cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
go strong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes strong
form: going strong
form: went strong
form: gone strong
Etymology: Combination of go and strong (adverb). The adverb was formed of Old English strong + -e; compare strongly.
Senses: examples: text: Merry Peal is a very smart mare[…] and Breba reminds us very much of Mendicant, whose owner bred her. Badly as she was cut up in the Oaks, she was going strong and well in the Vase, when she rolled over.
ref: 1851, Gayhurst, “Olla Podrida”, in Sporting Magazine, volume 18, page 103:
text: On the Great North of Scotland section, always a stronghold of four-coupled engines, a great number of small 4-4-0s, some over fifty years old, were still going strong in 1945, but serious inroads are being made into their numbers now.
ref: 1954 May, John W. Grant, “A Railway Requiem”, in Railway Magazine, page 351:
text: I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
I knew he must've been about 17
The beat was goin' strong
Playin' my favorite song
ref: 1975 July, Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker, “I Love Rock 'n' Roll”, in I Love Rock 'n Roll, performed by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, published January 1982:
text: The new sea wall may stop the waves from the sea, but not from the children who enthusiastically greet our train as it passes. It's great to see this ages-old habit is still going strong.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65:
glosses: To do well; to succeed.
going strong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go strong
pedotrophist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedotrophists
Etymology: From pedotrophy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in rearing children.
pedotrophists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedotrophist
reacquite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reacquites
form: reacquiting
form: reacquited
form: reacquited
Senses: glosses: To requite.
reacquites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reacquite
reacquiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reacquite
reacquited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reacquite
sliding-rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sliding-rules
Senses: glosses: Dated form of slide rule.
sliding-rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sliding-rule
Caniogan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines.
constructivistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more constructivistic
form: most constructivistic
Senses: glosses: Relating to constructivism.
white swelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white swellings
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disease of the joints, especially the knee, in which the synovial membrane undergoes pulpy degeneration.
white swellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white swelling
Pasig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpa.sɪɡ/
ipa: /ˈpɑsiɡ/
ipa: /ˈpɑːsiɡ ~ ˈpɑːsɪɡ/
ipa: /ˈpɐːsiɡ/
Etymology: From Tagalog Pasig, from pasig (“sandy riverbank”).
Common folk etymologies include claims of Sanskrit origin, or a corruption of Tagalog mabagsik by Chinese. No Sanskrit words sounding similar to Pasig exist, however. Cognate with Paser (“a regency in Indonesia”).
Senses: glosses: A river in Luzon, Philippines.
glosses: An independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines, to the east of Manila.
oranginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orangeyness
Etymology: From orangey /orangy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In one rather interesting study with children, change in the size of the pupil of the eye was found to be related to the degree of "oranginess" of drinks.
ref: 1972, Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Developmental Psychology, page 45:
glosses: The quality or state of being orangey, as:
Tasting like an orange, or having a powerfully orangey flavor.
coordinate_terms: orangeness
orangishness
glosses: The quality or state of being orangey, as:
Being orangish although not orange by strict criteria (such as intra-colorspace boundaries).
synonyms: orangishness
clottiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clotty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being clotty.
Katipunero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Katipuneros
Senses: glosses: A member of the revolutionary organization Katipunan.
Katipunan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Katipunan
Senses: glosses: The Filipino revolutionary secret organization led by Andres Bonifacio, whose discovery led to the Philippine Revolution in order to gain independence from the Spanish Empire.
Derived terms: El Katipunan
Katipunan II
Related terms: Katipunero
Heschl's gyri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Heshcl's gyri
Senses: glosses: plural of Heschl's gyrus
0d
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more 0d
form: most 0d
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 0D (zero-dimensional)
fruitlesse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fruitlesse
form: most fruitlesse
Senses: examples: text: Here alſo ſprong that goodly golden fruit, / With which Acontius got his louer trew, / Whom he had long time ſought with fruitleſſe ſuit; […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 55, page 287:
text: [I]f we preſent our ſelues, raſhly and vnaduiſedly, as if we went to a play, or to diſpatch ſome worldly buſineſſe; wee ſhall hardly keepe our minds from negligent wandring and worldly diſtractions, which will make the Word of God fruitleſſe and vnprofitable.
ref: 1634, Iohn Downame [i.e., John Downame], “How We Must Arme Our Selues against Satans Tentations, whereby Hee Laboureth to Make the Word of God Fruitlesse”, in The Christian Warfare against the Deuill[,] World and Flesh: […], 4th corrected and enlarged edition, London: Printed by William Stansby [for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith], →OCLC, page 181, column 1:
text: According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter V.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 192:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of fruitless.
1d
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1ds
Etymology: From 1 + d (“old penny”).
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of one penny (a coin with the value of 1 pence/penny; 1/240th of a pound, in pre-decimalisation currency, never used for 'one new penny').
1d
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more 1d
form: most 1d
form: 1-d
form: 1-D
form: 1D
Senses: glosses: Initialism of one-dimensional.
skedding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sked
back to the old drawing board
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of back to the drawing board.
a little bit
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: He could read it only a little bit.
text: Those shoes are a little bit too tight.
synonyms: see at a bit
glosses: To a very small extent or degree.
a little bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There's just a little bit left.
text: Even a little bit can make a difference.
text: I'll be there in a little bit.
synonyms: see at a bit
glosses: A very small amount or time.
misability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We have a corresponding increase in acid value, drying time misability with progressive darkening.
ref: 1935, Paint and Varnish Production Manager - Volumes 12-13, page 37:
text: Lard oil, when mixed with a mineral oil, imparts an ability of total misability with water.
ref: 1940, Southern Pulp and Paper Manufacturer - Volumes 3-4, page 155:
text: Metrizamide, because of misability with CSF and reduced radiographic density as compared to iophendylate, improves both visualization and filling of nerve root pouches.
ref: 1979, Joseph F. Sackett, Charles M. Strother, New Techniques in Myelography - Issue 532, page 72:
text: Solubility parameters were originally designed to predict the misability of solvents.
ref: 2002, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Dentin/Pulp Complex:, →ISBN:
glosses: The quality of being misable; solubility.
hushen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʌʃən
Forms: form: hushens
form: hushening
form: hushened
form: hushened
Etymology: From hush + -en.
Senses: examples: text: He went in the kitchen as I tried my best to hushen Lavine so I could ease drop a little harder.
ref: 2017, Ashley, Never Judge a Book by Its Cover:
glosses: To make hushed or quiet; quieten
hushened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hushen
hushening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hushen
hushens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hushen
misable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misable
form: most misable
Senses: examples: text: The polarity of the ethanol molecule makes ethanol water misable, but not fat misable.
ref: 1984, James T. Hartford, Thaddeus Samorajski, Alcoholism in the elderly: social and biomedical issues, page 153:
text: Column studies have demonstrated the advantage of using misable solvents over surfactants.
ref: 1995, Proceedings, SPE/EPA Exploration & Production Environmental Conference:
text: Also, as indicated by the phase diagram, Au and Ni are mutually misable in each other, so any dissolved Au precipitates out and is thought to diffuse to the interface during aging to create a more thermally stable configuration [60].
ref: 2004, Karl J. Puttlitz, Kathleen A. Stalter, Handbook of Lead-Free Solder Technology for Microelectronic Assemblies, →ISBN:
glosses: Able to dissolve; soluble
misable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misable
form: most misable
Senses: examples: text: "O, don't--oh, ye mustn't l” said Tom, grasping his hand; “he's a poor misable crittur ! it's wrul to hink on't! O, if he only could repent, the Lord would forgive him now! but I'm 'feared he never will!"
ref: 1852, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale about Life Among the Lowly, page 449:
text: But the king he only looked sorrowful, and says: "Gentlemen, I wish the money was there, for I ain't got no disposition to throw anything in the way of a fair, open, out-and-out investigation o' this misable business; but alas, the money ain't there; you k'n send and see, if you want to."
ref: 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
text: Mor sat on the edge of the bed, “Lifee, baby, it was a time I was so alone I was misable and dint know it. That's misable sides bein a slave..."
ref: 1999, J. California Cooper, The Wake of the Wind, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of miserable.
Saurier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Saurier.
Senses: glosses: A commune in the Puy-de-Dôme département in Auvergne, France
service lift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜː(ɹ)vɪs ˌlɪft/
Forms: form: service lifts
Senses: glosses: a lift designed to carry heavy goods in a place of business
glosses: a lift used by staff in a place of business
Synonyms: sense: a lift to carry goods
word: goods lift
sense: a lift to carry goods
word: cargo lift
sense: a lift to carry goods
word: freight elevator
sense: a lift to carry goods
word: goods elevator
sense: a lift to carry goods
word: service elevator
sense: a lift to carry goods
word: cargo elevator
sense: a lift used by staff
word: service elevator
Japanese arrowroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata)
Florida arrowroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Zamia integrifolia
misadminister
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misadministers
form: misadministering
form: misadministered
form: misadministered
Etymology: From mis- + administer.
Senses: examples: text: Congress, investing Washington with the same extraordinary powers they had given him after the affair at Trenton, quietly slipped away to York, where they continued to misadminister their affairs.
ref: 1912, Edwin Markham, The Real America in Romance: An Authentic History of America from the Discovery to the Present Day:
text: If you do not know how to score an item, then the student will not know when certain criteria are reached and will misadminister the test.
ref: 2001, Steven Walfish, Allen K. Hess, Succeeding in Graduate School: The Career Guide for Psychology Students, →ISBN:
text: While the earth we have mistakenly taken to be our kingdom to overuse and misadminister as we please begins to show the wear and tear of that, he has given us a brilliantly preserved wingdom.
ref: 2001, Birds in Art: An International Exhibition, page 14:
glosses: To administer wrongly or badly.
rarer than hens' teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: rarer than hen's teeth
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of rare as hen's teeth.
synonyms: word: rare as hen's teeth
misadministers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misadminister
misadministering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misadminister
misadministered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misadminister
rarer than hen's teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rarer than hens' teeth.
wingdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wing + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: A lion for the jungle or an eagle for all wingdom?
ref: 1947, Norman Corwin, Untitled, and other radio dramas, page 19:
text: While the earth we have mistakenly taken to be our kingdom to overuse and misadminister as we please begins to show the wear and tear of that, he has given us a brilliantly preserved wingdom.
ref: 2001, Birds in Art: An International Exhibition, page 14:
text: Here it seemed, then, that you could navigate according to the clouds' positions, and that the routes of birds had nothing to teach but life's confusion—which it would be like both weather and wingdom to deceive you into.
ref: 2013, Ivan Doig, The Sea Runners, →ISBN:
glosses: Winged creatures as a group.
wingdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wingdoms
Etymology: Blend of wing + kingdom
Senses: examples: text: But we, the while winging, And thoughtfully hymning, All day o'er the meadows green, See kindred in kingdoms Of manifold wingdoms In myriads by man unseen.
ref: 1874, The Aldine: The Art Journal of America - Volume 7, page 36:
text: Observe the Whooping Crane Who still enjoys the weather Despite his wingdom's wane — A bird of different feather.
ref: 1991, Vassar Miller, If I had wheels or love: collected poems of Vassar Miller, page 49:
text: Is your personal castle so constructed to offer a bird's eye view of the world? (Yes, I, Norgana can gaze out across the entire wingdom.*)
ref: 2011, Carl Fanning, The Sara Bellum Review, →ISBN, page 161:
glosses: A domain ruled over by a winged creature.
wingdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wingdom
WVU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: West Virginia University.
South African Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former country in Southern Africa, the official English name of the Transvaal "Boer republic" state that existed from 1852 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland's annexation of it in 1902.
glosses: Republic of South Africa
Synonyms: Transvaal
Republic of South Africa
sloebush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sloebushes
Etymology: From sloe + bush.
Senses: examples: text: The hedges, in their tangle of sweetbriar and sloebush and bramble, which fringe the well-kept highways and leafy lanes, lead past sleepy little towns to scattered groups of cottages, -- splashes and dots of red amidst festoons of green, -- some on hilly ground where the square flint-church tower breaks the skyline; some by "dewy pastures," or nestling in dells -- native scenes which Gainsborough and Constable painted; villages where a fair-haired, open-faced peasantry greet one in a dialect whose every sentence ends in a rising note, and betrays the source of the nasal twang which the Puritans carried to the New World.
ref: 1894, Edward Clodd, Concerning a Pilgrimage to the Grave of Edward FitzGerald, page 8:
text: Now raspberries grow above me, On a rocking twig of a sloebush a robin chirps.
ref: 1995, Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman, →ISBN, page 98:
text: Rose, leaning across the top of a sloebush, maintained her balance with some difficulty and gradually eased herself back to an upright position before turning to the girl.
ref: 1995, John Quinn, Generations of the Moon, page 6:
glosses: The blackthorn.
sloebushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sloebush
sloe-bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sloe-bushes
Senses: examples: text: Climbing trees was an accomplishment of Alexander's, but the sloe-bush seemed to him dense, prickly and not quite assailable.
ref: 2015, H.E. Bates, Seven Tales and Alexander, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of sloebush.
sloe-bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sloe-bush
sloe bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sloe bushes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sloebush.
Huangshi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhwɑŋ ʃi/
ipa: /-ʃə/
enpr: hwängʹshûʹ
Forms: form: Hwangshih
form: Huang-shih
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin for 黃石／黄石 (Huángshí).
Senses: examples: text: Wuhan Radio reported that party, political and financial power had been seized in the Hupei city of Huangshih, a power center, on Jan. 13.
ref: [1967 February 10, “New Year Looks On A Torn China”, in The Sedalia Democrat, volume 99, number 30, Sedalia, Missouri, sourced from TOKYO (AP), →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 1:
text: Supported by the rich supply of iron ore and coal from the neighboring towns of Tayeh and Huangshih, a major industrial complex had grown up by the 1930's.
ref: [1969, John Gardner, “Urban Bureaucratic Elite in Communist China”, in A. Doak Barnett, editor, Chinese Communist Politics in Action, University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 221:
text: Raised in Huangshi, a small town in Hubei Province, Cheng Fei (pronounced chung fay) entered China's state-run sports system as a 7-year-old.
ref: 2008 August 7, Melissa Hoppert, “Athlete Bio: Cheng Fei”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2023, Sports:
text: Hubei Xinyegang Steel (Xinyegang), a subsidiary of one of China's largest specialty steel makers, CITIC Pacific, officially launched two new specialty seamless pipe plants on 11 December 2009. This boosts Xinyegang's seamless pipe capacity to 1.1m tonnes/year. Located in Huangshi city in central China's Hubei province, the two new plants are one 460mm medium- and thick-walled Assel mill with a design capacity of 300,000 t/y and one 273mm Assel mill with a design capacity of 230,000 t/y.
ref: 2011, OECD, Developments in Steelmaking Capacity of Non-OECD Economies 2010, OECD Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 180:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Hubei, China.
sloe bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sloe bush
tapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪpɪst/
rhymes: -eɪpɪst
Forms: form: tapists
Etymology: From tape + -ist.
Senses: examples: 1996, Official Oklahoma Administrative Code (page 415), quoting Kenneth Jernigan
As the library's aim is quality transcriptions in tape format, volunteer tapists will be asked to take a voice test.
glosses: A person who prepares tape recordings.
Related terms: red-tapist
tapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapist
sorcerer's stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorcerer's stones
form: sorcerers' stone
form: sorcerers stone
Etymology: From sorcerer + stone.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of philosopher's stone.
synonyms: word: philosopher's stone
romancical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more romancical
form: most romancical
Etymology: From romance + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Dealing with romance.
Maraw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi Maraw (“member of the Maraw society”), from maraw (“a kind of insect”).
Senses: glosses: The name of a Hopi women's society.
glosses: The name of a ceremony of the Maraw society.
retainably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From retainable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it can be retained.
dhoolie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dhoolies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dooly (“covered litter”).
dhooly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dhoolies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dooly (“basic Indian litter; stretcher; litter”).
dhoolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dhoolie
glosses: plural of dhooly
tun-moot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tun-moots
Etymology: From Old English tūn (“town”) + mōt (“meeting”).
Senses: glosses: An assembly of the town or village.
tun-moots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tun-moot
miscontented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miscontent
miscontents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miscontent
miscontenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miscontent
palstaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palstaffs
form: palstaves
Senses: glosses: An old Celtic and Scandinavian weapon consisting of a wedge of stone or metal fixed by a tongue in a staff.
palstaffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palstaff
threstle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threstles
Senses: glosses: A three-legged stool.
Related terms: trestle
threstles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of threstle
avengings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avenging
with closed doors
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of behind closed doors (“in private”).
synonyms: word: behind closed doors
extra: in private
over with
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I'll certainly be glad when this is over with.
glosses: Finished, done
raw_tags: used especially of unpleasant things
Related terms: get something over with
have something over with
over and done with
Salomonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Salomonic
form: most Salomonic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Solomonic.
Ingresian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ingresian
form: most Ingresian
Etymology: From Ingres + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), French neoclassical painter who aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style.
Courbetian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Courbetian
form: most Courbetian
Etymology: From Courbet + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), French painter who led the 19th-century realism movement.
antiamphetamine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + amphetamine.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Blocking or counteracting amphetamines.
antisteroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + steroidal.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of antisteroid.
synonyms: word: antisteroid
presteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + steroid.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Before taking steroids.
presteroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + steroidal.
Senses: glosses: In the era before steroids were available.
platonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: platonises
form: platonising
form: platonised
form: platonised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of platonize.
platonised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of platonise
platonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of platonise
platonising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of platonise
platoniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platonisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of platonizer.
platonisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platoniser
focometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: focometers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of focimeter.
focometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of focometer
don't that beat all
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: if that don't beat all
Senses: examples: text: Don't that beat all? A grown thirty-year-old with the measles!
ref: 2012, Earl Cooke, Redemption of a Dark Hero, page 26:
glosses: Expressing great wonder or surprise.
Related terms: giddy limit
last straw
take the cake
take the biscuit
focusing cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: focusing cloths
form: focussing cloth
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A cloth thrown over a camera (and the operator's head and shoulders) to exclude all light except that which comes through the lens.
focussing cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: focussing cloths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of focusing cloth.
focusing cloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of focusing cloth
focussing cloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of focussing cloth
by fair means or foul
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: [Utterson] resumed; "if not by fair means, then by foul—if not of your consent, then by brute force!"
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, page 82:
synonyms: by hook or by crook
glosses: By any means necessary, not excluding dirty tricks.
shame reel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shame reels
Senses: glosses: The first dance after a wedding, where the bride is the best man's partner and the best maid is the bridegroom's.
shame reels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shame reel
ceraunic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keraunic.
Korean melon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹiː.ən ˈmɛl.ən/
Forms: form: Korean melons
Senses: glosses: A type of muskmelon (Cucumis melo), cultivated in East Asia for their edible fruit.
glosses: The fruit of the plant, which has a soft rind and juicy flesh.
Synonyms: chamoe
Korean melons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Korean melon
coihue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coihues
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coigue.
perseverence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of perseverance.
Leb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lebs
Etymology: Clipping of Lebanese.
Senses: examples: text: 'Every fucking aussie. Go to Cronulla Beach Sunday for some Leb and wog bashing Aussie Pride ok.'
ref: 2015, Johnny Lieu, “Cronulla Riots: What happened on one of Australia's darkest days”, in Mashable:
text: ... Bani as he attempts to slough away his Leb background only to reclaim it and all it represents - not least gang culture.
ref: 2018, Daisy Dumas, “What it means to be a 'Leb' in Australian culture”, in SBS, Australia: SBS:
glosses: aa Lebanese or Middle Eastern person.
Synonyms: word: wog
Related terms: red Leb
Barnumism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Barnum + -ism; see Barnumize.
Senses: glosses: sensational promotion
Oranje, Blanje, Blou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Afrikaans Oranje, Blanje, Blou.
Senses: examples: text: When we went to a rugby game in Cape Town, we saw some Springbok supporters waving the Oranje, Blanje, Blou.
glosses: A former national flag of South Africa, used from 1928 to 1994, during the apartheid era.
Synonyms: apartheid flag
every law has its loophole
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: every law has a loophole
Senses: glosses: There is always a way to work around the restrictions imposed by rules.
Related terms: corner case
edge case
every rose has its thorn
exception that proves the rule
honor in the breach
more honored in the breach
rules are made to be broken
PGSO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PGSOs
Etymology: Initialism.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of psychology graduate students organization.
PGSO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism.
Senses: examples: text: In spring of 2008 I performed my poems with the PGSO in the evening concert on Saturday, and the children's concert on Sunday afternoon.
ref: 2018, A.J. Mittendorf, Carnival Of The Animals, page xii:
text: The Prince George Symphony Orchestra (PGSO) is a garden of sound and movement, so they are cultivating the next generations of music lovers with a set of concerts especially for the smallest of listeners.
ref: 2019 January 10, Frank Peebles, “PGSO hosting children's concert”, in Prince George Citizen:
text: At the event, there will be performances by the PGSO, ballet dancers, and an opera singer.
ref: 2019 March 25, Sawyer Bogdan,, “Mayor's Black & White Ball highlights community arts”, in MY PG NOW:
glosses: Initialism of Prince George Symphony Orchestra.
glosses: Initialism of Prince George's County Sheriff's Office.
owzat
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of howzat.
National Party
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Ellipsis of South African National Party.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Ellipsis of National Party of Australia.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Ellipsis of New Zealand National Party.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Ellipsis of National Party of Canada.
Synonyms: NP
NAT
Nationals
The Nationals
Nats
The Nats
Related terms: New National Party
National Party South Africa
National Party South Africa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A minor South African political party founded in 2008.
Related terms: National Party
New National Party
Krav maga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Krav Maga.
NNP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of New National Party.
NNP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NNPs
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of net national product.
New National Party
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A short-lived South African political party that disbanded in 2005.
Synonyms: NNP
Related terms: National Party
National Party South Africa
hospital corpsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hospital corpsmen
form: HM
Etymology: From hospital + corpsman.
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A member of a hospital corps, typically an enlisted navy sailor, often working at military hospitals.
Related terms: HN
corpsman
hospitalman
restaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle French restaur, from Old French restor, restaur.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The remedy that assurers have against each other, or a person has against his guarantor.
restaur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restaurs
form: restauring
form: restaured
form: restaured
Etymology: Either an alteration of restore, or borrowed from Latin restaurāre.
Senses: glosses: To restore
INC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: I.N.C.
Senses: synonyms: Congress
qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of Indian National Congress.
examples: text: The Aglipayan Church is next with 12%; while the rest of the population is divided into different Protestant sects, the INC (Iglesia Ni Cristo) and other denominations.
ref: 1987, Miguela Gonzalez Yap, The making of Cory, Cellar Book Shop:
text: The INC, as it’s known, is headquartered in the Philippines, where church members are accused of financial irregularities, kidnapping and even the murder of a Canadian man.
ref: 2018, “Church of Secrets”, in The Fifth Estate, CBC News, retrieved 09 Nov 2018:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Initialism of Iglesia ni Cristo.
confidency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of confidence.
Abberley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Eadbeald (a given name) + leah (“forest clearing, meadow, lea”).
Senses: glosses: A small village in Worcestershire, England.
oxykinoshitalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the composition of the mineral and its similarity with kinoshitalite.
oxy- + kinoshitalite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoclinic mineral containing aluminium, barium, magnesium, oxygen, silicon and titanium.
Taymyr Autonomous Okrug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a former federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug) with a center at Dudinka; now part of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Mandaluyong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɐn.dɐˈlu.joŋ/
Etymology: From Tagalog Mandaluyong, of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines.
solution of continuity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The separation of parts normally continuous, by fracture, etc.
Nawasa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of NAWASA (“National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority”).
misarchist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misarchists
Etymology: From misarchy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: It is supposed to do this now, and only misarchists will deny that it generally does so, albeit an intelligence of a rather low order, as ought to be expected from a body that does not pretend to do more than represent the intelligence of its constituents, including the lowest as well as the highest, i.e., a body representing approximately the average social intelligence.
ref: 1897, Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess, The American Journal of Sociology - Volume 2, page 252:
text: Such is the position taken by the school of misarchist who are habitually denouncing government as a mere band of politicians who at any time happen to hold office.
ref: 1930, Viewpoints - Volumes 6-7, page 61:
text: Nietzsche was no friend, it seems, of the "misarchists" who hated strong rulers, for such misarchists might interfere with Nietzsche's first and foremost concern: the production of spiritually strong beings known as Ubermenschen (Overmen).
ref: 2002, Lewis Call, Postmodern Anarchism, →ISBN, page 31:
glosses: One who dislikes and distrusts all government.
Related terms: misarchism
misarchy
misarchists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misarchist
CVPI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism.
Senses: topics: automotive
government
law-enforcement
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of Crown Victoria Police Interceptor.
universal basic income
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Silicon Valley has, paradoxically, become one of the most vocal proponents of universal basic income (UBI). […] UBI becomes a consolation prize for those whose lives are disrupted.
ref: 2016 June 22, Jathan Sadowski, “Why Silicon Valley is embracing universal basic income”, in The Guardian:
text: We should explore ideas like universal basic income to give everyone a cushion to try new things.
ref: 2017 May 25, Mark Zuckerberg, “Mark Zuckerberg’s Commencement address at Harvard”, in The Harvard Gazette:
text: Also known as Universal Basic Income, this sunny concept holds that a robot-driven economy may someday produce an unlimited bounty of cool stuff while simultaneously releasing us from the drudgery of old-fashioned labor, leaving our government-funded children to enjoy bountiful lives of leisure as interpretive dancers or practitioners of bee-sting therapy, as touted by Gwyneth Paltrow.
ref: 2017 December 11, Alex Williams, “Will Robots Take Our Children’s Jobs?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: UBI
basic income
glosses: A form of social security, whereby all citizens or qualified residents, receive a sum of money on a regular schedule unconditionally.
Hypernyms: basic income
income
Coordinate terms: basic income
dole
guaranteed basic income
income
old age security
pension
social insurance
social security
welfare
worker's comp
worker's compensation
workman's comp
workman's compensation
Derived terms: UBI
Related terms: basic income
guaranteed basic income
income
Hospital corpsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hospital corpsmen
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of hospital corpsman.
acknowledgeably
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acknowledgeably
form: most acknowledgeably
Senses: glosses: Such that it can be acknowledged.
senile wart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: senile warts
Etymology: From the fact that the condition is more common with old age and the wart-like appearance of the growths. In spite of its name, the senile wart is not, in fact, a wart at all, but merely a growth that somewhat resembles a wart.
Senses: examples: text: The origin is a diagnostic point when the keratoma begins as a slightly elevated plaque, but it usually begins in the same way as the senile wart, as a slightly elevated papillomatous structure with a granular feel.
ref: 1919, Medical Review of Reviews - Volume 25, page 548:
text: The senile wart is, however, not limited to people of this class, though its appearance is much modified by the habits of the patient.
ref: 1966, The British Journal of Dermatology - Volumes 1-3, page 201:
text: . Senile warts occur in both sexes but, as the name implies, they become more common with advancing years.
ref: 1979, Norman L. Browse, An introduction to the symptoms and signs of surgical disease, →ISBN, page 35:
text: Most warts are due to microorganisms, and are feebly autoinoculable and contagious. However senile warts are due to nutritional changes in the skin incident to old age, while veneral warts are caused by contact with a local irritating secration which may contain a causal germ.
ref: 2002, F. M. Dearborn, Diseases of the Skin with Illustrations, →ISBN, page 286:
glosses: Seborrheic keratosis.
senile warts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senile wart
Abydene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈæbɪˌdiːn/
Forms: form: more Abydene
form: most Abydene
Etymology: From Abydos + -ene.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Abydos.
Abydene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæbɪˌdiːn/
Forms: form: Abydenes
Etymology: From Abydos + -ene.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Abydos.
Abydenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abydene
hypebeast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypebeasts
form: hype beast
Etymology: From hype + beast.
Senses: examples: text: Steve loved sneakers, knew hypebeasts, and was good with money.
ref: 2013, Eddie Huang, Fresh Off the Boat, page 221:
text: Channels such as Louis Vagon and Demohot produce videos with hypebeasts that generate hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of views and frequently appear on the trending section of YouTube.
ref: 2018, Kris Bramwell, Igor Sazonov, The hypebeasts of Russia, popular at what cost?, BBC Trending:
text: A freelancer pitched a piece about Indian hypebeasts—whether companies like Nike and Adidas can connect with them locally, as all the hypebeasts in India are buying their Supreme and Palace and, you know, Nike Air Jordans online from overseas.
ref: 2022, Sarah Shannon, quoted in Johannes Reponen, "A Wealth of Feedback: Interview with Sarah Shannon, Editorial Director of Vogue Business", in Insights on Fashion Journalism (eds. Johannes Reponen & Rosie Findlay), page 54
glosses: A person obsessed with acquiring fashionable items, especially clothing and shoes.
Derived terms: hypepriest
Heijō
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 平壤(へいじょう) (Heijō), the spelling 平壤 or its shinjitai form 平壌 are still used but now normally pronounced as ピョンヤン (Pyon'yan) in Japanese.
Senses: examples: text: Among investigations of ancient sites made by Japanese scholars in the Korean Peninsula during the past forty yeas, there are some which have attracted the attention of scholars of the world. One of these was the excavation of the Lo-lang sites of the Han dynasty centering about Heijōᵃ (P'ing-jang); the other was the discovery of the Kao-kou-li tombs with wall paintings in the neighborhood of Heijō and in the in the vicinity of T'ung-kou, Chi-an shêng,ᵇ Manchuria, in the north.
ref: 1952, Suyeji Umehara, “The Newly Discovered Tombs with Wall Paintings of the Kao-kou-li Dynasty”, in Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, volume 6, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: The name of Pyongyang during the Japanese occupation period in the early 20th century.
Keijō
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gyeongseong
form: Keizyo
Etymology: From Japanese 京城(けいじょう) (Keijō).
Senses: glosses: The name of Seoul during the Japanese occupation period in the early 20th century.
Hanseong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Korean 한성(漢城) (Hanseong).
Senses: glosses: The name of Seoul during the Joseon dynasty.
HQMC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Headquarters Marine Corps.
FFAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FFARs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: Mighty Mouse
glosses: Initialism of Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket.
radiculae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radicula
impecunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impecunities
Senses: glosses: The state of having very little money.
impecunities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impecunity
UPMC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iː
Senses: glosses: Initialism of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
medical center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medical centers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hospital.
synonyms: word: hospital
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of sickbay.
synonyms: word: sickbay
glosses: Synonym of clinic.
synonyms: word: clinic
Presby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Clipping of Presbyterian + -y.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Diminutive of Presbyterian. Abbreviation of Presbyterian Hospital. (a common hospital name in the United States)
Sorbon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Sorbon.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Ardennes department, France.
glosses: A habitational surname from French, derived from the village.
rōmusha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rōmusha
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:romusha.
glosses: Alternative form of romusha, forced laborer.
traumatisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traumatiser
patwaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patwari
spindlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spindling
general hospital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: general hospitals
Etymology: From general + hospital. From being non-specialized, which functions in most, or all areas of hospital care.
Senses: glosses: A hospital which is not specialized in a specific form of care, but has a broad array of services, functioning in most areas of hospital care.
Coordinate terms: english: a hospital with highly capable trauma department, intensive care unit, surgery, usually including a helipad; typically also a general hospital
translation: a hospital with highly capable trauma department, intensive care unit, surgery, usually including a helipad; typically also a general hospital
word: trauma centre
english: a hospital with highly capable trauma department, intensive care unit, surgery, usually including a helipad; typically also a general hospital
translation: a hospital with highly capable trauma department, intensive care unit, surgery, usually including a helipad; typically also a general hospital
word: trauma center
diosmosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dia- + osmosis.
Senses: glosses: The transfusion of a liquid through a membrane.
diosmose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: diosmoses
form: diosmosing
form: diosmosed
form: diosmosed
Etymology: From dia- + osmose.
Senses: glosses: To undergo diosmosis.
diosmosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of diosmose
diosmoses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diosmose
diosmosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diosmose
acylethanolamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acylethanolamides
Etymology: From acyl + ethanolamide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any N-acyl derivative of an ethanolamide
acylethanolamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acylethanolamide
aegypiin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aegypiins
Senses: glosses: Any vulture of the subfamily Aegypiinae
aegypiins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aegypiin
aegypine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characteristic of vultures
agatoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agatoxin
midnight horror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midnight horrors
Senses: glosses: Oroxylum indicum
Synonyms: sense: Oroxylum indicum
word: oroxylum
sense: Oroxylum indicum
word: Indian trumpet flower
sense: Oroxylum indicum
word: broken bones
sense: Oroxylum indicum
word: Indian caper
sense: Oroxylum indicum
word: tree of Damocles
agrospraying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From agro- + spraying.
Senses: glosses: The spraying of agricultural crops
ailuropodin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ailuropodins
Senses: glosses: Any giant panda of the subfamily Ailuropodinae
Related terms: ailuropodine
ailuropodins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ailuropodin
trachelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːliəm
Forms: form: trachelia
form: trachelion
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The neck of a column.
trachelion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trachelia
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Alternative form of trachelium.