cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sorrentinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Etymology tree
Spanish Sorrento
Spanish -ino
Spanish sorrentino
Spanish sorrentinosbor.
English sorrentinos
Borrowed from Spanish sorrentinos.
Senses: examples: text: The lamb in soft mint sauce, pizzas, and pumpkin sorrentinos are superb.
ref: 2008, Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries, Eliot Greenspan, Charlie O'Malley, Jisel Perilla, Neil E. Schlecht, Kristina Schreck, Frommer's South America, 4th edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 162:
text: Food is more conventional, though some dishes have a twist, such as the signature turkey, mozzarella and nut sorrentinos.
ref: 2010, Danny Aeberhard, Andrew Benson, Rosalba O'Brien, Lucy Phillips, The Rough Guide to Argentina, fourth edition, [London]: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 291, column 1:
text: Silvia Echeverria gingerly balanced a box containing two sheets of stuffed sorrentinos in the crook of her left arm, holding the pasta like a tray of jewels.
ref: 2019 August 19, Natalie Alcoba, “Food prices soar in Argentina as peso devalues”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2024:
glosses: A Argentinian dish similar to ravioli, but larger, more circular and originally wrapped without fluted edge.
moundfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moundfields
Etymology: mound + field
Senses: topics: geography
geology
geomorphology
natural-sciences
glosses: An area of land covered in mounds, often produced by animals.
blisterless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blister + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Like so many others with blisterless cradled feet, I get it. I’ve gone from not wanting to be caught dead in Birkenstocks to hoping I’m buried in them; I plan for both style and comfort in the afterlife.
ref: 2023 July 10, Flora Gill, “The joy of ‘ugly’ Birkenstocks”, in The Spectator:
glosses: Without blisters.
Democ🐀s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Democ🐀
dabki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabkis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dabke.
bash someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bashes someone's head
form: bashing someone's head
form: bashed someone's head
form: bashed someone's head
Senses: glosses: To beat up someone violently.
smash someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smashes someone's head
form: smashing someone's head
form: smashed someone's head
form: smashed someone's head
Senses: glosses: To beat up someone violently.
night-owlism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: night owl + -ism
Senses: examples: text: To prevent the pressure from soaring once more to dangerous heights, I decided to increase the amount of sleep, despite the slumber-impairing heat of July, by yielding to a later night-owlism, i.e. to retiring at a time even a few hours after dawn, discounting the Daylight-Saving hour, and wearing but shorts.
ref: 1958, Eli Greifer, How I Cured My Incurable Ailments, page 221:
text: As a people become more sophisticated, the tend toward night-owlism.
ref: 1959, Weiss, The Executive, page 6:
text: They were developing a flowing rhythm together: a healthy balance of night-owlism and early birding, although despite their proximity to the Heath they could probably have done with more fresh air.
ref: 2012, John Francis King, Funky / Guy, page 13:
glosses: The habit of staying awake late into the night; the quality of being a night owl.
Pincoya storm petrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pincoya storm petrel
tea pets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea pet
preplasmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preplasma
preprotocols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preprotocol
preprotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preprotoxin
proanthocyanidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proanthocyanidine
procelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procelle
prococenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prococene
procreatresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procreatress
proctresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proctress
pronggills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronggill
Emerzian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Emerzians
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Little Bokhara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Xinjiang.
synonyms: word: Xinjiang
Zongo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zongos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
open evening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open evenings
Senses: glosses: An evening event where prospective students and parents/guardians are invited to a school.
brineworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: brine + works
Senses: glosses: A facility that produces brine and salts by evaporating saline water.
bilgeboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bilgeboard
bilgeboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bilgeboards
form: bilge board
Etymology: bilge + board
Senses: topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: A lifting foil used in a sailboat, which resembles a cross between a centerboard and a leeboard.
duocase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From duo- + case.
Senses: examples: text: Before the introduction of the IBM 1050, printing terminals had been limited to single case capability. But the use of an electric typewriter on the 1050 would give the capability of duocase printing—capital letters and small letters. This duocase capability was held to be a very significant marketing factor.
ref: 1980, Charles E. McKenzie, “The Size and Structure of PTTC” (chapter 6), in Coded Character Sets: History and Development (The Systems Programming Series), Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 106:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
coordinate_terms: monocase
glosses: Supporting or consisting of both uppercase and lowercase letters.
bookshelver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bookshelvers
Etymology: From book + shelver or bookshelf + -er.
Senses: examples: text: As a freshman at U.N.M., she’d had a work-study job as a bookshelver at the medical library—the worst job she’d ever had. It was the terminal quiet that had bugged her; trying to shelve books extra-quietly so as not to disturb anyone’s studying.
ref: 1995, A[aron] A[lbert] Carr, chapter 40, in Eye Killers (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series; 13), Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 182:
hypernyms: shelver
glosses: A person who places or arranges books on shelves in a library, etc.
bookshelvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookshelver
bookshelved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bookshelf + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: She reloaded by moonlight, gathered the tripod, and backed across the street, scouting the library for a good angle. She found one and set up. The white clapboard siding was black-banded in the overhead moonlight; the windows showed bookshelved walls lighted faintly from within.
ref: 1972, Ira Levin, The Stepford Wives, New York, N.Y.: Random House, Inc., →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: Having bookshelves.
bookshelved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From bookshelve + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bookshelve
Maysh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mayshs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Maysh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mayshs
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
bookshelve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bookshelves
form: bookshelving
form: bookshelved
form: bookshelved
Etymology: From book + shelve, or a back-formation from bookshelves, the plural of bookshelf.
Senses: examples: text: Their mutual courtesy remained, and they had their repertoire of comfortable rituals of simulated affection, but that was all. There had been too many houses, too many mortgages, too many false dawns, too many dark and disappointing kitchens, too many curtains that were never made and hung, too many rooms never finally bookshelved and decorated.
ref: 1995, Tim Waterstone, An Imperfect Marriage, London: Headline Review, published 1996, →ISBN, page 129:
glosses: To furnish (a room etc.) with bookshelves.
examples: text: In other cases, suppliers had technologies on their roadmaps that were not yet robust enough or cost-effective to be integrated into existing technologies. In such cases, the technology was “bookshelved” and revisited in the next new-product cycle.
ref: 2002, Robert Monczka, Robert Trent, Robert Handfield, “Purchasing as a Boundary-Spanning Function” (chapter 5), in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, 2nd edition, Mason, Oh.: South-Western, page 158:
glosses: To postpone or put aside (a project, etc.); to shelve.
Related terms: bookshelved
bookshelver
bookshelving
hydrocluster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroclusters
Etymology: hydro + cluster
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A theoretical cluster of suspension particles that cause shear thickening.
hydroclusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrocluster
High Beach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: High Beech
Senses: glosses: A village in Waltham Abbey parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4098).
subreferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subreference
High Beech
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The powers for the original line from Chingford to High Beech having been abandoned with the rest of the Loughton Branch Junction-High Beech line in 1869, another attempt was made in 1882, to extend the line three miles into the heart of the Forest. […] Unfortunately, this scheme also came to naught.
ref: 1952 December, 'Icarus', “The Chingford Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 793:
glosses: Alternative form of High Beach, Essex, England.
came to naught
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come to naught
Ibero-American
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ibero-American
form: most Ibero-American
Senses: glosses: Related to Ibero-America.
Ibero-American
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ibero-Americans
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Ibero-America.
Ibero-Americans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ibero-American
Sewardstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A linear settlement in Waltham Abbey parish, Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ3897).
bird point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bird points
form: birdpoint
form: bird-point
Senses: examples: text: She had watched the turned ground passing and had snatched up three partial arrowheads and a flint scraper and one fine complete bird point.
ref: 1997, Charles Frazier, “Ashes of Roses”, in Cold Mountain, New York: Atlantic:
text: Flint chips and flakes were scattered about. Here and there, every so often, one would find a point or blade. Occasionally, a tiny arrow-point (birdpoint) would surface.
ref: 1999, Bob Rampani, “Yesterday In Bridgeton, Site #6”, in Central States Archaeological Journal, volume 46, number 1, pages 9-10:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small flint arrowhead
leatherbritches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leather-britches
form: leather britches
form: shuck beans
form: shucky beans
Etymology: From a resemblance to leather britches or trousers once dried.
Senses: examples: text: Sally sat on the porch threading beans on strings to make leatherbritches, and five long strings of pods already hung above her from the porch rafters to dry.
ref: 1997, Charles Frazier, “The ground beneath her hands”, in Cold Mountain, New York: Atlantic:
text: Beans that were strung and dried in the pod were called shuck beans, shucky beans, or leatherbritches (Clark 1998), depending on the region.
ref: 2006, John van Willigen, Anne van Willigen, “Puttin’ Up the Garden”, in Food and Everyday Life on Kentucky Family Farms, 1920-1950, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, pages 203-20:
glosses: green beans strung on thread for drying and storage.
glory-land
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: My pockets all are empty, I've got nothing more to lose
Take me home to glory-land and take away my blues
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “Say Goodbye”:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Heaven
Jackintosh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jackintoshes
Etymology: Blend of Jack + Macintosh, in reference to Atari Corporation founder Jack Tramiel, and the computer's similarities to the Apple Macintosh.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The Atari 520ST microcomputer.
wikipedia: Apple Macintosh
Jack Tramiel
palaeographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeograph
Chingford Hatch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Hatch is presumably from Old English hæċ.
Senses: glosses: A southern suburb of Chingford, borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3892).
chip scanners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chip scanner
insent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of insend
forsent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forsend
free-tailed bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free-tailed bats
Senses: glosses: Bats of family Molossidae, many species of which are known as mastiff bats.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Tadarida teniotis
word: European free-tailed bat
taxonomic: Tadarida brasiliensis
word: Mexican free-tailed bat
Boakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Boake
unmultiplexed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + multiplexed.
Senses: glosses: Not multiplexed.
porpicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From porpoise + -icide.
Senses: examples: text: It was a clear case of what scientists are calling "porpicide," the deliberate slaying of a harbor porpoise by a surprising and, to most people, unlikely culprit.
ref: 2011 September 17, Peter Fimrite, “'Porpicide': Bottlenose dolphins killing porpoises”, in SFGATE:
text: Fortunately, I have never heard of porpicide here in the Gulf of Maine, but it would not surprise me if it did.
ref: 2023 January 9, Ellen Goethel, “Porpicide?: Dolphins are killing porpoises. Scientists don't know why.”, in Seacoastonline:
glosses: The killing of porpoises by bottlenose dolphins.
landlord special
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landlord specials
Senses: examples: text: In the clip, Aliena sees a protruding piece of wood that is supposedly covering a hole. She mentions that it’s falling off, and as she takes the piece of wood off the wall, it shows a small hole in the wall. “Landlord special times 300, like what?” she said. […] ¶ “They used a cutting board to fill up this hole,” Aliena says.
ref: 2025 March 15, Malakah Wright, quoting Aliena (@aliena.215), “‘And it’s one from the Dollar Tree’: Woman peels off the ‘landlord special’ from her wall. Then she sees what it’s hiding”, in Daily Dot:
glosses: An inadequate repair made to a rented property by the landlord or owner.
Balchin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
yarn bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yarn bombs
form: yarn bombing
form: yarn bombed
form: yarn bombed
form: yarnbomb
Senses: glosses: To cover (a public structure) with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art.
Derived terms: yarn bomber
Related terms: word: yarn bombing
yarn bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarn bombs
form: yarnbomb
Senses: examples: text: The damaged yarnbombs are currently being repaired and re-installed – it is hoped that this time the artworks will be there to stay.
ref: 2022 October 22, Sophie Skyring, “What is happening to 'yarnbombs' made to cheer up city park?”, in Norwich Evening News, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2024:
glosses: A decorative knitted yarn item, placed on a public structure as a form of graffiti or street art.
yarn bomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarn bombers
form: yarnbomber
Etymology: From yarn bomb + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The nostalgic appeal and cosy image of knitting also accounts for the yarn bomber's ability to evade the authorities.
ref: 2010 October 10, Maddy Costa, “The graffiti knitting epidemic”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
synonyms: yarnstormer
glosses: One who yarn bombs.
yarn bombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarn bomber
yarnbomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarnbombers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yarn bomber.
yarnbombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarnbomber
Aspen Mountain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Ajax
glosses: A ski mountain in the Elk Mountains in Pitkin County, Colorado.
glosses: A mountain in Grant County, New Mexico.
glosses: A mountain in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
yarnstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yarnstorms
form: yarnstorming
form: yarnstormed
form: yarnstormed
Etymology: Compound of yarn + storm.
Senses: examples: text: In London, Knit the City has "yarnstormed" fountains and fences. And in Melbourne, Australia, a woman known as Bali conjures up cozies for bike racks and bus stops.
ref: 2011 May 19, Malia Wollan, “Creating Graffiti With Yarn”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2024:
glosses: Synonym of yarn bomb (“to cover a public structure with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art”).
synonyms: word: yarn bomb
extra: to cover a public structure with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art
Derived terms: word: yarnstormer
word: yarnstorming
yarnstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarnstorms
Etymology: Compound of yarn + storm.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of yarn bomb (“a decorative knitted yarn item, placed on a public structure as a form of graffiti or street art”)
synonyms: word: yarn bomb
extra: a decorative knitted yarn item, placed on a public structure as a form of graffiti or street art
graffiti knitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The idea of yarn bombing or 'graffiti knitting' originates from the US, where knitters decided to find new and creative ways of using leftover material.
ref: 2010 July 19, “Belfast statues togged up with 'knits' for craft month”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 24 May 2024:
glosses: Synonym of yarn bombing (“a form of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn”).
synonyms: word: yarn bombing
extra: a form of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn
guerrilla knitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Guerrilla knitting has arrived, with light posts up and down the coast around Trigg and Scarborough mysteriously tagged in the most nanna-like of methods.
ref: 2010 October 19, Daile Pepper, “Be alert, not alarmed - guerilla^([sic]) knitting is here”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW: Nine Entertainment, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 May 2024:
glosses: Synonym of yarn bombing (“a form of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn”).
synonyms: word: yarn bombing
extra: a form of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn
NSFT
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more NSFT
form: most NSFT
Etymology: Initialism of not safe for Tumblr, in reference to the platform's banning of adult content.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of NSFW.
synonyms: word: NSFW
wikipedia: Tumblr#Adult content ban
Teton Range
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Teton Range
Senses: synonyms: Tetons
glosses: A mountain range in Wyoming, subrange of the Rocky Mountains.
Broadbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A settlement in Bosham parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8105).
Maroon Bells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Maroon Bells
Senses: glosses: A pair of mountains in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, in Gunnison County and Pitkin County, Colorado.
Maroon Peak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain in the Elk Mountains in Gunnison County and Pitkin County, Colorado, one of the Maroon Bells.
Derived terms: North Maroon Peak
Binja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Binjas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mount Zion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Zion (“a landmark hill on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built”).
synonyms: word: Zion
extra: a landmark hill on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built
reinherit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reinherits
form: reinheriting
form: reinherited
form: reinherited
Etymology: From re- + inherit.
Senses: glosses: To inherit again.
River Don
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the River Don
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Don.
synonyms: word: Don
sidecurl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidecurls
Etymology: side + curl
Senses: glosses: Synonym of peot.
synonyms: word: peot
sidecurls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidecurl
Goussainville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
glosses: A commune in Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.
blue seals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue seal
acoustic traveltime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acoustic traveltimes
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The amount of time it takes for a signal to travel from a source through the Earth and return to a receiver.
traveltime curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traveltime curves
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
seismology
glosses: A graph showing the relationship between the distance from the epicenter to the observation point and the traveltime.
acoustic traveltimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acoustic traveltime
traveltime curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traveltime curve
murderise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: murderises
form: murderising
form: murderised
form: murderised
Etymology: From murder + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of murderize.
longbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longbills
Etymology: From long + bill.
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of birds with long bills.
glosses: A bird in the genera Toxorhamphus and Oedistoma.
Related terms: longbill spearfish
longbills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longbill
Saxa Vord
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hill in the island of Unst, North Isles, Shetlands archipelago, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.
synonyms: RAF Saxa Vord
glosses: An airbase in Unst, North Isles, Shetlands, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom.
synonyms: SaxaVord
glosses: A spaceport in Unst, North Isles, Shetlands, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Camiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
airwatt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airwatts
Senses: glosses: A unit of measurement that represents the true suction power of vacuum cleaners. It is calculated by multiplying the airflow (in cubic metres per second) by the suction pressure (in pascals).
airwatts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airwatt
bank-bursting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bank-bursting
form: most bank-bursting
Senses: examples: text: The prize now for Larne is massive… something in the region of £3million. They are the envy of every other Irish League club by forcing their way in with the big boys in the UEFA Conference League.
And, with the possibility of a bank-bursting draw, perhaps against the likes of Chelsea, Real Betis or Fiorenta^([sic]), the sky is the limit for Lynch and his men.
ref: 2024 August 29, Alex Mills, “Larne headed for Conference League group stages as Andy Ryan hat-trick secures historic Play-Off joy”, in Belfast Telegraph:
glosses: Extremely lucrative or profitable.
with one's tail up
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Seconds later Nano’s monster throw-in from the left was recycled to the wing-back and, when he produced the most delicious of deliveries, the totally unmarked Lopes drilled home from six yards.
Now with their tails up, Toni tried his luck with a dipping effort from distance that had Ferguson at full stretch once again.
ref: 2024 August 29, Alex Mills, “Larne headed for Conference League group stages as Andy Ryan hat-trick secures historic Play-Off joy”, in Belfast Telegraph:
glosses: confidently
Invermen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Larne Football Club, a football club from Larne, Northern Ireland
Thenissey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
orthoteny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthotenies
Etymology: Borrowed from French orthoténie.
Senses: examples: text: […] believes that he had discovered a new principle called orthoteny, according to which saucer-sightings of any given short period tend, far more often than chance would permit, form plottable straight lines of 3 or more points.
ref: 1951, Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 16, Mercury Press, Incorporated, page 86:
text: […] of flying saucer reports in France in 1954 supporting the author's theory of "orthoteny," i.e., the fact that he can connect the points at which flying saucers appeared each day with a series of straight lines radiating out from a central point.
ref: 1958, Junior Libraries, volume 5, R.R. Bowker., page 117:
text: Michel dubbed the pattern "orthoteny” (from the Greek orthoteneis, meaning "stretched in a straight line"). During the 1954 wave, he argued, flying saucers appeared over the course of any given day along straight lines crisscrossing French territory.
ref: 2024, Greg Eghigian, “4 From Mystery to Movement 1947-1960”, in After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon, illustrated, reprint edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 110:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
ufology
glosses: The study of straight lines, especially in regards to the flight paths that UFOs tend to follow.
orthotenies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orthoteny
Knivsta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden.
moderants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moderant
ruralish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ruralish
form: most ruralish
Etymology: From rural + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat rural.
urbanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more urbanlike
form: most urbanlike
Etymology: From urban + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a urban areas.
rurallike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rurallike
form: most rurallike
Etymology: From rural + -like.
Senses: examples: text: I am really looking for a place that has a home like community feel to it, not cityish, but more rurallike, where the people are generally nice and there are things to do and see.
ref: 2011 February 14, sirstand, City-Data:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of rural areas.
Chilung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: jēʹlo͝ongʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 雞籠 (Jīlóng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chi¹-lung².
Senses: examples: text: No single island in the 19-islet group bears the name of Matsu[.] It is named after a harbor of Nankan, the main island of the group. Nankan is 114 nautical miles west of the northern Taiwan port of Chilung, and 114 nautical miles from Kinmen.
Besides Nankan, other islands in the group are: Peikan, Kaoteng, Tungkun and Hsikun. Kaoteng is only 5 5 nautical miles from the closest mainland point and has been the occasional target of Communist gunners for years. The total land area is only 29 3 sq km. (11.3 sq. mi) Nankan alone has 4.03 sq. km. (10.44 sq mi.) of the total. Located in the fishing area of Fukien, the Matsus are naturally the home of a fishing population. On Nankan there are two good harbors, Fuyu and Matsu.
ref: 1959, Sampson C. Shen, editor, China Yearbook 1958-1959, Taipei, Taiwan: China Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 99:
text: The “Beautiful Island” wears a necklace of rails and new roads dangling from Taipei, such as the 17-mile MacArthur Expressway linking the capital to the seaport of Chilung. Taiwan has two other international seaports —recently opened Hualien, on the east coast, and Kaohsiung, facing the mainland a scant 200 miles away.
ref: 1964 November, “New Look at Changing China”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume 126, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 641, column 2:
text: Keelung or Chilung five miles southeast of Wanli or 15 miles northeast of Taipei. The largest seaport on Taiwan with a harbor accommodating ocean vessels up to 20,000 tons has the distinction of being the wettest port in the world[…]
ref: 1969, Florence Drumwright, Taiwan, Eden in Asia, Caves Book Company, →OCLC, page 61, column 2:
text: In 1885 Joffre volunteered for Far Eastern service, where as a captain he was assigned to the staff of Vice Admiral Amédée Courbet, commanding the French China Squadron. Courbet entrusted him with organizing the defenses of Kelung (Chilung) in Formosa, which France had just seized.
ref: 2006, Spencer C. Tucker, “Joseph Joffre”, in World War I : A Student Encyclopedia, volume 2, ABC-Clio, →ISBN, page 982:
glosses: Synonym of Keelung.
synonyms: word: Keelung
self-heating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + heating.
Senses: examples: text: Until now, the success of their self-heating concrete — which they have previously reported can melt snow and prevent or slow ice formation for an extended period of time — has only been in a controlled lab setting.
ref: 2024 March 18, Britt Faulstick, “Drexel’s Self-Heating Concrete Is One Step Closer to Clearing Sidewalks Without Shoveling or Salting”, in Drexel News:
coordinate_terms: self-cooling
glosses: Able to create and sustain its own heat, often through a chemical reaction; exothermic.
self-cooling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + cooling.
Senses: examples: text: A thermoelectric self-cooling system with forced air cooling based on a finned plate heat sink (case-a) and a water cooling based on a microchannel heat sink (case-b) is evaluated through a thermodynamic model.
ref: 2021 May 7, M. Di Capua H , Wolfram Jahn, “Performance assessment of thermoelectric self-cooling systems for electronic devices”, in Applied Thermal Engineering, volume 193, →DOI:
text: Previous attempts at designing self-cooling microchips have largely relied on a two-pronged approach, involving designing the cooling elements separately from the electronic elements, and then combining after the initial fabrication process.
ref: 2024 February 20, Sarah Wells, “Self-cooling microchip provides a tiny solution to a giant problem”, in Inverse:
coordinate_terms: self-heating
glosses: Able to prevent itself from overheating.
fjardic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fjard + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to fjards.
wondersuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wondersuits
Etymology: wonder + suit
Senses: examples: text: Louis, too, had noticed the wondersuit.
ref: 2011, Bernadette Strachan, Handbags and Halos:
text: Their chubby kid appears to be a girl about two years old and is dressed in a red button-up wondersuit covered in pink and purple seashells.
ref: 2023, Trent Dalton, Lola in the Mirror:
text: one white terry-towelling wondersuit, size 000 , appliqued with three teddy bears hanging from a bunch of blue and pink balloons, and the words ' Forever Friends '
ref: 2024, Marie O'Rourke, Kintsugi:
glosses: A one-piece article of baby or toddler clothing made from soft, stretchy fabrics, that combines the features of a onesie and a sleep suit.
wondersuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wondersuit
self-officiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + officiation.
Senses: examples: text: For example, because self-officiation enforces an active approach to conflict resolution, it creates social learning situations.
ref: 2015 December 28, Ken Kaminski, “Ultimate 2030: How Should We Officiate?”, in Ultiworld:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The officiation of a sport by players rather than observers or referees.
Related terms: self-officiated
bouncinette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bouncinettes
form: bouncinet
Etymology: Blend of bounce + bassinette
Senses: examples: text: I didn't want to sound like an interfering mother-in-law, so I just said, "Well, dear, your own husband used to gurgle away for hours on this very bouncinette, kicking his fat little legs."
ref: 2007, Liane Moriarty, The Last Anniversary, page 174:
text: She leapt from the porch straight in through the door and almost immediately tripped over the bouncinette, knocking the contraption over on its side.
ref: 2013, Winsome Smith, Tales the Laundress Told: And Other Stories, page 15:
text: By her right foot, her baby girl, Asha, sleeps in a bouncinette that has a pattern like the coat of one of the 101 Dalmations..
ref: 2023, Trent Dalton, Lola in the Mirror:
glosses: A baby seat that gently bounces or rocks, often equipped with a safety harness to keep the baby secure.
bouncinettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bouncinette
bouncinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bouncinets
Senses: examples: text: Construct two nets from the soft material used for bouncinets.
ref: 1998, Elaine Wilson, Occupational Therapy for Children with Special Needs, page 171:
text: That’s Cassandra @ day 20 and this was the first time we put her on the comfy bouncinet.
ref: 2008 May 1, Shireen, “Baby C @ Day 20… And Enjoying Her Bouncinet”, in Health Freak Mommy:
text: Most of the time whe would lie in the big, rectangular bouncinet which took pride of place in the centre of the living room.
ref: 2016, Lydia Teh, Life's Like That: Scenes from Malaysian Life, page 161:
glosses: Alternative form of bouncinette.
bouncinets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bouncinet
Lunabelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈluːnəbɛl/
Forms: form: Lunabelles
Etymology: Compound of Luna (“a female given name from Latin”) + Belle (“female given name”); perhaps by analogy with names like Annabelle, Clarabelle etc.
Senses: examples: text: David S. Berkowitz and Lunabelle W. Curtis gave major assistance in connection with the study of the trends in the decentralization of educational facilities.
ref: 1947, Preliminary Report of the Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University, Williams Press, page 9:
text: In his foreword to a graduate paper by Lunabelle Wedlock, "The Reaction of Negro Publications and Organizations to German Anti-Semitism," Bunche wrote that as was well known, there was all too much mutual dislike and mistrust between the two communities.
ref: 1995, Murray Friedman, What Went Wrong?: The Creation & Collapse of the Black-Jewish Alliance, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 89:
glosses: A female given name.
endoxa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈdɑksə/
rhymes: -ɒksə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek; related to δόξα (dóxa) and ἔνδοξος (éndoxos).
Senses: coordinate_terms: doxa
glosses: A category of popular opinion or belief contrasted with doxa by Aristotle.
Daphnidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dæfˈnɪdiən/
Forms: form: more Daphnidian
form: most Daphnidian
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the poet Daphnis in Greek legend.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Daphnis.
Aegaeonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /iːdʒiːˈoʊniən/
Forms: form: more Aegaeonian
form: most Aegaeonian
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Aegaeon in Greek mythology
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Aegaeon.
Promethian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Promethian
form: most Promethian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Promethean.
hyperextremophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperextremophile
hypergalactosemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypergalactosemia
hypermethylomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermethylome
hypermethylases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermethylase
hypermanganates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermanganate
Methonean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /mɛθəˈniːən/
Forms: form: more Methonean
form: most Methonean
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Methone in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Methone.
Anthean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ænˈθiːən/
Forms: form: more Anthean
form: most Anthean
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Anthe in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Anthe.
Pallenean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pæləˈniːən/
Forms: form: more Pallenean
form: most Pallenean
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Pallene in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Pallene.
childsitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: childsitters
Etymology: From child + sitter, after babysitter.
Senses: examples: text: [I]n return for shouldering a few extra duties (watchdog, childsitter, sled dog, juvenile circus performer, losthamster retriever, plus the full-time summer job of bear-scare on mushrooming expeditions), he may hunt for his own amusement, without let or hindrance, throughout the year until September 15, or such time as the upland game and wildfowl season opens, when he must immediately put aside all temptation and revert forthwith to his professional capacity of model gundog.
ref: 1964, Sheila Burnford, “Canadian Spring”, in The Fields of Noon, Boston, Mass.: Atlantic Monthly Press, Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 11:
text: With a live-in housekeeper-cook-childsitter we were able to lead a busy social life.
ref: 1992, William G[eorge] Cahan, “The Flora Sign”, in No Stranger to Tears: A Surgeon’s Story, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, section “Operation (Phase II)”, page 140:
text: ‘She’ll be home for Christmas—all being well,’ Leyne tacked on hastily. / ‘Even better.’ / ‘I’m glad you approve.’ / His mouth quirked upwards slightly at one corner. ‘Why shouldn’t I? It will relieve you of having to find a childsitter who won’t let you down.’
ref: 2006, Jessica Steele, chapter 9, in Promise of a Family, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 169:
glosses: Synonym of babysitter.
synonyms: word: babysitter
Related terms: childsit
childsitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of childsitter
Calypsoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kælɪpˈsoʊ.ən/
Forms: form: more Calypsoan
form: most Calypsoan
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Calypso in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Calypso.
Calypsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kælɪpˈsoʊniən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Calypsonian
form: most Calypsonian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Calypsoan.
Helenean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /hɛləˈniːən/
Forms: form: more Helenean
form: most Helenean
Etymology: From Helen + -ean.
Senses: examples: text: They hasten youth / Into maturer womanhood; they give / A brighter lustre to the beaming eye, / Fairer proportions to the moulded form / Of Helenéan beauty, and impart / A deeper current to the fervent stream / Of the unsealed affections.
ref: 1841, Pliny Earle, “Angelina”, in Marathon, and Other Poems, Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, page 76:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Saint Helena Island.
Polydeucean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒlɪdjuːˈsiːən/
other: /ˌpɒlɪˈdjuːsiən/
Forms: form: more Polydeucean
form: most Polydeucean
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the god Polydeuces (a.k.a. Pollux) in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Polydeuces.
Polydeucian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪˈdjuːsiən/
Forms: form: more Polydeucian
form: most Polydeucian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Polydeucean.
FBA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FBAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Foundational Black American.
negrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Negrophobia.
Deimian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪmiən/
/ˈdeɪmiən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Deimos in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Martian moon named for Deimos.
Selenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /səˈliːni.ən/
Etymology: From Selene + -ian.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the god Selene in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
related: word: selenian
glosses: Of or relating to the Moon.
Selenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /səˈliːni.ən/
Forms: form: Selenians
Etymology: From Selene + -ian.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: Lunarian
glosses: An inhabitant of the Moon.
Verrey-sous-Salmaise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Related terms: Salmaise
Tahsing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Huangtukang, or "Yellow Earth Mound", is the name of a well-known commune in Tahsing county south of Peking which I chose out of the many good communes around to visit, for some of its brigades have much to show in the way of dramatic change.
ref: 1973, Rewi Alley, “Peking & Tientsin”, in Travels in China, 1966-71 [中国见闻], Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 526:
english: 中国见闻
translation: 中国见闻
text: Even a short item, like Shoes to Strike Roots, by the amateur propaganda team of Tahsing county, near Peking, may use an elementary dialectic. This ten-minute dance provides a reminder of a tradition of the revolutionary wars when village women showed their support for the red soldiers by sewing cloth shoes for them out of pieces of rag.
ref: 1975, Roger Howard, “New Workers' and Peasants' Amateur Theatre”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XIV, number 5, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 47, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of Daxing.
Baulme-la-Roche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Cicerones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Cicerōnēs.
Senses: glosses: plural of Cicero
Lieusaint
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
glosses: A commune in Manche department, Normandy, France.
Cesson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
lazertinib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug used to treat non-small cell lung cancer.
water cremation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water cremations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of resomation.
synonyms: word: resomation
Thai boxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thai boxers
Senses: glosses: A participant in Thai boxing.
back-pager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back-pagers
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: An article published on the back page.
sex reassignment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex reassignments
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sex reassignment surgery.
synonyms: word: sex reassignment surgery
Aisy-sur-Armançon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
kar seva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kar sewa
Senses: glosses: Voluntary labor for the benefit of a religious cause.
Related terms: alt: one who works in kar seva
word: karsevak
kar sewa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kar seva.
minidrought
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minidroughts
Etymology: From mini- + drought.
Senses: topics: climatology
natural-sciences
glosses: A minor drought.
Related terms: megadrought
bin night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bin nights
Senses: glosses: The night immediately preceding bin day, on which refuse may be put outside to be collected the next day.
five-spice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of five-spice powder.
synonyms: word: five-spice powder
food sovereignty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A system in which the people who produce, distribute, and consume food also control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution.
knowarramean
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of knowwhaddamean.
knoworrimean
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of knowwhaddamean.
dewaxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dewaxers
Etymology: dewax + -er
Senses: glosses: A substance or device used to remove wax.
conjugal visitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjugal visitations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of conjugal visit.
synonyms: word: conjugal visit
sexual reassignment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexual reassignments
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sex reassignment surgery.
synonyms: word: sex reassignment surgery