cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
kunshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kunshis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 君子 (kunshi).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of junzi, used in Japanese contexts.
alpha blocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpha blockers
Senses: examples: text: He gave Daddy some painkillers and pills called alpha blockers to help him piss easier.
ref: 2022, Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling, Bloomsbury, page 12:
glosses: Alternative form of alpha-blocker.
it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of any press is good press.
synonyms: word: any press is good press
a far remove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The aristocratic House of Peers is at a far remove from the people
ref: 1919, Arthur Judson Brown, The Mastery of the Far East, section 295:
glosses: A great distance from something or somewhere.
Related terms: far removed
hate-speech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hate + speech.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hate speech.
Zabdicene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Carduchian principality in southeastern Anatolia.
Bazabde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Bezabde.
maiden-hair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maiden-hairs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maidenhair.
maiden-hairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maiden-hair
Carduchian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to the Carduchi tribe.
vim vitae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin vim (“energy, force, power, strength”) + vita (“life”).
Senses: topics: fantasy
fiction
literature
media
publishing
qualifier: supernatural; paranormal; supernatural; paranormal
glosses: life force
Related terms: vis vitae
mana
chi
ki
Fogge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fogges
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Fog
Fogg
RAKE receiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RAKE receivers
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of rake receiver.
RAKE receivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RAKE receiver
desecularisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desecularisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of desecularization.
bromotrifluoromethylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bromotrifluoromethylation
benzothienobenzothiophenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benzothienobenzothiophene
allotetrapolyploidizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allotetrapolyploidization
guard of vambrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guards of vambrace
Senses: examples: text: […] the guard of vambrace covers the cowter; the vambrace protects the forearm; and the gauntlet surrounds the fingers to the forearms
ref: 2008, Andrea Caroline Lawson, Reading Farewell Gifts in Early Modern Drama and Poetry:
text: "I have always heard," Anika answered, holding her arm out so Novak could fit the guard of vambrace over her elbow, "that the chief danger in battle is being trampled or smothered if unhorsed." She laughed.
ref: 2009, Angela Elwell Hunt, The Silver Sword, WaterBrook, →ISBN, page 181:
text: [image of a large guard of vambrace] Mid-fifteenth-century guard of vambrace.
Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries' Tournament, Guard of Vambrace, Manteau D'Arms and Passguard
The development of armour eventually made the shield redundant in battle for the knightly classes. By the late fifteenth century, the 'guard of vambrace' that covered the left elbow had grown, in England, as large as a small heater shield and many monumental brasses show English knights with extraordinarily large guards of vambrace; ...
ref: 2013, Paul F Walker, History of Armour 1100-1700, Crowood, →ISBN:
glosses: An additional piece of armor over the couter which further protects the arm.
Coordinate terms: english: the forearm guard or vambrace
translation: the forearm guard or vambrace
word: lower cannon of the vambrace ()
english: the rerebrace
translation: the rerebrace
word: upper cannon of the vambrace ()
intermediate phalanx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intermediate phalanges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of intermediate phalange.
proximal phalanx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proximal phalanges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proximal phalange.
middle phalange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle phalanges
form: middle phalanx
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of the phalanx bones in the middle of the fingers or toes; intermediate phalange
middle phalanx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle phalanges
form: middle phalange
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of the phalanx bones in the middle of the fingers or toes; intermediate phalanx
middle phalanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle phalanx or middle phalange
Cessnock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner city area of Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland, south of the Clyde (OS grid ref NS5664).
glosses: A city in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, west of Newcastle.
glosses: A local government area in New South Wales, Australia, which includes the actual city; in full, the City of Cessnock.
HCC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Desta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Destas
Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ደስታ (dästa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Amharic.
Destas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Desta
Shinwells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shinwell
Shimwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shimwells
form: Shinwell
Etymology: Anglicized form of the Old Norse personal name Svanhildr, which is composed of the elements svan (“swan”) and hildr (“battle”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old Norse.
Shimwells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shimwell
Fogges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fogge
Hillhead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
An inner suburb of Glasgow, Glasgow council area, west of the city centre (OS grid ref NS5767).
glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A hamlet south-east of Huntly, Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NJ5735).
glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A suburb of Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire council area (OS grid ref NS6673).
glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A coastal hamlet near Lybster, Caithness, Highland council area (OS grid ref ND2535)
glosses: A number of places in Scotland:
A small village in South Ayrshire council area (OS grid ref NS4219)
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Lostwithiel parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX0960).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village in Kingswear parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9053).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A coastal hamlet near Calshot, Fawley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire; not to be confused with Hill Head, east of Southampton Water (OS grid ref SU4801).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A locality in Shilbottle parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1908).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States.
Offley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Offleys
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Offa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL148262).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Offleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Offley
gatekeepership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gatekeeperships
Etymology: From gatekeeper + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of gatekeeper.
gatekeeperships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gatekeepership
movable alphabet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: movable alphabets
form: moveable alphabet
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A set of usually wooden or plastic letters of the alphabet, with the vowels and consonants in different colors, used to teach reading and writing in the Montessori system.
movable alphabets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of movable alphabet
moveable alphabet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moveable alphabets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of movable alphabet.
moveable alphabets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moveable alphabet
disapparition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disapparitions
Etymology: From dis- + apparition.
Senses: glosses: Disappearance
disapparitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disapparition
off like a dirty shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Going away; taking one's departure.
polylogism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The belief that different groups of people (based on race, class, historical era, etc.) reason in fundamentally different ways.
polylogistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polylogistic
form: most polylogistic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to polylogism.
polylogist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polylogists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of polylogism.
polylogists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polylogist
morphosculptural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to morphosculpture.
morphosculpturing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of morphosculpture
morphosculptured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of morphosculpture
Secret Intelligence Service
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Secret Intelligence Service
Senses: examples: text: In this section […] “intelligence service” means the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service or GCHQ […]
ref: 2010, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Other provisions about offences, section 13(6)”, in Bribery Act 2010, page 11:
glosses: MI6
Simmenthaler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Simmenthalers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Simmental (“kind of Swiss cattle”).
synonyms: word: Simmental
extra: kind of Swiss cattle
Simmenthalers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Simmenthaler
Simmentaler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Simmentalers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Simmenthaler (“kind of Swiss cattle”).
Simmentalers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Simmentaler
want to bet
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: “You want to bet?” Workman bunched his lips. He inhaled through his nose, the nostrils flaring as he studied Vaughn. Then he conceded the argument.
ref: 2011, George Harmon Coxe, Never Bet Your Life:
glosses: Are you sure? Do you really think so? (as a skeptical rebuttal to a claim)
heroic dose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heroic doses
Senses: glosses: A particularly large dose of a drug administered in an emergency as heroic medicine, or (in the case of recreational drugs) to produce very pronounced hallucinogenic effects.
heroic doses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heroic dose
wanna bet
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: “Oh, he'll make it,” said Knox.
Justin snickered. “Wanna bet?”
Knox's smile thinned.
ref: 2014, Erika Marks, Bet the House:
glosses: Alternative form of want to bet.
hyperthermically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a hyperthermic manner; in a condition of hyperthermia.
mama put
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mama puts
Etymology: Compound of mama (noun) + put (verb).
Senses: glosses: A stall selling Nigerian street food.
glosses: A woman who operates such a stall, or who cooks this kind of food.
mama puts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mama put
cut-and-run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cut-and-runs
Etymology: From cut and run.
Senses: examples: text: And Trump’s unprincipled cut-and-run betrays Afghan women’s groups and civil society activists whose precious gains, in terms of personal freedoms, education, healthcare and travel, may be trampled in the rush for the exit.
ref: 2019 August 19, Simon Tisdall, “Donald Trump’s ‘peace agreement’ is a betrayal of Afghanistan and its people”, in The Guardian:
text: At the end of June, however, Hodlife investors discovered their money had disappeared and realised they had been conned. The “rug pull” – or cut-and-run – led the Guardia Civil to open an investigation.
ref: 2021 November 23, Sam Jones, “Alleged Costa del Sol cryptocurrency con artist arrested”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A hurried escape or abandonment.
comprachico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comprachicos
Etymology: Coined from Spanish roots by the French writer Victor Hugo in his 1869 novel L'Homme qui rit (The Man Who Laughs). The word is not generally known in Spanish.
Senses: examples: text: But here in England a comprachico is equal to a murderer, a candidate for the hangman's noose.
ref: 1969, Günther Weisenborn, The Man Without a Face, page 10:
text: He is angry and equips himself accordingly—with a penknife to give the offender a comprachico countenance, a mirror to show him the effect, and a pair of nailed boots to give him his dismissal.
ref: 2016, George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Top Novelist Focus:
topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.
wikipedia: Victor Hugo
comprachicos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comprachico
upping stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upping stone
Horeb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːɹɛb/
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The mountain where the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by Yahweh, according to the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible.
Pouzzner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pouzzners
Senses: glosses: A surname.
vertebrotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: vertebrology
glosses: spinal manipulation to treat conditions such as scoliosis
vertebrology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vertebrotherapy.
synonyms: word: vertebrotherapy
sodbusting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sod + busting.
Senses: glosses: The breaking up of land, as with a plough, for agricultural purposes.
Related terms: sodbuster
bastard eel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastard eels
Senses: glosses: A moray, Gymnothorax miliaris.
Gettysburgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gettysburgian
form: most Gettysburgian
Etymology: From Gettysburg + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gettysburg.
Gettysburgian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gettysburgians
Etymology: From Gettysburg + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Gettysburg.
Gettysburgians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gettysburgian
sparklemuffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparklemuffins
Etymology: From sparkle + muffin.
Senses: glosses: A peacock spider, Maratus jactatus.
peacock spider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peacock spiders
Senses: glosses: A peacock jumping spider (Maratus spp.)
every miller draws water to his own mill
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: As the saying goes, 'every miller draws water to his own mill.'
ref: 2019, Pavel A. Strizhak, Sustainability of Fossil Fuels, page 79:
glosses: People are primarily concerned with their own interests.
put the miller's eye out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the miller's eye out
form: putting the miller's eye out
form: put the miller's eye out
form: put the miller's eye out
Senses: glosses: To dilute something excessively.
the mill cannot grind with water that is past
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Do not cry over spilt milk; what has already happened cannot be changed or repaired.
McIntire joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: McIntire joints
Etymology: Named after Charles McIntire.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electrical connection spliced together by means of a sleeve (double tube of copper for this purpose).
McIntire joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of McIntire joint
Shilbottle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1908).
girlmode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɛɹɫmoʊ̯d/
Etymology: From girl + mode.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: boymode
text: Saw another cow-orker at a local big hoity-toity benefit gala. Just went up and tapped him on the shoulder. Of course I told two others who were with me to follow me if they wanted to see a real goodie. He was very shocked, but cool about it. :) Took him a few seconds to realize just who I was, even though he had seen me in girlmode at the office H'ween party.
ref: 2002 February 19, Annie, “Bumping into friends”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet):
text: I was driving home late from seeing my friends in girlmode, and got stuck in a massive traffic jam. The guy in the car next to me gets out to check the traffic and stretch. In the process he saw me and gave me that look, and kept glancing my way for a while.
ref: 2022, Anna Burns, “Gender, Traffic, and Other Such Annoyances”, in Laura Erickson-Schroth, editor, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, 2nd edition, Oxford UP, →ISBN, page 189:
text: This is so relatable, but also kinda good for me sometimes? Like the one time I got catcalled in girlmode and it was actually weirdly euphoric. Ewphoria, as it were.
ref: 2023 September 25, Not-Jesus666, “Archived copy”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2024:
glosses: The state of presenting as a girl or woman, regardless of one's actual gender identity.
raw_tags: in transgender slang
girlmode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɛɹɫmoʊ̯d/
Forms: form: girlmodes
form: girlmoding
form: girlmoded
form: girlmoded
Etymology: From girl + mode.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: boymode
text: lmao everyone think i'm girlmoding nah bitch i just wear plain white shirts and skinny jeans, that's called lazymoding
ref: 2020 September 3, cadavre (@dummylizzie), Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2024:
text: I swear my mere presence, boymoding or girlmoding, has historically spread transness. Stumbled upon a friendship group I moved in when I was about 14 on twitter and half of them are trans now. I'm patient zero and nobody can tell me otherwise.
ref: 2022 March 23, bowbow 🫐💾💿 (@TwinkFreaks), “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2024:
text: My confidence has been doing a lot better since girlmoding more. I still need a lot more clothes, better makeup skills, and my eyebrows fixed for me to feel more comfortable but I’m trying at least.
ref: 2022 October 27, Marceline (@commiecrat), “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2024:
text: hi. recently quit a job that felt more like an abusive relationship. […] right and right again, i have had about an interview every two weeks for the last two months but to no avail- they all ghost. i use a feminine name and dont pass well due to my long hair and how i talk. i am starting to wonder if i am not hearing back from anyone (even the ones who promise a second interview, which has been three times now, have ghosted!) because i am clearly trans. would it be better to girlmode and come out later??
ref: 2025 February 19, humanboyfrank, “will girlmoding help me “pass” an interview?”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2025:
glosses: To present as a girl or woman, regardless of one's actual gender identity.
raw_tags: in transgender slang
girlmoder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɜːl.moʊ.də/
ipa: /ˈɡɜɹl.moʊ.dəɹ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lməʊdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: girlmoders
Etymology: From girlmode + -er. By surface analysis, girl + -moder.
Senses: coordinate_terms: boymoder
qualifier: transgender slang
glosses: One who is in girlmode (presenting femininely regardless of gender identity).
tarbucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tarbuckets
Etymology: From tar + bucket.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The shako traditionally worn by cadets of West Point as part of full dress.
tarbuckets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarbucket
moon block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moon blocks
Senses: glosses: A crescent carved from wood or bamboo, used in Chinese divination, producing one of four possible answers based on its orientation after being dropped.
moon blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moon block
outflight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outflights
Etymology: From Middle English outflight, out fliȝt, equivalent to out- + flight. Cognate with Dutch uitvlucht (“evasion, excuse”), German Ausflucht (“escape”), Swedish utflykt (“excursion”).
Senses: examples: text: He did not report whether any bats remained in the roost after the outflight.
ref: 1979, Hugh H. Genoways, Robert J. Baker, Biological Investigations in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas:
antonyms: inflight
glosses: The act or process of flying out.
glosses: The act or process of fleeing.
examples: text: Inflation increases capital outflight which diminishes the availability of funds for domestic investment.
ref: 1990, André Fargeix, Elisabeth Sadoulet, A Financial Computable General Equilibrium Model for the Analysis of Ecuador's Stabilization Programs:
glosses: Outward movement or exiting.
swap outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swap out
Moroccus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš). See Morocco for more.
Senses: examples: text: Kings of Feſſe, Moroccus and Argier,
He cals me Baiazeth, whom you call Lord.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
glosses: Morocco.
Calshot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small coastal village in Fawley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4701).
avant-folk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: avant-garde folk music
soapboxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soapboxers
Etymology: From soapbox + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who soapboxes.
soapboxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soapboxer
art hoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of art hoe
neoauthoritarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of neo-authoritarianism.
transwidow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transwidows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of trans widow.
transwidows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transwidow
Sunday dinners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sunday dinner
trans widows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trans widow
Lybster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The harbour was the base for more than 100 boats, and Lybster became the headquarters of one of the 26 fishery districts into which Scotland was divided, controlling the neighbouring harbours of Forse and Clyth and Latheronwheel.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 270:
glosses: A coastal village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2435).
titiviller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titivillers
Etymology: From titivil + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of titivil (“mischievous gossip or troublemaker”).
synonyms: word: titivil
extra: mischievous gossip or troublemaker
titivillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titiviller
flavor of the month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flavors of the month
form: flavour of the month
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flavor of the week.
synonyms: word: flavor of the week
flavors of the month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flavor of the month
flavours of the month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flavour of the month
four flush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four flushes
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
synonyms: bobtail
glosses: A hand that is one card short of being a full flush.
four flush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: four flushes
form: four flushing
form: four flushed
form: four flushed
Senses: glosses: To engage in empty boasting or bluffing.
four flushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of four flush
four flushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of four flush
four flushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of four flush
four flushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of four flush
Bertelson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bertelsons
Etymology: Americanized spelling of Danish and Norwegian Bertelsen or Swedish Bertelsson.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
cleeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleekers
Etymology: From cleek + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who fishes with a cleek, or large hook.
cleekers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleeker
Bickell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bickells
Etymology: Variant of Bickel.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bickells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bickell
Bertelsons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bertelson
Blankenburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Blankenburgs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Blankenburg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
time periods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time period
Blankenburgs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Blankenburg
periods of time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of period of time
Bonafedes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bonafede
Braund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Braunds
Etymology: Variant of Brand.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Andals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Andal
Braunds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Braund
chirurgian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chirurgians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chirurgeon.
chirurgians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chirurgian, Alternative spelling of chirurgeons.
Wollner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wollners
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wollner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Whitledge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Whitledges
Etymology: Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, or an altered form of Whitley.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Whitledges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Whitledge
Wollners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wollner
grantings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granting
coolometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coolometer
cool-o-meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cool-o-meter
Vukovic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vukovics
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Vuković.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Waterworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Waterworths
Etymology: Occupational surname for a water bailiff, from Middle English water (“water”) + ward (“guard”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Waterworths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Waterworth
Vukovics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vukovic
weenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weening
pachychalazal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pachychalaza + -al or pachy- + chalazal.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having or relating to a pachychalaza, an enlarged chalaza found in some dicots.
Related terms: pachychalaza
pachychalazy
Schone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schones
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schöne.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Santaella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Santaellas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Santaella. This surname is predominantly found in Venezuela.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Santaellas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Santaella
Schones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schone
pronto plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pronto plates
Senses: glosses: A non-toxic polyester plate used for informal modern lithography.
pronto plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronto plate
McClary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McClarys
Etymology: Variant of McCleary.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
acrocapitofemoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acro- + capitofemoral. Coined by Mortier et al. in 2003.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the proximal femoral head.
Funes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Funeses
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Funes, a habitational surname of Basque origin. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
billings and cooings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of billing and cooing
Deptula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deptulas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Deptuła.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Deptulas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Deptula
McClarys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McClary
Funeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Funes
artworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The specialist makers of prosthetics are part chemist, part artist and part engineer. Each tends to specialise in a particular area, such as sculpting, mould making, foaming latex, knotting hair into the pieces, colouring or artworking.
ref: 2003, Penny Delamar, The Complete Make-up Artist:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: The addition of small artistic details to a scene, prop, or prosthetic.
Whitleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Whitley
dirty down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dirties down
form: dirtying down
form: dirtied down
form: dirtied down
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
synonyms: blow down
glosses: To give (a set or a prop) an impression of wear and tear by spraying it unevenly with dye.
dirtied down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dirty down
dirties down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dirty down
dirtying down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dirty down
sucker bet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sucker bets
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: A wager having a very poor expected return relative to the odds of winning.
sucker bets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sucker bet
doina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doinas
form: doyna
form: doyne
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian doină.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:doina.
glosses: A kind of Romanian folk song, often of lament, which has also been adopted into klezmer (Ashkenazi Jewish) music.
reverse anorexia nervosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of muscle dysmorphia.
synonyms: word: muscle dysmorphia
keep the flag flying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps the flag flying
form: keeping the flag flying
form: kept the flag flying
form: kept the flag flying
Senses: examples: text: In spite of Y's double and in spite of the fact that the spade suit is not of the slightest use to him, as A cannot get any discards on it, A bids two hearts not only to keep the flag flying and prevent Z from going game but with high hopes that Y's double is a bluff.
ref: 1911, Advanced Auction Bridge, page 158:
text: […] all I know is that to keep the flag flying is an accepted part of bridge, […]
ref: 1929, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, volume 147, page 96:
topics: bridge
games
glosses: To bid more or less rashly in order to liven up the game.
Related terms: flag-flying
flag-flying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: Bidding more or less rashly in order to liven up the game.
Related terms: keep the flag flying
flegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleg
interarticulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: interarticulations
Etymology: From inter- + articulation.
Senses: examples: text: I have first to present certain anatomical facts of the interarticulation of the normal human denture.
ref: 1892, J. D. White, John Hugh McQuillen, George Jacob Ziegler, The Dental Cosmos, volume 34, page 600:
glosses: The manner in which the elements of a system are connected together.
Related terms: interarticulate
interarticulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interarticulation
cafeterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cafeteria + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The Government does not operate the cafeterial service. It provides the facilities and then it leases the cafeteria to a private contractor.
ref: 1937, United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee, Navy Department Appropriation Bill for 1938, Hearings..., page 168:
glosses: Of or relating to a cafeteria.
ringmastership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ringmaster + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of ringmaster.
Nursling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in Nursling and Rownhams parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England, just outside the City of Southampton (OS grid ref SU3716).
interarticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interarticulates
form: interarticulating
form: interarticulated
form: interarticulated
Etymology: From inter- + articulate.
Senses: glosses: To connect or be connected together.
Related terms: interarticulation
interarticulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interarticulate
interarticulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interarticulate
interarticulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interarticulate
Colchidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Colchidian
form: most Colchidian
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Colchian.
synonyms: word: Colchian
Egrisi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Lazica (in the Georgian language)
synonyms: word: Lazica
extra: in the Georgian language
Lazican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of, or pertaining to Lazica
Aunt Tomasina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aunt Tomasinas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Aunt Thomasina.
Rownhams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in Nursling and Rownhams parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England, just outside the City of Southampton (OS grid ref SU3817).
glosses: A service area on the M27 motorway to the east of the village (OS grid ref SU3917).
Aunt Tabby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aunt Tabbies
Senses: topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: A woman who opposes the feminist movement or regards it as too radical.
Aunt Tabbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aunt Tabby
gendercrits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gendercrit
ockerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ockerer
super-ultimate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of superultimate.
paytechs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paytech
hot jazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dixieland (“jazz music subgenre”).
synonyms: word: Dixieland
extra: jazz music subgenre
the ghost walks
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: An allusion to a scene in Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Senses: examples: text: Ask the regular staff at any theatre when the ghost walks and the chances are that the answer will be — on a Friday, ie pay night (unless that happens to be on a Thursday!).
ref: 2010, John Harper, editor, Tales of Haunted Places:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: The manager comes to pay the company's salaries.
platelaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plate + laying.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The work of a platelayer, inspecting and maintaining the permanent way.
cotul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cotuls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kotul.
cimiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cimiters
Senses: examples: text: […] That he had simply without fraud or guile sent him his owne Cimiters with the which he vsed to helpe himselfe couragiously in the wars but that hee had not sent him the hand and arme, which with the Cimiter cleft the Turkes in two, […]
ref: 1625, Philippus CAMERARIUS, The Living Librarie ... Done Into English by I. Molle ... with Some Additions [including Parts of Centuria II] by H. Molle, His Sonne. The Second Edition, page 299:
text: The usual Arms of the Persians were, a Sabre or Cimiter, [...] a Javelin pointed with Iron, the Bow and Arrow, and the Sling, for offensive Weapons; and for defensive, besides Shields and Helmets, they wore Cuirasses, Brassets, and Cuishes.
ref: 1732, Archibald Bower, Historia Litteraria, page 458:
text: As soon as they discovered us they came running towards us in the most frantic manner, with drawn cimiters, and stripped us amid the most frantic yells.
ref: 1836, Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea, Or Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities, and Providential Deliverances from Fire and Famine on the Ocean ..., page 39:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of scimitar.
cimiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cimiter
frogtie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: frogties
form: frogtying
form: frogtied
form: frogtied
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: To tie the ankles of (a person) to their thighs, bending their knees 180°
Sygrove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sygroves
Etymology: Variant of Seagrave.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
free-spirited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more free-spirited
form: most free-spirited
Senses: examples: text: Very Lonely in Alabama seeking to correspond with warm-hearted free-spirited intelligent and open-minded people for long-term relationships as we are all of the above.
ref: 1982 December 25, Danny Moulds, Jimmy W. Byce, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 23, page 15:
glosses: Having or relating to a free spirit, independent and not constrained by convention.
Related terms: english: third sense
translation: third sense
word: anarchic
Nisaba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒊺𒉀 (ᵈnisaba /⁠Nisabak⁠/).
Senses: glosses: The Sumerian goddess of writing, learning, and the harvest.
plays someone like a fiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play someone like a fiddle
playing someone like a fiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play someone like a fiddle
played someone like a fiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play someone like a fiddle
plays someone like a violin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play someone like a violin
playing someone like a violin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play someone like a violin
played someone like a violin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play someone like a violin
smutgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smutgrasses
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A grass, Sporobolus indicus, native to the West Indies and also common in the Southern United States.
smutgrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smutgrass
pancake engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pancake engines
Senses: glosses: A compact internal combustion engine consisting of stacked cylindrical sections.
pancake engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pancake engine
paper the house
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: papers the house
form: papering the house
form: papered the house
form: papered the house
Senses: synonyms: paper
glosses: To give away free tickets to a theater performance etc. so as to ensure a sizeable audience.
Related terms: paper house
laughlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The careless smile, like a bright banner borne:
The laughlike merriment; the lip of scorn;
And for a cloak, what is there that can be
So difficult to pierce as gaiety?
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XII. Lady Marchmont’s Journal.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 82:
glosses: Pertaining to or reminiscent of a laugh.
passive defense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passive defenses
Senses: examples: text: The construction of concrete revetments and hardened facilities, and the provision of chemical warfare defense equipment and clothing, all contribute to our passive defense capabilities.
ref: 1986, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 1987, page 317:
text: In this view, Soviet defensive measures—including civil defense and similar passive defenses—would effectively protect their leadership and its communication system, as well as reduce civilian casualties and protect important war-related industrial capacity.
ref: 1985, Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies, page 112:
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: active defense
glosses: Forms of defense that offer protection without counterattacking.
passive defenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passive defense
endomeckelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + Meckelian.
Senses: examples: text: The area between the ventral margin of the prearticular and ventral margin of the jaw is the exomeckelian fenestra. It contains the endochondral Meckelian bone, which surrounds a number of endomeckelian fenestrae as a series of arches.
ref: 2006 August 24, Matthew T. Carrano, Timothy J. Gaudin, Richard W. Blob, John R. Wible, Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: Of or relating to fenestrae developed in endochondral bone of the lower jaw.
Macnair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See McNair.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of MacNair.
exomeckelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exo- + Meckelian.
Senses: examples: text: The area between the ventral margin of the prearticular and ventral margin of the jaw is the exomeckelian fenestra. It contains the endochondral Meckelian bone, which surrounds a number of endomeckelian fenestrae as a series of arches.
ref: 2006 August 24, Matthew T. Carrano, Timothy J. Gaudin, Richard W. Blob, John R. Wible, Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: Of or relating to fenestrae developed in dermal bone of the lower jaw.
Zoomland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zoom-land
form: Zoom land
Etymology: From Zoom + -land, popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic when the video teleconferencing software Zoom became an increasingly common way to communicate.
Senses: examples: text: Fun times in zoom land. #arbonne #goals #dreamchaser #herewegomarch #bettertogether #nation #team #determined [inlcuded in the post is a photo of a computer screen displaying a Zoom meeting]
ref: 2017 March 1, Sara Lytle, Instagram, retrieved 10 Jan 2022:
text: "And now the kids are back in Zoom-land with classes. They're doing it remotely," she [Michelle Obama] said in September.
ref: 2020 October 23, Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, Virginia Chamlee, “The Obamas Share Rare Family Photo as Barack Says Sasha and Malia Have Bonded as 'Great Friends'”, in People, Meredith Corporation, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2020:
text: We had so much time when we were in Zoomland where we had to think, “Wait, why am I waking up and doing this again?”
ref: 2021 October 15, Jennifer Lu, “Workers quitting en masse is ‘a great thing,’ says workplace happiness expert—here’s why”, in CNBC, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2021:
glosses: The proverbial place video teleconferences, particularly using the software Zoom, take place.
wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic
Zoom
reworder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reworders
Etymology: From reword + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who rewords something.
popular musics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popular music
pop musics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pop music
plinthosols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plinthosol