cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
demerit good
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demerit goods
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A good that brings less benefit to the consumer the more it is consumed, which may be unexpected, potentially leading to an overconsumption in the free market, e.g. tobacco.
owldom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From owl + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: […] high-pitched kewick, which, however sharp it may sound, is a sociable sound in owldom.
ref: 1972, John Hillaby, A Walk Through Europe, page 110:
glosses: The realm or sphere of owls.
McPhilbin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McPhilbins
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Philbín (“son of Philbín”) a diminutive of the personal name Pilib (“Philip”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Crewdson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Crewdsons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
oxalacetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oxaloacetic.
Heptonstall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heptonstalls
form: Heppenstall
Etymology: From Old English hēope (“rosehip”) or hēopa (“dog-rose, bramble”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“stable”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Calderdale district, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD988279).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Heptonstalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Heptonstall
McPhilbins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McPhilbin
Crewdsons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Crewdson
Emhoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Emhoffs
Etymology: Variant of Imhoff.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Emhoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Emhoff
oxhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxhorns
Etymology: From ox + horn.
Senses: examples: text: The horn is made by joining the toothed ends of two pieces of oxhorn together.
ref: 2000, Howard L. Blackmore, Hunting Weapons: From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, page 134:
text: […] a “south Hungarian, Croatian, and Rumanian signal”, played on small horns “mostly made of animal material”—in other words, oxhorns […]
ref: 2006, Raymond Monelle, The Musical Topic: Hunt, Military and Pastoral, page 88:
glosses: The horn of an ox.
oxhorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxhorn
horsfiline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An oxindole alkaloid found in the plant Horsfieldia superba.
elacomine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An oxindole alkaloid found in the plant Elaeagnus commutata.
oxycephalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oxycephaly.
synonyms: word: oxycephaly
Oyapock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oiapoque
Senses: glosses: A river in South America that forms most of the border between French Guiana and the Brazilian state of Amapá.
Oiapoque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Oyapock.
ozonify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ozonifies
form: ozonifying
form: ozonified
form: ozonified
Etymology: From ozone + -ify.
Senses: synonyms: ozonate
ozonize
glosses: To treat or react with ozone.
ozonified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ozonify
ozonifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ozonify
ozonifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ozonify
obeliscar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: On the change in architectural forms from the pyramidal to the obeliscar, the fires were transferred from the altars, or cubes, to the summits of the typical uprights, or towers; […]
ref: 1942, Reuben Swinburne Clymer, The Philosophy of Fire, page 64:
glosses: In the form of an obelisk.
dasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dass
dassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dass
Sununu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sununus
Etymology: Perhaps from Arabic سُنُونُو (sunūnū, “swallow”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Waltham St Lawrence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8276).
manitrunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manitrunk
obligedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more obligedly
form: most obligedly
Etymology: From obliged + -ly.
Senses: glosses: gratefully; indebtedly
obligancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The status of being an obligant.
proud as Lucifer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very proud of one's status or person; haughty.
obfuscity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The agriculturists are a scattered generation — the upper ranks of them proud as Lucifer, on their little dunghills; and the lower, I mean in England, in a brutal state of mental obfuscity.
ref: 1854, John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart, James Hogg, Noetes Ambrosianæ, volume 5, page 144:
text: While the distant wolf
Howls
His obfuscity to the stars
ref: 2016, Peter Karsten, Halcyon, page 46:
text: Thomas Bauer meanwhile posits a reading of the Qur'anic mubin as a comment on the deliberate stylistic obfuscity of pre-Islamic poetry.
ref: 2020, Mustafa Shah, M. A. S. Abdel Haleem, The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies, page 133:
glosses: obfuscation
oceanity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oceanicity.
synonyms: word: oceanicity
occupable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more occupable
form: most occupable
Senses: examples: text: In things which are properly no one's, two things are occupable; the lordship, and the ownership, so far as it is distinguished from the lordship.
ref: 1853, Hugo Grotius, Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace: an Abriged Translation, page 78:
glosses: Alternative form of occupiable.
occultated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of occultate
occultates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of occultate
occultating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of occultate
Ochrana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Okhrana.
oculopalpebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oculo- + palpebral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the eye and the eyelid.
touiza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tweeza
form: tiwiza
form: tiwizi
form: twiza
form: tawiza
Etymology: From Arabic تويزة, from Kabyle tiwizi, from Kabyle [script needed] (variously given as iwiss or aws, “to help”), or from equivalent terms in other Berber languages.
Senses: topics: anthropology
ethnography
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of voluntary collective labor in North Africa.
spokesbeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spokesbeings
Etymology: By analogy from spokesman, spokesperson, etc., with being.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A spokesperson, whether human or extraterrestrial.
Related terms: spokesdroid
spokesbeings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spokesbeing
ill-placed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ill-placed
form: most ill-placed
Senses: examples: text: I have watched him read, first earnestly; then the page has been closed unconsciously, and he remained lost in a gloomy reverie. I have opened the volume when he left the room, and found that the record was of ill-placed affection.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Letter”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 289:
glosses: Badly, mistakenly, or unfortunately placed.
grievance studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by English literary critic Stefan Collini in 1999. Popularized in 2018 by James A. Lindsay, Peter Boghossian, and Helen Pluckrose, the perpetrators of the "grievance studies affair".
Senses: glosses: Academic fields that are perceived by critics as airing grievances with society rather than rigorously pursuing truth.
wikipedia: Helen Pluckrose
James A. Lindsay
Peter Boghossian
grievance studies affair
langsuir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: langsuirs
Etymology: Borrowed from Indonesian langsuir.
Senses: glosses: A hollowed-back female ghost in Indonesian (Javanese) mythology usually appears since the sunset began until the dawn. Sometimes, it could appear as a Javan hawk-eagle entity.
Monmouth Junction
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Apparently named after a railroad junction.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA.
ultrapolynomial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrapolynomials
Etymology: From ultra- + polynomial.
Senses: examples: text: There exists an ultrapolynomial P(z) of class #92;left(M#95;p#92;right) (resp. of class #92;left#92;#123;M#95;p#92;right#92;#125;) such that P does not vanish on #92;mathbb#123;R#125;ᵈ and satisfies the following estimate:
ref: 2015, Stevan Pilipovic, Bojan Prangoski, Jasson Vindas, “On quasianalytic classes of Gelfand-Shilov type. Parametrix and convolution”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A power series in several variables P:Kᵈ→K (with K a field) of the form P(x)=Σ_(α∈ℕᵈ)c_αx^α whose coefficients are bounded in some specific sense.
ultrapolynomial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + polynomial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ultrapolynomials.
Derived terms: ultrapolynomially
Plainsboro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From plains + -boro.
Senses: glosses: A township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
antiasteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + asteroid.
Senses: examples: text: The juvenile missives from his unmistakably phallic Twitter avatar came days after one of his rockets launched NASA’s first antiasteroid planetary-defense test; a few weeks before another launched a first-of-its-kind mission to study cosmic X-rays; and amid Musk’s sale of 10% of his Tesla stock, a process that roiled markets, cost him billions and should produce enough tax revenue to fund the Commerce Department for a year.
ref: 2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time:
glosses: Protecting against asteroids.
leave a mark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaves a mark
form: leaving a mark
form: left a mark
form: left a mark
Senses: examples: text: How many will leave a mark on the world—much less the universe—for their contributions rather than their crimes?
ref: 2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of leave one's mark.
mold-breaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mold-breaking
form: most mold-breaking
Senses: examples: text: His rockets, built from scratch on an autodidact’s mold-breaking vision, have saved taxpayers billions, reinvigorated America’s space dreams and are launching satellites to expand Internet access across the globe.
ref: 2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
glosses: Alternative spelling of mould-breaking.
Rahway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Union County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A river in New Jersey which flows into Arthur Kill.
frenemyship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frenemyships
form: frienemyship
Etymology: From frenemy + -ship, by analogy with friendship.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being frenemies.
examples: text: It is hard to image such a garrulous frenemyship in today's Washington.
ref: 2025 April 12, Edward Luce, “The revenge of geopolitics”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:
glosses: An ambiguously friendly or antagonistic relationship.
pace-setting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Today, thanks in large part to Musk’s pace-setting, auto companies from VW to Nissan are jostling to invest billions in electric vehicles.
ref: 2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of pacesetting.
Metuchen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
automatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of automatise
Elons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Elon
Stelton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Stelle + -ton, the name of early settlers; the name was first given to the railroad station, now named Edison.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
girlchik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girlchiks
Etymology: Blend of girl + boychik
Senses: examples: text: “Ai-ai-ai,” Aaron cries sadly, “you were always such a quiet girlchik.”
ref: 1940, Theodor Reik, From Thirty Years with Freud, →OCLC, page 187:
text: Here was the chutzpadik girlchik herself in a story blending the highest of scholarly ambitions with lust and desire
ref: 2000, Bonnie J. Morris, Girl Reel, →OCLC, page 113:
text: He stumbled to the foot of her bed. “Hello, girlchik.”
ref: 2014, Sharon Buchbinder, “Chapter 2”, in Some Other Child, →ISBN:
glosses: Term of endearment for a girl or woman.
pourpointing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French pourpointerie.
Senses: examples: text: This seems very doubtful : it appears more likely that the coloured defence is of jazerant - work , of pourpointing , or of chain ; and this notion is strengthened by a very curious illumination in Royal MS . , 15 , E , vi .
ref: 1849, “The” Archaeological Journal, page 353:
text: The armour of the arbalester is probably meant for chain-mail: that of the archer is very vague, but seems to express some kind of pourpointing. The artist has carefully distinguished the barbed head of the arrow […] That the banded defences under consideration were of pourpointing is still more unlikely; for a gamboised garment, whether of velvet, silk, cloth, or whatever material, would, in painted representations, exhibit those various […]
ref: 1855, John Hewitt, Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe:
glosses: Synonym of pourpointerie.
synonyms: word: pourpointerie
pourpointerie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French pourpointerie.
Senses: examples: text: The Cuisses of Sir Thomas Cheyne, are of Pourpointerie. His Sabbatons or shoes of mail are formed of small overlaying pieces of steel, like scales: they are imbricated Sabbatons, tegulated Sollerets, laminated Poulains , or scaly […]
ref: 1840, Charles Henry Hartshorne, An Endeavour to Classify the Sepulchral Remains in Northamptonshire; Or, A Discourse on Funeral Monuments in that County, page 36:
text: In this tapestry , three other modes of clothing the leg are seen: in some figures the crossing lines forming lozenges are found, which we have assumed to be pourpointerie; in others appear the fasciæ, or winding bands, […]
ref: 1855, John Hewitt, Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: from the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the 13. Century with Illustrations, page 134:
text: […] armour of plate; a defence composed of metal strips fixed on leather or pourpointerie; a quilted garment with studs on the surface; a variety, in which studs and strips of metal overlie a quilted defence; […]
ref: 1858, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 586:
synonyms: pourpointing
glosses: Quilting of the sort used in constructing pourpoints.
Morrisville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɹ.ɪs.vɪl/
rhymes: -ɔɹɪsvɪl
Etymology: From Morris + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Polk County, Missouri, named after Morris Mitchell.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Madison County, New York, named after Thomas Morris.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Wake County, North Carolina, named after Jeremiah Morris.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio, named after Isaac Morris.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, named after Robert Morris.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Morristown, Lamoille County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia.
glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
in sync
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The TV and the speakers are in sync.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, sync.
examples: text: We / Used to be / Just like twins / So in sync
ref: 2008, Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, “Hot n Cold”, in One of the Boys, performed by Katy Perry:
antonyms: out of sync
glosses: Working well together; agreeing with each other.
out of sync
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out, of, sync.
antonyms: in sync
glosses: Working poorly together; disagreeing with each other.
Related terms: out of step
at cross-purposes
play dirty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays dirty
form: playing dirty
form: played dirty
form: played dirty
Senses: antonyms: play fair
glosses: To act dishonestly or unfairly.
Tullytown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
agoggle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agoggle
form: most agoggle
Etymology: From a- + goggle.
Senses: examples: text: his starting eyes / Both wide agoggle, twice their size.
ref: 1859, J. Stanyan Bigg, “Urban, the Monk”, in Lays of the Sanctuary and Other Poems, London: E. Good, page 277:
text: [He] was agoggle with surprise.
ref: 1969, Patricia Highsmith, chapter 25, in The Tremor of Forgery, Penguin, published 1987, page 234:
text: I turned, to discover Louise’s face, pressed against the glass, a-goggle with worry and concern.
ref: 1977, Nigel Williams, My Life Closed Twice, London: Faber and Faber, published 1986, Part 3, Chapter 20, p. 169:
text: The boys, still young, not yet enamored of kung fu, would sprawl below the soft brown sofa, legs and hands entangled, eyes agoggle at the screen.
ref: 2008, N. S. Köenings, “Sisters for Shama”, in Theft, New York: Back Bay Books / Little, Brown, page 193:
glosses: Goggling: (of a person or face) staring with wide eyes; (of eyes) opened wide to stare.
examples: text: a. 1839, William Eaton, “An Essay” cited in James Nack, Earl Rupert, and Other Tales and Poems, New York: George Adlard, 1839, p. 128,
such poetry as this / Must set you all a-goggle!
text: […] the Crows were agoggle at the results of Jim’s dickering.
ref: 1970, Marian T. Place, chapter 9, in Mountain Man, London: Crowell-Collier, page 88:
text: […] a mysterious intruder leaving diminutive size-six footprints had residents agoggle.
ref: 2008, Michael Norman, chapter 21, in Haunted Homeland,, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, page 390:
glosses: Amazed (at something).
Bouarfa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria.
glosses: A city, the capital of Figuig Province, Oriental Region, Morocco.
Oujda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of the Oriental Region, Morocco.
Koulikoro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune, the capital of the Koulikoro Region, Mali.
glosses: A village in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast.
Yangshupu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /jɑŋʃupu/
/jæŋʃupu/
Forms: form: Yangtzepoo
form: Yangtszepoo
Etymology: The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 楊樹浦 /杨树浦 (Yángshùpǔ, literally “Poplar Tree Bank”).
Senses: examples: text: Shanghai's concessions, which by the middle of the nineteenth century took up 0.56 square kilometers, extended to over 33 square kilometers at the beginning of the twentieth century. The main extensions had taken place northward along the Huangpu River in Yangshupu and Wusong River (Suzhou Creek) and west of the Walled City.
ref: 2004, Marie-Claire Bergère, “Shanghai's Urban Development: A Remake?”, in Seng Kuan, Peter G. Rowe, editors, Shanghai: Architecture & Urbanism for Modern China, Prestel Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:
glosses: Former name of Yangpu, a district of Shanghai, China.
plumeholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plumeholders
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:plumeholder.
glosses: Alternative form of plume holder.
plumeholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plumeholder
plume holder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plume holders
form: plume-holder
form: plumeholder
Senses: glosses: A component, especially in a helmet for a person or a horse, which holds a plume or panache.
plume holders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plume holder
plume-holder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plume-holders
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:plume-holder.
glosses: Alternative form of plume holder.
plume-holders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plume-holder
got it in for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: have it in for
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of have it in for.
newy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newies
form: newie
Etymology: From new + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Let's go into Newy and catch a movie.
glosses: Shorthand for a number of different cities that start with "New", such as Newcastle, New Haven, or New York
examples: text: Can I have a newy from your pack?
glosses: Newport brand menthol cigarette
examples: text: Lets go to Newy for a skate
glosses: Newcastle, New South Wales
mass haul diagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass haul diagrams
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A diagram illustrating the amounts of material that will be cut from the terrain and used to fill other areas, for example when building a railway.
mass haul diagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mass haul diagram
Mary Ellen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mary Ellens
Senses: examples: text: Young and middle-aged women often caring for large families were known as 'Mary Ellens'. They dressed in a most distinctive fashion with large black shawls draped over their shoulders and fastened at the middle. The shawl formed a large pocket under each arm; often one would hold a baby, the other a bag and perhaps a little food which the Mary Ellen had managed to shoplift. Their men were known as Dicky Sams. […] Typically a Mary Ellen would hock her wedding ring for a barrow and a load of produce. […] At the end of the day she would have enough money to pay for the barrow and retrieve her ring.
ref: 2010, Tim Parker, Signalman Jones, page 18:
text: Luke staggered blindly down the street, almost bumping into an old woman in black with a shawl drawn close about her head and shoulders—a Mary Ellen they called them round here.
ref: 2010, Anne Baker, Goodbye Liverpool:
text: Dad had just laughed when Rose said she wouldn't mind being a Mary Ellen but Mam had tightened her mouth and sniffed.
ref: 2011, Katie Flynn, Rose of Tralee:
coordinate_terms: Dicky Sam
qualifier: Liverpool
glosses: A working-class woman, typically dressed in a shawl, carrying one or more babies, and working as a market trader.
Mary Ellens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mary Ellen
Dicky Sam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dicky Sams
Senses: hypernyms: Liverpudlian
coordinate_terms: Mary Ellen
glosses: A man from Liverpool.
Dicky Sams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dicky Sam
macrofilariae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrofilaria
machete betas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machete beta
hog-dogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A spectator event that simulates wild or feral boar hunting with dogs. A hog is released into a pen, followed by one or two dogs that attempt to control or subdue it by barking and confrontation.
Related terms: pig dog
kerupuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of krupuk.
cytidylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cytidine monophosphate
Adephagia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀδηφαγία (Adēphagía).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddess and personification of gluttony.
Related terms: Adephaga
historist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: historists
Senses: topics: historiography
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A proponent of historism.
historists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of historist
arsenicked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Physical poison would make them start from arsenicked bread; shall not the moral poison which is in it, make them start more promptly still from slave produce?
ref: 1836, Elizur Wright, Quarterly Anti-slavery Magazine, volume 2, page 162:
text: New families are frightened of natural threats more than the old woes: Christian daycares, arsenicked Snickers.
ref: 2017, JoAnna Novak, I Must Have You:
glosses: Poisoned with arsenic.
Cannonau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The grenache red wine grape.
entry port
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entry ports
Senses: glosses: Synonym of port of entry
synonyms: word: port of entry
entry ports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entry port
fem lib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of women's liberation.
synonyms: word: women's liberation
skull and bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of skull and crossbones (“emblem of pirates or toxicity”).
synonyms: word: skull and crossbones
extra: emblem of pirates or toxicity
Skull and Bones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A secret society for students at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Related terms: Bonesman
keropok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [k˭əˈɹop˭oʔ]
ipa: [ˈk˭əɹ-]
Etymology: From Malay keropok.
Senses: glosses: A type of deep-fried cracker made with starch and flavoured with seafood
Related terms: krupuk
quantums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quantum
blood quantum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood quantums
form: blood quanta
Senses: examples: text: Native blood quantum was introduced in 1705 at the Virginia Colony. If you were at least half Native, you didn’t have the same rights as white people. Blood quantum and tribal membership qualifications have since been turned over to individual tribes to decide.
ref: 2018, Tommy Orange, There There, Harvill Secker, page 137:
glosses: The fraction of a person's ancestors, out of their total ancestors, who are documented as full-blooded Native Americans.
blood quanta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood quantum
blood quantums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood quantum
blood rains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood rain
gold certificate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gold certificates
Senses: glosses: A certificate of ownership of gold metal stored by another entity, used historically as a paper currency of the United States (1863–1933) and in modern times as a form of investment.
gold certificates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gold certificate
golden-cheeked warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden-cheeked warblers
Senses: glosses: Setophaga chrysoparia, a bird with striking bright yellow cheeks that breeds in central Texas.
hashed brown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hashed browns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hash brown.
hashed browns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hashed brown
wheat beer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheat beers
Senses: glosses: A top-fermented beer brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley.
wheat beers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheat beer
satfeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satfeeds
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: satellite feed
Related terms: satlink
satfeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satfeed
fish camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish camps
form: fishcamp
Senses: examples: text: The whole region is dotted with restaurants very much like Taylor Grocery (once called fish camps) that sell only fried fish, and when I was growing up, the announcement that we were eating out meant we were going to the fish camp.
ref: 2009, Damon Fowler, Classical Southern Cooking, page 124:
glosses: A restaurant serving fried seafood.
glosses: A Native American seasonal camp for the purpose of catching fish and smoking them.
fish camps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish camp
fishcamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishcamps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fish camp.
fishcamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishcamp
Satanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Satanian
satcast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satcasts
Senses: glosses: A satellite broadcast.
satcast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: satcasts
form: satcasting
form: satcast
form: satcast
form: satcasted
form: satcasted
Senses: glosses: To broadcast by satellite.
satcaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satcasters
Senses: glosses: A satellite broadcaster.
satcasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satcaster
satcasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of satcast
satcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satcast
satcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of satcast
satcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of satcast
satin glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satin glasses
Senses: glosses: Glass treated with hydrofluoric acid to give a misty finish, used for decorative items or for windows offering a degree of privacy.
satin glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satin glass
pressed glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pressed glass
pattern glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pattern glass
leopard complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A group of genetically related coat patterns in horses, ranging from progressive increases in interspersed white hair (similar to graying or roan) to distinctive, Dalmatian-like leopard spots on a white coat. Secondary characteristics include a white sclera around the eye, striped hooves, and mottled skin.
kerupuk udang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of Indonesian prawn crackers.
satellite cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satellite cells
Senses: glosses: A myosatellite cell.
satellite cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satellite cell
golden masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden master
climate justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Social justice as it relates to the impact of climate change on various populations.
rocktronica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of rock + electronica
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of electronic rock.
synonyms: word: electronic rock
hellstrip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hellstrips
form: hell strip
Etymology: From hell + strip. Coined by American horticulturalist and author Lauren Springer Ogden in the 1990s.
Senses: synonyms: road verge
parking strip
tree lawn
glosses: A strip of land between a sidewalk and a street.
Related terms: median strip
terrace
boulevard
hellstrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hellstrip
porcelanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: porcelanizes
form: porcelanizing
form: porcelanized
form: porcelanized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of porcelainize.
porcelanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of porcelanize
porcelanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of porcelanize
porcelanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of porcelanize
polyphagan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphagans
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the beetle suborder Polyphaga.
polyphagans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyphagan
pocket net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket nets
Senses: glosses: A kind of small net for the recapture of aquatic organisms in scientific studies.
pocket nets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket net
amber pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amber puddings
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A boiled or steamed lemon bread pudding.
amber puddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amber pudding
Amberlites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Amberlite
amor fati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A learned borrowing from Latin amor fātī (literally “love of fate”).
Senses: glosses: An attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or at least necessary; associated with the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.
backpatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backpat
backpats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backpat
backpats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backpat
backpatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backpat
kicked at the can
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kick at the can
kicking at the can
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kick at the can
hell strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hell strips
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hellstrip.
float tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: float tubes
Senses: synonyms: belly boat
kick boat
glosses: A small, lightweight inflatable fishing craft.
belly boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly boats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of float tube (“small inflatable fishing craft”).
synonyms: word: float tube
extra: small inflatable fishing craft
kick boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kick boats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of float tube (“small inflatable fishing craft”).
synonyms: word: float tube
extra: small inflatable fishing craft
float tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of float tube
belly boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belly boat
kick boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kick boat
hell strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hell strip
Fidcock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Simonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Simonites
Etymology: From Simon + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Simonian.
synonyms: word: Simonian
Simonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Simonite
angular gyrus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angular gyri
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A region of the brain, lying mainly in the anterolateral region of the parietal lobe, involved in transferring visual information to Wernicke's area and in various linguistic, cognitive, and other functions.
angular gyri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angular gyrus
cocktail frock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocktail frocks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cocktail dress.
synonyms: word: cocktail dress
cocktail frocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocktail frock
cocktail length
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Esther Groscurth was striking in a Grecian wrapped bodice of red crepe with nylon accordion-pleated skirt of cocktail length.
ref: 1956, Billboard, page 92:
text: If you wear a dress, cocktail length is the way to go (obviously). That means that your dress should hit your leg right below the knee, as shown in Figure 11-1.
ref: 2009, Jill Martin, Pierre A. Lehu, Fashion For Dummies, page 194:
glosses: The length of a cocktail dress, typically around knee length.
kengirge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kengirges
Etymology: Borrowed from Tuvan кеңгирге (keñgirge). Compare Mongolian хэнгэрэг (xengereg) and several other cognates.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A large, double-sided Tuvan drum, often made of goatskin and adorned with bells, introduced by Tibetan Buddhists.
Related terms: english: bells that sit atop the kengirge
translation: bells that sit atop the kengirge
word: shyngyrash
Angelic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Angelics
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul, a Roman Catholic religious order.
Angelics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Angelic
ancestorhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ancestor + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being an ancestor.
angel wing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angel wings
Etymology: From angel + wing.
Senses: glosses: A kind of mollusk; a piddock.
glosses: A disease of waterfowl in which the last joint of the wing becomes twisted, causing the wing feathers to point laterally outwards; a wing of this kind.
Simpson's rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Simpson's rules
Etymology: Named after Thomas Simpson (1710–1761).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of several approximations for definite integrals.
Simpson's rules
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Simpson's rule
autoheterodynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoheterodyne
self-diagnostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + diagnostic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to self-diagnosis.
self-repair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-repairs
Etymology: From self- + repair.
Senses: examples: text: A self-diagnosis circuit that can be used for built-in self-repair is proposed.
ref: 2012, Issues in Computer Science and Theory: 2011 Edition, page 116:
glosses: The act of repairing itself.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A speaker's spontaneous, unprompted correction of their own mistake.
self-repairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-repair
self-involvement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + involvement.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being self-involved.
self-interviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-interview
self-publisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-publishers
Senses: glosses: One who self-publishes.
self-publishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-publisher
dream feeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dream feed
dream fed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dream feed
chemical pregnancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemical pregnancies
Senses: synonyms: biochemical pregnancy
glosses: A very early miscarriage, before reaching the stage of an embryo detectable by ultrasound.
chemical pregnancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemical pregnancy
biochemical pregnancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biochemical pregnancies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chemical pregnancy.
synonyms: word: chemical pregnancy
biochemical pregnancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biochemical pregnancy
commodity currency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commodity currencies
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A currency that moves in correlation with the world prices of primary commodity products, due to the country's heavy dependency on the export of certain raw materials for income.
commodity currencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commodity currency
sun-splashed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sun-splashed
form: most sun-splashed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sun-drenched.
synonyms: word: sun-drenched
yellow mongoose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: red meerkat
glosses: The mongoose Cynictis penicillata.
youth court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: youth courts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of juvenile court.
synonyms: word: juvenile court
youth courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of youth court
star prize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star prizes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grand prize.
synonyms: word: grand prize
star prizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star prize
spotted orchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spotted orchids
Senses: glosses: Any of various orchids with spots on their leaves, especially of the genus Dactylorhiza.
Derived terms: common spotted orchid
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
heath spotted orchid
Dactylorhiza maculata
spotted orchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spotted orchid
bottle warmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottle warmers
Senses: glosses: A device for heating a baby's bottle.
bottle warmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottle warmer
bottle kiln
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottle kilns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bottle oven.
synonyms: word: bottle oven
bottle kilns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottle kiln
bottle oven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottle ovens
Senses: synonyms: bottle kiln
glosses: A bottle-shaped kiln, typical of the industrial landscape of Stoke-on-Trent, England.
bottle ovens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottle oven
bottle club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottle clubs
Senses: glosses: An establishment that is not licensed to sell alcohol, but only to serve alcohol that patrons have brought from elsewhere.
bottle clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottle club
long trousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: trousers as opposed to shorts
Keristan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Keristan
form: most Keristan
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Kerista, a utopian community started in New York City in 1956, based on the ideals of polyfidelity and the creation of intentional communities.
Keristan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Keristans
Senses: glosses: A member of Kerista.
Keristans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Keristan
cake ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cake balls
Senses: glosses: A small sphere of reconstituted cake crumbs, coated with chocolate or frosting.
cake balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cake ball
faces that would stop clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face that would stop a clock
fondue fork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fondue forks
Senses: examples: text: Fondue forks generally have colored areas on the handles so that each guest can tell which forks are theirs when in the pots.
ref: 2017, Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook, page 100:
glosses: A long fork with heatproof handle for dipping food into fondue.
fondue forks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fondue fork
hurry up the cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hurries up the cakes
form: hurrying up the cakes
form: hurried up the cakes
form: hurried up the cakes
Senses: examples: text: From the street-boy, who apostrophizes Government with a profanely sandwiched recommendation to 'hurry up the cakes,' up to the grave divine, who in his prayer for the President and Congress, of these mentally adds, […]
ref: 1862, The Knickerbocker; Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, page 300:
glosses: Hurry up; get a move on.
knock the ball out of the park
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knocks the ball out of the park
form: knocking the ball out of the park
form: knocked the ball out of the park
form: knocked the ball out of the park
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hit one out of the ballpark.
sitcommy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sitcommy
form: most sitcommy
Etymology: From sitcom + -y.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sitcomish.
synonyms: word: sitcomish
sitcomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sitcomy
form: most sitcomy
Senses: examples: text: So I threw it away and started with a different tone and that tone was too light, it was too sitcomy for me, but in that one, I found the idea of having to pair him up with a woman.
ref: 2013, Neil Landau, The Screenwriter’s Roadmap: 21 Ways to Jumpstart Your Story, page 128:
glosses: Alternative form of sitcommy.
Prader
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Praders
Etymology: Borrowed from German Prader.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.