cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Oirish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Representing Irish in an Irish accent.
Senses: examples: text: Now there are Oirish an' Oirish. The good are good as the best, but the bad are wurrst than the wurrst.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, Black Jack:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of Irish
Related terms: Hollywood Irish
Welshified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Welshified
form: most Welshified
Etymology: From Welsh + -ify + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: In confirmation of this, they shew a waste of the same appearance and name in the high lands in Llanelly, in the hundred of Crickhowel, others say Llwydlo is Ludlow Welshified, and that a court was formerly held here[…]
ref: 1809, Theophilus Jones, A History of the County of Brecknock, page 219:
glosses: Made Welsh.
autorewind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + rewind.
Senses: glosses: automatic rewinding (of an audio or video cassette, the film in a camera, etc.)
autodidactically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From autodidactic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: He didn't take an academic course, but picked up the subject autodidactically.
text: More than Spohr did Paganini draw the young autodidactically educated artist after him, and for this reason the latter went from Cassel to Paris to hear the famous Italian and to make some of his artifices his own.
ref: 1894, “Celebrated Violinists Past and Present”, in The Strad, volume 6, page 203:
text: Zaynullah enjoyed a general reputation for "foreign knowledge," presumably acquired autodidactically from the manuals of scientific popularization that were beginning to proliferate in Kazan Turkic.
ref: 1992, Jo-Ann Gross, Muslims in Central Asia: Expressions of Identity and Change, page 123:
glosses: By teaching oneself.
forestaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forestay
forestayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forestay
babystay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babystays
Etymology: From baby + stay.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A stay just forward of the mast, used to support the mast.
babystays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babystay
fieldwalking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From field + walking.
Senses: glosses: The archaeological technique of walking slowly through the target area looking for artifacts or other indicators on the surface.
G2B
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of government-to-business.
Related terms: B2B
B2C
B2G
G2C
rehypothecates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehypothecate
rehypothecating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehypothecate
rehypothecated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehypothecate
fieldwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English feldewort, feldwurt, feltwyrt, from Old English feldwyrt (“fieldwort, gentian”), equivalent to field + wort.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: gentian
UHI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UHIs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of urban heat island.
environmental racism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The placement of low-income or minority communities in the proximity of environmentally hazardous or degraded environments, such as toxic waste, pollution and urban decay.
greenhouse slug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenhouse slugs
Senses: glosses: Milax gagates (family Milacidae), a species of land slug.
greenhouse-friendly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more greenhouse-friendly
form: most greenhouse-friendly
Senses: examples: a greenhouse-friendly aerosol spray
glosses: Not contributing significantly to the greenhouse effect.
Oirschot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Oirschot.
Senses: glosses: A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
Oisterwijk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Oisterwijk.
Senses: glosses: A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
Scottish play
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Scottish play
Etymology: The play is set in Scotland, and there is a theatrical superstition that speaking the actual name of the play inside a theatre will cause disaster.
Senses: glosses: William Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
autophagocytotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + phagocytotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to autophagocytosis.
autogenocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auto-genocide
Etymology: From auto- + genocide, coined in the late 1970s.
Senses: glosses: The extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government.
examples: text: If Anita Bryantt really wants to devastate gay liberation, she should pry her fingers from her Bible long enough to thumb through the printed gay media. Scathing onslaughts may be fun, but they aren't very productive. Will we never cease practicing intellectual autogenocide?
ref: 1977 April 30, Hugh Crell, “Unproductive Onslaughts”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: Genocide of a particular group by members of that group.
autohelm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autohelms
Etymology: From auto- + helm, originally a trademark.
Senses: glosses: Equipment used on ships and boats to maintain a chosen course without constant human action.
autohelms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autohelm
politicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of politicide
yellow boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow boys
Senses: examples: text: “Damn them, (cried the commodore) I wish both their necks were broke, thof the two cost me forty good yellow-boys.” “Forty guineas! (exclaimed the stranger […]).”
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: This enchanting game she has played for two years, and if you are her partner, she expects at least double the number of yellow boys.
ref: 1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 63:
glosses: A gold coin; a guinea or sovereign.
glosses: Iron(III) hydroxide, a yellow-orange solid found in acidic water from mining projects.
glosses: Synonym of goldback (“kind of gold certificate”).
synonyms: word: goldback
extra: kind of gold certificate
yellow boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow boy
greenbul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenbuls
Senses: examples: text: We investigated the differences in environmental selection pressures between ecotone and rainforest that could have driven the song divergence in little greenbuls, in particular the divergence in Fmin (Slabbekoorn & Smith 2002b).
ref: 2005, T. B. Smith et al., “Putting process on the map”, in Andrew Purvis, John L. Gittleman, Thomas Brooks, editors, Conservation Biology 8: Phylogeny and Conservation, page 178:
text: The commonest of the dull olive-green greenbuls, the Sombre Greenbul is most easily distinguished by its white eye; the race to the northeast is much yellower below and could readily be mistaken for a Yellow-bellied Greenbul were it not for its white eye.
ref: 2006, Ian Sinclair, Ian Davidson, Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide, page 198:
text: Birdwatchers based in Africa's savanna belt will generally want to focus more on forest birds, but mostly on such common and iconic species as great blue turaco or black-and-white casqued hornbill rather than on glimpsing a selection of more localised but duller forest greenbuls.
ref: 2013, Philip Briggs, Andrew Roberts, Uganda, 7th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 56:
glosses: Any of various birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
Synonyms: For a comprehensive list of English vernacular names
Derived terms: honeyguide greenbul
Sjöstedt's greenbul
bristlebill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bristlebills
Etymology: From bristle + bill.
Senses: glosses: Any of various African bulbuls of the genus Bleda, family Pycnonotidae.
greenbuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenbul
bristlebills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bristlebill
greenage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From green + -age.
Senses: examples: text: The ideal solution from the planner's and the driver's point of view would be, of course, to eliminate parked cars entirely from the streets, and thus make all middle strips, improved with greenage, available for the use of pedestrians.
ref: 1935, Edward Murray Bassett, Model laws for planning cities, counties, and states, page 10:
glosses: greenery; plants generally
greenwasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenwashers
Etymology: From greenwash + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who engages in greenwashing.
greenwashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenwasher
greensome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greensomes
Etymology: Blend of green + foursome
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A foursome game with the difference that both players tee off on every hole. The better ball is chosen and alternate strokes are then played to complete the hole.
greensomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greensome
cryptarithmetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: alphametics as a genre of puzzle
Related terms: cryptarithm
Irishcism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irishcisms
Senses: glosses: A characteristically Irish turn of phrase.
Irishcisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Irishcism
laughometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laughometers
Etymology: From laugh + -o- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: A (non-scientific) device for measuring laughter.
laughometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laughometer
laughability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From laugh + -ability.
Senses: glosses: laughableness
deurbanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deurbanizations
Etymology: From de- + urbanization.
Senses: glosses: The process of deurbanizing.
salsa verde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish salsa verde and Italian salsa verde, both meaning literally “green sauce”.
Senses: glosses: A Mexican sauce made chiefly of tomatillos.
glosses: A cold green Italian sauce made with parsley, vinegar, capers, garlic, onion, anchovies, olive oil, and sometimes mustard.
sarcodine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcodines
Senses: glosses: Any member of the superclass Sarcodina of protozoa.
sarcodines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarcodine
dolthood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dolt + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Viewing your own dad as an example of perfect dolthood allowed the teenage you to develop personal values rather than swallowing your father's ideas whole.
ref: 2010, Joy Browne, The Nine Fantasies That Will Ruin Your Life, page 26:
glosses: The quality of being a dolt or fool.
southernish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more southernish
form: most southernish
Etymology: From southern + -ish.
Senses: examples: a southernish dialect
glosses: Somewhat southern.
autoaggressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + aggressive.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That attacks the organism that produces them
raw_tags: of antibodies
Related terms: autoaggression
autocoup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autocoups
Etymology: From auto- + coup. Calque of Spanish autogolpe.
Senses: synonyms: autogolpe
self-coup
glosses: A coup d'état in which a nation's leader, despite having come to power through legal means, dissolves or renders powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assumes extraordinary powers.
autocoups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocoup
autoantigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From autoantigen + -ic.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to autoantigens.
autobracketing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + bracketing.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A camera feature where several successive shots are taken with slightly different settings and then automatically combined.
tri-tip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tri-tips
Etymology: From tri- + tip.
Senses: glosses: A cut of beef from the bottom sirloin subprimal cut. It is a small triangular muscle.
tri-tips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tri-tip
Tibetanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tibetan + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being Tibetan.
Mongolianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mongolian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being Mongolian.
Nigerianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Nigerian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Nigerian.
Lebaneseness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Lebanese + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Lebanese.
TGPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TGP
banner exchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banner exchanges
Senses: glosses: A link exchange scheme where web sites display each other's banners.
autozeroing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + zeroing.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
autozero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + zero.
Senses: glosses: autozeroing
autozeroed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + zeroed.
Senses: glosses: Processed by the autozeroing technique.
postconcussional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + concussional.
Senses: glosses: After a concussion.
concussional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From concussion + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to concussion.
Derived terms: postconcussional
babykins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babykins
Etymology: From baby + -kins.
Senses: glosses: Fond term of address for a baby, child, lover, or spouse.
babykins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From babykin + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of babykin
automative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to automation.
autocidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From autocide + -al.
Senses: topics: agriculture
bacteriology
biology
business
lifestyle
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to autocide.
autoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From autoscopy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: His fetch come up from life's other side like an autoscopic hallucination.
ref: 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 28:
glosses: Relating to autoscopy.
eyelined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eye + lined, on the model of eyeliner.
Senses: glosses: Wearing eyeliner.
Synonyms: eyelinered
cryosuspension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + suspension.
Senses: glosses: suspended animation by means of cryonics
second-wave feminism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Obviously, the second-wave feminism of the ’60s and ’70s could be pretty factional as well; there were vicious internal fights over issues like lesbianism and pornography, as well as over white feminists’ blind spots about race.
ref: 2022 June 17, Michelle Goldberg, “The Future Isn’t Female Anymore”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A period of feminist activity that began in the early 1960s in the United States and broadened the gender equality debate to include family, the workplace, reproductive rights, etc.
Coordinate terms: first-wave feminism
fourth-wave feminism
third-wave feminism
third-wave feminism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A period of feminist activity that began in the early 1990s as a response to perceived failures of second-wave initiatives to address the needs of women of many races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions and cultural backgrounds.
Coordinate terms: first-wave feminism
fourth-wave feminism
second-wave feminism
first-wave feminism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The question that many lesbians asked was whether all this work was being accomplished at the expense of other goals of the organization. Some made the frightening comparison to the "First Wave" of feminism, which dissolved after women achieved the right to vote.
ref: 1978 December 16, Cnidy Stein, “The Lavender Menace Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 21, page 9:
glosses: The original period of concerted feminist activity during the 19th and early 20th century, focusing on de jure gender inequalities, primarily that of suffrage (the right to vote).
Coordinate terms: fourth-wave feminism
second-wave feminism
third-wave feminism
cryofracture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryofractures
Etymology: From cryo- + fracture.
Senses: glosses: fracture caused by the stresses of water freezing to become ice
cryofracture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryofractures
form: cryofracturing
form: cryofractured
form: cryofractured
Etymology: From cryo- + fracture.
Senses: glosses: To fracture by exposure to low temperature, especially to freezing
cryoextractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryoextraction
cryoextractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryoextractors
Etymology: From cryo- + extractor.
Senses: glosses: A surgical device used in cryoextraction.
cryoextractors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryoextractor
Raton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.
Derived terms: Raton Pass
cryophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryophiles
Etymology: From cryo- + -phile.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
synonyms: psychrophile
glosses: an organism that thrives at low temperatures
Related terms: cryophilia
cryophilic
cryophilous
cryophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryophile
Old Believer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Old Believers
Etymology: Calque of Russian старове́р (starovér).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
synonyms: Old Ritualist
Raskolnik
Rascolnik
antonyms: Nikonite
Nikonian
glosses: Any of those who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666 as a protest against the church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652 and 1666. They continue liturgical and ritual practices which predate the reforms.
Old Believers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Old Believer
Gallup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gallups
Etymology: English surname, possibly from the verb gallop; or also possibly shortened from Galpin.
Senses: examples: text: Despite wide efforts to encourage more girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM, a new survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found Gen Z girls significantly lag behind boys in the level of interest expressed in STEM subjects, suggesting more must be done to close the gender gap.
ref: 2023 December 5, Athena Jones, “Efforts to close gender interest gap in STEM must be stepped up, Gen Z survey shows”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
examples: text: Driving north from Gallup, New Mexico, on State Route 491 toward the Four Corners Monument, one passes through the vast, arid lands of the eastern Navajo Nation.
ref: 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN:
glosses: A city, the county seat of McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
Derived terms: Gallup poll
Nikonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˈkəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /nɪˈkoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Nikonians
Etymology: From Nikon + -ian.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
synonyms: Nikonite
antonyms: Old Believer
glosses: A follower of the main current of the Russian Orthodox Church, which accepted the reforms undertaken during the reign of Patriarch Nikon.
Nikonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˈkəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /nɪˈkoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Nikonian
form: most Nikonian
Etymology: From Nikon + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Nikonite
glosses: Of or pertaining to Nikon.
Nikonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nikonian
Jal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in New Mexico.
O'Neillism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From O'Neill + -ism.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The policies of Terence O'Neill (1914–1990), fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
Related terms: Paisleyism
Paisleyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Paisley + -ism.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The policies of Ian Paisley (1926–2014), Northern Irish politician.
Related terms: O'Neillism
omohyoideus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ.məʊ.hʌɪˈɔɪ.di.əs/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.moʊˌhaɪˈɔɪ.di.əs/
rhymes: -ɔɪdiəs
Forms: form: omohyoidei
Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin ōmohȳoīdeus, ellipsis of mūsculus ōmohȳoīdeus (“omohyoid muscle”). Doublet of omohyoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of omohyoid muscle.
synonyms: word: omohyoid muscle
omohyoidei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌoʊ.moʊˌhaɪˈɔɪ.diˌaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of omohyoideus
omphacitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From omphacite + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to omphacite.
O'Neillite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: O'Neillites
Etymology: From O'Neill + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of O'Neillism.
O'Neillites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of O'Neillite
ombrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ombro- + -phobic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not capable of thriving in areas of heavy rainfall.
oolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oolith + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ooliths.
oogoniol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Related to oogonium?
Senses: glosses: A particular fungal sex hormone.
opanka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opankas
Etymology: See opanak
Senses: glosses: A kind of sandal worn in Eastern Europe.
opankas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opanka
opisthorchiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒpɪsθɔːˈkaɪəsɪs/
ipa: /ˌɑpɪsθɔɹˈkaɪəsɪs/
Etymology: From translingual Opisthorchis + -iasis.
Senses: glosses: A parasitic disease caused by trematodes in the genus Opisthorchis.
opticality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From optical + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being optical, or apprehended through sight.
oppositionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oppositionalities
Etymology: From oppositional + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being oppositional.
oppositionalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oppositionality
opera window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opera windows
Senses: glosses: A small porthole-sized side window in the C-pillar of certain cars, popular in the 1970s.
opera windows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opera window
soap dodger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soap dodgers
Senses: glosses: A dirty person; one who does not bathe often.
glosses: An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent. Supposedly borne from the historical canard that the English only bathe once a year.
soap dodgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soap dodger
wazzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wazzed
form: most wazzed
Etymology: From wazz + -ed? Compare pissed.
Senses: glosses: drunk
Synonyms: drunk
wazzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From wazz + -ed? Compare pissed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wazz
frame drum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frame drums
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An early form of drum with a drumhead width greater than its depth.
Synonyms: english: both a synonym, and specific type, of frame drum
translation: both a synonym, and specific type, of frame drum
word: tambourine
Derived terms: frame drummer
hot hatchback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot hatchbacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hot hatch.
pink lemonade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pink lemonades
Senses: glosses: Lemonade coloured with the juice of red fruits such as raspberries or cherries.
bowling bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowling bags
Senses: glosses: A long bag with two rounded handles, of the kind used for carrying bowling equipment.
bowling bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowling bag
opportunity shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opportunity shops
Senses: glosses: An op shop.
omnibussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of omnibus
omnibussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of omnibus
omnibusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omnibus
omnibusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of omnibus
opgaaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opgaafs
Etymology: From Afrikaans opgaaf, from Dutch opgaaf, variant of opgave.
Senses: glosses: A tax on produce, stock, and capitation.
opgaafs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opgaaf
hanger steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanger steaks
Etymology: From hanger + steak. Anatomically, it is said to "hang" from the diaphragm of the animal.
Senses: glosses: A cut of beef steak from the diaphragm of a steer or heifer.
Synonyms: butcher's steak
hanging tender
onglet
onglet steak
Coordinate terms: flank steak
skirt steak
butcher's steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butchers' steaks
form: butcher steak
form: butchers' steak
Etymology: From butcher + steak; so called because butchers were said to keep it for themselves rather than sell it.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hanger steak.
synonyms: word: hanger steak
hanger steaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hanger steak
Reblochons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reblochon
Dauria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dɑːˈʊəɹɪə/
Forms: form: Dahuria
Etymology: Compare Russian Даурия (Daurija)
Senses: glosses: The homeland of the Daur people, once located east of the Transbaikal region.
glosses: The region of Transbaikal in Russia.
glosses: A railroad station near the Russian-Chinese border, in the Transbaikal region.
Derived terms: Daurian
Dahurian
Daurian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Dahurian
Etymology: From Dauria + -an.
Senses: glosses: From or relating to Dauria.
Derived terms: word: Dahurian angelica
word: Dahurian birch
word: Daurian birch
word: Dahurian larch
taxonomic: Larix gmelinii
word: Daurian larch
Daurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Daurians
form: Dahurian
Etymology: From Dauria + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Dauria.
sucking louse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sucking lice
Senses: examples: text: The tailed Old World monkeys (Cercopithecidae) support sucking lice of a distinct genus, Pedicinus which has certain similarities to Pediculus and has been placed by most authorities (though not by Ferris) in the Pediculidae.
ref: 1970, Roy Albert Crowson, Classification and Biology, published 2009, page 119:
text: Of the 200 or so species of sucking lice, only three infest man: the body louse, Pediculus humanus, the head louse, P. capitis and the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis (also known as the crab louse).
ref: 2006, Norman Gratz, Vector- and Rodent-Borne Diseases in Europe and North America, page 83:
text: In fact, if, as claimed, the "love lice" don't consume blood, then they're not pubic lice, or any other kind of sucking lice, either, since all sucking lice require blood (not dead skin cells) to live.
ref: 2009, May Berenbaum, The Earwig's Tail: A Modern Bestiary of Multi-legged Legends, page 27:
glosses: Any louse of the suborder Anoplura.
Synonyms: sense: any species of Anoplura
word: anopluran
Hyponyms: sense: louse in Anoplura
taxonomic: Pediculus humanus humanus
word: body louse
sense: louse in Anoplura
word: head louse
sense: louse in Anoplura
english: Pthirus pubis the cause of crabs
translation: Pthirus pubis the cause of crabs
word: (Pediculus humanus capitis, crab louse - human parasites
Derived terms: taxonomic: Linognathus setosus
word: dog sucking louse
taxonomic: Haematopinus asini
word: horse sucking louse
sucking lice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sucking louse
Daurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Daur
Dagur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dagurs
form: Dagur
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daur.
Dagur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daur.
Dagor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dagors
form: Dagor
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daur.
Dagor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daur.
Dahur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dahurs
form: Dahur
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daur.
Dahur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Daur.
Dagurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dagur
Dagors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dagor
Dahurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dahur
dump months
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the sense that movie studios are "dumping" poor-quality and limited-appeal films during those months.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: The two periods of the year, often described as January and February and mid-August through September, when new movie releases are either poor-quality, cheaply made, or intended for niche audiences, since low movie attendance limits the potential box office return.
takes exception
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take exception
taking exception
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take exception
took exception
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take exception
handwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handwash
handwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of handwash
hand sanitizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhænd ˌsænətaɪzɚ/
ipa: /ˈhænd ˌsænɪtaɪzɚ/
Forms: form: hand sanitizers
form: hand sanitiser
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A disinfecting liquid, most often based on ethyl alcohol, used as an alternative to washing the hands with soap and water.
Synonyms: word: hand antiseptic
word: hand rub
word: hanitiser
word: hanitizer
Hyponyms: purell
hand sanitizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand sanitizer
anopluran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anoplurans
Etymology: Anoplura + -n
Senses: examples: text: Unlike the masticating mallophagans, anoplurans have mouthparts modified for piercing epidermal tissues and sucking up blood.
ref: 1993, May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers, page 226:
text: Ungulates and squirrels (the latter in the family Sciuridae) are particularly heavily parasitized by anoplurans, and several small or even monotypic families of anoplurans parasitize phylogenetically isolated mammalian groups.
ref: 2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, unnumbered page:
text: The next simplest case involves one anopluran and one mallophagan species per host species (e.g., Haematopinus asini plus Domalinia equi on Equus caballus and Linognathus setosus plus Trichodectes canis on Canis familiaris). Cattle (Bos taurus) present a more complex case; they are infested by three anoplurans and one mallophagan, and attention to generic morphologic characteristics is required for their differentiation.
ref: 2009, Dwight D. Bowman, Jay R. Georgi, Georgis' Parasitology for Veterinarians, page 34:
glosses: Any louse of the suborder Anoplura, a sucking louse.
Synonyms: sense: any species of Anoplura
word: sucking louse
Related terms: mallophagan
hand antiseptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand antiseptics
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hand sanitizer.
anoplurans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anopluran
hand antiseptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand antiseptic
non-Witnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-Witness
smoke-oh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoke-ohs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smoko.
massage therapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massage therapists
Senses: glosses: A person who provides massage therapy.
massage therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The therapeutic use of massage.
Related terms: massage therapist
chewing lice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chewing louse
chewing louse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chewing lice
Senses: examples: text: Many of the chewing lice are highly host specific, but a few may occur on a variety of not more than a half dozen related host species. They feed on skin (epidermal cells), hair, feathers, body oils and secretions, dried blood (wounds), and even other ectoparasites, such as mites. Chewing lice are unable to survive for more than a day or two off the host and their dispersal is through direct contact of host animals.
ref: 1996, Gary A. Dunn, Insects of the Great Lakes Region, page 105:
text: There are cases where more than one species of chewing louse may infest the same host species and the lice may prefer living on specific parts of the host's body.
ref: 2003, William S. Romoser, “Chapter 3: Introduction to ArthropodsSystematis, Behavior and Ecology”, in B.F. Eldridge, J.D. Edman, editors, Medical Entomology, page 60:
text: Lice have traditionally been divided into chewing lice (Mallophaga) and sucking lice (Anoplura) based on the structure of their mouthparts and the resulting feeding strategy.
ref: 2013, Timothy M. Goater, Cameron P. Goater, Gerald W. Esch, Parasitism: The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites, page 313:
glosses: Any true louse that is not a sucking louse; a mallophagan.
Synonyms: bird louse
biting louse
Related terms: english: obsolete suborder
translation: obsolete suborder
word: Mallophaga
rip-off merchant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rip-off merchants
Senses: glosses: One who charges excessively high prices.
Windscale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Sellafield.
Sellafield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: One can't escape the huge nuclear facility at Sellafield (supplier of much of the line's remaining freight traffic), or miss the wild shingle beaches with exposed and precarious bungalows sandwiched between the railway and the shore at Braystones.
ref: 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
glosses: A former village in Beckermet parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough, now the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant, formerly known as Windscale (OS grid ref NY0203).
life is short
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: One should make the most of one's life, as one never knows when one will die.
Related terms: art is long, life is short
tempus fugit
pubeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjuːbləs/
Forms: form: more pubeless
form: most pubeless
Etymology: From pube + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Then she hooked her fingers inside the waistband of my underwear and that's when it struck me: I was going to be naked in front of her, naked, and, as of that morning, still completely pubeless.
ref: 2009, Michael Czyzniejewski, Elephants in our Bedroom:
text: I didn't want him to sense my fear but cringed as he peered down at my underdeveloped and pubeless body.
ref: 2013, John Tovey, Veronica Clark, A Dog Called Dez:
glosses: Without pubic hair.
plugola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plʌˈɡoʊlə/
ipa: /plʌˈɡəʊlə/
rhymes: -əʊlə
Forms: form: plugolas
Etymology: From plug + -ola. Compare to payola.
Senses: examples: text: Both radio and television management must be watchful for instances of staff payola and plugola.
ref: 2006, Susan Tyler Eastman, Douglas A. Ferguson, Robert A. Klein, editors, Media Promotion and Marketing for Broadcasting, Cable, and the Internet, page 22:
text: Portland's TV stations regularly employ plugola in news programming as a way of promoting parent network programming […].
ref: 2007, Carey L Higgins, Gerald Sussman, edited by Gibson & Lowes, Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context, page 151:
text: It’s unclear just how widespread such “plugola” schemes are now. But an FCC report, published in June, cited a 2010 Pew survey in which 24 percent of local TV news executives reported “a blurring of lines between advertising and news.”
ref: 2012 January 4, Paul Farhi, The Washington Post:
glosses: Undeclared or illicit publicity or product promotion, especially on radio or television.
pubedresser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pubedressers
Senses: examples: text: […] I'm the great pubedresser I cut pubes like a master always dressed in black leather […]
ref: 1999, Todd Clayton, “Re: Toronto clubs?”, in rec.music.industrial (Usenet):
text: […] since his last visit to the pube-dresser.
ref: 2013, Jenny Revell, What boys and girls really think about hair down there:
glosses: A person who cuts or styles pubic hair
damp course
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damp courses
Senses: examples: text: He knew why the building was so damp. Its damp courses were defective and it was built on top of the tank stream.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 532:
text: Sincerest apologies from Everest, which admits that a damp course was, by an extraordinary oversight, not included.
ref: 2001 June 20, Anna Tims, The Guardian:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A layer in a wall, foundation etc. which prevents moisture spreading into interior areas.
Synonyms: damp-proof course
DPC
damp courses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of damp course
pubedressers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pubedresser
petrogarch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petrogarchs
Etymology: Blend of petro- + oligarch
Senses: examples: text: Why focus on gas in particular? Because gasoline is where the world’s petrogarchs have us by the short hairs.
ref: 2012, J. Rauch, “Ban Gasoline”, in The Atlantic:
text: ... selling out to the petrogarchs of Russia and Qatar was simply a master stroke of evil genius.
ref: 2010, B. Dowbiggin, “Pursuing MLSE a survival strategy for Rogers”, in The Globe and Mail:
glosses: Someone who is part of a small group that controls the petroleum industry, and hence has power over lives and governments similar to the powers of an oligarch.
Secession War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Secession War
Senses: qualifier: outside the US
glosses: The American Civil War.
undocumented worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undocumented workers
Senses: glosses: An illegal immigrant; illegal alien.
clickbait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪkbeɪt/
Forms: form: clickbaits
form: click-bait
form: click bait
Etymology: From click + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).
Senses: examples: text: Fairfax's sites are renowned for what is sometimes called ‘clickbait’: headlines written to beguile passing eyeballs but which obscure nondescript or irrelevant stories.
ref: 2012, Gideon Haigh, The Deserted Newsroom, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: "His careful lawyerly writing would be out of fashion now", wrote one commenter after Kettle's piece. "It wasn't clickbait".
ref: 2013 September 29, Peter Preston, The Observer:
text: In August 2016, leaders at Facebook announced a plan to identify and limit clickbait, because the Facebook newsfeed goal is to “show people the stories most relevant to them.”
ref: 2017, Ted Kwartler, Text Mining in Practice with R, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: In comparison with algorithms used in the past, this SI based technique provided a better accuracy and a human interpretable set of rules to classify clickbaits
ref: 2019, Deepanshu Pandey, Garimendra Verma, Sushama Nagpal, “Clickbait Detection Using Swarm Intelligence”, in Advances in Signal Processing and Intelligent Recognition Systems:
topics: business
marketing
synonyms: word: link bait
word: shitbait
coordinate_terms: streambait
glosses: Website content that is aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs; such headlines.
Derived terms: clickbaity
clickbaiter
clickbait
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪkbeɪt/
Forms: form: clickbaits
form: clickbaiting
form: clickbaited
form: clickbaited
form: click-bait
form: click bait
Etymology: From click + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).
Senses: examples: text: Whether they're acts of clickbaiting or dumbness, internet headlines routinely mischaracterize quotes, inaccurately paraphrase statements, and misuse specific terms, all to make readers click.
ref: 2015, How to Write About Music, →ISBN, page 60:
text: But he'd clickbaited her.
ref: 2017, Ainslie Paton, The Love Experiment, →ISBN:
text: I have never clickbaited anyone with overexaggerated titles, but also never downplayed the severity of the content within.
ref: 2017, Brian Whitney, Subversive: Interviews with Radicals, →ISBN:
glosses: To add clickbait to a web page; to direct clickbait at someone.
Related terms: chumbox
click-through
Aldrich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɔːldɹɪt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: Aldrick
form: Aldrige
form: Allderidge
form: Alldridge
form: Elderidge
form: Eldridge
form: Elrick
form: Oldridge
Etymology: From either Old English Ælfrīc (“elf-ruler”) or Æðelrīc (“noble ruler”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community, now part of Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Wadena County, Minnesota, named after Cyrus Aldrich.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Wadena County, Minnesota, named after the city.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village in Polk County, Missouri, named after a railroad employee.
Derived terms: Aldrich Bay
Aldrichia
Aldrichian
Aldrichism
cluster compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cluster compounds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An assemblage of atoms or molecules bound together
Derived terms: metal cluster compound
yttrium iron garnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yttrium iron garnets
Etymology: From yttrium + iron + garnet.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A synthetic mineral used for its special magnetic and optical properties.
Synonyms: word: YIG
Derived terms: word: YIG
baby powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby powders
Senses: glosses: An astringent powder used for preventing diaper rash, as a deodorant, and for other cosmetic purposes.
topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
qualifier: very uncommon
glosses: Cocaine.
Related terms: cornstarch
corn starch
talc
talcum powder
heavy going
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From horse racing.
Senses: glosses: Going (i.e. conditions) that are wet and muddy (difficult to gallop on)
raw_tags: of horse racing
examples: text: That report is heavy going.
glosses: Something that is boring; difficult to make progress on, or tedious
osseous tissue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body which forms the rigid part of the bone organs that make up the skeletal system.
Synonyms: bone tissue
bone tissue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: osseous tissue
Pap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paps
form: pap
Senses: examples: text: If you have any abnormal symptoms, such as spotting between periods or bleeding after intercourse, keep pursuing the cause even if your last Pap was normal.
ref: 1996 [1995], Richard N. Podell, William Proctor, Patient Power: How to Protect Yourself from Medical Error, New York, NY: Fireside, →ISBN, page 152:
synonyms: Pap test
glosses: Ellipsis of Pap smear.
Zap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and town in North Dakota.
Related terms: Zap flap
radiosynovectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiosynovectomies
Etymology: From radio- + synovectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: synovectomy by means of radioactive isotopes
Afrasiab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Afrasiyab
form: Afrasyab
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian اَفْرَاسِیَاب (afrāsiyāb).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A mythical king and hero of Turan.
chemically impaired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: under the influence, intoxicated
jail-bait
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jailbait.
poupard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poupards
Senses: glosses: A type of wooden doll.
Afrasyab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Afrasiab.
Afrasiyab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Afrasiab.
pilums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilum
Chaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew חַיָּה (ḥayyā, “living”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
bar of chocolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bars of chocolate
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chocolate bar.
synonyms: word: chocolate bar