cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rurban fringe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rurban fringes
Senses: examples: text: There exists what has come to be called the "rurban fringe," an area occupied by tar paper shacks and stately estates, large commercial farms and one-acre part-time farms, golf courses and cemeteries, airports and obnoxious industries.
ref: 1946, Walter Firey, “Ecological Considerations in Planning for Rurban Fringes”, in American Sociological Review, volume 11, number 4, page 413:
text: The rurban fringe conflict is between town and country.
ref: 1976, Alice Coleman, “Is Planning Really Necessary?”, in The Geographical Journal, volume 142, number 3, page 420:
text: They had produced a scheme which encompassed mixtures of each, resulting in Townscape, Rurban Fringe, Farmscape, Marginal Fringe and Wildscape categories which had been derived from the high detailed land use data.
ref: 1989, David Rhind, “Report on the Meeting of 24 April 1989”, in The Geographical Journal, volume 155, number 3, page 429:
glosses: An overlapping area between city and countryside which has some characteristics of each.
for the love of Christ
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: for + the + love + of + Christ
Senses: glosses: An expletive, used to express outrage or disgust.
Related terms: for Christ's sake
koomkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koomkie
melon baller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melon ballers
Senses: glosses: A small tool used to cut round sections of melons and other soft fruits.
Synonyms: melon ball scooper
parisienne scoop
chequing account
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chequing accounts
Senses: examples: text: In the next town he wired money to his daughter’s chequing account and kept driving.
ref: 2009, Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal, Picador (2015), page 149:
glosses: Alternative spelling of checking account.
Public Health Service
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Public Health Service
Senses: glosses: A major division of the Department of Health and Human Services dedicated to promoting the public health of the United States.
Synonyms: PHS
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A federal government agency dedicated to scientifically studying the oceans and atmosphere. The NOAA is a part of the United States Department of Commerce.
tamburello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tamburello (“tambourine”).
Senses: examples: text: Exhibition tamburello matches were then arranged with British and local American athletes as charity fund-raisers […]
ref: 2013, Gerald R. Gems, Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity, page 2:
glosses: Any of several Italian ball games resembling squash or tennis, the players striking the ball with a tambourine-like implement.
ufological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ufological
form: most ufological
Etymology: From ufology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ufology.
unuseful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈjuːsfəl/
Forms: form: more unuseful
form: most unuseful
Etymology: From un- + useful.
Senses: examples: text: in regard of the situation of this strong Fortresse, they did neither feare them nor hurt them, being upon the point of a faire promontory, environed on the one side within halfe a mile with an un-usefull mountaine, and on the other side with a faire Plaine […]
ref: 1630, John Smith, True travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 47:
text: If it is deemed to be unuseful, attempt to terminate the action or reverse the impact as much as possible. If it is a useful action compliment yourself and smile inwardly.
ref: 2011, Anne Armstrong, Awakening the Divine Within, page 81:
synonyms: useless
unusable
unutilizable
;
inutile
antonyms: useful
utile
glosses: Not useful.
vaultworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vaultworthy
form: most vaultworthy
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of vault-worthy.
dipped headlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dipped headlights
Senses: synonyms: anti-dazzle light
dim light
dimmed light
low-beam
antonyms: high-beam
glosses: The main light on a motor vehicle, with the beam in a lower angle position, to enable oncoming traffic to see.
borborygmi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡmaɪ/
Etymology: From Greek βορβορυγμος (onomatopoeia).
Senses: glosses: plural of borborygm.
glosses: plural of borborygmus.
termitarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɜɹ.mɪˈtɛ(ə)ɹ.i.əm/
Forms: form: termitariums
form: termitaria
Etymology: From termite + -arium.
Senses: examples: text: When an opening is made in a termitarium, soldiers crowd into the breach, and either stop the invaders or fill the breach with their termite dead.
ref: 2002, Frank N. Young, Jr.; Gene Kritsky, A Survey of Entomology, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 163:
text: The females are winged, but shed all but the stumps of the anterior veins after mating, before entering the termitarium.
ref: 2010, P. J. Gullan, P.S. Cranston, The Insects: An Outline of Entomology, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 332:
text: Likewise, given time, the initially rather random clay-gathering activity of termites results in a colossal termitarium, thanks to simple innate inclinations such as the preference to deposit one's ball of clay on larger balls of clay.
ref: 2012, Paul Stenner, “Pattern”, in Celia Lury, Nina Wakeford, editors, Inventive Methods: The Happening of the Social, Routledge, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: A termite colony.
Coordinate terms: anthill
beehive
vespiary
synovectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: synovectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Joint lining removal
Related terms: synovectomise
seawant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seawants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seawan (wampum).
tarakihi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɹɘkiː/
ipa: /ˈtɐɹɘˌkiːhiː/
Forms: form: tarakihis
form: terakihi
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A fish, Nemadactylus macropterus, between 30 and 60 centimeters long and found off the coast of Australia and South America.
Synonyms: jackass morwong
hotlink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hotlinks
Etymology: From hot + link.
Senses: glosses: A direct embedding of, or a hyperlink to, a resource on another server, particularly images or video.
Related terms: hotlinker
hotlinking
hotlinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hotlink
speos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek. See speleo-.
Senses: glosses: A tomb or temple carved from the solid rock
Rodi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rodis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Rodi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
glosses: A village or hamlet in Prato (Leventina) municipality, Ticino canton, Switzerland.
Fabius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Latin Fabius, name of a Patrician Roman gens, from faba (“bean”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin, of historical use in English.
Related terms: Fabia
Fabian
Fabio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fabios
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Fabio, Italian Fabio and Portuguese Fábio.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
citability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citeability
Etymology: From cite + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being citable.
Synonyms: verifiability
verifiableness
Quinto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Leventina district, Ticino canton, Switzerland.
Donato
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Donatos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Donato.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Pompeo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pompeos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pompeo.
Senses: examples: text: With one day left in his tenure, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to his taxpayer-funded Twitter account and denounced multiculturalism, saying it is “not who America is.”
ref: 2021 January 19, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, “Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Italian.
Pompei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pompeis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pompei.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Salopian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈləʊ.pɪən/
Forms: form: Salopians
Etymology: From Salop (an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman Salopesberia, from Old English Scrobbesbyrig (“Shropshire”)) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: I […] find her Recorded a SALOPIAN, and that the good Town of SHREWSBURY boasts the Honour of her Birth.
ref: 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section I:
glosses: A person from Shropshire.
glosses: A pupil of Shrewsbury School
Salopian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈləʊ.pɪən/
Forms: form: more Salopian
form: most Salopian
Etymology: From Salop (an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman Salopesberia, from Old English Scrobbesbyrig (“Shropshire”)) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: of or from Shropshire
examples: the Romano-Salopian pottery found at Wroxeter
glosses: of or from Shrewsbury
risk visualization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The systematic use of graphics (such as interactive charts, visual metaphors and mapping techniques) to augment the quality of risk communication along the entire risk management cycle.
proxy in blank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proxies in blank
Senses: glosses: carte blanche
enfeebles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enfeeble
enfeebling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enfeeble
enfeebling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enfeebling
form: most enfeebling
Senses: examples: text: This persistence was having a very enfeebling effect on Cora. It gave her the illusion that Ted Farrell was a masterful dominant and that she was being exposed to him as an incompetent noodle.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 170:
glosses: Causing enfeeblement.
enfranchises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enfranchise
enfranchising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enfranchise
expurgations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expurgation
exemplifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exemplify
encyclicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encyclical
editorialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: editorialises
form: editorialising
form: editorialised
form: editorialised
form: editorialize
Etymology: From editorial + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: "Why Dr. Beeching and his minions must persist in their distorted attitude that Merseyside is some sort of Mancunian suburb baffles comprehension", editorialised the newspaper; "they know perfectly well that in terms of population, industry and commerce this area is at least equally significant."
ref: 1964 December, “News: Pullmans for LMR electrification”, in Modern Railways, page 420:
glosses: Alternative spelling of editorialize.
editorialises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of editorialise
editorialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of editorialise
adorn'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He was adorn'd in his best garb.
glosses: Archaic spelling of adorned.
shoveled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I shoveled the snow off of my sidewalk.
glosses: simple past and past participle of shovel
shovelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I shovelled the snow off the pavement.
glosses: simple past and past participle of shovel
confessional debugging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Talk to someone else about the problem. Some people call this “confessional debugging.” You often discover your own error in the act of explaining it to another person.
ref: 1993, Steve McConnell, Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Microsoft Press, →ISBN, page 635:
text: There are two more bits of strategy you might want to consider. Many programmers find “confessional debugging” to be one of the most useful techniques around. Confessional debugging works something like this: you grab your printouts and go into the next cubicle, interrupt the programmer working there, and say, […]
ref: 2001, Paul Litwin, Ken Getz, and Mike Gunderloy, Access 2002 Desktop Developer’s Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 948:
text: If you have worked at a help desk, you have probably experienced the phenomena^([sic]) known as “confessional debugging.” A person is explaining the problem and as they do so, it suddenly dawns on them what the problem is. The act of explaining the code to someone makes you think a little more clearly, not skip steps, and so on. Confessional debugging is surprisingly effective.
ref: 2004, James P. Cohoon, Jack W. Davidson, Java 1.5 Program Design, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, pages 672–673:
text: Programmers call the computer equivalent "confessional debugging." "Hey, Eric, can you look at this code? I can't understand why it doesn't--oh! Never mind."
ref: 2004 May 25, “Mary K. Kuhner”, “Re: rec.arts.sf.compostion^([sic]) FAQ”, in rec.arts.sf.composition (Usenet):
hyponyms: rubber duck debugging
glosses: The debugging technique wherein a programmer explains a problem to someone else, and in the process realizes the source of it.
cattle egret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cattle egrets
Senses: glosses: A small egret, Bubulcus ibis, of the heron family (Ardeidae)
foremanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foremanships
Etymology: From foreman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The position of a foreman.
foremanships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foremanship
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The uniformed service of the Public Health Service and organized under the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHS Corps) is one of the seven United States Uniformed Services. The Surgeon General of the United States, a vice admiral, directs the PHS Corps, which provides licensed medical and health sciences professionals to the PHS, DHHS, other United States Uniformed Services and other government agencies.
sidetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidetones
Etymology: From side + tone.
Senses: glosses: The effect of sound that is picked up by the telephone's mouthpiece and introduced (at low level) into the earpiece of the same handset, acting as feedback; or a similar effect in radiotelegraphy, public-address systems, etc.
Derived terms: antisidetone
rose-tinted glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Christian Wolmar seems to have a particularly effective pair of rose-tinted glasses when he looks back at BR days.
ref: 2021 January 13, “Open Access: West Coast success”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 26:
glosses: Alternative form of rose-colored glasses.
editability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From edit + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state of being editable.
glosses: The conditions under which something may be edited.
Synonyms: modifiability
joint account
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joint accounts
Senses: glosses: A bank account owned jointly by two or more persons.
admiral of the fleet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: admirals of the fleet
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The highest rank in the Royal Navy and other Commonwealth navies, NATO grade OF-10, currently only ceremonial.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of fleet admiral.
synonyms: word: fleet admiral
hyperglycaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperglycaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hyperglycemia.
strapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strapons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of strap-on.
rose-colored glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rose-coloured glasses
form: rose-tinted glasses
form: rose-colored lenses
form: rose-coloured spectacles
form: rose-tinted spectacles
Etymology: Phrase appears as early as 1830 according to OED. From rose-color or rose-colored (meaning "pleasant"), from the notion that roses are widely regarded as uncommonly beautiful.
Senses: examples: text: Such captivating beauty corresponds to our protagonist’s naive idealism, and the rose-colored glasses through which he views an upper-crust world of dandies and refined intellectuals.
ref: 2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack London gets an Italian makeover in the tragic and romantic Martin Eden”, in AV Club:
glosses: An optimistic perception of something; a positive opinion; seeing something in a positive way, often thinking of it as better than it actually is.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rose-colored, glasses.
Derived terms: look through rose-colored glasses
through rose-colored glasses
view through rose-colored glasses
wear rose-colored glasses
rose-coloured glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of rose-colored glasses.
celiac sprue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coeliac sprue
Senses: glosses: Celiac disease.
coeliac sprue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celiac sprue
Senses: glosses: Coeliac disease.
mechanoelectrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mechano- + electrical.
Senses: glosses: Describing the production of electricity by mechanical motion; especially in a transducer
Related terms: electromechanical
editorializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of editorialize
editorialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of editorialize
microelectromechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + electromechanical.
Senses: glosses: Describing any very small electromechanical system or device that is larger than a nanoelectromechanical one.
Derived terms: MEMS
microelectromechanically
microelectromechanical system
microelectromechanical systems
Related terms: nanoelectromechanical
nanoelectromechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + electromechanical.
Senses: glosses: Describing any electromechanical device or system whose dimensions are of the order of a nanometer
Derived terms: nanoelectromechanical system
nanoelectromechanical systems
NEMS
Related terms: microelectromechanical
misexpression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misexpressions
Etymology: From mis- + expression.
Senses: glosses: Incorrect expression, especially of a gene
Derived terms: misexpressional
stereociliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stereocilia + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the stereocilia
stereocilium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereocilia
Etymology: From stereo- + cilium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of many nonmotile cellular structures resembling long microvilli; those of the inner ear are responsible for auditory transduction
monoecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The state of having both male and female sex organs; hermaphrodism.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being monoecious, the state of having pistils and stamens on separate flowers of the same plant.
Derived terms: andromonoecy
Related terms: dioecy
monoecious
ultrastructure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrastructures
form: ultra-structure
Etymology: From ultra- + structure.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The fine, detailed structure of a biological specimen that can only be observed by electron microscopy
Synonyms: nanostructure
Derived terms: ultrastructural
ultrastructurally
ultrastructured
Related terms: superstructure
hyperstructure
substructure
infrastructure
ultramorphology
rocket surgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A deliberate mixed metaphor combining rocket science and brain surgery.
Senses: examples: text: It's not rocket surgery. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.
glosses: Anything overly complex, detailed or confusing.
raw_tags: in the negative
Related terms: rocket surgeon
rear admiral (upper half)
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rear admirals (upper half)
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A flag officer in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps of a grade superior to a rear admiral (lower half) and junior to a vice admiral. A rear admiral (upper half) is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force major general. A rear admiral (upper half) wears a two star insignia on most uniforms and a gold stripe above a broad gold stripe on the sleeve of certain dress uniforms.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A naval officer of equivalent grade or rank in the navy of other countries.
Synonyms: word: rear admiral
word: RADM
rear admiral (lower half)
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rear admirals (lower half)
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a captain and junior to a rear admiral (upper half). A rear admiral (lower half) is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force brigadier general.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A naval officer of equivalent grade or rank in the navy of other countries, such as commodore.
Synonyms: word: commodore admiral
word: commodore
word: RDML
word: rear admiral junior grade
Related terms: rear admiral
rear commodore
logic diagram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logic diagrams
Senses: glosses: A diagram in the field of logic.
glosses: Any non-spatial, abstract diagram.
glosses: Any schematic display of the logical relationships of project activities.
glosses: A graphical representation of a program using formal logic.
glosses: A flow chart of hardware circuits or program logic.
Related terms: logic gate
heathery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛðəɹi/
Forms: form: more heathery
form: most heathery
Etymology: From heather + -y.
Senses: examples: text: From right to left, our path was barred by a frowning rampart of grassy or heathery hills, whose rounded contours broke away here and there into ridge and scarp and cliff.
ref: 1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 11:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or abundant in heather.
glosses: Like or resembling heather.
Derived terms: heatheriness
heathery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛðəɹi/
ipa: /ˈhiːθəɹi/
ipa: /ˈhɛðəɹi/
Forms: form: heatheries
Etymology: From heath + -ery.
Senses: glosses: A place where varieties of heath are grown in a controlled environment.
glamourie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of glamoury.
citeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of citability.
hold tight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds tight
form: holding tight
form: held tight
form: held tight
Senses: examples: text: Hold tight to that vase, and don't drop it.
text: Hold tight to me: the bus is going round a sharp bend.
text: Hold me tight and kiss me.
text: I would not have described No. 6024 as a rough rider, but it was certainly a hard one and the wisdom of Inspector Hancock's advice to "hold tight" over this stretch soon became apparent.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 105:
glosses: To hold onto something securely or closely.
examples: text: Hold tight, I will go and look for your orders in our back room.
glosses: To remain patient, until a specified event occurs.
Synonyms: sense: hold onto something securely
word: clasp
word: grasp
word: grip
sense: remain in place
word: break a lance
sense: remain in place
word: stand firm
sense: remain in place
word: stay
hold tight
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Hold tight Asznee, he's got the pumpy.
glosses: A phrase used to shout out or show appreciation for someone, often in the context of music, especially grime or drum and bass scenes.
Related terms: hang tight
imbroglii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈbɹəʊliː/
Forms: form: imbroglios
Senses: examples: text: Unlawful connexions, indeed, are a fruitful source of trouble, and produce some of the most interesting imbroglii in life.
ref: 1878: Sydney Smith, Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, Macvey Napier, William Empson, George Cornewall Lewis, Henry Reeve, Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot, and Harold Cox, The Edinburgh Review: or Critical Journal, page 533 (A. and C. Black)
text: 16 imbarazzi, imbroglii, madia
ref: 2007: ICON Group International, Inc., Webster’s Culioli Corsican to English Crossword Puzzles: Level 5, Puzzle №71, page 75 (ICON Group International, Inc.)
text: Gioacchino Rossini composed many brilliant imbroglii in such operas as The Barber of Seville, but he did not invent the form, he inherited it from the natural way of speaking Italian when you are in passionate disagreement with another native speaker of the language.
ref: 2008, Charles Shere, Roman Letters, Ear Press, →ISBN, page 125:
glosses: plural of imbroglio
Mantchou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Manchu.
XP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of extreme programming.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of xeroderma pigmentosum.
XP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XP
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of experience point.
Related terms: sense: experience point
word: HP
sense: experience point
word: MP
XP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XPs
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of extreme prix; xPrix (from being an extreme grand prix).
Related terms: sense: motorsports
word: EP
sense: motorsports
word: GP
sense: motorsports
word: XE
XP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of Windows XP, standing for experience.
XP
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Combination of prefix P and prefix modifier X.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: eXperimental, Pursuit, fighter (prefix)
Derived terms: XP-90
XP-53
Related terms: XA
XB
XC
XF
XQ
X-plane
YP
XP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XPs
Etymology: X is a variable which can stand for letters representing parts of speech such as: N (noun), V (verb), P (preposition), etc.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
qualifier: X-bar theory
glosses: Initialism of X Phrase (“a phrase which consists of either: (1) an optional specifier and an X-bar phrase, or (2) a conjunction sandwiched between two other XPs, where X refers to an arbitrary part of speech”).
Hyponyms: AP
IP
NP
PP
VP
experience points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: experience point
Etymology: From experience + points.
Senses: examples: text: He got a few experience points by killing two zombies and two spiders.
synonyms: EXP
XP
experience
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: A system of points which, when a predetermined amount is accumulated by a player character, causes them to level up. This is one of the core mechanics of many role-playing games.
Derived terms: EXP
XP
Related terms: skill point
EXP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /iː ɛks piː/
Forms: form: EXP
Senses: related: word: XP
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of experience point.
glosses: Initialism of expiry date.
experience point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: experience points
Senses: glosses: singular of experience points
cover story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover stories
Senses: examples: text: We didn't even think it was that important, at first, and yet by the end of the week it had become the cover story of the next issue.
text: It's ironic that the day before the Prime Minister confirmed the go-ahead for HS2, RAIL 898 hit my doormat with a cover story 'Is reopening the GC a viable alternative to HS2?'
ref: 2020 May 6, “Letters: Open Access”, in Rail, page 48:
topics: media
glosses: A story included in a publication that is highlighted on the front cover.
examples: text: The cover story of an intelligence agent posing as a foreign service officer is called a diplomatic cover in the trade.
text: "This is just a cover story," Clay says to O5-8, not taking his eyes off Marion. "It's a good one, but she's had it worked out in advance."
"Clay, lose the piece," says the O5.
Grudgingly, Clay does so.
ref: 2008–2021, qntm, “We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 9:
topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
glosses: A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive.
glosses: Any fictitious account used to hide, distract from, or falsely explain the truth which one intends to conceal.
Related terms: backstory
cock-and-bull story
cover girl
cover boy
undercover
front page
likely story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: likely stories
Senses: examples: text: He told me he couldn't come because his budgie had fallen ill. A likely story!
glosses: Used to suggest that someone's story or excuse is a lie.
glamoury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlaməɹi/
ipa: /ˈɡlæməɹi/
Forms: form: glamourie
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots glamourie (“magic”), alteration of Middle English gramarie (as glamour is of Middle English gramere), from Old French grammaire, Doublet of glamour, gramarye, grammar, and grimoire.
Senses: glosses: magic
Related terms: gramarye
ridden hard and put away wet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rode hard and put up wet
Etymology: From the inadvisable practice of riding a horse, and then stabling it while it is still coated in sweat, rather than brushing and grooming it properly afterwards.
Senses: glosses: past participle of ride hard and put away wet
ridden hard and put away wet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: rode hard and put up wet
Etymology: From the inadvisable practice of riding a horse, and then stabling it while it is still coated in sweat, rather than brushing and grooming it properly afterwards.
Senses: examples: text: However, much more is needed, much more. Farmers throughout the Nation feel that they have been "ridden hard and put away wet."
ref: 1978, Subcommittee on Conservation; Credit, United States Congress, Amend Credit Provisions for Farm and Rural Development Programs, page 62:
text: The Oriskany had been ridden hard and put away wet at the end of the Vietnam War, without an overhaul or proper preservation.
ref: 1988, John F. Lehman, Command of the Seas: A Personal Story, page 174:
text: Alexandra collapsed onto the leather couch in the library, feeling as if she were a horse who had just been ridden hard and put away wet.
ref: 1995, Linda Howard et al., Everlasting Love, page 293:
glosses: Mistreated; not properly cared for.
examples: text: That's what my mama would call rode hard and hung up wet.
ref: 2022, Ryan Binaco, To Leslie:
qualifier: potentially offensive; chiefly applied to women; potentially offensive; chiefly applied to women
glosses: Presumed to have had a significant number of lovers and showing the signs of overuse.
Related terms: driven hard and put away smoking
syllabe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syllabes
Etymology: From French syllabe.
Senses: examples: text: A Syllabe is a part of a word that may of itself make a perfect sound; and is sometimes of one only letter, which is always a vowel; sometimes of more.
ref: 1838, Barry Cornwall, The Works of Ben Jonson with a Memoir of His Life and Writings, London, p.776 (The English Grammar, Chap. VI)
glosses: Obsolete form of syllable.
non-sequential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonsequential
Etymology: From non- + sequential.
Senses: glosses: Not sequential.
Related terms: parallel
asteroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdəl
Forms: form: more asteroidal
form: most asteroidal
Etymology: From asteroid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an asteroid
Derived terms: interasteroidal
Manichaeanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Manichaeism.
autochthony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒkθəni/
Forms: form: autochthonies
Etymology: From autochthon + -y, calque of German Autochthonie.
Senses: glosses: An aboriginal condition or state.
Related terms: autochthonous
conservativism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conservativisms
Etymology: From conservative + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Rare form of conservatism.
Derived terms: neoconservativism
choro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choros
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese choro (“lament”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of Brazilian popular music
inarguably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From inarguable + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: unarguably#Adverb
;
see more at indubitably
antonyms: arguably#Adverb
glosses: Certainly; without the possibility of argument or debate.
hydrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrographs
Etymology: From hydro- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A graph of flow past a point in a river versus time.
examples: text: A comparison of Silurian dolomite aquifer water-level hydrographs and pumpage graphs indicates that in general water-level decline is directly proportional to pumpage and suggests that recharge balances discharge.
ref: 1962, Arthur John Zeizel, Ground-water resources of Du Page County, Illinois:
glosses: A graph of water table versus time.
fleeter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of fleet: more fleet
fleeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleeters
Senses: examples: text: The response of a dispersed ownership, however, could not parallel that of a unified one as in the case of the Yarmouth fleeters.
ref: 2002, Trevor Lummis, Occupation and Society: The East Anglian Fishermen 1880-1914, page 32:
text: The ships that initially arrived in Australia with convict cargo were called the First Fleet. Those aboard were consequently the First Fleeters.
ref: 2010, Adam Ward, Everything You Didn't Need to Know About Australia:
glosses: A member of a fleet.
fleetest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fleet: most fleet
ticket-inspector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ticket-inspectors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ticket inspector.
Pio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island of Makira-Ulawa, Solomon Islands.
Related terms: Pio Del Pilar
Petrarca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Petrarcas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Petrarca.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
lousing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of louse
lousing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lousings
Senses: examples: text: Louse powders may be used with success, but being a wasteful method of applying an insecticide are not recommended. Impregnation of the underwear is the most promising method of louse control between lousings.
ref: 1920, Experiment Station Record, volume 41, United States. Office of Experiment Stations, page 458:
synonyms: delousing
glosses: The process of removing lice.
crushed sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crushed sugars
Senses: examples: 1828. Alexander M'Donnell. Colonial Commerce: Comprising an Inquiry Into the Principles ..., J. Murray, page 236,
The crushed sugars, which are now imported from England, do not pay the high duty of 16 1/2 florins...
1872. Horace Greeley. The Great industries of the United States, being an historical summary of the origin, growth, and perfection of the chief industrial arts of this country, Burr & Hyde, page 259,
In the manufacturing of crystal and crushed sugar, the preliminary processes are the same as loaf sugar...
2001. Helen Myhre, Mona Vold, Farm Recipes and Food Secrets from the Norske Nook, University of Wisconsin Press, 2001, page 256,
Dip the top in slightly beaten egg whites, then into the crushed sugar.
synonyms: refined sugar
glosses: A type of sugar that is crushed into lumpy, white granules.
crushed sugars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crushed sugar
bat away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bats away
form: batting away
form: batted away
form: batted away
Senses: examples: text: The ball can still be batted away with one or both hands. It can be batted from a player's hands or batted away during a shot.
glosses: To knock an object, usually a ball, away from oneself.
examples: text: For his part, Hank Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary - asked about the impact of US energy policies on food prices on Friday - tried to bat away the question.
ref: 2008 April 13, Robin McKie, Heather Stewart, “Hunger. Strikes. Riots. The food crisis bites”, in The Observer:
glosses: To avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To use one's own judgment to aggressively swing at pitches, rather than following a coaches instructions.
raw_tags: of a batter
topics: arts
circus
hobbies
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: To use any means to take the money of participants in a circus gaming attraction.
accidentally on purpose
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: accidentally-on-purpose
Senses: examples: text: However, having accidentally-on-purpose got hold of a piece of the fish, down it went; and, apparently thinking that under the circumstances he might do worse, he set to work with no ill-will or appetite, and soon got through a good part of a haddock.
ref: 1860, Cornwall Simeon, Stray Notes on Fishing and Natural History, page 159:
text: What do you suppose she meant when she said, what had she done? Eh? Maybe it come to her then as she might have left them keys about, accidental on purpose.
ref: 1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon:
text: When a buffalo charges at her husband, Margot, directly in back of him and standing up in Wilson's open car, fires toward the buffalo and kills Francis — whether accidentally, on purpose, or accidentally on purpose, H. leaves ambiguous.
ref: 2003, The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, edited by Steven R. Serafin and Alfred Bendixen, page 512 (entry "Hemingway")
text: “Or maybe,” Jack added, “her mother accidentally on purpose lost it.”
ref: 2008, Karen White, The House on Tradd Street:
glosses: Deliberately, though apparently accidentally.
Related terms: casu consulto
never-ending
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The story of upkeep has been never-ending. Between 1997-2000, a major programme of maintenance entailed replacing superstructure timbers - 50 main rail beams were replaced with greenheart, along with a similar number of edge beams.
ref: 2020 August 12, Andrew Mourant, “The tide is turning for a Victorian wonder”, in Rail, page 51:
text: But fans’ emotions are no longer filtered through ticket or album sales; they’re heard directly, constantly, at all hours, on all the platforms people visit to generate and extinguish bad feelings in a never-ending cycle.
ref: 2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: Alternative form of neverending.
chlorophyllic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chlorophyllic
form: most chlorophyllic
Etymology: From chlorophyll + -ic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, resembling or derived from chlorophyll
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing chlorophyll
raw_tags: of a plant
bocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bocses
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A BOCS representation of an algebraic structure
chromospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chromosphere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the chromosphere
Derived terms: chromospherically
vestrymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vestryman
heliospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heliospheric
form: most heliospheric
Etymology: From heliosphere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the heliosphere
on all-fours
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of on all fours.
helioseismological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more helioseismological
form: most helioseismological
Etymology: From helio- + seismological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to helioseismology.
Derived terms: helioseismologically
royalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɔɪəlɪzm/
Forms: form: royalisms
Etymology: From royal + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Impassioned allegiance to or advocacy of the establishment, maintenance, and/or interests of a particular king, royal house, or kingly dynasty; sometimes extended to the same of a non-royal (i.e., grand ducal, imperial, or other) family or sovereign; often contrasted with monarchism.
Related terms: word: roy
word: royal
word: royalist
word: royalistic
word: royalistical
word: royalistically
word: royally
word: royalty
word: king
word: kingly
word: queen
word: queenly
english: unit of currency
translation: unit of currency
alt: from Latin: rēgālis
word: real
word: regal
non-royal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + royal.
Senses: glosses: Not royal; not related to or of the nature of a king or queen.
quadrupedally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From quadrupedal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The basic pattern of limb action in quadrupedally running lizards is the trot, in which body support is maintained by diagonally opposite limbs.
ref: 1962, R. C. Snyder, “Adaptations for Bipedal Locomotion of Lizards”, in American Zoologist, volume 2, number 2, page 192:
glosses: In the manner of an animal that walks on four feet or four legs.
Related terms: quadrupedal
grand ducal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡɹænd ˈdjukəl/
Forms: form: grand-ducal
form: grandducal
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a grand duke or duchess, his or her family, a grand dukedom, or grand duchy.
grand duchess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand duchesses
Senses: glosses: The wife or widow of a grand duke.
glosses: The wife of a grand prince.
glosses: A daughter or granddaughter of a sovereign (czar or later emperor) of the Russian Empire or a pretender to the throne thereof.
Related terms: grandducal
grand duchy
grand princess
archduchess
grand dukedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand dukedoms
Senses: glosses: The title of grand duke or grand duchess, with its pertaining privileges and obligations; contrast grand duchy.
grand duchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grand duchies
Senses: glosses: The territory owned, ruled, or reigned over by a grand duke or grand duchess; contrast grand dukedom.
tieback wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tieback walls
Senses: glosses: A brick wall reinforced with horizontal wires for stability.
word on the street
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The rumour or news going around.
Related terms: word on the wire
griefer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹifɚ/
ipa: /ˈɡɹiːfə/
rhymes: -iːfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: griefers
Etymology: From grief + -er. First attested in the early 2000s.
Senses: examples: text: First, be a tree; in other words, ignore the griefer. This approach can be very effective because most griefers want you to get pissed off, and if you don't, they may move on to more fertile targets.
ref: 2007, Brian A. White, Second Life: A Guide to Your Virtual World, Que Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Julian Dibbell's description of griefer culture demonstrates a high degree of congruence with Huizinga's description of the spoilsport. The griefers have indeed “made a new community,” loosely organized on somethingawful.com and the /b/ forum of 4chan.org
ref: 2011, Kristie Miller, Marlene Clark, Dating: Philosophy for Everyone, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: “[…]Maybe we can set up a trap for the griefer.” “That's an amazing idea!” said Kyra. “ What type of trap?” asked Steve. “We can create something very valuable that the griefer might want to steal or destroy and we can wait by it until the griefer arrives.
ref: 2015, Winter Morgan, The Mystery of the Griefer's Mark: An Unofficial Gamer's Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
topics: games
gaming
glosses: One who griefs: a player who plays a game primarily to reduce other players’ enjoyment of it.
Related terms: carebear
stirrer
troll
troublemaker
indecent liberties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indecent liberty
fating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fate
queer fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwiːɹˌfɪʃ/
Forms: form: queer fish
Senses: examples: text: He’s known amongst us as the Arab. I’ve had my eye on him ever since he came to the place. A queer fish he is. I always have said that he’s up to some game or other.
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
text: To these people, native and European, he was a queer fish, but they were used to queer fish, and they took him for granted; the world was full of odd persons, who did odd things; and perhaps they knew that a man is not what he wants to be, but what he must be.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 54”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
text: Harry is a queer fish indeed. He is suspicious of everybody and everything.
ref: 1974 April 21, Vincent Canby, “Movie Review: The Conversation”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Feb 2014:
glosses: An odd or eccentric person.
Synonyms: odd fish
strange fish
weirdo
strange person