cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
radical hysterectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radical hysterectomy
racialisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of racialiser
rastrographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rastrography
raster plots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raster plot
splenovenographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splenovenography
plexoradiculoneuropathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plexoradiculoneuropathy
quadriradicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadriradical
precastration
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Before a castration.
South Leith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in Leith, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2776).
Related terms: North Leith
Samaire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Samaires
Senses: examples: Samaire Armstrong, b. 1980
glosses: A female given name.
dayz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day
excuses my French
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of excuse my French
excusing my French
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of excuse my French
excused my French
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of excuse my French
anheroing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of anhero
anheroed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anhero
anheroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anhero
microplagiarisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microplagiarism
Wagstaffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A suburb in Central Coast council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Related terms: Wagstaff
panspermically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From panspermic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a panspermic manner or fashion.
Pacific Bermuda Triangle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pacific Bermuda Triangle
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Devil's Sea.
synonyms: word: Devil's Sea
Graveyard of the Atlantic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Graveyard of the Atlantic
Senses: glosses: A nickname for the treacherous waters and area of numerous shipwrecks off the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States.
Bermuda Triangles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bermuda Triangle
coin-in-the-slot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coin-operated.
synonyms: word: coin-operated
unicorn hunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: The practice by two people who are in a relationship, usually a heterosexual couple, of seeking a third partner for the relationship temporarily or permanently, usually a bisexual woman, either to join a threesome or to start a polyamorous relationship.
Related terms: unicorn hunter
C10k problem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of C10K problem.
C10M problem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The problem of optimizing a network to handle a large number of connections (roughly one million) concurrently.
Related terms: C10K problem
Shrimpton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
absent-mindednesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absent-mindedness
war porn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Graphic videos or images of violence collected in war zones, often viewed voyeuristically for emotional gratification.
Ramsbottom safety valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ramsbottom safety valve
pornstar martini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pornstar martinis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of porn star martini.
pornstar martinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pornstar martini
monster erotica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of monster porn.
synonyms: word: monster porn
Cape Hatteras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /keɪp ˈhætəɹəs/
Senses: glosses: A cape on Hatteras Island in North Carolina, United States.
Synonyms: Hatteras
Piggi-Billa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: An echidna that appears in Aboriginal fairy tales.
wild ox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild oxen
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of several mammals including the aurochs, kouprey, banteng, gaur or reem.
wild oxen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild ox
fifteen-minute city
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifteen-minute cities
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 15-minute city.
weigh boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weigh boat
zombie statistic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zombie statistics
Senses: glosses: A piece of information that is frequently cited by experts and institutions, despite having no basis in research or reality.
zombie statistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zombie statistic
zombie lie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zombie lies
Senses: glosses: A disproven myth or claim that continues to persist.
zombie lies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zombie lie
modroc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of plaster-impregnated bandage, used for modelling and crafting.
Schabow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
jumpform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jumpforms
Etymology: From jump + form.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
synonyms: climbing formwork
glosses: A kind of formwork; a temporary mold, made from planks, into which concrete is poured, in order to create vertical concrete structures that rise with the building process.
Derived terms: jumpforming
jumpforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jumpform
Hildreds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hildred
minimodding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of minimod
minimodded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of minimod
Melbourne shuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Melbourne shuffle
bore off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bear off
bore off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Oh, bore off, thought Evelyn to herself, as Simon and Patricia trooped off down the stairs, half dragging a reluctant Larry with them.
ref: 2018, Piers Torday, The Lost Magician:
text: Oh, bore off, Laura. You're as interesting as a documentary on dirt.
ref: 2021, A. J. Adams, Twisted, page 330:
glosses: Get lost; go away.
bears off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bear off
bearing off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear off
borne off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bear off
riffle shuffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riffle shuffles
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A technique of shuffling a deck of playing cards by first separating the deck into two parts.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A permutation that models the outcome of a riffle shuffle; the operation of dividing an ordered set into two equal subsets and then alternately listing sequences of elements from each subset that have a common specified length.
riffle shuffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: riffle shuffles
form: riffle shuffling
form: riffle shuffled
form: riffle shuffled
Senses: glosses: To perform a riffle shuffle.
riffle shuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riffle shuffle
riffle shuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of riffle shuffle
truffle shuffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truffle shuffles
Etymology: From the American adventure comedy film The Goonies (1985).
Senses: glosses: The act of an overweight or obese individual holding their excess fat around the stomach and then shaking it.
wikipedia: The Goonies
truffle shuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truffle shuffle
shuffle product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuffle products
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The sum of all ways of interlacing of words on some set in Hopf algebra.
shuffle products
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuffle product
truffle butters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truffle butter
Zarrow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Zarrow shuffle
Thorazine shuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thorazine shuffle
Largactil shuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Largactil shuffle
Bristol sound
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Bristol sound is back—and what a thrilling resurgence. Between them, Tricky's Knowle West Boy and Portishead's Third reflect both the bleakness and industrial decay of my favourite city's less salubrious environs.
ref: 2008 September 22, Owen Adams, “The Bristol sound is back. So where's Mark Stewart?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A sound influenced by dub and reggae produced in Bristol in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a precursor (and sometimes synonym) of trip hop.
Llysfaen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɬɪsˈvaɪn/
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH8877).
Elmo's fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Elmo's fires
Senses: glosses: Synonym of St. Elmo's fire.
synonyms: word: St. Elmo's fire
St. Elmo's light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: St. Elmo's lights
Senses: glosses: Synonym of St. Elmo's fire.
synonyms: word: St. Elmo's fire
Elmo's fires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Elmo's fire
St. Elmo's lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of St. Elmo's light
counital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a counit.
black squall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black squalls
Senses: coordinate_terms: white squall
glosses: A squall whose approach is indicated by dark clouds.
black squalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black squall
ghost company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost companies
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A company, usually with no employees or tangible assets, and with no identifiable officers or owners.
Related terms: shell company
Southern resident orca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Southern resident orcas
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
fish-eating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Compound of fish + eating.
Senses: coordinate_terms: meat-eating
plant-eating
glosses: That eats fish; piscivorous.
fish-eating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compound of fish + eating.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: pescetarianism
glosses: The practice or habit of eating fish; ichthyophagy.
Related terms: fish-eating grin
Southern resident orcas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Southern resident orca
plant-eating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Compound of plant + eating.
Senses: coordinate_terms: fish-eating
meat-eating
glosses: That eats plants; herbivorous.
Sutho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sotho.
fresh-out-of-college
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing an individual who has just graduated from college and is entering the job market.
job markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of job market
residential college
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: residential colleges
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals.
residential colleges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of residential college
senior college
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: senior colleges
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An institution of higher education that awards a bachelor's degree or higher.
senior colleges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senior college
fishbrained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fish-brained.
fish-brained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fishbrained
Senses: glosses: Having low intelligence and a short memory or attention span.
fish-brain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A person of low intelligence and a short memory or attention span.
Derived terms: fish-brained
preprocollagen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + abbreviation of processing + collagen.
Senses: qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: The peptide that undergoes post-translational processing to form collagen.
Proto-Ngayarda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The hypothetical common ancestor of the Ngayarda languages.
Ngayarda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A group of closely related languages of the Pama-Nyungan family in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Derived terms: Proto-Ngayarda
Saturday soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Jamaican soup with varying ingredients, traditionally using up leftovers from the preceding week.
out-of-college
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: out-college
glosses: Residing outside of a college.
out-college
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of out-of-college.
synonyms: word: out-of-college
6th form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 6th forms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sixth form.
6th forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 6th form
sheep in wolves' clothing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheep in wolf's clothing
wolf in a lamb's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolves in a lamb's skin
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wolf in sheep's clothing.
synonyms: word: wolf in sheep's clothing
wolves in a lamb's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf in a lamb's skin
Bora Bora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bora-Bora
Etymology: From Tahitian Porapora (literally “firstborn”).
Senses: glosses: An island group in the Leeward Islands in the South Pacific.
glosses: An island of the Society Islands, overseas collectivity of French Polynesia.
Proto-Circassian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The reconstructed common ancestor of the Adyghe and Kabardian languages.
Adygeyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Adyghe.
Adygean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Adyghe.
arithlog paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Semilogarithmic graph paper.
asbestos cement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asbestos cements
Senses: glosses: A composite building material consisting of cement and asbestos fibers pressed into thin rigid sheets or other shapes.
asbestos cements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asbestos cement
assigned risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
insurance
glosses: A government-mandated method of providing insurance coverage to an individual by compelling insurance companies to service them when such companies would ordinarily not do so due to perceived risk.
author's edition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: authors' editions
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: An edition of a publication whose publishing costs are borne by the author.
babelization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Babel + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The situation where a region that formerly spoke a single language comes to speak several different languages.
Derived terms: debabelization
backer-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backers-up
Senses: glosses: One who or that which backs up (in various senses).
courtesy of the trade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: An unofficial agreement between American publishers not to compete by reprinting the same (pirated) titles from Britain.
enkolpion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enkolpia
form: enkolpions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of encolpium.
enkolpia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enkolpion
enkolpions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enkolpion
FSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Forest Stewardship Council.
cliplock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clip + lock.
Senses: glosses: A method of attachment for roofing involving concealed clip fasteners.
caneite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of canite.
romerito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romeritos
Senses: glosses: seepweed, sea blite.
caneboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cane + board.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of canite.
synonyms: word: canite
epiklesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epikleses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epiclesis.
epikleses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epiklesis
epicletic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to epiclesis.
epikletic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epicletic.
equiglacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + glacial.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to an isogram indicating regions of equal iciness.
Derived terms: equiglacial line
equation clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equation clocks
Senses: glosses: A mechanical clock that includes a mechanism that simulates the equation of time, so that the user can read or calculate solar time, as would be shown by a sundial.
equation clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equation clock
equine variola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of horsepox.
synonyms: word: horsepox
equineness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From equine + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being equine.
eremophila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eremophilas
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Eremophila.
Senses: examples: text: Crimson and orange chats whistled from the heath of spinifex, pittosporums, mulga and eremophila scrubs growing along the sides of the lake.
ref: 2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 190:
glosses: Any of the genus Eremophila of Australian desert shrubs and trees.
Derived terms: wavy-leaved eremophila
eremophilas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eremophila
erosibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erosibilities
Senses: glosses: Synonym of erodibility.
synonyms: word: erodibility
erosibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erosibility
erythrocytogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From erythrocyte + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The development of erythrocytes.
estafiata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The flowering plant Artemisia frigida.
etheling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethelings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of atheling.
ethelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of etheling
etherophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etherophones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of theremin.
synonyms: word: theremin
etherphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etherphones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of theremin.
synonyms: word: theremin
etherophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of etherophone
etherphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of etherphone
eurabbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eurabbies
Senses: glosses: The Australian tree Eucalyptus globulus subsp. bicostata.
eurabbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eurabbie
everbearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: everbearers
Etymology: From ever + bearer.
Senses: glosses: An everbearing plant.
everbearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of everbearer
excipuliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having the form of an exciple.
giyoret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giyorot
form: giyurot
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew גיורת (giyóret).
Senses: coordinate_terms: ger
glosses: A female convert to Judaism.
extrovertive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extrovertive
form: most extrovertive
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of extroversive.
what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive
Etymology: Attributed to canto 6, stanza 17 in the 1808 poem Marmion by Sir Walter Scott: "O what a tangled web we weave,/ When first we practice to deceive"
Senses: synonyms: lies beget more lies
glosses: When one tells a simple lie, it may become necessary to tell more complex lies, eventually spiraling out of control and leading to the exposure of the deceit.
what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.
fairies' butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fairy butter (“type of fungi”).
synonyms: word: fairy butter
extra: type of fungi
fairy lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairy lilies
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants in the genus Zephyranthes.
fairy lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fairy lily
ras el hanout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rass el hanout
Etymology: From Arabic رَأْس اَلْحَانُوت (raʔs al-ḥānūt, literally “head of the shop”).
Senses: glosses: A variable mixture of spices, found in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
readaptability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ability to be readapted.
reddish egret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reddish egrets
Senses: glosses: Egretta rufescens, a medium-sized heron.
reddish egrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reddish egret
redds up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redd up
refrigerator magnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refrigerator magnets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fridge magnet.
synonyms: word: fridge magnet
refrigerator magnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refrigerator magnet
Sheniqua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
resoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resoils
form: resoiling
form: resoiled
form: resoiled
Etymology: From re- + soil.
Senses: glosses: To restore the soil to (damaged land).
resoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resoil
resoils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resoil
resoiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resoil
shipt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: ship + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ship
shoeingsmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoeingsmiths
Etymology: From shoeing + smith.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shoesmith.
synonyms: word: shoesmith
shoeingsmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoeingsmith
Shorses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shors
quercyite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A calcium phosphate mineral, now considered to not be officially approved.
brazings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brazing
Reformed Judaism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of Reform Judaism
millennial pauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millennial pause
self-referentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From self-referential + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Betch is foremost an insult, but it is also used self-referentially as an affectionate term among fellow betches.
ref: 2024, Karen Stollznow, Bitch: The Journey of a Word, page 133:
glosses: In a self-referential way or manner.
autologicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being autological.
self-referencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of self-reference
self-referenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-reference
hexabenzobenzenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexabenzobenzene
paleogravels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleogravel
paleogravel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleogravels
Etymology: From paleo- + gravel.
Senses: glosses: Ancient gravel.
cocksplat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocksplats
Etymology: Compound of cock + splat. Popularized by a 2016 tweet calling former US president Donald Trump a "witless fucking cocksplat" (see quotation below).
Senses: examples: text: he's such a cocksplat. I'd like to meet him in a dark alley. Kick him sharply in the shins.
ref: 2012 July 6, @flutterbyplant, Twitter, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2023:
text: SCOTLAND VOTED TO STAY, YOU WITLESS FUCKING COCKSPLAT!
ref: 2016 June 24, @CulturalSnow, Twitter, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2023:
text: "So this is the cocksplat who punched him, if he ever crosses the path of Denise 'Thunder Thighs' Halverson."
ref: 2019, John Galligan, Bad Axe County: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, →ISBN, page 52:
text: It is unclear why my opposition to that witless cocksplat means I have to give full-throated support to the current Senate cloture rules lest I run afoul of the pundit-consistency mandate.
ref: 2022 January 21, Tim Miller, “The Limitations of "Norm" Talk”, in The Bulwark, archived from the original on 31 May 2023:
glosses: A contemptible person.
wikipedia: Donald Trump
Related terms: fuckstain
cocksplats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocksplat
codlemone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codlemones
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
entomology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pheromone produced by female codling moths with IUPAC name (8E,10E)-dodeca-8,10-dien-1-ol.
benzoylhydrazines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benzoylhydrazine
benzoylhydrazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzoylhydrazines
Etymology: From benzoyl + hydrazine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: benzohydrazide
phenanthro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: phenanthrene fused to another ring
🚬
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 🚬s
Etymology: Wordplay from the British sense of "cigarette" from the word fag.
Senses: glosses: Filter-avoidance spelling of fag (“gay man”).
Millennial pause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Millennial pauses
Senses: examples: text: Apparently, I'm still guilty of the "Millennial pause." After hitting "Record," I wait a split second before I start speaking, just to make sure that TikTok is actually recording.
ref: 2022 August 6, Kate Lindsay, “Are You Sure You're Not Guilty of the 'Millennial Pause'?”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2023:
text: As Millennials overtake Boomers as the most embarrassing generation — the most recent focus of slagging by the younger Gen Z is the “Millennial pause”, which is that excruciating two seconds that pass in a smartphone video while a thirtysomething is checking to make sure they’re recording themselves — I’m reminded of the phrase “adulting”.
ref: 2022 September 10, Emer McLysaght, “So much admin, too many taxes – adulthood is a crushing disappointment Emer McLysaght”, in The Irish Times, Dublin, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2022, page 3:
text: From embarrassing Millennial poses to the dreaded Millennial pause, and even just the simple boundaries you put (or don't, in my case) around apps like Instagram, there's plenty I do wrong on a weekly, or even daily basis.
ref: 2022 September 30, Alison Izzo, “There are big pros and cons to using Instagram's Close Friends function to lure your crush”, in Body + Soul, news.com.au, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2023:
text: As the mannerism is somewhat exclusive to those born in and around the 2000s, it's being cast as this generation’s Millennial pause.
ref: 2023 February 22, Amy Francombe, “Unpacking the Gen Z shake”, in i-D, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2023:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of millennial pause.
cringe-y
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cringe-y
form: most cringe-y
Senses: examples: text: Music is such a formative part of your teenage identity, so the top hits from your middle school days are definitely going to take you back. Remember your awkward dances at homecoming? Blasting this one in your mom’s minivan? Grab your friends and relive the fun (and cringe-y) moments.
ref: 2018, Jessica Misener, Things to Do Before You’re 30: The Try-It-Out, Get-It-Done, Live-It-Up List!, Adams Media, →ISBN:
text: Limerence, I read, was influenced by brain chemistry, our self-esteem, how much someone reminded us of our parents, armpit smell, and many other cringe-y things that were a far cry from any song by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
ref: 2020, Rachel Bloom, I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are, Grand Central Publishing, published 2022, →ISBN:
text: One major 'ick' is putting your phone on the table at dinner, especially if you're ignoring your dinner date in favour of your device. While we can all agree this is understandably seen as rude, some cringe-y habits are a little less obvious.
ref: 2023 March 30, Danni Scott, “Gen Z beg people to ditch 'cringe' phone habits - including typing with index finger”, in Mirror, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2023:
glosses: Alternative form of cringy.
geoheritage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + heritage.
Senses: glosses: The geological features, landforms, and landscapes of a specific place that have scientific, educational, cultural, or aesthetic value and are worth preserving and protecting for future generations.
geomorphosite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geomorphosites
Etymology: Blend of geomorphological + site.
Senses: glosses: A specific location or area on Earth's surface characterized by distinctive and significant landforms, geological features, or geomorphological processes.
geomorphosites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geomorphosite
georisk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: georisks
Etymology: From geo- + risk.
Senses: glosses: Any potential hazard or danger to human life, property, infrastructure, or the environment, posed by geological processes.
georisks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of georisk
Symi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmi/
Etymology: Influenced by the standard Modern Greek Romanisation of Σύμη (Sými).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Syme.
geoethics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geoethics
Etymology: From geo- + ethics.
Senses: glosses: A branch of ethics that focuses on ethical considerations and principles related to Earth sciences and the study and practice of geology.
Related terms: geoethical
geoethical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geoethic(s) + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or in accordance with, geoethics.
lost decade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lost decades
form: Lost Decade
Etymology: Calque of Japanese 失われた10年 (ushinawareta juu-nen).
Senses: examples: text: Japan's stagnant “lost decades” of the 1990s and 2000s, while relatively comfortable for millions of Japanese and even enviable to other countries around the world, have left an indelibly negative mark.
ref: 2023 September 23, Leo Lewis, “It takes a village”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 2:
glosses: A period of economic stagnation, originally referring to Japan in the 1990s (later extended to the 2000s and sometimes the 2010s).
Related terms: Japanification
Japanization
zombie company
zombie economy
lost decades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lost decade
Lost Decade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lost Decades
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of lost decade.
infrasizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infrasizers
Etymology: Originally a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: He also continued active participation in his technical field, and the superpanners and infrasizers which he developed found their way into many ore-dressing laboratories throughout the world.
ref: 1973, Robin S. Harris, Ian Montagnes, Cold Iron and Lady Godiva:
glosses: A device for determining how finely a substance has been ground.
infrasizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infrasizer
INH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of isonicotinic acid hydrazide.
BINP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics.
INP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: INPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ice nucleating particle.
INP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Integrated National Police.
glosses: Initialism of Illinois Newspaper Project.
INPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of INP
Ipiutak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A culture that arose possibly as early as 100–200 BCE and collapsed around 800 CE, found from the south of the Bering Strait, across the Brooks Range and possibly as far north as Point Barrow.
brothers in Christ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brother in Christ
brethren in Christ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brother in Christ
Irish water spaniel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irish water spaniels
Senses: glosses: A spaniel of the tallest breed, a sturdy, cobby dog native to Ireland, with a densely curled coat of a liver or puce color.
Ismaelitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ismaelitic
form: most Ismaelitic
Etymology: From Ismaelite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Ismaelites.
Ismailitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ismailitic
form: most Ismailitic
Etymology: From Ismailite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Ismailites.
Italian greyhound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian greyhounds
Senses: synonyms: Italian sighthound
Iggy
glosses: A small sighthound of an Italian breed.
Italian greyhounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Italian greyhound
Italian sighthound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian sighthounds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Italian greyhound.
synonyms: word: Italian greyhound
Italian sighthounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Italian sighthound
Yabem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yabim.
Jabem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yabim.
Jabim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yabim.
Japanese river fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tsutsugamushi.
synonyms: word: tsutsugamushi
JPP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of James Price Point.
glosses: Initialism of Japan Progressive Party.
glosses: Initialism of Jharkhand People's Party.
glosses: Initialism of Jaipur Pink Panthers.
glosses: Initialism of Japan Prizewinners Programme.
glosses: Initialism of Japan Pulp and Paper Company.
glosses: Initialism of Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
glosses: Initialism of Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines.
glosses: Initialism of The Joe Perry Project.
JMJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Initialism of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
Jouy print
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jouy prints
Etymology: Named after the French commune of Jouy-en-Josas.
Senses: glosses: A kind of printed fabric having a complex, often pastoral, repeating theme depicted on a white or off-white background.
Jouy prints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jouy print
Junior Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Junior Republics
Senses: glosses: A scheme for underprivileged adolescents, modelled on the United States, with the children given roles such as politicians and judges.
Junior Republics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Junior Republic
Jefferson-Jackson dinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jefferson-Jackson dinners
Etymology: Named after US presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, considered to be the founders of the modern Democratic party.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: An annual dinner arranged for fundraising purposes by Democratic Party organizations in the United States, usually in February or March.
wikipedia: Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson-Jackson dinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jefferson-Jackson dinner
Kwoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kwomas
form: Kwoma
Senses: glosses: A member of a people of northeastern New Guinea, inhabiting the Peilungupo mountains north of the Sepik River.
Kwoma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their language.
Kwomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kwoma
Nkole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ankole.
medicocriminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From medico- + criminal.
Senses: glosses: forensic, often in the context of entomology
Nitinat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Thus, if the Makah Language first became distinct from the Nitinat Language approximately 1,000 years ago, it is more reasonable to suggest that this is evidence that their presence on the Olympic Peninsula significantly predates this time.
ref: 2019 March 24, Gary C. Wessen, “Makahs, Quileutes, and the Precontact History of the Northern Olympic Peninsula, Washington”, in Journal of Northwest Anthropology, volume 53, number 1, page 9:
glosses: Alternative form of Ditidaht.
Diitidaht
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ditidaht.
Einsatz group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Einsatz groups
Etymology: Partial calque of German Einsatzgruppe.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Einsatzgruppe.
Nimboran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nambrong
form: Namblong
form: Namlong
Senses: glosses: A Papuan language of Nimboran District, Jayapura Regency, Indonesia.
Namlong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nimboran.
Nambrong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nimboran.
Namblong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nimboran.
Willebroek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in the province of Antwerp, Belgium.
NOHP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Northern Ontario Heritage Party.
Nooksack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nooksacks
form: Nooksack
form: Nootsack
Senses: glosses: A member of a Native American tribe near the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Nooksack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nootsack
Senses: glosses: The language of this tribe.
Nooksacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nooksack
Nootsack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nootsacks
form: Nootsack
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nooksack.
Nootsack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nooksack.
Nootsacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nootsack
NLF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NLFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of natural laminar flow.
glosses: Initialism of non-lactose fermenter.
NLF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Liberation Front.
glosses: Initialism of National Labour Federation (Pakistan).
glosses: Initialism of National Liberal Federation.
glosses: Initialism of National Labor Federation in Eretz-Israel.
glosses: Initialism of Nuclear Liabilities Fund.
glosses: Initialism of New Life Fellowship.
NLFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NLF
Nootka cypress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nootka cypresses
Senses: synonyms: Alaska cedar
Alaska cypress
Alaska yellow cedar
Nootka cedar
yellow cedar
yellow cypress
glosses: The tree Callitropsis nootkatensis.
Nootka cypresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nootka cypress
Nootkan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nootkan
form: most Nootkan
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nootkian.
Nootkan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nootkans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nootkian.
Nootkans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nootkan
Nordhausen acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nordhausen acids
Etymology: From Nordhausen in Germany, once the place of its manufacture.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oleum (“solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid”).
synonyms: word: oleum
extra: solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid
Nordhausen acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nordhausen acid
Norwich Terrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Norwich Terriers
Senses: glosses: A breed of small terrier originating in the United Kingdom, with prick ears and a double coat.
sEPSCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sEPSC
Nomius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Roman epithet for Apollo.
sEPSC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sEPSCs
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic current
Nomlaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Noamlakee
form: Nomelaki
Senses: glosses: A Wintun people native to the area of the Sacramento Valley, extending westward to the Coast Range in Northern California.
Noamlakee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nomlaki.
Nomelaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nomlaki.
NOHC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago.
Norwegian whist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Minnesota whist.
synonyms: word: Minnesota whist
Minnesota whist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
synonyms: Norwegian whist
glosses: A simplified version of whist in which there are no trumps and the goal is to take seven of the thirteen tricks.
Russian dip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Russian dips
Senses: glosses: A type of dip (the bodybuilding exercise) where one starts with one's arms resting on the parallel bars; a harder version of the elbow dip.
Related terms: impossible dip
Nubian ibex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nubian ibexes
Senses: glosses: A desert-dwelling ibex (Capra nubiana) found in mountainous areas of northern and northeast Africa, and the Middle East.
Nubian ibexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nubian ibex
antediluvianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more antediluvianly
form: most antediluvianly
Etymology: From antediluvian + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an antediluvian manner.
Ob-Ugrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ob-Ugric.
synonyms: word: Ob-Ugric
Ob-Ugrian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ob-Ugric.
synonyms: word: Ob-Ugric
Occaneechi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Akenatzy
form: Occoneechee
Senses: glosses: A group of Native Americans who lived in the 17th century primarily on Occoneechee Island and east of the confluence of the Dan and Roanoke rivers, near current-day Clarksville, Virginia.
Akenatzy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Occaneechi.
Occoneechee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Occaneechi.
Oahuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Oahuan
form: most Oahuan
Etymology: From Oahu + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Oahu in Hawaii.
Oahuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oahuans
Etymology: From Oahu + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Oahu.
Oahuans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oahuan
Russian dips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Russian dip
neckhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckholes
Etymology: From neck + hole.
Senses: glosses: The part of a shirt or other garment through which the wearer's neck is extended.