril; but this was infinitely more terrible; for now we were utterly in Fu-Manchu’s power.
ref: 1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, page 335:
glosses: East Asian nations or peoples, conceived as threatening.
Synonyms: sense: alleged threat
word: yellow menace
sense: alleged threat
word: yellow terror
sense: East Asian nations or peoples conceived as threatening
word: yellow horde
Derived terms: yellow perilist
punctuation marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punctuation mark
Katahdin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kəˈtɑdɪn/
Etymology: From Abenaki Ktaden, Ktaaden (“great mountain”), from kta-, gita- (“great”) (compare Penobscot kta- (“great”)) + aden (“mountain”) (whence also monadnock). Cognate to Penobscot Ktàtən.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Mount Katahdin.
Katahdin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈtɑdɪn/
Forms: form: Katahdins
Etymology: From Abenaki Ktaden, Ktaaden (“great mountain”), from kta-, gita- (“great”) (compare Penobscot kta- (“great”)) + aden (“mountain”) (whence also monadnock). Cognate to Penobscot Ktàtən.
Senses: glosses: A sheep of a particular breed developed in Maine.
Katahdins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Katahdin
Cormo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cormos
Senses: glosses: A sheep of a particular breed developed in Tasmania by crossing Corriedale rams with superfine Saxon Merino ewes.
triple negative breast cancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple negative breast cancers
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A type of breast cancer, affecting African women more than white women, in which the three normal receptors are absent.
reverse mortgage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse mortgages
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An agreement under which money is borrowed using one's home as collateral, to be repaid from the proceeds of its sale (usually on the owner's death).
reverse mortgages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reverse mortgage
plausible deniability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally CIA jargon from the 1950s, and popularized during the Watergate scandal (1970s).
Senses: examples: text: Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North may have added a memorable phrase to the lexicon of political obfuscation at the Iran-contra hearings when he referred to his concern for "plausible deniability" as he carried out his covert activities.
ref: 1987 July 16, Meyer Rangell, “Letters: Deniable Plausibility?”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Jun 2015:
text: Americans would stand out in the Laotian jungle, and Washington needed to retain plausible deniability. CIA officials demanded that Laotians on their payroll carry out the mission.
ref: 2001 June 24, Douglas C. Waller, “The Americans Left Behind”, in Time, retrieved 08 Jun 2015:
text: No longer is plausible deniability acceptable, either for boards or for management. Corporate and nonprofit boards alike are expected to know of problems that are brewing deep within their organizations.
ref: 2014 October 8, Davia Temin, “The Role Of Boards In Crisis”, in Forbes, retrieved 08 Jun 2015:
topics: business
espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: The organization of clandestine activity in such a way that knowledge of its existence may be denied by those in authority.
Related terms: plausible denial
plausibly deny
cold blood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: obsolete outside the phrase in cold blood
glosses: A state of mild or low emotions, previously understood as a condition whereby the blood has not been appreciably heated by emotional intensity.
Derived terms: cold-blooded
in cold blood
ensoul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ensouls
form: ensouling
form: ensouled
form: ensouled
Etymology: From en- + soul.
Senses: examples: text: Many creation myths tell of a deity who is believed to ensoul humans.
glosses: To give a soul or place in the soul.
Related terms: ensoulment
deanthropomorphisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deanthropomorphisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deanthropomorphization.
wyd
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of WYD.
vrou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vrous
Etymology: From Afrikaans vrou. Doublet of frau, frow, and vrouw.
Senses: glosses: A woman.
saad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saads
Senses: glosses: The letter ص in the Arabic script.
lewer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lew: more lew
knip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knips
form: knipping
form: knipped
form: knipped
Etymology: Probably from late Middle English *knippen, from Middle Dutch knippen, whence modern Dutch knippen (“to cut, clip, snip”). Doublet of gnip and nip.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nip.
glosses: Alternative form of knep.
Related terms: knep
kneppars
speel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speels
form: speeling
form: speeled
form: speeled
form: speil
form: spele
form: speal
form: spiel
form: spael
Etymology: From Early Scots speill (“to climb”), of obscure origin. From or akin to Early Scots spelare (“acrobat, tumbler”). Probably from Middle Dutch spelen (“to play, walk a tight rope, do gymnastic tricks, juggle, perform as an actor or clown”), see spiel. Alternately, representing a continuation of Middle English spilen, from Old English spilian (“to play”).
Senses: examples: text: 1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie, The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c., Glasgow, page 218,
This I thocht at the time when he was speeling up the ladder before me in the Hie Kirk steeple ; but good breeding, at that particular time, keeped me from taking ony correck view of how things stood in that quarter.
text: They were catched speeling up the lamp-posts and taking oot the cruizes and drinking the ulye, wick and a′.
ref: 1841, “Humorous Traits of an Old Highland Gentleman”, in Chambers′ Edinburgh Journal, Volume 9, Numbers 317-318, page 94:
text: 1860, Hugh MacDonald, Days at the Coast: A Series of Sketches Descriptive of the Firth of Clyde, Glasgow, page 255,
There is a comfortable inn at this picturesque spot, where those who purpose speeling the lofty Ben generally prepare for their arduous undertaking.
glosses: To climb.
speel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speels
form: speeling
form: speeled
form: speeled
form: speil
form: spele
form: speal
form: spiel
form: spael
Etymology: From English dialectal speel (“talk; lingo; patter”), short for bonspiel. Related to spiel.
Senses: examples: text: Old Saxon, who was so sweet and gentle despite his long years on the halls, smiled at me and suggested I should do some speeling. Yedo gave me a megaphone. I held it to my mouth but there was silence.
ref: 1972, Sven Berlin, Pride of the Peacock: The Evolution of an Artist, page 91:
text: 1973, Irene Baird, Waste Heritage, Macmillan of Canada, page 262,
“I must close now or I shall go on speeling all night. […] ”
glosses: To talk at length, to spiel.
speel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speels
form: speeling
form: speeled
form: speeled
form: speil
form: spele
form: speal
form: spiel
form: spael
Senses: glosses: To run.
speel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speels
form: speil
form: spele
form: speal
form: spiel
form: spael
Etymology: Probably from Afrikaans speel. Compare Middle English spel (“a story; tale; narrative”). Doublet of spell and shpiel.
Senses: glosses: A story; a spiel.
speel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speels
form: spool
form: speil
form: spele
form: speal
form: spiel
form: spael
Etymology: Possibly related to spile.
Senses: glosses: A splinter; a strip of wood or metal.
speel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speels
form: speil
form: spele
form: speal
form: spiel
form: spael
Etymology: Perhaps continuing Middle English spilen (“to revel, play”), from Old English spilian (“to revel, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Cognate with Dutch spelen (“to play”), German spielen (“to play”), Luxembourgish spillen (“to play”), Icelandic spila (“to play”), Faroese spæla (“to play”), Swedish spela (“to play”), Danish spille (“to play”), Norwegian spille (“to play”).
Senses: examples: text: To play a good speel.
qualifier: rustic
glosses: A game.
speel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speels
form: speeling
form: speeled
form: speeled
form: speil
form: spele
form: speal
form: spiel
form: spael
Etymology: Perhaps continuing Middle English spilen (“to revel, play”), from Old English spilian (“to revel, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Cognate with Dutch spelen (“to play”), German spielen (“to play”), Luxembourgish spillen (“to play”), Icelandic spila (“to play”), Faroese spæla (“to play”), Swedish spela (“to play”), Danish spille (“to play”), Norwegian spille (“to play”).
Senses: examples: text: To speel ba'.
qualifier: rustic
glosses: To lake, play, sport, take amusement.
Derived terms: spieler
ba-spiel
moustached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌstæʃt/
ipa: /məˈstɑːʃt/
Forms: form: mustached
Etymology: From moustache + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: British military officers are usually moustached.
text: [T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:
text: One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusing still, showing poor Mabel Normand chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express!
ref: 1958 February 24, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:
glosses: Having a moustache.
Synonyms: bemoustached
mustachioed
Derived terms: moustached kingfisher
moustached warbler
unmoustached
sout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saʊt/
rhymes: -aʊt
Senses: examples: text: His head and beard with sout were ill bedight
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of soot.
vrot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vrot
form: most vrot
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans vrot (“rotten”).
Senses: examples: text: The mycologist Raper found and isolated one of the very best strains of penicillin-producing fungus happily growing on a vrot spanspek at his local greengrocer[…]
ref: 1979, South African journal of science, volumes 75-76, page 399:
text: The leader who was a bit older than the others - his two front teeth were missing - kicked her legs when she caught him and he said she was a vrot banana also because she was a girl also.
ref: 1994, Ella Mary Macphail, Ugogo and other stories from South Africa, page 33:
glosses: rotten
naby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nabies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nabby.
extrabellum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + Latin bellum.
Senses: examples: text: The 1990s in America were the largest extrabellum economic expansion in the 20th century.
glosses: Outside of wartime; during peacetime.
lardon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lardons
form: lardoon
Etymology: From Middle English lardon, lardun, from Old French lardon.
Senses: examples: text: Place three or four slices of lardon on top of the meat and cover it with a sheet of paper smeared with butter.
ref: 1949, “Wild Boar between Two Fires”, in Italian Cook Book: Adopted from the Italian of Pellegrino Artusi and Olga Ragusa, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: S. F. Vanni, →OCLC, page 119:
text: Too-lean meat or poultry can be “marbled” by the cook, with lardon and a larding needle.
ref: 2006, Jacques L. Rolland, Carol Sherman, “marbling”, in The Food Encyclopedia: Over 8,000 Ingredients, Tools, Techniques and People, Toroto, Ont.: Robert Rose Inc., →ISBN, page 404, column 2:
text: They’d have had to take out a loan just to walk through the door. Not to judge, but I didn’t see Alta or Maya Watson as two women who were going to take a quick lunch of frisee salad with lardon or Thai duck confit with tamarind and pomegranate drizzle, certainly not at these prices.
ref: 2011, Reed Farrel Coleman, chapter 14, in Hurt Machine (Moe Prager; 7), Cincinnati, Oh.: Tyrus Books, →ISBN, page 76:
synonyms: larding#Noun
glosses: Meat strips used for larding, especially salted pork.
examples: text: This is a hearty and satisfying soup that is made even more tempting by the crunch of crispy croutons and salty bacon lardons.
ref: 2017, Emily Roux, Giselle Roux, “Split Pea Soup with Crispy Lardons and Croutons”, in New French Table: A Fresh Take on Classic Recipes, London: Mitchell Beazley, →ISBN, “Soups” section, page 27:
synonyms: larding#Noun
glosses: One of the strips.
vivat
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːˌvæt/
ipa: /ˈvaɪˌvæt/
ipa: /ˈviˌvɑt/
ipa: /ˈvaɪˌvæt/
ipa: /ˈviˌvæt/
Etymology: From Latin vīvat (literally “may s/he live”).
Senses: examples: text: The magistrates were mobbed by vivat-yelling crowds, some 10,000 of whom made their way to the Bastille where they clamoured for Rohan's release.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 338:
glosses: A cry wishing someone long life and prosperity.
vivat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːˌvæt/
ipa: /ˈvaɪˌvæt/
ipa: /ˈviˌvɑt/
ipa: /ˈvaɪˌvæt/
ipa: /ˈviˌvæt/
Forms: form: vivats
Etymology: From Latin vīvat (literally “may s/he live”).
Senses: examples: text: The King swears; and now be the welkin split with vivats[.]
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter XII, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 63:
glosses: An utterance of the interjection vivat.
scene kid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scene kids
Senses: glosses: A young person belonging to a current popular fad or fashion subgenre, often relating to a musical genre.
glosses: A member of the scene subculture which was popular amongst young people in Canada and the United States in the 2000s and early 2010s.
Related terms: scene queen
triffids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triffid
scene kids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scene kid
expirer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)
Forms: form: expirers
Etymology: From expire + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which expires.
passado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passados
form: passadoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of passade.
sessional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From session + -al.
Senses: examples: CUPE 3902 is a labour union local representing sessional lecturers and teaching assistants (TAs) at the University of Toronto, Canada.
glosses: Pertaining to a period, often an academic term or a sitting of a legislative body.
sessional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sessionals
Etymology: From session + -al.
Senses: examples: The sessionals’ Agreement was ratified on 1 April, 2005.
glosses: An instructor hired by a college or universities on a temporary basis.
screwing over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of screw over
bustitution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌst.ɪ.tjuː.ʃən/
Forms: form: bustitutions
Etymology: Blend of bus + substitution
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The (temporary or permanent) substitution of a bus service for a rail (train, tram, etc) or trolleybus service.
Related terms: bus replacement service
Lenker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Lenker rod
Marija
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Macedonian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Марија (Marija), equivalent to Mary
ostomate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostomates
Etymology: From ostomy + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.
Related terms: colostomy
urostomy
ileostomy
unprovenanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unprovenanced
form: most unprovenanced
Etymology: From un- + provenanced.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: unprovenienced
text: There are many problems associated with artifacts and objects that lack a secure archaeological context. As Biblical Archaeology Review readers know, we typically describe such objects as “unprovenanced” (or, more accurately, unprovenienced). Since they were not found through controlled scientific excavation and often enter collections through the antiquities market, unprovenanced objects present serious practical, ethical, and even legal issues that scholars must consider when discussing them.
ref: 2021 November 19, Glenn J. Corbett, “The Problem with Unprovenanced Objects”, in Bible History Daily, Biblical Archaeology Society:
text: “Unprovenienced” is to be differentiated from “unprovenanced,” which refers to artifacts whose ownership history is unknown.
ref: 2024 April 3, Christopher J. Foster, Glenda Chao, and Mercedes Valmisa, “The Methods and Ethics of Researching Unprovenienced Artifacts from East Asia”, in Cambridge Elements: Elements in Ancient East Asia, Cambridge University Press:
glosses: Lacking provenance; unknown source.
ostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostomies
Etymology: Back-formation from colostomy, ileostomy, gastrostomy, and similar terms.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgical procedure to provide an exit point for the waste of an organism.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An exit point created by such surgical procedure.
Synonyms: stoma
Derived terms: ostomate
Related terms: stoma
-stomy
-ostomy
colostomy
ileostomy
-stomy
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -ostomy
Etymology: See stoma.
Senses: glosses: A surgical procedure forming a hole for access, nutrition, or waste elimination.
tech-savvy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛkˌsævi/
Forms: form: more tech-savvy
form: most tech-savvy
Etymology: From tech (“(informal) technology”) + savvy (“perceptive, shrewd, and well-informed”); perhaps a contraction of high-tech savvy, or a variant of techno-savvy.
Senses: examples: text: The Tofflers have also recruited as executive partners TV producer Al Burton and the tech-savvy film producer and entrepreneur Jeff Apple.
ref: 1996 July 15, Michael Krantz, “Cashing in on Tomorrow”, in Time, volume 148, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2008:
text: But as the railways become increasingly digitised, it is these young tech-savvy individuals with knowledge about coding who may well have the skills the industry needs.
ref: 2021 August 11, Chris Howe, “Inspire the March of the ‘Mods’”, in RAIL, number 937, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 63:
text: People want to see staff on trains. […] People want ticket offices. […] The danger is that we could end up with a minimalist railway, usable only by those who are fit, tech-savvy, and have an existing knowledge of the network.
ref: 2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 47:
synonyms: techno-savvy
glosses: Proficient in the use of technology, especially computers.
Derived terms: tech-savviness
Croato-Serbian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kɹəʊˌeɪtəʊˈsɜː(ɹ)biən/
Etymology: From Croato- + Serbian.
Senses: glosses: Serbo-Croatian
Croato-Serbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kɹəʊˌeɪtəʊˈsɜː(ɹ)biən/
Etymology: From Croato- + Serbian.
Senses: glosses: Serbo-Croatian
Muhammadan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Muhammadans
Etymology: From Muhammad + -an.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mohammedan.
Muhammadan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Muhammad + -an.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mohammedan.
Buddhistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Boodhistic
Etymology: From Buddhist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to Buddhism.
Okie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊ.ki/
rhymes: -əʊki
Forms: form: Okies
Etymology: Shortening of Oklahoma, + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Will Rogers is considered a famous Okie.
text: [I]n the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them.
ref: 1939 April 14, John Steinbeck, chapter 19, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 242:
text: One time we broke into an Okie house where everybody was getting ready to go to a funeral.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:
text: When, in high school, I was at the depth of my self-loathing-as-sissy, a brilliant young man arrived in Chickasha to become choral director at the high school. My friends and I had never met anyone like him: urbane, brilliant, dedicated to professional standards, a real taskmaster, who seemed to care for us little Okie hicks.
ref: 1979 August 11, Laud Humphreys, “Courage, Sisters and Brothers!”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 5:
synonyms: Oklahoman
Sooner
glosses: A person from Oklahoma.
Related terms: oukie
PMO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PMOs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
glosses: Initialism of pornography, masturbation, orgasm.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of project management office.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Provost Marshall Office
topics: government
glosses: Initialism of Prime Minister's Office; The Office of the Prime Minister, composed of the prime minister and his or her top political staff.
Coordinate terms: sense: Prime Minister's Office
word: PCO
PMO
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pmo
saliva test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saliva tests
Senses: examples: text: Women competitors in the Olympic Games have to pass a saliva test to prove they are not long-haired men.
ref: 1968 August 11, “'Beautiful Sport' Draws a Beauty”, in New York Times, page S6:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medical test in which a sample of saliva is analyzed, often in order to measure a person's hormone levels; such a test administered to an athlete in order to conclusively determine gender.
bacteriostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌsteɪ.sɪs/
Forms: form: bacteriostases
Etymology: From bacterio- + stasis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed.
tramcar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tramcars
Etymology: From tram + car.
Senses: examples: text: A style guide of the 1930s for journalists on the Daily Express tried to bring trams upmarket by insisting they be called 'tramcars'.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 149:
glosses: A streetcar.
examples: text: We arrived at level 15 where we piled into a battery powered tramcar for a ten minute ride to the section of the mine we would be visiting. Packed into the tram we realized why the gigantic cooling and ventilation systems on the surface pumps 550 cubic meters of air into the mine each second.
glosses: A rail vehicle for carrying loads in a mine; a tram.
Synonyms: sense: mine vehicle
word: mine car
sense: mine vehicle
word: ore car
Hypernyms: sense: mine vehicle
word: rolling stock
scenester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsiːnstɚ/
Forms: form: scenesters
Etymology: From scene + -ster (“agent, person”).
Senses: examples: text: One of those nights was recorded and, with production by local scenester Chris D., is now seeing the light of day.
ref: 1986 January 5, Cary Darling, “Australian Rock: Boiling from Down Under”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2009:
text: Their job is to deny entry to those who don't belong, the wannabe scenester as opposed to the real scenester.
ref: 2014, Dirk Wittenborn, Jazz Johnson, The Social Climber's Bible:
text: Some scenesters told me of their manic daily life, made of entire days and nights spent without any sleep or food, focusing on the music until exhaustion.
ref: 2019, Stefano Barone, Metal, Rap, and Electro in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia: A Fragile Underground, →ISBN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A non-musician who is active in a particular musical scene, especially one whose involvement carries social status.
examples: text: This is a guide to actually understanding that universe, whether you simply want to sound literate at a dinner party, know the difference between a bitcoin maxi and an NFT scenester, angle for a promotion by showing off more tech fluency than your boss, or leave your PR job to become memer-in-chief at a new coin exchange.
ref: 2021 November 30, Sara Harrison, “A Normie’s Guide to Becoming a Crypto Person: How to (cautiously and skeptically) fall down the rabbit hole”, in New York Magazine:
glosses: A person who associates themselves with a particular trending or fashionable cultural scene.
Synonyms: fan
scene kid
groupie
Derived terms: scenesterism
actinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖν- (aktís, aktîn-, “ray”) + -al. The usage was coined by Louis Agassiz (See quotations below.).
Senses: examples: text: The so-called mouth is always placed at one of these poles, and from it radiate the most prominent organs, in consequence of which I have called this side of the body the oral or actinal area ...
ref: 1857, Professor Louis Agassiz, Natural History of North America, Vol. IV, page 376:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
antonyms: abactinal
glosses: Pertaining to the side or surface around the mouth in an animal that has radial symmetry such as a starfish.
examples: text: [Professor Agassiz] gives the names of two axes of the animals; that around which the motion of the animal occurs is the actinal axis ...
ref: 1861, John Timbs, Charles W. Vincent, James Mason, The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., page 214:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Pertaining to the axis of rotational symmetry in radiate animals.
Derived terms: actinally
diactinal
hexactinal
interactinal
monactinal
pentactinal
tetractinal
triactinal
Related terms: abactinal
arioso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ariosos
form: ariosi
Etymology: From Italian arioso.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical style, in opera and oratorio, that is more melodic than recitative, but less so than aria
pickler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picklers
Etymology: From pickle + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who pickles food products.
examples: text: The slicing cucumbers' production systems are geared to be first on the market, whereas for the picklers this urgency is not so great.
ref: 1989, Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production, page 520:
glosses: A cucumber grown for pickling.
glosses: A machine that pickles metal.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: (in the Python programming language) A program or algorithm that performs serialization.
pickler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picklers
Etymology: From (pickleball - ball) + er.
Senses: glosses: A person who enjoys the sport of pickleball, especially one who is obsessed with the game.
picklers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pickler
tugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tuggers
Etymology: From tug + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of tug; one who tugs.
tuggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tugger
Texel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛk.səl/
Senses: glosses: An island of the Netherlands, an island of North Holland.
Texel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛk.səl/
Forms: form: Texels
Senses: glosses: A domestic sheep of a heavily-muscled breed originally from the island of Texel.
bepiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bepisses
form: bepissing
form: bepissed
form: bepissed
Etymology: From Middle English bipissen. Compare Dutch and German bepissen. By surface analysis, be- (“on, upon”) + piss.
Senses: examples: text: they never bepiſſe and drench themſelves with this peſtilent excrement, […] for they cannot abide themſelves their owne urine
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXVII.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 217:
text: I ſhall be piſſe my breeches if I cowre thus
ref: 1610–1616 (date written), Iohn [i.e., John] Fletcher, Monsieur Thomas. A Comedy. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, […], published 1639, →OCLC, Act IV, scene vi:
text: laughing, till they bepiſs'd themſelves
ref: 1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […], 1688, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 7:
text: So Ditton and Whiston may both be bepissed on / And Whiston and Ditton may both be beshit on.
ref: 1714, “Ode, to Music. On the Longitude”, Jonathan Swift:
text: he has bepiſs'd the bed.[…]yes, he has wet it through and through
ref: a. 1775 (date written), [Paul] Scarron, translated by Oliver Goldsmith, The Comic Romance of Monsieur Scarron, […], volume I, London: […] W. Griffin, […], published 1775, →OCLC, page 36:
text: "[…] till thou bepiss thyself and befoul thy clothes."
ref: 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume VIII, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 160:
glosses: To urinate on.
Coordinate terms: beshit
Derived terms: word: unbepissed
momme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mommes
form: momme
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 匁(もんめ) (monme).
Senses: glosses: A unit of weight (3.75 grams) used for pearls, paper, and silk.
Noord-Brabant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: meronyms: Alphen-Chaam
Altena
Asten
Baarle-Nassau
Bergeijk
Bergen op Zoom
Bernheze
Best
Bladel
Boekel
Boxtel
Breda
Cranendonck
Deurne
Dongen
Drimmelen
Eersel
Eindhoven
glosses: North Brabant, a province of the Netherlands.
backarc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backarcs
Etymology: From back + arc.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The landward region of a volcanic chain, opposite the subduction zone.
Benioff zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Benioff zones
Etymology: Named after the discoverer, American seismologist Hugo Benioff
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Contraction of Wadati-Benioff zone.
Wadati-Benioff zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wadati-Benioff zones
Etymology: Named after the two independent discoverers: the Japanese seismologist Kiyoo Wadati, and the American seismologist Hugo Benioff
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A deep-level seismic zone on the line of subduction where earthquakes occur.
Synonyms: Benioff zone
aft-most
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aftmost.
thrust fault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrust faults
Etymology: Coined by geologist Archibald Geikie in 1884.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of reverse fault in which the angle that the hanging wall makes with the horizontal is less than 45 degrees.
Derived terms: blind thrust fault
overthrust