cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
floating islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floating island
chequered flags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chequered flag
back rows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back row
Rockefellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rockefeller
shoulder joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoulder joint
tulpas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tulpa
townlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of townland
fukuchilite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fukuchilites
Etymology: Nobuyo Fukuchi, Japanese mineralogist, + -lite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A copper iron sulphide, believed by some to be a form of villamaninite.
gallimaufries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallimaufrays
form: gallimaufreys
Senses: glosses: plural of gallimaufry.
colubrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colubrid
dedifferentiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dedifferentiation
handlebodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handlebody
polka-dots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polka-dot; alternative spelling of polka dot.
polka-dots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polka-dot
micronuclei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micronucleus
saturable reactors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saturable reactor
wheelie bins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheelie bin
sororates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sororate
beer tents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beer tent
xylans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylan
lock-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lock-in
unpopularities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unpopularity
Calayan rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Calayan rail
knee-tremblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knee-trembler
tirailleurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tirailleur
zebra fishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zebra fish; alternative spelling of zebrafish.
space velocities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of space velocity
reluctance motors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reluctance motor
Accadians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Accadian
arteriolae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arteriola
narcos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narco
cottontails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cottontail
dog and bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog and bone
supply lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supply line
shit houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shit house; alternative spelling of shithouse.
jaileresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaileress
colocynths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colocynth
reemploys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reemploy
reemploying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reemploy
reemployed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reemploy
logologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logology
logology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logologies
Etymology: From logo- + -ology. In the sense “recreational linguistics” popularized by Dmitri Borgmann in Language on Vacation (1965).
Senses: synonyms: lexicology
glosses: The scientific study of words.
glosses: The study of logos (visual symbols or emblems).
examples: text: [Another] such curiosity may be stumbled upon by someone interested in logology and in command of more than one language.
ref: 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities, Scribner, page 124:
synonyms: recreational linguistics
glosses: The study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on letter patterns.
topics: lifestyle
religion
coordinate_terms: numerology
glosses: The study of words in search for divine truth.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The field of recreational linguistics.
Derived terms: logological
logologist
cryosurgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryosurgeon
Related terms: cryosurgery
split ends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of split end
kachina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈt͡ʃiː.nə/
ipa: /kəˈt͡ʃi.nə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Forms: form: kachinas
form: Kachina
form: katchina
form: katcina
form: Katcina
form: katsina
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi katsina.
Senses: glosses: A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).
synonyms: kachina doll
kachina figure
glosses: A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
glosses: A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.
Related terms: Niman Kachina
San Francisco Peaks
Soyal
lappas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lappa
publicly-held
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of publicly held.
insider trading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Wall Street wants repeal of the provisions for penalizing executives (and large stockholders) who trade in their company's securities. It claims that publicity on such "insider" trading is enough.
ref: 1942 February 9, “Back to Philadelphia”, in Time:
text: The aim of insider trading law is simple: prohibit people from profiting from advance knowledge of a stock-moving event—be it a merger, an earnings warning or a soon-to-be-published news story.
ref: 2003 June 5, Jake Ulick, “Insider trading: A primer”, in CNNMoney.com, retrieved 25 Oct 2008:
topics: business
finance
law
glosses: The illegal trading of a public company's stock or other securities based on material, nonpublic information about the company.
Synonyms: inside dealing
inside trading
insider dealing
Hypernyms: fraud
white-collar crime
Related terms: inside job
inside man
insider trade
inside trader
MNPI
inside information
insider dealing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insider dealings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of insider trading.
synonyms: word: insider trading
rose chafer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rose chafers
Senses: synonyms: green rose chafer
rose beetle
rose bug
glosses: A metallic-green beetle, Cetonia aurata, with a distinct V-shaped scutellum, found over central and southern Europe.
synonyms: rose beetle
rose bug
glosses: A tan-colored beetle, Macrodactylus subspinosus, found in North America.
backplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backplanes
Etymology: From back + plane.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
vaster
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of vast: more vast
vastest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of vast: most vast
superextensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + extensive.
Senses: glosses: very extensive; vast
examples: text: According to Tsallis (1988), the entropy was extensive for T = 1, superextensive for t < 1 and subextensive for t > 1.
ref: 2000, Roman Teisseyre, Eugeniusz Majewski, Earthquake Thermodynamics and Phase Transformation in the Earth's Interior, →ISBN:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having a combined system entropy that exceeds the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
ultraextensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + extensive.
Senses: glosses: extremely extensive
crying uncle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry uncle
throw one's hat in the ring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws one's hat in the ring
form: throwing one's hat in the ring
form: threw one's hat in the ring
form: thrown one's hat in the ring
form: throw one's hat into the ring
Etymology: From the former practice of throwing one's hat into the boxing ring in order to challenge a boxer.
Senses: examples: text: At that time her chances had been excellent. But then two other people had thrown their hats in the ring, Joan Voller and Sidney Hamilton, and both of them were colleagues on State Executive.
ref: 2009, Patricia Shaw, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 107
synonyms: put one's name in the hat
toss one's hat in the ring
glosses: To announce one's candidacy in a contest.
Related terms: throw down the gauntlet
pulchrify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈpəl.kɹəˌfaɪ/
Forms: form: pulchrifies
form: pulchrifying
form: pulchrified
form: pulchrified
Senses: glosses: To beautify.
Related terms: pulchritude
pulchrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pulchrous
form: most pulchrous
Etymology: From Latin pulchrum (“beautiful”) + -ous.
Senses: glosses: beautiful
Related terms: pulchritude
fastigiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/
Forms: form: more fastigiate
form: most fastigiate
Etymology: From New Latin fastīgiātus (“peaked”) (from fastīgium), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The branches of this species are fastigiate.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Erect and parallel.
examples: text: This is a fastigiate variety.
topics: agriculture
biology
botany
business
horticulture
lifestyle
natural-sciences
glosses: Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
examples: text: The grains are 3-colporate and fastigiate.
topics: biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
palynology
physical-sciences
glosses: Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.
examples: text: We ascended the top of that noted hill, called Roseberry, or Ounsberry Topping, the top whereof is fastigiate, like a sugar-loaf, and serves for a sea-mark […]
ref: 1662, John Ray, “Itineraries”, in Memorials of John Ray, Ray Society, published 1846, page 148:
glosses: Tapering to a point
Derived terms: fastigiated
fastigiation
subfastigiate
fastigiate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/
Forms: form: fastigiates
Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: An evening spent with a good catalogue or gardening encyclopaedia will reveal an astonishingly wide range of both weepers and fastigiates.
ref: 1971, Anne Scott-James, Osbert Lancaster, Down to Earth, published 2004, →ISBN, page 23:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.
fastigiates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fastigiate
probationary period
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: probationary periods
Senses: glosses: A period during which a new employee is monitored to assess his/her capability.
Synonyms: probation
neuroligin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroligins
Etymology: From neuro- + Latin ligō (“bind”) + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of transmembrane proteins that bind to neurexins
sarcopterygian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcopterygians
Etymology: From Sarcopterygii + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: […] actinopterygians have 'ray fins' which are supported by a series of narrow cartilaginous or bony rods called radials, while sarcopterygians have 'lobe fins' supported by a single basal bone and with muscles that can modify the posture of the fin.
ref: 1997, Michael J. Benton, Vertebrate Palaeontology, 2nd edition, Chapman & Hall, →ISBN, page 64:
text: Many sarcopterygians have a lung as a respiratory organ.
ref: 2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 63:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any lobe-finned fish of the class Sarcopterygii, including the lungfish and coelacanths.
examples: 2004, M. L. J. Stiassny, E. O, Wiley, G. D. Johnson, M. R, de Carvalho, 24: Gnathostome Fishes, Joel Cracraft, Michael J. Donoghue (editors), Assembling the Tree of Life, page 415,
All sarcopterygians are characterized by the evolutionary innovation of having the pectoral fins articulating with the shoulder girdle by a single element, known as the humerus in tetrapods.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the clade that contains both lobe-finned fish and tetrapods (land vertebrates).
Synonyms: lobefin
hyomandibula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyomandibulas
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The bony or cartilaginous portion of the upper hyoid arch in some fish
Related terms: hyomandibular
terrestriality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From terrestrial + -ity.
Senses: antonyms: extraterrestriality
glosses: The property of being from the planet Earth.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Adaptation to living on the ground (rather than in the trees or seas)
built like a tank
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Standing 6'8" and built like a tank, Adam was not a man to be messed with.
glosses: Broad-shouldered and of solid, muscular build.
raw_tags: of a man
qualifier: machine; building; machine; building
glosses: Sturdy; exceptionally well constructed.
raw_tags: of a vehicle
Related terms: built like a brick shithouse
komatiite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: komatiites
Etymology: From Komati + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of ultramafic mantle-derived volcanic rocks that have a high magnesium content.
Derived terms: komatiitic
Related terms: kimberlite
widgiemoolthalite
komatiitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more komatiitic
form: most komatiitic
Etymology: From komatiite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or containing komatiite
cleaner fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleaner fishes
form: cleaner fish
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of many unrelated fishes that provide a service to other fish species by removing dead skin and parasites.
pulmonary function test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulmonary function tests
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A test of the function of lungs, such as spirometry.
Related terms: pneumotachograph
maniraptoran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maniraptorans
Etymology: Maniraptora + -an
Senses: examples: text: Unlike lizards and many other dinosaur groups, maniraptorans (including birds) do not shed their skin in large sections, as this would interfere with the feathers.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 125:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of advanced theropods, of the clade Maniraptora, thought to be ancestors of both dinosaurs and birds.
therapod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of theropod.
oviraptorosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oviraptorosaurs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of beaked, feathered dinosaurs of the order Oviraptorosauria.
Cotton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English cottūn (“cottage farmstead”), from cot (“cottage”) + tūn (“homestead”).
Senses: glosses: The name of several settlements around the world
glosses: The name of several settlements around the world
A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0645).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Far Cotton
Cotton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew קָתָן (katan, “small”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
Derived terms: Cotton-Mouton effect
go up in smoke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes up in smoke
form: going up in smoke
form: went up in smoke
form: gone up in smoke
Senses: synonyms: word: go up in flames
word: catch on fire
word: catch fire
word: combust
word: conflagrate
word: fire
word: go up in flames
word: go up in smoke
word: ignite
word: light
word: spunk
word: take fire
glosses: To catch fire and burn.
examples: text: Near-synonym: evaporate
text: When the bank refused the credit, all our plans went up in smoke.
text: There's a gypsy down on Bleecker Street
I went in to see her as a kind of joke
And she lit a candle for my love luck
And eighteen bucks went up in smoke
ref: 1976, Joni Mitchell, Song for Sharon:
synonyms: burn down
burn up
come to nothing
end in smoke
go up in flames
glosses: To be completely ruined, devastated, or reduced to nothingness.
caridoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caridoids
Senses: glosses: Any of various crustaceans related to shrimp.
caridoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to caridoids; being a caridoid.
Derived terms: caridoid escape reaction
come to nothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes to nothing
form: coming to nothing
form: came to nothing
form: come to nothing
Senses: examples: text: The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nothing if the US Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.
text: Another scheme for electrifying the Swansea & Mumbles also dates from 1898, and was connected with the proposal for the Gower Light Railway from Black Pill to Port Eynon, which came to nothing.
ref: 1954 August, Charles E. Lee, “The Swansea & Mumbles Railway 150th Anniversary Celebrations”, in Railway Magazine, page 526:
text: Yet another road/railer trial that came to nothing.
ref: 2022 May 18, Peter Robinson, “Rail freight: innovations... and failures”, in RAIL, number 957, page 54, photo caption:
glosses: To fail completely; to have no result.
Synonyms: word: come to nought
word: die in the ass
word: go to shit
come to nought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes to nought
form: coming to nought
form: came to nought
form: come to nought
form: come to naught
Senses: examples: text: The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nought if the U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.
text: As he pointed out, however, there was "still more to come". By 1977-78, "the use of the first Advanced Passenger Trains will reduce journey times between London and Glasgow to four hours". It was a grand statement of optimism that would sadly come to nought.
ref: 2024 May 15, Greg Morse, “West Coast electric... all the way”, in RAIL, number 1009, page 41:
glosses: To fail completely; to have no successful result.
Synonyms: come to nothing
Related terms: bring to nought
gain line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gain lines
form: gainline
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: an imaginary line running across the pitch perpendicular to the touchline and passing through the breakdown or set piece. The subsequent phase is said to have passed "over the gain line" if the gain line at the subsequent breakdown is in front of the last, or "behind the gain line" if it is behind.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Alternative form of line to gain.
red rag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red rags
Etymology: Ellipsis of red rag to a bull.
Senses: examples: text: Collins dictionaries has announced that the inclusion of 2,000 new words in its forthcoming new edition means that some of the dustier corners of its lexicon will have to be swept into the semantic dustbin. Farewell embranglement, recrement, fusby and numerous others. This will be a red rag to books bloggers everywhere.
ref: 2008 September 24, Lindesay Irvine, “Collins, we're lost for words: let's call your bluff”, in guardian.co.uk:
glosses: Something that will enrage another particular person.
examples: text: For well I know by your glib tongue, / To what fine country you belong, / And if your red rag did not shew it, / By your queer fancies I should know it.
ref: 1869, William Combe, Thomas Rolandson, The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, page 194:
glosses: A person's tongue.
Related terms: pet peeve
hill climbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Such a high power-to-weight ratio enabled very fast acceleration and rapid hill climbing.
ref: 2021 January 13, David Clough, “Trans-Pennine transport transformers”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 60:
glosses: Alternative form of hillclimbing.
hillclimbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hill climbing
form: hill-climbing
Etymology: From hill + climbing.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.
examples: text: Some very fine hillclimbing now followed, with an acceleration to 35 m.p.h. on the 1 on 129 grade—an output of about 1,240 d.h.p.
ref: 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:
glosses: The act of climbing a hill.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A simple form of optimization that starts with an arbitrary solution to a problem, then attempts to find a better solution by incrementally changing a single element of the solution.
red rag to a bull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red rags to a bull
form: red rags to bulls
Etymology: Possibly refers to the red cape used by matadors in bullfighting.
Senses: examples: text: Simply mentioning the word "nationalism" to him is like a red rag to a bull.
text: This was a red rag to the bull. He raged and stormed so (he was crossing the river at the time) that I judge it made him blind, because he ran over the steering-oar of a trading-scow.
ref: 1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 6, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC:
text: Any suspicion of impropriety was to Elizabeth-Jane like a red rag to a bull.
ref: 1886 May, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: He did not say that he had been visiting among his neighbours; this to Pryer would have been like a red rag to a bull.
ref: 1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, edited by R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC:
text: The rolling around and screams of anguish from Porro though were like a red rag to a bull for the Scotland support, who howled and harangued his every touch before he was withdrawn at the interval, presumably for his own safety.
ref: 2023 March 28, Graeme McGarry, “Scott McTominay earns place in history as Scotland stun Spain”, in The Herald:
synonyms: red flag to a bull
red rag
glosses: Something that will enrage another particular person.
hyperresponsiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyperresponsive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: An abnormally increased responsiveness, especially that due to hypersensitivity or hyperreactivity.
heroize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heroizes
form: heroizing
form: heroized
form: heroized
form: heroise
Etymology: From hero + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make someone into a hero.
glosses: To treat someone as if they were a hero.
Derived terms: unheroized
Related terms: heroization
heroization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heroizations
Etymology: From heroize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act, or the result, of heroizing someone.
hawkmoth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawkmoths
form: hawk moth
Etymology: From hawk + moth.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.
Derived terms: bee hawkmoth
death's-head hawkmoth
hummingbird hawkmoth
Kashmir bee hawkmoth
poplar hawkmoth
white-edged hunter hawkmoth
hydrothermalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydrothermal + -ism.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The presence of hydrothermal activity.
glosses: The commercial usage of hydrothermal streams.
hydrocution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Although most swimming accidents occur because of insufficient swimming skills, many are caused by "hydrocution" or "thermodifferential shock."
ref: 1987, Roy J. Shephard, The 1987 Year Book of Sports Medicine, →OCLC, page 134:
text: French firemen warned people to enter the water gradually to accustom the body to temperature changes or risk hydrocution in which blood vessels dilated by the heat contract suddenly, raising the risk of cardiac arrest.
ref: 2019 June 26, “Heatwave 'hell' claims first lives as temperatures soar above 40 degrees Celsius across Europe”, in Telegraph:
glosses: The situation where blood vessels dilated by the heat contract suddenly, when cold water is applied to the skin, leading to cardiac arrest.
Synonyms: cold shock response
Related terms: electrocution
health-conscious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more health-conscious
form: most health-conscious
Senses: examples: text: Ms. Noe, a self-described “crunchy teen,” is just one of a number of young influencers who appeal to other health-conscious kids their age.
ref: 2025 May 5, Rina Raphael, “Some Teen Wellness Influencers Embrace Kennedy-Style Skepticism”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: crunchy
glosses: Having an attitude in which one has an awareness of the healthiness of one's diet and lifestyle.
glosses: Aimed at people with such an attitude.
raw_tags: of a product
green tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green taxes
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A fiscal policy in which a differential level of taxation is intended to promote ecologically sustainable activities via economic incentives
Synonyms: ecotax
green fluorescent protein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green fluorescent proteins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of protein produced by bioluminescent jellyfish of the genus Aequorea, that is used in biological research to trace the biosynthesis and movement of proteins in living organisms
Derived terms: word: GFP
graffiti bomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graffiti bombers
Senses: glosses: A graffiti artist who specializes in spray painting in dangerous or difficult-to-access places, or on vehicles such as trains
cinereous vulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cinereous vultures
Senses: glosses: A Eurasian black vulture, Aegypius monachus.
graffiti artist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graffiti artists
Senses: synonyms: graffitist
glosses: A person who paints graffiti in public places, especially one who specializes in high-quality work rather than vandalism.
gonochorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gono- + Ancient Greek χωρίζω (khōrízō, “separate”) + -ism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
coordinate_terms: dioecy
glosses: The situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of at least two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives.
Related terms: gonochoric
gonochorist
gonochoristic
gonochorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɡɒnəˈkɔːɹɪst/
Forms: form: gonochorists
Senses: glosses: Any individual of a species that exhibits gonochorism
gonochoristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɡɒnəkɔːˈɹɪstɪk/
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to gonochorism
obambulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obambulations
Etymology: From obambulate + -ion. From Latin obambulatio.
Senses: examples: text: Their stationarie obambulations about the limits of parishes.
ref: 1600, Matthew Sutcliffe, A briefe replie to a certaine odious and slanderous libel ..., London: Arn. Hatfield, page 100:
text: Let us then passe the Pomeridian hours in obambulation: for I am defatigate with session.
ref: 1662, William Clark, Marciano; or, the Discovery, reprint edition, published 1871, page 19:
text: I joined him in one of our obambulations, to witness the performance of Macbeth, and a particular friend of my friend's friend was to sustain the principal character.
ref: 1833, Thespiana (pseudonym), “Penny Private Theatres”, in The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, volume XI, page 149:
glosses: Wandering about; a casual outing.
Synonyms: perambulation
peregrination
stroll
wandering
Related terms: ambulation
obambulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obambulation
geoforensics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + forensics.
Senses: glosses: forensic geology; the gathering and analysis of geological evidence of a crime.
gaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæ.stɚ/
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gasters
Etymology: Borrowing from Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr, “paunch, belly”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The stomach.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: The enlarged part of the abdomen behind the petiole in hymenopterous insects (such as ants).
Derived terms: paragaster
metagaster
Related terms: -gastria
gastric
gastro-
melanogaster
gangle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gangles
form: gangling
form: gangled
form: gangled
Senses: glosses: To move in a manner characteristic of a gangling person.
Derived terms: gangler
defatigate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfætɪɡeɪt/
Forms: form: more defatigate
form: most defatigate
Etymology: The adjective is first attested circa 1480, in Middle english; borrowed from Latin dēfatīgātus, perfect passive participle of dēfatīgō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Let us then passe the Pomeridian hours in obambulation: for I am defatigate with session.
ref: 1662, William Clark, Marciano; or, the Discovery, reprint edition, published 1871, page 19:
glosses: Weary, fatigued, exhausted.
defatigate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfætɪɡeɪt/
Forms: form: defatigates
form: defatigating
form: defatigated
form: defatigated
Etymology: The adjective is first attested circa 1480, in Middle english; borrowed from Latin dēfatīgātus, perfect passive participle of dēfatīgō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: I must say there is something to be said, don't you agree darling, and I rather hope they'll internationalize the cosmic wireless and save us from some of this defatigating news.
ref: 1947, Alan Patrick Herbert, Topsy Turvy, page 66:
glosses: To tire or make weary.
Derived terms: defatigation
gainless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gainless
form: most gainless
Etymology: From gain + -less.
Senses: glosses: Not producing gain; not bringing advantage; unprofitable.
Derived terms: gainlessly
gainlessness
gainlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gainlessly
form: most gainlessly
Etymology: From gainless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gainless manner; unprofitably
Kool-Aid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kool-Aids
form: koolaid
Etymology: Trademark, presumably from cool and -ade, influenced by aid.
Senses: glosses: A sweet, non-carbonated drink made with artificial flavors.
Derived terms: Kool-Aid smile
Rocky Mountain Kool-Aid
Kool-Aid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kool-Aids
form: koolaid
Etymology: Back-formation from drink the Kool-Aid.
Senses: examples: text: The problem today isn't really with the Kool Aids; it's with society's refusal to distinguish between him and all the rest who fall into the hands of the system.
ref: 1998, Leslie Abramson, Richard Flaste, The Defense is Ready: My Life in Crime, →ISBN:
text: Pfizer reps departed training with a “Pass me the Kool-Aid” conviction that not only were our drugs the best in the industry, but also that our company was the best in the world.
ref: 2010, Jamie Reidy, Hard Sell: Now a Major Motion Picture LOVE and OTHER DRUGS, →ISBN:
text: Kids are force-fed the Kool-Aid while their skulls are still soft. They have no concept of rational thought and their parents drag them to a church and force them to learn mythology disguised as religious doctrine and try to sell it as fact.
ref: 2011, Jim Cuba, Running with My Pants Down, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Hopefully by now you are beginning to see how the Kool-Aid is made, realized it is not poison, and are thinking about taking a sip. You are ready to rush out, buy your first bitcoin, and cash in on the digital gold rush.
ref: 2014, Brian Kelly, The Bitcoin Big Bang: How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change, →ISBN:
text: Memorably referred to by Warren Buffet in early 2008 as the 'poetic justice' of 'toxic Kool-Aid' (Dabrowski 2008), the specific issue addressed by these initiatives was the value, valuation, and circulation of assets related to and derived from US sub-prime mortgages.
ref: 2015, Paul Langley, Liquidity Lost: The Governance of the Global Financial Crisis, →ISBN, page 60:
text: Suitcases full of Kool-Aid seem to have been wheeled into Boris Johnson’s meeting with Tory MPs last night.
ref: 2022 February 1, Marina Hyde, “Never mind wine fridges, the Tory party is drunk on Kool-Aid”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A fad or ideology that is adopted unquestioningly, ignoring its hidden dangers or disadvantages.
Derived terms: drink one's own Kool-Aid
drink the Kool-Aid
pomeridian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pomeridian
form: most pomeridian
Etymology: From Latin pomeridianus (“of the afternoon”), contraction of postmeridianus.
Senses: examples: text: The west winds are attendants of the pomeridian or afternoon hours […]
ref: 1653, R.G. Gentleman, “The History of the Winds”, in The Works of Francis Bacon, translation of original by Francis Bacon, published 1831, page 254:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the afternoon.
Synonyms: postmeridian
love muscle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love muscles
Senses: glosses: genitals
examples: text: Americans fear the love muscle. Not so in Peru, where grilled beef heart is the unofficial state scent.
ref: 2012 February, “Eat Your Heart Out”, in San Diego Magazine:
glosses: the heart
fughetta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fughettas
Etymology: Diminutive of Italian fuga.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A short, condensed version of a fugue.
live action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪv ˈækʃən/
Forms: form: live-action
form: liveaction
Senses: glosses: Filmed video, as opposed to video produced by animation or by computer graphics.
examples: text: live action version of The Lion King
text: live action version of Sonic the Hedgehog
glosses: Photorealistic CGI; computer animation closely imitating real life.
Related terms: live actor
live actress
stop-action
common raven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common ravens
Senses: glosses: A large all-black passerine bird in the crow family, Corvus corax.
glosses: A dark-colored South Asian swallowtail butterfly, Papilio castor
Synonyms: northern raven
northern raven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern ravens
Senses: glosses: A common raven, Corvus corax.
American black vulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American black vultures
Senses: glosses: A black vulture, Coragyps atratus.
toothcomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːθkəʊm/
ipa: /ˈtuθˌkoʊm/
Forms: form: toothcombs
form: toothcombing
form: toothcombed
form: toothcombed
form: tooth-comb
Etymology: The noun is derived from fine toothcomb, a rebracketing of fine-tooth comb. The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: 8.15 am. Tooth-combed seven heads, had grand sport; mixed bag, measured one teaspoonful; cleanliness is next to godliness!
ref: 2013, Judith Lissauer Cromwell, “Nursing”, in Florence Nightingale, Feminist, Jefferson, N.C.; London: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 234:
glosses: To use a toothcomb on (something).
examples: text: The flat was toothcombed for any trace of drugs.
text: A number of locals, including Michael Fitzhubert and Albert Crundall, were already assisting the police in the careful toothcombing of the surrounding scrub.
ref: 1967, Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock, London: Vintage Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 50:
text: He also had one of his employees toothcomb the journals for other mentions of 44-79731 and she was able to find several more entries, including a notation that it was picked up from the depot at Villacoublay by the 407ᵗʰ FA Gp. in October of 1944.
ref: 2013 January 11, Paul Smith, “Provenance”, in Saving a Grasshopper, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, pages 68–69:
text: Curiously scouring, rummaging, searching … / Leaving no stone unturned. / Oddly seeking, hunting, sifting … / Shelves painstakingly toothcombed.
ref: 2014, Matthew James Dicken, Peace in Words: the First World War, 1914–1918, [United Kingdom?]: Contemporary Simplicity Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: To search (something) thoroughly.
toothcomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːθkəʊm/
ipa: /ˈtuθˌkoʊm/
Forms: form: toothcombs
form: tooth comb
form: tooth-comb
Etymology: From tooth + comb.
Senses: examples: text: There is no reason to doubt that the tooth comb is homologous in all the lemuriforms. The term tooth comb has recently been replaced by Martin (1972) with the concept of "tooth scraper," and he has stated that, although most living species of strepsirhines use their tooth combs for grooming, this is a secondary function.
ref: 1979, Frederick S. Szalay, Eric Delson, “Suborder Strepsirhini”, in Evolutionary History of the Primates, New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 103, column 1:
text: Anthropoids are characterized by having short faces, dry noses, and lacking prominent whiskers. [...] There is no toothcomb or sublingua, and the number of teeth varies from 36 in some platyrrhines to 32 in the catarrhines.
ref: 1995, Robert A. Whitney, “Taxonomy”, in B. Taylor Bennett, Christian R. Abee, Roy Henrickson, editors, Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Biology and Management, San Diego, Calif.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 34, column 2:
text: Members of the Prosimii, with the exception of Tarsius, have extremely specialized incisors. The lower incisors are tilted forward—they are then called procumbent—and are flattened laterally, forming a toothcomb. [...] The lower canine is frequently included in this toothcomb, and its morphology is assimilated to the shape of the procumbent incisors.
ref: 2000, Friderun Ankel-Simons, “Teeth”, in Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, 2nd edition, San Diego, Calif.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 206:
text: Must interest has centered on the first appearance of the prosimian tooth-comb or tooth-scraper [...]. The tooth-comb is formed by lower incisors and canines that are elongated and slender, and that form a procumbent unit in the anterior mandible. Upper incisors are lost, reduced, or moved to accommodate the tooth-comb.
ref: 2015, Susan Cachel, “The Eocene Primate Radiation”, in Fossil Primates (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152:
text: Toothcombs have evolved independently in various mammalian lineages, including primates, scandentians, and dermopterans, but the presence of a six-toothed toothcomb composed of four lower incisors and two canines (I₁, I₂ and C₁, bilaterally) is a distinct feature of extant strepsirrhine primates [...].
ref: 2020, Sergi López-Torres, Keegan R. Selig, Anne M. Burrows, Mary T. Silcox, “The Toothcomb of Karanisia clarki: Was this Species an Exudate-feeder?”, in K. A. I. Nekaris, Anne M. Burrows, editors, Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 67:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A comb-like dental structure found in the lower jaws of certain primates consisting of long, flat front teeth with microscopic grooves, which are used for grooming fur.
curvilineal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
raw_tags: of a line
Derived terms: curvilineally
NVM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: related: word: nvm
glosses: Initialism of never mind.
NVM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of non-volatile memory.
Derived terms: NVMe
bursty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: burstier
form: burstiest
Etymology: From burst + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The router needs to handle bursty traffic.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Occurring in abrupt bursts, especially of information
Coordinate terms: batchy
busy
Derived terms: burstily
burstiness
autofire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + fire.
Senses: examples: text: You start off with just seven clips of ammo and five grenades — so all you autofire merchants are in trouble. Only real soldiers, with an accurate eye and careful trigger finger need apply here.
ref: 1988, Operation Wolf (review), Crash issue 59 (December 1988)
text: High-speed autofire and a choice of two joystick sizes are featured.
ref: 1989 October, Popular Mechanics, volume 166, number 10:
text: Also the crappy joystick, the SJS1, is useless. It's as stiff as a Skoda's steering and there's no autofire on it. I can't help thinking that I made the worst investment of my life by buying this computer.
ref: 1990 March, Letters: Your Sinclair, number 51:
topics: video-games
glosses: A feature on a joystick or gamepad that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A feature that allows a weapon to fire automatically.
autofire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autofires
form: autofiring
form: autofired
form: autofired
Etymology: From auto- + fire.
Senses: topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
video-games
war
weaponry
glosses: To fire automatically.
Related terms: turbo controller
fire button
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire buttons
Senses: examples: text: You launch him into the air with a quick press on the fire button, trying to pass over bombs as you fly.
ref: 1986, Rachael Smith, Bomb Jack (video game review in Your Sinclair issue 5, May 1986)
topics: video-games
glosses: A button on a joystick or joypad that corresponds to the action of firing a weapon, but often represents other in-game actions.
back story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back stories
Senses: examples: text: Inexplicably, and at great risk to the integrity of the movie, the filmmakers have burdened him with a psychological back story pulled out of a folder in some studio filing cabinet. Why does [Willy] Wonka spend his days confecting sweets?
ref: 2005 July 15, A[nthony] O[liver] Scott, “Looking for the candy, finding a back story [review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2023:
text: Agent Lyla: Enough back story! / Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Actually, that's not, uh … that's not really a back story, it's just expositional flashback. It doesn't, uh, have any childhood trauma, it's doesn't really inform who he is, it's not … it's just flashback. There's a difference. It's subtle, but there's a difference.
ref: 2013 March 1, Kaz [i.e., Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis]; Kim Roberson; Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft; John Mathot, “Sidetracked”, in Phineas and Ferb, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Dan Povenmire):
glosses: Alternative form of backstory.
bradyphrasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brady- + -phrasia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of aphasia characterized by abnormally slow speech
obliteratingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From obliterating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to obliterate.
superwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /suːpəɹˈweɪv/
Forms: form: superwaves
Etymology: From super- + wave.
Senses: examples: text: The "superwave" listed in the table developed during the latter storm.
ref: 1972, United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center, Sailing Directions (planning Guide) for the North Pacific Ocean, Issue 152, page 83:
text: These superwaves are produced continuously in every piece of matter in the universe — in the planets, the stars, and even in the voids between — and every tiny particle - event taking place at any point in the cosmos makes itself known instantly at each and every other point.
ref: 1981, James P. Hogan, The Genesis Machine, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 175:
text: The geologic record registers a number of other things happening around the time of this superwave passage.
ref: 2006, Paul A. LaViolette, Decoding the Message of the Pulsars: Intelligent Communication from the Galaxy, page 98:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A particularly large or intense wave.
bivi bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bivi bags
Senses: glosses: A bivouac sack.