cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
occupational safety and health
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The activities and policies aimed at protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment.
Synonyms: occupational health
occupational health and safety
OHS
OSH
WHS
workplace health and safety
Derived terms: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
sidenote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidenotes
Etymology: From side + note.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of side note.
make mileage out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes mileage out of
form: making mileage out of
form: made mileage out of
form: made mileage out of
Senses: examples: text: I would never make mileage out of the recent tragic deaths in their family.
glosses: To take advantage of, to exploit (usually a tragic or unfortunate situation).
schadenford
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Schadenford.
styleworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more styleworthy
form: most styleworthy
Etymology: From style + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: A certain something that is styleworthy, eyecatching, and brand-new to the average consumer.
ref: 1948, Men's Wear, volume 118, page 71:
glosses: Fashionable.
graceworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more graceworthy
form: most graceworthy
Etymology: From grace + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: Oh that I was as good and graceworthy as Ezra, that fair-going youth!
ref: 1866, William Chawner, The river of life pilgrims:
text: "Always, of course, not counting de army of his most graceworthy majesty de Emperor William," said Von Baumser, [...]"
ref: 1893, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Firm of Girdlestone: A Romance of the Unromantic - Volume 2 - Page 154:
glosses: Worthy of grace.
wraple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæp.əl/
rhymes: -æpəl
Forms: form: wraples
form: wrapling
form: wrapled
form: wrapled
form: wrapple
Etymology: From wrap + -le. Compare warple.
Senses: examples: text: It is a country of vast expanse and wonderful fertility, and its people are only now awakening from that Rip Van Winkle sleep in which all South America has been wrappled for so long a period.
ref: 1901, Revista Del Río de La Plata, volume 14, page 29:
text: […] age the tightly locked can wrappled in plastic bag and containing the three hundred thousand shillings.
ref: 2001, John G. Nderitu, Nun in Tragedy, page 181:
glosses: To wrap up, entangle; warp.
Related terms: warple
kusarigama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kusarigama
Etymology: From Japanese 鎖鎌 (kusarigama).
Senses: glosses: A Japanese martial arts chain weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle), on a length of kusari (metal chain) with a heavy fundo (iron weight) at the end; a chain sickle.
warple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: warples
form: warpling
form: warpled
form: warpled
form: warpel
Etymology: From warp + -le.
Senses: glosses: To intertwine; twist; entangle.
glosses: To confuse.
glosses: To twist or wind around.
glosses: To wrestle; tumble; wriggle.
glosses: To stagger; go in a zig-zag course; move with difficulty; struggle through.
Related terms: wraple
Leipsic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪp.sɪk/
ipa: /ˈlɪpsɪk/
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Leipzig (a city in Germany).
glosses: A village in Ohio.
glosses: A town in Delaware; named for Leipzig, Germany.
glosses: A river in the United States; flowing from Masseys Mill Pond in Smyrna, Delaware into the Delaware Bay at Bombay Hook.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for Leipzig, Germany.
unignore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unignores
form: unignoring
form: unignored
form: unignored
Etymology: From un- + ignore.
Senses: glosses: To cease ignoring (a blocked user on an online chat system, etc.).
Synonyms: unplonk
unignored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + ignored.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unignore
unignored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ignored.
Senses: glosses: Not ignored.
unignores
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unignore
unignoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unignore
unplonk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unplonks
form: unplonking
form: unplonked
form: unplonked
Etymology: From un- + plonk.
Senses: glosses: To cease ignoring (a blocked user on a newsgroup, etc.).
Synonyms: unignore
unplonking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unplonk
unplonks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unplonk
unplonked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unplonk
top loader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top loaders
Etymology: From top + loader.
Senses: glosses: A washing machine with its door on the top.
qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: A rigid plastic frame, slotted at the top, used to store and protect individual trading cards.
Coordinate terms: sense: washing machine
word: front loader
top loaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top loader
purlicue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purlicues
Etymology: Unclear. Some sources connect it to French pour la queue, from English pirl, purl (“whirl, twirl”).
Senses: examples: text: Last night I licked a man's hand in
Evangelo's. I slid my tongue
along the ridge of flesh that forms the purlicue,
that bridge that connects thumb to forefinger,
to make it receptive for salt.
ref: 1992, “After Tequila”, in Weber Studies, volume 9, page 83:
text: "Margot, what happened to taking things slowly?" "I'm sorry, I lose all rational thought when I am alone with you." She touched the purlicue on the hand […]
ref: 2001, Michele Hauf, Enchant Me Not, →ISBN, page 182:
text: Won Li's attentions moved to the weblike purlicue between my thumb and forefinger.
ref: 2003, Suzann Ledbetter, A Lady Never Trifles with Thieves, →ISBN, page 136:
text: Can you imagine paying attention to the feeling of space between all of your fingers, just as you feel the purlicue between your thumb and index finger?
ref: 2010, Les Fehmi, Jim Robbins, Dissolving Pain, →ISBN, page 34:
text: This technique uses the “purlicue,” the magic space between your thumb and extended forefinger on your left hand. Purlicue can also mean “a curl or flourish in writing.” This is an absolutely crucial body “part” in the context of hand jobs [...]. Master the artistry of the purlicue, my friend, and you've mastered the penis.
ref: 2016, Emily Nagoski, Orally Pleasuring a Man, →ISBN:
glosses: The space between one's forefinger and thumb.
Related terms: pirlicue
fanwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanworks
Etymology: From fan + work.
Senses: examples: text: The chapel — a soaring, slender-shafted building, with fanwork upon its roof and an apse deep and pointed — seemed full of light, withal it was hung with black velvet.
ref: 1911, Maurice Hewlett, The Song of Renny, Charles Scribner's Son, 's (1911), page 389:
text: There were bits of a vaulted roof with panelled fanwork and moulded ribs, recalling the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster.
ref: 2008, Geoffrey Ashe, King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury, Sutton Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 289:
text: Now the Grand High Witch removes her mask and wig: A hideous beak and a decrepit bodice of skin and bones, like the stone ceiling fanwork in a Gothic chamber, her blotchy scalp a moonscape fermenting cobwebs.
ref: 2008, Leonard Ginsberg, Rhapsody on a Film by Kurosawa, Trafford Publishing, published 2008, →ISBN, page 48:
topics: architecture
glosses: Fan tracery.
examples: text: He smiled again, easily, dimples creasing his cheeks, and a tiny fanwork of lines crinkled the corners of his dark eyes.
ref: 1999, Anne Marie Winston, Lovers' Reunion, Silhouette Books, published 1999, →ISBN:
text: The bud vase lay on its side near the bush; a lacy fanwork of roots had spread out over the tabletop, following the path of the spilled water.
ref: 2006, Kage Baker, The Machine's Child, Tor, published 2007, →ISBN, page 123:
text: He had three lines running across his forehead, and a fanwork of them radiating from the corner of each eye.
ref: 2013, Leigh Evans, The Trouble with Fate, St. Martin's Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 222:
glosses: A fan-shaped network of lines or projections.
fanwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanworks
Etymology: From fan + work.
Senses: examples: text: William saw Michaela's fanwork of The Powerpuff Girls, her favorite TV show of all time.
text: Fans often declare that they prefer fanon to what actually happens in canon and fanworks to the actual series, which is lackluster by comparison.
ref: 2008, Tan Bee Kee, “Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in English-Language Yaoi Fanfiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 132:
text: The result is a proliferation of fanworks that explore narratives of transgression as fans play with the permissibility of Supernatural's supernatural world.
ref: 2009, Emily Turner, "Scary Just Got Sexy: Transgression in Supernatural and Its Fanfiction", in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural (ed. Supernatural.tv), BenBella Books (2009), page 159
text: Other factors contributing to the increased interest in dōjinshi and in fanworks were the development of fixed otaku landmarks and the spread of computers.
ref: 2010, Fan-Yi Lam, “Comic Market: How the World's Biggest Amateur Comic Fair Shaped Japanese Dōjinshi Culture”, in Frenchy Lunning, editor, Fanthropologies, volume 5, University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 239:
glosses: A creative work produced by a fan, based on a book, movie, television show, musical group, etc.
Hyponyms: sense: creative work produced by a fan
word: fanart
sense: creative work produced by a fan
word: fan fiction
sense: creative work produced by a fan
word: fangame
sense: creative work produced by a fan
word: fanvid
fanworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanwork
heads of the bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Monck Mason then a young barrister, on a motion that the heads of the bill should be committed, displayed great talents, liberality and thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles of political economy, in a luminous speech.
ref: 1813, Mathew O'Conor, The History of the Irish Catholics from the Settlement in 1691: With a View of the State of Ireland from the Invasion by Henry II, to the Revolution:
topics: law
glosses: Early draft of a bill usually agreed at cabinet but not yet published.
heads of the bills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heads of the bill
wall chaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wall chasers
Senses: glosses: A specialised hand-held power tool used for cutting narrow grooves in walls, for instance when laying electrical cable.
Coordinate terms: angle grinder
die grinder
PMBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PMB
polydactyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polydactyl
scares up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scare up
scaring up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scare up
scared up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scare up
Hadith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See hadith.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The entire collection of hadiths (sayings and deeds) of Muhammad within a particular branch of Islam or Islamic jurisprudence.
Synonyms: hadith
Derived terms: Hadithic
fan dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan dances
form: fan-dance
Senses: examples: text: Gracefully he led the fan dance, and glided without a pause into the shadow dance and the umbrella dance.
ref: 1903, Andrew Lang, “The Magic Kettle”, in The Crimson Fairy Book:
text: [T]he center's Chinese Folk Dance Company plans to perform six pieces, including a fan dance and a sword dance.
ref: 1996 February 16, Laurel Graeber, “For Children”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 May 2013:
qualifier: performing arts
glosses: A dance performance incorporating the artful use of fans.
examples: text: Undaunted Ming-Toy did a sinuous, undulating fan dance before the Imperial Daughters of the British Empire, then, at the last moment, showed what she thinks of them by raising her fans and standing starkly revealed in red underdrawers.
ref: 1935 April 22, “Canada: Ming-Toy's Revenge”, in Time:
text: In 1962, photographer Bert Stern shot a series of photos of Marilyn Monroe: . . . Monroe, sleepy-eyed and naked, sips from a Champagne glass, enacts a fan dance of sorts with various diaphanous scarves, romps with erotic playfulness on a bed of white linens.
ref: 2008 Feb. 18, Amanda Fortini, "Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe in "The Last Sitting"," nymag.com (retrieved 28 May 2013)
qualifier: performing arts
glosses: A stage performance or striptease in which a female entertainer disrobes while dancing with large hand-held fans that are alternately used to conceal and provide glimpses of her erogenous body regions.
examples: text: In what may be the most farcical episode of an 18-month-long fan dance, baseball players and ownership will sit down Monday in Los Angeles to discuss "non-economic issues" regarding the expired collective bargaining agreement.
ref: 1994 May 22, Thomas Stinson, “Labor talks: Much ado about nothing”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, retrieved 28 May 2013:
text: Microsoft did a fan dance of sorts today, giving the public a glimpse at the upcoming Vista operating system.
ref: 2006 June 6, Ed Sutherland, “More Bits For Vista Enthusiasts”, in internetnews.com, retrieved 28 May 2013:
text: Bettman, meanwhile, performed his now-traditional fan dance, skating around the revelation of a third group interested in buying the Coyotes.
ref: 2012 January 28, Bruce Arthur, “NHL and Players’ Association on a collision course”, in National Post, Canada, retrieved 28 May 2013:
glosses: The incremental disclosure of tantalizing bits of information.
Synonyms: sense: incremental disclosure of information
word: dance of the seven veils
Derived terms: fan dancer
fan dance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fan dances
form: fan dancing
form: fan danced
form: fan danced
form: fan-dance
Senses: glosses: To perform such a dance.
tough as nails
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Having a hard, strong, and determined mindset.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very hard; tough
Coordinate terms: hard as nails
diehard
hardcore
steely-eyed
bescare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bescares
form: bescaring
form: bescared
form: bescared
Etymology: From be- + scare.
Senses: examples: text: Just so these loons at ev'ry sound Would whip their eyes and ears around: Tho' the least noise did so bescare 'em, […]
ref: 1889, Thomas Bridges, Francis Grose, George A. Smith (B.A.), Homer's Iliad
text: Perchance our lives, should men bescare / To fight his cause for pay.
ref: 1901, Pratt Institute Monthly, volume 9, page ii:
glosses: To fill with fright; scare all over; scare completely; terrify.
unique factorization domains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unique factorization domain
wramp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wramps
Etymology: Exact origin uncertain, but apparently related to Danish vrampet (“warped, twisted”), Middle Low German wrempich, wrampachtich (“warped, twisted”).
Senses: glosses: A wrench, twist, or sprain of the body.
glosses: A twisted or distorted view or understanding.
wramp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wramps
form: wramping
form: wramped
form: wramped
Etymology: Exact origin uncertain, but apparently related to Danish vrampet (“warped, twisted”), Middle Low German wrempich, wrampachtich (“warped, twisted”).
Senses: glosses: To sprain (part of the body).
fan-dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan-dances
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fan dance.
fan dancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fan dancers
Senses: qualifier: performing arts
glosses: A person who performs a fan dance.
microforges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microforge
undergroomed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undergroomed
form: most undergroomed
Etymology: From under- + groomed.
Senses: examples: text: […]an idle extravagance which was mistaken for elegant luxury — tumble-down old hackney-coaches, such as had not been seen north of the Potomac for half a century, harness never cleaned, undergroomed horses[…]
ref: 1954, Sir William Howard Russell, Fletcher Pratt, My Civil War diary, page 20:
text: I could barely walk, had lost almost forty pounds, and was undernourished and undergroomed.
ref: 2012, Paul V. Stutzman, Hiking Through, page 162:
glosses: Inadequately groomed.
banksterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bankster + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Criminally irresponsible banking activities.
redescription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redescriptions
Etymology: From re- + description.
Senses: glosses: description again or anew
redescriptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redescription
reprovision
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reprovisions
form: reprovisioning
form: reprovisioned
form: reprovisioned
form: re-provision
Etymology: From re- + provision.
Senses: glosses: To supply with provisions again.
reprovisioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reprovision
reprovisioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reprovisionings
Senses: examples: text: To keep the aircraft almost continuously in the hurricane, Stormfury uses backup crews and rapid reprovisionings of returning airplanes at the operations base.
ref: 1977, United States. National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Project Stormfury, volume 55, page 13:
glosses: The process by which something is reprovisioned.
reprovisioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reprovision
reprovisions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reprovision
resharpenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resharpening
reshippings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reshipping
retallies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retally
resonations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resonation
retracings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retracing
sports card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sports cards
Etymology: From sports + card.
Senses: qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: A trading card printed with a sports theme, usually one depicting an athlete.
sports cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sports card
jorram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jorrams
Senses: glosses: A Gaelic boatmen's song to accompany the strokes of rowing.
sold on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sell on
I couldn't have said it better myself
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to wholeheartedly agree with somebody else's remark
prussiates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prussiate
pterygotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pterygote
you said it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: tell me about it
;
amen#Interjection
coordinate_terms: you're telling me
;
I know, right
IKR
glosses: Used to express complete agreement with a previous statement by the interlocutor.
examples: text: A: I kept giving him the benefit of the doubt, but now where have we arrived at? Call a spade a spade: he's a liar!   B: You said it — I didn't.
coordinate_terms: if you will
;
if you say so
glosses: Used to emphasize that a wording or a turn of phrase was chosen by the interlocutor, not by the speaker.
papponymic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papponymics
Senses: glosses: A personal name based on the name of one's grandfather.
Synonyms: papponym
Related terms: patronym
patronymic
strumæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of struma
shadeset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadesets
Etymology: From shade + set.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A colour scheme that can be applied to a computerized map.
shadesets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadeset
papponymics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papponymic
marsh grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsh grasses
Senses: synonyms: cord grass, swamp grass, meadow grass, swamp hay, thatch grass
glosses: Any coarse grass growing in marshes of genus Spartina.
glosses: Any wetland grass of genus Hymenachne.
synonyms: jungle rice, shama millet, Deccan grass, small barnyard grass, awnless barnyard grass
glosses: Barnyard millet, jungle ricegrass (Echinochloa colonum)
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see marsh, grass.
Hyponyms: word: Spartina cynosuroides
alt: syn. Spartina juncea
word: Spartina patens
word: salt hay
salt hay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salt hays
Senses: glosses: A hay made from saltgrass.
glosses: A hay made from any grass grown in salty or alkali conditions.
Related terms: salt marsh hay
salt marsh hay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salt marsh hays
Senses: glosses: Saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico.
vacuitie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuities
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of vacuity.
viviparous lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viviparous lizards
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see viviparous, lizard.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see viviparous, lizard.
Zootoca vivipara, known as the common lizard in its relatively northerly Eurasian range.
Synonyms: sense: Zootoca vivipara
word: Lacerta vivipara
have in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has in
form: having in
form: had in
form: had in
Senses: examples: text: We managed to pick up a score of these young people from the streets and have them in for lunch.
ref: 1953 March 30, LIFE, page 90:
text: So then we tried to pinpoint it and improve it. It is the very selfsame thing, sir, we are doing now, but our superintendent is having us in now for meetings, and has in the last few days, to study results and to see where we are failing.
ref: 1955, United States. Congress. House, Hearings:
text: She agreed to have me in for one show, just to see how I was doing.
ref: 2008, Janis Ian, Society's child:
text: At other times when not quite well he would have them in for the fun of shaking his will at them.
ref: 2009, Samuel Butler, Works of Samuel Butler:
text: What the hell does David have me in for? Dinner perhaps?
ref: 2009, Patience Brooks, Her Destiny:
text: When you invite a friend into your home you offer him a drink, if it is only a cup of tea, and more formally, when you spend an evening with friends you have them in for coffee or for a meal [...]
ref: 2010, Herbert McCabe, The New Creation:
glosses: To allow in; grant permission or admittance to; invite in or over; admit.
catclaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catclaws
Etymology: From cat + claw, because its branches bear many small hooks which resemble cats' claws.
Senses: glosses: An acacia, specifically Acacia greggii, now Senegalia greggii, native to most of the border region of the US and Mexico.
catclaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catclaw
cruisin' for a bruisin'
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: cruisin’ for a bruisin’
Senses: examples: text: By measures of valuation, the market is cruisin’ for a bruisin’.
ref: November 1987, Manuel Schiffres and Wendy Van Cott, “How to tell if the bear is back”, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, ISSN 1528-9729, vol. 41, no. 11, p. 67
text: Worse still, we’re told that gentleness is weakness, that love is just asking for grief, that generosity is fecklessness, that openness is cruisin’ for a bruisin’.
ref: 1998, Molly Wolf, Hiding in Plain Sight: Sabbath Blessings, Liturgical Press, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: Alternative form of cruising for a bruising.
hotbrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hotbrains
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hot-brain.
Zionistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Zionist + -stan, equivalent to Zion + -i- + -stan
Senses: glosses: The State of Israel, viewed as Zionist.
hoaxsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoaxster
antinomistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antinomistic
form: most antinomistic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to antinomianism.
RNGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RNG
PRNGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PRNG
tsurugi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 剣 (tsurugi).
Senses: glosses: A type of Japanese double-edged sword.
trequel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trequels
Etymology: Blend of tri- + sequel?
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
synonyms: threequel
glosses: A work following a sequel; the third in a series, particularly of films.
trequels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trequel
large caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of large cap
antipromiscuity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipromiscuity
form: most antipromiscuity
Etymology: From anti- + promiscuity.
Senses: examples: text: For this reason, Bolton recommends that no antipromiscuity messages should appear in AIDS instructional material.
ref: 2000, Marianne H. Whatley, Elissa R Henken, Did You Hear About the Girl Who...?, page 72:
glosses: Opposing promiscuity.
Caravaggesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæɹəvæˈdʒɛsk/
enpr: kăr'ə-văj-ĕskʹ
ipa: /ˌkæɹəvɑˈd͡ʒɛsk/
ipa: /ˌkɑɹəvɑˈd͡ʒɛsk/
enpr: kăr'ə-vä-jĕskʹ
enpr: kär'ə-vä-jĕskʹ
rhymes: -ɛsk
Forms: form: more Caravaggesque
form: most Caravaggesque
form: Caravaggiesque
Etymology: From Caravaggio + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the dramatic style of Caravaggio, Italian painter.
Caravaggiesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Caravaggiesque
form: most Caravaggiesque
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Caravaggesque.
caratages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caratage
uplighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uplight
uplighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lighting concentrated in an upward direction.
uplighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uplight
uplit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uplight
downlighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of downlight
downlit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of downlight
yortsayts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yortsayt
yahrtzeits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yahrtzeit
yartzeits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yartzeit
jahrzeits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jahrzeit
big mind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: In the Zen tradition, an awareness of reality that transcends the merely personal or subjective.
New Dem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Dems
Senses: glosses: New Democrat
physiognotraces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physiognotrace
Newzak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Newszak
Etymology: Blend of news + Muzak, coined by Malcolm Muggeridge.
Senses: examples: text: These pundits intone Newzak like priests each evening, every now and again breaking off for a 'message', this being the consumer aspect of Newzak[…]
ref: 1979, Malcolm Muggeridge, Things past, page 209:
text: […]they go on, mile after mile, with ever more tarmac opening before them, and their radio alternating between Muzak, a melange of tunes, and Newzak, a melange of news items, both geared to counteracting anything in the nature of thought.
ref: 1985, Architectural Digest, volume 42, page 33:
text: The thrust of the news service was unbiased reporting and presenting the complete picture. Critics reported that despite its claims, Fox News had not found a way to reinvent the news. Rather, it merely added to the saturation level. Newzak.
ref: 2003, Richard Hack, Clash of the titans, page 473:
text: The recording must exist somewhere in the vast archives of the BBC, but it wasn't particularly enlightening as far as Mugabe's negotiating position was concerned, and the report I based on it was one of those Newzak pieces[…]
ref: 2008, John Simpson, Not Quite World's End, page 421:
glosses: News reporting that aims to entertain more than to inform.
wikipedia: Malcolm Muggeridge
ngawha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ngawhas
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori ngāwhā (“geyser, fumarole, hot spring”).
Senses: glosses: A boiling spring.
ngawhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ngawha
Niagaran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Niagaran
form: most Niagaran
Etymology: From Niagara + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Niagara.
Niagaran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Niagarans
Etymology: From Niagara + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Niagara.
Niagarans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Niagaran
nibblies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nibbly
Ngqika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ngqikas
form: Ngqika
form: Gaika
Senses: glosses: Any member of a tribe of the Rharhabe Xhosa, who moved westwards over the Kei River, away from the Xhosa heartland.
Related terms: Gcaleka
Ngqikas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ngqika
Gaika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gaikas
form: Gaika
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ngqika.
Gaikas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaika
nickerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nickering
nikkeis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nikkei
niseis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nisei
stuntwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stunt + work.
Senses: glosses: The performance of stunts.
nanorobotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + robotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to nanorobotics.
abortable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From abort + -able.
Senses: examples: text: I spent weeks after my miscarriage trying to understand. . . . Had I lost a baby, or "just" a 16-week fetus, not viable outside the womb, abortable under law?
ref: 1994 June 26, Susan Chira, “Hers: When Hope Died”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 May 2013:
glosses: Capable of being aborted.
ninja rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ninja rocks
Senses: glosses: A broken shard of ceramic spark plug, used by criminals to silently fracture the glass windows of vehicles.
ninja rocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ninja rock
dumbsizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dumbsize
dumbsized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dumbsize
faxback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faxbacks
Etymology: From fax + back.
Senses: glosses: An interactive electronic service allowing documents to be downloaded via fax machine.
faxbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faxback
MERS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɝz/
ipa: /mɜːz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z
Forms: form: Mers
Senses: examples: text: Coronaviruses are worrying because epidemics caused by other members of the viral family, SARS and MERS, have had high death rates: 10 percent for SARS, and about 35 percent for MERS.
ref: 2020 January 24, Denise Grady, “Chicago woman is second patient in U.S. with Wuhan coronavirus”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: “Even the researchers themselves point out that this should not cause panic,” said Roess, a professor of global health and epidemiology at George Mason University’s College of Public Health who has worked with international colleagues to better understand the MERS coronavirus.
ref: 2025 February 25, Jen Christiensen, “Scientists have identified a new coronavirus in bats, but it’s not a public health threat”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Middle East respiratory syndrome.
examples: text: Because MERS is a virus, antibiotics are ineffective.
ref: 2015 June 4, Donald G. McNeil Jr., “What You Need to Know About MERS”, in The New York Times:
text: Mers is a virus that is transmitted from animals to humans.
ref: 2015 July 2, “Mers: The new coronavirus explained”, in BBC News:
text: MERS is a coronavirus for which there is no cure.
ref: 2017, Randal W. Summers, “Application: Epidemics and the Epidemic Fear They Bring”, in Randal W. Summers, editor, Social Psychology: How Other People Influence Our Thoughts and Actions, page 470:
glosses: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
Synonyms: MERS-CoV
Derived terms: word: MERS-CoV
Related terms: SARS
genetically similar
COVID-19
MERS-CoV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERS-associated coronoavirus).
Synonyms: MERS
Saudi SARS
hCoV-EMC
Hypernyms: english: Coronavirus
translation: Coronavirus
word: CoV
Related terms: CoV
nCoV
SARS-CoV
CoV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Commonwealth of Virginia.
Hamptonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hæmpˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /hæmpˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Hamptonians
Etymology: From Hampton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A pupil of Hampton School, London, England.
glosses: A scholar of the arts of Hampton
Hamptonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hamptonian
in the bedroom
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: How are things going in the bedroom with your husband?
text: They're both inexperienced in the bedroom.
glosses: Regarding sexual activity or one's sex life.
Related terms: in bed
in the sack
redrummed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redrum
redrumming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redrum
Swabish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Swabish
form: most Swabish
Etymology: From Swabia + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Swabian: of or related to Swabia in Germany.
synonyms: word: Swabian
extra: of or related to Swabia in Germany
Swabish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Swabia + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Swabian: the dialect of German spoken in Swabia.
synonyms: word: Swabian
extra: the dialect of German spoken in Swabia
Swabish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swabishes
Etymology: From Swabia + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Swabian: a person from Swabia.
synonyms: word: Swabian
extra: a person from Swabia
behearken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: behearkens
form: behearkening
form: behearkened
form: behearkened
Etymology: From be- + hearken. Cognate with West Frisian beharkje (“to listen, listen to”).
Senses: examples: text: The king prayed he might behearken mass first, and that was done.
ref: 1895, Snorri Sturluson, The Saga Library:
glosses: To listen to; hearken to; observe; obey.
kimona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kimonas
Senses: examples: text: Sue let her kimona flap open enticingly.
ref: July 1934, Bill Williams, "Sweet Sue", 10 Story Book, page 4
glosses: Alternative form of kimono.
pucky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌki/
rhymes: -ʌki
Senses: glosses: Feces, excrement.
Derived terms: bullpucky
horse pucky
ye-es
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of yes, indicating hesitance: used to show hesitant agreement or acceptance.
aliz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A clay-based earthen plaster.
reheels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reheel
zeloso
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian zeloso, from zelo.
Senses: examples: text: Because Steve's attitude had always been co-operative and zeloso, Mr. Brisk had appointed him part leader for the bassi.
ref: 1973, Clavier: A Magazine for Pianists & Organists, Volume 12, Instrumentalist Company, page 35:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Zealous, energetic, enthusiastic; typically an annotation to direct the style of play.
raw_tags: of play
zeloso
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian zeloso, from zelo.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: con zelo
zelosamente
glosses: (Played) zealously, energetically, with enthusiasm.
muryan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muryans
Etymology: From Cornish moryon. Cognate with Breton merien and Welsh myrion.
Senses: glosses: An ant.
muryans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muryan
elderfather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elderfathers
Etymology: From Middle English eldrefader, aldurfadur, equivalent to elder + father.
Senses: examples: text: "[...] He was Daniel's elderfather. And he favored a mating between his sons and me."
ref: 2011, Octavia E. Butler, Fledgling:
glosses: Synonym of eldfather.
synonyms: word: eldfather
onomatopoeial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more onomatopoeial
form: most onomatopoeial
Etymology: From onomatopoeia + -al.
Senses: examples: text: But the technique of such work is irreproachable; the onomatopoeial sense of sound is most discriminative.
ref: 1880, “New Poems by John Payne (Newman & Co.)”, in The Academy and Literature, volume 17, London: Academy Publishing Company, page 153:
glosses: Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
eldermother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eldermothers
Etymology: From elder + mother.
Senses: examples: text: She was his kindred now, being Eliani's eldermother. Smiling at the thought, he hastened into the palace and down to the council chamber, hoping he was not late for the session.
ref: 2011, Pati Nagle, Heart of the Exiled:
glosses: Synonym of eldmother.
synonyms: word: eldmother
onomatopoeian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onomatopoeians
Etymology: From onomatopoeia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: To slump; to slip, or fall plum down into any dirty, or wet place. It seems to he a word made per onomatopoeian from the sound.
ref: 1818, John Ray, “South and East Country Words”, in A compleat collection of English proverbs. To which is added, A collection of English words not generally used. Repr. verbatim from the ed. of 1768, London: T. and J. Allman, page 269:
text: We have already alluded to the root "ach," as having been in all probability an onomatopœian which gives rise, to a large number of cognate words in the Indo-European languages.
ref: 1860, Frederic William Farrar, “The Development of Roots”, in An essay on the origin of language: based on modern researches, and especially on the works of M. Renan, London: John Murray, page 109:
glosses: A word formed by onomatopoeia.
onomatopoeian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more onomatopoeian
form: most onomatopoeian
Etymology: From onomatopoeia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose.
ref: 1867, Gail Hamilton, Wool-gathering, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 185:
glosses: Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
onomatopoeious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more onomatopoeious
form: most onomatopoeious
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
ovalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovalizations
Etymology: From oval + -ization.
Senses: examples: ovalization of undersea pipes
ovalization of the pupil of the eye
glosses: The process of ovalizing; the process of changing to an oval shape.
ovalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovalization
elkhorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elkhorn
cellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellie, plural of celly
cellie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellies
Etymology: From cell + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of celly.
Puy lentil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Puy lentils
form: Le Puy lentil
form: Le Puy green lentil
Senses: examples: text: Combined with the high altitude of the valley, this creates the perfect conditions to grow the delicate Puy lentil. Due to these unique growing conditions, the lentil has its own protected designation of origin status – which means that, to use the name ‘Puy lentil’, the product must be grown without any pesticides or irrigation and harvested and packaged in the region of Puy.
ref: 2018, Merchant Gourmet, The Pulses & Grains Cookbook: Deliciously nutritious recipes for every day, with lentils, grains, seeds and chestnuts, Hardie Grant Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: A green lentil of the variety Lens esculenta puyensis.
Puy lentils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Puy lentil
Quadis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Quadi
Quechans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Quechan
begrasp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: begrasps
form: begrasping
form: begrasped
form: begrasped
Etymology: From be- (“around, about, completely”) + grasp.
Senses: examples: text: [...] As if his hand begrasp't already An iron-geddok; [...]
ref: 1827, William Tennant, Papistry storm'd:
text: I am now realmless; Me have so hard the clasps of Hell Firmly begrasped.
ref: 1873, The Contemporary Review, volume 21, page 218:
glosses: To grasp around or about; grasp firmly, fully, or completely; apprehend.
Synonyms: sense: grasp firmly
word: clasp
word: grasp
word: grip
perimenstrual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + menstrual.
Senses: glosses: Around the time of menstruation.
Derived terms: perimenstrually
pertainymy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The relationship between terms that are pertainyms.
wilgas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wilga
quondong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quondongs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quandong.
quondongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quondong
geddock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geddocks
form: geddok
Etymology: From a diminutive of gade, a dialectal form of goad, equivalent to goad + -ock.
Senses: glosses: A small staff or goad.
on schedule
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The bus was on schedule when it left the terminal.
glosses: On time; at the scheduled time.
examples: text: He started recording and - right on schedule - the dogs started barking.
glosses: As if on schedule, at the appropriate or expected time.
Synonyms: sense: at the scheduled time
word: on time
word: punctually
Tico
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Spanish tico which arose from the frequent use of the diminutive suffix -tico in Costa Rica.
Senses: examples: October 1946, National Geographic
The musical intonation and liberal use of diminutives make Tico Spanish particularly effective for expressing sentiment and affection.
glosses: Costa Rican
Tico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ticos
Etymology: From Spanish tico which arose from the frequent use of the diminutive suffix -tico in Costa Rica.
Senses: examples: text: Most of the people here are from the embassies. The Ticos—that's what the natives call themselves—come in the evening.
ref: 1980, Leonard St. Clair, Obsessions:
glosses: Costa Rican
perfick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perfick
form: most perfick
Senses: examples: text: 'Coming up, coming up, coming up,' Pop said. 'There you are, Charley, old man. Larkin Special. Don't ask what's in it. Don't stare at it. Don't think. Just drink it down. In ten minutes you'll feel perfick again.'
ref: 1958, H. E. Bates, The Darling Buds of May:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of perfect.
perjuror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perjurors
Etymology: From perjure + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who commits perjury.
perjurors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perjuror
pertainings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pertaining
purry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more purry
form: most purry
Etymology: From purr + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "The little dear," came the nurse's voice low and purry and reassuring, "he's been sitting up worrying all night and he never bothered us once."
ref: 1925, John Dos Passos, “Tracks”, in Manhattan Transfer, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, 1st section, page 88:
text: I gingerly patted Carbonel's back. His ears twitched, and I felt a rumble go through his fur. He was purring! “You have a very purry cat,” I said to Ellie.
ref: 2009, Tui Sutherland, Bulldog Won't Budge, page 145:
glosses: Inclined to purr; purring.
Quinquatrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Quinquatrian
form: most Quinquatrian
Etymology: From Quinquatria + -an.
Senses: examples: the great Quinquatrian feast
glosses: Relating to the Quinquatria.
Manhattanhenge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Manhattan + Stonehenge. Coined by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson in 2002, in reference to the ancient English monument built in accordance with the sun's path.
Senses: glosses: The twice-yearly alignment of the setting sun with the east–west streets of the main street grid in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
SEMP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Acronym of Social Education Materials Project.
topics: education
glosses: Acronym of School Environmental Management Plan.