cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Babbitt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæbɪt/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈbæbət/
rhymes: -æbɪt
Forms: form: Babbitts
form: Babbit
form: babbitt
Etymology: From the surname of George Babbitt, the title character of the novel Babbitt (1922) by the American author Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951). The word was also popularized by the George (1898–1937) and Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) song “The Babbitt and the Bromide”, first featured in the 1927 musical Funny Face and later in the film Ziegfeld Follies (1945).
Senses: examples: text: A Babbitt met a Bromide on the avenue one day. They held a conversation in their own peculiar way.
ref: 1927 Ira Gershwin, "The Babbit and the Bromide," from the stage musical "Funny Face" (1927). Lyrics collected in: Louis Kronenberger (2008) An Anthology of Light Verse, p.234
text: One speaks of a babbitt habit, a babbitt era. Nothing is more true. America recognized itself in Babbitt, it demurred, but it also admired.
ref: 1930, The Literary digest, volume 105, Funk and Wagnalls, page 21:
text: The top and bottom are spiritually and intellectually nearer together in America than in most countries, but there are plenty of Babbitts everywhere.
ref: 1931, James Truslow Adams, The Epic Of America, Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, page 411:
text: If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a Babbitt. Say, there's nothing more wonderful than defying middle-class conventions.
ref: 1951, The Georgia review, volume 5, University of Georgia, page 150:
text: I myself think that Doc overdid the Yankee Doodle stuff. Being a Babbitt inspired him almost the way Swinburne did me. He was dying to say goodbye to Jewry, or to feudalism.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 288:
text: … a "babbitt" is a person full of self-confident bluster who is nevertheless a narrowminded philistine and a hypocrite.]
ref: [2002 Tamkang review, Volume 33, Tamkang College of Arts and Sciences, p.158
text: Ira relished telling the story that Fred Astaire took him aside and said he knew what a babbitt was, but what was a bromide?
ref: 2003, William Hyland, George Gershwin: a new biography, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 116:
text: In this sense Harding was a Babbitt. Intellectuals and journalists rejected Harding as being as empty as the Sinclair Lewis character.
ref: 2009, Phillip G. Payne, Dead last: the public memory of Warren G. Harding's scandalous legacy,, Ohio University Press, page 12:
glosses: A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals.
Derived terms: Babbittian
Babbittism
Babbittry
babbittry
Babbitty
Babbitt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæbɪt/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈbæbət/
rhymes: -æbɪt
Forms: form: Babbitts
Etymology: See babbitt.
Senses: examples: text: Figure 2 represents a top plan of the "Babbitting" jig, placed in or upon a cast-iron frame, preparatory to the pouring or casting of the "Babbitt" or other soft metal on to or around its journals, to form journal bearings in said cast-iron frame.
ref: 1867 October 29, John Underwood, Improved Babbitting and Drilling Jig, US Patent 0070294 (PDF version), page 1:
text: The cross-head is cast of crucible steel and faced with Babbitt. […] The rod is secured to the crank pin by body bound bolts, this bearing being provided with Babbitt shells which are prevented from turning by paper liners extending to the pin.
ref: 1895 June, “The Fisher Self-oiling Engine”, in Power, volume XV, number 6, New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 2:
text: The most common bearing materials are Babbitts, both tin-base (as 89% Sn, 8% Pb, 3% Cu) and lead-base (as 75% Pb, 15% Sb, 10% Sn), and copper alloys, primarily copper lead, leaded bronze, tin bronze, and aluminium bronze. […] The Babbitts are unexcelled in conformability and embeddability, but they have relatively low compressive and fatigue strength, particularly above about 77°C (170°F). Babbitts can seldom be used above about 121°C (250°F).
ref: 2020, Robert C. Juvinall, Kurt M. Marshek, “Lubrication and Sliding Bearings”, in Jennifer Brady, editor, Fundamentals of Machine Component Design, 7th edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, →ISBN, page 403:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of babbitt (“a soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction”).
Babbitts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Babbitt
Padma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːdmə/
ipa: /ˈpɑdmə/
rhymes: -ɑːdmə
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit पद्म (padma, “lotus”), which the river was named for. Doublet of Pema.
Senses: glosses: The main distributary of the Ganges river in Bangladesh.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit in India.
Jaflong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bengali জাফলং (japholoṅ).
Senses: glosses: A hill station in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh.
Sudanese Arabic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dialect of Arabic spoken in northern Sudan.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Sudanese Arabic terms
stooper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stoopers
Etymology: From stoop + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who stoops.
glosses: One who searches for discarded winning tickets at a racetrack.
strobe light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strobe lights
Senses: glosses: Synonym of strobe (“light”).
synonyms: word: strobe
extra: light
Emmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Emmers
Etymology: * As a German surname, from the noun Emmer (“grain”).
* Also as a German surname, from the adjective eben (“smooth, even”) + the suffix -er.
* As a Dutch surname, from the personal name Emmert, from the old Germanic name Emhard, see Emmert. Or, from the name Egmar, from *aggju (“sharp point of a sword”) + *mārī (“famous”).
* Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun emmer (“bucket”).
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Emmer Green
Related terms: Emmers
Emmerson
K'iche'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Quiché
Etymology: Borrowed from K'iche' Kʼicheʼ.
Senses: glosses: The most numerous Mayan people of Guatemala.
K'iche'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quiché
Etymology: Borrowed from K'iche' Kʼicheʼ.
Senses: glosses: The language of this people.
glosses: The region where this people lives.
glosses: A department of Guatemala lying within this region.
Related terms: word: Wiktionary’s coverage of K'iche' terms
alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/quc
word: quc
word: quc ⁠
Chimaltenango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and department of Guatemala.
Jutiapa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Jutiapa.
Senses: glosses: A department of Guatemala.
glosses: A town in Cabañas department, El Salvador.
Totonicapán
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Totonicapán, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Pipil tutūnik (“hot”) + āpan (“river”)); calqued from K'iche' Chuwiʼ Meqʼinaʼ (“above the hot water”) or Kaqchikel Chimekʼenyaʼ (“place of hot water”).
Senses: glosses: A city in Guatemala.
glosses: A department of Guatemala.
creant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːənt/
Forms: form: more creant
form: most creant
Etymology: From Latin creans.
Senses: examples: text: As yourselves
Were fashioned very good at best, so we
Sprang very beauteous from the creant Word
Which thrilled behind us […]
ref: 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:
glosses: creative; formative
nicotines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nicotine
Melb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Melbourne (Australian city)
WOFF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Web Open Font Format.
Turkish bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turkish breads
Senses: examples: text: They devour sandwiches for lunch, with most sandwich fillings in cafés now coming on grilled, fancy-pants Italian bread such as focaccia, on bagels, or on Turkish bread (also known as pide).
ref: 2008, Charles Rawlings-Way, Meg Worby, Gabi Mocatta, Tasmania, 5th edition, Lonely Planet, page 43:
glosses: A broad, round and flat bread made from wheat, sometimes considered a type of pita; pide.
examples: text: The Turkish breads are cornbread, Pide (a broad, round, and flat bread made of wheat), Lavash, Tandır bread (baked on the inner walls of a round oven called tandır), Bazlama, and Simit (also known as “gevrek”), another type of ring-shaped bread covered with sesame seeds.
ref: 2008, Joseph J. Conte, Time to Say Goodbye, page 151:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Turkish, bread.
Synonyms: sense: broad, round and flat bread made from wheat
word: pide
Related terms: Turkish pizza
Turkish pizza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turkish pizzas
Senses: glosses: A meal or snack made from an oval piece of Turkish bread baked with various toppings such as minced meat and herbs.
Synonyms: word: lahmacun
word: pide
homentropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + entropic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having the same entropy per unit mass at all points, and at all times.
raw_tags: of a flow
informetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to informetrics
informetrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of information + metrics
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of quantitative aspects of information
interprocessor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + processor.
Senses: glosses: Between processors
microregulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microregulators
Etymology: From micro- + regulator.
Senses: glosses: A very small regulator
e-invoicing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + invoicing.
Senses: glosses: electronic invoicing
Related terms: e-invoice
waterski
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterskis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of water ski.
waterski
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: waterskis
form: waterskiing
form: waterskied
form: waterskied
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of water ski.
waterskis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterski
waterskis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of waterski
waterskied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of waterski
gaussoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gaussoid
acquiree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acquirees
Etymology: From acquire + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Something that is to be acquired, especially a company that is the target of a takeover
alienness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aliennesses
Etymology: From alien + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being alien
Synonyms: strangeness
weirdness
eeriness
unearthliness
anthropopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹəˈpɒpəθi/
Forms: form: anthropopathies
Etymology: From anthropo- + -pathy.
Senses: examples: text: In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy.
ref: 1846, Julius Charles Hare, The Mission of the Comforter and Other Sermons with Notes, London: John W. Parker, […]:
glosses: The attribution of human emotions to a god.
Derived terms: anthropopathic
anthropopathite
arousable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arousable
form: most arousable
Etymology: From arouse + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be aroused
Derived terms: unarousable
automize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: automizes
form: automizing
form: automized
form: automized
form: automise
Senses: glosses: To automate or automatize.
Derived terms: automizer
avicularium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌvɪkjʊˈlɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /əˌvɪkjəˈlɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: avicularia
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A modified zooid, in some colonial bryozoans, in the form of a beak, that prevents other organisms from settling on the colony
bladderwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bladderworts
Etymology: From bladder + wort.
Senses: glosses: Any of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus Utricularia, that have open bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans.
shitskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitskins
Etymology: From shit (“feces”) + skin.
Senses: examples: text: […] a job that dealt with an endless parade of shitskin losers—hunting them down, befriending them in order to get their confessions, then tossing them into County […]
ref: 2001, Richard Price, Clockers:
text: You shitskins are thinking you can victimize yourself to the point where the wiggers and liberals will just turn all the wealth over to you.
ref: 2001, white aryan resistance, “reparations for shitskins”, in alt.politics.nationalism.black (Usenet):
glosses: A person with dark-colored skin.
Related terms: cumskin
shitskinned
shitskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitskin
bladderworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bladderwort
boronia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boronias
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Boronia.
Senses: examples: text: The scent of lemon boronia is ushered by on a light breeze.
ref: 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 82
glosses: Any of several aromatic herbs, of the genus Boronia, used in perfumery.
Nipkow disk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nipkow disks
form: Nipkov disc
form: Nipkov disk
form: Nipkow disc
Etymology: After Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (1860-1940), German inventor.
Senses: glosses: A mechanical, geometrically-operating image scanning device, a fundamental component of early mechanical television.
wikipedia: Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
boronias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boronia
bullshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊlʃɒt/
Forms: form: bullshots
Etymology: From bull + shot, with influence from bullshit.
Senses: glosses: A cocktail made from vodka and beef bouillon.
bullshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊlʃɒt/
Forms: form: bullshots
Etymology: Blend of bullshit + screenshot, coined in 2005 in the webcomic Penny Arcade.
Senses: examples: text: Exhibit A is a textbook example of a bullshot, an image ginned up by marketing and foisted on people who don't know any better.
ref: 2005 September 12, “Potent New Lingo”, in Penny Arcade, retrieved 15 Jun 2012:
text: Even the world's most technically proficient game-makers — industry leaders in graphical and gameplay innovation — seem shy to release actual screenshots of their forthcoming games, preferring instead to unleash super-scaled bullshots, or enhanced videos.
ref: 2009 August 15, Richard Leadbetter, “Media Manipulation: the "Bullshot" phenomenon”, in Eurogamer, retrieved 15 Jun 2012:
text: Sometimes they’ll fall under the ambiguous label of ‘visual target renders’, the small-print description of bullshots at the highest level.
ref: 2012 March 19, Ryan King, “7 Marketing Trends That Need To Stop”, in Play, →ISSN, retrieved 16 Jun 2012:
topics: video-games
glosses: A phony screenshot created for promotional purposes.
Whiggish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Whiggish
form: most Whiggish
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of whiggish.
bullshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullshot
countercheck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛk
Forms: form: counterchecks
Etymology: From counter- + check.
Senses: glosses: A restriction or limit.
glosses: A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).
countercheck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛk
Forms: form: counterchecks
form: counterchecking
form: counterchecked
form: counterchecked
Etymology: From counter- + check.
Senses: glosses: To restrict or limit by counteracting.
glosses: To recheck.
counterchecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countercheck
counterchecks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of countercheck
counterchecking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of countercheck
counterchecked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of countercheck
depigment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depigments
form: depigmenting
form: depigmented
form: depigmented
Etymology: From de- + pigment.
Senses: glosses: To reduce pigmentation
Related terms: depigmentation
discloser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disclosers
Etymology: From disclose + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who discloses
discusser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discussers
Etymology: From discuss + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who discusses.
discussers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discusser
downdrift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downdrifts
Etymology: From down- + drift.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A lowering (over time) of the pitch of the tones of a tonal language.
downdrift
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From down- + drift.
Senses: examples: text: A groyne promotes the build-up of sediment on its updrift side, and reduces erosion on the downdrift side.
glosses: On the downward side of a drift.
depigments
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of depigment
depigmenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of depigment
depigmented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: coordinate_terms: pigmented
;
nonpigmented
unpigmented
;
hypopigmented
hyperpigmented
;
repigmented
glosses: simple past and past participle of depigment
depigmentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depigmentation
downfold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downfolds
Etymology: From down + fold.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A syncline.
disclosers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discloser
downfolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downfold
Nipkow disks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nipkow disk
hairgrip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairgrips
form: hair-grip
form: hair grip
Etymology: From hair + grip.
Senses: examples: text: Eve had chewed the cushion tip from her hairgrip and had begun bending back one end of the stiff piece of metal.
ref: 1981, Gillian Allnutt, Spitting the Pips Out, page 51:
text: Then she leant over towards the bedside table, selected a hairgrip from amongst the crusted trio littered beside her hairbrush, and tenderly inserted the looped end into her right ear, turning it delicately to dredge for wax.
ref: 1985, Patricia Ferguson, Family myths and legends, page 8:
text: “The hairgrip was in this envelope", Ulrika Stenholm said, passing him another small plastic bag containing a white envelope.
ref: 2016, Leif G. W. Persson, The Dying Detective, page 111:
glosses: A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
Synonyms: bobby pin
grip
kirby grip
handbasin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handbasins
Etymology: From hand + basin.
Senses: glosses: washbasin
hairgrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairgrip
histogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: histogenies
Etymology: From histo- (“biological tissue”) + -geny (“origin”).
Senses: glosses: Histogenesis.
histogeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from German Histogenie, itself from histo- + -genie; equivalent to histo- (“biological tissue”) + -geny (“origin”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
qualifier: theory of recapitulation
glosses: The study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
Hypernyms: morphogeny
Coordinate terms: organogeny
blastogeny
cormogeny
metaclass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaclasses
Etymology: From meta- + class.
Senses: examples: text: That is, all metaclasses (such as Collection class, Object class and Set class) are instances of the class Metaclass. This is because all metaclasses have the same behavior. They define the structure, definition and behavior of a class.
ref: 1997, John Hunt, Smalltalk and Object Orientation: An Introduction, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 345:
text: First, the class can explicitly specify its metaclass by either setting a __metaclass__ class variable (Python 2), or supplying the metaclass keyword argument in the tuple of base classes (Python 3).
ref: 2009, David Beazley, Python Essential Reference, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 139:
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A class that serves as a template for other classes rather than objects.
Related terms: metatype
metaclasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaclass
nonclassifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + classifying.
Senses: glosses: That does not classify.
shower gels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shower gel
bum-rushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bum-rush
bum-rushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bum-rush
bum-rushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bum-rush
bum rushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bum rush
bum's rushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bum's rush
mismanagements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mismanagement
mismanager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mismanagers
Etymology: From mismanage + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who mismanages.
mismanagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mismanager
mismapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mismap
mismaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mismap
drive-bys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drive-by
drivebys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of driveby
highrisk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more highrisk
form: most highrisk
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of high-risk.
drive-by download
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drive-by downloads
Etymology: From the notion of a drive by shooting.
Senses: qualifier: computer security
glosses: A download triggered by scripts etc. on a website, without prompting the user, usually for malicious purposes.
drivewheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drivewheels
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of drive wheel.
drivewheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drivewheel
drive-by downloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drive-by download
camptocormia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camptocormias
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An abnormal posture characterized by forward flexion of the spine
cartomizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartomizers
Etymology: Blend of cart(ridge) + (at)omizer
Senses: glosses: A combination of cartridge and atomizer that is part of an electronic cigarette.
checkout divider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: checkout dividers
Senses: glosses: A plastic bar that separates the groceries of one customer from another's at a supermarket checkout.
absofuckinglutely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæbsəˈfʌkɪŋluːtli/
ipa: /ˌæbsəfʌkɪŋˈluːtli/
Forms: form: more absofuckinglutely
form: most absofuckinglutely
form: abso-fucking-lutely
form: absofuckinlutely
Etymology: A tmesis of absolutely + -fucking-
.
Senses: examples: text: Riley, you swore to me, you absofuckinglutely swore to me you weren't going to diddle around with the expense account this time!
ref: 1990, Ivan Doig, Ride with me, Mariah Montana:
text: If you had asked me six months ago if I would ever be making out with Courtney McSweeney, I would have said no, absofuckinglutely not.
ref: 2007, Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street:
glosses: Absolutely.
absofuckinglutely
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæbsəˈfʌkɪŋluːtli/
ipa: /ˌæbsəfʌkɪŋˈluːtli/
Forms: form: abso-fucking-lutely
form: absofuckinlutely
Etymology: A tmesis of absolutely + -fucking-
.
Senses: examples: text: Do you think she can do it?
Absofuckinglutely!
glosses: Yes, absolutely.
Related terms: absobloodylutely
congratufuckulations
unfuckingbelievable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfuckingbelievable
form: most unfuckingbelievable
form: unfuckinbelievable
Etymology: From unbelievable + -fucking-.
Senses: examples: text: Unfuckingbelievable! I just checked my email and the first sergeant at headquarters won't sign a sworn statement about my missing ruck sack.
ref: 2007, Melia Meichelbock, In the Company of Soldiers:
text: “It’s unfuckingbelievable. Fucking peasants, arseholes – you lot take the fucking piss,” shouted the driver of a truck from a recycling and waste management company.
ref: 2019 July 13, Nosheen Iqbal, “Extinction Rebellion kick off weekend of protest with Dalston blockade”, in The Observer:
glosses: Synonym of unbefuckinglievable.
synonyms: word: unbefuckinglievable
wrong-way concurrencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrong-way concurrency
increate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: First attested in 1412, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English increat(e), borrowed from Medieval Latin increātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also in- (“not”), and create.
Senses: examples: text: Bright effluence of bright essence increate
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
synonyms: increated
glosses: That exists without having been created.
increate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: increates
form: increating
form: increated
form: increated
Etymology: From in- + create.
Senses: glosses: To create within.
inwrought
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inwrought
form: most inwrought
Etymology: From past participle of inwork.
Senses: glosses: Having a design that has been worked or woven in.
examples: text: Or wait the rolling tide;
While boldly to the sky
Her ensign, wreathing high,
Inwrought with volumed smoke, and sparkling flame, she cast.
ref: 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, On the Loss od the Steamboat Ætna, page 96:
text: As he had recovered his strength of body, he had recovered his self-command and the energy of his will; he had recovered the memory of all that part of his life which was closely inwrought with his emotions; and he had felt more and more constantly and painfully the uneasy sense of lost knowledge.
ref: 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter X, page 104:
glosses: Fixed, established, ingrained.
lemonwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lemonwoods
Etymology: From lemon + wood.
Senses: synonyms: tarata
glosses: A small evergreen tree, Pittosporum eugenioides, from New Zealand, whose leaves smell of lemon when crushed.
synonyms: dagame
degame
degami
glosses: The flowering plant Calycophyllum candidissimum.
lendable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lend + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be lent.
examples: text: a lendable business
glosses: To which it is viable to loan money.
Derived terms: unlendable
multifilament
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + filament.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple filaments
multifilament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multifilaments
Etymology: From multi- + filament.
Senses: glosses: A yarn with multiple filaments.
Synonyms: multifil
obvert
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: obverts
form: obverting
form: obverted
form: obverted
Senses: glosses: To turn so as to show another side.
glosses: To turn towards the front.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: To infer by obversion; too convert a proposition to its obverse.
Related terms: obverse
obversion
obvert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obverts
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The result of obversion.
sessile oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sessile oaks
Senses: glosses: A large deciduous tree, Quercus petraea.
Synonyms: durmast oak
Related terms: Italian oak
pedunculate oak
oversleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oversleeves
Etymology: From over- + sleeve.
Senses: glosses: A protective sleeve worn over a normal one.
paintstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paintsticks
Etymology: From paint + stick.
Senses: glosses: A form of crayon composed of water-soluble paint.
payables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: debts and liabilities owed by a business
Related terms: payable
textaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textaholics
Etymology: From text + -aholic.
Senses: examples: text: Marie, on her bar-stool texting on her mobile (I dread to think what the textaholic's phone-bill will be)...
ref: 2007, Nicola Chalk, Because of You:
text: The minute I got there I realized that I didn't need the loo at all, and so the person in the stall next to me was going to think I was either quite mad, an unsubtle drug fiend or some kind of Rebecca Loos-type pervy textaholic.
ref: 2007, Alexandra Heminsley, Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Dumps You:
text: Text messaging: most guys prefer to talk than text, but most New Age women are textaholics, so it can be guaranteed if your man's phone keeps on bleeping with a text message notifications^([sic]) it's usually another woman.
ref: 2007, O. T. Begho, Just telling it!:
glosses: One who spends a great deal of time sending text messages.
textaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of textaholic
paintsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paintstick
penecontemporaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pene- + contemporaneous.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: That occurs immediately after the deposition of a stratum.
raw_tags: of a process
Derived terms: penecontemporaneously
lemonwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lemonwood
pigman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigmen
Etymology: From pig + -man.
Senses: synonyms: hogman
glosses: A farm worker who looks after pigs.
glosses: A dealer in crockery.
longtailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more longtailed
form: most longtailed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of long-tailed.
rechipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rechip
rechipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rechippings
Senses: examples: text: An ovate implement from the Lower Chalk plateau has a few similar rechippings, and tells the same tale.
ref: 1919, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society:
glosses: The act or result of chipping something again.
glosses: The changing of the electronic identifier of a mobile phone so that it can be used on a different network, or to disguise the fact that it is stolen
reheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reheels
form: reheeling
form: reheeled
form: reheeled
Etymology: From re- + heel.
Senses: glosses: To fit (a shoe, stocking, etc.) with a replacement heel.
rubberoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rubber + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Made of rubber, or of a material resembling rubber
reheeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reheel
reheeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reheel
rusbank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rusbanks
Etymology: Afrikaans?
Senses: glosses: A type of settee with the seat and back made from woven strips of leather
saddlesore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more saddlesore
form: most saddlesore
form: saddle-sore
Etymology: From saddle + sore.
Senses: glosses: Suffering from chafing by a saddle (due to excessive riding).
sidecut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidecuts
Etymology: From side + cut.
Senses: glosses: The inner curvature of a ski or snowboard that allows smoother turning.
glosses: A type of haircut where the hair is partially shaved on one side.
Bangali River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large river in Rajshahi Division, in northern Bangladesh.
skywatch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skywatches
form: skywatching
form: skywatched
form: skywatched
Etymology: From sky + watch.
Senses: glosses: To watch the sky for aircraft, satellites or UFOs or for stars, comets etc.
spatterware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spatter + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spongeware.
synonyms: word: spongeware
stairclimber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stairclimbers
form: stair-climber
Etymology: From stair + climber.
Senses: glosses: A trolley fitted with a set of rotating wheels so that it can be pushed or pulled up or down steps.
glosses: An exercise machine on which the user simulates the action of climbing a staircase.
stairhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stairheads
Etymology: From stair + head.
Senses: glosses: The landing at the top of a staircase.
stakebuilding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stake + building.
Senses: glosses: The accumulation of shares in a company
cast a chill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: casts a chill
form: casting a chill
form: cast a chill
form: cast a chill
Senses: examples: text: His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone.
text: ...the perusal of the letter he had brought from his master cast a chill over things.
ref: 1904, Kazimierz Waliszewski, Lady Mary Loyd (translator), Ivan the Terrible, Part 4, Chapter 2
glosses: To provoke an uneasy feeling which stops a conversation, as by an uncalled act or word.
Synonyms: send chills
nonhemispheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hemispheric.
Senses: glosses: Not hemispheric.
Stasik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈstæsɪk/
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Stasik.
Senses: glosses: A male surname from Polish.
glosses: Asteroid 4131 Stasik
glosses: A given name, as transliterated from the Russian language
havocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of havoc
havocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of havoc
roarest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: roar + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of roar
bellowest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bellow + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of bellow
belloweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bellow + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bellow
roastmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roastmasters
Etymology: From roast + master, in the comedy sense probably influenced by toastmaster.
Senses: glosses: One who leads a roast (comedy routine that criticizes its human subject).
glosses: A person in charge of roasting coffee.
roastmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roastmaster
roastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roasting
statant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin stare (“to stand”).
Senses: examples: a lion statant
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Standing on all four feet or paws.
raw_tags: of an animal
Coordinate terms: passant
courant
sublateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Etymology: From sub- + lateral.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That develops from a lateral shoot or branch
sublateral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Forms: form: sublaterals
Etymology: From sub- + lateral.
Senses: glosses: Such a shoot &c
sulphapyridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfapyridine.
sulfapyridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphapyridine
Etymology: From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”) + pyridine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular antibacterial sulfonamide.
supersoap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersoaps
Etymology: From super- + soap.
Senses: examples: text: By the time the third series of The Professionals hit the screen in November 1979, the show was pulling in a staggering 18 million viewers and was even beating supersoap Dallas in the ratings.
ref: 2006, Stafford Hildred, Martin Shaw: The Biography:
text: The success of the Royal Wedding as propaganda was not solely rooted in a respect for monarchical authority; rather, the eighties was characterized by a growing tendency to see Royal affairs as an engrossing “supersoap” (Olechnowicz 279).
ref: 2012, Sexual Ideology in the Works of Alan MooreTodd A. Comer:
text: Which big budget BBC 'supersoap' was launched amid a blaze of publicity in 1992 only to be cancelled after a mere eight months on screen?
ref: 2012, Bill Hodgon, The Quizmaster's Companion to Film and Television:
glosses: A significant or popular soap opera.
supersonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒnɪks
Senses: glosses: The study of supersonic motion
glosses: ultrasonics
supersonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒnɪks
Senses: glosses: plural of supersonic
Metroidvania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtɹɔɪdˈveɪni.ə/
Forms: form: Metroidvanias
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
Proto-Hellenic *mā́tēr
Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr)
Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-
Proto-Hellenic *ptólis
Ancient Greek πόλῐς (pólĭs)
Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis)bor.
Latin metropolis
Latin mētropolītānuslbor.
French métropolitain
French métrobor.
English metro
Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr
Proto-Hellenic *anḗr
Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr)
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Ancient Greek ἀνδροειδής (androeidḗs)bor.
New Latin androideslbor.
English android
blend
English Metroid
Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.
Proto-Italic *kastrom
Latin castrum
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lum
Latin castellumbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kastell
Old English castel
Middle English castel
English castle
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *trānts
Medieval Latin trāns
Medieval Latin trans-
Medieval Latin silva
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Medieval Latin -nus
Medieval Latin silvānus
Medieval Latin -ia
Old Hungarian erdő
Old Hungarian elü
Old Hungarian Erdeuelu
Medieval Latin Trānsylvānialbor.
English Transylvania
blend
English Castlevania
blend
English Metroidvania
Blend of Metroid + Castlevania, two influential games of this type.
Senses: examples: text: The Castlevania games share similarities with the Metroid series, in particular the free-roaming design in which new abilities allow access to different areas. Because of this, fans often refer to such games as “Metroidvania” in style.
ref: 2008, “Metroid”, in Craig Glenday, editor, Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, London: Guinness World Records, →ISBN, page 65, column Trivia:
text: It's got Metroidvania elements - it's structured like one, I guess, in that it's lots of exploration with a fair bit of backtracking and getting new abilities that unlock previously unopened areas and that sort of thing.
ref: 2009 September 1, Chris Whitworth, “Batman Arkham Asylum 24.99”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet), message-ID <slrnh9qqa3.giu.usenet.chris@parm.vs.topper.me.uk>:
text: Pure Metroidvania... with 3D in-engine cutscenes.
ref: 2009 September 14, Jonah Falcon, “Shadow Complex Great Game”, in alt.games.video.xbox (Usenet), message-ID <RpWdnUTaXZXTRjPXnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d@earthlink.com>:
text: Metroidvanias are an inherently clever genre, and the cleverness can sometimes sap a little of the energy.
ref: 2019 June 18, Christian Donlan, “Gato Roboto review - a pet-sized Metroidvania filled with delights”, in Eurogamer:
topics: video-games
glosses: A (genre of) platform game with role-playing game elements and inventory items, involving more exploration than a traditional linear platform game, particularly revisiting previously explored areas.
wikipedia: Castlevania
Metroid
Related terms: Igavania
tabloidization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tabloid + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The conversion of a newspaper into tabloid format.
glosses: The change in the style of journalism away from politics and foreign affairs towards entertainment and celebrities.
chemosurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + surgical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to chemosurgery.
tannable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tannable
form: most tannable
Etymology: From tan + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable to be tanned
Related terms: tannability
long-tailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: longtailed
Senses: examples: text: […] lastly, in regal pomp, Lady Wentworth’s state coach was seen, with six black and long-tailed horses, and two outriders; […]
ref: 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter X, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 226:
glosses: Having a long tail (used in the names of various birds and animals).
Derived terms: long-tailed blue
long-tailed chinchilla
long-tailed duck
long-tailed jaeger
long-tailed macaque
long-tailed meadowlark
long-tailed one
long-tailed pangolin
long-tailed shrike
long-tailed tit
long-tailed titmouse
nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat
loude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loudes
form: lood
form: luid
Etymology: From Middle English loude, lude, from Old English hlȳd (“noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō (“sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).
Cognate with Scots lood, luid (“sound, noise, tone, voice”), West Frisian lûd (“sound, voice, vote, say”), Dutch geluid (“sound”), German Laut (“sound”), Swedish ljud (“sound”), Icelandic hljóð (“sound”).
Senses: glosses: Sound.
Related terms: aloud
tenpounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenpounders
Etymology: From ten + pound + -er.
Senses: glosses: The ladyfish (Elops saurus).
tensionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tensionally
form: most tensionally
Etymology: From tensional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tensional manner.
tenpounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenpounder
tensioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tensioners
Etymology: From tension + -er.
Senses: glosses: Any device that maintains or applies tension
thematics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thematic
tensioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tensioner
theologus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theologi
Etymology: From Latin theologus.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of theologian (“Roman Catholic lecturer”).
synonyms: word: theologian
extra: Roman Catholic lecturer
threadfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɹɛdfɪn/
Forms: form: threadfins
form: threadfin
Etymology: From thread + fin. Named so because of the thread-like free sensory filaments at the base of each of their pectoral fins.
Senses: glosses: Any of many fish of the family Polynemidae.
Derived terms: African blackspot threadfin
Arabian blackspot threadfin
Atlantic threadfin
Australian threadfin
black-finned threadfin
blackspot threadfin
eightfinger threadfin
giant African threadfin
Indian sevenfinger threadfin
Indian threadfin
Javanese threadfin
king threadfin
largemouth striped threadfin
lesser African threadfin
littlescale threadfin
long-limb threadfin
paradise threadfin
Persian blackspot threadfin
river threadfin
royal threadfin
sevenfinger threadfin
Sheridan's threadfin
sixfinger threadfin
slender fivefinger threadfin
small-mouthed threadfin
splendid threadfin
striped threadfin
threefinger threadfin
yellowthread threadfin
multiphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiphobic
form: most multiphobic
Etymology: From multi- + phobic.
Senses: examples: text: the spectacle of a psychiatrist’s descent into gibbering idiocy, and the triumph of the persistent, multiphobic, cheerfully manipulative analysand named Bob
ref: 2009 July 19, Terrence Rafferty, “On the Screen, the Shrink Has Shrunk”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having more than one phobia.
multiphotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiphotonic
form: most multiphotonic
Etymology: From multi- + photonic.
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple photons.
throttlehold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: throttleholds
Etymology: From throttle + hold.
Senses: glosses: A stranglehold.
chestnutty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chestnutty
form: most chestnutty
Etymology: From chestnut + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Being in the shell like that, the salt wouldn't get through that shell enough to spoil them, and they'd have that nice sweet chestnutty taste.
ref: 1996, Eliot Wigginton, A foxfire Christmas:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chestnut.
thunderflash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thunderflashes
Etymology: From thunder + flash.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A pyrotechnic device that generates a loud noise, used to simulate battlefield conditions.
Related terms: flash-bang
threadfins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of threadfin
thunderflashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunderflash
autofill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + fill.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any software feature that fills in (fields of a form, cells of a spreadsheet, etc.) automatically.