cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
near as damn it
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: near as dammit
Senses: glosses: Very nearly; as near as makes no difference.
wormlion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wormlions
form: worm-lion
form: worm lion
Etymology: From worm + lion, by analogy with antlion.
Senses: examples: text: The worm-lion dislike a damp environment; you will never, therefore, find its pit in wet soil. For preference it chooses the loose, dusty soil beneath an overhanging rock, or on the lee side of a dense bush or hedge, where it is protected from the rain.
ref: 1956, S.H.Skaife, African Insect Life:
text: Because larvae of antlions use a similar strategy to capture prey, the fly larvae are by analogy called wormlions. Their scientific names were also chosen to reflect their parallel lives. Antlions belong to the family Myrmeleontidae (myrmex = ant; leo = lion), and wormlions belong to the family Vermileonidae (vermi = worm; leo = lion).
ref: 2009, James B. Nardi, Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners, page 179:
glosses: The larva of a vermileonid.
wormlions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wormlion
quaffably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more quaffably
form: most quaffably
Etymology: From quaffable + -ly.
Senses: examples: a quaffably fruity wine
glosses: In a quaffable manner.
quick water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quicksilver water.
synonyms: word: quicksilver water
quickworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quickwork
portsills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portsill
zombie strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zombie strip
lardiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lardy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The packers and consumers object to the short, thick animals because of their excess lardiness and to the rangy ones because of their large cuts.
ref: 2006, Palmer Joseph Holden, Swine Science, page 93:
glosses: The quality of being lardy.
PPCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PPC
angiogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiogramme
sand monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand monkeys
Etymology: Not from monkey but from an Aboriginal word, moongie.
Senses: glosses: A sand ridge.
sand monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand monkeys
Senses: glosses: A person of Middle Eastern or North African descent.
sand monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand monkey
Ashkenazism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ashkenazi + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Ashkenazi beliefs and practices generally.
home sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home set
mysterianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mysterianists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of mysterianism.
mysterianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mysterianist
impersonalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impersonalizations
Etymology: From impersonal + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of making something impersonal.
impersonalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impersonalization
Clayton motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Clayton motions
Etymology: After the case People v. Clayton.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A motion to dismiss a case in the interest of justice.
wikipedia: People v. Clayton
Clayton motions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Clayton motion
pathoanatomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From patho- + anatomy.
Senses: examples: text: His work laid the foundations for nineteenth-century pathoanatomy, and helps explain why, within a few decades, Cullen and his colleagues had gone the way of Galen.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 257:
glosses: The study of the causes of disease based on the examination of organs and tissues.
glosses: The anatomic mechanism of the pathogenesis of a disease or any particular case thereof.
Hypernyms: pathobiology
pathology
histopathology
Coordinate terms: pathophysiology
Twitterdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Twitter + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The world or sphere of Twitter (the microblogging service).
Synonyms: Twittersphere
tweetosphere
tweetdom
Twitterverse
Martelli's wildcat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Martelli's wildcats
Etymology: First described by the naturalist Ugolino Martelli in 1906.
Senses: glosses: Felis lunensis, an extinct felid, the ancestor of the wildcat.
sandwich cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandwich cakes
Senses: glosses: A layer cake.
glosses: A savory Swedish cake made from layers of bread with creamy fillings made from salmon, egg, vegetables, etc., served cold and sliced like a dessert cake.
sandwich cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandwich cake
layer cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: layer cakes
Etymology: From layer + cake, named for its appearance, coined c. 1873.
Senses: synonyms: sandwich cake
sandwich
glosses: A cake consisting of multiple stacked sheets of cake, held together by frosting or jam, etc.
glosses: A type of layering of materials, used in some nuclear bombs.
Derived terms: layer cake federalism
layer cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of layer cake
Claytonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kleɪˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /kleɪˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Claytonian
form: most Claytonian
Etymology: From Clayton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to any of the places called Clayton.
Claytonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kleɪˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /kleɪˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Claytonians
Etymology: From Clayton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of any of the places called Clayton.
Claytonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Claytonian
multisender
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + sender.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one sender.
multireceiver
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + receiver.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one receiver.
multitransmitter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + transmitter.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one transmitter.
multitransmission
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + transmission.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one transmission.
Nihonglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Nihongo + English
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Engrish.
synonyms: word: Engrish
glosses: A pidgin or blend of Japanese and English
giftcard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giftcards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gift card.
giftcards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giftcard
nigger-brown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nigger-browns
Senses: examples: text: Looking at the slight naked figures of various shades from Ng-Gunko's nigger-brown to Sigrid's rich cream, […] I felt that I had strayed into an island of goblins.
ref: 1935, Olaf Stapledon, Odd John, Gollancz, published 2012, page 173:
glosses: A dark brown color.
nigger-brown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: She is on the sofa, knitting a nigger-brown jumper which looks as if it will be quite successful.
ref: 1935, Alan Campbell-Johnson, Growing Opinions: A Symposium of British Youth Outlook, page 165:
text: Fireplace, AT LEFT, tiled with nigger-brown briquettes.
ref: 1949, C. Geoffrey Holme, Decorative Art, page 26:
text: The walls and ceiling of this drawing-room in Montague Square are painted ivory. The modern sofa built on classical lines is covered in nigger brown striped moire and fringed all round with brown and white spaced fringe […]
ref: 1938, Interior Decoration To-day, page 132:
text: The first class compartments are trimmed below the waist with grained nigger-brown leather cloth and above with beige leather cloth with a nigger brown band behind the chromium-plated luggage racks.
ref: 1950 July, “Diesel Train Services for G.N.R.(I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 490:
text: We have a three-piece suite upholstered in nigger-brown velvet […]
ref: 1956, Homes and Gardens, volume 38, page 175:
glosses: Having a dark brown colour.
wuxtra
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wuxtry.
transigents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transigent
short period comet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒmɪt
Forms: form: short period comets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of short-period comet.
short period comets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short period comet
vblog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vblogs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vlog.
synonyms: word: vlog
vblog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vblogs
form: vblogging
form: vblogged
form: vblogged
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vlog.
synonyms: word: vlog
vidblog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vidblogs
Etymology: From vid + blog.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vlog.
synonyms: word: vlog
vidblogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vidblog
vblogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vblog
vblogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vblog
vidblogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vid + blogging.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vlogging.
synonyms: word: vlogging
cigarette lighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cigarette lighter
flowsnake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowsnakes
Etymology: From flow + snake, describing its movements, and as a spoonerism for snowflake.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The Gosper curve.
flowsnakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flowsnake
Gosper curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gosper curve
Gosper curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gosper curves
Etymology: Named after Bill Gosper.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular fractal object, a space-filling curve that can tile the plane.
wikipedia: Bill Gosper
Synonyms: flowsnake
Gosper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Gosper's algorithm
Gosper County
Gosper curve
Gosper island
Gosper island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gosper islands
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The space filled by the Gosper curve.
Gosper islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gosper island
sherrif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of sheriff.
politard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: politards
Etymology: From politics + -tard.
Senses: glosses: An ignorant person who discusses politics.
glosses: An ignorant or stupid politician or public political commentator.
mindi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mindis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mindy (“knife”).
Little Red Book
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Little Red Book
Etymology: In reference to the book's red colour, and because red is the traditional colour representing Communism.
Senses: glosses: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, a book widely distributed in Communist China.
Semitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Semitizes
form: Semitizing
form: Semitized
form: Semitized
form: Semitise
Etymology: From Semite + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: In a 1968 contribution he would even Semitize the Latin half of the Greco- Roman legacy by observing that the Phoenicians were "in Italy at the dawn of Roman history."
ref: 1999, Jacques Berlinerblau, Heresy in the University: The Black Athena Controversy and the Responsibilities of American Intellectuals:
glosses: To make Semitic as to language or culture.
Semitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Semite + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of a language becoming increasingly like the Semitic languages.
glosses: The process of a religion increasingly acquiring the characteristics of the Abrahamic religions.
politards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of politard
Epinomis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛˈpɪnəmɪs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπῐνομῐ́ς (Epĭnomĭ́s), from ἐπῐνομῐ́ς (epĭnomĭ́s, “an addition to a law”, “an appendix”).
Senses: glosses: A dialogue ascribed variously to Plato, his disciple–editor Philip of Opus, and to an unknown forger, and which forms an appendical thirteenth book to the former’s Laws.
bejaysus
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Bejaysus, I wish I didn’t have to go back and face what I have to face but c’est le vie.
ref: 2016 March 15, Philip Ryan, quoting Enda Kenny, “Enda Kenny tells Irish embassy in Washington: ‘Bejaysus, I wish I didn’t have to go back and face what I have to face’”, in Irish Independent:
glosses: Alternative form of bejesus.
wilderness treatment center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wilderness treatment centers
Senses: glosses: Any treatment center that offers wilderness therapy as a main therapeutic focus.
allied arts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see allied, arts.
examples: text: While the definition of humanities is, of necessity, fairly vague, the definition of allied arts is clearer. The allied arts, as has been stated earlier, are a category within the broad scope of humanistic studies. The allied arts course is concerned with the study of such specific areas as music, literature, the fine arts, mass communication and dance.
ref: 1968, Esther H. Paist, The allied arts in public schools, page 26:
text: Mrs. MacDowell built [the MacDowell Colony] from the ground up, without any financial backing of her own. The Colony was founded on the philosophy of the allied arts: artists from different disciplines could influence each other's creative work.
ref: 2008, Elizabeth A. Yackley, Marian MacDowell and the MacDowell Clubs, page 5:
text: Despite the fact that he feels himself to be essentially a Syrian and that he is acclaimed as the authoritative spokesman for the Arabic people in the allied arts, Gibran belongs to the world outside nationalistic interests and his art is a product of a deep sympathy with the problems which constitute the moving current of life in all nations and throughout all ages.
ref: 2013, Kahlil Gibran, Suheil Bushrui, The Essential Gibran, →ISBN:
text: On February 11, 1899, Garland atttended in New York a meeting of the newly organized National Instituteof Arts and Letters, an offshoot of the American Society of Science, devoted to the allied arts.
ref: 2014, Jean Holloway, Hamlin Garland: A Biography, →ISBN:
glosses: Fine arts, related disciplines in literature, the visual and performing arts.
examples: text: [The Committee on Allied Arts] hopes that the Committee on Publicity and the Journal of the Institute may be instructed to spread abroad, as a fundamental Institute principle, the belief that sympathetic, intelligent collaboration among the allied arts is, and always has been, the only sure road to a worthy architecture in any age or any land.
ref: 1914, Thomas Kimball, “Journal of the American Institute of Architects, Volume 2”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), American Institute of Architects:
topics: architecture
glosses: The decorative arts as applied to buildings.
Gwynn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gwynns
Etymology: A spelling variant of Gwyn.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Welsh.
glosses: A surname from Welsh.
glosses: A census-designated place in Mathews County, Virginia, United States.
Gwynne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gwynnes
Etymology: A spelling variant of Gwyn. Doublet of Wynn.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Welsh.
glosses: A male given name from Welsh.
glosses: A female given name from Welsh.
glosses: A hamlet in the County of Wetaskiwin, central Alberta, Canada.
Wyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh gwyn.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Welsh.
Slobbovia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Slobovia
Etymology: From slob + -ov (forming Slavic possessives) + -ia (forming placenames). First used as Lower Slobbovia in the Li'l Abner comic strip in 1946, its capital named "Raswashingsputin, D.C.", and its culture largely bagel-based, with vague reference to poor but moderately developed countries similar to Eastern Europe. Later maps of Lower Slobbovia placed it in Manchuria and eastern Siberia.
Compare sloboda, a similar-sounding word from Slavic languages.
Senses: examples: text: Suppose that there are 80 births in Lower Slobbovia during 1967, and that the population of Lower Slobbovia was 2,000 on July 1, 1967.
ref: 1972, Arnold Birenbaum, Social Problems: Private Troubles and Public Issues, page 50:
text: (At this point, only readers who know the difference between Slovakia, Slavonia and Slovenia might want to proceed; Slobbovia doesn't count.)
ref: 1991 December 22, Josef Joffe, “America's in the Balcony as Europe Takes Center Stage”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The demand and supply curves for shoes are the same in Upper Slobbovia as in Lower Slobbovia. In Upper Slobbovia, shoes are subject to a price ceiling of $2 per pair (which is below equilibrium), and 1,000 pairs are sold per month.
ref: 2013 [1989], Steven Landsburg, Price Theory and Applications, 9th edition, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 267:
coordinate_terms: Freedonia
glosses: Used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: A play-by-mail roleplaying game notionally based on Diplomacy.
Derived terms: Slobbovian
Related terms: Lower Slobbovia
Upper Slobbovia
chalans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalan
chalans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chalan
L&S
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the initials of its authors, Lewis & Short.
Senses: glosses: A Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short: a widely-used Latin English dictionary.
investomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvɛstəmə/
ipa: /ɪnˈvɛstəmɚ/
Forms: form: investomers
Etymology: Blend of investor + customer.
Senses: examples: text: Brian Bellardo, General Counsel of StockPower Inc., described how companies can use their web sites to distribute stock to their customers, creating new "investomers" who will bring more loyalty and revenue to the company. He explained that investomers are both long-term investors and loyal customers who, according to his company's research, spend more and visit the company's web site more frequently.
ref: 2000, Corporate Secretary's Guide Corporate Directions:
text: In some cases, of course, customers are owners, too. Examples include the members of associations, cooperatives, and credit unions as well as the shareholders of companies that are deliberately setting out to create "investomers."
ref: 2009, Caroline Oliver, Getting Started with Policy Governance, →ISBN:
text: Unlike Kickstarter, the local operation forgoes donations and seeks “investomers,” company lingo for investors who'll ideally become regular customers, thanks to credits they receive when the business opens.
ref: 2015 December 9, Anna Spiegel, “New Details on Morris, Spike Mendelsohn's Upcoming Shaw Cocktail Bar”, in Washingtonian:
glosses: A customer who also owns shares in the business.
investomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of investomer
Oban
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊbən/
ipa: /ˈoʊbən/
ipa: /ˈoːbən/
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Òban, from òban (“little bay”), diminutive of òb (“bay”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM8530).
glosses: A locality in the Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A rural area of the Armidale Region, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: The main settlement on Stewart Island, New Zealand, also known as Halfmoon Bay.
Maryhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmaɹɪhɪl/
Etymology: From Mary Hill.
Senses: glosses: An area of Glasgow, Scotland.
Ruchill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌxɪl/
Senses: glosses: An area of Glasgow, Scotland.
Wyndford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪndfəd/
Senses: glosses: An area of Glasgow, Scotland.
Firhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɹhɪl/
Senses: glosses: An area of Glasgow, Scotland.
Wester Common
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An area of Glasgow, Scotland.
Blairgowrie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town and former burgh, now a part of the town of Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1745).
glosses: A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
glosses: A coastal town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
Rattray
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɹæ(t).tɹeɪ/
Etymology: From Pictish, probably equivalent to Welsh rhawdd (“fortress”) + tref (“village”).
Senses: glosses: A small town and former burgh, now a part of the town of Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1845).
glosses: A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from the place name.
Blairgowrie and Rattray
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Scotland.
enemedia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of enemy + media.
Senses: examples: text: No, in the UK, the enemedia and political quislings use the word 'Asian' for Muslim. In France, they use 'youth.' In Denmark, Sweden and Germany, they use 'immigrant' for Muslim (even if the jihadists are second or third generation).
ref: 2013, Frederick William Dame, The Muslim Discovery of America, page 328:
glosses: The mainstream media, regarded as pushing liberal political propaganda.
Slobovia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Slobbovia.
Slobbovian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Slobbovia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An imaginary language spoken in the imaginary country Slobbovia
Hypernyms: conlang
Coordinate terms: Freedonian
Slobbovian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Slobbovians
Etymology: From Slobbovia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An imaginary person from the imaginary country Slobbovia
Coordinate terms: Freedonian
Slobbovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Slobbovia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or from the imaginary country Slobbovia
Coordinate terms: Freedonian
Slobbovians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Slobbovian
SVC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SVCs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of superior vena cava.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of serial verb construction.
bleisure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of business + leisure
Senses: glosses: Travel or another activity that combines business and leisure.
fell through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall through
decorative arts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decorative art
Senses: glosses: Arts and crafts concerned with making beautiful but functional objects. Includes carpentry, metalworking and interior design.
grave-good
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grave-goods
Senses: glosses: singular of grave-goods
grave-goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grave-good
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grave goods.
scrapes the bottom of the barrel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrape the bottom of the barrel
scraping the bottom of the barrel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scrape the bottom of the barrel.
scraped the bottom of the barrel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scrape the bottom of the barrel.
amphetamine-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amphetamine-like
form: most amphetamine-like
Senses: examples: text: By following a strategy similar to that described for cocaine, that is, testing for a significant relationship between potencies of amphetamine-like compounds in drug self-administration studies and potencies at the dopamine transporter (Ritz and Kuhar, 1989), we were unable to establish such a relationship.
ref: 1991, Matthew P. Galloway, Cocaine: Pharmacology, Physiology, and Clinical Strategies:
glosses: Alternative form of amphetaminelike.
methanobactins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methanobactin
fan cameras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fan camera
moth-ers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moth-er.
scurrick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scurricks
Senses: examples: text: I haven't a scurrick left.
glosses: Any small coin.
breaks one's lance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break one's lance
breaking one's lance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break one's lance
broke one's lance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break one's lance
broken one's lance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break one's lance
choppy-changey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more choppy-changey
form: most choppy-changey
form: choppy changey
form: choppy changy
Etymology: * chop and change + -y
Senses: glosses: prone to, or caused by, chopping and changing; changeable; unpredictable; fickle; inconsistent; haphazard; disjointed
choicy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: choicier
form: more choicy
form: choiciest
form: most choicy
Etymology: From choice + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "As jobs became more plentiful," explained Roll, "we got more affluent, and people got more selective, and more choicy, and more independent, and I think possibly a lot of young people had a very exaggerated idea of their importance."
ref: 2001, Jefferson Cowie, Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-year Quest for Cheap Labor:
glosses: Fastidious; choosy; discriminating.
examples: text: I think it is very important to point out barbecue ribs, black-eyed peas, grits and collards may, in fact, be a choicy dish to many black Americans. But it also sounds pretty darn good to me, a white man.
ref: 1994, Lewis Grizzard, The Last Bus to Albuquerque:
glosses: Choice; select.
Related terms: word: choice
reverse repo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse repos
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A repo (repurchase agreement) viewed from the perspective of the borrower; an agreement to buy a certain security and resell it at some time in the future.
reverse repos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reverse repo
Princes of Darkness
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Prince of Darkness
Common Core
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Common Core State Standards Initiative, an effort to provide standards to evaluate achievement among US primary and secondary school students in basic subjects and thereby facilitate and motivate teaching of those subjects.
SOD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of superoxide dismutase.
topics: business
glosses: Abbreviation of start of day.
Golden West
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Golden West
Etymology: Alluding to its rich deposits of gold.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for California: a state of the United States.
Golden West
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Golden West No. 95.
twenty-firstly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From twenty-first + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the twenty-first place; twenty-first in a row.
adjoint functor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjoint functors
Etymology: See Galois connection.
Senses: topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One of a pair of functors such that the domain and codomain of one of them are identical to the codomain and domain of the other one, respectively, and such that there is a pair of natural transformations which turns the pair of functors into an adjunction.
wikipedia: Galois connection
choicier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of choicy: more choicy
choiciest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From choicy + -est.
Senses: glosses: superlative form of choicy: most choicy
trunk show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trunk shows
Senses: glosses: An event in which vendors present merchandise directly to store personnel or customers at a retail location or other venue.
trunk shows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trunk show
Republic of Peru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -uː
Etymology: From republic + of + Peru.
Senses: glosses: Official name of Peru: a country in South America.
Internet famous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Internet famous
form: most Internet famous
form: Internet-famous
form: internet famous
form: internet-famous
Senses: glosses: Famous in the context of the Internet.
Hyponyms: world-famous
TGS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of taxiing guidance system.
TGS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: Turkey
glosses: Initialism of Turkish Ground Services, a service company working at airports in Turkey.
NIB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NIBs
Senses: qualifier: fraternity
glosses: Initialism of newly initiated brother.
synonyms: SIB
coordinate_terms: LIB
glosses: sodium-ion battery; Abbreviation of Na-ion battery (Na is the chemical symbol for sodium.)
NIB
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of new in box: Of a product that is the subject of a consumer sale: new and still in its original packaging; not used.
Coordinate terms: english: brand new in box
translation: brand new in box
word: BNIB
english: like new in box
translation: like new in box
word: LNIB
english: mint in box
translation: mint in box
word: MIB
english: mint in sealed box
translation: mint in sealed box
word: MISB
english: new in shrink
translation: new in shrink
word: NIS
english: new old stock
translation: new old stock
word: NOS
english: never removed from box
translation: never removed from box
word: NRFB
english: out of box
translation: out of box
word: OOB
english: out of box
translation: out of box
word: OoB
deuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deuses
Senses: examples: text: “What the deuse is all this, my dear Hinton?” said he, as he grasped my hand in both of his.
ref: 1847, Charles Lever, Jack Hinton, the Guardsman, page 92:
glosses: Obsolete form of deuce (“the Devil”).
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: deuse a vile
serpenticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serpenticides
Etymology: From serpent + -i- + -cide.
Senses: glosses: The killing of a snake.
glosses: The killer of a snake.
Derived terms: serpenticidal
digiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digiters
Etymology: From digit + -er.
Senses: glosses: A number with a specified number of digits.
examples: text: All one, two, or three-digit members are merely shadows of the Ultimate Defence us five-digiters wield.
ref: 2009 May 29, Guest Emanick, “Archived copy”, in Sal's RuneScape Forum, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2024:
text: I get it in reverse. LOL When I turned 10 my cousins were all like "You're a two-digiter, you're so old!"
ref: 2012 August 17, bluegreen, TamaTalk:
text: Talking a lot of smack for a three digiter…
ref: 2024 April 18, @ShootingPeaPod, Twitter:
text: We usually hang out in the private 3-digiter forum.
ref: 2024 January 5, Al Czervik, Footballguys:
glosses: A number with a specified number of digits.
A person or object which has a quantity or measurement that can be represented with a specified number of digits.
zoosexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoosexual
hedge schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedge school
unhorrifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhorrifying
form: most unhorrifying
Etymology: From un- + horrifying.
Senses: glosses: Not horrifying.
unhorrible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhorrible
form: most unhorrible
Etymology: From un- + horrible.
Senses: glosses: Not horrible.
thoughtcriminal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thoughtcriminals
Senses: examples: text: NOP definition of 'Communist'- one who believes in communism, an enemy of the People and of the State, a thoughtcriminal.
ref: 1993 March 31, Simon E. Booth, “Dr. Gunn's Execution”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):
text: Erich, Erich, don't you know that it's the Objectivist who is truly the un-Pagan Thoughtcriminal? Mere disagreement is not =nearly= enough to push you ...
ref: 1994 May 22, er...@u.washington.edudissenter., “Xtopia?”, in alt.society.generation-x (Usenet):
text: All that Thought Games nonsense and mindscan mumbo-jumbo turns you into a bloody retard! Oh sure, he knows his thoughtcriminals and sexcrims, but is that all there is in life?
ref: 2003, Paul Lucian, NineteenEightyFive: An Unnovel, →ISBN, page 193:
text: The magnitude of the Party's power and the certainty of its eventual punishment of the thoughtcriminal enables it to permit an extensive variety of crimes, because the thoughtcriminal is always safely under the control of the ultimate privileged class.
ref: 2004, Anthony Stewart, George Orwell, Doubleness, and the Value of Decency, →ISBN:
text: I'm glad to hear you acknowledge that possibility--I was beginning to think you might be a thoughtcriminal.
ref: 2009 May 12, James Arthur, “Climatology: a wonderful science”, in sci.electronics.design (Usenet):
text: The US may be somewhat more tolerant of dissent than other empires, but the US also has a penchant for prosecuting thoughtcriminals (Loadenthal, 2015).
ref: 2017, T McGettigan, Donald Trump and the Politics of Racism:
glosses: Alternative form of thought criminal.
Related terms: crimestop
crimethink
doublethink
thinkpol
thoughtcrime
thought police
Thought Police
wrongthink
censorship
freedom of expression
freedom of religion
freedom of speech
freedom of thought
free speech
hate crime
hate speech
Nineteen Eighty-Four
serpenticidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From serpenticide + -al.
Senses: examples: text: But month by month the serpenticidal zeal of the population was more and more aroused, till, in March 1873, the number of snakes destroyed was 425,057, and the rewards not less than 5,313l.
ref: 1874, The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art, page 166:
glosses: Serpent or snake killing.
keeps off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep off
keeping off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep off
kept off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep off
pale thrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pale thrushes
Senses: glosses: A thrush (Turdus pallidus), of eastern Asia.
phagedaena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phagedena.
Wark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village and civil parish in mid Northumberland, England, otherwise known as Wark on Tyne (OS grid ref NY8677).
glosses: A small village in Carham parish, north Northumberland, otherwise known as Wark on Tweed (OS grid ref NT8238).
brushup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brushups
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brush-up.
pelican pots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelican pot
brush-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brush-ups
Senses: glosses: A slight correction or modification.
glosses: A review of a topic to be learned.
hearos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hearo
Drinkwater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Drinkwaters
Etymology: From drink + water, a nickname given to a pauper or miser, unable or unwilling to afford beer; or alternatively, a nickname given to an innkeeper or a noted tippler.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
Wildsmith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Chilwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chilwells
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village and suburb of Nottingham in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5135).
glosses: A locality in Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Loftus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England.
glosses: A southern suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
Blackett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Blacketts
Etymology: A diminutive of the surname Black or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a dark headland, from Middle English blak (“black”) + heaved (“head”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
glosses: A suburb of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms: Blackett effect
dehancement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dehancements
Senses: examples: text: This enhancement in the low momentum region compensating dehancement in the high momentum region means that positrons are trapped at vacancies and nanovoids […]
ref: 2004, Martin L. Grossbeck, Effects of Radiation on Materials, Issue 1447:
glosses: Deterioration, decline, reduction.
dehancements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dehancement
rules OK
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rule OK
ruling OK
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rule OK
ruled OK
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rule OK
epitomate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛˈpɪtəmeɪt/
Forms: form: epitomates
form: epitomating
form: epitomated
form: epitomated
Etymology: An adaptation of epitomāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin epitomō (“I abridge”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of epitomize (“make an epitome of”).
synonyms: word: epitomize
extra: make an epitome of
Grothendieck universe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Grothendieck universes
Etymology: Named after Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014), a German-born French mathematician.
Senses: topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A kind of universal set whose elements follow the rules of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, and for which, with respect to an arbitrary set, an instance of its kind which has that set as a member may be posited to exist through an additional Tarski–Grothendieck axiom (which is not part of ZF but augments it, yielding Tarski–Grothendieck set theory).
wikipedia: Alexander Grothendieck
polyquark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyquarks
Etymology: From poly- + quark.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hadron composed of more quarks than a baryon; a particle constituted of more than three quarks.
polyquarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyquark
Nordicisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nordicism
discombobulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discombobulators
Etymology: From discombobulate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which discombobulates.
glosses: A thingy; a doodad.
discombobulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discombobulator
Grothendieck universes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grothendieck universe
linguaculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linguacultures
Senses: examples: text: The central research question in this article is: What role does Chinese linguaculture play in English teaching in China?
ref: 2012, Martin Wolff, English in China Today at the Harbin Institute of Technology:
glosses: A culture with its associated language.
Related terms: linguacultural
linguacultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linguaculture
evagate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: evagates
form: evagating
form: evagated
form: evagated
Etymology: From Latin evagor.
Senses: examples: text: If, on the contrary, a placid and sleep-cemented satisfaction prevails in it, we quickly rid ourselves of a card, and evagate, or wander
ref: 1840, Colburn's Kalendar of Amusements in Town and Country, for 1840:
glosses: To wander.
Related terms: evagation
VCU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Richmond poet Rik Davis taught a poetry class at Free University while he was a sophomore English major at VCU.
ref: 2013, Dale M. Brumfield, Richmond Independent Press:
text: Debbie Yow had fired Sidney Lowe at the end of the 2011 season and set her sights on Shaka Smart, the VCU wunderkind coach who had taken the Rams to the Final Four that spring, to replace Lowe.
ref: 2016, John Feinstein, The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry:
glosses: Initialism of Virginia Commonwealth University.
VCU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VCUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of vascular compression unit.
glosses: Initialism of video compression unit.
glosses: Initialism of video codec unit.
glosses: Initialism of video control unit.
glosses: Initialism of vacuum control unit.
topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of vehicle control unit.
qualifier: emissions control
glosses: Initialism of vapor/vapour combustor/combustion unit.
qualifier: carbon economy controls
glosses: Abbreviation of verified carbon unit (carbon credit).
chefling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheflings
Etymology: From chef + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: […] they see that up & coming cheflings do not scoff
at peelings […]
ref: 1988, Poetry Australia, numbers 117-122, page 65:
text: “Do I ask you?”, she shouts, “what goes on in the kitchen? How do I know you're not buggering your cheflings in the larder?”
ref: 2008, Rikki Ducornet, Tom Motley, The One Marvelous Thing - Page 83:
text: A part-time chef at the Santa Fe School of Cooking and full-time Culinary Arts Director at the Santa Fe Community College, Michelle proudly enjoys educating her “cheflings.”
ref: 2015, Susan D Curtis, Nicole Curtis Ammerman, Santa Fe School of Cooking:
glosses: A young, little, or subordinate chef
cheflings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chefling
coequaliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coequalisers
Etymology: From co- + equaliser.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coequalizer.
coequalisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coequaliser
UoR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /juː əʊ ˈɑː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: UOR
Senses: examples: text: This question asks for a grading between 1 and 5 of the use of on-line material in each individual course, hence giving a very limited understanding of how students rate the individual eLearning products used at UoR […]
ref: ECEL2006: 5th European Conference on e-Learning (page 216)
glosses: Initialism of University of Reading.
examples: text: In terms of the faculty values, the full-time and adjunct faculty at UoR are responsible for being learned persons.
ref: 1998, Magid Igbaria, Margaret Tan, The Virtual Workplace, page 294:
glosses: Initialism of University of Redlands.
subsacristan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsacristans
Etymology: From sub- + sacristan.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of subsacrist.
synonyms: word: subsacrist
subsacrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsacrists
Etymology: From sub- + sacrist.
Senses: glosses: A sacristan's assistant or secretary.
subsacristans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsacristan
anthropophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to anthropophonics.
Related terms: anthropophony
Kádárian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kádárian
form: most Kádárian
Etymology: From Kádár + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Hungarian communist leader János Kádár (1912–1989), General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party.
Bartókian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bartókian
form: most Bartókian
form: Bartokian
Etymology: From Bartók + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Hungarian composer and pianist Béla Bartók (1881–1945).
Bartókian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bartókians
form: Bartokian
Etymology: From Bartók + -ian.
Senses: glosses: One who studies or performs the music of Béla Bartók.
Bolyaian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bolyaian
form: most Bolyaian
Etymology: From Bolyai + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai (1802–1860), one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry.
escapological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From escapology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: His office was already showing signs of his success even on that first meeting, with photographs on the walls showing his various escapological achievements.
ref: 2013, David Hallamshire, Bouncy Women:
glosses: Of, or related to escapology.
acet-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aceto-, used before vowels.
acr-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ækɹ/
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of acro-, used before a vowel.
dungstead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dungsteads
Etymology: From dung + stead.
Senses: glosses: A place where manure is piled; a dungheap; a midden
dungsteads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dungstead
dung-heap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dung-heaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dungheap.