cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dindunuffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dindunuffins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dindu nuffin.
dindunuffins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dindunuffin
buys a pup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buy a pup
buying a pup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buy a pup
bought a pup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buy a pup
why buy a book when you can join the library
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of why buy a book when you can join a library.
sows one's wild oats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sow one's wild oats
sowing one's wild oats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sow one's wild oats
sowed one's wild oats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of sow one's wild oats
sown one's wild oats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of sow one's wild oats
gardebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑɹd.ə.bɹɑ/
Forms: form: gardebras
Etymology: Either borrowed from (Middle) French garde-bras, gardebras, or modified (under the influence of that word) from Middle English garbrasse, itself from that (Middle) French word.
Senses: examples: text: The gardebras here probably implies the whole armour for the arms, consisting of pauldrons, brassarts, elbow-pieces, and vambraces, though there is a gardebras of the more antient kind so formed as to screw on the bridle-arm […]
ref: 1842, S.R. Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, […] , page 4:
text: The Bishop's silver-gilt "wardebras," the gardebras, or bracer, to protect the left arm, was of singularly costly material.
ref: 1851, The Archaeological Journal: […] , page 84:
text: The gardebras was a separate piece which overlaid and protected the junctures of the armor at the shoulder and elbow.
ref: 1884, Jacques de Mailles, The Very Joyous, Pleasant and Refreshing History of the Feats, Exploits, Triumphs and Atchievements of the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach, the Gentle Lord de Bayard, page 250:
glosses: A piece of armor which protects the arm.
Related terms: gardbrace
preded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prede
preding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prede
Australian as a meat pie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: Australian as a kangaroo
qualifier: simile
glosses: Having characteristics considered quintessential to Australians; very Australian.
Coordinate terms: Australian as a kangaroo
game as Ned Kelly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely game or courageous.
innocent as a newborn babe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Entirely innocent.
potamophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potamophiles
Etymology: From potamo- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: Strombomonas is apparently a potamophile alga, but does occur in still waters.
ref: 1964, James B. Lackey, “The Ecology of Plankton Algae”, in Daniel F. Jackson, editor, Algae and Man: Based on lectures presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute July 22 - August 11, 1962; Louisville, Kentucky, New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press, section “Plankton Habitats”, page 218:
text: Strombomonas species, which appear to be potamophiles, may be abundant farther downstream.
ref: 1968, Dennis E. Buetow, editor, The Biology of Euglena: General Biology and Ultrastructure, New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, page 36:
text: The first attempt at the classification of parasites of fishes by their reaction to salinity was made by Heitz (1918). He had divided the parasites into four groups: (1) the marine, occurring only in the sea; (2) the potamophile--only in freshwaters; (3) the marine-potamophile occurring more often in the sea than in freshwaters; (4) the potamophile-marine found more often in the sea than in freshwaters.
ref: 1975, University of Washington Publications in Fisheries, page 107:
glosses: That which prefers or occurs only in freshwaters.
examples: text: Yachting enthusiasts, potamophiles should request further detailed information and illustrated brochure from:[…]
ref: 1964, Country Life, page 1239:
text: With further experience she quickly became a potamophile, to coin a needed term for those of us who are besotted by rivers.
ref: 1993, Chapman Pincher, Pastoral Symphony: A Bumpkin’s Tribute to Country Joys, Swan Hill Press, page 150:
text: But you don’t have to be a scientist to be a potamophile (someone who loves rivers). Anyone can exercise his potamophily (love of rivers) and his legs along the bank of his favorite river.
ref: 2002 March 27, “Word of the Day: the adjective ‘potamophilous’”, in The Dispatch, 124th year, number 238, Moline, Ill., page B4:
text: If a wine-lover is called an oenophile, what’s a river enthusiast? It’s not a word you see very often. Cambridge University Press will tell you a “potamophile” mayfly prefers “slow-current lowland waters.” Sounds about right for the Eastern Shore. And so potamophiles are in luck, with two celebrations of the rivers defining the county’s borders in one weekend.
ref: 2013 June 13, Craig O’Donnell, “River organizations hold pair of parties”, in Kent County News, volume 68, number 24, Chestertown, Md., page A6:
glosses: One who loves rivers.
Synonyms: sense: lover of rivers
word: fluviophile
Related terms: potamophilous
potamophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potamophile
look like something the cat dragged in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks like something the cat dragged in
form: looking like something the cat dragged in
form: looked like something the cat dragged in
form: looked like something the cat dragged in
form: look like something the cat brought in
form: look like something the cat's dragged in
Etymology: From the habit of domestic cats of bringing home the remains of killed animals.
Senses: synonyms: look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards
qualifier: simile
glosses: To have a very dishevelled or untidy appearance.
go over like a lead zeppelin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes over like a lead zeppelin
form: going over like a lead zeppelin
form: went over like a lead zeppelin
form: gone over like a lead zeppelin
form: go down like a lead balloon
form: go down like a lead zeppelin
form: go over like a lead balloon
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: To be received negatively by others.
go down like a lead zeppelin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes down like a lead zeppelin
form: going down like a lead zeppelin
form: went down like a lead zeppelin
form: gone down like a lead zeppelin
form: go down like a lead balloon
form: go over like a lead balloon
form: go over like a lead zeppelin
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: To fall precipitately; to plummet.
qualifier: simile
glosses: To be received negatively by others.
rare as rocking horse shit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely rare or scarce.
Echaquan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Echaquans
Etymology: Borrowed from Atikamekw.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Atikamekw.
stick out like dog's balls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks out like dog's balls
form: sticking out like dog's balls
form: stuck out like dog's balls
form: stuck out like dog's balls
Etymology: Referring to the obviousness of a domestic dog's testicles.
Senses: examples: text: We had stopped in a newly ploughed mealie (maize) field, out in the open, sticking out like dog's balls.
ref: 2014, Andrew Balaam, Bush War Operator, page 52:
text: The moment of my life that sticks out like dog's balls are the times when my family was being split up and placed in institutions.
ref: 2017, Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Sarah Hodgkinson, Justin Piché, The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism, page 333:
text: With our height above the Viets, we stick out like dog's balls as it is.
ref: 2018, Edward Bowman, A Year in the Life of a Vietnam Adviser:
synonyms: stick out like a sore thumb
stick out a mile
qualifier: simile
glosses: Be very noticeably different, especially in a negative way; to be particularly obtrusive, conspicuous, blatant, or prominent; to attract undue attention or notice.
Synonyms: stand out
sure as shit
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Senses: examples: text: Stuff your sorries in a sack and give 'em to somebody who gives a crap cause sure as shit ain't me.
ref: 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 51:
qualifier: simile
glosses: sure enough
correlogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The analysis of correlations
dyshormonogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dys- + hormonogenesis.
Senses: glosses: Abnormal hormonogenesis.
microclade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microclades
Etymology: From micro- + clade.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A very small clade.
microclades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microclade
uncorrelate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncorrelates
form: uncorrelating
form: uncorrelated
form: uncorrelated
Etymology: From un- + correlate.
Senses: glosses: To remove correlation
uncorrelates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncorrelate
unsynchronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + synchronous.
Senses: glosses: Not synchronous
life extension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: life extensions
Senses: glosses: The concept of extending the human lifespan.
examples: text: This meant enhanced maintenance, permitting life extension and derogations from the DfT on vehicles booked for scrap.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: West Anglia Fleet Extension”, in RAIL, number 940, page 48:
glosses: An extension in the life of assets beyond their planned life.
solivagants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solivagant
life extensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of life extension
electroneurophysiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + neurophysiological.
Senses: glosses: electroneural and physiological
indoleacetamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The acid amide of indoleacetic acid
O'Hallorans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of O'Halloran
Echaquans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Echaquan
Pelissier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pelissiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French Pélissier, itself from Occitan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
Related terms: Pellissier
Raider
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raiders
Etymology: Variant of Reider.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Raiders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Raider
Pelissiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pelissier
Reish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reishes
Etymology: Variant of Reisch.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Polio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Polios
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Polio. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Polios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Polio
Reishes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Reish
Spall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Spalls
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Spalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Spall
Spiteris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Spiteri
Travelstead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Travelsteads
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Travelsteads
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Travelstead
Skoczylases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Skoczylas
Jilț
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Gorj, Romania.
Tierno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tiernos
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Spanish Tierno, a nickname from tierno (“tender, soft”).
* Borrowed from Italian Tierno, a habitational surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Saltoses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Saltos
Tiernos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tierno
Riedesel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Riedesels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Riedesel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Settlemire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Settlemires
form: Settlemyre
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Sedlmeier or Settelmeier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Settlemires
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Settlemire
Riedesels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Riedesel
McWherter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McWherters
Etymology: Variant of McWhirter.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Thammavongsa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Thammavongsas
Etymology: Borrowed from Lao ທັມມະວົງສ໌ (tham ma wong sa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Lao.
tail lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tail lamps
Senses: examples: text: And with that, I think we'll leave 2021's tail lamp to fade into the distance.
ref: 2021 December 29, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Problems galore in 2021...”, in RAIL, number 947, page 3:
glosses: Alternative spelling of taillamp.
Prigoria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Prigoria.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Gorj County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Prigoria, Gorj County, Romania.
beeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beek
beeks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beek
tail lamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tail lamp
Bosanquet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈboʊzən.kɛt/
/ˈboʊzən.kɪt/
Forms: form: Bosanquets
Etymology: Perhaps a habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Bossancourt in France.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norman.
wikipedia: Bossancourt
Bosanquets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bosanquet
Thammavongsas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thammavongsa
McWherters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McWherter
face shield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face shields
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faceshield.
face shields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face shield
kkachi durumagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Korean 까치 두루마기 (kkachi durumagi), literally "magpie overcoat".
Senses: glosses: A colorful durumagi (topcoat) traditionally worn by children on Lunar New Year's Day in Korea.
memeworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more memeworthy
form: most memeworthy
Etymology: From meme + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: Clips from 1980s cartoons are usually pretty memeworthy.
text: Facebook's filters are also designed to notice the already popular, frequently clicked items while disregarding other, less memeworthy ones.
ref: 2013, Evgeny Morozov, To Save Everything, Click Here: Technology, Solutionism, and the Urge to Fix Problems that Don’t Exist, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
text: ... but they are far from memeworthy. One question that social media can help us ask our students is: what can poetry (and literature more generally) do in ...
ref: 2015, Frederick Luis Aldama, Latino/a Literature in the Classroom: Twenty-first-century approaches to teaching, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: That was kind of memeworthy. I'm impressed.” “Your mum and I were over at Joe's the other night. Twenty years he's been there, Michael.
ref: 2017, Randa Abdel-Fattah, The Lines We Cross, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN:
text: ... opened up under the rear wheels of a bus during morning rush hour, producing memeworthy images that have given the city an image it would like to shake.
ref: 2021, Justin Starr, Water and Wastewater Pipeline Assessment Technologies: Classification Systems, Sensors, and Results Interpretation, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: Deserving of Internet memes.
glass-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: glassfaced
Senses: examples: text: Anybody who has recently been to Glasgow Queen Street will have seen at first-hand how the station has been transformed by a £120 million refurbishment programme that has included the construction of an impressive new glass-faced south façade.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Margaret (Maggie) Hoey”, in RAIL, number 940, page 59:
topics: architecture
glosses: Having a facade or frontage principally of glass.
knocks for a loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of knock for a loop
knocking for a loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knock for a loop
knocked for a loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knock for a loop
throws for a loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw for a loop
throwing for a loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw for a loop
threw for a loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw for a loop
thrown for a loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw for a loop
throws off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw off
throwing off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw off
threw off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw off
thrown off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw off
cool-headedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cool-headed + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Her colleagues said: "There is no doubt that this complex project could not have been completed as efficiently as it was without the dedication, understanding, cool-headedness and co-operation of Maggie Hoey."
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Margaret (Maggie) Hoey”, in RAIL, number 940, page 59:
glosses: Alternative form of coolheadedness.
Arlingtonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑː.lɪŋˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌɑɹ.lɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Arlingtonian
form: most Arlingtonian
Etymology: From Arlington + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Arlington County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: Of or relating to City of Arlington, Texas, Texas, United States.
Arlingtonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑː.lɪŋˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌɑɹ.lɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Arlingtonians
Etymology: From Arlington + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Arlington County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Arlington, Texas, Texas, United States.
Arlingtonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arlingtonian
Brucie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bruce + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A nickname of the given name Bruce.
WT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of working title.
glosses: Initialism of wireless telegraphy.
WT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: word: WTF
english: formerly
translation: formerly
glosses: Initialism of World Taekwondo.
glosses: Abbreviation of The Watchtower.
WTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WT
cytocentrifuging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cytocentrifuge
Turanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turanists
Etymology: From Turan + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: Turanianist
glosses: A supporter of the Turanism movement.
Turanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turanist
Creevey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Creeveys
Etymology: Variant of Creevy.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Creevy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Creevys
form: Creevey
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Craobhaigh (“descendant of Craobhach”), a personal name deriving from craobhach (“branched, branching”). Compare Creagh.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Creavagh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
columella nasi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin [Term?].
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of nasal septum.
synonyms: word: nasal septum
vinylcyclopropanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinylcyclopropane
XML bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XML bombs
Senses: coordinate_terms: tarbomb
zip bomb
qualifier: computer security
glosses: A malicious XML file designed to consume a lot of memory as a result of the expansion of entities within the markup during parsing.
Related terms: billion laughs
XML bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of XML bomb
bongo mag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bongo mags
Senses: synonyms: jazz mag
glosses: A pornographic magazine.
bongo mags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bongo mag
superaggregate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superaggregates
Etymology: From super- + aggregate.
Senses: examples: text: The CUBE and ROLLUP modifiers to the GROUP BY clause allow you to create aggregations of aggregates, or superaggregates. These superaggregates or summary rows are included with the result set in a way similar to using the COMPUTE statement on control breaks in SQL*Plus; […]
ref: 2002, Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas, OCA / OCP: Introduction to Oracle9i SQL Study Guide, page 221:
text: Other superaggregates have a circular structure. Their dense core, composed of protein granules or fibrils closely adjacent to each other, is surrounded by filamentous aggregates or superaggregates in the form of a ring.
ref: 2016, Nikolay Petrovich Omelyanenko, Leonid Ilyich Slutsky, Sergey Pavlovich Mironov, Connective Tissue, page 339:
glosses: Anything consisting of an aggregation of aggregates.
superaggregates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superaggregate
superaggregation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superaggregations
Etymology: From super- + aggregation.
Senses: glosses: A superaggregate.
glosses: The process of forming a superaggregate.
superaggregations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superaggregation
Porlock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Portloc, from port + loca, literally “harbour enclosure”.
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS8846).
Derived terms: man from Porlock
person from Porlock
Porlockian
Porlock Weir
West Porlock
Related terms: Portlock
man from Porlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: men from Porlock
Senses: glosses: Synonym of person from Porlock.
synonyms: word: person from Porlock
men from Porlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of man from Porlock
person from Porlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: persons from Porlock
form: people from Porlock
Etymology: In reference to an unwelcome visitor described by Samuel Taylor Coleridge as interrupting him during his composition of the poem Kubla Khan in 1797, and preventing its completion.
Senses: synonyms: man from Porlock
glosses: One whose inconvenient interruption prevents the completion of something important.
wikipedia: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Related terms: porlock
Porlockian
persons from Porlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of person from Porlock
people from Porlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of person from Porlock
Porlockian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Porlockian
form: most Porlockian
Etymology: From Porlock + -ian; see person from Porlock.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an inconvenient interruption that prevents the completion of something important.
multisemiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multisemiotic
form: most multisemiotic
Etymology: From multi- + semiotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one semiotics.
Twitterfication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Twitter + -fication.
Senses: examples: text: Further, as voice and sound enter multimedia culture, literacies of the ear, speech, and especially performance (e.g., think of the YouTube, Second Life, and Twitterfication of the Internet) also become part of the aesthetics and pedagogies of an expanded technoliteracy that should allow for multiple methods of learning.
ref: 2012, Peter Pericles Trifonas, Learning the Virtual Life: Public Pedagogy in a Digital World:
text: We sat back and watched Facebook's Twitterfication take place last year, culminating with the launch of new privacy settings.
ref: 2014, Zhaohao Sun, Handbook of Research on Demand-Driven Web Services, page 205:
glosses: Adaptation to the norms and values of (the users of) the social network Twitter.
hitmarker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hitmarkers
Etymology: From hit + marker.
Senses: examples: text: You can use hitmarkers to locate enemies by shooting them through walls.
ref: 2013, Philip Marcus et al., BradyGames Signature Series Guide: Call of Duty: Ghosts, →ISBN, page 111:
text: If you see a hit marker from your grenade/tactical, you’ll know where they are (generally), even if you don’t get the kill outright.
ref: 2020 March 25, Mike Hume, “Warzone gulag tips: How to win when it’s all on the line”, in The Washington Post:
text: While you might expect something called Hardcore mode to toss away crutches like the HUD, hitmarkers, and anything else that's remotely useful, it doesn't.
ref: 2023 January 24, Shabana Arif, “Modern Warfare 2 Hardcore mode launching in Season 2 after Tier 1 playlist flops”, in The Daily Mirror:
topics: video-games
glosses: An audiovisual cue indicating that an enemy has been hit.
Satmars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Satmar
USB drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: USB drives
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A USB flash drive.
flatplan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatplans
Etymology: From flat + plan.
Senses: examples: text: "Each country has a fixed amount of space on the flatplan and a limited amount of room on the page, so the skill of the compiler is to select the most relevant services and stations from the data.
ref: 2021 September 22, John Potter tells Paul Stephen, “Your guide to Europe”, in RAIL, number 940, page 65:
topics: media
publishing
glosses: A page plan of a publication that shows how the articles and advertisements are laid out.
flatplan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flatplans
form: flatplanning
form: flatplanned
form: flatplanned
Etymology: From flat + plan.
Senses: glosses: To create a plan of this kind.
Related terms: dummy
flatplans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatplan
hits on all cylinders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit on all cylinders
hitting on all cylinders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit on all cylinders
fires on all cylinders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fire on all cylinders
fired on all cylinders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fire on all cylinders
tall, dark and handsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Mysterious and physically appealing.
raw_tags: of a potential romantic partner
Kobe beef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I had Kobe beef, easily the best steak I've ever tasted.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 160:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Wagyu beef from the Tajima strain of Japanese Black cattle, raised in Japan's Hyōgo Prefecture.
Japanese Black
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a breed of Japanese beef cattle, one of six native Japanese cattle breeds
Persian lilac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Persian lilacs
Senses: examples: text: But in the garden was life in all its glad and bright hues: the early roses and the late violets opened their urns, exhaling in perfume the drops they caught, till every breath was pleasure; the laburnums, those prodigals of fleeting wealth, were covered with gold; and the Persian lilacs waved graceful as the Circassian maidens, to whom they are so often compared in eastern song.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 285–286:
glosses: Syringa × persica, a shrub in the olive family (Oleaceae)
glosses: Melia azedarach, a tree in the mahogany family (Meliaceae)
Persian lilacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Persian lilac
Adămuș
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Adămuș.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Mureș County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Adămuș, Mureș County, Romania.
Chadlites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chadlite
Bejan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Bejan number
gigachads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigachad
Bărbulețu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Bărbulețu.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Dâmbovița County, Romania.
gigastacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪɡəˌsteɪsi/
Forms: form: gigastacys
form: gigastacies
Etymology: From giga- + Stacy.
Senses: examples: text: A forum commenter applied this definition to a woman he saw on social media, “...the foid [woman] had all the gigastacy [rated 10 on the scale] traits, she was hot, blonde, wore makeup, wears skimpy clothes, popular, parties, and her boyfriend is a muscular bodybuilder gigachad.”
ref: 2020, Annie Jones, “Incels and the Manosphere: Tracking Men's Movements Online”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: An exceptionally attractive Stacy.
Pleșoiu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Pleșoiu.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Olt County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Pleșoiu, Olt County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Livezi, Vâlcea County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Nicolae Bălcescu, Vâlcea County, Romania.
gigastacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigastacy
Șincai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Șincai.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Mureș County, Romania.
Gigastacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gigastacies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gigastacy.
gigastacys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigastacy
cover price
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover prices
Senses: examples: text: Potter acknowledges that the £20.99 cover price for the print edition may seem quite high to some people.
ref: 2021 September 22, John Potter tells Paul Stephen, “Your guide to Europe”, in RAIL, number 940, page 65:
topics: media
publishing
glosses: The price of a publication, such as a book, newspaper or magazine, traditionally shown on the cover.
Beckies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Becky
Beckies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Becky
glosses: plural of Beckie
cover prices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cover price
taking note
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take note
puts oneself about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put oneself about
putting oneself about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put oneself about
goes out of one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go out of one's way
going out of one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go out of one's way
went out of one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go out of one's way
gone out of one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go out of one's way
apple pieing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of apple pie
apple pied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of apple pie
common heliotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common heliotropes
Senses: glosses: A summer-growing annual native flower of Southern and Central Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa (Heliotropium europaeum).
common heliotropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common heliotrope
ORSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ORSAs
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; synonym of MRSA, now seldom used.
ORSAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ORSA
headpat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headpats
Etymology: From head + pat.
Senses: glosses: A pat on the head, typically as a sign of affection.
headpats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headpat
plackart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plackarts
Senses: examples: text: High plackarts with stepped or cusped borders are a unique feature of Spanish armour in the 1470s ...
ref: 2010, Noel Fallows, Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia, Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 499:
text: Most plackarts also supported a fauld, made of a various number of waist-lames, […]
ref: 2012, Kelly Robert DeVries, Robert Douglas Smith, Medieval Military Technology, Second Edition, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 81:
text: The plates and plackarts snapped closely together and the straps binding them were tied. Then Fletcher brought him his pauldrons, upper cannons, ...
ref: 2015, Anna Thayer, The Broken Blade: Every man has a destiny. His is to betray, Lion Fiction, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of placard (“extra plate on the lower part of a breastplate (armor)”).
plackarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plackart
anti-trespass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + trespass.
Senses: examples: text: Suitable monitoring for anti-trespass measures may include regular inspections by staff and reviewing the suitability [of] control measures following incidents or if operations change. [...] In several cases, organisations have failed to either implement suitable anti-trespass controls or failed to ensure that they are maintained.
ref: 2021 September 22, Patrick Talbot, “Rail trespass: why you must secure your premises”, in RAIL, number 940, page 69:
glosses: Alternative form of antitrespass.
supereternity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super-eternity
Etymology: From super- + eternity.
Senses: examples: text: The highest he calls eternity or supereternity and assigns it to the divine substance.
ref: 1989, Richard C. Dales, Medieval Discussions of the Eternity of the World, Brill, →ISBN, page 193:
text: In fact, what follows is a rather fair summary of the doctrine of friar Theodoric in his De mensuris with the sequence of supereternity, eternity, perpetuity, sempiternity, and time, both discrete and continuous.
ref: 2001, Pasquale Porro, The Medieval Concept of Time: Studies on the Scholastic Debate and Its Reception in Early Modern Philosophy, Brill, page 29:
text: That, then, is the interpretation of [the phrase] he was good, in which was indicates the surplenitude and absolute completeness and supereternity of divine being. For ‘is’ is used to refer to eternal things, was to the supereternal henads, and ‘will be’ to things existing in time.
ref: 2008, Michael Share, David T. Runia, Commentary on Plato's Timaeus. Vol. 2. Book 2: Proclus on the causes of the Cosmos and its creation, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: The state of being supereternal.
superinfinite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /suːpəɹˈɪnfɪnɪt/
Forms: form: super-infinite
Etymology: From super- + infinite.
Senses: examples: text: He contemplates His own superexcellent, superinfinite Being. And contemplating, He conceives it, one simple, everlasting, infinite act.
ref: 1869, Thomas Harper, Henry James Coleridge, Sermons By Fathers of The Society of Jesus, Volume 2, Burns, Oates, page 201:
text: The pseudo-genius, with his eccentricities, neurotic expression, and irresponsibility, is a vastly different product, and gives color to the contention of some alienists that the relation between insanity and genius is close. The author of this volume admits that brilliant flights of genius are supernormal, perhaps superinfinite, but he declines to construe them as pathological.
ref: 1916, John Duncan Quackenbos, Body and Spirit: An Inquiry Into the Subconscious, Based upon Twelve Thousand Experiences in the Author's Practice, Harper & Brothers, page 103:
text: Realization of the transcendence of the world gives birth to transcendent thinking. This thinking is a limitless one and gradually evelops all the superinfinite. Once appeared in BEING such intelligence is doomed to exist.
ref: 1981, Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe, Volumes 10-11, Ecumenical Press, Temple University, page 42:
glosses: Absolutely infinite; being beyond what is conventionally infinite.
Mima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
Related terms: Mima mound
boss head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boss heads
form: bosshead
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: A clamp with two thumbscrews for holding two rods at a right angle to each other, for attaching laboratory equipment to a retort stand.
Synonyms: sense: clamp
word: cross clamp
bosshead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bossheads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boss head.
MAIB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
hypernyms: AIB
coordinate_terms: AAIB
RAIB
glosses: Initialism of Marine Accident Investigation Branch.
AAIB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: AIB
coordinate_terms: MAIB
RAIB
glosses: Various aviation accident investigation organizations.
Initialism of Air Accident Investigation Bureau (Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore)
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: AIB
coordinate_terms: MAIB
RAIB
glosses: Various aviation accident investigation organizations.
Initialism of Air Accidents Investigation Branch (UK)
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: AIB
coordinate_terms: MAIB
RAIB
glosses: Various aviation accident investigation organizations.
Initialism of Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (Iceland)
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: AIB
coordinate_terms: MAIB
RAIB
glosses: Various aviation accident investigation organizations.
Initialism of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (India, (formerly) Switzerland)
topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of African Alliance Investment Bank.
Italo-Norman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Italo- + Norman. Compare Anglo-Norman.
Senses: examples: text: Often he is our only source, particularly for Roger's Sicilian campaigns and for Italo-Norman history following the death of Robert Guiscard.
ref: 2001, Emily Albu, The Normans in Their Histories, The Boydell Press, page 111:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the period of Norman rule of southern Italy, 1071–1194.
examples: text: Representing the Italo-Norman perspective we have the anonymous Gesta Francorum and the Historia belli sacri, besides Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi.
ref: 2008, Natasha Hodgson, “Reinventing Normans as Crusaders?: Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi”, in C. P. Lewis, editor, Anglo-Norman Studies XXX: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2007, The Boydell Press, page 120:
text: Lupus Protospatharius' 'more than 500 knights' reads more realistically, and this number confirms that the Italo-Norman contingent was, indeed, one of the smallest in the crusading army.
ref: 2021, Georgios Theotokis, Bohemond of Taranto, Pen and Sword Books, page 76:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Normans who settled in Italy during or after the Norman conquest of southern Italy, or their descendants.
Synonyms: english: pertaining to Normans, or their rule, in Sicily
translation: pertaining to Normans, or their rule, in Sicily
word: Siculo-Norman
Italo-Norman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italo-Normans
Etymology: From Italo- + Norman. Compare Anglo-Norman.
Senses: examples: text: Bernard Bachrach, an authority on medieval logistics, has surmised that the Normans used Byzantine nautical technology transmitted by the Normans of southern Italy to construct them,^([ships to transport horses]) but the likelihood of that seems remote, given that the Italo-Normans had not adopted such technology themselves by the time of the Conquest.
ref: 2015, Charles D. Stanton, Medieval Maritime Warfare, Pen and Sword Books, page 221:
text: Of course, the Italo-Normans were not unique in some of their experiences, as Raymond of St Gilles and doubtless some of his contingent had fought in Iberia, but they were there as 'visiting soldiers'. In southern Italy and Sicily, although the Italo-Normans may have arrived as soldiers, they remained and became a part of its multi-ethnic society.
ref: 2019, Paula Z. Hailstone, Recalcitrant Crusaders?: The Relationship Between Southern Italy and Sicily, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), unnumbered page:
glosses: A Norman who settled in Italy during or after the Norman conquest of southern Italy, or a descendant of one.
Synonyms: english: one who settled in or was born in Sicily
translation: one who settled in or was born in Sicily
word: Siculo-Norman
Related terms: english: Italian surname
translation: Italian surname
word: Altavilla
anti-white
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-white
form: most anti-white
Senses: examples: text: No, Sobukwe replied, he was not anti-white but he was anti-white supremacy.
ref: 2012, Benjamin Pogrund, Robert Sobukwe: How Can Man Die Better:
text: 2016, Liz Calvario, Indie Wirehttps://www.indiewire.com/2016/12/rogue-one-white-supremacists-boycott-star-wars-film-anti-white-agenda-1201753703/
White supremacists are calling for people to boycott “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” accusing the film of promoting an “anti-white agenda.”
text: As the civil-rights movement accelerated, claims of “anti-whiteness” emerged again. All manner of supposed provocations—the 1961 documentary Walk in My Shoes, which focused on the lives of Black Americans; the Kennedy administration; the Black Arts Theater of Harlem—were labeled “anti-white and pro-Negro.”
ref: 2021, Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic:
glosses: Alternative spelling of antiwhite.
bends over backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bend over backwards
bending over backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bend over backwards
bent over backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bend over backwards
leans over backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lean over backwards
leaning over backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lean over backwards
leaned over backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lean over backwards
leant over backwards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lean over backwards
puts it about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put it about
putting it about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put it about
goes the extra mile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go the extra mile
going the extra mile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go the extra mile
went the extra mile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go the extra mile
gone the extra mile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go the extra mile
goes to great lengths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go to great lengths
going to great lengths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go to great lengths
went to great lengths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to great lengths
gone to great lengths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to great lengths
beg, borrow, or steal
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: To acquire something by any means necessary or available.
Related terms: go to pains
at pains
go to great lengths
spare no effort
goes to pains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go to pains
going to pains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go to pains
went to pains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to pains
gone to pains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to pains
spares no effort
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spare no effort