cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
starveacre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more starveacre
form: most starveacre
Senses: examples: text: Broken only by brief, grudging truces and attended since the middle of the century by periodic visitations of plague and famine, the long war had almost completely stripped their rocky, starveacre land of what little wealth it possessed.
ref: 1984, Arthur Bryant, Set in a silver sea:
text: The agricultural subsidies may have been in decline, but even the most starveacre farm is likely to include a trickling bog and the hills were suddenly alive with the sound of water running into plastic bottles.
ref: 2009, Patrick Wright, A Journey Through Ruins: The Last Days of London, →ISBN, page 187:
text: “Of course, Tess! Is this Flintcombe Ash then? It doesn't look like a 'starveacre' place, as Hardy puts it.”
ref: 2011, Vesta Robson, Wessex Revisited, →ISBN, page 127:
glosses: Alternative form of starve-acre.
stave-acre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thus, any weeds or rubbish of lesser bulk than the grain will go through the sieve ; and wild oats, shepherd's needles, stave-acre, with all other light weeds and sprouted grains, may be taken off the top of the corn in the sieve ;
ref: 1818, The Farmer's Magazine - Volume 19:
glosses: Alternative form of starve-acre.
examples: text: Th' infectious scab, arising from extremes Of want or surfeit, is by water cur'd Of lime, or sodden stave-acre, or oil Dispersive of Norwegian tar, renown'd By virtuous Berkeley.=
ref: 1810, Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper:
text: Stonehenge recommends an ointment made of 2 oz. finely powdered stave-acre to lb. lard; it should be well rubbed in several times a day.
ref: 1920, John Boyd Cramsie, Management and Diseases of Sheep in Australia, page 10:
glosses: A medicinal herb, Staphis agria.
stave acre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Next in order of troublesomeness is the corn-buttercup or stave acre.
ref: 1921, Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England:
glosses: Alternative form of starve-acre.
glosses: Alternative form of stave-acre.
Aleslav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Commercial exchanges between Angola and the Soviet Union in 1984 rose to a value of 200 million dollars, according to a statement made this weekend by Aleslav Ivan Stepanovk, chief of the trade delegation of the USSR.
ref: 1985 February 6, Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, JPRS-SSA-85-010, page 6:
glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Nadislav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Nedislav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Nikoslav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Novoslav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Novomir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Nanislav
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
knightdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knightdoms
Etymology: From knight + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Only a few years before his birth on May 18, 1824, in the baronial castle, the tiny but largely autonomous knightdom had been annexed by Bavaria during the Napoleonic wars.
ref: 2012, Elri Liebenberg, Imre Josef Demhardt, History of Cartography:
glosses: The domain of a knight
examples: text: Indeed, in the 1830's, in his diary Ranke himself suggested that a world history be written which would emphasize the growth of population and stress economic and cultural activities; colonization, knightdom, the building of churches, art, and religion in the Middle Ages; agriculture and public works in the eighteenth century and the “tremendous development of industry and highways” in the nineteenth century.
ref: 2012, Georg G. Iggers, The German Conception of History:
glosses: The quality, or condition of a knight; knighthood
examples: text: The dregs of knightdom and various men-at-arms shared the tables and benches in noisome sleep.
ref: 2012, Elaine Knighton, Fulk the Reluctant:
text: “Well, Norman, I'm delighted,” he said, taking Mailer's arm for a moment as if, God and knightdom willing, Mailer had finally become a Harvard dean and could be addressed by the appropriate limb.
ref: 2013, Norman Mailer, The Armies of the Night:
glosses: The sphere or world of knights; knights collectively
Related terms: knightship
knightdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knightdom
antholatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From antho- + -latry.
Senses: examples: text: He thinks he has invariably noticed, that amongst primitive nations, zoolatry has been more in vogue than antholatry.
ref: 1838, Moses Mendelssohn, Jerusalem: A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Authority and Judaism (Church and state), DegUAAAAYAAJ:
text: The present orchido-mania is therefore likely to be a passion of a far more lasting description than the other forms of antholatry which at different periods have swayed the human that is to say the human horticulturist's heart.
ref: 1849, Eclectic and Congregational Review, volume 25 (English literature), 9sFKAQAAMAAJ, page 203:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: worship of flowers
multinutrient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + nutrient.
Senses: examples: a multinutrient fertilizer
glosses: Consisting of, or relating to, multiple nutrients.
hydrocultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to hydroculture.
mixters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mixter
Giving Tuesday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From giving + Tuesday.
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: The Tuesday after Thanksgiving Weekend, promoted as a day for donations, after the consumerism of Black Friday/Black Week/Cyber Monday
Related terms: Cyber Monday
Green Monday
Small Business Saturday
Black Friday
nonulosonic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonulosonic acid
nonude
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of nonnude.
consentee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consentees
Etymology: From consent + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Person to whom consent is given by a consenter.
consentees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consentee
total hardnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of total hardness
Ah Beng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑː(˨)ˈbeŋ(˨˦)/
Forms: form: Ah Bengs
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 阿明 (a-bêng), which is a common Chinese male name.
Senses: examples: text: Among the ah bengs and ah lians, the mats and the minahs, the young expats and the backpackers, he stood out like a dozen guys on a male-only dance floor singing Dancing Queen (I'll never forgive Blur for ruining my 21st birthday).
ref: 2012 April 15, Neil Humphreys, “From Cool Dude to Sad Old Man”, in The New Paper, page 34:
glosses: A young Chinese man in Singapore, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs.
Related terms: word: Ah Seng
word: Ah Lian
word: Ah Huay
english: Malay equivalent
translation: Malay equivalent
word: mat rempit
word: Ah Huay
word: ah kua
word: Ah Lian
word: Ah Long
word: ah pui
word: Ah Tiong
Ah Bengs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ah Beng
aling-aling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A wall just inside the doorway of a traditional Balinese building, supposed to keep out hyangs, which can only move in straight lines.
clientism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From client + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of clientitis.
synonyms: word: clientitis
localitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From local + -itis.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of clientitis.
synonyms: word: clientitis
clientitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From client + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: Their relationship with the governments in their region is usually one of warmth and understanding, often described as “clientitis” or “clientism.”
ref: 1990, Iain Guest, Behind the Disappearances: Argentina's Dirty War Against Human Rights and the United Nations, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN:
text: We also learned two new words: “clientitis” and “ambassadoritis”. Clientitis is the disease of those enthralled by a host country that they promote its interests, rather than their own country's.
ref: 2009, Vera Blinken, Donald M. Blinken, Vera and the Ambassador, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 58:
text: In the case of diplomats, the State Department has had to wrestle with criticisms that regional specialists—say, those who concentrate on the Arab world and speak Arabic—will suffer from “clientitis”: the disease of “going native,” of developing such sympathy for the people and culture of a given region that one begins to represent its interest to America rather than vice versa.
ref: 2011, John Lenczowski, Full Spectrum Diplomacy and Grand Strategy: Reforming the Structure and Culture of U.S. Foreign Policy, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 108:
topics: diplomacy
government
politics
synonyms: clientism
localitis
glosses: The situation where an organization's resident in-country staff come to regard the officials and people of the host country as "clients", and thus lose touch with the norms and aims of their home country.
Related terms: ambassadoritis
go native
killshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: killshots
form: kill shot
form: kill-shot
Etymology: From kill + shot.
Senses: examples: text: He had fired his first shot, the killshot, with crosshairs locked tight at the base of the neck.
ref: 2013, J. M. Williams, John Williams, The Black Mariachi:
glosses: The killing impact of anything projected.
killshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of killshot
developmental biologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: developmental biologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies developmental biology.
developmental biologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of developmental biologist
film school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: film schools
Senses: glosses: An educational institution dedicated to teaching aspects of filmmaking, including such subjects as production and screenwriting.
film schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of film school
filthied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of filthy
filthies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of filthy
filthying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of filthy
balsacone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balsacones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of dihydrocinnamoyl flavans found in the buds of Populus balsamifera
balsacones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balsacone
shoppertainment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of shopper + entertainment
Senses: glosses: Synonym of retailtainment.
synonyms: word: retailtainment
SDOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SDO
maritime earwig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maritime earwigs
Senses: glosses: An earwig of species Anisolabis maritima, found near the shoreline.
maritime earwigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maritime earwig
benzoxazolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzoxazolones
Etymology: From benz- + oxazolone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic heterocycle composed of a benzene ring fused to one of an oxazolone
common brown earwig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common brown earwigs
Senses: glosses: Any of species Labidura truncata of earwig, native to Australia.
biotinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of biotin in which the carboxylic acid is replaced by an alcohol (-CH₂OH group)
clickfraud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of click fraud.
biotinyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biotinyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from biotin
Derived terms: biotinylate
common brown earwigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common brown earwig
caprazamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caprazamycins
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a family of liponucleoside antibiotics isolated from Streptomyces
liponucleoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liponucleosides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of fatty acid derivatives of nucleosides, many of which are antibiotics
liponucleosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liponucleoside
common earwig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common earwigs
Senses: glosses: A earwig of species Forficula auricularia, native to Europe but now cosmopolitan.
common earwigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common earwig
capuramycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capuramycins
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of antibiotics that have a uracil nucleoside structure with a caprolactam substituent
capuramycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capuramycin
carpaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A macrolide antibiotic, (1S,11R,13S,14S,24R,26S)-13,26-dimethyl-2,15-dioxa-12,25-diazatricyclo[22.2.2.211,14]triacontane-3,16-dione, found in Carica papaya
chlorobenzylidene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorobenzylidenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chloro- derivative of a benzylidene radical
chlorotetracycline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorotetracyclines
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any antibiotic that is a chloro derivative of a tetracycline
chlorotetracyclines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorotetracycline
on the tack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Tacking.
examples: text: For they were always going on the tack; a dozen pairs of sympathetic eyes would follow the consciously heroic youth as he wandered down the veranda with a glass of orange juice in his hand; and they asked anxiously, ‘How goes it, Frankie?’
ref: 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 152:
glosses: Without alcohol; teetotal.
cladinosyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from cladinose
cochinchinenene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cochinchinenenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of antibacterial flavonoids isolated from Dracaena cochinchinensis
cochinchinenenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cochinchinenene
cyclobutylmethoxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclobutyl derivative of a methoxy radical
Turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turtle
yoga mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoga mats
Senses: examples: text: Then, later that day, I logged onto a zoom call and my mother and I set up our yoga mats in the living room, as we had been doing a couple of times a week during the pandemic.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2022:
glosses: A nonslip mat used to prevent the hands and feet from slipping while practising the asanas in yoga.
yoga mats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yoga mat
bikini contest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikini contests
Senses: glosses: A beauty contest whose participants are women in swimwear.
bikini contests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bikini contest
cheeky chops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheeky chops
Senses: glosses: An impudent person.
Sapphics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sapphic
Shirtgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From shirt + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: The backfiring of Shirtgate created a temporary pause in the Big Panic, and revealed a basic truth. Most people appeared to have no objection to the kinds of expression that were now being presented as sexist.
ref: 2016, Jerry Barnett, Porn Panic!: Sex and Censorship in the UK:
glosses: A 2014 controversy in which a shirt worn by scientist Matt Taylor at an informal interview associated with the European Space Agency landing of a probe on a comet was branded sexist by some viewers on social media.
secondhand embarrassment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondhand embarrassments
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vicarious embarrassment.
synonyms: word: vicarious embarrassment
Synonyms: empathic embarrassment
Related terms: word: 💀
word: cringe
CTZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
neuroscience
physiology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of chemoreceptor trigger zone.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of cyclothiazide.
Twirlgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From twirl + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2015 controversy in which a male television presenter asked tennis player Eugenie Bouchard to give a twirl, perceived as sexist by some viewers.
Tripgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From trip + -gate.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A 2010 controversy involving an NFL game between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins, in which the Jets' coach Sal Alosi tripped Dolphins gunner Nolan Carroll as he ran down the Jets sideline.
Toiletgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From toilet + -gate.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A 2006 controversy around the World Chess Championship, in which Vladimir Kramnik was accused by his opponent's manager of visiting the toilet suspiciously frequently during games, with implications of cheating.
Tigergate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tiger + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2010 controversy around a series of alleged and admitted marital infidelities by golfer Tiger Woods.
USV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: USVs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of unmanned surface vessel or unmanned surface vehicle.
Hyponyms: alt: autonomous surface vessel or autonomous surface vehicle
word: ASV
Wampumgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From wampum + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 1995 controversy around the rejection of a casino project proposed by three impoverished Chippewa tribes.
Ho-Chunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ho-Chunks
form: Ho-Chunk
Etymology: From Winnebago hoocąk (“sacred voice”).
Senses: glosses: A member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, a Native American tribe that was formerly part of the Winnebago.
Ho-Chunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ho-Chunk
Tunagate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From tuna + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 1985 Canadian political scandal involving large quantities of tuna that were declared unfit for human consumption but later sold to the public.
Celebgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From celeb + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: Gamergate, “the Fappening” (or Celebgate), and the subsequent Comicsgate are examples of campaigns that deployed active memetic warfare in racialized and gendered ways to attack and drive away a constructed enemy.
ref: 2021, Lisa Nakamura, Hanah Stiverson, Kyle Lindsey, Racist Zoombombing, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: A 2014 controversy in which almost 500 private photographs of various celebrities, many containing nudity, were leaked and disseminated through social media.
Synonyms: Fappening
Fappening
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Fappening
Etymology: Blend of fap + happening
Senses: glosses: Celebgate
Pantigate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Panti + -gate
Senses: glosses: A 2014 controversy around defamatory remarks made by Irish drag queen Rory O'Neill (stage name Panti Bliss), accusing newspaper journalists and the Iona Institute of homophobia.
Deflategate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From deflate + -gate.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: Ballghazi
glosses: A 2015 controversy around allegations of underinflated footballs in the 2014–15 NFL playoffs.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A 2015 controversy around allegations that the rear tyres of winning racing driver Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes were below the recommended minimum pressure.
Bretton Woods
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: (economics): Formulated at a 1944 conference at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in the town of Carroll, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A fixed exchange rate system in which the dollar was convertible to gold and all other participating currencies were pegged to the dollar.
newstainment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of news + entertainment
Senses: glosses: Television news presented in a sensationalist manner, intended more to entertain than to inform.
deformylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deformylations
Etymology: From de- + formylation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction involving the removal of a formyl group
esterling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esterlings
Senses: glosses: An obsolete Belgian unit of mass, one twentieth of an ounce.
esterlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esterling
desosamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The amino sugar 3,4,6-trideoxy-3-(dimethylamino)-D-xylo-hexose that is a component of some macrolide antibiotics
desosaminyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desosaminyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from desosamine
diazepanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazepanones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ketone derived from diazepane by replacing a ring methylene group by a carbonyl
diazepanones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diazepanone
patellulæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patellula
dichlorophenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichlorophenyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dichloro derivative of a phenyl radical
Derived terms: clenbuterol
clofenvinfos
dolichyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolichyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from dolichol
drummondin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drummondins
Etymology: From translingual drummondii + -in.
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of antibiotics isolated from Hypericum drummondii.
drummondins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drummondin
top-heavy fraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top-heavy fractions
Senses: glosses: improper fraction
top-heavy fractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of top-heavy fraction
edeine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polypeptide antibiotic, produced by Brevibacillus brevis (syn. Bacillus brevis), that inhibits initiation of polyphenylalanine
eryvarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eryvarins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of flavonoids based on 9-methoxy-10-(3-methyl-2-buten-1-yl)-6H-[1]benzofuro[3,2-c]chromen-3-ol
eryvarins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eryvarin
evernimicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From everni(nate) + -micin (“aminoglycoside, antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An oligosaccharide antibiotic of the orthosomycin group.
flemiflavanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flemiflavanones
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of flavanones, found in Flemingia stricta, some of which are antibiotics.
flemiflavanones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flemiflavanone
fluoroadenosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluoroadenosines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any fluoro derivative of adenosine
fluoroketolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluoroketolides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any fluoro derivative of a ketolide, some of which are antibiotics
fluoroketolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluoroketolide
formylmethionyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formylmethionyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A formyl derivative of the methionyl radical
furylhydroquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furylhydroquinones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A furyl derivative of hydroquinone
phallicize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phallicizes
form: phallicizing
form: phallicized
form: phallicized
Etymology: From phallic + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: De Marsay has been drafted into a sexual theater: he exists only to phallicize an absent woman lover.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
text: The libido, formerly accumulated in the fantasied phallus, leaves this central source and gradually phallicizes the real body; that is, it spreads throughout this body, with the isolated exception of the so-called genital zone.
ref: 1998, Juan-David Nasio, translated by Susan Fairfield, Hysteria from Freud to Lacan, page 49:
glosses: To make phallic.
Related terms: phallicization
phallicizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phallicize
phallicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phallicize
phallicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phallicize
phallicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phallicizations
Senses: glosses: The process of making something phallic.
Related terms: phallicize
phallicizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phallicization
furylhydroquinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furylhydroquinone
skilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skillas
Senses: examples: text: […] during that year he was promoted to sit by the skilla in the Refectory, and Abbot Colchester must at once have sent him to Rome, for he was there as a proctor for three years up to Sep. 1390, thus excusing the Abbot his triennial visit "ad limina" […]
ref: 1916, Ernest Harold Pearce, The Monks of Westminster: Being a Register of the Brethren of the Convent from the Time of the Confessor to the Dissolution, with Lists of the Obedientiaries and an Introduction, Cambridge University Press, page 18:
glosses: A bell at the seniors' table in the refectory of a medieval monastery in England.
Portraitgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From portrait + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2009 controversy that occurred when art galleries in Dublin displayed two oil paintings depicting Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland, in the nude.
Reutersgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Reuters + -gate.
Senses: glosses: The controversy around a series of digitally manipulated photographs taken by Adnan Hajj, a Lebanese freelance photographer, and presented as part of Reuters' news coverage of the 2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict.
centaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more centaurian
form: most centaurian
Etymology: From centaur + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Balzac, a centaurian mesomorph, projects these elegant ectomorphs as creatures of a hierarchic dream.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
glosses: Pertaining to or reminiscent of a centaur.
Betsygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Betsy + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A 2004 controversy around allegations that former United Kingdom Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith had put his wife Betsy on his payroll, without her doing any work.
Bigotgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From bigot + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A 2010 controversy that arose when British prime minister Gordon Brown was accidentally recorded calling a party supporter a bigot.
Donnygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Donny + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A political scandal of the 1990s involving expenses fraud by councillors in Doncaster, United Kingdom.
overfrequently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more overfrequently
form: most overfrequently
Etymology: From overfrequent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Too often.
Mammygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From mammy + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2008 controversy around the allegation that Gloria Squitiro, wife of Kansas City mayor Mark Funkhouser, called a black secretary "mammy".
Nkandlagate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Nkandla + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A South African political scandal of 2009 regarding the state-funded private home of President Jacob Zuma.
Pastygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From pasty + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2012 British controversy around taxation of hot snacks such as pasties, where Conservative ministers were said to be out of touch with the eating habits of ordinary people.
Related terms: pasty tax
pasty tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasty taxes
Senses: glosses: The British tax on hot snacks, proposed in 2012, that led to the Pastygate controversy.
pasty taxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasty tax
Plamegate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Plame + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2005 controversy around the alleged leaking to the media of the identity of Valerie Plame, a covert CIA agent.
Synonyms: Leakgate
Leakgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From leak + -gate.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Plamegate.
synonyms: word: Plamegate
Pussygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From pussy + -gate, in reference to Trump's remark that "when you're a star, they [women] let you do it, you can do anything... grab them by the pussy".
Senses: glosses: A controversy in 2016 regarding a lewd recorded conversation between politician Donald Trump and Billy Bush on the subject of women.
Biga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بیغا (Biga).
Senses: glosses: A peninsula and town in northwestern Turkey.
Synonyms: english: the historical name
translation: the historical name
word: Troad
Rinkagate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Rinka + -gate, from the name of a dog that was killed in the attack.
Senses: glosses: A 1976 British scandal in which Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the Liberal Party, lost his position and his seat in Parliament after being accused of involvement in an unsuccessful attempt to murder an alleged former gay lover.
Rywingate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Rywin + -gate, from the involvement of media mogul Lew Rywin.
Senses: glosses: A 2004 Polish scandal, involving an offer of bribery, that brought Leszek Miller's government to an end.
ataxophragmiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ataxophragmiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any any of the foraminifers in the family Ataxophragmiidae.
ataxophragmiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ataxophragmiid
spiroplectamminid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiroplectamminids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any foram in the family Spiroplectamminidae.
spiroplectamminids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiroplectamminid
lituolid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lituolids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any foraminifer in the family Lituolidae.
textulariid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textulariids
Senses: glosses: Any foraminiferan in the order Textulariida.
hormosinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hormosinids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any foraminifer in the family Hormosinidae.
lituolids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lituolid
textulariids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of textulariid
hormosinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hormosinid
trochamminid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trochamminids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any foram in the family Trochamminidae.
trochamminids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trochamminid
Squidgygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From squidgy + -gate, from Diana's nicknames "Squidgy" and "Squidge", used in the telephone conversations.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dianagate.
synonyms: word: Dianagate
Dianagate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Diana + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 1992 controversy around a series of telephone conversations between Diana, Princess of Wales, and her close friend James Gilbey, the existence of which was publicly revealed by the Sun newspaper.
Synonyms: Squidgygate
Choppergate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From chopper + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2011 controversy around the broadcast by Nine News of fake footage of a helicopter supposedly flying near Beerwah, Queensland, where the remains of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe had been found earlier that month.
glosses: An Australian political scandal of 2014 involving Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Bronwyn Bishop flying from Melbourne to a party fundraiser in Geelong, at a cost of AUD$5227.
glosses: A 2013 controversy around alleged bribery and corruption in the purchase of a fleet of helicopters for Indian state officials.
Choi Soon-sil-gate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Choi Soon-sil + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2016 South Korean scandal involving Choi Soon-sil's influence over president Park Geun-hye.
wikipedia: Choi Soon-sil
Cashgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkæʃˌɡeɪt/
Etymology: From cash + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2014 scandal around the plundering of Malawian government funds by officials the previous year, under the leadership of President Joyce Banda.
Iraqgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Iraq + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2003 Finnish scandal involving the leaking of secret documents to politician Anneli Jäätteenmäki in connection with the war in Iraq.
Lewinskygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lewinsky + -gate.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Monicagate.
synonyms: word: Monicagate
Tailgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From tail + -gate, with reference to tail (“sexual intercourse”), as a pun on tailgate.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Monicagate.
synonyms: word: Monicagate
Pardongate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From pardon + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: Newly elected Senator Hillary Clinton suddenly found herself caught up in Pardongate's swirl, as prosecutors began reviewing her husband's grant of clemency for four upstate New York rabbis whose village voted for her […]
ref: 2004, Carl Limbacher, Hillary's Scheme: Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White House:
text: […] hearings on Pardongate, Clinton's eleventh-hour clemency spree, were still under way.
ref: 2006, Lynn Vincent, Robert Stacy McCain, Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party:
text: Nicknamed “Elvis,” Clinton is considered a “rock star” by the left wing of the Democratic Party, perhaps because he left the White House in shambles after his presidential tour. Whitewater, Travelgate, Monicagate, and Pardongate […]
ref: 2017, BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Clinton Crack-Up: Review and Analysis of R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.'s Book:
glosses: The 2001 controversy around Bill Clinton's pardons of 140 people, including Patty Hearst, on his last day in office as President of the United States.
Billygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Billy + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 1980 controversy around the issue of President Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter, legally representing the Libyan government as a foreign agent.
underlyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underlying
dialecting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dialect + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: REBOL's unique dialecting capability enables information to flow automatically over managed, encrypted, and authenticated connections.
ref: 2007, Jessica Keyes, X Internet: The Executable and Extendable Internet, page 133:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The creation of domain-specific languages within an existing programming language.
Elbowgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From elbow + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2016 controversy in which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau elbowed a female MP in the chest in the House of Commons, causing the opposition to accuse him of assaulting her.
Bridgegate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From bridge + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: He thinks like a politician, and he thinks like a lawyer. So the governor in particular is very careful about parsing his words, especially if we’re talking about a political issue that’s being negotiated in the Legislature, talking about things connected to Bridgegate, things that are semicontroversial.
ref: 2015 January 26, Michael Barbaro, “A Radio Host’s Strategy for Christie: Let Him Rant”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The 2013 Fort Lee lane closure scandal under New Jersey governor Chris Christie's administration.
Synonyms: Bridgeghazi
Filegate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From file + -gate.
Senses: glosses: The White House FBI files controversy of the late 1990s.
Pemexgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Pemex + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A 2000 Mexican scandal in which funds from the state-owned oil company Pemex were used to support a political campaign.
wikipedia: Pemex
squashberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squashberries
Etymology: From squash + berry.
Senses: glosses: A pembina or lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule).
squashberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squashberry
doxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doxers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of doxxer.
doxxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doxxers
form: doxer
Etymology: From doxx + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who doxxes.
doxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doxer
doxxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doxxer
snow melt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow melts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snowmelt.
Traingate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From train + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: The train company did not breach data protection law for publishing the clip during the so-called traingate controversy.
ref: 2017 July 12, Katie Mansfield, “Virgin Trains cleared of rumbling Jeremy Corbyn with traingate CCTV clip”, in Daily Express:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A 2016 controversy around a video of the politician Jeremy Corbyn sitting on the floor of a supposedly crowded train, which Corbyn used in support of his policy to reverse the 1990s privatization of British railways. Later, CCTV images were released that appeared to show Corbyn walking past available seats, leading to accusations that the incident had been staged for political gain.
Taxigate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From taxi + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A 2005 scandal in which David McLetchie, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, was found to have claimed thousands of pounds in taxi expenses, some for party business rather than parliament business.
Travelgate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From travel + -gate.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The White House travel office controversy of 1993.
Utegate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From ute + -gate.
Senses: examples: text: The Australian Federal Police revealed this afternoon that the email that sparked the so-called Utegate controversy was faked.
ref: 2009 June 22, Phillip Coorey, Annabel Crabb, Sydney Morning Herald:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A 2009 scandal around the lending of a ute to Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by car dealer John Grant, and subsequent allegations of improper favourable treatment of Grant by the Department of the Treasury.
squitterwit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squitterwits
Senses: glosses: A person who writes worthless prose.
squitterwits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squitterwit
stooze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stoozes
form: stoozing
form: stoozed
form: stoozed
Etymology: Apparently coined in 2004 from Stooz, nickname of a contributor to Motley Fool Internet message boards.
Senses: examples: text: My reason for including Jack's inspiring comments is less about the practical point of how to stooze and far more about thinking.
ref: 2005, Martin Lewis, The Money Diet: The Ultimate Guide to Shedding Pounds Off Your Bills, →ISBN, page 78:
text: To stooze, you transfer the balance from the credit card and stash it in a high-interest savings account, one with as high a rate of interest as possible.
ref: 2010, Jonathan Yates, Freesourcing: How To Start a Business with No Money, →ISBN:
text: In order to stooze effectively, you need credit cards which allow you to make payments to a current account or other bank account where you could then earn interest.
ref: 2014 June 19, Sophie Christie, “£5000 a year for nothing: could 'stoozing' make a comeback?”, in The Telegraph:
text: So the best way to stooze is likely to involve putting as much of your spending as possible on to a card that charges 0pc on purchases.
ref: 2015 November 17, Amelia Murray, “Return of 'stoozing': how you can profit again from 0pc credit cards”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: To borrow money at low to no interest for the purpose of making a profit by depositing it for higher interest.
stoozes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stooze
Grannygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From granny + -gate.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any of several different sporting scandals, typically regarding eligibility of players for national teams based on their family histories.
downteching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: down-teching
Etymology: From down- + tech + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Funny how quickly he'd gotten used to the downteching. Before, he'd never thought a person could get through a day without Federation flash and spark.
ref: 2002, Peter David, Esther Friesner, Diane Carey, Double Helix Omnibus:
glosses: The scaling down or simplifying of technical solutions, including the use of lower tech products or processes in an otherwise high tech environment
stoozed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stooze
play the pronoun game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays the pronoun game
form: playing the pronoun game
form: played the pronoun game
form: played the pronoun game
Senses: glosses: To avoid the use of pronouns for one's partner or lover, so as to conceal one's sexual orientation.
stoozer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoozers
Etymology: From stooze + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Stoozers' activities are not strictly illegal, as long as no false declarations are involved, but are morally dubious at the very least and banks are right now taking steps to curb the practice.
ref: 2007, Tony Thorne, Shoot the Puppy: A Survival Guide to the Curious Jargon of Modern Life, →ISBN:
text: Wikipedia suggests stoozing was named after an internet discussion board contributor, Stooz, who was a prolific stoozer.
ref: 2009 March 20, Mark Price, “Student gets money for nothing from banks”, in Otago Daily Times:
text: But in today’s market there are other deterrents for would-be stoozers.
ref: 2014 June 19, Sophie Christie, “£5000 a year for nothing: could 'stoozing' make a comeback?”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: A person who makes a profit by stoozing.
stoozers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoozer
Lochtegate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lochte + -gate.
Senses: glosses: A scandal during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in which US swimmer Ryan Lochte and two teammates fabricated a story of having been robbed at gunpoint in order to cover up their own acts of vandalism.