cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
greenbroke
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more greenbroke
form: most greenbroke
form: green-broke
Etymology: From green + broke.
Senses: examples: text: Just halfway decent greenbroke horses. Say six saddles. Double and stop and stand still to be saddled.
ref: 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 103:
text: Maggie dashed away the tear tracks on her cheeks. “Thank you, Mr. Potts. I believe I' ll take you up on your offer as my colt is only greenbroke, and the only other horse I know how to ride is gone—pulling our cart .
ref: 1995, Katharine Kincaid, Ride the Wind, page 364:
text: This is readily seen in the greenbroke horse that has yet to build full confidence in its rider. I have frequently observed the enhanced performance of the greenbroke horse when it is allowed to train or exercise in the company of others, whether that horse is familiar with its company or not.
ref: 1998, Joy Roberts, The Joy of Horses, page 28:
text: We'll add a greenbroke pack animal and you can break him on the trail.
ref: 2001, Richard S. Wheeler, Going Home:
glosses: Newly tamed; not fully domesticated for all forms of working.
raw_tags: of a horse or pack animal
examples: text: He writes: "To my daughter Caroline, a greenbroke five-year-old, who despite the occasional need of a heavy hand gives promise of an eventual good, if spirited performance.”
ref: 1943, 132, Wilson library bulletin - Volume 18, page 132:
text: Here the women are barely greenbroke , the men handsome charismatic cheats ; even the ghosts compel us to listen hard to their too-late wisdom .
ref: 1994, Jonis Agee, Strange Angels:
text: I'm twenty-three years old, and I'm not even green-broke yet.
ref: 2009, Catherine Anderson, Early Dawn:
glosses: Somewhat wild or inexperienced; not completely socialized or comfortable with an activity.
match wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: match wagons
Senses: examples: text: Match wagons are provided to support the jib when the crane is travelling in train formation between locations and roller bearing axleboxes enable speeds of up to 60 m.p.h. to be maintained.
ref: 1960 July, “Talking of Trains: New breakdown cranes”, in Trains Illustrated, page 392:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A wagon attached to a rail-mounted crane to support the jib when the crane is being hauled in a train.
green-broke
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: But Geronimo, a green-broke three-year old^([sic]) gelding, was too frightened to be caught.
ref: 2012, Barbara Ankrum, This Perfect Stranger:
text: He didn't want them up on green-broke mounts.
ref: 2014, Maggie Osborne, The Best Man:
text: “Those fou' horses are green-broke now, so I need to drive 'em down to the Ba' Cross for the boys to use as replacements and get 'em cattle-trained before fall roundup.
ref: 2014, Miles Swarthout, The Last Shootist:
glosses: Alternative form of greenbroke.
match wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of match wagon
tack room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tack rooms
form: tackroom
form: tack-room
Senses: examples: text: “First you've got to sit up and go into the tackroom, because you are soaking wet. And shivering.” […] The tackroom was cold, so Sam turned on the kerosene heater and found a wool cooler and wrapped her in it.
ref: 2001, Jane Smiley, Horse Heaven, New York, NY: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 61:
glosses: A room used for storing horse tack and related accessories, usually situated near or in a stable.
tackroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tackrooms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tack room.
tackrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tackroom
tack rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tack room
Casium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: titular see in Lower Egypt in north Africa
mini-hold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-holds
Etymology: From mini- + hold (“game won by the server”).
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
coordinate_terms: mini-break
glosses: In a tiebreak, a point won by the server.
catch-rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catch-ropes
form: catchrope
form: catch rope
Etymology: From catch + rope.
Senses: examples: text: The rifle ball hit the catch-rope two feet from Buck's saddle horn.
ref: 1988, Lee Floren, Powdersmoke Lawyer, page 69:
text: With the hand-ax Calem slashed down some saplings and fashioned a pair of half-shelters for them, using his catch-rope to lash the poles together and thatching each with leafy slashings.
ref: 1993, Theodore V. Olsen, Canyon of the Gun and Haven of the Hunted, page 7:
text: The catch-ropes used in the workaday life of the cowboys are usually made of an extra quality hemp rope that is exceptionally smooth and hard in finish.
ref: 2013, Bernard S. Mason, Roping:
glosses: The rope that a cowboy uses to rope animals, having a loop on one end with which to capture the animal.
examples: text: The cars are besides provided with an extra catch-rope, and with safety catches or brakes similar to those used in mines, so that almost an absolute safety can be guaranteed to the many passengers who during the coming exhibition will probably not fail to visit the celebrated Leopoldsberg.
ref: 1873, Engineering and Mining Journal - Volume 15, page 75:
text: An aerial ropeway comprising a traveling car, a hauling rope, a hauling gear, a catch-rope movable in both directions, a clamp on the car for engaging the catch-rope, said catch-rope being moved upon being seized by the said clamp, and arresting means for the catch-rope, controlled by the motion of the catch-rope.
ref: 1917, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 754:
text: If the head loosens , it is restrained by a wire inside the string — the catchrope — and a red light appears on the control panel .
ref: 2000, Mining & Construction - Issues 3-2003, page 22:
glosses: A rope or cable that acts as an extra means of securing a tram car or similar conveyance should the main cable break.
examples: text: Should a worker's clothes catch fire , or should it be necessary for him to dash through flames to reach safety, he thrusts an arm through a catch-rope attached to the exposed edge of the blanket and , turning rapidly , wraps the blanket closely around him , thus extinguishing flames in his clothing or protecting himself from burns.
ref: 1939, Hydrocarbon Processing & Petroleum Refiner - Volume 18, page 80:
glosses: A rope attached to something by which it can be easily grabbed.
catch-ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catch-rope
Sirhowy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Tredegar community, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1410).
glosses: A river (the Sirhowy River) in Blaenau Gwent borough county borough and Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales, a tributary of the Ebbw River.
catchrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catchropes
Senses: examples: text: Lute Springer halted as abruptly as if he'd been snared by a catchrope.
ref: 1973, Richard Brister, Cat Eyes, page 23:
text: They went to work on the green colts daybreak Sunday morning, dressing in the half dark in clothes still wet from their washing them the night before and walking out to the potrero before the stars were down, eating a cold tortilla wrapped around a scoop of cold beans and no coffee and carrying their forty foot maguey catchropes coiled over their shoulders.
ref: 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 105:
text: Tuck takes the turns off his saddle horn and makes that shaggy outlaw a gift of his prize catchrope.
ref: 2008, Richard E. Baker, Letters from Across the Big Divide: The Ghost Writings of Charles M. Russell, page 108:
text: He sat astride the bay horse, but now with a catchrope dallied to his saddle horn and a sleek buckskin filly side-wheeling in the cross-trail behind him.
ref: 2012, C. Joseph Greaves, Hard Twisted, page 158:
glosses: Alternative form of catch-rope.
catchropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catchrope
catch rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catch ropes
Senses: examples: text: I was always dragging a catch rope or wearing a pair of spurs or a hat that was two sizes too big and never wore anything but boots.
ref: 2005, Merle Roehr, A Cowboy's Thoughts: Looking Back, page 103:
text: After a moment Howard released the pressure on the catch rope and slowly approached Charlie while re-coiling the slack, jerking the rope with each forward step and coil, thereby putting the sting to the throat of the dun, causing Charlie to throw his head up and down while holding his nose high.
ref: 2013, Robert Lockridge, White Ash: The Story of Joaquin:
text: As the recruits began to stand against the corral fence, Jericho began his lesson of the catch rope.
ref: 2016, David W. Bailey, Jericho James: Happy, Go Lucky:
glosses: Alternative form of catch-rope.
catch ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catch rope
hobblerope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobbleropes
form: hobble-rope
form: hobble rope
Etymology: From hobble + rope.
Senses: examples: text: draw the upper hind leg forward , by a side line passed over the neck and secured , then raise the extremities to an angle of about 45° , by passing the hobblerope through a ring overhead ;
ref: 1885, The British Veterinary Journal - Volume 20, page 3:
text: He got the sack and hobbleropes and came up and while John Grady talked to the horse he hobbled the front legs together and then took the mecate rope and handed John Grady the sack and he held the horse while for the next quarter hour John Grady floated the sack over the animal and under it and rubbed its head with the sack and passed it across the horse's face and ran it up and down between the animal's legs talking to the horse the while and rubbing against it and leaning against it.
ref: 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN:
text: He fought like a panther when they dragged him out on the flat, and when he choked down, they hobbled him with a brand new piece of hobblerope doubled and twisted good around the forefeet,
ref: 2018, Carl Peters Benedict, A Tenderfoot Kid on Gyp Water:
glosses: A rope that ties the legs together, hobbling the person or animal that is so tied up.
hobbleropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hobblerope
pawrent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pawrents
Etymology: Blend of paw + parent
Senses: examples: text: Whether you are a parent with little ones or "pawrent" with furry ones, a culture buff looking for a sensorial feast or a gourmand hoping to feast on artfully plated creations, there is a staycation offer out there just for you.
ref: 2020, The Straits Times, More than just a hotel stay:
glosses: The owner of a pet dog or cat.
hobble-rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobble-ropes
Senses: examples: text: The two or three assistants being at the hobble-rope, and another holding the tail, at a given signal all pull , the hobble-rope being drawn vigorously forward or outward ( Fig 40), the tail pulled backward and to the right side, and the fore-arm rope also outwards on the right side;
ref: 1884, George Fleming, A Text-book of Operative Veterinary Surgery - Volume 1, page 43:
text: Wrapping the other end of my hobble-rope once on the saddle horn, I retrieved Alice's spurs and knelt down.
ref: 2003, Brian D Kelling, Two Guns For Paradise:
text: Her hands had been tied in front of her, there was a hobble-rope around her ankles.
ref: 2015, John Trenhaile, The Gates of Exquisite View:
glosses: Alternative form of hobblerope.
hobble-ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hobble-rope
hobble rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobble ropes
Senses: examples: text: A steady pull on the hobble rope will bring all four feet together, and one on the shoulder rope will serve to throw the horse on his side.
ref: 1897, Matthew Horace Hayes, Veterinary Notes for Horse Owners, page 572:
text: The hobble rope was a heavy, soft cotton to minimize rope burns.
ref: 2008, Carolyn Melvin, Life with Animals, page 78:
text: They are supposed to catch the steer by the head and heels (hind legs), stretch the critter out on the ground and tie a hobble rope around its hind legs.
ref: 2013, Fay E. Ward, The Cowboy at Work:
glosses: Alternative form of hobblerope.
hobble ropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hobble rope
Eilish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪlɪʃ/
/ˈaɪlɪʃ/
Forms: form: Éilís
Etymology: From Irish Eilís (“Elizabeth”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish.
Hanfeizian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hanfeizian
form: most Hanfeizian
Etymology: From Han Feizi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Han Feizi.
Related terms: Confucian
Kongzian
Laozian
Mencian
Mengzian
Sunzian
Xunzian
Zengzian
Zhuangzian
Laozian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Laozian
form: most Laozian
Etymology: From Laozi + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, the nonregarding Laozian sage only appears “dull” or “muddled” from a conventional perspective. In truth, he harbors beneath his ragged sackcloth the valuable gem of true insight into the Way, […]
ref: 2007, Edward Slingerland, Effortless Action, page 92:
glosses: Of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Laozi.
Related terms: Confucian
Kongzian
Hanfeizian
Mencian
Mengzian
Sunzian
Xunzian
Zengzian
Zhuangzian
Kongzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kongzian
form: most Kongzian
Etymology: From Kongzi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Confucius.
Synonyms: Confucian
Related terms: Hanfeizian
Laozian
Mencian
Mengzian
Sunzian
Xunzian
Zengzian
Zhuangzian
Sunzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sunzian
form: most Sunzian
Etymology: From Sunzi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Sunzi.
Related terms: Confucian
Kongzian
Hanfeizian
Laozian
Mencian
Mengzian
Xunzian
Zengzian
Zhuangzian
Zhuangzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒwɑŋ(d)ziɪn/
Forms: form: more Zhuangzian
form: most Zhuangzian
Etymology: From Zhuangzi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi.
Related terms: Confucian
Kongzian
Hanfeizian
Laozian
Mencian
Mengzian
Sunzian
Xunzian
Zengzian
Zengzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zengzian
form: most Zengzian
Etymology: From Zengzi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Zengzi.
Related terms: Confucian
Kongzian
Hanfeizian
Laozian
Mencian
Mengzian
Sunzian
Xunzian
Zhuangzian
Mengzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mengzian
form: most Mengzian
Etymology: From Mengzi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Mengzi.
Synonyms: Mencian
Related terms: Confucian
Kongzian
Hanfeizian
Laozian
Sunzian
Xunzian
Zengzian
Zhuangzian
bebadees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bibidees.
almondmilks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of almondmilk
simple tense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simple tenses
Senses: examples: text: Present tense is a simple tense, even when used in complex ways, such as to describe past events.
text: Please use only simple tenses in titles when submitting articles to our publication.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In English, the tense of a verb which is used specifically in the simple aspect--that is, the verb alone does not indicate whether the action is complete or habitual--and is usually used independently of any auxiliary verbs, with the known exceptions of 'will', 'shall', and 'would'.
ꜧ
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A hypothetical or jocular phoneme in English, realized as [h] at the beginning of a syllable and as [ŋ] at the end of a syllable, so that e.g. hang would be transcribed /ˈꜧæꜧ/.
lifefuel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: life + fuel.
Senses: examples: text: When Stephen Paddock massacred dozens of “normies” at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas, Reddit’s incels celebrated the news as “PURE LIFEFUEL.”
ref: 2018 May 5, David Futrelle, “The Time For 'Incel' Explainers Was Years Ago”, in Huffington Post:
text: In the wake of the Toronto van attacks, for example, Minassian was celebrated not merely as a giver of “lifefuel” to the incels, but also as a prophet of black pill ideology—someone whose destruction of the normies would herald a wider apocalypse.
ref: 2020, Tara Isabella Burton, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World, unnumbered page:
text: An example of a LifeFuel thread is titled “Whore crying because her chad bf murdered (sic)”, where a woman’s boyfriend was killed in a terrorist attack and incels responded saying “lmao cry little whore”.
ref: 2020, Katrine Rummelhoff, "Incels and Misogyny; what’s so appealing about hatred?", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 59
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: Something that causes one to feel schadenfreude or nihilistic satisfaction, especially over the suffering of women.
Brummier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of Brummie: more Brummie
glosses: comparative form of Brummy: more Brummy
Brummiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of Brummie: most Brummie
glosses: superlative form of Brummy: most Brummy
East Indie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: East Indies
Senses: synonyms: Black East Indian
glosses: A domestic duck of an ornamental bantam breed thought to have originated in the United States.
East Indie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Goa is a citie of the Poꝛtugales in Eaſt Indie.
ref: 1577, Richarde Willes, transl., “Certayne Reportes of the Prouince China, Learned through the Portugalles There Imprisoned, and Chiefly by the Relation of Galeotto Perera, […]”, in [Peter Martyr d’Anghiera], translated by Richarde Eden and Richarde Willes, The History of Trauayle in the West and East Indies, and Other Countreys Lying Eyther Way, towardes the Fruitfull and Ryche Moluccaes. […], London: […] Richarde Iugge, →OCLC, folio 250, verso, marginal note:
text: In anno 1604, hee had been the ſecond time Admerall of the Eaſt Indie fleet, where hee had made proofe what he was able to do; […]
ref: 1613, [Jan Janszn Orlers], [Henrick van Haestens], translated by W. Shute, “A True Rehearsall of a Fight at Sea, in the Road before Gibraltar, […]”, in The Triumphs of Nassau: or, A Description and Representation of All the Victories Both by Land and Sea, Granted by God to the Noble, High, and Mightie Lords, the Estates Generall of the Vnited Netherland Prouinces. […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 372:
text: These seafaring men are uncertain the best of times; then there is no doubt but the pirates on the East Indie coast killed them all.
ref: 1889 November 23, W. B. Cossitt, “Elizabeth Edwards’s Thanksgiving. With Lavender Silks for ‘Second Mourning.’”, in Good Housekeeping […], volume 10, number 2 (119 overall), Springfield, Mass.: Clark W. Bryan & Co., Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of East Indy.
cooktent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cooktents
form: cook-tent
form: cook tent
Etymology: From cook + tent.
Senses: examples: text: Our cooktent had a pleasant business warmth, too.
ref: 1987, Herbert Gold, The Man Who Was Not With It, page 14:
text: The cooktent had been cleaned with the help of the clients on roster, then finished off by the reps.
ref: 2010, Shannon Meadows, Road Wench: It's a Tour, Not a Holiday:
text: Jean seemed to be considering my proposition, almost as if I'd asked her up to my hotel room instead of over to a lousy cooktent for a cup of coffee.
ref: 2017, Ed McBain, Don't Crowd Me:
glosses: A tent that is equipped with cooking paraphernalia that supplies food for a camp.
cooktents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cooktent
cook-tent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cook-tents
Senses: examples: text: Are you too busy, Tom, to come over to the cook-tent with us for a few moments?
ref: 1910, George Barr McCutcheon, The Rose in the Ring:
text: Once past the pickets, we had to remain hidden until Loiosh and I could identify the cook-tent.
ref: 2010, Steven Brust, Dragon:
text: The ground before the cook-tent was soft, and trampled by the girls' own feet.
ref: 2017, Gertrude Morrison, The Girls of Central High in Camp:
glosses: Alternative form of cooktent.
cook-tents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cook-tent
cook tent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cook tents
Senses: examples: text: They didn't tell us until we went to the cook tent, where they sleep, at 9 pm for some hot water and found them lying on the stone floor wrapped up in a blanket.
ref: 2013, Mr M S Lewis, Mr Matthew Gallagher, Miss C A Lumby, Expedition Diaries - In The Throne Room of the Mountain God:
text: Most crew hate the cook tent with a passion, which is why they won't necessarily advertise they have one, unless they really have to.
ref: 2013, Andy N Robinson, Kirsty McGregor, It's NOT a Holiday!: The A-Z Guide to Group Travel, page 65:
text: Joaquin drank his coffee and came to the realization that he was going to have to enter the cook tent in order to get his plate and that he would have to confront Howard..
ref: 2013, Robert Lockridge, White Ash: The Story of Joaquin:
glosses: Alternative form of cooktent.
cook tents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cook tent
cowsense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow-sense
form: cow sense
Etymology: From cow + sense.
Senses: examples: text: The data tabulated from the replies on the question blanks show in general that there must be a co-ordination of all the factors conducive to the production of high quality milk, coupled with good sound “cowsense” on the part of the herdsman, to produce milk that will score 90 or above.
ref: 1916, American Produce Review - Volume 41, page 919:
text: He is uneducated, but possesses a quality too many of our college boys lack, viz., “cowsense” and stable experience.
ref: 1918, Jersey Bulletin - Volume 37, Issue 1, page 866:
text: Quannah was a handsome horse, well put up, with disposition and cowsense galore.
ref: 1975, Jan Haddle, The Complete Book of the Appaloosa, page 157:
text: Belsky horses all had inborn cowsense as did the old-type Spanish cowpony.
ref: 1991, Kathleen Rauschl Ward, The American Horse: From Conquistadors to the 21st Century, page 10:
glosses: An instinctive ability to work well with cattle.
examples: text: The Longhorn cow remained to become the founder of an empire. She matched wits with the wilderness, met claw and fang with horns and cowsense.
ref: 1975, Orville K. Sweet, Birth of a Breed: The History of Polled Herefords, page 2:
glosses: Intelligence on the part of a cattle beast.
groundmist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundmists
form: ground-mist
form: ground mist
Etymology: From ground + mist.
Senses: examples: text: Coleman was the last of the aristocratic governors; not truly aristocratic, of course, but such as is so designated in Mississippi, where the landed gentry claims a bloodline that disappears kindly into the groundmists four or five generations ago, an aristocracy of certitude that nothing will ever change.
ref: 1968, Robert Sherrill, Gothic Politics in the Deep South: Stars of the New Confederacy:
text: The old wrought-iron lamps on Bennett's Walk cast weak electric beams through the groundmist, making me think of London and Tyne Street and Jack the Ripper.
ref: 1999, Stephen King, Hearts In Atlantis, page 471:
text: A low fog rolled across the frozen water, faint ripples thickening into groundmist at the tree line.
ref: 2006, Craig Davidson, Rust and Bone:
text: Groundmist was waist-high and looked as thick as candlegrease. The trees were in a silent semicircle within the mist.
ref: 2011, Phil Rickman, Candlenight:
glosses: A low-lying fog.
Synonyms: ground fog
groundmists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groundmist
ground-mist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground-mists
Senses: examples: text: To be first on the road, Up with the ground-mists and pheasants.
ref: 2010, Seamus Heaney, Seeing Things, page 8:
text: Two and a half miles below, smoke from the artillery bombardment drifted like dirty ground-mist, speckled with soft, small flashes.
ref: 2011, Derek Robinson, Hornet's Sting:
text: His situation was that of a man who stands on a patch of ground with mountains sharp-etched all around, but the middle distance hidden by a white sea of ground-mist.
ref: 2012, Fritz Leiber, Swords of Lankhmar:
text: At 4:00 a.m., soon after the ground-mist had materialized, the 1st Australian Division commenced its advance with the 8th Victorian Battalion leading on the right, and assorted companies from the 10th, 11th, and 12th battalions leading the 3rd Brigade on the left.
ref: 2014, Brereton Greenhous, James McWilliams, R. James Steel, The Torch We Throw:
glosses: Alternative form of groundmist.
ground-mists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ground-mist
flowpath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowpaths
form: flow path
Etymology: From flow + path.
Senses: glosses: The path taken by a flowing fluid.
glosses: A path through a flow chart.
flowpaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flowpath
fluorohydroxyapatite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of fluorhydroxyapatite.
fructansucrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fructansucrases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any sucrase that produces a fructan
Related terms: glucansucrase
glucansucrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucansucrases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any sucrase that produces a glucan
Related terms: fructansucrase
glucansucrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucansucrase
fructansucrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fructansucrase
ganglioneuritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ganglio- + neuritis.
Senses: glosses: A form of neuritis present in some birds and simple animals
genitoanal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From genito- + anal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the genitals (typically the vulva) and the anus
geoarchaeologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From geo- + archaeologically.
Senses: glosses: In a geoarchaeological manner
glucuronidative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That produces glucuronidation
grainfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grainfalls
Etymology: From grain + fall.
Senses: glosses: The accumulation of (typically sand) grains to form a dune
Related terms: grainflow
grainflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grainflows
Etymology: From grain + flow.
Senses: glosses: The downhill flow of (typically sand) grains when forming a dune
Related terms: grainfall
gravitaxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to gravitaxis
soupe-maigre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of soupe maigre.
tailorwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tailor + -wise, referring to the traditional working posture of tailors. Compare tailor-fashion, tailor's bunion, tailor's muscle and tailor-style.
Senses: examples: text: While sitting on a chair or bench there is no difficulty in holding the trunk erect, because now the hamstring muscles are not only relaxed but further slackened at the lower end by flexion of the knee; the hips will flex several degrees farther here and also in sitting on the floor if the knees are flexed, tailorwise.
ref: 1923, Wilbur Pardon Bowen, Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology, page 170:
text: His shoes off, and his bare feet tucked under his legs, he sat tailorwise and peered up at the giant.
ref: 2012, Max Brand, The Garden of Eden, page 101:
text: Perched tailorwise on the bed, I myself stared like an owl into the gloom.
ref: 2014, Peter De Vries, The Tunnel of Love, page 126:
glosses: With the legs crossed in front of one and the ankles on the ground.
Synonyms: criss-cross applesauce
cross-legged
Indian style
pretzel style
tailor-fashion
husbandos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of husbando
husbandoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of husbando
Galgani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Galganis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Galgani.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Galganis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Galgani
city dweller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: city dwellers
form: city-dweller
form: citydweller
Senses: synonyms: urbanite
townsman
hypernyms: word: person
coordinate_terms: country dweller
ruralite
glosses: A person living in a city.
helveticin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helveticins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a particular class of bacteriocins
hemimandibula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemimandibulas
Etymology: From hemi- + mandibula.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hemimandible.
synonyms: word: hemimandible
heteroloboseans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterolobosean
heteromerics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteromeric
heterosubtypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterosubtype
heterotetraploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + tetraploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: tetraploid but whose strands are not all the same
raw_tags: of a chromosome
heterotetraploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterotetraploids
Etymology: From hetero- + tetraploid.
Senses: glosses: A cell or organism that has such chromosomes
dollar of the daddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑlɚ ə(v)ðə ˌdædiz/
ipa: /ˈdɒlə‿ɹə(v)ðə ˌdadiz/
Forms: form: dollars of the daddies
form: dollar of our daddies
Etymology: A parodic alteration of dollar of the fathers (referring to the Founding Fathers or one's ancestors).
Senses: examples: text: And now irreverent jokers complain that the "Dollar of the Daddies" is below pa.
ref: 1877, “Currency”, in American Journal of Numismatics, volume XIII, Boston Numismatic Society, page 108:
text: You say that you “want to restore silver"; now let us have the old conditions. “We want the 'dollar of the daddies',” is your cry.
ref: 1896, “Appendix”, in Congressional Record: containing the procedures and debates of the Fifty-Fourth Congress, First Session, volume XXVIII, Government Printing Office, page 127:
text: Many persons believe that the so-called "dollar of the daddies," weighing 412½ grains (nine tenths fine), having a ratio to gold of "16 to 1" in value when first coined, was the original dollar of the Constitution.
ref: 1898 September 24, Alexander E. Outerbridge Jr., “Curiosities of American Coinage”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 53, D. Appleton & Company, page 601:
glosses: The pre-1873 American silver dollar.
wikipedia: Founding Fathers of the United States
dollars of the daddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dollar of the daddies
dollar of our daddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dollar of the daddies.
hydroecoregion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroecoregions
Etymology: From hydro- + ecoregion.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: An ecoregion composed of water (typically a river or lake)
hydroecoregions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroecoregion
gayfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gay + folk.
Senses: examples: text: SO's affection for cats is important, but not nearly as important as not being allergic!
ref: 1992 November 23, Joseph E. Beason, “Re: gayfolk and cats”, in soc.motss (Usenet):
text: The gayfolk on the Mall, from Chicago and Bridgeport, Santa Cruz and South Bend, Denver, Atlanta, and Honolulu, were of the formulaic ethnic diversity you'd expect in a forties Hollywood bomber crew (directed by George Cukor, maybe).
ref: 1993, Tikkun, page 38:
text: South Beach is still full of debauched nightlife, much of it gay or lavender-tinged. But gentrification, which so often follows gayfolk to their ghettos, nudged much of the gay population out of Miami Beach in the 1990s.
ref: 2019 June 19, Brandon Thorp, “Why Miami Is the Greatest Gay Destination in America”, in Thrillist:
antonyms: straightfolk
glosses: Gay people.
Related terms: cisfolk
transfolk
hydroxypheophorbide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxypheophorbides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydroxy derivative of a pheophorbide
hygrothermometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hygrothermometers
Senses: glosses: A device that functions as both a hygrometer and a thermometer
Synonyms: psychrometer
hyperangulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + angulated.
Senses: glosses: Having an extreme angled surface
imidathiazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imidathiazoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of imidazothiazole (“when used as a drug”).
synonyms: word: imidazothiazole
extra: when used as a drug
imidathiazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imidathiazole
impedancemetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From impedance + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of impedance, especially that of the inner ear to sound
Derived terms: bioimpedancemetry
c00l
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: c00ler
form: c00lest
form: k00l
Senses: glosses: Leetspeak spelling of cool.
k00l
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: k00ler
form: k00lest
form: c00l
Senses: glosses: Leetspeak spelling of cool.
incisocervical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the neck of an incisor
incisocervically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an incisocervical manner
intermanually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From inter- + manually.
Senses: glosses: In an intermanual manner
interpresentation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + presentation.
Senses: glosses: Between presentations
interpresentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inter- + presentation.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of interpretation.
isofurane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isofuranes
Etymology: From iso- + furane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of isofuran.
isononanoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isononanoic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any branched isomer of nonanoic acid
Related terms: isononanoate
hypoadiponectinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoadiponectinaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hypoadiponectinemia.
isononanoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isononanoates
Etymology: From iso- + nonanoate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of an isononanoic acid
isophenotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + phenotypic.
Senses: glosses: Having the same phenotype
karyomorphometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karyomorphometries
Etymology: From karyo- + morphometry.
Senses: glosses: The morphometry of karyomorphs
Related terms: karyomorphometric
karyomorphometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From karyo- + morphometric.
Senses: glosses: Related to karyomorphometry
macrocluster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroclusters
Etymology: From macro- + cluster.
Senses: glosses: A relatively large-scale cluster
Related terms: macroclustering
macroclustering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + clustering.
Senses: glosses: The formation of macroclusters
Dolly Varden trout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dolly Varden trout
Etymology: Named after Dolly Varden, a character in Barnaby Rudge, a novel by Charles Dickens, and the 19th-century woman's outfit of the same name. For more information, see Dolly Varden trout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Senses: synonyms: Dolly Varden
Dolly
glosses: A salmonid fish, Salvelinus malma, native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America.
wikipedia: Barnaby Rudge
Charles Dickens
Dollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dolly
untribalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tribalized.
Senses: glosses: Not tribalized.
red-red stew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Ghanaian stew made with red palm oil and tomatoes.
Ambae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Aoba
word: Leper's Island
word: Oba
glosses: An island of Vanuatu.
superhospital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superhospitals
Etymology: From super- + hospital.
Senses: glosses: A very large or successful hospital.
superhospitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superhospital
superhotel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superhotels
Etymology: From super- + hotel.
Senses: glosses: A very large or successful hotel.
superhotels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superhotel
subhumanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subhumanizes
form: subhumanizing
form: subhumanized
form: subhumanized
Etymology: From subhuman + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make subhuman.
subhumanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subhumanize
subhumanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subhumanize
subhumanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subhumanize
subhumanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of making subhuman.
superhumanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of making superhuman.
changua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Colombian breakfast soup made with milk and eggs.
Uda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Lower Cross River language of Nigeria.
Uda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Uda
Senses: glosses: A kind of African long-legged sheep, typically having a brown or black front half and a white rear half.
Uda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A right tributary of the Selenga in Buryatia, Russia.
glosses: A river in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia in the Russian Far East, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk.
Uda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Uda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune of Argeș County, Romania.
urtextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more urtextual
form: most urtextual
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an urtext.
scratter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scratters
Senses: glosses: A chav (working-class youth associated with aggression and common tastes)
scratters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scratter
cockfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockfish
form: cock fish
form: cock-fish
Etymology: From cock + fish.
Senses: examples: text: Spawning fish on the redds. A henfish will often be attended by two or three cockfish – whilst displaying ritual combat between themselves, one cock will mate, others may follow [image caption]
ref: 2005, Roderick Sutterby, Malcolm Greenhalgh, “Life in the Nursery”, in Atlantic Salmon: An Illustrated Natural History, Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 23:
synonyms: cock
coordinate_terms: hen
henfish
glosses: A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
examples: text: Morphology of the main digestive features of cockfish, Callorhinchus callorhynchus, is described and linked to feeding habits. […] The diet of the cockfish is compared with that of other holocephalans.
ref: 1996, Edgardo E. Di Gitlcomo, Maria Raquel Perier, “Feeding habits of cockfish, Callorhinchus callorhynchus (Holocephali: Callorhynchidae), in Patagonian waters (Argentina)”, in Marine and Freshwater Research, volume 47, number 6, →DOI, page 801:
synonyms: elephantfish
American elephantfish
glosses: A callorhinchid fish, Callorhinchus callorynchus, native to South America.
synonyms: Nilgiris barb
glosses: A cyprinid fish, Hypselobarbus dubius, native to India.
cockfish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cockfishes
form: cockfishing
form: cockfished
form: cockfished
Etymology: Blend of cock (“penis”) + catfish (“(to create) a fake online profile”).
Senses: examples: text: If you’re engaging in a flirtatious conversation with a new acquaintance, be cautious about exchanging explicit photos if you haven’t met them in person to avoid falling for this exploitative technique. Here are three reasons why people “cockfish” and tips to help you protect yourself.
ref: 2023, Mark Travers, “3 Ways To Not Fall Pray to Online 'Cockfishing', According To a Psychologist”, in Forbes:
glosses: To deceive others by using fake photos of one’s genitalia.
cockfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockfish
form: cockfishes
Etymology: Blend of cock (“penis”) + catfish (“(to create) a fake online profile”).
Senses: examples: text: Cockfish (sometimes known as catcocks) are loosely related to catfish in that they use the mystery of the world wide web to misrepresent who they are to potential friends, dates, or even financial donors. However, whereas a catfish will cloak pretty much their whole identity – often with a fake name and pictures stolen from someone else – the cockfish is only interested in changing the identity of their penis.
ref: 2019 September 26, Jessica Lindsay, “What is cockfishing (also known as catcocking), and how can you spot it?”, in Metro, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2019:
text: So while a catfish might misrepresent their entire identity - including even stealing photographs from someone else's profile - a cockfish focuses on one specific body part.
ref: 2019 September 26, Lucy Devine, “‘Cockfishing’ is the latest misleading dating trend that’s even worse than catfishing”, in The Sun, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2019:
glosses: A person who cockfishes.
bromofluoromethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bromo- + fluoro- + methane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A halomethane containing both bromine and fluorine, which has the chemical formula CH₂BrF
metamyoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + myoglobin.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metmyoglobin.
methanisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of methanization.
micronebulizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micronebulizers
Etymology: From micro- + nebulizer.
Senses: glosses: A very small nebulizer
monoparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + parasitic.
Senses: glosses: Having a single type of parasite
Related terms: multiparasitic
multiparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + parasitic.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple types of parasite
Related terms: monoparasitic
nasogastral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nasogastric.
neopharyngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒiəl
-iːəl
Etymology: From neo- + pharyngeal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a neopharynx
neopharynx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neopharynxes
form: neopharynges
Etymology: From neo- + pharynx.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgically-reconstructed pharynx
Related terms: neopharyngeal
neuroresponse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroresponses
Etymology: From neuro- + response.
Senses: glosses: A neurological response
neuroresponses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroresponse
neurosymptomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + symptomatic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Having neurological symptoms
normodivergent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From normo- + divergent.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting normal divergence
paleowind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleowinds
Etymology: From paleo- + wind.
Senses: glosses: A prehistoric wind
paraoviductal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + oviductal.
Senses: glosses: Adjacent to, or above an oviduct
paraprobiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraprobiotics
Etymology: From para- + probiotic.
Senses: glosses: An inactivated probiotic
paraprobiotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraprobiotic
paucigravid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pauci- + gravid.
Senses: glosses: That has had few pregnancies
crabless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæbləs/
Etymology: From crab + -less.
Senses: examples: text: crabless cake
text: Since then, she has amassed more than two million followers there, and more than a million on Instagram. In 60-second increments, she gently walks them through the steps of assembling vegan comfort dishes (crabless crab cakes, sweet potato avocado toast, a late-night salad with pickles).
ref: 2020 May 13, Sandra E. Garcia, “The Joy of Vegan Cooking, 60 Seconds at a Time”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Without crabs or their meat.
penetrometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: By means of a penetrometer; relating to penetrometry
penetrometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The design and use of penetrometers
pentaspanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein associated with integrin
perilymphatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From peri- + lymphatically.
Senses: glosses: In a perilymphatic manner
phosphodomains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphodomain
crabbery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crabberies
Etymology: From crab + -ery.
Senses: glosses: An area with an abundance of crabs; a place where crabs are fished.
crabberies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crabbery
phosphoramidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoramidations
Etymology: From phosphoramide + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Reaction with, or formation of a phosphoramide
Related terms: amidation