cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pigmentizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pigmentize
pigmentizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pigmentize
pigmentized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pigmentize
king mackerels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of king mackerel
pilasterlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pilasterlike
form: most pilasterlike
Etymology: From pilaster + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pilaster.
rowlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rowlike
form: most rowlike
Etymology: From row + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a row.
columnlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more columnlike
form: most columnlike
Etymology: From column + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a column.
Planté battery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Planté batteries
Etymology: After the inventor, Gaston Planté.
Senses: glosses: A lead-acid battery.
wikipedia: Gaston Planté
Planté batteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Planté battery
pleasureable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pleasureable
form: most pleasureable
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pleasurable.
ploughless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plough + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a plough.
plowless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plow + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a plow.
Rabjohns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
pokkah boeng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease of sugar cane caused by the fungus Fusarium moniliforme.
Harry-Potterish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Harry-Potterish
form: most Harry-Potterish
Senses: examples: text: There is a frequent Harry-Potterish deflation of tension; a mounting crisis tends to be resolved before it can cause the reader too much anxiety.
ref: 2000 September 21, Daniel Soar, “Willesden Fast-Forward”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 18, page 31; quoted in Janet Witalec, editor, Contemporary Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Today’s Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Scriptwriters, and Other Creative Writers, volume 158, Gale, 2002, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 248, column 2:
text: Here the apostle engages in a Harry-Potterish competition in sorcery.
ref: 2004, Edward Stourton, Paul of Tarsus: A Visionary Life, HiddenSpring, published 2005, →ISBN, page 77:
text: She led them through a corridor of Harry-Potterish aspect, past strange and fusty exhibits of rocks and shells and stuffed creatures — likely donated cast-offs of former members — to what had been Lexy’s room during her short stay at the college.
ref: 2010, G. M. Malliet, Death at the Alma Mater, Wheeler Publishing, →ISBN, page 255:
text: […] the gimnazija has a splendid Harry-Potterish Gothic feel with its arches, long corridors and leather bound library.
ref: 2010, Robert MacCurrach, In the Bend of the River: Finding Vojvodina, Novi Sad: Bookstream, →ISBN, page 118:
text: I look up to ask Guy another question and notice, seemingly out of nowhere, a great horned owl sitting opposite me, near Lynette. It startles me, and I start to scoot back, away from the fire. Lynette laughs and says, “He’s here for you, you know.” “What do you mean?” I ask, thinking of all the old Native American stories connecting owls with death. “A little too Harry-Potterish for you?” she asks playfully.
ref: 2014, Jane Peranteau, Jumping, Hampton Roads Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 80:
text: Escape the crowds on a walk around the Fern Garden and Arboretum, investigate toxic plants in the Harry-Potterish Poison Garden, or explore the landscaped nooks and crannies of the Rock Close.
ref: 2016, Fionn Davenport, Damian Harper, Catherine Le Nevez, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Neil Wilson, Ireland, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 222, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of Harry Potterish.
political geography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: hypernyms: geography
coordinate_terms: human geography
glosses: The academic study of the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures.
Related terms: geopolitics
polushka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polushkas
form: polushki
Etymology: From Russian полушка (poluška).
Senses: glosses: A Russian coin worth one quarter of a kopek.
polushkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polushka
polushki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polushka
polygonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polygonias
Senses: glosses: A butterfly of the genus Polygonia.
polygonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polygonia
polygroove
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + groove.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polygrooved.
Polynesian chestnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polynesian chestnuts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tahitian chestnut (Inocarpus fagifer)
synonyms: word: Tahitian chestnut
extra: Inocarpus fagifer
Polynesian chestnuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Polynesian chestnut
polytonalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polytonality.
synonyms: word: polytonality
Pomerol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine near Bordeaux in southwestern France.
Pomerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pomerols
Senses: glosses: A wine from this region.
Pomerols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pomerol
pommettée
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pommetty.
pommetté
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pommetty.
pometté
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pommetty.
polyspeed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + speed.
Senses: examples: text: a polyspeed motor
glosses: Capable of operating a different speeds.
pommetée
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pommetty.
pommeté
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pommetty.
pond cypress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pond cypresses
Senses: examples: text: Most of the pond cypress leaves are twisted so that they stand erect along the upper side of the twigs, creating a featherlike effect. By contrast, the leaves of bald cypress are arranged in a spiral all around the twigs.
ref: 2006 June 27, Robert Mohlenbrock, This Land: A Guide to Eastern National Forests, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 26:
text: In areas of peat soils, bald cypress dominates, and in marl soils, pond cypress dominates. Their growth forms are distinctive--bald cypress limbs extending horizontally and pond cypress extending at a uniform upward angle.
ref: 2016 November 3, Thomas E. Lodge, The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Fourth Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: A variety of bald cypress native to blackwater rivers of the Southeastern United States; a deciduous conifer of species Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium (formerly known as Taxodium ascendens).
Hypernyms: bald cypress
taxodium
cypress
conifer
gymnosperm
tracheophyte
plant
pond cypresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pond cypress
Minnis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
pray to the porcelain goddess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prays to the porcelain goddess
form: praying to the porcelain goddess
form: prayed to the porcelain goddess
form: prayed to the porcelain goddess
Senses: glosses: Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).
synonyms: word: worship the porcelain god
extra: to vomit into a toilet bowl
porcinely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more porcinely
form: most porcinely
Etymology: From porcine + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a porcine manner.
Port Orford cedar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Port Orford cedars
Senses: synonyms: Lawson cypress
Lawson's cypress
glosses: The conifer Chamaecyparis lawsoniana.
Port Orford cedars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Port Orford cedar
POSB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of People's Own Savings Bank.
glosses: Initialism of Post Office Savings Bank.
postery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more postery
form: most postery
Etymology: From poster + -y.
Senses: examples: text: This gives a very postery and unique decoration
ref: 1912, George John Cowan, Window Backgrounds, page 214:
text: It's very postery and bright.
ref: 1990, Art Director & Studio News, volume 42, page 15:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a poster.
potato aphid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potato aphids
Senses: glosses: A sap-sucking pest insect, of species Macrosiphum euphorbiae.
potato aphids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potato aphid
potato moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potato moths
Senses: glosses: The gelechioid moth Stoeberhinus testaceus.
potato moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potato moth
potato psyllid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potato psyllids
Senses: glosses: The psyllid Bactericera cockerelli.
potato psyllids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potato psyllid
zebra chip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease of potatoes causing unsightly black stripes when the tubers are fried.
Pouilly-Fuissé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pouilly-Fuissés
Senses: glosses: A kind of white wine from the Mâconnais subregion of Burgundy in central France.
Pouilly-Fuissés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pouilly-Fuissé
Povindah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Povindahs
form: Povindah
Senses: glosses: A member of a class of warrior nomadic traders in what is now Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan, belonging chiefly to the Ghilji.
Povindahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Povindah
prefecture-level municipality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefecture-level municipalities
Senses: examples: text: Yang-ch’üan, Pinyin YANGQUAN, City, eastern Shansi Province (sheng), China. It is a prefecture-level municipality (shih) entirely surrounded by Chin-chung Prefecture (ti-ch’ü).
ref: 2002, “Yang-ch’üan”, in The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 12, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 817, column 1:
text: Wenzhou is a prefecture-level municipality located in the southeast of Zhejiang province.
ref: 2009, Chun Liao, “Firms’ Governance Structure in the Chinese Private Sector”, in The Governance Structures of Chinese Firms: Innovation, Competitiveness, and Growth in a Dual Economy, Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 127:
text: Tibet was formally designated an autonomous region in 1965, as part of the separation of religion and civil administration. It is now divided into the dijishi (prefecture-level municipality) of Lhasa, directly under the jurisdiction of the regional government, and six diqu (prefectures), which are subdivided into shixiaqu (districts), xian (counties), and xianjishi (county-level municipalities).
ref: 2011, Kenneth Pletcher, editor, The Geography of China, Britannica Educational Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 301–302:
glosses: Synonym of prefecture-level city.
synonyms: word: prefecture-level city
poverty poker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A variety of poker in which players can only lose a certain maximum amount, after which they can continue to play regardless of the loss.
prefecture-level municipalities
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of prefecture-level municipality
medlab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medlabs
Etymology: From med + lab.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A medical laboratory.
medlabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medlab
VRLA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of valve-regulated lead-acid (“type of battery”).
ambilogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æmˈbɪlədʒi/
Etymology: From ambi- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: Words or language of doubtful meaning.
amlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amlets
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of omelette.
amolish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: amolishes
form: amolishing
form: amolished
form: amolished
Etymology: Attested since the 16th century; from Middle French amolir (via the stem amoliss--), from Latin āmōlīrī (“to remove from”).
Senses: examples: text: […] becauſe Purgatory receiueth men after Iudgement particular, and is vtterly amoliſhed before the generall,Iudgement finiſhed.
ref: 1624, Richard Montagu, “That there is no Purgatorie fire, or other priſon wherein ſinnes may bee ſatisfied for after this life” (chapter XLII), in A Gagg for the New Gospell? No. A New Gagg for an Old Goose, page 286:
glosses: To remove forcibly.
Related terms: amolition
amolition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin āmōlītio, from āmōlior + -tiō.
Senses: glosses: A putting away; a forcible removal; the act of amolishing.
ice lol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice lols
Senses: examples: text: […]the others are rooting through the freezer in hot pursuit of the ice-lols.
ref: 2019 February 16, Donncha O'Callaghan, “Six Nations: England may be onto something with this 'tempo percentage' lark”, in TimesOnline:
glosses: Clipping of ice lolly.
alpist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Spanish ‘’Alpiste’’, from the Mozarabic word, ‘’al-bisht’’ the alpist, from ‘’al-‘’, Arabic the + bisht alpist, from Medieval Latin ‘’pistum’’, from Latin, ‘’neuter of pistus’’, past participle of ‘’pinsere’’, (to pound, crush)
Senses: glosses: A seed of canary grass.
glosses: A seed of any variety of Phleum.
Barlow knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Barlow knives
Etymology: From Barlow, surname of the family who made these knives in the 18th century.
Senses: glosses: A pocketknife with a characteristically long bolster, elongated oval handle, and one or two blades.
Pokémonesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pokémonesque
form: most Pokémonesque
Senses: examples: text: The biennial’s skepticism about contemporary commodity culture greeted visitors to el Morro (a colonial-era castle that served as one of the main exhibition sites) in the form of Nadin Ospina’s (Colombia) giant yellow inflatable El paseante, whose Pokémonesque shape made a hilarious echo of the castle’s own contour.
ref: 2001, ArtNexus, page 51:
text: Ultimately, then, it’s left to the Pokémonesque discovery and nurturing of dinosaurs to maintain one’s interest.
ref: 2001 Christmas, Jonathan Davies, “Jurassic Park III: Park Builder”, in Advance, number 01, page 90:
text: Consumption-rich anniversaries and holidays are equally evocatively described[…], as are personal selling[…], promotional gimmicks[…], the cheesy correspondence courses found in the small-ads pages of tabloid newspapers[…], and, of all things, Harry Potter-ish marketing crazes (Hogwarts pupils collect Pokémonesque wizard cards, which are swapped and traded incessantly).
ref: 2002 January, Stephen Brown, “There’s Something About Harry”, in Journal of Marketing, page 127, column 2:
text: The truth is, the hundreds of different items available in Road Trip could easily give birth to a Pokémonesque collect-’em-all obsession.
ref: 2002 October, Joe Rybicki, “Road Trip”, in Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, number 61, page 150, column 3:
text: And not only do his monsters align themselves to a Pokémonesque “rock, paper, scissors” circle of dominance, but two monsters can mate to make a third variety (as they do in the Pokémon titles).
ref: 2007 December, George S., “Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker”, in Nintendo Power, number 222, page 86, column 2:
text: Make your own bee Pokémonesque game using bee identification cards, giving them points for every bee they spot and identify.
ref: 2020, Jean Vernon, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees, Pen and Sword White Owl, →ISBN, page 75:
text: Other so-called metaverses, such as Axie Infinity, are even further from the Second Life model, with a clearly defined mission to collect, breed, and battle digital pets in Pokémonesque fashion
ref: 2023, Seoyoung Kim, DeFi For Dummies®, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 123:
glosses: Alternative form of Pokémon-esque.
selenophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˌli.nəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
Forms: form: selenophobias
Etymology: From seleno- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “Moon”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Senses: glosses: An abnormal or irrational fear of the Moon.
examples: text: […]the chronic use of dietary selenium supplementation or chronic ingestion of drinking water containing selenium slightly above normal or safe levels can facilitate the development of diabetes type 2 and neurodegenerative diseases. These observations do not indicate that we have returned to the era of selenophobia (the fear of selenium observed in the 20th century), but we have to be much more critical about the intentional or unintentional chronic use of selenium.
ref: 2017, Joao B. T. Rocha, Claudia S. Oliveira, Pablo A. Nogara, “Toxicology and Anticancer Activity of Synthetic Organoselenium Compounds”, in Organoselenium Compounds in Biology and Medicine, Royal Society of Chemistry, page 349:
antonyms: selenophilia
glosses: A fear of selenium due to its perceived status as a carcinogen and toxin.
Star Warsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Star Warsian
form: most Star Warsian
form: Star Wars-ian
form: Star-Warsian
Etymology: From Star Wars + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Basking in the afterglow of a virtually quintupled effects budget, and fearing that their gargantuan TV-movie script would ultimately just seem puny on the silver screen, Roddenberry and company began revising that script, puffing and packing it with long, loving exteriors of the Enterprise, dramatic space walks, and decidedly Star Wars'''ian visuals.
ref: 1994, William Shatner, Chris Kreski, Star Trek Movie Memories, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 63:
text: Which leads to another fault in the game, namely that if I can’t even remember the names of the damn characters, I certainly don’t particularly care about them. Another Star Warsian faux pas, since part of the beauty of the Star Wars universe and the star players therein is that you really root for the heroes and despise the bad guys.
ref: 2002 May, John Davison, “Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter”, in Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, number 56, page 103, column 3:
text: Kate Winslet is no longer topless in Titanic, bloody bullet wounds disappear in The Matrix, and swords, reminiscent of biblical ploughshares, have been beat into Star Warsian light beams in The Princess Bride.
ref: 2003, John Fischer, Finding God Where You Least Expect Him, Eugene, Ore.: Harvest House, →ISBN, page 93:
text: You can superimpose your Star Warsian title across any background, including stills and video clips from the videos that you took; […]
ref: 2007, Carl Plumer, Hollywood Special Effects with Adobe® Premiere® Elements 3, Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page 43:
text: We are connected to something larger than ourselves, be that God, Gaia, Brahma-Atman, or a Star Warsian force accessible through Yoda.
ref: 2008, Timothy L. Fort, Prophets, Profits, and Peace: The Positive Role of Business in Promoting Religious Tolerance, New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 26:
text: The Tempest is Shakespeare’s biggest play, like a Star Warsian epic as I watched the actors on stage I could see the character of Prospero having been used as the template of Lucas’ Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.
ref: 2009, Tyler Richard Ragan, The Bard’s Spirit: Shakespeare’s Social Gospel, Bookstand Publishing, →ISBN:
text: And by ‘On The Horizon’, we mean spatially, as Disney is keeping its new Star Wars app in the US for now. But were it here, or were you there, you’d be enjoying the ability to upload selfies into Star Warsian scenarios, and to have your local weather translated onto well-known galactic locales.
ref: 2015 September, Stuff, page 26:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the Star Wars franchise.
cyber transport
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of networked (“computer networked”); pertaining to computer networks and computer networking
synonyms: word: networked
extra: (“computer networked”); pertaining to computer networks and computer networking
Derived terms: cyber transport airman
cyber transport journeyman
cyber transport rating
cyber transport technician
Related terms: cyber
cyber transport system
cyber transport systems
transport
Ste. Genevievian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ste. Genevievians
Etymology: From Ste. Genevieve + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The tremor, which was felt by many Ste. Genevievians, was recorded on the seismograph apparatus at the University, the first shock coming at 10:34 p. m., and the second eleven seconds later.
ref: 1933 August 17, Crystal City Press, volume 18, number 9, Crystal City, Mo.:
text: These modern Ste. Genevievians have faithfully preserved every tradition, every monument and every memory that sings of the past and in so doing, have gained the respect of thousands of men and women throughout the United States who believe as they do, that the past, as a rule, is all too easily forgotten and the real heroes of our nation lie unsung in the deep vaults of an earth that has been sanctified by the very sweat of their labors in shaping it into a civilized and habitable nation.
ref: 1935, Alvin F. Petrequin, “History of Sainte Genevieve”, in J. B. Platisha, Ste. Genevieve Bi-Centennial Celebration and Pageant, Cape Girardeau, Mo.: Missourian Printing and Stationery Co., page eight:
text: The Ste. Genevievian told a tale of how he bought a used car from Isenman Motors here and over the phone they told him to pick it up.
ref: 1953 July 16, Doc Wright, ““Buck” Harris Rides Again, Or Hey, Sheriff I Think They Went Thataway”, in Daily News-Democrat, volume 87, number 143, Festus, Mo., page 1, column 3:
text: Then in the 1700's a number of river floods occurred, culminating in 1785, "l'anee des grandes eaux", a flood season so severe that it prompted Ste. Genevievians to begin relocating the town to its present site.
ref: 1984 June, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, Feasibility Report: Flood Control Study for Historic Ste. Genevieve - 80061, volume two (Appendices), U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Lower Mississippi Valley Division, page E-2:
text: The site of the capsule’s interment will be marked by a bronze plaque which instructs future Ste. Genevievians to recover the capsule in the year 2085.
ref: 1985 November 14, “Capsule buried Saturday”, in The Daily Journal, volume 55, number 225, St. Francois County, Mo., page 1B, column 5:
text: Ste. Genevievians in general had not yet begun to truly appreciate their unique architectural treasures in the mid-1950s.
ref: 2001, Mark L. Evans, The Commandant’s Last Ride, Cape Girardeau, Mo.: Ten-Digit Press, →ISBN, page 136, column 2:
text: A second repercussion of Austin’s grant was that it prompted others, mainly entrepreneurial St. Louisans and Ste. Genevievians, to obtain their own large concessions for mineral land, an action previously deemed unnecessary.
ref: 2002, Walter A. Schroeder, Opening the Ozarks: A Historical Geography of Missouri’s Ste. Genevieve District, 1760-1830, Columbia, Mo.; London: University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 291:
glosses: A resident of Ste. Genevieve.
Ste. Genevievians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ste. Genevievian
Darth Vader-esque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Darth Vader-esque
form: most Darth Vader-esque
form: Darth Vader–esque
form: Darth Vaderesque
Etymology: From Darth Vader + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: Full of low-angle crotch shots and ominous Darth Vader-esque music, these gross distortions of gay and lesbian life (though mostly it’s gay men’s lives that are depicted) have been making the rounds in Congress and among the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
ref: 1993 July 2–8, Liz Galst, “Right-wing crotch shots”, in The Boston Phoenix, page 2, column 3:
text: Her big mission is to recover the precious Blue Star (a glowing rock in a box), which leads to a Western shoot-out, a space-age motorcycle gang, and an unamusing Darth Vader-esque villain.
ref: 1995 October, Steven Puchalski, “Can these sci-fi videos show us the Woman of the Future?”, in Sci Fi Entertainment, page 36:
text: Its self-billing as a multimedia sound-and-light show makes it sound grander than it actually is: wax figures are used to depict the hysteria, a Darth Vader-esque voice is used to narrate the show, and thanks to the museums circular seating arrangement, there are significant portions of the performance where you can’t actually see what’s happening.
ref: 2008, Sarah Hull, The Rough Guide to Boston, New York, N.Y.; London; Delhi: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 237:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional character Darth Vader.
Synonyms: Darth Vaderian
Vaderesque
Darth Vaderesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Darth Vaderesque
form: most Darth Vaderesque
Senses: examples: text: He was on the same side as Reagan in the superpower “Star Wars” (and with his Darth Vaderesque voice, he fit the bill).
ref: 1991, Stryker McGuire, Streets with No Names: A Journey into Central and South America, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 34:
text: It was, indeed, myself—not the paunchy, middle-aged self-image I had seen back in the kiva, but a younger self, wearing black, complete with Darth Vaderesque helmet and light saber—the kind of image of his father that a six-year-old boy might have, if he was full of rage and unable to express himself.
ref: 1992, S. P. Somtow, Forest of the Night, New York, N.Y.: AvoNova, →ISBN, page 171:
text: One main street goes due south behind Skënderbeg’s statue and crosses the river, bringing you to the park, the university, the embassies and the Darth Vaderesque Hoxha pyramid.
ref: 1992, Harvard Student Agencies, Inc., edited by Ian Watson, Christopher Capozzola, and Laura Kay Rosen, Let’s Go: The Budget Guide to Europe 1992, London; Sydney; Auckland: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 65:
text: Whenever we engage in discursive interactions, speech acts, or other forms of communication, this Darth Vaderesque dark side threatens to come to the fore, scheming to maximize its own evil self-interest through the conceptual negation and assimilation of the other.
ref: 2004, Grant H. Kester, Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art, Berkeley, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.; London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 87:
text: At the time I thought he was insane, bonkers, and dismissed it with a Darth Vaderesque wave of the hand.
ref: 2009, Brad Burton, Get Off Your Arse, 4Publishing, →ISBN, page 134:
text: The spot features a low, Darth Vaderesque female voice complaining about getting a terrible sleep.
ref: 2008 July, Annette Bourdeau, “Cannes Likes Canadian Insights”, in Strategy, volume 19, number 12, Brunico Communications Ltd., page 10:
glosses: Alternative form of Darth Vader-esque.
PEF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: PE
PET
glosses: Initialism of polyethylene furanoate.
LSIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LSILs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.
HSIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HSILs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.
Tsenacommacah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛnəˈkɒməkə/
Etymology: From Powhatan [Term?], meaning 'densely-populated land'.
Senses: glosses: The homeland of the Powhatan people, an indigenous group in the eastern United States.
Related terms: Powhatan
Virginia
domestic helper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domestic helpers
form: DH
Senses: glosses: Synonym of domestic worker.
synonyms: word: domestic worker
Related terms: domestic help
serjeants-at-mace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serjeant-at-mace
kurdaitcha men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kurdaitcha man
kicking kuhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kicking kuh
kori bustards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kori bustard
Overmountain Man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Overmountain Men
Senses: glosses: An American frontiersman from the west of the Blue Ridge Mountains who took part in the American Revolutionary War.
Overmountain Men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Overmountain Man
overnight bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overnight bags
Senses: synonyms: overnight case
glosses: A bag containing clothes, toiletries, etc., for an overnight stay away from home.
Related terms: stay the night
overnight bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overnight bag
overcaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcasters
Etymology: From overcast + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] if it is desired to prolong for some special reason the life of the book without incurring the expense of a careful repair by an experienced overcaster.
ref: 1905, The Library Assistant, page 72:
topics: arts
bookbinding
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: One who overcasts.
overcasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcaster
Pass of Brander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: For nearly four miles, between Loch Awe and Taynuilt, the Callander and Oban section of the L.M.S.R. runs through the Pass of Brander, on the lower slopes of Ben Cruachan, beside the swift-flowing River Awe.
ref: 1947 May and June, “Notes and News: Derailment in the Pass of Brander, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 181:
glosses: A water-level pass between mountains at the narrow outlet of Loch Awe into the River Awe, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
CFast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: CF
glosses: Abbreviation of CompactFast: a flash memory format, the successor to the CompactFlash format, using the same physical form factor, updating the interface from IDE to SATA.
CFast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CFasts
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: CF
glosses: A CompactFast memory card
overchurching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The provision of more churches than needed.
Related terms: overchurched
overcertification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcertifications
Senses: glosses: The act or result of overcertifying.
overcertifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcertification
overdramatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Excessive dramatics.
CFlash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: CF
glosses: Abbreviation of CompactFlash: a flash memory format, the predecessor to the CompactFast format, using the same physical form factor, but with the older IDE interface instead of SATA.
CFlash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CFlashes
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: CF
glosses: A CompactFlash memory card
overdrape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overdrapes
form: overdraping
form: overdraped
form: overdraped
Etymology: From over- + drape.
Senses: glosses: To drape (something) over something else.
examples: text: Leave thy gleaming, crystal halls, / Where the velvet mosses green / Overdrape the dewy walls; […]
ref: 1878, Charles Edgar Spencer, The Viking, Guy, Legend of the Moxahala: And Other Poems, page 29:
glosses: To be draped over (something).
Related terms: overdrapery
overdrapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overdrape
overdraping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overdrape
overdraped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overdrape
overlace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overlaces
form: overlacing
form: overlaced
form: overlaced
Etymology: From over- + lace.
Senses: examples: text: Yet there they lie, all the highways and paths and trails, running out from before our very feet to overlace the earth, to carry us whither we will, with all their old allurement […]
ref: 1907, The Delineator, volume 69, number 4, page 641:
text: Attendants to the bride, as of yet unidentified, were resplendently bedecked in a purple chiffon overlacing a delightful sheath of sheer orange burlap and satin that effectively accentuated the lovely pink tennis shoes.
ref: 2012, Chris Ballard, One Shot at Forever:
glosses: To spread over in a crossing pattern.
examples: text: Do not leave sections to become travel stained. Do not overlace, the judge will think you are hiding something.
ref: 1952, Bee-keepers' Record, page 192:
glosses: To lace excessively.
overlaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overlace
overlaces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overlace
overlacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overlace
oviboses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovibos
oviscapts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oviscapt
presubject
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-subject
Etymology: From pre- + subject.
Senses: examples: text: Presubject elements may be conjunctions, prepositional groups, nonfinite clauses, or whole dependent clauses that precede the grammatical subject of the main clause.
ref: 2009, Representational Systems and Practices as Learning Tools, page 274:
text: Tense/aspect/mood (tam) particles furnish a broad range of conjugation patterns (i.e. patterns in which verb stem can appear) and can be subdivided into two positional classes of preverbal and presubject particles.
ref: 2010, Isabelle Brill, Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy: Syntax and Pragmatics:
text: These may occur in presubject position, prepredicate position, within the verb phrase, preceding equated attributives, and final to the clause.
ref: 2013, Eugene A. Nida, A Synopsis of English Syntax:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: postsubject
glosses: Occurring before the subject in a sentence or expression.
raw_tags: of a part of speech
own label
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: own labels
Senses: examples: text: Consumer groups say shrinkflation is a widespread practice, which supermarkets like Carrefour are also guilty of in their own-label products.
ref: 2023 September 14, “Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands”, in The Guardian, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of own brand.
synonyms: word: own brand
own labels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of own label
pre-subject
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of presubject.
DMEK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DMEKs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty.
DSEK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DSEKs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty.
DSAEK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DSAEKs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty.
DLEK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DLEKs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty.
DALK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DALKs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.
DALKs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DALK
Descemets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Descemet
Oyster Bay pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oyster Bay pines
Senses: glosses: The conifer Callitris rhomboidea.
ozobrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozobromes
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A form of carbro print.
ozobromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ozobrome
paca-rana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paca-ranas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pacarana.
paca-ranas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paca-rana
Paddy's hurricane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Paddy's hurricanes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Irishman's hurricane.
synonyms: word: Irishman's hurricane
Paddy's hurricanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Paddy's hurricane
pagoda dogwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pagoda dogwoods
Senses: glosses: The flowering plant Cornus alternifolia.
pagoda dogwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pagoda dogwood
handsetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of handset
Dalecarlian horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dalecarlian horses
Senses: glosses: A traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalecarlia.
Dalecarlian horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dalecarlian horse
subwiki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subwikis
Etymology: From sub- + wiki.
Senses: examples: text: These subwikis provide a convenient way to organize lots of tests, as well as to allow for separate software projects to be managed by the same FitNesse system.
ref: 2005, Rick Mugridge, Ward Cunningham, Fit for Developing Software: Framework for Integrated Tests:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A wiki forming part of a larger wiki.
subwikis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subwiki
wikiless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wiki + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a wiki.
pale western cutworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pale western cutworms
Senses: glosses: The moth Agrotis orthogonia.
pale western cutworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pale western cutworm
pallid cuckoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pallid cuckoos
Senses: glosses: The cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus, found mainly in Australia.
pallid cuckoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pallid cuckoo
pallid bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pallid bats
Senses: glosses: The bat Antrozous pallidus, ranging from western Canada to central Mexico.
pallid bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pallid bat
hearbe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hearbes
Senses: examples: text: […] but if you finde that their encrease and continuance multiply with your labour, it shall be then good for you to plant in diuers places of your Garden the hearbe called Palma Christi, in other places Garlicke and in other places Onyons, and it is an assured rule that no Moale will come néere where they grow for the strength and violence of their smell, is poysonous and deadly to those blinde vermines.
ref: 1614, Gervase Markham, chapter 7, in The Second Booke of the English Husbandman, London: John Browne, pages 45–46:
text: Their power is […] to […] unfructify Trees, parch and wither Grasse and Hearbes; bring scabs and diseases upon men, and murraine and rot upon Heards and Flockes […]
ref: 1649, Edmund William Ashbee, Occasional Fac-simile Reprints of Rare English Tracts, page 112:
glosses: Obsolete form of herb.
hearbes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hearbe
moales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moale
pamakani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hawaiian [Term?].
Senses: glosses: The flowering plant Tetramolopium capillare.
Hogwarts-ian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hogwarts-ian
form: most Hogwarts-ian
Senses: examples: text: There will be costume contests and refreshments and plenty of Hogwarts-ian fun.
ref: 2003 June 20, Donna Isbell Walker, “Bookstores get this ‘Potter’ started”, in The Greenville News, 128th year, number 129, page 1D:
text: Projected to run through four more volumes, the storyline doesn’t advance much here—but the quick pace, unresolved issues and Hogwarts-ian setting will keep the audience Wanting more.
ref: 2013 June 15, Kirkus Reviews, volume LXXXI, number 12, page 105:
text: Messenger tries to lighten the tone by dressing Sophie and her classmates at the Hogwarts-ian Foxfire Academy as mastodons for a silly opening ceremony and by having her care for an alicorn—a winged unicorn so magnificent that even its poop sparkles.
ref: 2013 August 1, Kirkus Reviews, volume LXXXI, number 15, page 100:
text: And a Los Angeles bookstore called “Whimsic Alley” was sued by the company over its overtly Hogwarts-ian wares, from chocolate frogs to Gryffindor scarves.
ref: 2018 June 17, Kristen De Groot, “Crackdown removes Potter fest magic”, in Wisconsin State Journal, page A6:
text: “I’m really sorry that many of you will not be able to visit the College this spring and see its beautiful—some would say ‘Hogwarts-ian’—campus,” Green said in his video message.
ref: 2020 April 23, Adam Schwager, “Admissions adopts updated recruitment plan for class of 2024”, in The Kenyon Collegian, volume CXLVII, number 24, page 2:
glosses: Rare form of Hogwartsian.
panic party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panic parties
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A group of sailors given the task of pretending to abandon ship, so as to encourage a submarine to approach so that it can be attacked.
panic parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panic party
okwukwu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okwukwus
Senses: glosses: An Igbo funeral ceremony.
okwukwus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of okwukwu
panelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paneler
paneller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panellers
form: paneler
Etymology: From panel + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who appears on a panel; a panellist.
glosses: A person who fits panels.
panellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paneller
edgeloop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edgeloops
Senses: examples: text: Many newcomers make that mistake, not adding in edgeloops, and get flummoxed a little about why the deformer doesn't work.
ref: 2018, Tina O'Hailey, Rig it Right! Maya Animation Rigging Concepts, 2nd edition:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of edge loop.
edge loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edge loops
form: edgeloop
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A set of connected edges across a surface, with the last edge usually meeting the first edge to form a loop.
edgeloops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edgeloop
edge loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edge loop
trans panic defense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trans panic defenses
Etymology: Modelled on the earlier gay panic defense.
Senses: examples: text: The “trans panic defense” is an outgrowth of the “gay panic defense” that was first articulated by Edward J. Kempf, a clinical psychiatrist who wished to identify a particular mental disorder related to homosexuality.
ref: 2022, Loren Cannon, The Politicization of Trans Identity, page 99:
topics: law
glosses: A claim of self-defense against an unwanted transgender sexual advance.
Related terms: trans panic
gay panic defense
trans panic defenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trans panic defense
Panionium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Panionium
form: Panionion
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πανιώνιον (Paniṓnion).
Senses: glosses: An Ionian sanctuary dedicated to Poseidon Helikonios, and the meeting-place of the Ionian League.
Panionian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Panionium.
Pan-Islamist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pan-Islamists
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Pan-Islam.
Pan-Islamists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pan-Islamist
papal cross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papal crosses
Senses: glosses: A cross that serves as an emblem for the office of the pope in ecclesiastical heraldry, consisting of a staff with three horizontal bars near the top, diminishing in length as the top is approached.
papal crosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papal cross
umbrella wasp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umbrella wasps
Senses: glosses: Any of certain kinds of paper wasp that build a nest resembling an upside-down umbrella.
umbrella wasps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umbrella wasp
paper knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper knives
Senses: glosses: A sharp tool for cutting open the pages of hand-produced books where the folding of printed sheets has created closed edges.
Related terms: paper cutter
paper knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paper knife
timber fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timber flies
Senses: glosses: Any of the flies of the family Pantophthalmidae.
timber flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timber fly
lamsiekte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lamziekte.
lame sickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lamziekte.
synonyms: word: lamziekte
parabotulism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + botulism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lamziekte.
synonyms: word: lamziekte
styfsiekte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of styfziekte.
paradiazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradiazines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pyrazine.
synonyms: word: pyrazine
paradiazines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paradiazine