cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Wedgwood green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Named for Josiah Wedgwood, who used this colour for pottery.
Senses: glosses: Of a pale grey-green colour.
Related terms: Wedgwood blue
Wedgwood greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wedgwood green
world island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the world island
form: World Island
Senses: glosses: The interlinked continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa, particularly high in population and rich in resources, according to English geographer Halford Mackinder.
Vitrolite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Trade name, presumably related to Latin vitrum (“glass”), perhaps with suffix -lite.
Senses: glosses: A kind of high-strength pigmented glass.
furcoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furcoats
Senses: examples: text: He sat there listening to the dancetunes, looking at the silk stockings and the high heels and the furcoats and the pretty girls’ faces pinched a little by the wind as they came in off the street. […] Doris panted a little breathless from the stairs as she threw open her furcoat.
ref: 1936, John Dos Passos, The Big Money (U.S.A.), New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, pages 12 and 226:
text: The transporters, they were resting, sprawled out, in the back of their wagons, like leisurely gentlemen or like the hills. And in their heavy furcoats![…]—there are random traces of exhalation on the windowpane, a thin nightshirt held tight in front of my belly, crease and squeeze, yes, he is looking at me, his furcoat swings and rocks around his body like a churchbell.
ref: 1984, Péter Esterházy, “The Transporters”, in Ferenc Takács, transl., The Hungarian P.E.N., pages 41–42:
text: The people wore huge furcoats and furcaps covering their faces, peepholes for noses; […] Clara stood by smiling, holding baby Eugenie, recalling how he had played with her and her brothers so long ago by setting a lantern on the floor to enlarge his shadow on the wall and entering with his furcoat like a bear on the loose, recalling stories of doppelgangers and caricatures on the piano.
ref: 2015, Boman Desai, Trio: A Novel Biography of the Schumanns and Brahms, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, pages 234 and 309:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fur coat.
furcoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furcoat
ring bend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring bends
Senses: glosses: Synonym of water knot (“type of bend knot”).
synonyms: word: water knot
extra: type of bend knot
grass knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grass knots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of water knot (“type of bend knot”).
synonyms: word: water knot
extra: type of bend knot
tape knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tape knots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of water knot (“type of bend knot”).
synonyms: word: water knot
extra: type of bend knot
ring bends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ring bend
grass knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass knot
tape knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tape knot
Abalakov thread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abalakov threads
Etymology: Named after Soviet climber Vitaly Abalakov.
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A climbing aid consisting of a hook-like device that allows a length of cord or webbing to be threaded through two holes drilled in the ice.
Abalakov threads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abalakov thread
VSW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of very short wave.
Villari effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Villari effects
Etymology: After its discoverer Emilio Villari.
Senses: glosses: The change of the magnetic susceptibility of a material when subjected to a mechanical stress.
Villari effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Villari effect
Vansittartite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vansittartites
Etymology: From Vansittart + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Vansittartism.
Vansittartites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vansittartite
Vansittartism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Vansittart + -ism, after Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart, who held such views.
Senses: glosses: Strong opposition to appeasement of the Germans during or after World War II.
wikipedia: Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart
Related terms: Vansittartite
Vaisheshika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vaisesika
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit वैशेषिक (vaiśeṣika).
Senses: glosses: A particular school of Hindu philosophy from ancient India.
Vaisesika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Vaisheshika.
Uralian emerald
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Uralian emeralds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of demantoid.
synonyms: word: demantoid
Uralian emeralds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Uralian emerald
USG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: USGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ultrasonography.
glosses: Initialism of urine specific gravity.
USG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of United States government.
glosses: Initialism of United States Guards.
USGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of USG
Utman Khel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Utmankhel.
unda maris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin unda maris (literally “sea wave”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An organ stop similar to the voix céleste, but typically using a dulciana or a softer-scale string (or even flutes).
fur-coated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: furcoated
Etymology: From fur coat + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Higher and higher came the head, a long, heavy, fur-coated body rose, now half, now three fourths out of the water.
ref: 1904, Gene Stratton-Porter, “Wherein Freckles Nurses a Heart-ache and Black Jack Drops Out”, in Freckles, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, page 286:
text: I always found it extremely difficult to believe that this somewhat regal, fur-coated lady walking around Beverly Hills could have been married to Malcolm Lowry and lived for years with him in a shack.
ref: 2005, Anthony Slide, “Malcolm Lowry’s Silent Film Connection: Margerie Bonner”, in Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film, Lanham, Md.; Toronto, Ont.; Oxford: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 65:
text: We worked our way through the throng of fur-coated women and little girls dressed in their Christmas best red velvet frocks and patent leather Mary Janes, all of them waiting to enter the fairyland-looking Palm Court.
ref: 2013, Mary Kay Andrews [pseudonym; Kathy Hogan Trocheck], Christmas Bliss, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 225:
glosses: Wearing a fur coat.
furcoated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: An array of mackintoshed men, a few furcoated women and a huddle of shooting brakes and two motor cycles were no substitute.
ref: 1961, Angus Wilson, “Wars, Domestic and Foreign”, in The Old Men at the Zoo, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →LCCN, pages 204–205:
text: And Victoria whispered: “Well, enough was enough.” The thin blond woman smiled at Victoria. The tall furcoated woman smiled at Victoria. Even the two black men smiled at Victoria.
ref: 1979, Don Robertson, “Mischief”, in Victoria at Nine, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 107:
text: It was our second great success, and even the furcoated lady, by then only clad in the skimpiest version of the little black dress, gave me a long kiss and a hug before she went home.
ref: 2002, Tony Porter, “Past Times”, in The Great White Palace, Oxford: ISIS, published 2003, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: Alternative spelling of fur-coated.
Tisha B'Av
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tisha B'Ab
form: tishe-bov
Etymology: From Hebrew תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב (Tish'a B'Áv, “the ninth day of Av”), from תִּשְׁעָה (tish'á, “nine”) + בְּ (b'-, “in”) + אָב ('Áv, “Av, fifth month of the Jewish Calendar”).
Senses: glosses: An annual day of fasting, associated with a number of disasters in Jewish history.
wikipedia: Jewish Calendar
Coordinate terms: english: midrash read on the day
translation: midrash read on the day
word: Eleh Ezkerah
english: book read on the day
translation: book read on the day
word: Lamentations
word: the Three Weeks
Tisha B'Ab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tisha B'Av.
furcap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furcaps
Etymology: From fur + cap.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] clad in white coarse peasant coats and high furcaps, and with guns on their shoulders, bright-eyed, they are the first to climb the citadel and there they scan the horizon with their eagle eyes, awaken to freedom”.
ref: 1971, Miron Constantinescu, “The Act of Union, 1st December 1918”, in Miron Constantinescu, Ştefan Pascu, editors, Unification of the Romanian National State: The Union of Transylvania with Old Romania (Bibliotheca Historica Romaniae Monographs; VII), Bucharest: Publishing House of the Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, section 9 (The Great Assembly at Alba Iulia), page 277:
text: Low-clansmen are coarser of feature and wear their furcaps trimmed in a different fashion.
ref: 1974, Lin Carter, The Valley Where Time Stood Still, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 7:
text: The people wore huge furcoats and furcaps covering their faces, peepholes for noses; […]
ref: 2015, Boman Desai, Trio: A Novel Biography of the Schumanns and Brahms, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 234:
glosses: A cap made of fur.
furcaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furcap
stochastic terror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stochastic terrorism.
synonyms: word: stochastic terrorism
priestal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From priest + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The matter has ended in the establishment of a priestal republican despotism, under which the protestant religion is proscribed, its exercise forbidden even in private, the protestant schools are broken up, […]
ref: 1846, George Barrell Cheever, Wanderings of a Pilgrim in the Shadow of Mont Blanc, page 13:
glosses: Relating to priests; priestly.
prickmedainty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prickmedainties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prick-me-dainty.
prickmedainties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prickmedainty
pretenderism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pretender + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pretendership.
synonyms: word: pretendership
presign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: presigns
form: presigning
form: presigned
form: presigned
Etymology: From pre- + sign.
Senses: examples: text: According to anecdotal reports, one parent even wanted to presign consent forms so that the officers could return any time.
ref: 1999, David I. Sheppard, Shay Bilchik, Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence: Report, page 89:
glosses: To sign in advance.
presigned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of presign
presigns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of presign
presigning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of presign
press button
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: press buttons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of push-button.
synonyms: word: push-button
press buttons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of press button
prelogging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + logging.
Senses: glosses: Prior to logging (cutting down of trees).
Christmasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Christmas
Christmasing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In London a large trade is carried on in “Christmasing,” or in the sale of holly and mistletoe, for Christmas sports and decorations.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
glosses: Synonym of Christmas (“plants used as Christmas decorations”).
synonyms: word: Christmas
extra: plants used as Christmas decorations
Christmassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Christmas
postlogging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + logging.
Senses: glosses: After logging (cutting down of trees).
Christmased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Christmas
Christmassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Christmas
preindicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preindicates
form: preindicating
form: preindicated
form: preindicated
Etymology: From pre- + indicate.
Senses: glosses: To indicate in advance; to predict or foretell.
preindicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preindicate
preindicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preindicate
preindicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preindicate
preinform
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preinforms
form: preinforming
form: preinformed
form: preinformed
Etymology: From pre- + inform.
Senses: examples: text: It is also important to identify a backup contact and also to preinform the contacts of who is responsible to contact them from your firm.
ref: 2005, David Edward Marcinko, Insurance and Risk Management Strategies for Physicians and Advisors, page 164:
glosses: To inform in advance.
preinformed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preinform
preinforms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preinform
preinforming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preinform
precisionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From precision + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A modernist art movement that emerged in the United States after World War I, reducing subjects to their essential geometric shapes and eliminating detail.
praying shawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praying shawls
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prayer shawl.
synonyms: word: prayer shawl
praying shawls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praying shawl
Pratimoksa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pratimoksa
form: Pratimoksha
Senses: glosses: A list of rules governing the behavior of Buddhist monastics.
Pratimoksha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pratimoksha
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pratimoksa.
preb.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prebs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of prebend.
glosses: Abbreviation of prebendary.
prebs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preb.
pranceful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pranceful
form: most pranceful
Etymology: From prance + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Don't you envy our pranceful bands?
ref: 1894, Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book:
glosses: Prancing.
dhurris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dhurri
tetela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetelas
Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tetela.
Senses: examples: text: They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.
ref: 2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2023:
glosses: A triangular-folded masa pocket, filled with ingredients, eaten in the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla, similar to corn tortillas, sope and huarache, but with different fillings.
tetelas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetela
pound party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pound parties
Senses: glosses: A Depression-era social gathering to which each guest brought a pound (weight) of food or ingredients.
pound parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pound party
pottingar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pottingars
Senses: glosses: An apothecary.
pottingars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pottingar
potamographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to potamography.
potamographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to potamography.
prematurational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + maturational.
Senses: glosses: Prior to maturation.
postmaturational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + maturational.
Senses: glosses: After maturation.
postmaturation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + maturation.
Senses: glosses: After maturation.
post-COVID syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long COVID.
synonyms: word: long COVID
blackshop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackshops
Etymology: From black + shop.
Senses: glosses: A blacksmith's workshop.
blackshops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackshop
blacky-white
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blacky-whites
Senses: examples: text: The captain, his face the color of a ripe tomato, leaned over the rail screaming insults at white men who married blacky-whites, the dishonesty of foreigners, and his opinion of the whole proceedings in general.
ref: 2015, Daniel P. Mannix, Peter Ryhiner, The Wildest Game, page 243:
text: Chee-chees, blacky-whites, half castes, Anglo-Indians. Midnight's orphans. The Brits hated us for giving human form to their rapacious colonial lust.
ref: 2021, Robyn Andrews, Merin Simi Raj, Anglo-Indian Identity, page 401:
glosses: A Eurasian (person of mixed European and Asian ancestry).
blacky-whites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blacky-white
blindfold chess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of chess in which players do not see or touch the pieces, and rely only on their memory and mental image.
blockily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blockily
form: most blockily
Etymology: From blocky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a blocky manner.
oojah-cum-spiff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Coined by British novelist P. G. Wodehouse in 1923; see quotations below. From the noun oojah-cum-pivvy (“an unknown thing; a whatsit”) and adjective spiffy (“dapper, fine”).
Senses: examples: text: “[…]the first thing tomorrow, my dear fellow, I must take you round and show you my gardens.”
“I shall look forward to it keenly,” said Psmith. “They are, I can readily imagine, distinctly oojah-cum-spiff.”
ref: 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, Leave it to Psmith, page 95:
text: “All you have to do,” I said, “is to carry on here for a few weeks more, and everything will be oojah-cum-spiff.”
ref: 1926, P.G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the impending doom”, in The Strand, volume 72, page 605:
text: He thought for a long time and said, “You don’t spell it, you just say it.” The word in question was “croos”: it is a word for “lively”, “fit”, “oojah-cum-spiff” – I have no idea whether I have spelt it correctly; it is possibly the first time it has ever been committed to paper.
ref: 2014 [1987 June 6], R. W. F. Poole, “’Nuff said”, in The Buried Treasures, newspaper column of Daily Telegraph Weekend, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2023:
text: “It’s done,” Morgan said.
“Excellent. Things are looking oojah-cum-spiff.”
ref: 2015, Roger DeBeers, Sr., Murder is Forever, page 21:
glosses: In good condition, fine, excellent.
oojah-cum-pivvy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oojah capivvy (“an unknown thing; a whatsit”).
transactory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From transact + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: He proposed the individualisation of public costs and benefits, whereby each taxpayer would have a specific transactory relationship with government, and people could individually opt out of both the costs and the benefits of government programs[…].
ref: 1997, Simon Marginson, Educating Australia: Government, Economy and Citizen Since 1960, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: Of or pertaining to transactions; transactional.
transactual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transactual
form: most transactual
Senses: glosses: transactional
serial pest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serial pests
Senses: glosses: A person who repeatedly engages in disruptive, annoying or deceptive behaviour, often by targeting public figures or institutions, typically for attention-seeking purposes.
connecting word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: connecting words
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A term that links two ideas in a piece of writing, a conjunction.
connecting words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of connecting word.
FLL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of FIRST LEGO League.
bloedpens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Afrikaans bloedpens.
Senses: glosses: A form of dysentery affecting lambs and other animals.
bloodless surgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodless surgeries
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Surgery performed without transfusion of allogeneic blood.
bloodless surgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloodless surgery
bloodproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bloodproof
form: most bloodproof
Etymology: From blood + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: bloodproof paper (used to wrap meat)
glosses: Resistant to bloodstains.
flizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flizz
flizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flizz
flizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flizz
bloody-nosed beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloody-nosed beetles
Senses: glosses: Timarcha tenebricosa, a leaf beetle native to Europe, with the defensive behavior of exuding droplets of hemolymph by breaking thin membranes in the mouth.
bloody-nosed beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloody-nosed beetle
waccy baccy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "I'm smoking what I can get," says Dorthy Parker, "'Strange Fruit,' or what they are called." Well, they could be called Weird Weeds or Waccy Baccy.
ref: [1944 November 26, “Paragraphics”, in News and Record, Greensboro, page 32:
glosses: Alternative form of wacky baccy.
aenigmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aenigma
alkali bee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkali bees
Senses: glosses: Nomia melanderi, a bee that nests in alkaline soil.
alkali bees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkali bee
flag lot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flag lots
Etymology: From the lot's resemblance to a flag hoisted on a flagpole.
Senses: synonyms: battleaxe
glosses: An allotment of land at the rear of another property, with a long, narrow strip of land connecting it to the roadway.
flag lots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flag lot
all-court press
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: all-court presses
Senses: examples: text: More and more high school basketball teams each year change to the all-court press type of defense.
ref: 1961 January 6, Bill Frank, “Full Press Began by Accident”, in Battle Creek Enquirer, page 14:
text: An All-Court Press for School Prayer
ref: 1984 April 6, Beth Spring, “An All-Court Press for School Prayer”, in Christianity Today:
glosses: Synonym of full-court press.
synonyms: word: full-court press
all other things being equal
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of all things being equal.
synonyms: word: all things being equal
other things being equal
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of all things being equal.
synonyms: word: all things being equal
correctings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of correcting
every hour God sends
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: synonyms: all the hours God sends
glosses: All the time; continually.
all the hours God sends
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of every hour God sends.
synonyms: word: every hour God sends
knee-high by the Fourth of July
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌniːˈhaɪ baɪ ðə ˌfɔːθ‿əv d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/
ipa: /ˌniˈhaɪ baɪ ðə ˌfɔɹθ‿əv d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/
ipa: /-d͡ʒu-/
text: -
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: The terms knee-high and Fourth of July were probably chosen because they rhyme with each other.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: If a corn (maize) crop planted in spring has grown knee-high by the Fourth of July (Independence Day of the United States), a bountiful harvest is expected.
koudi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A very small Chinese flute.
amakihi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amakihis
Etymology: From Hawaiian ʻamakihi.
Senses: glosses: Any of various birds of the genus Chlorodrepanis.
amakihis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amakihi
amber forest cockroach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amber forest cockroaches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of amber wood cockroach.
synonyms: word: amber wood cockroach
amber forest cockroaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amber forest cockroach
amber wood cockroach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amber wood cockroaches
Senses: synonyms: amber forest cockroach
glosses: Ectobius vittiventris, a cockroach originally from southern Europe.
amber wood cockroaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amber wood cockroach
amphibiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphibiologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies amphibiology.
amphibiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphibiologist
anacardium nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anacardium nuts
Senses: glosses: The fruit of the tree Semecarpus anacardium.
anacardium nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anacardium nut
anag.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anags.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of anagram.
anags.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anag.
anal sac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anal sacs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anal gland.
synonyms: word: anal gland
anal sacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anal sac
face claim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face claims
Senses: glosses: The (usually famous) person an author or fan assigns as a lookalike for a literary character.
qualifier: spirituality
glosses: The appearance a reality shifter chooses to look like in their desired reality.
face claims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face claim.
reality shifter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reality shifters
Senses: qualifier: spirituality
glosses: A person who aims to change the reality their consciousness resides in through meditation or other means.
Related terms: reality shifting
reality shifters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reality shifter.
drs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dr.
New World quail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New World quails
Senses: synonyms: odontophorid
coordinate_terms: Old World quail
glosses: Any bird in the New World family Odontophoridae (which also includes the African genus Ptilopachus), resembling but not closely related to the Old World quails (which belong to the family Phasianidae).
valley quail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valley quails
Senses: glosses: Synonym of California quail (Callipepla californica)
synonyms: word: California quail
extra: Callipepla californica
California valley quail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: California valley quails
Senses: glosses: Synonym of California quail (Callipepla californica)
synonyms: word: California quail
extra: Callipepla californica
Virginia quail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Virginia quails
Senses: glosses: Synonym of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
synonyms: word: northern bobwhite
extra: Colinus virginianus
antimission
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimission
form: most antimission
Etymology: From anti- + mission.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Opposing a religious mission.
ash blonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ash blond
elegant quail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elegant quails
Senses: glosses: A New World quail of northwestern Mexico which is related to the California, Gambel's and scaled quails, Callipepla douglasii.
methylthioninium chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of methylene blue.
synonyms: word: methylene blue
Dear Leader
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: dear leader
Etymology: Calque of Korean 친애하는 지도자 (chinaehaneun jidoja, “dear leader”).
Senses: examples: text: Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s so-called Dear Leader, did not survive the year that opened with the Arab Spring.
ref: 2011 December 18, Evan Osnos, “Kim Jong-il is Dead”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2021:
text: North Korea has long been known for its love of titles for its leaders. Mr. Kim's grandfather, the nation's founder, was known as the Great Leader; his son, the Dear Leader. The country seems not yet to have decided on the same kind of moniker for Mr. Kim — settling for workaday titles like marshal of the military.
ref: 2013 October 25, Choe Sang-Hun, “Following Dear Leader, Kim Jong-un Gets Title From University: Dr. Leader”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2023:
text: "The teachers would say: 'Do you know where the milk came from? It came from the Dear Leader. Because of his love and consideration, we are drinking milk today,' " said Lee, looking every bit a South Korean with her dyed hair and trendy sweater.
ref: 2015 January 16, Anna Fifield, quoting Lee [pseudonym], “North Korea begins brainwashing children in cult of the Kims as early as kindergarten”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023:
glosses: A title adopted by Kim Jong Il, the supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011.
examples: text: But patriotism means standing up for your country's values, not pledging personal allegiance to Dear Leader.
ref: 2017 January 16, Paul Krugman, “With All Due Disrespect”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2023:
text: Even as Trump commands a dwindling number of Republicans willing to say the election remains unsettled, his administration is stuck trying to carry out Dear Leader's wishes.
ref: 2020 November 14, Terry H. Schwadron, “Trump gums up the transition works”, in Salon.com, archived from the original on 05 May 2023:
text: Also on Tuesday, Arizona Republicans censured Rusty Bowers, a Republican and leader in the state's legislature, after he had testified last month before the committee and denied that Trump won Arizona. Fealty to "Dear Leader" remains a tribal litmus test.
ref: 2022 July 22, Lloyd Green, “Trump, modern Nero, watched the Capitol sacked from a White House dining room”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2023:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Nickname for Donald Trump (born 1946), president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present), seen as engendering unthinking subservience among his followers.
Dear Leader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dear Leaders
form: dear leader
Etymology: Calque of Korean 친애하는 지도자 (chinaehaneun jidoja, “dear leader”).
Senses: examples: text: These people, then, are Jezza's bezzas - his praetorian guard, if you like. And - surely rather alarmingly if you are one of those Labour MPs who isn't content to hold your tongue - they seem open to using the prospect of deselection to ensure that there is a price to pay for badmouthing the dear leader.
ref: 2016 June 28, Tim Bale, “Jezza's Bezzas: Labour's New Members”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2023:
text: Like Trump, Trudeau is less a leader than a mascot. Like Trump's following, Trudeau's following sometimes comes off like a Dear Leader cult. Like Trump, Trudeau routinely elicits in his political enemies an hysterical incoherence. As with Trump, it is not known whether Trudeau has ever met a dictator he didn't like.
ref: 2016 November 23, Terry Glavin, “Terry Glavin: Trump and Trudeau, two entitled one-percenters who might get along much better than you think”, in National Post, Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2023:
text: On Sunday, Brady said, Twitter temporarily suspended her account, to which she commented: "Seems one must never make fun of the Dear Leader."
ref: 2021 July 7, Mark Moore, “Twitter suspends professor over posts mocking China's Xi Jinping”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 May 2022:
text: In fairness to MPs and MPPs of all political parties, it should be noted that blind servitude to the Dear Leader of the day is the price of career advancement in politics.
ref: 2022 November 20, Dave Schwartz, “Some suggestions for renaming Doug Ford's silly bills”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, O.N.: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
topics: government
politics
glosses: An authoritarian leader who demands unquestioning loyalty.
Dear Leaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dear Leader
CMCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CMC
missequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missequences
Etymology: From mis- + sequence.
Senses: examples: text: Independently of the selected level, missequences of TSDUS within a stream are always detected and corrected.
ref: 1994, IGIC, Inc., Telephone Applications of Fiber Optics, page 188:
text: The child may have problems putting words and phrases in their right places, and gross missequences litter his speech when he attempts utterances of any length.
ref: 2013, Mahin Hassibi, Disordered Thinking and Communication in Children:
text: Amongst RB's errors, there were few examples of blender errors, in which there would be omissions or missequences in the component sounds of target words.
ref: 2014, Christine Temple, Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology, page 193:
glosses: An error in sequencing.
missequence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: missequences
form: missequencing
form: missequenced
form: missequenced
Etymology: From mis- + sequence.
Senses: examples: text: Missequencing is caused by adaptive routing strategies used within the network or by retransmission of missed TSDUs.
ref: 1996, Seon Jong Chung, Information Highways for a Smaller World and Better Living:
text: You could missequence sounds in long words and so read 'conservation' as 'conversation'.
ref: 2007, Sylvia Moody, Dyslexia: Surviving and Succeeding at College:
text: The hypothesis that dyslexic children's unstable binocular fixation causes them to mislocate and missequence letters implies that they should be unable to locate any small visual target, not just letters.
ref: 2013, F. Lacquaniti, P. Viviani, Neural Bases of Motor Behaviour, page 137:
text: Her errors centered on the weak retrieval of multiplication facts and a tendency to missequence steps in the problem-solving process—both of which were exacerbated by her anxiety; yet, she demonstrated a solid number sense and accurate math reasoning.
ref: 2020, Jed A. Yalof, Anthony D. Bram, Psychoanalytic Assessment Applications for Different Settings:
glosses: To sequence incorrectly.
missequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of missequence
missequences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of missequence
missequencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of missequence
missequenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of missequence
DEZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of diethylzinc.
habitudinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From habitude + -in- + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to habitus or habitude.
benzoguanamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound with the chemical formula (CNH₂)₂(CC₆H₅)N₃, used in the manufacture of melamine resins.
time-motion study
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-motion studies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of time and motion study.
rockaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockaires
form: rockair
Etymology: Blend of rocket + aire
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
astronautics
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: An air-launched rocket
An aeroplane-launched sounding rocket
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
astronautics
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An air-launched rocket
An airplane-launched space rocket
Coordinate terms: english: balloon-launched rocket
translation: balloon-launched rocket
word: rockoon
rockair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockairs
Etymology: Blend of rocket + air
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rockaire.
DBZ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: This is an RPG experience DBZ fans must have, but even if you've never seen DBZ, it's still an interesting game due to the unique fighting scenes and the ability to fly around the map.
ref: 1993 April, “Dragon Ball Z”, in GameFan, page 89:
text: If you’re a DBZ fanatic, the release of Dead Zone (and the announcement of two more DBZ movies coming soon to DVD) is reason enough to purchase a player.
ref: 1998, Shidoshi, Dragon Ball Z the Movie: Dead Zone review, GameFan, April 1998, page 89
text: Even in Japan, there has been no weakening of DBZ mania, despite the fact that it's almost nine years since the series ended.
ref: 2004, Satoshi Ikeda, Martin Foster, The Dragon Ball Z Legend: The Quest Continues, page 12:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Dragon Ball Z.
cuberow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuberows
Etymology: From Amharic ቀበሮ (ḳäbäro, “jackal”). Cognate to caberù from the same source.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ethiopian wolf.
synonyms: word: Ethiopian wolf
non-mobile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonmobile.
balbacua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balbacoa
form: balbakoa
form: balbakua
form: balbakwa
Etymology: Borrowed from Cebuano balbakuwa, from Spanish barbacoa (“slow-cooked meat on an open fire”) (whence also barbecue), from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. The dish was likely named due to the similarity in the length of time in cooking and the tenderness of the meat. Compare Cebuano balbakuwa and Tagalog balbakwa.
Senses: glosses: A Filipino stew of beef slow-cooked until tender, especially in the cuisine of Visayas and Mindanao.
Related terms: barbacoa
barbecue
MOFU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
coordinate_terms: BOFU
TOFU
glosses: Initialism of middle of funnel.
BOFU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
coordinate_terms: MOFU
TOFU
glosses: Initialism of bottom of funnel.
eucalyptoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eucalyptoid
twist of the knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twists of the knife
Etymology: See twist the knife.
Senses: examples: text: But Mr. Christie had instructed the audience to listen for what he dismissively called the “memorized 25-second speech,” adding, with a twist of the knife, that it was “exactly what his advisers gave him.”
ref: 2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An action that worsens a difficult situation or increases a person's distress, irritation, or anger.
brightnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of brightness.
armchair traveller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armchair travellers
Senses: glosses: Someone who experiences travel from the comfort of their own home, for example by watching travel documentaries or reading adventure stories.
non-medical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonmedical.
LoE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LoEs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
related: word: LOE
glosses: Initialism of level of evidence.
bDMARDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bDMARD
non-adherence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-adherences
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonadherence.
MACE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MACEs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of major adverse cardiovascular event.
MACEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MACE
atchin tan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atchin tans
Senses: glosses: A traditional stopping-place for the Traveller community.
atchin tans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atchin tan
Joby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
subcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcrafts
Etymology: From sub- + craft.
Senses: glosses: A craft (branch of skilled work or trade) that is a subdiscipline of another craft.
subcrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcraft
Eugeneans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eugenean
golden arches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I wish I could make everyone a BLT. That would be the end of the golden arches, I'm sure of it.
ref: 2010, Michele A. Jordan, The BLT Cookbook, Harper Collins, →ISBN, pages 5–6:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Golden Arches.
hoo doggy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: hoo doggie
form: woo doggie
form: woo doggy
form: whoo doggie
form: whoo doggy
Senses: examples: text: “Hoo-doggy! Be careful boy. Those things can kill you.”
ref: 2011, Michael Barrera, So Shall We Pass, page 47:
text: “Hoo doggy!” I gasped breathlessly.
ref: 2023, A. K. Williams, From Different Worlds:
glosses: Synonym of hoo boy.
synonyms: word: hoo boy
Kvenland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Qvenland
form: Quenland
form: Cwenland
form: Kænland
Etymology: Possibly Old English cwēn and land. Compare Kven.
Senses: examples: text: “Nurse,” said Torfrida to the old Lapp woman […] “I will make a charm that will bring him to you, were all the icebergs of Quenland between you and him[.]”
ref: 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 10, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 166:
glosses: An ancient area of Fennoscandia and Scandinavia.
moneymongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moneymonger
Pythag.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Pythag. theorem
glosses: Abbreviation of Pythagorean.
xVx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare the use of X in sXe. V stands for vegan.
Senses: glosses: Vegan straight edge.
CoW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of C of W.
CoW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CoWs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of clerk of works.
CoWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CoW
clerk of works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clerks of works
form: clerk of the works
Senses: synonyms: word: CoW
hypernyms: clerk#Noun
inspector#Noun
<
person#Noun
glosses: A person employed by an architect or a client on a construction site, representing the interests of the client by ensuring that the materials and workmanship meet specifications and quality standards.
clerks of works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clerk of works
clerk of the works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clerks of the works
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clerk of works.
clerks of the works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clerk of the works
political blackness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] criticism of political blackness emerged from the 'Bristol school of multiculturalism'. A particularly robust critic was the sociologist Tariq Modood, who argued that the blanket term black 'harmed British Asians' by eliding their specific experiences and downplaying their own cultural inheritances.
ref: 2023, Colm Murphy, Futures of Socialism, page 173:
glosses: The use of the word black as an umbrella term to refer to all non-white people, with the aim of increased solidarity among people likely to experience discrimination based on skin color.
Related terms: political lesbianism
POC
of color
millimols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millimol
passéism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French passéisme.
Senses: antonyms: futurism
glosses: An excessive regard for the past.
Related terms: passéist
passéists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passéist