cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
neckholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neckhole
nemathecial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the nemathecium.
pesh-kabz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pesh-kabz
form: peshkabz
form: pesh-qabz
Etymology: From Classical Persian پیش قبض (pēš qabz, “foregrip”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Khyber knife.
synonyms: word: Khyber knife
Neo-Confucianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Neo-Confucianists
form: neo-Confucianist
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Neo-Confucian.
synonyms: word: Neo-Confucian
Neo-Confucianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Neo-Confucianist
peshkabz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peshkabz
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pesh-kabz.
Neo-Hebrew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From neo- + Hebrew.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Neo-Hebraic.
synonyms: word: Neo-Hebraic
NMACC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre.
nonclimax
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + climax.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not being, or not relating to, a climax community.
offscour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: offscours
form: offscouring
form: offscoured
form: offscoured
Etymology: From off- + scour.
Senses: glosses: To remove by, or as if by, scouring; to scrub away.
Related terms: offscouring
offscoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of offscour
offscours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of offscour
orb spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orb spiders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of orbweaver.
synonyms: word: orbweaver
orb spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orb spider
osmotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to osmotaxis.
perspectivic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From perspective + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to perspective.
Barston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP2078).
happy to see someone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Coined by Mae West, date of origin unclear.
Senses: examples: text: The cell phone in my best friend's kangaroo pocket created the illusion that he was happy to see Jasmine.
text: Just beyond the clear shower door he stood, visibly happy to see her.
ref: 2004, Angelo Pagnotti, First American Pope: Pontifex Maximus, page 65:
text: Like the others, Jarrett said that he has no fear of getting an erection. "I've woken up with one before. We all have." He elaborated that if one is "fully awake" they make a joke of it: "All the boys piss themselves, saying something like 'happy to see me or whatever.'
ref: 2016, Eric Anderson, Rory Magrath, Rachael Bullingham, Out in Sport:
text: "You sure are happy to see me.” He glanced down at his shorts, hoping his erection wasn't too noticeable, but then he realized she stared at the area around him.
ref: 2017, Carly Fall, Broken Warrior:
text: Just before I could stop her, she stepped right up to me as if she was going to give me a hug and felt my erection on her belly. […] "I see someone is happy to see me.
ref: 2020, Wayne Diggs, Psychotically Gifted:
glosses: Visibly aroused and having a strong erection.
Gebrekidan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gebrekidans
Senses: examples: Hiwot Gebrekidan, b. 1995
glosses: A surname.
Meganisi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Greek Μεγανήσι (Meganísi, literally “big island”).
Senses: glosses: A Greek island and municipality to the southeast of the island of Lefkada.
MacKillop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: MacKillops
form: Mackillop
Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic MacFhilib.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Related terms: McKillop
war footings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war footing
wartime footings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wartime footing
Alpine ibex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alpine ibexes
Senses: glosses: A steinbock (Capra ibex).
Alpine ibexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alpine ibex
aetherophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aetherophones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of theremin.
synonyms: word: theremin
aetherophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aetherophone
agrotown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrotowns
Etymology: From agro- + town.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of agrocity.
synonyms: word: agrocity
agrotowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrotown
ah shucks
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aw shucks.
PDCO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Planetary Defense Coordination Office.
air-breathing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of airbreathing.
airmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airmarks
Etymology: From air + mark, modelled on landmark.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: mark#Noun
coordinate_terms: landmark
glosses: A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for aerial navigation.
airmark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: airmarks
form: airmarking
form: airmarked
form: airmarked
Etymology: From air + mark, modelled on landmark.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: mark#Verb
label#Verb
glosses: To mark airport names or identifiers so that they can be seen from the sky, to aid pilots in navigation.
airmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airmark
airmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of airmark
airmarking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of airmark
airmarked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of airmark
Ajivika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Ajivikism
glosses: A heterodox school of Indian philosophy, believed to have been founded in the 5th century BCE by Makkhali Gosāla; a major rival of Vedic religion, early Buddhism, and Jainism.
Ajivika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ajivikas
Senses: glosses: A supporter of this philosophy.
Ajivikism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ajivika + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ajivika.
synonyms: word: Ajivika
Ajivikas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ajivika
burnt in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn in
burns in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burn in
burning in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of burn in
burned in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn in
undecodeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of undecodable.
sportsfinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sportsfinders
Etymology: Blend of sports + viewfinder
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: Albada finder
glosses: A kind of camera viewfinder made from wire rectangles, including a smaller one nearer the eye and a larger one further away, with no optics. The smaller rectangle was centered in the larger, which would then give an indication of what would be included in the photograph.
sportsfinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sportsfinder
Albada finder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Albada finders
Etymology: Named after the inventor, Dutch optical engineer, Lieuwe van Albada.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sportsfinder.
synonyms: word: sportsfinder
Albada finders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Albada finder
all-expense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: an all-expense tour around Europe
glosses: Synonym of all-expenses-paid.
synonyms: word: all-expenses-paid
Amazonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Amazon + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: In reaction against Amazonism, the next era of human society sees the development of a new form of marriage under male hegemony.
ref: 2004, Gérald Gaillard, The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists, page 10:
glosses: Domination of society by women; an extreme matriarchal system.
antemask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antemasks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of antimasque.
antemasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antemask
anthracitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Conversion into anthracite.
arachnidology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of arachnids.
astomatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + stomatal.
Senses: glosses: Lacking a stoma.
barley twist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barley twists
Senses: glosses: A twisted stick of barley sugar.
barley twists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barley twist
bathvillite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bathville + -ite.
Senses: glosses: An amorphous, opaque, very friable material found in cavities in the torbanite of Bathville, Lothian, Scotland.
bazookaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bazookamen
Etymology: From bazooka + -man.
Senses: glosses: A soldier armed with a bazooka.
bazookamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bazookaman
belittered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of belitter
belitters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of belitter
belittering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of belitter
polyfluoralkyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyfluoralkyls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polyfluoroalkyl.
bellyache bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellyache bush
trumpet animalcule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trumpet animalcules
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stentor (“type of protozoan”).
synonyms: word: stentor
extra: type of protozoan
perfluoralkyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfluoralkyls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perfluoroalkyl.
trumpet animalcules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trumpet animalcule
fluoralkyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluoralkyls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fluoroalkyl.
bibliocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bibliocentric
form: most bibliocentric
Senses: examples: text: a bibliocentric approach to psychotherapy
glosses: Based around the Bible.
bidialectalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bidialectalists
Etymology: From bidialectal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of bidialectalism.
bidialectalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bidialectalist
Russian novel effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Russian novel effect
Etymology: Some Russian literary works, such as Tolstoy's War and Peace, are known for their length and number of characters with names unfamiliar to English readers.
Senses: examples: text: Foreign names were simplified by the author to mitigate the Russian novel effect.
text: Throughout this book, I have used first names for major figures rather than full names, in order to avoid the "Russian novel effect," where English readers suffer the confusion of multiple unfamiliar names. Thus, for instance, I have used Ali instead of Ali ibn Abu Talib, Aisha instead of Aisha bint Abu Bakr, Omar instead of Omar ibn al-Khattab, and so on.
ref: 2010, Lesley Hazleton, “Note on Usage and Spelling”, in After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam, Doubleday:
text: I have listed […] a glossary of key people and places. If only to avoid the Russian novel effect, I urge readers to glance at these at the start.
ref: 2013, Fiona Maddocks, “Preface”, in Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age, Faber & Faber:
text: I have also limited the use of their full names, such as Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima bint Muhammad, to avoid the "Russian novel effect," keeping in mind the English reader who may be more easily confused with multiple unfamiliar names.
ref: 2021, Jalal Moughania, “Arabic Spelling and Usage Note”, in Ali: The Elixir of Love, Mainstay Foundation:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: The difficulty experienced by English readers in distinguishing multiple people or characters with non-English names, leading to confusion.
wikipedia: War and Peace
blackguardery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blackguard + -ery.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blackguardry.
bluestoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bluestone
bluestoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bluestone
socrealism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clipped compound of socialist realism.
socrealist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Clipped compound of socialist realist.
socrealist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: socrealists
Senses: glosses: Clipped compound of socialist realist.
socrealists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of socrealist
socialist realist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to socialist realism.
socialist realist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: socialist realists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of socialist realism, or an artist working in that style.
socialist realists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of socialist realist
bobbejaan spanner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bobbejaan spanners
Senses: glosses: A monkey wrench.
bobbejaan spanners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bobbejaan spanner
bossy-boots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bossy-boots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bossyboots.
osage-orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osage-oranges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Osage orange.
osage-oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osage-orange
savealls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saveall
bo'dark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bo'darks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bodark.
bo'darks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bo'dark
dilation and extraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dilation and extractions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of intact dilation and extraction.
synonyms: word: intact dilation and extraction
intact dilation and evacuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intact dilation and evacuations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of intact dilation and extraction.
synonyms: word: intact dilation and extraction
intrauterine cranial decompression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intrauterine cranial decompressions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of intact dilation and extraction.
synonyms: word: intact dilation and extraction
Proto-Mongolic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The hypothetical ancestor language of the modern Mongolic languages.
self-unloader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-unloaders
Etymology: From self- + unloader.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of self-discharger.
synonyms: word: self-discharger
self-discharger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-dischargers
Etymology: From self- + discharger.
Senses: synonyms: self-unloader
glosses: A ship that is able to discharge its cargo using its own gear, often by means of an excavator fitted on a traverse running over the vessel's entire hatch, and able to move sideways.
self-dischargers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-discharger
dilation and extractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dilation and extraction
intact dilation and evacuations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intact dilation and evacuation
intrauterine cranial decompressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intrauterine cranial decompression
self-described
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + described.
Senses: examples: text: A self-described "serial entrepreneur", he left school at 16 to start a cleaning company.
text: He sometimes appears in content with self-described members of the “Intellectual Dark Web.”
ref: 2018 September 18, Rebecca Lewis, “Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube”, in Data & Society:
glosses: Described by oneself; in one's own words.
Related terms: self-proclaimed
self-appoint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-appoints
form: self-appointing
form: self-appointed
form: self-appointed
Senses: glosses: To appoint by oneself or at one's own initiative.
Derived terms: self-appointment
self-appoints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-appoint
self-appointing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of self-appoint
diagnosogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a condition: brought on by being diagnosed.
autarchism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: political-science
social-sciences
glosses: A political philosophy that promotes the principles of individualism and the moral ideology of individual liberty and self-reliance.
Derived terms: autarchist
semantogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a condition: brought on by being described or given a label.
Related terms: iatrogenic
self-tying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of self-lacing.
synonyms: word: self-lacing
power laces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Shoelaces that tighten automatically when the wearer puts the shoe on.
Related terms: self-lacing
zombie S&L
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zombie S&Ls
Senses: topics: banking
business
finance
glosses: A savings and loan association characterized by negative economic capital and negative net worth.
zombie S&Ls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zombie S&L
de-zombification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dezombification.
sescuple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sesquialterate.
synonyms: word: sesquialterate
setter-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: setters-up
Senses: glosses: One who sets something up.
setters-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setter-up
sex-influenced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Baldness in humans is a sex-influenced trait.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a trait or phenotype: affected by whether it appears in a male or a female body.
sheetage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheetages
Etymology: From sheet + -age.
Senses: examples: text: That is the advantage of using the light paper. We get more sheetage.
ref: 1911, United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing, Rejection of Book Printing Paper: Hearing... (page 33)
glosses: A quantity of sheets of paper.
sheetages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheetage
shepherdy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shepherdy
form: most shepherdy
Etymology: From shepherd + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] a shepherdy monk type of chap […]
ref: 2003, Will Gatti, Jamboy, page 128:
text: […] a shepherdy mutt named Spuddy, whose ribs pushed against his whitish-blond coat.
ref: 2017, Amy Sutherland, Rescuing Penny Jane:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a shepherd.
Amm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Amms
Senses: glosses: A surname.
shieldmaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shieldmaids
Etymology: From shield + maid.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shieldmaiden.
synonyms: word: shieldmaiden
shieldmaids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shieldmaid
Silverblu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Silverblus
Etymology: From silver + blue.
Senses: glosses: A color variety of mink having bluish-gray fur fiber and guard hairs that are sometimes white-tipped, giving a silvery blue tone.
Silverblus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Silverblu
sparce
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sparce
form: most sparce
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of sparse.
zombie thought experiment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosophical theory which states that consciousness cannot be reduced to merely physical things.
Related terms: philosophical zombie
strontianiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more strontianiferous
form: most strontianiferous
Senses: glosses: Yielding strontium.
zombie hypothesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zombie hypotheses
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosophical hypothesis which suggests that a person has no ability to know whether another person is conscious.
dial-a-joke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Two decades ago, Stephen Gary Wozniak owned the first dial-a-joke service in the San Francisco Bay area.
ref: 1998 September, Gary Wolf, “The World According to Woz”, in Wired, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2011:
synonyms: joke line
glosses: A type of telephone service where people can call to listen to prerecorded jokes
dial-a-jokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dial-a-joke
zombie software
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
synonyms: zombie program
zombie version
glosses: A program or application which has been maintained beyond its expiration date or end-of-life status.
zombie program
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zombie programs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Any computer program that has been revived or reinstalled by an operating system and is very difficult to uninstall.
glosses: Synonym of zombie software.
synonyms: word: zombie software
zombie programs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zombie program
teshuba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teshuva.
teshubah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teshuva.
Palam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindustani پَالَم / पालम (pālam).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of South West Delhi district, Delhi, India.
examples: text: Air India suffered the loss of a DC-3 on the Delhi-Bombay night mail run on May 9. The aircraft crashed approximately 20 miles south of Palam Airport, Delhi. The crew of four and all 14 passengers were killed.
ref: 1953, “News in Brief”, in Roland E. Dangerfield, editor, The Aeroplane, volume 84, page 668:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A neighbourhood of South West Delhi district, Delhi, India.
The international airport of Delhi, India, officially Indira Gandhi International Airport.
glosses: A town and tehsil in Parbhani district, Maharashtra, India.
tetrazotizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tetrazotize
tetrazotizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tetrazotize
tetrazotization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of tetrazotizing.
fravashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fravashis
Senses: glosses: The Zoroastrian concept of a personal spirit of an individual, whether dead, living, or not yet born. It is the home of the urvan or soul, which is sent into the material world to fight the battle of good versus evil and returns upon death.
fravashis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fravashi
urvan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urvans
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The soul.
Related terms: fravashi
urvans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urvan
cost-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of costo- (before a vowel)
fragmentalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fragmentalizes
form: fragmentalizing
form: fragmentalized
form: fragmentalized
Etymology: From fragmental + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fragmentize.
synonyms: word: fragmentize
Derived terms: fragmentalization
fragmentalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fragmentalize
fragmentalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fragmentalize
fragmentalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fragmentalize
fragmentalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fragmentalize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fragmentation.
synonyms: word: fragmentation
fractionings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fractioning
frailejons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frailejon
cut throat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cut throats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cutthroat.
cut throat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cut throat
form: most cut throat
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cutthroat.
cut throats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cut throat
photomechanics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: photomechanical printing
assholed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From asshole + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Extremely drunk.
glosses: Sexually penetrated anally.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Rear-ended by another vehicle on the road.
Cassays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cassay
physiol.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of physiology.
physiosociological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to physiology and sociology.
pierre perdue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pierre perdu.
pilotship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pilot + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of a pilot.
self-appointment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An appointment or appointing made by oneself or by one's own initiative.
counter shaft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter shafts
Senses: examples: text: The drive from the engine is taken through a fluid flywheel and universally jointed shaft to the counter-shaft and thence to a five-speed preselective type epicyclic gearbox by another shaft.
ref: 1950 July, “Diesel Train Services for G.N.R.(I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 490:
glosses: Alternative form of countershaft.
chicken under a brick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
synonyms: brick chicken
glosses: A dish of roast chicken prepared with a brick placed on top to flatten the chicken and enhance browning.
Related terms: chicken brick
brick chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chicken under a brick.
synonyms: word: chicken under a brick
chicken brick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken bricks
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A pottery container that is filled with meat and closed with a lid to cook the meat in its own moisture.
Related terms: brick chicken
chicken bricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken brick
counter shafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counter shaft.
sceneness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scene + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Kahn-Harris sees construction and structure as interacting dimensions: I identify sceneness as a fundamental form of such an interaction. By sceneness I mean the feeling of social and emotional proximity that weaves a scene, giving its members the sense of “being in it together”.
ref: 2021, Fatma Sagir, Rocking Islam: Music and the Making of New Muslim Identities, page 144:
text: Locality, Translocalism, Sceneness. This book examines the various modes of articulation of underground music and sound practices in the Hong Kong and East Asian contexts while seeking to avoid the pitfalls of cultural essentialism.
ref: 2021, Damien Charrieras, François Mouillot, Fractured Scenes, page 6:
glosses: The state or condition of belonging to a subcultural scene.
hold it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds it in
form: holding it in
form: held it in
form: held it in
Senses: glosses: To withhold release of one's emotions, often for fear of some negative consequence, or out of guilt or denial.
synonyms: hold it
glosses: To wait for a more opportune time to urinate or defecate, despite present physical urgency.
Related terms: hold in
fashioncore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fashion + -core.
Senses: glosses: A fashionable aesthetic associated with the scene subculture, involving eyeliner, tight jeans, collared shirts, straightened hair, and white belts.
scene queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scene queens
Senses: glosses: A girl or woman who is deeply involved in a subcultural scene.
Related terms: scene kid
scene queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scene queen
Sadie Hawkins Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After a character in the comic strip Li'l Abner.
Senses: glosses: A day on which women romantically pursue men instead of the traditional other way around, held informally in the United States on various dates but usually in November.
wikipedia: Li'l Abner
Related terms: Sadie Hawkins dance
sunquats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunquat
isogyres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isogyre
isogyre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isogyres
Etymology: From iso- + gyre.
Senses: qualifier: microscopy
glosses: Dark bands appearing in a conoscopic interference pattern.
long-time listener, first-time caller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Q: I'm a "long time listener, first time caller," and a big fan of your site and your approach to data-driven marketing.
ref: 2004, Jim Novo, Drilling Down: Turning Customer Data into Profits with a Spreadsheet:
text: Parcells was set in his ways and not interested in changing for an owner who until now was just a fan, who could have been “Robert from Brookline, long-time listener, first-time caller.”
ref: 2012, Gary Myers, Coaching Confidential: Inside the Fraternity of NFL Coaches, page 57:
glosses: A person who contacts the host of a radio program, or (by extension) the owner of a website etc., for the first time, having listened or followed for a significant period.
Wien's displacement law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Wien.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A law stating that the blackbody radiation curve for different temperatures will peak at different wavelengths that are inversely proportional to the temperature.
wikipedia: Wilhelm Wien
melatopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melatope
melatope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melatopes
Etymology: Coined by A. Johannsen on page 420 in A Manual of Petrographic Methods McGraw-Hill 1918
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: microscopy
glosses: An eye shape of concentric coloured optical fringes seen on a conoscopic interference pattern surrounding an optical axis. For biaxial minerals there are a pair of circles, like eyes.
euconodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of euconodont
euconodont
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euconodonts
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any member of the extinct Euconodonta group of conodonts.
semigration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of semi + emigration.
Senses: examples: text: Semigration – where South Africans move between provinces - has overtaken emigration as a key driver for house sales in SA's largest metros, according to property data compiled by FNB.
ref: 2023 August 13, Jan Cronje, “House sales: Semigration growth much stronger than emigration”, in News24:
text: Semigration to The Western Cape has become a South African trend and the reasons are all accumulating with a big momentum shift starting during Covid.
ref: 2023 April 17, “Semigration – the reasons why South Africans are relocating to the Western Cape”, in Cape Business News:
glosses: The movement of a person or persons within the same country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
Sameera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A direct Transliteration of Sanskrit समीर (samīra).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit, sometimes shortened to Sameer
Sameera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A Transliteration of Arabic سَمِيرَة (samīra).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Arabic
under the bootheel of
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Serfdom was formally abolished in 1861 as part of the Great Reforms under Alexander II. But the peasantry, the preponderant class in czarist Russia, still lived under the boot heel of patriarchal semi-feudalism.
ref: 2004 July 8, Leslie Feinberg, “Gender & sexuality in czarist Russia”, in Workers World:
glosses: Subjugated by (an oppressive force).
trichonodelliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: from Trichondella + -form
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Bilaterally symmetrical with lateral processes on each side of the cusps, and with a posterior process. Applied to conodont elements.
Synonyms: alate ramiform
hibbardelliform
good coin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A much more thorough examination of this period is essential, and no glib answers should be accepted as good coin.
ref: 2004 August 26, Leslie Feinberg, “Survival with Setbacks”, in Workers World:
glosses: Something genuine or trustworthy.
Forschungsstipendium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹʃʊŋz.ʃtɪˌpɛndɪʊm/
Forms: form: Forschungsstipendien
form: Forschungsstipendia
Etymology: From German Forschungsstipendium.
Senses: examples: text: Applicants should furnish proof of independent teaching experience at university level or research work (of at least two years if interested in a ‘Forschungsstipendium’ and at least five years if interested in a ‘Dozentenstipendium’).
ref: 1972 December, A. E. Pitcher, G. L. Walker, W. H. Fleming, editors, 𝒩ℴ𝓉𝒾𝒸ℯ𝓈 of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 19:8, № 142, page 435:
text: Only in recent times, due to the enlightened attitude of Dr. Paul Raabe, Director of the Herzog August Bibliothek, and the generosity of the Forschungsstipendia have foreign scholars been able to investigate the treasures of that library in a measure commensurate with the complications of the materials.
ref: 1981, Blake Lee Spahr, Problems and Perspectives: A Collection of Essays on German Baroque Literature, page 11:
text: My reflections on intentionality were nurtured during research visits to Germany in 1989–1990 and 2000–2001, supported by generous Forschungsstipendien from the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung.
ref: 2008 April 12, Dale Jacquette, The Philosophy of Mind: The Metaphysics of Consciousness, published 2009, Preface, page xiii:
text: At the November, 2004 SBL Meeting, Prof. Dr. Jörg Frey encouraged me to pursue this line of research and to apply to the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung for a Forschungsstipendium.
ref: 2010, James Anthony Kelhoffer, Persecution, Persuasion and Power: Readiness to Withstand Hardship as a Corroboration of Legitimacy in the New Testament, Acknowledgments, page vii:
topics: education
glosses: Any of a certain kind of scholarship or fellowship granted by some German academic Stiftungen to fund or subsidize a specified project of academic research; a research scholarship.
Related terms: Dozentenstipendium
distensile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: To the distensile enema of simple tepid water, no valid objection can be urged.
ref: 1875, Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 12, page 133:
glosses: Causing distension.
glosses: Able to distend; distensible.
quarter-tone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter-tones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quarter tone.
neoprioniodiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Characterised by a main terminal cusp, an underside with deep grooves, a variable number of subsidiary cusps which may or may not be fused together. Applied to conodonts or shark teeth.
rastrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
zoology
glosses: rake-like or with parallel serrations.
vag-lewd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Plead guilty—that was the standard advice from police and lawyers to defendants who were arrested on "vag-lewd" charges, even though the vice police enticed the advances, or even participated fully in the sex that resulted.
ref: 2005 July 18, Leslie Feinberg, “1952: Mattachine battles police harassment”, in Workers World:
topics: law
glosses: Vagrancy and lewdness; loitering for the purpose of publicly soliciting sex.
Mexican@
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mexican@s
Etymology: Gender-neutral form of Mexicano
Senses: examples: text: Lesbian and gay Mexican@s organized to make "gay" rights one of the many demands voiced by a huge and courageous student protest in Mexico City.
ref: 2006 April 27, Leslie Feinberg, “Youth demand lesbian, gay rights”, in Workers World:
glosses: A Mexican.
MTO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of make to order, an on-demand production approach.
MTO
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of made to order, produced in response to a specific order for the product.
rookying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rookie
rookied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rookie
NRBCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NRBC
nRBC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nRBCs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of NRBC.
nRBCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nRBC
MCH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MCHs
Senses: topics: hematology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mean corpuscular hemoglobin.
Related terms: english: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
translation: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
word: MCHC
panellised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of panelized.
fullscreens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fullscreen
fullscreening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of fullscreen
fullscreened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fullscreen
maingain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: maingains
form: maingaining
form: maingained
form: maingained
Etymology: Blend of maintain + gain.
Senses: topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To increase muscle mass while maintaining one's current body fat percentage.
maingains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of maingain
maingained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maingain
recomps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recomp
reduction set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reduction sets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of drop set.
synonyms: word: drop set
reduction sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reduction set
dropset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropsets
Etymology: From drop + set.
Senses: examples: text: Dropsets work because in any given set, you’re only recruiting a certain amount of muscle fibers.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), M&F Editors, “How to Use Dropsets to Build More Muscle”, in Muscle & Fitness:
text: A big advantage of dropsets over other set-expanding techniques is the fact that they can be done alone.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Greg Merritt, “Go Beyond Failure with Dropsets”, in Muscle & Fitness:
glosses: Alternative form of drop set.
dropset
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dropsets
form: dropsetting
form: dropsetted
form: dropsetted
Etymology: From drop + set.
Senses: examples: text: By starting out the dips with maximal load and decreasing it over time, Johnson is dropsetting the movement, enabling himself to continue churning out reps with decent form, and thus get the absolute most bang for his buck in the workout.
ref: 2022 November 7, Philip Ellis, “BWatch The Rock Torch His Triceps on Arm Day With These Weighted Dips”, in Men's Health:
text: The weighted bench dip can easily be dropsetted by quickly removing the 45lb plate(s) and continuing with bodyweight repetitions to overload the triceps.
ref: 2022 November 22, Scott J., “How To: Bench Dips”, in Ignore Limits:
text: The point of dropsetting is to provide extra stimulus to the muscle by extending the time the muscle is under tension.
ref: 2023 May 4, MGH, “Build Mass with Bodyweight Drop Set Workout Routine”, in Training Bodyweight:
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To exercise with a drop set.
dropsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dropset
dropsets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dropset
dropsetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dropset
dropsetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dropset
Crackgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From crack (cocaine) + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: A mayor who insists he is not a crack addict — and there's no indication of habitual use, nor much likelihood that drug traces could be obtained from hair samples, given the buzz cut that Ford suddenly adopted a few weeks ago, after Crackgate exploded in the media.
ref: 2013 June 14, Rosie DiManno, “Dixon Road raids turn up glare on Rob Ford's helter-skelter life: DiManno”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, ON: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2023:
text: First came the crack-cocaine-smoking video, which was leaked in 2013 and promptly transformed Ford into an international late-night-TV staple. His links with the Toronto demimonde were exposed in a series of increasingly crazed media reports, and if he was considered to be unsuitable before the election, there was no political terminology to describe his standing post-Crackgate.
ref: 2018 September 28, Richard Poplak, “A Populist Has Exposed a Sinkhole in Canada's Democracy”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2023:
text: It's not all high fives and fist bumps, though. Over at Queen's Park, the unravelling of the biggest Ford fiasco since Crackgate has led to a mounting list of humiliations and resignations—and proof that what happens in Vegas rarely stays there.
ref: 2023 September 26, Courtney Shea, “Winners and Losers: The Greenbelt scandal”, in Toronto Life, Toronto, Ont.: St. Joseph Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023:
glosses: A 2013 scandal involving reports of then-mayor of Toronto Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.
nanofortnight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanofortnights
Etymology: From nano- + fortnight.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: millifortnight < fortnight
glosses: A period of time equal to one billionth of a fortnight, or exactly 1.2096 milliseconds.
Related terms: Wikipedia on Strange Units
nanofortnights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanofortnight
millifortnight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millifortnights
Etymology: From milli- + fortnight.
Senses: examples: Holonym: fortnight
Meronym: nanofortnight
glosses: A period of time equal to one thousandth of a fortnight, which is exactly 1209.6 seconds, or about 20 minutes.
Related terms: Wikipedia on Strange Units
millifortnights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millifortnight
carambole billiards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of carom billiards.
synonyms: word: carom billiards
armed struggles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armed struggle
studies abroad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of study abroad
Tegmark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tegmarks
Senses: glosses: A surname
Kyivian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kyiv + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kyivan.
Kyivian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kyivians
Etymology: From Kyiv + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kyivan.
Kyivians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kyivian