cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
clientelist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl.ɪst]
ipa: /kliː.ɒnˈtɛl.ɪst/
ipa: /klaɪ.ənˈtɛl.ɪst/
ipa: [klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl.ɪst]
ipa: /kli.ənˈtɛl.ɪst/
ipa: [kli.n̩ˈtɛl.ɪst]
ipa: [klɑɪ.n̩ˈtel.ɪst]
ipa: [kliː.ɔnˈtel.ɪst]
Etymology: From clientele + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to clientelism.
clientelist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl.ɪst]
ipa: /kliː.ɒnˈtɛl.ɪst/
ipa: /klaɪ.ənˈtɛl.ɪst/
ipa: [klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl.ɪst]
ipa: /kli.ənˈtɛl.ɪst/
ipa: [kli.n̩ˈtɛl.ɪst]
ipa: [klɑɪ.n̩ˈtel.ɪst]
ipa: [kliː.ɔnˈtel.ɪst]
Forms: form: clientelists
Etymology: From clientele + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of clientelism.
hardyhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hardyheads
form: hardyhead
Etymology: From reference to their hardy or robust head.
Senses: glosses: Any of the sundry species of fish of the family Atherinidae found near Australia;
qualifier: generally
glosses: Any fish of species Atherinomorus vaigiensis and Atherinomorus lacunosus, commonly found in Australian waters.
take a flier
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a flier
form: taking a flier
form: took a flier
form: taken a flier
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of take a flyer.
passport baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passport babies
Senses: examples: text: Three townhouses in Richmond, B.C., are being used to house foreign nationals pregnant with “passport babies,” and are among numerous local housing destinations for birth tourists.
ref: 2012 March 7, Byron Chu, “Hotel Linked to ‘Passport Babies’”, in Toronto Sun, retrieved 18 Feb 2014:
glosses: Synonym of anchor baby.
synonyms: word: anchor baby
Related terms: birth tourism
birth tourism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In Ireland,a sort of birth tourism emerged in which non-EU nationals sought to give birth there to secure citizenship for their children and exemption from deportation for themselves
ref: 2005, Matthew J. Gibney, Randall Hansen, Immigration and Asylum: From 1900 to the Present, Volume 1, →ISBN, page 346:
text: Ground zero for U.S. birth tourism appears to be San Gabriel Valley, located in the county of Los Angeles.
ref: 2011 April 6, Ray Kwong, “Invasion of the Pregnant Women from China”, in Forbes, retrieved 17 Feb 2014:
text: The Harper government is considering changes to the citizenship rules to target so-called birth tourism — where a foreign national comes to Canada to give birth so the baby can get Canadian citizenship.
ref: 2012 March 5, Prithi Yelaja, “'Birth tourism' may change citizenship rules”, in CBC News, Canada, retrieved 16 Feb 2014:
text: “Birth tourism” is a xenophobic myth.
ref: 2012 April 20, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Carola Suarez-Orozco, “Opinion: Deporting Parents Hurts Kids”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Feb 2014:
glosses: The travel from one country to another for the purpose of giving birth in the second country, thereby endowing the newborn child with citizenship of the second country.
Related terms: birth tourist
anchor baby
ecotourism
fertility tourism
medical tourism
passport baby
sex tourism
Sangerhausen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, the administrative seat of Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Cilician Armenia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
synonyms: word: Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: an independent principality formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia; located outside of the Armenian Highland and distinct from the Armenian Kingdom of Antiquity, it was centered in the Cilicia region northwest of the Gulf of Alexandretta, in what is today southern Turkey
Synonyms: Cilician Armenia
Kingdom of Cilician Armenia
Little Armenia
Lesser Armenia
Kingdom of Cilician Armenia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
synonyms: word: Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
phaal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaals
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phall.
phaals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phaal
Orem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Utah.
Derived terms: Oremite
rolling the windows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the circular motion of the lever mechanism on car side windows.
Senses: qualifier: freestyle skiing slang
glosses: windmill-like flailing of one's arms in a circular motion to maintain balance while in the air after a jump
Hyponyms: english: clockwise
translation: clockwise
word: rolling the windows up
alt: counterclockwise
word: rolling the windows down
guest house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guest houses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of guesthouse.
electroencephalophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electroencephalophones
Senses: glosses: An experimental musical instrument or diagnostic tool which uses brainwaves (measured in the same way as an EEG) to generate or modulate sounds.
Synonyms: encephalophone
electroencephalophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroencephalophone
glossokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glosso- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to tongue movements.
Alborz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alburz
form: Elburz
form: Elborz
Etymology: From Persian البرز (alborz); see that entry for more. Doublet of Elbrus.
Senses: examples: text: and Hyrcania could then have been annexed and associated as a separate satrapy with the Elburz peoples, all under Autophradates.
ref: 1980, A. B. Bosworth, A Historical Commentary on Arrian's History of Alexander: Commentary on books 4-5, Clarendon Press,, →ISBN, page 122:
glosses: A mountain range in northern Iran stretching from the borders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the northwest to the southern end of the Caspian Sea, and ending in the east at the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.
glosses: A province of Iran.
Related terms: Elbrus
double jacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double jack
single jacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of single jack
festilogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of festilogy
Gaboon vipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaboon viper
hepatomegalies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hepatomegaly
midclavicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From mid- + clavicular.
Senses: glosses: In the middle of the clavicle.
presyncopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presyncope
encephalophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: encephalophones
Etymology: From encephalo- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of electroencephalophone.
synonyms: word: electroencephalophone
encephalophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encephalophone
postliterary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more postliterary
form: most postliterary
Etymology: From post- + literary.
Senses: examples: text: the structural shift from a literary to postliterary culture
ref: 2005, Gustavo Fischman, Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts, page 81:
text: […] such investigation might either revive an intense effort to reclaim the cinema as a (romantic) art form par excellence or lead to the invention of something like a postliterary hermeneutics […]
ref: 2011, Erkki Huhtamo, Media Archaeology: Approaches, Applications, and Implications:
glosses: After literature.
relativizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From relativize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being relativized.
dialecticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialecticisms
Etymology: From dialectic + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Dialecticism is expressed by the Catholic formula: Union not separation of natures, the unity of person against Nestorius; distinction not confusion of natures against Eutychius and the Monothelites.
ref: 1861 July 24, “Gioberti's Philosophy of Revelation”, in Brownson's Quarterly Review, volume 3, page 305:
text: We argue there are two major ways in which dialecticism influences emotional complexity in East Asian cultures.
ref: 2011, Richard Sorrentino, Handbook of Motivation and Cognition Across Cultures, page 520:
glosses: The quality of being dialectic.
dialecticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialecticisms
Etymology: From dialect + -icism.
Senses: examples: text: Numerous dialecticisms introduced into the poem reflect the phonetic, morphological, and syntactic differences between dialect and standard language.
ref: 1982, Nina Kolesnikoff, Bruno Jasieński: His Evolution from Futurism to Socialist Realism, page 69:
text: extent of replicating faithfully such features as archaisms, dialecticisms, different language registers and levels of formality. Most translations, of course, are amalgams of these different translational types, ...
ref: 2013, M. B. Behbudi, Colin Turner, The Quran: A New Interpretation: In English with Arabic Text, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: A few dialecticisms used by both the author and the characters were replaced by the 1962 editors of Collected Works in the stories that were not included in the 1956 editions. On balance, the early stories have retained proportionately more original dialecticisms [...]. In my very conservative estimate, well over two hundred corrections affecting dialectal words were made.
ref: 2017, Herman Ermolaev, Mikhail Sholokhov and His Art, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 147:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: dialectism
glosses: A dialectal word or phrase (especially if borrowed into another dialect or into 'standard' language).
dialecticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialecticism
unforeshadowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + foreshadowed.
Senses: glosses: Not foreshadowed.
unforwarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + forwarded.
Senses: glosses: Not forwarded.
right you are
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: “Just go!” yelled Mr Big. “And bring me back the booty. Or there will be trouble.”
“Right you are, guv’nor,” replied Fingers.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: OK, okey-dokey, acknowledgment that a request has been heard and understood.
mizenkei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mizenkei
Senses: glosses: The irrealis in Japanese.
Farthest Mosque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Farthest Mosque
form: Furthest Mosque
Etymology: Calque of Arabic الْمَسْجِد الْأَقْصَى (al-masjid al-ʔaqṣā)
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: the Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa compound) in Jerusalem
flight risks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flight risk
Teschner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Teschners
Etymology: Borrowed from German Teschner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
greengrocer's apostrophes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greengrocer's apostrophe
balut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɐˈlut̪̚/
Forms: form: baluts
form: balot
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay balut and Tagalog balut.
Senses: glosses: Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell
balut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɐˈlut̪̚/
Etymology: From Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.
Senses: glosses: A dice game similar to Yahtzee
baluts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balut
Rust Belt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rustbelt
Senses: coordinate_terms: Bible Belt
Corn Belt
glosses: A region straddling the Northeastern and East North Central United States that has undergone economic decline and population loss due to the shrinking of its once powerful industrial sector.
balot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of balut.
balots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balot
Pygmalion effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pygmalion effects
Etymology: Named after Rosenthal and Jacobson's 1968 book Pygmalion in the Classroom, itself named after the mythological sculptor who fell in love with his statue.
Senses: glosses: The phenomenon whereby the greater the expectation placed upon people is, the better they perform.
wikipedia: Pygmalion in the Classroom
Synonyms: Rosenthal effect
Coordinate terms: Golem effect
Related terms: word: self-fulfilling prophecy
english: on Wikipedia
translation: on Wikipedia
word: Michelangelo phenomenon
nickelization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nickel + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of nickelizing.
Fumiko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Yumiko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Rumiko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Emiko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese えみこ (Emiko).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Tomiko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese とみこ (Tomiko).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Mamiko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Yuka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
governee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: governees
Etymology: From govern + -ee.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A constituent of a phrase that is governed by another.
governees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of governee
antinormativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + normativity.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being antinormative.
deindividuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deindividuate
deindividuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deindividuate
deindividuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deindividuate
warmlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warmline
adequality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adequal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being adequal.
kiss and cry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Harding had seemed physically discomfited earlier as she awaited her marks in the kiss and cry corner.
ref: 1994 Feb. 24, Mike Rowbottom, "Winter Olympics / Ice Skating," The Independent (UK) (retrieved 201 Feb 2014)
text: The seating area where skaters wait for the judges' scores is called the "kiss and cry" for good reason.
ref: 2001 October 23, Mark Starr, “Starr Gazing: Kwan's Big Breakup”, in Newsweek, retrieved 21 Feb 2014:
text: With cameras in their faces, figure skaters awaiting their scores in the kiss-and-cry area offer a scene unlike any other.
ref: 2010 February 21, Juliet Macur, “After Skating, a Unique Olympic Event: Crying”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Feb 2014:
text: The deafening crowd . . . chanted and stomped their feet when Stolbova and Klimov came on the ice and Canada's pairs skaters were still sitting in the kiss and cry waiting for their scores.
ref: 2014 February 8, “Canadian pairs finish second in free skate, but Russia leads by 6 in team event”, in Winnipeg Free Press, Canada, retrieved 21 Feb 2014:
qualifier: figure skating; sometimes hyphenated (especially when used attributively); figure skating; sometimes hyphenated (especially when used attributively)
glosses: The publicly viewable enclosure in which figure skaters sit immediately after a performance, while they await and receive the judging results.
recontamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recontaminations
Etymology: From re- + contamination.
Senses: glosses: contamination again
recontaminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recontamination
bleachless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bleach + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without bleach.
iodophors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodophor
iodophenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodophenyl
iodoperoxidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodoperoxidase
oofda
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: qualifier: Upper Midwestern US
glosses: Alternative form of uff da.
uff da
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʊfdə/
ipa: /ˈufdə/
Forms: form: oofda
Etymology: From Norwegian, brought to the US by Scandinavian settlers.
Senses: qualifier: Upper Midwestern US
glosses: Expressing surprise, dismay, relief, exhaustion, or a sudden shock to the senses.
dinghying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dinghy
dinghied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dinghy
thermogradients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermogradient
oocyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oo- + cyan, since it gives birds' eggs their blue colour.
Senses: glosses: biliverdin
ooxanthine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ooxanthines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ooxanthin.
ooxanthines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ooxanthine
lichnoxanthine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lichnoxanthines
Senses: glosses: A yellow pigment in lichens.
Related terms: xantho-
lichnoxanthines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lichnoxanthine
oorhodein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See oo-, rhodo-, -in.
Senses: glosses: A reddish-brown pigment found in eggshells.
surtarbrand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of surturbrand.
sleeveboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleeveboards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sleeve board.
sleeveboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleeveboard
kodkod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kodkods
Etymology: From Mapudungun.
Senses: examples: text: Stalking them among the bamboo might be the guiña or kodkod, a spotted cat with a dark band across its throat and large feet.
ref: 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 57:
glosses: A small South American feline, Leopardus guigna.
Synonyms: Felis guigna
güiña
kodkods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kodkod
ve haf vays of making you talk
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: A parody of archetypal German pronunciation of "We have ways of making you talk", coupled with the image of World War II-era interrogation. A comedic play on the phrase "We have ways to make men talk." from the 1935 movie The Lives of a Bengal Lancer.
Perhaps that 1935 line contributed to an even nearer version in the 1950 WWII film Odette. A Germanic interrogator (played by Guyri Wagner) tells an uncooperative Odette, “We have ways and means of making you talk.”
Senses: glosses: A catchphrase, usually delivered in a mock German accent, implying a threat of torture to extract information.
wikipedia: The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Lobedu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tribe of the Northern Sotho group; the Balobedu.
Lobedu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dialect of the Bantu language of Northern Sotho.
tournsol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A violet-blue dye got from the plant Chrozophora tinctoria
productizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of productize
ma'aming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ma'am
ma'amed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ma'am
Central Nahuatl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A group of Nahuatl lects spoken in central Mexico.
wikipedia: Central Nahuatl
supplementive clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supplementive clauses
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An adverbial participle or verbless clause lacking a subordinator.
sujood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sujoods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sujud.
waaz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waazes
Etymology: Arabic وَعْظ (waʕẓ)
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An Islamic sermon
Fatiha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic ٱلۡفَاتِحَةِ (l-fātiḥati, “The Opening”).
Senses: glosses: The first sura of the Qur'an.
pitchbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitchbooks
Etymology: From pitch + book.
Senses: glosses: A promotional document describing an investment bank and its offerings.
pitchbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitchbook
homaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homaloids
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An element of a homaloidal system, in particular the image of a hyperplane under a Cremona transformation.
homaloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homaloid
birdness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bird + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: When we reason about an arbitrary bird, we may conclude that it flies, but we do not alter our concept of birdness to include flight in order to make that conclusion, as the above account implies.
ref: 2000, Timothy R. Colburn, Philosophy and Computer Science, page 91:
text: A penguin or a clucking hen logically might satisfy the ascertainable criteria of birdness but remain somehow inapt for excavating focal meanings.
ref: 2012, Richard Biernacki, Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry:
glosses: The quality of being a bird.
sophrolaeliocattleya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sophrolaeliocattleyas
Etymology: From the nothogenus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the nothogenus Sophrolaeliocattleya.
sophrolaeliocattleyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sophrolaeliocattleya
sophorosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sophoroside
Whosis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Whosis has been around, and has made provisions to circumvent any wanton slaughter of his perfectly good name. Whosis has a card. The card comes in to you.
ref: 1934, Inland Printer, American Lithographer, volume 93, page 55:
text: When the Whosis Cheese Corporation takes to the radio and dins its name into your ears 30 times in 15 minutes, it's proceeding on a sound if sometimes annoying psychological principle.
ref: 1948 January, The Rotarian, volume 72, number 1, page 64:
text: "You look like a guy in the movies. You know. Whosis. You know who I mean. What the heck's his name?"
ref: 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 126:
glosses: Placeholder for a forgotten name.
whosits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whosit
blank verses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blank verse
Ninoscka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name of eastern European origin, from a diminutive of Nina; a variant of Ninotchka.
PSL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PSLs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
snowboarding
sports
coordinate_terms: GS
PGS
glosses: Initialism of parallel slalom.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of preferred supplier list.
examples: text: Starbucks has sold 200 million PSLs since the cinnamon-y sweet coffee was first introduced in 2003, making it the most popular seasonal beverage ever, according to a Starbucks spokesperson.
ref: 2016 September 1, Megan McCluskey, “Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes Are Finally Here”, in Time:
text: Chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain once said, “I would like to see the pumpkin-spice craze drown in its own blood.” Railing against the mighty PSL is like going on Instagram to complain about photos of Mason jars.
ref: 2018, “Coffee Is a Flavor”, in Coffee […] , Time Home Entertainment, →ISBN:
text: Starbucks has sold more than 600 million PSLs since the drink’s introduction in 2003.
ref: 2022 August 29, Jordan Valinsky, “Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte is coming back at a higher price”, in CNN Business:
text: Since its launch, the PSL has taken on a life of its own, becoming a signal for fall both beloved and mocked and ushering in an era of pumpkin spice products, from cat litter to yogurt to beer.
ref: 2024 August 21, Jordan Valinsky, “Starbucks brings back Pumpkin Spice Latte earlier than ever”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Initialism of pumpkin spice latte (“coffee drink made with a mix of fall spice flavors”).
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of professional support lawyer.
PSL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Port St. Lucie.
examples: text: The PSL on Thursday said in a statement on X that Rodriguez is no longer a member and had only “a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017.” The group added that “we have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it.”
ref: 2025 May 22, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Audrey Ash, Holmes Lybrand, Sara Smart and John Miller, “‘Only sane thing to do:’ Writings, interviews tied to suspect in Israeli embassy staffer killings show political activism”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Party for Socialism and Liberation.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Pakistan Super League.
green tobacco sickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of nicotine poisoning caused by dermal absorption of nicotine from the surface of wet tobacco plants.
Synonyms: GTS
boorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of booru
revithosalata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Greek ρεβιθοσαλάτα (revithosaláta, “chickpea dip”): ρεβίθι (revíthi, “chickpea”) + σαλάτα (saláta, “salad”).
Senses: glosses: A Greek dip, similar to hummus, made with ground chickpeas and seasonings such as garlic, cumin, oil, and lemon juice.
hypercusp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypercusps
Etymology: From hyper- + cusp.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A singularity of a curve of some multiplicity r whose tangent cone is a single line meeting the curve with order r+1.
hypercusps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypercusp
Ninoshka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Нино́шка (Ninóška), a diminutive of Ни́на (Nína).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Russian.
Related terms: Ninotchka
hyperflex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperflexes
Etymology: From hyper- + flex?
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A point of a curve where the tangent line has contact of order at least 4.
hyperflex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyperflexes
form: hyperflexing
form: hyperflexed
form: hyperflexed
Etymology: From hyper- + flex?
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: To flex beyond the normal range of motion.
Ninotchka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Ни́ночка (Nínočka), a diminutive of Ни́на (Nína).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Russian.
Related terms: Ninoshka
hyperflexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperflex
hyperosculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyperosculates
form: hyperosculating
form: hyperosculated
form: hyperosculated
Etymology: From hyper- + osculate.
Senses: examples: text: A hyperosculating point is one where the tangent space meets with order higher than normal.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: To osculate at multiple points.
Related terms: hyperosculation
hyperosculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hyperosculate
hyperosculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hyperosculate
hyperosculated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperosculate
hyperplanar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + planar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hyperplanes.
flecnode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flecnodes
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A double point that is also a point of inflexion of one branch.
Derived terms: biflecnode
fleflecnode
flecnodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flecnode
fleflecnode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleflecnodes
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: biflecnode
glosses: A double point that is also a point of inflexion of both branches.
Related terms: flecnode
fleflecnodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleflecnode
Zariskian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Zariski + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Oscar Zariski (born Oscher Zaritsky [Russian: О́шер Зари́цкий]; 1899–1986), American mathematician who had a major influence on algebraic geometry.
hyperfiniteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyperfinite + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being hyperfinite.
mistpouffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mistpouffers
Senses: examples: text: The mysterious noises, mentioned to me by Mr. Clement Reid, which are heard on Dartmoor and in Scotland near the Highland Fault, are not perhaps exactly comparable with "Mistpouffers"[…]
ref: 1896, Nature, volume 53, page 30:
text: Mistpouffers are dull, distant explosive sounds heard around the coast of Europe all the way to Iceland.
ref: 1977, William R. Corliss, Handbook of unusual natural phenomena, page 369:
text: In addition to detonating minerals, more usual mistpouffer explanations range from great pockets of volatile gasses bubbling up from the sea bed and spontaneously igniting at the surface, to meteors[…]
ref: 1994, Experimental Musical Instruments, volume 10, page 20:
glosses: An unexplained sound, like a cannon or a sonic boom, heard in various waterfront communities.
mistpouffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistpouffer
gooches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooch
sumon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sumons
Etymology: From Russian сумон (sumon), from Tuvan сумон (sumon), from Mongolian ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu), a calque of Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sum (“Mongolian administrative division”), particularly in relation to Tuva, Russia.
spiculas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spicula
spiculae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spicula
arthropodal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arthropod + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to the Arthropoda.
Hyponyms: acarid
arachnidial
arachno-
suitcased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From suitcase + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Protect footwear from scratches, prevent suitcased shoes from soiling clothes.
ref: 1938, House & Garden, volume 74, page 19:
glosses: Placed in a suitcase.
examples: text: In the fall, regiments of straw-suitcased small-town high-school graduates were disgorged from the trains in Garden Prairie.
ref: 1960, Georg Mann, The dollar diploma, page 21:
glosses: Carrying a suitcase.
preshifts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preshift
preshifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preshift
preshifting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preshift
lorry driver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lorry drivers
form: lorry-driver
Senses: glosses: A person employed to drive a lorry (truck).
Synonyms: word: truck driver
lorry drivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lorry driver
dissimilative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, modifying by, showing dissimilation.
price-earnings ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of price-earnings ratio
PE ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PE ratios
form: P-E ratio
form: P/E ratio
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of price-earnings ratio.
P-E ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: P-E ratios
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of PE ratio.
PE ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PE ratio
P-E ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of P-E ratio
dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants
Gerdes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gerdes.
Senses: examples: text: The two drivers, Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger, weren’t new to this: they had, in fact, beaten their own previous record of 77.9 mpg obtained on the same route in 2013.
ref: 2016 July 21, Jacopo Prisco, “How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet)”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from German.
Stolberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stolbergs
Etymology: Habitational surname borrowed from German Stolberg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
WAMZ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of West African Monetary Zone.
gitten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of get
Bumpit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bumpits
Etymology: Marketing coinage, perhaps bump + it.
Senses: glosses: A plastic insert used to give women's hair extra height
Hurons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Huron
subset classifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subset classifiers
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A set which serves as the codomain of a characteristic function.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The subobject classifier restricted to the category Set.
Neeb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Neebs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Neeb.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Cottonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /kɑˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Cotton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington (1571–1631), antiquarian and bibliophile whose Cotton library became the basis of the British Library.
examples: text: Twenty-six years later occurred the disastrous fire in which so many of the Cottonian MSS. were either destroyed or, as the Beowulf MS., damaged.
ref: 1914, A.J. Wyatt and R.W. Chambers, Beowulf with the Finnesburg Fragment, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 1968, page x:
glosses: Of or relating to the Cotton Library or texts originally of that library.
waazes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waaz
Bumpitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bowfront
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bow + front.
Senses: examples: bowfront furniture
synonyms: bow-fronted
glosses: Having an outward curving front.
examples: bowfront houses
glosses: Having a bow window in front.
graphetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more graphetically
form: most graphetically
Etymology: From graphetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a graphetic manner
glosses: By means of graphetics
pair production
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pair productions
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle.
Hyponyms: Schwinger effect
counterfeed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterfeeds
form: counterfeeding
form: counterfed
form: counterfed
Etymology: From counter- + feed.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To fail to feed.
raw_tags: of a phonological rule
Related terms: bleed
feed
counterbleed
counterfeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterfeed
counterfeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterfeed
counterfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterfeed
counterbleed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterbleeds
form: counterbleeding
form: counterbled
form: counterbled
Etymology: From counter- + bleed.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To fail to bleed.
raw_tags: of a phonological rule
Related terms: bleed
feed
counterfeed
counterbleeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterbleed
counterbleeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterbleed
counterbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterbleed
peled
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peleds
form: peled
Etymology: Ultimately from Russian пе́лядь (péljadʹ), either directly or via its scientific name.
Senses: glosses: The Coregonus peled, a whitefish of the Salmonidae family, endemic to Northern Europe and Russia.
Synonyms: northern whitefish
jio
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡sjoː˦/
ipa: /-˦˨/
ipa: [t͡ɕ˭jo˦˨]
Etymology: From Hokkien 招 (chio, “invite”).
Senses: antonyms: word: bo jio
glosses: To invite (someone) to an event or activity.
kitfox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitfoxes
Senses: glosses: Rare form of kit fox.
kitfoxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitfox
bursts into tears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burst into tears
bursting into tears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of burst into tears
Proto-Algic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Algic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The theoretical, second-level proto-language of the Algic languages, spoken about 7000 years ago: the ancestor of Proto-Algonquian, Yurok, and Wiyot.
give the bird
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives the bird
form: giving the bird
form: gave the bird
form: given the bird
Senses: examples: text: Keeping up foreign relations. You know, giving him the bird!
ref: 1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture), spoken by Maverick (Tom Cruise):
glosses: Synonym of flip the bird.
synonyms: word: flip the bird
examples: text: The crowd was giving the bird to the warm-up act.
glosses: To boo and jeer (at someone), especially to express displeasure at a performer.
back forty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back forties
Etymology: From back + forty, meaning “back side of a farm”. In the Homestead Acts (1860s–), farmers were granted a quarter section; a section was nominally 1 square mile containing 640 acres, a quarter section was 160 acres, and the quarter section was itself subdivided into four quarter-quarter sections of 40 acres each: two front forty and two back forty. Compare north forty, back of beyond, backcountry, and backwater.
Senses: examples: text: They couldn't contact the farmer right away because he was out plowing the back forty
glosses: The remote part of a farm.
glosses: The most remote or inaccessible part of any place.
Synonyms: sense: remote place
word: See: Thesaurus:remote place
bog-myrtle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bog-myrtles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bog myrtle.
microaggress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microaggresses
form: microaggressing
form: microaggressed
form: microaggressed
form: micro-aggress
Etymology: From micro- + aggress, as a back-formation from microaggression.
Senses: examples: text: Every chapter presents an integrated "way forward" section that provides practical steps that we ourselves can take in order to better understand and control our own tendency to microaggress.
ref: 2010, Derald Wing Sue, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation, →ISBN, Forward:
text: Heterosexuals may also deny that they themselves could ever be heterosexist, stating such claims as, "I'm not homophobic, I have a gay friend." . . . [I]t sends a message to the individual that she cannot confront this person when he or she microaggresses.
ref: 2011, Kevin L. Nadal et al., "Gender, Racial, and Sexual Orientation Microagressions" in Women as Transformational Leaders (Michele A. Paludi and Breena E. Coates, eds.), p. 15 (Google preview)
text: “I microaggress all the time. You microaggress all the time. Even people of colour microaggress all the time,” she said.
ref: 2014 February 18, Graeme Hamilton, “McGill student forced to apologize for racial ‘microaggression’ after emailing joke Obama clip”, in National Post, Canada, retrieved 23 Feb 2014:
glosses: To perform one or more acts of microaggression.
examples: text: You are microaggressing me and it is not okay. Period. End of story.
ref: 2011 April 12, Nellie, "I Wear Heels, Stop Judging Me," ourwiredlives.com (retrieved 23 Feb 2014)
text: People who are minorities because of physical characteristics such as gender, skin color or age are more often subjected to microaggressions, but most of us have been microaggressed at some point.
ref: 2012, Ranna Parekh MD, Carl C. Bell MD, with Karen Weintraub, Overcoming Prejudice at Work (e-book), harvardhealthbooks.org ch. 1 (Google view)
text: However, the privileged kids studying oppression for the first time who derail the class for a half hour every session may leave the more marginalized folks in the room feeling unfulfilled, if not constantly microaggressed.
ref: 2012 December 6, “We Are the Subjects: Academia for Multiply Marginalized People”, in Black, Broken & Bent, retrieved 23 Feb 2014:
text: A common example of microaggressing people with disabilities is to assume an individual with a physical disability needs someone else to do a task for them.
ref: 2013, Karen A. Myers et al., Allies for Inclusion: Disability and Equity in Higher Education, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: To perform one or more acts of microaggression directed at (someone).
micro-aggress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: micro-aggresses
form: micro-aggressing
form: micro-aggressed
form: micro-aggressed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of microaggress.
Diegueño
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish diegueño.
Senses: glosses: The Kumeyaay, a Native American people of Southern California and Baja California.
Diegueño
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish diegueño.
Senses: glosses: Any of the closely-related Yuman languages historically spoken by the Kumeyaay:
Tipai
glosses: Any of the closely-related Yuman languages historically spoken by the Kumeyaay:
Kumeyaay
glosses: Any of the closely-related Yuman languages historically spoken by the Kumeyaay:
Ipai
Schroll
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schrolls
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schroll.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
felsenmeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: felsenmeers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Felsenmeer, literally "sea of rock".
Senses: glosses: A blockfield.
blockfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blockfields
Etymology: From block + field.
Senses: glosses: A surface covered by block-sized angular rocks, usually associated with alpine and subpolar climates and periglaciation.
Synonyms: felsenmeer
felsenmeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felsenmeer
blockfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blockfield
shortlegged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shortlegged
form: most shortlegged
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of short-legged.
Derived terms: shortleggedness
longlegged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more longlegged
form: most longlegged
Senses: examples: text: These species are familiar on many Pacific Islands: they include the bighead ant, the longlegged ant, and a fire ant.
ref: 1997, Christopher S. Lobban, María Schefter, Tropical Pacific Island Environments, page 250:
glosses: Alternative spelling of long-legged.
Ethelthryth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name form of Etheldreda from Æðelþryð.
parao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaː.ɾaʊ̯/
Forms: form: paraos
Etymology: From Philippine Spanish parao, from Cebuano paraw.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sailing vessel found in the waters of the Philippines, similar to a proa.
Related terms: proa
banca
paraos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parao
Kavalan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Kavalan kebalan, meaning "people of the plains".
Senses: glosses: An indigenous people of northeast Taiwan.
Kavalan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kavalan kebalan, meaning "people of the plains".
Senses: glosses: Their language.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Kavalan terms
ascendence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ascendences
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ascendance.
harmonic series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmonic series
Senses: topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The divergent series whose terms are the reciprocals of the positive integers; the series ∑ₙ₌₁ ᪲1/n.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The sequence of all positive integer multiples of a base frequency.
keep a low profile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps a low profile
form: keeping a low profile
form: kept a low profile
form: kept a low profile
Senses: examples: text: He kept a low profile during the carnival.
synonyms: lie doggo
lie low
play doggo
glosses: To be discreet and quiet.
Related terms: keep one's head down
indecent assault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indecent assaults
Senses: qualifier: criminal law
glosses: Sexual contact with another person, who does not want it, that does not result in, or is not considered to be, rape.
raw_tags: in UK
indecent assaults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indecent assault