cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Schrammelmusik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Austrian German Schrammelmusik. Named after the brothers Johann Schrammel (1850–1893) and Josef Schrammel (1852–1895), Austrian composers and violinists.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of Viennese folk music originating in the late 19th century, influenced by Slovenian, Moravian, and Hungarian traditions and characterized by a melancholic but melodious sound.
wikipedia: Johann Schrammel
Josef Schrammel
Scrabblist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scrabblists
Etymology: From Scrabble + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: These [wordplay] curiosities are not in themselves difficult to construct, nor does their solution provide anything much deeper than the solver's thrill, that quite minor delight that the crossword-puzzler or Scrabblist derives from his addiction.
ref: 1974, Douglas Fowler, Reading Nabokov::
text: I didn't even have to leave my desk to indulge in my new addiction: online Scrabble. […] I'd begun playing with accomplished Scrabblists, and soon I was ranked thirty-second among my Facebook “friends”—twenty notches lower than those who had never even played.
ref: 2016, Ann Patty, Living with a Dead Language: My Romance with Latin, New York, NY: Penguin Books, published 2017, →ISBN, page 99:
text: Unlike Scrabblists, spelling champions […] know the meanings of many of the words and have studied etymology and […] morphology. They read dictionaries, not lists of six-letter words containing j, k, or q, suggesting the knowledge they acquire has greater utility.
ref: 2017, Mark Seindenberg, Language at the Speed of Sight:
synonyms: Scrabbler
glosses: A player of the word game Scrabble.
Scrabblists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scrabblist
Glasbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Glasbury-on-Wye
glosses: A village and community in Powys, Wales, on the River Wye (OS grid ref SO1739).
-c-
Language: English
Part of speech: interfix
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of -cir-.
spielfreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spielfreaks
form: Spielfreak
Etymology: From German Spielfreak, from Spiel (“game”) + Freak (“freak, enthusiast”).
Senses: examples: text: You could say they are light multiplayer social games, but then I have had as much fun playing Monopoly and parcheesi socially as the German games. Are light social games what should be rated the best board games among spielfreaks? They have nice components, but I could buy really fancy chess or backgammon sets.
ref: 2003 February 1, john lawler, “German games are not all that!”, in rec.games.board (Usenet):
qualifier: board games
glosses: A fan of German games.
German game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: German games
Etymology: This style of board games originated in Germany in the 1960s.
Senses: examples: text: I do not understand the German board game "fetish" among American board gamers. It is almost as if you have to like German games to be taken seriously. But if you take a hard look at German games, frankly, they are not all that. Take a look at the Internet top 100 game list which is dominated by German games.
ref: 2003 February 1, john lawler, “German games are not all that!”, in rec.games.board (Usenet):
qualifier: board games
glosses: A Eurogame.
German games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of German game
spielfreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spielfreak
-quine
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwiːn/
ipa: /kwɪn/
ipa: /kwɪn/
Etymology: Contraction of quinoline.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of quinoline derivatives.
laughline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laughlines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laugh line.
laughlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laughline
parakeetitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From parakeet + -itis. From the humorous association of such a player's behaviour with parakeets' repetition of human phrases and supposed affinity for shiny or colourful objects.
Senses: examples: text: But $20 games are hard pressed. It's expensive enough to make me think twice, not pretty enough to give me a case of parakeetitis and make me want to impulse buy. (Expensive games do get impulse bought if I trust the company or really like the theme).
ref: 1998 July 7, Brian Bankler, “Re: Origins report”, in rec.games.board (Usenet):
text: These components are much harder to duplicate, and so your homebrew answer is unrealistic unless you're willing to spend lots of time cutting cards and painting little wooden blocks […]. This discussion then basically boils down to whether or not you suffer from incurable parakeetitis, which I do. I need to see all the shiny little parts, or something's missing...
ref: 1999 July 2, Derk Solko, “Re: Playing the game vs. preserving the components”, in rec.games.board (Usenet):
text: Carcassonne is definitely more complex than I thought the first time I played it. I bought it on an attack of parakeetitis (mmm... pretty pieces), and thought after the first playing that the whole game was winning farms.
ref: 2002 June 25, Jordan Wolbrum, “Re: Villa Paletti winner of Spiel des Jahres 2002”, in rec.games.board (Usenet):
qualifier: board games
glosses: The excessive admiration of, and tendency to be easily distracted by, the visually appealing components of a board game (especially a Eurogame).
-salazine
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ˈsæl.ə.ziːn/
Etymology: From salazo- (“phenylazosalicylic acid derivative”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of phenylazosalicylic acid derivatives.
Related terms: -salazide
-sal-
Language: English
Part of speech: interfix
Pronunciation: /sæl/
/səl/
Forms: form: sal-
form: -sal
Etymology: From salicylic acid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of salicylic acid derivatives.
Derived terms: -salan
-salazide
-salazine
bioguided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + guided.
Senses: glosses: biologically or biochemically guided
dilysine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dilysines
Etymology: From di- + lysine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The dipeptide composed of two lysine moieties
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The motif in proteins composed of this dipeptide
haybiome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The bacterial biome of hay when used as fodder
orthotropia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ortho- + -tropia.
Senses: glosses: The normal absence of heterotropia.
treenut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treenuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tree nut.
treenuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treenut
econophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From econo- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: A fear of flying economy class on a commercial flight
McLernon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
elasmophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Elasmobranchii (“taxonomic group including sharks”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:elasmophobia.
glosses: A fear of sharks.
Synonyms: selachophobia
-nercept
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəs.ɛpt/
ipa: /nɚˌsɛpt/
Etymology: Blend of ne(c)rosis + recept(or).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of tumor necrosis factor receptor ligands.
elementism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elementisms
Senses: glosses: The breaking down of a complex thing into the elements of which it is made
electrodecanter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrodecanters
Etymology: From electro- + decanter.
Senses: glosses: A device used in electrodecantation
-lukast
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /luː.kæst/
Etymology: From leuk(otriene) + a(ntagoni)st.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of leukotriene receptor antagonists.
data recorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data recorders
Senses: examples: text: It also observed that the driver did not conduct an adequate running brake test at the beginning of the journey, and that Rail Operations Group did not adequately manage the retrieval of evidence from the on-train data recorders (OTDR) in the locomotives.
ref: 2020 November 18, “Network News: Lack of safety compliance a factor in Loughborough SPAD”, in Rail, page 25:
text: Based on the data recorded by the car’s event data recorder (EDR), the car had slowed and was traveling about 1 mph about 80 feet from impact, within 32 feet of the stop line on SH-22.
ref: 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
glosses: An electronic device that records data over time or in relation to location.
Synonyms: datalogger
Related terms: flight data recorder
data recorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data recorder
tradefallen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tradefallen
form: most tradefallen
Etymology: From trade + fallen.
Senses: examples: text: [D]iſcarded, vniuſt ſeruingmen, yonger ſonnes to yonger brothers, reuolted tapſters, and Oſtlers, tradefalne, the cankers of a calme world, and a long peace, ten times more diſhonourable ragged then an olde fazd ancient, […]
ref: c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
text: In thee I defye all men, there worſt hates, / And their beſt flatteries, all their golden witchcrafts, / With which they intangle the poore ſpirits of fooles, / Diſtreſſed needlewomen and trade-fallne wiues. / Fiſh that muſt needs bite, or themſelues be bitten, / Such hungry things as theſe may ſoone be tooke / With a worme faſtned on a golden hooke.
ref: c. 1607–1610 (date written), Thomas Middleton; Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girle. Or Moll Cut-purse. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Thomas Archer, […], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page number):
text: It is depressing to watch the bitterness of the disinherited in these sorting-pens; the surliness of outcasts and tradefallen failures—yet no sooner do they step ashore at the Battery than they fill their lungs with American air, which has a marvellous effect.
ref: 1919, William George Fitzgerald, “Ignatius Phayre”, in America’s Day: Studies in Light and Shade, page 55:
glosses: out of work or business, unemployed
-icase
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ɪ.keɪs/
Etymology: From uricase.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of uricases.
poculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin poculum (“cup”) + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The art of poculation, if so it may be termed, being of the highest antiquity, and the claims of Bacchus as the inventor of the art being unquestioned.
ref: 1837, D.C., “Signs of the Times”, in The New Monthly Magazine, page 580:
text: And as for the marvellous poculation that follows the ordinary English dinner, the aristocratic Londoner appears simply as a porous member through which liquids disappear[…]or rather cognac and whisky sink into his organization as gracefully as if the British stomach were the proper receptacle and destiny of the alcohols.
ref: 1872 December 19, “Dined into Dyspepsia”, in New National Era, volume 3, number 50, page 1:
text: "I had to win enough money to get you out." I replied, leaving out the detail about the many hours I had spent engaging in poculation and copulation with the beautiful Serena Silva.
ref: 2021, Martin Lundqvist, “The Temper Complication”, in 50 Short Stories, page 123:
glosses: Drinking of wine or other intoxicating liquor.
Related terms: poculent
poculiform
gonorrhoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Sauvages has given us five ſpecies, which Dr. Cullen thus divides. The true ſpecies are the paralytic and gonorrhoic—the ſpurious ſpecies, or where impediments occur to prevent the act, from piles, or ſome fault in the urethra; what is called falſe or fictitious, that is, ſuppoſed to ariſe from magic.
ref: 1795, G. Motherby, “ANAPHRODISIA”, in George Wallis, editor, A New Medical Dictionary; or, General Repository of Physic. […], 4th edition, London: Printed for J. Johnson, […], page 68, column 1:
text: Obs. II. In other cases, the suppression of these venereal runnings was followed by a copious secretion of the nasal mucus, which, from being in its natural state, without smell, whitish, and slightly saline, became greenish, liquid, and the smell of a gonorrhoic running.
ref: 1804, Dominique Jean Larrey, “Observations on the Inoculation of Blennorhœa, (or Gonorrhœa) in Cases where this Running is suddenly suppressed, and the Suppression attended with dangerous Symptoms”, in T. Bradley, R. Batty, A. A. Noehden, editors, The Medical and Physical Journal, volume XII, London: Printed for Richard Phillips, […] By William Thorne, […], page 520:
text: The pathogenesis of the veneric ulcerations or soft chancre, or the syphilitic ulcera, the diphtheritic, the tubercular, the rare gonorrhoic ulcerations and of the phagedenic or gangrenous ulcerations of the vulva, is well known.
ref: 1918, Heliodor Schiller, “An Unusual Ulcerative Process of the Vulva”, in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, volume 77, page 398:
glosses: Alternative form of gonorrhoeic.
Bugler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
decelerationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deceleration + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A doctrine of deceleration.
boderation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boderations
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of botheration.
hinform
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hinforms
form: hinforming
form: hinformed
form: hinformed
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of inform.
sartinly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sartinly
form: most sartinly
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of certainly.
Penlington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
rail replacement service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rail replacement services
Senses: examples: text: If there's one phrase that deters people from taking the train, it is: "A rail replacement service will operate on this route."
ref: 2020 November 18, Christian Wolmar, “Rail replacement buses: the system needs changing”, in Rail, page 34:
topics: transport
glosses: Synonym of bus replacement service.
synonyms: word: bus replacement service
rail replacement services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rail replacement service
telangiectasiæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In many cases the smallest telangiectasiæ will extend with great rapidity over a large extent of surface, during the first year of life, and continue so to do, accompanied with great disfigurement, until interference is absolutely called for.
ref: 1871 November, B. F. Dawson, “On Vascular Nævi, and Their Treatment by the Actual Cautery”, in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, volume IV, number 3, page 514:
text: There is no doubt that the telangiectasiæ, which popularly are often called “mother’s-marks,” are often inherited.[…]As regards the further fate of angioma, telangiectasiæ, which are almost always congenital, may be either solitary or multiple.
ref: 1879, Theodor Billroth, “Chapter XX. Tumors”, in General Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics: In Fifty-one Lectures. A Text-book for Students and Physicians., London: H. K. Lewis, translation of original by Charles E. Hackley, Lecture XLVII”, “7. Angiomata—Vascular Tumors, page 642:
text: However, the differential diagnosis will be facilitated by the presence, in acne and rosacea, of a uniform firmness in the elephantiasis-like neoplastic connective tissue, the more intense redness, also by the pustulous character of the rapidly developing acne efflorescences, by the non-implication of the pituitary membrane, by the presence of the small telangiectasiæ perceptible through the skin, and finally by the frequently very profuse seborrhœa.
ref: 1885, A. Neisser, “Chronic Infectious Diseases of the Skin”, in H. v. Ziemssen, editor, Handbook of Diseases of the Skin, New York: William Wood & Company; London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], “I. Tuberculosis, Scrofulosis, Lupus”, page 298:
text: In the older, the affection exhibited in a striking manner its three principal pathological features, an almost universal lenticular melano-derma, large areas of atrophic integument, and a considerable development of telangiectasiæ.
ref: 1885 October, “American Dermatological Association. Ninth Annual Meeting, Held August 26, 27, and 28, 1885.”, in Henry G. Piffard, Prince A. Morrow, editors, Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, volume III, number 10, New York: William Wood & Company, […], page 304:
glosses: plural of telangiectasia
telangiectasiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The disease starts as a progressive cerebellar ataxia in infancy and later progressive oculocutaneous telangiectasiae develop.
ref: 1966, Acta Pædiatrica Scandinavica, volume 55, page 239, column 1:
text: In this series these 9 malformations were found on histopathology to be due to one venous hamartoma, seven telangiectasiae, and one mixed hamartoma.
ref: 1974, Neurochirurgia, volume 17, page 84, column 2:
text: Senile telangiectasiae occur with increasing frequency with age, and are more common in Caucasian women.
ref: 2007, Debra S. Heller, “6. Neoplasms and Related Lesions of the Vulva”, in Debra S. Heller, Robert C. Wallach, editors, Vulvar Disease: A Clinicopathological Approach, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 149:
text: The telangiectasiae develop between 3 and 6 years of age.
ref: 2015, Jeremy Hull, Julian Forton, Anne Thompson, “Part II. Specific Conditions”, “Chapter 35: Primary immune deficiency”, in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine (Oxford Specialist: Handbooks in Paediatrics), 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, “Ataxia telangiectasia”, page 423:
glosses: plural of telangiectasia
rathymia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of rhathymia.
demosprudence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Lani Guinie and Gerald Torres in 2008. Blend of demography + jurisprudence.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: perspective that emphasizes ordinary people's agency to recognize rights and influence legal interpretation
mucoaqueous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From muco- + aqueous.
Senses: examples: text: Three distinct layers of the tear film are recognized. A thin layer of lipid or fatty substances covers the aqueous or mucoaqueous portion.[…]FIG. 1. The three layers of the tear film. Although the thin lipid layer is well defined, the mucoaqueous and mucoid layers are continuous, with the bulk of the mucin concentrated near, and adhering to, the epithelial microprojections.
ref: 1987, Stephen J. Rhode, Stephen P. Ginsberg, editors, Ophthalmic Technology: A Guide for the Eye Care Assistant, Raven Press, →ISBN, pages 23, 24:
text: To encompass the entirety of the tear film, composed of the interpalpebral and retropalpebral portions, the neologism ‘dacruon’ was termed (Cher 2007, 2008). The dacruon represents the mucoaqueous layer and lipid sealant of the interpalpebral portion of the tear film as well as the opposing mucoaqueous reservoirs of the palpebral and conjunctival surfaces in the retropalpebral portion, which lacks an outer lipid layer.
ref: 2013, Nora Khatib, Penny A. Asbell, “Chapter 28. Artificial tear substitutes”, in Jose M. Benitez-del-Castillo, Michael A. Lemp, editors, Ocular Surface Disorders, JP Medical, →ISBN, pages 235–236:
text: Fig. 127.2 Schematic representation of the tear film architecture (based on a novel model proposed by the International Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Workshop 2011).[…]The mucoaqueous component delivers essential nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, enzymes, vitamins, hormones) to the ocular surface and the avascular structures of the external eye.
ref: 2013, Simon Bowman, John Hamburger, Elizabeth Price, Saaeha Rauz, “Section 16. Sjögren’s Syndrome”, “Chapter 127. Sjögren’s syndrome—clinical features”, in Richard A. Watts, Philip G. Conaghan, Christopher Denton, Helen Foster, John Isaacs, Ulf Müller-Ladner, editors, Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology, 4th edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1047:
text: Another way the tear film may be conceptualized is as a 2 layer system. The inner layer is made up of a combination of the mucus and aqueous layers to form a mucoaqueous gel layer. The outer second layer is the lipid layer.
ref: 2018, Sandra Young, Heal Your Dry Eyes: Nutrition & Recipes, Gatekeeper Press, →ISBN:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Containing both mucus and water, especially in reference to the tear film of the ocular surface.
came up trumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come up trumps
retropalpebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From retro- + palpebral.
Senses: examples: text: The mould reproduces the exact configuration of the retropalpebral space and by making it a little larger at the point where the conjunctival sac is obliterated the continuous, gentle pressure restores a groove or makes it deeper, so that the prothesis can be better borne.
ref: 1918, Archives of Ophthalmology, page 325:
text: The writer has concluded that the sterilization of conjunctival trachoma can be obtained by germicidal agents; that copper, in the form of the sulphate, is as specific in granular ophthalmia as mercury or arsenic in syphilis; that the application of sulphate or copper by injection under the retropalpebral conjunctiva is the method of choice, not excluding the classical treatment by applications and instillations.
ref: 1924, International Medical and Surgical Survey, page 256:
text: A female Thelazia callipeda, about 1 cm. in length, was found in the retropalpebral conjunctival sac of the left upper eyelid in a 4 year old girl.
ref: 1948, Quarterly Review of Ophthalmology, page 358:
text: The palpebral pump exerts positive pressure on the fluid in the retropalpebral canal. This retropalpebral canal exists only during the short phase of complete eyelid closure.
ref: 1971, Everett R. Veirs, editor, The Lacrimal System: Proceedings, page 99:
text: To encompass the entirety of the tear film, composed of the interpalpebral and retropalpebral portions, the neologism ‘dacruon’ was termed (Cher 2007, 2008). The dacruon represents the mucoaqueous layer and lipid sealant of the interpalpebral portion of the tear film as well as the opposing mucoaqueous reservoirs of the palpebral and conjunctival surfaces in the retropalpebral portion, which lacks an outer lipid layer.
ref: 2013, Nora Khatib, Penny A. Asbell, “Chapter 28. Artificial tear substitutes”, in Jose M. Benitez-del-Castillo, Michael A. Lemp, editors, Ocular Surface Disorders, JP Medical, →ISBN, pages 235–236:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind the eyelids.
Catling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
period poverty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The most obvious population of menstruators affected by period poverty is homeless women, who struggle to afford any basic necessity, including shelter. And as we just discussed, period poverty for homeless women can be dangerous and detrimental to their health.
ref: 2018, Nadya Okamoto, Period Power, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: The state of being too poor to be able to afford feminine hygiene products (tampons, sanitary towels and the like).
palpebræ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin palpebrae, plural of palpebra.
Senses: examples: text: On reaching the internal angle of the palpebræ, the tears accumulate in the lacus lachrymalis, a small space formed between the edges of the palpebræ kept separated from each other by the caruncula lachrymalis.
ref: 1812, G. J. M. de Lys, transl., Elements of Physiology, 5th edition, London: Printed for Thomas Underwood, […], translation of original by A. Richerand, page 275:
text: Inflammation of the eye-lids is very commonly observed to attend some of the more violent forms of ophthalmia, and more particularly the purulent variety; but the disease of which we are now to treat is an idiopathic affection, and confined, or nearly so, to the palpebræ. / Symptoms.—It is most frequently witnessed in children, commonly attacking the palpebræ of only one eye, and the upper eye-lid is more considerably affected than the lower one.
ref: 1843, John Walker, “Chapter X. Diseases of the Eyelids”, in The Oculist’s Vade-Mecum: A Complete Practical System of Ophthalmic Surgery. […], London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Manchester: Simms and Dinham, “Section I. Blepharitis Idiopathica, or Phlegmonous Inflammation of the Palpebræ, pages 368–369:
text: The snake-like forms of the families of the Lacertilia Leptoglossa greatly predominate in the Southern Hemisphere; also those with undeveloped palpebræ.
ref: 1887, E. D. Cope, “Part I.—General Evolution”, “II. On the Origin of Genera”, in The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution, London, Macmillan and Co., and New York, page 114:
glosses: plural of palpebra
Swedenborg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Swedish Swedenborg.
Senses: glosses: Emanuel Swedenborg
Derived terms: Swedenborgian
Swedenborgianism
Swedenborgianist
swedenborgite
enoughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enough
Ditton Priors
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Priors relates to possession by the prior of Wenlock priory.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6089).
Related terms: Middleton Priors
foam finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foam fingers
Senses: synonyms: foam hand
glosses: A large glove made of foam cut in the shape of and painted with the figure of a hand that (usually) has an outstretched index finger.
tikka masalas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tikka masala
be cool
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From be + cool.
Senses: examples: text: That's why I scoured our newsroom for red yarn, watched an episode of "The Bachelorette" during work (shhh, be cool) and tacked pictures of reality TV stars alongside a scrap of notebook paper...
ref: 2016, Erin Udell, “Could CSU's Chase McNary be the next Bachelor?”, in The Coloradoan:
glosses: Used to implore someone to not reveal illegal or improper activity.
glosses: Used to remonstrate someone for being (inadvertently) awkward, nerdy, geeky, or embarrassing.
Related terms: omertà
wall of silence
STFU
in crowd
vicarious embarrassment
southern hemispheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southern hemisphere
northern hemispheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern hemisphere
unmeandering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmeandering
form: most unmeandering
Etymology: From un- + meandering.
Senses: glosses: Not meandering.
uncastellated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + castellated.
Senses: glosses: Not castellated.
retoughen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retoughens
form: retoughening
form: retoughened
form: retoughened
Etymology: From re- + toughen.
Senses: glosses: To toughen again.
retoughened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retoughen
retoughens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retoughen
retoughening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retoughen
unshriveled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unshriveled
form: most unshriveled
Etymology: From un- + shriveled.
Senses: glosses: Not shriveled.
unshrivelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unshrivelled
form: most unshrivelled
Etymology: From un- + shrivelled.
Senses: glosses: Not shrivelled.
moon pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moon pies
Senses: glosses: A confection consisting of two round graham crackers, with marshmallow filling, dipped in a flavored coating.
moon pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moon pie
untumultuously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more untumultuously
form: most untumultuously
Etymology: From untumultuous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an untumultuous manner.
pretty well
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: That scene earlier pretty well destroyed my chances of getting the job.
text: Well, Mike, if she's got nothing to say, this pretty well ends it here.
ref: 2015, Gennifer Hutchison, “Bingo” (4:11 from the start), in Better Call Saul, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Detective Greg Sanders (Barry Shabaka Henley):
glosses: Synonym of pretty much (“almost completely; very nearly”).
synonyms: word: pretty much
extra: almost completely; very nearly
examples: text: She plays the piano pretty well, having studied for six years.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pretty, well.
unmail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unmails
form: unmailing
form: unmailed
form: unmailed
Etymology: From un- + mail.
Senses: examples: text: Was it even possible to unmail a letter? She might have to lie, might have to say the letter contained explosives, or some kind of poison. Something extremely illegal.
ref: 2013, Elizabeth Bass, The Way Back to Happiness:
glosses: To undo the act of mailing; to recover from the postal system before delivery.
unmailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unmail
unmails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unmail
bluejohn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blue John (“mineral”).
asbestinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From asbestine + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Trap, blended, or intimately mixed with hornblende ſlate, wacken, mullen, or kragg. / Talcoſe Argillite. / Calciferous Argillite. / Hornblende Slate, penetrated with talc or mica. / Hornblende, penetrated with garnets. / Hornblende Slate, penetrated with an exceſs of quartz. / Mullen, penetrated with aſbeſtinite.
ref: 1800, “Part II. Concerning the Mineral Kingdom, or Mineralogy”, in Elements of Chemistry and Natural History. To Which is Prefixed, the Philosophy of Chemistry, 5th edition, Edinburgh: Mundell & Son, for Longman & Rees, and J. Johnson, and for Mundell & Son, translation of original by A. F. Fourcroy, page 336:
text: The water-worn stones on the shore were chiefly of micaceous shistus, sometimes with the remains of small garnets; with asbestinite, serpentine, &c.
ref: 1805, “Remarks made in a Tour thro’ some of the Shetland Islands in 1804”, in The Scots Magazine, and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Being a General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics, volume LXVII, Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company, by J. Ruthven and Sons, page 350, column 2:
text: Along with it is found asbestinite of a light green colour.
ref: 1814, Benjamin Heyne, “Tract XXIV. Account of the Method of making Steel in the Mysore Country”, in Tracts, Historical and Statistical, on India; With Journals of Several Tours Through Various Parts of the Peninsula: Also, an Account of Sumatra, in a Series of Letters, London: Printed for Robert Baldwin, […], page 360:
glosses: Actinolite.
retriplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: retriplications
Etymology: From re- + triplication.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A reduplication in which the repeated element occurs three times.
retriplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retriplication
Piedmonteses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Piedmontese
fit and finish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: The cosmetic quality of an automobile, in terms of the spacing and alignment of parts.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Those features that are not essential functionality of the software, but are otherwise important or useful, such as localization or improving the user interface.
LHCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LHC
antenna complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antenna complexes
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A light-harvesting array of protein and chlorophyll molecules embedded in the thylakoid membrane of plants and cyanobacteria.
antenna complexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antenna complex
manhandlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manhandling
climatewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From climate + -wise.
Senses: glosses: With respect to a climate.
kills the goose that lays the golden eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
killing the goose that lays the golden eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
killed the goose that laid the golden eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
unpathetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unpathetically
form: most unpathetically
Etymology: From unpathetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an unpathetic manner.
dormitorywide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dormitory + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout a dormitory.
comes across with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come across with
coming across with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come across with
came across with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come across with
names names
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of name names
naming names
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of name names
named names
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of name names
grasses up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grass up
grassing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grass up
grassed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grass up
group-think
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of groupthink.
MAGAts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡəts/
Senses: glosses: plural of MAGAt
MAGAt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɡət/
rhymes: -æɡət
homophone: maggot
Forms: form: MAGAts
form: MAGAT
form: magat
Etymology: Blend of MAGA + maggot, with MAGA being an acronym of Make America Great Again, Donald Trump's campaign slogan.
Senses: examples: text: But now I feel that those who are MAGATs are savagely vicious in a profoundly fundamental way. They seek out causes and people who will give them the outlet to spew poisonous hartred. And Trump knew this because it’s who he is too and because he wants power above everything else he exploits the MAGATs the same way every other vicious dictator has exploited their followers.
ref: 2019 February 18, Baxter, “tRump supporters”, in or.politics (Usenet):
text: I already know what you MAGAts are going to say: If you don't like America, leave it.
I will do no such thing. I love this country more than your Fox News-watching behinds ever will.
ref: 2019 July, Monica Roberts, “The Meaning of July 4 ...for black trans Americans.”, in OutSmart, volume 26, number 6, Houston, TX, page 29:
text: If and when things get bad enough that the administration's happy talk and lies are so obviously nonsense, they will simply pivot to finger-pointing and blame, as they have done so many times before. The MAGAt supporters have long since demonstrated they will swallow any manner of foul bullshit and pronounce it the sweetest ambrosia.
ref: 2020 March 5, Questor, “Re: For Number Junkies”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):
topics: government
politics
synonyms: Trumpanzee
Trumper
Trumpist
Trumpista
Trumpite
Trumpian
Trumpster
glosses: A political supporter of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
Related terms: Reaganaut
Reaganite
tabula ansata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabulae ansatae
Senses: synonyms: tabella ansata
glosses: A tablet with dovetail handles, a favourite form of votive tablet in Imperial Rome.
tabulae ansatae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabula ansata
mish-mashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mish-mash
mish-mashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mish-mash
masked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mask up
masks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mask up
masking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mask up
lesfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From les + fic.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Fiction focusing on lesbian characters.
misconceptualizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misconceptualization
brute strength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He has no boxing skills; he won the bout with brute strength.
glosses: Crude or animal-like physical strength alone, applied without skill or intelligent reasoning.
Related terms: brute force
multidecked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + decked.
Senses: glosses: Having more than one deck.
destimulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destimulators
Etymology: From destimulate + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which destimulates.
destimulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of destimulator
destimulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more destimulatory
form: most destimulatory
Senses: antonyms: stimulatory
glosses: Serving to destimulate.
caricaturise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: caricaturises
form: caricaturising
form: caricaturised
form: caricaturised
form: caricaturize
Etymology: From caricature + -ise.
Senses: synonyms: flanderize
glosses: To caricature; to make a caricature of.
Derived terms: caricaturisation
caricaturize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: caricaturizes
form: caricaturizing
form: caricaturized
form: caricaturized
Etymology: From caricature + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Oxford British English and US standard spelling of caricaturise.
caricaturisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caricaturisations
form: caricaturization
Etymology: From caricature + -isation or caricaturise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The action of making a caricature; the representation of someone or something as a caricature.
Saundersfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1304).
caricaturization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caricaturizations
Etymology: From caricature + -ization or caricaturize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Oxford British English and US standard spelling of caricaturisation.
Bodman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bodmans
Etymology: Two possible origins:
* English occupational surname for a messenger, from Middle English bode (“messenger”) + man (“man”).
* Americanized spelling of German Bodmann, itself a variant of Bodemann.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Finmere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6333).
GTT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GTTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Geiger tube telescope.
glosses: Initialism of global title translation.
glosses: Initialism of glucose tolerance test.
glosses: Initialism of graphics translation table.
Guarani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Guaraní.
Guernica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɡɚˈni.kə/
/ˈɡɝ.nɪ.kə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Guernica, from Basque Gernika.
Senses: glosses: A town in Gernika-Lumo, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain, known as the site of a bombing which was painted by Pablo Picasso.
Haakon flip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Haakon flips
Etymology: Named after Norwegian snowboarder Terje Haakonsen.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
snowboarding
sports
glosses: An aerial maneuver performed in a half-pipe by taking off backwards, and performing an inverted 720° rotation.
hack-and-slasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hack-and-slashers
Etymology: From hack-and-slash + -er.
Senses: glosses: A film, video game or other work focused mainly on violence rather than strategy.
hack and slasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hack and slashers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hack-and-slasher.
Haakon flips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Haakon flip
half court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A game of basketball played on half of the court. Generally, a player or team has to dribble the ball to the half-court line in order to get the chance to score points.
Related terms: half-court line
half-court violation
hack-and-slashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hack-and-slasher
murderhoboed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of murderhobo
murderhoboing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of murderhobo
half-court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of half court.
half dime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half dimes
Senses: glosses: A coin formerly minted in the United States, valued at five cents. It was discontinued in 1873.
Related terms: half disme
nickel
halter neck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halter necks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of halterneck.
half tone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half tones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of halftone.
hammerheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hammerheaded
form: most hammerheaded
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hammer-headed.
hand traverse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand traverses
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A maneuver involving traversing (a ledge) using only the hands
handweave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: handweaves
form: handweaving
form: handwove
form: handwoven
Senses: glosses: To weave by hand
hangarkeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hangarkeepers
Etymology: From hangar + keeper.
Senses: glosses: A person responsible for the upkeep of a hangar
hdqrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hdqrs.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hdqrs.
health farm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: health farms
Senses: glosses: A resort or spa where guests go in order to improve their health, by eating healthily, doing exercise or the like
asbestite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From asbestos + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: This company also exhibits fine specimens of Asbestite (the new insulating material), asbestos varnish, paint, millboard, paper, cloth, tape, and a variety of other articles at once useful and interesting.
ref: 1883, Lawrence Saunders, editor, The Railway Engineer, a Monthly Review, Theoretical and Practical, volume IV, The Railway Printing and Publishing Company (Limited), […], London, E.C., page 128:
text: Handsome copper and silver ore and delicious-looking asbestite are to be found with scarcely straying from the road.
ref: 1911, Stephen Graham, A Vagabond in the Caucasus: With Some Notes of His Experiences Among the Russians, page 192:
text: When asbestite was sprinkled on the meniscus of a 14 ton ingot, the molten portion of the surface of the ingot was preserved for a prolonged period and this defect was eliminated when asbestite was added at the rate of 1·5–2·0 kg/ton.
ref: 1967, “The Electric Light Exhibition, Westminster Aquarium”, in Stal in English, page 465:
glosses: A synthetic insulating material similar to bronzite.
cat and dog
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From the idea that cats and dogs are always fighting each other.
Senses: examples: to go at each other cat and dog; to argue cat and dog
coordinate_terms: cat and mouse
glosses: In a persistently argumentative or combative manner.
Related terms: fight like cat and dog
hammer and tongs
Upper Beeding
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1910).
Related terms: Lower Beeding
restauratrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restauratrice
h'dq'rs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: h'dq'rs
Senses: examples: text: Lewis Ginger, detailed at brigade h’dq’rs as mt’d orderly
ref: 1864, M. W. Montgomery, History of Jay County, Indiana, page 270, column 1:
text: 1st Cav. and h’dq’rs and 23d Inf.
ref: 1870, Report of the Secretary of War, Being Part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Third Session of the Forty-first Congress, volume I, Washington: Government Printing Office, page 84:
text: H’dq’rs and Band, 5th Reg’t Infantry
ref: 1891, Annual Report of the Auditor of State, E. W. Poe, Columbus, Ohio: The Westbote Co., State Printers, page 70:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hdqrs.
Trumpophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trumpophobe
Brocklesby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1411).
glosses: A small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
antipolluter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipolluters
Etymology: From anti- + polluter.
Senses: synonyms: antipollutionist
glosses: An opponent of pollution.
antipolluters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antipolluter
antipolluting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + polluting.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or preventing pollution.
antipollutant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + pollutant.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or preventing pollution.