cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
framboidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From framboid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to framboids.
Lettermanesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lettermanesque
form: most Lettermanesque
Etymology: From Letterman + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of David Letterman (born 1947), American television talk show host.
de Clérambault's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: De Clerambault syndrome
Etymology: Named after French psychiatrist Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), who published a comprehensive review paper on the subject (Les Psychoses Passionelles) in 1921.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of erotomania (“delusion of being loved by another”).
synonyms: word: erotomania
extra: delusion of being loved by another
Basiji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bəˈsiːd͡ʒiː/
Forms: form: Basijis
form: Basiji
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian بسیجی, from بسیج.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Basij.
Basijis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Basiji
Rashomonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rashomonic
form: most Rashomonic
Etymology: After Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon (1950), in which a crime witnessed by four individuals is described in four mutually contradictory ways; + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple contradictory accounts.
Related terms: Rashomon effect
ravishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ravishable
form: most ravishable
Etymology: From ravish + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being ravished.
raytracer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raytracers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ray tracer.
ray tracer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ray tracers
Senses: glosses: A program or algorithm for ray tracing.
ray tracers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ray tracer
raytracers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raytracer
raytraced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ray + traced.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Produced by ray tracing.
reachabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reachability
multibounce
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + bounce.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one bounce of a signal, such as radar.
multireflection
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + reflection.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one reflection.
Rayburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rayburns
form: Raeburn
form: Reyburn
form: Ryburn
Etymology: Scottish habitational surname, from Raeburn, a place in the Scottish Borders name from Scots rae (“roebuck”) + burn (“stream”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scots.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
Rayburn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rayburns
form: Raeburn
form: Reyburn
form: Ryburn
Senses: examples: text: The living room was half-panelled in dark oak, and in the big farmhouse kitchen the ancient cream Rayburn beamed comfort.
ref: 2023, Kate Atkinson, “The Void”, in Normal Rules Don’t Apply, Penguin (2024), page 3:
glosses: An old-fashioned stove resembling an AGA cooker.
Rayburns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rayburn
readiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of readier
read-write
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a read-write head in a disk drive
a read-write lock, request, or variable
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Supporting both read and write operations.
Related terms: read-only
write-only
rattlepod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattlepods
Etymology: From rattle + pod.
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants, including Senna covesii and species of Crotalaria and Astragalus, whose seeds rattle in the pod when shaken.
Related terms: rattlebox
rattlepods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rattlepod
razorwire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of razor wire.
reactogenicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reactogenicity
recriminalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recriminalizes
form: recriminalizing
form: recriminalized
form: recriminalized
form: recriminalise
Etymology: From re- + criminalize.
Senses: examples: text: He looks at Rohit and recalls the rainbows on his cheeks as they walked through the streets when the country recriminalized homosexuality.
ref: 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 206:
glosses: To criminalize again; to make (something previously decriminalized) illegal again.
recriminalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recriminalize
recriminalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recriminalize
recriminalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recriminalize
recriminalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recriminalizations
Etymology: From re- + criminalization.
Senses: examples: text: Extra-legal raids in Moscow and Leningrad in which 130 males were arrested in late summer 1933 were the harbinger of the recriminalization of male homosexuality later that year.
ref: 2030 October 7, Leslie Feinberg, “Can a homosexual be a member of the Communist Party?”, in Workers World:
glosses: The act of recriminalizing.
recriminalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recriminalization
Dagbani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dagbane
Senses: glosses: A Gur language spoken in the northern region of Ghana, closely related to Mampruli.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Dagbani terms
fakeout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fakeouts
Etymology: Deverbal from fake out.
Senses: glosses: A trick or deception.
fakeout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of fake + takeout.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fakeaway (“homemade meal intended to replicate takeout food”).
synonyms: word: fakeaway
extra: homemade meal intended to replicate takeout food
fakeouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fakeout
copylore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From copy + lore.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of photocopylore (“a kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on photocopiers”).
synonyms: word: photocopylore
extra: a kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are reproduced on photocopiers
Synonyms: photocopylore
xeroxlore
Coordinate terms: faxlore
Strat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Strats
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A Fender Stratocaster electric guitar.
citizen journalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citizen journalists
Senses: topics: media
glosses: An amateur journalist who engages in citizen journalism.
Dagbane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dagbani.
zardozi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɑːˈdəʊzi/
Etymology: From Urdu زردوزی (zardōzī, “gold embroidery”), from Classical Persian زردوزی (zardōzī, “gold embroidery”). See there for more.
Senses: examples: text: He wore a beautiful Delhi-style cap of black velvet embroidered with zardozi over which he had draped a cloth that concealed his face.
ref: 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 101
glosses: A kind of embroidery using gold or silver thread.
copy-protected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Equipped with a copy protection mechanism.
eating-disordered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having an eating disorder.
J. Random
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: J. Random User
J. Random Hacker
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An unspecified person; any old person (followed by a generic role).
Related terms: J. Random User
John Doe
Jane Doe
so-and-so
what's-his-name
you-know-who
hybridogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hybrid + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of reproduction resembling parthenogenesis, but hemiclonal rather than completely asexual: half the genome is passed intact to the next generation, while the other half is discarded. It occurs in some animals that are hybrids between species.
Related terms: hybridogenic
hemiclonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemi- + clonal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hemiclones.
gynogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to gynogenesis.
Derived terms: gynogenetically
meiogynogenetic
hybridogenetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hybridogenetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of hybridogenesis.
hybridogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hybrid + -o- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hybridogenesis.
Derived terms: hybridogenetically
variety meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: variety meats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of offal
synonyms: word: offal
variety meats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of variety meat
Zen garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zen gardens
form: zen garden
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps you have seen a Zen garden or pictures of Zen gardens with the artfully arranged rocks emerging from smoothly raked patterns in the sand.
ref: 1985, Camden Benares, Zen Without Zen Masters, New Falcon Publications, →ISBN:
glosses: A small stylized Japanese rock garden, intended to convey the essence of nature and to aid meditation.
tirtha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tirthas
form: teertha
form: teerut
Etymology: From Sanskrit तीर्थ (tīrtha, “ford”).
Senses: glosses: A site of pilgrimage.
tirthas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tirtha
Jainistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jainistic
form: most Jainistic
Etymology: From Jain + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Jainism.
takaful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takafuls
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تَكَافُل (takāful)
Senses: glosses: A cooperative system of reimbursement in case of loss; a sort of Islamic form of insurance.
Derived terms: retakaful
takafuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of takaful
rock garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock gardens
Senses: qualifier: landscaping
glosses: Synonym of rockery.
synonyms: word: rockery
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A rock-strewn path, part of a mountain biking racecourse
rock gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rock garden
raucousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raucousness
dragadiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragadiddles
Etymology: Blend of drag + paradiddle
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: In drumming, a paradiddle where the first note is a drag.
dragadiddles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragadiddle
unraucous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unraucous
form: most unraucous
Etymology: From un- + raucous.
Senses: glosses: Not raucous.
rangpurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rangpur
phonographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phonograph
phonographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phonograph
phosphorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorizations
Etymology: From phosphor + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Act or process of phosphorizing.
Derived terms: dephosphorization
phosphorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphorization
phytologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From phytological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of phytology.
phytopharmacology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phyto- + pharmacology.
Senses: glosses: The study of medicine from plant sources
Related terms: phytopharmacological
phytopharmacological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + pharmacological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phytopharmacology.
Derived terms: phytopharmacologically
phytopharmacologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From phytopharmacological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of or in terms of phytopharmacology.
pianoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From piano + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Playing the piano.
glosses: A compulsive raising and lowering movement of the fingers.
pianoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From piano + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of piano
picramide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 2,4,6-trinitroaniline, an explosive compound.
phototelephony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + telephony.
Senses: glosses: The transmission of sound by means of light.
Related terms: photophone
conidioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conidiomata
form: conidiomas
Senses: glosses: A specialized macroscopic fruiting structure containing masses of conidia.
conidiomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conidioma
conidiogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to conidiogenesis.
genderquake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genderquakes
Etymology: From gender + quake, coined by Naomi Wolf.
Senses: examples: text: These regions have genderquakes of their own.
ref: 1998, Sadie Plant, Zeros + ones: digital women + the new technoculture:
text: I have shown that the malestream has largely ignored a genderquake in sociology although a few men are very disturbed about it, and a larger minority of men are excited by it.
ref: 2003, Sara Delamont, Feminist Sociology:
text: I believe she is quite right about the systemic gender crisis it caused. While Wolf marks the hearing as a moment that killed patriarchy, I understand the genderquake to have had the following effects[…]
ref: 2008, Sara Lynn McKinnon, The Discursive Formation of Gender in Women's Gendered Claims to U.S. Asylum, page 6:
glosses: A fundamental shift of power from men to women.
wikipedia: Naomi Wolf
genderquakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genderquake
kachoris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kachori
kachori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kachoris
form: kachauri
form: kachodi
form: katchuri
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कचौरी (kacaurī) or कचौड़ी (kacauṛī).
Senses: examples: text: He smelt freshly fried kachoris rescued from the wedding buffet.
ref: 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 54:
glosses: An Indian snack of flour with beans and spices.
kachauri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kachauris
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kachori.
kachauris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kachauri
afroed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.fɹoʊd/
Forms: form: Afroed
form: afro-ed
form: Afro-ed
form: afro'd
form: Afro'd
Etymology: From afro + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Styled into an afro.
raw_tags: of hair
glosses: Having hair styled into an afro.
raw_tags: of a person
SBF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SBFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of single (unmarried) black female.
SBF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The grisly details of what SBF is alleged to be guilty of will emerge in forthcoming criminal proceedings. But already expectations are high: Amazon has announced that it is working on a series about the scandal in partnership with the Russo brothers, the makers of Marvel movies.
ref: 2022 December 17, John Naughton, “Why were the media hypnotised by Sam Bankman-Fried?”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of Sam Bankman-Fried.
folkcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folkcrafts
Etymology: From folk + craft.
Senses: glosses: folk craftsmanship
folkcrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of folkcraft
phlebotomine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlebotomines
Senses: glosses: Any fly of the subfamily Phlebotominae
tuina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tui na.
tui na
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tweɪ ˈnɑː/
Forms: form: tuina
Etymology: From Mandarin 推拿 (tuīná).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese medical manipulative therapy that uses Traditional Chinese Medicinal theory, that promotes health, longevity and wellness; as an extension, its practice and principles are used in some Chinese martial arts in an effort to achieve balance.
Nirankari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੀ (niraṅkārī).
Senses: glosses: A reformist movement in Sikhism.
Nitinaht
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, the name Nootka is not liked by many bands grouped under that term and the preferred designation is Nuuchahnuulth. However, this new name, which is primarily cultural in reference, presents problems to linguists for it includes both those who speak Nitinaht (or Ditidaht) as well as those from Bamfield and northward. When speaking of languages, I see no alternative to Nootka unless it be Northem Nuuchahnuulth.
ref: 1987, Thom Hess, “A Note on Nitinaht numerals”, in Working Papers of the Linguistics Circle, volume 6, number 1, University of Victoria:
glosses: Alternative form of Ditidaht.
Nixonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Nixon + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The policies of Richard Nixon (1913–1994), 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.
noodleheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noodlehead
nougatines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nougatine
nsima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nshima.
nshima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nsima
Etymology: Borrowed from an African language, probably Bemba nshima. Compare Chichewa nsíma.
Senses: glosses: A staple food in parts of Africa, a kind of porridge made from ground maize or sorghum flour.
Synonyms: pap
posho
sadza
ugali
nucleolins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleolin
NP-easy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Solvable in polynomial time by a deterministic Turing machine with an oracle for some decision problem in NP.
NP-equivalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Both NP-easy and NP-hard.
videomail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video + mail.
Senses: glosses: A proposed form of electronic mail taking the form of an audiovisual recording.
hearing-ear dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hearing-ear dogs
Etymology: By analogy with seeing-eye dog.
Senses: glosses: A hearing dog.
fatosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: fat + -o- + -sphere; compare biosphere, blogosphere, etc.
Senses: examples: text: For larger individuals—what the Fatosphere jokingly refers to as “deathfat” as a play on the term “morbidly obese”— leaving their homes opens them to criticism and ridicule.
ref: 2012, Lonie McMichael, Ph.D., Talking Fat: Health vs. Persuasion in the War on Our Bodies, unnumbered page
text: While the above obese woman is caught up in her own fatosphere there's her counterpart, the impossibly tall, thin woman with legs and thighs from here to heaven who is caught up in her own thinosphere[…]
ref: 2010, Robert James Smith, Carrol Sue Perrino, Staying Beautiful is a BITCH!:
text: The 'fatosphere' of fat activists now comprises many groups, several books and an untold number of internet blogs[…]
ref: 2012, Deborah Lupton, Medicine as Culture: Illness, Disease and the Body, page 75:
glosses: The world or sphere of fat people.
challengable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more challengable
form: most challengable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of challengeable.
fattener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fatteners
Etymology: From fatten + -er.
Senses: examples: text: It rarely happens that the breeders of cattle are the fatteners of them.
ref: 1840, John Armstrong, Jesse Buel, A Treatise on Agriculture, page 129:
glosses: One who, or that which, fattens.
fatteners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fattener
penthoused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penthouse + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Furnished with a penthouse or exterior building.
Perestroikan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Perestroikans
Etymology: From perestroika + -an.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Perestroika Movement (political science).
Perestroikans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Perestroikan
peptidyldipeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peptidyldipeptidase
peptidolactones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peptidolactone
peptidomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peptidome
stormings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storming
pentop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentops
Etymology: From pen + top; compare desktop, laptop.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An electronic pen-like device intended as an educational computer for use with attachable cartridges and special digital paper.
pentops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentop
adorbs
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɔɹbz/
Forms: form: more adorbs
form: most adorbs
Etymology: Clipping of adorable + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) surprised his daughters on Friday evening with an addition to their family: a fluffy white rescue pooch named “Snowflake” (Adorbs!).
ref: 2014 November 17, Erin C.J. Robinson, “President Obama snuggles a koala and Sen. Ted Cruz adds a furry member to his family: Which VIP had the best weekend?”, in The Washington Post:
text: 2017 Trinket, "The Halloween Hippogriff", Nella the Princess Knight
Thanks Nella. Your ballerina butterfly costume is adorbs!
text: Don’t ask any difficult questions, just look at the cute pictures – disseminated widely – of Modi showering Musk’s kids with gifts. Adorbs.
ref: 2025 February 18, Arwa Mahdawi, “Elon Musk keeps bringing his kids to work – and the reasons aren’t cute at all”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Adorable.
aerobat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerobats
Senses: glosses: One who performs aerobatics.
aerobats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerobat
aeroacoustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aero- + acoustic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to aeroacoustics.
aeroacoustics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aero- + acoustics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A branch of acoustics that studies noise generation via either turbulent fluid motion or aerodynamic forces interacting with surfaces.
Derived terms: aeroacoustic
computerology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From computer + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of computers, or any kind of work with computers; computing.
ecomuseums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecomuseum
ecotravel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + travel.
Senses: glosses: recreational travel to natural areas in a way that supports the environment
Related terms: ecotourism
aeroshells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeroshell
aeroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to aeroscopy.
applotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: applotters
Etymology: From applot + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who applots.
applotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of applotter
airview
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airviews
Etymology: From air + view.
Senses: examples: text: A system of interrupted contour banks for the control of soil erosion is described, with an airview photograph of these contour banks to illustrate the work done.
ref: 1938, Marion Bloom, James Frederick Carter, Francesca Vincent, Bibliography on soil erosion and soil and water conservation, page 257:
text: […] fine airviews of contour strip planting, and airviews of what looked like islands (actually Finnish log jams bound by a chain boom) […]
ref: 1974, David Cort, The sin of Henry R. Luce: an anatomy of journalism, page 85:
glosses: A view from the air; a photograph taken from an aircraft.
airviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airview
meningococcemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meningococcemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to meningococcemia.
meningococcaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meningococcemic.
Mennonitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mennonite + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The beliefs and practices of Mennonites.
ring gag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring gags
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A gag with a hollow ring that holds the mouth open.
Hyponyms: spider gag
ring gags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ring gag
mescalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mescaline.
mesc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of mescaline
Senses: glosses: The drug mescaline.
ice queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice queens
Senses: examples: text: Miss O'Neil's duplicitous power-mad ice queen epitomizes cruel hauteur with a streak of lethal saccharine—she is a nightmare stepmother.
ref: 1986 October 5, Stephen Holden, “Drama: 'Narnia' A Children's Musical”, in New York Times, retrieved 02 Jan 2014:
text: Rice has never been the robot she plays on national television. She built the image the public has of her as an ice queen stuck on repeat. It’s the downside of her extreme loyalty to Bush.
ref: 2007 May 3, Marcus Mabry, “Why Condi Is Talking to the Enemy”, in Newsweek, retrieved 02 Jan 2014:
text: […]If I think money matters, I must be a heartless ice queen who can't take care of herself.
ref: 2009, J. Courtney Sullivan, Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man, Hachette, →ISBN:
text: Wilson: Log Update: I can't figure Miranda out. As project director, she should be ecstatic at all the progress we've made. But she's still the same old ice queen.
Wilson: Maybe she's worried Shepard might become the new favorite. Or maybe she's just a pure, cold-hearted bitch.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022, PC, scene: Prologue: Awakening (Lazarus Research Station, Public Computer):
text: It was there—after she fired most of the staff—that Fleet Street began to paint [Anna Wintour] as an ice queen.
ref: 2023 September 23, Lauren Indvik, “God is in the details”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
glosses: A beautiful but heartless woman.
examples: text: This time, she was beaten by 16-year-old Tanja Szewczenko, who is threatening to usurp the two-time Olympic champion, Katarina Witt, as Germany's ice queen.
ref: 1993 November 24, Jere Longman, “Olympics: 80 Days to Lillehammer”, in New York Times, retrieved 02 Jan 2014:
text: Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna will make her return to competition at the Golden Spin event in Zagreb next month.
ref: 2013 November 4, Narae Kim, “Ice Queen Yuna returns with a Golden Spin”, in Reuters Canada, retrieved 02 Jan 2014:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A female ice-skating champion.
Synonyms: sense: beautiful but heartless woman
word: ice maiden
Related terms: belle dame sans merci
mainsborne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mains + borne.
Senses: glosses: Carried by mains electricity.
newton metre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newton metres
Etymology: See newton-metre.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of newton-metre.
newton metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newton metre
newton meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newton meters
Etymology: See newton-metre.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of newton-metre.
prophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prophies
Etymology: Short for prophylaxis.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
synonyms: dental
glosses: Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
prophies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prophy
emerald cockroach wasps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emerald cockroach wasp
emerald cockroach wasp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emerald cockroach wasps
Senses: examples: text: […]we have available at the moment an effective cockroach control program which does not require the use of a gram of chemicals. This is simply the encouragement in our homes of the emerald cockroach wasp, the ensign cockroach wasp and the wolf spider.
ref: 1971, Agricultural Science Review, page 35:
text: One interesting example of this is the emerald cockroach wasp Ampulex compressa which uses cockroaches as hosts for its developing offspring.
ref: 2009, David Penney, Field Guide to Wildlife of the Gambia, page 90:
text: The emerald cockroach wasp is one of nature's most incredible insects. The female does not kill the prey when it injects it with venom. Instead, the wasp turns the prey into a live food source for its growing young.
ref: 2011, Jay Dale, Deadly and Incredible Animals: Top Ten Minibeasts, page 11:
glosses: A cockroach wasp, of species Ampulex compressa.
Synonyms: sense: Ampulex compressa
word: jewel wasp
sphecoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Sphecidae (“taxonomic family of wasps”), from Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”).
Senses: examples: text: On morphological grounds they fall closest to the sphecoid wasps, although the lack of an adequate fossil record has made it impossible to pinpoint the exact ancestral phyletic line. In a word, the Apoidea can be loosely characterized as sphecoid wasps that have specialized on collecting pollen instead of insect prey as larval food.
ref: 1975, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, published 2000, page 428:
text: The literature pertaining to sphecoid wasps in Quebec may be divided into four broad categories: species surveys, biological studies, taxonomic studies and reference works.
ref: 1982, Albert T. Finnamore, The Sphecoidea of Southern Quebec (Hymenoptera), page 3:
text: Bees are similar to one group of wasps, the sphecoid wasps, but are quite unlike other Aculeata.
ref: 2000, Charles Duncan Michener, The Bees of the World, volume 1, page 2:
glosses: Of or pertaining to wasps formerly classified in the superfamily Sphecoidea (corresponding to all wasps in Apoidea), now sometimes treated as the series Spheciformes.
Related terms: vespoid
wish you well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwɪʃ ju ˈwɛl/
ipa: /ˌwɪʃ jə ˈwɛl/
Forms: form: wishes you well
form: wishing you well
form: wished you well
form: wished you well
Senses: glosses: A polite form of farewell address uttered to another person.
Related terms: goodbye
good luck
God bless you
wishes you well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wish you well
wishing you well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wish you well
wished you well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wish you well
nuoc mams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuoc mam
elevator shafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elevator shaft
lift shafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lift shaft
V-signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of V-sign
V-necks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of V-neck
aero engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aero engine
marine engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marine engine
engine oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of engine oil
metres per second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metre per second
defining moments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defining moment
static sites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of static site
plug hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plug hat
back-seat drivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back-seat driver
colt evil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colt's evil
Senses: examples: text: The Colt-evil is a continued Stiffness in a Horse's Yard, and is so call'd, because it is a Disease incident to Colts, and is brought upon them by having full Liberty with Mares while they are not able to cover them […]
ref: 1722, William Gibson, chapter XLV, in The Farrier's New Guide, 3rd edition:
text: The Colt Evil chiefly affects young stoned colts, which have full liberty with mares before they are able to cover them.
ref: 1838, R Bowers, A Modern and Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horses:
glosses: A swelling in the genitals of horses.
examples: text: young folks most apt to love, and by their good wills, saith Lucian, ‘would have a bout with every one they see’: the colt's evil is common to all complexions.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 2, subsection i:
glosses: Priapism.
berserkergang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Possibly from Bokmål berserkergang, or Danish bersærkergang.
Senses: glosses: The state of fury experienced by berserkers before battle.
gametal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gamete + -al.
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, or connected with, a gamete.
Enfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛnfiːld/
Etymology: From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).
Senses: glosses: A locale in England:
A town and London borough in Greater London.
glosses: A locale in England:
A suburban area in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, south of Clayton-le-Moors (OS grid ref SD7530).
glosses: A locale in England:
A district of the town of Redditch, Worcestershire.
glosses: A town in County Meath, Ireland; name adapted from Innfield (after an inn in the area) after the town in England.
glosses: A locale in Australia.
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; named for the town in England.
glosses: A locale in Australia.
A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.
glosses: A locale in Australia.
A rural locality in Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A suburban community in Nova Scotia, Canada; named for the town in Connecticut.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town in Hartford County, Connecticut; named for the town in England.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A village in White County, Illinois.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A submerged ghost town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts; named for early settler Robert Field.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town, village, and census-designated place in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for the town in Connecticut.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town in Tompkins County, New York.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.
glosses: An English habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Bren gun
Enfield Lock
Lee-Enfield
Enfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛnfiːld/
Forms: form: Enfields
Etymology: From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).
Senses: examples: text: Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.
ref: 1997 December 23, Marcus [username], “Re: New Pre '64 or 700 action?”, in rec.guns (Usenet):
glosses: An Enfield revolver, a British handgun manufactured at the government-owned Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield.
kopejka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kopejkas
Senses: examples: text: And this is in a great measure because of the taxes they are forced to pay, taxes for which they obtain in return nothing, not even the certainty of a few kopejki as pauper relief when too old and feeble to work.
ref: 1905 June, Edith Sellers, “Official Poor Relief in Russia: A ‘Topsyturvy’ System”, in James [Thomas] Knowles, editor, The Nineteenth Century and After, volume LVII, number CCCXL, New York, N.Y.: Leonard Scott Publication Co.; London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., Printers, page 1030:
text: From The Progressive History of Russia we learn that in 1912 the average wage of an industrial proletarian in Russia was fifty-five kopejkas per day.
ref: 1951, V. L. Borin, Civilization at Bay, London: The Forty-Five Press, page 118:
text: Tolstoy gave one ruble and the laborer only a few kopejkas.
ref: 1952 February 29, Enfant Terrible [pseudonym], “Should fines be graduated?”, in The Kingston Whig-Standard, year 26, number 76, Kingston, Ont., page four:
text: Roubles are separated from kopejkas by a period (eight thousand Roubles and fifty kopejkas - BRb 8000.50).
ref: 1994, Centre for Co-operation with the Economies in Transition, Investment Guide for Belarus, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, →ISBN, page 164:
glosses: Alternative spelling of kopeika (“kopek”).
Borys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boris
Etymology: From Ukrainian Бори́с (Borýs). Compare Belarusian Барыс (Barys), Russian Бори́с (Borís).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ukrainian. Alternative form of Boris.
glosses: A surname.
Bibulus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Bibulus.
Senses: glosses: a Roman cognomen
Bahawalpur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Punjab, Pakistan.
glosses: The district surrounding this city.
glosses: The administrative division of Pakistan which contains this district.
Bahawalnagar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Punjab, Pakistan.
glosses: A district of Bahawalpur, of which this city is the capital.
Rahim Yar Khan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rahimyar Khan
form: Rahimyarkhan
Etymology: From Urdu رحیم یار خان (rahīm yār xān).
Senses: glosses: A city in Punjab, Pakistan.
glosses: A district of Bahawalpur, which has this city as its capital.
Rajanpur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Urdu راجن پُور (rājn pūr).
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Dera Ghazi Khan Division of Punjab in Pakistan.
glosses: A city, located near the Indus river, which is the capital of this district.
refried bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refried beans
Senses: glosses: singular or Attributive form of refried beans.
Layyah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Leiah
Etymology: From Urdu لیّہ (lyeh).
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Dera Ghazi Khan Division of Punjab in Pakistan.
glosses: A city, located near the Indus River, which is the capital of this district.
Muzaffargarh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Urdu مُظَفَّر گَڑھ (muz̤affar gaṛh).
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Dera Ghazi Khan Division of Punjab in Pakistan.
glosses: A city, located on the banks of the Chenab River, which is the capital of this district.
American sycamore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American sycamores
Senses: glosses: A species of large tree native to eastern North America and planted elsewhere, Platanus occidentalis
Synonyms: buttonwood
American planetree
American plane
American planetree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American planetrees
form: American plane
Senses: glosses: A species of large tree native to eastern North America and planted elsewhere, Platanus occidentalis
Synonyms: buttonwood
American sycamore
illegal immigration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illegal immigrations
Senses: glosses: The migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destined country.
Synonyms: crimmigration
Related terms: illegal immigrant
pulls in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull in
pulling in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull in
pulled in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull in
Jerem.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Compare Zephan. i. 4, 5. 9. with Jerem. ii. 5. 20. 32.
ref: 1826, George Townsend (editor), The Old Testament: Arranged in Historical & Chronological Order II (second edition), Sixth Period, chapter xvi, page 445
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Jeremiah.
watches out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of watch out
watched out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of watch out
watching out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of watch out
Joh.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Luk. 10. 5. Into whatſoever Houſe ye enter, firſt ſay, Peace be to this Houſe. Joh. 14. 27. Peace I leave with you, my Peace I give unto you. Joh. 20. 19. — The firſt Day of the Week, — came Jeſus, and ſtood in the midſt, and ſaith unto them, Peace be unto you.
ref: 1722, Francis Fox, editor, The New Teſtament, with References under the Text in Words at length; ſo that the parallel Texts may be ſeen at one View, volume II (second edition, 1748), Romans I.7, page 593, footnote n, column 1, lines 20-28:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
related: word: Mat.
word: Mar.
word: Luk.
glosses: Abbreviation of John (Gospel of John).
Derived terms: 1 Joh
2 Joh.
3 Joh
2 Joh.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: 2 Joh. ver. 3. Grace be with you, Mercy and Peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, the Son of the Father.
ref: 1722, Francis Fox, editor, The New Teſtament, with References under the Text in Words at length; ſo that the parallel Texts may be ſeen at one View, volume II (second edition, 1748), Romans I.7, page 593, footnote m, column 1, lines 14-17:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of 2 John.
Related terms: Joh.
1 Joh
3 Joh
Barau's petrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Barau's petrels
Etymology: From Barau (“a surname”) + petrel, after French agricultural engineer and ornithologist Armand Barau.
Senses: examples: text: Our continued searching was rewarded, however, by excellent views of two Barau's Petrels one at each end of the day.
ref: 2003, Alula, volumes 9-11, page 72:
text: In 1992–93 poachers shot dozens, possibly hundreds, of Barau's Petrels as they flew inland at dusk near Saint-Pierre.
ref: 2009, Anthony Cheke, Julian P. Hume, Lost Land of the Dodo, unnumbered page:
text: Feral cats living near colonies preyed mostly on Barau's Petrels, killing >900 birds annually (58% adults, 42% fledglings) in 2 studied colonies (Faulquier et al. 2009); such predation, particularly of adults, is not sustainable in a normally long-lived species, and could lead to extinction within 100 years (Russell et al. 2009).
ref: 2013, Roger Safford, Frank Hawkins, The Birds of Africa, volume VIII, The Malagasy Region, page 141:
glosses: A medium-sized gadfly petrel, Pterodroma baraui.
Barau's petrels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barau's petrel
veggie garden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veggie gardens
Senses: examples: text: Molly worked at her picnics like she tended her roses or worked on her veggie garden, breathlessly.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 11:
glosses: A vegetable garden.
rabbit-o
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæbədoʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹabɪtəʊ/
Forms: form: rabbit-os
form: rabbit-oh
form: rabbito
Etymology: From rabbit + -o.
Senses: examples: text: He would have anyone to his house who would come – bishops and rabbit-ohs, limping ex-servicemen and flash characters from the racetrack.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 11:
glosses: Someone who sells rabbits for food, especially an itinerant salesman.
rabbit-oh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rabbit-ohs
Etymology: From rabbit + -oh.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rabbit-o.
rabbit-ohs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rabbit-oh
DWR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DWRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of durable water repellency.
glosses: Initialism of durable water repellent.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of driving while revoked.
gal-iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: She eliminated those lonely treeless farmhouses with the sun beating on their shining gal-iron roofs.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 12:
glosses: Galvanized iron.
quarter days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter day
king brown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: king browns
Senses: examples: text: He was a long king brown, sliding through the grass as silky as 50 SAE motor oil as it pours from the can.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 17:
glosses: A large venomous snake native to Australia (Pseudechis australis).
Synonyms: mulga snake
king browns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of king brown
ePTFE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene.
Related terms: PTFE
Teflon
Gore-Tex
polytetrafluoroethylene
expanded polytetrafluoroethylene
PU