cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
maxicards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maxicard
maxi cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maxi card
maxi-cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maxi-card
maximum cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maximum card
wantlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wantlists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of want list.
wantlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wantlist
astrophilatelist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astrophilatelists
Etymology: From astro- + philatelist.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: One who practices astrophilately.
astrophilatelists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astrophilatelist
MHH
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Loose mixed lot, with duplication, of the Portugal & Colonies first decimal definitive designs. Very mixed condition, from VF to junk, all "mint" in some form or another, some MNH, some MH, some MHH, some MNG, etc.
ref: 1995 February 12, R L Silverman, “For Sale: Portugal/Colonies "Ceres" 1912-1931”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of mint, heavily hinged.
Related terms: HH
MLH
MNH
MUH
EFO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of errors, freaks, and oddities.
misperf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Clipping of misperforated.
misperf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misperfs
Senses: examples: text: Loose mixed lot, with duplication, of the Portugal & Colonies first decimal definitive designs. […] Includes perf varieties, paper varieties, color varieties, misperfs, etc.
ref: 1995 February 12, R L Silverman, “For Sale: Portugal/Colonies "Ceres" 1912-1931”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A misperforated stamp.
misperfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misperf
misperforated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mis- + perforated.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
synonyms: word: misperf
glosses: Incorrectly perforated.
imperfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imperf
misperforation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misperforations
Etymology: From mis- + perforation.
Senses: glosses: Bad or incorrect perforation.
Related terms: misperforated
misperforations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misperforation
Chipping Barnet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Barnet
glosses: A suburban town in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2496, south of Wood Street).
Related terms: english: usually confused with Chipping Barnet
translation: usually confused with Chipping Barnet
word: High Barnet
Marcion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: märʹshən
enpr: märʹshōn
ipa: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)ʃən/
ipa: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)siən/
ipa: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)ʃʌ̈ʊ̯n/
ipa: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)sjo̞ʊ̯n/
Etymology: From Late Latin Mārciōn (from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, diminutive of Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos, from Mārcus (from Mārs + -cus)))), from Old Latin Māvors and Proto-Indo-European *-kos.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Marcus, from Latin or Ancient Greek, variant of Marc or Mark, equivalent to Koine Greek Μᾱρκίων (Mārkíōn) or Latin Mārciōn.
topics: Christianity
Gnosticism
history
human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: Marcion of Sinope, 2nd century AD theologian, philosopher, preacher and founder of Marcionism, a Hellenistic Christian religious belief system influenced by Gnostic theology; compiled the first Biblical canon, consisting solely of Greek New Testament scriptures, totally rejecting the scriptural authority of the Hebrew Tanakh adopted as the canonical Old Testament of the Christian Bible
Related terms: Marcionism
Marcionite
polysleeves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polysleeve
Wu Flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wu flu.
Wu-flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wu flu.
WuFlu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wu flu.
Wuflu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wu flu.
Glaister
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡleɪstə(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
proner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of prone: more prone
pronest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of prone: most prone
Willcock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Wilcock
dinner theater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinner theaters
form: dinner theatre
Senses: glosses: A form of entertainment in the United States that combines a restaurant meal with a staged play or musical.
glosses: An establishment that features dinner theater, and contains a live theater, a restaurant, and, usually, a bar.
dinner theaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinner theater
dinner theatre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dinner theatres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dinner theater.
dinner theatres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dinner theatre
hears from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hear from
how dare you
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: How dare you accuse me like that!
glosses: Used to express indignation and shock at another person's actions.
Derived terms: how very dare you
Related terms: how dare someone
hearing from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hear from
heard from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hear from
St Dennis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9557).
Related terms: St Denys
pocket light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket lights
form: pocketlight
Senses: glosses: A flashlight small enough to fit in someone's pocket.
Synonyms: penlight
Hypernyms: english: torch
translation: torch
word: light > flashlight
Coordinate terms: alt: penknife
word: pocket knife
pocket lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket light
pocketlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪt
Forms: form: pocketlights
Etymology: From pocket + light.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pocket light.
pocketlights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocketlight
merry-go-whirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merry-go-whirls
Senses: examples: text: year unknown, Chicago (Ill.). Department of Public Works, Annual Report of the Department of Public Works for the Year Ending December 31, ... to the City Council of the City of Chicago
... the playground repairmen. This apparatus consisted of athletic slides, swing sets, baby chair swing sets, see-saws, giant stride ladders, merry-go-whirls, and horizontal ladders.
text: ... mass communications route in a merry-go-whirl of “blood, sweat and not-always-pear-shaped tones." Completely student operated by Benson's junior and senior boys ...
ref: 1958, NAEB Journal:
text: Mona: Meanwhile, I was confronting Von Kreepsula. In the first stage of our duel, we did battle on the monkey bars of doom! Then we exchanged vampire blasts on the swing sets of chaos! Then we tried to outlast each other on the merry-go-whirl of havoc!
ref: 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Von Kreepsula Runs Amok" (season 1, episode 2a)
glosses: Synonym of merry-go-round.
synonyms: word: merry-go-round
merry-go-whirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merry-go-whirl
Chiang-hsi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 江西 (Jiāngxī), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-hsi¹.
Senses: examples: text: Nos. 88-90 are from the province of Chiang-hsi and have on the reverse in Manchu pao chʻang, the transcript of 寶昌, for the Nan-chʻang-fu mint.
ref: 1880, S. W. Bushell, M.D., “Coins of the present Dynasty of China”, in Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, number XV, American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 203:
text: The stone-cutters of Chiang-hsi crawl up the steep mountain sides before sunrise, have their food sent up in buckets, themselves returning after sunset, while all day long through fog and even in the drizzling rain may be heard the steady click of their chisels.
ref: 1912, Arthur Henderson Smith, The Uplift of China, →OCLC, page 41:
text: Because Huang came from Chiang-hsi (Kiangsi), he and Ch'en, together with twenty-four other poets, were grouped together at the "Chiang-hsi school" in a list compiled by the poet Lü Chü-jen (1137-81).
ref: 1975, Wan-li Yang, translated by Jonathan Chaves, Heaven My Blanket, Earth My Pillow, Weatherhill, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 13:
text: Thus a Mongol legal work, the Ta Yüan Huang-cheng kuo-chʻao tien-chang tsʻung-chi, probably of the early fourteenth century, mentions shai in the two Yüan provinces of Chiang-che and Chiang-hsi which covered Fukien and Kwangtung, while the Yung-cheng edition of the Kwangtung t'ung-chih or provincial gazetteer has a reference to shai under the date 1461.
ref: 1992, Samuel Adrian Miles Adshead, Salt and Civilization, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84:
glosses: Alternative form of Jiangxi.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
CEL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CELs
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Acronym of check engine light.
werewildcat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: werewildcats
Etymology: From were- + wildcat.
Senses: examples: text: […] Rozika, part vampire, part were-wildcat, who spits and yowls, […]
ref: 1966 April 14, “Community Senior Play To Be Presented Friday and Saturday”, in The Wylie News, page 7:
text: In Scotland there was a were-wildcat, in Russia a were-bear, and throughout Africa tales of were-lions or were-leopards abounded.
ref: 1981, Daniel Cohen, Everything You Need to Know About Monsters and Still Be Able to Get to Sleep, page 25:
text: Celican - werewildcats. Thought extinct in the Middle Ages, now almost _certainly_ wiped out by the Black Spiral Dancers
ref: 2000 November 22, I. Inayat, “The Splats: A Quick Guide”, in alt.games.whitewolf (Usenet):
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A person who is transformed or can transform into a wildcat or a wildcat-like human.
10x developer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛˈnɛks dɪˈvɛ.lə.pɚ/
Forms: form: 10x developers
Senses: examples: text: Elite athletes practice for many hours per day to develop their abilities. If you aspire to be an elite programmer, you should, too. Try to see 10x developers as role models that motivate you to code more, just as a child may see Michael Jordan as a role model who motivates them to shoot hoops more.
ref: 2016, Yevgeniy Brikman, Hello, Startup, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:
text: The fabled 10x developer can be a great help if they are able to work effectively with stakeholders, but often that productivity comes with a 10x ego as well.
ref: 2021, Jeremy Adamson, Minding the Machines, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A software developer who is ten times as productive as peers.
Related terms: 10Xer
dhampyre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dhampyres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dhampir.
dhampyres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dhampyre
barn dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of barn dance
barn dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dancing of a barn dance or barn dances.
barn danced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of barn dance
candle dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candle dances
Senses: glosses: A type of traditional Indonesian dance performed with a lighted candle balanced on the palm of each hand.
candle dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candle dance
whistling past the graveyard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whistle past the graveyard
whistles past the graveyard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whistle past the graveyard
whistled past the graveyard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whistle past the graveyard
doormice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dormice.
plandemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plandemic
werelioness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: werelionesses
Etymology: From were- + lioness.
Senses: examples: text: A fact her mortal-purist father discouraged having disclosed was that the great monster-hunting Van Helsings had werelionesses for both a great- grandmother and a great-aunt. This ancestry Jane took great pride in.
ref: 2005, Minda Webber, The Reluctant Miss Van Helsing, →ISBN:
text: Rue was pretty certain Miss Sekhmet would rather keep her identity as a werelioness secret. It was all very well to reveal weremonkeys to the British government but werecats was taking things too far.
ref: 2015, Gail Carriger, Prudence, Orbit, →ISBN:
text: A lanky werelioness with black, spiky hair—and two semiautomatic pistols in holsters that formed an X on her chest— sprawled in a chair outside the door. Ari raised an eyebrow, but the sight wasn't entirely unexpected.
ref: 2015, Ally Shields, Eternal Fires, Etopia Press, →ISBN:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A shapeshifter who can change between lioness and human form.
Hypernyms: werecat
Coordinate terms: werelion
werelionesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werelioness
weremonkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weremonkeys
Etymology: From were- + monkey.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:weremonkey.
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a monkey.
weremonkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weremonkey
neopenile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + penile.
Senses: examples: text: The proximal and distal ends of the neopenile urethral graft are sutured to leg skin to complete the first operation.
ref: 2006, J Dabernig, LKW Chan, J Schaff, “Phalloplasty with free (septocutaneous) fibular flap sine fibula”, in The Journal of Urology:
text: In the first stage, the chordee is corrected, followed by urethroplasty from the neopenile skin flaps after an interval of at least 6 months.
ref: 2008, S Sharma, DK Gupta, “Male genitoplasty for intersex disorders”, in Advances in Urology:
text: During followup neopenile erectile function was preserved and the flap remained at about the same size as at initial transfer with no atrophy noted.
ref: 2009, YQ Zhao, J Zhang, MS Yu, DC Long, Functional restoration of penis with partial defect by scrotal skin flap, n The Journal of Urology
text: Neopenile erection can be achieved only if some mechanical device is imbedded in the penis, e.g. a rod or some inflatable apparatus. Many choose a metaidoioplasty that exteriorizes or brings forward the clitoris and allows for voiding while ...
ref: 2019, Ryan T. Anderson, When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment, Encounter Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Relating to a neopenis.
turbo yeast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turbo yeasts
Senses: topics: beverages
brewing
business
food
lifestyle
manufacturing
glosses: A mixture of fast-acting brewer's yeast and yeast nutrients that allows the fermentation of drinks with high alcohol content.
Hypernyms: brewer's yeast
elective affinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elective affinities
Etymology: Calque of German Wahlverwandtschaft.
Senses: examples: 2000, Milton Fisk, Toward a Healthy Society: The Morality and Politics of American Health Care Reform, Lawrence, KA: University Press of Kansas, Chapter 8, pp. 196-197,
Weber spoke of an elective affinity between a form of religious belief (Protestantism) and a practical ethics (the work ethic of capitalism). His idea can be extended to explain how different groups come to have a basis for entering a single party.
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A process by which two cultural forms (e.g. religious, intellectual, political or economic) having certain similarities or kinships enter into a relationship of reciprocal attraction and influence, and mutual reinforcement.
examples: text: Matrimony was not a matter of elective affinity between two persons seeking to spend their lives agreeably and profitably in common, so much as an institution used by the state for raising vigorous recruits for the national army.
ref: 1901, John Addington Symonds, A Problem in Greek Ethics, London, Section 17, pp. 62-63:
glosses: The feeling of being attracted to or sympathetic with someone or something.
examples: text: Has the naturalist or chemist learned his craft, who has explored the gravity of atoms and the elective affinities, who has not yet discerned the deeper law whereof this is only a partial or approximate statement, namely, that like draws to like; and that the goods which belong to you, gravitate to you, and need not be pursued with pains and cost?
ref: 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Circles”, in Essays, Boston: James Munroe, page 259:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: elective attraction
glosses: The tendency of a substance to combine with some specific substances more readily than others.
Related terms: valence
do one's job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does one's job
form: doing one's job
form: did one's job
form: done one's job
Senses: glosses: To properly do the work one is supposed to do.
Related terms: do the job
do one's bit
does one's job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's job
doing one's job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do one's job
did one's job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do one's job
Shorzha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian Շորժա (Šorža).
Senses: glosses: Former name of Shoghakat: a village located on the shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik region of Armenia.
uniramose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of uniramous.
synonyms: word: uniramous
verbatum
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of verbatim.
LACC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of London Area Control Centre.
Hypernyms: sense: London Area Control Centre
english: Area Control Centre
translation: Area Control Centre
word: ACC
Related terms: sense: London Area Control Centre
english: London Terminal Control Centre
translation: London Terminal Control Centre
word: LTCC
LACC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LACCs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of low affinity Ca2+ channel.
carpool lane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpool lanes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of high-occupancy vehicle lane.
synonyms: word: high-occupancy vehicle lane
area control centre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: area control centres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of area control center.
area control center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: area control centers
form: area control centre
Etymology: area+control center
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A facility for controlling aircraft at high altitudes between airport approaches and departures.
Synonyms: ACC
center
centre
en-route center
en-route centre
enroute center
enroute centre
ARTCC
air route traffic control center
air route traffic control centre
Derived terms: ACC
coolometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coolometers
form: cool-o-meter
Etymology: From cool + -o- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: Hmmmmm. Robot centaurs are more awesome in a vacuum, but Obama riding a robot horse definitely pings the coolometer. I'm gonna have to go for the horse.
ref: 2009 December 7, Drew Perron, “Re: CONTEST: High Concept # 5”, in rec.arts.comics.creative (Usenet):
glosses: An imaginary device that measures coolness (the degree of fashionableness or popularity).
Lacc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L_
form: Lacc's
form: acc
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of accretion luminosity.
cool-o-meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cool-o-meters
Etymology: From cool + -o-meter.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coolometer.
minisheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minisheets
Etymology: From mini- + sheet.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A miniature sheet.
minisheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minisheet
miniature sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniature sheets
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
synonyms: minisheet
glosses: A smaller-than-normal sheet or pane of usually identical postage stamps, commonly containing gum and perforations, sometimes bearing a marginal inscription identifying an event being commemorated, printed as a souvenir or for collecting purposes.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
synonyms: minisheet
souvenir sheet
glosses: A souvenir sheet.
souvenir sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: souvenir sheets
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
synonyms: miniature sheet
minisheet
glosses: A small block or sheet of postage stamps, including a single value or a series of stamps, often without gum or perforations, having a wide margin with an inscription or design identifying an event being commemorated, printed as a souvenir or for collecting purposes.
miniature sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniature sheet
souvenir sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of souvenir sheet
telegraph stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telegraph stamps
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A stamp intended solely for the prepayment of telegraph fees.
wikipedia: telegraph stamp
telegraph stamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telegraph stamp
postage due stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postage due stamps
form: postage-due stamp
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: An adhesive stamp affixed by a post office to an item of mail, indicating that insufficient or no postage has been prepaid.
wikipedia: postage due stamp
postage due stamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postage due stamp
postage-due stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postage-due stamps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of postage due stamp.
postage due
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Indicating that insufficient or no postage has been prepaid for the delivery of an item of mail.
Derived terms: postage due stamp
postage-due stamp
postage due
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postage dues
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A postage due stamp.
postage dues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postage due
Beirutian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Beirut + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Beirut, Lebanon; Beiruti.
Beirutian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beirutians
Etymology: From Beirut + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Beirut, Lebanon; a Beiruti.
Beirutians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Beirutian
ammonitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ammonitrates
Etymology: Blend of ammonium + nitrate
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A nitrogen fertilizer based on ammonium nitrate.
Ammonitish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ammonite + -ish.
Senses: synonyms: Ammonite
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Ammonites.
weremen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wereman
Cliffe Vale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cliff Vale
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8746).
Cliff Vale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cliffe Vale, Stoke-on-Trent.
Hothfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From *hāþ, Kentish variant of Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + feld (“field”). Doublet of Heathfield.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9745).
Guo'anbu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Guoanbu (“Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China”).
Coldham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊldəm/
Senses: glosses: A small settlement in Elm parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4302).
glosses: A hamlet in Brewood and Coven parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8508).
glosses: A surname.
throw ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throw in
North Fambridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8597).
Related terms: South Fambridge
myzostome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myzostomes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of myzostomid.
synonyms: word: myzostomid
myzostomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myzostome
meshrep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meshreps
form: meshrep
form: mashrap
Etymology: From Uyghur مەشرەپ (meshrep).
Senses: examples: text: Uighurs had taken to the streets to protest against the Chinese Government's decision to ban Meshrep, a Uighur cultural gathering, in Ghulja City.
ref: 2019 March 16, Turdi Ghoja, “The jailed folk singer at the front line of the Uighur struggle”, in Al Jazeera:
glosses: A traditional Uyghur social gathering.
padmounted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pad-mounted
form: padmount
Senses: glosses: Of a distribution transformer, contained in a metal cabinet mounted on a concrete pad.
distribution transformer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distribution transformers
Senses: glosses: An electrical transformer that reduces voltage from an electrical grid before being distributed to customers.
distribution transformers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distribution transformer
pad-mounted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of padmounted.
now for
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Charley: I did it! I did it! I beat the game! I defeated the mother ship! And now for the super fantastic secret message!
ref: 1999, Mona the Vampire, "The Nefarious Computer Virus" (season 1, episode 2b)
glosses: Used to introduce something that is to occur or be presented next.
McNamee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McNamees
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conmidhe, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Mhidhe (“hound of Meath”). See Irish cú (“hound”) and Middle Irish Mide (“Meath”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Lowson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈləʊsən/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
stimulus delta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stimulus deltas
Senses: qualifier: behavioral psychology
glosses: A stimulus that does not reinforce an existing behavior in a subject and causes the subject to employ a new behavior.
Synonyms: S-delta
S-δ
Coordinate terms: discriminative stimulus
Box Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hill and village in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1751 (hill), TQ1951 (village)).
glosses: A village in Box parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8369).
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: An outer suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
onlyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈəʊnliə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: onlyers
form: onlier
Etymology: From only + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A KJV-onlyer believes that the King James Version of the Bible is superior to all other versions.
text: The meaning that can be derived from the word itself is "without error." In other words, the Bible was given without error of any sort. Now, excepting KJV-onlyers, most inerrantists would limit inerrancy to the original writings, none of which currently exist.
ref: 1997 August 16, Trevor Peterson, “Re: Contradictions in the Bible”, in christnet.theology (Usenet):
text: A former Managing Director of ours made a statement when he said that there are no 'onlyers' in this business: 'only' a parts picker or 'only' a warehouseman.
ref: 2002, Colin Shaw, Building Great Customer Experiences:
text: If that is true, then all the rest of the candidates are Israel-Onlyers
ref: 2016 February 11, Bradford Richardson, “Sanders’s Secret Service code name revealed”, in The Hill:
glosses: Someone who only adheres to the particular thing mentioned, excluding any alternatives.
Derived terms: KJV-onlyer
onlyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onlyer
onlier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onliers
Etymology: From on- + lier.
Senses: examples: text: Butte ( onlier )
ref: 1992, Helmut Blume, Andrew Goudie, Rita Gardner, Colour Atlas of the Surface Forms of the Earth, page 71:
text: Such outcrops of younger rock, entirely surrounded by older beds, are called outliers or onliers.
ref: 1997, Ruud Weijermars, Structural Geology and Map Interpretation, page 80:
text: Although influential cases thus have extreme values on one or more of the variables, they can be onliers rather than outliers.
ref: 2014, Rense Nieuwenhuis, Family Policy Outcomes, page 191:
text: Regression analysts, insofar as they focus on a simple onlier/outlier distinction (where onlier refers to a low-residual case and outlier to a high-residual case), will tend to miss such causal complexity.
ref: 2015, J. Glaesser, Young People's Educational Careers in England and Germany:
glosses: Something that lies very close to the expected position.
onlier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onliers
Etymology: From only + -er.
Senses: examples: text: This finds its expression in the growth of the proportion of onliers in Party membership; from 32 per cent in 1956, it increased to 37.8 per cent at the end of 1965.
ref: 1967, The Daily Review - Volume 13, page 10:
text: And, on the side of labor and skills, these countries are still onliers, with low educational attainment, short job tenure, high regulation, and high informality.
ref: 2013, Ben Ross Schneider, Hierarchical Capitalism in Latin America, page 161:
glosses: Alternative form of onlyer.
onliers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onlier
Kennion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hunnic Empire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former empire in Europe; The empire of the Huns, established as a unified force by Oktar and ending with Attila, all within the mid-5th century CE, out of the Hun Confederation's pre-existing tribal confederation High Kingship, which survived the end of empire.
clo' prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clo' props
Senses: examples: text: [R]ods strong enough, long enough and big enough for "clo'-props" to try and find another of these wonderful fish.
ref: 1903 February 5, Punch, Melbourne, page 30, column 4:
text: "Milk-o!" "Any bottles?" "Clo' Props!" "Any wood to-day?"
ref: 1926 July 31, The World's News, Sydney, page 31, column 1:
glosses: Alternative spelling of clothesprop.
clo' props
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clo' prop
clothes-prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clothes-props
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of clothesprop.
clothes-props
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothes-prop
clothes prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒp
Forms: form: clothes props
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of clothesprop.
clothes props
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothes prop
Nar as-samum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: a demon in Ancient Arabic lore and later Islamic beliefs; meaning fire of scorching winds.
pass-dice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French passe-dix.
Senses: examples: text: The game was pass-dice. A young stranger held the dice, and had already won four times […].
ref: 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 25:
topics: dice
games
glosses: The game of passage.
reälly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more reälly
form: most reälly
Senses: examples: text: Views of intereſt, as we learn from Homer, often induced men of abilities and experience reälly ſuperior, to pretend to ſuch divine intercourſe.
ref: 1795, William Mitford, “Chapter II.”, in The History of Greece, 3rd edition, volume I, London: T. Cadell, Section I., page 123:
text: Would we might vote with equal ease, / As think what reälly we please! / Oh! for the placid ballot-box, / When at our ribs our conscience knocks! / […] / [Oratore, H. B. Chapman.
ref: 1860, Carmina Et Epigrammata In Aula Collegiata Apud Westmonasterienses, Coram Electoribus Festis Ter-Centenariis Recitata, Prid. Id. Mai., page 9:
text: We grow at last by custom to believe / That reälly we live; / Whilst all these shadows, that for things we take, / Are but the empty dreams which in Death’s sleep we make; / / and again, addressing Life and Fame:—[…]
ref: 1895, William John Courthope, A History of English Poetry, volume 3, published 1962, page 345:
glosses: Rare spelling of really.
dark lanthorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dark lanthorns
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of dark lantern.
too good to be true
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: He wants to give you two million dollars? That's just too good to be true!
text: Remember the old saying that if something looks too good to be true, then it almost certainly is?
ref: 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “IRP snuffs out 'levelling up'”, in RAIL, number 945, page 3:
glosses: Appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy.
Synonyms: too good to last
Related terms: cognitive bias
too good to last
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of too good to be true.
synonyms: word: too good to be true
sarpeches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarpech
peculiarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peculiarizations
Etymology: From peculiar + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Her earlier books were dedicated, as this one is, to transfiguring the American domestic landscape by way of magic, fantasy, bewitchment, peculiarization.
ref: 2020 July 28, Kevin Brockmeier, “Aimee Bender’s Latest Is a Proustian Reverie”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The act or process of peculiarizing, or of making peculiar.
reprohibition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reprohibitions
Etymology: From re- + prohibition.
Senses: examples: text: But just as the costs of controlling illicit drugs do not of themselves justify legalization, the extensive damage done by alcohol is not sufficient to justify reprohibition.
ref: 1992, Peter H. Smith, editor, Drug Policy In The Americas, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, →ISBN, page 228:
glosses: A second or subsequent prohibition.
Related terms: reprohibit
choose the wrong horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chooses the wrong horse
form: choosing the wrong horse
form: chose the wrong horse
form: chosen the wrong horse
Senses: glosses: Synonym of back the wrong horse.
synonyms: word: back the wrong horse
foodpreneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foodpreneurs
Etymology: From food + -preneur.
Senses: examples: text: So, once you have a great product then it is time to think about what to you do with it. You may be focused on own-label manufacturing or will be a foodpreneur starting out for the first time.
ref: 2017, Karen Green, Recipe for Success: The ingredients of a profitable food business, Kibworth Beauchamp: Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, pages 65–66:
glosses: An entrepreneur in the field of cuisine.
Cagliaritan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Italian cagliaritano. Equivalent to Cagliari + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Cagliarian
glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
Cagliaritan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cagliaritans
Etymology: From Italian cagliaritano. Equivalent to Cagliari + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Cagliarian
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
Cagliaritans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cagliaritan
Cagliarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Cagliari + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Cagliaritan
glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
Cagliarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cagliarians
Etymology: From Cagliari + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Cagliaritan
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
Cagliarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cagliarian
theatermaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theatermakers
Etymology: From theater + maker.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of theatremaker.
theatermakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theatermaker
dramaturging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dramaturge
dramaturged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dramaturge
videochatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of videochat
telemaintenance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + maintenance.
Senses: examples: text: The company has recently been providing free “telemaintenance” phone calls and videoconferences to guide homeowners through simple repairs, said Andrew Wynn, the director, who has seen a surge in requests.
ref: 2020 June 2, Tim McKeough, “Ready to Sell? Here’s How to Refresh Your Home During Lockdown”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Remote maintenance provided by means of a telecommunication system.
overmoderate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmoderates
form: overmoderating
form: overmoderated
form: overmoderated
Etymology: From over- + moderate.
Senses: examples: text: But as conservatives have claimed that social media companies are biased against them and overmoderate their political views, Republican lawmakers have increasingly pushed to modify the statute.
ref: 2020 May 28, Maggie Haberman, Kate Conger, “Trump Prepares Order to Limit Social Media Companies’ Protections”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To moderate excessively.
overmoderates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overmoderate
overmoderating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overmoderate
overmoderated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmoderate
nipplefruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nipplefruits
Etymology: From nipple + fruit.
Senses: examples: text: She also came up with an elaborate hairdo using a picture of green tomatoes and, in a cheeky flourish, created a pink bulbous top made of a tropical fruit known as nipplefruit.
ref: 2020 May 20, Sara Aridi, “A Stylish Take on an Old-Fashioned Craft”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: apple of Sodom
fox head
cow's udder
glosses: Solanum mammosum, an inedible tropical fruit native to South America.
nipplefruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nipplefruit
telehelp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + help.
Senses: examples: text: Stanfield, who sets her own telehelp hours as a part-time pediatric occupational therapist, watches her 4-year-old granddaughter a few times a week.
ref: 2020 May 12, Dani Blum, “For Grandparents, Filling In for Child Care Can Be ‘Wonderful and Exhausting’”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Remote help provided by means of a telecommunication system.
goatkeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: goatkeepers
Etymology: From goat + keeper.
Senses: glosses: A goatherd.
prequarantine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + quarantine.
Senses: glosses: Before a quarantine.
brake light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brake lights
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: stop lamp
glosses: A light on a vehicle's instrument panel indicating a failure or malfunction of the vehicle's brake system.
Related terms: taillight
indicator light
doomsurfing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doom-surfing
Etymology: From doom + surfing (“the activity of browsing the Internet”).
Senses: examples: text: I’ve been doing a lot of this kind of doomsurfing recently — falling into deep, morbid rabbit holes filled with coronavirus content, agitating myself to the point of physical discomfort, erasing any hope of a good night’s sleep. Maybe you have, too.
ref: 2020 March 20, Kevin Roose, “The Week in Tech: How to Stop Coronavirus ‘Doomsurfing’”, in The New York Times, page B4:
text: One obvious answer is stress. From Covid-induced nightmares to “doomsurfing” to “coronaphobia,” it’s no secret that pandemic-related anxiety is affecting our collective mental health.
ref: 2020 September 15, Tammy Chen, “A Dentist Sees More Cracked Teeth. What's Going On?”, in The New York Times, page D6:
text: Like many of you, I was confined to my apartment, which I often resented. I continuously engaged in what has been referred to as “doomscrolling” (or, in an extension of that same modern parlance, “doomsurfing”).
ref: 2021 April 13, Sierra Élise Hansen, “Post-pandemic, we must value libraries more”, in The Michigan Daily:
text: Maybe it's just time to quit your doomsurfing.
ref: 2021 June 5, Jason Cipriani, “Delete your Facebook account for good? Here's everything you need to know”, in CNet:
synonyms: doomscrolling
glosses: The continuous, and often obsessive, reading of Internet news or information about a disaster.
grief-struck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grief-struck
form: most grief-struck
form: griefstruck
Etymology: From grief + struck.
Senses: glosses: Very sad; grief-stricken.
comico-tragical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Combining comedy and tragedy; tragicomic.
danger noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: danger noodles
Etymology: From the jocular likening of the long, thin, tubular shape of a snake to a noodle, with the "danger" referencing the threats posed by venomous and constricting species.
Senses: examples: text: […] but you can also feel free to base your decision entirely on the emotional reaction you want to elicit from your players: Do you want icky-creepy-get-it-away-from-me (one square full of writhing danger noodles), moderate freakout (four crocs), or full-scale panic attack (eight king cobras)?
ref: 2019, Keith Ammann, The Monsters Know What They're Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 36:
text: Yeah, right. The only thing I was going to become acquainted with was a one-way bus ticket to Nopeville. I was not sharing any kind of magical bond with this danger noodle.
ref: 2019, Bethany Hoeflich, “Soul Bonds are a Witch”, in A Bond of Words: 29 Short Stories, Scout Media, →ISBN, page 119:
text: Despite their fierce reputation, rattlesnakes (a.k.a. danger noodles) are rather shy and retiring, and they will avoid you at all costs.
ref: 2019, Scott Turner, Hike the Parks: Joshua Tree National Park: Best Day Hikes, Walks, and Sights, Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 44:
synonyms: nope rope
qualifier: kenning
glosses: A snake.
Related terms: murder noodle
danger noodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of danger noodle
pay one's addresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays one's addresses
form: paying one's addresses
form: paid one's addresses
form: paid one's addresses
form: make one's addresses
Senses: examples: text: “I would be glad to know, whether this maid was in your service at the time you mention when Signor Zeluco paid his addresses to you?”
ref: 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 73:
glosses: Of a man, to make respectful approaches to a woman with a view to courting her romantically.
Beaumaris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /bɪuˈmæɹɪs/
/boʊˈmæɹɪs/
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman beau marais.
Senses: glosses: A small town and community with a town council, the former county town of Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH6076).
glosses: A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A small settlement on Lake Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A small community in north-east Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A coastal suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
cisfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cis- + folk.
Senses: examples: text: “I want to fuck gender. What does that mean? It means taking gender, a beautiful, wonderful thing and rockin it just right. Most cisfolk, they're stuck holding hands. And that's not to say no cisfolk fuck gender, or that hand holding isn't its own amazing thing. […]”
ref: 2010 Spring, “The Queerest Art: Genderf*ck”, in OutWrite Newsmagazine, University of California, Los Angeles, page 7:
text: Trans* and trans each come from the abbreviation of transgender, the word that I've found resonates most with cisfolk above a certain age.
ref: 2014 October, Taylor Stocks, “Gender Lesson 201”, in The Outport, page 6:
text: [> A transgender person is going to a lot of trouble to insist on adopting a particular gender. Why wouldn't 'they' want to adopt the usual pronoun?]
Separate issues. Some cisfolk might also prefer 'they'.
ref: 2018 August 11, Richard Yates, “Re: non-binary gender pronoun confusion”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
antonyms: transfolk
glosses: Cisgender people.
cak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /t͡sɑːk/
Forms: form: caks
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of string instrument from Indonesia.