cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
roll-neck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roll-necks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rollneck.
roll-necks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roll-neck
rollnecked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rollneck + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of turtlenecked (“having, or wearing, a turtleneck”).
synonyms: word: turtlenecked
extra: having, or wearing, a turtleneck
rônier palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rônier palms
Senses: glosses: palmyra palm (of the genus Borassus)
rônier palms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rônier palm
electric pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric pens
Senses: glosses: An office appliance, powered by an electric motor, for duplicating handwritten documents and drawings.
electric pens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric pen
room and pillar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
mining
synonyms: pillar and stall
glosses: A variant of breast stoping in which the mined material is extracted across a horizontal plane, creating horizontal arrays of rooms and pillars.
pillar and stall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
mining
synonyms: room and pillar
gotten behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get behind
got behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get behind
spam accounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spam account
elemol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sesquiterpenoid related to isopropanol, used in food, fragrances, and chemical synthesis.
elem.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of elementary.
enjeopard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enjeopards
form: enjeoparding
form: enjeoparded
form: enjeoparded
Senses: glosses: To place in jeopardy; to jeopardize.
enjeoparded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enjeopard
enjeopards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enjeopard
enjeoparding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enjeopard
enspirit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enspirits
form: enspiriting
form: enspirited
form: enspirited
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inspirit.
enspirited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enspirit
enspirits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enspirit
enspiriting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enspirit
epiphytological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to epiphytology.
epiphytologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiphytologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies epiphytology.
epiphytologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epiphytologist
exterrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exterrestrial
form: most exterrestrial
Senses: examples: text: Are terrestrial organisms accidently^([sic]) landed on an exterrestrial surface likely to survive and be detected inadvertently by our life detection experiments and are terrestrial organisms likely to grow and destroy indigenous life forms?
ref: 1969, United States. Congress. House. Appropriations, Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations for 1970, page 909:
glosses: Synonym of extraterrestrial.
synonyms: word: extraterrestrial
extravisible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + visible.
Senses: examples: text: [N]othing, therefore, can be done visually to detect or to correct for extravisible light.
ref: 1948, Ansel Adams, Basic Photo, page 8:
glosses: Outside of the visible range.
farewell-summer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The goldenrod, Solidago virgaurea.
farthingdeal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farthingdeals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of farthingdale.
farthingdeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of farthingdeal
fee-for-service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
healthcare
synonyms: word: FFS
glosses: A payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately.
Related terms: word: wallet biopsy
ferryage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferryages
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ferriage.
ferryages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferryage
field cornet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field cornets
Senses: glosses: A civilian official in a drostdy, invested with the authority of a military officer and empowered to act as a magistrate.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The holder of a military rank equivalent to that of a lieutenant in the Boer armies as well as in the South African Army between 1960 and 1968.
field cornets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of field cornet
filmwright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filmwrights
Etymology: From film + wright; compare playwright.
Senses: glosses: A movie scriptwriter.
filmwrights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filmwright
firefinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firefinders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fire finder.
firefinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firefinder
fire finder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire finders
form: firefinder
Senses: glosses: A type of alidade used by lookouts to determine the direction of a wildfire.
fire finders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire finder
fishyback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of fish + piggyback
Senses: coordinate_terms: birdyback
qualifier: logistics
glosses: A system of transportation in which containers are moved from truck to ship.
birdyback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of bird + piggyback
Senses: coordinate_terms: fishyback
qualifier: logistics
glosses: A system of transportation in which containers are moved from truck to airplane.
NGE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Nation of Gods and Earths.
Five Sisters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
coordinate_terms: Seven Sisters
glosses: The five American oil companies, Standard Oil of California, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Standard Oil of New York, Texaco, and Gulf Oil, which were the first to obtain oil concessions in the Middle East.
bronchoobstruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broncho-obstruction
Senses: glosses: The obstruction of the airways in the lungs.
bronchoobstructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: broncho-obstructive
Senses: glosses: Relating to bronchoobstruction.
fishpound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishpounds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fish pound.
fishpounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishpound
rasool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rasools
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rasul.
rasools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rasool
MGT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Muslim Girls Training.
redhead grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The perennial aquatic plant Potamogeton perfoliatus.
VLC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of very-long-chain.
X-ALD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.
ALD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Short for adrenoleukodystrophy.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of atomic layer deposition.
Related terms: X-ALD
arboresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arboresque
form: most arboresque
Senses: glosses: treelike
autoboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoboats
Etymology: From auto- (“self-propelled”) + boat.
Senses: glosses: A motorboat.
autoboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoboat
Kondratieff wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kondratieff waves
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kondratiev wave.
K-waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of K-wave
bronchofibroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From broncho- + fibroscopy.
Senses: glosses: Fibroscopy of the bronchi.
bronchofibroscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchofibroscopes
Senses: glosses: A flexible device used for bronchofibroscopy.
bronchofibroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to bronchofibroscopy.
Myronian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Myronian
form: most Myronian
Etymology: From Myron + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Myronic
glosses: Of or relating to Myron of Eleutherae, Athenian sculptor working c. 480–440 BC.
Myronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Myronic
form: most Myronic
Etymology: From Myron + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Myronian.
synonyms: word: Myronian
bronchofiberscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bronchofibroscopic.
bronchofibroscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronchofibroscope
bronchofiberoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bronchofibroscopic.
bronchofiberoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchofiberoscopes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bronchofibroscope.
bronchofiberscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchofiberscopes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bronchofibroscope.
bronchofiberscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bronchofibroscopy.
bronchofiberoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bronchofibroscopy.
skinbyrd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skinbyrds
Etymology: From skin + bird with modified spelling.
Senses: examples: text: Mate, it'll be wall to wall fucking skinbyrds the whole weekend. Who wouldn't want a piece of that?
ref: 2012, Marcus Blakeston, Tales from the Underclass:
text: A “skinbyrd” girlfriend watched, yawned, batted a bee away. The boys straddled a bench. Slouching as far as his spine permitted, the brother offered his pallid back to Darrell, who meticulously pricked a swastika into the skin over the guy's shoulder blade with the whining ink gun.
ref: 2013, David McConnell, American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men:
glosses: Synonym of skingirl (“female skinhead”).
synonyms: word: skingirl
extra: female skinhead
skinbyrds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skinbyrd
equisignal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equisignals
Etymology: From equi- + signal.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A merged signal composed of two separate signals of differing amplitudes, indicating that the aircraft is on course, in certain instrument landing systems. When off course, the two signals can be heard separately.
equisignals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equisignal
skingirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skingirls
Etymology: From skin + girl.
Senses: examples: text: Several white power skingirls told me of slam dances at which there was “no mercy for the weak.”
ref: 2003, Kathleen M. Blee, Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement, page 182:
text: For some, this may be associated with general appearance, such as the Chelsea-type haircut characteristic of skingirls […]
ref: 2009, George McKay, Subcultures and New Religious Movements in Russia and East-Central Europe, page 73:
synonyms: skinbyrd
glosses: A female member of the skinhead subculture.
skingirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skingirl
unsicken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unsickens
form: unsickening
form: unsickened
form: unsickened
Etymology: From un- + sicken.
Senses: examples: text: Don't speak in parables
About a valley where corn unsickens
On brittle stalks and a blind girl sees the sunlight thicken
In the apple trees.
ref: 1979, Pebble, volumes 18-20, page 118:
text: Baldwin felt the blood flushing his face, turning his unsickened skin a vibrant shade of cooked-crab red, while the damaged skin remained uncolored and so highlighted.
ref: 2015, Helena P. Schrader, Defender of Jerusalem:
glosses: To make or become less sick.
Markstay-Warren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1999.
ergatogyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ergatogynes
Senses: glosses: An ant having an intermediate form between workers and standard gynes.
Related terms: ergatoid
ergatogynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergatogyne
unsickens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unsicken
Erminette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Erminettes
Senses: glosses: Any of various breeds of poultry having black and white feathers.
Erminettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Erminette
erminette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erminettes
Etymology: From ermine + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: But Teddy knew too much of the fur at "Finney's"; the coney-seal, the sable-dyed-squirrel, the erminettes, the beaverines; […]
ref: 1915, Evelyn May Clowes Wiehe, The Rose of Youth (page 12)
glosses: The fur of a white rabbit, sheared to resemble ermine.
erminettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erminette
beaverine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beaverines
Senses: examples: text: But Teddy knew too much of the fur at "Finney's"; the coney-seal, the sable-dyed-squirrel, the erminettes, the beaverines; […]
ref: 1915, Evelyn May Clowes Wiehe, The Rose of Youth (page 12)
glosses: Imitation beaver fur made from sheepskin.
beaverines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beaverine
foxaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Imitation fox fur.
bronchoprovocational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to bronchoprovocation.
bowl up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bowls up
form: bowling up
form: bowled up
form: bowled up
Senses: glosses: To travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicle.
examples: text: When we bowled up, it was at the tail end of a weekend party. There was a lot of smoking going on, there was a little kid, about 12 years old, rapping for everyone; he was great.
ref: 2016 June 8, John Doran, quoting Tom Sheehan, “Legendary Photographer Tom Sheehan Explains His Iconic Images”, in VICE, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023:
text: Of the many points Musk missed when he bought Twitter, one concerned the standard of content he was seeking to govern. It's like watching a drunk frat boy bowl up and flash Dorothy Parker.
ref: 2023 October 23, Zoe Williams, “Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2023:
glosses: To pack the bowl of a pipe with smokable material.
examples: text: The five-foot-nine senior bowled up the middle for a 55-yard gain to set up a field goal and then scored off a one-yard plunge in a 10-point third quarter.
ref: 2006 October 28, “CIS: Western and Queen’s score upsets in OUA playoffs”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, up.
Related terms: english: to smoke marijuana
translation: to smoke marijuana
word: ball up
American bluehearts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The perennial flowering plant Buchnera americana.
bowls up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bowl up
bowling up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bowl up
bowled up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bowl up
book-match
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: book-matches
form: book-matching
form: book-matched
form: book-matched
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bookmatch.
Markstay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community in Markstay-Warren municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
burd-alane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of burdalane.
chgd.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of charged.
chicken breasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken breast
bobotee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bobotees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bobotie.
bobotees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bobotee
Stackpole and Castlemartin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) in south Pembrokeshire, Wales, formed in 2011 from the former communities of Stackpole and Castlemartin.
'splode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sploʊd/
Forms: form: 'splodes
form: 'sploding
form: 'sploded
form: 'sploded
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of explode.
liquidity event
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liquidity events
Senses: examples: text: A liquidity event is something that converts an investor's equity in your company into cash. The most common liquidity event is an acquisition, where a company is acquired by another company or private equity firm.
ref: 2016, Katherine Hague, Funded: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Your First Round, O'Reilly, →ISBN:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A transaction that enables the owners of a company to realize the value of their investment, such as a merger, acquisition, or initial public offering.
liquidity events
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liquidity event
soulslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more soulslike
form: most soulslike
Senses: examples: text: Unbarring a door, then, should be a reward for successful exploration — kinda like in Bloodborne and other soulslike games.
ref: 2023 October 7, Ash Parrish, “Assassin's Creed Mirage goes back to basics — and ends up basic”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2023:
text: Lords of the Fallen is yet another entry in the action-RPG soulslike craze, complete with an unsettling fantasy setting, other players invading your game for some co-op or PvP goodness, and, of course, lots of dying.
ref: 2023 October 12, Travis Northup, “Lords of the Fallen Review”, in IGN, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Soulslike.
SIEM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: computer security
glosses: Initialism of security information and event management.
Gawsworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8870).
certworthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From certworthy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: On August 7, 2023 — 17 days after Ms. Vitagliano filed her petition for certiorari—the County of Westchester repealed the eight-foot floating-bubble zone in section 425.31(i), apparently in an attempt to moot the case or create a vehicle problem that would counsel against certiorari.... But none of the County’s post-filing maneuvering affects the certworthiness of the petition or the jurisdiction of this Court to review the constitutionality of section 425.31(i).
ref: 2023, Vitagliano v. County of Westchester, Brief of Texas Right to Life and America First Legal Foundation as amici curiae
topics: law
glosses: The quality of being worthy of being granted a writ of certiorari.
nominatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nominatees
Etymology: From nominate + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Two hundred and one of the 752 entries have become void by the death of nominatees, barren mares, and from other causes.
ref: 1887 July 26, “Coney Island Jockey Club”, in The New-York Times, volume XXXVI, number 11,201, New York, N.Y., page 2, column 5:
text: The counting of the nominating ballots for alumni trustee to be elected to succeed Dr. Lloyd Shaw, whose term expires next June, shows Mrs. Carrie Davis Platt of Alamosa, Donald C. McCreery of Denver and Harold D. Roberts of Denver as nominatees.
ref: 1931 April 24, “Trustee Nominations”, in The Tiger, volume XXXIII, number 27, Colorado Springs, Colo.: Colorado College, page 2:
text: “Did you hear that Spence here is probably one of the top ten nominatees for San Francisco’s most eligible bachelor?”
ref: 2017, Jill Shalvis, “Coming Soon . . . An Excerpt from Chasing Christmas Eve”, in Lost and Found Sisters, London: Headline Eternal, →ISBN:
synonyms: nominee
antonyms: nominator
glosses: One who is nominated.
nominatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nominatee
specialty crop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specialty crops
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Any of various crops cultivated for, or managed and gathered for, human use (in food, personal hygiene, medicine, or decoration) rather than as animal feed, fodder, or forage.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
qualifier: strictly
glosses: Any of a category of human-use crops that include "fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture)"; "eligible plants must be cultivated or managed and used by people for food, medicinal purposes, and/or aesthetic gratification to be considered specialty crops."
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see specialty, crop: Any crop that requires some sort of technical specialization to grow (this sense exists but is largely meaningless and useless to initiates in agriculture).
Hypernyms: sense: all senses
word: crop
Coordinate terms: crop § Hyponyms
specialty crops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specialty crop
by right of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Synonym of by virtue of.
synonyms: word: by virtue of
turn square corners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns square corners
form: turning square corners
form: turned square corners
form: turned square corners
Senses: examples: text: In this case, the law’s terms ensure that, when the federal government seeks a procedural advantage against an individual, it will at least supply him with a single and reasonably comprehensive statement of the nature of the proceedings against him. If men must turn square corners when they deal with the government, it cannot be too much to expect the government to turn square corners when it deals with them.
ref: 2020, Niz-Chavez v. Garland (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–863), Justice Gorsuch majority opinion
topics: law
glosses: To navigate through difficult regulatory or procedural requirements; to jump through hoops.
Related terms: cut corners
aleph-bets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aleph-bet
aleph-beths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aleph-beth
beta-compactifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beta-compactification
beta-blockades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beta-blockade
beta blockades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beta blockade
batei midrash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beth midrash
anticipatory assimilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticipatory assimilations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of regressive assimilation.
synonyms: word: regressive assimilation
left-to-right assimilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: left-to-right assimilations
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
antonyms: right-to-left assimilation
glosses: Synonym of progressive assimilation.
synonyms: word: progressive assimilation
right-to-left assimilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: right-to-left assimilations
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
antonyms: left-to-right assimilation
glosses: Synonym of regressive assimilation.
synonyms: word: regressive assimilation
anticipatory assimilations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticipatory assimilation
Sarnia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Sarnia No. 221.
glosses: The island of Guernsey.
Rocket Leaguers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rocket Leaguer
neck gaiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neck gaiters
Etymology: From neck + gaiter.
Senses: hypernyms: neckwarmer
outerwear
coordinate_terms: gaiter
glosses: A type of neckwarmer that can easily be pulled over the mouth and nose to offer a degree of masking for warmth and (to a limited extent) respiratory droplet suppression (albeit without fine filtration).
neck gaiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neck gaiter
lomatiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Lomatia + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A quinone pigment with molecular formula C₁₅H₁₄O₄, found in plants of the genus Lomatia.
cousining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cousin
cousined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cousin
Ch'ich'ihaerh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 齊齊哈爾 /齐齐哈尔 (Qíqíhā'ěr) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻi²-chʻi²-ha¹-êrh³.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qiqiha'er (Qiqihar)
half empty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "[…] But we shouldn't be charging a share of the main line costs to the half-empty trains on the Marlow branch. If the Marlow branch trains were cut because they don't pay, you'd still have to face all the costs of the main line, just without the extra passengers delivered by the Marlow branch."
ref: 2023 November 1, Paul Clifton, “One account for the UK railway”, in RAIL, number 995, page 43:
glosses: Synonym of half full.
synonyms: word: half full
Related terms: glass-half-empty
the glass half-empty
Kalista
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
boomshakalaka
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbuːmˌʃɑkəˌlɑkə/
Forms: form: boom shakalaka
Etymology: Uncertain, but likely from the filler syllables boom-laka-laka-laka in the lyrics to the song “I Want to Take You Higher” (1969) by Sly and the Family Stone, which appeared as the corruption boom-shaka-laka-laka in subsequent covers; the modern shortened form boomshakalaka, as an apparent reference to “I Want to Take You Higher”, appeared in the military comedy film Stripes (1981). From there, a scriptwriter for the video game NBA Jam (1993) adopted it as onomatopoeic for a slam dunk in lines voiced by Tim Kitzrow, popularizing its use.
Senses: glosses: An exclamation expressing dominance, excitement, joy, or triumph.
boomshakalaka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbuːmˌʃɑkəˌlɑkə/
Forms: form: boomshakalakas
form: boom shakalaka
Etymology: Uncertain, but likely from the filler syllables boom-laka-laka-laka in the lyrics to the song “I Want to Take You Higher” (1969) by Sly and the Family Stone, which appeared as the corruption boom-shaka-laka-laka in subsequent covers; the modern shortened form boomshakalaka, as an apparent reference to “I Want to Take You Higher”, appeared in the military comedy film Stripes (1981). From there, a scriptwriter for the video game NBA Jam (1993) adopted it as onomatopoeic for a slam dunk in lines voiced by Tim Kitzrow, popularizing its use.
Senses: glosses: The sound of a slam dunk and the board or chain rattling that follows.
Tevin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
Teslui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Teslui.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Dolj County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Teslui, Dolj County, Romania.
glosses: A commune of Olt County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Teslui, Olt County, Romania.
Călui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Călui.
Senses: glosses: A commune, village, and river in Olt County, Romania.
Geamărtălui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Romania.
Vaslui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Vaslui.
Senses: glosses: A river in Romania.
glosses: The capital and largest city of Vaslui County, Romania.
glosses: A county of Romania.
Bahlui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Bahlui.
Senses: glosses: A river in Iași County, Romania.
LinkedInfluencer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LinkedInfluencers
Etymology: Blend of LinkedIn + influencer.
Senses: examples: text: n 2022, because no social network is safe, LinkedIn is an ecosystem in which a new type of influencer—a LinkedInfluencer, if you will—can thrive.
ref: 2022 March 3, Jessica Goodman, “LinkedInfluencers Are Making LinkedIn Posts an Actual Thing *and* Creating IRL Change”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2023:
text: There have never been more people trying to become LinkedInfluencers, and there have never been so many resources they can pay for to do it.
ref: 2022 October 26, Rebecca Jennings, “Everybody wants to be a LinkedInfluencer”, in Vox, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2023:
text: LinkedIn has tried to modernize, too—slapping special badges on LinkedInfluencers (kind of like the old Twitter verification system) and giving users new tools for article-writing.
ref: 2023 November 10, Scott Nover, “LinkedIn Really Is the Best Social Network”, in Slate, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023:
glosses: An influencer on the social media site LinkedIn.
LinkedInfluencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LinkedInfluencer
do-ers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of do-er
LinkedIn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From link in (“to connect in a useful or meaningful way”).
Senses: examples: text: The notices sent to staffers in the office suggested that they contact the former director of the office if they had a complaint — but that director died late last year, Karen Shields, a former CMS executive, posted on LinkedIn on Tuesday morning.
ref: 2025 April 1, Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, “‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies”, in CNN:
qualifier: trademark
glosses: A social media site focused on career development and professional networking.
Derived terms: LinkedIner
LinkedInfluencer
LinkedIn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LinkedIns
Etymology: From link in (“to connect in a useful or meaningful way”).
Senses: examples: text: Her LinkedIn includes a laundry list of accomplishments.
text: All three of them worked for the Betches brand — Paige as a writer, Jordan in client relations, and Hannah as a creative video producer, according to their LinkedIns.
ref: 2019 March 11, Martha Sorren, “Hannah From 'Summer House' Has A Podcast All About Describing Your Personal Hell”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022:
text: To join the app's waitlist, users must authenticate their accounts by connecting their LinkedIns — that tells you pretty much all you need to know.
ref: 2023 June 3, Hannah Albertine, “A 2023 User's Manual to Dating Apps”, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, P.A.: Metrocorp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2023:
text: This is a job like any other; it's one I love desperately but one that's also a tremendous amount of work. Dare I update my LinkedIn to showcase such a profound new opportunity?
ref: 2023 October 3, Kate Hoad-Reddick, “I celebrated my parental leave on my LinkedIn, as I would for any new job”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023:
glosses: A particular profile on LinkedIn.
LinkedIns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LinkedIn
row crop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: row crops
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A crop grown in rows; especially, a truck crop thus grown.
row crops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of row crop
stap me
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Ellipsis of stap my vitals, with me used as a colloquial variant of my.
Senses: glosses: An expression of shock or surprise, sometimes used as an oath.
stap me vitals
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stap my vitals.
tin pot dictator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tin pot dictators
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tin-pot dictator.
tin pot dictators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tin pot dictator
spreckle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spreckles
form: sprackle
Etymology: From Middle English sprekle, from Old English sprecel, spreccil, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekl, from Proto-Germanic *sprekla-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter”).
Senses: glosses: A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.
spreckle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spreckles
form: spreckling
form: spreckled
form: spreckled
form: sprackle
Etymology: From Middle English *spreklen (suggested by past participle sprekled), from the noun above.
Senses: glosses: To speckle; to become spotted or speckled.
Concordsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Concordski.
domic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdoʊmɪk/
ipa: /ˈdɒmɪk/
rhymes: -əʊmɪk
rhymes: -ɒmɪk
Forms: form: more domic
form: most domic
Etymology: From dome + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or shaped like a dome; domical or domeshaped.
dome-shaped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dome-shaped
form: most dome-shaped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of domeshaped.
touch home
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: touches home
form: touching home
form: touched home
form: touched home
Senses: synonyms: hit home
glosses: To impact someone deeply and emotionally; resonate.
spreckles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spreckle
dimensionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dimensionable
form: most dimensionable
Etymology: From dimension + -able.
Senses: examples: text: And even as we, who are now in Space, look down on Flatland and see the insides of all things, so of a certainty there is yet above us some higher, purer region, […] some yet more spacious Space, some more dimensionable Dimensionality […]
ref: 1884, A Square [pseudonym; Edwin A. Abbott], Flatland […] , London: Seeley & Co., Part II: Other Worlds, § 19.— How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it, pages 85–86:
text: In retrospect, the first major hurdle was that of establishing effective mental communication between the doctor and the engineer. This entailed, among other things, the doctor's giving capsule courses of instruction on reproductive anatomy and the definition of the uterus in dimensionable terms.
ref: 1966, Paul H. Bronnenkant, “Problems of IUD Manufacture”, in Family Planning and Population Programs: A Review of World Developments, Chicago, I.L.; London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 495:
text: The Staggered option forces staggered dimensions, which are like stacked continuous dimensions. This option, however, requires an even number of dimensionable objects.
ref: 2005, Ralph Grabowski, Using AutoCAD 2005, Autodesk Press, →ISBN, page 583:
glosses: Capable of being measured or dimensioned.
dockie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dockies
Etymology: From dock + -ie (forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with the suffixed noun).
Senses: examples: text: Longley once told me that in the late 1960s Murphy parked his car down at the docks while he was talking to Dougie Sproule and Putty Nose. Some young dockies who didn't know better broke into his car and stole his nice new golf clubs.
ref: 1992, Mark Brandon Read, Chopper 2: Hits and Memories, Kilmore, Vic.: Floradale Productions, →ISBN, page 170:
synonyms: docker
glosses: A dockworker.
draggage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From drag + -age.
Senses: examples: text: Droict de Tirage. Draggage; or a toll, or fee for draggage (of ſalt, or vvine) due vnto ſome Lords.
ref: 1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Droict”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, column 1:
glosses: The act of hauling or transporting goods; haulage.
upfrontness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: up-frontness
Etymology: From upfront + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Betty's antique, wealthy, don't-confront-the-issue style clashed sharply with Jane's tough, working-class up-frontness.
ref: 1982 April 24, Cindy Patton, “So Much to Gain So Little to Lose: Getting to Know Buffy Dunker”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
text: 10,000 BC owes a debt to Bear Gryll's The Island, although that was all men and this is half women. This show also begins with an admirable upfrontness about the little compromises that mean the experience is not quite as prehistoric as all that.
ref: 2015 February 3, Tim Dowling, “10,000 BC review: 'It might make you wish you lived in a time before television'”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2016:
text: There is nothing frothy nor fake about her, as far as I can tell, and her earnest up-frontness is bracing. But then, she and her band mates, she says, were never media-trained: "[If] we felt like saying something we said it."
ref: 2017 October 30, Rosa Silverman, “Nicola Roberts: ’Girls Aloud got away with absolute murder’”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2020:
glosses: The quality of being upfront.
Related terms: frontness
up-frontness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From up-front + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of upfrontness.
tagraggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tagraggeries
Etymology: From tag-rag + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Her, and her miscellaneous tagraggery of Confederates, one and all.
ref: 1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume V, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book XVIII, page 293:
glosses: A miscellaneous collection of shabby or ragtag things.
tagraggeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tagraggery
wwoofer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wwoofers
form: WWOOFer
form: Wwoofer
form: woofer
Etymology: From wwoof + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Part of the wwoof idea is that the farmers teach the wwoofers about organic farming but the reality is that the farmers often pick up as much as they share.
ref: 2002, Chris Stewart, A Parrot in the Pepper Tree:
text: This is the life style of people who want to "eat food with a better backstory" […] aspirational farmers, hobby farmers, intern farmers, student farmers, wwoofers—people who take part in programs sponsored by the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms movement—and people who stay at hotels on farms where they eat things grown by the owners.
ref: 2014 November 3, Alec Wilkinson, “Read It and Reap”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2023:
text: There are at least three regular Wwoofers at Burscombe Cliff: a teacher, a writer and a journalist.
ref: 2019 October 1, Jay Sivell, “A weekend break on an organic farm in Kent”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2023:
glosses: One who wwoofs ("to work on an organic farm in exchange for room, board, and education in organic farming").
wwoofers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wwoofer
wish-washing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wish-wash
wish-washed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wish-wash
water-rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-rate
key interest rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key interest rate
tracheo-broncho-pulmonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the trachea, bronchi and the lungs.
autumn Adonises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autumn Adonis
suspended congress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Sanskrit अवलम्बितक रत (avalambitaka rata), from the Kama Sutra.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
synonyms: ekiben
glosses: A sex position which consists of one participant carrying the other while penetrating them.
wikipedia: Kama Sutra
simatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sima + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: ensimatic
text: In this process the sial is squeezed out laterally and forms the nuclei of continents, while the subsided region becomes an ocean basin. Thereafter the low-lying basins. which are comprised of solid basic or simatic material. continue to attract basic volcanism because the basic lavas are lighter than their solid counterparts. On the other hand. the high-standing sialic continents largely prevent the extrusion of basic lavas on their surfaces because they are less dense on the average than the basic magmas. By these mechanisms the continents and ocean basins are preserved and continue to grow.
ref: 1977, Robert F. Mueller & Surendra K. Saxena, Chemical Petrology: with applications to The Terrestrial Planets and Meteorites, Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, page 110:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
synonyms: mafic
ferromagnesic
basic
coordinate_terms: sialic
glosses: Composed predominantly of silica-bearing, magnesia-bearing, and ferriferous minerals such as olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite.
Ukropium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Ukro- (“related to Ukraine”) + copium (“a delusion meant to help someone cope with a loss”), influenced by Russian укро́п (ukróp), a slur towards Ukrainians.
Senses: examples: text: 2 months later, no real panic with the first Challenger being deleted. We can see that folks are just huffing tons of ukropium to keep their pretend reality from imploding.
text: They are all saying TIME is in Russia’s payroll now! That’s some serious hyper-Ukropium right there!
glosses: A form of wishful thinking in which Ukraine is expected to prevail against Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Related terms: word: Russophrenia
word: khokhol
english: slurs also used against Ukrainians
translation: slurs also used against Ukrainians
word: ukrop
EUEM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Measuring site health from the end user's point of view is the discipline of EUEM, which is the logical complement to web analytics.
ref: 2009, Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring: Watching your visitors, performance, communities, and competitors, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 56:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of end-user experience management.
Debes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪbəs/
Etymology: Named for the German cartographer Ernst Debes (1840–1923).
Senses: qualifier: astronomy and selenography
glosses: A lunar impact crater located to the north of Mare Crisium, in the eastern part of the Moon’s near side.
how my
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: hou mī
ipa: /haʊ̯ maɪ̯/
Forms: form: how'my
Etymology: /haʊ̯ əm aɪ̯/ → /haʊ̯ m‿aɪ̯/
From how'm + I, so a contraction of how am I, phonetically respelled as if it were how + my.
Senses: glosses: Contraction of how am I.
UEM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of user experience management.
mistrigger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mistriggers
form: mistriggering
form: mistriggered
form: mistriggered
Etymology: From mis- + trigger.
Senses: examples: text: Two opposing SSRs (Nos 1 and 4 or 2 and 3) could still mistrigger simultaneously due to dv/dt or high-voltage transients; therefore, resistors R1 through R4 are inserted to limit the resultant surge current.
ref: 1986, Anthony Bishop, Solid-state Relay Handbook with Applications, page 150:
text: Pedestrians, motorcycles, birds, or debris are not a threat to mistrigger the system .
ref: 1998, J. Lloyd French, David R. Martinelli, Ronald W. Eck, Advanced Planning Surveys Using Automatic License Plate Reading Equipment, and Evaluation of Automatic License Plate Reading Equipment for Advanced Planning, page 56:
text: High peak harmonic currents may cause automatic relay protection devices to mistrigger.
ref: 2011, Muhammad H. Rashid, Power Electronics Handbook, page 523:
glosses: To trigger by mistake.
mistrigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mistriggers
Etymology: From mis- + trigger.
Senses: examples: text: While periodically operatin test switch reduce R2 (increasing ramp) until specified value is reached without mistrigger.
ref: 1986, Anthony Bishop, Solid-state Relay Handbook with Applications, page 171:
text: The 10K resistors and the 0.001μF disc capacitors in the input circuit of each timer IC prevent a possible mistrigger on positive pulse edges.
ref: 2009, EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd, Electronics Projects Vol. 17, page 116:
text: Any electrical noise present in the system will ride up these sloping sides, and interfere with the detection threshold in the receiving device, causing a mistrigger of the detection process, and subsequent errors.
ref: 2013, Ross Kirk, Andy Hunt, Digital Sound Processing for Music and Multimedia, page 80:
glosses: The act of mistriggering or an instance of mistriggering.
mistriggers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistrigger
mistriggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistrigger
mistriggering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mistrigger