cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
grub-stake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grub-stakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grubstake.
grub-stake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grub-stakes
form: grub-staking
form: grub-staked
form: grub-staked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grubstake.
lithogeochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From litho- + geochemical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to lithogeochemistry.
Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
healthcare robot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: healthcare robots
Senses: examples: home healthcare robots such as the one that appeared in the movie Robot & Frank
glosses: A robot for delivering care to a patient, sometimes in the patient's home.
Synonyms: healthbot
Related terms: healthcare
home automation
creeptacular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more creeptacular
form: most creeptacular
Etymology: From creep + -tacular.
Senses: examples: text: The debut from New York's First Nation is spooky and beautiful aboriginal lullaby music, culled from God-knows-what sorts of string instruments, creeptacular vocal harmonies and more than a little bit of punk attitude.
ref: 2006, Aimee Fountain, First Nation review, CMJ New Music Monthly, Issue 140, June 2006, page 39 (approx.)
text: Because Rains's Universal horror breakthrough three decades earlier had never been a matter of costume—The Invisible Man is creeptacular for its special effects, […]
ref: 2012, Ty Burr, Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame, Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 131:
text: I hated all creepy crawly things, whether bugs, spiders or snakes and had no desire to look down at the creeptacular scene below us.
ref: 2012, Lorien L. Loewy, Flight of Fancy, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 683:
glosses: Extremely creepy.
Synonyms: spooktacular
fuckbait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fuck + bait.
Senses: glosses: Somebody who deserves or merits sex.
examples: text: Buzz off, fuckbait, I'm not interested in your used-up cooter.
glosses: A term of abuse.
Ullr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: 2013, Samantha-Rae Tuthill, Where Did Old Man Winter, Jack Frost Come From?. Accuweather.com.
"For the Norse mythologies, Ullr was the god of winter. Son of a frost giant, he would rule Asgard in Odin's absence in the winter."
text: 2014, Norse Mythology for Smart People, Ullr
"...Ullr is an excellent archer, hunter, skater, and skier, handsome, warlike, and an especially apt deity to invoke before a duel."
text: "Ullr is a very old god of the northern lands, so old that by the time the Iron Age Norse myths were written down, not much more was known about him except that he was a god of archery, hunting, and the winter."
ref: 2014, Raven Kaldera, Ullr Lord of Winter:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An Áss associated with archery and skiing; the stepson of Thor.
governmentist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: governmentists
Etymology: From government + -ist.
Senses: examples: 2005 WDU, Re: A Modest proposal to fix Social Security Group: triangle.general
Minimalist governmentists perhaps, but they believe in and respect the law, just more literally than most.
2006 Perfectlyable, Re: They Say it's not Slavery or Tyranny: it's Dependency Group: alt.law-enforcement
There are big governmentists on the left and right.
2007, John Husvar, Re: GRRRR Group: alt.support.mult-sclerosis
Now if the various nanny governmentists would just treat addiction as the medical issue it is instead of the criminal problem it wouldn't be if they took the financial incentives out of it
glosses: A supporter of governmentism
governmentists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of governmentist
powerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From power + -ism.
Senses: topics: geopolitics
government
politics
glosses: A disposition in geopolitical relations that supports hegemonic influence
powerist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerists
Etymology: From power + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of powerism.
powerists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powerist
decathexis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decathexes
Etymology: From de- + cathexis.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: reversal of cathexis; detachment of the libido from some external object
coresident
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + resident.
Senses: glosses: Living together.
coresident
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coresidents
Etymology: From co- + resident.
Senses: glosses: One who lives with somebody else, or in the same area; a cohabitant.
inpourings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inpouring
soothsaid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of soothsay
stairhall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stairhalls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stair hall.
stairhalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stairhall
stair hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stair halls
form: stairhall
Senses: glosses: The stairs, landings, hallways, or other portions of the public hall through which it is necessary to pass when going from the entrance floor to the other floors of a building.
stair halls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stair hall
Sheas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shea
Danaher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Danahers
form: Donaher
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Danachair (“descendant of Danachar”), a personal name ultimately derived from dán (“craft, poem”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
undivisive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undivisive
form: most undivisive
Etymology: From un- + divisive.
Senses: glosses: Not divisive.
antipsychoanalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipsychoanalytic
form: most antipsychoanalytic
Etymology: From anti- + psychoanalytic.
Senses: glosses: Opposing psychoanalysis.
Pasifika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pəˈsɪfɪkə/
Forms: form: Pasifikas
form: Pasifika
Etymology: From English Pacific, changed to use Samoan orthography.
Senses: examples: text: My political stance as a Pasifika poet has always been one of inclusion – I'm a bridge not a wall.
ref: 2018, The Guardian, "Post-colonial talk back: seeing London in the South Seas", Selina Tusitala Marsh, 24 February 2018 (Selina Tusitala Marsh is a poet-scholar and New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2017–2019)
glosses: Pacific Islander.
Schrödinger equations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schrödinger equation
Hottentot fig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hottentot figs
Senses: glosses: Carpobrotus edulis, a South African plant.
glosses: The acidic edible fruit of this plant.
Hottentot figs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hottentot fig
supervisionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supervisionists
Etymology: From supervision + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who supports supervision.
supervisionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supervisionist
catalecticant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catalecticants
Etymology: From catalectic + -ant, coined by James Joseph Sylvester in 1852.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polynomial in the coefficients of a form of even degree that vanishes when the form is a sum of an unusually small number of powers of linear forms.
wikipedia: James Joseph Sylvester
catalecticants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catalecticant
Cayleyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cayleyan
form: most Cayleyan
Etymology: From Cayley + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Arthur Cayley (1821–1895), British mathematician.
Cayleyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cayleyans
Etymology: From Cayley + -an.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A variety associated to a hypersurface.
Cayleyans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cayleyan
quippian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quippians
Etymology: Coined by Arthur Cayley.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A degree 5 class 3 contravariant of a plane cubic.
wikipedia: Arthur Cayley
Coordinate terms: pippian
quippians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quippian
pippian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pippians
Etymology: Coined by Arthur Cayley.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A Cayleyan.
wikipedia: Arthur Cayley
Coordinate terms: quippian
pippians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pippian
coaxal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of coaxial.
possessionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From possession + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The Pastorals are defending Pauline incarnational christology against Jewish Christian myths justifying possessionism
ref: 1995, M. D. Goulder, St. Paul Versus St. Peter: A Tale of Two Missions, page 119:
text: Possessionism in wreck diving regard can be characterized generally as the compulsive collection of artifacts
ref: 1998, Gary Gentile, The Lusitania Controversies: Atrocity of War and a Wreck-Diving History, page 222:
text: They're always viewed in relation to American suburbanism, possessionism, commodityism, or copism.
ref: 2009, Manny Farber, Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies, page 370:
text: […] racial theories and the unprecedented increase in colonial expansionism and territorial possessionism, as exemplified by Britain's “imperial century,” […]
ref: 2014, John Ernest, The Oxford Handbook of the African American Slave Narrative:
glosses: The tendency to expand one's ownership of property without regard for its ethical implications
Related terms: possessionist
possessionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: possessionists
Etymology: From possession + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of possessionism
possessionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of possessionist
undispossessed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dispossessed.
Senses: glosses: Not dispossessed.
connexing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of connex
connexed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of connex
contravariants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contravariant
coresiduals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coresidual
cosingular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + singular.
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having the same singularities.
retakings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retaking
ladder match
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladder matches
Senses: glosses: A match in professional wrestling in which an item, such as a title belt, is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves it.
ladder matches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladder match
swaplist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swaplists
Etymology: From swap + list.
Senses: coordinate_terms: want list
wish list
glosses: A list of items that the owner wishes to exchange for other items.
swaplists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swaplist
territorialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: territorialists
Etymology: From territorial + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who supports territorialism
territorialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of territorialist
territorialistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more territorialistic
form: most territorialistic
Etymology: From territorial + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to territorialism
liseuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liseuse
supremacistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supremacistic
form: most supremacistic
Etymology: From supremacist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to supremacism.
hyperculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypercultures
Etymology: From hyper- + culture.
Senses: glosses: A culture of the Information Age that uses hypertext.
Related terms: hypercultural
hypercultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperculture
kinna
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Alternative form of kinda (“kind of; somewhat”).
antiantibody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiantibodies
Etymology: From anti- + antibody.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An antibody that binds to other antibodies.
possessionistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more possessionistic
form: most possessionistic
Etymology: From possession + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: 1995 Sebastian Rust, Re: 3D Dungeons and Dragons RPG MUD--Why the hell not???? Group: comp.sys.mac.games
Am I being a bit too possessionistic about this? Well anyways, if it's not how -I- would've made it, you can bet on mine coming out by all means (guy reading this mutters "dreamer...") Oh yeah? Just WATCH me!
text: All this effort at aligning the revolution of reaffirmation with Andhradesa need neither be construed adventuristic or possessionistic.
ref: 2005, M Veerander, Buddhism: art, architecture, literature & philosophy:
text: Secondly, his attempts to show that the possessionistic Christology he is proposing is the earliest Christology lacks support on two grounds: (i) there is no evidence that Paul disagreed with his opponents on matters of Christology
ref: 2010 James Paget, Jews, Christians and Jewish Christians in Antiquity - Page 353
glosses: Pertaining to possessionism
bumph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bumf.
governmentism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From government + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The aspirations and initiatives associated with individuals who are supportive of institutions and policies that promote strong governance
shuftie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shufties
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shufti.
mechaieh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈxɑjə/
Forms: form: mechaiehs
form: machaya
form: mechaya
form: mechayeh
form: mechaye
form: mekhaye
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish מחיה (mekhaye), originally from Hebrew מְחַיֶּה (mekhayéh, “he revives”).
Senses: glosses: A pleasure; a joy.
mechaiehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mechaieh
at risk
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: at-risk
Senses: examples: text: to put at risk
text: The entire population initially seemed at risk of infection.
glosses: In a state or condition marked by a level of risk or vulnerability.
Synonyms: on the line
extreme energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Introduced by Michael Klare.
Senses: glosses: A range of techniques for the production of energy from unconventional resources that are environmentally damaging or risky.
wikipedia: Michael Klare
firing point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firing points
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A prepared fighting position from which infantry can defend territory with minimal exposure to return fire.
glosses: The temperature at which a flammable oil will catch fire spontaneously.
Blackanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of black + Japanese
Senses: glosses: Of mixed black and Asian heritage.
cut card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cut cards
Senses: topics: blackjack
games
glosses: A brightly coloured plastic card that serves to mark the point where the dealer will reshuffle the cards, to allow the player to cut the deck prior to dealing, and to prevent the bottom card from being exposed during play.
faithist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faithists
Etymology: From faith + -ist.
Senses: examples: 1998 nemo, Re: mental monologue waiting for dinner to get ready... Group: alt.tv.pol-incorrect
Scientists could not care less what faithists think, and we don't waste our time trying to convince them of anything.
2001 whywar, Racism vs Faithism Group: soc.culture.indian
From the above arguement it is clear that present and past inhuman treatment suffered by nonmuslims ( as we writing we are seeing Bengali Hindus being expelled and murdered by muslim faithists) at the moslems is the result of islamic faithism
2001 Santa Claus, Re: the bible is the word of god Group: alt.bible
That's what all of you blind faithists must convince yourselves.
glosses: religionist
faithists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faithist
faithism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From faith + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Comfa (folk religion)
glosses: religionism
king vulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪŋ ˈvʌltʃəɹ/
Forms: form: king vultures
Senses: glosses: A widespread species of New World vulture, Sarcoramphus papa.
red river hog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red river hogs
Senses: glosses: A bush pig of species Potamochoerus porcus, native to forested areas of western and central Africa.
Synonyms: bush pig
Kojak with a Kodak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kojaks with Kodaks
Etymology: From TV detective Kojak and the camera brand Kodak; chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: examples: text: One of the AMC-supplied Johnson-brand CB radios was handy to keep tabs on Kojaks with Kodaks, or bears in the air.
ref: 2011, Marc Cranswick, The Cars of American Motors: An Illustrated History, page 186:
text: He was listening for reports of Kojaks with Kodaks, or bear sightings (cop alerts) at his front door (ahead of him), especially plain wrappers (unmarked police cars) parked at specific yardsticks (mile-markers) taking pictures […]
ref: 2015, Matt Cashion, Last Words of the Holy Ghost, page 85:
qualifier: CB radio
glosses: A police officer with a radar gun.
wikipedia: Kodak
Kojak
bartack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bartacks
Etymology: From bar + tack.
Senses: glosses: A series of stitches used for reinforcing areas of stress on a garment, such as pocket openings or buttonholes.
bartacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bartack
shradh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shradhs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shraddha.
shradhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shradh
shredlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shredlets
Etymology: From shred + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little shred.
shredlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shredlet
shriekily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more shriekily
form: most shriekily
Etymology: From shrieky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a shrieky manner.
shriekiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shrieky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being shrieky.
shrillish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shrillish
form: most shrillish
Etymology: From shrill + -ish.
Senses: examples: September 20, 1856, Charles Dickens, Household Words
I was startled by a rather shrillish voice from the other side of the gate […]
glosses: Somewhat shrill.
shrinelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrinelets
Etymology: From shrine + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little shrine.
shrinelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrinelet
Shroftide
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Shrovetide.
significant digits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of significant digit
shrublet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrublets
Etymology: From shrub + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little shrub.
shrublets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrublet
shrubberied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From shrubbery + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Most of them were the children of rich parents, but on the whole they were the un-aristocratic rich, the sort of people who live in huge shrubberied houses in Bournemouth or Richmond, and who have cars and butlers but not country estates.
ref: c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys:
glosses: Having a shrubbery.
shuddersome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: rhotic
enpr: shŭd'ərsəm
ipa: /ˈʃʌdəɹsəm/
note: rhotic
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈʃʌdəsəm/
rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)səm
Forms: form: more shuddersome
form: most shuddersome
Etymology: From shudder + -some.
Senses: glosses: Causing one to shudder; fearsome.
xiqin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 奚琴 (xīqín). Doublet of haegeum.
Senses: glosses: An ancient Chinese vertical bowed string instrument with two strings.
signifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From signify + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being signified.
sightable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪtəbəl/
rhymes: -aɪtəbəl
Etymology: From sight + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being sighted; visible from a vantage point
Derived terms: sightability
sighful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sighful
form: most sighful
Etymology: From sigh + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Full of sighs.
sighless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sigh + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without sighs.
siever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sievers
Etymology: From sieve + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who sieves.
sievers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siever
sierozem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sierozems
Senses: glosses: A kind of brownish-grey desert soil.
sierozems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sierozem
sideraphthite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An alloy, mostly iron and nickel with lesser amounts of tungsten, aluminum, and copper.
hadacidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antibiotic.
Sickertian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sickertian
form: most Sickertian
Etymology: From Sickert + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Walter Sickert (1860–1942), German-English artist.
shurrup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Shut up.
shutterwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From shutter + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In an arrangement resembling window shutters.
sialagogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sialagogic
form: most sialagogic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sialogogic.
sialogogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sialogogic
form: most sialogogic
Senses: glosses: Increasing the flow of saliva.
Related terms: sialogogue
shraddha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɹɑːdə/
Forms: form: shraddhas
form: shraadh
form: shraadha
form: sraddha
form: sradha
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit श्राद्ध (śrāddha).
Senses: examples: text: After returning, I went to Benares with my parents, for my father was to perform a shraddha ceremony there.
ref: 1989, Shudha Mazumdar, Memoirs of an Indian Woman, page 94:
text: But the thought that he would finally be able to complete his mother's shraadha would make the son emotional.
ref: 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 110
glosses: A Hindu ceremony performed in commemoration of one's deceased relatives, especially a parent.
shraddhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shraddha
siderochromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siderochrome
Sikkimese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sikkimese
form: most Sikkimese
Etymology: From Sikkim + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sikkim, a landlocked Indian state in the Himalayan mountains.
Sikkimese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sikkim + -ese.
Senses: glosses: A Southern Tibetic language spoken in Sikkim.
Sikkimese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sikkim + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The natives or inhabitants of Sikkim.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Sikkimese terms
sip ⁠
silent butlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silent butler
silkette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From silk + -ette; a former brand name.
Senses: glosses: A cotton fabric that looks and feels like silk.
sillibub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sillibubs
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of syllabub.
sillibubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sillibub (alternative form of syllabubs).
silkstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From silk + stone.
Senses: glosses: binghamite
binghamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bingham + -ite, after William Bingham, a lapidary, who discovered it in 1936.
Senses: glosses: A type of agate stone found in Minnesota.
Synonyms: cuyunite
silkstone
cuyunite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: binghamite
sociophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From socio- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: social phobia
sillyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sillyish
form: most sillyish
Etymology: From silly + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: We were all infinitely good humoured, but rather sillyish; for every one was full of themselves, though each asked questions of the other, about which they did not care a pinch of snuff to be informed.
ref: 2013 September 23, Frances Sheridan, Conclusion of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, Broadview Press, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: Somewhat silly.
silvicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silvicides
Senses: glosses: A pesticide designed to kill woody plants such as trees.
silvicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silvicide
live stream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪv ˈstɹiːm/
Forms: form: live streams
form: livestream
Senses: examples: text: The concert was transmitted via satellite and live stream.
synonyms: Internet feed
live feed
stream
glosses: A real-time broadcast of audio or video over the Internet.
Derived terms: live streamer
live stream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪv ˈstɹiːm/
Forms: form: live streams
form: live streaming
form: live streamed
form: live streamed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of livestream.
Related terms: streaming
similarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: similarizes
form: similarizing
form: similarized
form: similarized
Etymology: From similar + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make similar.
glosses: To become similar.
similarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of similarize
similarizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of similarize
similarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of similarize
similitudinarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From similitudinary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a similitudinary fashion.
Simmental
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An alpine valley in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland.
Simmental
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Simmentals
Senses: glosses: One of a versatile breed of cattle originating in that valley.
Simmentals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Simmental
Chelsea buns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chelsea bun
nonethnographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ethnographic.
Senses: glosses: Not ethnographic.
susegad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Konkani सुसेगाद (susegād), from Portuguese sossegado (“quiet”).
Senses: glosses: A relaxed, carefree attitude associated with the Indian state of Goa.
aggravators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggravator
sucker tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: Tracks left by an experienced skier in a closed or dangerous area that may be followed by a less experienced skier who does not understand the risks.
Grahamism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Graham + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The dietetic system of Sylvester Graham.
Related terms: Grahamite
sailship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailships
Etymology: From sail + ship.
Senses: glosses: sailing ship
sailships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sailship
anthroposophical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænθɹəpəˈsɑfɪkəl/
ipa: /ˌænθɹəpəˈsɒfɪkəl/
Etymology: From anthroposophic + -al.
Senses: glosses: anthroposophic
Derived terms: anthroposophically
attachment therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attachment therapies
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
synonyms: holding time
glosses: Any of a category of controversial alternative child mental health interventions intended to treat attachment disorders.
uropathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uropathy
urotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uro- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: uropathy; urine therapy in alternative medicine
spacesuited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spacesuit + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a spacesuit.
microed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of micro
microing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of micro
tugra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tugras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tughra.
thalassotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thalassotherapy
doctrine of signatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ancient belief that herbs resembling various parts of the body can be used to treat ailments of those parts.
Okinawa diet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: A weight loss diet based on the eating habits of the indigenous people of the Ryukyu Islands.
Zone diet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because the diet involves keeping certain clinical markers within certain ranges or "zones".
Senses: glosses: A diet that advocates consuming calories from carbohydrates and protein in a balanced ratio.
squabbling bleeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: squabbling bleeders
Etymology: Approximate rhyme.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: squadron leader
mahogany Spitfire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mahogany Spitfires
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The desk of an air force employee who does not fly.
progressive war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A military strategy where only enemy combatants are targeted and civilian collateral damage and casualties are kept to a minimum.
busjacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: busjackings
Etymology: Blend of bus + hijacking
Senses: glosses: The hijacking of a bus.
busjackings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of busjacking
Mongolian barbecue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mongolian barbecues
Etymology: Calque of Mandarin 蒙古烤肉. See Mongolian barbecue#Origin.
Senses: glosses: A stir-fried dish of meat and vegetables cooked on large, round, solid iron griddles at high temperatures.
wikipedia: Mongolian barbecue#Origin
Mongolian barbecues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mongolian barbecue
khorkhog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mongolian [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: Khorkhog was a cooking method commonly used by soldiers on military campaigns in earlier centuries, as the meat of a large animal such as a deer or gazelle could thus be cooked in its own stomach, thus eliminating the need for carying^([sic]) heavy pots or special utensils.
ref: 2001, Eric Thrift, The Cultural Heritage of Mongolia, →OCLC, page 14:
glosses: A Mongolian dish of meat cooked in a container with hot stones and water.
solipsize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: solipsizes
form: solipsizing
form: solipsized
form: solipsized
Senses: examples: text: Solipsizing Lolita is identical with solipsizing Cold War America – both girl and state are under threat from the means of their defence, the fake-paternal predatory power of the treacherous guardian […]
ref: 2009, Adam Piette, The Literary Cold War, 1945 to Vietnam, page 97:
glosses: To convert to solipsism.
Azalean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Azaleans
Etymology: From azalea + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Azaleans supposedly should expect the rapper's album, The New Classic, next month via Island Def Jam […]
ref: 2013 August 21, “Urban And R&B News With Cyclone”, in The Music, number 2, page 60:
text: "I'm excited about them all as a body of work. I think, after hearing my album, my Azaleans [Iggy's army of fans] and I will feel like close friends."
ref: 2013 September, Jennifer Lynn, “A Life in Colour”, in Scotcampus, number 107, page 7:
text: The cover, featuring an unusually modestly dressed Iggy Azalea, could easily fool any unsuspecting 'Azalean' into thinking that Pop is just another one of those celebtastic lifestyle magazines we're all guilty of buying from time to time […]
ref: 2013 November 25, Deanne Ball, “The Naked Truth: Has Nudity in Fashion Gone Too Far?”, in e2, number 268, page 31:
glosses: A fan of the Australian rapper Iggy Azalea.
Azaleans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Azalean
chub rub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: John's battle with “chub rub” is well documented. Even if he puts on a layer of lubricant as thick as cake frosting, his thighs are creating sparks before the end of the first mile.
ref: 2007, John Bingham, Jenny Hadfield, Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running, Rodale, →ISBN, page 174:
text: My first move was to resolve not to wear things that hurt. Whether it was the perpetual red line of fury that looped under my boobs, or the zip gnawing a little grudge mark into my waist, or the burning chub rub where the pantyhose gave way, I fought against it with softness.
ref: 2012, Margaret Howie, “Something Fabulous to Wear”, in Virgie Tovar, editor, Hot and Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 206:
text: Early in the run, I began experiencing serious 'chub rub' between my bloated legs.
ref: 2012, Scott Ludwig, Vanessa Stroud, In It for the Long Run: A Decade with the Darkside Running Club, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 352:
glosses: Chafing on the inner thighs caused by the legs rubbing together.
patriotize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: patriotizes
form: patriotizing
form: patriotized
form: patriotized
Etymology: From patriot + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make patriotic
patriotizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of patriotize
patriotizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of patriotize
patriotized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of patriotize
Mahomie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mahomies
Etymology: Blend of Mahone + homie.
Senses: examples: text: She tells a story about one of her teachers calling her out for being a “Mahomie” — Mahomies are what his fans call themselves, like Justin’s “Beliebers.”
ref: 2012 June 6, Jenny Eliscu, “The Making of Baby Bieber: How Austin Mahone Is Riding Social Media to Superstardom”, in The Hollywood Reporter:
text: As his "Mahomies" already know, Mahone got his start posting his covers of pop hits to YouTube, which gained him enough of a following that he made the switch to full-time singer.
ref: 2014 August 14, “Music”, in The Record, Bergen County, New Jersey:
text: Austin Mahone, the night’s headliner, has accrued a rabid following of “Mahomies” thanks to his knack for retrofitting R&B hits to teenage tastes, […]
ref: 2014 August 19, Maura Johnston, “Mahone updates the teen-idol template at Blue Hills”, in The Boston Globe:
glosses: A fan of the American singer Austin Mahone.
Mahomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mahomie
Giresun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Giresun, from Ottoman Turkish گیرهسون (Giresun). Doublet of cherry.
Senses: glosses: A province in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
glosses: A district of Giresun Province, Turkey.
glosses: A municipality, the capital of Giresun district and Giresun Province, Turkey.
Tamartian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tamartians
Etymology: Blend of Tamar + Martian.
Senses: examples: text: Tamartians, be on the look out for Tamar's highly anticipated solo album, Love and War, expected to drop this summer.
ref: 2013, Kayla Greaves, "Started From The Bottom, Now They're Here", The Industry, June/July 2013, page 14 (approx.)
text: She admits she didn't allow herself enough rest to heal her vocal chords, but she didn't want to disappoint her “Tamartians” who bought tickets for her first concert tour.
ref: 2014, "Love & Tamar", Big In Da Street Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 9, March/April 2014, page 19
text: On Sept. 13 Chrysler Hall was flooded with "Tamartians" ranging from all ages, eager to watch Tamar Braxton do her thing.
ref: 2014, Courtney Brown, "'Get Your Life' with Tamar Braxton", Mace & Crown (Old Dominion University), Volume 57, Issue 4, 17 September 2014, page B1
glosses: A fan of the American singer Tamar Braxton.
Tamartians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tamartian
nowaday
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Many an ancient commonplace is weird news to the nowaday ear.
ref: 1984, David Farrelly, The book of bamboo, page 83:
text: The red sealing wax drips and flames: a piece of the heart I hold in my hand over the candle of my nowaday sorrow.
ref: 2005, Amelia Glaser, David Weintraub, Yankl Salant, Proletpen: America’s Rebel Yiddish Poets:
text: Or that these (shall we go ahead and call both outcomes issues) would be the nowaday worries, with no time out?
ref: 2007, James McCourt, Now Voyagers: The Night Sea Journey, page 306:
text: “What are you talking about? What gift? And what does it have to do with Gypsies? “He said the true Gypsies—not to be mixed up with the nowaday Tinkers—were very people intuitive. […]”
ref: 2009, John B. Olson, Powers, page 260:
glosses: Existing nowadays; current, present; contemporary.
Synonyms: sense: from the present time
word: current
sense: from the present time
word: present
nowaday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Of this we may be sure, that the most haphazard guess at the cause by the most unlettered, nowaday, will be nearer the mark-thanks to the diffusion of knowledge—than were the speculations of the learned, ages ago […]
ref: 1870, The Illustrated London News, volume 48, page 679:
text: thinking of some kind of a program for social legislation. You get what I mean, building up a vast reservoir of — better folks. Nowaday we're beginning to control the breeding of animals.
ref: 1936, Charles Morrow Wilson, “Rabble Rouser”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 247:
text: I suppose I could; women havin' babies much later nowaday
ref: 1999, Brian Keith Jackson, “Walking Through Mirrors”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 212:
glosses: Alternative form of nowadays.
nowaday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If so, it should be noted that ουντυγχάνω does not exist in nowaday's South Italian, and, probably, did not either in medieval South Italian (though it is not excluded, of course, because during the presence of the Byzantines in (Southern) Italy a greater influence of the Byzantine koine of that time can be postulated).
ref: 1987, W.J.Aerts, “Appendix: The Latin-Greek Wordlist in MS 236 of the Municipal Library of Avranches, FOL. 97v”, in Reginald Allen Brown, editor, Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1986, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 69:
text: When I think back over the one hundred years that the Stevensons lived there, the things we had to deal with and use, would give these safety people of nowaday a blood hemorrhage.
ref: 1995, Cynthia Mills Coté, Amazing grace: the story of some Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, the Stevensons, Flemings, and others, who migrated from North Carolina to Missouri in 1819, page 120:
text: Sometimes Heke was living in the nowaday, sometimes he was with Rudy and Royl, his mother and father, who had both passed years back, and with his sister Narcissa in the long ago.
ref: 2008, Edra Ziesk, The Trespasser, page 25:
glosses: The present period; contemporary times.
Thronie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊni
Forms: form: Thronies
Etymology: From throne + -ie, referencing the television series Game of Thrones.
Senses: examples: text: It takes a special breed of fan to get up early for a 12-hour Game of Thrones marathon, but it takes a true "Thronie" to do it the morning after a midnight screening of The Hunger Games.
ref: 2012, Graham Templeton, "This throne's for you", Metro (Vancouver), 23 March 2012 - 25 March 2012, page 4
text: Back then, hard-core Thronies were probably still playing “The Rains of Castamere” on their lutes, […]
ref: 2014 June 16, Melissa Maerz, “'Game of Thrones' review: All men truly must die”, in Entertainment Weekly:
text: A diehard Thronie, as fans of the television fantasy series sometimes call themselves, the student from the Indian city of Chennai chides her fellow fans to gather for a group photo with the intertwining, enclosing trees of the Dark Hedges, the location for a brief but memorable scene from the series, as background.
ref: 2014 July 4, Vincent Boland, “‘Game of Thrones’ brings fantastical footfall to Northern Ireland”, in Financial Times:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones. or the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire it is based on.
wikipedia: en:Game of Thrones
Thronies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thronie
film-craft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: film-crafts
form: filmcraft
form: film craft
Etymology: From film + -craft.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps none of the other filmcrafts, excepting costumes, have been so comparatively open to, and often dominated by, Hollywood's women.
ref: 1977, The Feminist Art Journal:
text: Almost all techniques of film-craft have been tried out in Hollywood, and the result has been near perfection of cinematic art.
ref: 1980, Kishore Valicha, The Moving Image: A Study of Indian Cinema:
text: I think it would be possible to make La Nuit Americaine as a first film. Experience and film-craft are required and one obviously has less film-craft at the beginning of one's career.
ref: 2008, François Truffaut, Ronald Bergan, François Truffaut: Interviews:
glosses: The art or craft of making movies; cinematography.
working terriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of working terrier
unfevered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fevered.
Senses: glosses: Not fevered
Tartan Army
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Tartan Army
Senses: examples: text: The widely predicted jeering of Aiden McGeady from the Tartan Army briefly turned to cheers when he was next to see a yellow card for a poor challenge on Fletcher.
ref: 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The fans of the Scottish national football team
billhooked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of billhook
billhooking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of billhook
Mossos d'Esquadra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒsəʊz dɪˈskwɑːdɹə/
ipa: /ˌməʊsəʊz dɪˈskwɑːdɹə/
enpr: mŏsʹōz dĭ-skwäʹdrə
enpr: mōʹsōz dĭ-skwäʹdrə
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra (literally “team officers”).
Senses: examples: text: Although Puigdemont has resisted internal political pressure to now formally declare Catalan independence, he has refused to rule out the move, which would escalate tensions further and could pit the regional police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, against the thousands of Spanish Guardia Civil and national police officers deployed in Catalonia.
ref: 2017 October 22, Sam Jones, “Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence”, in the Guardian:
coordinate_terms: Ertzaintza
glosses: The police force of Catalonia, Spain.
secessionistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more secessionistically
form: most secessionistically
Etymology: From secessionistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a secessionistic manner
multitendency
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + tendency.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one political tendency.
Spartacist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spartacists
Etymology: From Spartacus + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Spartacus, who led a slave rebellion against the ancient Roman Empire.
Spartacist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spartacists
Etymology: From German Spartakist, from Spartakus (pen name of the Spartacus League’s co-founder Karl Liebknecht) + -ist; equivalent to Spartacus + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: Spartacide
glosses: A member of the Spartacus League, a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during and just after World War I.
glosses: A member of the modern Spartacist League, or International Communist League, a Trotskyist international organisation.
Spartacists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spartacist
solipsizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of solipsize
solipsizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of solipsize
solipsized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of solipsize
Japan cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japan cats
Senses: examples: text: ["I]t was only last Christmas that I bought my Japan cat. / "Dear me," said Miss Jemima; "a Japan cat! that must be very curious. What sort of a creature is it?" / "Don't you know? Bless me, a thing with three legs, and holds toast! [...]"
ref: 1853, Pisistratus Caxton [pseudonym; Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XI, in “My Novel”; Or Varieties in English Life […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book first, page 59:
glosses: A toast rack (“rack for holding toasted bread”).