cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
drepanosauromorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drepanosauromorphs
Senses: examples: text: The frequent plant leaves, small branches and cones (mainly belonging to conifers [20 ]), the spider Friularachne rigoi Dalla Vecchia and Selden 2013 [75 ], the drepanosauromorph Megalancosaurus preonensis, the protorosaurian Langobardisaurus pandolfii and a probable lepidosauromorph [76 ] were all allochthonous.
ref: 2015 November 12, “A Reappraisal of the Purported Gastric Pellet with Pterosaurian Bones from the Upper Triassic of Italy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any reptile of the extinct clade †Drepanosauromorpha.
drepanosauromorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, cervicals of drepanosauromorphs have large hypapophyses projecting from the caudal part of the centrum and relatively narrow neural spines that are inclined cranially [68 ].
ref: 2015 November 12, “A Reappraisal of the Purported Gastric Pellet with Pterosaurian Bones from the Upper Triassic of Italy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of drepanosauromorph
dysmaturation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysmaturations
Etymology: From dys- + maturation.
Senses: examples: text: Alternatively, it is possible that by isolating only core tract regions, the present methods capture fibers that may be robust to injury and dysmaturation or have enhanced capabilities for recovery.
ref: 2015 November 12, “Decreased and Increased Anisotropy along Major Cerebral White Matter Tracts in Preterm Children and Adolescents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of dysmaturity.
synonyms: word: dysmaturity
Related terms: dysmature
tidological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tidology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to tidology.
tidologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tidologists
Etymology: From tidology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies tidology.
tidologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tidologist
meropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /mɛˈɹoʊpɪk/
/mɛˈɹɒpɪk/
Forms: form: more meropic
form: most meropic
Etymology: From meropia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Partially blind.
Related terms: meropia
meropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /mɛˈɹoʊpɪk/
/mɛˈɹɒpɪk/
Forms: form: more meropic
form: most meropic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέροψ (mérops, “endowed with speech”), perhaps from μέρος (méros, “portion”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).
Senses: glosses: Able to speak.
garlicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of garlic
graped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grape
graping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grape
Ger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gers
Etymology: Shortened from (Ran)gers
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A person associated with Rangers F.C., as a player, fan, coach etc.
gladliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gladly: most gladly
Godiva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈdaɪ.və/
rhymes: -aɪvə
Forms: form: Goodeve
Etymology: Latinised from the Old English female given name Godġifu (literally “God gift”), from god + ġifu. Doublet of Goody, Goodey.
Senses: glosses: An 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode unclothed through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband had imposed on his tenants.
Related terms: Goodeve
Goodey
Goody
Goodiff
Lady Godiva
gridlocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gridlock
gruelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gruel
grueled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gruel
goldenest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of golden: most golden
golder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gold: more gold
goldest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gold: most gold
goaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of goal
goaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of goal
faithing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From faith + -ing.
Senses: glosses: worship, practising faith
hyparchetype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyparchetypes
Etymology: From hyp- + archetype.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
textual-criticism
glosses: A manuscript from which a family of texts is derived by copying; an intermediary node between the archetype (protograph) and a set of surviving manuscripts in a stemma codicum.
shitheap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitheaps
Etymology: From shit + heap.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe you could’ve had an uncharacteristic moment of lucidity and noticed mages are just another shitheap of uncaring bastards looking to fuck you over and throw you away like every other goddamn person you ever tried to care about.
ref: 2012, Kazerad, ==>, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), June 02 2012
glosses: A worthless place, thing, or person.
shitheaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitheap
hyparchetypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyparchetype
fagmos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fagmo
woodnotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodnote
subbotniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subbotnik
voskresniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voskresnik
Octoechos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oktoechos
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ὀκτώηχος (Oktṓēkhos).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A liturgical book containing a repertoire of hymns ordered in eight parts according to the eight echoi (tones or modes), used in many rites of Eastern Christianity.
Tortola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /toɹˈtoʊlə/
ipa: /tɔːˈtəʊlə/
rhymes: -əʊlə
Etymology: Named after the Dutch island of Tholen with integration of the contracted preposition ter. The toponym was later (incorrectly) reinterpreted as a derivation from Spanish tórtola (“turtle dove”).
Senses: glosses: An island of the British Virgin Islands, the largest and most populated.
Derived terms: Tortolan
Tortolian
Tortolan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tortolan
form: most Tortolan
Etymology: From Tortola + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Tortola.
Tortolan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tortolans
Etymology: From Tortola + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Tortola.
Tortolans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tortolan
running headlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: running headings
form: running heads
Senses: glosses: plural of running headline.
running head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: running heads
Senses: examples: text: Another unexpected issue was faced when the word fuckʼs position as the first entry on the left-hand page of a double-page spread meant it was automatically used for the page's running head[.]
ref: 2021, Pat Manser, More Than Words: The Making of the Macquarie Dictionary, Sydney: Macquarie Dictionary, page 85:
glosses: Alternative form of running headline.
running heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of running head (alternative form of running headlines).
running heading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: running headings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of running headline.
running headings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of running heading (alternative form of running headlines).
Barr bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barr body
Danielness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Daniel + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: I'm gonna make her a Daniel doll and spend the weekend extolling the virtues of teamness and Danielness and Toe'kraness and Jackness to her.
ref: 2001 June 24, Lisa, “Re: Daniels Parents Death!”, in alt.tv.stargate-sg1 (Usenet), message-ID <9h3v12$c0d6s$3@ID-56231.news.dfncis.de>:
text: My son Daniel wanted to raise [rabbits] as an independent business when he was eight years old[.] […] The rabbit enterprise has been foundational to express the Danielness of Daniel.
ref: 2011, Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World, Center Street, →ISBN, page 46:
text: For a moment, he wished he could […] see what [Daniel] looked like. Did he even have a face or was it just his Danielness that allowed the man to recognize him?
ref: 2013, E. Ailemar, S. Lowe, Monster Love, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 118:
glosses: The nature or characteristics of someone named Daniel.
Related terms: Danielish
hosteled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hostel
hostelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hostel
horded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of horde
hording
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of horde
howdied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of howdy
howdying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of howdy
hims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of him
jambed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jamb
jambing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jamb
Japaneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japanese
Jeffry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name, variant of Jeffrey.
Jefferey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name, variant of Jeffrey.
lipsticking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lipstick
Lt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of lieutenant, particularly as used in a title.
examples: text: Walk to the Lt Lonsdale St end of Drewery Lane and turn left, continue under the Melbourne Central walkway to the corner of Elizabeth St.
ref: 2025 January 27 (last accessed), Dottie, Walking Maps:
glosses: Abbreviation of Little in street names.
lavendering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lavender
landsliding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landslidings
Etymology: From land + sliding.
Senses: glosses: landslide
landslidings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landsliding
limelighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of limelight
limelighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of limelight
Lents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lent
shipfics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shipfic
webstore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webstores
form: web store
Etymology: From web + store.
Senses: synonyms: e-shop
e-store
webshop
glosses: A sales outlet which supplies goods or services over the World Wide Web.
webstores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webstore
troparion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: troparions
form: troparia
Etymology: Ancient Greek τροπάριον (tropárion)
Senses: examples: text: When awakened, Kyr Avram sits in bed and, as if out of fear, sings troparia and contakia in honor of his ancestors, whom the Serbian church has declared saints.
ref: 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 31:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: apolytikion
qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: A short hymn of one stanza, or organised in more complex forms as a series of stanzas.
Derived terms: Paschal troparion
troparia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of troparion
stavrotheotokion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stavrotheotokia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σταυροθεοτοκίων (staurotheotokíōn).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A hymn to Mary, the Theotokos, that refers to the crucifixion of Christ.
Related terms: theotokion
stavrotheotokia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stavrotheotokion
sticherarion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sticheraria
Etymology: From Greek στιχηράριο (stichirário), from στιχηρά (stichirá), ultimately from Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos).
Senses: examples: text: On the margins of the sticherarion, the writer has made a number of remarkable notations of a chronological and mundane nature.
ref: 1984, Henrik Birnbaum, Medieval Russian Culture, page 61:
glosses: A hymnbook containing the stichera for the morning and evening services throughout the year.
Related terms: sticheron
sticheraria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sticherarion
apolytikion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apolytikia
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἀπολυτίκιον (apolutíkion).
Senses: glosses: A troparion chanted at Orthodox Christian worship services, summarizing the feast being celebrated that day.
apolytikia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apolytikion
kathisma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kathismas
form: kathismata
form: cathisma
Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κάθισμα (káthisma, “seat”).
Senses: glosses: A division of the psalter, used by Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics who follow the Byzantine Rite.
glosses: A troparion, or hymn, chanted at matins after each such division of the psalter.
synonyms: stasidion
glosses: A hinged seat used in monastic churches, having a full back attached to the wall.
kathismata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kathisma
kathismas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kathisma
ektenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectene
form: ectenia
form: ektene
form: ektenes
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκτένεια (ekténeia).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A litany in the Byzantine Rite.
stasidion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stasidia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kathisma (“hinged seat used in monastic churches”).
synonyms: word: kathisma
extra: hinged seat used in monastic churches
stasidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stasidion
typikon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: typika
form: typicon
Etymology: From Ancient Greek.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A liturgical book containing instructions about the order of the Byzantine Rite office and variable hymns of the Divine Liturgy.
typika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of typikon
lampadarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampadarius
lampadarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlæm.pəˈdɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌlæm.pəˈdɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: lampadarii
Etymology: From Latin lampadārius, from lampada, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “candle”).
Senses: glosses: A slave who carried torches before consuls, emperors and other high officials both during the later Roman Republic and under the Empire.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The leader of the second (left) choir of singers in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
lampadarios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampadarioi
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Alternative form of lampadarius.
lampadarioi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampadarios
protopsaltis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protopsaltai
form: Protopsaltis
Etymology: From Ancient Greek.
Senses: examples: text: For the transliteration of the Oriental characters into European notation the musical world is indebted to the care and ability of Mr. Evstratios Pappadopoulos, Protopsaltis of the Church of the Panaghia in Stavrodromion, Pera, Constantinople.
ref: 1889, “Byzantine ecclesiastial music”, in The Scottish Review, volume 14, page 279:
text: In his letter to the parish board, Nikolaos's father complained about the Protopsaltis of the church, who first decreased the salary of his son and then dismissed him from the choir.
ref: 2015, Merih Erol, Greek Orthodox Music in Ottoman Istanbul: Nation and Community in the Era of Reform:
text: The protopsaltai, the domestikoi, and the anagnostai who, according to an old custom, were called kraktai in these festivities and celebrations, stand on platforms made of wood that have been erected on both sides of the nave for this purpose and chant some hymns composed for and suited to these kinds of occasions.
ref: 2016, Ruth Macrides, Pseudo-Kodinos and the Constantinopolitan Court: Offices and Ceremonies:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The cantor in charge of the music for a service of the Byzantine Rite.
protopsaltai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protopsaltis
untapering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tapering.
Senses: glosses: Not tapering.
Mastiff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mastiffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of mastiff.
Mastiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mastiff
epicanthic fold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epicanthic folds
Senses: examples: text: Dark eyes, epicanthic folds obviously the result of surgery, an angry dusting of acne across pale narrow cheeks.
ref: 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 58:
glosses: Synonym of epicanthus.
synonyms: word: epicanthus
uninvolvedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uninvolved + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being uninvolved.
Tamarah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name, variant of Tamara.
cooold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of cold.
duuumb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of dumb.
suuure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of sure.
antode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antodes
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντῳδή (antōidḗ), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ).
Senses: examples: text: For instance, in the agon of the Knights beginning at 757 we first (761 ff.) find a katakeleusmos and a debate in anapaestic tetrameters catalectic, while the symmetrical section, after the antode, is in iambic tetrameters catalectic.
ref: 1975, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Festival, Comedy and Tragedy: The Greek Origins of Theatre:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A particular ode sung in response to another.
antodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antode
Petoskey stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Petoskey stones
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A smooth fossil of a rugosan coral found in Michigan.
rugosan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Rugosa + -an
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of rugose: describing an extinct coral of the order †Rugosa.
synonyms: word: rugose
extra: describing an extinct coral of the order †Rugosa
rugosan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rugosans
Etymology: Rugosa + -an
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A coral from that order.
rugosans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rugosan
Pharm.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation of Latin pharmaciae + doctor.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Doctor of Pharmacy
wins the day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of win the day
winning the day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of win the day
won the day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of win the day
prize pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prize pools
Senses: examples: text: The prize pool is $600. The 1st place gets $300, the 2nd place gets $200 and the 3rd place gets $100.
text: This is a satellite tournament. The prize pool consists of 18 entries to a tournament with a more expensive buy-in.
topics: gambling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The total amount of money that is distributed among the winners in a tournament.
pottress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pottresses
Etymology: From potter + -ess.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of potteress.
inirradiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inirradiated
form: most inirradiated
Etymology: From in- + irradiated.
Senses: glosses: Not irradiated.
PharmD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pharm.D..
big blinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big blind
cussy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cuss + -y.
Senses: glosses: Using offensive language.
exosporulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From exo- + sporulation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process of a bacterium becoming an exospore.
reeeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of real.
wooonderful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of wonderful.
niiice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of nice.
fuuuck
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: fuuuck!
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of fuck.
Jeeesus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of Jesus.
Jeeesus
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of Jesus.
hot link
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot links
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A spicy, heavily-peppered sausage.
hot links
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot link
pussybreath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pussy + breath.
Senses: glosses: A term of abuse.
deliciousss
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of delicious.
reaaal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːl
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of real.
realll
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of real.
looovely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of lovely.
eeevil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of evil.
baaad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "How does all this make you feel?"
 "Baaaad", the students moaned.
ref: 1996, John Tierney, “Recycling is Garbage”, in New York Times:
text: The last living biker came at me with a knife, a big honking knife, the kind that makes an outlaw feel really baaaad. I hate getting cut. That leaves a definite scar on my not so resilient skin.
ref: 2012, K. Bennett, The Year of Eating Dangerously (urban fantasy), page 10:
glosses: Elongated form of bad.
biiig
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of big.
laaarge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of large.
tiiiny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of tiny.
smaaall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of small.
reeeaaal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of real.
smaaart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of smart.
scaaared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛə(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of scared.
seeexy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of sexy.
stuuupid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of stupid.
taaall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of tall.
wrooong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of wrong.
centbucridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A local anesthetic 4-N-butylamino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridine hydrochloride
straight goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "[I]n me yout' I was d' star poople of d' Sunday school dey opens long ago at d' Five Points. That's straight goods, see!"
ref: 1900, Sandburrs, Alfred Henry Lewis, p. 188 (Google books)
text: All the same, where did the straight goods leave off and the horseshit begin?
ref: 1975, Matt Braun, Bloody Hand, →ISBN, page 31:
text: The News wrote that the mayor “let loyalty get the better of his duty to provide the public with straight goods.”
ref: 2011 September 2, Michael Barbaro, “Bloomberg Is Chastised Over Silence on Deputy”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 May 2016:
text: Over three decades of writing about transit in the Toronto region has landed me in a stupor, unable to give readers the straight goods on our transit needs.
ref: 2015 January 12, Royson James, “Let’s clear our heads and rethink this transit mess”, in The Star, Toronto, Canada, retrieved 01 May 2016:
qualifier: often preceded by the
glosses: The truth; the facts.
examples: text: Is she the straight goods, or is she a gold digger trying to con him?
ref: 1994 May 10, Guy Gugliotta, “Capital Notebook”, in Washington Post, retrieved 01 May 2016:
text: There is no hype about the musicians, no fancy dress, no gimmick to catch the wandering eye. They are simply the straight goods—trenchant musicianship and first-rate ensemble.
ref: 2003 October 31, R. M. Campbell, “Ensemble is sheer artistry, pure and simple”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 01 May 2016:
qualifier: often preceded by the
glosses: Someone or something authentic.
sabotageur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabotageurs
Senses: examples: text: Not that the relationship with any employees has to be, or should be, contentious, but I had never heard of virtual sabotageurs portrayed as the secret sauce for creating a superior corporate culture.
ref: 2013, Mark Stevens, Your Company Sucks: It's Time to Declare War on Yourself:
glosses: Synonym of saboteur.
synonyms: word: saboteur
sabotageurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sabotageur
deprotoned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + proton + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of deprotonated.
synonyms: word: deprotonated
retrocalculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retrocalculates
form: retrocalculating
form: retrocalculated
form: retrocalculated
Etymology: From retro- + calculate.
Senses: examples: text: […] after applying modern techniques to retrocalculate the movements of Jupiter and Saturn during 7-6 B.C. […]
ref: 2007, Peter James, Nick Thorpe, Ancient Mysteries:
glosses: To calculate retrospectively.
Derived terms: retrocalculation
retrocalculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retrocalculate
retrocalculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retrocalculate
retrocalculated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retrocalculate
retrocalculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrocalculations
Etymology: From retro- + calculation.
Senses: glosses: The action or process of calculating retrospectively.
Related terms: retrocalculate
retrocalculations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retrocalculation
priapistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From priapist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to priapism.
wake up and smell the ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wakes up and smells the ashes
form: waking up and smelling the ashes
form: woke up and smelled the ashes
form: woke up and smelt the ashes
form: woken up and smelled the ashes
form: woken up and smelt the ashes
Senses: examples: text: It's time to wake up and smell the ashes. It is time to start constructing a new vision of ministry for all Christians, lay and ordained.
ref: 1995, The Living Church - Volume 210, page 19:
text: The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and smell the ashes.
ref: 2005, David S. J. Hodgson, Half-Life 2: Prima Official Game Guide, page 2:
glosses: Synonym of wake up and smell the coffee.
synonyms: word: wake up and smell the coffee
blood and ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Virgil: Right...yes, the name...uh, wait! I remember something! It is written in the scriptures. "The Living One will live again on wings of fire." No wait, I think it says "reborn on wings of fire". Oh, blood and ashes! Why do elves always have to be so damn cryptic? Uh...
ref: 2001 August 21, Troika, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, v1.0, Sierra Entertainment, PC, level/area: Crash Site:
glosses: An expression of frustration.
Synonyms: Jesus Christ
a-plenty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aplenty.
a-plenty
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aplenty.
Julian day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Julian days
Senses: glosses: A date expressed as a real number of days counted with GMT noon on 1 January 4713 BCE in proleptic Julian calendar (November 24, 4714 BCE, in the proleptic Gregorian calendar) as zero; used primarily by astronomers and historians to compare events recorded in different cultures.
Synonyms: JD
Julian date
unboxable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + boxable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be boxed.
unboxable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From unbox + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be unboxed.
gastric juices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gastric juice
skinheads on a raft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Because the smooth white haricot beans resemble bald heads.
Senses: examples: text: Before we knew it we arrived at the first control, Rebeck Cafe, Christines Diner or whetever its called now. Shared some road tales with a truck driver who joined us for skinheads on a raft and hit the road again.
ref: 2006 May 7, MSeries, “RR: Buttys Brid Trip 300”, in uk.rec.cycling (Usenet):
text: After all, who wouldn't want an exciting life of endless evenings spent watching the telly alone, tucking into a sumptuous banquet of cheap lager and skinheads on a raft (beans on toast),
ref: 2008, Jeff Green, The A-Z Of Being Single: A Survival Guide to Dating and Mating, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: 2015, Melanie Hudson (Fiction writer), The Wedding Cake Tree (Choc Lit), Choc Lit →ISBN
'My signature dish,' he answered confidently, 'skinheads on a raft.'
glosses: beans on toast
beans on toast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: skinheads on a raft
glosses: A dish consisting of baked beans served in their sauce on toast.
bob wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bob wires
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of barbed wire.
bobbed wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bobbed wires
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of barbed wire.
megastorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megastorms
form: mega-storm
Etymology: From mega- + storm.
Senses: examples: text: The megastorm Sandy caused 13-foot storm surges in the city.
ref: 2012 October 30, Associated Press, “NYPD Making Its Presence Known; Mayor Calls Sandy 'Storm Of Historic Intensity'”, in CBS:
glosses: A major storm (weather phenomenon) capable of causing catastrophic damage.
Related terms: superstorm
megastorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megastorm
mega-storm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mega-storms
Etymology: From mega- + storm.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of megastorm.
mega-storms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mega-storm
Telessar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Gozan, Harran, Rezeph, and Telessar were in Mesopotamia. Some other places are not known.
ref: 1882, Cunningham Geikie, Rehoboam to Hezekiah, page 454:
text: Sennacherib mentions it in 2 Kings 19:12 and Isaiah 37:12 when referring to the 'children of Eden, which were in Telessar'; and the possessions of Pharaoh are referred to in Ezekiel 31:9 as extending to Eden.
ref: 2013, Caleb L Moore, The Cherubim, →ISBN, page 11:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A city mentioned in 2 Kings 19:12 and Isaiah 37:12 as the destroyed city of the "children of Eden".
buuut
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: -ʌt
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of but.
unreadableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unreadable + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The text, surviving as a “workshop draft” consisting of “a hodgepodge of scraped out letters, belated additions and cancelled passages,” is known for its idiosyncratic orthography and its unreadableness.
ref: 2010, Katharine Breen, Imagining an English Reading Public, 1150-1400, page 109:
glosses: The quality or state of being unreadable.
Synonyms: illegibility
indecipherability
inscrutability
unreadability
cashed-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cashed-up
form: most cashed-up
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cashed up.
reeeady
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of ready.
hantels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hantel
when heck freezes over
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Euphemistic form of when Hell freezes over.
toychest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toychests
Etymology: From toy + chest.
Senses: glosses: A chest for storing toys.
toychests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toychest
Bombeckian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bombeckian
form: most Bombeckian
Etymology: From Bombeck + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Her works also include adult writings such as Peace and Quiet and Other Hazards (Revell, 1980), described by Library Journal as "a sort of Bombeckian memoir of bumpy spots Barrett has encountered along her personal Christian path."
ref: 1986, Anne Commrie, Something about the Author, volume 44, page 27:
text: Fathers, have a powwow with your little ones. You may begin with an Erma Bombeckian experience: "Dad, the dog's in the kitchen! Get his paws out of there. Mom has to eat that!" "Where's the chili sauce?" "Don't you dare bleed on Mom's breakfast!"
ref: 1995, R. Kent Hughes, Barbara Hughes, Common Sense Parenting, page 55:
text: In 1956 June Benefield began writing "Skirt Tales" for the Houston Chronicle in a very Bombeckian style. Years later Chronicle readers were treated to more laughs by Linda Griffin, […]
ref: 2005, Wanda Garner Cash, Ed Sterling, The news in Texas: essays in honor of the 125th anniversary of the Texas Press Association:
glosses: Of or relating to Erma Bombeck (1927–1996), American humorist who wrote a popular newspaper column describing suburban home life.
pink panty dropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink panty droppers
Etymology: So called from the colour and the idea that it lowers women's sexual inhibitions.
Senses: examples: text: Gotta go, my love. Todd's buying pink panty droppers. Oh my, oh me, I'm trashed.
ref: 2013, Greg Kleiner, Georgie Mills, Strings, page 48:
text: It happened that Tameka brought more vodka with her and had planned to make them something called Pink Panty Droppers. That was until she saw them drinking Bloody Marys and wanted to try one.
ref: 2021, Sarah Rose, Running for Love:
glosses: A cocktail of usually beer and vodka with pink lemonade.
pink panty droppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pink panty dropper
cyberpoem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberpoems
Etymology: From cyber- + poem.
Senses: glosses: A poem in the genre of cyberpoetry.
cyberpoems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberpoem
prokimenon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prokimena
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prokeimenon.
prokimena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prokimenon
prokeimenon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prokeimena
form: prokimenon
Etymology: Ancient Greek προκείμενον (prokeímenon).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: In the liturgical practice of the Orthodox Church and Byzantine Rite, a psalm or canticle refrain sung responsorially at certain points of the Divine Liturgy or the Divine Office, usually to introduce a scripture reading.
prokeimena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prokeimenon
let's be having you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: This went on for a while, until one morning I came in about five to eight, not quite due on the shop floor yet, and I stopped outside the tearoom, put on my best Smiler voice: 'Right, lads, come on, let's be having you, let's have you on shop floor now, lads, come on, stop messing around in there with tea, come on, let's be having you.'
ref: 2009, Russell Watson, Finding My Voice, →ISBN, page 68:
text: You've just been volunteered, friend, so let's be having you.
ref: 2011, D.G. Compton, Justice City, →ISBN:
text: Draping a cloak round his crooked figure, he leaned on his cane and shuffled awkwardly to the door. 'Let's be having you!' he grumbled, impatiently donning his top hat. 'Or have you forgot we've a sale to attend?'
ref: 2012, Josephine Cox, Don't Cry Alone, →ISBN:
glosses: Expression to encourage someone to hurry up and move somewhere.
lush worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lush workers
Senses: examples: text: They are a redundancy, in a sense, because in Miami Beach a man can get clipped in enough dim whiskey caverns without adding a lush worker to his expense account.
ref: 1960, Harold Mehling, The Most of Everything: The Story of Miami Beach, page 85:
text: “Subway Slim” the lush worker assumed the office of Under Secretary of State and Chief of Protocol, and occasioned diplomatic rupture with England when the English Ambassador “came up on him”
ref: 2010, Barry Miles, Beat Collection, →ISBN:
text: Lush workers operate in trains, buses, street cars, waiting rooms, and parks. They select a prospective victim who is apparently sleeping or unconscious. Sometimes they test their victim by gently kicking or tapping them as they pass by. If the victim does not react, the lush worker proceeds to take the victim's money and other valuables.
ref: 2013, DeVere D. Woods, O'Hara's Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of lush-worker.
lush workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lush worker
lush-worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lush-workers
Senses: examples: text: The lush-worker looked pleased at Frank's flattery, and forthwith shutting his right hand firmly together, placed it on the table, and invited the admiration of the company to a brilliant which sparkled upon the middle finger.
ref: 1880, William Tucker Washburn, The Unknown City: A Story of New York, page 259:
text: Once the order goes through, I won't even be on Homicide any more. What chance'll I have then, running in lush-workers and dips?
ref: 1939, Cornell Woolrich, Through a Dead Man's Eye:
text: Under the tutelage of Phil White, who had probably pimped in his time, Burroughs learned a new trade, a Jack Black trade: he became a lush-worker.
ref: 1999, James Campbell, This is the Beat Generation: New York, San Francisco, Paris, →ISBN, page 49:
glosses: A petty thief who steals from drunks who are unconscious.
Synonyms: lush-roller
lush-workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lush-worker
t-bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: t-bones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of T-bone.
t-bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: t-bones
form: t-boning
form: t-boned
form: t-boned
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of T-bone.
lush-roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lush-rollers
form: lush roller
Senses: examples: text: A European charm of manner and a slight Scandinavian accent completed his front. No one could have looked less like a lush-roller.
ref: 1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books:
text: It was the age-old scam of lush-roller and lush, he thought, or so it would seem.
ref: 2005, Jim Reisler, Before They Were the Bombers, →ISBN:
text: "Have you committed any crimes?" "I haven't been caught." "What kind of crimes do you commit?" "Well, when things get tough I can usually pick up a few bucks as a lush-roller."
ref: 2007, John O'Hara, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, John O'Hara's Hollywood: Stories, →ISBN, page 146:
glosses: A lush-worker.
lush-rollers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lush-roller
lush roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lush rollers
Senses: examples: text: The other class of thief, socially inferior to the pickpocket, was the lush roller who followed drinking men and robbed them when they collapsed.
ref: 1969, Finis Farr, Black Champion: The Life and Times of Jack Johnson, page 82:
text: The addicts tend to be sneak thieves, shoplifters, and lush rollers.
ref: 1973, Richard Kunnes, The American heroin empire, page 90:
text: Other denizens of the nighttime world made the rounds: winos, crackheads, lush rollers, bone thugs, pennyante drug dealers, homeless derelicts, and crazies.
ref: 2009, William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone, Revenge of The Dog Team, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of lush-roller.
lush rollers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lush roller
lush-roll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lush-rolls
form: lush-rolling
form: lush-rolled
form: lush-rolled
Senses: examples: text: Another Marine, who gets the Dear John letter, is being lush-rolled in a dive when the Marines come to the rescue and wreck the joint.
ref: 1955, Collier's - Volume 135, page 8:
text: "I'm appealing to you as one Razor Back to another," and he pulled out his Razor Back card, a memo of his lush-rolling youth.
ref: 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 177:
glosses: To steal from a drunk who is unconscious.
Derived terms: lush-roller
lush-rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lush-roll
lush-rolling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lush-roll
lush-rolled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lush-roll
purple nasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purple nasties
Etymology: From the drink's typical color, cloyingly sweet taste, and propensity to induce vomiting.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of snakebite and black.
synonyms: word: snakebite and black
purple nasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purple nasty
grasping for straws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grasp for straws
cheat day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheat days
Senses: examples: text: When I was first losing weight (or trying to, anyhow), I lived for my cheat day.
ref: 2012, Paul James, Take It Off, Keep It Off: How I Went from Fat to Fit ... and You Can Too, page 79:
glosses: A day on which a person on a diet or similar restriction on activities is free to disregard them.
Related terms: cheat meal
day off
cheat days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheat day
ditch days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ditch day
laithe house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laithe houses
form: laithe-house
Senses: examples: text: The vernacular tradition in building was not completely dead, however, and in the West Riding of Yorkshire economic and social factors peculiar to the hills and dales of the eastern Pennines produced a new house-type, the laithe house.
ref: 1990, Michael A. Reed, The Landscape of Britain: From the Beginnings to 1914, →ISBN, page 313:
text: A laithe house differs from a longhouse in that there is no cross-passage, there is always separate access for humans and animals, and there is not necessarily any intercommunication between the parts of the building.
ref: 2000, R. W. Brunskill, Houses and Cottages of Britain, →ISBN, page 98:
text: The laithe house incorporates a barn as well as a byre, which the other house-barns do not.
ref: 2009, Allen Noble, Traditional Buildings: A Global Survey of Structural Forms and Cultural Functions, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: A dwelling with other farm buildings, including a barn, as a single structural unit, with separate entrances for human and livestock areas.
laithe houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laithe house
scaaary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of scary.
laithe-house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laithe-houses
Senses: examples: text: The laithe-house consists of house, barn and byre in that order, the barn and byre combined being known in the Halifax area as 'laithe' according to C.F. Stell, hence the term.
ref: 1963, Idris Llewelyn Foster, Leslie Alcock, Culture and environment: essays in honour of Sir Cyril Fox, page 430:
text: J. T. Smith has argued that the laithe-house is probably alien to the longhouse tradition, and surviving longhouses in northern England are confined to the north-west.
ref: 1981, M. L. Faull, S. A. Moorhouse, West Yorkshire : an Archaeological Survey to A.D. 1500, page 804:
text: Common in the north and west of Yorkshire, laithe-houses are farmsteads in which the combined byre and barn (the laithe) was constructed as an elongated extension of the dwelling, with which it shares the same roof.
ref: 1991, Stephen Friar, The Batsford Companion to Local History, page 212:
glosses: Alternative form of laithe house.
laithe-houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laithe-house
prosequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosequences
Etymology: From pro- + sequence.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A part of a protein that is present in this protein's inactive form but is removed during activation. It is usually required for protein folding or maintenance.
prosequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosequence
anastamose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: anastamoses
form: anastamosing
form: anastamosed
form: anastamosed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anastomose.