cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
extreme risk protection order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extreme risk protection orders
Etymology: Coined in 2015.
Senses: examples: text: Extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws, sometimes known as gun violence restraining order or "red-flag" laws, are risk-based, temporary, and preemptive protective orders that authorize the removal of firearms from individuals determined to be at risk for committing gun violence against others or themselves. With ERPO laws in place, law enforcement, family members, or medical professionals can petition a court to temporarily restrict a person's access to firearms if they believe that person is at risk of hurting him or herself or others.
ref: 2023 January 10, “The Effects of Extreme Risk Protection Orders”, in RAND Corporation:
topics: government
law
politics
glosses: A court order issued upon petition of a law enforcement officer, family member, or household member that temporarily removes access to firearms from a person shown to be a danger to himself or herself or to others.
extreme risk law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extreme risk laws
Etymology: Coined in 2017.
Senses: examples: text: Extreme risk laws allow a family member, law enforcement, or other key individuals as allowed by each state to present evidence to a civil court judge that an individual is a risk to themselves or others.
ref: 2022 April 23, “What Are Extreme Risk Laws?”, in Brady:
topics: government
law
politics
glosses: Synonym of red flag law.
synonyms: word: red flag law
system unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: system units
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hyponyms: tower
glosses: The main unit of a desktop computer, consisting of the chassis and hardware.
Goldback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Goldbacks
Senses: glosses: A fractional gold commercial product marketed as a local currency and commodity which has seen limited use in some U.S. states, shaped like a banknote but containing a small amount of 24-karat gold.
fatchas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fatcha
Wrath Month
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originated as a Twitter meme in 2018, as a play on pride and wrath as two of the seven deadly sins.
Senses: examples: text: Now that you know it exists, you might be wondering how to celebrate. Lucky for you, we’ve assembled a handy list of activities for Wrath Month newcomers to dig into, so you can celebrate and frighten as many Trump supporters as possible.
ref: 2018 July 5, John Paul Brammer, “After Pride Comes Wrath Month — Here's How to Celebrate”, in Them:
text: July 1 marks the beginning of the lesser-known but increasingly-relevant Wrath Month. In the face of so much hate, queer folks are fighting back on their own terms.
ref: 2022 July 3, Erin Rook, “This Week on LGBTQ Twitter: Prepare for Queer Wrath Month”, in LGBTQ Nation:
qualifier: social media
glosses: The month after Pride Month; July as an occasion to call attention to LGBT issues.
examples: text: In the midst of these protests, many LGBTQ folks online started calling June 2020 “Wrath Month” rather than Pride Month, as we harnessed the righteous fury that started our movement in the first place.
ref: 2020, Alissa Smith, “Opinion: This is why we called June “Wrath Month””, in Colorado Springs Indy, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2022:
text: In 2020, Mr. Eye complained about the “performative bullshit” of Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and “the rest of the Pharisee council,” posted that Gay Pride has been replaced with “Gay Wrath Month,” and was promptly named Poet Laureate by the government he allegedly hates.
ref: 2023 February 9, Steven W. Aunan, “Sacramento's Violent Poet Laureate”, in The Semi-Pro Pilgrim:
glosses: A more politically activist version of Pride Month, typically during June.
sheikly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sheikly
form: most sheikly
Etymology: From sheik + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Like other Bahrainis, their living standard has improved with the years, although it is nowhere near a sheikly scale. They now occupy a large, quietly furnished flat on the second floor of the big, white Adviserate building in Manama.
ref: 1952 November 17, LIFE, page 162:
glosses: Of sheiks; befitting a sheik.
sheikhly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sheikhly
form: most sheikhly
Senses: examples: text: The new apartment houses of Beirut are largely a sheikhly preserve.
ref: 1973, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Oil and Gas Imports Issues: Hearings..., page 815:
glosses: Alternative form of sheikly.
sheetwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sheet + -wise.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Printed one side of a sheet at a time, with the form replaced on the press between sides.
castemate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castemates
Etymology: From caste + -mate.
Senses: glosses: A member of the same caste.
castemates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castemate
shelfmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelfmates
Etymology: From shelf + -mate.
Senses: examples: text: Roger pushed in a book that was protruding beyond its shelfmates.
ref: 2017, Stuart Fortey, The Diva in the Duck Pond, page 63:
glosses: A book or other object located on the same shelf.
shelfmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelfmate
shelfwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From shelf + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shelfward.
shelfworn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shelfworn
form: most shelfworn
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shelf-worn.
shelf-worn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shelf-worn
form: most shelf-worn
Senses: glosses: Of a book etc.: exhibiting superficial damage from having been repeatedly removed from and replaced on a shelf.
shelf break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelf breaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shelfbreak.
shelf breaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelf break
shelflist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelflists
Etymology: From shelf + list.
Senses: glosses: A bibliographic record that lists works in the order in which they are physically stored on the shelves.
shelflists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelflist
unbewitchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unbewitching
Shelleian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shelleian
form: most Shelleian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shelleyan.
Shelleyana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Shelley + -ana.
Senses: glosses: Objects, materials, or documents relating to Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet, or to Mary Shelley (1797–1851), English writer.
Shelleyesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shelleyesque
form: most Shelleyesque
Etymology: From Shelley + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the works or style of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English Romantic poet, or of Mary Shelley (1797–1851), English writer.
shellworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shellworkers
Etymology: From shell + worker.
Senses: glosses: One who makes objects from shells.
shellworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shell + working.
Senses: glosses: The process of making objects from shells.
shellworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shellworker
shelteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sheltering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Then, turning to the child by his side, whose eyes heavy with slumber looked up mutely and met his own, he placed his arm shelteringly about the small form and drew it to him as the eyes closed in reposeful slumber.
ref: 1912, Stuart Kencarden, A Mother of Unborn Generations, page 214:
glosses: So as to provide shelter.
shelvingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From shelving + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to slope steeply.
Shiliak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sheliak.
Shelyak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sheliak.
shelterage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelterages
Etymology: From shelter + -age.
Senses: examples: text: It is true, his household goods were now removed to more auspicious shelterage; the cherry-tree chair stood beside a chimney with a marble ledge; […]
ref: 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 447:
glosses: Shelter; a place where things can be sheltered.
shelterages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelterage
sheolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sheolic
form: most sheolic
Etymology: From Sheol + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: sheolic heat
glosses: Of or relating to Sheol; hellish.
shepherdhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shepherd + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of a shepherd.
Sheratan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Beta Arietis, a star system and the second-brightest star in the constellation of Aries, marking the ram's second horn.
Sheraton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
glosses: A late 18th-century neoclassical English style of furniture exemplified by Thomas Sheraton, inspired by the Louis XVI style and featuring round tapered legs, fluting, and contrasting veneer inlays.
Derived terms: Sheraton Move
shevri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Sesbania sesban, the Egyptian riverhemp.
shibbolethic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shibbolethic
form: most shibbolethic
Etymology: From shibboleth + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or relating to a shibboleth.
shiftage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shift + -age.
Senses: examples: text: […] the need to perceive and to act, to see and know, to be sure and quick, to adjust instantly to all instant shiftage of the balance of forces that bear upon the living.
ref: 1915, Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House:
glosses: Movement by shifting.
sikargah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sikargahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shikargah.
sikargahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sikargah
shikken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shikkens
form: shikken
Etymology: From Japanese 執権.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Hōjō clan who served as regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period.
shikkens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shikken
Missuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Missus
shinglewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From shingle + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Laid out in an overlapping arrangement like shingles.
Shimose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Shimose powder.
Shintoistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shintoistic
form: most Shintoistic
Senses: glosses: Relating to Shintoism.
Shinwari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shinwaris
form: Shinwari
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan.
shinza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shinzas
form: shinza
Etymology: From Japanese 神座 (shinza).
Senses: glosses: A shelf in an alcove where a deity is thought to reside, in Japanese religion.
shinzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shinza
shipbroken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ship + broken.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shipwrecked.
synonyms: word: shipwrecked
shipcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ship + -craft.
Senses: glosses: The art or skill of navigating a ship.
shipentine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shipentines
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A four-masted barque (sailing vessel with a certain rigging arrangement).
shipentines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shipentine
shipshapely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more shipshapely
form: most shipshapely
Etymology: From shipshape + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In shipshape fashion.
shipwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ship + -work.
Senses: examples: text: To my mind, it appears obvious in the context of total shipwork, the private shipyards are doing very well indeed. It is true that with the dwindling size of the Navy, there will be less repair work.
ref: 1974, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Department of Defense Appropriations for 1975: Hearings..., page 320:
glosses: The work of building and repairing ships.
shipwrightry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shipwrightery.
shipwrightery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: shipwrighting
glosses: The work of a shipwright.
shipwrighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: shipwrightery
glosses: The work or occupation of a shipwright.
shirakashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 白樫.
Senses: glosses: The Asian tree Quercus myrsinifolia.
shirallee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirallees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shiralee.
shirallees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shirallee
showres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of showre
Shpigels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shpigel
Shkupetar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shkupetars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shkypetar.
Shkupetars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shkupetar
subfalcine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + falcine.
Senses: glosses: Beneath the falx cerebri.
transfalcine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + falcine.
Senses: glosses: Across the falx cerebri.
stellar engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stellar engines
Senses: glosses: Any of various hypothetical megastructures that could control the motion of a star system.
Hyponyms: Caplan drive
Caplan thruster
fusion candle
Shkadov drive
Shkadov thruster
Related terms: Bussard ramjet
star lifting
stellar engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stellar engine
manel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manels
Etymology: Blend of man + panel
Senses: topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: A panel of speakers that fails to include any women.
manels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manel
Shoa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shewa (“region of Ethiopia”).
Shoa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shoah (“the Holocaust”).
Shewa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shoa
form: Showa
form: Shua
form: Shuwa
Senses: glosses: A historical region of Ethiopia, formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire.
Shuwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shewa (“region of Ethiopia”).
Shua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shewa (“region of Ethiopia”).
Showa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shewa (“region of Ethiopia”).
Tacitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tacitan
form: most Tacitan
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ancient Tacitus.
Tacitian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tacitian
form: most Tacitian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ancient Tacitus.
Prometheanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Promethean + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A Promethean attitude or approach, one that is daringly original or boldly creative.
destemmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of destemmer
callipeltin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callipeltins
Etymology: From translingual Callipelta + -in, referring to the marine sponge from which they were first isolated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a certain class of cyclodepsipeptides that are bioactive isolates of marine invertebrates.
callipeltins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callipeltin
k-means clustering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A method of vector quantization, originally from signal processing, that aims to partition n observations into k clusters in which each observation belongs to the cluster with the nearest mean, serving as a prototype of the cluster.
V moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V moths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of V-moth.
V-moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of V-moth
digital pet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digital pets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cyberpet.
synonyms: word: cyberpet
virtual pet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virtual pets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cyberpet.
synonyms: word: cyberpet
digital pets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digital pet
virtual pets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virtual pet
shoader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoaders
Etymology: From shoad + -er.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: One who shoads.
shoaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoader
shoddydom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shoddy + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of the shoddyites.
shoecraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shoe + -craft.
Senses: examples: text: The shoecraft sector in Mexico City in general and the center city area in particular has expanded markedly in the twentieth century.
ref: 2014, Susan Eva Eckstein, The Poverty of Revolution, page 143:
glosses: The art or skill of making and repairing shoes.
Shoecraft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Tootill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
MRZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MRZs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of machine-readable zone, on a passport.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of measles, rubella, zoster.
MRZs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MRZ
burlicue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of burlecue.
burlecue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burleycue
form: burlicue
Senses: glosses: Burlesque (adult entertainment show).
public credit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The use of credit by a government is simply one of the ways by which income may be obtained, but it is more convenient to deal with the special characteristics of public debts and the use of public credit as a distinct aspect of the subject, and this is done in part IV.
ref: 1936, Harley Leist Lutz, Public Finance, page 14:
text: Therefore the actual and substantive decision authority for public credit lies with the Ministry of Finance which decides on the credit-worthiness of every public utility.
ref: 2012, Hans-Hermann Francke, Eberhart Ketzel, Hans-Helmut Kotz, Handbook of Public Credit in Europe, page 231:
text: Public credit was controversial in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England.
ref: 2020, Natalie Roxburgh, Representing Public Credit, page 1:
topics: business
finance
glosses: The loan of money to a government body in return for a bond or similar promissory note.
postattack blackmail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by military strategist Herman Kahn.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The situation in which one state uses nuclear weapons to attack another state's retaliatory forces, and then threatens to attack the cities next if the weakened victim state retaliates.
wikipedia: Herman Kahn
Chicham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small language family of northern Peru and eastern Ecuador, comprising the languages Shuar, Achuar-Shiwiar, Awajun, and Huambisa.
biphasic sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Beginning in the 1700s, the industrial revolution—its light, its caffeine, its clocks, and above all, its work schedules—took Europe’s biphasic sleep in its hairy arms and mushed the two phases together.
ref: 2022 January 27, Derek Thompson, “Can Medieval Sleeping Habits Fix America’s Insomnia?”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: The practice of sleeping twice per night, interrupted by a period of wakefulness; common in the days before electric lighting during the season with longer night.
glosses: The practice of taking a regular nap during the afternoon and sleeping fewer hours at night.
don't cut yourself on that edge
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: 'You are a cantankerous bitch and I do not care if you live or die.'
'Same.'
'Don't cut yourself on that edge.'
ref: 2021, Savannah Brown, The Things We Don't See:
glosses: A retort to a person perceived as being edgy (exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others: to try to be an edgelord).
Related terms: over the edge
structured finance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A sector of financial law that manages leverage and risk.
Related terms: structuring
morphosyntactician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphosyntacticians
Senses: glosses: One who studies morphosyntax.
morphosyntacticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphosyntactician
safety cushion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safety cushions
Senses: synonyms: financial cushion
glosses: An amount of money set aside to face contingencies; money saved for a rainy day.
shohet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shohets
form: shohetim
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shochet.
shohetim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shohet
shohets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shohet
mating presses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mating press
shoescraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoescrapers
Etymology: From shoe + scraper.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bootscraper.
synonyms: word: bootscraper
shoescrapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoescraper
shooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoolers
Etymology: From shool + -er.
Senses: glosses: A beggar.
shoolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shooler
shoopiltie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoopilties
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kelpie (“water spirit”).
synonyms: word: kelpie
extra: water spirit
shooting board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shooting boards
Senses: synonyms: shootboard
glosses: A woodworker's jig used in combination with a hand plane to trim and square up the edges and ends of boards.
shootboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shootboards
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shooting board.
synonyms: word: shooting board
shootboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shootboard
shooting boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shooting board
Gucci socialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gucci socialist
shopfolks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She gave herself a little treat, obedient to her husband's orders, and purchased a quantity of lady's gear, showing a great deal of taste and elegant discernment, as all the shopfolks said.
ref: 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair:
glosses: Synonym of shopfolk.
synonyms: word: shopfolk
shopfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shop + folk.
Senses: synonyms: shopfolks
glosses: People who work in shops: shopkeepers and shop assistants.
shopgirlish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shopgirlish
form: most shopgirlish
Etymology: From shopgirl + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a shopgirl.
shopkeeperish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shopkeeperish
form: most shopkeeperish
Etymology: From shopkeeper + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a shopkeeper.
stem duchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stem duchies
Etymology: Calque of German Stammherzogtum (literally “tribe-duchy”)
Senses: glosses: A constituent duchy of the German Empire at the time of the extinction of the Carolingian dynasty (death of Louis the Child in 911) and through the transitional period leading to the formation of the Ottonian Empire.
stem duchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stem duchy
shopkeeperism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shopkeeper + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Their general petty shopkeeperism is so constant, their relinquishment of a concern for literature and public taste so commonplace, we are inclined to forget the flagrancy of their defection.
ref: 1950, Quarterly Review of Literature, volume 6, page 104:
glosses: The characteristic attitudes and behaviours of a shopkeeper.
shopmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopmarks
Etymology: From shop + mark.
Senses: examples: text: In 1910 they issued a catalog under a new name: "L. & J.G. Stickley Handcraft," with a shopmark in red that could easily be confused with their older brother's red joiner's compass shopmark.
ref: 1988, Old-House Journal, volume 16, number 6, page 39:
text: Apparently Stickley was very fond of this symbol; he used it in various forms as a shopmark on his furniture and as a signature on drawings throughout his career.
ref: 1992, Mary Ann Smith, Gustav Stickley, the Craftsman, page 31:
glosses: A logo indicating the workshop from which a product originated.
shopmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shopmark
shopwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shop + wear.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being shopworn; minor damage through being stored and handled in a retail outlet.
Horvitz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Horvitzes
Senses: glosses: A surname
shortcomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃoɹtkəmɚ/
Forms: form: shortcomers
Etymology: From shortcom(ing) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who falls short, failing to attain a goal or ideal.
Related terms: shortcoming
shortcomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shortcomer
Landsbaum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Landsbaums
Senses: glosses: A surname
shot welding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of spot welding used to join two pieces of metal by clamping the pieces together and briefly passing a large electric current through them.
shoulderette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoulderettes
Etymology: From shoulder + -ette.
Senses: glosses: A kind of shawl with sleeves.
shoulderettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoulderette
shovelmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shovel + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of shovels.
shovelmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shovelmakers
Etymology: From shovel + maker.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of shovels.
shovelmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shovelmaker
showmanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From showman + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of showmanship.
synonyms: word: showmanship
showmanry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From showman + -ry.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of showmanship.
synonyms: word: showmanship
millefruit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Millefruit Ice Cream
ref: 1789, [Frederick Nutt], The Complete Confectioner; or, The Whole Art of Confectionary: […], London: […] the Author; […], page 124:
text: Millefruit Cakes
ref: 1894, J[ohn] K[ersley] Fowler, Recollections of Old Country Life: Social, Political, Sporting, & Agricultural, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. and New York: […], page 101:
text: The only invigorating debate going on in this drawing room is whether or not to try a millefruit biscuit or the rather bland cake that brown-haired fellow to our right is crumbling into a pile of sweet rubbish on his plate.
ref: 2015, Alexandra Hawkins, A Duke But No Gentleman (Masters of Seduction), St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 63:
text: Pippin knots, millefruit biscuits, preserved cherries, and apricot tartlets were Kitty’s for the taking.
ref: 2022, Laura Frantz, A Heart Adrift, Revell, →ISBN:
glosses: Made from a variety of fruits and nuts, especially citrus peels, angelica, and almonds in a hard white base.
uberizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uberize
uberises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uberise
uberising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uberise
uberised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uberise
showworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more showworthy
form: most showworthy
Etymology: From show + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: Wednesday morning, the opening day of the show, I took a final tour of the lily beds and reluctantly concluded that I did not have a single showworthy stem.
ref: 2002, The Lily Yearbook, number 55, page 46:
glosses: Worthy of being exhibited.
have a face on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has a face on
form: having a face on
form: had a face on
form: had a face on
form: have got a face on
Senses: glosses: To be in a bad mood.
shrimpish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shrimpish
form: most shrimpish
Etymology: From shrimp + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shrimpy.
synonyms: word: shrimpy
have got a face on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has got a face on
form: having got a face on
form: had got a face on
form: had got a face on
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of have a face on.
shriekery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shriek + -ery.
Senses: glosses: Shrieking.
showdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From show + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of shows or showbusiness.
shrubbish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shrubbish
form: most shrubbish
Etymology: From shrub + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shrubby.
synonyms: word: shrubby
Shtokavski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Stokavian.
synonyms: word: Stokavian
shuck pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuck pens
Senses: glosses: A storage shed for corn shucks.
shuck pens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuck pen
Shukria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A large Arab clan living in eastern Sudan.
water shortage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water shortages
Senses: glosses: A shortage or scarcity of water.
post-road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-roads
Senses: examples: text: I have no ambition to lose my life on the post-road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], “Letter I. To Mrs. Saville, England.”, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 8:
glosses: Alternative spelling of postroad.
coyote brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coyote brushes
form: coyote bush
Senses: examples: text: Soon neat rows of coyote brush rise on either side, their tops trimmed and even.
ref: 2016, C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills Is Gold, Virago, page 101:
glosses: The shrub Baccharis pilularis native to the western United States, some varieties of which are widely used there as a drought-tolerant groundcover.
Wendron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish north-east of Helston, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6731).
'buses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'bus
Iselle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Trasquera municipality, Piedmont, Italy.
Trasquera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A comune in Piedmont, Italy.
insurance agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insurance agents
Senses: topics: business
insurance
glosses: A person or company that sells insurance.
Related terms: insurance company
insurer
iron deficiency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: sideropenia
glosses: The state in which a body lacks enough iron to supply its needs.
Related terms: ferriprive
lactose-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lactosefree
Etymology: From lactose + -free.
Senses: coordinate_terms: dairy-free
nondairy
dairyless
glosses: Not containing lactose. (Usually applied to foods made with milk but with the lactose thereof catabolized enzymatically.)
Related terms: lactase persistence
lactose intolerance
lactose intolerant
insurance carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insurance carriers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of insurance company.
synonyms: word: insurance company
aoidos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aoidoi
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀοιδός (aoidós).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek bard.
shuler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shulers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shooler (“a beggar”).
shulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuler
shuttance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuttances
Senses: examples: text: […] had it not been for the capture of Plunger — who, after all, was deemed a "good shuttance" — no one would have regretted the price at which the day's lesson had been bought.
ref: 1884, Benjamin Brierley, Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, volume 4, page 50:
glosses: riddance
shuttances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuttance
Shuvra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name of Indian usage.
Shyam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma).
Senses: glosses: A male given name of Indian usage.
Shylocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shylock
banana-ey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more banana-ey
form: most banana-ey
Etymology: From banana + -ey.
Senses: examples: text: ‘No, ma’am, thank you,’ said Rorie hastily, through a peanutty, banana-ey mouthful.
ref: 2008, Fiona Dunbar, “Gold Lamé Suit”, in Blue Gene Baby (The Silk Sisters), Orchard Books, →ISBN, page 237:
text: DEAD BANANAS CAKE / This oh so banana-ey cake has been named by my girls due to their horror at how black the bananas are that I use.
ref: 2014, Nadia Sawalha, Fabulous Family Food, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
text: ("I'm tempted to say that a screaming comes across the tongue ... But no screaming comes. It's just beautifully smooth and syrupy. Tastes warm and a bit spicy. A little banana-ey? Smells terrific too").
ref: 2014 May 13, mjhorn, “Chivas Regal”, in Tom Pynchon’s Liquor Cabinet, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2015; quoted in Alison Flood, “Thomas Pynchon's drinks cabinet”, in The Guardian, 2014 June 24, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2014:
text: You’ll see its huge foamy head and cloudy amber body, but then you’ll smell two of the most distinctive yeast character in all of beer: banana and clove. Some are more banana-ey, some are more clovey; but they’re always there.
ref: 2016, James Morton, “Love Beer”, in Brew: The Foolproof Guide to Making World-Class Beer at Home, Quadrille, →ISBN, section “The Style List”, subsection “German beers”, subsubsection “Wheat beer”:
text: They could make all different cupcakes – chocolatey, lemony, strawberry, banana-ey, even heart-shaped ones.
ref: 2016, Alan MacDonald, chapter 1, in Cupcake Wars! (Angela Nicely), Stripes Publishing, →ISBN, page 11:
text: I listened to Siti and the man as they talked and I breathed in the thick banana-ey smell and completely forgot about everything else: […]
ref: 2017, Dave Lowe, “Bananas”, in The Spectacular Holly-Day, Piccadilly Press, →ISBN:
text: Refrigeration can prolong their lifespan but, as has caused plenty of arguments in our house, everything else in the fridge risks taking on a banana-ey taste.
ref: 2019, Dave Reay, “Climate-Smart Bananas”, in Climate-Smart Food, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, part II (Break Time), page 84:
text: If you want to make it more banana-ey flavour, add more bananas.
ref: 2021 April 15, Max La Manna, “Regeneration: Food | Meals”, in BBC Earth, archived from the original on 08 May 2021:
text: India – South Zesty Veggie Pizza / It’s spicy and it’s banana-ey. Clearly an effort to break new ground on the subcontinent, Domino’s has added spiced green bananas, chillies and peppers to the mix.
ref: 2021 November 19, Julian Ryall, “10 weird pizza toppings in Asia, from banana to sweet potato to boba”, in AsiaOne, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2021:
text: It’s got all the trimmings of your classic banoff’, but with the creamy-caramelly-banana-ey goodness, all encased in a perfect biscuit dish.
ref: 2022 March 31, Ava Wardecki, “10 Of The Best Banoffee Pies In Auckland, As Chosen By You”, in Urban List, archived from the original on 22 May 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of bananery.
sicklewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sickle + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: a weapon that is held sicklewise
glosses: In the manner of a sickle.
Sicyonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sicyonic
form: most Sicyonic
Etymology: From Sicyon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sicyon.
Sikyonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sikyonic
form: most Sikyonic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sicyonic.
portasystemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Etymology: From porta- + systemic or porta- + system + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of portosystemic
Sikyonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sikyonian
form: most Sikyonian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sicyonian.
Sikyonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sikyonians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sicyonian.
Sikyonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sikyonian
Sikyon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sicyon.
Sicyonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sicyonian
form: most Sicyonian
Etymology: From Sicyon + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sicyon.
Sicyonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sicyonians
Etymology: From Sicyon + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sicyon.
Sicyonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sicyonian
sicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a sicula.
liqueous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liqueous
form: most liqueous
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to or being in the state of a liquid.
Siddhanta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The established and accepted view of any particular school within Indian philosophy.
sidekicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidekickers
Senses: examples: 1921 (diary entry) Glenn F. Howell, Gunboat on the Yangtze
Each booth contains one large devil with two smaller sidekickers […]
glosses: A sidekick.
sidekickers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidekicker
sidecarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidecarists
Etymology: From sidecar + -ist.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A sidecar enthusiast.
sidecarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidecarist
siderealize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: siderealizes
form: siderealizing
form: siderealized
form: siderealized
Etymology: From sidereal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make into a star, or like a star.
siderealized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of siderealize
siderealizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of siderealize
siderealizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of siderealize
siderurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of siderurgic.
siderotechny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The processing and working of iron.
sidesplitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidesplitters
Etymology: From side + splitter.
Senses: glosses: An exceptionally funny joke, remark, or happening.
Related terms: sidesplitting
sidesplitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidesplitter
maizy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maizy
form: most maizy
form: maizey
Etymology: From maize + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Corn, used in most mass-market Canadian beer, has a sweet and maizy flavor that shows clearly when used in high proportions.
ref: 1997, Jamie MacKinnon, The Great Lakes Beer Guide: Eastern Region: An Affectionate, Opinionated Guide to the Beers of Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec and Vermont, The Boston Mills Press, →ISBN, page 49:
text: They were crunchy as pretzels with a maizy taste that was bread-crummy at first and then sweet.
ref: 2006, Adam Green, Satsuma Sun-mover, Lazy Gramophone Press, →ISBN, page 96:
text: Your mouth can’t be real, unless God, who doesn’t exist, has performed a miracle and sent to Earth not a bearded savior but a pair of strawberry lips and teeth as crookedly perfect as wave-battered rocks under a maizy sun where no man could fear death.
ref: 2009, Darrin Doyle, The Girl Who Ate Kalamazoo, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, published 2010, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Desert dabs of red and ochre, alternating with a maizy gold and the blue-green of eucalyptus, take you immediately into the dazzling land.
ref: 2021 June 13, Laura Cumming, “Of dreaming and nightmares”, in The New Review (The Observer), page 30:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of maize.
maizey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maizey
form: most maizey
Senses: examples: text: With a soft crust like corn rising into maizey gold bumps / Sonorous in flavor, it may cling to the knife as it is withdrawn and ooze a little at room temperature.
ref: 1978, The Hat Issue, page 92:
text: Maybe it was the long-slanting morning light, a maizey reflection off the freshly mowed alfalfa fields, but you could actually see his face.
ref: 2008, Bruce Ducker, Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions, Stackpole Books, →ISBN:
text: They got the spare ribs, steaks and all the meat together and the pumpapop or whatever they call it, a maizey mush they make which is cooked in milk and sugar, some people use water and salt but milk and sugar is better.
ref: 2012, Wayne Teall, Bong the Bouncing Elephant and His Fantastic Friends, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of maizy.
Bad Oeynhausen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A spa town in Minden-Lübbecke district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
siftage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sift + -age.
Senses: examples: text: The tumbling drum was used to determine loss of product through siftage […]
ref: 1962, Modern Packaging, volume 35, page 126:
glosses: The process of sifting.
e-postcard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-postcards
Etymology: From e- + postcard.
Senses: glosses: A computerized postcard, sent by electronic means; an e-card.
e-postcards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-postcard
mast step
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mast steps
form: mast-step
form: maststep
Etymology: From mast + step.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: mast foot
mastspore
glosses: A steel or wooden foundation on which a mast rests.
mast steps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mast step
Celle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Celle.
Senses: glosses: A town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany.
mast foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mast feet
form: mast-foot
form: mastfoot
Etymology: From mast + foot.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of mast step.
synonyms: word: mast step
mast feet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mast foot
mastspore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastspores
form: mast-spore
Etymology: From Middle English mastspore, equivalent to mast + spur.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of mast step.
synonyms: word: mast step
sighfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sighfully
form: most sighfully
Etymology: From sighful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sighful manner.
sigillographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sigillographic.
Sturm-Liouville form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sturm-Liouville form pqwx
form: Sturm-Liouville forms
Etymology: Named after Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803–1855) and Joseph Liouville (1809–1882).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the form of a real differential equation expressed as
wikipedia: Jacques Charles François Sturm
Joseph Liouville
Sturm-Liouville equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sturm-Liouville equations
Etymology: Named after Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803–1855) and Joseph Liouville (1809–1882).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A real second-order linear differential equation expressed in Sturm-Liouville form.
wikipedia: Jacques Charles François Sturm
Joseph Liouville
signaletics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: The Bertillon system of anthropometry.
signatural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From signature + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a signature.
tendo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: See tendo § Etymology and teno- § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teno-.
signalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From signal + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An international avant-garde literary and art movement rooted in Serbian culture.
tendosynovium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tendo- + synovium.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of tenosynovium.
Derived terms: tendosynovial
tendosynovitis