cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nalesnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nalesniki
Etymology: From Russian нале́сник (nalésnik).
Senses: examples: text: TRY OUR SPECIALTIES / • Borsht / • Golubtsi / • Nalesniki / • Vareniki
ref: 1948 April 11, “Detroit Workingmen’s Cooperative Restaurants”, in The Worker, number 15, New York, N.Y., →OCLC, page 2-A, column 1:
text: Borscht, perogies, halushky (potato dumplings), pelmenie, cabbage rolls, nalesniki (cheese blintzes), uzvar (beverage made from a dried fruit compote) and different meat pies were also rolled out.
ref: 2014 February 5, Mia Stainsby, “Olympic flavours: Beyond perogies and cabbage rolls: Because Russia is so vast, its cuisine reflects influences from Baltic and Asian to Mediterranean”, in The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.: Postmedia Network Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D3, column 3:
text: I recognize a lot of the Russian conversation and stories even though I don't understand the language. Watching faces doles out more information than words through eyes, eyebrows, mouths shaped a certain way. And shifts of bodies tell me some things, too. Shoulders say a lot. Hands. Aunt Lucia’s hands caressing my cheek or the quick motion of patting my hair. Her hands fly making pelmeny—tiny meatballs for soup—or nalesniki, thin pancakes rolled, bathed in butter, served with peach or raspberry preserves and sour cream.
ref: 2015, Audrey Ward, “Minot, North Dakota 1949: Marketing Revival”, in Hidden Biscuits: Tales of Deep South Revivals Told by Heart, Eugene, Ore.: Resource Publications, →ISBN, page 129:
text: The Borscht Bowl has been serving up authentic Doukobor cuisine for over 26 years. Pyrahi, voreniki, nalesniki, kalachi and borscht are all made in-house using the freshest local ingredients. Conveniently located on Market Ave in downtown Grand Forks BC, The Borscht Bowl offers local Russian cuisine carefully prepared by owner Becki Fofonoff and her family.
ref: 2022 October 5, “Celebrating 30 years serving the Boundary area”, in Grand Forks Gazette, volume 125, number 40, Grand Forks, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A21:
glosses: Alternative form of nalistnik.
nalesnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nalesniki
Etymology: From Ukrainian нале́сник (nalésnyk).
Senses: examples: text: Some people aren’t easily impressed. Linda Dudicz O’Meara, for example, remembers a time when her family went to a fancy restaurant where a waiter proudly presented crepes Suzette as the ultimate dessert. “My dad said, ‘Gee, they look just like nalesniki,’” laughs Linda, of Elmer Drive NE, “and we’ve had those all our lives!” Nalesniki are thin Ukrainian pancakes filled with an orange-flavored mixture of cheese, raisins and egg.
ref: 1990 June 11, Karin Orr, “Ukrainian crepes just like Suzettes”, in The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Mich., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D3:
text: Then fold 2 sides in and fold it a few times forward to make the round roll, nalesnik. […] In a medium frying pan, add some canola oil or butter, and fry the nalesniki on both sides until golden brown and crispy.
ref: 2010, Nadejda Reilly, “Tri Cheese Nalesniki (Stuffed Crapes)”, in Ukrainian Cuisine with an American Touch and Ingredients, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 694:
text: The day will highlight various aspects of Carpatho-Rusyn culture. Mouth-watering foods such as pirohi, holubki, halushki, kolbasi and sauerkraut, nalesniki (potato pancakes), soup and more.
ref: 2016 October 26, “35th Carpatho-Rusyn Celebration Sunday; Divine Liturgy Oct. 29-30”, in Latrobe Bulletin, volume 114, number 264, Latrobe, Pa., →OCLC, page 6, column 1:
text: To complete the experience, Dovganyuk provides guests with authentic dishes from Ukraine, including nalesniki, a crepe with cheese and raisins; kampot, a homemade fruit drink; and varenyky, dumplings with potatoes and chicken.
ref: 2017 January 14, Jamee A. Pierson, “Immigrant opens Ukrainian museum”, in The Gazette, volume 135, number 5, Cedar Rapids, Ia., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11A, column 5:
text: Here, home is Ukraine, as alluded to by delicate wood carvings, boldly painted figures and an impressive line of babushka’d nesting dolls. Home is also on the menu. Large boards offer house-made pierogi, pelmeni and nalesniki (crepes filled with meat, cheese or fruit), as well as traditional soups, such as red and green borscht, solyanka and shchi (cabbage soup with beef). […] Frozen soups, dumplings, nalesniki and pierogi casseroles are available to enjoy at home.
ref: 2018 December 14, Jasmine Mangalaseril, “Hearty Ukrainian and Russian favourites at Teremok Café”, in Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C4, columns 1–2:
glosses: Alternative form of nalysnyk.
nalistniki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian нали́стники (nalístniki).
Senses: glosses: plural of nalistnik
nalysnyky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ukrainian нали́сники (nalýsnyky).
Senses: glosses: plural of nalysnyk
nalisniki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Polish naleśniki, Russian нали́сники (nalísniki), and Ukrainian нали́сники (nalýsnyky).
Senses: glosses: plural of nalisnik
nalesnyky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ukrainian нале́сники (nalésnyky).
Senses: glosses: plural of nalesnyk
gag-a-days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gag-a-day.
phlyax
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Probably from Ancient Greek φλυαρεῖν (phluareîn, “to talk nonsense”) or the related verb Ancient Greek φλέω (phléō, “to tell”).
Senses: examples: text: a phlyax play
text: phlyax actors
glosses: Of or relating to a burlesque dramatic form that developed in the ancient Greek colonies of Magna Graecia in the 4th century BC, mixing figures from the Greek pantheon with the stock characters and situations of Attic comedy.
Related terms: hilarotragedy
hilarotragedy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hilarotragedies
Senses: glosses: A play of the phlyax genre, blending tragic and comic elements.
hilarotragedies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hilarotragedy.
light æon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light æons
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of light aeon.
light æons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of light æon
Addison's anaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Addison's anemia.
Addison's anæmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of Addison's anemia.
aplastic anaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aplastic anaemia
aplastic anemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aplastic anemia
aplastic anæmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aplastic anæmias
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of aplastic anemia.
aplastic anæmias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aplastic anæmia
la mian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lamian.
miner's anæmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of miner's anaemia.
cryoanæsthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of cryoanaesthesia.
interactionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being interactional.
electroanæsthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of electroanaesthesia.
electroanaesthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of electroanesthetic.
electroanæsthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of electroanesthetic.
neuroleptanæsthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of neuroleptanesthesia.
postanæsthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of postanaesthesia.
subanaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of subanesthesia.
subanæsthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of subanaesthesia.
teleanaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of teleanesthesia.
teleanæsthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of teleanaesthesia.
teleanesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleanaesthesia
form: teleanæsthesia
Etymology: From tele- + anesthesia.
Senses: glosses: Remotely administered anesthesia.
Related terms: teleanesthetic
thermanaesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of thermanesthesia.
parent-to-be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fathers-to-be
Etymology: From parent + -to-be.
Senses: glosses: A pregnant person, especially one expecting their first child.
glosses: A person whose partner is pregnant, especially when they are pregnant for the first time
Related terms: mother-to-be
father-to-be
wagans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagan
Brethrenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Brethren + -ism.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Synonym of Plymouthism.
synonyms: word: Plymouthism
amœboma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amœbomas
form: amœbomata
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of ameboma.
amœbomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amœboma
amœbomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amœboma
arcadeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arcade + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without an arcade.
yeoman's labor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She [Kamala Harris] did yeoman’s labor in the time she was given, and she was in a bad position.
ref: 2025 September 27, “Harris’s Memoir Is Another Example of the Democrats’ Problem”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2025:
glosses: Synonym of yeoman's service.
synonyms: word: yeoman's service
gyrles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyrle
m'yes
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Etymology: Nasalized variant of yes. Compare m'kay.
Senses: examples: text: “Getting on my nerves, it is, all this chopping and changing; never know where you are from one day to another. ‘Study!’—M’yes! What do they study anyhow? Never leave a scrap of paper out, and everything locked up as tight as whiskey in a cook’s bed-room.” […] “But I suspect the young feller thinks I admire his step-mother.” / “I hope he’s sure of it, Valliper,” grunted Yardlip. “He’d certainly knock your head off, if he suspected you didn’t.” / “M’yes?” murmured the Academician. “Well, he’s not far wrong. And indeed, my dear Yardlip, that charming woman ought to marry again.” […] Vansittart called from below: “Hullo, up there! Ghost hunting?” / “M’yes!” replied Stanislas, with what Stinchcombe thought a strange intonation. “But Sir Harley’s looking for Christabel, to say good-bye. He’s off to town after all.”
ref: 1922, Ronald MacDonald, The Green Handkerchief, London: Cecil Palmer […], →OCLC, pages 35, 150, and 259–260:
text: Mr. Burdon had evidently prepared himself badly for his viva voce examination. Looking over his answer before he came to the Assembly he probably had said to himself: “Supplementary question: M’yes. What is a rattan cane?’[’] Having fortified himself with the answer to that question he overlooked the word “menial,” and in response to Mr. Gaya Prasad Singh he had to admit that he did not even know its derivation: really these Government members are very careless.
ref: 1925 February 27, “The Railway Budget. Presentation in Both Houses.”, in The Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News, volume LII, number 9, Allahabad: The Pioneer and Civil & Military Gazette, →OCLC, page 27, column 3:
text: Wilbur (exaggerating English accent). Take a chair, Mr. —er—— Jodie. Nuthall. (Sitting down.) Wilbur. Nuthall . . . m’yes. Nice day, what? Jodie. How much rain makes me a fine day in Old England? Wilbur. M’yes. What do you think of Old England, eh?
ref: 1930, Horace Annesley Vachell, Harold Simpson, act I, scene 1, in Plus Fours: A Comedy in Three Acts (French’s Acting Edition; 171), London; New York, N.Y.: Samuel French, […], →OCLC, page 10:
glosses: Yes.
Gedge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Gedge hook
H̓áust̓i
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Heiltsuk H̓áust̓i.
Senses: examples: text: That's because officials say government systems can't currently incorporate the diacritic marks — the accents and symbols used to change the meaning and pronunciation of words — that Jess H̓áust̓i considers an essential part of her Indigenous surname. […] "It's particularly frustrating for me, because the reason why I have an incorrect name is because it was anglicized by Indian agents. I didn't create the problem, but I'm not getting any help to fix that," said H̓áust̓i, 34, who lives in the Heiltsuk coastal community of Bella Bella, B.C.
ref: 2021 July 8, Betsy Trumpener, “Heiltsuk woman unable to restore Indigenous surname on ID because system can't handle its spelling”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2024:
glosses: A surname from Heiltsuk, variant of Housty.
Boerum Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Dutch Boerum family, which occupied most of the area during early settlement.
Senses: glosses: A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
nailclipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nailclippings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nail clipping.
Gedge hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gedge hooks
Etymology: Apparently named after a Mr. Gedge; the full name is not known. Often written as "gedge hook".
Senses: examples: text: Coupling between coaches is by gedge hook and screw coupling.
ref: 1957 August 24, “New Multiple-Unit Stock for Hastings and Watford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 536:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A type of hook used in coupling railway vehicles together.
Mafiosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mafiosa
nose piercing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose piercings
form: nosepiercing
Senses: glosses: A form of body modification that involves the piercing of jewelry into the skin or cartilage of the nose.
Housty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsti/
Etymology: Borrowed from Heiltsuk H̓áust̓i.
Senses: examples: text: Named as Jess Housty on official documents, Jess H̓áust̓i says her government identification has never reflected her true identity.
ref: 2021 July 8, Betsy Trumpener, “Heiltsuk woman unable to restore Indigenous surname on ID because system can't handle its spelling”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2024:
glosses: A surname from Heiltsuk.
Úst̓i
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: That's because officials say government systems can't currently incorporate the diacritic marks — the accents and symbols used to change the meaning and pronunciation of words — that Jess Úst̓i considers an essential part of her Indigenous surname.
ref: 2021 July 8, Betsy Trumpener, “Heiltsuk woman unable to restore Indigenous surname on ID because system can't handle its spelling”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2021:
glosses: A surname from Heiltsuk.
Gedge hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Plural of Gedge hook.
Dardania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Albanian dardhë (“pear”), from Proto-Albanian *dardā, deverbative of *darda (“to spill, pour”) whence modern derdh.
Senses: glosses: A region inhabited by the Dardani in classical antiquity.
dusky bush tanager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dusky bush tanagers
Senses: synonyms: dusky chlorospingus
glosses: Chlorospingus semifuscus, a species of perching bird found in Columbia and Ecuador.
Thanksgiving break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thanksgiving breaks
Senses: glosses: A period on a school calendar near Thanksgiving where students are not attending school.
Christmas break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas breaks
Senses: glosses: winter break
lamiine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamiines
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Lamiinae.
Senses: synonyms: flat-faced longhorn
glosses: Any longhorn beetle of the Lamiinae, a flat-faced longhorn.
lamiine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lamiine
form: most lamiine
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Lamiinae.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Relating to the subfamily Lamiinae or the beetles thereof.
climatastrophe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climatastrophes
Etymology: Blend of climate + catastrophe
Senses: examples: text: His testimony at a public hearing was a harbinger of uglier epithets to come. In 2009 the climatastrophe meme started to unravel. A whistle blower inside the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia (which pioneered climate studies under deservedly famous Professor Hubert Lamb) became so offended by its hidden corruption of climate science that he/she released the infamous Climategate emails.
ref: 2014 October 14, Rud Istvan, Blowing Smoke: Essays on Energy and Climate, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, →ISBN:
text: This presents yet more compelling evidence that an eemergency WW2-scale program is necessary to have any reasonable chance to escape climatastrophe.
ref: 2017 August 22, Herb Simmens, “Current Climate Terms”, in A Climate Vocabulary of the Future, Wheatmark, Inc., →ISBN, page 62:
text: “We haven't seen temperatures spike like this in a thousand years, since the Cimatastrophe!”
ref: 2025 September 15, Maiya Williams, “The World is Hot Enough” (7:16 from the start), in Futurama, season 10, episode 2, spoken by Professor Farnsworth (Billy West):
glosses: A natural catastrophe largely or solely the result of climate chaos.
climatastrophes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climatastrophe
screenaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screenaholics
Etymology: From screen + -aholic.
Senses: examples: text: The gist of Deloitte survey is that person-to-person communications is being altered by smartphones. That news isn't new, but Deloitte noted that screenaholics are going to impact business models revolving around the Internet of Things.
ref: 2016 December 12, Larry Dignan, “Consumers check smartphones more than 9 billion times a day and enable new businesses”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 19 May 2024:
text: 2. We're screenaholics. Screens allow us to live, work and play but with the benefits come the pitfalls: online addiction is a big and growing concern. We rarely disconnect so we're always 'on', permanently distracted, jumping from task to task in a keyed-up state. Because we never fully come down or switch off, our brains and bodies don't get the quality rest they need to function at their best.
ref: 2019 March 1, Karen Nimmo, Busy As F*ck, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
text: [light clicks] “Pretty scary, huh? Hi, my name is Bender and I'm a recovering screenaholic. If you're currently using another device in addition to the one you're watching me on, then you're a sick, sick, bastard. So pick up a third device and call me now. Together, we'll get through this, just me, you, and your credit card. In fact, forget you! [quickly] Phone sex also available.”
ref: 2025 September 15, Bill Odenkirk, “Scared Screenless” (3:58 from the start), in Futurama, season 10, episode 5, spoken by Bender (John DiMaggio):
glosses: One who is addicted to screen time.
screenaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screenaholic
get it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets it in
form: getting it in
form: got it in
form: got it in
form: gotten it in
Etymology: Referring to inserting a penis inside a vagina.
Senses: glosses: To have sex.
Derived terms: gettin' it in
gets it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get it in
getting it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get it in
Derived terms: gettin' it in
got it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get it in
gotten it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get it in
googas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of googa
boogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boogen
boogin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boogins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boogen.
boogins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boogin
rot-scape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rot-scapes
Etymology: From rot + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: How do fungi juggle this kind of trade-off while exploring a crowded rot-scape in search of food?
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 54:
text: But, after much thought, much time in the mycelial rot-scape of Dionysus, Orpheus, Tristan, Merlin, and Tom Bombadil, I've had time to mellow.
ref: 2022, Sophie Strand, The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine:
glosses: An environment of rotting vegetation.
rot-scapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rot-scape
carbrained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carbrained
form: most carbrained
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of car brained.
car-brained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more car-brained
form: most car-brained
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of car brained.
headset rumble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: ref: 2024 May 31, /u/MylesDyer, “Can't wait to turn around and experience this with headset rumble on PSVR2 later this year... 😬”, in Reddit, /r/PSVR:
qualifier: extended reality
glosses: Vibration or haptic motors included inside of a head-mounted display.
dream job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dream jobs
form: dreamjob
form: dream-job
Senses: glosses: An desired occupation or position that fits one's skills, passions and personal goals.
regional converter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regional converters
Senses: topics: DVD
broadcasting
film
media
television
video-games
glosses: A device or software tool used to adapt or convert products, technologies or formats to be compatible with different regional standards or restrictions.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A tool used to change the plug shape to match the outlets in a different region or country.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A tool used to convert the voltage from one region's standard to another.
Related terms: region-free
region-locked
regional converters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regional converter
Jack-of-all-trades, master of none
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jack of all trades, master of none
jack-of-all-trades, master of none
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jack of all trades, master of none
Jack of all trades, master of none
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jack of all trades, master of none
Jill of all trades, master of none
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: neutral gender
glosses: Synonym of Jill of all trades, mistress of none
synonyms: word: Jill of all trades
word: mistress of none
m dash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of em dash
n dash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: n dashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of en dash
n-rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: n-rules
Senses: glosses: Synonym of en dash
synonyms: word: en dash
m-rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of em dash
synonyms: word: em dash
QD-OLEDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QD-OLED
epistemocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epistocracy
wasteheap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wasteheaps
Etymology: From waste + heap.
Senses: glosses: A pile of rubbish.
wasteheaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wasteheap.
dream true
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: To lucid dream.
dream home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dream homes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dream house
synonyms: word: dream house
dream homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dream home
shits-and-grins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shits and grins.
Nuxalks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nuxalk
for the craic
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of for kicks
synonyms: word: for kicks
struck a nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of strike a nerve
struck a nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of strike a nerve
strikes a nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strike a nerve
striking a nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strike a nerve
PLOS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: media
publishing
related: word: PLoS
glosses: Initialism of Public Library of Science.
lathi nach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A coordinated Tharu dance in which the performers hold two sticks which they strike against each other.
Tharu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tharu
form: Tharus
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group of the terai in India and Nepal.
Maghi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A harvest festival celebrated in parts of India on the first of Magha.
birth pill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bûrth pĭl
ipa: /bɜːθ pɪl/
ipa: /bɜɹθ pɪl/
ipa: /bøːθ pəl/
ipa: /bɪɹθ pɪl/
ipa: /bəːʳt̪ pɪl/
Forms: form: birth pills
Senses: synonyms: birth-control pill[w:American English|US]]>
glosses: A contraception capsule.
birth pills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bûrth pĭlz
ipa: /bɜːθ pɪlz/
ipa: /bɜɹθ pɪlz/
ipa: /bøːθ pəlz/
ipa: /bɪɹθ pɪlz/
ipa: /bəːʳt̪ pɪlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of birth pill
off the hop
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
fat lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fat ladies
Senses: examples: text: Opposite him was the Fat Lady, red-faced and laughing. Beside her, the India-rubber Man wound spaghetti on to a fork with an expression of deepest melancholy. Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously.
ref: 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 26:
glosses: A woman of unusually large body size formerly exhibited as a circus sideshow attraction.
fat ladies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fat lady
india-rubber man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: india-rubber men
Senses: examples: text: Opposite him was the Fat Lady, red-faced and laughing. Beside her, the India-rubber Man wound spaghetti on to a fork with an expression of deepest melancholy. Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously.
ref: 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 26:
glosses: A male contortionist.
india-rubber men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of india-rubber man
Land of Fire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Land of Fire
Etymology: Calque of Azerbaijani Odlar Yurdu, referring to Azerbaijan’s Zoroastrian heritage and its natural burning gas vents.
Senses: glosses: Azerbaijan (a country in Asia and Europe).
india-rubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: india-rubbers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of india rubber.
india-rubbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of india-rubber
shaggy tuft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shaggytuft.
chain-light
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chain-lights
form: chain-lighting
form: chain-lit
form: chain-lit
form: chain-lighted
form: chain-lighted
Senses: examples: text: He chain-lit a fresh cigarette and flicked the old butt, still smouldering, into the steel ash-can beside his drawing table.
ref: 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 32:
glosses: To light a new cigarette with the burning stub of one's previous cigarette.
chain-lights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chain-light
chain-lighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chain-light
chain-lit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chain-light
chain-lighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chain-light
rosy garlic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Allium roseum, a wild garlic of the Mediterranean region.
ball-head onion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball-head onions
Senses: glosses: Allium sphaerocephalon
monthly tugboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monthly tugboats
Etymology: Coined by Christine Weston Chandler circa 2007 in contrast to the phrase "our ship has come in", representing a smaller reliable payment in contrast to a large windfall.
Senses: glosses: A Social Security Disability Insurance payment.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see monthly, tugboat.
stop-and-go light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop-and-go lights
form: stop and go light
Senses: qualifier: Wisconsin
glosses: A stoplight.
stop-and-go lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stop-and-go light
stop and go light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop and go lights
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stop-and-go light.
stop and go lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stop and go light
Blahodatne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: bləhô'dătʹnā
ipa: /bləˌhɔːˈdatneɪ/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Благода́тне (Blahodátne). Compare Blagodatnoye.
Senses: glosses: Numerous settlements in Ukraine.
Related terms: Blahodat
Blahodativka
Blahodativske
UN General Assembly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: UN + general assembly: Short for United Nations General Assembly
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of United Nations General Assembly
pantetheinyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Derived terms: pantetheinylation
Blahodat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: bləhô'dătʹ
ipa: /bləˌhɔːˈdat/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Благода́ть (Blahodátʹ). Compare Blagodat and Błahadać.
Senses: glosses: A village in Bilozerske urban hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1854.
Related terms: Blahodativka
Blahodativske
Blahodatne
Blahodativka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: bləhô'dătʹivkə
ipa: /bləˌhɔːˈdativkə/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Благода́тівка (Blahodátivka). Compare Blagodatovka.
Senses: glosses: A village in Kindrashivka rural hromada, Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1888.
synonyms: Rosental
glosses: A village in Kalynivske settlement hromada, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
synonyms: Rosental
glosses: A village in Kalynivske settlement hromada, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
A former silrada of Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1946, merged into Kalynivske settlement hromada in June 2020.
synonyms: Ernsdorf
Polanka Bóbrecka
glosses: A village in Bibrka urban hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1772.
Meronyms: sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Andriivka
sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Lozove
sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Mala Seidemynukha
sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Novohrednieve
sense: constituent settlements of the former silrada
english: village
translation: village
word: Sukhyi Stavok
Related terms: Blahodat
Blahodativske
Blahodatne
minnowlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more minnowlike
form: most minnowlike
Etymology: From minnow + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a minnow.
Vallot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Duttlinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Llorico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
shits and grins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shits-and-grins
Senses: examples: text: "Bill," Kelly said, "sorry to interrupt, but if you want us to run the numbers using more conservative assumptions, that's no problem at all. And just for shits and grins, why don't we throw in a recapitalization analysis?"
ref: 1995, Everett Weinberger, Wannabe, A Would-Be Player's Misadventures In Hollywood, page 15:
text: Hey, ever see The Sting? You know how they teamed up and taught those gangsters a lesson? Ha ha. That'd be fun, huh? You know, just for kicks ... to do something like that? Wouldn't it? Just for shits and grins?
ref: 2005, Penn Jillette, Mickey D. Lynn, How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker, The Wisdom of Dickie Richard, page 89:
text: Then he'd beat me to a pulp with that strap for shits and grins .
ref: 2011, Dan Ferullo, Monster Hill, page 511:
text: Dread spread through me. Mysti and Griff wouldn't call a meeting for shits and grins.
ref: 2017, Catie Rhodes, Crossroads:
glosses: Synonym of kicks and giggles.
synonyms: word: kicks and giggles
Boikivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: boiʹkivkə
ipa: /ˈbɔɪkivkə/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Бо́йківка (Bójkivka).
Senses: glosses: A village in Shakhove rural hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A former hamlet in Bokova volost, Oleksandriia povit, Kherson governorate, the Russian Empire; now part of the village of Bokove in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.
Related terms: Boikivshchyna
Boikivske
snap shoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snap shoots
form: snap shooting
form: snap shot
form: snap shot
Senses: examples: text: "I hope you'll overlook my shooting at you, but the orders are for all patrols to snap-shoot on sight."
ref: 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 131:
glosses: To take aim and fire a weapon in quick succession.
snap shoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snap shoot
snap shooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snap shoot
son of a biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Euphemistic form of son of a bitch.
fegg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛɡ/
rhymes: -ɛɡ
homophone: Fegg
Forms: form: feggs
Etymology: Blend of fake + egg.
Senses: examples: text: You can buy (or make) fake eggs. Feggs don’t fool pigeons and they don’t prevent egg-laying. The feggs just allow pigeons to have the pleasure of nest-building and egg-sitting (both of which they really enjoy) without hatching more pigeons, upsetting the pair’s relationship and/or harming the health of the laying female who will lay more too quickly if her real eggs are just removed without replacements.
ref: 2025 January 21, Sammy Mikus, Elizabeth Young, “Eggs & Feggs: Hatch Prevention”, in Palomacy (blog post):
glosses: A fake egg.
mesenko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesenkos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of masenqo.
Fegg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛɡ/
rhymes: -ɛɡ
homophone: fegg
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
self-excites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-excite
self-exciting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-excite
columboid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlʌm.bɔɪd/
rhymes: -ʌmbɔɪd
Forms: form: more columboid
form: most columboid
Etymology: From Latin columba + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a dove or pigeon in the family Columbidae.
hippings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Isobel Williamson cited, compeared and declared that she knew nothing who were the parents to the forsaid child or who laid it down, that she was the first came to the child, that she and others thought could not be above fourteen days’ old, that the child had a day and night busken with it, some hippings, but no writ, that the men in Oxnam water were present at her taking up the child, who also alarmed the rest of the neighbourhood.
ref: 1731 August 27 (Gregorian calendar), “Baptisms, Marriages, and Discipline in the parish of Melrose since November 1723, […]”, in Charles S. Romanes, editor, Melrose Parish Registers […] (Scottish Record Society; 45), Edinburgh: […] [F]or the Society by J[ames] Skinner & Company, Ltd., published 1913, →OCLC, page 179:
text: This smallest and wershest of his Majesty’s subjects the worthy preacher dandles and fondles and dry-nurses and talks about in a way that is piteous to behold. He speculates on the progressive development of his senses, on the state of his bowels, on his hours of rest, his pap-spoons and his hippings.
ref: 1824 November 12, Thomas Carlyle, “To Mrs. [Jane Welsh] Carlyle, Mainhill”, in James Anthony Froude, Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795–1835 […], volume I, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1882, →OCLC, page 256:
text: Then, three nights later, he came home late, to find her, as he had found her before, sitting at the hearth, the hearth swept and the fire made up, with the child in its hippings and swaddlings of rags on her lap.
ref: 1950, Robert Penn Warren, chapter XII, in World Enough and Time: A Romantic Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC, page 489:
glosses: Alternative form of hippins.
field magnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fēld′ măg′nĭt
ipa: /ˌfiːld maɡ.nɪt/
ipa: /ˌfild mæɡ.nɪt/
note: General Australian, conservative Received Pronunciation
ipa: /ˌfiːld mæɡ.nɪt/
ipa: /ˌfiːld mɛɡ.nət/
ipa: /ˌfild maɡ.nɪt/
ipa: /ˌfiːlɖ maɡ.nɪʈ/
Forms: form: field magnets
Etymology: First attested in 1878.
Senses: topics: electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A magnet used to produce a magnetic field in a device.
Related terms: lodestar
lodestone
magnet
polestar
field magnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fēld′ măg′nĭts
ipa: /ˌfiːld maɡ.nɪts/
ipa: /ˌfild mæɡ.nɪts/
note: General Australian, conservative Received Pronunciation
ipa: /ˌfiːld mæɡ.nɪts/
ipa: /ˌfiːld mɛɡ.nəts/
ipa: /ˌfild maɡ.nɪts/
ipa: /ˌfiːlɖ maɡ.nɪʈs/
Senses: glosses: plural of field magnet
steamchest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steamchests
Senses: examples: text: Steamchest pressures all the way were from 10 to 20 lb. per sq. in. below the boiler pressure, […].
ref: 1957 August 24, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Perrformance”, in Railway Magazine, page 565:
glosses: Alternative form of steam chest.
steamchests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Plural of steamchest.
Christogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Christogramme
olate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: olates
form: olating
form: olated
form: olated
Etymology: From ol + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: The hydroxo groups then “olated,” resulting in the formation of large aggregates, eventually reaching colloidal size.
ref: 1931, Arthur W[aldorf] Thomas, Thomas H[illyer] Whitehead, “Ion Interchanges in Aluminum Oxychloride Hydrosols”, in Wilder D[wight] Bancroft, editor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, volume XXXIV, Ithaca, N.Y.: The Editor, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 45:
text: Whereas it is easy to calculate the amount of sodium hydroxide to be added to give a desired basicity in the chrome liquor, it is not possible to forecast what will be the actual basicity of the chrome salts which are present or the extent to which they will olate, for this depends upon such conditions as concentration, temperature, age of liquor, etc.
ref: 1936, E. W. Merry, “The Preparation of Technical Chrome Tanning Liquors”, in The Chrome Tanning Process: Its Theory, Practical Application and Chemical Control, London: A. Harvey, […], →OCLC, part I (Chrome Tanning from the Practical Standpoint), page 9:
text: Compound 2 olates, as predicted by the hypothesis, and produces the diol [(pico)₂Cr(OH)₂Cr(pico)₂]⁴⁺. […] The well-known fundamental feature of olation, namely that only cis isomers olate and trans isomers do not, is explained, for the first time, by the proposed mechanism and is correlated with the structure of the reagents and products.
ref: 1987, Michael Ardon, Avi Bino, Kirsten Michelsen, “Olation and Structure”, in The Journal of Physical Chemistry, volume 109, Washington, D.C.: ACS Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1986:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To form an ol group or compound.
Related terms: olation
olates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of olate
olating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of olate
olated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of olate
love tonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love tonics
Senses: examples: text: A putative love tonic was made from the water in which myrtle leaves and flowers had been steeped.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162:
glosses: love potion
love tonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love tonic
gramme atom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gramme atoms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gram atom.
gramme atoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gramme atom
gramme calorie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gramme calories
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gram calorie.
pants-wetting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pants-wetting
form: most pants-wetting
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pant-wetting
synonyms: word: pant-wetting
Derived terms: pants-wettingly
gramme calories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gramme calorie
subgramme
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of subgram.
aphrodisiacally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more aphrodisiacally
form: most aphrodisiacally
Etymology: From aphrodisiacal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Nedde: In Arab countries, a mixture of various perfumes, with benzoin and amber predominating, is so called. This mixture, which is black in colour, is formed into a small cylinder and used aphrodisiacally.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 164:
glosses: In an aphrodisiac manner; so as to engender or increase sexual feeling or potency.
metergramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metergrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of metergram.
metergrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metergramme
all talk, no action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all talk and no action
gramme degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gramme degrees
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gram degree.
gramme degrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gramme degree
hectokilogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hectokilogrammes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hectokilogram.
hectokilogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hectokilogramme
gramme equivalent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gramme equivalents
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gram equivalent.
gramme equivalents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gramme equivalent
gramme-molecular weight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gramme-molecular weights
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gram-molecular weight.
gramme-molecular weights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gramme-molecular weight
gramme molecule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gramme molecules
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gram molecule.
gramme molecules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gram molecules
Senses: glosses: plural of gramme molecule
creepings in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creeping in
creeping-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creepings-in
Senses: examples: text: One of the first creepings-in of the tendency to boost prices came in the case of sugar. It happens, and perhaps it cannot be helped, that sugar is a commodity in universal demand.
ref: 1942 January 11, “Stabilization of Prices”, in Miles City Daily Star, volume XXXI, number 198, Miles City, Mont., →OCLC, page 4, column 3:
text: The dark cloud of a broken relationship hung long, obliterating pleasures of the senses, but at last it began to break up. Then, as though she had suffered from a tiresome headache which was at last passing away, she began to feel the small creepings-in of pleasure; of well-being in her environment; […]
ref: 1950 February, Doreen Idle, “Part III: Conclusion at Garraford”, in The Last Knot, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, chapter 3, page 301:
text: With his French cuisine, his library, his museum, his aviary filled with mockingbirds, his ice-house and his meticulously correct classic decor, he should have been able to look around and say, I have done it! Instead, rather than a finis, there was a petering-out of funds and energy and a creeping-in of decay.
ref: 1988 July 31, Ronald Blythe, “The Everlasting Construction Site”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015:
glosses: Alternative form of creeping in.
creepings-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creeping-in
summer break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summer breaks
Senses: glosses: summer vacation.