cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
backform
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backforms
form: backforming
form: backformed
form: backformed
Senses: examples: text: Pennanen (1966: 150) also commented on the relative productiveness of British and American English in backforming new words: Although the coining of back-formations is at present mainly carried on in America on the various levels of spoken and written usage, it should be emphasized that the difference here is one of degree only.
ref: 1998, John Algeo, “Vocabulary”, in Suzanne Romaine, editor, The Cambridge History of the English Language, volumes IV (1776–1997), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 73:
text: Those who deny the synchronic relevance of backformation would hold that backforming x from y is simply the folk-etymological assumption that x is the derivational source of y.
ref: 2001, Andrew McIntyre, German Double Particles as Preverbs: Morphology and Conceptual Semantics, Stauffenburg-Verlag, →ISBN, page 56:
text: Thus, donate [1845] was backformed from donation [c.1425] to serve as a putative base from which the latter could be derived.
ref: 2006, D. Gary Miller, Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English and Their Indo-European Ancestry, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: Alternative form of back-form.
Ceded Districts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An area in the Deccan, India, that was ceded to the British East India Company by the nizam in 1800. It largely corresponds to the modern Rayalaseema.
Rayalaseema
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu రాయలసీమ (rāyalasīma), literally "country of kings", which was adopted in 1928 by the Andhra Mahasabha.
Senses: glosses: a region in the west of Andhra Pradesh, India.
chanquo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chanquos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chank (“type of shell”).
chanquos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chanquo
dhotied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dhoti + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: When they step out, a dhotied ghost is resting his cycle on the wall. This is Sathe Sir, the retired maths teacher who […] helped Omkar apply to a polytechnic in Pune.
ref: 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 143:
glosses: Wearing a dhoti.
jatras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jatra
chawbuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chawbucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chabuk.
chawbuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chawbucks
form: chawbucking
form: chawbucked
form: chawbucked
Senses: glosses: To beat with a chabuk.
chawbucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chawbuck
chawbucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chawbuck
chawbucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chawbuck
chawbucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chawbuck
Chandannagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chandernagore
form: Chandernagor
form: Shandernagor
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali চন্দননগর (condonnogor).
Senses: glosses: A city in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
Chandernagore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chandannagar.
Chandernagor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chandannagar.
chaubac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaubacs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chabuk.
chaubuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaubucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chabuk.
chaubacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaubac
chaubucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaubuck
citties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cittie
glosses: plural of citty
cheenar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheenars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chinar.
cheenars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheenar
chinaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chinaurs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chinar.
chunar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chunars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chinar.
chinaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chinaur
chunars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chunar
Waroona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Peel region, south of Perth, Western Australia.
glosses: A local government area of Western Australia, which includes the town; in full, the Shire of Waroona.
molass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molasses
Senses: examples: text: The limestone is accompanied by a molass or a sort of breccia, consisting of gravel of quartz and schistose rocks cemented with asphalt.
ref: 1883, S.F. Peckham, “Production, Technology, and Uses of Petroleum and its Products”, in House documents, volume 10, page 65:
text: The geological subsoil is either moraine and sandy molass or, rarely, clay-rich molass marl.
ref: 1992, T. Schneider, Acidification Research: Evaluation and Policy Applications, page 451:
text: In molass basins, the molass formations indicate the variations of strain strength similar to those in foreland fold-thrust belt.
ref: 1999, Scientia Geologica Sinica - Volume 8, page 5:
glosses: Alternative form of molasse.
molass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molasses
Etymology: Back-formation from molasses.
Senses: examples: text: After a little time the molass is run out through an outlet made in the lower part of the apparatus.
ref: 1906, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional Papers - Volume 121, page 17:
text: Northbound molass quantities that were conveyed through the Suez Canal amounted this year to 2 075 000 tons, against 1 950 000 tons in 1993, registering an increase of 125 000 tons, equal to 6.4%.
ref: 1994, Suez Canal Report, page 46:
text: Molass quality depends on the maturity of the sugarcane or sugar beet, the amount of sugar extracted, and the method of extraction.
ref: 2012, Steve Esomba, Global Tourism & the Environment, page 4:
glosses: A viscous byproduct of sugar production, raw molasses. Singular of molasses.
examples: text: "Perhaps you're right,” said Sudhama, “but give me please a handful of puffed rice and a piece of molass.”
ref: 2004, Raja Rao, The Great Indian Way: A Life of Mahatma Gandhi, page 19:
text: Yet that was not the first molass stick I had tasted, for my mother had bought me molass sticks before.
ref: 2007, Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero, page 71:
glosses: A sweet hard candy made from molasses.
examples: text: From peuking with porter no thirst can ensue, Not so, my dear knights, fares the ignorant ass Who drinks all the evening at burning molass.
ref: 1773, Robert Ferguson, The Poetical Works of Robert Ferguson, page 212:
text: The only guid molass has dune, Some drouthie wives it's sent hame soon; Which gars their dearies canty croon, The praise o' sugar whisky, O!
ref: 1813, George Bruce, Poems, Ballads and Songs on Various Occasions, page 24:
text: Gust then the bell rang an Betty brought papa a bill from the grosry for half a barel of molass witch Master George Hackett had turned the spigot, also a sute of cloes, a pound of dates, a ounce of cheeze.
ref: 1883, Metta Victoria Victor, A bad boy's diary, page 18:
text: Whiskey extracted from malt does not answer the purpose of making up compounds, cordials, and imitating foreign liquors so well as that extracted from sugar, molasses, raisins and cyder, as it has a particular flavour of its own, which nothing will overcome but a superabundance of the tincture of seeds, herbs, roots, spices, &c., that may be infused into it, which superabundance would make the flavour of the ingredients too strong, and, of course, disagreeable and harsh; wheras, if sugar, molass, raisin or cyder spirit, termed silent whiskey or whiskey without any particular of its own, were used, the flavour of the ingredients could be regulated according to taste without any difficulty.
ref: 1908, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, “Royal Commission on Whiskey and Other Potable Spirits”, in Parliamentary Papers: 1850-1908, volume 58, page 240:
text: In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the Scots had a drink which they called molass, a fierce rumlike spirit distilled from molasses.
ref: 1994, John Ayto, A Gourmet's Guide: Food and Drink from A to Z, page 222:
glosses: Cheap whiskey made from molasses.
fakeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of fake + relationship. By surface analysis, fake + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: We had a fakeship going on and that was fine with me. We were cordial at church and at our weekly woman's meetings but aside from that, we had an understanding; she didn't like me and I didn't give a shit.
ref: 2015, Tracee Boyd, Beautifully Damaged: Lost in Detroit:
text: Kent couldn't have made it any clearer that the road to anything more than fakeship was closed.
ref: 2017, Sonya Weiss, Wedding Date Rescue:
glosses: A disingenuous, fraudulent, or artificial relationship.
Naphil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nephilim
Etymology: From Hebrew נָפִיל (nafíl, “fallen one”).
Senses: examples: text: “I am Ragelion, son of Ragul, I am the ice and snow, the keeper of the tower of Ra, the master of the eye of madness, and I have been waiting to match my strength with you,” the naphil said pointing at Kenan.
ref: 2011, Igor Ferluga, Shadows of the Nephilim, page 40:
text: The Giants were the offspring of the Fallen angels and human women, who ended up being cannibals and devouring mankind. 'Naphilim, and they were all unlike, and they devoured one another' and the Giants slew the Naphil, and the Naphil slew the Eljo, and the Eljo mankind, and one man another.
ref: 2020, S N Strutt, Jubilees Insights, page 84:
synonyms: Nephilim
glosses: A humanoid giant mentioned in the Old Testament, believed to be the offspring of a human woman with a fallen angel.
Iraqnam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Iraq + Vietnam.
Senses: examples: text: Remember how the US troops were told that after the “Shock and Awe” knockout blow and the Iraqis welcomed them in with open arms, they would largely all be off home by the 4th July! Well, welcome to IraqNam.
ref: 2003 September 20, Paul Shallard, “Feedback: Comment on A sad case of schadenfreude by Andrew Gimson (13/09/2003)”, in The Spectator:
text: It was one of the worst days of my life, as I had to admit that Vietnam had been a waste. When the Iraq war began, it became evident to me that it was going to be an IRAQNAM—as mismanaged as Vietnam had been or worse.
ref: 2006, Jerry Autry, “Preface”, in Gun-Totin' Chaplain: A True Memoir, San Francisco, CA: Airborne Press, →ISBN, page xiii:
text: Now can we leave IraqNam and Afghanistan? We pissed away billions to support US oil fascism, and ruined our nation's reputation in so-doing. Meanwhile, record numbers of homeless people and families, undernourished children, and failling^([sic]) young people grow, even as we pump up the BS for BC's version of the Olympic Follies.
ref: 2008 November, Joseph E Fasciani, “Letters to the editor: Ruined reputation”, in Common Ground, number 208, →ISSN, page 10:
text: Aided by our Uncle Toms—Brokaw and Hanks—the rich, who had not served in the first quagmire because they had other priorities, grew nostalgic for those so-called greatest generation wars. When attacked in 2001, we were pumped up and ready. We gave ourselves rhetorical goose bumps about freedom goose-stepping. Iraqnam.
ref: 2009, Kate Clinton, I Told You So, Boston, MA: Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 58:
glosses: The country of Iraq during the Iraq War (2003–2011) that began with a controversial invasion by a United States-led coalition, seen as analogous to the Vietnam War (1955–1975) which was also marked by American military involvement.
piddle pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piddle packs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A urine collection device used as a toilet by the crew of an aircraft or spacecraft.
Related terms: relief tube
piddle packs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piddle pack
Golden Plains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in western Victoria, Australia; in full, Golden Plains Shire.
strange star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strange stars
form: strange quark star
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A hypothetical quark star made of strange matter.
Coordinate terms: compact star
degenerate star
exotic star
neutron star
quark-gluon plasma
quark matter
quark star
strange matter
strangeon
strangeon star
strange quark
strange stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strange star
quasisymmetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasisymmetries
Etymology: From quasi- + symmetry.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mapping that preserves shape but allows size to change in a well-defined manner.
examples: text: So-called “quasisymmetry” occurs if all subunits are chemically identical but have two slightly different conformations so that slightly different contacts can be made.
ref: 2013, G.E. Schulz, R.H. Schirmer, Principles of Protein Structure, page 99:
text: Evolution blindly explores every possibility, and as more and more structures of viral capsids have been studied, numerous exceptions to classic quasisymmetry have been found.
ref: 2016, David S. Goodsell, Atomic Evidence: Seeing the Molecular Basis of Life, page 72:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A pattern in which many copies of a viral protein form a huge spherical coating, where each subunit has an almost symmetrical arrangement with its neighbors.
despaghettify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.spəˌɡɛ.tɪ.fai/
Forms: form: despaghettifies
form: despaghettifying
form: despaghettified
form: despaghettified
form: de-spaghettify
Etymology: From de- + spaghetti + -ify, compare spaghetti code.
Senses: examples: text: You could do, but I need to despaghettify the code first.
text: My program is not huge <5000 lines, but it has been hacked about since 1978, with dire results. I get a bad headache trying to follow the logic. I would be happy to upload and then download the despaghettified code so as not to infringe licence regulations. Please help!
ref: 1993 January 19, ro...@ruchem.ru.ac.za, “spaghetti”, in comp.lang.fortran (Usenet):
text: I just wanted to give kudos to the new(ish) PrepModules feature. I finally got around to implementing it, and it allowed me to considerably de-spaghettify some of my scripts. Thanks!
ref: 2004 May 17, Chip Seraphine, “PrepModules() rocketh mightily”, in gnu.cfengine.help (Usenet):
text: Still, some examples would be nice. I can't distribute claxmod, as is, 'cause there are passwords hard-coded into it. With a little work, a more "generic" example could be developed that could be used as an example (de-spaghettified, preferably).
ref: 2014 May 29, fbkotler, “Re: R.I.P. Nathan Baker”, in alt.lang.asm (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To refactor spaghetti code.
Derived terms: word: despaghettification
despaghettifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.spəˌɡɛt.ɪf.aɪ.ɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of despaghettify
Dumbya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Dubya (“nickname for George W. Bush”) + dumb.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe Dumbya vs. Pinocchio would be a good matchup for late-night comedy, but with U.S. sailors being blown to bits in Yemen, the Mideast in flames, and a stock market as un- reliable as a daily tracking poll, a new sense of seriousness, if not outright gloom, has descended on the White House sweepstakes. The public seems even more exhausted than the candidates.
ref: 2000 October 23, Roger Simon, Kenneth T. Walsh, “Suddenly, it's serious: A turbulent wold intrudes on America's long, national daydream”, in U.S. News & World Report, volume 129, number 16, →ISSN, page 36:
text: A lifetime spent as a Rockefeller toady cultivating both open and covert contacts with intelligence agencies, organized crime figures, third world dictators, oil cartels, drug lords and the New World Order made our new President Dumbya possible.
ref: 2001 Winter, Robert Lederman, “GW Bush and the Bi-Partisanism Hustle”, in It's About Time…, volume 5, number 1, page 6:
text: Because who doesn’t want to own an oil-less, el busto oil company? Do you know anything at all about tax dodges? (As president, Dumbya would appoint Reynolds ambassador to Switzerland after he and DeWitt contributed nearly $1 million to the Bush 2000 campaign.)
ref: 2007, Jack Huberman, The GOP-Hater's Handbook: 378 Reasons Never to Vote for the Party of Reagan, Nixon and Bush Again, New York, NY: Nation Books, →ISBN, page 59:
topics: government
politics
glosses: George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
wikipedia: George W. Bush
Lethbridge County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada, which includes the city of Lethbridge.
GTFOI
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: LOL if you were a mature adult you'd understand that Growing up is a biological function that one has no control over but maturing is something that I have done and you have failed to do. GTFOI young man, you are not beyond hope but the longer you deny the truth the further behind you will fall!
ref: 2001 April 29, john q public, “Re: Question for the Liberals”, in alt.impeach.bush (Usenet):
glosses: Initialism of get the fuck over it.
Related terms: GTFO
GTFIH
GTFOH
GTFOOH
GTFOHWTBS
BTFO
Rawlsians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rawlsian
Rawlsianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Rawlsian + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The theories of John Rawls; support for these theories.
stinkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stinky
Hartman Hips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hartman hips
Etymology: Coined by TV Tropes in 2008. Named after animator Butch Hartman, who frequently drew women with exaggerated proportions in cartoons such as The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom.
Senses: examples: text: Her thighs suddenly seemed to push together so she looked down and watched as her hips and ass started to enlarge, reaching almost cartoonish proportions, especially when her waist shrunk until she could almost encircle it with both of her hands.
“Looks like someone’s into Hartman Hips,” she thought. “I wonder if I look more like a cartoon vamp or a cartoon mom now…”
ref: 2018 December 1, Broken Arrow - MasterLoveHurts, “Holocade: Mollie’s First Play”, in alt.sex.erotica.market.place (Usenet), retrieved 27 Dec 2022:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Extremely wide hips, especially on a female cartoon character.
wikipedia: Butch Hartman
Danny Phantom
The Fairly OddParents
governmentwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From government + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: So that in the mechanics of preparing the supporting details the Huntsville activity does show as an increase for NASA, but in another phase of the President's budget, it shows as a deduction for DOD. So in that sense, governmentwise, the 5,500 is not an increase even though specifically in our budget it shows as an increase.
ref: 1960 February 18, Ralph E. Ulmer, “1961 NASA Authorization: Statement of Wesley L. Hjornevik […] ; accompanied by Ralph E. Ulmer”, in 1961 NASA Authorization: Hearings Before the Committee on Science and Astronautics and Subcommittees Nos. 1, 3, and 4 (United States House of Representatives), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 211:
glosses: In terms of the government.
statewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From state + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: “You’ve got to figure out what the mandates are both federally and statewise, and that enters into your judgment,” Meyers added.
ref: 2020 April 2, Tyler Kepner, “There’s a Pandemic. Is This a Time for Tommy John Surgery?”, in The New York Times:
text: What’s the next frontier, statewise? / There’s two important things we are supporting. One is a bill to create a state unemployment insurance system for undocumented workers.
ref: 2022 November 14, Nina Shapiro, “A top WA immigrant rights lawyer, stepping down, lays out ‘win-win’ strategy”, in The Seattle Times:
glosses: In terms of the state; by state.
statewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From state + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: On March 12, 2018, then Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture Dr Mahesh Sharma had told Lok Sabha that in all, there are 3,686 centrally protected monuments/sites under the ASI. According to a statewise break-up provided by the government then, the largest number of these monuments/sites are in Uttar Pradesh (743).
ref: 2019 November 26, “Telling Numbers: Most ASI-protected temples in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu”, in The Indian Express:
glosses: In terms of the state; by state.
Twixtmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Twixmas.
akiami paste shrimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akiami paste shrimps
form: akiami paste shrimp
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The prawn Acetes japonicus.
twistwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twistwings
Etymology: From twist + wing.
Senses: glosses: Any of the two species of tropical birds in the genus Cnipodectes, found in Central and South America.
Cahills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cahill
peyos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peot.
Shepetivka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Шепеті́вка (Šepetívka).
Senses: glosses: A city and raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, in western Ukraine.
poop oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: poops oneself
form: pooping oneself
form: pooped oneself
form: pooped oneself
Senses: glosses: Synonym of soil oneself.
synonyms: word: soil oneself
Dnistrovskyi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ukrainian Дністровський (Dnistrovsʹkyj).
Senses: glosses: A raion of Chernivtsi Oblast, in western Ukraine.
wikipedia: Dnistrovskyi Raion
Derived terms: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Baggio–Yoshinari syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baggio–Yoshinari syndromes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A disease transmitted by the Amblyomma cajennense tick, but the organism that causes the infection is still unknown.
greenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greeniums
Etymology: Blend of green + premium
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of green premium.
greeniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenium
zhus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zhu
green premium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green premiums
Senses: examples: text: The Green Premium is simply the difference in cost between doing something in a way that produces greenhouse gases and doing the same thing without the emissions.
ref: 2021 February 16, Bill Gates, “Bill Gates: How ‘Green Premiums’ can help us solve climate change”, in Fortune:
glosses: The difference in price between something made with fossil fuels and something made in a sustainable manner.
green premiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green premium
opaque box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opaque boxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of black box.
synonyms: word: black box
naukograd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naukograds
Etymology: From Russian наукоград (naukograd), from наука (nauka, “science”) + град (grad, “-town, -ville”).
Senses: glosses: A town or city with exceptional research and development, usually under formal arrangement by the government.
Washington cherry tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Washington cherry trees
Etymology: From having been "cut down by Washington", referencing the legendary tale of [George] Washington and the cherry tree.
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A battleship or battlecruiser cancelled or downsized as a result of the Washington Naval Treaty.
wikipedia: Washington and the cherry tree
Washington cherry trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Washington cherry tree
megacasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacastings
Etymology: From mega- + cast + -ing. From mega- + casting and megacast + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturing technique using very large moulds to make very large single piece moulded components
glosses: Synonym of megacast; A casting made using megacasting
synonyms: word: megacast
extra: A casting made using megacasting
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mega, casting.
Synonyms: gigacasting
Hypernyms: die casting
Related terms: cast
casted
casting
megacast
megacasted
megacasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From mega- + cast + -ing. From mega- + casting and megacast + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of megacast
megacast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacasts
Etymology: From mega- + cast.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of megacasting; A cast manufactured by megacasting.
synonyms: word: megacasting
extra: A cast manufactured by megacasting
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mega, cast.
Synonyms: gigacast
megacast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: megacasts
form: megacasting
form: megacast
form: megacast
form: megacasted
form: megacasted
Etymology: From mega- + cast.
Senses: glosses: To produce a moulded component through megacasting.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mega, cast.
Related terms: cast
casted
casting
megacasted
megacasting
megacasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mega- + cast + -ed. From mega- + casted and megacast + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to components from megacasting
megacasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From mega- + cast + -ed. From mega- + casted and megacast + -ed.
Senses: glosses: past of megacast
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mega, casted.
Related terms: cast
casted
casting
megacast
megacasting
megacasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of megacastings; plural of megacast
synonyms: word: megacastings
extra: plural of megacast
megacasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present of megacast
megacastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of megacasts; plural of megacasting
synonyms: word: megacasts
extra: plural of megacasting
states of nature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To begin with, there is no certainty as to there having ever been a state of nature of a normal and organic kind […]. There are infinitely diverse states of society, and there were probably as many diverse states of nature.
ref: 1873, John Morley, Rousseau, volume 1, page 178:
glosses: plural of state of nature
civil societies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of civil society
North Glengarry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada.
Related terms: South Glengarry
GoI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Initialism of Government of India; also GOI.
disowneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: If jeſting once go beyond Piety, ſo that God be diſhonoured; beyond charity, that his neighbour be wronged, or beyond comlineſſe, that his wiſdom and gravity be called into queſtion and himſelf diſgraced, he preſently diſowneth and leaveth it.
ref: a. 1649, Samuel Crooke, edited by C. B. and W[illiam] G[arret], Τα Διαφεροντα, or Divine Characters in Two Parts, […], London: […] A. B. […], published 1658, page 475:
text: IT was my deſire to have reviſed this Appendix, and have corrrected^([sic]) all harſher offenſive paſſages, and blotted out whatſoever Mr. B. diſowneth or hath ſince recalled, which is here mentioned as his Words; […]
ref: 1652, R[ichard] B[axter], A Friendly Accomodation^([sic]) in the Fore-Debated Controversie Between Mʳ. Bedford, and the Author: Wherein Is Manifested That the Differences, Are Few and Small; and Those Continued with Mutual Respect and Love, London, page [346]:
text: Such Images, therefore, the Council of Trent expreſly diſowneth, profeſſing the ſpirituality, inviſibility, and infinity of God, which nothing viſible can repreſent.
ref: 1678, Tho[mas] Tenison, Of Idolatry: A Discourse, in Which Is Endeavoured a Declaration of, Its Distinction from Superstition; […], London: […] Francis Tyton […], page 273:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disown
United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An upper-tier municipality in eastern Ontario, Canada, bordering Quebec and the Saint Lawrence River.
disownest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, O my soul, if men will not know thee, if thou were hated of all men for the cauſe of Chriſt and Righteouſneſs; If thine uprightneſs be imputed to thee as an odious crime; If thou be judged by the blind, malignant World, according to its gall and intereſt; If friends miſunderſtand thee; If Faction and every evil cauſe which thou diſowneſt, do revile thee, and riſe up againſt thee: It is enough, it is abſolutely enough, that thou art known of God: God is All; and All is nothing that is againſt him, or without him: If God be for thee who ſhall be againſt thee?
ref: 1689, Richard Baxter, A Treatise of Knowledge and Love Compared. […], London: […] Tho. Parkhurst […], page 341:
text: As much as to ſay, that one that is no Receiver, but owes all that he has to himſelf, can do no more than that, to glory in what he has; and therefore as thou art a Receiver and a Debtor, canſt not with any face pretend to any ſuch thing, ſo if thou doſt, thou thereby diſowneſt thy Benefactor, and ſetteſt up for thy ſelf.
ref: a. 1712, John Norris, A Practical Treatise Concerning Humility. Design’d for the Furtherance and Improvement of That Great Christian Vertue, Both in the Minds and Lives of Men., 5th edition, London: […] Edmund Parker, […], published 1722, page 119:
text: Tho’ thou art not to publiſh thy Faults in a ſhameleſs, impudent Way; yet if (when they are viſible) thou art told of them, thou diſowneſt, excuſest, or even extenuateſt them, thou doſt thereby but ſet them more in the Light, and makeſt them greater.
ref: 1727, Thomas Fuller, Introductio ad Prudentiam: or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions, Tending to Prudent Management of Affairs in Common Life. […], second part, London: […] Stephen Austen […], page 128:
glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of disown
Kongish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Konglish
Etymology: Blend of Hong Kong + English.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A basilectal variety of Hong Kong English, incorporating features of Cantonese grammar and lexis.
fart out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: farts out
form: farting out
form: farted out
form: farted out
Senses: examples: text: A crosstown bus farted out a spume of noxious exhaust.
ref: 2016, Brian E. Drake, Under Control, page 14:
glosses: To eject by, or as if by, breaking wind.
examples: text: Furthermore, how much literary merit can a genre have when every celeb from John Lithgow to Dick Cheney to Pia Zadora seems to fart out a kid's book every two weeks?
ref: 2009 February 6, Aaron Roston, Fellows in Arms: A 21st Century Teaching Saga, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 235:
text: Had Jefferson somehow been able to divine that future Americans would take his crowning achievement for granted, [...] he more than likely would have just farted out the Declaration of Independence in 10 minutes and called it a day.
ref: 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 107:
glosses: To produce with minimal effort.
proceededst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I may wel call ye ſonnes (O children of my heart) ſince thou Geta proceededſt from mine intrailes, & thee Baſsianus I haue nouriſhed with my breaſtes: & I ſweare by the immortall Gods, that much greater is the loue that I bare thee, then the affinitie which I haue with thy brother.
ref: 1577, Anthonie of Gueuara, translated by Edward Hellowes, A Chronicle, Conteyning the Liues of Tenne Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] Ralphe Newberrie […], page 338:
text: “O Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, / “When thou proceededst from the plains of Edom; / “The earth was moved, the heavens dropped, / “The clouds also dropped water; / “The mountains melted from before the face of Jehovah. / “Sinah itself from before Jehovah, the God of Israel.”
ref: 1815, Robert Lowth, translated by G[eorge] Gregory, Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews, Boston, Mass.: […] Joseph T. Buckingham, […], page 393:
text: I trembled for thee; thou proceededst a few steps, and joy returned to my breast.
ref: 1834, Isabel Hill, Brother Tragedians, volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], page 68:
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of proceed
agreedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He took in others at the third, and ſome at the eleventh Hour, and in the Evening he gave to each a Penny; they that had wrought all Day, murmured at the good Man of the Houſe, that they had no more than thoſe that work’d but one Hour, who anſwer’d, he had done them no wrong, I gave thee what thou agreedſt for, I can do what I will with my own; is thy Eye evil becauſe I am Good?
ref: 1708, William Smith, The History of the Holy Jesus. […], 5th edition, London: […] Eben: Tracy, […], page 84:
text: This, if thou agreedſt to ſhall be the way, and if I do not prove as aboveſaid, and alſo as I ſaid in that Letter, thou hadſt aſſerted Falſities, and that I could produce ſome corroborating Circumſtances to prove thee guilty as to the Facts, if I do not theſe to the Satisfaction of the Arbitrators, then I will ſubmit, and quit all further Demands on thee, reſpecting my own Caſe.
ref: 1727, Theophilus Trueman [pseudonym], A Letter or Epistle from the Friends Without, to the Friends Within Doors; Respecting Thomas Story’s Case, and Against Their Bill of Exclusion. Directed to the Yearly-Meeting, 1726., London, pages 81–82:
text: The objectors had “murmured against the good man of the house,” as if he had done evil. But he justly said, “Friend, I do thee no wrong: thou agreedst with me for a penny, and here it is; take what is thine own, and go thy way.”
ref: 1836, James Bennett, Lectures on the Preaching of Christ. A Supplement to Lectures on the History of Christ., London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co. […], page 473:
text: Yea truly (ἦ μὴν) thou agreedst with fearless heart, / And then eager with savage hand thou didst / This deed, of which to tell the name alone / Both my tongue and thine equally was ashamed.
ref: 1836, B[enjamin] W[rigglesworth] Beatson, Progressive Exercises on the Composition of Greek Iambic Verse, with a Treatise on the Iambic Metre, and an Outline of Attic Prosody, Cambridge: […] W. P. Grant; […], page 53:
text: And the time, the place, / Never was such a spot for secret murder— / So dim and dreary, silent, wild, and lone! / As Nature meant it for such purposes. / Curses upon it to be hampered thus . . . / Why, thou agreedst . . . / rivdill. / To slay the lad, but not to injure her: / There is no sum set down for slaughtering her; […]
ref: 1847, Charles Swain, Dramatic Chapters, Poems and Songs, London: David Bogue, […], page 138:
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of agree
licks into shape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lick into shape
licked into shape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lick into shape
transgressedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Thou never transgressedst a known law, nor wilfully disobeyedst thy Creator.
ref: 1823 February, “A Memorial of Isabella”, in The Christian Herald, […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] J. Ritchie, for Arch. Fullarton and Co. […]; and Khull, Blackie and Co. […], page 54:
text: But since thou transgressedst, and camest into this strange land, all these trials are come upon thee.
ref: 1882, S[olomon] C[aesar] Malan, editor, The Book of Adam and Eve: Also Called the Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, […], London; Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, […], page 39:
text: O my lady, but for my forbearance towards thee, [may God prolong thy life!] I would relate somewhat of what betided from thee and set out my excuse, in that thou transgressedst against me, whenas thou wast manifestly a sinner against thyself and me in breach of vows and lack of faith and preference of another to me; […]
ref: 1884, John Payne, transl., The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, London, pages 225–226:
text: From thy first parentage thou transgressedst against Me, and wilt still force Me to “profane the princes of the sanctuary,” and to “make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling”.
ref: 1890, John Forbes, The Servant of the Lord in Isaiah XL.–LXVI. Reclaimed to Isaiah as the Author from Argument, Structure, and Date, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, […], page 50:
text: Baleful in sooth was the folly wherewith through thy prophecy-lore / Against Gods thou transgressedst: for this was their anger exceeding sore.
ref: 1901, Apollonius of Rhodes, translated by Arthur S[anders] Way, The Tale of the Argonauts, London: J. M. Dent and Co: Aldine House, page 56:
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of transgress
real estate agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: real estate agents
form: real-estate agent
Senses: glosses: An individual or company that acts in the sale, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate, etc. for another.
Synonyms: word: estate agent
english: American
translation: American
word: realtor
Related terms: estate agency
Burton Hastings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4189).
Vanley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
vortex theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Roger Cotes, in a preface to the first English edition of the Principia in 1729, argued that vortex-theory, with its notion of the plenum and its ambition to explain natural effects on exclusively physical grounds, made no allowance for, and could not be fitted into, a teleological scheme of any kind.
ref: 1953, Aram Vartanian, Diderot and Descartes: A Study of Scientific Naturalism in the Enlightenment, pages 83–84:
text: Still, it cannot be denied that the fortunes of vortex theory eclipsed radically with the publication of Newton’s Principia.
ref: 2000, Stephen Gaukroger, “The foundational role of hydrostatics and statics in Descartes’ natural philosophy”, in Stephen Gaukroger, John Schuster, John Sutton, editors, Descartes’ Natural Philosophy, →ISBN, page 71:
text: Christiaan Huygens came to doubt the vortex theory “which formerly appeared very likely” to him.
ref: 2021, Stathis Psillos, “From the Evidence of History to the History of Evidence: Descartes, Newton, and Beyond”, in Timothy D. Lyons, Peter Vickers, editors, Contemporary Scientific Realism: The Challenge from the History of Science, →ISBN, page 79:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An obsolete scientific theory, chiefly developed by René Descartes, which attempted to explain celestial mechanics and the phenomena now described as gravitation by positing a system of fluid vortices governed by centrifugal forces and extending outwards from the sun.
glosses: The vortex theory of the atom: a theory by Lord Kelvin, to explain why there are relatively few types of atom, but a huge number of each type.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vortex, theory.
smoused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smous
glosses: simple past and past participle of smouse
smousing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smous
glosses: present participle and gerund of smouse
shtetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shtetles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shtetl.
shtetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shtetle
ozs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oz.
smouser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smousers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of smous (“a peddler”).
synonyms: word: smous
extra: a peddler
smousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smouser
imitatest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: All theſe things are remembred more largely and prolixely of me, that thou mayeſt vnderſtand, that notwithſtanding the mercy of God, which thou pretendeſt, God ſuffereth ſo many to be Infidels, and in the Church ſo many euill Chriſtians, and ſo many Infidels, and ſo many euill Chriſtians to periſh, ſo alſo he will permit thee to periſh with them, if thou imitateſt theyr life.
ref: 1598, Lewes of Granada, translated by Francis Meres, The Sinners Guyde. A Worke Contayning the Whole Regiment of a Christian Life Deuided into Two Bookes: VVherein Sinners Are Reclaimed from the By-Path of Vice and Destruction, and Brought vnto the High-Way of Euerlasting Happinesse., London: […] Iames Roberts, for Paule Linley, & Iohn Flasket, […], page 311:
text: Seeing thou wast called to imitate Chriſt, imitate not his enemie, for if thou imitatest him in enuie, thou shallt bee partaker of the death that entred thereby.
ref: 1619, Lewis of Puente, translated by Iohn Heigham, Meditations vpon the Mysteries of Our Holie Faith, with the Practice of Mental Prayer Touching the Same, first tome, S. Omers [Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais], page 171:
text: Thou imitateſt that importunate, troubleſome, and eare-offending Fly (through his untuneable buzzing) the Scarabee, who not dwelling on the ſweeter ſort of Flowers, flies from forth the delicate Gardens, and pleaſant Woods, for to ſettle on a Cowe-ſheard, fall upon a dunghill, and other ſuch like noyſome places.
ref: 1634, Matheo Aleman, translated by Diego Puede-Ser, The Rogue: or, the Life of Guzman de Alfarache, London: […] Richard Badger, for Robert Allot, […]:
glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of imitate
snipiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of snipy: most snipy
glosses: superlative form of snipey: most snipey
snipier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of snipy: more snipy
glosses: comparative form of snipey: more snipey
Sodoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sodom
spendall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spendalls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spend-all.
spendalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spendall
OZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /oʊ ziː/
Forms: form: OZs
form: O.Z.
form: o.z.
form: ohzee
form: oh-zee
form: oh zee
form: ozee
form: o-zee
Etymology: From the abbreviation oz (“ounce”) pronounced as an initialism.
Senses: examples: text: Selling reefer was a round-the-clock hustle that required more time and energy than I wanted to invest. Unloading a single O.Z. sometimes took up to an hour.
ref: 1995, Nathan McCall, Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America, New York, NY: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 124:
text: Cool. I'll take a large 3 cheese, a 2-Liter of Coke, one ohzee of Purple Cush...
ref: 1998 July 18, Greg, “Bill Gates, booze and pot”, in or.politics (Usenet):
text: The standard basketball weighs twenty-two oh-zees. But right now, it's weightless. It floats. Oh, what it is to be alive.
ref: 2019, Dana Czapnik, The Falconer, New York, NY: Washington Square Press, →ISBN, page 245:
glosses: An ounce (especially of marijuana or other drugs).
OZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /oʊ ziː/
Forms: form: OZs
head_nr: 1
form: O.Z.
form: o.z.
form: ohzee
form: oh-zee
form: oh zee
form: ozee
form: o-zee
Etymology: From the abbreviation oz (“ounce”) pronounced as an initialism.
Senses: examples: text: This provision maintains the OZ designation process from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and adds that at least 33 percent of designated OZs must be comprised entirely of a rural area.
ref: 2025 May 24, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill”, in United States House Committee on Ways & Means, page 25:
head_nr: 1
glosses: Initialism of opportunity zone.
spintos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinto
ohzee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ohzees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of OZ (“ounce”).
spulye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spulyes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of spulzie.
spulye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spulyes
form: spulyeing
form: spulyed
form: spulyed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of spulzie.
oh-zee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oh-zees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of OZ (“ounce”).
spulyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spulye
spulyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spulye
spulyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spulye
ohzees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ohzee
spulyeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spulye
oh-zees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oh-zee
spulyie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spulyies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of spulzie.
spulyie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spulyies
form: spulyieing
form: spulyied
form: spulyied
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of spulzie.
spulyied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spulyie
spulyies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spulyie
spulyies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spulyie
O.Z.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of OZ (“ounce”).
spulyieing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spulyie
stedds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stedd
Trevone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village on Trevone Bay in Padstow parish, north Cornwall, England (SW grid ref SW8975),
standaway
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stand + away.
Senses: topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Denoting a kind of rolled collar that stands away from the neck.
stearage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stearages
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of steerage.
stearages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stearage
stenokous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stenoecious.