cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
jeweller's shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jeweller's shops
Senses: examples: text: When the stratum was first reached the little mounds of earth containing the gold had the appearance of a solid rock of the metal, but when handled, broke into a mass of dust and nuggets. The twelve holes are known by the name "jeweller's shops".
ref: 1853 September 2, The Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer, Vic, page 2, column 1:
text: paper upon which they were written. Powell's party have bottomed their claim since I last wrote to you, and may be truly said to have broken into a jeweller's shop.
ref: 1858 June 18, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 3, column 1:
text: During the last week, I have endeavoured to ascertain if possible, the number of golden shafts that have been bottomed and up to the present time the very outside is forty (40), out of these, some thirteen (13) may styled "Jeweller's shops", or "homeward bounders", ten (10) first rate claims, and there remainder good payable ones.
ref: 1861 December 10, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, NSW, page 2, column 2:
text: ‘It’s at the bottom that ye get gould like they did in the old diggin’s, in the claims they called ‘the jeweller’s shops’.’
ref: 1933, Mary Grant Bruce, Billabong’s Luck, London: Ward Lock, page 175:
text: The most spectacular development in Charters Towers mining since the Queen's Cross disclosed its "jeweller's shop" has occurred in the Swedenberg mine.
ref: 1935 July 25, The Queenslander Illustrated Weekly, Brisbane, page 49, column 5:
text: Old Joe Parsnip stumbled into a jeweller’s shop not far from where our shaft had been. [...] A jeweller’s shop is what they call a mineral formation in rock.
ref: 1965, Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, London: Aungus and Robertson, published 1980, page 142:
topics: business
mining
glosses: An exceptionally rich pocket or seam of gold-bearing ore, or, of high-quality opal; a find so rich, dazzling, and valuable that it resembles the stock of a jewellery store.
jeweller's shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jeweller's shop
Waiwai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wai-wai
form: Wai Wai
Senses: glosses: A Carib-speaking indigenous people of Guyana and northern Brazil.
Waiwai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wai-wai
form: Wai Wai
Senses: glosses: The Cariban language of these people.
Wai-wai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Waiwai.
Wai-wai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Waiwai.
Wai Wai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Waiwai.
Wai Wai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Waiwai.
Wangara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Wakore
glosses: A diaspora community of ethnic Soninke origin who served as specialized long-distance merchants throughout West Africa, particularly in trans-Saharan trade.
Wakore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Wangara.
synonyms: word: Wangara
waegwan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waegwans
form: waegwan
form: wakan
Senses: glosses: A Japanese ethnic enclave in Joseon.
waegwans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waegwan
Wagaung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wagaun
Senses: glosses: The fifth month of the traditional Burmese calendar.
Wagaun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wagaung.
Waler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Walers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of waler (“breed of horse”).
Walers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Waler
ouangateur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ouangateurs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wangateur.
ouangateurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ouangateur
wangateurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wangateur
wangateur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wangateurs
form: ouangateur
Senses: qualifier: voodoo
glosses: One who uses a wanga (magic spell or charm).
Wayao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Yao (“a Bantu people”).
synonyms: word: Yao
extra: a Bantu people
Pygmalion word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pygmalion words
Etymology: From the 1913 George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion, which included the line "not bloody likely" – at that point, the word "bloody" was considered scandalous. See also not Pygmalion likely.
Senses: examples: text: As soon as men re-entered the company of women adjustments were made; Emma Duffin reported that one of her charges 'used the 'Pygmalion' word to me' (bloody), but she made him apologise.
ref: 1918, Julian Walker, Words and the First World War: Language, Memory, Vocabulary, Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2005, →ISBN, page 117:
text: Sheridan was speaking about the council fleecing tenants and used a pygmalion word.
ref: 1960 April 28, The Times:
glosses: The word bloody.
wikipedia: George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion (play)
whichway
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: […] suffering our Galley to goe whichway the winde would carry her.
ref: 1640, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Exemplarie Novells, page 126:
glosses: Wherever; in whichever direction.
Related terms: whichways
Whitefoot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
glosses: A former electoral ward (until 2022) in the London borough of Lewisham.
homopatriarchal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homopatriarchal
form: most homopatriarchal
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to homopatriarchy.
whorlflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whorlflowers
Senses: glosses: A Himalayan flowering plant of species Morina longifolia.
whorlflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whorlflower
Saraswati Supercluster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌr.əsˈwʌ.ti ˈsu.pɚˈklʌstɚ/
Etymology: From Saraswati + supercluster.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A massive supercluster discovered in 2017, located approximately 4 billion light-years away in the direction of the Pisces constellation.
hyperdermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperdermic
form: most hyperdermic
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of hypodermic.
bott-hammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bott-hammers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bott hammer.
Rewanui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: examples: text: Rewanui has a regular service of passenger trains, which are allowed 30 min. for the ascent of the incline, and 5 min. less for the descent.
ref: 1955 January, “Notes and News: Fell-Operated Inclines, New Zealand”, in Railway Magazine, page 63:
glosses: A locality, formerly a coal-mining settlement, in Grey district, West Coast, New Zealand.
upon the back of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of on the back of (“by the effort of; by drawing an unfair advantage from”).
synonyms: word: on the back of
extra: by the effort of; by drawing an unfair advantage from
sand-peep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand-peeps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sandpeep.
sand-peeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand-peep
spring has sprung
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: The spring season has arrived.
sea-lungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-lungs
Senses: examples: text: Now, as for this thing that resembles a sea-lungs, he says that he saw it himself, but that all the rest he tells from hearsay.
ref: 2004, Sylvie Honigman, The Septuagint and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria:
glosses: Synonym of comb jelly.
synonyms: word: comb jelly
sea tortoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea tortoises
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sea turtle.
synonyms: word: sea turtle
sea tortoises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea tortoise
semisomnolent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + somnolent.
Senses: glosses: Partly somnolent.
Related terms: semisomnolence
sea reed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of marram.
synonyms: word: marram
sea vampire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea vampires
Senses: glosses: Synonym of devil ray.
synonyms: word: devil ray
sea vampires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea vampire
Bellurgan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A townland north-east of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland (Irish grid ref J 0909).
Gendell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
conditions race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conditions races
Senses: topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A horse race in which the weights carried by the runners are allocated according to sex, age, and prior racing performance.
Tocantins River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large, north to south river in central Brazil.
perpetual futures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perpetual futures
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A futures contract without an expiry date.
soto ayam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A traditional Indonesian stew made with chicken, vegetables, noodles, turmeric, etc.
brachyaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachyaxis
Meggen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Lucerne district, Lucerne canton, Switzerland.
stand-by-bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An inspection of soldiers' bunks, lockers and belongings for tidiness and cleanliness.
e-fu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ee-foo
form: e-foo
form: ee-fu
form: yee-fu
form: yee-foo
Senses: glosses: Dehydrated Chinese egg noodles.
yee-foo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-fu (“kind of noodles”).
ee-foo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-fu (“kind of noodles”).
e-foo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-fu (“kind of noodles”).
ee-fu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-fu (“kind of noodles”).
yee-fu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-fu (“kind of noodles”).
Pekingneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pekingnese
Schuhplattlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schuhplattler
Schuhplattlers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Schuhplattler
Schuhplattlering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Schuhplattler
Schuhplattlered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Schuhplattler
schuhplattlering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of schuhplattler
schuhplattlered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of schuhplattler
schuhplattle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: schuhplattles
form: schuhplattling
form: schuhplattled
form: schuhplattled
Senses: examples: text: It was fantastic, peasants dancing and schuhplattling, vast women carrying pretzels and beer, a ship, a beerhouse, crowds of gay, laughing people, animals . . .
ref: 1936, Henry Channon, diary; quoted in Duff Hart-Davis, “Entertainments”, in Hitler’s Games: The 1936 Olympics, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1986, →ISBN, page 205:
text: To the uninitiated the sight of strong men eagerly slapping themselves may be a trifle disconcerting. But if it happens at Penn State, there’s no cause for alarm. The boys are merely “schuhplattling.”
ref: 1953 March 6, “Penn State Students Do a Bit of ‘Schuhplattling’”, in Sunbury Daily Item, volume XVI, number 55, Sunbury, Pa., →OCLC, page 18, column 2:
text: When he talks about schuhplattling, his eyes light up, and his feet start to dance, for this is the traditional “shoe slapping” dance so famed from Germany and Austria. The boys in lederhosen and the familiar green, embroidered jackets with staghorn buttons, and the girls in long skirts, white aprons, and ruffled blouses peeping out from flower filled velvet bodices a-jingle with decorative coins, spend most of their free time schuhplattling.
ref: 1962 October 31, Terry French, “Gay ‘schuhplattling’ knows no age limit”, in The Province, 65th year, number 182, Vancouver, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17, column 4:
text: Ironically, though, the most visible and colorful German celebration this month — the one that could send a few hundred German dancers merrily schuhplattling around Niagara Square this Saturday evening — technically isn’t an Oktoberfest at all.
ref: 1983 October 5, Mike Vogel, “A Season to Toast Traditions”, in The Buffalo News, volume CCVI, number 178, Buffalo, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C-1, column 1:
text: She began schuhplattling, or shoeslapping, when she was 5 years old, thanks to her German grandfather.
ref: 1996 August 7, Regina Medina, “Local German clubs seek to involve new generation: Younger members needed, says older, current leadership”, in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.: Gannett Rochester Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1E, column 4:
text: During the evening, the D’Werdenfelsers and visiting clubs will schuhplattle.
ref: 1997 May 6, “Schuhplattlers dance May 10”, in The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Community Notes” section, page C4, column 5:
text: He was a devoted member of the Los Angeles Bavarian Club since 1959, where he schuhplattled and also taught the dance to adults and recently to the grandchildren and children of the club.
ref: 2012 January 27, Roosevelt Mortuary, “Frank Niedermeier”, in Daily Breeze, Hermosa Beach, Calif., →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025:
related: word: Schuhplattle#Verb
word: Schuhplattler#Verb//schuhplattler#Verb
glosses: To dance the Schuhplattler.
schuhplattle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schuhplattles
Senses: examples: text: The “schuhplattle,” according to Warren Hommas, who inspired the movement on campus, is an old German folk dance.
ref: 1953 March 6, “Penn State Students Do a Bit of ‘Schuhplattling’”, in Sunbury Daily Item, volume XVI, number 55, Sunbury, Pa., →OCLC, page 18, column 2:
text: They romp over the lawn at Lake Virginia west of Excelsior doing schuhplattles—the spectacular dances in which the men look as if they are slapping each other when actually they are slapping their shoes, the ground, their thighs, anything but the other guy.
ref: 1963 June 16, Dick Cunningham, “Folk Dancing Runs in Family”, in Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, volume XCVII, number 23, Minneapolis, Minn.: Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, →OCLC, section H (Home and Hobby), page 1, column 2:
text: And, an added feature will be a schuhplattler group from Utica doing the famous schuhplattle. You don’t know what schuhplattle is? We didn’t either. It’s that dance where the participants slap their shoes and their fannies as they jump around.
ref: 1978 September 13, Joe Ganley, “Oktoberfest”, in Syracuse Herald-Journal, volume 102, number 30,456, Syracuse, N.Y., →OCLC, page 13, column 1:
text: While you dine you'll be entertained by the Alpenlanders Band; the Edelweiss Singers; and the energetic Edelweiss Dancers performing various polkas, waltzes and schuhplattles.
ref: 2003 May 28, “Austrian Edelweiss”, in Leader-Post, Regina, Sask., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 2:
glosses: Uncommon form of Schuhplattler (“type of dance”).
schuhplattles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of schuhplattle
schuhplattles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schuhplattle
schuhplattling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of schuhplattle
schuhplattled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of schuhplattle
Schuhplattle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Schuhplattles
form: Schuhplattling
form: Schuhplattled
form: Schuhplattled
Senses: examples: text: Whoever views the Ammergauers from this standpoint will regard them with the respect which is due to the descendants of ancient families, and will confound them just as little with the «Schuhplattling» peasantry, which is the pride of Schliersee and neighbouring places, as with the superficial culture, the unfortunate result of speculation, of the big cities.
ref: 1900, Hermine Diemer, translated by Walter S. Manning, “History of the Village of Oberammergau”, in Oberammergau and Its Passion Play. A Retrospect of the History of Oberammergau and Its Passion Play from the Commencement up to the Present Day […], Munich; Oberammergau: […] Carl Aug[ust] Seyfried & Co. […], →OCLC, page 47:
text: Wolfgang Mozart was born in Austria in 1756 so it was only fitting that young Hans Schmidt should play an aria from ‘Don Giovanni’ as our party got going but I soon had him on traditional folk-music and, shakily, I had a go at Schuhplattling. And that’s how I put my back out and wound up in hospital!
ref: 1973, Gordon Hurley, editor, The Log, volume 34, Hayes, Hillingdon: British Airline Pilots Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 285:
text: The next day was German Day. In the rotunda Schuhplattling dancers entertained the lunch hour crowd.
ref: 1998, “Second Languages Week”, in Through Titan Eyes (Titan Tradition), Edmonton, Alta.: Harry Ainlay High School, →OCLC, “Curricular” section, page 78, column 1:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of schuhplattle.
Schuhplattle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Schuhplattles
Senses: examples: text: Traditional Scandinavian dances, the lively Austrian “Schuhplattles,” unusual line dances from Greece and Israel, the gay and spirited “Tarantella” of Italy, and a fast-moving quadrille from Germany will be among the authentic numbers performed by the group.
ref: 1955 March 3, “JCC Folk-Dance Party Stars Dave Rosenburg^([sic – meaning Rosenberg])”, in Greenbelt News Review, volume 19, number 30, Greenbelt, Md.: Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:
text: Austrian, German and Bavarian Dances […] Figure dances and Schuhplattles. Bring soft-soled shoes.
ref: 1997 August 7, “Listings”, in The Boston Globe, volume 252, number 38, Boston, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Calendar” section, page 11, column 2:
text: Faris, president of the German Club at Casa Roble High School, said he will fondly remember the six weeks he spent learning the Schuhplattle, a^([sic]) intricate dance move involving the slapping of the thighs and feet to a rhythm.
ref: 2004 October 28, Lakiesha McGhee, “Oktoberfest: Students join troupe”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 292, number 302, Sacramento, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page H2, column 5:
glosses: Uncommon form of Schuhplattler (“type of dance”).
Schuhplattles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Schuhplattle
Schuhplattles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Schuhplattle
Schuhplattling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Schuhplattle
Schuhplattled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Schuhplattle
goondus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goondu
Hari Raya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Raya
glosses: Short for Hari Raya Puasa
hay ko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A Chinese paste made from fermented shrimp.
haywiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of haywire
haywired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of haywire
lor ark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hokkien 滷鴨 /卤鸭 (ló͘-ah).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese dish of braised duck in soy sauce.
ang ku kueh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 紅龜粿 /红龟粿 (âng-ku-kóe).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of red tortoise cake.
synonyms: word: red tortoise cake
red tortoise cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red tortoise cakes
Etymology: Calque of Hokkien 紅龜粿 /红龟粿 (âng-ku-kóe, literally “red tortoise cake”).
Senses: synonyms: ang ku kueh
glosses: A small, sweet, round Chinese dumpling with sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet filling, moulded to resemble a tortoise shell.
red tortoise cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red tortoise cake
sea bells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sea bindweed.
synonyms: word: sea bindweed
sea bindweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: sea bells
glosses: A perennial vine of species Calystegia soldanella that grows in beach sand and other temperate coastal habitats.
haughtness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of haughtiness.
subdeaconess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdeaconesses
Etymology: sub- + deaconess
Senses: glosses: A female subdeacon.
subdeaconesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subdeaconess
wantingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wanting + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of wanting or desiring something.
Willaston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6752).
glosses: A village (unparished) in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, close to the Merseyside border (OS grid ref SJ3377).
glosses: A hamlet in Ightfield parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5935).
glosses: A suburb of Douglas, Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3877).
glosses: A suburb of the Town of Gawler, South Australia.
rootfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] life flourished and was rootfast without industry.
ref: 1932, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 205, page 30:
glosses: Firmly rooted.
Derived terms: rootfastness
Related terms: standfast
wordfast
sea necklace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea necklaces
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sea corn.
synonyms: word: sea corn
sea necklaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea necklace
Ightfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5938).
wastingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wasting + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being wasting, causing something to waste away.
unopenness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unopen + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unopen.
unintermittedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unintermitted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unintermitted.
inconnectedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inconnected + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being inconnected.
undefinitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undefinitive
form: most undefinitive
Etymology: From un- + definitive.
Senses: glosses: Not definitive.
indefinitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indefinitive
form: most indefinitive
Etymology: From in- + definitive.
Senses: glosses: Not definitive.
indefinitiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From indefinitive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being indefinitive.
uneffectualness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uneffectual + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of inefficacy.
synonyms: word: inefficacy
unmature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmature
form: most unmature
Etymology: From un- + mature.
Senses: examples: text: […] every 'demand' made upon it by the unmature, the incapable, or the corrupt.
ref: 1925, Joseph Hampton Moore, Roosevelt and the Old Guard, page 244:
glosses: Not mature; immature.
glosses: Premature.
unexhaustiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unexhaustive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unexhaustive.
untrammeledness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From untrammeled + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being untrammeled.
moonsickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From moonsick + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being moonsick.
tickleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare Middle English tikilnesse.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being tickle (capricious or precarious).
rowiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rowy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: […] thereby causing the rowiness or pattern-like appearance, which is completely obviated by the present contrivance.
ref: 1789, Transactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, page 4:
text: In Mr. Heath's machine […] is the means by which he obtains lines not only varied in themselves, but differing from each other so as to avoid rowiness, and thus to produce, it is presumed, a near resemblance to hand-ruling, retaining, at the same time, the perfect equality of distance between the lines and uniformity of strength characteristic of machine-ruling.
ref: 1838, Transactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, page 28:
text: […] and often through rowiness and being uneven he has to dye it again, a loss the skein dyer seldom has to complain of.
ref: 1855, Thomas Love, The Art of Cleaning, Dyeing, Scouring, and Finishing, page 64:
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: The state or condition of being rowy.
obviateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of obviate
Obamaism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Obama + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The philosophy and politics espoused by former United States president Barack Obama.
strongheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more strongheaded
form: most strongheaded
Etymology: strong + headed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of strong-minded.
synonyms: word: strong-minded
ungoodliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ungoodly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being ungoodly.
oakleaf hydrangea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oakleaf hydrangeas
Etymology: Partial calque of taxonomic name Hydrangea quercifolia. The specific epithet quercifolia comes from Latin quercus (“oak”) + Latin folia (“leaf”), referring to the leaves' similarity in shape to those of oak trees, which belong to the unrelated genus Quercus.
Senses: examples: text: There were callicarpas full of pale lavender berries, which would turn purple in the fall; viburnums and shrub dogwoods; and lacy elderberries juxtaposed against dense evergreens or the large, floppy leaves of an oakleaf hydrangea.
ref: 2007 August 30, Anne Raver, “Vistas and Close-Ups, Staged by a Filmmaker”, in New York Times:
glosses: A type of deciduous shrub native to the southeastern United States, often cultivated as an ornamental plant, of species Hydrangea quercifolia.
oakleaf hydrangeas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oakleaf hydrangea
unreducibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unreducible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of irreducibleness.
synonyms: word: irreducibleness
unsymmetricalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unsymmetrical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of asymmetry.
synonyms: word: asymmetry
unvariableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unvariable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of invariableness.
synonyms: word: invariableness
slabness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slab + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In recent years we have come a long way from the austere slabness of the so-called functional or Bauhaus school and from such blind alleys as Le Corbusier's fancy as a young man that a home should be a "machine to live in."
ref: 1976, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing, The Rebirth of the American City, page 30:
text: […] there was something of youth and eagerness and tension all hidden behind the slabness of his features, the greyness of shape rather than of colour. It was a face so unremarkable in its physical detail that only a couple of small razor nicks stuck in the memory.
ref: 2015, Jim Williams, Farewell to Russia:
glosses: The state or condition of being slablike.
Petersen graph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Petersen graphs
Etymology: Named after Julius Petersen, who in 1898 constructed it to be the smallest bridgeless cubic graph with no three-edge-coloring.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An undirected graph with 10 vertices and 15 edges, serving as a simple example and counterexample for many problems in graph theory.
wikipedia: Julius Petersen
Petersen graphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Petersen graph
unexplicitness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unexplicit + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unexplicit.
undecisiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From undecisive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of indecisiveness.
W community
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: W communities
Etymology: From Internet slang W (“win, winner”) + community.
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: poggers community
synonyms: W/L community
glosses: A Twitch community characterized by chatters reacting to events using W and L in text, instead of using traditional (or custom, browser-extension-provided) emotes. Associated with relatively more mainstreamized, hip, recent-influx Internet culture and black culture, in contrast to the poggers community which is associated with more traditional gaming culture and nicher, shibbolethic image reaction-based humor.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see W, community.
W community
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the W community
Etymology: From Internet slang W (“win, winner”) + community.
Senses: glosses: W communities construed collectively.
Related terms: word: W in the chat
word: react
word: Eternal September
unopportuneness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unopportune + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unopportune.
unnewness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + new + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: […] not the novelty or originality of the findings but the basic unnewness of them.
ref: 2023, Geoff Mungham, Geoff Pearson, Working Class Youth Culture (page 1959)
glosses: The state or condition of not being new; prior existence.
Mungham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
undistinctness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From undistinct + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being undistinct.
sea-crayfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea crayfish
Senses: glosses: Any of various marine lobsters, especially the spiny lobster.
Rothscraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rothscrapers
Etymology: Blend of Roth + skyscraper
Senses: glosses: A skyscraper designed by the architect Emery Roth or the firm Emery Roth & Sons.
satellite team
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: satellite teams
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A team related to a larger, better-funded team, and sometimes sharing its vehicles and technology, but maintaining a separate identity.
satellite teams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satellite team
flag-to-flag
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: broadcasting
hobbies
lifestyle
media
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Consisting of, or relating to, coverage of an entire race from start to finish, rather than curated highlights etc.
Le Mans car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Le Mans cars
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Synonym of prototype (“racing sports car not based on a production car”).
synonyms: word: prototype
extra: racing sports car not based on a production car
rallycrosser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rallycrossers
Etymology: From rallycross + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in the sport of rallycross.
rallycrossers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rallycrosser
joker lap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joker laps
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: In rallycross events, a lap with a detour, which each vehicle must run once during a race to add strategy.
joker laps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joker lap
consecratable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From consecrate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be consecrated.
nillionaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nillionaire
en caul
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: en-caul
Senses: examples: text: en caul birth
text: Trauma to the newborn may be minimized by en caul delivery.
ref: 2007, Ashley S. Roman, Martin L. Pernoll, “Late Pregnancy Complications”, in Alan H. DeCherney, Lauren Nathan, T. Murphy Goodwin, Neri Laufer, Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology (Lange Current Series), 10th edition, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, section III (Pregnancy at Risk), page 278, column 2:
text: En caul births were rare, and I’d only ever seen pictures in clinical books.
ref: 2016, Jennifer Manuel, chapter 1, in The Heaviness of Things That Float, Madeira Park, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre, →ISBN, page 15:
text: An en caul birth required special attention and slave holders’ physicians did not understand the importance of the caul or even disposing of the placenta appropriately, which also carried special significance in African culture.
ref: 2021, Kimberly C. Harper, “Black Midwives and Reclaiming Choice”, in The Ethos of Black Motherhood in America: Only White Women Get Pregnant (Lexington Studies in Health Communication), Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, →ISBN, pages 87–88:
glosses: Of a birth: with the baby still inside an intact amniotic sac.
en caul
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: en-caul
Senses: examples: text: born en caul
text: The membrane from the water sac was still covering her body; she was born en caul.
ref: 2003, Catherine Amador-Locher, “In Her Own Time”, in Sheri L. Menelli, Journey into Motherhood: Inspirational Stories of Natural Birth, Carlsbad, Calif.: White Heart Publishing, published 2005, →ISBN, page 28:
text: Due to the rarity and strange appearance of the sac, legends have built up over the centuries, the most common being that a baby born en caul will never drown.
ref: 2011, Melissa Coleman, “Water”, in This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 126:
text: She told me once that she was born en caul, which meant when she came into this world, she was still hangin’ out inside the amniotic sac.
ref: 2015, L[aurie] K[ellogg] McCall, “Tobias”, in Sway of the Siren, May River Press, LLC, →ISBN, page 51:
text: For example, African tradition believed that children born en caul (fully enclosed in the amniotic sac) were gifted with second sight into the spiritual world.
ref: 2021, Kimberly C. Harper, “Black Midwives and Reclaiming Choice”, in The Ethos of Black Motherhood in America: Only White Women Get Pregnant (Lexington Studies in Health Communication), Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 87:
glosses: Of a birth: with the baby still inside an intact amniotic sac.
en-caul
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Alternatively, it is often possible to perform an en-caul delivery through a transverse incision if the membranes are left intact.
ref: 2004, Griff Jones, “Preterm labour”, in David M. Luesley, Philip N. Baker, editors, Obstetrics and Gynaecology: An Evidence-Based Text for MRCOG, London: Arnold, →ISBN, section C (Late pregnancy/intrapartum events; edited by Lucy Kean), page 294, column 2:
text: An en-caul birth is one where a child is born inside the entire amniotic sac.
ref: 2016, Toni Harman, Alex Wakeford, “What Do Bacteria Have to Do with Birth?”, in Your Baby’s Microbiome: The Critical Role of Vaginal Birth and Breastfeeding for Lifelong Health, White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publishing, published February 2017, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Fascinating research is also underway to determine the impact of an en-caul birth (sac is intact) on the microbiome, as well as the effects of skin-to-skin contact or “swab-seeding” following a Cesarean section.
ref: 2018, Barbara Rodgers, “You and Your Baby Are Bugged: Your Microbiome and How It Affects Fertility”, in Baby Maker: A Complete Guide to Holistic Nutrition for Fertility, Conception, and Pregnancy, New York, N.Y.; Nashville, Tenn.: Post Hill Press, →ISBN:
text: My birth was en-caul; that is to say, I emerged completely inside the amniotic sac.
ref: 2020 April 9, Sigrid Kendall, “Thicker Than Water”, in My Many Lives: A Memoir, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of en caul.
en-caul
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: What happens if a baby is born en-caul?
ref: 2016, Toni Harman, Alex Wakeford, “What Do Bacteria Have to Do with Birth?”, in Your Baby’s Microbiome: The Critical Role of Vaginal Birth and Breastfeeding for Lifelong Health, White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Publishing, published February 2017, →ISBN, page 49:
text: I was born en-caul, or in the ‘water bag’, as our family calls it.
ref: 2016, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, “Where the Blue and White Nile Meet”, in Yassmin’s Story: Fearless, Funny and Inspiring, Sydney, N.S.W.: Vintage Books, published 2017, →ISBN, page 1:
text: But in those days, it was considered being born en-caul a sign that the baby was destined for greatness—or at the very least, would never drown.
ref: 2020 April 9, Sigrid Kendall, “Thicker Than Water”, in My Many Lives: A Memoir, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of en caul.
queezy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: queezier
form: queeziest
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of queasy.
fish boils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish boil
Kripke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Kripke frame
Kripke model
Kripkean
Kripkenstein
Kravietz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kähler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kalher
form: Kaelher
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Kähler manifold
Kählerian
hyperkähler
Kalher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Kaelher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Kundt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Kundt tube
Kundt's tube
Oppel-Kundt illusion
Oppel-Kundt illusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oppel-Kundt illusion
Elsted
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Elsted and Treyford parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8119).
green field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green fields
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of greenfield.
green fields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green field
green old age
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A person's elderly years that are active or full of vitality.
eproctophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eproctophiles
Etymology: From e- + procto- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: One who has a sexual fetish for flatulence; one who has eproctophilia.
Related terms: eproctophilia
eproctophiliac
green drake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green drakes
Senses: glosses: A mayfly of species Ephemera danica.
green drakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green drake
Elsted and Treyford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England, that includes the named places.
soup run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soup runs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: The situation where a driver in a low preliminary race advances through multiple races to a much higher level.
soup runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soup run
green eel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green eels
Senses: glosses: An eel of the species Anguilla anguilla.
glosses: The yellow moray.
green eels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green eel
greengate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greengates
form: green gate
Etymology: From green + gate.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of greenway.
synonyms: word: greenway
green way
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green ways
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of greenway.
greengates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greengate
green ways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green way
legality panel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legality panels
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A piece of vehicle bodywork that is required by the technical regulations but has no essential function in racing.
legality panels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legality panel
unconversableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unconversable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unconversable.
unvaluableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unvaluable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of invaluability (“great worth”).
synonyms: word: invaluability
extra: great worth
Treyford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Elsted and Treyford parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8218).
eproctophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eproctophile
goodyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of goodiness.
foremeals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foremeal
wasson
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: 'Mornin', my lovely. Wasson? Oh!' Mrs Lovelace's eyes widened as she came to an abrupt halt in the doorway […]
ref: 2020, Cass Grafton, The Cottage in a Cornish Cove:
glosses: What's going on? (a greeting).
dry vomit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dry vomits
form: dry vomiting
form: dry vomited
form: dry vomited
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dry-heave.
synonyms: word: dry-heave
dry vomit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry vomits
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dry-heave.
synonyms: word: dry-heave
dry vomits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dry vomit
dry vomits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry vomit
dry vomiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dry vomit
dry vomited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dry vomit
wassonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Wasson + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A meteoric crystalline mineral containing titanium and sulphur.
planchens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planchen
lign-aloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lign-aloes
form: lignaloe
form: lign aloe
form: ligne aloes
form: linaloa
form: linaloe
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English, from Middle French lignalöé, from Latin lignum + aloes. Compare lign-. The -s originates in the Latin genitive case, but it seems to have been reinterpreted as an English plural form.
Senses: glosses: agalloch, aloes
examples: text: c. 1380 "Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Book IV, line 1135ff.
The woful teeris that they leten falle
As bittre weren out of teris kynde,
ffor peyne, as is ligne aloes or galle:
text: As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of Lign-Aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as Cedar trees beside the waters.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 24:6:
glosses: agarwood, trees of the genus Aquilaria, especially the species Aquilaria malaccensis
mike mugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mike muggers
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: A speaker who is too close to the microphone, causing unwanted noise in the transmission.
mike muggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mike mugger
peoplemeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peoplemeters
form: people meter
Etymology: people + -meter
Senses: examples: text: These machines could not indicate if anyone was actually sitting in front of the TV watching it. But new machines called peoplemeters can tell which members of the family are watching […]
ref: 1990, Lynne S. Gross, The New Television Technologies, page 7:
text: […] a peoplemeter-like box to measure viewing […]
ref: 2013, James Webster, Patricia Phalen, Lawrence Lichty, Ratings Analysis: Audience Measurement and Analytics (page 33)
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A device installed in a household to track which occupants watch which television shows, for the purpose of measuring viewing habits in the population.
people meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: people meters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of peoplemeter.
peoplemeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peoplemeter
people meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of people meter
subsuntive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Spanish subsuntivo. Compare Spanish consuntivo = English consumptive etc.
Senses: qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Alternative form of subsumptive.
Ellas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ella
video tap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of video assist.
synonyms: word: video assist
funging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of funge
funged
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of funge
Selham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Graffham parish and Lodsworth parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9320).