cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
chuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌfɪŋ
Senses: glosses: Used as a mild intensifier, especially as a substitute for "fucking".
Derived terms: chuffing hell
chuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌfɪŋ
Forms: form: chuffings
Senses: glosses: A noisy puffing sound, as of a steam locomotive.
deeksies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deeksies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deekies (“a quick look”).
cinephilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cine- + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps it is not cinema that has ended but only cinephilia—the name of the very specific kind of love that cinema inspired. Each art breeds its fanatics.
ref: 1996 February 25, Susan Sontag, “The Decay of Cinema”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Loudly and proudly declaring your love of Letterboxd has become a way of demonstrating your superior cinephilia.
ref: 2024 February 29, Jack King, “Why everyone you know is suddenly a Letterboxd head”, in GQ:
antonyms: cinephobia
glosses: Enthusiasm for films and the cinema.
Related terms: cinephile
cinephilic
debauchee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪbɔːˈtʃi/
Forms: form: debauchees
Etymology: From French débauché.
Senses: glosses: Somebody who is debauched; somebody who is dissolute and acts without moral restraint.
glosses: A person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
Synonyms: debaucher
libertine
debaucher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈbɔːtʃə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: debauchers
Etymology: From debauch + -er.
Senses: glosses: Somebody who debauches or corrupts others; a seducer.
debauchment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈbɔːtʃmənt/
Forms: form: debauchments
form: deboshment
Etymology: From debauch + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
Synonyms: debasement
miner's lettuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the fact that miners during the California Gold Rush ate such plant to prevent scurvy.
Senses: glosses: Winter purslane (Montia perfoliata, now Claytonia perfoliata), a plant of western North America with mild-flavored edible greens.
glosses: Related plants with similar appearance and uses, such as Claytonia parviflora and Claytonia rubra
orache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oraches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of orach.
Derived terms: orache moth
pekoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːkəʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɛːkəʊ/
ipa: /ˈpikoʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɛkoʊ/
rhymes: -iːkəʊ
rhymes: -ɛːkəʊ
Forms: form: pekoes
form: pecco
Etymology: Unclear; possibly from Hokkien 白毫 (pe̍h-ho, “white hair”) or Hokkien 白花 (pe̍h-hoe, “white flower”). See Tea leaf grading#Etymology. Compare to Russian ба́йховый (bájxovyj).
Senses: glosses: A high-quality black tea made using young leaves, grown in Sri Lanka, India, Java and the Azores.
wikipedia: Tea leaf grading#Etymology
Derived terms: Flowery Pekoe
orange pekoe
Pekoe Souchong
Related terms: black tea
green tea
oolong
calamint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calamints
Etymology: From French calament (assimilated in English to mint), from Old French calament, calamente, from Medieval Latin calamentum, from Latin calaminthe, from Ancient Greek καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē, “an odoriferous plant”), of uncertain origin (either by haplology from *καλαμο-μίνθη (*kalamo-mínthē) or a loanword, which Beekes considers most likely to be from Pre-Greek).
Attested since early 17th century.
Senses: glosses: Any species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha, now often included in Clinopodium.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Clinopodium ashei
word: Ashe's calamint
taxonomic: Clinopodium menthifolium
word: common calamint
taxonomic: Clinopodium vulgare
word: cushion calamint
taxonomic: Clinopodium dentatum
word: Florida calamint
taxonomic: Clinopodium georgianum
word: Georgia calamint
alt: Calamintha grandiflora
word: large-flowered calamint
taxonomic: Clinopodium nepeta
word: lesser calamint
taxonomic: Clinopodium glabrum
word: limestone calamint
alt: Calamintha arkansana
word: low calamint
taxonomic: Clinopodium glabellum
word: Ozark calamint
taxonomic: Clinopodium chandleri
word: San Miguel calamint
taxonomic: Clinopodium coccineum
word: scarlet calamint
alt: Calamintha grandiflora
word: showy calamint
taxonomic: Mentha arvensis
word: water calamint
alt: Calamintha arkansana
word: wild calamint
word: wood calamint
taxonomic: Clinopodium menthifolium
word: woodland calamint
yerba buena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish hierba buena (mint).
Senses: glosses: A perennial herb native to North America, Satureja douglasii, having white or purple flowers and a mint-like fragrance.
cingulate gyrus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cingulate gyri
form: cingulate gyruses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A section of the cerebral cortex, belonging to the fornicate gyrus, which arches over the corpus callosum.
Synonyms: callosal gyrus
cingulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cingulum + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear.
ref: 2011 April 8, Amie Ninh, “Liberal vs. Conservative: Does the Difference Lie in the Brain?”, in TIME:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a cingulum.
Synonyms: cingular
cingulated
Derived terms: cingulate cortex
cingulate gyrus
cingulate sulcus
frontocingulate
midcingulate
paracingulate
thalamocingulate
cingulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cingulates
Etymology: From cingulum + -ate.
Senses: glosses: Any mammal of the order Cingulata, an armadillo.
corpus callosum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corpora callosa
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: In placental mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
Derived terms: callosumectomy
corpus callosotomy
dentate gyrus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dentate gyri
form: dentate gyruses
Senses: examples: text: The team found levels of these “mother cells” dropped with age in the front and middle region of the dentate gyrus.
ref: 2018 April 5, Nicola Davis, The Guardian:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A serrated section of the cerebral cortex, belonging to the hippocampus.
Synonyms: dentate fascia
fascia dentata hippocampi
gyrus dentatus
MRCC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Maritime Rescue and Coordination Center.
glosses: Initialism of Medical Representatives Certification Commission.
uncus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unci
Etymology: From Latin uncus (“hook”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A hook or claw.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any body part which is long, thin, and curved.
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Any body part which is long, thin, and curved.
Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe.
synonyms: uncinate gyrus
uncus gyri parahippocampalis
Derived terms: sliding uncus syndrome
Related terms: uncous
parahippocampal gyrus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parahippocampal gyri
form: parahippocampal gyruses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A section of the cerebral cortex that surrounds the hippocampus and which is the lower part of the fornicate gyrus.
conidiogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From conidia + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The production of conidia by fungal cells.
Derived terms: macroconidiogenesis
microconidiogenesis
conidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conidium
conidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conidia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust”) + -idium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A fungal spore produced asexually in a conidiophore.
Derived terms: arthroconidium
blastoconidium
chlamydoconidium
conidiation
conidiogenesis
macroconidium
microconidium
proconidium
ramoconidium
conidiophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conidiophores
Senses: glosses: A fungal hypha that produces conidia.
Derived terms: macroconidiophore
hypha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪfə/
rhymes: -aɪfə
homophone: Haifa
homophone: heifer
Forms: form: hyphae
Etymology: From New Latin hypha, from Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”).
Senses: examples: text: She lays out how fungal hyphae—countless miles of filaments folded up in every spoon of soil—coax open tree roots and tap into them.
ref: 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 272:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus.
Derived terms: hyphal
hyphalike
hyphoid
pseudohypha
conidiogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conidiogenous
form: most conidiogenous
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: That promotes conidiogenesis in fungi.
amortise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: amortises
form: amortising
form: amortised
form: amortised
Senses: examples: text: Within a few days of Sir Brian's lecture we were in Belgium, hearing at first hand from the traction chiefs of the S.N.C.B. that their investments in main-line diesel locomotives have been amortised within six or seven years, although the units do not average more than 260 miles or 15 hours a day in traffic.
ref: 1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:
glosses: Alternative form of amortize.
Derived terms: unamortised
Romex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A system of bidding in bridge.
Romex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Brand name of a kind of NM electrical cable common in house wiring.
sensually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sensually
form: most sensually
Etymology: From sensual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sensual manner; in a way that excites the senses; sexily.
separably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From separable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it can be separated.
serfdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːfdəm/
ipa: /ˈsɚfdəm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fdəm
Forms: form: serfdoms
Etymology: From serf + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a serf.
glosses: The feudal system that includes serfs.
Synonyms: serfage
serfhood
Related terms: servitude
shamefacedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more shamefacedly
form: most shamefacedly
Etymology: From shamefaced + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a shamefaced manner.
shoddiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoddinesses
Etymology: From shoddy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being shoddy.
glosses: The result or product of being shoddy.
shoetree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoetrees
form: shoe tree
Etymology: From shoe + tree.
Senses: glosses: A foot-shaped device placed in a shoe to maintain its shape when not being worn.
shoetrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoetree
shoppe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoppes
Senses: examples: text: It's called “Ye Olde Grog Shoppe”, but really it's the new liquor shop and it opened just last month.
text: “Let's go to The Sweet Shoppe—a place you will get to know very well—grab dessert, then go back to our room. We can talk boys, compare class schedules, and maybe do some unpacking and decorating?”
ref: 2012, Jessica Burkhart, Initiation, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: A fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness.
shoppes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoppe
ensis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ensi
jingle bells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jingle bell
swingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swinger
monocoque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monocoques
Etymology: First attested in 1914: from the French monocoque.
Senses: examples: text: The body is a one-piece monocoque structure of glass reinforced plastic, with 5in-thick walls, on a steel base tray; [...].
ref: 1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 262:
glosses: A structure design in which the frame and body are built as a single integrated structure.
Derived terms: semi-monocoque
Related terms: chassis
unibody
Boston crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Boston crabs
Senses: glosses: A submission wrestling move.
Sebago Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large lake in Maine.
Ramsey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæmzi/
Forms: form: Ramsay
Etymology: From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
The second-largest town on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4594).
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A small town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, originally in the county of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2885).
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A village in Ramsey and Parkeston parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2130).
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A ghost town in unorganised north Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Fayette County, Illinois, named after Alexander Ramsey.
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Jackson Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Kossuth County, Iowa.
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Anoka County, Minnesota.
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota.
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia.
glosses: Any of a number of places, including:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Huntingdonshire.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Ramsey and Parkeston
Ramsey County
Ramsey number
Ramsey theory
bodywarmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodywarmers
Etymology: From body + warmer.
Senses: glosses: a short jacket, without sleeves and made from thick cloth, that fits closely to the body.
corporatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporatizations
form: corporatisation
Etymology: From corporate + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of transforming state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations
examples: text: No question—the enterprise was guilty of poor wordplay and naked corporatisation.
ref: 2023 September 19, Zoe Williams, “Corporation creep: why London’s Bond Street became Burberry Street - and caused outrage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The imposition of corporate values or practices; commercialization.
Related terms: corporatize
Finlay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪnli/
rhymes: -ɪnli
Forms: form: Finlays
form: Findlay
form: Findley
form: Findlow
form: Finley
form: Finlow
Etymology: Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh (“fair warrior/hero”).
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Finlay-Marks syndrome
corporatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: corporatizes
form: corporatizing
form: corporatized
form: corporatized
Etymology: From corporate + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To transform state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations.
glosses: To impose corporate values or practices; to commercialize.
Derived terms: decorporatize
uncorporatized
Related terms: corporatization
Finley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪnli/
rhymes: -ɪnli
Forms: form: Finleys
Etymology: Variant of Finlay.
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename
A town in Berrigan Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lake County, California.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A township in Scott County, Indiana.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Taylor County, Kentucky.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Steele County, North Dakota.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Benton County, Washington.
glosses: A placename
A place in the United States:
A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.
sink or swim
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sinks or swims
form: sinking or swimming
form: sank or swam
form: sunk or swum
Etymology: Possibly from the practice of throwing a suspected witch into water.
Senses: examples: text: "No matter, we are going, live or die, sink or swim; and I shall expect to meet you, all booted and spurred and fit for the fight, April first," said the unwavering Amanda.
ref: 1872, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 1, in Shawl-Straps:
text: "Now, come, Pinto, we're all in this, sink or swim."
ref: 1920, Edgar Wallace, chapter 35, in Jack O' Judgment:
glosses: To fail or succeed, no matter what.
Related terms: make-or-break
do-or-die
Cretacean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Cretaceous
Cretacean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cretaceans
Senses: glosses: An animal from the Cretaceous period
cross-contaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross-contaminates
form: cross-contaminating
form: cross-contaminated
form: cross-contaminated
form: crosscontaminate
Etymology: From cross- + contaminate.
Senses: glosses: To transfer a contaminant from one source to another.
Derived terms: cross-contaminator
Related terms: cross-contaminant
cross-contamination
cross-contamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-contaminations
Etymology: From cross- + contamination.
Senses: glosses: The transfer of a contaminant from one source to another.
Related terms: cross-contaminate
cross-party
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cross- + party.
Senses: examples: text: There is cross-party support for the principle of re-establishing the full line from Edinburgh to Carlisle via Hawick.
ref: 2019 November 6, Robert Drysdale, “Wires offer boost to Borders revival”, in Rail, page 42:
glosses: Of or pertaining to two or more political parties.
Related terms: all-party
dandiya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌndi.ə/
Forms: form: dandiyas
Etymology: Shortened form of dandiya raas.
Senses: examples: text: She started singing a traditional song as she raised her hands and struck her dandiyas on the beat.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 413:
glosses: A stick, representing a sword, used in the dandiya raas dance.
glosses: The music which accompanies this dance.
dandiya raas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati ડાંડિયા રાસ (ḍā̃ḍiyā rās).
Senses: glosses: A dance in which the performers carry short sticks which are struck together in time to the music
lower quartile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lower quartiles
Senses: glosses: The quartile (designated Q₁) having the lowest value; it cuts off the lowest 25% of data.
Synonyms: first quartile
Related terms: english: = median
translation: = median
word: second quartile
word: third quartile
word: upper quartile
arithmetic logic unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arithmetic logic units
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: the section of a CPU that performs calculations and logical operations
Synonyms: ALU
Hypernyms: unit
candy cane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkændi ˌkeɪn/
Forms: form: candy canes
Senses: synonyms: peppermint stick
Santa's cane
sugar cane
glosses: An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.
examples: text: Candy canes only associate with matsutake, and their presence is as sure an indicator of a thriving matsutake fungus as a matsutake mushroom itself.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 174:
synonyms: candystick
glosses: A type of myco-heterotroph with a red and white striped stem (Allotropa virgata)
Eagle Scout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eagle Scouts
Senses: qualifier: scouting
glosses: A person who has attained the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
Derived terms: Eagle Scout Service Project
Related terms: Curved Bar
NESA
candy canes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candy cane
puckfist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puckfists
Senses: glosses: A puffball (Lycoperdon giganteum).
with baited breath
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of with bated breath.
Festivus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstɪvəs/
Etymology: Coined by Daniel O'Keefe and popularized on the TV series Seinfeld; either borrowed from Latin fēstīvus or else derived from its English descendants festive and festival by adding the Latin suffix -us.
Senses: examples: text: "Festivus isn't about any specific religion," Doyle said, stating what seemed both obvious and reassuring. "It's inclusive. And funny."
ref: 2006, Boston Globe Article- “Yes, Virginia, there is a Festivus” http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/12/18/yes_virginia_there_is_a_festivus/?p1=MEWell_Pos4
text: 2005, Allen Salkin, Gabi Payn (Illustrator) “Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us”
glosses: A nondenominational holiday featured in a Seinfeld episode, now celebrated (seriously or otherwise) on December 23rd.
Coordinate terms: word: Christmas
word: Hanukkah
english: African-American
translation: African-American
word: Kwanzaa
alt: Neo-Paganist
word: Yule
Derived terms: Festivus pole
bort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: borts
form: boart
form: boort
Senses: examples: 1931, Business Week, Issues 82-94, page 25,
Bits that would require 4 to 16 carbonadoes are now set with 40 to 80 borts.
glosses: The shards or fragments removed from diamonds during cutting, used for industrial purposes such as abrasives in cutting, drilling or grinding tools; a poorly crystallized diamond.
touchless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From touch + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking or avoiding physical contact
litter box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: litter boxes
Senses: examples: text: Pregnant women are often advised to have someone else clean the litter box to reduce the risk of contracting toxoplasmosis.
glosses: A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with kitty litter, sand, clay chips, etc.
examples: text: The graffiti in the GCN personsroom, with its numerous Add-Ons, may be the only real communication between staff members in that office. For those of you who have missed this marvel at the GCN litterbox, I have attempted to transcribe some of the words of wisdom for your enlightenment.
ref: 1975 December 27, Tacky Tricky Ricky, “Come Write With ... GCN”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 26, page 9:
glosses: A toilet.
Synonyms: sense: box designated as soiling area for cats
word: cat box
Related terms: cat litter
kitty litter
anorthoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anorthoscope + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or produced by an anorthoscope.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the optical illusion produced by one.
Derived terms: anorthoscopic perception
anorthoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anorthoscopes
Etymology: From an- + ortho- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: An optical device (often a toy) used to produce a form of anamorphosis or to view distorted figures
Related terms: anorthoscopic
secret agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secret agents
Senses: glosses: A member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential.
shit disturber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shit disturbers
form: shit-disturber
Senses: examples: text: "To be a fan of Gonzales is to be disappointed often," he says. "It's to be someone who maybe loves the piano album and then goes to a show and is like ‘Why is this guy spitting on us? Why is this guy climbing all over us?’" . . . . "I just have a complicated personality," he adds. "I'm a shit disturber."
ref: 2008 June 2, Leah Collins, “Gonzales has Soft Power, not star power”, in canada.com, retrieved 17 Feb 2009:
glosses: A person who causes needless difficulties or distress for others; a troublemaker.
examples: text: The band’s leader, Joe “Shithead” Keithley, shows no signs of slowing down. . . . He’s still an unapologetic shit-disturber, but it’s evident that the veteran antiauthoritarian is turning into something akin to (gasp!) a respected authority figure.
ref: 2007 February 8, John Lucas, “D.O.A.’s punk veterans won’t give up the fight”, in Georgia Straight, Vancouver, Canada, retrieved 17 Feb 2009:
text: You can last longer as a shit disturber if you can locate fellow unbureaucrats within the system.
ref: 1973, The Social Worker: Le Travailleur Social, vv 41-42, p 205:
text: “We were to be ‘shit disturbers.’” Those who suggested conventional approaches were told to get out of the CYC.
ref: 1969: Canadian Press, “Anti-religious: CYC trainee kicked out because of ‘allegiance with God,’ in Ottawa Citizen, 1969-11-14, p 5
glosses: A person who voices or encourages a viewpoint opposed to the status quo; an iconoclast.
Synonyms: word: shit distributor
word: shit stirrer
word: shit-stirrer
shipbuilder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shipbuilders
Etymology: From ship + builder.
Senses: glosses: A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats.
glosses: A firm that specializes in building ships.
shipbuilders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shipbuilder
shipyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪpˌjɑɹd/
Forms: form: shipyards
Etymology: From ship + yard.
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:
text: On the Chickahominy, the Hazelwood brothers' fish house at Hicks Island and the Menzel brothers' fish house near the old shipyard thrived by serving local and distant markets. As late as 1977, a Publick Observer article boasted, "If you are served turtle soup in Atlanta or catfish in Ft. Wayne, Ind., chances are good that the main ingredients came from the waters of the James or the Chickahominy."
ref: 2009, Sara E. Lewis, James City County, page 77:
glosses: A place where ships are built and repaired.
Derived terms: built like a brick shipyard
shipyard eye
micro manager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro managers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of micromanager.
shipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪp.ə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: shippers
Etymology: Either formed anew from ship + -er or borrowed from Middle Low German schipper; compare skipper and Old English sċipere (“sailor”). Piecewise doublet of skipper (“captain, sailor”).
Senses: glosses: A seaman; mariner; skipper.
examples: text: The shipper should have paid for insurance on the package, because it was damaged when it arrived.
glosses: The person or organization that ships (sends) something.
glosses: A box for shipping something fragile, such as bottled beer or wine.
shipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪp.ə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: shippers
Etymology: From a clipping of relationshipper. Relationshipper emerged in early online fandom of the television series The X-Files as a term for fans who supported the possibility of a Mulder/Scully romance. It was shortened to r'shipper, then 'shipper, and finally shipper. By surface analysis, ship (“to create a fictional romantic relationship”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: For creative fans and committed 'shippers^([sic]), fanfiction continues the interaction — the dialogue, the conversation, the story […]
ref: 2013, Jennifer K. Stuller, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 42:
topics: lifestyle
synonyms: relationshipper
antonyms: anti-shipper
coordinate_terms: slasher
glosses: A person who supports a romantic or sexual relationship between fictional characters or real people.
Derived terms: anti-shipper
Barbie shipper
finishipper
friendshipper
multishipper
non-shipper
proshipper
pro-shipper
semi-shipper
shipperhood
shippery
Related terms: ship
shipfic
shipped
shipping
shortsightedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more shortsightedly
form: most shortsightedly
Etymology: From shortsighted + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The teacher peered shortsightedly around the classroom.
glosses: With short sight; myopically.
examples: text: He shortsightedly decided not to go to college and instead entered the workforce; so he made more money the first few years, but his earning power was never as great as it could have been.
glosses: In a manner that fails to consider the big picture or future effects of an action or decision.
shorebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shorebirds
form: shore bird
Etymology: From shore + bird.
Senses: glosses: A bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water.
Synonyms: word: shorebird
word: wader
Hypernyms: word: bird
word: vertebrate
word: animal
Hyponyms: word: Several species
word: avocet
word: courser
word: curlew
word: dotterel
word: godwit
word: greenshank
word: ibisbill
word: jacana
word: knot
word: lapwing
word: oystercatcher
word: peep
word: plover
word: pratincole
word: redshank
word: sandpiper
word: seedsnipe
word: shank
word: snipe
word: stilt
word: stint
word: surfbird
word: tattler
word: turnstone
word: yellowleg
word: woodcock
word: Single species
word: dunlin
word: ruff
word: sanderling
word: whimbrel
word: willet
word: wrybill
Meronyms: word: See Thesaurus:bird
Canadian English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: [p 49] Not so, however, is it with the modern refinements of our Canadian English. In referring to such a feat here, it would be said, not that he dived, but that he dove.
[p 52] These and a thousand other examples which might be produced, fully justify the use of the term “Canadian English,” as expressive of a corrupt dialect growing up amongst our population, and gradually finding access to our periodical literature, until it threatens to produce a language as unlike our noble mother tongue as the negro patua, or the Chinese pidgeon English.
ref: 1857, Rev. A.C. Geikie, “Canadian English”, in Canadian Journal, v 2, n 11 (September), pp 344–55, reprinted in Elaine Gold and Janice McAlpine eds. (2010), Canadian English: A Linguistic Reader, Strathy Language Unit Occasional Paper n 6, Kingston: Queen’s University
synonyms: CanE
Canuck
CE
en-Can
glosses: The variety of the English language used in Canada.
wikipedia: Canadian English
Related terms: Aboriginal English
African American English
African American Vernacular English
African English
American English
Amerindian English
Anglo-Manx
Australian Aboriginal English
Australian English
Bahamian English
Bajan English
Bangladeshi English
Barbadian English
Belizean English
Bermudian English
British English
Brunei English
Cameroonian English
Caribbean English
Ceylonese English
Channel Island English
Chinese English
Chinglish
English English
Engrish
European English
Falkland Islands English
Gibraltarian English
Guyanese English
Hiberno-English
Hong Kong English
Hutterite English
Indian English
Irish English
Jamaican English
Janglish
Japanese English
Japanese Engrish
Japanglish
Japlish
Jewish English
Kenyan English
Konglish
Korean English
Liberian English
Malawian English
Malaysian English
Maltese English
Manx English
Mennonite English
Middle English
Namibian English
Namlish
Nepali English
New English
Newfinese
Newfoundland English
New Zealand English
Nigerian English
North American English
Northern Irish English
Old English
Pakistani English
Pennsylvania Dutch English
Pennsylvania German English
Philippine English
Scottish English
Singapore English
South African English
Sri Lankan English
Standard English
Trinidadian English
Ugandan English
Ulster English
Welsh English
Yeshiva English
Yeshivish
shuffleboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuffleboards
Etymology: From earlier shovillaborde (“shovel board”), an alteration of shove-board, from shove + board.
Senses: glosses: A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
glosses: The long, narrow board on which this game is played.
Synonyms: sense: game, sport
word: shoveboard
sense: game, sport
word: shovegroat
sense: game, sport
word: shove ha'penny
sense: game, sport
word: shovelboard
sense: game, sport
word: shufflepuck
sense: playing surface
word: shoveboard
sense: playing surface
word: shovelboard
Derived terms: deck shuffleboard
shuffleboard puck
shuffleboard stick
shuffleboard table
table shuffleboard
Related terms: shufflepuck
wheelchair curling
shuffler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shufflers
Etymology: From shuffle + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who shuffles.
examples: text: an automatic card shuffler
glosses: A machine or algorithm that shuffles.
glosses: Any of the three common American scaup ducks.
examples: text: 'You—you're a shuffler, sir,' gasped the furious doctor, 'a poltroon—a coward—a liar—a—a—will nothing induce you to give me your card, sir!'
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
text: He was abject and a shuffler in the very height of his prosperity.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 44, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: A trickster.
sickout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sickouts
form: sick-out
form: sick out
Etymology: From sick + out.
Senses: glosses: A labor action where employees refuse to work, claiming they are sick.
Coordinate terms: lockout
walkout
work-to-rule
wildcat strike
strike
Related terms: sickie
phalanxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phalanx
superciliousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From supercilious + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: ...and externally more resembling her mother than any of her sisters, though she lacked Lady Anne's commanding height and that cast of countenance which indicated powerful intellect, but was unfortunately mingled with pride and superciliousness, which was the extreme reverse of Mary's expression.
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 4:
text: His little eyes glittered like mica discs with curiosity, though he tried to keep up a bit of superciliousness.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214:
text: He saw Dr. Simon, a typical French scientist, with glasses, a pointed brown beard, and a forehead barred with those parallel wrinkles which are the penalty of superciliousness, since they come through constantly elevating the eyebrows.
ref: 1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Secret Garden”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:
glosses: The state or quality of being supercilious.
American wire gauge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: Birmingham wire gauge
glosses: A standard for the measurement of the diameter of wire, especially of non-ferrous, electrically conducting wire. Increasing gauge numbers denote decreasing wire diameters.
conducting wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conducting wires
Senses: glosses: Any metal wire used to carry electricity over a short or long distance.
circuit breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circuit breakers
Senses: examples: text: From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h.
ref: 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 652:
text: Typically traction packages monitor the supply frequency and if it strays outside pre-set limits open the circuit breaker between the pantograph and the transformer to shut off the power.
ref: 2019 October, Roger Ford, “Power failure highlights specification confusion”, in Modern Railways, page 27:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: More specifically, a circuit breaker that automatically breaks overcurrent conditions; a type of overcurrent protective device.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Synonym of trading curb.
synonyms: word: trading curb
glosses: Quarantine measures intended to prevent spread of pandemics, especially COVID-19.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A design pattern used to detect failures and prevent them from constantly recurring.
Derived terms: english: miniature circuit breaker
translation: miniature circuit breaker
word: MCB
english: vacuum circuit breaker
translation: vacuum circuit breaker
word: VCB
Related terms: word: disconnector
word: fusebox
word: movement control order
circular mil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circular mils
Senses: glosses: The non-SI unit for measuring the cross-sectional area of an electrical conductor: 1 CM= area of a circle having diameter of 0.001 inch; use capitals to distinguish from centimeter; 0.000 506 7 sq millimeters.
explosion-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: explosionproof
Etymology: From explosion + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Designed and constructed to withstand or minimize damage from an internal or external explosion.
factorial experiment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: factorial experiments
Senses: glosses: An experiment in which all combinations of multiple parameters or variables are each tested
carolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Carolers came by to sing Christmas songs last night.
glosses: plural of caroler
clusterfucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Those missions were clusterfucks.
glosses: plural of clusterfuck
clusterfucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clusterfuck
clusterfucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The meeting was completely clusterfucked because of the incompetent manager.
glosses: simple past and past participle of clusterfuck
couplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I enjoyed reading those couplets.
glosses: plural of couplet
give a damn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives a damn
form: giving a damn
form: gave a damn
form: given a damn
form: give a darn
form: care a damn
Senses: examples: text: He doesn't give a damn about your child's painting, he's just interested in the gold frame.
text: If she actually gave a damn what the law said, she wouldn't have stolen the car in the first place, now would she?
text: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
ref: 1939 December 15, Sidney Howard, Gone with the Wind, spoken by Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
text: Long as I have my clams I don't give a damn about revolution
ref: 1970, “Cherrystones”, in Outlaw, performed by Eugene McDaniels:
text: My stepfather loved me as much as he loved his own three sons. I knew how much he wanted to help me and how lacking in financial resources he was. Nothing could erase the image I gained of my real father that day: a carefree, well-to-do man who didn't really give a damn about the hopes and dreams of his firstborn son.
ref: 1980, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 47:
text: Call someone who'll listen and might give a damn
Maybe one of your sordid affairs
But don't you come 'round here handin' me none of your lies
Here's a quarter, call someone who cares
ref: 1991 May 7, Travis Tritt, “Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)”, in It's All About to Change, performed by Travis Tritt:
text: Unhappiness where's when I was young / And we didn't give a damn
ref: 1994 November 15, “Ode to My Family”, in Dolores O'Riordan (lyrics), Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan (music), No Need to Argue, performed by Dolores O'Riordan:
synonyms: word: becare
word: bother
word: care
word: concern oneself
word: mind
word: reck
word: trouble oneself
word: worry
glosses: To be concerned about, have an interest in, to care (about something).
raw_tags: in the negative
gumpth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Also it remembers your 'place' in the thread. Next time you log on, you don't have to re-read all the same old gumpth<sp?> all over again.
ref: 2000 August 13, Ralph Barrett, “Subject: Re: Empty Newsgroup?”, in uk.railway (Usenet):
text: 2000 December 9, Barry Glynn, “Re: Conversion Stories?”, alt.christnet.atheism, alt.christnet.theology, alt.religion.christian, and alt.religion.christian.biblestudy, Usenet
I was only given the gumpth from the Bible as the Church of England saw it and it was pretty forthright. Fortunately my parents didn'[t] suffocate me with it as well and I made my own mind […]
text: […] at work they've had lots of publicity about 300 people queuing up for tickets and other such gumpth!
ref: 2003 August 15, David Nixon, “Re: First CTRL passenger run”, in uk.railway (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of gumph (“nonsense”).
hammer-on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hammer-ons
Senses: examples: The virtuoso guitarist played a number of hammer-ons.
glosses: A stringed instrument playing technique performed (especially on guitar) by sharply bringing a fretting-hand finger down on the fingerboard behind a fret, causing a note to sound.
Related terms: pull-off
Damien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, the French equivalent of Damian
experimental probability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: experimental probabilities
Senses: examples: Perform an experiment n times; then if the designated outcome occurs m times, the experimental probability of that outcome is m/n.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The probability that a certain outcome will occur, as determined through experiment.
Related terms: theoretical probability
Monte Carlo method
theoretical probability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theoretical probabilities
Senses: examples: text: Given a die which is a regular cube of uniform density, and given that one and only one of its faces is painted black, then if the die is cast, the theoretical probability that the outcome will be the black face is 1/6.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: the probability that a certain outcome will occur, as determined through reasoning or calculation.
Related terms: experimental probability
woning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wonings
form: wonning
Etymology: From Middle English woning, wuning, wunnunge, from Old English wunung (“act of dwelling, living, dwelling, habitation, inner room of a dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunungu, equivalent to wone + -ing. Cognate with Scots wonnyng, wonyng, wonyn (“habitation, dwelling, shelter”), Dutch woning (“dwelling, house”), German Wohnung (“dwelling, apartment”), Swedish våning (“floor, apartment, flat”).
Senses: examples: text: Near it is a timbered house; an old inn close to the bridge is thought to be the "woning" of "Elynor Humming," the famous ale wife, whose "tunning" is celebrated by Hen. VII.'s poet laureate, Skelton.
ref: 1852, James A. Sharp, A new gazetteer:
text: […] ordained as a place and a woning for the Holy Ghost, and as of Christ able and possible for to come to endless bliss.
ref: 1995, Walter Hilton, The Goad of Love:
glosses: A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.
Derived terms: woning-place
woning-stead
woning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From wone (“to dwell”).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wone
castanet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæs.təˈnɛt/
Forms: form: castanets
Etymology: From Spanish castañeta, diminutive form of castaña, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia, “chestnut”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin. Related to the chest in chestnut, formerly chesten.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string.
Derived terms: castanetist
Related terms: chestnut
crotalum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊtələm/
Forms: form: crotalums
form: crotala
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin crotalum, from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”). Doublet of crotal.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: crotal
glosses: A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.