cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
multicompetent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multicompetent
form: most multicompetent
Etymology: From multi- + competent.
Senses: glosses: Having competences in several areas; multiskilled.
multicompetence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multicompetences
Etymology: From multi- + competence.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The unified language competence of a person who can communicate in more than one language.
multicompetences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multicompetence
subadvisor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subadvisors
Etymology: From sub- + advisor.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A fund manager responsible for a (usually specialized) subset of an investment portfolio
subadvisors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subadvisor
positive transfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: positive transfers
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The successful use by a language learner of a construct from the learner's source language in the target language, such that the resulting utterance in the target language is correct.
Related terms: negative transfer
negative transfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: negative transfers
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The unsuccessful use by a language learner of a construct from the learner's source language in the target language, such that the resulting utterance in the target language is incorrect.
Related terms: positive transfer
princesses consort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of princess consort
princes consort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prince consort
Rossinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rossinian
form: most Rossinian
Etymology: From Rossini + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868), Italian composer of operas and other music.
patience of a saint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You must have had the patience of a saint to sit through that awful film!
text: I live without restraint / And I would try the patience of a saint
ref: 1991, “The Patience of a Saint”, in Electronic, performed by Electronic:
glosses: Synonym of patience of an angel.
synonyms: word: patience of an angel
corpspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From corp. + -speak.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of corporatespeak.
synonyms: word: corporatespeak
Agarthan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Agarthan
form: most Agarthan
Etymology: From Agartha + -n.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the legendary city of Agartha.
Agarthan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Agarthans
Etymology: From Agartha + -n.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Agartha.
Agarthans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Agarthan
netcam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netcams
Etymology: From net + cam.
Senses: glosses: A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a network, especially over the Internet.
netcams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netcam
usedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjuːzdnəs/
Etymology: From used + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being used, or having been used.
headline-ese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From headline + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of headlinese.
nativelikeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nativelike + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being nativelike.
legal-ese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of legalese.
Rodes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rodeses
Etymology: Variant of Rhodes.
Senses: examples: Robert Rodes (1829–1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War.
glosses: A habitational surname
leisurelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leisureless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of leisure.
Tian-Shan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tian Shan.
Samudaripen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by linguist Marcel Courthiade, from Romani samudaripen (“mass killing”), from sa (“all”) + mudaripen (“killing”), from mudarel (“kill”); compare holokausto.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Porajmos (“planned and attempted genocide of the Romani people”).
synonyms: word: Porajmos
extra: planned and attempted genocide of the Romani people
wikipedia: Marcel Courthiade
centripetalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centripetalism
centrifugalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centrifugalism
architecturalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of architecturalization
nilsequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nilsequence
black rhino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black rhinos
Senses: glosses: Clipping of black rhinoceros.
equidistributional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + distributional.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to an equidistribution.
Trousseau's sign
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after French physician Armand Trousseau (1801–1867), who described the phenomenon in 1861.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medical sign observed in patients with low calcium, whereby occlusion of the brachial artery induces spasm of the muscles of the hand and forearm.
wikipedia: Armand Trousseau
Related terms: trousseau
Trousseau
Brandtian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brandtian
form: most Brandtian
Etymology: From Brandt + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Richard Brandt (1910–1997), American philosopher of the utilitarian tradition in moral philosophy.
drivellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of driveller
ARCIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of United States Army Capabilities Integration Center.
glosses: Initialism of Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission.
soul sisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soul sister
soul brothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soul brother
peanut-buttery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peanut-buttery
form: most peanut-buttery
form: peanut buttery
Etymology: From peanut butter + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Nut oils have the same problem; they work against the flavors in the dairy fats to muddy each other’s subtleties, resulting in a flat, peanut-buttery taste.
ref: 1987, John Thorne, Simple Cooking, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: Indicative or characteristic of peanut butter; like peanut butter.
examples: text: The situation may concern Dad’s favorite fountain pen, or the way you don’t turn the newspaper back after reading the funnies, or some bigger issue; it may concern Mother’s invariable scolding when you leave behind your peanut-buttery knives, bread-crumbs and milk glasses strewn over the table in a cleaned-up kitchen, or leave your bedroom a complete jumble when you rush off for high school.
ref: 1956 December 20, Gladys Bevans, “Child Obeys Parent Who Is Consistent”, in The Lexington Herald, volume 85, number 302, Lexington, Ky., page 18, columns 6–7:
text: Also, hikers should avoid wiping peanut-buttery knives on their pants.
ref: 1992, Rich Landers, Ida Rowe Dolphin, the Spokane Mountaineers, 100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest: Eastern Washington, Northern Rockies, Wallowas, Seattle, Wash.: The Mountaineers, →ISBN, page 23:
text: I was listening to Ben’s phone message saying he would be coming home on Friday now (had decided to take unpaid leave to visit old schoolmate) and stuffing face with peanut-buttery-toast when drummer Stephen called round on his way to a gig.
ref: 2005, Maria Mann, Verity Red’s Diary: A Story of Surviving M.E., London: Janus Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 204–205:
text: She sat immediately and looked at the peanut-buttery toast in a particularly beady-eyed fashion.
ref: 2009, Anna Wilson, “How to Cook a Dog’s Dinner”, in Puppy Power, London: Macmillan Children’s Books, published 2015, →ISBN:
text: Her hair was brownish, crinkly and soft-looking; it made me want to touch it with peanut-buttery fingers.
ref: 2010, Rosemund Handler, “Lena My Lovely”, in Joanne Hichens, editor, compiled by Lauri Kubuitsile, The Bed Book of Short Stories, Athlone: Modjaji Books, →ISBN, page 133:
synonyms: peanut-buttered
glosses: With peanut butter.
racerback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: racerbacks
Etymology: From racer + back.
Senses: glosses: An item of clothing, such as a shirt or bra, with straps that meet high on the back.
racerbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of racerback
bowman's root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Gillenia trifoliata, a herbaceous perennial in the Rosaceae family, native to eastern North America, with pale pink flowers.
downbow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnbəʊ/
Forms: form: downbows
Etymology: From down + bow.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A note performed on a string instrument by drawing the bow downward or to the right across the instrument, moving its point of contact from the frog toward the tip of the bow.
downbow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnbəʊ/
Forms: form: downbows
form: downbowing
form: downbowed
form: downbowed
Etymology: From down + bow.
Senses: examples: text: Slumps and sediment gravity flow could signify steepening of the slope resulting from tectonic downbowing of the continental margin.
ref: 1997, A. E. M. Nairn, A. S. Alsharhan, Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geology of the Middle East:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To curve or arc downwards.
downbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downbow
downbows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of downbow
upbow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bō
ipa: /ˈʌpbəʊ/
enpr: bō
ipa: /ˈʌpboʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: upbows
Etymology: From up + bow.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A note performed on a string instrument by drawing the bow upward or to the left across the instrument, moving the point of contact from the bow's tip toward the frog.
upbow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: bō
ipa: /ˈʌpbəʊ/
enpr: bō
ipa: /ˈʌpboʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: upbows
form: upbowing
form: upbowed
form: upbowed
Etymology: From up + bow.
Senses: examples: text: In terms of the mechanics postulated above, this late deformation cycle started with upbowing of the anticlinal axis to produce the cross joints. Continued upbowing instigated persistent movement along these fractures.
ref: 1960, Edward Wisser, Relation of Ore Deposition to Doming in the North American Cordillera, page 45:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To bend or arc upwards.
upbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upbow
upbows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upbow
offlay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: offlays
form: offlaying
form: offlaid
form: offlaid
Etymology: From off- + lay. Possibly from Middle English oflæien (“to offlay; delay”), from Old English ofleċġan (“to lay down; put away; overlay; cover”), from Proto-Germanic *abalagjaną. Compare also Dutch afleggen, German ablegen.
Senses: examples: text: The subcontractors themselves outsource work to others in a 'chain of subcontractors' in order further to offlay risks.
ref: 1993, Professor Scott M Lash, Professor John Urry, Economies of Signs and Space - Page 178:
text: That seemed to offlay the sense of "the bastards who did this". Quite often there seemed to me to be a sense of failure to protect one's own from the bastards.
ref: 2000, Dorothy Rowe, Friends and enemies - Page 171:
text: […] that you are going to control people's lives to the extent that they are able and willing to incur carbon cost which they will then have to offlay.
ref: 2007, Climate Change: The Citizen's Agenda, Eighth Report of Session 2006-07, Vol. 2: Oral and Written Evidence
glosses: To offset.
bowerwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowerwomen
Etymology: From bower + woman.
Senses: glosses: A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
Synonyms: chambermaid
bowerwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowerwoman
Barnum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Barnum effect
Barnumesque
Barnumian
rafida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rafidas
form: rafidah
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic رَافِضَة (rāfiḍa), plural of رَافِضِيّ (rāfiḍiyy, “rejector”) also passed as Rafidhi.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Shiite
rafidahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rafidah
environazis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of environazi
econazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: econazis
Etymology: From eco- + nazi.
Senses: examples: text: Yeah we all have Al Gore and the econazis to thank for this knee-jerk reaction to a yet-unproven theory, […]
ref: 1994 June 13, Mitch Loescher, “Re: FIXING YOUR AIR CONDITIONING”, in rec.autos.misc (Usenet):
text: Now, all you econazis will have a bird, but when you can think of a way to get me from my home in NV [North Vancouver] to Downtown to Coquitlam to New Westminster to Downtown and back to NV, on the bus, in a total of a little under two hours of driving time, THEN I will take the bus.
ref: 1997 February 17, Martyn Kershaw, “Lions Gate Prediction”, in bc.politics (Usenet):
text: Now someone who wants to save whales is an econazi?
ref: 2000 April 21, Bruno -hde- [username], “Re: US Coast Guard vs. Antiwhalers”, in rec.sport.jetski (Usenet):
glosses: An environmentalist, especially a hardline one.
Synonyms: ecocrazy
ecofreak
ecohippie
enviro
environazi
envirotard
tree hugger
econazis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of econazi
famewhore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: famewhores
Senses: examples: text: “No, you're right. It's not like I'm some kind of famewhore trolling for fans. I just figured you'd be . . . curious.”
ref: 2010, Robin Wasserman, Torn, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 45:
text: They were at a table off to the side of the bar, with her recorder and notepad between them and a few various famewhores and hangers-on circulating around.
ref: 2011, Alexander Irvine, Iron Man 2, Grand Central Publishing, published 2010, →ISBN, page 79:
text: Hulk was acting like a famewhore.
ref: 2011, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, A Shore Thing, Gallery Books (2011), page 107
glosses: Alternative form of fame whore.
famewhores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of famewhore
fame whore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fame whores
form: famewhore
Senses: glosses: A person who is excessively driven to achieve fame or notoriety, or to latch onto it through a significant other.
Related terms: word: coke whore
english: not always differentiated
translation: not always differentiated
word: fame digger
word: famous for being famous
word: gold digger
word: money-hungry
fame whores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fame whore
pool spray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pool sprays
Senses: examples: text: When we are not holding we are most likely "rolling"—hustling to get on a bus to go to things like a "bilat pool spray" (a photo-op of a bilateral meeting between the president and some world leader).
ref: 2002 July 2, Martha Brant, “West Wing Story: Pool-Duty Survival Kit”, in Newsweek, retrieved 04 Mar 2015:
text: Pool spray is the term for an event where a representative pool of journalists is brought in to record the president meeting with a foreign leader or discussing a policy initiative.
ref: [2010 February 4, Peter Baker, “Few News Conferences, but Still Taking Questions”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: First comes the “pool spray,” where the two leaders exchange pleasantries before the cameras.
ref: 2010 November 13, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Reporter’s Notebook: Heartfelt Moments on an Up-and-Down Global Trip”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Mar 2015:
text: At an international summit […] [t]he press is let in only for a few moments at the beginning or the end in what is known as a "pool spray." Sometimes the world leaders say a few words; other times, they pretend not to notice the reporters and keep interacting in a stilted way.
ref: 2014 November 16, David Nakamura, “Watch: President Obama reacts to media scrum in Brisbane”, in Washington Post, retrieved 04 Mar 2015:
topics: government
journalism
media
politics
glosses: An event in which photographers and other members of the news media are allowed to visit briefly with the US President or other top US government officials, especially on the occasion of a meeting with leaders or high-level officials from other countries.
Related terms: photo opportunity
press pool
AGI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AGIs
form: A.G.I.
form: A. G. I.
Senses: examples: text: AGIs will indeed be capable of self-awareness – but that is because they will be General: they will be capable of awareness of every kind of deep and subtle thing, including their own selves.
ref: 2012 October 3, David Deutsch, “Philosophy will be the key that unlocks artificial intelligence”, in The Guardian:
text: If AI researchers do eventually manage to make the leap to AGI, there is little reason to believe that the result will be a machine that simply matches human-level intelligence.
ref: 2015, Martin Ford, The Rise of the Robots, Oneworld:
text: In the beginning, this level of secrecy was never the intention, but it has since become habitual. Over time, the leadership has moved away from its original belief that openness is the best way to build beneficial AGI.
ref: 2020 February 17, Karen Hao, “The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world”, in MIT Technology Review:
text: Some of my friends have recently reported to me that when people outside the AI industry hear about extinction risk from Artificial General Intelligence for the first time, their reaction is “maybe we should not build AGI, then.”
ref: 2023 March 29, Eliezer Yudkowsky, “The Open Letter on AI Doesn't Go Far Enough”, in TIME, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2023:
text: Some experts believe that truly transformative implications, including artificial general intelligence (AGI) enabling AI to perform essentially all human tasks, could be around the corner.
ref: 2024 May 24, Daron Acemoglu, “The Simple Macroeconomics of AI”, in NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES, number 32487, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2024, page 1:
text: Yet the narrative that A.G.I. is just around the corner and will usher in “massive prosperity,” as Mr. Altman has written, is already leading companies to accrue large amounts of capital, lay claim to data and electricity and build enormous data centers that are accelerating the climate crisis.
ref: 2025 May 30, Karen Hao, “Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 May 2025:
text: GPT-5 is a major upgrade over GPT-4 and a significant step along our path to AGI.
ref: 2025 August 7, OpenAI, 0:54 from the start, in Introducing GPT-5, spoken by Sam Altman:
hypernyms: AI
coordinate_terms: ASI
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: Initialism of artificial general intelligence.
examples: text: The credit begins to phase out for adjusted gross incomes (AGIs) over $252,150 and completely phases out at AGIs over $292,150. Both the credit and AGI limits are indexed for inflation.
ref: 2025 May 24, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill”, in United States House Committee on Ways & Means, page 14:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of adjusted gross income.
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of agility point.
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of auxiliary gathering intelligence.
AGI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Adventure Game Interpreter, a game engine developed by Sierra On-Line.
A.G.I.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AGI.
A. G. I.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AGI.
AGIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AGI
ASI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ASIs
form: A.S.I.
form: A. S. I.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of automatic semicolon insertion.
hypernyms: AI
coordinate_terms: AGI
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: Initialism of artificial superintelligence.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of anti-suit injunction.
A.S.I.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ASI.
A. S. I.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ASI.
ASIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ASI
explicatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more explicatable
form: most explicatable
Etymology: From explicate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Explicable
Synonyms: explainable
explicable
speed bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speed bags
form: speedbag
form: speed-bag
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
synonyms: speedball
speedball bag
glosses: A small air-filled punching bag anchored at the top to a rebound platform parallel to the ground.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
synonyms: speedball
glosses: An improvised airdropped resupply pack, composed of food and water, ammunition, and other supplies, stuffed into a duffle bag or bodybag.
speedbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speedbags
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Alternative form of speed bag.
speedbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speedbag
speed bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speed bag
ADE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADEs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of adverse drug effect.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of antibody-dependent enhancement.
glosses: Initialism of Australian disability enterprise (“a form of sheltered workshop”).
BTT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /biː tiː ˈtiː/
Forms: form: BTTs
form: btt
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bhutan Time.
examples: text: Take note that passing requires you to score a minimum of 45/50. I failed many of my e-trial tests, but passed BTT in the end!
ref: 2013 October 8, Joey Ong, iisjong: Getting a Driving License – Part 2:
text: [Y]ou realized that you need to take a Basic Theory Test (‘’’BTT’’’) in order to get hat Provisional Driving License (PDL) for you to actually drive the vehicle with a qualified driving instructor sitting beside you.
ref: 2014, Putera, How to Pass BTT, FTT and TP Test Like A Boss: Singapore Edition, page 3:
text: [Y]ou do not need to retake the BTT once you have passed it[.]
ref: 2016, SG Driving FAQ:
topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of Basic Theory Test, a computerised knowledge test on the Singapore road rules held at a driving center.
novillero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: novilleros
Etymology: From Spanish novillero.
Senses: topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: A young trainee bullfighter (who fights against novillos).
novilleros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of novillero
hagiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hagiology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hagiology
paseíllo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paseíllos
Etymology: From Spanish paseíllo.
Senses: topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: The parade before the start of a bullfight, when all the bullfighters enter the arena.
paseíllos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paseíllo
Aghlabid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aghlabids
form: Aghlabite
Etymology: From Aghlab + -id, from Arabic أَغْلَب (ʔaḡlab).
Senses: examples: text: 1987, Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, Ǧamīl M. Abū al-Naṣr, Abun-Nasr, Jamil Mirʻi Abun-Nasr, A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period, Cambridge University Press, page 55,
In the rest of their dominions the Aghlabids could exercise only indirect and in some areas even nominal control.
text: A failure to overcome critical internal divisions, however, weakened the Aghlabids and led to their collapse before the Fatimid army of Kutama Berbers.
ref: 2006, Jonathan David Wyrtzen, “Aghlabids”, in Josef W. Meri, editor, Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 19:
glosses: Any member of an Arab dynasty of emirs who ruled Ifriqiya and parts of Southern Italy, nominally on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph, from 800–909 CE.
examples: text: 1987, Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, Ǧamīl M. Abū al-Naṣr, Abun-Nasr, Jamil Mirʻi Abun-Nasr, A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period, Cambridge University Press, page 55,
The Aghlabid state comprised the area to which the wilaya of Ifriqiya had been reduced after 761, namely Tunisia, eastern Algeria, and Tripolitania.
text: The ulama critiqued excesses and injustices they identified in the Aghlabid regime, including usury, un-Islamic taxation (applying a land tax to Muslim subjects and demanding payment of tithes in money not in kind), and the production and sale of wine.
ref: 2006, Jonathan David Wyrtzen, “Aghlabids”, in Josef W. Meri, editor, Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 19:
glosses: Attributive form of Aghlabids; the dynasty of the Aghlabids.
novillada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: novilladas
Etymology: From Spanish novillada.
Senses: topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: A bullfight between a novillo and a novillero.
novilladas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of novillada
bull run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull runs
Senses: topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
synonyms: encierro
running of the bulls
glosses: An event in which people run with bulls in the streets.
examples: text: The S&P 500, as of Wednesday, is now in the longest-running bull market ever, as some strategists measure it. That would be one day older than the 1990-to-2000 bull run, which ended with the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000.
ref: 2018, Patti Dom, “‘Phenomenal’ bull market could continue but at a different pace, Bob Doll says”, CNBC Markets, 2018-08-11
topics: business
finance
glosses: A contiguous period during which a stock market is a bull market.
Derived terms: Bull Run
running of the bulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runnings of the bulls
Senses: topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of bull run.
synonyms: word: bull run
bull runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bull run
runnings of the bulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of running of the bulls
Mutand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Mutand.
glosses: A male given name.
inexuperable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inexuperable
form: most inexuperable
Etymology: From Latin inexuperabilis, inexsuperabilis. See exuperate.
Senses: examples: text: [...] then our Countreyman Mr. Hobbs, whose inexuperable confidence of the truth of the Conclusion may well assure any man that duely considers the excellency of his natural Wit and Parts, that he has made choice of the most Demonstrative Arguments that humane Invention can search out for the eviction thereof.
ref: 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, volume 1, →ISBN, page 50:
text: That is, God, in all his essential perfections, burning in an inextinguishable flame of love; and sending forth one uninterrupted stream of life, to the one object of his inexuperable delight – Immanuel, and his select body.
ref: 1823 March, “The Omniscient Son, the Revealer of the Almighty Father”, in The Gospel Magazine, volume 8, number 3, page 93:
text: [...] whether she's gowned in the blossoms of the spring or the sheen of the summer's glow, in the purple and gold of autumn days or the white of the winter's snow, she is the same inexuperable, unapproachable, unmatchable, untouchable and incomparable grand old Texas.
ref: 1902 November 16, 'Poet of The Galveston News', “Trend of Thought in Dixie Land”, in The Richmond Times, page 4:
glosses: insurmountable, unbeatable.
jacklight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪt
Forms: form: jacklights
Etymology: * jack + light. Probably from jack (“a male servant of any rank”), later associated with a boy servant or any boy, and later still with a knave: a rogue, thief, or deceitful man.
* Possibly also related to Spanish jaque (“a bully”).
Senses: examples: text: It was a long, low roadster, with a jacklight.
ref: 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, published 1985, page 19:
glosses: A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting.
Derived terms: jacker
jacklight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪt
Forms: form: jacklights
form: jacklighting
form: jacklighted
form: jacklighted
form: jacklit
form: jacklit
Etymology: * jack + light. Probably from jack (“a male servant of any rank”), later associated with a boy servant or any boy, and later still with a knave: a rogue, thief, or deceitful man.
* Possibly also related to Spanish jaque (“a bully”).
Senses: topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
synonyms: word: lamp
word: spotlight
glosses: To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
Related terms: jack-hunting
jacklights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jacklight
drouge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drouges
form: drouging
form: drouged
form: drouged
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:drouge.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of drog.
drouge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of drogue.
Adriatic Question
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Adriatic Question
Senses: glosses: The debate over the fate of the territories along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea that formerly belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
germinally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From germinal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By or involving germ cells.
Romes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Rome + -s (“plural suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: Yet haue the Sarasins attempted both Romes; they haue besieged Constantinople, and haue wasted... the Sea coasts of Italy.
ref: 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, section 13:
text: The weakening of the two Romes created the space for the emergence of both the Holy Roman Empire of the Franks and the Islamic Empire.
ref: 1999, G. Vallée, Shaping of Christianity, X 203:
glosses: The city of Rome in Italy and the city of Constantinople (the "New Rome") taken together; the empire(s) ruled by these cities.
Harper Woods
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner suburb of Detroit with a population of roughly 14,000.
lagfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lagfests
Etymology: From lag + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: The only place I ever seriously lagged was at the blacksmith shop. Now all of Britain is a lagfest.
ref: 1998 January 28, Spatch [username], “Re: *Please Read*”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games (Usenet):
text: Cities are lagfests if there are a lot of other players nearby.
ref: 2009 July 27, cryptoguy [username], “Re: Intermittent FPS drops”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet):
text: Full screen is a lagfest. I don't think you're going to be gaming on these, unless the technology got heaps better whilst I wasn't looking.
ref: 2011 June 15, HarpingOn [username], “Re: OT: USB graphics "cards"”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Something prone to lagging, or network delays.
lagfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lagfest
assault weapons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assault weapon
eavesread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eavesreads
form: eavesreading
form: eavesread
form: eavesread
Etymology: Blend of eavesdrop + read.
Senses: examples: text: Lurkers hang around silently in otherwise noisy chat rooms, eavesreading other people's conversations for vicarious fun.
ref: 1998, Larry Samuel, The Future Ain't what it Used to be: 40 Cultural Trends Transforming Your Job, Your Life, Your World, Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 99:
text: Once, my mom flipped out when she eavesread an exchange between us over my shoulder.
ref: 2011, Caissie St. Onge, Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever., Ember, →ISBN, page 27:
text: Aaron yanked at his tie to keep it from strangling him, tried to “eavesread” the paperwork on Stephanie's desk to find any clues to Lizzie's whereabouts.
ref: 2014, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Truth Be Told, Forge, →ISBN, page 94:
glosses: To surreptitiously read something.
spiralizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiralizers
Etymology: From spiralize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A culinary device that turns food into a spiral shape, like pasta.
spiralizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiralizer
Barnumian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Barnumian
form: most Barnumian
Etymology: From Barnum + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Barnumesque
glosses: Of or relating to P. T. Barnum (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
Barnumesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Barnumesque
form: most Barnumesque
Etymology: From Barnum + -esque.
Senses: synonyms: Barnumian
glosses: Reminiscent of P. T. Barnum (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
counterembowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: counter-embowed
Etymology: From counter- + embowed.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
wolf ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf tickets
form: woof ticket
Etymology: See sell wolf tickets.
Senses: examples: text: Following another fifteen-minute flurry of wolf tickets, young deputy Camel does the handcuff routine again.
ref: 2002, Jimmy Lerner, quoted in African American Slang: A Linguistic Description (2015
text: They have to project a tough-guy image so that others would think they're hardcore criminals, but in reality, it's to keep away potential extorters and possible booty bandits from violating them. I left him there in his cell and paid no mind to his offer of wolf tickets (Slang for tough talk).
ref: 2012, Al Bermudez Pereira, Ruins of a Society and the Honorable: A Prison Story, →ISBN, page 88:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Tough talk; threat(s) or boast(s), especially if empty and/or if made to intimidate someone. (Chiefly used in the phrases sell wolf tickets and buy wolf tickets.)
bunny-hug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunny-hugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bunny hug.
bunny-hugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunny-hug
buy wolf tickets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buys wolf tickets
form: buying wolf tickets
form: bought wolf tickets
form: bought wolf tickets
form: buy woof tickets
Etymology: See sell wolf tickets.
Senses: examples: text: Dicky bought Terry's wolf tickets by responding with his own barbs and counterchallenges. "A'right, Mr. Motherfucker! I'm buying yo' wolf tickets! Now show me somethin', since you so big and bad," said Dicky […]
ref: 2003, Elijah Anderson, A Place on the Corner, second, →ISBN, page 161:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To call the bluff of, or respond to the threats or boasts of, someone who has been selling wolf tickets.
Coordinate terms: sell wolf tickets
completionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From completion + -ism.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: The goal of achieving every objective in a game, as opposed to merely doing enough to win.
examples: text: Lee's crossover idea was a sales bonanza, propelling Marvel readership inot unheard-of spheres of completionism
ref: 2013, Alex S. Romagnoli, Gian S. Pagnucci, Enter the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature, →ISBN, page 41:
text: I say "almost" because, for as exhaustive an attempt at completionism as this has been, I know I don't have them all.
ref: 2019, Michael J. Nazarewycz, “Preface”, in Historic Movie Theaters of Delaware, page 8:
text: There is an infections completionism to the way millennials travel; we visit one country for a short while and consider it done, ticket off.
ref: 2020, Alice Vincent, “March”, in Rootbound: Rewilding a Life, →ISBN:
glosses: The goal of collecting, visiting, experiencing, etc. every item of a set.
Related terms: completionist
grrrr
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of grr.
her nibs
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of his nibs, when referring to a female.
your nibs
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: his nibs in the second person
their nibs
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: his nibs in the third person plural
my nibs
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: his nibs in the first person
wolf tickets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf ticket
woof ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woof tickets
Etymology: See sell wolf tickets.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wolf ticket.
woof tickets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woof ticket
sell woof tickets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sells woof tickets
form: selling woof tickets
form: sold woof tickets
form: sold woof tickets
Etymology: See sell wolf tickets.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sell wolf tickets.
buy woof tickets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buys woof tickets
form: buying woof tickets
form: bought woof tickets
form: bought woof tickets
Etymology: See buy wolf tickets.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of buy wolf tickets.
ass-pull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass-pulls
form: ass pull
form: asspull
Etymology: From ass + pull, from the phrase pull out of one's ass.
Senses: examples: text: Ah, you "believe". You do not know. So you admit that it's just wishful thinking, an ass pull not based on any facts.
ref: 2009 July 9, charlesgriffman, “Re: e360 vs Spamhaus decision ?”, in news.admin.net-abuse.email (Usenet):
text: And there's no reason I see to believe either of these numbers is anything but an ass-pull.
ref: 2011 January 2, Matthew Russotto, “Re: OT: going green”, in comp.sys.mac.system (Usenet):
text: Even if we ignore the total ass-pull of super powers for Madoka, we still get a resolution that is no better than "it was all a dream".
ref: 2011 April 22, Dave Baranyi, “Re: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - 11 & 12 - final comments - no real spoilers”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
glosses: A hastily fabricated explanation or contrived plot twist.
ass-pulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ass-pull
ass pull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass pulls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ass-pull.
ass pulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ass pull
asspull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asspulls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ass-pull.
asspulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asspull
wolf's ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolf's tickets
Etymology: Calque of Russian во́лчий биле́т (vólčij bilét), calque of Polish wilczy bilet.
Senses: examples: text: […] now, we had narrowly escaped a terrible danger : absolutely certain expulsion with wolf's tickets two days before our graduation from the gymnasium.
ref: 1967, Konstantin Paustovsky, The Story of a Life, volume 3, page 241:
glosses: In tsarist and Stalinist-era Russia, a restricted internal passport issued to those suspected or convicted of political or other crimes which limited where they could travel and reside.
lavaform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lava + -form.
Senses: glosses: Resembling lava; in the form of lava.
lauwine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lauwines
form: lawine
Etymology: Borrowed by Lord Byron from German Lawine, from Late Latin lābīna, from Latin lābēs (“fall”).
Senses: examples: text: Once more upon the woody Apennine, / The infant Alps, which — had I not before / Gazed on their mightier parents, where the pine / Sits on more shaggy summits, and where roar / The thundering lauwine — might be worshipped more;[…]
ref: 1812–1818, Lord Byron, “(please specify |canto=I to IV)”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
text: 1823, George Bancroft, Poems, Hilliard and Metcalf, page 10,
The towers of my castle of lauwines are made; / On chambers of ice their foundations are laid; / Like loftiest pyramids rising in air, / O! who but confesses my turrets are fair.
text: I see the young torrent’s first leap towards the ocean, / And the cliff-cradled lawine essay its first motion.
ref: 1845, “Púshkin, the Russian Poet. No. II. Specimens of his Lyrics.”, in Thomas B. Shaw, transl., Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 58, number 357, page 34:
glosses: An avalanche.
wikipedia: Lord Byron
lauwines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lauwine
löwchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: löwchens
Etymology: From German Löwchen, lit, "small lion".
Senses: glosses: A small breed of dog.
Synonyms: little lion dog
webservers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webserver
web-server
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: web-servers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of web server.
web-servers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of web-server
webutations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webutation
JQL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of JIRA Query Language.
T-SQL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computer-languages
computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Clipping of Transact-SQL.
Hypernyms: SQL
PL/SQL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From PL + SQL.
Senses: topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Procedural Language/Structured Query Language.
Hypernyms: SQL
additive functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of additive function
jarbua terapons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jarbua terapon
Airy functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Airy function
analytic functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of analytic function
trigonometric functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trigonometric function
beta function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beta functions
Senses: examples: Considering the equation of the binomial coefficient n choose k described in terms of the factorial, replacing n with p + q and k with p, turning the RHS upside-down and replacing factorials with the Gamma function, then replacing (p + q) choose p with Β(p, q) yields Euler's equation for the Beta function.
topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mathematical function that is also called the Euler integral of the first kind; it is a symmetric special function.
Hypernyms: function
Hyponyms: incomplete beta function
bounded functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bounded function
characteristic functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of characteristic function
computable functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of computable function
convex function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convex functions
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A mathematical function where the line segment between any two points on the graph of the function lies above the graph in a vector space of at least two dimensions.
Hypernyms: function
Hyponyms: conjugate convex function
logarithmically convex function
concave function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concave functions
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: The negative of the convex function.
Hypernyms: function
concave functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concave function
convex functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convex function
set function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set functions
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A mathematical function whose input is a set (usually of real numbers or a set of points in the Euclidean or some measure space), and whose output is usually a number.
Hypernyms: function
Hyponyms: additive set function
countably additive set function
countably subadditive set function
subadditive set function
set functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of set function
density function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: density functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
glosses: Clipping of probability density function.
Hypernyms: function
Hyponyms: compressadensity function
exponential density function
normal density function
Poisson density function
probability density function
skewed density function
density functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of density function
Southern Alps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in the South Island, New Zealand.