cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
squamulose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskweɪmjʊləʊs/
ipa: /ˈskweɪmjʊloʊs/
Forms: form: more squamulose
form: most squamulose
Etymology: From New Latin squāmulōsus (“squamulose”), from Latin squamula (“small scales”) (diminutive of squāma (“scale of a fish or reptile; item shaped like a scale, flake”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’). The English word is analysable as squamula + -ose.
Senses: examples: text: The stem of the mushroom is squamulose.
text: Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84:
topics: biology
botany
mycology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: word: scaly
word: squamous
word: scaled
word: scaly
word: scarious
word: squamate
word: squamated
word: squamiferous
word: squamoid
word: squamous
word: squamulose
word: squarrose
antonyms: esquamulose
scaleless
glosses: Having small scales.
Derived terms: appressed-squamulose
squamules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squamule
godfearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more godfearing
form: most godfearing
Etymology: From god + fearing, likely an alteration of Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”) and god-friht (“god-fearing”) (whence modern English god-fright), from Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”). Compare Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”).
Senses: glosses: Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
glosses: Devout; pious; very religious.
Derived terms: godfearingly
godfearingness
chicken soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken soups
Etymology: The figurative sense comes from the fact that a folk remedy for colds is serving such soup.
Senses: examples: text: He should have guessed that her great-great-grandmother's secret chicken soup recipe was a can from the store.
text: Chicken soup is proverbial as a wholesome food whose nutrients will help your body recover from illness.
hypernyms: soup#Noun
glosses: Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient.
examples: text: Duct tape is the chicken soup of plumbing.
synonyms: chicken noodle soup
panacea
glosses: A cure for a wide variety of illnesses or other problems.
examples: text: His hand got caught in a meat grinder and turned into chicken soup.
glosses: A mixed-up mush.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life.
Barbarossa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɑː.bəˈɹəʊ.sə/
ipa: /ˌbɑɹ.bəˈɹoʊ.sə/
rhymes: -əʊsə
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Barbarossa, from barba (“beard”) + rossa (“red”).
Senses: examples: David Barbarossa
Theodore Cotillo Barbarossa
glosses: A surname from Italian.
examples: Frederick Barbarossa (Holy Roman Emperor 1122–1190)
glosses: An epithet or nickname applied to certain historical characters.
glosses: Operation Barbarossa: the 1941 Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, named after the emperor.
Related terms: Redbeard
impactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpæktɚ/
ipa: /ɪmˈpæktə/
rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Forms: form: impactors
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin impāctor, from impingō + -tor.
Senses: examples: raw_tags: particle measurement device
text: cascade impactor
glosses: Any of several machines or devices in which a part impacts on another, or on a material.
examples: text: Chicxulub impactor
text: Although Dr. Bottke remains unconvinced that the impactor had a cometary origin, he noted that the asteroid explanation also raised many exciting and unresolved questions.
ref: 2021 February 15, Becky Ferreira, “Where Did the Dinosaur-Killing Impactor Come From?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An object which impacts another.
suicidality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicidalities
Etymology: From suicidal + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: In contrast, for individuals with an interpsychic focus, suicidality is often related to interpersonal struggles[…]
ref: 2009, Ellen T. Kahn-Greene, Chronic vs. acute suicidal risk, page 19:
glosses: The tendency of a person to commit suicide.
examples: text: The prevalence and risks of the four psychopathologies and their comorbidities, serious mental illness, and suicidalities increased significantly with internet addiction severity (p values from 0·0003 to <0·0001), and most increments in risk were large (ORs increasing more than four times, except for suicidalities) for students with moderate and severe internet addiction.
ref: 2019 October 24, Wan-jun Guo, Yu-jie Tao, Xiao-jing Li, Xia Lin, Ya-jing Meng, Xia Yang, et al., “Internet addiction severity and risk for psychopathology, serious mental illness, and suicidalities: a cross-sectional study”, in The Lancet^(https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32424-9/fulltext), volume 394:
glosses: A fatality that is an instance of suicide.
nestler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nestlers
Etymology: From nestle + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who nestles.
glosses: A nestling; a young bird in the nest.
neurodevelopment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + development.
Senses: glosses: The development of the nervous system during the life of an organism.
sensitizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sensitizers
form: sensitiser
Etymology: From sensitize + -er.
Senses: glosses: Any agent that sensitizes something.
synergise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: synergises
form: synergising
form: synergised
form: synergised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of synergize.
synergize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: synergizes
form: synergizing
form: synergized
form: synergized
form: synergise
Etymology: 1881. From synergy + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To act as a synergetic agent.
glosses: To act in synergy; to work together to create an effect that is greater than the individual parts.
synergetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪn.əˈd͡ʒɛt.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌsɪn.ɚˈd͡ʒɛt.ɪk/
ipa: [ˌsɪn.ɚˈd͡ʒɛɾ.ɪk]
ipa: /ˌsɪn.əˈd͡ʒet.ɪk/
ipa: [ˌsɪn.əˈd͡ʒeɾ.ɪk]
Forms: form: more synergetic
form: most synergetic
Etymology: From synergy + -etic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to synergetics.
glosses: Relating to synergy; synergistic.
pacca
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pukka.
paesano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paesanos
form: paesani
Etymology: From Italian paesano.
Senses: glosses: An Italian peasant or rustic.
palazzi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palazzo
coastwatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coastwatchers
Etymology: From coast + watcher.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Any of the allied military intelligence operatives stationed on remote Pacific island locations during World War II, to observe enemy shipping movements and rescue stranded Allied personnel.
coastwatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coastwatcher
pasticceria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasticcerias
form: pasticcerie
Etymology: From Italian pasticceria.
Senses: examples: text: Pastries and fancy cakes are served with coffee or wine in cafés, and Italians buy them at pasticcerie to take home for holidays or for special occasions. But these sophisticated creations of the pasticcerie are not often attempted by busy home cooks.
ref: 1990, the Moosewood Collective, Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary Restaurant, Fireside, →ISBN, page 371:
text: Everything, except bars and restaurants, closes on Sunday, though you might find pasticcerias, and fish shops in some coastal towns, open until lunchtime.
ref: 2002, Robert Andrews, Jules Brown, Sicily, 5th edition, Rough Guides Ltd, →ISBN, page 42:
text: The neighborhood stores – the pasticcerie, the salumerie – are a delight.
ref: 2007, Catherine Richards, Adventure Guide to Milan and the Italian Lakes, Hunter Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 1:
text: In Capri there are many small pasticcerias that sell this delicious, crumbly bitter chocolate and almond cake.
ref: 2009, Rose Gray, Ruth Rogers, The River Cafe Classic Italian Cookbook, Michael Joseph, published 2017, →ISBN:
text: Eventually, the ancient Piazza Navona, with its famous Baroque fountain in the middle of a first-century Roman circus, its outdoor cafes and pasticcerias serving delectable dolci, its roving portrait artists and lively street theater, would be way too touristy for the cool American students we’d become, but for a first night’s foray into the Roman evening it made a perfect destination.
ref: 2011, Tim O’Donnell, A View from the Back Pew: God, Religion & Our Personal Quest for Truth, Linchpin Publishing LLC, →ISBN:
text: At the beautiful pasticcerias, Benedicta and Father Giuseppe got themselves each a cup of coffee.
ref: 2015, Morson Livingston, The Hidden Revelation, Xlibris, →ISBN:
text: Many pasticcerie also made pizza; in fact, the dedicated pizzeria was not that common back in the day.
ref: 2016, Joseph C. Polacco, Vina: A Brooklyn Memoir, Compass Flower Press, →ISBN:
text: He lived, as did many Italian immigrants of the time in Carlton, known as “Little Italy”, on the fringe of Melbourne city. It was a safe, vibrant, community with Italian delis, restaurants, pasticcerias, coffee bars, a movie theatre, and of course a gelateria.
ref: 2022, Deanna LoTerzo, Bright Mind, Happy Heart, Best Life: An Unbelievably Simple, Proven Path to Rapid, Remarkable Change, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 147:
glosses: An Italian cake shop or confectioner's.
paesani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paesano
passerelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passerelles
Etymology: From French passerelle.
Senses: glosses: A gangplank or platform used to board or leave a large yacht.
glosses: A semicircular ramp or catwalk that extends from the stage of a theater around the orchestra pit.
pasticcerie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian pasticcerie.
Senses: glosses: plural of pasticceria
Asta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Astas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Asta.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Sigrid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: sēʹgrĭd
enpr: siʹgrĭd
ipa: /ˈsiɡɹɪd/
ipa: /ˈsɪɡɹɪd/
Etymology: From modern Scandinavian (Norwegian, Danish and Swedish Sigrid), a name known in Norse saga, and used by Swedish royalty; Old Norse Sigríðr.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Scandinavian languages, of fairly rare usage.
Siri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Siris
Etymology: From Norwegian Siri, a variant of Sigrid, whence also English Sigrid.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: Alexa
glosses: A speech recognition and intelligent personal assistant application developed by Apple Inc. for its iOS operating system.
Siri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Siris
Etymology: From Italian Siri.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Siri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A highly endangered Chadic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria.
Ingrid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Old Norse.
quinquennium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪŋˈkwɛniəm/
ipa: /kwɪŋˈkwɛnɪəm/
ipa: /kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm/
Forms: form: quinquenniums
form: quinquennia
form: quinquennie
Etymology: From Latin quīnquennium, from quinquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).
Senses: examples: text: During the quinquennium from 1991 to 1995, infant mortality increased.
glosses: A period of five years.
Synonyms: quinquennial
quinquennal
quinquenniad
quintennium
pentad
quintade
lustrum
luster
Hyponyms: quintet
Related terms: word: quinquennial
word: quinquennal
word: quintennial
kangaroo apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kangaroo apples
Senses: glosses: The fruit of Solanum aviculare or Solanum vescum; the plants bearing such fruit.
Inka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Inkas
form: Inka
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Inca.
Iver
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪvə/
rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)
homophone: Ivor
Senses: glosses: A large village and civil parish (served by The Ivers Parish Council) in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref TQ0381).
recouper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: recoupers
Etymology: From recoup + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, recoups.
topics: law
glosses: A legal action to recoup.
put-up job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: put-up jobs
Senses: examples: text: It seemed to be a really good opportunity, but it turned out to be nothing but a put-up job.
text: “The whole thing's a low put-up job on our noble credulity.”
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 62:
text: "Ah, so you damn rat, this is a put-up job eh?"
ref: 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XVIII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 185:
glosses: An attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone.
put up or shut up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts up or shuts up
form: putting up or shutting up
form: put up
form: put up
form: shut up
form: shut up
Senses: examples: text: "If the evidence for modern Darwinian theory is so overwhelming, they should have called the bluff on the other side and come and made their arguments. ... They should have put up or shut up."
ref: 2005 June 21, Cornelia Dean, “Opting Out in the Debate on Evolution”, in New York Times, retrieved 22 Jun 2011:
glosses: To desist from saying something unless one is able to prove it; to act in a manner that makes further talk unnecessary.
Related terms: put one's money where one's mouth is
fish or cut bait
gynecogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gynecogenic
form: most gynecogenic
Etymology: From gyneco- + -genic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Giving birth mostly to females
examples: text: The gynecogenic hormone was responsible for the man's feminine voice.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Causing female characteristics.
King of Kings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of king of kings.
Lord of Lords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: The Lord of Lords
Etymology: From KJV Revelation 17:14.
Senses: topics: Christianity
synonyms: king of kings
glosses: Jesus Christ.
Prince of Peace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Prince of Peace
Etymology: * 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Isaiah, 9:6
*: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Jesus
gurrybutt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gurrybutts
Senses: examples: text: Oh, Penn, dump these in the gurrybutt, ‘fore you sleep. Kin you keep awake that long?”
ref: 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
glosses: A receptacle for discarded clam or lobster shells, often a large bowl or small bucket placed directly on the table during a meal.
soloism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soloisms
Etymology: From solo + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The practice of performing solos, especially in music or airplane flying training.
gurrybutts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gurrybutt
two-line pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-line passes
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A pass across two of the three lines dividing the rink, the center red line and the two blue lines. Under some rules such a pass is illegal.
master gland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: master glands
Senses: examples: text: The pituitary is often called the master gland because it controls so much.
ref: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 167:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The pituitary gland.
put aside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts aside
form: putting aside
form: put aside
form: put aside
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
examples: text: I try to put a few dollars aside each week, just in case I need money in an emergency.
coordinate_terms: lay aside
lay away
lay by
lay in
lay up
put away
put by
save
store
store away
store up
glosses: To save or keep (something) to be used at a later time.
examples: text: Let's put our differences aside for the moment, and get this project finished.
text: Stanmore: Plans to provide step-free access to the Jubilee Line station have been put aside, after the housing development on the car park that would have paid for it was withdrawn.
ref: 2022 June 29, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: London”, in RAIL, number 960, page 29:
glosses: To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention.
Synonyms: sense: save money
word: bank
sense: save money
word: cache
sense: save money
word: snudge
sense: save money
word: squirrel away
sense: save money
word: stash
sense: intentionally disregard
word: dissemble
word: take no notice of
word: ignore
word: set apart
can-can
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: can-cans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cancan.
jags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jag
jags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jag
touchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of touchy: more touchy
jagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Showing no ill-effects from her lay-off, the full-back had already beaten three defenders on a jagging kick return, when she was sprung down the blindside a minute later.
ref: 2025 September 20, Mike Henson, “Kildunne stars as England see off France to make final”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: present participle and gerund of jag
pentiti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentito
pentito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛnˈtiːtəʊ/
Forms: form: pentiti
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pentito (“repentant”).
Senses: examples: text: According to a pentito in the 2004 DDA investigation, 50 percent of the shops in Naples alone are actually run by the Camorra.
ref: 2007, Roberto Saviano, translated by Virginia Jewiss, Gomorrah, Pan, published 2017, page 50:
glosses: A criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or informant, usually a former Mafioso.
tornit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tornits
Senses: examples: text: ... tornits had turned their attention from Tashi's light show and charged head-on, colliding in the river with a thunderous boom. And that meant the tornits stampeded right passed Tashi toward the adlets. Apparently, the giants were[…]
ref: 2021 April 13, Todd Calgi Gallicano, Search for the Swan Maiden: A Sam London Adventure, Permuted Press, →ISBN:
text: ... tornits still only just around the corner. Eventually, their heavy, muffled footsteps indicated that they were moving off down another passage.
ref: 2021 July 8, Maximilian Hawker, Rory Hobble and the Voyage to Haligogen, Unbound Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Tornit.
rainy day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainy days
Senses: examples: text: I've kept some money in the bank for a rainy day.
glosses: A difficult period of need, in reference to a time when money will be needed.
examples: text: Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
text: Sometimes on a rainy day I sit around and weed the losers out of my address book.
ref: 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 94:
text: My rainy-day tour in April during the first lockdown was, in fact, a homage to Sir John Betjeman - the poet and railway campaigner whose statue can be found on the upper concourse of St Pancras station.
ref: 2021 January 13, Christian Wolmar, “Read all about London's Cathedrals of Steam”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 62:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rainy, day.
Derived terms: save for a rainy day
perdendosi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Then towards the end you hear them both interlaced, and both are being resolved in a perdendosi.
ref: 1958, Edgar Mittelhölzer, The Old Blood, page 495:
text: For the AnC period, Karlgren (Études, pp. 38-39) describes the Four tones p'ing ('even perdendosi'), shang ('rising perdendosi'), ch'u ('probably falling perdendosi'), ju (ex abrupto), but then ...
ref: 1959, University of California Publications in East Asiatic Philology:
text: The final nine bars must be played in strict time: the perdendosi effect relies on the lessening of rhythmic activity rather than a slackening of tempo.
ref: 1999, Graham Steed, The Organ Works of Marcel Dupré, →ISBN, page 79:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A gradual fading away.
Mimosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The star Beta Crucis.
Synonyms: Becrux
Mimosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variously from the beverage mimosa and plants of the genus Mimosa.
The etymology of the Ontario location is uncertain.
Senses: glosses: Names of towns:
A rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: Names of towns:
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States.
glosses: Names of towns:
A former hamlet in Erin township, Wellington County, Ontario.
glosses: A mine in Zvishavane district, Midlands province, Zimbabwe: the Mimosa mine.
Derived terms: Mimosa Hall
Gallup poll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gallup polls
Etymology: Eponym.
Senses: glosses: A poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public, conducted by George Gallup or one the companies he founded.
examples: text: 1971, Herman Wouk, The Winds of War, chapter 42,
"Pity we live in the same century with that strange creature. Say, we have here two men who talked at length face to face with the fellow. Let's take a Gallup poll. Sumner, do you think Hitler is a madman?"
text: My tiny personal Gallup poll unearthed plenty of refugees who were happy where they were and had no desire to return to Palestine, no matter what;... .
ref: 1988, Martha E. Gellhorn, The View from the Ground, Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 223:
text: 1999 (date of publication), The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary, →ISBN, Diary 54,
It was like that until I transferred to Ms. Gruwell's class. Up until that point it had always been: "So, Joyce, how do black people feel about Affirmative Action?"...
I just new I wouldn't have to keep sending Gallup polls out to Negroes all around the country. And that is how I found myself starting my junior year in Ms. Gruwell's class.
glosses: Any poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public.
put into practice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts into practice
form: putting into practice
form: put into practice
form: put into practice
form: put in practice
Senses: examples: text: But there remain two problems to resolve before the plan can be put into practice.
text: In his view, this eminent locomotive engineer had very decided opinions of his own, and was not afraid of putting them into practice; but a weakness lay in the fact that there was no one on his staff in a position sufficiently strong to hold his own with Stroudley in argument.
ref: 1941 May, “Notes and News: William Stroudley”, in Railway Magazine, page 234:
glosses: To make (something) a practical reality.
Synonyms: put into action
put in practice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts in practice
form: putting in practice
form: put in practice
form: put in practice
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of put into practice.
practice what one preaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: practices what one preaches
form: practicing what one preaches
form: practiced what one preached
form: practiced what one preached
form: practise what one preaches
Senses: glosses: To act in harmony with one's teachings and advice.
Related terms: preach water and drink wine
sharp practice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sharp practices
Senses: examples: text: The typical political sharp practice of manipulating history to suit the current agenda.
text: This action was later regarded by some as a piece of rather sharp practice, but Bidder claimed that the landowners concerned […] refused to sell the ground for the railway unless the whole of their property was purchased at a suitable profit to themselves.
ref: 1946 May and June, J. G. Holmes, “The North Woolwich Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 174:
text: 2007 August 29, letters to the editor, “More reports from the check-in desk”, in The Guardian,
If this is not actually illegal, it certainly appears to be a sharp practice.
glosses: Commercial activity that is possibly dishonest while not actually being illegal.
topics: law
glosses: A lawyer's unfairly taking advantage of an opposing party's missteps or inexperience to gain an advantage.
Synonyms: bad faith
Shermanesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shermanesque
form: most Shermanesque
Etymology: From Sherman + -esque, after American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, who declined when being considered as a possible Republican candidate for the presidential election of 1884, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."
Senses: glosses: Having the intent of refusing a nomination to public office, or of refusing to serve in such office if elected.
wikipedia: William Tecumseh Sherman
rugby player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rugby players
Senses: glosses: A person who plays rugby, especially professionally.
unencrypted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + encrypted.
Senses: examples: text: The hackers appeared to have used standard phishing and email attachments, some apparently directed at employees with high-level network access, to obtain unencrypted customer data that could complete a fullz.
ref: 2015, Aaron Wheeler, Michael Winburn, Cloud Storage Security: A Practical Guide:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of something that has been decrypted successfully, or of something that should have been encrypted, but was not.
Hobson-Jobson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɒb.sənˈdʒɒb.sən/
ipa: /ˌhɑb.sənˈdʒɑb.sən/
Forms: form: Hobson-Jobsons
form: hobson-jobson
Etymology: Derived from adapting the call Hassan! Hussein! (حَسَن حُسَيْن (ḥasan ḥusayn), a lament for the grandsons of the Prophet Muhammad) to Hobson and Jobson, a pair of comic figures popular in the nineteenth century. Note that the conventional derivation from "Ya Hassan! Ya Hussein!" is incorrect.
Coined in the linguistic sense by Yule and Burnell in their dictionary Hobson-Jobson.
Senses: examples: text: ‘You must be moped to death in this dull place; and next week is Hobson Jobson. Can’t you throw some dust any how, in the eyes of the cat, and meet me and Philip somewhere, and so get away to the Tamacha.’
ref: 1851, Jamie Gordon, page 85:
text: The dusky sons of Mohammed have been having a high old time down at the British India Company’s wharves during the past few days. [. . .] It was the great week of ‘Hobson-Jobson,’ as it is known out East, or the time of the Mohurram.
ref: 1903 April 8, Queensland Figaro, Brisbane, page 23, column 2:
glosses: Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.
examples: text: Falaun, s. […] gradually, by a process of Hobson-Jobson, this was turned into Forlorn.
ref: 1886, Henry Yule, A.C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson, page 265:
text: Learned persons, especially those who know all about ‘Volksetymologie,’ whether under that imposing name, or more familiarly as ‘Hobson-Jobson,’ are advised to pass on to the next question.
ref: 1909 February 20, The Argus, Melbourne, page 6, column 4:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The assimilation of borrowed lexis, either partial or whole, to word forms of the borrowing language.
examples: text: CARAFT, here is a delicious Hobson-Jobson from that veritable well of curious Anglo-Indianisms, the Madras Manual of Administration[.]
ref: 1899 June 24, Indian Antiquary, page 161, column 2:
text: If the French for pun, calembour, derives (as Spitzer maintained) from "conundrum"; this points up well the at first puzzling effect of such devices. Caran d'Ache is in fact an intentional hobson-jobson.
ref: 1977, Robert H. Stacy, Defamiliarization in Language and Literature, page 51:
text: A Hobson-Jobson turns a difficult word or phrase into something more tractable (or perhaps less offensive). By that route, a Texas river that French trappers had named Purgatoire became the Picketwire, and the Malay word kampong became the English word compound.
ref: 2003, Jan Venolia, The Right Word!, page 4:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: loanword
glosses: A word or phrase borrowed by one language from another and modified in pronunciation to fit the set of sounds the borrowing language typically uses.
Derived terms: law of Hobson-Jobson
Hobson-Jobsonism
Related terms: word: approximation
word: eggcorn
word: folk etymology
word: calque
word: mondegreen
word: phono-semantic matching
english: Hobson-Jobson
translation: Hobson-Jobson
word: Entries referring to at Wiktionary
hobson-jobson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobson-jobsons
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Hobson-Jobson.
law of Hobson-Jobson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Edward Ellis Morris; based on Hobson-Jobson.
Senses: examples: text: In many places in the Dictionary, I find I have used the expression ‘the law of Hobson-Jobson.’ The name is an adaptation from the expression used by Col. Yule and Mr. Burnell as a name for their interesting Dictionary of Anglo-Indian words. The law is well recognised, though it has lacked a name, such as I now venture to give it.
ref: 1898, Edward Ellis Morris, Austral English, page xv:
text: Its variations show a familiar effort to bring a new and strange word into harmony with the language—an effort arising from what philologists call the law of Hobson-Jobson.
ref: [1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 8, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC, § 2, page 51:
text: Reckawackes, by the law of Hobson-Jobson, was turned into Rockaway, and Pentapang into Port Tobacco.
ref: [1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 50, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC, § 3, page 344:
text: Tommy-axe. A corruption of tomahawk: an instance of the law of Hobson-Jobson (q.v.).
ref: 1921, John Stephen Farmer, s.v. "Tommy-axe", A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English Slang and Its Analogues, page 482
glosses: The process by which words or phrases borrowed between languages will be modified in their pronunciation as necessary to conform to the set of sounds used by the borrowing language.
nannies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanny
glosses: plural of nannie
hootenannies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hootenanny
funny pages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
glosses: The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.
Synonyms: sense: comic strip section of a newspaper
word: comics
sense: comic strip section of a newspaper
word: funny papers
sense: comic strip section of a newspaper
word: funnies
WIBNI
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of wouldn't it be nice if.
Cardinal Nephew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cardinal Nephews
Senses: glosses: The position of the Secretarius Papae et superintendens status ecclesiasticæ in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Holy See.
glosses: Any officeholder of that position.
hisself
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪz.sɛlf/
ipa: /ˈiːz.sɛl/
rhymes: -ɛlf
Forms: form: theirselves
Etymology: From Middle English his-self, his self, his-selfe, his-selven, his selfen; equivalent to his + -self.
Senses: examples: text: Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the 'Varsity with his guvnor."
ref: 1853, Cuthbert Bede [pseudonym; Edward Bradley], “Mr. Verdant Green terminates his existence as an Oxford Freshman”, in The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, London: Nathaniel Cooke, […], →OCLC, page 116:
text: Then when he had finally got through he sat down and luk'd as tho' he hisself would die of grief if they brought in a verdict of guilty.
ref: 1897, The Cosmopolitan, volume 22, page 564:
text: I sure hope he don't get hisself hurt one of these days, running his mouth thataway.
ref: 1953, James Baldwin, “The Seventh Day”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN:
text: ‘Charles ain't exactly got his feet on the ground. Last week he swore to me that he was spending his nights in New Orleans manwhoring hisself.[…]’
ref: 2020, Eoin Colfer, Highfire, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: Himself.
Derived terms: every man for hisself
elon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a trade name, presumably a shortened form of the chemical name.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Synonym of metol (“p-methylaminophenol sulfate”).
synonyms: word: metol
extra: p-methylaminophenol sulfate
goodwife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goodwives
form: Goodwife
Etymology: From Middle English goodwyf, godwyf, godwif, equivalent to good + wife.
Senses: examples: text: "O my lord the Sultan," said the other [the Wazir], "verily women be weakly of wits, and haply this goodwife cometh hither to complain before thee against her goodman or some of her people."
ref: 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:
glosses: A female head of a household.
examples: text: Goodwife Hopkins
glosses: A title of respect for a woman.
Synonyms: sense: title
word: Mrs
Coordinate terms: goodman
Derived terms: sense: title
word: goody
arolla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arollas
Etymology: French arolle
Senses: synonyms: arolla pine
glosses: Swiss stone pine
Derived terms: arolla pine
Goodwife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goodwife
Senses: examples: Goodwife Hopkins
glosses: A title of respect for a woman
Synonyms: Mrs
Derived terms: goody
information superhighway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: information superhighways
Etymology: From information + superhighway. The high-speed access to information is likened to fast travel on a superhighway. Early uses competed with information highway and Infobahn.
Senses: examples: text: Developed nations also are moving at high speed toward the information superhighway being spearheaded by telephone technology. Britain, France, Germany, and other European nations are experimenting with high-tech phonery.
ref: 1994 May, Gary Turbak, “The Phone Phenomenon”, in The Rotarian, volume 164, number 5, page 32:
text: Internet technologies and various software platforms make it much easier to communicate and find information about others' online communication. a For many – especially the younger generation – the “sacred precincts” of private life have extended onto the information superhighway.
ref: 2011, Bryce Clayton Newell, “Rethinking Reasonable Expectations of Privacy in Online Social Networks”, in Richmond Journal of Law and Technology, volume 17, number 4, page 2:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: cloud
word: cyberspace
word: digital highway
word: Infobahn
word: information superhighway
word: Internet
word: internet
word: Intertubes
word: interweb
word: Net
word: net
word: series of tubes
word: t'internet
word: interwebs
word: interwebz
glosses: The Internet and all other computer networks in the 1990s.
Related terms: tubes
World Wide Web
zaatar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɑːtɑː/
ipa: /ˈzɑtɑɹ/
Forms: form: za'tar
form: za'atar
form: zatar
Etymology: From Arabic زَعْتَر (zaʕtar), صَعْتَر (ṣaʕtar, “wild thyme; condiment made from this herb”), probably from Classical Syriac ܨܬܪܐ (ṣāṯrā), related to Hebrew צַתְרָה (ṣátrā).
Senses: glosses: A particular herb, similar in flavor to thyme or oregano, used in Middle Eastern cuisine (Origanum syriacum).
glosses: A Middle Eastern seasoning, having this herb or a mixture of herbs as the main ingredient, with sumac (or other tart-flavored equivalent) and sesame seeds.
Derived terms: zaatar bread
Graham cracker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Graham crackers
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of graham cracker.
work zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: work zones
Senses: glosses: An area where work is being done.
examples: text: Get caught in a work zone and the fines double.
ref: 1998 March 17, erikc , “Re: Do you wear your seat belt?”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):
text: When he was stopped in Pennsylvania he was in a work zone, where the fines double,... .
ref: 1998 March 31, Doug Wickstrom , “Re: Police Cameras”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet):
text: Posted speed limit is 45mph( uncovered and highly visible) with work zone signs posted stating 25 mph.
ref: 2004 July 12, Brandon , “work zone speed limit restrictions”, in misc.legal.moderated (Usenet):
glosses: An area where work is being done.
A segment of road along which road construction is being done.
interactome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interactomes
Etymology: From interact + -ome.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: All the interactions between biological entities in cells and organisms considered as a whole.
Derived terms: interactomic
Related terms: circinteractome
interactomical
interactomically
interactomics
glycome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycomes
Etymology: From glyco- + -ome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: All the polysaccharides, glycosides and similar carbohydrate-related compounds in an organism considered as a whole.
expressome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expressomes
Etymology: From express + -ome.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: All the gene expressions in a cell or organism considered as a whole
ligandome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ligandomes
Etymology: From ligand + -ome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: All the molecular ligands for proteins in cells and organisms considered as a whole
Related terms: ligandomic
ligandomics
metabonome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metabonomes
Etymology: From metabolism + -ome, as in genome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The complete set of metabolically regulated elements in cells.
Related terms: metabolome
functome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: functomes
Etymology: From function + -ome, as in genome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The complete set of functional molecular units in biological cells.
Related terms: functional genomics
functional genomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A genomics branch that measures expression levels of RNAs and proteins to understand biological functions of a set of genes in cells.
textome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textomes
Etymology: From text + -ome (as in genome).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The complete set of biological literature that contain useful information when combined to generate new information through bioinformatics.
Related terms: bibliome
bibliome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bibliography and -ome, as in genome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The complete set of biological journal articles and associated information.
Derived terms: bibliomic
bibliomics
Related terms: textome
hair dye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair dyes
form: hairdye
form: hair-dye
Senses: glosses: Any of various materials used to dye hair on the head.
Synonyms: hair coloring
haircolor
croze iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: croze irons
Senses: glosses: A cooper's tool, consisting of a tanged iron band with folded-back wings, which hold the tanged irregularly dented blade, secured by a wooden wedge pressed between the tangs.
glosses: Iron from a croze.
kep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keps
Senses: glosses: A traditional Fair Isle fisherman's cap.
floggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flogger
swaggered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swagger
scourers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scourer
clunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klʌŋks/
rhymes: -ʌŋks
Senses: glosses: plural of clunk
clunks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klʌŋks/
rhymes: -ʌŋks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clunk
clunking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clunk
clunking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clunking
form: most clunking
Senses: glosses: clunky; awkward
Derived terms: clunkingly
clunking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clunkings
Senses: glosses: A sound that clunks.
clunked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clunk
ordinaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordinary
gene expression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gene expressions
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: gene silencing
glosses: The transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA and thus into a protein; it may be lesser or greater depending on many epigenetic factors.
bitbucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitbuckets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bit bucket.
bitbucket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bitbuckets
form: bitbucketing
form: bitbucketed
form: bitbucketed
Senses: examples: text: I think the only good form of email address munging is a plussed email address as I have in this message. While I am not automatically bitbucketing email addressed in this way, it does keep it from hitting my inbox and demanding my immediate attention.
ref: 1997 September 30, Matthew N. Dodd, “Anti-spam e-mail addresses”, in comp.os.vms (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of bit bucket.
thar
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Thar's gold in them thar hills.
ref: 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor at the Mint at Lumpkin Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia
text: Ar’n’t we thar yet?
ref: 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:
glosses: Nonstandard form of there.
Derived terms: thar she blows
them thar
thar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tahr.
slim down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slims down
form: slimming down
form: slimmed down
form: slimmed down
Senses: synonyms: lose weight
melt off
reduce
slenderize
slim
thin
antonyms: gain
put on
glosses: To reduce weight; to make or become thinner.
examples: text: The organization has slimmed down and cut back on its education programming, but the Jazz Market remains a critical gathering place in Central City, and the orchestra is more tightly bonded than before.
ref: 2019 May 28, Giovanni Russonello, “After a Scandal, the New Orleans Jazz Market Rises Again”, in The New York Times:
text: He does have the title, though, and the colorful ceremony — however slimmed-down it was purported to be — played to the emotional attachment to the country and history of his subjects, at least those who showed up and tuned in.
ref: 2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To decrease in size or intensity.
gama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gama grass.
synonyms: word: gama grass
tréma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trémas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trema.
Exod.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Exod
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Exodus.
pierrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pierrots
Senses: examples: text: Then came the very young, in the “Ballabile des Enfants” from “Harlequinade,” a colorful, confectionary swirl of polichinelles, pierrots and scaramouches, set to Riccardo Drigo.
ref: 2009 June 3, Claudia La Rocco, “With Each Youthful Step, Discoveries and Transformations”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of Pierrot.
glosses: Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Tarucus and Castalia, notable for white contrasting with brown or black on the underwings.
glosses: An 18th-century women's low-cut basque with sleeves.
Derived terms: pierrotic
mahalla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mahallas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mahallah.
universalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: universalizes
form: universalizing
form: universalized
form: universalized
form: universalise
Etymology: From universal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make universal, to make consistent or common across all cases.
examples: text: The first notable issue in Gay by the Bay is that images of white people far outnumber those of people of color. The issue this raises is not about balance, but instead concerns who represents generic "gayness" or "queerness"? Which images are universalized and why? How and why are certain issues represented by particular bodies?
ref: 1996 September, Doreen Drury, “The Gay Capital of the World”, in Gay Community News, page 22:
glosses: To consider or depict as universal.
Derived terms: universalizable