cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
built air castles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of build air castles
thunder fires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thunder fire
thunder firing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thunder fire
thunder fired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thunder fire
saves someone's life
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of save someone's life
saving someone's life
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of save someone's life
saved someone's life
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of save someone's life
chases shadows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chase shadows
chasing shadows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chase shadows
chased shadows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chase shadows
fine-draws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fine-draw
fine-drawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fine-draw
fine-drew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fine-draw
fine-drawn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fine-draw
gets glad in the same britches one got mad in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get glad in the same britches one got mad in
getting glad in the same britches one got mad in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get glad in the same britches one got mad in
got glad in the same britches one got mad in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get glad in the same britches one got mad in
gotten glad in the same britches one got mad in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get glad in the same britches one got mad in
gets glad in the same pants one got mad in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get glad in the same pants one got mad in
getting glad in the same pants one got mad in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get glad in the same pants one got mad in
got glad in the same pants one got mad in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get glad in the same pants one got mad in
gotten glad in the same pants one got mad in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get glad in the same pants one got mad in
hits bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit bottom
hitting bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit bottom
drinks from the furry cup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drink from the furry cup
drinking from the furry cup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drink from the furry cup
drank from the furry cup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of drink from the furry cup
glosses: past participle of drink from the furry cup
drunk from the furry cup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of drink from the furry cup
glosses: simple past of drink from the furry cup
double-codes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of double-code
double-coding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of double-code
double-coded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of double-code
middle-aisles it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of middle-aisle it
middle-aisling it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of middle-aisle it
middle-aisled it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of middle-aisle it
private-labels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of private-label
private-labeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of private-label
private-labelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of private-label
private-labeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of private-label
private-labelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of private-label
private labeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of private label
private labelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of private label
private labeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of private label
private labelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of private label
stirs up a hornets' nest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stir up a hornets' nest
stirring up a hornets' nest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stir up a hornets' nest
stirred up a hornets' nest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stir up a hornets' nest
yarns dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yarn dust
yarning dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yarn dust
yarned dust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yarn dust
Automedon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒmɪdən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αὐτομέδων (Automédōn).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Achilles' charioteer, who drove the immortal horses Balius and Xanthos, son of Diores.
gets it twisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get it twisted
getting it twisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get it twisted
got it twisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get it twisted
gotten it twisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get it twisted
sack-taps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sack-tap
sack-tapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sack-tap
sack-tapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sack-tap
does the power of good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do the power of good
doing the power of good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do the power of good
did the power of good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do the power of good
done the power of good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do the power of good
does a power of good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do a power of good
doing a power of good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do a power of good
did a power of good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do a power of good
done a power of good
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do a power of good
hits the floor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the floor
hitting the floor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit the floor
puts someone's light out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put someone's light out
putting someone's light out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put someone's light out
makes streaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make streaks
making streaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make streaks
made streaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make streaks
court-orders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of court-order
court-ordering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of court-order
court-ordered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of court-order
shoots the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot the cat
shooting the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shoot the cat
shot the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shoot the cat
makes like a tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make like a tree
making like a tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make like a tree
made like a tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make like a tree
fails closed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fail closed
failing closed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fail closed
failed closed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fail closed
job-hunts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of job-hunt
job-hunting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of job-hunt
job-hunted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of job-hunt
swears on a stack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swear on a stack
swearing on a stack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swear on a stack
swore on a stack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of swear on a stack
sworn on a stack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of swear on a stack
stands up on one's hind legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand up on one's hind legs
standing up on one's hind legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand up on one's hind legs
stood up on one's hind legs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand up on one's hind legs
takes a chair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a chair
taking a chair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a chair
took a chair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a chair
taken a chair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a chair
note-taken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of note-take
buying the dips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buy the dips
buys the dips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buy the dips
bought the dips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buy the dips
buys the dip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buy the dip
bought the dip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buy the dip
gets someone for a Tartar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get someone for a Tartar
got someone for a Tartar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get someone for a Tartar
gotten someone for a Tartar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get someone for a Tartar
getting someone for a Tartar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get someone for a Tartar
calls a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
calling a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
called a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
has it on lock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have it on lock
having it on lock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have it on lock
had it on lock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have it on lock
beats all
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat all
beating all
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beat all
beaten all
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of beat all
pulls one's hair out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pull one's hair out
pulling one's hair out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pull one's hair out
pulled one's hair out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pull one's hair out
digs for victory
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dig for victory
digging for victory
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dig for victory
dug for victory
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dig for victory
hits one's marks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hit one's marks
hitting one's marks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hit one's marks
Avada Kedavras
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Avada Kedavra
Avada Kedavra-ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Avada Kedavra
Avada Kedavra'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Avada Kedavra
Avada Kedavraed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Avada Kedavra
data mined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of data mine
minds one's peas and cues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mind one's peas and cues
minding one's peas and cues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mind one's peas and cues
minded one's peas and cues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mind one's peas and cues
catches a case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of catch a case
catching a case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catch a case
caught a case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of catch a case
makes one's own
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make one's own
making one's own
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make one's own
made one's own
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make one's own
seeks one's fortune
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seek one's fortune
seeking one's fortune
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seek one's fortune
sought one's fortune
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seek one's fortune
throws one's luck in with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of throw one's luck in with
throwing one's luck in with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw one's luck in with
threw one's luck in with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of throw one's luck in with
thrown one's luck in with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of throw one's luck in with
nevelah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nevelot
form: neveilah
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew נְבֵלָה.
Senses: glosses: A carcass of an animal that died in a manner other than kosher slaughter.
anything is possible
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Derived terms: trenything is possible
clear as the sun at noonday
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of crystal clear
synonyms: word: crystal clear
planetary wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planetary waves
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Rossby wave
synonyms: word: Rossby wave
planetary waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of planetary wave
echidnin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “snake, viper”) + -in.
Senses: glosses: A protein, found in the venom of some vipers, that functions as a thrombin-like enzyme.
Paofeng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: (Li Lo), secretary of the party branch of (Chaokou) production brigade in Paofeng County, discussed his experience in studying materialist dialectics, in grasping the struggle between the two lines within the leading group along with the application of Chairman Mao's philosophic thinking, and in acting as a leader in implementing Chairman Mao's revolutionary line.
ref: 1971 September 30 [1971 September 21], “Honan Provincial Activist Congresses Continue, Conclude”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 190, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengchow Honan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Central-South Region, page D 1:
text: Even in October, at the conference on "Whole people take part in developing coal industry" convened in Paofeng County, Honan Province, a deputy minister, while sounding the pits' praises, spoke of the difficulties inherent in the running of pits, like vulnerability to flood-waters because of shallow working and complexity of arranging the drainage and winding systems when the working became deeper.
ref: 1977, Alexander B. Ikonnikov, “Production”, in The Coal Industry of China, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 65:
glosses: Alternative form of Baofeng.
river boulder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: river boulders
Senses: glosses: A boulder that has been carried by a river to a place far away from its original location.
river boulders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of river boulder
echidnase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “snake, viper”) + -ase.
Senses: glosses: An enzyme, found in the venom of some vipers, that acts as a fibrinogen-clotting agent (a thrombin-like enzyme).
algebraic curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algebraic curves
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An algebraic variety of dimension one.
algebraic curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of algebraic curve
Huzhu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 互助 (Hùzhù).
Senses: glosses: A Tu autonomous county in Haidong, Qinghai, China.
Ledu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 樂都 /乐都 (Lèdū).
Senses: glosses: A district of Haidong, Qinghai, China.
cosine curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosine curves
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A curve that has the equation y=acos(x) in Cartesian coordinates.
cosine curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosine curve
vercosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vercosines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coversed cosine
synonyms: word: coversed cosine
vercosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vercosine
Minhe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 民和.
Senses: glosses: A Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong, Qinghai, China.
perpendicular distance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perpendicular distances
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The distance between two objects measured along a line that is perpendicular to one or both.
perpendicular distances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perpendicular distance
Xunhua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shünʹhwäʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 循化 (Xúnhuà).
Senses: glosses: A Salar autonomous county in Haidong, Qinghai, China.
nonsimple curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsimple curves
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: simple curve
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any curve that crosses itself at least once.
nonsimple curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsimple curve
simple curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simple curves
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: nonsimple curve
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any curve that never crosses itself.
simple curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simple curve
open curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open curves
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: closed curve
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any curve where its two endpoints do not touch.
open curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open curve
sine curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sine curves
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A curve representing periodic oscillations as given by the sine function.
sine curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sine curve
spherical curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spherical curves
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any curve that lies on the surface of a sphere.
spherical curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spherical curve
May rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: May roses
Senses: synonyms: cabbage rose
Provence rose
glosses: The hybrid rose Rosa × centifolia.
tautochrone curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tautochrone curves
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tautochrone
synonyms: word: tautochrone
tautochrone curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tautochrone curve
May roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of May rose
hecatophyllous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hecato- + -phyllous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a hundred leaves or leaflets.
picks a fight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pick a fight
picking a fight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pick a fight
picked a fight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pick a fight
hecatomped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Measuring a hundred feet in length or width.
Related terms: Hekatompedon
hecatontome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hecatontomes
Etymology: From hecato- + tome.
Senses: glosses: A collection of a hundred books.
hecatontomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hecatontome
ATT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ATTs
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
synonyms: anti-torpedo torpedo
antitorpedo torpedo
AT torpoedo
anti-torpedo
antitorpedo
glosses: Initialism of antitorpedo torpedo
nah ah mean
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: nah-ah-mean
Senses: examples: text: Gotta let'em know, nah ah mean
We dah only ones who can save the world, yah know
ref: 2002, Shaggy, “We Are the Ones”, in Lucky Day:
text: "nah ah mean, playa?" I am Dyslexic of Borg.
ref: 2003 February 6, Reef Central Archives:
text: In short, if your AAE speech sports a detectable accent, you should not be using it or you may risk finding yourself in a situation where you will need to know some jive talk in a hurry as well! Ya nah’ ah mean?
ref: 2008 December 24, José Alfonso Vanegas, “BLACK, BROWN, YELLOW, AND WHITE: THE NEW FACES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH” (Master's Thesis), in Department of English, Indiana University, page 50:
text: whizzer
Bruv
TeddyMoment
Innit
youreathing
Y'nah ah mean?
ref: 2025 February 19, youreathing, “Aww, bless her heart!”, in imgur (video)
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of nah mean?
sex-change operations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex-change operation
duniewassal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duniewassals
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic duine (“man”) plus Scottish Gaelic uasal (“noble”).
Senses: glosses: A gentleman from the Scottish Highlands.
duniewassals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duniewassal
hypoactivate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.poʊˈæktɪveɪt/
Forms: form: hypoactivates
form: hypoactivating
form: hypoactivated
form: hypoactivated
Etymology: hypo- + activate
Senses: examples: text: Among the various effects, they hyperactivate, hypoactivate, or inhibite limbic and other circuits, disorganize circuit activity, and interfere with effective functioning of the organism.
ref: 1974, George Bernard Whatmore, Daniel R. Kohli, The Physiopathology and Treatment of Functional Disorders: Including Anxiety States and Depression and the Role of Biofeedback Training, Grune & Stratton, page 76:
text: If the DLPFC of schizophrenic patients operates less efficiently than that of controls, patients may be found to hyperactivate this region as they strain to keep up with low working memory loads that control subjects can easily handle, and hypoactivate this region at higher working memory loads that exceed patients’ working memory capacity, but not that of controls.
ref: 2015 March 30, Allan Tasman, Jeffrey A. Lieberman, Jerald Kay, Michael B. First, Michelle Riba, editors, Psychiatry, Fourth edition, volume 2, Wiley, page 251:
text: The mix-1 gene is known to hypoactivate the X chromosome and regulates the morphology of the male tail in C. elegans.
ref: 2025 July 17, Wikipedia contributors, “Caenorhabditis elegans”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
physiology
psychology
sciences
glosses: To reduce the level of activation or activity of (a process, region, or function), especially in biological or neural contexts.
Synonyms: inhibit
downregulate
Derived terms: hypoactivation
Related terms: hyperactivate
hypoactivity
hypoactivates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hypoactivate
hypoactivating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of hypoactivate
bulblet fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulblet ferns
Senses: glosses: Cystopteris bulbifera, a fern of eastern North America.
izmirine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aporphinebenzylisoquinoline alkaloid first isolated from Thalictrum przewalskii.
Top Fuel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world.
Related terms: top fuel
Ackawoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Akawaio
przewaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aporphinebenzylisoquinoline alkaloid first isolated from Thalictrum przewalskii.
rôle conflict
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rôle conflicts
Senses: examples: text: This being said, Dynes & Quarantelli (1976) found that such rôle conflict is a much less serious problem than has often been assumed.
ref: 1993 July 29, David C. Alexander, Natural Disasters, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 332:
glosses: Dated spelling of role conflict
plummer block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plummer blocks
Etymology: From an unknown word, possibly the surname Plummer a1796, + block
Senses: glosses: A mounting used to support a rotating shaft, using a bearing in a two-piece housing which is bolted to a foundation or bedplate with the mounted shaft in a parallel plane to the mounting surface and perpendicular to the centre line of the mounting holes; functionally similar to a pillow block.
plummer blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plummer block
subpreference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subpreferences
Etymology: From sub- + preference.
Senses: glosses: A secondary or subordinate preference.
subpreferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpreference
maize on the cob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maize-on-the-cob
Senses: examples: text: For some reason, the subplatform mound of Structure 7 extended more than a meter from the platform walls. At least on the north side this provided ample roofed household activity area and was used for eating maize on the cob just before the eruption struck.
ref: 1992, Payson Sheets, “Structure 7, The Bodega”, in The Ceren Site: A Prehistoric Village Buried by Volcanic Ash in Central America, Fort Worth, Tex.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, →ISBN, chapter 5 (Household 2), page 71:
text: We walk past a group of women and children gathered around an open fire, roasting maize on the cob.
ref: 2016 May 18, Neema Komba, “The Search for Magical Mbuji”, in Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, editor, Safe House: Explorations in Creative Nonfiction, Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, →ISBN, section III (Then and Now), page 247:
text: Most maize consumed worldwide is fresh or immature (green) whole grain maize on the cob, popmaize (popcorn), and maize bread.
ref: 2016 December 15, “Maize (Corn)”, in Barbara Elvers, editor, Ullmann’s Food and Feed, 3 Volume Set, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, published 19 June 2017, →ISBN, volume 2, part III […], page 557, column 2:
text: […] (top) Calderón often grabs an elote, a street snack consisting of maize on the cob, lime, chilli powder and mayonnaise; […]
ref: 2017 May 25, Hossein Amirsadeghi, Ana Paula Gerard, “Francisco (Paco) Calderón: Cartoonist, Colonia Roma, Mexico City”, in México: A Culinary Quest, London: TransGlobe Publishing, →ISBN, page 64:
glosses: Synonym of corn on the cob.
synonyms: word: corn on the cob
maize-on-the-cob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: No other American menu could be more traditional than that offered on each and every Thanksgiving, from that first brave display of garnered harvest, when both Pilgrims and Indians sat together in amity around a groaning board: craneberries (from the fancied resemblance of their arching stems), wild turkey (often brought down with arrows), oysters (eaten from their shells), maize-on-the-cob (or made into a pudding of Indian meal), pie (of minced apples, wild grapes and nuts from native trees).
ref: 1937 November 21, Christine Frederick, “Thanksgiving Feast Tidbits”, in The American Weekly, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Corporation, →OCLC, page 25, column 2; published in Washington Herald-Times, 6 a. m. final edition, volume XV, number 9, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: “Quit bragging,” said Hookie, “and let’s go eat. What’s the old squaw got for dinner?” “Maize-on-the-cob,” said Pocahontas.
ref: 1952 January 18, Tom Anderson, “From Up Close”, in The Knoxville Journal, city edition, 113th year, Knoxville, Tenn., →OCLC, page 18, column 1:
text: [Amo]ng his [[Anth]ony (Tony) Rayner’s] new and pleasurable experiences here have been […] adventurous eating of such [delica]cies as watermelon and “maize-in-the-cob.” [But] the real importance of “maize,” as Tony calls corn, lies [not in] its appeal to the taste buds but in its key role in Ameri[can fa]rm economy. […] [Bes]ides “maize-on-the-cob” and watermelon, Tony has been [intro]duced here to pancakes for breakfast, cornbread and other [grain] breads served with meat instead of England’s inevitable [reci]pes—also, to American-style hamburgers and ice-cold [“shak]es” and “pepsis.”
ref: 1964 August 29, Mary Stevens Jones, “[E]nglish Student [Sp]ends Vacation [o]n Culpeper Farm”, in Culpeper Star-Exponent, volume LXXXIV, number 107, Culpeper, Va., →OCLC, page 1, column 1:
text: Health Food stores began displaying posters saying things like: “The American Indian, You Know, Walked!” It became a common sight to see longhairs and their chicks striding along purposefully eating maize-on-the-cob.
ref: 1975 November 14, John Keasler, “Take a walk”, in The Miami News, Miami, Fla., →OCLC, page 5 C, column 2:
text: An hour later we were stuffed with smoked fish, grilled maize-on-the-cob, barbecued beef, fried plantains, and Fanta.
ref: 1996, Neil Peart, “People on the Bus”, in The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa, Lawrencetown Beach, N.S.: Pottersfield Press, published 1999, →ISBN, part 2 (Epiphanies and Apostasies), page 179:
text: In the mood for some maize-on-the-cob, tepees, smudge sticks and Native American flute music? The eighth annual “Return to Beaver Creek” American Indian Powwow and Western Festival could be just the thing to satisfy that urge.
ref: 1998 August 7, “Fluting Around”, in Home News Tribune, New Brunswick, N.J., →OCLC, “On the Go” section, page 20, column 7:
glosses: Alternative form of maize on the cob.
remunicipalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remunicipalizes
form: remunicipalizing
form: remunicipalized
form: remunicipalized
Senses: glosses: To return to municipal control.
remunicipalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of remunicipalizing.
remunicipalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remunicipalize
remunicipalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remunicipalize
remunicipalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remunicipalize
Great Stink
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great Stink
Senses: glosses: An event in central London during summer 1858 in which hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated sewage present on the banks of the River Thames.
ESSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ESSAs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of emotional support stuffed animal
salt lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salt lamps
Senses: glosses: A lamp that radiates a pink or orange hue, made by placing a light source inside a hollow block of Himalayan salt, and sometimes claimed to have health benefits.
salt lamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salt lamp
MiC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of modular integrated construction
amesnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amesnable
form: most amesnable
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of amenable
seed cone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sēd′ kōn′
ipa: /ˈsiːd ˌkəʊ̯n/
ipa: /ˈsid ˌkoʊ̯n/
ipa: /ˈsiːd ˌkəʉ̯n/
ipa: /ˈsiːd ˌkɐʉ̯n/
ipa: /ˈsid ˌkon/
ipa: /ˈsiːɖ ˌkoːn/
Forms: form: seed cones
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: megastrobilus
;
ovulate cone
glosses: The female cone, containing ovules that become seeds when fertilized by pollen.
seed cones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seed cone
elf-child
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elf-children
Senses: examples: text: “Good-wife,” said the miller, “as sure as mill stones run round, that's an elfwoman and that's an elfchild, — or they are the fair resemblances, made by the foul spirit of a mother and bairn, for deceiving thee and me, and bringing us to shame.”
ref: 1823 September 1, The Atheneum, or, Spirit of the English Magazines, Boston, page 424, column 1:
text: [A]nd there the baby was charmed away from her, and an elf-child left in her arms.
ref: 1882, Jean Ingelow, Don Juan, volume I, Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, page 25:
text: As a result of this miserable union one elf was left alone, the Elf-child whose birth in the woods had first disclosed the fact[.]
ref: 1890, M.A. Curtois, Elf-Knights, London: Remington and Co., page 2:
text: “No wonder, then, when I was an elf-child here, and saw the little fellow I used to sport and fight with, grow pale, and pine away, it was in great perplexity of mind I was.”
ref: 1896, Maidie Dickson, The Saga of the Sea-swallow: With the Story of Greenfeather the Changeling, London: A.D. Innes and Co., page 94:
glosses: A child of an elf; a young or infant elf, especially one that has been left as a changeling.
elf-children
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elf-child
mountain-elf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain-elves
Etymology: From mountain + elf; compare Old English muntælfen, from munt (“mountain”) + ælfen (“elf”).
Senses: examples: text: King Arvid of the mountain-elves was to be there, so said the crowd[.]
ref: 1890, M.A. Curtois, Elf-Knights, London: Remington and Co., page 9:
topics: arts
fantasy
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: An elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.
mountain-elves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain-elf
elfwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elfwomen
Etymology: From elf + woman.
Senses: examples: text: “Good-wife,” said the miller, “as sure as mill stones run round, that's an elfwoman and that's an elfchild, — or they are the fair resemblances, made by the foul spirit of a mother and bairn, for deceiving thee and me, and bringing us to shame.”
ref: 1823 September 1, The Atheneum, or, Spirit of the English Magazines, Boston, page 424, column 1:
glosses: A female elf.
elfwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elfwoman
like breaking sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Well, Schultz is around after me again that night to take me to the house in the grove, and in fact every night for a month hand-running I play the captain and it is not long before I am beating him like breaking sticks.
ref: 1944, Damon Runyon, The Lacework Kid:
synonyms: like taking candy from a baby
glosses: Without any difficulty.
Tebbit test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tebbit tests
Etymology: The idea was introduced in 1990 by British Conservative politician Norman Tebbit.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cricket test
synonyms: word: cricket test
cricket test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cricket tests
Senses: synonyms: Tebbit test
glosses: An informal test of whether an immigrant in England is well integrated into the country, based on whether they support the English cricket team rather than the team of their native country.
partners desk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partners desks
form: partner's desk
form: partners' desk
Senses: synonyms: double desk
glosses: A large pedestal desk designed for two people who work while facing each other, and having a deep top and two sets of drawers, one at each end of the pedestal.
double desk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double desks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of partners desk
synonyms: word: partners desk
reformalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reformalizations
Senses: glosses: The process or result of formalizing again.
reformalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reformalization
audiophool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audiophools
Etymology: Blend of audiophile + fool
Senses: examples: text: […] audiophool who got carried away and turned into a music reproduction-equipment dealer.
ref: 1984, The Absolute Sound (volume 9, issues 33-34, page 136)
text: […] with an audiophool seal of approval. Its price is a drop in a bucket compared with the price of the other toys so vendors are laughing all the way to the bank. The effects of mains-related quackery may be positively dangerous too […]
ref: 1999, Electronics World, volume 105, page 795:
glosses: A person whose interest in high fidelity sound reproduction is taken to absurd extremes or into the realm of pseudoscience.
audiophools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of audiophool
sweet limes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweet lime
sweet limetta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweet limettas
Senses: glosses: sweet lemon
Synonyms: bitter orange
sweet lemon
sweet lime
sweet limettas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweet limetta
Metaxa sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A sauce made with vegetables, cream, olive oil, paprika, etc. and the Greek brandy-like alcoholic drink Metaxa.
Poquoson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an uncertain Algonquian word referring to marshy terrain; see pocosin.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in south-east Virginia.
blast-furnace gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The utilization of blast-furnace gas was adopted by the French engineers, Thomas and Laurens, as early as 1828; […]
ref: 1878 August 21, “Iron and Steel at the Paris Exhibition”, in The Times, number 29,339, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 1:
text: Over the past 50 years, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems has been developing “significant expertise” in designing turbines that can operate with fuels with from 5 to 90 percent hydrogen content. Often, these fuels have been refinery off-gas, blast-furnace gas and syngas produced from gasification.
ref: 2019 December 22, David McCumber, “Berkeley Pit water to power LA?”, in The Montana Standard, volume 144, number 259, Butte, Mont.: Lee Enterprises, →OCLC, page A6, column 2:
text: This uses calcium extracted from slag (a traditional waste product) and combines it with CO₂ captured from blast-furnace gas to make high-quality calcium carbonate, which the startup plans to sell as a food ingredient.
ref: 2024 August 15, “Startups are finding novel ways to recycle carbon”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2024:
glosses: Alternative form of blast furnace gas.
IAX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: Initialism of Inter-Asterisk eXchange
amnestiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amnesty + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Some Argentinean jurists contend, however, that Article 118 is little more than a jurisdictional requirement, for although it allows the National Congress to dictate where trials for delicta iuris gentium should be held, it by no means elevates crimes against humanity above those domestic crimes amnestiable by national law.
ref: Fall 2007, Gaspar Forteza, “Regarding Simón y otros: Accountability in Argentina and International Human Rights as Domestic Positive Law”, in FIU Law Review, volume 3, number 1, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2020, page 210:
glosses: Capable or worthy of being granted amnesty.
sholicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of sh(otacon) + (l)olicon.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lolisho.
synonyms: word: lolisho
God loves a trier
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Stodel put all her possessions in storage, grabbed a backpack, and set off. She commented on social media, "Is this a ridiculous idea? Yes. Yes, it is. But God loves a trier and we'll see how far I get."
ref: 2023 October 20, Rebecca McPhee, “Big Bothy Walk Completed”, in Australian Associated Press, retrieved 22 Jul 2025:
glosses: Those who keep trying are likely to succeed.
Related terms: God hates a coward
done like a dinner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: In reference to a dinner being "done," that is, finished cooking and ready to be eaten.
Senses: examples: text: Already he heard a smothered roar—
"They're done like a dinner!" quoth Featherstonhaugh.
ref: 1892 June 11, Barcroft H Boake, “Featherstonhaugh”, in The Bulletin, Sydney, retrieved 22 Jul 2025, page 22:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Totally defeated; completely finished or gone.