cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rolling scissors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹol.ɪŋ ˈsɪz.ɚz/
Forms: form: rolling scissors
Senses: examples: text: Remember: maintain your aircraft's energy, keep his tail on your line of sight, and relentlessly pursue the insufferable oaf that insulted your driving skills. If he gets behind you, break out the rolling scissors and force an overshoot.
ref: 2021 March 19, Bosnian Ape Society, 4:36 from the start, in Is Your Car Safe From Supermaneuverable Air-Defense Fighter Aircraft?, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2022:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A form of the scissors defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving pulling up, rolling one's aircraft towards that of the attacker, and pulling the nose of one's aircraft towards the attacker to force an overshoot, resulting in the two aircraft barrel-rolling around each other as each attempts to gain the advantage.
raw_tags: with the
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A form of the scissors defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving pulling up, rolling one's aircraft towards that of the attacker, and pulling the nose of one's aircraft towards the attacker to force an overshoot, resulting in the two aircraft barrel-rolling around each other as each attempts to gain the advantage.
An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
raw_tags: with the
Hypernyms: scissors
Hyponyms: defensive spiral
Coordinate terms: flat scissors
curtle-axes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curtle-axe
defensive spiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defensive spirals
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A last-resort defensive maneuver in dogfighting used by an aircraft with critically-low kinetic energy, consisting of a rolling scissors performed straight down, using gravity to supply the kinetic energy needed to continue maneuvering, while attempting to either slow down enough to get behind the attacker or else trick the attacker into crashing into the ground.
Hypernyms: rolling scissors
defensive spirals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defensive spiral
it'sa
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪtsə/
ipa: /iːtsə/
rhymes: -ɪtsə
Forms: form: itsa
Etymology: Apparent misconstruction of it's -a (“suffix used to mimic Italian accents”).
Senses: qualifier: pseudo-Italian
glosses: It's (it is).
sempitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sempitans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sumpitan.
sempitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sempitan
dessiatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dessiatins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dessiatina.
neuronormative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neuronormative
form: most neuronormative
Etymology: From neuro- + normative.
Senses: glosses: Focusing on, or privileging, the neurotypical over the neurodivergent.
ribbon farm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribbon farms
Senses: glosses: A long, narrow strip of land for farming, often alongside a waterway or a road.
ribbon farms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ribbon farm
live rent-free in someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lives rent-free in someone's head
form: living rent-free in someone's head
form: lived rent-free in someone's head
form: lived rent-free in someone's head
form: live rent free in someone's head
Etymology: Often attributed to American advice columnist Eppie Lederer (1918–2002), who used it in her syndicated advice column in 1990.
Senses: examples: text: Gem of the Day: Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent free in your head.
ref: 1990 March 8, Ann Landers [Eppie Lederer], “Breast cancer is in her family”, in Daily American, volume 62, number 210, Somerset, Pa., page 12:
text: The difficult bosses then get under their skin and live “rent-free” in their heads long after they've left work and gone home to sleep.
ref: 2010, Jennifer C. Hunt, Seven Shots: An NYPD Raid on a Terrorist Cell and Its Aftermath, page 32:
text: It may not seem that way, but this is a testament to Hillary's ability to successfully make such a mark on her opposition that she lives rent-free in their heads for decades.
ref: 2015, Joanne Bamberger, Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox:
synonyms: live rent-free in someone's mind
glosses: To be the perpetual focus of someone's thoughts, with that person having no control over this situation.
wikipedia: Eppie Lederer
DEXes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DEX
archeoastronomical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From archeo- + astronomical.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of archaeoastronomical.
Wallagrass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
Eagle Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Polk County, Florida, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Will County, Illinois.
glosses: A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
glosses: A town in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
glosses: A city in Colorado County, Texas.
glosses: A census-designated place in Racine County, Wisconsin.
Cimbrelos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cimbrelo
Stacyville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Stacy + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A city in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
Filibertos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Filiberto
Shaitan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Al-Shaytaan
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”)
Senses: examples: text: Beside him two Egyptian artillerymen with their throats cut were sobbing out their lives upon the ground. "Who lays the gun this time?" asked the fierce chief, glaring at the frightened gunners. "Here, thou black-browed child of Shaitan, aim, and aim for thy life."
ref: 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Green Flag:
text: He thanks Allah for his mercy to men in sending Mohammed the Prophet, who gave the world the True Belief, and he curses Shaitan, who wages war against Allah and his children.
ref: 1904, S. L. Bensusan, Morocco:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Iblis, Satan.
Related terms: shaitan
Pixton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pixtons
Etymology: Perhaps from an unattested Old English personal name composed of the elements pīc (“pointed object”) + stān (“stone”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
flat spin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flat spins
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An especially dangerous type of spin (abnormal stalled flight mode) with a very high angle of attack (typically between 65° and 90°), such that the aircraft's nose is pointed near the horizon despite an extreme negative flightpath angle (gamma); typically unresponsive to flight control inputs and unrecoverable in most aircraft.
Ablemans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ableman
Calabi-Yau space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Calabi-Yau spaces
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Calabi-Yau manifold.
synonyms: word: Calabi-Yau manifold
Calabi-Yau manifold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Calabi-Yau manifolds
Etymology: The name was coined by Candelas et al. (1985), after Eugenio Calabi (1954, 1957) who first conjectured that such surfaces might exist, and Shing-Tung Yau (1978), who proved the Calabi conjecture.
Senses: topics: algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: Calabi-Yau space
glosses: A kind of manifold having properties, such as Ricci flatness, that yield applications in theoretical physics.
wikipedia: Calabi conjecture
Kähler manifold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kähler manifolds
Etymology: Introduced by Erich Kähler in 1933, though the concept had been studied by others a few years earlier.
Senses: qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: A manifold with three mutually compatible structures: a complex structure, a Riemannian structure, and a symplectic structure.
Related terms: Kähler geometry
Kählerian
Kähler manifolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kähler manifold
Pixtons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pixton
Zirbad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Persian [Term?] (literally “below the wind; leeward”).
Senses: glosses: The various countries located eastward of India.
poppy tears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: opium
bhanged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bhanged
form: most bhanged
Senses: examples: text: Some of them were so bhanged, or overcome by opium, that they lay down like drunkards with their muskets in their hands unable to move; […]
ref: 1860, Thomas Lowe, Central India During the Rebellion of 1857 and 1858, page 290:
glosses: Under the effects of bhang (cannabis) or any comparable drug.
Turlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Turlock
Dezenski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dezenskis
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dezenskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dezenski
self-importantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more self-importantly
form: most self-importantly
Etymology: From self-important + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a self-important manner.
Synonyms: arrogantly
like someone owns the place
like someone owns the place
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: as if someone owns the place
Senses: examples: text: Look at you walking in like you own the place!
text: “We both live on the same estate. You know I don’t have any cash.” Tina scoffed.
“I bet you get pocket money. Always walking around like you own the place. Girls – grab her.” Like clockwork, the bullies circled our little heroine.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: In a self-important and domineering manner; self-importantly, arrogantly.
as if someone owns the place
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of like someone owns the place.
character-building
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more character-building
form: most character-building
Senses: synonyms: character-forming
glosses: Improving a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility.
Related terms: build character
character-forming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more character-forming
form: most character-forming
Senses: glosses: Synonym of character-building.
synonyms: word: character-building
flat spins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat spin
borinene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borinenes
Senses: examples: text: With di-tert-butylacetylene the actual borinene is isolated in conjunction with the corresponding 1,3-diboretene.
ref: 2007, E. W. Abel, F. G. A. Stone, Organometallic Chemistry, volume 14, page 29:
text: Thus, at 135°C, 223 cyclizes with loss of propene to the borinene 229, which then rearranges to other products.
ref: 2012, Donald S. Matteson, Stereodirected Synthesis with Organoboranes, page 96:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkene that includes a benzene ring with one of the carbon atoms replaced by a boron atom.
borinenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borinene
Bramham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bramhams
Etymology: Perhaps from Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + hām (“homestead”).
Senses: glosses: A village in Bramham cum Oglethorpe parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4243).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Africo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæfɹɪkəʊ/
Forms: form: Africos
form: Africoes
Senses: examples: text: Here we met with ye Barbadoes Merchant […] James Cock, Master, laden with Salt, Mules, and Africos.
ref: Febraury 27 1682, William Hedges, Diary:
text: […] a cargo of wine, sugar, salt, and tobacco, bought in exchange “for Africoes, which she carried from the Isle of Maio” (one of the Cape Verde Islands).
ref: Quoted in 2005, James A. Rawley, Stephen D. Behrendt, The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History (page 298)
glosses: A black slave.
Africos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Africo
Africoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Africo
paysas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paysa
Bramhams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bramham
Libersons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Liberson
Bramham cum Oglethorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Allsopps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Allsopp
superheros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of superheroes.
Golenbocks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Golenbock
Lupoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lupoff
i'jām
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: i'jām
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of i'jam.
tone tag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tone tags
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tone indicator.
synonyms: word: tone indicator
tone tags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tone tag
camp-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
dobash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dobashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dubash.
debash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debashes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dubash.
dobashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dobash
debashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debash
dubbah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dubbahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dubber (“globular vessel”).
dabbah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabbahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dubber (“globular vessel”).
dabbahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dabbah
dubbahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dubbah
Thorpe Market
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2436).
Dalfsen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Dalfsen.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands.
dustuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dustucks
Etymology: From Persian دستک (dastak, “a little hand; hand-clapping to attract attention; a notice”).
Senses: glosses: A pass or permit.
dustucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dustuck
jinnyrickshaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jinnyrickshaws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jinriksha.
jinnyrickshaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jinnyrickshaw
Jungeera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Janjira.
jungalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jungalist
kappal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kappals
form: capel
form: kapal
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kapal.
Senses: glosses: A ship, especially a square-rigged vessel with top and top-gallant masts.
kappals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kappal
kapals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kapal
parabike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parabikes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parabaik.
parabikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parabike
letter of conduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: letters of conduct
Senses: examples: text: through my prouinces you muſt expect
Letters of conduct from my mightineſſe,
If you intend to keep your treaſure ſafe.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
synonyms: letter of safe conduct
safe-conduct
glosses: A safe-conduct, a document guaranteeing safe passage through hostile territory.
synonyms: letter of good conduct
qualifier: human resources
glosses: A document affirming a person’s lack of a criminal record given as part of a background check.
letters of conduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of letter of conduct
CoCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CoC
antiferment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiferments
Etymology: From anti- + ferment.
Senses: glosses: A fermentation inhibitor.
blammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blam
blamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blam
kalege pheasant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalege pheasants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kalij pheasant.
khalege pheasant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khalege pheasants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kalij pheasant.
Commercolly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Kumarkhali.
Kumarkhali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Commercolly
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali কুমারখালী (kumarkhali).
Senses: glosses: A town in Kushtia District in the Khulna Division of southwestern Bangladesh.
combalenga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combalengas
Senses: glosses: Cucurbita pepo, various kinds of pumpkin or squash.
combalengas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of combalenga
Concan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Konkan (“part of India”).
rice congees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rice congee
kansama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kansamas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khansamah.
kansamah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kansamahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khansamah.
kansamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kansama
kansamahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kansamah
fedposted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fedpost
fedposting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fedpost
fedposting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fedpostings
Senses: glosses: The act of engaging in fedposting.
fedposts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fedpost
Secombe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiː.kəm/
rhymes: -iːkəm
Forms: form: Secombes
Etymology: Probably a variant of Seacombe.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kidson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kidsons
Etymology: From Kit + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Corporal Forbes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A play on cholera morbus.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: gastroenteritis
Alderwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alderwicks
Etymology: Seemingly from Old English alor (“alder”) + wīċ (“hamlet, farm”). However, probably actually a misconstrued version of Aldrick, itself a variant of Aldridge.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bonky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒŋki
Forms: form: more bonky
form: most bonky
Senses: glosses: Characterized by bonking (sex or thudding sound)
Related terms: bonky bonky
skiamorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskiəmɔɹf/
enpr: SKEE-uh-morf
Forms: form: skiamorphs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκῐᾱ́ (skĭā́, “shadow”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”).
Senses: examples: text: Survivals of this sort are known as ‘skiamorphs’ (shadow shapes), and in one form or another they are very common in technology,^([sic]) A modern instance is the survival of timber graining on the surface of plastic mouldings and furniture.
ref: 2009 [1981], J. E. Gordon, Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down, Hachette Books, →ISBN:
text: As mentioned above, archaeology shows us that the echo of one material is often imitated in other materials as a ‘skiamorph’ (skia, Greek for shadow; morph, shape). Here one medium ‘shadows’ another material, which may have become outmoded by quicker industrial processes yet the exact shape of the older form is retained in the newer material.
ref: 2015, Janis Jefferies, Diana Wood Conroy, Hazel Clark, editors, The Handbook of Textile Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 143:
glosses: Synonym of skeuomorph.
synonyms: word: skeuomorph
Derived terms: skiamorphic
skiamorphism
bonky bonky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sexual intercourse
kitar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of katara (“type of dagger”).
Africo-American
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Africo-American
form: most Africo-American
Senses: glosses: African-American
reboisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Indonesian reboisasi, from Dutch reboisatie, reboïsatie (“reforestation”). Compare French reboisement (“reforestation”).
Senses: examples: text: considering the heterogenity in plantmaterial^([sic]) and soil it is only the aim to collect orientating data on the development of Pinus mercusii in function of the different plantpit treatments carried out at a very eroded site where reboisation with this type of tree is considered
ref: 1976, Mededelingen van de Faculteit Landbouwwetenschappen, Rijksuniversiteit Gent:
text: the central government's reboisation programmes
ref: 1994, Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Enterprises of the Republic of Indonesia, editor, Small Business Profile in Indonesia:
glosses: Reforestation.
Seuratian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Seuratian
form: most Seuratian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Georges Seurat, French post-Impressionist artist known for devising the painting techniques of chromoluminarism and pointillism.
jamdhar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jamdhars
form: jamdad
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A kind of Indian dagger, broad at the base and slightly curved, and having a cross-grip on the hilt.
jamdad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jamdads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jamdhar.
jamdhars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jamdhar
jamdads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jamdad
sleeping dictionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleeping dictionaries
Senses: synonyms: long-haired dictionary
pillow dictionary
glosses: A sexual partner who also serves as a native informant or language teacher for a person visiting the region from outside.
sleeping dictionaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleeping dictionary
kedgeree pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kedgeree pots
Senses: glosses: A round pipkin of the kind commonly used in India for holding water and for cooking purposes.
kedgeree pots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kedgeree pot
base forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of base form
moonsif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonsifs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of munsif.
moonsiff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonsiffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of munsif.
munsiff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: munsiffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of munsif.
moonsifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moonsif
moonsiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moonsiff
munsiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of munsiff
Abelmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abelmanns
form: Ableman
Etymology: Borrowed from German Abelmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Efron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Efrons
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew עפרון, a Biblical placename.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
moorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of murram.
mooram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of murram.
Goulburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goulburns
Etymology: Variant of Golborne.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Goulburn Mulwaree council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms: Goulburn Mulwaree
soobah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soobahs
Senses: examples: text: Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.
ref: 1806, [Thomas Maurice], Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Antient Geographical Divisions, […] of Hindostan: […] , volume I. Containing the Dissertation on the Antient Geographical Divisions of Hindostan, London: Printed […] by C. & W. Galabin […] and sold by John White […] , pages 231–232:
glosses: Alternative spelling of subah.
soobahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soobah
Suakin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sawakin
Etymology: From Arabic سواكن.
Senses: glosses: A port city in northeastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea.
Sawakin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Suakin (“port city of Sudan”).
Tuticorin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Thoothukudi (“port city in Tamil Nadu, India”).
Thoothukudi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tuticorin
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil தூத்துக்குடி (tūttukkuṭi).
Senses: glosses: a port city and district in Tamil Nadu, India.
oddso
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of odso.
Mawlamyaing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Moulmein (“city in Burma”).
mort de chien
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A fanciful French corruption ("mort de chien" = "dog's death") of Portuguese mordexim.
Senses: glosses: Cholera.
mehtar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mehtars
Etymology: From Persian مهتر (“prince, chief, elder, great personage”). Regarding the sense of a scavenger, Yule & Burnell (see References) state that the term was "applied to the class in question in irony, or rather in consolation".
Senses: glosses: A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.
glosses: A sweeper or scavenger of low caste.
Derived terms: mehtarship
mehtars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mehtar
Europe shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Europe shops
Senses: examples: text: Very excellent furniture was also to be had at the Europe shops, made by native workmen under the superintendence of European cabinet and furniture makers; and furniture of an inferior description in the native bazaars.
ref: 1850, Fanny Parkes Parlby, Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque, page 21:
text: The shops called the Europe shops were kept by Parsis, who sold wines, tinned provisions, groceries, and a thousand miscellaneous articles.
ref: 1877, Katharine Blanche Guthrie, My Year in an Indian Fort, volume 2, page 93:
glosses: A shop selling European goods in an upcountry station.
Europe shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Europe shop
portia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portias
Etymology: Corruption of Tamil பூவரசு (pūvaracu, literally “flower-king”), from பூ (pū, “flower”) + அரசு (aracu, “peepul tree”).
Senses: synonyms: portia tree
glosses: Thespesia populnea, a flowering plant of the mallow family, found especially in parts of India.
portias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portia
reblockings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reblocking
dhoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dhoons
form: dun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani دُون (dūn) / दून (dūn).
Senses: glosses: Any of the flat valleys lying parallel to the base of the Himalayas, and between the rise of that mountain mass and the low tertiary ranges known as the sub-Himalayan or Sivalik Hills, or rather between the interior and exterior of these ranges.
dhoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dhoon
came to terms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come to terms
coming to terms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come to terms
saltpetered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of saltpeter
saltpetering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of saltpeter
saltpetring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of saltpetre
saltpetred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of saltpetre
Narcondam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small volcanic island of India, located in the northern Andaman Sea.
narcopolitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to narcopolitics.
consequentialistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more consequentialistically
form: most consequentialistically
Etymology: From consequentialistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a consequentialistic manner.
Poonamallee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Poonamalee
Senses: synonyms: word: Poovirundhavalli
glosses: A neighbourhood and taluk in the west of Chennai, India.
Poonamalee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Poonamallee.
pull someone's plumes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls someone's plumes
form: pulling someone's plumes
form: pulled someone's plumes
form: pulled someone's plumes
Senses: examples: text: that Tamburlaine:
That like a Foxe in midſt of harueſt time,
Dooth pray vppon my flockes of Passengers:
And as I heare, doth meane to pull my plumes […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
text: Let frantike Talbot triumph for a while,
And like a Peacock ſweepe along his tayle,
Wee’le pull his Plumes, and take away his Trayne,
If Dolphin and the reſt will be but rul’d.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 108, column 2:
text: How I ſhall pull your Plumes, Lords,
How I ſhall humble you within theſe two Days?
ref: 1647, John Fletcher, A Wife for a Month, act V, scene i:
glosses: To humble, to puncture the pride of
Omicron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪkɹɒn
homophone: omicron
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
virology
glosses: Ellipsis of Omicron variant.
Omicron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪkɹɒn
homophone: omicron
Forms: form: Omicrons
form: Omicra
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of omicron (Greek letter) (especially in the majuscule form)
Omicron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪkɹɒn
homophone: omicron
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Omicron Hill: a mountain in North Slope borough, Alaska, United States.
checksides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of checkside
champada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: champadas
Senses: glosses: A superior species of jackfruit.
champadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of champada
jasoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jasooses
Senses: glosses: A spy.
jasooses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jasoos
Magadoxo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Mogadishu.
Makdashau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Mogadishu.
FRGS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
equinoctial line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equinoctial lines
Senses: glosses: celestial equator
examples: text: Men from the fartheſt Equinoctiall line,
Haue ſwarm’d in troopes into the Eaſterne India: […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
glosses: the Equator
Plassey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Palashi.
Palashi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Plassey
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali পলাশী (polaśi).
Senses: glosses: A village on the east bank of Bhagirathi River in the Nadia District of West Bengal, India, famed for the Battle of Plassey in 1757.
trash bandits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trash bandit
single as a dollar bill
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪl
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very much single; having no romantic involvement with anybody else.
A.I.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A.I.s
Senses: examples: text: The geth are a humanoid race of networked A.I.s. They were created by the quarians 300 years ago as tools of labor and war. When the geth showed signs of self-evolution, the quarians attempted to exterminate them. The geth won the resulting war. This example has led to legal, systematic repression of artificial intelligences in galactic society.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Geth Codex entry:
text: I first met Woebot, my A.I. chatbot therapist, at the height of the pandemic.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2022:
text: They also could have circumvented W.G.A. members altogether. Instead, this deal guarantees a contractually mandated context in which A.I. can be utilized — one that benefits, rather than impedes or replaces, the workers.
ref: 2023 September 29, Adam Seth Litwin, “Hollywood’s Deal With Screenwriters Just Rewrote the Rules Around A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2023:
glosses: Alternative form of AI.
A.I.s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A.I.
chaprassie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaprassies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaprasi.
Kahnpur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Kanpur.
calaluz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calaluzes
Senses: glosses: A swift rowing boat used in the Indian Archipelago.
calaluzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calaluz
Appalachianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Appalachian + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Like Curtis, Palmer wanted to capture in photographs his perceptions of a people, his own people in the mountains, his own imagery of Appalachianness.
ref: 2014 July 11, Jean Haskell Speer, The Appalachian Photographs of Earl Palmer, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN:
text: At the same time, by identifying Jenny and Donny as exceptions to these rules of Appalachianness, we are to think of them as worthy targets of literacy intervention.
ref: 2015 December 18, Sara Webb-Sunderhaus, Kim Donehower, Rereading Appalachia: Literacy, Place, and Cultural Resistance, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 19:
text: Moreover, since neither Appalachianness nor SES were related to the personal problems of the respondents, it would appear further that social networks constitute potent sources of support that transcend both culture and economic or[…]
ref: 2021 May 11, Susan E. Keefe, Appalachian Mental Health, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN:
text: In the same ways queerness and Appalachianness cannot be separated for some, Blackness and queer Appalachianness cannot be separated for others.
ref: 2022 April 25, Jacqueline Rhodes, Jonathan Alexander, The Routledge Handbook of Queer Rhetoric, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: The quality or state of being Appalachian.
Secombes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Secombe
Kafiristan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kaffiristan
form: Kafirstan
form: Cafiristan
Senses: glosses: A region that covered present-day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan and its surroundings.
Related terms: kaffir
-stan
Kafirstan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kafiristan.
Cafiristan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Kafiristan.
kafileh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kafilehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cafila.
kafilehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kafileh
Seacombes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Seacombe
Kidsons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kidson
Alderwicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Alderwick
viropause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of virility + menopause
Senses: glosses: Synonym of andropause.
synonyms: word: andropause
Coordinate terms: low-T
Abelmanns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Abelmann
Efrons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Efron
Goulburns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Goulburn
Golbornes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Golborne
valurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more valurous
form: most valurous
Etymology: From valure + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Thy Garments ſhall be made of Medean ſilke,
Enchaſt with precious iewels of mine owne:
More rich and valurous than Zenocrates.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
glosses: valuable
Asiedu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Asiedus
Etymology: Borrowed from Akan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Akan.
Zarling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zarlings
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zarling.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Zarlings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zarling
Asiedus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Asiedu
Yurchak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yurchaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian Юрчак (Jurčak) or an Americanized spelling of Polish Jurczak.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Anicetos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aniceto
Yurchaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Yurchak
Babula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Babulas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Babula.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Baccaris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Baccari
Babulas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Babula
Bleiler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bleilers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bleiler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bleilers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bleiler
Bobeks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bobek
be-goggled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: For our own part we cannot but think that these legislative protections have a most demoralising tendency, and that the oftener they are resorted to the more feeble will the woman’s sense of self-reliance and her confidence in her own resources become, and the farther off, in consequence, will be that millennium of her bemittened and be-goggled champion when male and female shall stand on an equal footing in everything.
ref: 1883 April 25, “Legislation Affecting Women”, in Western Mail, number 4353, Cardiff, page 2, column 7:
text: While your be-goggled CNC-machine-operating buddy is punching numbers and watching lasers work, you’re heaving 50-pound bags of grain around a storehouse, perfecting the art of the keg roll, stirring a goupy ton or two of hot, fragrant mash, and raking the wet mounds of spent grain into enormous trashcans.
ref: 2016 March 20, Devin Walsh, “Asheville beer jobs provide opportunities”, in Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, N.C., page 1E:
text: [Cody] Reed’s be-goggled look does give him a panache of intimidation, but the 23-year-old has never augmented that with any show of intentional show of wildness.
ref: 2016 June 20, Zach Buchanan, “Reed’s goggles only for sight”, in The Courier-Journal, page 5C, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of begoggled.
Bleecker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bleeckers
Etymology: Variant of Bleeker.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
belleric myrobalan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belleric myrobalans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beleric myrobalan.
Bossie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bossies
Etymology: Possibly a variant of French Bossu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Bossies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bossie
Bleeckers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bleecker
Urista
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Uristas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Urista, probably a surname of Basque origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
mamlutdar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mamlutdars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mamlatdar.
mamlutdars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mamlutdar
Uristas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Urista
Orzechowskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Orzechowski
McCullerses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCullers
be-booted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: S was a Sacchi, be-booted and hatted.
ref: 1820 December 30, W. H. J. Scott, “The Queen’s Alphabet”, in Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal, number 914, Truro: T. R. Gillet, Jun., column 4:
text: Instead the be-jeaned, be-booted and big-hatted group were dispatched to the less formal Empress room …
ref: 1996 June 20, Jim Gibson, “Saanich mayoral race could begin next week”, in Times Colonist, 138th year, number 185, Victoria, B.C., page B2, column 5:
text: Picture a group of tired (owling starts about an hour before dawn and the last birds counted are gleaned from the merest traces of daylight), red-faced and pink-handed (worse when the count day is gray, snowy and the temperature is below freezing), be-booted and de-downed, (piles of hats, coats and gloves cover the beds in the makeshift cloakroom) men, women and children bunched together in a living room waiting to contribute their numbers to the total.
ref: 2000 January 6, Clellie Lynch, “Counting crows”, in The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass., page A7, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of bebooted.
bovicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bovicidal
form: most bovicidal
Etymology: From bovicide + -al.
Senses: examples: text: But if the social scientists and educators undertake such a project jointly in a spirit of experimentation and with bovicidal collaboration against the accumulated sacred cows, the possibilities of success are greatly enhanced.
ref: 1964, The School Dropout, National Education Association, page 100:
text: Particular rules: a famous, and much discussed, example from Biblical law is the rule relating to the bovicidal ox: Exodus 21:35, in terms of content, is identical to paragraph 53 of the laws of Eshnunna.
ref: 1980, Bernard S. Jackson, “History, Dogmatics and Halakhah”, in Jewish Law in Legal History and the Modern World, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Exodus 21:28–36 deals with cases involving cattle that are homicidal or bovicidal.
ref: 2015, Elaine Adler Goodfriend, “Leviticus 22:24: A Prohibition of Gelding for the Land of Israel?”, in Roy E. Gane, Ada Taggar-Cohen, editors, Current Issues in Priestly and Related Literature: The Legacy of Jacob Milgrom and Beyond, SBL Press, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: Pertaining or inclined to bovicide.
Campbelltown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Campbell + town.
Senses: glosses: A town in the larger city of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales.
glosses: A local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Campbelltown.
glosses: A suburb of Adelaide in the larger local government area, the City of Campbelltown in South Australia.
glosses: Former name of Bluff, New Zealand.
glosses: A village in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pike County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Related terms: Campbeltown
Campbellton
Campbell Town
drabbletail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drabbletails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drabble-tail.
drabbletails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drabbletail
Tiler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tilers
Senses: glosses: A surname.