cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tomorrow never comes
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: "I will take you tomorrow," he said.
"Tomorrow never comes," Archie replied with a laugh.
ref: 1885, G. A. Henty, chapter 4, in In Freedom's Cause:
text: Don't wait until tomorrow; tomorrow never comes. Don't wait for some one else to start; start it yourself.
ref: 1909, “Fall in Line”, in Seamen's Journal, volume 23, page 11:
text: Avoid procrastination like the plague. Some people make a habit of putting things off to tomorrow and then find that somehow tomorrow never comes.
ref: 2006, Mutea Rukwaru, Successful Time Management, →ISBN, page xv:
glosses: A goal or action which is postponed until a future day is often never accomplished; do not procrastinate.
examples: text: We never go beyond the present. We reach that point but never pass it. Tomorrow never comes. Our existence is enclosed within the divine moment, the eternal now.
ref: 1884, Warren Felt Evans, The Divine Law of Cure, page 107:
text: "But tomorrow they give me to Bu-lot," she said sadly.
"May it be always tomorrow," replied Tarzan, "for tomorrow never comes."
ref: 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 13, in Tarzan the Terrible, A. C. McClurg:
text: I live among the creatures of the night / I haven't got the will to try and fight / Against a new tomorrow / So I guess I'll just believe it / That tomorrow never comes
ref: 1984, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Steve Piccolo, Raf, “Self Control”, performed by Laura Branigan:
text: You'll regret it tomorrow.
Tomorrow never comes!
ref: 1985 January 11, Jim Davis, Garfield Makes it Big (Garfield) (comic):
text: The truth is, tomorrow never comes! The minute you step into your tomorrow, it becomes your today.
ref: 2008, Jonathan Goodwin, We Support You […] , Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 88:
glosses: Tomorrow has no reality, since every day is experienced as today.
deer horn knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deer horn knives
Etymology: From deer + horn + knife.
(martial arts knife): From the shape of the knife resembling deer horns or deer antlers.
Senses: related: word: deer antler blade
word: deer antler knife
word: deer horn blade
synonyms: yuet
glosses: A Chinese martial arts knife resembling two crossed crescents with all outward facing edges sharpened, and a handle on an inside arc of one of the crescents. The blade allows punching, slashing, and stabbing, as well as using the outward points as guards for defence to catch incoming weapons.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A knife which uses deer horn as the material for the handle.
deer antler knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deer antler knives
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deer horn knife.
Sujata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sujatha
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi सुजाता (sujātā), etc.
Senses: glosses: Name of the daughter of Uddalaka and mother of Ashtavakra.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
Sujata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sujatha
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit सुजात (sujāta).
Senses: glosses: One of the hundred sons of Dhritarashtra in Mahabharata.
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit.
cartooniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cartoony + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cartoony.
anti-bisexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-bisexual
form: most anti-bisexual
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antibisexual.
Khorat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Thai โคราช (koo-râat).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nakhon Ratchasima.
synonyms: word: Nakhon Ratchasima
Furman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Firmin.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Derived terms: pre-Furman
Pattaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai พัทยา (pát-tá-yaa).
Senses: examples: text: Pattaya has a reported 27,000 prostitutes, roughly one for every five people living permanently in the east-coast city that has been likened to a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah.
ref: 2017 February 16, Chris Baynes, “Inside the world's sex capital: City dubbed ‘modern day Sodom and Gomorrah’ with highest number of prostitutes anywhere”, in Daily Mirror:
text: Pattaya transitioned from fishing village to open-air brothel. The western-style strip club married the Asian harem: the successful Titty Palace, Purring Pussy, Pussy Galore.
ref: 2019, Luke Williams, Down and Out in Paradise: East, West, Sex, Death, Echo, →ISBN:
glosses: A resort city in Chonburi Province, Thailand.
Sukhothai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai สุโขทัย (sù-kǒo-tai).
Senses: glosses: A province of Thailand.
glosses: An ancient kingdom in present-day northern Thailand.
glosses: A town, the capital of Sukhothai Province, Thailand, also known as Sukhothai Thani.
rooftopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rooftop + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A form of urban exploration by accessing a rooftop to acquire skyline photography, often done illegally with the risk of personal injury.
scramblevision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of scramble + television
Senses: examples: text: He didn't join me when I went into the other room at age 11 to watch Roger Clemens' first 20 K game on scramblevision, but he was definitely one of the first ones I told of the result.
ref: 2005, Eric Christensen, Win It for ....: What a World Championship Means to Generations of Red Sox Fans:
glosses: pay-per-view television watched without a descrambler, so that the picture is distorted or missing
human races
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For instance it might be objected that if the universe contained two human races, the one immensely long-lasting and the other short-lasting, and if these had the same population figures until AD 2150, then finding yourself before AD 2150 could give you no clue as to which human race you were in.
ref: 1996, John Leslie, “A difficulty for Everett's many‐worlds theory”, in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, volume 10, number 3, Taylor & Francis, →DOI, →ISSN, page 240:
text: By entering the past we are creating whole new universes! Whole other earths, other human races, which we create and abandon.
ref: 1998 February 15, John Kessel, Corrupting Dr. Nice, Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 255:
glosses: plural of human race
yarnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarne
sexually mature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having reached the age or stage of being able to reproduce.
raw_tags: of an organism
Related terms: sexual maturity
defrostings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defrosting
breaking wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breaking wheel
ugmo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ugmos
Senses: examples: text: LISA: I'm an ugmo.
HOMER: Now, that's not true. You're cute as a bug's ear.
LISA: Fathers have to say that stuff.
ref: 1992, "Lisa the Beauty Queen" (episode of The Simpsons animated TV series)
text: In the end, the greaseball is returned to his shotgun wedding. The bride is shocked to see her groom returned and more shocked to find he now has Vulcan ears. The groom, seeing a way out of marriage to an ugmo, performs the Vulcan death grip on his would-be in-laws and escapes single to live another day.
ref: 2010, Andrew Schanie, Movie Confidential: Sex, Scandal, Murder and Mayhem in the Film Industry:
text: “That's what I thought. Christie up against a bunch of losers, you up against a bunch of ugmos...”
He smiled. “So I'm not an ugmo, gee, thanks.”
ref: 2015, Brad Vance, A Serious Person:
glosses: An ugly person.
ugmos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ugmo
chops up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chop up
chopping up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chop up
chopped up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chop up
Rwandophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rwandophone
surface runoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surface runoff
forsought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forseek
gz
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Further shortened from gratz.
Senses: glosses: congratulations
unbrocaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + brocaded.
Senses: glosses: Not brocaded.
uninvolve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌn.ɪnˈvɒlv/
ipa: /ˌʌn.ɪnˈvɑlv/
ipa: /ˌʌn.ɪnˈvɔlv/
rhymes: -ɒlv
Forms: form: uninvolves
form: uninvolving
form: uninvolved
form: uninvolved
Etymology: From un- + involve.
Senses: glosses: To remove from involvement.
uninvolves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uninvolve
redevolve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redevolves
form: redevolving
form: redevolved
form: redevolved
Etymology: From re- + devolve.
Senses: glosses: To devolve again.
redevolves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redevolve
redevolved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redevolve
redevolving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redevolve
cow weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow weeds
Etymology: From Middle English couwede, cowede, equivalent to cow + weed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cowbane.
synonyms: word: cowbane
granadillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granadillos
form: granadilloes
Senses: glosses: Hardwood from trees of the genus Platymiscium.
cow weeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cow weed
concurring opinions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concurring opinion
hay-cock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hay-cocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of haycock.
hay-cocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hay-cock
sliced breads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sliced bread
hawsom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawsoms
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hausen (“sturgeon”).
Senses: examples: text: They say that the hawsom fish in the Danube has been taken twenty-one feet in length; they come up from the Euxine sea in the spring as far as Buda to spawn.
ref: 1745, Richard Pococke, A Description of the East:
glosses: sturgeon
Jowett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊɪt/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊɪt/
Forms: form: Jowetts
Etymology: Variant of Jewett.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
crux ordinaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin; possibly from Medieval Latin rather than Classical Latin (see crux simplex).
Senses: glosses: A cross made of a horizontal beam affixed to a vertical post, used for the execution of criminals during the ancient Roman era.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A certain style of cross; an instance thereof.
Coordinate terms: sense: ancient execution structures
word: cross
sense: ancient execution structures
word: crucifix
sense: ancient execution structures
word: crux simplex
sense: ancient execution structures
word: gallows
sense: ancient execution structures
word: gibbet
Related terms: word: crucifixion
word: crux ansata
word: crux decussata
word: crux gammata
word: crux immissa
misaccount
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsəˈkaʊnt/
ipa: /ˈmɪsəkaʊnt/
Forms: form: misaccounts
form: misaccounting
form: misaccounted
form: misaccounted
Etymology: From Middle English misaccounten, equivalent to mis- + account.
Senses: examples: text: […] having transpired in the village previous to the still more remarkable event which had struck dismay into the hearts of young and old, the journey was instantly attributed by those idle talkers who love nothing better than to misaccount for the movements and motives of their neighbours, […]
ref: 1846, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), Men of Capital - Volume 3:
glosses: to account badly, wrongfully, or in error
misaccount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsəˈkaʊnt/
ipa: /ˈmɪsəkaʊnt/
Forms: form: misaccounts
Etymology: From Middle English misaccounten, equivalent to mis- + account.
Senses: examples: text: Oakley shows how a misaccount arises from “masculine ambivalence" about birth, which obstructs women from producing new accounts.
ref: 1998, Robbie P. Kahn, Bearing Meaning: The Language of Birth:
glosses: A bad or wrong account; an incorrect narrative.
misaccounts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misaccount
misaccounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misaccount
misaccounting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misaccount
misaccounted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misaccount
misanswer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /mɪsˈænsə(ɹ)/
/mɪsˈɑːnsə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: misanswers
form: misanswering
form: misanswered
form: misanswered
Etymology: From Middle English mysansweren, equivalent to mis- + answer.
Senses: glosses: to answer badly, wrongly, or incorrectly
examples: text: Also that no Fellow, within the lodge or without it, shall misanswer or reprove another, without cause.
ref: 2013, John Yarker, The Arcane Schools:
glosses: to answer scornfully or abusively
misanswer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɪsˈænsə(ɹ)/
/mɪsˈɑːnsə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: misanswers
Etymology: From Middle English mysansweren, equivalent to mis- + answer.
Senses: glosses: a bad, wrong, or incorrect answer
milsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of milse
withstaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of withstay
withsitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of withsit
withsaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of withsave
withstayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of withstay
withstays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of withstay
milsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of milse
withtaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of withtake
withdriving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of withdrive
umbesetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of umbeset
umbecasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of umbecast
umcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of umcast
umbedrawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of umbedraw
umbegoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of umbego
umbegripping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of umbegrip
practice, practice, practice
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: emphatic guidance on the importance of practice to learning a skill or similar
belapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of belap
bedrawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bedraw
bewending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bewend
begripping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of begrip
begriping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of begripe
fastball counts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fastball count
misask
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misasks
form: misasking
form: misasked
form: misasked
form: mis-ask
Etymology: From Middle English *misasken (suggested by derivative misasked), equivalent to mis- + ask.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Morris. Did that include the five seamen now in Moscow?
I may have misasked the question then.
ref: 1956, Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States:
text: As Godot marks its sixtieth year in the repertory of world drama and as Beckett criticism itself likewise marks some sixty plus years of existence, we might ask ourselves, readers and spectators of Beckett's oeuvre, whether or not we have been mis-asking questions about Beckett's art.
ref: 2014, S. E. Gontarski, Creative Involution:
glosses: to ask amiss; ask badly, wrongfully, or incorrectly
lead glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lead glass
misasked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mis-asked
Etymology: From Middle English misasked, equivalent to mis- + asked.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misask
misasked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mis-asked
Etymology: From Middle English misasked, equivalent to mis- + asked.
Senses: glosses: asked amiss, for the wrong purpose, or incorrectly
misasking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misask
misasks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misask
aviatophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Senses: examples: text: While Hanif uses the known historical fact of Zia's mid-air death to chart out a dark comedy about Pakistani politics and paranoia and the madness of its leaders, anyone remotely suffering from aviatophobia should feel far more comfortable knowing that Zia, or anyone of his reputation, is highly unlikely to be on board their plane.
ref: 2014, Ella Berthoud, Susan Elderkin, The Novel Cure:
glosses: Fear of flying.
Synonyms: aviophobia
aerophobia
pteromerhanophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Senses: examples: text: Soon, Bowie's pteromerhanophobia was as much a part of the star's persona as any other aspect of his career.
ref: 2009, Dave Thompson, Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell:
text: Say goodbye to pteromerhanophobia, your overwhelming fear of flying.
ref: 2012, Katie Das, 250 Useful Spanish Phrases while Backpacking:
text: As it turns out, those are fairly easy fears to apply to a monster or demon, but what about pteromerhanophobia, the fear of flying?
ref: 2014, Philip Athans, Writing Monsters:
text: Official conclusion: panic attack due to pteromerhanophobia. Layla would have held her trembling sister on the cab ride back to the Luxor as she devised an alternate plan for getting the petulant one back to Memphis.
ref: 2016, John Dufresne, I Don't Like Where This Is Going:
glosses: Fear of flying.
Synonyms: aviophobia
aerophobia
spoilery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spoilery
form: most spoilery
Etymology: From spoiler + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In 2015 Hasbro took a glacial approach to mass-marketing an action figure for Rey, the main character of The Force Awakens, reportedly over concerns that a girl figure wouldn't appeal to boys. The company denied that gender was the reason, instead claiming that the Rey character was too spoilery to release as a stand-alone figure.
ref: 2016, Entertainment Weekly, The Ultimate Guide to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story:
text: I responded to a call for the chance for an advanced preview of this issue with the caveat that I post my initial thoughts to Facebook in a non-spoilery way as soon as possible.
ref: 2014, Bryan J. L. Glass, Michael Avon Oeming, The Mice Templar IV: Legend #13:
glosses: Involving or relating to spoilers (disclosures of a story's twists or ending).
-ific
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Latin -ficus, from facere (“to make”).
Senses: examples: horrific: causing horror
glosses: Creating or causing something.
glosses: Very; extremely; forming adjectives from nouns.
misavising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misavise
misbeating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misbeat
misbreathing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misbreathe
GSVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GSV
forswelting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forswelt
colorating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of colorate
bacillo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: bacillus
H1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The first half of a calendar year (January to June).
glosses: The first half of a financial year.
Coordinate terms: sense: quarters of the year
word: Q1
sense: quarters of the year
word: Q2
sense: quarters of the year
word: Q3
sense: quarters of the year
word: Q4
Related terms: H2
Morses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Morse
Morsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Morse
Morsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Morse
Q1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q1s
Senses: examples: text: “Now, let’s consider what our competition did in the same six-week period,” wrote Betsy Ankney, Haley’s campaign manager. “Donald Trump had a good Q1, if you count being indicted as ‘good.'"
ref: 2023 April 11 [2023 April 10], Sarah Elbeshbishi, quoting Betsy Ankney, “Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley slams Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis in campaign letter”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2023:
glosses: The first quarter of a calendar year (January, February and March).
glosses: The first quarter of a financial year.
Related terms: H1
H2
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q2s
Senses: examples: text: Sweetgreen told CNN the company was “proud to share that we are currently in the process of rolling out new PFAS-free focaccia bags that will be available in all Sweetgreen locations by the end of Q2.”
ref: 2022 March 25, Sandee LaMotte, “Dangerous chemicals found in food wrappers at major fast-food restaurants and grocery chains, report says”, in CNN:
glosses: The second quarter of a calendar year (April, May and June).
glosses: The second quarter of a financial year.
Related terms: H1
H2
Q1
Q3
Q4
Q4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q4s
Senses: glosses: The fourth and final quarter of a calendar year (October, November and December).
glosses: The fourth and final quarter of a financial year.
Related terms: H1
H2
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q3
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q3s
Senses: glosses: The third quarter of a calendar year (July, August and September)
glosses: The third quarter of a financial year.
Related terms: H1
H2
Q1
Q2
Q4
accounting year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: accounting years
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fiscal year.
synonyms: word: fiscal year
accounting years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accounting year
blasom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blasoms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blossom.
blasoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blasom
threping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of threpe
dringing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dring
shank-nagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shank-nag
shapening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shapen
squamo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: squamous; squamosal
map projections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of map projection
strawheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawhead
keckish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more keckish
form: most keckish
Etymology: From keck (“to retch”) + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Inordinate passion of vomiting, called cholera, is nothing different from a keckish stomach and a desire to cast, but only according to augmentation.
ref: 1883, originally 1603, Philemon Holland, Plutarch:
text: "[…] If the queasie stomach must have the pills, they must be either guilded, that children may so please the eye as not to suspect the physicke, or sugard well, that the keckish palat may gulpe downe the cure before it feeles the sower."
ref: 1812, William Beloe, Anecdotes of literature and scarce books - Volume 6:
text: He Was often confined in his bowels for which he had to take medicine; and as his stomach Was not at all keckish, antimon. tart. formed a considerable portion of his aperient.
ref: 1834, John Peacock (M.D.), Practical hints on the treatment of several diseases:
text: That on his forehead might be seen — He had not else so keckish been.
ref: 1843, Faust, a tragedy, tr. into Engl. verse by J. Birch, with engr. after M. Retszch, Volume 1:
glosses: having a tendency to retch or vomit
Linean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The stamen is called the male and the pistil the female organ. This doctrine constituting the foundation of the Linean system, though but recently established upon the basis of logical induction is by no means novel.
ref: 1857, Freeman Grant Cary, The Cincinnatus:
text: The common white larch (Larix Europea) belongs to Monacea Monoddphia of the Linean system, and to the fir division of the natural order Coniferce.
ref: 1869, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1868-1869, page 369:
text: I don't know what flower they affect to emulate but I dare say they are known to each other under some order or class of the Linean system.
ref: 1998, Joan W. Goodwin, The Remarkable Mrs. Ripley: The Life of Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley, →ISBN:
text: Like the Linean system for categorizing organisms, the assembly taxonomy is flexible, allowing for future refinement.
ref: 2001, Kieth Alan Porter, Anne S. Kiremidjian, Assembly-Based Vulnerability of Buildings and its Uses in Seismic Performance Evaluation and Risk-Management Decision-Making:
glosses: Alternative form of Linnaean; pertaining to the binomial nomenclature originated by Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus.
span of control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spans of control
Senses: examples: text: So they found themselves arguing for the general application of two principles — limited spans of control and a limited number of hierarchical levels — which were mutually inconsistent, above all in the larger organization.
ref: 1984, John Child, Organization: A Guide To Problems and Practice, page 66:
glosses: The number of subordinates directly reporting to a supervisor.
get off my lawn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more get off my lawn
form: most get off my lawn
Senses: examples: text: This isn’t intended to be a “get off my lawn!” argument, though it is indeed old-fashioned to believe everyone deserves respect.
ref: 2013 April 22, Evan Selinger, “Facebook Home Propaganda Makes Selfishness Contagious”, in Wired:
text: But putting aside the throwaway “most admired woman” line, this has got to be the most “get off my lawn” tweet I have ever seen in my life.
ref: 2016 January 28, Matt Bruenig, “Joan Walsh to Young Bernie Sanders Supporters: Get Off My Lawn”, in In These Times:
text: We suppose everybody in life experiences moments like this week, those “get off my lawn!” glimpses into the old codger you are vs. the young idealist you used to be.
ref: 2016 October 1, David Wasson, “Get off my lawn, Blake Barnett!”, in BamaHammer:
text: One of the kicky things about sitting here in the middle of my forties is that sometimes I find myself bogged down in what I like to call the “kids, get off my lawn” syndrome.
ref: 2016, Sophie Hudson, Giddy Up, Eunice: (Because Women Need Each Other), →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of get-off-my-lawn.
get-off-my-lawn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more get-off-my-lawn
form: most get-off-my-lawn
Etymology: From the stereotype of a grumpy old homeowner yelling at the neighborhood children to get off his lawn.
Senses: examples: text: Mike Milbury, the failed Islanders coach and general manager who as a player with the Bruins once hit a Rangers fan with a shoe, made a get-off-my-lawn comment on television Friday night, taking issue with Predators star P.K. Subban dancing and having fun during warmups before their game against the Blues, calling Subban a "clown."
ref: 2007 April 29, Justin Tasch, “Milbury calls P.K. Subban a 'clown' for dancing during warmups”, in New York Daily News:
text: From there, though, the film turns into a disorganized rant, jumping from Uneeda Biscuits to the Glass-Steagall Act to kids and their infernal text messaging and anything else that occurred to Mr. Hoffman or the seemingly random collection of people he allows to spout off on camera. The whole enterprise has a get-off-my-lawn feel; it tries to pass off whining and a rose-colored-glasses view of the past as insight.
ref: 2012 August 16, Neil Genzlinger, “Analyzing History Before the Dust Settles”, in The New York Times:
text: We pause in a postseason packed with great press-conference performances to award a gold star to Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg for his “get-off-my-lawn” rant against Celtics’ guard Isaiah Thomas.
ref: 2017 April 27, Jim Litke, “Refs won't bite as Hoiberg tries 'palming' off blame”, in La Crosse Tribune:
text: For example, Neil Young often issued get-off-my-lawn screeds about the superior sound quality of analog vinyl versus digital CDs and MP3s (that is, until he went into the digital music player business).
ref: 2017 April 27, Erik Himmelsbach-Weinstein, “In defense of noise: Damon Krukowski's 'The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecing in a Digital World'”, in Los Angeles Times:
glosses: Characterized by ill-tempered intolerance of modern or different ideas or values.
giraffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more giraffy
form: most giraffy
Etymology: From giraffe + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The former were tall and grew even taller and the latter were small and as such they acquired an inferiority complex towards the tall giraffes, thinking that everything giraffy was better.
ref: 1993, S. Mahalingam, Labour Participatory Economy:
glosses: Resembling a giraffe.
provostial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more provostial
form: most provostial
Etymology: From provost + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of, or related to a provost.
misarrayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misarrayed
form: most misarrayed
Etymology: From Middle English mysarayd, past participle of misarraien (“to disorder”), or from mis- + arrayed.
Senses: glosses: disorganised; disarrayed; jumbled up; confused
misbehavings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misbehaving
deranks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of derank
deranking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of derank
deranking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derankings
Senses: glosses: An instance of deranking.
deranked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of derank
Barstow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Barstows
form: Bairstow
form: Baistow
form: Bastow
Etymology: From Middle English Bayrestowe, derived from Old English beġer (“berry”) + stōw (“place, location”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States, named after William Barstow Strong.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A small city in Ward County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: barstowite
hydrate or diedrate
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From the similar sound in "hy" and "die". See more at diedrate.
Senses: qualifier: camping slang
glosses: Dehydration can eventually lead to death; used to encourage children to drink adequate water when camping or doing other outdoor activities.
diedrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Blend of die + dehydrate or perhaps die + hydrate.
Senses: glosses: To die from dehydration; Only used in hydrate or diedrate
tree boa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree boas
Senses: glosses: A number of arboreal snakes in the family Boidae
Any species in the genus Corallus
glosses: A number of arboreal snakes in the family Boidae
A Pacific tree boa (Candoia bibroni)
glosses: A number of arboreal snakes in the family Boidae
A Madagascar tree boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)
glosses: A number of arboreal snakes in the family Boidae
A Haitian tree boa (Epicrates gracilis)
Derived terms: Amazon Basin emerald tree boa
tree boas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree boa
farceness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From farce + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: A discussion of the deity's capacity to enter into a contractual agreement will, of course, not ensue due to its obvious farceness.
ref: 1968, University of California, An Internal Analysis and Interpretation of Crime and Punishment in the Old Testament:
glosses: The quality or condition of being a farce.
emerald tree boa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emerald tree boas
Etymology: From emerald + tree + boa.
Senses: glosses: A bright green, tree-dwelling South American snake in either of two species:
Corallus caninus
glosses: A bright green, tree-dwelling South American snake in either of two species:
Amazon Basin emerald tree boa, Corallus batesii, formerly considered a same species as Corallus caninus.
emerald tree boas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emerald tree boa
sand boa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand boas
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of snakes in subfamily Erycinae: genera Charina, Eryx, and Gongylophis
sand boas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand boa
rainbow boa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainbow boas
Senses: glosses: A Central and South American snake with iridescent scales, Epicrates cenchria.
rainbow boas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainbow boa
unprecedental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + precedent + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The growing of sugar in the West Indies is one of the few industries that has not shown unmistakable signs of “shrinkage” during this late unprecedental continuance of bad times.
ref: 1881, “The Sugar Bounties Question”, in The Westminster Review, volume 116, page 123:
glosses: unprecedented
faggotness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From faggot + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: And lesbian bitches and faggots in Jamaica should know their place because this kind of carrying on, this faggotness and lesbian-ness and simple filthy perversion, is pure wickedness, nastiness, filthiness.
ref: 2013, Thomas Glave, Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh:
glosses: The quality or condition of being a faggot.
water boa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water boas
Senses: glosses: An anaconda (any of the genus Eunectes)
water boas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water boa
wedleasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wedlease
wedleased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wedlease
glossism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gloss + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: This kind of language, obviously, was not a language for writing, and, indeed, not much documentation has been preserved. What little has survived is, again, literary and, again, due to glossism, i.e., the literary exigencies of color, fun, and satire.
ref: 1986, Henry Kahane, Renée Kahane, Graeca et Románica scripta selecta - Volume 3, →ISBN, page 196:
text: Glossism is frequently seen when someone asks, “What's the sign for ___?” and, in response, someone unhesitatingly demonstrates a sign.
ref: 2001, Dennis Cokely, “Interpreting culturally rich realities: Research implications for successful interpretation”, in Journal of Interpretation:
text: One such evangelical theologian, Helmut Franz, has categorized all theological uses of Heidegger as either eclecticism or glossism.
ref: 2010, John Williams, Martin Heidegger’s Philosophy of Religion, →ISBN, page 15:
text: In addition, linguistics has made a further step from the tongue to the ear: The science of the sounds of language, phonology, has left behind all linguism or glossism and has moved from the voice, phoné to the ear, ous, otòs in Greek, to the so-called auditive or acoustic phonology which I would like to call acroamatic phonoloy or oto-phonology.
ref: 2010, Herder Yearbook: Publications of the International Herder Society:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A focus on the translated meaning of a word or phrase, ignoring all other linguistic attributes such as syntax and phonology.
bussu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bussus
Senses: examples: text: The Bussú, like the Hemp Palm, and the Coco-nut Palm, affords an excellent, durable, ready made cloth.
ref: 1864, Sophy Moody, The Palm Tree, →OCLC, page 291:
text: For here the palms hold court; nowhere else on the broad earth is their glory unveiled as we see it: soft, plumy Jupatis dropping over the water, and fairy-light assaiso and bussús with their light-green vase-like forms, and great noble fan-leaved miritis looking down from their eighty-feet high columns, and others that we hardly notice at first, though they are nobles in their race.
ref: 1879, “The Mediterranean of America”, in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 18, page 193:
glosses: The palm tree Manicaria saccifera.
tattarrattat
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic word from James Joyce's Ulysses.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:tattarrattat.
glosses: A knock at the door.
deperching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deperch
deperches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deperch
Edithburgh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːdɪθbɜːɹɡ/
Etymology: From Edith + burgh, named by Governor Sir James Fergusson after his wife Edith.
Senses: glosses: A small coastal town in South Australia.
gaunted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gaunted
form: most gaunted
Etymology: From gaunt.
Senses: examples: text: [...] and they were gone all day and into the night and they came back worn and brush-torn to leave gaunted horses in the corral with good feed in the trough [...]
ref: 1963, Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh, page 117:
glosses: starved
misdooming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misdoom
Minster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village in Minster-on-Sea parish, on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9573).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3164).
glosses: A former civil parish in Cornwall, England, now part of Forrabury and Minster.
glosses: A surname from ?
Thanet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθænɪt/
ipa: /ˈtænɪt/
ipa: /ˈtɛnɪt/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Thanet, Tanet, from Old English Tænett, Tenet, from Brythonic (compare Latin Tanatus, Old Welsh Tanat).
Initial th- is due to an erroneous connection to Ancient Greek θᾰ́νᾰτος (thắnătos).
Senses: glosses: A local government district which includes the Isle of Thanet in Kent, England.
Derived terms: Isle of Thanet
Planet Thanet
Thanetian
Norfolk pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Norfolk pines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Norfolk Island pine.
synonyms: word: Norfolk Island pine
Norfolk pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norfolk pine
hexalingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɛk.səˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
ipa: /ˌhɛk.səˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
rhymes: -ɪŋɡjuəl
Etymology: From hexa- + lingual.
Senses: glosses: written in six languages
glosses: speaking six languages
raree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹi
Forms: form: rarees
Senses: glosses: raree show
heptalingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡwəl
Forms: form: more heptalingual
form: most heptalingual
Etymology: From hepta- + lingual.
Senses: glosses: speaking seven languages
glosses: written in seven languages
ensetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ensets
Senses: glosses: plural of ensete.
Laocoon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Laocoön.
de-rank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: de-ranks
form: de-ranking
form: de-ranked
form: de-ranked
Senses: examples: text: Just as lorevolution's de-ranking of human attributes brought about equality among humans, the de-ranking of moral values brought about the global state of angst we now find ourselves in.
ref: 2000, Richard Barker, Steering Evolution, →ISBN, page 130:
text: Consequently, for the example used, only by de-ranking performance and environmental aspects GIS can have a lower overall ranking than AIS.
ref: 2001, Loucas G. Christophorou, James K. Olthoff, Gaseous Dielectrics IX, →ISBN, page 442:
text: It ranks and de-ranks these superstitions throughout the year.
ref: 2016, Roy Bainton, The Mammoth Book of Superstition: From Rabbits' Feet to Friday the 13th, →ISBN:
text: If your page falls significantly outside these normal statistical parameters for language related to your keywords, your content may be de-ranked for not being relevant to a user's search keywords.
ref: 2016, Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton, Web Style Guide, 4th Edition: Foundations of User Experience Design, →ISBN:
text: Who is here, who has been de-ranked and who has been up to no good in the eyes of those that make the rules.
ref: 2017, Ignorance Paradox, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of derank.
Alekhine's gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A formation in which a queen backs up two rooks on the same file.
bullet chess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Carlsen also has been engaging in online marathons of "bullet chess," exactly the kind of attention-disrupting, energy-draining stunt contenders are supposed to avoid. In a bullet game, each player has only one minute for all the moves. The pace is so rapid the games are hard to watch, much less play.
ref: 2021 November 24, Tyler Cowen, “Chess Is an Esport Now. Get Used to It.”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2022:
text: Carlsen often plays faster games such as "bullet chess" that force players to move quickly and instinctively rather than sink into analysis, and has even backed changing the format for championships.
ref: 2021 November 26, John Gapper, “Chess faces stalemate in its match with machines”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2021:
topics: board-games
chess
games
synonyms: bullet
glosses: Chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting one minute (or occasionally slightly more) total to make all their moves.
Derived terms: hyperbullet chess
ultrabullet chess
Related terms: classical chess
rapid chess
blitz chess
derankings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deranking
de-ranks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of de-rank
de-ranking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of de-rank
de-ranked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of de-rank
gpl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: g/l
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of grams per litre.
g/l
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gpl
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of grams per litre.
Hussitism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hussite + -ism.
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: Hussism
glosses: A religious reform and nationalistic movement of the Bohemian Reformation, based on the teachings of Jan Hus.
Related terms: Hussite
SRW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SRWs
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability
sciences
glosses: Initialism of simple random walk.
Related terms: RW
SRWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SRW
locally finite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: For which every vertex has finite degree.
raw_tags: of a graph
Guntur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Telugu గుంట (guṇṭa) + ఊరు (ūru).
Senses: glosses: A district and city in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Anantapur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit अनन्त (ananta, “endless, boundless, eternal, infinite”) + Telugu పురము (puramu, “city, town”).
Senses: glosses: A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
New Keynesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: new Keynesian
form: new-Keynesian
form: New-Keynesian
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Advocating or pertaining to a macroeconomic synthesis between Keynesianism and neoclassical economics; often involving or preferring countercyclical stabilisation through monetary policy but favouring fiscal intervention at the zero lower bound.
New Keynesian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Keynesians
form: new Keynesian
form: new-Keynesian
form: New-Keynesian
Senses: glosses: An advocate of New Keynesian macroeconomics.
upping stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upping stones
Etymology: From upping + stone. From being a stone used to step up.
Senses: qualifier: horse transport
glosses: A permanently emplaced stone block used to step up to a horse-drawn carriage to gain entry or exit from it
Coordinate terms: carriage block
Related terms: hitching post
watering trough
parrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parrat
pelagic zones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelagic zone
Mazzotti reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mazzotti reactions
Senses: glosses: A sometimes life-threatening symptom complex seen in patients after undergoing treatment of onchocerciasis with the medication diethylcarbamazine.
Mazzotti reactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mazzotti reaction