cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
re-surface
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-surfaces
form: re-surfacing
form: re-surfaced
form: re-surfaced
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of resurface.
re-design
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-designs
form: re-designing
form: re-designed
form: re-designed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of redesign.
re-direct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-directs
form: re-directing
form: re-directed
form: re-directed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of redirect.
re-settle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-settles
form: re-settling
form: re-settled
form: re-settled
Senses: examples: text: The Lady then, in the ſame gentle tone cried—“Oh creature! equally idle and ferocious!”—while he folded his arms, and re-ſettling himſelf, with his two dogs upon the ſopha, declared, that he felt himſelf diſpoſed to take a nap.
ref: 1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter V. To Mr. Bethel.”, in Desmond. […], volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], →OCLC, pages 65–66:
text: About the third or fourth morning after their being thus re-settled in Berkeley-street, Mrs. Jennings, on returning from her ordinary visit to Mrs. Palmer, entered the drawing-room, […]
ref: 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 1–2:
glosses: Alternative form of resettle.
re-build
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-builds
form: re-building
form: re-built
form: re-built
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rebuild.
re-combine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-combines
form: re-combining
form: re-combined
form: re-combined
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of recombine.
re-commission
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-commissions
form: re-commissioning
form: re-commissioned
form: re-commissioned
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of recommission.
re-define
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-defines
form: re-defining
form: re-defined
form: re-defined
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of redefine.
re-master
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-masters
form: re-mastering
form: re-mastered
form: re-mastered
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of remaster.
re-join
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-joins
form: re-joining
form: re-joined
form: re-joined
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rejoin.
sailflying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sail + flying.
Senses: glosses: Flight in a sailplane.
Saiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saiids
Senses: examples: text: One of the followers of the Sheikhee Mullah, drawing a pistol, fired and wounded a Saiid.
ref: 1898, The Church at Home and Abroad, volumes 23-24, page 125:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Sayyid.
Saiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saiid
sociophilosophical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: socio-philosophical
Etymology: From socio- + philosophical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to sociophilosophy.
Related terms: psychosociophilosophical
Cebes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κέβης (Kébēs).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Greek philosopher from Thebes.
total group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: total groups
Senses: qualifier: phylogenetics
glosses: The crown group and all organisms more closely related to it than to any other extant organisms.
total groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of total group
Salic laws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Salic law
sanguinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sanguine + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A sanguine attitude.
Sarakolle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Soninke.
synonyms: word: Soninke
Sargonide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sargonides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sargonid.
Sargonides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sargonide
Takoradi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and harbour, which is a twin city in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.
Derived terms: Sekondi-Takoradi
e-source
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-sources
Etymology: From e- + source.
Senses: glosses: An online source, as opposed to traditional print sources.
e-sources
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-source
sarcologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sarcological.
militarywear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: military wear
form: military-wear
Etymology: From military + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: Nor is the timing apparently right for another of his recent excursions, militarywear. If he’s reading the tea leaves correctly, women now want sportive simplicity and colors as soothing as a nursery pudding: banana, vanilla, robin’s egg blue.
ref: 1990 November 5, “Designers embrace the shift”, in The Press of Atlantic City, volume XC, number 309, page B1:
text: For a terrific overview of rare vintage militarywear, dip into Kaufman’s Army & Navy.
ref: 1998, New York, page 62:
text: For example, he reproduces the video’s sartorial statements: Khan ties a red and white kuffiyah unconventionally as a bandana, and pairs this with a combat jacket, fusing traditional Arab clothing with elements of militarywear and street style to fashion a specifically young British Muslim code of dress conveying a political statement.
ref: 2012 July–September, Claire Chambers, “Four Lions”, in Ziauddin Sardar, Robin Yassin-Kassab, editors, Critical Muslim 3: Fear and Loathing, →ISBN, page 189:
text: While padding and quilting were historically employed in traditionally male-dominated areas like militarywear, they also have a precedent in female clothing.
ref: 2014, Gemma Williams, “Voluminous Armour”, in Disegno, number 7, page 98:
glosses: Clothing to be worn in the military.
sarcophagine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A bicyclic metal chelator molecule derived from cyclam.
McJournalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mc- + journalism, by association with the McDonald's fast food chain.
Senses: examples: text: The Inquirer finds itself out there in the real world, with a far broader mix of readers. The readers it wants to grab now, in its post-Alpha era, are the middle-brow, middle-class, highly transient denizens of the outer suburbs. They seem more likely candidates for the McJournalism of USA Today than for an Inquirer committed to taking new strides toward seriousness and solidity.
ref: 1983 April, Paul Taylor, “Gene Roberts: Down-Home Editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer”, in Washington Journalism Review, volume 5, number 3, →ISSN, page 41:
text: The result is a reader-friendly McJournalism, with material in nuggets, created not out of any misplaced notion that the reader is stupid and needs spoon-feeding, but out of awareness of the reader’s severe time limitations and respect for her ability to choose what and how much she needs.
ref: 1995, Marshall Cook, Leads and Conclusions (Elements of Article Writing), Cincinnnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
topics: journalism
media
glosses: A style of mainstream journalism characterized by superficiality, predictability and the lack of in-depth reporting, most commonly applied to increase profits and appeal to a wide readership.
tear lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tear line
Sassanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sassanides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sassanid.
Sassanides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sassanide
Ferez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Férez.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
high-voltage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] the Plan incorporates in proper combination every available modern technique, including extensive electrification on the new standard high-voltage a.c. system at a frequency of 50 cycles; main-line diesel traction as a half-way house to electrification; lightweight diesel trains for secondary and branch services; and a smaller wagon fleet doing more work by the use of continuous brakes in conjunction with modernised terminals and marshalling yards.
ref: 1958 January 24, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 15:
glosses: Alternative form of high voltage.
high voltages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high voltage
high-power
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-power
form: most high-power
Senses: glosses: Synonym of high-powered.
synonyms: word: high-powered
if at all
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more if at all
form: most if at all
Senses: glosses: Synonym of if anything.
synonyms: word: if anything
if ever
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I seldom if ever travel abroad.
text: In addition to following the lead of Newcastle and Crystal Palace in making this a season of glory for clubs who rarely, if ever, win a trophy, Tottenham are also set to benefit from a £100m windfall after qualifying for next season's Champions League.
ref: 2025 May 21, Simon Stone, “Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: If at any time; if at all.
rail line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rail lines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of railway line.
synonyms: word: railway line
rail lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rail line
in consequence
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of consequently (“as a result”).
synonyms: word: consequently
extra: as a result
by nature
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: She's gregarious by nature.
text: By its very nature, this argument entails certain others.
synonyms: obligately
glosses: Naturally; inherently.
in pursuit
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: pursuing or chasing (someone or something)
Related terms: in hot pursuit
out of use
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: antonyms: in use
glosses: In disuse; no longer used.
Related terms: out of action
out of order
out of service
of value
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Any items of value should be stored in the locker.
glosses: valuable
in command
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: commanding or leading; in charge
Related terms: second-in-command
from memory
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Without any mnemonic aids, such as a script or notes.
Related terms: by heart
in competition
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: competing; acting as opponents
policewear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From police + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: SMART EISENHOWER JACKETS add 1951 stylings to uniforms of the Ft. Lauderdale Police force. Modeling the new policewear are left to right, Patrolman Doris Thompkins, Traffic Lieutenant Francis May and Patrolman Edward G. Elmer.
ref: 1951 January 20, Fort Lauderdale Daily News, 40th year, number 113, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., page 5-A:
text: He has policewear from just about everywhere — the Spanish Civil Guard, French riot police, Canadian Mounties, airport police, dock police, shore patrols, military police . . .
ref: 1982 July 1, Michael Walker, “From Sing-Sing to the Mounties....”, in Nottingham Recorder, number 31, page 10:
text: During the holiday season, while everyone else is ignoring work, the cadets will be getting physicals and shopping for policewear — breathing a sigh of relief after having tip-toed through the recruiters’ minefield of questionnaires, written tests, agility tests, oral exams and background investigations.
ref: 1983 December 24, Joshua Quittner, “Cops: Being One Is Difficult Enough, But Getting a Chance Is Tougher”, in Albuquerque Journal, 103rd year, number 358, section B, page 1:
text: But unfortunately the fashion credo holds for policewear just like everything else: Chic is not cheap. Ask a policeman.
ref: 1988 March 29, Bettina Fabos, “Walking a fashionable beat: Local police in step with style”, in Daily Hampshire Gazette, volume 202, number 172, Northampton, Mass., section “Spring Fashion”, page 11:
text: The first sign of rot was the widespread adoption of fluorescent safety-style policewear. This gives the impression the personal safety of police officers is more important than pursuing the miscreant in a westerly direction and apprehending Mad Frankie in the act of doing over a pawnbrokers.
ref: 2007 June 30, James May, “Give the rozzers a little respect”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 47,298, page M12:
text: Polly’s dressing-up box was full of good disguises. Quite a few had an erotic slant – for instance, nursewear, policewear, full bondage gear – but I wanted to hide from Mr Death, not be chased by him like a malnourished Benny Hill.
ref: 2012, Richard Milward, Kimberly’s Capital Punishment, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 187:
glosses: Clothing to be worn by police officers.
coffee-klatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffee-klatches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coffee klatch.
coffee-klatch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coffee-klatches
form: coffee-klatching
form: coffee-klatched
form: coffee-klatched
Senses: examples: text: His horror thriller Convergence features themes related to religion and the works of Dante; delivers more than one narrative twist that upends our comprehension of what’s going on; and features enough symbolic elements to keep genre fans coffee-klatching for hours.
ref: 2016 February 9, Frank Scheck, “‘Convergence’: Film Review”, in The Hollywood Reporter:
glosses: Alternative form of coffee klatch.
Galdos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Galdoses
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Galdós.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish
pre-determine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pre-determines
form: pre-determining
form: pre-determined
form: pre-determined
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of predetermine.
pre-determined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pre-determine
vice-presidential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vice presidential.
code-name
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: code-names
form: code-naming
form: code-named
form: code-named
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of codename.
code-named
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of code-name
semi-autobiographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semiautobiographical.
armywear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From army + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: DETECTIVES are probing a raid on a shop in High Street, Cleethorpes, which sells surplus armywear.
ref: 1983 August 25, “Shop cash box stolen”, in Grimsby Evening Telegraph, page nine:
text: We buy/sell second-hand furniture/baby equipment, bric-a-brac, curios, models, armywear and bits and pieces.
ref: 1997 January 31, The Staines Informer, 23rd year, number 5, page 78:
text: To coordinate with your faux-armywear, Keds offers functional camouflage.
ref: 2001 June 25, “9 Sport and Tech Essentials”, in New York, page 74:
text: Invented by Basque peasants, this brimless wool felt cap has been adopted by many a chic figure, becoming ridiculously rich with references: armywear; stereotypical old Frenchmen; 1920s film directors; 1950s schoolgirls; beatniks, renegades.
ref: 2007, Kira Jolliffe, Bay Garnett, The Cheap Date Guide to Style, Universe Publishing, published 2008, →ISBN, page 53:
text: They’d gone from baggy armywear for their first album to sassy for the second, then mumsy chic for the recent one: lots of long coats.
ref: 2019, Malcolm McLean, Freak Like Me: Confessions of a 90s Pop Groupie, RedDoor, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: Clothing to be worn by the army.
Sekondi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city which is a twin city in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.
Derived terms: Sekondi-Takoradi
inter-city
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: While he is reasonably effusive about inter-city travel, he is heavily disparaging of all types of stopping service, including those on otherwise busy main lines. His analysis is not entirely unsound, and he tackles some of the questions head on.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 47:
glosses: Alternative form of intercity.
Elmina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Central Region of Ghana.
glosses: A town in Selangor, Malaysia.
boatwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boat + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: Boatwear’s growth—Bell said that boatwear and skiwear are so successful today—have “caught on” so well—that the apparel and “extra” items are the reasons one “moves up” to the sport.
ref: 1961 November 1, Boot and Shoe Recorder, volume 160, number 11, page 76:
text: Stearns Manufacturing Co., Division St. at 30th St., St. Cloud, Minn., offers a line of fashionable buoyant boatwear.
ref: 1966 January, Better Camping, volume 7, number 1, page 66:
text: She was wearing a ridiculous white sailor’s suit from Lord and Taylor’s; she even had the cap. It was not ideal boatwear.
ref: 1989, Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN:
text: There are some very fine examples of woven armor, too, and waterproof boatwear made from seal gut.
ref: 1999, Dana Stabenow, So Sure of Death: A Liam Campbell Mystery, Dutton, →ISBN, page 247:
text: Arriving in a huge, smart marina with tidy showered people mincing along the pontoons in designer boatwear, the kippers start to feel less like a hidden treasure and more like a shameful secret.
ref: 2001, Libby Purves, This Cruising Life: A Collection of Amusing Stories from the Popular Yachting Monthly Column, London: Adlard Coles Nautical, →ISBN, pages 59–60:
text: Today the company remains the choice of yahcting^([sic]) champions and the new flagship shop on Carnaby Street is bursting with top technical boatwear and some fun forays into fashion too.
ref: 2003, Where to Wear 2004: The Insider’s Guide to London Shopping, New York, N.Y.; London: Fairchild & Gallagher, →ISBN, page 87:
glosses: Clothing to be worn in a boat.
Satanael
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The leader of the fallen angels according to some forms of demonology, as opposed to Azazel, the seducer of Adam and Eve.
yachtwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yacht + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: They were wearing expensive wet gear in matching buff and pale blue, of the type international yachtwear designers do not realize will make the wearer invisible in five seconds if he falls overboard.
ref: 1994, Sam Llewellyn, Maelstrom, Pocket Books, →ISBN, pages 158–159:
text: There is a small range of shops on St Mary’s; apart from Steve the butcher and Mumfords, there’s a chemist in Hugh Town, a Post Office, the Co-op stores, a newly opened delicatessen and four clothes shops, mostly selling designer yachtwear; but, strangely for such a seafaring community, there’s no fishmonger.
ref: 2008, Nigel Farrell, An Island Parish: A Summer on Scilly, Headline, →ISBN, page 147:
text: It’s Mitt Romney, and an almost ninety-year-old guy in what looks like formal yachtwear.
ref: 2012, 1,001 Ways the Republican Party Is Screwing the Middle Class, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, page 212:
glosses: Clothing to be worn on a yacht.
Satyashodhak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A social reform society founded by Jyotiba Phule in Pune, Maharashtra, in 1873.
saucemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saucemakers
Etymology: From sauce + maker.
Senses: examples: text: By the thirteenth century mustard was a staple of Paris saucemakers, who peddled the product on the street every evening around dinnertime.
ref: 2004, Vince Staten, Why Is The Foul Pole Fair?, page 204:
glosses: A maker of sauces.
saucemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saucemaker
sauceplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sauceplates
Etymology: From sauce + plate.
Senses: examples: text: 1 dozen glass sauceplates
ref: 1904, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, page 5:
glosses: A plate on which sauce is served.
sauceplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sauceplate
Sauroctonos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Lizard-killer: an epithet of the god Apollo.
sausinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sausingers
Senses: glosses: A sausage.
sausingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sausinger
navyspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From navy + -speak.
Senses: examples: text: My hat, or my cover (according to navyspeak), had been sitting in my locker since my arrival onboard in December, so it looked a bit crumpled.
ref: 1996, Sherman Baldwin, Ironclaw: A Navy Carrier Pilot’s War Experience, Bantam Books, published 1997, →ISBN, page 284:
text: Nobody believed him, but . . . crayons and mindmaps started flying, and it was difficult to shut things down at 10:30 p.m. that night (2230 in navyspeak).
ref: 1997, Rolf Smith, The 7 Levels of Change: The Guide to Innovation in the World’s Largest Corporations, The Summit Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 174:
text: Everything Johnson knew about the performance of his sonar systems at sea—in navyspeak, “forward deployments”—came filtered down through the Office of Naval Intelligence or the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) at Newport, Rhode Island.
ref: 2012, William J. Bratton, Zachary Tumin, Collborate or Perish!: Reaching Across Boundaries in a Networked World, New York, N.Y.: Crown Business, →ISBN, page 124:
glosses: The jargon used in the navy.
magnolia vine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnolia vines
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Schisandra.
magnolia vines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnolia vine
armyspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From army + -speak.
Senses: glosses: The jargon used in the army.
schoolma'amish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more schoolma'amish
form: most schoolma'amish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schoolmarmish.
sciographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sciographic
form: most sciographic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sciagraphic.
sciograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sciographs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sciagraph.
sciograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sciographs
form: sciographing
form: sciographed
form: sciographed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sciagraph.
sciographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sciograph
sciographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sciograph
sciographs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sciograph
sciographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sciograph
scrawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrawks
Senses: glosses: A squawk.
scrawk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scrawks
form: scrawking
form: scrawked
form: scrawked
Senses: glosses: To squawk.
scrawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrawk
scrawks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrawk
scrawked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scrawk
scrawking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scrawk
scribblage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scribble + -age.
Senses: glosses: scribbling
sculptitory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Resembling or relating to sculpture.
Saltpond
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Central Region of Ghana.
orgasm gap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: More and more studies are shedding light on the "orgasm gap," which refers to how men orgasm during sex more frequently than women.
ref: 2017 March 10, Jacqueline Howard, “Who orgasms most and least, and why”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022:
text: Meanwhile, the orgasm gap between genders has proved more stubborn than the pay gap. Women still experience one orgasm for every three experienced by men in partnered sex.
ref: 2018 February 6, Peggy Orenstein, “The Sex Toy Shops That Switched On a Feminist Revolution”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2022:
text: The oil, she said, intensifies climax, enhances natural lubrication, increases libido, and fosters vaginal health. "Close the orgasm gap!" Nystrom said.
ref: 2018 April 20, Chanan Tigay, “A Silicon Valley Pot Deal”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022:
text: The orgasm gap has never been a secret, but more research keeps unravelling about just how deep and misunderstood it really is. A sexual survey of 1,608 heterosexual couples found that 87 per cent of husbands were consistently achieving orgasms, compared with only 49 per cent of their female counterparts.
ref: 2019 March 7, RJ Skinner, “The year in sex studies: From not-so-casual relations to the problems Canadians are having in the bedroom”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2020:
text: On any given day, she's dispensing practical advice, including how to clean sex toys and how to close the "orgasm gap," along with step-by-step guides for specific moves and tricks.
ref: 2021 February 13, Alisha Haridasani Gupta, “Emily Morse is Talking Sex to Generation Podcast”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022:
text: Lloyd's research has highlighted the "orgasm gap", in which a far higher proportion of women do not orgasm than men – after extensive research she put the figure at about 10%.
ref: 2022 June 11, Hannah Devlin, “Orgasm gap: how Hollywood and science neglected female pleasure”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2023:
text: Outraged at the orgasm gap (research shows that only 65% of women climax through sex, while 95% of straight men do every time), she speaks with experts and activists on a "cliteracy" mission.
ref: 2022 December 1, Hollie Richardson, “TV tonight: Cara Delevingne has an orgasm in the name of science”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022:
text: And, when you factor in the orgasm gap and the fact that women’s pleasure still isn’t on a par with men’s, some women are asking themselves whether sex is even worth it.
ref: 2023 April 26, Emine Saner, quoting Justin Lehmiller, “The rise of voluntary celibacy: ‘Most of the sex I’ve had, I wish I hadn’t bothered’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: pleasure gap
glosses: The phenomenon of men achieving orgasm more frequently than women during sexual encounters.
Related terms: gender gap
pay gap
gardenware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From garden + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: DON’T use inappropriate receptacles for your porch and house plants. See the superb designs we have to offer in the famous Lincoln gardenware pottery.
ref: 1917 fall and winter, “Some Dont’s^([sic])”, in What and When to Plant, Los Angeles, Calif.: Howard & Smith, page 4:
text: Two establishments caught our fancy: La Poterie du Soleil (made in the traditional style) and the Carrelages Pierre Boutal with a range of tiles and other pottery creations (our “frost-proof” gardenware has proved to be otherwise).
ref: 1994, Richard Binns, Allez France!, Chiltern House, →ISBN, page 171:
text: Rookwood soon became world famous for its beautifully decorated vases, gardenware and faience.
ref: 1998, The American Ceramic Society: 100 Years, The American Ceramic Society, →ISBN, pages 43–44:
text: Bluxome Winery’s new monthly Meet Market is just that – browse vegan fruit pops and handmade gardenware while you sip on reds and whites.
ref: 2012 August 22–28, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, volume 46, number 47, page 38:
text: Four Seasons Nursery & Garden Centre has amassed an amazing array of gardenware and landscaping products.
ref: 2015, “Ticking all the boxes: From pots and pavers to water features and wall art this garden centre has it all”, in Backyard & Garden Design Ideas: Decks, Pergolas & Patios, number 5, Universal Magazines, page 110:
glosses: A range of items that can be used in gardens, including pots, trellises, statues, birdbaths, etc.
nearlywed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nearlyweds
Etymology: From nearly + wed, modeled on newlywed.
Senses: examples: text: The best advice for anyone about to buy furniture—and this goes for singles, nearlyweds, parents, and retirees—is study.
ref: 1974, Frances Heard, Harriet Burket, JoAnn Francis Gray, Founders Guide to Modern Decorating, New York, N.Y.: Popular Library, →LCCN, page 86:
text: As if his franks-and-beans incident in “There’s Something About Mary” weren’t enough, Ben Stiller courts more disaster as a nearlywed whose life becomes […]
ref: 2001, TV Guide, page 9:
text: Harnessing inspiration from the British seasons, the arrangements will not feature flowers out of character, which is ideal for those nearlyweds looking for floral inspiration in the lead up to their big day.
ref: 2019 April–May, Your Herts & Beds Wedding, →ISSN, page 15:
glosses: A person who is engaged to be married.
examples: text: Call them "nearlyweds," couples with all the trappings of marriage—the home, the in-laws, the shared Labradoodle, maybe even the kids—but no actual marriage certificate. It's the latest relationship trend, and a growing one. But is it good or bad for women? Let nearlyweds themselves, and a few wise experts, fill you in.
ref: 2013 August 13, Shaun Dreisbach, “Are You a Nearlywed?”, in Glamour:
glosses: A person who lives with a romantic partner without being married.
nearlyweds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nearlywed
populicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to populicide; lethal to many people.
quectoseconds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quectosecond
MATS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: At the controls was Capt. Bill Laughlin, a veteran MATS aircraft commander and his chief pilot in the 41st Air Transport Squadron.
ref: 1961 January, T.J. Slaybaugh, “Searched, Sighted, Saved”, in Airman, page 8:
text: I guess I really learned that a long time ago, when MATS first began teaching me, but I had overlooked it lately.
ref: 1961 November, Jan A. Wells, “A Dangerous Attitude”, in The MATS Flyer, volume 8, number 11, page 26:
text: For the first ten years of its existence MATS operate with three major air transport divisions that physically circled the globe.
ref: 1964, Stanley M. Ulanoff, MATS: The Story of the Military Air Transport Service, page 56:
glosses: Acronym of Military Air Transport Service, a consolidation of the US Navy's Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) and the United States Air Force Transport Command (ATC) that functioned from June 1 1948 to January 1, 1966.
overbrimful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overbrimful
form: most overbrimful
Etymology: From over- + brimful.
Senses: examples: text: Then the Dean, all in white, and pale with affright/, Slow mounted the pulpit stair;/ But he trembled and shook when he met the fierce look/ That scowled on him, "Read if you dare!"/He felt he was doomed, but, courage assumed,/ He raised up his voice through his fear,/ When a cry from the crowd - fierce , angry, and loud/ Like a thunder-clap tore through his ears./ In the heat of the strife an honest "kail wife, "/ With a presence as proud as a queen, Overbrimful of duty,/ seized hold of her "cutty,"/ And banged it right off at the Dean,/ With an, "Out, thou false thief! dost thou think to say mass/ At my lug!" as it whizzed on its mission;/ The Dean saw the stool flying right for his skull,/ And bobbed to a humbler position.
ref: 1865, Angus MacPherson, The Banner O' Blue, Or, The Career of the Covenant: Being a Series of Ballads and Other Poems on the Great Struggle for the National Covenant of Scotland Flag, T. Murray, page 15:
text: To this Russian poet and mystic as well as to Browning, there is nothing like evil in Life. It is overbrimful of only the good. If there is any evil that is visible to the purblind eye, it is there and does not poison the good but would emphasize the existence of the good all the more.
ref: 1927-1948, P. Sama Rao, Triveni Journal: The Poems of Nicholas Roerich, H. Hamilton, page 41:
text: He pulled my head against his fork. The nape of my neck could feel his secrecy swelling. I became overbrimful of cockiness. Looking to see my stepmother was not watching, I rubbed my cheek against my sire’s thigh and put my hand on his ankle. My boldness rising, I stroked his calf. He bent over me and whispered laughingly: ‘D’ye wish me to unbreech ye in front of the whole hall, ye lusty rogue?’
ref: 1982, Shakespeare Stories, H. Hamilton, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: Overbrimming; overfull; full to overflowing.
superinfusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superinfusion
superphoton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superphotons
form: super-photon
Etymology: From super- + photon.
Senses: examples: text: However, according to the principles of the General Relativity Theory, Sanger’s superphoton man cannot materially exist by lives in a world which has no relation to ours.
ref: 1966, Arthur Charles Clarke, Congressional Record 1966-08-01: Volume 112, Superintendent of Government Documents, page 4060:
text: Similar difficulties arise if instead of three “photons” we imagine a single “superphoton” that responds to the numerical sum of all the colour charges.
ref: 1987, Frank Wilczek, Longing for the Harmonies: Themes and Variations from Modern Physics, Norton, →ISBN, page 201:
text: Without mentioning Lemaitre, Haldane pictured the universe as originating from one or a few such superphotons of almost infinite energy and sketched from this assumption the entire evolutionary history of matter and life.
ref: 1999, Helge Kragh, Cosmology and Controversy: The Historical Development of Two Theories of the Universe, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 65:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A photonic Bose-Einstein condensate, comprised of thousands of photons sufficiently concentrated and cooled in an optical well.
dogswear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Dotty dogswear / It’s the latest fad overseas . . . dressing your dog for winter, Sunday Press has the story.
ref: 1981 March 7, “In the Big Sunday Press Tomorrow”, in The Age, Melbourne, Vic., page 21:
text: Available from Harrods for pampered dogs: a Dri-Dog bag in soft towelling to pop the pet in after wet, muddy walks; a jogging suit available in three sizes with the exclusive ‘H’ monogrammed on the side; a Sherlock Holmes outfit, designed by an American dogswear couturier, complete with tartan collar, cape and deerstalker hat.
ref: 1989, Vida Adamoli, Amazing Animals: True Tales and Fantastic Facts, Robson Books, →ISBN, page 140:
text: Fashion queen Donna Karan’s empire is going to the dogs. Despite rumors that Karan’s menswear line is sagging from poor sales, she and her staff have found the time to consider how to outfit more than just wealthy fashion slaves. The result: DK9, a line of dogswear.
ref: 1995 August 25, A.J. Benza, “DKNY is going to the dogs”, in Daily News, page 3:
text: With dogs this perspicacious, it is a happy coincidence that two designers recently launched their own dogswear label, Doggy Style, seen this season at the NCDL stand at the Cosmo show.
ref: 2001 June 2, Stacey Williams, “Dressed up to the canines”, in The Guardian Weekend, page 71:
text: [Paris] Hilton created a line of dogswear called Paris Hilton by Little Lily, with some of the proceeds going to benefit animal rescue.
ref: 2013 February 16, Jeremy Farr, “Wildlife: Pups on parade”, in Telegraph Magazine, page 7:
glosses: Alternative form of dogwear.
fish poison tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish poison trees
Senses: synonyms: botong
sea poison tree
glosses: A tree of species Barringtonia asiatica, of the Brazil nut family, that yields a poison, native to tropical islands of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific.
Gqeberha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kɛˈbɛəɹxə/
Etymology: After the Xhosa and Southern Khoe name for the Baakens River that flows through the city.
Senses: glosses: A city and port in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, also formerly known as Port Elizabeth.
bench seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bench seats
Senses: examples: text: Many popular collector cars have gone through cycles where they were modified. These modifications often included discarding the stock bench seat in favor of aftermarket bucket seats or buckets from some later model car.
ref: 1997, Bruce Caldwell, Auto Upholstery & Interiors, page 79:
antonyms: bucket seat
glosses: A seat in an automobile or other vehicle that spans the entire width of the passenger compartment.
bench seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bench seat
Blithedale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪθdeɪl/
Forms: form: Blythedale
Etymology: A placename meaning "happy valley", from Old English blīþe (“happy, gentle”) + Old English dæl (“dale”). Note the anachronistic sense of blithe.
Senses: glosses: Blithedale Canyon, a neighborhood in the city of Mill Valley, California, United States.
glosses: A fictional communist community in the 1852 novel The Blithedale Romance, by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne.
bili light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: bili refers to bilirubin.
Senses: glosses: A device for treating newborn jaundice (neonatal hyperbilirubinemia).
Related terms: biliblanket
o-mok-see
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omoksee
Senses: topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: Gymkhana.
Brackenridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹækənɹɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: Brackenridges
form: Breckenridge
form: Brickenridge
Etymology: From bracken ("a typeset of fern") + ridge ("hilltop or mountain range").
Senses: glosses: A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: Brackenridge Park, a public park in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
glosses: Bracken Ridge, a northern suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
adintrevimab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody.
afasevikumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anti-inflammatory antibody.
afribumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afribumabs
Senses: glosses: Bee venom neutralizing human monoclonal antibody.
alnuctamab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A T-cell bispecific antibody.
archpriestly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more archpriestly
form: archpriestlier
form: most archpriestly
form: archpriestliest
Senses: glosses: relating to archpriests and their office.
alomfilimab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A selective inducible T-cell costimulator antibody.
alsevalimab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anti-B7-H4 monoclonal antibody.
anti-B7-H4
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That targets the B7-H4 protein.
amlitelimab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A human monoclonal antibody.
Celsus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κέλσος (Kélsos).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Greek philosopher of the Second Century.
glosses: An ancient Roman encyclopaedist of the First Century, Aulus Cornelius Celsus.
Left
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Left
form: left
Senses: examples: text: Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X.
ref: 2024 June 18, Spencer Klavan, “A Matter of Taste”, in The American Mind:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The political left wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual left-wing political party.
Synonyms: sense: political left
word: left wing
sense: political left
word: leftists
subthrust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subthrusts
form: sub-thrust
Senses: glosses: A geological thrust fault located beneath another thrust fault.
subthalamotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subthalamotomy
subthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtheses
form: sub-thesis
Senses: glosses: Supporting statement for a thesis.
life-cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: life-cycles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of life cycle.
life-cycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of life-cycle
on-field
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of onfield.
record keeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: record keepings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of recordkeeping.
wore down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of wear down
wears down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wear down
wearing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wear down
worn down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of wear down
Afro-Guyanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Guyanese of African origin
end-user
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end-users
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of end user.
end-users
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of end-user
swept up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sweep up
subtheater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtheaters
form: sub-theater
Senses: glosses: A small area within a larger theater.
Tafo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
preearthquake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-earthquake
Senses: glosses: Period of time leading up to an earthquake.
foreign aid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreign aids
Senses: examples: text: Then the Republican-controlled Congress maintained foreign aid at $35bn, as in 2017, with funding for health and food largely unchanged.
ref: 2018 September 6, “America’s foreign-aid budget has proved surprisingly resilient”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
topics: economics
geopolitics
government
politics
sciences
glosses: A voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another.
non-earthquake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonearthquake
Senses: glosses: Not related to an earthquake.
musical comedy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musical comedies
Senses: glosses: A comic type of musical theater.
public television
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Noncommercial television broadcast as a public service, often supported by licensing fees.
radio play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio plays
Senses: glosses: Synonym of radio drama.
synonyms: word: radio drama
radio plays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radio play
swimmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swimmates
Etymology: From swim + -mate.
Senses: examples: text: As they ready for the big splash, Claudia [Kolb] speaks for her Olympic swimmates when she says, “I’ve learned much more than just being able to win. I can accept challenges and I can accept defeats. It’s all a part of the game.”
ref: 1968 October, “Olympic Splashdown”, in American Girl, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., page 37:
text: Sharing a peaceful co-existence with his swimmates, Mark [Spitz] went on to beat twenty-eight world records by the end of his 1972 pre-Olympic trials in Chicago . . .[…]
ref: 1973 January, Barbara Graustark, “The Re-Making Of Mark Spitz”, in Circus, volume 7, number 4, page 42:
text: “Don’t pet them around the blowhole”: Dolphin Quest participants meet their swimmates
ref: 1989 November 27, Eugene Linden, “An Uneasy Dip with the Dolphins”, in Time, volume 134, number 22, page 80:
glosses: A person or animal with which one swims.
swimmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swimmate
Tykeia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tykeias
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Mount Washington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of mountains in the United States, including
glosses: A number of mountains in the United States, including:
A mountain in New Hampshire, the highest in New England and the location of the Mount Washington Cog Railway.
glosses: A mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, named after John Washington (Royal Navy officer).
glosses: A number of communities in the United States:
A neighbourhood in the San Rafael Hills, Los Angeles, California.
glosses: A number of communities in the United States:
A city in Bullitt County, Kentucky, originally named Mount Vernon.
glosses: A number of communities in the United States:
A neighbourhood and historic district in Baltimore, Maryland.
glosses: A number of communities in the United States:
A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of communities in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
glosses: A number of communities in the United States:
A neighbourhood and hill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
electron beam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electron beams
Senses: examples: text: From the early days of the invention of traveling wave tubes and other devices employing electron beams, there have been efforts to understand the mechanisms and physics of RF signal amplification in those devices.
ref: 2020, Alexander Figotin, An Analytic Theory Of Multi-stream Electron Beams In Traveling Wave Tubes, World Scientific, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: Synonym of cathode ray.
synonyms: word: cathode ray
electron beams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electron beam