cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
didapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didappers
Etymology: From Middle English dydoppar, from earlier douedoppe, deuedep, dyuedap with agentive suffix -er, from Old English dūfedoppa (“diving bird, pelican”), from dūfan (“to dive”) + *doppa (“diver”) (whence modern English dop (“diving bird”)). By surface analysis, dive + dop + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The misery of man may fitly be compar'd to a Di­dapper, who when she is under water, past our sight, and indeed can seem no more to us, rises again; […]
ref: 1679, Francis Beaumont, Fifty comedies and tragedies, page 483:
glosses: A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and fresh waters, specifically a little grebe or dabchick.
examples: text: If a Martin can play at cheſtes, as well as his nephewe the ape, he ſhall knowe what it is for a ſcaddle pawne, to croſſe a Biſhop in his owne walke. Such dydoppers must be taken vp, els theile not ſtick to check the king.
ref: 1589, John Lyly, Pappe with an hatchet, page 3:
text: In earneſt thus; There is a Doctor and his Fart, that haue kept a foule ſtinking ſtirre in Paules Churchyard; I crie him mercie I ſlaundered him, he is ſcarſe a Doctor till he hath done his Acts: this dodipoule, this didopper, this profeſſed poetical braggart, hath raild vpon me with out wit or art, in certaine foure penniworth of Letters, and three farthing-worth of Sonnets; now do I meane to preſent him and Shakerley to the Queens foole-taker for coatch-horſes: for two that draw more equallie in one Oratoriall yoke of vaine-glorie there is not vnder heauen.
ref: 1592, Thomas Nashe, Strange newes, of the intercepting certaine letters, and a conuoy of verſes, as they were going priuilie to victuall the Low Countries:
text: In this towne two Cut-purſes were taken, that with other two of their companions followed mee from Lõdon (as many better diſpoſed perſons did): but theſe two dy-doppers gaue out when they were apprehended, that they had laid wagers and betted about my iourney; […]
ref: 1600, William Kempe, Kemps nine daies vvonder, page 6:
glosses: A scoundrel, a worthless person
dioscuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Dioscuric
form: dioscouric
form: Dioscouric
form: dioskuric
form: Dioskuric
Etymology: From Dioscuri + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Describing a twin; whether person or event.
glosses: Related to the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux).
duniwassal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duniwassals
form: dunniewassal
Senses: glosses: A gentleman of the Scottish Highlands.
spinach dip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinach dips
Senses: examples: text: If you aren't sure, just go with the spinach dip and you'll be safe every time.
glosses: A common restaurant appetizer made from spinach and another ingredient such as mayonnaise, cream cheese, or sour cream, and usually served with tortilla chips.
bev
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bevs
Senses: examples: text: Spirits & dist. alcoholic bevs
ref: 2005, Anneke Jessen, Christopher Vignoles, Jamaica: Trade, Integration and the Quest for Growth, page 11:
text: The body typically takes an hour to process one standard drink. If you drink fast or chug your bevs, your body doesn't have the time it needs to do this, resulting in a buildup of alcohol in your bloodstream and a higher BAC.
ref: 2021 May 19, Adrienne Santos-Longhurst, “How to Drink Without Getting Drunk”, in Healthline, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2022:
text: Now, the bar on Dorsey Street has launched a cheap drinks deal on Friday nights, with some of its most popular bevs priced at less than a fiver.
ref: 2022 December 6, Jenna Campbell, “Bar that launched crowdfunder to save business from closure selling drinks for £2.50”, in Manchester Evening News, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2022:
text: Well, get ready to add even more yuletide bevs to your list of go-to sips, because Shake Shack's holiday 2022 milkshake flavors are serving up three delicious sips that are sweeter than sugar plums.
ref: 2022 December 22, Jillian Giandurco, “The Circle's Yu Ling Wu Named This Shake Shack Holiday Flavor Her Fave”, in Elite Daily, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2023:
glosses: Clipping of beverage.
Derived terms: cannabev
Related terms: bev-alc
scenarii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɛˈnɑːɹiː/
Etymology: From scenario, the terminal o having been replaced with an i to form its plural, by the Italian -o → -i pattern for forming plurals, by analogy with concerti and virtuosi. However, the modern plural of the Italian word scenario is scenari.
Senses: glosses: plural of scenario
cooperatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cooperatively
form: most cooperatively
form: coöperatively
Etymology: From cooperative + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Google Drive enables users to edit documents and interactive notes cooperatively.
ref: 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1083:
glosses: In a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team.
Derived terms: anticooperatively
noncooperatively
bunkbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunkbeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bunk bed.
co-operatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more co-operatively
form: most co-operatively
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cooperatively.
stelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stellings
Etymology: From Dutch stelling.
Senses: examples: text: For a few pennies we could have a breakfast of pineapple, paw-paw, grapefruit and bananas, which could be bought a hundred yards from the stelling.
ref: 1951, W. I. B. Crealock, Vagabonding Under Sail, Hastings House (New York), page 138:
glosses: A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)
mucky pup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mucky pups
form: mucky-pup
Senses: glosses: A typically messy or dirty child or (humorously) adult.
seizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seize
riveted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rivet
collimated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of collimate
collimated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more collimated
form: most collimated
Senses: examples: text: Low-mass objects have much more collimated flows than high mass sources.
ref: 1984, Charles J. Lada, “Energetic Outflows, Winds and Jets around Young Stars”, in M. F. Kessler, J. P. Phillips, editors, Galactic and Extragalactic Infrared Spectroscopy, page 266:
text: 2008 May, A. M. Soderberg, et al., An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova, Accepted draft, page 3,
Wolf-Rayet stars are also argued⁹ to give rise to gamma-ray bursts, a related but rare class of explosions characterized by highly-collimated relativistic jets.
text: Although the most collimated outflows look very much jet-like at the highest velocities, their behavior is much more classical at lower speeds.
ref: 2011, R. Bachiller, M. Tafalla, “Bipolar Molecular Outflows”, in Charles J. Lada, N.D. Kylafis, editors, The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems, page 240:
text: Closing the aperture results in more collimated light, as only light traveling in the right direction can make it through the smaller opening.
ref: 2012, Kurt Demaagd, Anthony Oliver, Nathan Oostendorp, Katherine Scott, Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV: The Simple Way to Make Technology See, page 222:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Composed of rays that are parallel, thus having a wavefront that is planar.
raw_tags: of a light beam
Derived terms: noncollimated
uncollimated
kiltie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪl.tiː/
Forms: form: kilties
Senses: glosses: A shoe having a fringed tongue or fringed extra piece that lies over the tongue.
glosses: The fringed tongue of such a shoe.
examples: text: At one place I had leapt with my pal into a small shell hole, and over to my right was a kiltie engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle with a Hun.
ref: 2022, Reginald Grant, S.O.S. Stand to!:
glosses: A person who wears a kilt.
canoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnuːdl̩/
ipa: /kəˈnud(ə)l/
text: -
rhymes: -uːdəl
Forms: form: canoodles
Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested:
* From a blend of ca(ress) + noodle (“to engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time; to mess around, to play”).
* From German knuddeln (“to cuddle; (originally) to embrace tightly”); or related to Low German knuddle (“a clump, a knot”), a diminutive of knude, related to Old High German knodo, knoto (“a knot”) (modern German Knoten (“knot”)); ultimate etymology unknown. Compare also Norwegian Bokmål knulle (“to fuck”), Swedish knulla (“to fuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *knuzlijaną (“to beat; to mash”) (and also compare the semantics of the Scandinavian cognates of fuck).
The noun is probably derived from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: She got on with the crewmen, all of whom liked her and at least one of whom, Pinky Montmorency, took more than a casual interest in her. Probably a bit of a canoodle now and then in the room behind the office.
ref: 1980, Peter De Vries, chapter 1, in Consenting Adults or The Duchess will be Furious […], Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: A caress, a cuddle, a hug.
canoodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnuːdl̩/
ipa: /kəˈnud(ə)l/
text: -
rhymes: -uːdəl
Forms: form: canoodles
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Senses: glosses: A donkey.
glosses: A foolish lover; also (generally) a fool.
Tornedalen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtɔː(ɹ)nəˌdɑːlən/
Etymology: From Swedish Tornedalen (“Meänmaa”), a geographic region shared by Sweden and Finland.
Senses: glosses: Tornedalen Finnish, or Meänkieli (Finnic language spoken in northern Sweden)
wikipedia: Meänmaa
Related terms: Torne Valley Finnish
platte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] a cotte of platte, a sallet, a halbert, a byll, sworde, and dager, 1l. 6s. 8d.; […]
ref: 1589, “Chronicon Pretiosum Snathense; or Lists of Prices of Various Kinds of Agricultural Produce, and of other Articles, in the Ecclesiastical Peculiar of Snaith, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. […]”, in Journal of the Statistical Society of London, volume XXI, London: John William Parker and Son, […], published December 1858, page 411, column 2:
text: Two hundred half Lucoryes, half hundred English hupes, one bruing paune two smale paunes, one brass potte, five chests one trunke fiue brass candlesticks, two coops of platte, two Juells of gould two ringes of gould, two cupperts, tenn poundes worth of triffling in merchant ware, twelve poundes in money, seaven hundred sheepskins, two Spanis tables three quarter hundred Riess three barrells of beare malt twelve peeter dishes, two pattingers, two smale savcers with other smale trifflings.
ref: 1619, Edward Butler, quotee, “Clonmel 1603-1641”, in William P. Burke, History of Clonmel, Waterford: […] N. Harvey & Co. for the Clonmel Library Committee, published 1907, page 45:
text: It[em] to severall platte cups and spoones / It[em] to severall pewter dishes
ref: 1649–1660, Middlesex County in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New England: Records of Probate and Administration, October 1649-December 1660, page 384:
glosses: Obsolete form of plate.
riem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riems
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reim.
wolfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wolf
wolfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of wolves.
wolfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: wolf + -ing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wolf
wolfing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: wolf + -ing
Senses: glosses: The hunting of wolves for their skins.
Related terms: lone-wolfing
wolfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wo͝olft
ipa: /wʊlft/
rhymes: -ʊlft
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wolf
lunula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: second syllable stressed
ipa: /ˈlun.ju.lə/
note: second syllable unstressed
ipa: /ˈlun.jʊ.lə/
Forms: form: lunulae
form: lunulæ
form: lunule
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lūnula.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
glosses: A crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome.
Derived terms: azure lunula
lunular
lunulate
Related terms: eponychium
Rhian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From modern Welsh Rhian.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Welsh.
Rhian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly a modern spelling variant of Ryan.
Senses: glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
spiny lobster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiny lobsters
Senses: glosses: a crustacean superficially resembling a true lobster, belonging to the family Palinuridae.
Synonyms: rock lobster
Derived terms: Japanese spiny lobster
appendicectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: appendicectomies
form: appendectomy
Etymology: From appendic- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: the surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix
atherectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: atherectomies
Etymology: From ather- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure to remove plaque from an artery.
Derived terms: endoatherectomy
Related terms: atherosclerosis
endarterectomy
cholecystectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: cholecystectomies
Etymology: From cholecyst + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure to remove the gall bladder
Derived terms: electrocholecystectomy
postcholecystectomy
Related terms: cholecystectomized
cholecyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊləˌsɪst/
Forms: form: cholecysts
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “gall; bile”) + κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”).
Senses: examples: 1882, Burt G. Wilder, Simon H. Gage, Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat, A. S. Barnes and Company, page 287,
Press on the cholecyst, and the contained bile will be forced into the various bile ducts:
1904, Columbus Medical Journal, Volume 28, Columbus Medical Publishing Company, page 342,
Sharpe observed that when the contents of the cholecyst had ulcerated, perforated, through the abdominal wall and the gall-bladder became evacuated the patient improved […] .
2010, Hans-Christian Schneider, Juergen Wahrburg, 4: Simulation Model for the Dynamics Analysis of a Surgical Assistance Robot, Seung Hyuk Baik (editor), Robot Surgery, InTech (IntechOpen), page 15,
This experiment simulates the environment by using a liver with a cholecyst to reproduce pseudo in-vivo environment and laparoscopic cholecystectomy where the cholecyst is removed from the liver.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The gall bladder.
Derived terms: cholecystectomy
cholecystic
cholecystitis
cholecystolithiasis
pericholecystic
Related terms: cholangio-
clitoridectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: clitoridectomies
form: clitorectomy
Etymology: From clitoris + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision
Derived terms: clitoridectomize
Related terms: clitoridotomy
infibulation
clitorectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: clitorectomies
form: clitoridectomy
Etymology: From clitoris + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision
Related terms: clitoridotomy
infibulation
colectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: colectomies
Etymology: From col- + -ectomy.
Senses: examples: text: I need a partial colectomy, where part of the colon is removed.
ref: 2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 30:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the large intestine or colon.
Coordinate terms: coloplasty
colorectomy
colotomy
proctectomy
rectectomy
Derived terms: hemicolectomy
proctocolectomy
discectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: discectomies
form: diskectomy
Etymology: From disc + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure to remove all or part of an intervertebral disc; discotomy.
Derived terms: discectomize
microdiscectomy
diskectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: diskectomies
Etymology: From disk + -ectomy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of discectomy.
Derived terms: microdiskectomy
intervertebral disc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intervertebral discs
form: intervertebral disk
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: discus intervertebralis
glosses: A disc between the vertebra in the spine.
Derived terms: discectomy
discotomy
micronise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹɒnɪz/
Forms: form: micronises
form: micronising
form: micronised
form: micronised
form: micronize
Etymology: From micron + -ise.
Senses: glosses: To reduce in size, often to micrometre scale.
Derived terms: micronisation
micronize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: micronizes
form: micronizing
form: micronized
form: micronized
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of micronise.
Related terms: micronise
micronisation
micronization
GAFIA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæfi.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡɑfi.ə/
Forms: form: gafia
Etymology: Acronym of getting away from it all. Used in early science-fiction fandom.
Senses: examples: text: gafia - (Wilson) - Get Away From It All; motto of escapism.
ref: 1944, John Bristol Speer, “G - Guild”, in Fancyclopedia:
text: So once again there were only 2 Fen, and while one picked up his obliterine and turned toward Mimi, the other, an escapist, picked up a prozine to gafia.
ref: c. 1944, Forrest J Ackerman, “Fantasy Flanguage”, in What is Science Fiction Fandom?, page 27:
text: "Gafia" (getting away from it all) started out being what a fan did when he was fanning.
ref: 1977, Damon Knight, The Futurians, page 71:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The state of becoming involved in science fiction and fandom activity, leaving the mundane world.
examples: text: Just a minor siege of GAFIA, from which, eventually, I will once again develop an enthusiasm for stf. At least I hope so. ¶ Etymological note for the benefit of fans who haven't met the word before: GAFIA is an intermittent affliction of fans. The letters stand for Getting Away From It All. Symptoms are sheer boredom while trying to read promags or fanzines, and allowing correspondence to pile up unanswered. Also a wish that half-done fanzines could be forgotten for a while. I am struggling to combat that last.
ref: 1950 April, Arthur H. Rapp, “Timber!”, in Spacewarp, volume 7, number 1 (#37 overall):
text: All computers had done was to speed up the process. New fans turned up more quickly, disappeared into gafia within months, if not weeks.
ref: 1996 November, Ted White, “The Purple Fields Of Fanac”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 10, page 7:
text: Sorry, your demonstration does not in fact demonstrate gafia, only sanity. You'll have to do something else to demonstrate gafia. (Tip: When trying to prove gafia, don't do it in a post to rec.arts.sf.fandom.)
ref: 1998 June 15, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, “Re: wedding: Leslie Smith & Ken Josenhans”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet):
text: Actually I suppose it's restarting, but seeing as how my first time round was when Tarzan was editing Moorcock Weekly or whatever maybe my gafia can be forgotten.
ref: 2000 August, Paul Campbell, “Lokta Plokta”, in Plotka, volume 5, number 4 (#20 overall):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The state of exiting or becoming inactive in fandom.
Derived terms: degafiate
degafiated
degafiates
degafiating
degafiation
gafiate
gafiated
gafiates
gafiating
gafiation
Related terms: FAFIA
microns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micron
micronises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of micronise
micronising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of micronise
micronised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of micronise
micronisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micronization
Etymology: From micron + -isation.
Senses: glosses: The process by which a material is reduced in size, often to micrometre proportions.
Related terms: micronise
micronize
micronization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micron + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of micronisation.
Related terms: micronise
micronize
shake table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shake tables
Senses: glosses: An experimental platform that simulates earthquake motion to verify seismic performance of building structures.
Synonyms: earthquake shaking table
Hypernyms: table
micronizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of micronize
micronizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of micronize
micronized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of micronize
Arcady
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).
Senses: examples: text: […] And many an old philosophy
⁠On Argive heights divinely sang,
⁠And round us all the thicket rang
To many a flute of Arcady.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 40:
glosses: Arcadia, an ancient region of Greece with a tradition of rural, bucolic innocence.
Arcady
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Арка́дий (Arkádij).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Арка́дий (Arkádij).
psilocybin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪ.ləˈsaɪ.bɪn/
ipa: /ˌsaɪ-/
ipa: /ˌsʌɪ.lə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪ.bɪn/
Forms: form: psilocybins
Etymology: Borrowed from German Psilocybin (coined by Albert Hofmann), from translingual Psilocybe (“genus of mushroom”) + -in.
Senses: examples: text: The problem of the mushroom supply was solved straight away when Leary learned from a graduate student named George Litwin that a chemist at the Sandoz Corporation, Dr. Albert Hofmann, had recently synthesized the psychoactive molecule of the mushroom, calling it psilocybin.
ref: 2004, Martin Torgoff, “Psychedelic Spring”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 70:
text: It’s no stretch to posit that because human neurotransmitters respond to the platform’s iconic use of a certain shade of blue, and spark with dopamine upon receiving a “like” or “tag” notification, desperate children are now living in cages and a raving madman occupies the Oval Office. Not even Orwell, after a feast of psilocybin, could have predicted this dystopia.
ref: 2019 January 29, Tom Bissell, “An Anti-Facebook Manifesto”, in New York Times:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C₁₂H₁₅N₂O·H₂PO₃, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin.
wikipedia: Albert Hofmann
Derived terms: psilocybin mushroom
Related terms: psilocin
Psilocybe semilanceata
magic mushroom
sickeningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sickeningly
form: most sickeningly
Etymology: From sickening + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The punch was sickeningly sweet; if it had had any more sugar I would have wanted to rinse my mouth with vinegar.
glosses: In a manner to sicken.
NCLB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of No Child Left Behind, an American educational reform.
mimeo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪm.ɪ.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɪm.i.oʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɪm.ɪ.əʉ/
Forms: form: mimeos
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: examples: text: Underground film and performance art were blossoming; backroom mimeo presses seemed to be everywhere.
ref: 2004, Martin Torgoff, “Everybody Must Get Stoned”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 105:
glosses: A mimeograph.
glosses: An unpublished academic paper.
mimeo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪm.ɪ.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɪm.i.oʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɪm.ɪ.əʉ/
Forms: form: mimeos
form: mimeoing
form: mimeoed
form: mimeoed
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: To mimeograph.
tiddly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪd.li/
Forms: form: tiddlies
Senses: examples: text: As far as he could tell, except for her evening ‘tiddlies’, two rather hefty drinks taken ‘neat’ without the diluting benefit of water or ice, his mother had very nearly stopped her drinking.
ref: 2002, Pat Patterson, SpiritPath, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 429:
text: Well, hell, I figured we’d just save that money, get us a few tiddlies at Fat Ernst’s instead.
ref: 2010, Jeff Jacobson, Wormfood, Medallion Press, →ISBN, page 54:
text: JC heard him remark, “I need a bit of the tiddly my dear. It’s been a hard day.” Tiddly, hm, must be an English drink?
ref: 2012, Johnny Mack Hood, Cannibal Caper, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: An alcoholic beverage.
Synonyms: bevvy
libation
tipple
alcoholic beverage
tiddly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪd.li/
Forms: form: tiddlier
form: tiddliest
Senses: glosses: Somewhat drunk
Synonyms: tiddled
tipsy
tozy-mozy
drunk
Related terms: tiddlywinks
tiddly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪd.li/
Forms: form: more tiddly
form: most tiddly
Senses: examples: text: Jeff wouldn't slow down, not even a tiddly bit.
glosses: tiny; little
Synonyms: diddy
minute
teensy
tiny
tiddly
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪd.li/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of diddly (a trill sound)
Related terms: tiddly-om-pom-pom
tiddly suit
infringing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From infringe + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of infringe
infringing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more infringing
form: most infringing
Etymology: From infringe + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: …it is infringing to offer abroad a process which either consitutes an infringement…
ref: 2021, Paul England, Simon Cohen, A User's Guide to Intellectual Property in Life Sciences:
text: Plaintiff further alleges that it is not so infringing, that such patent is invalid…
ref: 1953, Federal Supplement - Volume 111:
text: NHL says it's infringing to use the keyword NHL in your app about the NHL.
ref: 2011 May 11, “NHL Says It's Infringing To Use The Keyword NHL In Your App About The NHL”, in Techdirt:
glosses: violative
Derived terms: infringingly
daylily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daylilies
form: day lily
Etymology: From day + lily.
Senses: glosses: Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Hemerocallis, that have fleshy roots, grasslike leaves and colourful flowers that bloom for just one day.
luteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From luteum + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The app suggests foods and exercises for different stages of a woman’s cycle — “lazy girl glutes” and grass-fed butter during the luteal phase — along with workout videos, recipes and emotional guidance.
ref: 2025 March 21, Katie J. M. Baker, “The Conservative Women’s Magazine With Big Ambitions, and Sex Tips for Wives”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the corpus luteum.
Derived terms: intraluteal
luteal phase
midluteal
nonluteal
corpus luteum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corpora lutea
Etymology: From Latin corpus (“body”) + lūteum (“yellow”).
Senses: examples: text: The role of the corpus luteum in the oestrous cycle and in pregnancy was shown in 1929 by G. W. Corner (1889–1981) and Willard Allen (1904–93) to depend on a hormone named progestin, later called progesterol.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 546:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in mammals; it secretes steroid hormones.
Derived terms: haemolutein
scrolling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scroll
scrolling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrollings
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The continuous movement of text or images on a display screen in either a horizontal or vertical direction.
glosses: Ornamental scrollwork.
glosses: Clipping of doomscrolling
luteal phase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luteal phases
Senses: examples: text: The app suggests foods and exercises for different stages of a woman’s cycle — “lazy girl glutes” and grass-fed butter during the luteal phase — along with workout videos, recipes and emotional guidance.
ref: 2025 March 21, Katie J. M. Baker, “The Conservative Women’s Magazine With Big Ambitions, and Sex Tips for Wives”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025:
glosses: The latter part of the menstrual cycle, that occurs after ovulation, in which the corpus luteum secretes progesterone to prepare the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo.
frat boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frat boys
form: fratboy
Senses: glosses: A member of a fraternity in a college or university.
entreating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of entreat
entreating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entreatings
Senses: examples: text: Deal with them with earnest humble entreatings. Let them perceive it is the desire of your hearts to do them good; that you have no other end but their everlasting happiness; […]
ref: 1650, Richard Baxter, The Saints' Everlasting Rest:
glosses: entreaty
frat boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frat boy
title track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: title tracks
Senses: topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
music
television
glosses: An audio track having the same name as the album, EP or film that it is taken from.
topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
music
television
glosses: An audio track having the same name as the album, EP or film that it is taken from.
The promoted song(s) of an album, most times the single(s), regardless of the title.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The pursuit of a title or the process of winning a title. Often used as on title track. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/murray-on-title-track-after-gulbis-victory-971366.html, http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=bc1eae20-7b19-4f98-8ad8-6710b8f79f6d, http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/081097/spo_gasouth2.html.
a picture paints a thousand words
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: If a picture paints a thousand words
Then why can't I paint you;
The words will never show
The you I've come to know.
ref: 1971, David Gates (of Bread), If, from Manna album
text: Most human beings, no matter how familiar they are with abstract symbols, respond to voice and images better than written language. In other words, A picture paints a thousand words.
ref: 1989, Alan Kay, quoted in Kʻo-tung Huang, Timothy D. Huang, Introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean Computing, World Scientific, p. 9
text: See accompanying diagram: a picture paints a thousand words, and all that!
ref: 2006, Paul Shakespeare, Building a Dune Buggy: The Essential Manual, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: Alternative form of a picture is worth a thousand words.
sickly sweet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sickly sweet
form: most sickly sweet
Senses: synonyms: sticky-sweet
treacly
glosses: Too sweet; sickeningly sweet or sentimental.
love is blind
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: A person who is in love can see no faults or imperfections in the person whom they love.
Related terms: love goggles
sickly-sweet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sickly sweet.
fashion victim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fashion victims
Senses: examples: text: No surprise, not all Goths are in it for the beliefs, the bloodplay, the S&M violence, mostly underage fashion victims who like the smell of leather...
ref: 2005, Mike Philbin, The Life and Death of Hertzan Chimera:
glosses: A person who slavishly follows current fashion.
Synonyms: slave to fashion
haste makes waste
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes.
Synonyms: look before you leap
Related terms: great haste makes great waste
more haste, less speed
track record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: track records
Senses: examples: text: "Ideally, for this job, you want someone with a track record of commitment to civil rights, especially to racial justice, and he just doesn't have that."
ref: 1990 January 27, “Man in the News: John Richard Dunne—‘Sensitive’ but Untested”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Nov 2011:
text: Gaddafi's calls for unity and stability are at odds with his track record of backing rebellions.
ref: 2011 February 22, Alex Perry, “Libyan Leader's Delusions of African Grandeur”, in Time:
text: This is a truly appalling track record, and the DfT is now facing an awkward choice between entering a new short-form contract with Avanti's private sector owners or mobilising its Operator of Last Resort.
ref: 2023 February 8, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: Boom or bust: time to decide”, in RAIL, number 976, page 3:
glosses: The past performance of a person, organization, or product, viewed in its entirety and usually for the purpose of making a judgment.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see track, record.
Related terms: service record
inside track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inside tracks
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: The lane or track nearest to the interior.
glosses: Any advantage.
Related terms: racing line
pole position
application form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: application forms
Senses: examples: text: When applying for a position here, attach your resumé and cover letter to the application form before submitting it.
glosses: A form one fills in when applying for a job, placement, course, service etc.
day job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day jobs
form: dayjob
form: day-job
Etymology: From day + job, reflecting the archetypal form: one's job during the daytime, as contrasted with a second job that one works at night, on the night shift or graveyard shift.
Senses: antonyms: night job
side job
;
side gig
side hustle
glosses: One's principal job; one's regular means of income.
Derived terms: don't give up your day job
Related terms: be on days
day labor
day laborer
day shift
9 to 5
moonlighting
rocking-chair money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocking chair money
Senses: glosses: unemployment benefit
unemployment benefit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unemployment benefits
Senses: examples: text: Claimants of unemployment benefits will see the biggest fall in the value of their payments in 50 years on Monday, anti-poverty campaigners have said, as Britons grapple with the worst cost of living crisis since 1972.
ref: 2022 April 11, Miles Brignall, “Cost of living crisis: Value of UK unemployment benefits see biggest fall in 50 years”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.
Related terms: dole
manual labor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manual labors
form: manual labour
Senses: glosses: Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes derogatory) unskilled labor.
Synonyms: manual work
Coordinate terms: english: sometimes synonymous, but sometimes intricate and skilled rather than strenuous and unskilled
translation: sometimes synonymous, but sometimes intricate and skilled rather than strenuous and unskilled
word: handwork
faciliatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈsɪl.i.ə.tɔɹ.i/
ipa: /fəˈsɪl.i.ə.toɹ.i/
Senses: glosses: Serving to facilitate.
Related terms: facilitatory
Thessalonians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɛsəˈloʊni.ənz/
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: Thess.
glosses: Books in the New Testament of the Bible (1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians), epistles to the Christians in ancient Thessaloniki.
Thessalonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɛsəˈloʊni.ənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Thessalonian
Thessalonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɛsəˈləʊni.ən/
ipa: /θɛsəˈloʊni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: Derived from Thessalonica. Appears as "Tessalonyans" in Tyndale Bible of 1525, but as "Tessalonicensis" in the older Wycliffe translation.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to, Thessaloniki
Thessalonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɛsəˈləʊni.ən/
ipa: /θɛsəˈloʊni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Thessalonians
Etymology: Derived from Thessalonica. Appears as "Tessalonyans" in Tyndale Bible of 1525, but as "Tessalonicensis" in the older Wycliffe translation.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something from, or pertaining to, Thessaloniki
Synonyms: Thessalonican
Related terms: Thessalonians
labor force
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labor forces
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of labour force.
Related terms: workforce
sugar shacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugar shack
matchstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmætʃstɪk/
Forms: form: matchsticks
form: match stick
Etymology: From match + stick.
Senses: examples: text: A piece of wood or cardboard becomes a matchstick once the end has been dipped in a sulfurous compound to turn it into a complete match.
glosses: A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
examples: text: The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks.
glosses: Any similarly small and thin piece.
Synonyms: sense: generic small thin piece
word: shred
sense: generic small thin piece
word: sliver
sense: generic small thin piece
word: splinter
matchsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matchstick
match stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: match sticks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of matchstick.
match sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of match stick
dispossessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: To any man whom we have deprived or dispossessed of lands, castles, liberties, or rights, without the lawful judgement of his equals, we will at once restore these.
ref: 1215, Magna Carta:
text: Whereupon the soldier dispossessed himself of his burden, and stood looking down upon it in great perplexity.
ref: 1897, Mark Twain, How to Tell a Story:
glosses: simple past and past participle of dispossess
dispossessed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Homeless
glosses: Impoverished
Derived terms: dispossessedness
undispossessed
minimum wages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minimum wage
dormative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dormative
form: most dormative
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dormitive.
hosta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒstə/
ipa: /ˈhoʊ stə/
ipa: /ˈhɑs tə/
rhymes: -ɒstə
Forms: form: hostas
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Hosta f, from Serbo-Croatian Host + translingual -a f. Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Croatian-Austrian botanist.
Senses: synonyms: giboshi
plantain lily
glosses: Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.
wikipedia: Nicolaus Thomas Host
tug of love
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tugs of love
Etymology: Blend of tug of war + love
Senses: glosses: A dispute concerning which of two separated parents should have custody of one or more children.
thirlage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thirlages
form: thrillage
form: thrallage
form: thralage
Etymology: Alteration of earlier thrallage, equivalent to thrall + -age.
Senses: glosses: The right of the owner of a mill to compel tenants to bring all their grain to that mill for milling.
Related terms: thirl
multure
thirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɝl/
ipa: /θɜːl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: thirls
form: thurl
Etymology: From Middle English thirl, thiril, from Old English þyrel (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *þurhil, from Proto-Germanic *þurhilą (“hole, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷelo- which is *tr̥h₂kʷe + *-lo, from *terh₂-. Related to thrill, drill. By surface analysis, through + -le.
Senses: qualifier: otherwise archaic
glosses: A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
glosses: A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A short communication between adits in a mine.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A long adit in a coalpit.
Related terms: eyethurl
nostril
thirl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɝl/
ipa: /θɜːl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: thirls
form: thirling
form: thirled
form: thirled
form: thurl
Etymology: From Middle English thirlen, thurlen, thorlen, from Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), from the noun (see above). Doublet of thrill.
Senses: examples: text: But yet his hardnesse savde him not against the piercing dart.
For hitting right betweene the scales that yeelded in that part
Whereas the joynts doe knit the backe, it thirled through the skin,
And pierced to his filthy mawe and greedy guts within.
ref: 1567, Arthur Golding: Ovid's Metamorphoses Bk. 3 lines 78-81
qualifier: otherwise obsolete
glosses: To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through.
topics: business
mining
glosses: To drill or bore; to cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
Derived terms: thirlable
thirl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɝl/
ipa: /θɜːl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: thirls
form: thirling
form: thirled
form: thirled
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of throw + hurl.
Senses: examples: text: And many Authours doe in this manner wound the protection of their cause, by over-rashly running against that which they take hold-of, thirling [translating lanceant] such darts at their enemies, that might with much more advantage be cast at them.
ref: , II.8
glosses: To throw (a projectile).
thirl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɝl/
ipa: /θɜːl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: thirls
form: thirling
form: thirled
form: thirled
form: thrill
Etymology: Dialectal alteration of thrall.
Senses: glosses: To legally bind (a tenant) to the use of one's own property as an owner.
examples: text: Was everyone nowadays thirled to a formula?
ref: 1951, Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time, page 10:
text: And there are plenty of people — Labour politicians, for example — who want people to remain thirled to poverty, who do not want them to have any spirit or independence.
ref: 2005, Alexander McCall Smith, 44 Scotland Street:
glosses: To bind; to obligate to use or be associated with.
Related terms: thirlage
thirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɝl/
ipa: /θɜːl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: thirls
form: thrill
Etymology: Dialectal alteration of thrall.
Senses: glosses: A thrall.
indentured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn-dĕn′chərd
ipa: /ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəd/
ipa: /ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəɹd/
ipa: /ɪnˈden.t͡ʃəd/
ipa: /ənˈden.t͡ʃəd/
ipa: /ənˈden.t͡ʃɐd/
ipa: /ənˈden.t͡ʃad/
ipa: /ɪnˈɖɛn.t͡ʃəʳɖ/
rhymes: -ɛntʃə(ɹ)d
Etymology: From indenture + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: indentured servant
text: indentured labour
text: As a result, many Black people remained unfairly enslaved and indentured in the so-called free territory. This was not legal slavery (also known as de jure slavery), but slavery in practice (de facto slavery).
ref: 2022, Mary Elise Antoine, Enslaved, Indentured, Free: Five Black Women on the Upper Mississippi, 1800–1850, Wisconsin Historical Society, →ISBN:
glosses: Subject to an indenture.
Derived terms: indentured servant
nonindentured
unindentured
indentured
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn-dĕn′chərd
ipa: /ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəd/
ipa: /ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəɹd/
ipa: /ɪnˈden.t͡ʃəd/
ipa: /ənˈden.t͡ʃəd/
ipa: /ənˈden.t͡ʃɐd/
ipa: /ənˈden.t͡ʃad/
ipa: /ɪnˈɖɛn.t͡ʃəʳɖ/
rhymes: -ɛntʃə(ɹ)d
Forms: form: indentureds
Etymology: From indenture + -ed.
Senses: glosses: A person who is subject to an indenture.
indentured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn-dĕn′chərd
ipa: /ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəd/
ipa: /ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəɹd/
ipa: /ɪnˈden.t͡ʃəd/
ipa: /ənˈden.t͡ʃəd/
ipa: /ənˈden.t͡ʃɐd/
ipa: /ənˈden.t͡ʃad/
ipa: /ɪnˈɖɛn.t͡ʃəʳɖ/
rhymes: -ɛntʃə(ɹ)d
Etymology: From indenture + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of indenture