cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
homoiostele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homoiosteles
Senses: examples: text: Homoiosteles are superficially similar to stylophorans: the column or stele resembles the aulacophore and the theca in younger genera develope^([sic]) distinct marginal and somatic plate patterns. The earliest homoiosteles are attached by a holdfast, at least in juvenile stages, and this fixation may have imprinted some morphological features on steles of vagile genera. Earliest homoiosteles share significant characters with coeval species of the eocrinoid Gogia and it serves as outgroup.
ref: 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 225:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A member of the class Homoiostelea.
homoiosteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homoiostele
frankenlangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frankenlang
epispire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epispires
Senses: examples: text: Epispires, cothumopores, and lamellipores in cornutes are respiratory structures not atypical of early echinoderms and are only superficially similar to chordate gill slits.
ref: 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 225:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A spiral ridge on the surface of the shell of some fossilized gastropods.
epispires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epispire
cupel-dust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of copple dust.
synonyms: word: copple dust
cothurnopore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cothurnopores
Senses: examples: text: Epispires, cothurnopores, and lamellipores in cornutes are respiratory structures not atypical of early echinoderms and are only superficially similar to chordate gill slits.
ref: 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 225:
text: In all cornute species where cothurnopores are well preserved, each cothurnopore consists of two U-plates that meet one another at the tips, thus enclosing a small elliptical area.
ref: 2002 April, Mónica Martí Mus, “The Ordovician cornute Flabellicystis rushtoni n. gen. n. sp. (Stylophora, Echinodermata) and its phylogenetic position within the group Cornuta”, in Paläontologische Zeitschrift, volume 76, Suttgart: E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 105, column 1:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A proto-lamellate organ of a stylophoran composed of U-shaped plates.
lamellipore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamellipores
Senses: examples: text: Epispires, cothumopores, and lamellipores in cornutes are respiratory structures not atypical of early echinoderms and are only superficially similar to chordate gill slits.
ref: 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 225:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A thin, sheet-like extension that forms part of the skeletal walls of some bryozoan colonies.
lamellipores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamellipore
Rodovre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rødovre.
homalozoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homalozoans
Senses: examples: text: Most homalozoans have long flexible appendages.
ref: 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 225:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the extinct subphylum Homalozoa.
homalozoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homalozoan
swarry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swarries
Senses: examples: text: A select company of the Bath footmen presents their compliments to Mr. Weller, and requests the pleasure of his company this evening, to a friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the usual trimmings.
ref: 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:
text: His grimaces on eating hice at a swarry, and the way in which he olds his umbrelli, and vipes his nose, defy all criticism.
ref: 1869, Henry Crabb Robinson, Thomas Sadler, Diary, Reminiscences, and Correspondence of Henry Crabb Robinson, page 470:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of soiree.
swarries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swarry
Coffeyville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Coffey + -ville; named after Col. James A. Coffey.
Senses: glosses: A city in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.
Related terms: Coffeeville
stereom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Two genera, Lagynocystis and Iaekelocarpus possess ctenoid organs. These thin folded sheets of stereom are of unknown function.
ref: 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 230:
glosses: A calcium carbonate material which makes up the internal skeletons of echinoderms.
HOI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of homeowner's insurance.
proxistele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proxisteles
Senses: examples: text: The proxistele is not fundamentally tetramerous and there is little evidence of rotation.
ref: 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 235:
glosses: The proximal portion of the tail-like appendage on a homoiostele.
proxisteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proxistele
dististele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dististeles
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: proxistele
text: The dististele in younger genera is greatly simplified from that of Coleicarpus and appears to function as a flexible buttressing rod to both hold the animal in place (into prevailing currents), as well as, provide a tail surface for locomotion.
ref: 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 241:
glosses: The distal portion of the tail-like appendage on a homoiostele.
dististeles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dististele
mesistele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesisteles
Senses: examples: text: A median stele or mesistele is present in some genera which ranges from two to six plates in length.
ref: 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 235:
glosses: A conical plated coupling between the proxistele and the dististele of some homoiosteles.
mesisteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesistele
shallow fellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shallow fellows
Senses: qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: Synonym of shallow cove.
synonyms: word: shallow cove
shallow cove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shallow coves
Senses: synonyms: shallow fellow
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: A beggar who goes around almost naked.
shallow fellows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shallow fellow
shallow coves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shallow cove
Malindi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Malinda
form: Melinda
form: Melinde
Senses: glosses: A town on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya.
Cherryvale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lost Creek Township, Vigo County and Posey Township, Clay County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Montgomery County, Kansas, named after the valley of Cherry Creek.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Sumter County, South Carolina.
moochy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moochies
form: mootchy
Senses: glosses: A native Indian leatherworker.
Related terms: Mochi
mootchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mootchies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of moochy (“Indian leatherworker”).
moochies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moochy
mootchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mootchy
kirbee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kurbee
Senses: glosses: The stalks of sorghum, used as cattle feed.
kurbee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kirbee.
street wisdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The fact of being streetwise
examples: text: In his recent book Violence Against Lesbians And Gay Men, Gary David Comstock documents (among other things) the public nature of much homophobic violence and provides a sociological confirmation of the years-old street-wisdom of queer people.
ref: 1991 August 17, Steve Karpf, “Don't Tread On Us!”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 5, page 9:
glosses: The knowledge involved in being streetwise.
Anglo-Nubian goats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anglo-Nubian goat
eventualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eventualizations
Etymology: By surface analysis, eventualize + -ation
Senses: coordinate_terms: instantiation
realization
glosses: The process or an instance of eventualizing.
Related terms: eventuality
eventualizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eventualization
Lost Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of streams in the United States.
glosses: A stream in British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A settlement in the United States:
A township in Vigo County, Indiana.
glosses: A settlement in the United States:
An inactive township in Wayne County, Missouri.
glosses: A settlement in the United States:
A township in Platte County, Nebraska.
glosses: A settlement in the United States:
A census-designated place in Travis County, Texas.
glosses: A settlement in the United States:
A town in Harrison County, West Virginia.
cothurnopores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cothurnopore
Hunza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A valley in northern Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
glosses: A district in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
glosses: A river in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
glosses: A mountain in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
synonyms: Burusho
glosses: The people living in the Hunza Valley of Pakistan.
glosses: A dialect of the Burushaski language.
Derived terms: Hunza-Nagar District
Hunza water
Hunza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: the pre-Columbian name of Tunja, a city in Colombia.
ottah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of otta (“flour”).
chuttrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chuttrums
form: chaturam
form: chutrum
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil சத்திரம் (cattiram).
Senses: glosses: A lodging-house in South India for pilgrims and travelling members of the higher castes.
chaturam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaturams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chuttrum.
chutrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chutrums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chuttrum.
chaturams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaturam
chutrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chutrum
chuttrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chuttrum
Garhjat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: the Garhjat states
glosses: An Indian mountain range formed by a series low-lying hills, plateaux, ridges and meadows that stretch into Odisha from the Utkal Plains in the Chotanagpur region of Jharkhand and the Chhattisgarh Plains.
Maccao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Macau.
outinnovate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outinnovates
form: outinnovating
form: outinnovated
form: outinnovated
Etymology: From out- + innovate.
Senses: examples: text: Microsoft has carefully cultivated an image of being an outfit that outthinks and outinnovates rivals.
ref: 2004 October 15, Charles Cooper, “Microsoft: The reality behind the image”, in CNET:
text: Those overall numbers are in line with Schumer's year-old plan to make NSF the spearpoint of a massive federal investment in research aimed at outinnovating China.
ref: 2021 May 28, Jeffrey Mervis, “Biden backs new NSF tech directorate, but Senate balks”, in Science:
text: The most successful companies even use recession years to outinnovate competitors by acquiring companies at lower multiples, poaching critical talent, and investing in intellectual property and R&D; downturns that trigger large-scale layoffs in the technology sector also offer ER&D companies an opportunity to hire much-needed talent.
ref: 2023 December 4, Daniel Suter, Bill Radzevych, Neil Malik, Sudheer Narayan, and Jessica Port, “The Innovation Race: Winners Are Investing Now”, in Bain & Company:
text: “We have the most sophisticated semiconductors in the world. China doesn’t,” she continued. We’ve outinnovated China.”
ref: 2024 April 21, Nick Robertson, quoting Gina Raimondo, “Gina Raimondo says ‘we’ve outinnovated China’ amid chips war”, in The Hill:
text: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argued that the United States should be willing to “outinnovate” foreign adversaries in the nuclear energy sector.
ref: 2024 June 16, Lauren Irwin, “Bill Gates says US must be willing to ‘outinnovate’ foreign competitors in nuclear energy”, in The Hill:
glosses: To innovate better than another.
outinnovates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outinnovate
outinnovating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of outinnovate
outinnovated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outinnovate
hobakjuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobak-juk
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 호박죽 (hobakjuk).
Senses: synonyms: pumpkin porridge
glosses: A Korean congee made with pumpkin.
Malabarick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Malabaric.
Mallabar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Malabar.
Watersmeet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township and census-designated place therein, in Gogebic County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A village in Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Melinde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Malindi (“town in Kenya”).
cane fu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of cane + kung fu
Senses: glosses: A modern martial art, originally designed for elderly people, involving the use of a cane.
Mudaliar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mudaliars
form: Muthaliar
form: Mudali
form: Muthali
form: Moodley
form: Modelliar
form: Modeliar
form: Modeliare
form: Modliar
form: Mudliar
Senses: glosses: Title given to a high-ranking military officer in certain Tamil communities.
Mudaliars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mudaliar
Modeliar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Modeliars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mudaliar.
Modeliare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Modeliares
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mudaliar.
Modliar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Modliars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mudaliar.
Mudliar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mudliars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mudaliar.
Modelliar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Modelliars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mudaliar.
Muthaliar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Muthaliars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mudaliar.
Modeliars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Modeliar
Modeliares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Modeliare
Modliars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Modliar
Mudliars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mudliar
Modelliars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Modelliar
Muthaliars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Muthaliar
Budge Budge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Gujars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gujar
Gurjar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gurjars
form: Gurjar
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gujar.
Gurjars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gurjar
jelk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jelks
form: jelking
form: jelked
form: jelked
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of jelq.
jelks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jelk
jelking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jelk
jelked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jelk
frumkeit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being frum (pious and observant of Jewish laws and customs).
frummest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of frum: most frum
Pentecost Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the islands of Vanuatu.
AFBN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of acute focal bacterial nephritis.
Massagetean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Massageteans
Senses: synonyms: Orthocorybantian
glosses: A member of the Massagetae.
Massagetean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: Orthocorybantian
glosses: Of or relating to the Massagetae.
Massageteans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Massagetean
Orthocorybantian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Orthocorybantians
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Massagetean.
synonyms: word: Massagetean
Orthocorybantian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Massagetean.
synonyms: word: Massagetean
Orthocorybantians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Orthocorybantian
TBV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tulip-breaking virus.
glosses: Initialism of traditional balsamic vinegar.
rcd.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of received.
rcd.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rcds.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of record.
salcional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salcionals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of salicional.
salcionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salcional
schr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schrs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of schooner (“type of ship”).
schrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schr.
raspberrita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raspberritas
Etymology: Blend of raspberry + margarita
Senses: glosses: A margarita cocktail made with raspberry.
raspberritas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raspberrita
seamstering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From seamster + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The trade practiced by seamsters.
Seagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Seegar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
endless loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endless loops
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Synonym of infinite loop.
synonyms: word: infinite loop
Related terms: endless belt
endless chain
endless loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endless loop
closes the loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of close the loop
closing the loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of close the loop
closed the loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of close the loop
bed rot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bed rots
form: bed rotting
form: bed rotted
form: bed rotted
form: bedrot
Senses: examples: text: You are quite capable of coping with the world — you’re not hiding from responsibility or commitments — but you don’t fancy it right now and have nothing to prove to anyone. You can bed rot for hours, days, or even a full weekend.
ref: 2023 June 9, Martha Alexander, “Is ‘bed rotting’ the new goblin mode in 2023?”, in The Standard, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2024:
text: The experts said that it’s OK to bed rot as long as you take some precautions to protect your mental and physical health.
ref: 2023 October 23, Samantha Kubota, “What is bed rotting, and is it good for you? What to know about the Gen Z trend”, in Today, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2024:
text: Sam (Rachel Sennott) is depressed. Dissociative and disconnected, she spends her days bed-rotting, microwaving lunch meat and searching her name on Twitter.
ref: 2024 June 14, Katie Walsh, “NOW PLAYING Reviews of movies showing in theaters or streaming online”, in Orlando Sentinel, ‘I Used To Be Funny’, page C.2:
glosses: To lie in bed without engaging in activities, especially as a form of self-care.
bed rot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedrot
Senses: examples: text: “Bed rotting” is the act of doing essentially anything, but in the comfort of your bed, and for an extended period of time (we’re talking hours, if not days). A “bed rot” day is a day spent in bed, not necessarily napping but doing whatever feels right — watching movies, reading, scrolling social media, performing a 37-step skincare routine ... whatever your heart desires.
ref: [2023 June 11, “New ‘bed rotting’ is evolution, baby”, in Herald on Sunday, Auckland, page A.34:
text: Problems emerge, of course, when you do the bed rot excessively. […] Another problem is when you are doing the bed rot to avoid doing something.
ref: 2023 July 8, Bruce Y. Lee, “‘Bed Rotting’: What Is This New TikTok Generation Z Self-Care Trend”, in Forbes:
text: Don’t hurkle-durkle your way into bed-rot territory. Enjoying the comfort of your bed to read a few chapters of your book is one thing, but lazing about watching repeats of Sex and the City for six hours straight is less self-care and more self-sabotage.
ref: 2024 November 10, “Is hurkle-durkling 2024’s answer to bed-rotting?”, in Herald Sun, Melbourne, page 6:
text: At least four in ten of Brits have indulged in a day of so-called 'bed rotting’ in the last month, and another 15 per cent admitted they do a 'bed rot' at least once a week.
ref: 2024 December 23, Samantha Downes, “Warning issued over Christmas ‘bed rot’ and the very uncomfortable side effect”, in Express:
glosses: The act of bed rotting; the state or condition of one who rots in bed.
Related terms: bed rotting
goblin mode
hurkle-durkle
veg out
nabkha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nabkhas
form: nebkha
form: nebka
Etymology: From Arabic نَبْكَة (nabka).
Senses: synonyms: rebdou
nebbe
takouit
glosses: A kind of sand dune which forms around vegetation created from wind.
double-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Old French double, more at double.
Senses: glosses: In the metric system, multiplies the attached unit by two.
Israelstine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Isratine.
synonyms: word: Isratine
Israelestine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Isratine.
synonyms: word: Isratine
Palesrael
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Isratine.
synonyms: word: Isratine
full of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: queens full of nines (three queens and two nines)
text: The strongest possible full house is aces full of kings (three aces and two kings).
text: Full house. Eights full of aces. A higher full house. Aces full of sixes.
ref: 2006 November 14, Casino Royale, spoken by Dealer (Andreas Daniel):
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Used to designate a type of full house; the three of a kind is "full of" the pair.
examples: text: Hill, an author, historian, venerable cook and teacher, ushered us into a kitchen full of herbs, baskets of fruit and the source of that intoxicating scent.
ref: 2025 July 23, Lisa Donovan, “This Free-Form Pie Is Full of Treasures”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2025:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see full, of.
men on the Clapham omnibus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of man on the Clapham omnibus
outdumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outdumb
outdumbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of outdumb
outdumbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outdumb
PC-compatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: IBM-compatible
glosses: Of a computer, offering the compatibility of the IBM Personal Computer regarding software, and―to a lesser degree―hardware.
Related terms: IBM PC
PC-compatible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PC-compatibles
Senses: examples: text: Most personal computers today use a 32-bit bus, but on PC-compatibles, the bus can also work in 8-bit and 16-bit mode.
ref: 1998, Douglas A. Downing, Michael A. Covington, Melody Mauldin Covington, “bus”, in Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms, 6th edition, Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron’s Educational Series, →ISBN, page 65:
synonyms: IBM-compatible
glosses: A computer of this kind.
IBM-compatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of PC-compatible.
synonyms: word: PC-compatible
IBM-compatible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IBM-compatibles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of PC-compatible.
synonyms: word: PC-compatible
man on the Shau Kei Wan tram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Variant of man on the Clapham omnibus.
Senses: examples: text: This [the adjudication system established under the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance] is a system fraught with problems. It may lead to a panel that is dominated by those who feel strongly about obscenity and indecency; not those who represent the “standards of morality generally accepted by reasonable members of the community.” In other words, the man on the Shau Kei Wan tram is not represented.
ref: 2009 January 16, “HKJA’S SUBMISSION ON THE REVIEW OF THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE”, in Hong Kong Journalists Association:
topics: law
glosses: Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts when considering questions of reasonableness.
Related terms: man on the Clapham omnibus
man on the Bondi tram
moron in a hurry
person having ordinary skill in the art
PCI Express
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: PCIe
glosses: A high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards.
zombiefication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Saddened by the death of his girl friend, the teenage zombie carries her body to the toxic river where they will be able to spend some time together before the water is cleaned up and the “zombiefication” wears off.
ref: 1988, Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross, with James J. Mulay, Daniel Curran, and Jeffrey H. Wallenfeldt, “I Was a Teenage Zombie”, in The Motion Picture Guide: 1988 Annual (The Films of 1987), Evanston, Ill.: CineBooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 129, column 1:
text: He now kills a poor black bum, slowly and sadistically, in a scene whose terrible pathos is inescapable. Ellis may have intended this in order to highlight Patrick’s increasing zombiefication as the murders progress and the most repulsive of acts are described in an affectless monotone.
ref: 1992, Elizabeth Young, “The beast in the jungle, the figure in the carpet: Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho”, in Elizabeth Young, Graham Caveney, Shopping in Space: Essays on America’s Blank Generation Fiction, New York, N.Y.: Atlantic Monthly Press with Serpent’s Tail, published 1993, →ISBN, page 109:
text: The considerable human factors efforts that have been undertaken on workplace design since Three Mile Island unfortunately have been lacking in understanding of the physiology of keeping people alert. Many surfaces are highly reflective sources of glare, encouraging dimming of the lights at night, temperatures are often too warm, and automation leads to human “zombiefication,” a problem urgently needing a solution.
ref: 1993, Martin Moore-Ede, “The Power of Our Society”, in The Twenty-Four-Hour Society: Understanding Human Limits in a World That Never Stops, Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 115:
glosses: Alternative form of zombification.
leaves someone in the dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of leave someone in the dust
leaving someone in the dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of leave someone in the dust
left someone in the dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leave someone in the dust
outstupids
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outstupid
outstupiding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of outstupid
outstupided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outstupid
non-PC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more non-PC
form: most non-PC
Etymology: From non- + PC.
Senses: glosses: Not politically correct.
backwards-compatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more backwards-compatible
form: most backwards-compatible
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backward compatible.
metrically compatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metrically compatible
form: most metrically compatible
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metric compatible.
metric compatibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of being metric-compatible.
Goddamn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: You got your wars. And you got your riggers riot through the street—Gettysburg, or some Goddamn place like that.
ref: 1996, Bill Hutton, A History of America, 2nd edition, [Toronto, Ont.]: Coach House Books, →ISBN, page 34:
text: I handed him his drink and continued, ‘I think you and me ought to have a little talk.’ / It must have been the way I said it because he copped the needle and sneered, ‘I haven’t got to talk to you about fuck-all. Whatever I do is none of your Goddamn business.’ / ‘None of my Goddamn business? I’M MAKING IT MY FUCKING BUSINESS,’ I yelled as he hit the ground.
ref: 1999, Roy Shaw with Kate Kray, “Nick-Knack-Paddy-Whack”, in Pretty Boy, London: Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, pages 81–82:
text: ‘Second, if you guys had done your work we wouldn’t be here now with our dicks in our hands waiting for the Goddamn world to end!’
ref: 2014, Malcolm Kohll, chapter 78, in Good Hope, London: Thames River Press, →ISBN, page 406:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of goddamn.
acinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acinus + -al.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or located in an acinus.
Synonyms: acinar
acinary
acinic
Derived terms: periacinal
wood thrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood thrushes
Senses: glosses: A species of bird, Hylocichla mustelina.
wood rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood rats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woodrat.
wonga pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wonga pigeons
Senses: synonyms: wonga-wonga
glosses: A bird of species Leucosarcia melanoleuca, of eastern Australia.
willow goldfinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willow goldfinches
Senses: glosses: Any of subspecies Spinus tristis salicamans of American goldfinches of the far western US.
white-winged scoter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-winged scoters
Senses: glosses: Any of species Melanitta deglandi of ducks, that breed in Alaska and western Canada, wintering in coastal North America.
white-winged dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-winged doves
Senses: glosses: Any of species Zenaida asiatica of doves.
white-faced heron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-faced herons
Senses: glosses: A heron of species Egretta novaehollandiae.
white-crowned sparrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-crowned sparrows
Senses: glosses: Any of species Zonotrichia leucophrys of birds.
video blog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video blogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of videoblog.
tree creeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree creepers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of treecreeper.
short-billed marsh wren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short-billed marsh wrens
Senses: glosses: The sedge wren Cistothorus stellaris
eagle hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eagle hawks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eaglehawk.
satin bowerbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satin bowerbirds
Senses: glosses: A species of bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus.
marsh hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsh hawks
Senses: glosses: The northern harrier, Circus hudsonius
green screening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of green screen
mash up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mashes up
form: mashing up
form: mashed up
form: mashed up
Senses: examples: text: mash up the avocados
text: mash up the pills
glosses: To mash; to crush (usually food) into a smooth substance.
examples: text: The car accident mashed up my legs, now I'm never going to walk again.
glosses: To disfigure, devastate or destroy.
examples: text: The DJ mashed up Britney Spears and Daft Punk.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To remix two or more songs together into one.
green screened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of green screen
ruby-throated hummingbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruby-throated hummingbirds
Senses: glosses: A species of hummingbird, Archilochus colubris.
water bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water birds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of waterbird.
seaside sparrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seaside sparrows
Senses: glosses: A species of sparrow, Ammospiza maritima
black swallowtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /blæk ˈswɒl.əʊˌteɪl/
ipa: /blæk ˈswɑ.loʊˌteɪl/
Forms: form: black swallowtails
Senses: glosses: A species of butterfly, Papilio polyxenes.
wood hoopoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood hoopoes
Senses: glosses: Any of the birds of the genus Phoeniculus.
Derived terms: black-billed wood hoopoe
forest wood hoopoe
Grant's wood hoopoe
green wood hoopoe
violet wood hoopoe
white-headed wood hoopoe
roseate spoonbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roseate spoonbills
Senses: glosses: A species of spoonbill, Platalea ajaja.
sedge wren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sedge wrens
Senses: glosses: A species of bird, Cistothorus stellaris
mosquito fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosquito fishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mosquitofish.
pan fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pan fish
form: pan fishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of panfish.
scabbard fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scabbard fishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scabbardfish.
scorpion fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorpion fishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scorpionfish.
silver dollar fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver dollar fishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of silver dollar (“fish”).
anemone fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anemone fishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anemonefish.
shortbill spearfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shortbill spearfishes
Senses: glosses: A species of marlin, Tetrapturus angustirostris
silver hake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver hakes
Senses: glosses: A species of hake, Merluccius bilinearis
longbill spearfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longbill spearfishes
Senses: glosses: A species of merlin, Tetrapturus pfluegeri
scrawled filefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrawled filefishes
Senses: glosses: A fish of species Aluterus scriptus.
Synonyms: broomtail filefish
scribbled leatherjacket
cutlass fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutlass fishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cutlassfish.
ground fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground fishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of groundfish.
cutthroat trout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A species of trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii
Derived terms: Yellowstone cutthroat trout
quinnat salmon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinnat salmons
Senses: glosses: A Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
red salmon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red salmon
Senses: glosses: A sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka).
winter flounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winter flounders
Senses: glosses: A species of flatfish, Pseudopleuronectes americanus
fourspot flounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourspot flounders
Senses: glosses: A species of flounder, Hippoglossina oblonga
white perch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white perches
Senses: glosses: A species of fish, Morone americana
white crappie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white crappies
Senses: glosses: A species of crappie, Pomoxis annularis
white sturgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white sturgeons
Senses: glosses: A species of sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus
ocean perch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ocean perches
Senses: glosses: A fish of species Sebastes norvegicus, of the North Atlantic.
Synonyms: rose fish
rockfish
Atlantic redfish
Norway haddock
golden redfish
pinkbelly rosefish
bergylt
fourspot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourspots
Senses: glosses: The fourspot flounder
black crappie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black crappies
Senses: glosses: A species of crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus
broomtail grouper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broomtail groupers
Senses: glosses: A species of grouper, Mycteroperca xenarcha
mother cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mother cells
Senses: glosses: stem cell
cecropia moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cecropia moths
Senses: glosses: A species of moth, Hyalophora cecropia.
death's head moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death's head moths
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of moth of the genus Acherontia
grass moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grass moths
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Crambidae of moths.
glosses: Synonym of snout moth.
synonyms: word: snout moth
honeycomb moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honeycomb moths
Senses: synonyms: greater wax moth
glosses: A wax moth of species Galleria mellonella.
lackey moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lackey moths
Senses: glosses: A species of moth, Malacosoma neustria
lichen moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lichen moths
Senses: glosses: Any of the tribe Lithosiini of moths.
tobacco moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tobacco moths
Senses: glosses: A species of moth, Ephestia elutella
winter moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winter moths
Senses: glosses: A species of moth, Operophtera brumata
glosses: A related species of moth, Operophtera fagata
glosses: A species of moth, Hybernia defoliaria (more commonly known as the March moth)
brown-tail moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown-tail moths
Senses: synonyms: browntail
glosses: A species of moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea.
draco lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draco lizards
Senses: glosses: Any of the lizards of genus Draco, which are capable of gliding.
Synonyms: draco
flying lizard
flying dragon
gliding lizard
flying lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying lizards
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of lizards that are capable of gliding, of the genus Draco.
gray mullet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray mullets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grey mullet.
arrow-poison frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrow-poison frogs
Senses: glosses: A poison dart frog (Dendrobatidae spp.)
giant tree frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant tree frogs
Senses: glosses: A white-lipped tree frog, of species Nyctimystes infrafrenatus,
gray tree frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray tree frogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gray treefrog.
gray treefrog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray treefrogs
Senses: glosses: Amy of species Dryophytes versicolor of treefrogs of eastern North America.
spadefoot toad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spadefoot toads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spadefoot.
synonyms: word: spadefoot
wbo
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of [I] won't be online.
black-footed ferret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-footed ferrets
Senses: glosses: A species of mustelid, Mustela nigripes.
three-toed woodpecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-toed woodpeckers
Senses: glosses: Any member of either of the species of woodpecker of the genus Picoides.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Picoides dorsalis
word: American three-toed woodpecker
taxonomic: Picoides tridactylus
word: Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
American three-toed woodpecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American three-toed woodpeckers
Senses: glosses: A woodpecker of species Picoides dorsalis.
spiny-headed worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiny-headed worms
Senses: glosses: A parasitic worm of the phylum Acanthocephala
tobacco budworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tobacco budworms
Senses: glosses: A species of moth, (Helicoverpa armigera)
Surfers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: chiefly Queensland
glosses: Surfers Paradise (a suburb of the Gold Coast)
pink river dolphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink river dolphins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Amazon river dolphin (“Inia geoffrensis”)
synonyms: word: Amazon river dolphin
extra: Inia geoffrensis
tomato fruitworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomato fruitworms
Senses: glosses: A species of moth, (Helicoverpa zea)
velvetworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velvetworms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of velvet worm.
bladder worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bladder worms
Senses: glosses: The pork tapeworm, (Taenia solium)
gopher snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gopher snakes
Senses: glosses: Any snake of genus Pituophis.
Colony
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Cullman County, Arkansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Adams County, Iowa.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Delaware County, Iowa.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Anderson County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A former township in Greeley County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood in south-west Lexington, Kentucky.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community and inactive township in Knox County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Washita County, Oklahoma.
guinea worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guinea worms
Senses: glosses: A species of nematode, (Dracunculus medinensis)
pink bollworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink bollworms
Senses: glosses: Any of species Pectinophora gossypiella of moths.
aesculapian snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aesculapian snakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aesculapian snake.
bull snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull snakes
Senses: glosses: gopher snake
mud minnow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud minnows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mudminnow.
mud snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud snakes
Senses: glosses: A species of snake, Farancia abacura
ringneck snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ringneck snakes
Senses: synonyms: ring-necked snake
glosses: A species of frog, Diadophis punctatus
ringtail possum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ringtail possums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ringtailed possum.
timber rattlesnake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timber rattlesnakes
Senses: glosses: Any of species Crotalus horridus of rattlesnakes.
tree runner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree runners
Senses: glosses: A species of lizard, Plica plica