cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
heck-care
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛk ˌkɛː/
ipa: [ˈhɛk˦ ˌkʰɛː˦]
note: end of sentence
ipa: [-˦˧]
Forms: form: heck care
Etymology: From heck + care, based on expressions such as "doesn't care a heck" and "care a heck of a lot".
Senses: examples: text: Some students have a heck-care attitude towards their studies.
text: Okay, being heck-care about how you look doesn't mean you'll end up looking like this. But that doesn't mean it's all right to be heck-care.
ref: 1998 September 8, The New Paper:
text: THEY may look like "heck-care" young punks who hang out at Harajuku, but their powerful music is serious stuff.
ref: , “Spreading like wildfire: Dragon Ash”, in The New Paper, page 35:
text: The "heck-care" attitude ignores the fact that using a handphone while driving could distract a driver's attention and cause a serious accident.
ref: 2005, David Leo, Life's so like dat, page 73:
text: This burden of responsibility is behind motorists' frustrations with the "heck-care" attitude of reckless jaywalkers.
ref: 2008 March 2, “Motorists' burden"”, in The Straits Times:
text: Local actress and director Michelle Chong took to Facebook on Saturday night to express her frustration with the “heck care” attitude she’s come across multiple times in her line of work.
ref: 2017 July 23, Jovi Ho, “Michelle Chong: Singaporeans “Don’t Care About What They Do"”, in popspoken:
glosses: Having a dismissively indifferent attitude; nonchalant.
parpents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parpent
nalas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nala
show days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of show day
opsono-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: opsonin
Samnian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Samnian
form: most Samnian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Samnium.
Samnian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Samnians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Samnium.
Samnians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Samnian
uncramp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncramps
form: uncramping
form: uncramped
form: uncramped
Etymology: From un- + cramp.
Senses: glosses: To recover, or cause to recover, from cramp or from being cramped or confined.
uncramps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncramp
uncramping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncramp
isoagglutinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoagglutinin
chitones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiton
lightstrip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightstrips
Etymology: From light + strip.
Senses: glosses: A strip of small light bulbs, LEDs, or other light-emitting devices.
lightstrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lightstrip
Yukon gold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yukon golds
Senses: glosses: A dark saffron color.
glosses: A Canadian cultivar of potato with a thin, smooth, eye-free skin and yellow-tinged flesh.
duroys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From duroy + -s.
Senses: examples: text: Like most woolen cloths, duroys were not notably fashionable in England or her colonies; an unsuccessful 1741 scheme aimed to bring them into fashion through royal use (Montgomery 2007: 350).
ref: 2014, Christina J. Hodge, Consumerism and the Emergence of the Middle Class in Colonial America, page 138:
glosses: Any clothing made from duroy.
duroy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈɹɔɪ/
ipa: /d(j)əˈɹɔɪ/
Forms: form: duroys
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: examples: text: the fabrics referred to than the particular constructions or spies which have been submitted, must also be realized that on the duroy fabric, at least, there might a decided variation in the relation advance, due to different methods production.
ref: 1921, America's Textile Reporter: For the Combined Textile Industries, page 2269:
glosses: A kind of coarse woolen cloth used in 17th century England.
Derived terms: corduroy
duroys
tiaraless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tiara + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a tiara.
idiosyncraticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From idiosyncratic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The trade-off between generality and idiosyncraticity is complicated by the possibility of the following compromise.
ref: 1994, Antonio Zampolli, Nicoletta Calzolari, Martha Palmer, Current Issues in Computational Linguistics: In Honour of Don Walker:
glosses: The quality of being idiosyncratic.
scowdering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scowder + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Cauld winter wi' his scowdering eye
Frore burning o'er the blue, blue sky
ref: 1799, John Struthers, To the Blackbird:
glosses: Burning.
kwangas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kwanga
alloos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of alloo
quasicriminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + criminal.
Senses: glosses: Bordering on criminal; having certain characteristics of a crime.
unslimed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + slimed.
Senses: examples: text: If the biofilm is thick, the hydraulic retention times could increase reportedly to four times that for the unslimed surface.
ref: 1997, D. L. Wise, Global Environmental Biotechnology, page 251:
glosses: Not covered in slime.
daiquirí
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daiquirís
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Fuller was very fatigued from this experience and said, “I need a daiquirí on ice. Fix me one, will you, Jennie?”
ref: 1971–1972, George Mahlberg, David Kendall, “Part the 5th: The Fake Cake”, in Barbecued Bilge, Malvern, Pa.: George Mahlberg, published 2007, →ISBN, “R.O.T.C. Primer: They Taught Me How to Tie My Shoes in R.O.T.C.” section, page 132:
text: You could put a tray of daiquirís on Tongolele’s behind and she could walk across the floor without spilling a single drop.
ref: 2000, Carmelita Tropicana [pseudonym; Alina Troyano], Uzi Parnes, “Memorias de la Revolución / Memories of the Revolution”, in Alina Troyano, Ela Troyano, Uzi Parnes, edited by Chon A. Noriega, I, Carmelita Tropicana: Performing Between Cultures, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, →ISBN, “Plays / Performance Script” section, page 12:
text: Waiters in white vests and bow ties scurried among the guests carrying steaming seafood plates and Martini glasses brimming with the lemon yellow of the daiquirí.
ref: 2016, Gabriel Ness, “Day Nine”, in An Exile Revisits Cuba: A Memoir of Humility, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: Alternative form of daiquiri.
cudn't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: 'Theer's Miss So-and-so bin doon here and gaan on ivver so and glen me sic a blackin' as never was, becos I telt her I cudn't git her intil t' auld grund noa-ways, and I telt her she mud just lig in t' new grund and mud be weel content, an aw, for it was a deal sweeter.' 'And,' added old Joe, 'theer's nowt so queer as folk, specially wick uns.'
ref: 1911, Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, “Sexton Joe”, in By Fell and Dale at the English Lakes, pages 87–88:
text: Brave Truman trekked'n'climbed for three solid days an' had varyin' adventurin's what I ain't time to tell you now, but he s'vived 'em all till he was up that feary'n' ghostsome summit in the clouds what you can see from anywhere on Big I an' so high up he cudn't see the world b'low.
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
text: [...] maybe Yanagi b'liefed us an' maybe he din't, but he bartered us fungusdo' for rockfish an' warned us Waimea Town weren't so friendsome as it'd been once, nay, Kona say-soed'n'knucklied ficklewise an' you cudn't guess their b'havin's.
ref: 2010, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of couldn't.
Related terms: dudn't
wudn't
Lampacau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lampacao
Senses: glosses: A former small island in the Pearl River Delta, of uncertain location, which in the mid-16th century played an important role in Sino-Portuguese trade.
Lampacao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lampacau.
tolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of trinitrotoluene.
synonyms: word: trinitrotoluene
SNRIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SNRI
ULDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ULD
antanaclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to antanaclasis.
antanaclases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antanaclasis
psychoanalytics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: psychoanalysis
tournette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tournettes
Senses: glosses: A simple potter's wheel on which pieces of pottery could be turned by hand
audiomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From audio- + motor.
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, our data indicate that azimuth – which the second hidden layer (hereafter, audiomotor layer) needs to extract – is coded by two different mechanisms which are both essential.
ref: 2002, Heinrich H. Bülthoff, Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, →ISBN:
text: The rostral pole nucleus of the inferior colliculus (ICrp) is important for audiomotor interaction on the basis of anatomical connections with various nuclei of the ascending auditory system and premotor structures.
ref: 2004, Jeanette A. Thomas, Cynthia F. Moss, Marianne Vater, Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins, →ISBN, page 16:
text: According to news reporting originating in Champaign, Illinois, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Audiomotor integration is a basic form of sensorimotor control for regulating vocal pitch and vocal loudness, but its contribution to general motor control has only been studied minimally. In this paper, auditory feedbacck for prolonged force control was investigated by comparing manual and oral force generation and testing short-term audiomotor memory for these effectors."
ref: 2013, Issues in Development and Developmental Disorders, →ISBN:
glosses: Related to both the perception of sound and the production of movement.
triacidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + acidic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That is capable of neutralizing three moles of a monobasic acid
raw_tags: of a base
Related terms: tribasic
diacidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + acidic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That is capable of neutralizing two moles of a monobasic acid
raw_tags: of a base
Related terms: dibasic
bath scraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tool of Middle Eastern origin, traditionally made of clay, used in the bath to exfoliate dead skin.
Related terms: strigil
kiyis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kiyi
lipos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lipo
chapalang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: Malaysia & Singapore
ipa: /ˈtʃɑpɑlɑŋ/
Forms: form: japalang
Etymology: From Cantonese 雜崩冷 /杂崩冷 (zaap⁶ bang¹ lang¹). Taking influence from the Hokkien words 食飽人 (tsia̍h-pá-lâng), meaning "people who have eaten their fill".
Senses: examples: text: Marketing executive Kei Yamada is a self-confessed “chapalang” shopper who shops anywhere and everywhere, from popular fashion chains to second hand bazaars and online stores.
ref: 2010 May 28, Jamie Nonis, “Digging in for the best deals”, in The Straits Times:
text: "My English is very chapalang (random mix) and I often had to add some gestures to convey what I mean."
ref: 2014 September 18, Foo Jie Ying, “American CEO breaks down in front of contractor day before leaping to death”, in Asiaone:
text: How about using a "japalang" language like Singlish?
ref: 2014 December 13, Zanzibar, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: 2015 July 15, Melissa, The Hidden Gems of Joo Chiat Complex, Hungry Bird
“Chapalang shops” are common everywhere, you know, the sort which sells lithium batteries, fly swats and air fresheners
text: the equality star tells the ideal of a peaceful society where different races, languages and religions live together in harmony... this star might just be the most rojak/chapalang star of all.
ref: 2015 August 7, Mothership Admin, “Here are our five stars rising out of Marina Bay”, in Mothership:
text: Other parts of the exhibition have a "chapalang" (mixed bag) feel.
ref: 2015 December 1, Clarissa Oon, “National Gallery Singapore has a tough job to explain and curate art”, in The Straits Times:
text: 2017 August 30, singaporecoconutcompany, Instagram
Never imagined such overwhelming love for SG in this #chapalang shop.
glosses: Comprising a mixture of various elements, mostly at random.
Synonyms: rojak
manilas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manila
sanjuanitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanjuanito
montuvios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of montuvio
daiquirís
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daiquirí
maldin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of malding.
over-pronation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overpronation.
Ubii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Germanic tribe dwelling on the east bank of the Rhine in the time of Julius Caesar, who formed an alliance with them in 55 BC in order to launch attacks across the river.
oversupination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + supination.
Senses: glosses: The act of supinating too much.
over-supination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oversupination.
over-pronate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: over-pronates
form: over-pronating
form: over-pronated
form: over-pronated
Etymology: From over- + pronate.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overpronate.
oversupinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oversupinates
form: oversupinating
form: oversupinated
form: oversupinated
Etymology: From over- + supinate.
Senses: glosses: To supinate to an excessive degree.
over-supinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: over-supinates
form: over-supinating
form: over-supinated
form: over-supinated
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oversupinate.
Höxter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
metarealism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + realism.
Senses: glosses: A direction in Russian poetry and art that was born in the 1970s to the 1980s, synonymous to metaconscience, which means beyond psychological consciousness, beyond a subjective psychological polarized view of reality.
metarealistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metarealistic
form: most metarealistic
Etymology: From metarealist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Many of his stories are described by an Israeli critic as metarealistic. They begin realistically but evolve into a surreal, dreamlike tale redolent of Symbolism.
ref: 2004, Glenda Abramson, Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture:
glosses: That goes beyond reality or psychological consciousness.
metarealist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metarealists
Etymology: From meta- + realist.
Senses: examples: text: Kafka, in my view, is a metarealist, for he takes ordinary events and turns them ever so slightly so that we are obliged to question what reality may be.
ref: 2003, James Hollis, The Archetypal Imagination:
glosses: One who tends to interpret things in ways that go beyond conventional reality.
glosses: An artist or a poet who follows metarealism, a direction in Russian poetry and art.
metarealist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metarealist
form: most metarealist
Etymology: From meta- + realist.
Senses: examples: text: With its multiple levels, its elasticity, resilience, and expandability, its ability to extend out of itself and beyond itself, in its visible meta-physicality, space is the major player in metarealist art.
ref: 2015, Mikhail N. Epstein, Alexander A. Genis, Slobodanka Vladiv-Glover, Russian Postmodernism: New Perspectives on Post-Soviet Culture:
glosses: Characteristic of, or related to metarealism, a direction in Russian poetry and art.
Derived terms: metarealistic
metarealists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metarealist
deadline fighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadline fighters
Senses: examples: text: The poorer assignments were turned in by students (known locally as ‘deadline fighters’) who decided to [...] draft their final dictionary entries the night before the due date.
ref: 2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146:
glosses: A person who begins work on a project or assignment right before the due date and time.
Related terms: student syndrome
multigenderism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + gender + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: While I'll acknowledge that 'communal/matriachial' societies have traditionally supported transgenderism and multigenderism, I'm uncertain that it can be attributed to the 'communal' nature of teh culture (that Leslie seems to imply).
ref: 1996 October 19, Rosalind Hengeveld, “Transgender Warriors”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):
text: Multigenderism has CLEARLY FAILED! and only immigrants of the SAME GENDER should be allowed in.
ref: 2002 July 9, fasgnadh, “Is Multiculturalism worth it?”, in aus.politics (Usenet):
text: Here Garton Ash argues that when liberals extended their thinking to embrace the rights of workers and women, for example, they did not find it necessary to address 'multiclassism' or 'multigenderism'. So, why bother with 'multiculturalism'?
ref: 2013, George Crowder, Theories of Multiculturalism: An Introduction, →ISBN, page 208:
text: True liberation of gender/sexuality would be multigenderism, but not postgenderism, ie: in current conditions settling niches for more than two genders would be much more helpful than complete elimination of gender.
ref: 2016 June, Y Kolesnikova, “Culturalist criticism of queer doctrine”, in CAES, volume 2, number 2:
glosses: The belief in and acceptance of more than two gender identities (i.e. more than male and female).
Pon Yup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Chinese 番禺.
Senses: glosses: Panyu, a modern district of Guangzhou.
trimethylmethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trimethylmethanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of isobutane.
synonyms: word: isobutane
starvational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more starvational
form: most starvational
Etymology: From starvation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: These patients can be described as those having a relevant starvational component of anorexia–cachexia.
ref: 2011, Geoffrey Hanks, Nathan I. Cherny, Nicholas A. Christakis, Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, page 901:
glosses: Of or pertaining to starvation.
nuées ardentes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuée ardente
thorates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thorate
tournettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tournette
Cold War 2
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Cold War II.
pollist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollists
Etymology: From poll + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Likewise, in nine Northeastern states the pollists claim that 62 per cent of the population favors a “right to work” law.
ref: 1962, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen’s Magazine, volumes 152-153:
glosses: Synonym of pollster.
synonyms: word: pollster
melaninogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From melanin + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The formation of melanin.
eumelaninogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eumelanin + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The formation of eumelanin.
knownless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more knownless
form: most knownless
Etymology: From known + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Cottages
Are oft as noble as the sculptured towers
Of buildings I have noted; but because
Their tenants have been knownless to the world,
Their pious words and acts exemplary
Are never known.
ref: 1875, Kellet Rigbye, The poetical works of Kellet Rigbye, page 180:
glosses: unknown
Related terms: unknown
on alert
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: on guard
cold iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This scene passed in presence of Lieutenant Lismahago, who encouraged Clinker to hazard a thrust of cold iron with his antagonist.
ref: 1771, Tobias Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker:
text: 'Gold is for the mistress — silver for the maid — / Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade.' / 'Good!' said the Baron, sitting in his hall, / 'But Iron — Cold Iron — is master of them all.'
ref: 1910, Rudyard Kipling, “Cold Iron”, in Rewards and Fairies:
glosses: Alternative form of cold steel (“swords, knives, bladed weapons”).
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: a (possibly fictional) substance harmful to fairies; depending on the story, ordinary iron or iron treated in some way
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A bad omen.
arslikhan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Alteration of arse-licking. Coined by Private Eye.
Senses: examples: text: The constituency's large Jewish population is in open revolt over the Foreign Secretary's Arafat arslikhan.
ref: 1981, Private Eye:
text: As this passage suggests, Masters is a graduate of the Arslikhan school of biography.
ref: 1996, Francis Wheen, Lord Gnome's Literary Companion, Verso, →ISBN, page 226:
text: We'll have a couple of after-dinner speeches – I'll say a few words, interspersing a couple of jokes with a vote of arslikhan thanks for their business, and then introduce our guest speaker.
ref: 2012, David Croydon, The Unprincipled, Hilltop Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: Overt flattery, especially in print.
ulmine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ulmines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ulmin.
urushinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of laccic acid.
synonyms: word: laccic acid
turnover on downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turnovers on downs
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A situation where a team's offense loses possession of the ball due to failure to convert a touchdown, field goal or first down on their four opportunities. This is in contrast to a turnover by interception or fumble.
urushinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Senses: glosses: Synonym of laccic.
synonyms: word: laccic
Derived terms: urushinic acid
vitrimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitrimers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of polymers that have the physical characteristic of glasses
Related terms: vitreous
Majel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
clapbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clapback
singbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singback
roastie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹoʊsti/
ipa: /ˈɹəʊsti/
Forms: form: roasties
Etymology: From roast + -ie. The Internet slang sense likens a (promiscuous) woman's vulva to the filling of a roast beef sandwich.
Senses: examples: text: My dad made crispy, rough-edged roasties lovingly cooked in beef dripping but I perversely much preferred the drier, soak-up-the-gravy ones we had at school.
ref: 2008, Becky Thorn, School Dinners:
text: […] I keep quiet when Billie piles the roasties on my plate, scoffing everything put in front of me.
ref: 2013, Niven Govinden, Graffiti My Soul, page 64:
text: Miriam gave a squawk of dismay as she lifted the lid off the potatoes.
'How are the roasties doing?'
ref: 2015, Patricia Scanlan, Mirror, Mirror:
glosses: A roast potato.
glosses: A roast beef sandwich.
examples: text: “Shut the fuck up roastie,” wrote anonymous Twitter users with anime images as their avatars.
ref: 2019, Talia Lavin, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy, unnumbered page:
text: Defy me and you will regret it, roastie.
ref: 2019, S. J. Maher, Social Misconduct, page 151:
text: […] and "Stacy" denotes an attractive "roastie," a promiscuous young woman.
ref: 2020, Anne Hendershott, The Politics of Envy, unnumbered page:
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: A woman, especially a promiscuous one.
Related terms: roasty
strapatsada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Greek στραπατσάδα (strapatsáda), from Venetan strapazzada, from strapazzar (“to treat roughly; to scramble (eggs)”) + -ada (forms verbal nouns). Related to Italian strapazzare.
Senses: glosses: A Greek dish of tomatoes fried with olive oil, pepper, and beaten eggs.
hangnailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hangnail + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having one or more hangnails.
vitrimers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vitrimer
tea and toast syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of malnutrition among those who live on a few simple foods rather than preparing proper meals.
Related terms: tea and toaster
miswends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miswend
miswending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miswend
lustrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lustrines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lustring.
lustrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lustrine
neophytism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neophyte + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The property of being a neophyte.
newbieness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːbi.nəs/
/ˈnuːbi.nəs/
Etymology: From newbie + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a newbie.
Napoleonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Napoleon + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: And when France was reduced to her proper proportions, when Napoléonism with its repressions passed, there was left upon France and upon Europe a deathless mark. […] There was the reaction against the first Emperor, and then, as always happens, when the memory of the reverse side of glory has been obliterated by the passage of a generation or two, there was a revival of Napoléonism.
ref: 1926, Sisley Huddleston, France, London: Ernest Benn Limited, pages 151–152 and 257:
glosses: Support for the dynasty of the Napoleons.
octoradiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From octo- + radiate.
Senses: glosses: Having eight rays.
imboils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of imboil
nyanzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nyanza
glums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glum
mermaid's glove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mermaid's gloves
Senses: glosses: A sea sponge of species Haliclona oculata.
glosses: An alcyonarian polyp of species Alcyonium digitatum
camstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camstones
Senses: glosses: A kind of clay used to whiten doorsteps, etc.
glosses: Alternative form of calmstone.
camstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camstone
hurtlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hurtlessly
form: most hurtlessly
Etymology: From hurtless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without harm.
repartitionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From repartition + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be repartitioned.
repartitionings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repartitioning
panchin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panchins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pancheon.
panchins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panchin
make one's toilet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes one's toilet
form: making one's toilet
form: made one's toilet
form: made one's toilet
Senses: glosses: To get dressed.
hippopotamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hippopotamic
form: most hippopotamic
Etymology: From hippopotamus + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a hippopotamus.
Wertherism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Werther + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The kind of sentimentality depicted in The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers), an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774, with a theme of heartbreak leading to suicide.
interglandular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
-ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
-ænʒʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From inter- + glandular.
Senses: glosses: Between glands.
votated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The votated margarines were evaluated for hardness, spreadability, and oiling.
ref: 1970, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Science, Technology and Marketing of Rapeseed and Rapeseed Products, Rapeseed Association of Canada, page 191:
text: However, during processing, various components can affect the color stability of the finished materials and can be a major quality characteristic in votated shortenings, cream filler fats, margarine base stocks, frying fats, and even liquid salad oils.
ref: 1995, Kathleen Warner, Methods to Access Quality and Stability of Oils and Fat-Containing Foods:
text: Votated fats, which are produced by emulsifying fats with milk, enzyme products, and color with a votator, are soft and pliable over a broad temperature range.
ref: 2006, Yiu H. Hui, Handbook of Food Science, Technology, and Engineering:
glosses: Of margarine or other food products, processed by means of a votator.
phuqing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of fucking.
phuqing
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more phuqing
form: most phuqing
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of fucking.
beachballed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beachball
beachballing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beachball
Johnny Citizen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A generic citizen.
Related terms: Johnny Law
muleteering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From muleteer + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The work of a muleteer, driving mules.
Raffles's malkoha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Raffles's malkohas
Senses: glosses: A sexually dimorphic species of malkoha, Rhinortha chlorophaea, of Peninsula Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.
Raffles's malkohas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Raffles's malkoha
climate sceptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climate sceptics
Senses: glosses: A person who does not believe climate change is happening or does not believe it is caused by human activity.
padle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: padles
Senses: examples: text: The Padle of our market is the male Lump fish (Cyclopterus Lumpus.) The female is called Hush by our fishers; but it is seldom brought to market, being much inferior to the male for the table.
ref: 1807, “Fish Market”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 69, page 364:
text: The male lump-fish, or padle, is brought to market in April and May.
ref: 1809, John Roberton, A Treatise on Medical Police, and on Diet, Regimen:
text: The Lump Fish or Padle, as it is named in Scotland is often taken in the Firth of Forth in the salmon-nets and Musselburgh and Queensferry, generally about the month of June, and entirely disappears after the month of August.
ref: 1838, Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society for the years 1831-37, volume 7:
glosses: Cyclopterus lumpus, the lumpsucker or lumpfish.
Related terms: cock-padle
padles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of padle
eulogiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eulogia
watery grave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪv
Forms: form: watery graves
Senses: examples: text: “Apparently that dog of hers joined you in the water.” “Yes, that's right, he took his dip with the rest of us. But what's that got to do with it?” “Wilbert Cream dived in and saved him.” “He could have got ashore perfectly well under his own steam. In fact, he was already on his way, doing what looked like an Australian crawl.” “That wouldn't occur to a pinhead like Phyllis. To her Wilbert Cream is the man who rescued her dachshund from a watery grave. So she's going to marry him.”
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
glosses: Death (or loss of an inanimate object) via drowning (sinking) in a body of water; or the underwater resting place of such a person or object.
skoaling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In Scandinavia, dining at home can be particularly ritualistic, with an etiquette to be observed for skoaling and another for speech-making.
ref: 1966, Saturday Review, volume 49, number 5, page 41:
text: With their aquavit the Scandinavians observe a lovely ritual called skoaling, or "toasting." Skoaling is more formal, however, than toasting is in our country. At a dinner party the host always skoals first.
ref: 1971, Linda Wolfe, McCall's introduction to Scandinavian cooking, page 5:
text: It is a far cry from the traditional Scandinavian drinking ritual of skoaling, in which glasses are repeatedly filled with Akevitt, preferably the Norwegian brand of Linje Akevitt.
ref: 2006, Paul Watkins, The Fellowship of Ghosts: Travels in the Land of Midnight Sun:
glosses: A traditional Scandinavian toast, especially with aquavit.
skoaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skoal
skoals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skoal
skoaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skoal
ecophenotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecophenotypes
Etymology: From eco- + phenotype.
Senses: examples: text: The expression of the genetic material residing within the cell represents the genotype, whereas the variation resulting solely from environmental influences (i.e., habitat) is referred to as the ecophenotype.
ref: 1987, Innovative Biostratigraphic Approaches to Sequence Analysis: New Exploration Opportunities : Selected Papers and Illustrated Abstracts, volume 8, Earth Enterprises:
text: Moreover, the smooth ecophenotype is related to a closed, oxygen deleted environment whereas the reticulate ecophenotype occurs in a well oxygenated environment in which there is a maximal precipitation of carbonates.
ref: 2002, Jonathan A. Holmes, A. R. Chivas, The ostracoda: applications in Quaternary research:
text: Some lagoon species have been regarded previously simply as morphological variants - phenotypes - of similar marine species: Cerastoderma glaucum was long considered an ecophenotype of the common cockle, C. edule.
ref: 2004, Peter J. Hayward, A natural history of the seashore, page 32:
glosses: A phenotype modified by an environmental factor.
Derived terms: ecophenotypic
ecophenotypism
ecophenotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecophenotype
càdlàg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: càdlàgs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cadlag.
salvatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more salvatic
form: most salvatic
Senses: examples: text: […] the power of evil sought to overwhelm the power of God, but against their will, only succeeded in bringing about a salvatic event.
ref: 2002, Adeleke Dirisu Ajijola, The Hijacking of Christianity:
text: In the Bal'aml frontispiece a Mongol figure of authority, with no Muslim insignia, has been placed at the heart of this salvatic vision.
ref: 2006, Linda Komaroff, Beyond the Legacy of Genghis Khan:
glosses: Of, or related to salvation.
Synonyms: salvationary
auntcest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aunt + -cest.
Senses: examples: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/game-of-thrones/gots-tyrion-fan-theory-is-wrong-hes-not-a-traitor-or-jealous-of-jon/news-story/431692da22d582b59f61ba0ddee19eb0
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/game-of-thrones/feature/a835352/game-of-thrones-children-of-the-forest/
Daily Telegraph
Well, he’s a wee bit late with that, because Jon and Dany don’t just lock lips, they lock a lot of other things too, in a steamy spot of what can only be called Aunt-cest.
glosses: Sexual relations with one's aunt.
Bookchinist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Bookchin + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: In more Bookchinist terms, will humans annex Mars to second nature, or will the species foster a third nature that transcends the legacy of human social nature on Earth?
ref: 2005, Rob Kitchin, James Kneale, editors, Lost in Space: Geographies of Science Fiction, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 170:
topics: anarchism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the theories of Bookchin; relating to Bookchinism.
Buñuelesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Buñuelesque
form: most Buñuelesque
Senses: examples: text: The ritual, which Rosenfeld has aptly described as very Buñuelesque in its religious overtones, is quite effective symbolically.
ref: 1975, Donald A. Yates, Otros mundos, otros fuegos, page 370:
text: I would have appreciated the Buñuelesque quality of the experience if I hadn't been in a hurry to get to my father's house to defrost frozen soup for his dinner.
ref: 2008, Julie Hecht, The Unprofessionals: A Novel, page 53:
text: They are seen with the father's two children at different points and, according to the film's press notes, meant to be the same character in a Buñuelesque fashion.
ref: 2017, John Gibb, The Long Take: Critical Approaches, page 169:
glosses: Of or relating to Luis Buñuel, filmmaker.
fast one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fast ones
Senses: examples: text: The salesman tricked me into paying twice for the same thing. That was a fast one!
glosses: A trick or deception.
raw_tags: in the phrase pull a fast one
examples: text: If I bought a car I'd want a fast one.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fast, one.
iwana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese イワナ.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of charr (“fish”) An ingredient in sushi and sashimi, sometimes referred to by its Japanese name when listed as an ingredient.
synonyms: word: charr
extra: (“fish”) An ingredient in sushi and sashimi, sometimes referred to by its Japanese name when listed as an ingredient
which way the wind is blowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: how the wind is blowing
form: what way the wind is blowing
Senses: examples: text: Minor writers, seeking a fashion to follow, may praise or blame various groups pretty much according to which way the wind is blowing, but the work of a writer like Ernest Hemingway, most people would agree, goes its own way.
ref: 1975 June 29, Robert F. Lucid, “The Major Novelists View the American Businessman”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Nov 2017:
text: "There are folks who will shift positions and policies on all kinds of things depending on which way the wind is blowing," he told the crowd.
ref: 2007 October 3, Kenneth Baer, Jeff Nussbaum, “When Candidates Attack”, in Time, retrieved 05 Nov 2017:
text: The reality of international diplomacy is that, like the senators in Julius Caesar, countries follow power, hide their weapons, watch which way the wind is blowing, and then back who they expect to be the winner.
ref: 2011 November 29, John Vidal, “Kyoto protocol may suffer fate of Julius Caesar at Durban climate talks”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 05 Nov 2017:
glosses: The prevailing opinion or current view of most people, especially people with influence.
Related terms: a straw shows how the wind blows
finger to the wind
public opinion
you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
how the wind is blowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of which way the wind is blowing.
what way the wind is blowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of which way the wind is blowing.
ytterbate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ytterbates
Etymology: From ytterbium + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxyanion of ytterbium; any salt containing such an anion.
ecochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + chemistry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: chemistry of ecosystems; environmental chemistry
Brownswick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Alternative anglicisation of German Braunschweig.
Senses: examples: text: n The Dukes of Brunswick and Artois, according to the Italian authority.
ref: 1559, Richard Clough, Letter, quoted in 1839, John William Burgon, The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham, Volume 1, page 253, On the ryght hande of hym went the Duke of Arons, a Spanyarde; and on the left hand, Duke George of Brownswick:ⁿ either of them held up the King's robes before. […]
text: 1801, Beriah Newton, Letter, 1916, Worthington Chauncey Ford (editorial notes), Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence: Printed from the Originals in the Collections of William K. Bixby, page 91,
Directly after I rec'd the Said Letter I took Passeg for New York and went over to Brownswick to see the Judge.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Brunswick.
amorevolous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæm.əˈɹɛv.ə.ləs/
rhymes: -ɛvələs
Forms: form: more amorevolous
form: most amorevolous
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian amorevole + -ous, from Latin amor (“love”).
Senses: examples: text: How instantly he lets us realise the comic vanity and self-satisfaction of the uxorious old fool, so easily deceived by the picture, and his flirtatious young wife's spirited enjoyment of her amorevolous frolic.
ref: 1913, Malcolm Charles Salaman, French colour-prints of the XVIII century:
glosses: affectionate; loving.
gatecrashings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gatecrashing
kohl pencil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kohl pencils
Senses: glosses: A make-up pencil with a kohl core, which can be sharpened in the usual manner, used for enhancing the eyes.
Related terms: eyeliner
kohl pencils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kohl pencil
put the record straight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the record straight
form: putting the record straight
form: put the record straight
form: put the record straight
Senses: glosses: To straighten out or clarify the facts after an inaccurate report
Related terms: set the record straight
surface-supplied diving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From surface + supply + diving.
Senses: glosses: A form of deep diving using an umbilical that supplies air, power and communications from the surface to the diver, who wears a diving helmet.
katechontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the katechon.
katechonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the katechon.
tassawuf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تَصَوُّف (taṣawwuf)
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Sufism
katechon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατέχον (katékhon, “that which withholds”) or Ancient Greek κατέχων (katékhōn, “the one who withholds”).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Someone or something (of disputed identity) whose removal is necessary before the Antichrist can be fully manifested, according to 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 in the Bible.
Derived terms: katechonic
katechontic
ulmines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ulmine
ytterbates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ytterbate
tahcheen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tahcheens
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tahchin, an Iranian rice dish.
tahchin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tahchins
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: An Iranian rice dish.
tahchins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tahchin
tahcheens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tahcheen
Copto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: examples: Copto-Arabic; Copto-Greek
glosses: Coptic
kegelkarst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kegelkarsts
Senses: glosses: A type of tropical karst terrain with numerous cone-like hills.
kegelkarsts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kegelkarst
pseudokarst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudokarsts
Etymology: From pseudo- + karst.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A feature resembling a karst but created by a different mechanism
Derived terms: pseudokarstic
pseudokarsts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudokarst
occ
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: On the evidence, […] it seems Australian factory workers in the Second World War were more likely to impede the march to victory by working too hard, ignoring the rudimentary occ health and safety regs of the day, and getting themselves injured and mangled in their machinery.
ref: 2014 December 13, John Birmingham, “Beware the pumas of Lima”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
glosses: Clipping of occupational.
Texpatriate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Texpatriates
Etymology: Blend of Texas + expatriate
Senses: glosses: A person who has moved away from Texas.
Synonyms: Texpat
Texpatriates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Texpatriate
unprosaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unprosaic
form: most unprosaic
Etymology: From un- + prosaic.
Senses: glosses: Not prosaic.
mabain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of maban (“magical material in Australian Aboriginal mythology”).
unornamentedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unornamented + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without ornament.