cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
infradiaphragmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From infra- + diaphragmatic.
Senses: examples: text: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection is usually supradiaphragmatic, but when it is infradiaphragmatic the veins enter the inferior vena cava, forming the scimitar syndrome.
ref: 2003, David A. Nyberg, Diagnostic Imaging of Fetal Anomalies, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 488:
text: Infradiaphragmatic intra- and suprasellar craniopharyngioma: its starting point is intrasellar, and it develops to the suprasellar spaces in distending the diaphragma sellae, which commonly becomes inseparable from the tumor capsule.
ref: 2005, Jörg-Christian Tonn, Manfred Westphal, J. T. Rutka, S.A. Grossman, Neuro-Oncology of CNS Tumors, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 509:
text: The inverted Y field has traditionally been used to treat the infradiaphragmatic lymph node regions including the paraaortic nodes, spleen, pelvic nodes and inguinofemoral nodes.
ref: 2010, Lena Specht, Joachim Yahalom, Radiotherapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 131:
text: […] infradiaphragmatic aortic clamping is done just above the celiac plexus level; it is decided after laparotomy because of the torrential uncontrollable bleeding.
ref: 2014, Sriram Bhat M., Sriram Bhat M, SRB's Surgical Operations: Text & Atlas, JP Medical Ltd, →ISBN, page 210:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Below the diaphragm.
pay good money after bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays good money after bad
form: paying good money after bad
form: paid good money after bad
form: paid good money after bad
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throw good money after bad.
spend good money after bad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spends good money after bad
form: spending good money after bad
form: spent good money after bad
form: spent good money after bad
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throw good money after bad.
brachymesophalangia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brachy- + meso- + -phalangia.
Senses: examples: text: The serial records of both mongoloid and normal children show a remarkable stability for each individual in both the site and the degree of clinodactyly and the extent of brachymesophalangia.
ref: 1961, Acta paediatrica scandinavica:
text: Roentgenogram showing malformation in second and third radiants, with brachymesophalangia and brachybasophalangia.
ref: 1966, Chinese Medical Journal:
text: Of all the bones in the upper extremity, the middle segment of the 5th digit is most variable and subject to brachymesophalangia, camptodactyly and clinodactyly.
ref: 1970, Stanley Marion Garn, The earlier gain and the later loss of cortical bone, in nutritional perspective:
text: Drinkwater described an eventually asymmetrical brachyhypophalangia of the index, ring and little fingers. He noted brachymesophalangia of the thumb and middle finger.
ref: 2012, A. Wackenheim, Cheirolumbar Dysostosis: Developmental Brachycheiry and Stenosis of the Bony Vertebral Lumbar Canal, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:
text: X-rays of both right and left hands showing symmetric involvement of the ulnar three digits with brachymetacarpia and brachymesophalangia.
ref: 2014, Ghazi M. Rayan, Joseph Upton III, Congenital Hand Anomalies and Associated Syndromes, Springer, →ISBN, page 284:
text: The most common morphologic variant of the middle phalanx is brachymesophalangia, characterized by an abbreviated and occasionally broadened middle phalanx.
ref: 2016, R. Shane Tubbs, Mohammadali M. Shoja, Marios Loukas, Bergman's Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: BMP
glosses: The condition of having a short middle phalanx, often of the fifth digit on the hand.
Bacus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ækəs
Forms: form: Bacuses
Etymology: Respelling of Backus, but also borrowed from Cebuano Bacus.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Cebuano.
San Pedro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsæn ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˌsan ˈpɛd.ɾo/
Etymology: From Spanish San Pedro (“Saint Peter”).
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of place names from Spanish named after St. Peter:
A neighborhood and former city in Los Angeles, California.
glosses: Any of a number of place names from Spanish named after St. Peter:
A city and former municipality of Laguna, Philippines.
Derived terms: San Pedro I
San Pedro II
San Pedro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsæn ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˌsan ˈpɛd.ɾo/
Forms: form: San Pedros
Etymology: From Spanish San Pedro (“Saint Peter”).
Senses: examples: text: Results tentatively demonstrate the status of San Pedro as a psychedelic, revealing deviations from normal waking consciousness on all 11 subscales of the 11D-ASC, moderate scores of ego-dissolution, and a complete mystical experience in two thirds of the participants.
ref: 2023 October 2, Arne Bohn, Michiel H. H. Kiggen, Malin V. Uthaug, Kim I. M. van Oorsouw, Johannes G. Ramaekers, “Altered States of Consciousness During Ceremonial San Pedro Use”, in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, volume 33, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 309–331:
text: A Guardia Civil spokesperson said that ayahuasca, San Pedro, toad poison, wild rue and mimosa pudica were prohibited substances in Spain, adding that their consumption was not authorised because, while they were natural substances, they could be highly dangerous to human health.
ref: 2025 August 11, Sam Jones, “Ayahuasca and toad poison seized as police raid spiritual retreats in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: Peruvian torch
glosses: A cactus, Echinopsis pachanoi, native to Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia, traditionally used for healing and divination.
thoroughpass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thoroughpasses
Etymology: From thorough- + pass.
Senses: examples: text: Kharagpur serves a as thoroughpass for raw materials as well as for products passing through different parts of the country as it is an important transport node.
ref: 1989, Applied Geography: Prof. S.P. Chatterjee Commemorative Volume:
glosses: A connected passage; conduit or channel.
examples: text: […] the Bridge of Athlone over the River Shannon, the greatest thoroughpass in Ireland, has been long in a most narrow, dangerous and dilapidated state, […]
ref: 1826, Journals of the House of Commons, volume 82, page 390:
text: Eventually they came out onto Hunter Avenue, a main thoroughpass segregating Hollywood's blue-collar district from the ritzier multimillion-dollar homes.
ref: 2010, Michael Laimo, The Demonologist:
glosses: A way through; thoroughfare.
hydramnion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydramnions
Senses: examples: text: In his case of hydramnion it was situated in the upper ovum in a twin pregnancy. He tapped the upper sac by simple puncture, without making an incision through the parietes.
ref: 1908, British Medical Journal:
text: The cause of hydramnion in this case being due to a twisted cord, the procedure could not be expected to offer more than temporary relief.
ref: 1933, The New England Journal of Medicine:
text: Among the diseases of the decidua and fetal membranes, the only condition which creates a moral problem is that of hydramnion.
ref: 1946, Charles Joseph McFadden, Medical Ethics for Nurses:
text: It has long been known that hydramnion during pregnancy is relatively often associated with congenital atresia of the digestive tract.
ref: 1962, August Pierre Marie Rutten, Oesophageal Atresia: a critical study of the literature and report on sixteen cases:
text: No differences in the appearance and volume of the amniotic fluid were detected, particularly in normally volumed cases, moderate hydramnion or even moderate oligoamnion.
ref: 2005, Jose Bajo, Asim Kurjak, Donald School Textbook of Transvaginal Sonography, CRC Press, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Polyhydramnios.
koesister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koesisters
Senses: glosses: A Cape Malay cake made by frying dough and then rolling it in coconut.
Related terms: koeksister
Ubalde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ubaldes
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish
international auxiliary languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of international auxiliary language
daily strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daily strips
Senses: glosses: A format of comic strip containing between one and five frames (three being the most common), arranged and organized horizontally (though some vertically), usually printed in small quantities and in black and white due to the rhythm of (although some in color).
Related terms: Sunday board
yonkoma
charge
cartoon
Sunday board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sunday boards
Senses: glosses: A format of comic strip containing a larger number of frames, always filling a whole page, usually in large quantities and in color (although some in black and white).
Related terms: daily strip
yonkoma
charge
cartoon
glow-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glow-ups
form: glowup
form: glow up
Etymology: From glow + up, modelled after such deverbals as blow-up; diachronically, probably not a deverbal from the verb glow up, which was back-formed from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: I recognised this in college, before he got his teeth done, before he got the tan and the #confidence and the style, back when he was obsessed with Eminem and had terrible bleached hair. I bagged him as my bestie nice and early, before his uber glow-up.
ref: 2017, Vicky Pattison, My Sister's Wedding, →ISBN:
text: Let us now marvel at a lady who achieved one of the most impressive glow ups in the thousand-plus-years history of the Byzantine Empire: Empress Theodora.
ref: 2018, Hannah Jewell, She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It, unnumbered page:
text: As the country's foremost fountain fashioner in the early 20th century, this Hoosier gave the gardens of wealthy Americans their glow-ups.
ref: 2020, Sarah Bahr, "Powerful Women Of Newfields", Newfields, Spring 2020, page 8
antonyms: glow-down
glosses: A major and impressive transformation in appearance, talent, power, etc.
Related terms: glow up
artabe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artabes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of artab.
artab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artabs
form: artaba
form: artabe
Etymology: From Coptic ⲁⲣⲧⲁⲃ (artab), via Old Persian from Akkadian 𒅈𒁕𒁉 (/⁠ardabu⁠/, “capacity measure of about 56 litres”). Also found in Ancient Greek ἀρτάβη (artábē).
Senses: glosses: A dry measure, in ancient Egypt and Persia.
wikipedia: History of Persian Egypt
gloaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gloak
chasil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chasils
Senses: glosses: The caterpillar form of a locust
vengeant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vengeant
form: most vengeant
Senses: glosses: Seeking or taking vengeance; avenging.
artabes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artabe
chasils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chasil
upmodulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upmodulations
Etymology: From up- + modulation.
Senses: glosses: modulation to a higher level
Related terms: upmodulate
upmodulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upmodulation
flipless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flip + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a flip.
koesisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koesister
artabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artab
rutheniridosmines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rutheniridosmine
scyons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scyon
anthraco-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: anthrac-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin anthracites, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax), whence also Latin anthrax, whence English anthrax (because the black eschars of that disease are named for their resemblance to coals).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of anthra- (for derivatives of anthracene).
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Coal.
glosses: Charcoal.
Related terms: word: anthracite
english: etymologically related but semantically never overlapping; no anthraco-derived English terms have reference to anthrax
translation: etymologically related but semantically never overlapping; no anthraco-derived English terms have reference to anthrax
word: anthrax
word: semianthracite
devaprasnams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devaprasnam
webstresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webstress
rhodocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhodocytes
Etymology: From rhodo- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: erythrocyte; red blood cell
rhodocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhodocyte
Alderneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alderney
toothpicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of toothpick
toothpicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toothpick
couters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couter
asportations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asportation
homophobophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homophobophobes
Etymology: From homophobe + -o- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: You narrow-minded, bigoted little homophobophobe.
ref: 1997 September 11, Heh V. Sarcasm, “Homophobophobia runs rampant on alt.atheism! (Re: I Am A Gay Christian And Proud Of It.)”, in alt.religion.christian.baptist (Usenet):
text: Yes, I am probably a homophobophobe and I might even hate homophobes (though I don't think so, I think most of you are pitiful), […]
ref: 1998 April 1, Hugh Young, “Re: Intolerance was Re: Patrick Dunford...”, in nz.soc.queer (Usenet):
text: Why are homophobophobes obsessed with covering up the behavior caused by homosexuality?
ref: 1999 September 3, CJ Watson, “Re: help aus.politics, should...........?”, in aus.politics (Usenet):
glosses: A person who dislikes or opposes homophobia.
Synonyms: homophobephobe
homophobophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homophobophobe
metapoetries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metapoetry
flode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flodes
Senses: examples: text: By the Stigiall flode,
And the stremes wode
Of Cochitos bottumles well; […]
ref: 1523, John Skelton, A ryght delectable tratyse upon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 349, lines 1327–1329:
glosses: Obsolete form of flood.
nondescriptively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not descriptive.
midstrokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midstroke
Erb-Duchenne palsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Erb's palsy
horo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, hour”).
Senses: glosses: time
reinvolvements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinvolvement
urbicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See urbicidal.
Senses: glosses: The destruction of a city or urban area.
fructuations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fructuation
reinfusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinfusion
Dongxiang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɔŋ.ʃɒŋ/
ipa: /dɒŋ-/
ipa: /-ʃæŋ/
enpr: do͝ongʹshyängʹ
Forms: form: Dongxiangs
form: Dongxiang
form: Tung-hsiang
Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東鄉 /东乡 (Dōngxiāng).
Senses: examples: text: The Dongxiangs are Islamic and share much in common with the Hui nationality people in their customs.
ref: 1993, 曾庆南 [Zeng Qingnan], 张纬雯 [Zhang Weiwen], editors, 中国少数民族风情录 [In Search of China's Minorities], Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:
english: In Search of China's Minorities
translation: In Search of China's Minorities
text: 'In Chinese society, Muslims have a low social status and do low-status jobs,' says Chen Mingjie, a middle-school teacher in Guangzhou. 'Few are in high positions in business or the government; their religion and its rules are seen as a handicap. They run restaurants and small businesses. The Public Security Bureau has Hui [Chinese Muslims not included in other ethnic groups such as the Uygur and Dongxiang] police to look after them. There is very little inter-marriage.'
ref: 2009 December 13, Mark O'Neill, “Faith in the present”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2023:
glosses: A member of an ethnic group of Gansu Province in China.
Dongxiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɔŋ.ʃɒŋ/
ipa: /dɒŋ-/
ipa: /-ʃæŋ/
enpr: do͝ongʹshyängʹ
Forms: form: Tung-hsiang
Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東鄉 /东乡 (Dōngxiāng).
Senses: examples: text: The most recent census found 513,000 Dongxiang people in China, and an overwhelming majority live in and around Dongxiang County. Of the 25 townships in the county, 19 do not have a single Chinese person. Most people do not speak Chinese, and some, like Mr. Tie, have only a vague notion of China, despite living in the middle of it.
ref: 2006 March 19, Jim Yardley, “Deep in China, a Poor and Pious Muslim Enclave”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2018, Asia Pacific:
glosses: An autonomous county of Linxia prefecture, Gansu, China.
synonyms: Santa
glosses: The Mongolic language traditionally spoken by these people.
Dongxiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɔŋ.ʃɒŋ/
ipa: /dɒŋ-/
ipa: /-ʃæŋ/
enpr: do͝ongʹshyängʹ
Forms: form: Tung-hsiang
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東庠 /东庠 (Dōngxiáng).
Senses: glosses: A township in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
glosses: An island of Dongxiang, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Dongxiangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dongxiang
sailwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sail + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: I did visit other designers and design studios, including Missoni and the design studios of Montefibre in Italy, Equinoxe sailwear, Damart in France and Ellen Hart, Gilbert Pavell, Ccmet and the Vogue Fabric Forecasting Library in America.
ref: 1976, The Clothing Institute Journal, volumes 24-25, page 106:
glosses: Clothing designed to be worn while sailing.
yogawear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yoga + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Clothing designed to be worn while taking part in yoga.
aerobicwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aerobic + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Clothing designed to be worn while taking part in aerobics.
upon a sudden
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: all of a sudden; suddenly
Fuhkien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].
Senses: examples: text: In 1624, the Dutch established themselves on Fischer's I., one of the Pescadore group, in order to control the coast trade of Fuhkien province.
ref: 1867, Wm. Fred. Mayers, N. B. Dennys, Chas. King, The Treaty Ports of China and Japan, London: Trübner and Co., page 244:
text: The main trade route of South-eastern Chehkiang connects Foochow, the capital of Fuhkien, with Ningpo, which has direct communications by water (a few portages expected) with the Grand Canal and Peking.
ref: 1898, “Inland Communications in China”, in Journal of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 28, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 145:
glosses: Alternative form of Fujian.
wikipedia: Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca)
intrasquadron
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + squadron.
Senses: glosses: Within a squadron.
climbing perch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climbing perches
form: climbing perch
Senses: glosses: Any fish in family Anabantidae
Anabas testudineus, native to Asia
glosses: Any fish in family Anabantidae
Ctenopoma multispine, native to Africa
Synonyms: sense: any
word: climbing gourami
Devdas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Devdases
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi देवदास (devdās) or Bengali দেবদাস (debdaś), the name of the male lead in the 1917 Bengali-language story Devdas, readapted several times since.
Senses: examples: text: "I don't know," he had said and sighed, Devdas style: "I don't know," Everyone wants to be a Devdas, at least for a while — or perhaps only for a while. Tragic hero.
ref: 1980, Sāhitya Akademi, Indian Literature, volume 23, page 539:
text: It reminds me very much of the Devdas character that so suffuses Indian cinema, not just in the 1935 and 1955 film versions, but as a 'Devdas effect' in Hindi melodramas, especially those of Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt.
ref: 1996, Bruce Bennett, Crossing Cultures: Essays on Literature and Culture of the Asia-Pacific:
text: Indians everywhere recognized that when somebody pined, longed, and raged for someone else, they were "doing a Devdas."
ref: 2007, Anupama Chopra, King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema:
text: The character of Kashyap's Dev, although it is built on the same model as traditional Devdases, is different and suffers for other reasons.
ref: 2017, Cornelius Crowley, Heritage and Ruptures in Indian Literature, Culture and Cinema, page 198:
glosses: A grieving male lover.
wikipedia: Devdas
God's own country
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Kerala: a state in southern India.
synonyms: God's own county
glosses: Nickname for Yorkshire: a county in northeast England.
Derived terms: Godzone
muhurtam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muhurtams
form: muhurtham
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam).
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An auspicious day on which an important event, usually a wedding, can be held.
Key Largo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From key (“cay”) + Spanish largo (“length”), from Spanish Cayo Largo, from being the first long significant cay in the Florida Keys archipelago, out from the mainland.
Senses: examples: text: Coast-to-coast, L.A. to Chicago: Western male / Across the North and South, to Key Largo: love for sale
ref: 1984, “Smooth Operator”, in Diamond Life, performed by Sade:
text: Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya / Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama / Key Largo, Montego / Baby why don't we go
ref: 1988, “Kokomo”, in Still Cruisin', performed by The Beach Boys:
glosses: An island in the Florida Keys the largest significant cay in the archipelago in Florida, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place on the island of Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida, United States.
Cayo Largo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Cayo Largo.
Senses: glosses: An island.
glosses: An island.
A cay in the Cuban archipelago, south of Cuba.
synonyms: Cayo Largo del Sur
quarter-master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter-masters
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of quartermaster.
quarter-masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter-master
me generations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of me generation
Furrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Furriers
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of furrier.
mosaiculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosaicultures
Etymology: From mosaic + culture.
Senses: glosses: The art of forming mosaics of growing plants on frameworks into sculptures
glosses: A sculpture produced by this art form.
Coordinate terms: agriculture
arborsculpture
bonsai
horticulture
topiary
Related terms: heteroculture
monoculture
oligoculture
polyculture
FFAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FFA
NEFA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NEFAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of non-esterified fatty acid.
NEFA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of North-East Frontier Agency.
NEFAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NEFA
imperial examinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imperial examination
dysmyelopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dys- + myelopoiesis.
Senses: examples: text: The bone marrow was hypercellular with dysmyelopoiesis and a left shift of the erythroid and myeloid series.
ref: 1983, G. Richard Lee, Dane R. Boggs, Metal metabolism in hematologic disorders:
text: Secondary dysmyelopoiesis is associated with a variety of hematologic disorders and drug treatments.
ref: 2008, John D. Bonagura, David C. Twedt, Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XIV, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Impaired myelopoiesis; defective production of the blood cells.
Derived terms: dysmyelopoietic
dysgranulocytopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dys- + granulocytopoiesis.
Senses: examples: text: RA is defined by anemia, reticulocytopenia and normo- or hypercellular bone marrow (BM) with dyserythropoiesis and infrequently dysgranulocytopoiesis.
ref: 1995, Takeo Nomura, Myelodysplastic syndromes: advances in research and treatment : proceedings of the International Symposium on Myelodysplastic Syndromes, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan, 13-14 October 1994, Elsevier Science Ltd, →ISBN:
text: The bone marrow is hypercellular with variable hyperplasia of erythropoiesis or granulocytopoiesis. Dyserythropoiesis, dysgranulocytopoiesis, and/or dysmegakaryocytopoiesis is invariably present. Ringed sideroblasts may be found.
ref: 2000, Helmut Löffler, Johann Rastetter, Atlas of Clinical Hematology, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:
text: This would explain why dyserythropoiesis and anemia are virtually always present in MDS patients, whereas dysgranulocytopoiesis and dysmegakaryocytopoiesis are often less prominent.
ref: 2012, Wolfgang Hiddemann, Thomas Büchner, Bernhard Wörmann, Jörg Ritter, Ursula Creutzig, William Plunkett, Acute Leukemias VII: Experimental Approaches and Novel Therapies, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 37:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Dysfunctional granulocytopoiesis; defective production of granulocytes.
dysmegakaryocytopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysmegacaryocytopoiesis
Etymology: From dys- + megakaryocytopoiesis.
Senses: examples: text: 1985, Grover C. Bagby, The Preleukemic Syndrome (Hemopoietic Dysplasia), CRC PressI Llc
The marrow also showed megakaryocytosis and severe dysmegakaryocytopoiesis with numerous micromegakaryocytes and micromegakaryoblasts.
text: In addition, dysmegakaryocytopoiesis, iron-laden macrophages, plasma cells and lymphoid infiltrates might be better identified in histologic sections.
ref: 1989, Stuart Roath, M. Corn, Current Approaches to Bone Marrow Histopathology, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 109:
text: Dysmegakaryocytopoiesis may include hypolobulated, hyperlobulated, or multinucleated megakaryocytes, or a reduction in their number or size.
ref: 1994, John F. Foley, Julie M. Vose, James O. Armitage, Current Therapy in Cancer, W B Saunders Company, →ISBN:
text: Dysmegakaryocytopoiesis includes large megakaryocytes with unsegmented nuclei, micromegakaryocytes, and megakaryocytes with two or more small, unconnected nuclei. Megakaryocytes may be decreased in number.
ref: 2011, Richard A. McPherson, Matthew R. Pincus, Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 622:
text: Moderate thrombocytopenia due to dysmegakaryocytopoiesis, platelet dysfunction, reticulocytosis, and globin synthesis imbalance resembling beta-thalassemia have been described among patients with X-linked thrombocytopenia with beta-thalassemia.
ref: 2013, Victor S. Blanchette, Vicky R. Breakey, Shoshana Revel-Vilk, SickKids Handbook of Pediatric Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, →ISBN, page 31:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Dysfunctional megakaryocytopoiesis; defective maturation of bone marrow progenitor cells into megakaryocytes.
Derived terms: dysmegakaryocytopoietic
tractor vaporising oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of paraffin (untaxed) used to fuel agricultural machinery.
Synonyms: word: power kerosene
word: TVO
carneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carney
carneys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carney
behenchod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: behenchods
form: bhenchod
form: banchoot
form: bahinchoot
form: barnshoot
form: bahanchod
form: behanchod
form: benchod
form: bhaenchud
form: penchod
form: panchod
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani بہن چود / बहनचोद (bahancod).
Senses: examples: text: Oye behenchod, I'm warning you don't tell me what I can do, now I am only keeping you here...
ref: 2012, Vikrant Khanna, The India I Dream of…, →ISBN, page 170:
text: FYI, this is not a prison, behenchod, but a training centre,' I shouted, tembling with rage.
ref: 2013, Karthik S, Techie @ Heart, →ISBN:
text: "Stop smiling you behenchod..." I shout.
ref: 2017, Azar, The Journalist & 2 Shades of Grey, →ISBN:
glosses: Sisterfucker.
sarkari
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi सरकारी (sarkārī). The usage of "sarkari" as a negative term originated from Khalistani supporters who condemned Sikhs who supported the government of India.
Senses: examples: text: They argued that households which had received loans from other government programmes such as the Integrated Rural Development Programme, should not be entitled to ecodevelopment funds as their 'quota' for sarkari money was full.
ref: 2007, Kuldip Singh Gulia, Ecology and Environment in the Himalayas, page 285:
text: Instead of sticking to practices followed aeons ago of sarkari school education, he should have sent him to a good convent where it was mandatory to speak in English even during the lunch break.
ref: 2012, Ashwini Bhatnagar, The High Bouncing Lover, page 24:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Governmental.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Supporting the government of India, pro-establishment; specifically, the BJP and Hindutva, against Indian Muslim interests.
Derived terms: word: sarkari Muslim
english: a Muslim who favours BJP policies instead of Muslim activism
translation: a Muslim who favours BJP policies instead of Muslim activism
word: sarkari Musalman
EFAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EFA
Nordic country
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nordic countries
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of countries in northern Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and their associated territories Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Åland.
schalmei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schalmeis
form: schalmey
Etymology: From German Schalmei, from Middle High German schalmīe, from Old French chalemie. Compare Middle English shalemye.
Senses: examples: text: Viols, bassoons, schalmeis (ancestors of the clarinet), horns, trumpets, kettle-drums, and other instruments afterward used in the orchestra were known in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, but there were no organizations of them.
ref: 1908, The Literary Digest, page 415:
text: In 1689 it was ordered in Chemnitz that schalmeis were to be played only by town musicians.
ref: 1980, Journal, International Double Reed Society, page 4:
text: This instrument, also called the pommer, is a forerunner of the oboe. it has a narrow, conical bore and a double reed that is held between the lips of the player, as in older schalmeis that had no wind-cap.
ref: 2003, Bert Oling, Heinz Wallisch, The Complete Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments, Chartwell Books, →ISBN, page 97:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A shawm or chalumeau.
on the dry
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I bumped into an old mate of mine, Bill, the other day whom I was banged up with in 1972 in St Bernard's Hospital. He's on the dry now but he told me he has had several lapses since we left muttering that it was all going to be different tomorrow.
ref: 1985 August 24, Jeffrey Bernard, “Low life: High and dry”, in The Spectator, page 34:
text: Then, maybe two weeks before cameras rolled, he'd put the blinkers on again and totally focus on it, and that included staying off the booze. 'I'm on the dry,' he'd announce.
ref: 2013, Robert Sellers, “A Date with Cronenburg”, in What Fresh Lunacy is This?: The Authorized Biography of Oliver Reed, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN, page 175:
text: Jessie J hasn't had an alcoholic drink since October 15, 2012. The 'Wild' singer can remember the exact date she last touched booze and claims she only ever drinks on very special occasions because alcohol leaves her lethargic and she worries it might ruin her career.
ref: 2013 July 13, “Jessie J on the dry since last October”, in Irish Examiner:
glosses: temporarily refraining from drinking alcohol
Osorio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Osorios
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Osorio, from Latin Osorius (cognomen), from Basque *otsori (“wolfer”, occupational noun) + Latin -us (masculine suffix, used in adapting non-Latin masculine names), from otso (“wolf”) + -ari (occupational suffix).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
strillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Possibly from Italian strillare (“to scream; to squall”).
Senses: examples: text: Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona.
ref: 1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Guest House (Round the Horne), season 3, spoken by Julian (Hugh Paddick):
text: Bet you'd play the strillers real bona.
ref: 2015, Brian Fairbairn, Karl Eccleston, 1:56 from the start, in Putting on the Dish, spoken by Maureen (Steve Wickenden):
glosses: A musical instrument, especially a piano.
examples: text: No touching nanti naff shycles bona strillers & bevvies in the boozer & extra khazis dear all camp
ref: 2017 June 26, Duckie, Twitter:
glosses: A musician.
Derived terms: strills
strillers omi
lupper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: luppers
Etymology: Apparently from Yiddish לאַפּע (lape)
Senses: examples: text: Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona.
ref: 1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Guest House (Round the Horne), season 3, spoken by Julian (Hugh Paddick):
text: What about your luppers? They size ten too?
ref: 2015, Brian Fairbairn, Karl Eccleston, 1:52 from the start, in Putting on the Dish, spoken by Maureen (Steve Wickenden):
text: 'I'd be careful where you put your luppers, darling,' said Albert Slater. His right hand was tucked inside the silken folds of the dressing gown. Gun or knife? wondered Hanlon.
ref: 2015, Alex Howard, A Hard Woman to Kill (DCI Hanlon Series; 3):
glosses: A finger.
Synonyms: finger
lupper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: luppers
Etymology: Blend of lunch + supper
Senses: examples: text: Working a 12:30 pm. to 9:00 pm. work shift raises the question: How can you tell the difference between the meals “linner” and “lupper?” Well, “linner” is closer to the normal lunch hour, and “lupper” is closer to supper.
ref: 2004, Rolland E. Stroup, Distilled Lincoln Anecdotes:
text: “It's not lunch time or dinner time,” she said. It was almost four o'clock. “Have you eaten lunch?” She shook her head no. “Do you have plans for dinner?” Again. No. “Good. We'll have lupper.” “Lupper?” “Lunch and supper. […]
ref: 2012, Naomi Gayle, Landscapes in August, page 168:
text: All I wanted to do was get out of my wet clothes, catch a little lupper and get some much-needed rest. In case you don't know what lupper is, it's the same thing as brunch only later in the day. Lunch and supper combined equals lupper.
ref: 2012, R. M. Singhose, Living the Dream: Harley Woman: Tales from the Open Road, page 200:
glosses: A meal or snack eaten between the normal times for lunch and supper.
Synonyms: linner
dunch
Related terms: brinner
brunch
brupper
luppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lupper
four-twenty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 420.
4:20
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 420.
four twenty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 420.
sequential art narrative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sequential art narratives
Senses: glosses: Synonym of comic strip.
synonyms: word: comic strip
ASoIaF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: ASOIAF
form: aSoIaF
form: Asoiaf
form: ASOIF
form: ASoIF
form: aSoIF
form: Asoif
Senses: examples: text: There is an infinite amount of foods to choose from in ASoIaF, enough to fill an entire cookbook of its own.
ref: 2015, Cassandra Reeder, The Geeky Chef Cookbook: Real-Life Recipes for Your Favorite Fantasy Foods:
glosses: Initialism of A Song of Ice and Fire.
do the needful
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does the needful
form: doing the needful
form: did the needful
form: done the needful
Senses: examples: text: My father had, generally speaking, his temper under complete self command, and his anger rarely indicated itself by words, except in a sort of dry testy manner to those who had displeased him. He never used threats or expressions of loud resentment. All was arranged with him on system and it was his practice to "do the needful" on every occasion, without wasting words about it.
ref: 1817, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 2, in Rob Roy, volume 1, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co., published 1818, page 24:
text: The best way to handle Biafra agitation is through a round table, dialogue with them since they feel they are not well treated. These people are hungry. Let the president do the needful by calling them to order, call the youth to order.
ref: 2017 November 3, Seun Opejobi, quoting Rev. Divine Okwara, “Biafra: Prophet Okwara reveals how Buhari can ‘kill’ agitation for Igbo nation”, in Daily Post (Nigeria):
glosses: To do that which is necessary or required.
Related terms: do the right thing
OBC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OBCs
Senses: topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
qualifier: cruising
glosses: Initialism of onboard credit.
glosses: Initialism of other backward class.
qualifier: Broadway
glosses: Initialism of original Broadway cast.
half murder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half murders
form: half-murder
Senses: examples: text: That was the half murder. The next one was a liquor seller, Philips Daruwala, and that was the first proper murder.
ref: 2009, Suketu Mehta, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, page 192:
text: Before he could get out Rita was already arrested for half-murder of her step-father.
ref: 2017, Priya Gaikwad, Prison Diaries: How Dare She be a Woman and Have Dreams of Freedom:
glosses: The committing of a grievous, but not fatal, injury.
Richd.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Richard.
barracks lawyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barracks lawyers
Senses: examples: text: "'Life?' Do you call this 'life,' you barracks lawyer?" he growled in his bronzed Adam's apple.
ref: 1912 September, Clarence L. Cullen, “The Hangman and Pedro Salazar”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume XLVII, number 6, page 944, column 1:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A know-it-all.
barracks lawyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barracks lawyer
Si-hia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Xixia.
expirational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From expiration + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to expiration.
reverse cowgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The redhead who played a zombie in Troy's movie was sitting on him in reverse cowgirl, wearing nothing but pink Uggs because her feet were always cold. She rode him hard, slapping his leg and digging in her nails.
ref: 2014, John Fusco, Dog Beach:
text: They are always watching: TV, videogames, hen-do, pay-per-view, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, reverse gangbang. The groom gave us a serious look.
ref: 2019, Livia Franchini, Shelf Life, Random House, →ISBN:
glosses: Ellipsis of reverse cowgirl position.
scramble band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scramble bands
Senses: glosses: A kind of marching band whose members run from one form to another without following a predefined path.
Synonyms: scatter band
scramble bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scramble band
scatter band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scatter bands
Senses: glosses: Synonym of scramble band.
synonyms: word: scramble band
scatter bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scatter band
Rakhine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /rəˈkaɪn/
Etymology: From Burmese ရခိုင် (ra.hkuing).
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma), forming the majority along the coastal region of present-day Rakhine State. They were formerly called the Arakanese.
Rakhine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /rəˈkaɪn/
Etymology: From Burmese ရခိုင် (ra.hkuing).
Senses: glosses: The Arakanese language.
synonyms: Rakhine State
glosses: A state of Myanmar.
Synonyms: Arakanese
Aracanese
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Rakhine terms
unqualification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + qualification.
Senses: glosses: Absence of qualification; the condition of not being qualified.
Related terms: unqualify
decillionfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From decillion + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a multiple of one decillion; by a decillion times as much or as many.
decillionfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From decillion + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a factor of one decillion.
squeezables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squeezable
luggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lugging
recasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recase
recased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recase
endsheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endsheets
Etymology: From end + sheet.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of endpaper.
synonyms: word: endpaper
endsheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endsheet
subculturist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subculturist
form: most subculturist
Etymology: From subculture + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: And let me say: I didn't feel so good about it, watching my daughter standing there with her subculturist friends, all of whom seemed very nice even if made up like a brace of Morticias.
ref: 1999, Mark Jacobson, “Teenage Frankensteins”, in New York:
glosses: Synonym of subculturalist.
synonyms: word: subculturalist
subculturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subculturists
Etymology: From subculture + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The chain's website asks, "What's your scene?" and then provides the categories—club, gothic, lounge, punk, street, rockabilly, indie—as if with the click of the mouse aspiring subculturists could purchase a starter kit for the scene of their choice
ref: 2006, Ross Haenfler, Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean Living Youth, and Social Change, →ISBN, page 176:
text: Professional attire is indicated for interactions with financial officers, but less formal, stylized costuming may be more disarming among criminal subculturists.
ref: 2007, Michael Weinberg, Careers in Crime: An Applicant's Guide Paperback, →ISBN, Money Launderer, page 138:
glosses: Synonym of subculturalist.
synonyms: word: subculturalist
subculturists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subculturist
RPL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of recognition of prior learning.
glosses: Initialism of recurrent pregnancy loss.
onychodystrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onychodystrophies
form: onychodystrophia
Etymology: From onycho- + dystrophy.
Senses: examples: text: Symmetric lupoid onychodystrophy is a form of lupus that involves the cells from which the nails grow.
ref: 2006, Karen L. Campbell, The Pet Lover's Guide to Cat and Dog Skin Diseases, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 270:
text: Whether onychodystrophy is more common among patients with diabetes is not known.
ref: 2010, Nicholas Katsilambros, Eleftherios Dounis, Konstantinos Makrilakis, Nikolaos Tentolouris, Panagiotis Tsapogas, Atlas of the Diabetic Foot, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 57:
text: Median canaliform onychodystrophy typically presents with the Heller's fir tree deformity and is often associated with severe arterial disease, severe malnutrition, and trauma.
ref: 2010, John C. Hall, Brian John Hall, Hall's Manual of Skin as a Marker of Underlying Disease, PMPH-USA, →ISBN, page 224:
text: There is no tissue crepitus but some scaliness of the surrounding plantar skin. There is onychodystrophy suggestive of onychomycosis affecting four of his nine toenails.
ref: 2011, Rachael Morris-Jones, Ann-Marie Powell, Emma Benton, 100 Cases in Dermatology, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 113:
text: Again, it is important to include in this category only those dogs that developed onychodystrophy as the initial clinical manifestation of their disease, not as a result of onychomadesis, onycholysis, and so forth.
ref: 2013, William H. Miller, Craig E. Griffin, Karen L. Campbell, Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology - E-BOOK, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 737:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Dystrophic changes in nails, such as deformations, malformations or discolourations.
Derived terms: onychodystrophic
wingsail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wingsails
Etymology: From wing + sail.
Senses: glosses: A variable-camber aerodynamic structure that may be fitted to a marine vessel in place of conventional sails.
wingsails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wingsail
counternormative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more counternormative
form: most counternormative
Etymology: From counter- + normative.
Senses: examples: text: People may experience two opposing motivations after receiving unexpected or counternormative favors: an obligation to reciprocate and psychological reactance.
ref: 2004 September 24, Amani El-Alayli, Lawrence A Messé, “Reactions toward an unexpected or counternormative favor-giver: Does it matter if we think we can reciprocate?”, in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, volume 40, number 5, →DOI, page 633:
glosses: Contrary to what is normative; opposing or overthrowing norms.
Derived terms: counternormatively
counternormatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more counternormatively
form: most counternormatively
Etymology: From counternormative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a counternormative manner.
counternormativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counternormativities
Senses: glosses: The quality of being counternormative.