cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Schumann resonances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schumann resonance
girdle scone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girdle scones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Welshcake.
synonyms: word: Welshcake
girdle scones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of girdle scone
Welsh cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛlʃ ˌkeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
Forms: form: Welsh cakes
form: Welshcake
Etymology: From Welsh + cake.
Senses: synonyms: bakestone
girdle scone
glosses: A traditional sweet griddle-baked Welsh flatbread with dried fruit and sometimes spices.
Welsh cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welsh cake
Welshcake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Welshcakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Welsh cake.
Welshcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Welshcake
singing hinny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singing hinnies
Etymology: Hinny (from honey) is a term of endearment in the dialects of the Newcastle area. The "singing" is the sizzling sound of the lard or butter during cooking.
Senses: synonyms: word: fatty cutty
glosses: A kind of bannock or scone with currants, traditional in the north of England.
singing hinnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singing hinny
fat rascal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fat rascals
Senses: glosses: A traditional kind of scone or rock cake from Yorkshire, England.
fat rascals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fat rascal
Schläfli symbol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Schläfli symbols
Etymology: From Schläfli (“a surname”) + symbol, after 19th-century Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli (1814–1895).
Senses: examples: text: 1995, Unnamed translator, E. B. Vinberg, Polynomial Group, article in M. Hazewinkel (editor), Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Volume 4: Monge–Ampère Equation — Rings and Algebras, 2013, International Edition, page 481,
The three-dimensional regular polytopes (Platonic solids) have the following Schläfli symbols: the tetrahedron — {3, 3}, the cube — {4, 3}, the octahedron — {3, 4} — the dodecahedron — {5, 3}, and the icosahedron — {3, 5}.
text: For the regular tiling of squares the Schläfli symbol is {4,4}, indicating that there are four squares surrounding each vertex. And for the regular tiling of hexagons the Schläfli symbol is {6,3}, indicating that there are three hexagons surrounding each vertex.
ref: 2007, Michael E. Mortenson, chapter L, in Geometric Transformations for 3D Modeling, page 248:
text: The 24-cell has has 24 octahedral cells, 24 vertices, 96 triangular faces and 96 edges. Its Schläfli symbol is {3, 4, 3} from which we see that the vertex figure is a cube.
ref: 2012, John Barnes, Gems of Geometry, 2nd edition, page 79:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A notation that recursively encodes certain properties of a specified regular polytope or tessellation.
wikipedia: Ludwig Schläfli
Synonyms: sense: notation encoding certain properties of a regular polytope or tessellation
word: Schläfli notation
Schläfli symbols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schläfli symbol
grade-A
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: And what they added up to was curtains - for him. He'd really stepped into something this time: a Grade-A jam, an honest-to-Hannah, double-distilled frammis.
ref: 1957 May, Jim Thompson, Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense Magazine, page 18, column 1:
text: Jesus, I was acting like a grade-A bitch, even if it was only in my head. I opened my eyes and tried to see the town in a more positive way.
ref: 2015, Adam Gallardo, Zombified, page 1:
text: If the conversation doesn’t progress (despite this grade-A advice), it’s probably not you. Now say that again—out loud, and in a mirror. To Hoggard Wagley’s point, the other person might have gone into the interaction with zero intention of actually meeting up.
ref: 2023 March 6, Alexis Jones, Megan Schaltegger, “These Tinder Conversation Starters Actually Work, According To Dating Experts”, in Women's Health:
glosses: Synonym of A-grade.
synonyms: word: A-grade
slaughterpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slaughterperson
slaughterpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slaughterperson
cewebrity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cewebrities
Etymology: From celebrity and Web.
Senses: glosses: A celebrity who acquired fame via the World Wide Web.
cewebrities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cewebrity
gymwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gym + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Clothing designed to be worn while exercising at the gym.
stiff upper lips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stiff upper lip
shuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shud
steez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stiːz/
ipa: /stiz/
Etymology: Blend of style + ease, respelled phonetically.
Senses: examples: text: You know my steez / Let em know, do your thing, God
ref: 1998, “You know my steez”, in Moment of Truth, performed by Gang Starr:
text: Gun in my sleeve 'cause nowadays homicide is my steez.
ref: 2006, “Battle Cry”, in The Torture Papers, performed by Army of the Pharaohs:
text: Are you gay for Steve? I think you may be, and that would be alright. But let a bitch know just what your steez is, so I know if I should shave tonight.
ref: 2011, “You, Me, and Steve”, in All Over Your Face, performed by Garfunkel & Oates:
topics: dancing
hip-hop
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Style; panache.
steeze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of steez.
Tyrolean hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tyrolean hat
Bavarian hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bavarian hats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tyrolean hat.
synonyms: word: Tyrolean hat
Alpine hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alpine hats
Senses: examples: text: “Name it, Jeeves. Ask of me what you will, even unto half my kingdom.”
“If you could see your way to abandoning your Alpine hat, sir.”
I ought to have seen it coming. That cough should have told me. But I hadn't, and the shock was severe.
ref: 1963, P. G. Wodehouse, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves:
glosses: Synonym of Tyrolean hat.
synonyms: word: Tyrolean hat
Bavarian hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bavarian hat
Alpine hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alpine hat
birthday parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthday party
beta male
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beta males
Senses: examples: text: Edward Norton's character is the conformist, emasculated, consumerist beta male while his alter ego of sorts, Durden, is the countercultural alpha because he is free from needing or being controlled by women.
ref: 2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 7, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN:
text: Not one BuzzFeed beta male met the 617 ng/dL average; rather, all the men testing below the level of a typical 85-year-old male (376 ng/dL).
ref: 2017 October 30, Amanda Prestigiacomo, “BuzzFeed Guys Test Their Testosterone Levels. The Results Are Exactly What You’d Expect.”, in The Daily Wire:
synonyms: beta
glosses: A male second in a social or group hierarchy and submissive to the alpha male.
Coordinate terms: alpha female
gamma male
delta male
sigma male
omega male
beta males
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beta male
weaselish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weaselish
form: most weaselish
Etymology: From weasel + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of weasely.
synonyms: word: weasely
yam cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yam cake.
SMV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SMVs
Senses: examples: text: When alpha male podcasters and bloggers boast that “Men’s Peak SMV is Age 37”, I agree.
ref: 2024 February 1, “When Men’s Dating Options Hit The Wall”, in Salt Lake Single Guy, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2024:
topics: lifestyle
seduction-community
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of sexual market value.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of superior mesenteric vein.
dickpics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dickpic
PHEVLER
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PHEVLERs
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Abbreviation of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with long electric range, a PHEV (“plug-in hybrid electric vehicle”) with sufficient battery capacity for about twice the average daily driving distance.
Hypernyms: english: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
translation: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
word: PHEV
english: Hybrid Electric Vehicle
translation: Hybrid Electric Vehicle
word: HEV
english: Electric Vehicle
translation: Electric Vehicle
word: EV
Hyponyms: english: Battery Electric Vehicle w/ Range Extender
translation: Battery Electric Vehicle w/ Range Extender
word: BEVx
english: Range Extender
translation: Range Extender
word: REx
Coordinate terms: english: Electric Vehicle
translation: Electric Vehicle
word: EV
english: Battery Electric Vehicle
translation: Battery Electric Vehicle
word: BEV
english: Hybrid Electric Vehicle
translation: Hybrid Electric Vehicle
word: HEV
english: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
translation: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
word: PHEV
english: Fuel Cell Vehicle
translation: Fuel Cell Vehicle
word: FCV
english: Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
translation: Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
word: FCEV
english: Battery Electric Vehicle w/ Range Extender
translation: Battery Electric Vehicle w/ Range Extender
word: BEVx
english: Range Extender
translation: Range Extender
word: REx
english: low emissions vehicle
translation: low emissions vehicle
word: LEV
english: ultra low emissions vehicle
translation: ultra low emissions vehicle
word: ULEV
english: zero emissions vehicle
translation: zero emissions vehicle
word: ZEV
Related terms: english: Electric Vehicle
translation: Electric Vehicle
word: EV
english: Hybrid Electric Vehicle
translation: Hybrid Electric Vehicle
word: HEV
carcinocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carcinocytes
Etymology: From carcino- + -cyte.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
pathology
sciences
glosses: A single tumor cell.
topocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: topocytes
Etymology: From topo- + -cyte.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A place cell.
necrocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necrocytes
Etymology: From necro- + -cyte.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A single dead cell, either part of a protective dead cell layer, or a component of an unwanted condition.
omega male
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omega males
Etymology: Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, while alpha is the first.
Senses: examples: text: […] but he still does not find her feeling for the omega male convincing.
ref: 2004, Joseph Carroll, Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature, page 140:
text: What might be overlooked in this wolf pack/classroom analogy is that where there is an alpha male (the wolf with all the power), there also is an omega male (the wolf at the bottom of the pack with absolutely no power).
ref: 2007, Robert T. Tauber, Classroom Management: Sound Theory and Effective Practice, page 98:
text: Kamots (named in Blackfoot for "freedom") was the alpha male, dominant to all other pack-mates, and Lakota (named ironically with the Sioux word for friend, when he was to have so few) the omega male, subordinate to all males including the cubs as they grew to adulthood.
ref: 2011, Anne Innis Dagg, Animal Friendships, page 86:
glosses: A male who is the lowest in a social or group hierarchy; a subordinate male.
Coordinate terms: alpha female
beta male
gamma male
delta male
sigma male
omega males
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omega male
Jindy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪndi
Forms: form: Jindies
Senses: glosses: A proponent of the Jindyworobak Movement.
Jindies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jindy
restager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restagers
Etymology: From restage + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who restages a dramatic work.
restagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restager
entitized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of entitize
staphyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staphyles
Etymology: Via Latin staphylē f from Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The uvula of the soft palate.
staphyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staphyle
strapping tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strapping tapes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of filament tape.
synonyms: word: filament tape
strapping tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strapping tape
filament tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filament tapes
Senses: glosses: A pressure-sensitive tape used for sealing packages, bundling items, etc with high tensile strength by having fiberglass elements.
Synonyms: strapping tape
filament tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filament tape
loganamnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An obsession with recalling a specific word that has been forgotten.
Related terms: lethologica
prebuttered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + buttered.
Senses: glosses: Having been buttered in advance.
margarined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From margarine (noun) + -ed (“having”).
Senses: examples: text: Place the ingredients in a margarined baking tray.
glosses: Spread or covered with margarine.
margarined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From margarine (verb) + -ed (past tense suffix).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of margarine
bread-and-butter pickle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread-and-butter pickles
Senses: glosses: A sweet pickle used in sandwiches and burgers.
paripinnately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From paripinnate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a paripinnate manner.
stockrider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockriders
Etymology: From stock + rider.
Senses: examples: text: 1907? Harold Bindloss, The Mistress of Bonaventure, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, https://archive.org/details/mistressofbonave00bindrich
There is a similarity between the very old and the very new, and ancient poets perhaps best portray the primitive, sometimes heroic, life of effort the modern stockrider and plowman lead on the prairie.
text: A stockrider's life is perhaps of all occupations the most enjoyable, and there is just that element of risk connected with it that increases its fascination, but to make it intelligible to the reader, a sketch of the working and management of a cattle station will be necessary.
ref: 1912, Robert B. Booth, Five Years in New Zealand, London: J.G. Hammond & Co:
text: He would take to the saddle as soon as possible and work with native stockriders as one of them till he became a man, when, should he prove to be more intelligent, or rather, perhaps, more selfish and purposeful, than a native, he would be made a foreman.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 68:
glosses: A cowboy.
neoshamanistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neoshamanistic
form: most neoshamanistic
Etymology: From neo- + shamanistic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to neoshamanism.
neoshamanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoshamanisms
Etymology: From neo- + shamanism.
Senses: glosses: Modern practices that superficially resemble traditional shamanism.
Related terms: neoshamanic
neoshamanisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoshamanism
stockriders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stockrider
neoshaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoshamans
Etymology: From neo- + shaman.
Senses: glosses: A follower of neoshamanism.
neoshamans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoshaman
unarraigned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + arraigned.
Senses: glosses: Not arraigned.
unarrayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + arrayed.
Senses: glosses: Not arrayed; undressed.
glosses: Not arranged.
unarrayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unarray
soor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soors
Etymology: From Hindi सूअर (sūar, “pig”). Doublet of sow and swine.
Senses: examples: text: […] Bill was a wonderful instructor.
"'Mark time on that blanky clutch,' he'd yell, and Spud would put his foot on the brake-pedal.
"'The other foot, you soor,' Bill'd shout, he 'avin' been in India with the other battalion.
ref: 1914, Edgar Wallace, Smithy:
glosses: A pig; a worthless person.
jerkying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jerky
jerkied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jerky
braidwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From braid + work.
Senses: glosses: The technique of weaving decorative braids.
how much do I owe you
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Asking how much money is to be paid for products or services.
would you mind putting on your seat belt
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Politely asks someone in a vehicle to put on their seat belt.
moxibustionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moxibustionists
Etymology: From moxibustion + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of moxibustion.
moxibustionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moxibustionist
jural assembly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jural assemblies
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated association of people who join together for the purpose of defining and enforcing local law.
ineconomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪniːˈkɒnəmi/
ipa: /ˌɪnəˈkɑnəmi/
rhymes: -ɒnəmi
Forms: form: ineconomies
Etymology: From in- (prefix meaning ‘lacking, without’) + economy.
Senses: examples: text: The sources of ineconomy in steam engines may broadly be classed under the two heads: failure to obtain indicated work from the energy of the steam, and dissipation of the indicated work in overcoming engine friction.
ref: 1894 September 21, E. Tremlett Carter, “Motive Power and Gearing”, in The Electrician: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Electrical Engineering, Industry and Science, volume XXXIII, number 853, London: […] George Tucker, […], →OCLC, page 593, column 2:
text: [T]he mouth of the salt-water creek was usually surging like a mill-race, but wasting its power—or so it had been—on transporting such things as jellyfish, leaves, and crocodiles. This waste had been the cause of great irritation to Mark, who, though careless of most forms of ineconomy, could not bear to see the wasting of natural force.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, “Heir to All the Ages”, in Capricornia […], New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton-Century Co., published 1943, →OCLC, page 69:
synonyms: uneconomicalness
antonyms: economy
frugality
glosses: Lack of economy; waste (of resources, etc.).
Related terms: ineconomic
noneconomic
noneconomical
uneconomic
uneconomical
uneconomically
uneconomicalness
beehive of activity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beehives of activity
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hive of activity.
loud mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loud mouths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of loudmouth.
pour out one's soul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pours out one's soul
form: pouring out one's soul
form: poured out one's soul
form: poured out one's soul
Senses: examples: text: I wrote this song for you, I poured out my soul
ref: 2024, Larry Cordle, Erin Enderlin, “I Wrote This Song For You”, in The Border, performed by Willie Nelson:
glosses: Synonym of pour one's heart out.
synonyms: word: pour one's heart out
pour one's soul out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pours one's soul out
form: pouring one's soul out
form: poured one's soul out
form: poured one's soul out
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pour one's heart out.
synonyms: word: pour one's heart out
lang may yer lum reek
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæŋ meɪ jə ˌlʌm ˈɹiːk/
ipa: /ˈlæŋ meɪ jɚ ˌlʌm ˈɹik/
ipa: /ˈlaŋ meː jəɹ ˈlʌm ˈrik/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: lang may your lum reek
Etymology: PIE word
 *dlongʰos
Borrowed from Scots lang may yer (or your) lum reek (expression of good wishes for one’s prosperity, literally “long may your chimney smoke”): from lang (“long”), lum (“chimney”), and reek (“of a chimney: to emit smoke”).
Senses: examples: text: The B[ritish] P[rinter] is much appreciated in our office. It is regarded as indispensable, and is beyond doubt the best Trade Journal. Lang may your lum reek.
ref: 1895 March–April, Andrew Craighead, “‘Lang May Your Lum Reek’”, in The British Printer, volume VIII, number 44, London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co. […], →OCLC, page 117:
text: If he will only see that Protestantism is protected, my daily prayer shall be, "Lang may your lum reek," a prayer which warms and gladdens every Scottish heart.
ref: 1896, Joseph Parker, “Note XXIX. [Concerning ‘Bits’.]”, in Might Have Been: Some Life Notes, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A[bbott] Stokes Company, →OCLC, page 187:
text: Lang may your lum reek and your kalipot boil!
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 404:
text: And as they say—lang may yer lum reek!
ref: 1998, Alan Grant, Batman: Scottish Connection, London: Titan Books, →ISBN, page 47:
text: 'And lang may yer lum reek on other folk's coal,' Jock reciprocated.
ref: 2005, Peter Kerr, From Paella to Porridge: A Farewell to Mallorca and a Scottish Adventure, Chichester, West Sussex: Summersdale Publishers, →ISBN:
text: In the event I don't see you again before you leave Glory—well, you know, cheerio, cheery-bye and lang may yer lum reek!
ref: 2008, Ron Benrey, Janet Benrey, chapter 14, in Season of Glory (Love Inspired Suspense), New York, N.Y.: Steeple Hill Books, →ISBN, page 155:
text: ‘Lang may your lum reek,’ called Fingal as his guest drifted out of sight. […] ‘Lang may your lum what?’ Ben murmured to himself. Just catching the question, Alec whispered – ‘reek. Lang may your lum reek. Long may your chimney smoke. That’s what. Long may you live, you see.’
ref: 2012 May 2, Will Riding, chapter 9, in Flight of the Yellow Bowler, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 126:
text: "A'll see y Monday next, then," Grinning Hottie says, giving Angus one of those Macho Man half hugs with the bruising back slap. "Lang may yer lum reek." Angus laughs, slaps Grinning Hottie on the back, and repeats the salutation. He says it so fast, though, that it almost sounds like, "Long may your bum reek."
ref: 2015, Leah Marie Brown, Finding It (An It Girl Novel), New York, N.Y.: Lyrical Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN:
glosses: Used to wish someone well, especially as a drinking toast or a farewell.
greylead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greyleads
Etymology: From grey + lead.
Senses: examples: text: Bess's grapes are gorgeous. With only a 2B greylead, she's created these glistening globes with shading on each one that makes them seem three-dimensional.
ref: 2010, Mary K Pershall, Ruby Clair: A Ghost At School:
text: The way you've described that, I'm prepared to sign up to that, at least in greylead
ref: 2020 November 11, Waleed Aly, “Can Aboriginal political philosophy and political liberalism be reconciled?”, in The Minefield, ABC Radio National, 10 min 38 sec - 10 min 42 sec:
glosses: A lead pencil.
monarcho-fascist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From monarcho- + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: Yet the leadership of the Greek Communist Party adopted the standpoint that the people was to be disarmed and its weapons handed to the monarcho-fascist reactionaries, making the excuse that monarcho-fascism would not be for a peaceful democratic development, and hence the people's liberation movement would be compelled to settle the question of power the revolutionary way.
ref: 1992, Haris Vlavianos, Greece, 1941–49: From Resistance to Civil War, →ISBN:
text: Already in the October circular which initiated this trend, the central committee's secretariat called on party members to join forces with “socialists, anarchists, republicans, nationalists; everyone in one bloc facing the fascist bloc of the various monarcho-fascist parties of the bourgeoisie."
ref: 1996, Gerd-Rainer Horn, European Socialists Respond to Fascism, →ISBN:
text: Before the war "he advanced hostile, left-sectarian Trotskyist ideas in relation to the peasants . . . and helped the monarcho-fascist power."
ref: 2014, E. P. P. Thompson, Carl Winslow, E.P. Thompson and the Making of the New Left: Essays and Polemics, →ISBN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Of or related to monarcho-fascism, concerning a fascist state or system of government headed by a king or queen.
Hypernyms: monarchical
fascist
Related terms: monarcho-fascism
monarcho-fascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monarcho-fascists
Etymology: From monarcho- + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: The Greek monarcho-fascists, who put themselves in power only with the aid of foreign bayonets, suppose, not without foundations, that in the future also their fate will depend solely on suport from without.
ref: 1952, The Current Digest of the Soviet Press - Volume 3, page 16:
text: It was the provocations of the monarcho-fascists on the one hand and "the slanders upon Yugoslavia" on the other hand "which obliged the Yugoslavs to close the frontier completely and so defend their country".
ref: 1987, Lars Bærentzen, John O. Iatrides, Ole Langwitz Smith, Studies in the History of the Greek Civil War, 1945-1949, →ISBN, page 294:
text: In April 1937 it united formally with the rest of the right—Carlist traditionalists, the 'monarcho-fascists' of Renovación Española and the residues of the CEDA—to form the monopolistic party of a state many would regard as 'fascist'.
ref: 2003, Martin Blinkhorn, Fascists and Conservatives, →ISBN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A supporter of monarcho-fascism generally; a supporter of a particular monarcho-fascist regime.
Hypernyms: monarchist
fascist
Related terms: monarcho-fascism
Bankhars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bankhar
monarcho-fascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monarcho-fascist
literose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more literose
form: most literose
Etymology: From Latin litterōsus.
Senses: glosses: Distinctively literary, usually in a studied or affected form.
truncated octahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truncated octahedra
form: truncated octahedrons
Senses: examples: text: The closest packing of truncated octahedra can be considered to be a denser packing than that of the rhombic dodecahedron because in a space filling array each truncated octahedron is surrounded by 14 others corresponding to its 14 faces, while the rhombic dodecahedron is only surrounded by 12 like cells.
ref: 1990, [1978], Peter Pearce, Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design, page 5:
text: The K-complex is built by taking the truncated octahedrons as 3-cells, and its faces, edges and vertex^([sic]) respectively as 2-cells, 1-cells, and 0-cells.
ref: 1996, Serge Miguet, Annick Montanvert, editors, Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery: 6th International Workshop, page 184:
text: 2007, Rebecca L. Wolfe, Novel Gold Monolayer Protected Clusters: Synthesis, Characterization, Separation, and Functionalization, PhD Thesis, page 29,
Many proposed MPC cores, including Au₁₄₀ and Au₂₂₅, are truncated octahedrons, referred to as TO+ because the shapes are (0 < n - m = 4), where n is the number of atoms between (111) facets and m is the number of atoms between (111) and (100) facets.
glosses: A zonohedron that has 14 faces (eight regular hexagons and six squares) and 36 edges and is an Archimedean solid.
Hypernyms: sense: polyhedron with 14 faces
word: tetrakaidecahedron
sense: polyhedron with 14 faces
word: tetrakaidekahedron
truncated octahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truncated octahedron
truncated octahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truncated octahedron
cryptovirological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crypto- + virological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cryptovirology.
greyleads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greylead
pinolillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Nicaraguan drink made from cornmeal and cacao and served sweetened or unsweetened, traditionally from a gourd.
subsumability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From subsume + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being subsumable.
unsummable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + summable.
Senses: glosses: Not summable.
unhateable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhateable
form: most unhateable
form: unhatable
Etymology: From un- + hateable. Attested since the 20th century.
Senses: glosses: Not capable of being hated.
self-scan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + scan.
Senses: topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: An electronic system in a supermarket etc. allowing customers to scan the barcodes on their purchases and pay for them without the need for a cashier.
self-scan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-scans
form: self-scanning
form: self-scanned
form: self-scanned
Etymology: From self- + scan.
Senses: topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: To use this system.
self-checkout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-checkouts
form: self-scan checkout
form: self-scanning checkout
form: self checkout
Etymology: From self- + checkout.
Senses: topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: A self-scan checkout.
examples: text: one of the first stores to introduce self-checkout
text: While self-checkout machines are often used alongside cashiers, labor unions say that tilting toward fully cashierless operations threatens the French way of life by encouraging American-style consumerism and automation, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
ref: 2019 December 26, Liz Alderman, “Self-Checkout in France Sets Off Battle Over a Day of Rest”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Feb 2020:
topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: The use of self-scan checkouts.
self-checkouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-checkout
situation room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: situation rooms
Etymology: From situation + room.
Senses: glosses: A room reserved for business or political officials to discuss plans or courses of action.
Related terms: control room
engine room
war room
situation rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of situation room
protectionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From protection + -less. Attested since the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: All guardless, innocent, protectionless, As you were then, how could I be but thus, If I would not betray my charge, my trust?
ref: 1881, Mary Cowden Clarke, Honey from the Weed: Verses, page 103:
glosses: Without protection.
Synonyms: improtected
unprotected
Remainiac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmeɪ.niˌæk/
rhymes: -eɪniæk
Forms: form: Remainiacs
Etymology: Blend of remain + maniac
Senses: examples: text: Though no Remainiac, I will vote in.
ref: 2016 June 11, Rachel Johnson, “RACHEL JOHNSON: Just stop picking on my big brother! (But, sorry Boris, I'm still voting In)”, in The Daily Mail:
text: Nevertheless, given that my proxy vote is safely secured back in Blighty, an international festival for creativity provides perfect context to ask the question, 'If the EU referendum were a competition in branding, which camp would win?’ Who gets your branding vote, Brexiteer or Remainiac?
ref: 2016 June 23, Greg Taylor, “If the EU referendum were a competition in branding, which side would win?”, in The Drum:
ref: 2017 August 2, Chris Campbell, “What was the point? Ferrari slates Remainiac in Brexit row for trying to ruin the Proms”, in Daily Express:
text: Together, they’ve conquered Middle England and seen of the Remainiacs.
ref: 2017 August 14, Julia Rampen, “5 unmissable Nigel Farage scenes from Bad Boys of Brexit: The Movie”, in New Statesman:
topics: government
politics
glosses: One who opposes the idea of Brexit and wishes the United Kingdom to remain a member of the European Union.
Synonyms: word: Remainer
word: Remoaner
Remainiacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Remainiac
wincyette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛt
Forms: form: wincyettes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of winceyette.
wincyettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wincyette
Ronsardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ronsardian
form: most Ronsardian
Etymology: From Ronsard + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the French poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585).
unnarrow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unnarrow
form: most unnarrow
Etymology: From un- + narrow.
Senses: examples: text: It is modest and unassuming and it celebrates the unnarrow life of a community dedicated to the quest for understanding.
ref: 2001, Thomas W. Currie, Searching for Truth: Confessing Christ in an Uncertain World, page 27:
text: The narrow tunnel had blossomed out into some seriously unnarrow tunnels.
ref: 2007, John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor, Vorpal Blade:
glosses: Not narrow.
unnarrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unnarrows
form: unnarrowing
form: unnarrowed
form: unnarrowed
Etymology: From un- + narrow.
Senses: examples: text: And if you could see how happy I am you would unnarrow your eyes and be happy for me.
ref: 2006, Mary H. Jacobsen, Blood Sisters, page 32:
text: That chafes a bit, his assumption that my horizons need unnarrowing.
ref: 2013, Lisa Samson, The Sky Beneath My Feet, page 66:
glosses: To make less narrow; to broaden or expand.
unnarrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unnarrow
unnarrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unnarrow
turnipless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From turnip + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without turnips.
decision room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decision rooms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of situation room.
synonyms: word: situation room
decision rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decision room
pestoed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pesto + -ed.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Prepared with pesto.
dodds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dodd
chicken bingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An outdoor game where players attempt to predict the square of a numbered grid on which a wandering chicken will defecate.
Related terms: cow bingo
cow bingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An outdoor game where players attempt to predict the square of a numbered grid on which a wandering cow will defecate.
Related terms: chicken bingo
S trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: S traps
Senses: glosses: A trap in a waste pipe in the shape of the letter S, generally used where a drain line rises from the floor.
Related terms: P trap
S-bend
S traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of S trap
P trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: P traps
Senses: glosses: A trap in a waste pipe consisting of a U-bend followed by a 90-degree bend to the horizontal or near horizontal, so that the entire device is shaped like the letter P on its side.
Related terms: S trap
P traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of P trap
bullshit bingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There are many strategies for coping with interminably long meetings. There is, of course, the very popular game of Bullshit Bingo whereby a list of management buzzwords is drawn up and circulated amongst players.
ref: 2002 November 5, Donald Hiscock, “Furthermore: How to cope with long meetings”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Synonym of buzzword bingo.
synonyms: word: buzzword bingo
Tojo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tojos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 東條 (Tōjō).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Tojo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tojos
Etymology: After General Hideki Tojo, Japanese prime minister during World War II.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A Japanese person, especially a soldier during WW2.
Tojos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tojo
DAFNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DAFN
cryptoquizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptoquiz
cryptoquiz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptoquizzes
Etymology: From crypto- + quiz.
Senses: glosses: A puzzle consisting of a set of thematically related words encrypted with a simple alphabetic cipher.
mowerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mower + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a mower.
motorshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motorshows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of motor show.
motorshows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motorshow
chuteless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chute + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a parachute.
parachuteless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From parachute + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a parachute.
Synonyms: chuteless
honour killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honour killers
form: honor killer
Senses: glosses: Someone who commits an honour killing.
flip-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of sunglasses: having lenses that can be pushed upward and out of the frame, so that the glasses need not be removed in darker areas such as indoors.
Related terms: flip-ups
flip-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: flip-up sunglasses
honour killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honour killer
jahilliya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya, “ignorance”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A pre-Islamic period of ignorance and darkness.
dowry death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dowry deaths
Senses: glosses: The murder or suicide of a woman as a result of harassment intended to elicit an increased dowry.
dowry deaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dowry death
Zaynab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zainab
form: Zeinab
form: Zeineb
form: Zenab
form: Zeynab
form: Zeynep
form: Zinab
Etymology: Arabic زَيْنَب (zaynab, literally “fragrant flower”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Arabic.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The daughter of the prophet Muhammad.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The granddaughter of the prophet Muhammad.
Zainab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zaynab.
Zeinab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zaynab.
Zeineb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zaynab.
Zeynab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zaynab.
Zinab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zaynab.
unimode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + mode.
Senses: glosses: Having, or operating in, a single mode.
Synonyms: monomode
unimodal
figurework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From figure + work.
Senses: examples: the ornate figurework on an ancient vase
glosses: Decorative figures.
glosses: Arithmetic; mathematics done with figures.
winner's circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: An enclosed area next to a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for photographs and awards.
Chastain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chastains
form: Chasteen
form: Chestang
Etymology: Borrowed from French Chastain.
Senses: examples: text: The first line of dialogue is from an off-screen Field Commander Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), asking the team to stay in sight and “make NASA proud”.
ref: 2016 August 31, “GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney”, in Industrial Scripts:
glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Thomas County, Georgia, United States.
Ctrl-Alt-Delete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ctrl-Alt-Del
form: Ctrl+Alt+Del
form: Control-Alt-Delete
form: Control+Alt+Delete
form: ctrl-alt-delete
Etymology: Key combination of Ctrl, Alt and Delete. In many computer systems, this interrupts or shuts down the system or some part of it or opens up a shut-down menu.
Senses: examples: text: Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to reboot.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The simultaneous key combination of Ctrl, Alt, and Delete.
Ctrl-Alt-Delete
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: Ctrl-Alt-Del
form: Ctrl+Alt+Del
form: Control-Alt-Delete
form: Control+Alt+Delete
form: ctrl-alt-delete
Etymology: Key combination of Ctrl, Alt and Delete. In many computer systems, this interrupts or shuts down the system or some part of it or opens up a shut-down menu.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Said by a sentient machine to express the desire to kill or destroy something or someone.
Ctrl-Alt-Delete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Ctrl-Alt-Deletes
form: Ctrl-Alt-Deleting
form: Ctrl-Alt-Deleted
form: Ctrl-Alt-Deleted
form: Ctrl-Alt-Del
form: Ctrl+Alt+Del
form: Control-Alt-Delete
form: Control+Alt+Delete
form: ctrl-alt-delete
Etymology: Key combination of Ctrl, Alt and Delete. In many computer systems, this interrupts or shuts down the system or some part of it or opens up a shut-down menu.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: literal
glosses: To press Ctrl, Alt, and Delete simultaneously to restart.
glosses: To reset.
underbellied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From underbelly + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a specified kind of underbelly.
biopersistence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + persistence.
Senses: glosses: The property of being biopersistent.
biopersistent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biopersistent
form: most biopersistent
Etymology: From bio- + persistent.
Senses: glosses: Tending to remain inside a biological organism, rather than being expelled or broken down.
cismethrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular pyrethroid insecticide.
missions impossible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mission impossibles
Senses: glosses: plural of mission impossible
mission impossibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missions impossible
Senses: glosses: plural of mission impossible
casemod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casemods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of case mod.
casemods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casemod
case mod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: case mods
form: casemod
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A modification to the outer case of a computer or video game console, to change its appearance or improve its performance.
case mods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of case mod
Galois fields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Galois field
alleluiaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of alleluia
alleluiaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of alleluia
carrier sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrier set
blackgin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackgins
form: black gin
form: black-gin
form: gin
Etymology: From black + Dharug dyin (“woman”) (David Nash, "Placenames evidence for NSW pidgin" in Felicity Meakins, Carmel O'Shannessy (eds) Loss and Renewal: Australian Languages Since Colonization, Walter de Gruyter, 2016, p.133.) https://books.google.ca/books?id=spjUCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=%22blackgin%22&source=bl&ots=PAH4wZMnI1&sig=6pQWiSTFpQV6FcU9ZFhRzaTkbbQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim-YfEg9vMAhUK-GMKHccqA_0Q6AEI5AEwLw#v=onepage&q=%22blackgin%22&f=false
Senses: examples: text: […] a man has got to go on day after day, week after week, year after year, fighting devils of loneliness and worse—with nothing to look at except miles and miles of stark staring gum trees and black, smelling gidgee and dead-finish scrub—and never the glimpse of a woman—not counting black gins—to remind him he once had a mother and might have a wife.
ref: 1915, Rosa Praed, chapter 7, in Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: A Story of Australian Life, London: Hutchinson:
text: Anna was of a lower caste than Nawnim. Her father was a Japanese. Therefore, according to the Law of the Land, which recognized no diluent for Aboriginal blood but that of a white race, she was a full-blooded blackgin and not entitled to franchise as Nawnim theoretically would be when he came of age.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 73:
glosses: An Aboriginal woman.
glosses: The plant Kingia australis.
Freirian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Freirian
form: most Freirian
Etymology: From Freire + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Freirean.
blackgins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackgin
black gin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black gins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blackgin.
black-gin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-gins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blackgin.
countertext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countertexts
Etymology: From counter- + text.
Senses: examples: text: Alice Randall's novel "The Wind Done Gone" is a countertext to Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind".
topics: human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: A text that opposes another, often by presenting similar events from a different perspective.
Derived terms: countertextual
countertexts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countertext