cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
chickie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪki/
Forms: form: chickies
Etymology: From chick + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Fetch in the li’l chickie and we’ll see if I can’t make better time with her than you did.
ref: 1962, Joseph Commings, “The X Street Murders”, in The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, published 2006:
text: You think Kip Knoll wouldn't break your heart? Listen, chickie, my problem is that I am constantly being taken home by boys who do look exactly like Kip Knoll, and who […]
ref: 1984 August 18, Gary Ralph, “Meow, Meow”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 5:
glosses: A woman.
examples: text: "It's hatching!" an o-bake said excitedly. "A chickie! A chickie!" "I'm gonna name him Yoshi!" said another.
ref: 1996 January 22, Randal Keith Milholland, “SG: Gomi #3-"The Death of Johnny Figment" Part III (2/2)”, in bit.listserv.superguy (Usenet):
glosses: A chick, a baby chicken
voice actress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voice actresses
Senses: glosses: Female equivalent of voice actor.
voice actresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voice actress
fine champagne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fine champagnes
Etymology: From French fine champagne, originally eau-de-vie fine de la Champagne (“fine brandy from the Champagne region”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘Will you have some coffee, you fellows? – Waiter, bring coffee, and fine-champagne, and cigarettes.’
ref: 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 71:
glosses: Fine French brandy from the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne wine-growing areas of Cognac.
Synonyms: fine
herd boar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herd boars
Senses: glosses: A stud boar, a male pig kept for breeding.
Related terms: brood sow
stud
brood sow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brood sows
Senses: glosses: A female pig kept for breeding.
glosses: A woman raising children.
Related terms: herd boar
broodmare
brood mare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brood mares
form: broodmare
Senses: examples: text: You'll be brushing out a brood mare's tail
While the sun is ascending
And I'll just be getting home with my reel to reel
ref: 1976, Joni Mitchell, Coyote:
glosses: A stud mare, a female horse used for breeding.
Synonyms: stud mare
illuminating gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illuminating gases
Senses: glosses: Any of several types of flammable gas produced and distributed commercially, especially when used for gaslight; coal gas, water gas, and natural gas have all been sold as illuminating gas or town gas.
Related terms: word: gaslight
word: gas lamp
word: gas mantle
word: gasworks
alloy steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alloy steels
Senses: hypernyms: steel
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metal#Noun
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material#Noun
coordinate_terms: carbon steel
glosses: Any of many steels whose alloy composition includes other elements besides the iron and carbon that all steels have, in order to improve the mechanical properties of the material.
mother-hive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mother-hives
form: mother hive
Senses: examples: text: A mother-hive of bees is 24 pence in value.
ref: 1909, Arthur Wade-Evans, Welsh Medieval Law:
glosses: the principal or source hive of a colony of bees
examples: text: [John Whitman] came over in the True Love in 1640 to America and lived in Weymouth, Mass., which place became the mother-hive of the New Englanders of the name.
ref: 1882, Walt Whitman, Specimen Days:
glosses: a location similarly serving as the source of a group of people
mother hive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mother hives
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mother-hive.
rhandir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhandirs
form: randir
Etymology: From Welsh rhandir.
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of the medieval tref comprising 312 erws.
fractional distillation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fractional distillations
Senses: hypernyms: fractionation
distillation
glosses: A method of separating a mixture of liquids that have different boiling points.
Related terms: fractionating column
covert hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covert hounds
form: covert-hound
form: coverthound
Etymology: From covert (“brush, undergrowth”).
Senses: examples: In the Welsh laws of Howel Dda (who died 948), the King's buckhound or covert-hound is valued at a pound. — William Drury, British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation (1903)
glosses: a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd
covert-hound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of covert hound.
Welsh Sheepdog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Welsh Sheepdogs
Etymology: A contraction of the earlier Welsh Sheep Dog
Senses: glosses: A type of herding dog originating in 20th-century Wales.
Welsh Sheep Dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Welsh Sheep Dogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Welsh Sheepdog.
atomic absorption spectroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quantitative analytical technique in which the content of various elements are measured via their absorption of light
Synonyms: atomic absorption spectrometry
Becquerel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Becquerel ray
becquerelium
unauctioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + auctioned.
Senses: glosses: Not auctioned.
arbiter elegantiarum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin arbiter (“judge”, noun) + Latin ēlegantiārum (“of elegance”, noun form) (genitive plural of ēlegantia); originally applied to Petronius in the court of Nero.
Senses: examples: text: We had many books to teach us our more important duties, and to settle opinions in philosophy or politicks ; but an Arbiter Elegantiarum, a judge of propriety, was yet wanting, who should survey the track of daily conversation, and free it from thorns and prickles, which teaze the passer, though they do not wound him.
ref: 1779, Samuel Johnson, Lives of the English Poets:
text: in his inmost heart he desired to be something more than a mere arbiter elegantiarum, to be consulted on the wearing of a jewel, or the knotting of a necktie, or the conduct of a cane.
ref: 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 114:
text: Modernism had been brought from the court of Hārūn ar-Rashīd by Ziryāb, the Persian singer who became an arbiter elegantiarum in the provincial capital of al-Andalus.
ref: 2004, James T. Monroe, Hispano-Arabic Poetry, page 7:
glosses: An authority on manners or etiquette.
wikipedia: Petronius
Guianese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of, from, or related to, Guiana
Hyponyms: British Guianese
French Guianese
Dutch Guianese
Guianese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Guianese
Senses: examples: text: Both Mr. Luthuli and Miss Jabavu are South Africans; Mr. Braithwaite is a Guianese from British Guiana.
ref: 1962, The Crisis, volume 69, number 7, page 442:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Guiana.
speartip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speartips
form: spear tip
form: spear-tip
Etymology: From spear + tip.
Senses: examples: text: Our eyes caught it at the same moment, right at our feet: a perfect stone speartip.
ref: 1996, David F. Pelly, David F. Pelly:
text: The speartip rushed ahead in three rapid thrusts, but Luthien managed to parry and dodge, shifting his hips out of harm's way each time.
ref: 2001, R. A. Salvatore, The Dragon King:
text: He could not forge the men of the North into a weapon against demonkind without first tempering them as the smith's hammer did the speartip. Women screamed as Jardir's men tempered them in another fashion. Another necessary evil.
ref: 2010, Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear: Book Two of The Demon Cycle:
glosses: The tip, end, or point of a spear.
Related terms: arrowhead
ord
speartips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speartip
independentistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of independentista
numismat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: numismats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of numismatist.
synonyms: word: numismatist
frood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹuːd/
rhymes: -uːd
Forms: form: frooder
form: more frood
form: froodest
form: most frood
form: frewd
Etymology: From Middle English *frood, *frode, *frod, from Old English frōd (“wise, prudent; experienced, old”), from Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (“wise, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (“to understand”). Cognate with North Frisian frod, Saterland Frisian frod, Dutch vroed (“wise, knowing”), Swedish frod (“wise, experienced, mature”), Icelandic fróður (“knowledgeable”), Lithuanian prõtas (“mind, reason, understanding”).
Senses: examples: text: To the north of the Airfield the Rabbit Hills still retain heathland vegetation on the sandy soils and are probably the site of the 'frood' warren mentioned in an old survey, being at the time an important source of food.
ref: 1973, Stanley Price, George Ruffhead, Newton-on-Ouse Local History Group, Three Yorkshire villages:
glosses: Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.
Synonyms: wise
wily
Related terms: Froud
Kamogawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Kamo River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑmʊ ˈɹɪvə/
ipa: /ˈkɑmʊ ˈɹɪvɚ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鴨川 (Kamogawa), itself a compound of 鴨 (kamo, “duck”) + 川 (kawa, “river”).
Senses: glosses: a river in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan, a tributary of the Yodo River
jazz bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jazz band
LOLing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of LOL
LOLed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of LOL
LOLd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of LOL
LOL'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of LOL
QTE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QTEs
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of quick time event.
idiolectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From idiolect + -al.
Senses: examples: text: [G]iven the idiolectal nature of language, teachers vary on which vocabulary they think important.
ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:
glosses: Of or relating to an idiolect.
Derived terms: idiolectally
Related terms: dialectal
Hellenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhɛlɛˈnɪsəti/
Etymology: From Hellenic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality or condition of being Ancient Greek
mastermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masterman
A-I
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: ...the bishops also decided to break with the past and have the Legion recommend films in the A-I category...
ref: 1996, Frank Walsh, Sin and Censorship:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: For general patronage.
Related terms: A
A-II
A-III
A-IV
A1C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A1Cs
form: A1/C
form: A1/c
form: A1c
Senses: examples: text: A1C Carole Goodman was bored.
ref: 1980, Ib Melchior, The Marcus Device:
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: A2C
A3C
glosses: Abbreviation of airman 1st class.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: HbA1c
A1c
glosses: Ellipsis of hemoglobin A1c (“glycated hemoglobin”).
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of A1C receptor (“alpha-1C adrenergic receptor”).
Derived terms: C/A1C
Related terms: HbA1c
A1Cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A1C
A1/C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A1/Cs
Senses: examples: text: Richard Schram, Air Force A1/C, Korea
ref: 2011, Bob Frankenstein, Counterfeit Peace: The Cold War The Wisconsin Connection Book Two:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Alternative form of A1C.
A1/Cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A1/C
li'l'
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [Pogo:] I’m takin’ care of this li’l’ ol’ backward child.
ref: 1949, Walt Kelly, Pogo, 16 May 1949 strip
glosses: Alternative form of li'l.
incestous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of incestuous.
relinkage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relinkages
Etymology: From re- + linkage.
Senses: glosses: linkage again or anew
relinkages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relinkage
A-2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A-2s
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Fokker A-2 air ambulance that did not see production.
examples: text: ...showing that Arnold did not trust his own A-2 to undertake the targeting assignment.
ref: 1996, John F. Kreiss, Piercing the Fog: Intelligence and Army Air Forces Operations in World War II:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Intelligence section of an air force staff.
examples: text: The Air Intelligence Officer (A-2) would then present new items...
ref: 1998, Ian Gooderson, Air Power at the Battlefront:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Intelligence officer on an air force staff.
A-2
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Almost A-1 in quality; rated just below the best.
A-2s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A-2
A-II
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: For movies with a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops rating of A-II, show only pre-selected scenes.
ref: 2009, Alan J. Talley, Christian Morality and Justice Catechist Guide:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Rated for adults and adolescents only.
Related terms: A
A-I
A-III
A-IV
gwestva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gwestvas
form: gwestfa
Senses: glosses: An entertainment duty levied by the king of a gwlad twice a year upon his free men, payable in food or silver.
Goss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, spelling variant of Gosse.
* As a German surname, from a personal name related to the adjective gut (“good”) or Gott (“god”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A village in Monroe County, Missouri, United States.
Related terms: Goss Moor
tail-ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tail-end Alternative form of tail ends.
Tail-End Charlie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tail-End Charlies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tail End Charlie.
Tail-End Charlies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tail-End Charlie Alternative form of Tail End Charlies.
tag ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tag end
chaud-froid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaud-froids
form: chaudfroid
Etymology: Borrowed from French chaud-froid, literally "hot-cold".
Senses: examples: text: "Dorian," said Lord Henry at last, as the chaudfroid was being handed round, "what is the matter with you to-night? You are quite out of sorts."
ref: 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:
glosses: A type of food consisting of cooked meat or fish served cold in jelly or sauce.
natural philosophers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of natural philosopher
Migration Period
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Migration Period
form: Migration period
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The age of mass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages, circa 376 to 800 CE.
Related terms: Barbarian Invasions
Völkerwanderung
Barbarian Invasions
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Barbarian Invasions
Senses: examples: text: Theoderic's life conventionally takes up part of the history of the barbarian invasions of Europe, the Völkerwanderung or “migration of peoples.”
ref: 2011, James J. O'Donnell, The Ruin of the Roman Empire, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 72:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Völkerwanderung.
synonyms: word: Völkerwanderung
means to an end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /miːnz tuː ən ɛnd/
Forms: form: means to an end
form: means to ends
Senses: examples: text: Daenerys has seen herself as avenging the wrongs done to her from the first season; she didn’t really need another to add to her list. The way they’re handled, Missandei’s death, as well as Rhaegal’s, amount to chess pieces being removed from the board. They deserve better than being a means to an end, even on a show that’s often treated death (and life) as a game to be beaten.
ref: 2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2021:
glosses: A method by which a goal is achieved.
Related terms: the end justifies the means
the ends justify the means
ways and means
whuffo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: wuffo
Etymology: Contraction of what for.
Senses: examples: text: [Alabaster:] Shhh, Uncle Pogo! We is lookin' for the Easter Bunny.
[Pogo:] Whuffo you shushin' me? I isn't doin' nothin' but breathin'!
ref: 1952, Walt Kelly, Pogo, 6 April 1952 strip
text: 1959. Al Capp, Li'l Abner, March n.d.
[Daisy Mae Yokum] Whuffo is yo' gittin' all dressed up, Li'l Abner?
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of what for.
whuffo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whuffos
form: wuffo
Etymology: Contraction of what for.
Senses: examples: text: "There's a wonderful sense of camraderie among skydivers," Mr. Ottley said. "It's like a secret fraternity." Initiates speak easily of "swooping" (joining a formation) and "funneling" (breaking one up). Outsiders are called "whuffos" -- shorthand for "What for you do that crazy stuff?" "You can always tell a whuffo right away," Mr. Ottley said. "They call the sport 'diving' instead of 'skydiving.' We think diving is what you do in a pool."
ref: 1991, “The Executive Life; The Thrill of the Dive; The Roar of the Boss”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person who is not a skydiver.
whuffos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wuffos
Senses: glosses: plural of whuffo
Duodecember
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Duodecembers
Etymology: From Latin duodecim (“twelve”); formed as logical continuation to December, which in its turn is derived from Latin decem (“ten”), as it was the tenth month in the Roman calendar. Possibly taken from the French Duodécembre, used by Sylvain Maréchal in 1788
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Duodecember.
synonyms: Duodecimber
glosses: A notional, normally non-existent fourteenth month of the Western calendar.
Related terms: Undecimber
Undecember
freeish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more freeish
form: most freeish
Etymology: From free + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat free.
TDRSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TDRS
freeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English freshipe, vreoschipe, equivalent to free + -ship.
Senses: glosses: Freedom; liberty.
glosses: Liberality; generosity.
freeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freeships
Etymology: From blend of free + studentship.
Senses: glosses: A studentship offered at no cost to the student.
TDRSS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.
Related terms: TDRS
industrial scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: industrial scales
Senses: glosses: The large size or amount characteristic of industrial processes.
examples: text: “He was always unfit for office. He has been responsible for lies, scandal and fraud on an industrial scale,” Mr. Starmer wrote in a letter posted to his Twitter account.
ref: 2022 July 7, Mark Landler, Megan Specia, Stephen Castle, quoting Keir Starmer, “Boris Johnson Will Resign as His Party’s Leader”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Largeness.
Related terms: industrial strength
palmful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmfuls
form: palmsful
Etymology: From palm + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Enough to fill the palm of one's hand.
palmfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palmful
fruiten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fruitens
form: fruitening
form: fruitened
form: fruitened
Etymology: From fruit + -en.
Senses: glosses: To make fruitful.
glosses: To become full of fruit.
Derived terms: fruitening
white-shoe firm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-shoe firms
form: white shoe firm
Senses: glosses: An old and prestigious firm (usually in law or banking), possibly also culturally exclusive.
back and fore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Back and forth; from one place to another and back again.
cottage pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cottage puddings
Senses: glosses: A traditional American dessert consisting of a plain, dense cake served with a sweet glaze or custard.
cottage puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cottage pudding
dedispersion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + dispersion.
Senses: glosses: The act of dedispersing.
dedisperses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dedisperse
epoophoron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epoophora
form: epoöphoron
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + φέρω (phérō, “bear”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct.
Synonyms: word: parovarium
word: organ of Rosenmüller
word: Rosenmüller's organ
epoophora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epoophoron
battledoor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battledoors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of battledore.
battledoors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battledoor
cephalohematoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cephalohematomas
form: cephalohematomata
form: cephalohaematoma
Etymology: From cephalo- + hematoma.
Senses: glosses: A hemorrhage of blood between the skull and periosteum of a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum.
cephalohematomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalohematoma
cephalohematomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalohematoma
cephalohaematoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cephalohaematomas
form: cephalohaematomata
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cephalohematoma.
cephalohaematomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalohaematoma
cephalohaematomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalohaematoma
cephaloceles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalocele
floorbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floorboxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of floor box.
floorboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floorbox
two commas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From million written with two commas (1,000,000).
Senses: glosses: A million; millions.
glosses: A millionaire; millionaires.
floor box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floor boxes
form: floorbox
Senses: glosses: A box set into the floor of an office etc., offering multiple electrical, AV, data and communication sockets.
floor boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floor box
caputs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caput
constitutionalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more constitutionalistic
form: most constitutionalistic
Etymology: From constitutional + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to constitutionalism.
messroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: messrooms
form: mess room
Etymology: From mess + room.
Senses: glosses: A room for eating together; a mess; a canteen.
messrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of messroom
offchance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of off chance.
dideoxythymidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dideoxythymidine
Moluccan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Moluccan
form: most Moluccan
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Malukan.
Moluccan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moluccans
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Malukan.
Moluccans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moluccan
Malukan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Malukan
form: most Malukan
Etymology: From Maluku + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Maluku Islands.
Malukan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malukans
Etymology: From Maluku + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Maluku Islands.
Malukans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malukan
Vernean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Vernean
form: most Vernean
Etymology: From Verne + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jules Verne (1828–1905), French author and pioneer of science fiction.
steamboaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steamboater
strollings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strolling
featherbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of featherback
knifejaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knifejaws
Etymology: From knife + jaw.
Senses: glosses: Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
Hyponyms: beakfish
Derived terms: barred knifejaw
knifejaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knifejaw
beakfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beakfishes
form: beakfish
Etymology: From beak + fish.
Senses: examples: Oplegnathus fasciatus is the striped beakfish; Oplegnathus insignis is the Pacific beakfish.
glosses: Any of certain fishes of the family Oplegnathidae.
Hypernyms: knifejaw
oplegnathid
Derived terms: striped beakfish
beakfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beakfish
y'awl
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of y'all.
foolhardinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foolhardiness
Vanikoro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vanikolo
Senses: glosses: An island of the Santa Cruz group, belonging to the Solomon Islands.
Vanikolo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Vanikoro.
Nomuka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island of Nomuka Island Group, Tonga Archipelago, Tonga; in full, Nomuka Island.
glosses: Ellipsis of Nomuka Township: a township in Nomuka Island, Nomuka Island Group, Tonga.
glosses: Ellipsis of Nomuka Group: an island group of Tonga, Tonga archipelago, Tonga.
Derived terms: Nomukan
sublieutenancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublieutenancies
Etymology: From sub- + lieutenancy.
Senses: glosses: The rank or position of sublieutenant.
sublieutenancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sublieutenancy
Kalao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian language of Kalao Island, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Synonyms: Kalaotoa
Nubians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nubian
jugfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jugfish
Etymology: From jug + fish.
Senses: glosses: The swellfish or swelltoad.
nurseryfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nurseryfishes
form: nurseryfish
Etymology: From nursery + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of the fish in the family Kurtidae that carry their egg clusters on hooks protruding from the foreheads of the males.
nurseryfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nurseryfish
cockleboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockleboats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cockboat.
cockleboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockleboat
lactify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lactifies
form: lactifying
form: lactified
form: lactified
Etymology: From lacto- + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To become milky.
glosses: To make milky.
lactifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lactify
lactifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lactify
lactified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lactify
lactification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See lactify (“to make or become milky”). Coined in sociological sense by Frantz Fanon.
Senses: examples: text: However, in stark contrast with the lactification principle so denigrated by Fanon, she decides to abort and come home. She will eventually become involved with a local Black trade unionist.
ref: 1995, Lillian S. Robinson, Modern women writers, volume 3, page 66:
text: He condemns the latter for advocating in her novels what he terms as the lactification principle: the coloured woman's rejection of her self and her assumption of the white man's identity through a relationship, generally sexual[…]
ref: 2003, Wendy Goolcharan-Kumeta, My mother, my country, page 111:
glosses: The whitening of a black race.
wikipedia: Frantz Fanon
oysterbank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oysterbanks
Etymology: From oyster + bank.
Senses: glosses: A bank or bed of oysters.
oysterbanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oysterbank
Parthenopean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Parthenope + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Parthenopean Republic (Italian: Repubblica Partenopea), a French First Republic-supported republic in the territory of the Kingdom of Naples, existing from January to June 1799.
springings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of springing
springlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From springless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The absence of springs.
semiphosphorescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + phosphorescent.
Senses: glosses: Partially phosphorescent.
Thera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Classical spelling, as borrowed from Latin Thēra, from Ancient Greek Θήρᾱ (Thḗrā).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Thira.
gigbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigbags
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gig bag.
gig bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gig bags
form: gigbag
Senses: glosses: A padded bag for the storage and transport of musical instruments, especially guitars.
gig bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gig bag
gigbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigbag
life-saving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lifesaving
Senses: examples: text: King was later said to have been within a sneeze or a jolt of extinction. Were it not for the pair of cops who gingerly carried him from Blumstein’s department store and the pair of surgeons who performed lifesaving surgery at Harlem Hospital there would have been no “I Have a Dream” speech and likely no national holiday honoring him.
ref: 2014 January 20, Michael Daly, “The Black and White Men Who Saved Martin Luther King’s Life”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2014:
text: Rizwan, who began his career on the railways in 2015, has risen to national prominence after making an estimated 29 life-saving interventions.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Rizwan Javed”, in RAIL, number 940, page 58 [concerning suicide prevention]:
glosses: Preserving life; preventing death.
entomostracean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entomostraceans
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the Entomostraca, a historical subclass of crustaceans.
entomostraceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entomostracean
disgorgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disgorging
aminosidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The antibiotic paromomycin.
monomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + -mycin.
Senses: glosses: The antibiotic paromomycin.
stiltlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stiltlike
form: most stiltlike
Etymology: From stilt + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In flight, their long necks and stiltlike legs are stretched out in line with the body to their full extent, moving strongly, with slowly beating wings, but not swiftly[…]
ref: 1926, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds, page 226:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a stilt.
throatful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: throatfuls
Etymology: From throat + -ful.
Senses: examples: a throatful of air
glosses: Enough to fill the throat.
throatfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throatful
semired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + red.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a form of red brass of lower quality.
red brass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: gunmetal alloy
Derived terms: semired
midback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midbacks
Etymology: From mid- + back.
Senses: examples: text: The adult white-collared manakin has a black crown, wings and tail, and a black band across the midback.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The middle portion of the back.
midbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midback
nimbocumulus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cumulonimbus cloud.
thicknessers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thicknesser
creaturs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creatur
antineutral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antineutral
form: most antineutral
Etymology: From anti- + neutral.
Senses: examples: text: Germany vehemently protested the British antineutral practices during the Boer War but engaged in aggressive antineutral acts little more than ten years later.
ref: 2005, Jack L. Goldsmith, Eric A. Posner, The Limits of International Law, page 53:
glosses: Opposing a policy of neutrality.
purset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)sɪt/
Forms: form: pursets
Senses: examples: text: The blood of the frog, and the bone in his back,
I have been getting: and made of his skin
A purset, to keep fir Cranion in
ref: 1609, Ben Jonson, The Masque of Queens:
glosses: A purse or purse net.
pursets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purset
oikophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) + -phobia. In the political sense, coined in a 1993 journal article by Roger Scruton.
Senses: glosses: Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.
examples: text: So, unlike the 60s, you have a dynamic in which both sides are behaving like radicals, in which the establishment isn’t yelling “stop,” and in which oikophobia is more evenly distributed, relative to its Boomer-era baseline.
ref: 2020, Aaron Sibarium, “The Weimarization of the American Republic”, in American Purpose, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2020:
glosses: Dislike of one's own culture or compatriots.
Related terms: oikophobe
oikophobic
nostophobia
shitting planks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He gave a little wave and then turned back to the computer, sweating. He was shitting planks now. He had to do this thing properly.
ref: 2006, Stephen J. Martin, Rock and a Hard Place, 1st edition, Cork: Mercier Press, →ISBN, page 368:
glosses: Extremely frightened.
starter motors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starter motor
nonsingularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsingularities
Etymology: From non- + singularity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Absence of singularity.
exodomains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exodomain
antinigger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antinigger
form: most antinigger
Etymology: From anti- + nigger.
Senses: examples: text: A white working-class General student lost his simple "antinigger" innocence when he began to see in what ways he and the "niggers" were in the same boat.
ref: 1970, Miriam Wasserman, The school fix, NYC, USA, page 489:
text: Fight the Power is Chuck D's chance to set the crooked record straight, whether it's taking on "the corporate pimps of soul" or calling out the government as "an antinigger machine."
ref: 1998, Sonic Options Network, Option, numbers 78-81, page 87:
text: […]choosing at this juncture to redefine himself in relation to an emerging black culture, a culture that was self-consciously antiwhite and, more significantly still, antinigger.
ref: 2007, Robert Reid-Pharr, Once You Go Black: Desire, Choice and Black American Intellectual, page 131:
glosses: Opposing black people.
antinihilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antinihilists
Etymology: From anti- + nihilist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One who opposes nihilism.
antinihilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antinihilist
tsarisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tsarism
antinoble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antinoble
form: most antinoble
Etymology: From anti- + noble.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing the nobility.
antinobility
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antinobility
form: most antinobility
Etymology: From anti- + nobility.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing the nobility.
unfloury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfloury
form: most unfloury
Etymology: From un- + floury.
Senses: glosses: Not floury.
unwettable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwettable
form: most unwettable
Etymology: From un- + wettable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be made wet.
unwelcomingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unwelcoming + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unwelcoming.
boolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of booly
booly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbuːli/
Forms: form: boolies
form: boley
form: bolye
form: booley
form: bouillie
Etymology: From Irish buaile (“cattle enclosure, summer pasturage for cows”), from Old Irish bó (“cow”) or būale, probably from Latin bovile (“cattle stall”) or bubile, from Latin bos (“cow, bull, ox”) (bov-).
Senses: glosses: A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars.
examples: text: The term booley was not confined to the mountainous districts; for in some parts of Ireland it was applied to any place where cattle were fed or milked, or which was set apart for dairy purposes.
text: they are evermore succoured and finde releife only in these boolies, being upon the waste places
ref: 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
synonyms: booley house
shieling
glosses: A place in the mountain pastures enclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
boxhauls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boxhaul
boxhauled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boxhaul
boxesful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boxful
Pittsburgh rare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Very well done on the surface and very rare internally.
raw_tags: of a piece of meat
pearlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearling
pearlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearlins
Etymology: Probably a corruption of purflings. See purfle.
Senses: examples: text: And d'ye hear, Gudyill, let Jenny Dennison slip on her pearlings to walk before my niece and me, and the three women to walk behind; and bid my niece attend me instantly.
ref: 1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume II (Old Mortality), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 217:
glosses: A kind of lace of silk or thread, considered elegant at the time.
snedging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snurging
Senses: examples: text: And, in a country that's publicly elected a seat-sniffer – a hobby which I believe is known as snedging, if you were wondering about the correct term, which you would've been. [The "seat sniffer" was Troy Buswell, leader of the opposition Liberal Party in Western Australia]
ref: 2008 May 3, Dianne Butler, “Nine has a gaping hole in its schedule after Underbelly ends”, in The Courier-Mail:
text: While it caused scenes of wild mirth in the house, we hope it helps bury the last of those snedging memories.
ref: 2009 November 11, James Jeffrey, “Word drops, so do pants”, in The Australian:
glosses: Sniffing the saddles of women's bicycles, or seats on which they have been sitting, for sexual gratification.
A2/c
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A2/cs
form: A2C
form: A2/C
Senses: examples: text: I was still a two-striper (A2/c) I couldn't afford phone calls.
ref: 2010, Franklin D. Duke, 21 Years in Blue: Story of Frank's Air Force Career 1951-1972:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: airman second class
A2/cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A2/c
A2/C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A2/Cs
form: A2C
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of A2/c.
A2/Cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A2/C
A2C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A2Cs
form: A2/c
form: A2/C
Senses: examples: text: Authorized grade of A2C (E-3).
ref: 2012, The Code Of Federal Regulations Of The United States Of America:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Airman second class
A2Cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A2C
shiteaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shiteater
unconfuted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconfuted
form: most unconfuted
Etymology: From un- + confuted.
Senses: glosses: Not confuted.
A-3
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A-3s
Senses: examples: text: Col. Cecil E. Combs (A-3) Combat Operations
ref: 1986, Haywood S. Hansell, The strategic air war against Germany and Japan:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Air operations and training officer.
examples: text: At the policy level, the functions of planning and establishing policies were lodged in A-1 (Personnel), (A-2) Intelligence, (A-3) Training...
ref: 1989, Robert Frank Futrell, Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine : Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force 1907-1960:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Operations and training section of an Air Force staff.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Sky warrior twin engine all weather attack aircraft.
confrontationality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From confrontational + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being confrontational.
intraframework
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + framework.
Senses: glosses: Within a framework.
gloriousest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of glorious: most glorious
A-3s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A-3
Kouvola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of the Kymenlaakso region, in southern Finland.
glosses: Any of a number of smaller localities in Finland.
A-III
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: ...and sent the Roman epic into theaters with an A-III rating...
ref: 2001, Leonard J. Leff, Jerold L. Simmons, The Dame in the Kimono:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: For adults only
Related terms: A
A-I
A-II
A-IV
Pouilly-Fumé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /puˌji fuˈmeɪ/
Forms: form: Pouilly-Fumés
Etymology: From French.
Senses: examples: text: ‘There’s Pouilly-Fumé in the fridge.’
ref: 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 138:
glosses: A dry white wine from the Loire valley of France.
A/3C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A/3Cs
form: A/3c
form: A3C
Senses: examples: text: and those of us who finished were promoted to the grade of airman third class - A3/C.
ref: 2006, Wolfgang W.E. Samuel, Coming to Colorado:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Airman third class
A/3Cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A/3C
A/3c
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A/3cs
form: A3C
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of A/3C.
A/3cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A/3c
A3C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A3Cs
form: A/3C
form: A/3c
Senses: examples: text: Another case involved an A3C "N."
ref: 1967, The United States Air Force JAG Law Review:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Airman third class
A-4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A-4s
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Skyhawk single engine attack aircraft.
examples: text: Deployed to a provisional air base squadron as the LG and serving as an A-4 officer...
ref: 2001, Today's Logistics:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Air material and supply officer.
examples: text: A-4 or S-4, performs all staff functions pertaining to supply and maintenance.
ref: 1944, AAF The Official Guide To The Army Air Forces:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Material and supply section of an Air Force staff.
A-IV
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: ...rated the film A-IV (for adults, with reservations)...
ref: 2008, Barry Keith Grant et al., American Cinema of the 1960s:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: For adults with reservations.
Related terms: A
A-I
A-II
A-III