cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
CBND
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of cannabinodiol.
cannabinodiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: CBND
glosses: A cannabinoid found in the plant Cannabis sativa at low concentrations. It is the fully aromatized derivative of cannabidiol and can occur as a product of the photochemical conversion of cannabinol.
Related terms: cannabidiol
cannabinol
skunkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skunkies
Etymology: From skunk + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: "Here, skunkie, skunkie" coaxed Winkie in a shaking voice.
ref: 1948, Dean Marshall, The Invisible Island, Junior Literary Guild, page 139:
text: Finally, after much pressing, she said, "I tiptoe into the room quietly saying 'Good skunkie, good skunkie, don't spray me.'"
ref: 1994, Forest Farmer, volume 53, Forest Farmer Association, page 21:
text: By this time Dad and I couldn't smell each other, much less a little skunkie. I got a bucket and followed him to the chicken house and leaned into that smokie, skunky smellin interior.
ref: 2007, Pat Lorett, To-1944: Oklahoma Farm Life, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 310:
glosses: Diminutive of skunk.
skunkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skunkie
Spillmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Captain Hindsight
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Either originated with, or popularized by, a cartoon character of the same name from the U.S. animated TV series South Park.
Senses: glosses: A person who is happy to criticize decisions with the benefit of hindsight, but did nothing to stop those decisions being made at the time.
wikipedia: Coon 2: Hindsight
Related terms: Captain Obvious
captain save a hoe
captain balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of captain ball
puts on a pedestal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put on a pedestal
putting on a pedestal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put on a pedestal
captive nation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captive nations
Senses: examples: text: Almost from the moment the Soviet empire swallowed the captive nations, the fight against it began.
ref: 1989 November 21, A[braham] M[ichael] Rosenthal, “ON MY MIND; Helping the Revolution”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2017:
text: Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump claimed that "socialism is dying" and described Cuba as a "captive nation." But Cuban officials framed voting yes to the constitution as a matter of patriotism.
ref: 2019 February 25, Euan McKirdy, “Cubans overwhelmingly vote in favor of new constitution”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2022:
text: When the moment struck in the late 1980s as the Soviet Union started to collapse, nonviolent resistance to Communist rule forced the Soviets out, freeing the captive nations without a shot fired.
ref: 2021 June 24, Henry Olsen, “Opinion: The U.S. can’t save Hong Kong. But it must keep the spirit of freedom alive.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2021:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A country under the control of a Communist regime (especially the Soviet Union).
Derived terms: Captive Nations Week
captive nations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of captive nation
Soviet empire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Almost from the moment the Soviet empire swallowed the captive nations, the fight against it began.
ref: 1989 November 21, A[braham] M[ichael] Rosenthal, “ON MY MIND; Helping the Revolution”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2017:
text: The very idea of Ronald Reagan standing before the most powerful symbol of the Cold War and demanding that the leader of the Soviet empire "tear down this wall" threw two governments into conniptions.
ref: 2017 June 12, “’Tear down this wall’: How Reagan’s forgotten line became a defining moment”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2023:
glosses: The Soviet Union along with the nominally independent nations in its sphere of influence.
T14
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Because the schools in the T14 have been so stable as a group over the years, playing "musical chairs" amongst themselves but rarely dropping out of that band, the rankings weren't telling applicants much about those schools, other than that they were consistently strong institutions.
ref: 2022 November 19, David Lat, “Why Six Top-Ranked Law Schools Left U.S. News in the Dust This Week”, in Slate, archived from the original on 31 May 2023:
text: The article cites a study that found graduates from the T14 to have higher salaries and more "prestigious careers" — on average. Yes, the law schools in the T14 are excellent, but there is no magic to the number 14, and the U.S. News algorithm includes as much "noise" as "signal."
ref: 2022 December 2, Matthew Diller, quotee, “Letters: When Law Schools Snub the Rankings”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023:
glosses: The set of fourteen law schools, which frequently take the top fourteen spots in the yearly U.S. News & World Report ranking: the Columbia Law School, Cornell Law School, Duke University School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, Stanford Law School, UC Berkeley School of Law, University of Chicago Law School, University of Michigan Law School, University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Virginia School of Law, and the Yale Law School.
homeserver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homeservers
Etymology: Compound of home + server.
Senses: examples: text: The disruption has caused hours of ongoing downtime, in which Matrix.org said the organization had run into issues "rebuilding production from scratch." Websites, databases, synapse, LBs, and media repositories were all impacted. Modular.im homeservers, however, are unscathed.
ref: 2019 April 12, Charlie Osborne, “Matrix.org hack forces servers offline, encrypted chat history lost”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023:
text: That figure is therefore the total number of addressable users visible to the matrix.org homeserver, but doesn't include servers or users not viewable on the public network or those that don't report usage stats.
ref: 2022 July 15, Richard Speed, “60 million in the Matrix as users seek decentralized messaging”, in The Register, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2023:
text: The first two attacks provide a simple confidentiality break by exploiting the homeserver's control over the users and devices that are permitted to join a private room.
ref: 2022 September 28, Dan Goodin, “Serious vulnerabilities in Matrix's end-to-end encryption have been patched”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 27 May 2023:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A server that facilitates communication using the Matrix protocol.
homeservers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homeserver
second-round effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second-round effects
Senses: examples: text: There is a second-round effect of crowding in higher private investment as public sector contractors tool up to meet the public contracts, and then a third – as all firms adjust to the higher level of demand by raising business investment levels – of more crowding in and so-called “multiplier effects”.
ref: 2024 November 3, Will Hutton, “Investment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget”, in The Guardian:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The situation where inflation starts to have an indirect impact, affecting wages and prices.
second-round effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second-round effect
Kurume
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 久留米 (Kurume).
Senses: examples: text: General Description of Tosu-Kagoshima Line. The S. section of the Kagoshima Main Line, that is the Tosu-Kagoshima section, passes first through Kurume and Omuta, then Kumamoto; from the town of Uto, it sends off the Misumi Branch Line, and between Matsushiro and Hitoyoshi it passes through the romantic valley of the Kuma-gawa; on leaving Hitoyoshi, the line crosses the high ridges of Yatake and Kunimi-yama and then makes a gradual descent until it reaches Kagoshima.
ref: 1914, An Official Guide to Eastern Asia: South-western Japan:
glosses: a city in Fukuoka prefecture
lapless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæpləs/
Etymology: From lap + -less.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Without a lap.
purpart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purparts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of purparty.
purparts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purpart
Huckstepp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
quaereing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quaere
squadder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squadders
Etymology: From squad + -er.
Senses: examples: text: a bomb squadder
text: a riot squadder
glosses: A member of a squad.
squadders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squadder
like grease through a goose
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: word: like shit through a goose
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very fast.
GeoCities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GeoCity
hurrying up and waiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hurry up and wait
hurried up and waited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hurry up and wait
hurries up and waits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hurry up and wait
Heloise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛləʊˈiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Heloïse
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Heloisa under influence from French Héloïse, probably from French Éloi + -se (“-ess: feminizing nouns”), from Medieval Latin Eligius, chiefly after Saint Eligius, from Latin ēligere (“to pick, to choose from”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives and names”). Sometimes alternatively derived from Proto-Germanic reconstructed as *Hailawidiz, from *hailagaz (“holy”) or *hailaz (“whole, healthful”) and *widuz (“wood, forest”). As an English name, chiefly after Peter Abelard's beloved nun Heloise. Doublet of Eloise.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
wikipedia: Heloise
Peter Abelard
Saint Eligius
bad cholesterols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bad cholesterol
good cholesterols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good cholesterol
rebises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebis
target letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: target letters
Senses: examples: text: Prosecutors use target letters to inform subjects of criminal investigations that they could be charged with crimes.
ref: 2023 July 14, Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman, Alan Feuer, “Trump Employee Warned of Charges in Classified Documents Case”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2023:
glosses: An official letter from the United States Department of Justice informing someone that they are being investigated and may be charged with a crime.
target letters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of target letter
computering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Ever since I was a kid I've watched my mom wake up at six in the morning, work all day, come home, make my brother and me dinner—maybe shout at me for too much 'computering'.
ref: 2014 April 3, Simon Parkin, quoting Rami Ismail, “The Guilt of the Video-Game Millionaires”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2023:
text: Before long, Elliot is connected to an improbable plot to bring down the whole economic system (or at least Evil Corp) with the power of computering, political pseudoscience and loquacious self-righteousness.
ref: 2016 July 22, Patrick Freyne, “Mr Robot gets high praise, but it's a lot dumber than it thinks it is”, in The Irish Times, Dublin: Irish Times Trust, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2020:
text: The stuff they are doing in the medical field, financial field, gaming, Surface, retail, artificial intelligence. They are a force behind all of computering.
ref: 2018 November 30, Thomas Heath, quoting Ivan Feinseth, “Microsoft surges back — from 2002 — to reclaim from Apple bragging rights of most valuable U.S. company”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2023:
text: The Australian government demonstrates its can't-do attitude to computering yet again. Requiring all agencies to follow the Australian Signals Directorate's 'best advice' is just too hard.
ref: 2019 August 15, Asha Barbaschow, “Australian Signals Directorate launches open source data visualisation tool”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2023:
glosses: The act of using a computer.
computering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of computer
computered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of computer
straight-arrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight-arrows
Senses: examples: text: A ruggedly-handsome man, he had an open, friendly face; he was known as a straight-arrow.
ref: 2002, John Leslie Evans, Anatomy of a Killing:
text: All my life I had been a very clean-cut guy, sort of a “straight-arrow,” an outdoors, hunting and fishing kind of guy.
ref: 2012, Robert L. Sims, A Boy Named Bobby: Adventures of Growing up in the 40'S and 50'S:
text: The guy's a straight-arrow, and he's definitely got the president's back.
ref: 2014, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Fatal Conceit, page 141:
text: But how did a straight-arrow like you wind up with a friend like that?
ref: 2014, Joanne Kennedy, How to Handle a Cowboy:
glosses: Alternative form of straight arrow.
straight-arrow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more straight-arrow
form: most straight-arrow
Senses: examples: text: The difficulties attracted him, as well as the aesthetics of the route he wanted to follow – a straight-arrow ridge to the top.
ref: 1983, Pacific Northwest - Volume 17, page 38:
text: Savor a paved and peaceful route through endless fields as you follow a straight-arrow road to an intersection with the secondary road for Grossbostheim.
ref: 1993, Karen & Terry Whitehill, Europe by Bike, page 206:
text: Second, Winney's personal history did not follow a straight-arrow transition from slavery to manumission to freedom, or even manumission to indenture to freedom; rather her re-enslavement followed several years' employment as a free woman for her former owner, and then what may have been as many years at the residence of her later employer before she was sold.
ref: 1997, Empire, Society and Labor: Essays in Honor of Richard S. Dunn, page 240:
glosses: Alternative form of straight arrow.
straight-arrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straight-arrow
hayhenny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hayhennies
Etymology: From Spanish jejenes, plural of jején (“midge”).
Senses: examples: text: “That's only a hayhenny,” he explained. “Hayhennies are lilttle flies. The rising sun is waking 'em up.”
ref: 1922, Everybody's Magazine, volume 46, page 133:
text: Certainly the hayhennies and crowing roosters (at all times of nights) and the breathlessness of the “air” don't encourage one to slumbers.
ref: 1926, Hart Crane, letter, 30 July
glosses: A small biting midge (especially in Latin America); a noseeum.
hayhennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hayhenny
misshade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misshades
form: misshading
form: misshaded
form: misshaded
Etymology: From mis- + shade.
Senses: examples: text: Two days later when he was being discharged, Adams handed Borden a termination slip stating that he was being discharged for misshading.
ref: 1971, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 889:
text: Then, with his emergently famous precision, he enumerated the flaws Bridges had made when he copied the map. […] Rocks too far north and of the wrong size. Hills misplaced, misshaded. Rivers too close together.
ref: 2013, Marguerite Holloway, The Measure of Manhattan:
text: The secretary of the interior has misstated and/or misshaded a few facts in the paragraph just quoted.
ref: 2017, Andy Kerr, Precedent for Secretary Zinke’s Gut-Job on the National Monuments:
glosses: To shade improperly.
misshades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misshade
misshading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misshade
misshading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misshadings
Senses: examples: text: Nor can we do better than to borrow the portrait of this sui-generis eccentricity which we find hanging up on the walls of the Knickerbocker -– drawn by one of its most skilful artists, with only one or two misshadings of the pencil
ref: 1865, Richard Miller Devens, Cyclopaedia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes, page 608:
text: The credited testimony of Borden shows that Adams on October 12 prewarned him about the discharge and told him that the ground for the discharge would be the misshading of materials ( i.e. selecting materials for manufacture into a batch of shirts which were not of matching shades).
ref: 1971, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 889:
text: Eliminates traditional causes of misshading.
ref: 1976, Quintessence International, Dental Digest - Volume 7, Issues 10-12:
glosses: An instance of misshading
misshadings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misshading
misshaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misshade
misshaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misshaded
form: most misshaded
Senses: examples: text: He has arrayed Duessa in the radiant habit of "Heavenly Una with her milk-white lamb;" he has claimed for incarnations of revenge and guilt, that reverent affection which is due only to innocence and mercy; and over countenances, whose misshaded leprosy would look ghastly as the face of Death itself, has spread a veil of flimsiest sophistry, yet withal so artfully and curiously interwoven with gems and pearls of truth, that the eye of the spectator too seldom pierces the seductive disguise.
ref: 1833 September, “English Poetry in the Nineteenth Century”, in The Imperial magazine, volume 15, number 33, page 397:
text: You can use the Eraser icon to erase a misshaded tank ( a factory reject, perhaps), and recopy or reflip the model.
ref: 1984, Tony Fabbri, Gregory W. Thorne, Mac Graphics, page 83:
text: For rendering purposes this problem can be ignored, with the result being one misshaded pixel once in a great while.
ref: 1994, Paul Heckbert, Graphics Gems IV, page 29:
glosses: Having incorrect shading.
foamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Foamite
Senses: examples: text: The following changes relating to foamite fire extinguishers, fire pail, and system were made in the list of equipments approved […]
ref: 1919, General Rules and Regulations Prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, page 12:
text: Foamite Firefoam is fatal to fire - even blazing oil! Firefoam is a fire smothering, fire extinguishing foam which covers all burning objects like a blanket. It puts out fire quicker than other extinguishing agents,[…]
ref: 1920, R. B. Foster, J.L. Newman, Petroleum Magazine, page 61:
text: The tests with foamite extinguishers was conducted in the same manner as the previous test with carbon tetrachloride. Six men equipped with oxygen breathing apparatus and carrying five 2 1/2 - gallon foamite firefoam extinguishers[…]
ref: 1921, Arno Carl Fieldner, Gases Produced in the Use of Carbon Tetrachloride and Foamite Fire Extinguishers in Mines, page 4:
text: The foamite snow could therefore look soft and fluffy, like a whirling storm, or as wild as a raging blizzard. “Tastes swell, too,” Jimmy Stewart would later tell a publicist.
ref: 2013, Kristi McKim, Cinema as Weather: Stylistic Screens and Atmospheric Change, Routledge, →ISBN, page 142:
text: A new kind of snow, made from foamite, sugar, soap flakes and water, was produced for filming.
ref: 2022 November 8, Orange Hippo!, A Little Book For Christmas: A Collection of Glad Tidings and Festive Cheer, Welbeck Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 150:
glosses: A foamy substance formerly used for extinguishing fire, and in making fake snow for movies.
wax vestas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wax vesta
wax-vesta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wax-vestas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wax vesta.
misshare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misshares
form: missharing
form: misshared
form: misshared
Etymology: From mis- + share.
Senses: examples: text: It is appropriate that the poem, in an attempt to break this cycle of missharing, to use the concept that we applied to Percy Shelley's poetry, concludes with a simple truth.
ref: 1989, Marlon Bryan Ross, The Contours of Masculine Desire, page 200:
text: These differences and asymmetries cause missharing of currents and staggered turn-ON/-OFF between parallel devices.
ref: 2021 December, Yanfeng Shen, Yunlei Jiang, Hui Zhao, Teng Long, “Enabling Resonant Commutated Pole in Parallel Power FET Bridge Legs”, in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, volume 36, number 12:
text: This barrier is rooted in the fear that data will be mishandled, misused, or misshared.
ref: 2022, François Candelon, Martin Reeves, The Rise of AI-Powered Companies:
glosses: To share something that should not be shared.
misshares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misshare
missharing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misshare
misshared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misshare
Konstantinos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Konstadinos
Etymology: Transliteration of Greek Κωνσταντίνος (Konstantínos), a male given name used in Greece. Doublet of Constantine.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Greek male given name Κωνσταντίνος (Konstantínos).
cries cupboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cry cupboard
cried cupboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cry cupboard
crying cupboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cry cupboard
Konstadina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Konstantina
Etymology: Transliteration of Greek Κωνσταντίνα (Konstantína), a female given name used in Greece.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Greek female given name Κωνσταντίνα (Konstantína).
Greater Bendigo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in central Victoria, Australia, which includes the city of Bendigo proper; in full, the City of Greater Bendigo.
music video game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: music video games
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Synonym of music game.
synonyms: word: music game
picks up the phone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pick up the phone
inference to the best explanation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: fixed phrase
glosses: Synonym of abductive reasoning.
synonyms: word: abductive reasoning
picking up the phone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pick up the phone
picked up the phone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pick up the phone
Angeball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ange (Postecoglou) + -ball.
Senses: glosses: The style of football (soccer) associated with renowned Greek-Australian coach Ange Postecoglou.
female dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: female dogs
Etymology: From its original meaning.
Senses: examples: text: “She called her a female dog. Leastwise she hinted it.”
ref: 1945, James Street, The Gauntlet, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., page 210:
text: I don’t like the way he spoke to my wife and called her a female dog.
ref: 2000, Mark McCrum, Castaway: The Full, Inside Story of the Major TV Series, Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 227:
text: You just called her a female dog in heat.
ref: 2010, Clyde R. Forsberg, Jr., Playing It By Ear: The Jazz-Theatre of Clyde R. Forsberg Jr., Xlibris, →ISBN, page 64:
text: And he called her a female dog.
ref: 2012, Vladimir Voinovich, translated by Andrew Bromfield, A Displaced Person: The Later Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, →ISBN, page 34:
text: Then the blond guy called her a female dog and sat down in his seat.
ref: 2014, Paul Gardiner, A Light in a World of Darkness, Archway Publishing, →ISBN, page 5:
text: My eyes rolled and called her a female dog.
ref: 2014, Okisha Jackson, A Successful Failure: The Complete Series, →ISBN:
text: Mr. Ertz called her a female dog, you know, the ‘B word.’
ref: 2015, Terrie Farley Moran, Caught Read-Handed, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 247:
text: Perhaps she’d think I called her a female dog.
ref: 2015, Amanda Laureano, Sirena, Xlibris, →ISBN:
text: So she did what any girl would do: called her a female dog and raised her fist to punch her on the jaw line.
ref: 2015, L.S.C. Fernandes, Vampire Slayer, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:
synonyms: the b-word
glosses: The word bitch.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see female, dog.
white balance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From white + balance.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The color correction applied to files created by a digital camera. It determines the color temperature of the image based on the type of scene lighting (natural or artificial) and can be selected automatically by the camera (automatic white balance or AWB) or manually by the photographer.
shoulder display
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoulder displays
Etymology: From shoulder + display.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A small LCD display integrated into the top of certain digital cameras, usually to the right of the viewfinder. It allows the photographer to quickly assess important settings of the camera at a glance, such as aperture, shutter speed, white balance or free space remaining on the memory card.
kesselgarten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kessel garten
form: kesselgarden
form: kessel garden
Etymology: Originally from the accented pronunciation of the English name Castle Garden by Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jewish people who immigrated to the United States through the busy, poorly-managed Castle Garden processing facility in the 19th century. Later generalized to refer to any similarly busy and chaotic situation.
Senses: examples: text: "American Yiddish commemorated this era of poor management with the term "kessel garten", meaning a crowded and disorderly place."
glosses: A noisy, confusing and chaotic situation
suffering Moses
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Suffering Moses!" Lonergan groaned.
ref: 1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page vi. 51:
glosses: An exclamation of dismay.
twinkling of an eye
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Ghost: No sooner had she spoke but we were heere, / I wot not how, in twinkling of an eye.
ref: 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie, act I, lines 87–88:
glosses: A short period of time.
Writtle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England, west of the city of Chelmsford (OS grid ref TL6706).
Wish.com
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the domain name of the e-commerce platform Wish, because many poor-quality and counterfeit goods have been sold on it, itself from wish + .com (created as an application that allowed shoppers to create wish lists of their favorite products before matching them with merchants).
Senses: examples: text: When I sit and watch Insidious, I cannot help but smile at the Wish.com version of Darth Maul whom I am supposed to tremble at the sight of.
ref: 2021 October 29, Ellie Jurmann, “Horror Movies for Bedtime Stories”, in Post, Providence, RI: Brown University, page 5:
text: I feel like this concept is the Wish.com version of reincarnation.
ref: 2022, Mary Katherine Backstrom, Crazy Joy: Finding Wild Happiness in a World That's Upside Down, unnumbered page:
text: But ultimately, it's the Wish.com version of a David Lean epic, partway between a pound-shop Kwai and a half-decent episode of Columbo, […]
ref: 2022, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, & Tom Salinsky, Best Pick: A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards, page 150
synonyms: BTEC
dollar-store
Netflix adaptation
poor man's
Poundland
pound-shop
Temu
Tesco Value
glosses: Used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior copy.
wikipedia: Wish (company)
wipe someone's nose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wipes someone's nose
form: wiping someone's nose
form: wiped someone's nose
form: wiped someone's nose
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To defeat humiliatingly, usually by robbing or killing.
Related terms: wipe someone's eye
bibiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bibiru.
Morvi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Morbi, India.
pagodaless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pagoda + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a pagoda.
Dhrangadhra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Gujarat, India.
glosses: A former state in western India, abolished in 1948; in full, Dhrangadhra State.
dolly shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dolly shot
skill shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skill shot
split screen shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of split screen shot
skillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skilla
skills shortages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skills shortage
split monomorphisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of split monomorphism
Chets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chet
hormonomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hormonome
monomannosylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monomannosylation
monomorphizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monomorphization
screenshotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screenshotter
screech tunnels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screech tunnel
pseudomonomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudomonomer
microscreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microscreen
strong AIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strong AI
strong artificial intelligences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strong artificial intelligence
strong breezes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strong breeze
strong personalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strong personality
stritches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stritch
strong gales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strong gale
struggle kids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of struggle kid
striped honeyeaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of striped honeyeater
striped marlins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of striped marlin
striped panchaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of striped panchax
striped wren-babblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of striped wren-babbler
stripetail darters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stripetail darter
honey mushrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honey mushroom
vine weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vine weevil
honeyvines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honeyvine
porcelainflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porcelainflower
flower weevils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flower weevil
flower arrangements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flower arrangement
flower chafers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flower chafer
flowering rushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flowering rush
Passionflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Passionflower
noble chafers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noble chafer
nod-backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nod-back
edge rushers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edge rusher
eegits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eegit
forked riceflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forked riceflower
ectomycorrhizospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectomycorrhizosphere
ectomesolophids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectomesolophid
ectospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectosphere
hairy nightshades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairy nightshade
fruticulines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fruticuline
hair lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair line
hair restorers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair restorer
hair sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair stick
water allergies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water allergy
water bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water bridge
polyallergies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyallergy
railbridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of railbridge
rainbow lorikeets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainbow lorikeet
roadbridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roadbridge
water nets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water net
roads less traveled
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road less traveled
water rites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water rite
waterdromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterdrome
water-fears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-fear
waterthymes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterthyme
water-docks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-dock
net operating losses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of net operating loss
net decks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of net deck
net decks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of net deck
net-decks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of net-deck
net-decks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of net-deck
netpreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netpreneur
tertiary planets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tertiary planet
drinks cabinets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drinks cabinet
high-finned dragonets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-finned dragonet
homeplanets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homeplanet
micronets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micronet
netted olives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netted olive
Scotch crests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scotch crest
shadow dockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadow docket
docklines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dockline
DNA tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DNA test
loading docks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loading dock
loan formations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loan formation
saffron shadow dancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saffron shadow dancer
thermotests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermotest
salt spray tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salt spray test
salt lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salt line
salt glaciers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salt glacier
saltdomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltdome
secalines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secaline
shrub lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrub line
silines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siline
sweep lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweep line
through-lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of through-line
trade lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade line
variolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varioline
general lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of general line
general secretaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of general secretary
generalized estimating equations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generalized estimating equation
grind lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grind line
grinding wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grinding wheel
grip waxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grip wax
grithbreaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grithbreach
grinding gears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grinding gear
Hickman lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hickman line
hidden gems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hidden gem
laundry eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laundry egg
egg whisks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egg whisk
eggshell rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eggshell rule
whiskered terns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whiskered tern
whitbeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whitbed
hog cisterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hog cistern
hog trains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hog train
interference patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interference pattern
egoboosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egoboost
garden eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garden egg
garlic scrolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garlic scroll
ghost chili peppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost chili pepper
ghost drivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost driver
file shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of file shell
filepaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filepath
filing trays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filing tray
obstacle courses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obstacle course
obstetrician-gynecologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obstetrician-gynecologist
obtuse horn shells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obtuse horn shell
ghazeeyehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghazeeyeh
ghoonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghoont
palaeocourses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeocourse
threadmills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of threadmill
double-banded coursers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-banded courser
lower atmospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lower atmosphere
lower boundaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lower boundary
lower garments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lower garment
lower thirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lower third
lowlands hump-nosed pit vipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowlands hump-nosed pit viper
upland bonesets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upland boneset
upper boundaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upper boundary
upper garments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upper garment
upper jaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upper jaw
uranium bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uranium bomb
fork trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fork truck
forkbombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forkbomb
forklift operators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forklift operator
lance bombardiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lance bombardier
tea-poys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea-poy
tear offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tear off
technical standards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technical standard
technical universities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technical university
consensus ad idem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin consensus ad idem (“agreement to the same thing”). In English, first attested in 1864.
Senses: examples: text: From my reading, the courts originally decided in Lynn's favour because the two parties did not have "consensus ad idem." That is that there wasn't a common understanding.
ref: 2006 September 8, Mike Taylor, “Letter to Rotary Club”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, O.N.: The Woodbridge Company, published 2006, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2023:
topics: law
synonyms: meeting of the minds
glosses: Agreement about the terms and subject matter of a contract between all involved parties.
Related terms: ad idem
junkmobile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junkmobiles
Etymology: From junk + -mobile.
Senses: examples: text: "My God!" she whispered. "Sculpture with a living element. Charlie, it's the greatest thing since junkmobiles and tincannia."
ref: 1966, Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon, San Diego, C.A. […]: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 160:
text: Another car appeared in the distance. His view of it was partially blocked by the Volvo's bikes and boat, but he could see that it was some old junkmobile.
ref: 2000, Barbara Snow Gilbert, Paper Trail, Ashville, N.C.: Front Street, →ISBN, page 74:
text: The car was something of a Goodnight legend, considered one of the rustiest in a town whose parking lots held more than their fair share of rusting junkmobiles.
ref: 2006, William J[ames] Cobb, Goodnight, Texas, Denver, C.O.: Unbridled Books, →ISBN, pages 152–153:
glosses: An old, worn-out car.
junkmobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junkmobile
Maguindanao del Norte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɐ.ɡɪn.dɐˌnaʊ̯ dɛl ˈnoɾ.tɛ/
Etymology: From Spanish Maguindánao del Norte, from Maguindánao + del (“of the”) + norte (“north”).
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Barira, Buldon, Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Kabuntalan, Matanog, Northern Kabuntalan, Parang, Sultan Kudarat, Sultan Mastura, Talitay, Upi — municipalities of Maguindanao del Norte
glosses: A province of Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines, created from the division of the former province of Maguindanao. Capital: Datu Odin Sinsuat. Largest city: Cotabato City.
Related terms: Maguindanao del Sur
Maguindanao del Sur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɐ.ɡɪn.dɐˌnaʊ̯ dɛl ˈsuɾ/
Etymology: From Spanish Maguindánao del Sur, from Maguindánao + del (“of the”) + sur (“south”).
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Ampatuan, Buluan, Datu Abdullah Sangki, Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Datu Montawal, Datu Paglas, Datu Piang, Datu Salibo, Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Datu Unsay, General Salipada K. Pendatun, Guindulungan, Mamasapano, Mangudadatu, Pagalungan, Paglat, Pandag, Rajah Buayan, Shariff Aguak, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, South Upi, Sultan sa Barongis, Talayan — municipalities of Maguindanao del Sur
glosses: A province of Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines, created from the division of the former province of Maguindanao. Capital: Buluan.
Related terms: Maguindanao del Norte