cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
worm red
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: with this stuff the files are thickly smeared all over; they are then heated in a fire of clean cokes, to a sort of worm-red, in the course of which heating each file is occasionally withdrawn, and any bends or twists corrected
ref: 1831, John Holland, A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Manufactures in Metal, Volume 1, page 309:
text: The pot is then placed in a bright coal fire, where it remains till the whole is of a worm red.
ref: 1881, William Wellington Greener, The Gun and Its Development, page 267:
text: About fifteen chaetigerous segments. Operculum hollowed to form an incubatory pouch, the calcareous lid of which is rejected after use and regenerated. Eggs red or orange. Worm red or orange posteriorly, colourless anteriorly.
ref: 1967, Nellie Barbara Eales, Littoral Fauna of the British Isles, page 96:
glosses: Of a dull, brownish red color.
red ocher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red ochers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of red ochre.
hung-wei-ping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hongweibing.
hung wei ping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Still, the real victims of the hung wei ping are ultimately bound to be the hung wei ping themselves.
ref: 1967, Jacques Marcuse, “Conclusion Inconclusive: A Postscript”, in The Peking Papers, Arthur Barker Limited, published 1968, →OCLC, page 344; republished as “The Red Guards Condemned”, in Colin Mackerras, editor, Sinophiles and Sinophobes: Western Views of China, Oxford University Press, 2000, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 149:
glosses: Alternative form of hongweibing.
red ochers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red ocher
Eilenberg-MacLane spectrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eilenberg-MacLane spectra
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In algebraic topology, a member of a distinguished class of spectra that model ordinary integral cohomology and cohomology with coefficients in an abelian group.
Eilenberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Eilenberg-MacLane space
Eilenberg-MacLane spectrum
MacLane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Eilenberg-MacLane space
Eilenberg-MacLane spectrum
Budwig protocol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Budwig protocol
Etymology: Introduced in 1952 by Johanna Budwig (1908–2003), German biochemist.
Senses: glosses: A lactovegetarian diet rich in flaxseed oil and avoiding fats and sugar, claimed to be beneficial against cancer.
wikipedia: Johanna Budwig
worm month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worm months
Senses: glosses: The month of July.
glosses: The second half of the month of July and the first half of the month of August.
worm months
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worm month
ash-red
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ash-red
form: most ash-red
Senses: glosses: Of a cool, muted shade of red, characterized by a grayish or brownish undertone.
arrest-me red
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arrest-me red
form: most arrest-me red
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arrest-me-red.
arrest me red
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arrest me red
form: most arrest me red
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arrest-me-red.
Matangi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मातङ्गी (mātaṅgī).
Senses: glosses: A Hindu goddess.
red menace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red menaces
Senses: glosses: Synonym of red scare.
synonyms: word: red scare
red menaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red menace
red shank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red shanks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of redshank.
red shanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red shank
Budwig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Budwig protocol
unguiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unguiled
form: most unguiled
Etymology: From un- + guile + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, that your fields might spread forever green, / Unguiled companions of the birds and flowers!
ref: 1890, Maurice McKenna, Poems, Rhymes and Verses, page 136:
glosses: Guileless; innocent.
unheaven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unheavens
form: unheavening
form: unheavened
form: unheavened
Etymology: From un- + heaven.
Senses: examples: text: […] the least selfishness would unheaven heaven.
ref: 1894, Thomas Prestwood Lucas, The curse and its cure, volume 1, page 144:
glosses: To annul the heavenly aspect of.
unheavens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unheaven
unheavening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unheaven
unheavened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unheaven
minacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of menace.
synonyms: word: menace
Related terms: minacious
minatory
uninsane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uninsane
form: most uninsane
Etymology: From un- + insane.
Senses: examples: text: […] and we are the two most uninsane girls in the world.
ref: 2015, Beth Kephart, One Thing Stolen, page 30:
glosses: Not insane; sane.
uniphase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + phase.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of uniphasic.
synonyms: word: uniphasic
unpacable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpacable
form: most unpacable
Senses: glosses: Synonym of impacable.
synonyms: word: impacable
inch along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inches along
form: inching along
form: inched along
form: inched along
Senses: glosses: To move slowly or to make progress gradually, bit by bit.
unplainly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unplainly
form: most unplainly
Etymology: From unplain + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that is not plain.
inch forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inches forward
form: inching forward
form: inched forward
form: inched forward
Senses: glosses: To move forward in a very slow, cautious, and careful way.
unplaining
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unplaining
form: most unplaining
Senses: glosses: Not making complaint.
unterminable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unterminable
form: most unterminable
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of interminable.
unterminably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unterminably
form: most unterminably
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of interminably.
inch up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inches up
form: inching up
form: inched up
form: inched up
Senses: glosses: To move or increase by small increments, typically slowly and carefully.
unvalidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This evidence […] of the unvalidity of Mr. Earle's argument undoes his work; but it of course does not solve the question.
ref: 1894, William Gardner Hale, "Extended" and "remote" deliberatives in Greek (page 163)
glosses: Archaic form of invalidity.
Winxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪnk.sə/
ipa: /ˈwɪnk.səɹ/
rhymes: -ɪnksə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Winxers
Etymology: From Winx + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The blog of a Winxer.
ref: 2015, winxer, Tumblr:
text: I'm a 4kids Winxer so I'm not sure, but I thought it was a blossom that made her seek out her true love? And didn't Amore use it on him too? Just asking cause I know 4kids changed things like Riven being spelled so I wasn't sure if this was another change.
ref: 2024, @SilverEyedHuntress, “Which Winx SIDE character why?”, in r/winxclub, Reddit, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2025, retrieved 04 Jun 2025:
text: Aahhh reading your excitement made my lil Winxer heart so happy. Makes me wish I could watch it all for the first time again hahaha. And yes, totally agree...movie Riven was...a choice.
ref: 2025, @aHunniBee, “I finished S3... Lets just say, its absolute PEAK”, in r/winxclub, Reddit, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2025, retrieved 04 Jun 2025:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the Italian media franchise Winx Club.
rough number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rough numbers
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A k-rough number; a positive integer whose prime factors are all greater than or equal to k.
rough numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rough number
approach wedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: approach wedges
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: gap wedge
glosses: A golf club designed to fill the distance gap between a pitching wedge and a sand wedge.
gap wedge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gap wedges
Senses: glosses: Synonym of approach wedge.
synonyms: word: approach wedge
gap wedges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gap wedge
approach wedges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of approach wedge
unremissible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unremissible
form: most unremissible
Etymology: From un- + remissible.
Senses: glosses: Not remissible.
bornivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bornivores
Senses: qualifier: functional analysis
glosses: A bornivorous set.
bornivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bornivore
bornivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: functional analysis
glosses: Describing a subset of a real or complex vector space X, having an associated vector bornology B, that absorbs every element of B.
Related terms: bornivore
inches along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inch along
inching along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inch along
inched along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inch along
inched forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inch forward
inching forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inch forward
inches forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inch forward
inches up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inch up
inching up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inch up
inched up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inch up
unguiculi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unguiculus
guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: But the prosecutor’s got you cold! You’re as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl!
ref: 1981, Daniel Goldberg (producer), Heavy Metal (film), Canadian Film Development:
text: Sitting in a comfy air-conditioned cell watching cable tv while waiting for their state-appointed lawyer to spring them on a loophole even though they're as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl. The victim is still dead and therefore has no rights.
ref: 1994 November 11, Brad Ensminger, “Hang 'Em High”, in alt.activism.death-penalty (Usenet):
text: OJ is as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl, and everybody knows it.
ref: 2000 June 13, Flykiller, “O.J. Goes on the Offensive”, in alt.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):
text: What are you talking about, Ezra? He's as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl. Sheriff Schadenfreude had been tracking his movements and connections for some time.”
ref: 2012, Michael Juge, Refurbished Soul, Book Three of the Shift Trilogy, page 140:
text: If circumstantial evidence can also be thrown on the scales in assessing the HOLC's culpability, that evidence also tends to exonerate the HOLC, while making the FHA look as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl.
ref: 2025, George Selgin, False Dawn, The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933–1947:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Conspicuously guilty.
Crediton Hamlets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England, south and west of the town and civil parish of Crediton.
Ellement
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
prime factoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prime factor
prime factored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prime factor
prime factorisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prime factorisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prime factorization.
prime factorisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prime factorisation
Valladares
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Valladares.
Senses: examples: text: Aside from a ticket for driving without a license, for which he paid a fine, Walter Valladares had no criminal record, his brother Edwin Valladares told CNN.
ref: 2025 January 26, Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, “Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Spanish.
HIM
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Initialism of His Imperial Majesty.
glosses: Initialism of Her Imperial Majesty.
Manalapan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A borough of Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Copiague
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Babylon, Suffolk County, New York, United States.
Bay Shore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Islip, Suffolk County, New York.
Sayville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Islip, Suffolk County, New York.
Patchogue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York.
Speonk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York.
Moriches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York.
Quogue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York.
Amagansett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York.
Tostito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tostitos
form: tostito
Etymology: Likely from Spanish tosta (“toast”), tostado (“toasted”), with an ending matching other brands of Frito-Lay Inc. (Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos), from Spanish frito (“fried”).
Senses: examples: text: “Hey, the Boston Tea Party worked too,” said Dennis Martin, a Brigham Young marketing professor who helped stage a Tostito-torching party this week.
ref: 1996 December 15, Earl Gustkey, “When the Chips Are Down, Put Them in a Bowl”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2025:
text: But recently Columbia University introduced “Comedy Writers’ Room,” a master class in writing a sitcom pilot, taught by Tom Leopold, a former writer on “Cheers” and “Seinfeld.” The idea was to re-create the Hollywood “room,” where Tostito-scarfing writers slag one another’s ideas and pitch their own jokes into the wee hours with the aim of overhauling that week’s script by morning. Leopold’s task, in other words, was to manufacture an experience that would combine the worst aspects of medicine, law, and business.
ref: 2006 June 5, Tad Friend, “The Room”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2015:
text: A manta ray or, maybe, a humongous Tostito — in any case, a triangular platform, stepped and undulating, doing for Brooklyn Bridge Park sort of what the Boathouse does for Central Park. Creating a visual anchor for that end of the park as well as for the riverfront, it would become a perch from which to look not just over the harbor but also back at Brooklyn.
ref: 2013 September 17, Michael Kimmelman, “A Step Up for Brooklyn Bridge Park”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2013:
glosses: A tortilla chip of the Tostitos brand.
wikipedia: Frito-Lay Inc.
Tostitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tostito
tostitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tostito
Joe-job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Joe-jobs
form: Joe-jobbing
form: Joe-jobbed
form: Joe-jobbed
Etymology: Denominal verb of Joe job.
Senses: examples: text: “People get Joe-jobbed every day,” said Meng Wong, chief technology officer and founder of Pobox.com, a Philadelphia-based e-mail account provider.
ref: 2003 October 31, Jonathan Krim, “Hate that spam? E-mail providers may save the day”, in The Idaho Statesman, 140th year, number 98, Boise, Ida., →ISSN, →OCLC, Main section, page 4, column 6:
text: I thought I'd been Joe-jobbed when I saw: === Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:16:22 Finished collecting mail from POP3 server 127.0.0.1, 21 messages accepted, 3495 rejected / Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:16:22 3495 messages deleted from POP3 server, 43 messages remain ===
ref: 2003 November 30, Wm..., “I thought I had been Joe-jobbed, I was wrong it is Thanksgiving w/e in the USA”, in demon.service (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2025:
text: It seems that Joe-jobbing has now moved to blog comment spam. I apparently pissed off one of these comment spammers and now they're going around to dozens, if not hundreds, of blogs (seems to be mostly WordPress blogs) and posing as me, posting comments in my name and linking to my site.
ref: 2006 March 11, Scott Allen, “Joe jobbing moves to blog comment spam - I'm a victim”, in (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2025:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of joe-job.
Joe-jobs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Joe-job
Joe-jobbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Joe-job
Joe-jobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Joe-job
haunted fish tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haunted fish tanks
Etymology: A traditional television set had the size and shape (cuboid) of a fish tank; the moving pictures suggested a haunting.
Senses: glosses: A television set.
Overwatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Overwatchers
Etymology: From Overwatch + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The latest hint reveals that Overwatchers are way off-base.
ref: 2016 August 10, Andy Chalk, “The Overwatch ARG takes a new direction as the search for Sombra continues”, in PC Gamer, Bath, Somerset: Future plc, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2016:
text: Only then, she was struck with an idea. What if peace broke out in the game world? She organized her fellow Overwatchers so that everyone would stop shooting, wave hello at all the other combatants, and sit in what she called, “a support circle.” Her theory was that if everyone did that, the other team would follow suit. It would be really odd, but also hilarious.
ref: 2017 February, Bill Burke, “Dad on Board: That time when peace broke out: Even when my daughter rebels, it is on her own terms”, in Melanie Hitchcock, editor, Parenting New Hampshire, Manchester, N.H.: McLean Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32, column 2:
text: Yup, the 2017 Overwatch Summer Games are here, bringing back Lúcioball with a new ranked competitive mode, and adding more outfits for Overwatchers to just chill.
ref: 2017 August 9, Alice O’Connor, “Overwatch Summer Games event returns with new skins”, in Rock Paper Shotgun, London: Gamer Network, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2021:
text: "World of Warcraft players are usually 30's to 50's and are more loyal, while Overwatchers are younger, more current, but flip more easily to other games, like Battle Royal games," said Laura, in a stunning leather Overwatch outfit that fit her like a glove.
ref: 2019 November 2, Julia Pierrepont III, “Feature: BlizzCon 2019 is chillfest for global gamers”, in Xinhua News Agency - CEIS, Woodside, N.Y., →OCLC:
text: Hey Overwatchers! Have you heard the news about Freja, the latest hero in Overwatch?
ref: 2025 March 20, Lila Hartley, “Exploring Freja: The Newest Hero in Overwatch and Her Story”, in HappyGamer, Woodland Hills, Calif.: HappyGamer, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2025:
glosses: A player of the Overwatch series of multiplayer first-person shooter video games.
Overwatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Overwatcher
blue-bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue-bottle
pine-nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pine-nuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pine nut.
pine-nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pine-nut
Black Sox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A derogatory name for the Chicago White Sox baseball team that fixed the 1919 World Series.
CVSG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CVSGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of carrier strike group.
CVSGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CVSG
cast-net
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cast-nets
form: cast-netting
form: cast-netted
form: cast-netted
Senses: examples: text: With regard to barbel, the last direction for chub is a very important one; hundreds of barbel are caught when of mere gudgeon size, either when raking for gudgeon or cast-netting for bait.
ref: 1883, Francis Francis, The Practical Management of Fisheries, A Book For Proprietors and Keepers, page 96:
text: Down Florida way the coral reefs hold huge schools of small fish which can be easily cast netted after being attracted close to the boat with a bit of chum, or purchased from bait boats or from bait stores that have big tanks to handle live bait.
ref: May 1986, Bunky Hearst, “Fighting Chair, Which Fish With Which To Fish-Got That?”, in Motor Boating & Sailing, volume 157, number 5, page 34:
text: Silver carps and tambaquis were obtained from a fishfarm and bluegills and Congo tilapias were cast-netted from Paranoá Reservoir.
ref: 1990, E. van Donk, E.H.R.R. Lammens, M.-L. Meyer, Ramesh D. Gulati (editors), Biomanipulation Tool for Water Management, Proceedings of an International Conference Held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8–11 August, 1989, page 582:
text: In South Carolina, as many as 15,000 recreational fishermen buy licenses to cast net for white shrimp over a thirty-day period each fall.
ref: 2009, Jack Rudloe, Anne Rudloe, Shrimp, The Endless Quest for Pink Gold, page 70:
text: One of the best I knew was Buddy Rogers, a backwoods cracker who cast-netted during the day and spent most of his nights frog-leg hunting.
ref: 2016, Gilbert L. Voss, A Pioneer Son at Sea, Fishing Tales of Old Florida:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: To throw a weighted fishing net and then pull it back by means of an attached line.
Derived terms: cast-netter
Related terms: word: cast net
Romeo-and-Julietesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Romeo-and-Julietesque
form: most Romeo-and-Julietesque
Senses: examples: text: With the women, of course, costuming was simple. It’s simply wonderful what a Romeo-and-Julietesque effect one can attain by the simple process of winding a string of blue beads around the north-east corner of a curly blonde head and draping a pink kimono over a skirt and waist; […]
ref: 1917 January 11, “Plays ‘Romey-oh and—’: Shakespeare’s Tragedy in the Movies a Burlesque. […]”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 37, number 116, Kansas City, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13, column 1:
text: Tempers would escalate, lines would be drawn, and this budding romance would turn into some Romeo-and-Julietesque grand passion.
ref: 1998, Bernhardt, William, 1960-, Naked justice, page 56:
text: ‘You have not “fucked up”,’ Jess began, trying not to dwell on the notion of their relationship being described in a doomed Romeo-and-Julietesque way. ‘You were just led by your emotions and did—’
ref: 2002, Gilmour, Susie, Holding out or giving in, page 83:
glosses: Alternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.
Romeo-and-Juliet-esque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Romeo-and-Juliet-esque
form: most Romeo-and-Juliet-esque
Senses: examples: text: Days of Our Lives: The John/Marlena/Roman trilogy continues as Marlena is caught in a three-way love affair; Austin and Carrie’s Romeo-and-Juliet-esque love is put to the test; […]
ref: 1992 December 28, Donna Gable, “Soaps: How the daytime plots will turn in the new year”, in USA Today, Arlington, Va., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3D, column 4:
text: Inspired by a Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend that guarana had originated from a tempestuous affair between two teenagers from rival Indian tribes, Brazilians have consumed guarana in a variety of forms: teas, tablets -- even soft drinks.
ref: 2000 June 17, Simon Romero, “INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: Industry and Nature Meet Along the Amazon; A Codependent Rain Forest and Economy”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2014:
text: ‘Aqua Cross’ was inspired by hardships of past relationships and how a personal inability to communicate can result in a number of negative situations. I inserted characters and a variety of scenarios in an attempt to create my own Romeo-and-Juliet-esque story.
ref: 2018 August 22, Kelly Seaton, quoting Austin Mariano, “Local band, NVM, talks music, inspiration and more”, in Ryann Heinlen, editor, The Dixie Sun News, volume 57, number 1, Saint George, Ut.: Dixie State University, page 1, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.
Romeo and Julietesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Romeo and Julietesque
form: more Romeo and Julietesque
form: most Romeo and Julietesque
Senses: examples: text: “I was showing the space to another couple,” says Toni Sydor of Maplewood, New Jersey-based Extraordinary Events International. “And Polly and Will [the bridal couple] happened to be there. They were so Romeo and Julietesque—the way they acted, the way they were looking at each other. They were a very romantic couple. They really stood out.”
ref: 1996, “Four from the Heart”, in Special Events Magazine, volume 15, Malibu, Calif.: Miramar Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36:
text: Or the young woman who insisted on marrying Leslie across the caste and religious barriers of their families, leading to an almost Romeo and Julietesque series of adventures: Vivi's incarceration at home, stolen meetings, and secret missives through the medium of an itinerant bookseller .
ref: 1998, Jibrin Ibrahim, Charmaine Pereira, “On Dividing and Uniting: Ethnicity, Racism and Nationalism in Africa”, in Nēthrā: A Non-specialist Journal for Lively Minds, volume 3, Colombo: International Centre for Ethnic Studies, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 84:
text: Former ’Pegger Dan Wild costars in and local singer-songwriters John K. Samson and Christine Fellows score her renowned Romeo and Juliet'''esque duet, Mischance and Fair Fortune; […]
ref: 2007 January 25, “10 Spot”, in Winnipeg Sun, Winnipeg, Man., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 6:
text: Although for the first third of the book it looks as though a Romeo and Julietesque romance has doomed the rival Kinships Brandr and Halex to a grim future of peace and prosperity, a terrible mishap provides the opportunity for mutual recriminations that very quickly spiral into open warfare between Brandr and Halex.
ref: 2014 July 10, James Nicoll, “The Kindly Ones by Melissa Scott”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2025:
glosses: Alternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.
Romeo & Juliet-esque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Romeo & Juliet-esque
form: more Romeo & Juliet-esque
form: most Romeo & Juliet-esque
Senses: examples: text: America’s current division into Red States and Blue States is given a romantic twist in the ironic Romeo & Juliet-esue Conventioneers. Set against the 2004 Republican National Convention, it explores the complicated, bitter love affair between a Republican delegate and a Democrat protesting the RNC.
ref: 2006 April 13, “Films”, in Statesman Journal, volume 155, number 17, Salem, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, “2006 Salem Film Festival” section, page 3, column 5:
text: Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams, The Notebook […] The pair won the MTV Movie Award for best kiss for their heartfelt portrayal of a Romeo & Juliet-esque couple in this romantic drama.
ref: 2006 June 2, Christine Clarke, Jen McDonnell, “Hey honey, let’s make movies!”, in National Post, volume 8, number 186, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page PM16, column 2:
text: Sharp-tongued Ros Myers (Hermione Norris) joined Section G during the fifth series. The following year, a duplicitous Government bigwig (Anna Chancellor) injected her with a lethal nerve agent but in a Romeo & Juliet'''-esque twist, Ros was revived at her own funeral.
ref: 2011 October 19, Michael Hogan, “Spooks’s top 10 moments”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 48,641, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1:
text: In the Romeo & Juliet-esque story, the stars fall in love despite their families owning competing pizza restaurants
ref: 2018 May 14, Carly Stern, “A slice of déjà vu? Emma Roberts looks JUST like her aunt Julia in a new movie about rival pizza restaurants, and even wears the same SHIRT that her actress relative modeled in Mystic Pizza”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 May 2018:
text: I had not known of the tale of Pyramus & Thisbe, an early Romeo & Juliet-esque tale. They were forbidden to meet, but planned a tryst at the Tomb of Ninus at the mulberry tree with its snow-white fruits.
ref: 2022 February 26, Jim Chatfield, “Plant lovers’ almanac: So much to love and learn about trees”, in Akron Beacon Journal, volume 183, number 317, Akron, Oh., →OCLC, page 2D, column 2:
text: By 16 her songs were on the radio, cutting through late-aughts party pop with her Romeo & Juliet-esque love stories.
ref: 2024 November 23, Matthew Jordan, “More than music, ‘she’s a generational force of nature’: [Taylor] Swift experts discuss what makes the superstar more than just a singer”, in Saturday Star, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page OP2, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.
Romeo & Juliet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: To produce the show, Susan Lyne, the president of ABC Entertainment, turned to producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, who had helped make her executive career when she was head of ABC's television movie unit by delivering productions including Annie and Life With Judy Garland. Their idea for the program, she said, had what the others were lacking: a Romeo & Juliet central theme.
ref: 2003 September 21, Jim Rutenberg, “Hunting for a Sitcom Hit Among the Misses”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 May 2013:
text: ‘West Side Story,’ the ‘Romeo & Juliet’ love story set on the gang-infused streets of New York, returned to Broadway on Thursday after a 29-year absence.
ref: 2009 March 20, Lisa Fung, “‘West Side Story’ on Broadway: What did the critics think?”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022:
text: The film updates the Romeo & Juliet formula, and narrates the story of a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl in a smalltown Uttar Pradesh setup.
ref: 2013 February 15, Priyanka Srivastava, “Is Bollywood trying to rid Muslim characters of stereotypes?”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2015:
glosses: Alternative form of Romeo and Juliet.
pinenut porridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: menu […] CHATCHUK / Pinenut Porridge
ref: 1987 March 23, Betty Holmes Reiley, “Korean gourmet banquet features nutritious choices”, in The Daily American, Somerset, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 4:
text: The restaurant serves Korean Court food at rather reasonable prices. For about $14 you can eat at the sumptuous buffet, choosing from more than a dozen exotic dishes such as pinenut porridge (chatchuk), bellflower root (toraji), and various beef, chicken and fish dishes.
ref: 1988 March 20, Don Weiss, Phyllis Wachob Weiss, “Five walking tours through the heart of Seoul”, in San Francisco Examiner, volume 1988, number 12, San Francisco, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page T-19, column 1:
text: We were less fond of the pinenut porridge, but the platters of dainty bits of meat, fish and vegetables, arranged always with an eye to color and design, are fun to look at even if you don’t like everything on the plate.
ref: 1988 August 21, Don Weiss, Phyllis Wachob Weiss, “Seoul food: Beyond the kimchee barrier”, in San Francisco Examiner, volume 1988, number 34, →ISSN, →OCLC, page T-12, column 2:
text: The lively 20-year-old internationally acclaimed musician, accompanied by her father Min-soo Chang, a violinist and music professor, dined on a variety of Korean specialties including pinenut porridge, stir-fried vegetables with noodles, kimshi^([sic]) and shinsun-ro, soup in a fairy stove.
ref: 2002 March 18, Margo Roston, “Authentic Russia on display at embassy”, in Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B2, columns 4–5:
glosses: Alternative form of pine nut porridge.
pine-nut porridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The produce is fresh, and the meat looks appealing, especially the thinly sliced rib-eye steak, ready for Korean and Japanese dishes. Don’t overlook the cans of persimmon punch and pine-nut porridge.
ref: 1986 October 30, Ellen Melinkoff, “EXOTIC: Ethnic Shops for Adventurous Cooks”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, part V, page 32, column 2:
text: Seized by the lapels with the spirit of fraternity, solidarity and sheer abundance, what foreigner can resist the “try everything” admonition? Better to concentrate, quickly, on your pine-nut porridge, for here come the spinach and octopus gelatin. […] While my host graciously explained each new set of dishes, I alternated my legs Indian-style, then straight out, trying to keep my size 12 foot from spilling the chatchuk, or pine-nut porridge.
ref: 1988 June 12, Daniel B. Wood, “Korea: Cuisine and culture in an unsettled land”, in The Berkshire Eagle, volume 95, number 373, Pittsfield, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C8, columns 1 and 6:
text: The salad was followed by pine-nut porridge, steamed sea bream, beef and vegetable “Shin-Sul-Ro” casserole, beef ribs and fresh vegetables, steamed rice and beef soup.
ref: 1999 April 21, Jane Kerr, “My Huzzzband and I: Prince Philip nods off during a speech..by the Queen”, in The Mirror, London, →OCLC, page 10, column 6:
glosses: Alternative form of pine nut porridge.
Foong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Foongs
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 馮／冯 (Féng) or Cantonese 馮／冯 (fung4).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Choong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Choongs
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 鍾／钟 (Zhōng), Cantonese 鍾／钟 (zung1) or Hakka 鍾／钟 (Chûng).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Choong Wan
lined snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lined snakes
Senses: glosses: Any snake in the species Tropidoclonion lineatum, which is found in the central United States.
Derived terms: Texas lined snake
lined snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lined snake
diuturnally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more diuturnally
form: most diuturnally
Senses: synonyms: word: abidingly
word: at length
word: duratively
word: enduringly
word: lastingly
word: lengthily
word: longevously
word: longsomely
word: prolongedly
word: protractedly
glosses: In a diuturnal manner.
chillfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chillfests
Etymology: From chill + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: His closest friend, who hed lived with in college and then in Chicago a few years after they graduated, had written him an email with the subject “Chillfest.” In it, Ed’s friend said that he and his girlfriend had bought tickets to come visit him in Montana.
ref: 2016, Ted McDermott, chapter 26, in The Minor Outsider, London: ONE, →ISBN, page 128:
text: “You’re a nightmare, and I won’t put up with it,” Madison hissed. / “You’re a mean girl, and I’m over it,” Helen said. / My heart thumped against my chest so hard I couldn’t stand it. I could deal with Principal Varone’s irritation. And I was always up for a battle with our nemesis. But taking on both at once seemed exhausting. This was not the post-epic-prank chillfest I’d planned for.
ref: 2024, Ali Terese, “When The Best Ideas Come From the Worst People”, in Free Period, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A relaxed event for hanging out.
chillfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chillfest
lipidification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Derived terms: delipidification
learnset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: learnsets
Etymology: From learn + set.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: The set of moves that a character can learn.
Related terms: moveset
post-card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-cards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of postcard.
angerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angerer
Winxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Winxer
Keswick and Intwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, that includes the named places.
reëat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reëats
form: reëating
form: reate
form: reëaten
Senses: examples: text: I opened the stomach of a seal of aldermanic proportions, who looked as if he had lately been attending a civic feast , and found in it, not turtle, but about a bushel of beautiful prawns, evidently just swallowed, and so fresh that we might have reëaten them ourselves, but for an unworthy prejudice.
ref: 1861, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, The Eclectic Magazine, page 237:
text: Thus they may happen to be reëaten by man even before assimilation.
ref: 1878, The Popular Science Monthly: Supplement, page 174:
text: ... and as bread eaten to-day may not be reëaten to-morrow , so a reality which set vital forces building the non-physical body this week can not set those forces at work next week.
ref: 1893, Mary Alling Aber, Souls, page 64:
glosses: Rare spelling of reeat.
ESSZONE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Eastern Sabah Security Zone.
palaeoartist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeoartists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleoartist.
UAEAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of United Arab Emirates Air Force.
klugy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: klugier
form: klugiest
Etymology: From kluge + -y.
Senses: examples: text: There is a klugy way around this problem, but it won’t work with justified text, and you have to indent the first line of every paragraph.
ref: 1987, Dan Coleman, Arthur Naiman, et al., “Basic MacWrite tips”, in The Macintosh Bible: Thousands of Basic and Advanced Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts, Berkeley, Calif.: Goldstein & Blair, →ISBN, part II (Maximizing application programs), chapter 6 (Word processing), page 111:
text: Those who believe that natural selection optimizes, should expect it to build a nonpunctuate mind elegantly, by building a language of thought, rather than a klugy network which has systematicity wired in a step at a time by Mother Programmer.
ref: 1990, Kim Sterelny, “Is Mental Representation Structured?”, in The Representational Theory of Mind: An Introduction, Oxford, Oxfordshire] Cambridge, Mass.: Basil Blackwell, published 1991, →ISBN, chapter 8 (Connectionism), page 182:
text: Life, all life, is potentially prodigious—the selection or persistence of the few through time resembles less the will of an omnipotent creator than the scrambling of a klugy computer programmer. (“Klugy” is computer talk for a program that is not well designed or even well understood but has, rather, been meddled and fiddled with until it works.)
ref: 1991, Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan, “Vaginal Orgasm”, in Mystery Dance: On the Evolution of Human Sexuality, New York, N.Y.: Summit Books, →ISBN, chapter 2 (Orgasm Equality), page 71:
text: We wanted to have a derived class of a built-in type. In particular, we wanted to derive objects from gnu's Pix type (which is typedef'ed to void*). We have had to do a somewhat klugier derivation that made the Pix be the sole member of a class.
ref: 1991 October 16, Kevin Karplus, “derived classes of buil-in types”, in comp.std.c++ (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2025:
text: The sprocket-remover mentioned (a.k.a. chain whip) can be home-made. I used some spare chain links and a piece of aluminum bar stock. Drilled a couple of holes in the bar and used my chain tool to rivit^([sic]) the chain to it. Didn't even have to use an HG chain :-) Net cost was $0, maybe 5 minutes time. If you want to be even klugier, wrap a length of chain around the cogs and grab the ends with a ViseGrip.
ref: 1993 September 22, David Iwatsuki, “Shimano XT cassette removal”, in rec.bicycles.tech (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2025:
text: Our workaround was the klugiest thing you can imagine, but it worked. And it was up and running on May 1.
ref: 2008, Jane C. Linder, quoting Chet Wayland, “Secret #4: Energize People”, in Spiral Up … and Other Management Secrets Behind Wildly Successful Initiatives, New York, N.Y.: AMACOM, →ISBN, page 181:
glosses: Alternative form of kludgy.
klugier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of klugey /klugy: more klugey /klugy
klugiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of klugey /klugy: most klugey /klugy
nonpunctuate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + punctuate.
Senses: examples: text: Gaudens (Oenothera). A gene complex characterized by genes for green buds, nonpunctuate leaves, white nerves, broad leaves, and red flecks on the rosette leaves (see Velans).
ref: 1962, W[illard] Ralph Singleton, “Glossary”, in Elementary Genetics, Princeton, N.J.: D[avid] Van Nostrand Company, →OCLC, page 456:
text: The similarity of the punctae suggests that all endopunctate forms may be related in their evolutionary origin and that perhaps an endopunctate condition was inherited from a single primitive ancestral stock. Such a possibility seems to be decisively denied, however, because the different groups of endopunctate brachiopods appeared, without exception, later in geologic time than nonpunctuate ones that are practically identical in all other essential features.
ref: 1969, J[ames] Marvin Weller, “Brachiopods”, in The Course of Evolution (McGraw-Hill Series in Population Biology), New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, chapter 4 (Lophophorate Animals), page 157:
text: If your network can represent X, and if the demands of a ‘nonpunctuate mental life’ require, in your view that Y and Z also be representable, then just dedicate a couple of nodes to those tasks. […] For a punctuate mind is incapable of having some thoughts, including, perhaps, survival and reproduction enhancing ones. So natural selection will tend to build a nonpunctuate mind.
ref: 1990, Kim Sterelny, “Is Mental Representation Structured?”, in The Representational Theory of Mind: An Introduction, Oxford, Oxfordshire] Cambridge, Mass.: Basil Blackwell, published 1991, →ISBN, chapter 8 (Connectionism), pages 180–182:
text: Casearia (75 spp., plus ca.100 in Old World) — By far the largest and most prevalent genus of Flacourtiaceae, and generally rather nondescript. Mostly subcanopy trees distinguished by evenly serrate, minutely pellucid-punctate leaves (A few species are virtually entire and a few nonpunctuate, but never both).
ref: 1993, Alwyn H[oward] Gentry, “Flacourtiaceae”, in A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) […], Washington, D.C.: Conservation International, →ISBN, page 428:
glosses: Not punctuate.
vaginal seeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: microbirthing
glosses: The use of swabs to transfer bacteria from the mother's vagina to the newborn baby, supposed to aid the infant's microbiome.
microbirthing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vaginal seeding.
synonyms: word: vaginal seeding
palaeoartists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeoartist
seasheller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seashellers
Etymology: From seashell + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Bob chuckled. "A throw down with seashellers. I've heard it all."
ref: 2021, Claudia Vance, Cape May Beach Days:
glosses: Alternative form of sea sheller.
sea sheller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea shellers
form: seasheller
Etymology: From seashell + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Bob chuckled. "A throw down with seashellers. I've heard it all."
ref: 2021, Claudia Vance, Cape May Beach Days:
glosses: A collector or enthusiast of seashells.
isotonitazepyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A benzimidazole derivative with potent opioid effects, sometimes used as a designer drug.
parly train
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parly trains
Senses: glosses: Synonym of parliamentary train.
synonyms: word: parliamentary train
sea shelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: seashelling
form: sea-shelling
Etymology: From sea shell + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act or practice of collecting sea shells.
sea shelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: seashelling
form: sea-shelling
Etymology: From sea shell + -ing
Senses: glosses: present participle of sea shell