cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
valvelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valvelet
secondary industry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary industries
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: An industry that processes raw materials produced by primary industry into goods suitable for tertiary industry to provide goods or services to consumers.
Hypernyms: secondary sector
veny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvɛni/
Forms: form: venies
Etymology: Alteration of French venue. Doublet of venue.
Senses: examples: text: It is not, as at Fence, where the number of venies [tr. touches] given, gets the victorie: So long as the enemie is on foot, a man is newly to begin.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 47, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A strike or blow.
verbifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of verbify
verbifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of verbify
verbified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of verbify
shank's mare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shanks' mare.
seizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːzə/
ipa: /ˈsizəɹ/
rhymes: -iːzəɹ
homophone: Caesar
Forms: form: seizers
form: seiser
Etymology: From seize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who seizes.
resizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resize
resizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resize
resized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resize
skeleton crew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌskɛlɪtn ˈkɹuː/
ipa: /ˌskɛlətən ˈkɹu/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: skeleton crews
Etymology: From skeleton (“(military) small number of soldiers in a regiment far short of its full strength; (especially attributive) bare essentials, minimum”) + crew, metaphorically referring to a crew being bare bones rather than adequately fleshed out.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he ships of the English navy were left with skeleton crews of the most wretched kind and description.
ref: 1834 March 4, Duke of Buckingham [Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos], “Impressment of Seamen”, in Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates: […] Third Series; […] (House of Commons), volume XXI, London: […] T[homas] C[urson] Hansard, […], for Baldwin and Cradock; […], →OCLC, column 1073:
text: But when night came on, the wind died away, and the skeleton crew, revived by hope, actually took to the oars, and used them to some effect.
ref: 1838, [Frederick] Chamier, chapter XIV, in Jack Adams, the Mutineer. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 270:
text: Mr. [Benjamin Franklin] Tracy, the former Secretary [of the Navy], in a conversation with the present Secretary, stated that his policy with the battle ships, had he continued in office, would have been to lay them up the greater part of the year with merely skeleton crews on board, and keep them in good and efficient trim for an emergency when necessary.
ref: 1895 March 2, “Naval Appropriation Bill”, in Congressional Record: […] (United States Senate, 53rd Congress, 3rd session), volume XXVII, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1895, →OCLC, page 3120:
text: In Building Op 750, 2 phosphorus incendiaries penetrated the roof without damage. Eighteen phosphorus incendiaries fell on Op 450 and penetrated the roof, but were extinguished by the skeleton crew without damage.
ref: 1945 August 4, Franklin D’Olier, chairman, “Appendix IV: Air Raid Reports (Translations)”, in [anonymous], transl., Ludwigshafen-Oppau Works of IG Farbenindustrie AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany (United States Strategic Bombing Survey; 117), 2nd edition, [Washington, D.C.]: Oil Division, [United States Strategic Bombing Survey], published January 1947, →OCLC, page 99:
text: The internet technology team—which is partly responsible for keeping the site functioning—became "a skeleton crew," two people said.
ref: 2022 November 4, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac, “Confusion and frustration reign as Elon Musk cuts half of Twitter's staff”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025:
topics: nautical
transport
coordinate_terms: skeleton staff
glosses: A crew consisting of the minimum number of personnel needed to maintain and operate the basic functions of something, such as a business, a factory, or a ship.
Related terms: skeleton service
skeleton staff
short-staffed
skeletonized
bare-bones
tetchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of tetchy: more tetchy
tetchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tetchy: most tetchy
snicker-snack
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, probably relating to snickersnee.
Senses: examples: text: One, two! One, two! And through and through / The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! / He left it dead, and with its head / He went galumphing back.
ref: 1871, Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky:
glosses: An onomatopoeia of unclear meaning, possibly referring to sharpness, or the sound of a blade cutting through something.
wikipedia: Jabberwocky
grammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gramme
emptier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emptiers
Etymology: From empty (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who, or device which empties.
Derived terms: gully emptier
head-emptier
emptier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From empty (adjective) + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of empty: more empty
emptiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: As the engine took water, there was time to think of the curious turn of events that brought the North British (in the thin disguise of "Border Counties Railway") over the border, down the North Tyne to Hexham, and eastward from Reedsmouth by the Wansbeck Valley line to Morpeth (and Rothbury), though some of the emptiest parts of one of the emptiest counties of England.
ref: 1956 December, Michael Robbins, “End of the Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 808:
glosses: superlative form of empty: most empty
reconductor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reconductors
form: reconductoring
form: reconductored
form: reconductored
Etymology: From re- + conductor.
Senses: examples: text: To allow the new generator to serve the new customer demand, the electric utility decided to reconductor the 115 kV transmission line instead of building another 115 kV transmission line.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To replace the cable or wire on an electric circuit, typically a high-voltage transmission line, usually to afford a greater electric-current-carrying capability.
step change
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: step changes
Etymology: The concept has been borrowed from mathematics and technology terminology, from step function.
Senses: examples: text: The report, stark and uncompromising, marks a step change in Europe's own role in pushing for international action to combat climate change, as it will be used in a bid to commit the EU to ambitious new targets for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases.
ref: 2007 January 10, Michael McCarthy, Stephen Castle, “http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/eu-climate-change-will-transform-the-face-of-the-continent-431491.html”, in The Independent:
text: This 'pre-funding' helps smooth payments and avoids step-changes in charges to operators, according to ORR [Office of Rail and Road].
ref: 2019 November 6, Philip Haigh, “Analysis”, in Rail, page 32:
glosses: A sudden, discontinuous change.
Related terms: paradigm shift
quantum leap
quantum jump
mammoni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The interesting point about the later mammoni generation of Blastophaga is that it consists of what may be termed a recuperation of the Blastophaga to a larger number of specimens after the great breakdown suffered by the scarcity of available second-crop figs during the first mammoni generation.
ref: 1901, Leland Ossian Howard, Smyrna Fig Culture in the United States, page 98:
glosses: The crop of caprifig collected in the summer.
Related terms: profichi
manati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manatis
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of manatee.
thermodesorption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermodesorptions
Etymology: From thermo- + desorption.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: Part of a technique used for the chemical analysis of volatile compounds. Compounds previously adsorbed, are later subject to a heating process known as thermodesorption.
Related terms: thermodesorber
stump orator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stump orators
Senses: glosses: A politician who will speak from any available soapbox about any issue that comes up.
Derived terms: stumping
SUNWAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym used to remember the western tributary rivers of the Yorkshire Dales: Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharfe, Aire, Calder
jugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jug
jugging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juggings
Senses: examples: juggings of hares or of partridges
glosses: The process of stewing in an earthenware jar.
topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: A crime where a suspect observes a customer at a bank or high-end store and then follows the customer after they leave the establishment in order to steal their money or valuables.
grittier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gritty: more gritty
grittiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gritty: most gritty
telecottage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecottages
Etymology: From tele- + cottage.
Senses: glosses: A facility offering access to technology, etc. to the local community.
glosses: A teleworker's physical workplace, whether in the individual's home or on a communal site.
Related terms: hot desking
hotelling
nomad worker
outsourcing
home office
telecentre
telecommuting
manucaptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manucaptors
Etymology: From mainprise.
Senses: examples: text: Later in the same day, however, he was taken to the manor of Cippenham, Buckinghamshire, the property of Richard, earl of Cornwall, and there, under duress (as he later pleaded) and in the presence of John Chishall, the chancellor, he made over all his lands to eleven ‘manucaptors’, all notable royalists, as a security for the payment of his £50,000 debt.
ref: a'''. 1279, J. R. Maddicott, Ferrers, Robert de, sixth earl of Derby (c. 1239–1279), in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
topics: law
glosses: In English common law, a person empowered to take bail and capture a person who forfeits it.
telejustice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + justice.
Senses: synonyms: e-justice
glosses: The use of two-way interactive video for conducting judicial proceedings. Examples: Judges monitoring behavior of those individuals on probation, allowing crime victims to testify at parole hearings via video, and allowing inmates to appear via video for parole hearings.
-terol
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /tə.ɹɒl/
ipa: /təˌɹɔl/
Forms: form: -terenol
Etymology: Probably contraction of arterenol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of phenethylamine derivatives used as bronchodilators.
Synonyms: -prenaline
Derived terms: -buterol
transilluminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transilluminates
form: transilluminating
form: transilluminated
form: transilluminated
Etymology: From trans- + illuminate.
Senses: examples: text: Kirchoff and others went on to identify a score of other terrestrial elements in the sun, and now the Fraunhofer mystery — the hundreds of black lines in the solar spectrum — could be understood as the absorption spectra of these elements to the outermost layers of the sun, as they were transilluminated from within.
ref: 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood:
glosses: To pass light easily through an object, body part, or liquid.
smashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smash
smashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smash
natters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of natter
natters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of natter
nattered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of natter
alchemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Senses: examples: text: And then, with the alchemic precision with which a chi finds its host no matter where in the universe he may be, I arrived at the place where my host lay.
ref: 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 359:
glosses: alchemical.
eastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of easting
northings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northing
village cart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: village carts
Senses: glosses: An open, two-wheeled pleasure carriage drawn by one horse, with a low body and one seat.
warm-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warm-up
end run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end runs
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A running play in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled by evading the defending players from the opposing team.
glosses: An attempt to circumvent a difficult problem by not confronting it directly.
workout warrior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: workout warriors
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An athlete who has superior measurables and physical attributes, e.g. an American football player who outperforms expectations.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who is not as accomplished on the field as they believe.
writedown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writedowns
Etymology: Deverbal from write down.
Senses: examples: text: If Chelsea were to fall foul of profit and sustainability, they would be expected to cite unforeseen circumstances, much as some clubs have claimed Covid writedowns: their books would have been sound but for the pandemic.
ref: March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:
topics: accounting
business
finance
coordinate_terms: writeoff
write-off
glosses: An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such.
WUBA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WUBAs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Working Uniform, Blue Alpha:
Originally referred to the everyday academic attire of midshipmen.
glosses: Acronym of Working Uniform, Blue Alpha:
A female midshipman
Zickefoose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zickefooses
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Ziegenfuss.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
commensality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commensalities
Etymology: From commensal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The act of eating together.
Related terms: commensalism
commensal
saba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Alternative form of sapa.
Senses: examples: text: Gar, a long, skinny fish, was cooked and served in thick grape syrup, like saba, the Italian grape must.
ref: 2007 January 3, Florence Fabricant, “In Rustic Greek Dishes, a Fresh Approach to Ancient Flavors”, in New York Times:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A sweet grape syrup made from grape must
saba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog saba.
Senses: glosses: A triploid hybrid banana cultivar from the Philippines (Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana).
saba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鯖.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Mackerel.
soakaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soakaways
Etymology: From soak + away.
Senses: examples: text: These trenches, you know, are much deeper than one's height; you don't see anything. It's like walking along a mud-walled passage. Every now and then some one stumbles into a soakaway for rainwater.
ref: 1916, H. G. Wells, chapter 9, in Mr. Britling Sees It Through:
glosses: A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.
Related terms: word: soak away
fenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fence
fenced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fenced
form: most fenced
Senses: glosses: Surrounded by a fence; enclosed.
Derived terms: unfenced
X-factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-factors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of X factor.
hypertextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypertextual
form: most hypertextual
Etymology: From hyper- + textual.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to hypertext.
Derived terms: hypertextualization
hypertextualize
hypertextually
nonhypertextual
x-factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: x-factors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of X factor.
x factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: x factors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of X factor.
no prob
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: […] picks up the phone, — Yes, yes, — and hands it to the advisor. — Yeah. OK. No prob. No prob. No prob. Can do. — He slams down the phone. He is dynamic.
ref: 1976, Dinah Brooke, Death Games, page 129:
text: "No prob, man, no prob, I get it taken care of."
ref: 1996, James Earl Hardy, 2nd Time Around, page 137:
text: "Sure, no prob," she snickered. "That is if you wouldn't mind calling me Mrs. W.
ref: 2007, Sandra Simpson, Mina Fox Meets the Lady of the Library, page 28:
glosses: no problem.
Related terms: no probs
coarse-grained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coarse-grained
form: most coarse-grained
Etymology: From coarse + grained.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of coarse particles.
glosses: Having a coarse, irregular texture.
glosses: inelegant; gross.
Hypernyms: grained
Derived terms: coarse-grainedness
Related terms: coarse-graining
reinstatements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinstatement
envie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvaɪ/
ipa: /ɛnˈvaɪ/
Forms: form: envies
form: envying
form: envied
form: envied
Etymology: From en- + vie.
Senses: examples: text: In which all pleasures plenteously abownd,
And none does others happinesse envye
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To vie; to emulate; to strive.
envie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvaɪ/
ipa: /ɛnˈvaɪ/
ipa: /ɑːnˈviː/
ipa: /ɪnˈvaɪ/
ipa: /ɛnˈvaɪ/
Forms: form: envies
Etymology: Borrowed from French envie (“urge, craving”). Doublet of envy.
Senses: examples: text: "Oooo, yum." Linda licked her lips. "I had an envie for that." An envie is an urge. She walked to the oven, opened it, and looked in.
ref: 2009, Shane Hebert, The Ballad of Corey Robichaux, self-published, page 27:
text: 2018, Mark Vaughan, The Beacon 2: Battle of Nuclear Creek, self-published, unnumbered page,
"I had an envie for something sweet so picked up King cakes for dessert. Bit of a lagniappe too, she gave us a dozen not ten."
text: "Sorry about that," he said to the man. "I'm by myself here these days. I had an envie for some Popeye's fried chicken, and dammit if you can't get that kinda thing off your mind until you just get up and go get it."
ref: 2020, Morris Ardoin, Stone Motel: Memoirs of a Cajun Boy, University Press of Mississippi, unnumbered page:
glosses: A strong desire or craving, especially for (a particular kind of) food.
gender-neutral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gender-neutral
form: most gender-neutral
form: genderneutral
form: gender neutral
Etymology: Compound of gender + neutral.
Senses: examples: text: The women's sleeping quarters are on the left side of the dormitory, the men's are on the right; gender-neutral restrooms are located in the middle.
synonyms: gender-inclusive
genderless
gendy nooch
non-gendered
ungendered
unisex
antonyms: gender-specific
glosses: Not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender.
Used by or intended for people of any gender; not restricted to (only one) gender; available to all genders.
examples: text: Many modern laws use gender-neutral constructions like "they" in place of the old, supposedly unmarked "he".
text: Gender-neutral pronouns like "ey" and "ze" are used by many genderqueer, intersex, and neutrois individuals.
text: “[…] Tes name was Iptim Op’tarmk and te was nineteen years old.[…]” / Ramant’s brain had to switch gears. Of course he knew that the Vonarians used a gender-neutral pronoun set when referring to themselves, and he’d even practiced it, but when it rolled off Boë’s sweet and mellow tongue it sounded like an alien language.
ref: 1995 November, Kandis Elliot, “The Androgyne Murders”, in Science Fiction Age, volume 4, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 50–51:
text: Alongside its vital role of maintaining and reviewing each of the rail industry's 294 technical and safety standards, the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is about to turn its attention to how to make the term 'pilotman' gender-neutral.
ref: 2022 April 20, “Network News: RSSB to explore new terms to replace 'pilotman'”, in RAIL, number 955, page 16:
text: Berlin’s recently appointed conservative mayor has said he will refuse to use gender-neutral language in office, insisting he wanted to use a language “that everyone understands”.
ref: 2023 May 22, Kate Connolly, “Bürger*innen? Backlash as Berlin mayor refuses to use gender-neutral language”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: gender-inclusive
genderless
gendy nooch
non-gendered
ungendered
unisex
antonyms: gender-specific
glosses: Not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender.
Of words, phrasing, etc.: not indicating or referring to (only one) gender.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: gender-inclusive
genderless
gendy nooch
non-gendered
ungendered
unisex
epicene
antonyms: gender-specific
glosses: Not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender.
In particular, in languages where words are assigned to one grammatical gender or another: lacking such an assignment.
Derived terms: gender neutrality
gender-neutralize
gender-neutrally
Related terms: common gender
tubthumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tubthump
tubthumped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tubthump
a whole 'nother
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: "Will the fog be gone by to-morrow morning?" said Patty, disconsolately. "I don't know what we shall do if we have to be a whole 'nother day in the house and in the dark."
ref: 1887 October 29, [Mary Louisa] Molesworth, “The Mysterious Guide: A Story of a London Fog”, in [Charles Peters], editor, The Girl’s Own Paper, volume IX, number 409, London: “The Leisure Hour” Office, →OCLC, page 67, column 3:
text: The problem is when you physically try to impede my progress—then it moves up to a whole 'nother level that you probably can't handle me on. If it's just words, mean little things, I'm not [Joseph] Stalin, say what you want. Get in my way, it's a whole 'nother thing.
ref: 2004, Michael W. Dean, quoting Henry Rollins, “Interviews”, in $30 Music School, Boston, Mass.: Muska & Lipman, Course Technology, →ISBN, page 457:
glosses: Alternative form of a whole nother.
tshatshke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tshatshkes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tchotchke.
eyewall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyewalls
Etymology: From eye + wall.
Senses: glosses: A ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather of a cyclone occurs.
Derived terms: eyewall mesovortex
æras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of æra
unanimitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unanimitarian
form: most unanimitarian
Senses: examples: text: Postconstitutional politics does not, itself, mirror, even conceptually, the unanimitarian idealization of the veil-of-ignorance construction.
ref: 1998, James M. Buchanan, “Politics by Principle, Not Interest: Toward Nondiscriminatory Democracy”, in The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, volume 11, page 16:
glosses: Of or pertaining to unanimity.
two-tier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Long before the final design for the Borders Railway was adopted and then implemented, CBR had argued that the 35-mile route - comprising 30 miles of new line extending southwards from Newcraighall - should be designed with a two-tier service in mind. This would comprise stopping services running as far as Gorebridge (12 miles south of Edinburgh), and faster limited-stop services covering the whole line to Tweedbank.
ref: 2019 November 6, Robert Drysdale, “Wires offer boost to Borders revival”, in Rail, page 44:
text: We have a two-tier system of Justice in the United States that cannot be allowed to continue.
ref: 2022 October 13, Donald J. Trump, “PEACEFULLY AND PATRIOTICALLY”, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2022, page 2:
glosses: Having or consisting of two tiers.
examples: the two-tier regime
a two-tier accounting structure
qualifier: labour
glosses: Relating to the two-tier system, a payroll system in which one group of workers receives lower wages and/or benefits than another.
examples: text: two-tier policing
text: two-tier Keir (nickname for prime minister Keir Starmer)
text: 2025, 28 March, Paul Seddon, Minister threatens to override sentencing rules (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0303vkg7ko
Under the rules, which have prompted a "two-tier" justice row, judges will be expected to consider the lives of offenders from ethnic minority and other backgrounds before deciding on punishment.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Giving preferential treatment to one group over another.
Synonyms: two-tiered
miller moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miller moths
Senses: examples: text: One of those small white moths, known as '• millers," went past him. […]. Even the miller-moth had gone.
ref: 1890, Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, Jan of the Windmill: A Story of the Plains, page 29:
text: [H]e saw one of those great white miller's souls as we call 'em—that is to say, a miller-moth—come from William's open mouth while he slept, and fly straight away.
ref: 1894, Thomas Hardy, “[A Few Crusted Characters.] The Superstitious Man’s Story”, in Life’s Little Ironies […], London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 253–254:
text: They caught a large moth called a miller for its dusty white wings, […] after which they crushed the miller-moth for his misdeeds.
ref: 1984, Steven Laurence Kaplan, Provisioning Paris: Merchants and Millers in the Grain and Flour Trade, page 284:
glosses: Any of several species of moths with pale, dusty wings.
glosses: Any of several species of moths with pale, dusty wings.
Any of the cutworm moths in genus Agrotis or in tribe Agrotini,
glosses: Any of several species of moths with pale, dusty wings.
Any of the cutworm moths in genus Agrotis or in tribe Agrotini,
especially an army cutworm (Euxoa auxiliaris), in America.
glosses: Any moth of species Acronicta leporina, in Britain.
glosses: A goat moth (Cossus cossus).
Related terms: flour moth
litmus tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of litmus test
birdstrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birdstrikes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bird strike.
whippings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whipping
X factors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X factor
like a dog with a bone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: like a dog after a bone
Senses: examples: text: Despite my determination to put the question off, my mind, or sub-conscious mind, like a dog with a bone which it refuses to drop in defiance of its master's command, went on revolving it.
ref: 1918, William Henry Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life, page 328:
text: I was like a dog with a bone, I wouldn't let go.
ref: 1932, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Ralph Manheim, trans. 1982, Journey to the End of the Night, page 67
text: Wilmer Lee was like a dog with a bone — he just wouldn't let Mr. Mooney rest in peace.
ref: 1994, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences, page 152:
synonyms: like a bulldog with a bone
qualifier: simile
glosses: Stubborn and tenacious; persistent; relentless; dogged.
Related terms: like a dog in heat
x-factors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of x-factor
x factors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of x factor
katsu
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Japanese 喝 (katsu).
Senses: qualifier: Zen Buddhism
glosses: A word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of Buddhism), and in East Asian martial arts schools, used to help focus the energy (気 (ki)), and thereby induce an enlightened state.
katsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: katsus
Etymology: From Japanese カツ (katsu, “cutlet”), shortening of カツレツ (katsuretsu), itself from English cutlet.
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: Panko breaded and deep-fried Japanese food
Hyponyms: english: 鶏カツ
translation: 鶏カツ
alt: breaded and deep-fried chicken filet cutlet
word: torikatsu
english: 豚カツ; breaded and deep-fried pork cutlet
translation: 豚カツ; breaded and deep-fried pork cutlet
word: tonkatsu
english: メンチカツ; breaded and deep-fried meat patty
translation: メンチカツ; breaded and deep-fried meat patty
word: menchikatsu
english: 牛カツ; breaded and deep-fried beef filet steak
translation: 牛カツ; breaded and deep-fried beef filet steak
word: gyukatsu
english: 생선가스; Korean dish inspired by the Japanese dish, breaded and deep-fried fish filet
translation: 생선가스; Korean dish inspired by the Japanese dish, breaded and deep-fried fish filet
word: saengseonkaseu
Coordinate terms: english: The German equivalent food
translation: The German equivalent food
word: schnitzel
english: カツ丼; A rice dish with a katsu as one of its components
translation: カツ丼; A rice dish with a katsu as one of its components
word: katsudon
deicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deicide
hard-liners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard-liner
hardliners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardliner
butcheries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butchery
fish 'n' chips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fish and chips.
gunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌn.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈɡʌn.ə(ɹ)/
homophone: gonna (non-rhotic, based on the /ˈɡʌn.ə/ pronunciation)
rhymes: -ʌnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gunners
Etymology: From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun + -er.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: word: gnr
glosses: An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.
glosses: A person who operates a gun.
glosses: An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.
glosses: The great northern diver or loon.
glosses: The sea bream, especially Pagellus bogaraveo (blackspot sea bream)
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who can reliably shoot baskets.
Derived terms: air gunner
gunneress
gunnership
kiss the gunner's daughter
machine-gunner
quarter gunner
rear gunner
tail gunner
gunner
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌn.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈɡʌn.ə(ɹ)/
homophone: gonna (non-rhotic, based on the /ˈɡʌn.ə/ pronunciation)
rhymes: -ʌnə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gonna.
gunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌn.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈɡʌn.ə(ɹ)/
homophone: gonna (non-rhotic, based on the /ˈɡʌn.ə/ pronunciation)
rhymes: -ʌnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gunners
Etymology: Reborrowing from Cebuano gunner, ultimately from English gunner.
Senses: glosses: The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session.
turnstile attendance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Hornets had a 27% drop in per game turnstile attendance during the season, whereas the league's average drop was 2.2%.
ref: 2002, Terrel L. Rhodes, The Public Manager Case Book: Making Decisions in a Complex World, page 146:
qualifier: event organization
glosses: A rough count of the number of attendees for multiple-day events, by counting the number of days of access each individual has been granted.
for all one is worth
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: You should see him out there in the snow, shoveling for all he's worth.
text: And although they were pushed harder than even Lennon might have expected on a night of galeforce winds, they clung on to the lead Ledley gave them for all they were worth until their rivals had blown themselves out and surrendered top spot.
ref: 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:
glosses: Intensely, vigorously, with as much effort as one can supply.
infalling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Moving towards a massive astronomical body under the influence of gravity
Related terms: infall
microangiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + angiology.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: angiology using techniques such as microangiography
microangiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: microangiographies
Etymology: From micro- + angiography.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The radiography of very small blood vessels using an injected contrast medium
contrast medium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrast mediums
form: contrast media
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any substance, such as barium sulfate, used in radiography to increase the visibility of internal structures.
Synonyms: contrast agent
overexpress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overexpresses
form: overexpressing
form: overexpressed
form: overexpressed
Etymology: From over- + express.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
antonyms: underexpress
glosses: To artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity.
Related terms: overexpresser
overexpression
overexpression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overexpressions
Etymology: From over- + expression.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The abnormal or artificial expression of a gene in increased quantity
Derived terms: cooverexpression
Related terms: overexpress
autoreceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoreceptors
Etymology: From auto- + receptor.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A receptor, situated in the terminal of a presynaptic nerve cell, that is sensitive to neurotransmitters released by the neuron in whose membrane the autoreceptor sits.
Related terms: autoreception
autoreceptive
heteroreceptor
nonconducting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + conducting.
Senses: glosses: That does not conduct (electricity or heat).
nonconforming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonconforming
form: most nonconforming
form: non-conforming
Etymology: From non- + conforming.
Senses: examples: The lot will become more nonconforming with respect to that particular development standard.
glosses: That does not conform, for example to cultural norms, official regulations, or the rules of an established church.
Derived terms: gender-nonconforming
nonconsecutive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + consecutive.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Cleveland’s victory set the precedent for a two-term, nonconsecutive presidency, and until today, his was the only success story.
ref: 2024 November 6, Ali Watkins, “Trump Is Not the First President to Come Back From Defeat”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2024:
glosses: Not consecutive.
Derived terms: nonconsecutively
nonconstructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + constructive.
Senses: glosses: Not constructive.
glosses: Not involving construction.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: That proves the existence of something without demonstrating a method of construction.
Synonyms: unconstructive
noncontagious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-contagious
Etymology: From non- + contagious.
Senses: glosses: Not contagious.
Derived terms: noncontagiousness
noncontributing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + contributing.
Senses: glosses: Not contributing; that does not contribute or does not involve contribution.
noncontributory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + contributory.
Senses: glosses: Describing a pension plan in which the members do not provide their own direct contributions (that is, the employer makes all monetary contributions; the employees make no monetary contributions, whereas their service toward the company's ability to operate is their indirect contribution, for which the pension is remuneration).
examples: text: Although medical history is always relevant to diagnosis, it is sometimes noncontributory, shedding no light on possible causes of symptoms.
glosses: Not being a contributing factor (to a decision, analysis, or situation), such as not contributing to a medical diagnosis.
noncontroversial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-controversial
Etymology: From non- + controversial.
Senses: examples: text: Gladwell's noncontroversial claim is that some people have more opportunities than other people.
ref: 2008 November 16, David Brooks, “David Brooks: Lost in the crowd”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not controversial; not likely to cause controversy.
Synonyms: word: uncontroversial
nonconvertible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + convertible.
Senses: glosses: Not convertible; that cannot be exchanged for an equivalent.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Of a currency: used domestically, not traded on the foreign exchange.
noncooperation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncooperations
form: non-cooperation
Etymology: From non- + cooperation.
Senses: glosses: The active absence of cooperation.
Derived terms: noncooperationist
Related terms: civil disobedience
noncorroding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + corroding.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be corroded.
Related terms: noncorrosive
noncorrosive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + corrosive.
Senses: glosses: That does not cause corrosion
Related terms: noncorroding
language police
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Students lose out when the language police ignore the distinction between using offensive words and discussing them.
ref: 2022 February 7, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Educators Who Decided That Context Doesn’t Matter”, in The Atlantic:
synonyms: language cops
tongue troopers
glosses: Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language.
Fijian Hindi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Fiji Hindi
countersteering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of countersteer
countersteering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The momentary steering of a bicycle in the opposite direction at the beginning of a turn in order to adjust the rider's centre of gravity.
Related terms: opposite lock
noninflationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + inflationary.
Senses: glosses: Not inflationary; not relating to, or not likely to cause, economic inflation.
noninfectious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-infectious
Etymology: From non- + infectious.
Senses: glosses: Not infectious, particularly with respect to a disease.
nonindustrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + industrial.
Senses: glosses: Not industrial.
glosses: Of a geographic area, not designated for use by manufacturers and other industries; residential or commercial.
Related terms: nonindustrialized
nonindustrially
nonindustry
nonindependent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + independent.
Senses: glosses: Not independent.
nonidentical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + identical.
Senses: antonyms: identical
glosses: Not identical; different in some respect.
Derived terms: nonidentically
nonidentical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonidenticals
Etymology: From non- + identical.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, it would be expected that identical twins would more frequently both be delinquent than nonidenticals, in cases in which one identical twin had been delinquent.
ref: 1961, Harry Manuel Shulman, Juvenile Delinquency in American Society, page 330:
glosses: A twin other than an identical twin.
nonhereditary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hereditary.
Senses: glosses: Not hereditary; not passed down by inheritance.
noninclusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + inclusive.
Senses: glosses: Not inclusive; excluding something.
camest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cam'st
Etymology: came + -est.
Senses: examples: text: But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 16:6:
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of come
gavest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: gave + -est
Senses: examples: text: And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:12:
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of give
unsanctioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsanctioned
form: most unsanctioned
Etymology: From un- + sanctioned.
Senses: examples: text: The paperback field as a whole was perferse in a more general and diffuse way, somewhat in the manner of dreams that refuse to censor desire when it strays towards socially unsanctioned ends.
ref: 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 8:
glosses: Not sanctioned; not approved by a sanctioning body.
unsanctioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unsanction
limoncillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant Pectis angustifolia.
slick back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slicks back
form: slicking back
form: slicked back
form: slicked back
Senses: examples: text: His hair was slicked back, plastered down with gel.
text: I can see you / Your brown skin shining in the sun / You got your hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby
ref: 1984, “The Boys of Summer”, in Don Henley (lyrics), Building the Perfect Beast:
glosses: To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.
Related terms: slick down
sillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪlɪən/
Etymology: Revived by Gerard Manley Hopkins in his 1877 (published posthumously in 1918) poem The Windhover; ultimately related to French sillon (“furrow”).
Senses: examples: text: No wonder of it: shéer plód makes plough down sillion / Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear, / Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermillion.
ref: 1877 May 30, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover: To Christ Our Lord”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, stanza 3, page 29:
text: 1951, Hazelton Spencer, British Literature, Heath, page 827,
The hard, plodding work of plowing (of the priest) makes the plowshare shine as it goes down the row turning up the sillion.
text: 1968, Wendell Stacy Johnson, Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Poet As Victorian, Cornell University Press, page 87,
The freely flying windhover, after all, has something essential in common with the sillion of a plowed field and the broken embers of a…
text: 2006, Mark DeLong, Inetogether, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 4,
My tiller cut easily in the moist ground, and the weeds of winter and early spring easily yielded to the tines. Gerard Manly Hopkins wrote that there is “no wonder” that “sheer plod makes plough down sillion shine” — but the fact is, Mr. Hopkins, that there is in spring great wonder in the glimmer of “sillion” falling off the plough. And that wonder takes the “sheer plod” from my feet.
That is quite the reverse for the gardener who churns under his failed crops in August. In dust, there is no sillion, and that work in hot summer sun is the sheerest of plod.
glosses: The thick, voluminous, and shiny soil turned over by a plow.
rangaku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蘭学, literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning".
Senses: glosses: The Japanese study of Western knowledge.
Derived terms: rangaku-sha
serenata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serenatas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian serenata. Doublet of serenade.
Senses: examples: text: More’s the pity, for this work (technically a serenata) is a little gem, and Aulos polished it to a fine luster.
ref: 2007 January 25, James R. Oestreich, “The Shepherd, the Sea Nymph and the Big Rock, Abridged”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of baroque cantata performed outdoors, in the evening, with mixed vocal and instrumental forces
serenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serenates
Senses: examples: text: Mixt Dance, or wanton Mask, or Midnight Bal, / Or Serenate, which the ſtarv'd Lover ſings / To his proud fair, beſt quitted with diſdain.
ref: 1674, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 108:
glosses: Obsolete form of serenade.