cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
freeholded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of freehold
creepfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creepfests
Etymology: From creep + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: The “terror” stories in this volume are fear-inducing creepfests filled with monsters, ghosts, and supernatural evil. These are not Sherlock Holmes whodunits, but rather satisfyingly frightful reads.
ref: 2012, Becky Siegel Spratford, The Readers' Advisory Guide to Horror, page 51:
text: Three more creepfests are scheduled for the next month, starting with Universal's "Slither" this Friday.
ref: 2006, Newsweek, volume 147:
glosses: A work in the horror genre, or an event exhibiting such works.
creepfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creepfest
hemoccult
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemo- + occult.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: pertaining to a chemical test of fecal occult blood in which guaiacum is used.
bikky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikkies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biccy (“a biscuit”).
bikkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bikkies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of biccy (“a biscuit”).
bikkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bikkie
glosses: plural of bikky
neuropsychotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuropsychotherapists
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of neuropsychotherapy.
neuropsychotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to neuropsychotherapy.
neuropsychotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuropsychotherapist
motorcamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motorcamps
form: motor camp
Etymology: From motor + camp.
Senses: glosses: A campground for people arriving in a motor vehicle.
motorcamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motorcamp
freedom-camp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: freedom-camps
form: freedom-camping
form: freedom-camped
form: freedom-camped
form: freedom camp
form: free-camp
Senses: examples: text: We freedom-camped along some unnamed river in the Northland, aka illegally parked overnight somewhere to sleep.
ref: 2015, Karina Halle, Where Sea Meets Sky, page 304:
text: We took a boat ride across the lake and I was reminded that my son had told me rumors about the “bush” Maori living in the hills who often rattled the folk who freedom camped around the lake, as this was their land after all.
ref: 2018, Susan C. Tunney, Do They Speak English Down There?:
glosses: To camp out at any convenient location rather than at a designated campground.
freedom-camped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of freedom-camp
freedom-camps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freedom-camp
freedom-camping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freedom-camp
buddyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more buddyish
form: most buddyish
Etymology: From buddy + -ish.
Senses: glosses: chummy; matey; friendly
buddyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From buddy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: When we reduce God's awesome holiness to chummy buddyness, the life of our neighbors also loses importance.
ref: 2012, Todd M. Johnson, Rodney L. Peterson, Gina Bellofatto, 2010Boston:
glosses: The quality of being chummy, matey or friendly.
overprosecute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overprosecutes
form: overprosecuting
form: overprosecuted
form: overprosecuted
Etymology: From over- + prosecute.
Senses: examples: text: The emphasis on prosecution and conviction as metrics of success leads police and prosecutors to overarrest, overprosecute, and overpunish low-level drug and other crimes in many cases.
ref: 2017, Sharon Dolovich, Alexandra Natapoff, The New Criminal Justice Thinking, page 61:
text: Criminal justice reform has become a national topic of discussion given recent police killings of Black men, and Jones points out that he's been a longtime activist on this issue, with his experience in Palo Alto and as an NAACP youth organizer. Also, he notes, as a Black man, "People like me are overpoliced, overarrested, overprosecuted."
ref: 2020 June 22, Trudy Ring, “Mondaire Jones Could Be the Nation's First Black Gay Congressman”, in The Advocate:
glosses: To prosecute (a crime or community) excessively.
overprosecution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + prosecution.
Senses: glosses: The excessive prosecution of some kind of crime.
Related terms: overprosecute
overprosecuting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overprosecute
overprosecutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overprosecute
overprosecuted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overprosecute
woofle dust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whoofle dust
Senses: glosses: An imaginary powder sprinkled by a stage magician as part of making an object disappear.
whoofle dust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woofle dust.
reign supreme
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reigns supreme
form: reigning supreme
form: reigned supreme
form: reigned supreme
Senses: examples: text: During the month prior to writing this article I have made a series of journeys [...]. One was over a main line on which steam still reigns supreme on the principal trains and on which we had a fine run, fully up to the best standards of the locomotive class concerned.
ref: 1961 July, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 401:
text: [A]s much as language in our modern technological world is mediated through the written word, quantitatively spoken language still reigns supreme.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8:
glosses: To be the most important or most prevalent.
IHRL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of international human rights law.
onoseconds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onosecond
phatic communion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection [...] that one can best get a view of language vitality.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Communication that takes place primarily for social purposes rather than for the exchange of vital information, such as small talk and social pleasantries.
self reporting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self report
self reporting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: However, one abiding weakness with such data collection is that people’s beliefs about their speech habits may not necessarily tally with reality. In fact, the problem of self-reporting in data collection is universally acknowledged.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 9:
glosses: Providing information about oneself in response to a questionnaire, survey, etc.
self reported
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self report
non-Antipodean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-Antipodeans
Senses: examples: text: Many non-Antipodeans cannot readily distinguish Australian and New Zealand English, because the phonologies basically overlap with the exception of an upwards chain shift in the front vowels.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:
glosses: A person who is neither from Australia nor New Zealand.
non-Antipodeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-Antipodean
chain shift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chain shifts
Senses: examples: text: Many non-Antipodeans cannot readily distinguish Australian and New Zealand English, because the phonologies basically overlap with the exception of an upwards chain shift in the front vowels.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A phonological modification of a vowel system or sometimes consonant system in which a change in a particular vowel or consonant causes other adjacent vowels or consonants to also change in order to avoid phonemic mergers.
chain shifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chain shift
can't stand the sight of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: can't stand the sight of
form: couldn't stand the sight of
Senses: examples: text: "I can't stand the sight of him," he would say, "and I'd be glad if somebody would come along and knock his block off—when he was not in the ring."
ref: 1895 February 12, “Ring Gossip”, in Providence News, USA, retrieved 06 Jul 2011, page 6:
glosses: To hate vehemently; to really despise.
Related terms: not touch with a ten-foot pole
draw a line under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws a line under
form: drawing a line under
form: drew a line under
form: drawn a line under
Senses: examples: text: I know we've had our disagreements in the past, but let's draw a line under that now.
text: But I drew a line under everything that happened to me the previous year, in fact I drew a line under everything that had ever happened to me: the army, my marriage and its break-up; my discovery of drugs; chemsex and the craziness that followed; waking up to find a stranger having sex with me; neglecting so many people who cared about me.
ref: 2017, James Wharton, Something for the Weekend, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: To deem (a matter, especially a problematic one) to be now closed or concluded.
pit one's wits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pits one's wits
form: pitting one's wits
form: pitted one's wits
form: pitted one's wits
Senses: examples: text: We must pit our wits against our enemy and find a way to defeat him.
glosses: To engage in a test of mental skill.
raw_tags: with 'against'
mutt's nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Rhyming variant of dog's bollocks; nuts in the sense of testicles.
Senses: glosses: Something regarded as outstandingly good.
rest-harrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of restharrow.
Stenhousemuir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8783).
West Byfleet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village in Woking borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0460).
Crag Foot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet near Silverdale, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4873).
Cronkite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cronkites
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Cronkhite
Sevareid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sevareids
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Watton-at-Stone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /wɒtən.æt.stəʊn/
Forms: form: Watton at Stone
Etymology: From Old English wād (“woad”) + tūn; recorded as Wattun in 969, Wodtone 1086 (Domesday Book), and Watton atte Stone in 1311.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3019).
Moyers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Moyers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Moyer
Yealands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Yealand was recorded in the Domesday Book as Jalant, from Old English hēah + land.
Senses: glosses: A cluster of three villages, Yealand Conyers, Yealand Redmayne and Yealand Storrs, north of Carnforth, Lancashire, England.
wikipedia: Yealands
fire striker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire strikers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of firestriker.
Yealand Conyers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Yeland Coygners in 1301, possibly an early variant of Conyers.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5074).
Related terms: Yealands
pouncy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pouncier
form: pounciest
Etymology: From pounce + -y.
Senses: glosses: Punchy, aggressive.
Yealand Redmayne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Yeland Redman in 1341, later Redmayne, after the Redmayne family.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5075).
Related terms: Yealands
braggardly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more braggardly
form: most braggardly
Etymology: From braggard + -ly.
Senses: glosses: boastful, tending to brag
Redmayne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Yealand Redmayne
savarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savarins
Etymology: From French savarin.
Senses: glosses: A type of leavened cake often drizzled with liquor.
Yealand Storrs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Yealand Redmayne parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4976).
Related terms: Yealands
deedwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdidwɝk/
ipa: /ˈdiːdwɜːk/
Forms: form: deedworks
Etymology: From deed + work.
Senses: glosses: A role.
Derived terms: deedworker
meaning roleplayer
Storrs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: English surname, from several places in England derived from Middle English storth, from Old Norse storð (“brushwood”). Also a variant of Storr.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village and census-designated place in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: A village in Windermere parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD3994).
glosses: A hamlet in Bradfield parish, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK2989).
Derived terms: Yealand Storrs
wallhacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wallhack
Ladywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0586).
glosses: A village near Droitwich, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8761)
glosses: A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, Manitoba, Canada.
authority issues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Disobedience, a disinclination to obey.
fleet leader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleet leaders
Senses: examples: text: Obviously the best engines to use for comparison would be those of greatest total (flight plus test) operating time -- the so-called "fleet leaders."
ref: 1986 June 6, Richard Feynman, “Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle”, in Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Report to the President:
text: This Falcon 7X is now the fleet leader having flown over 800,000 nautical miles (148,148 km).
ref: 2009 October 19, Dassault Aviation press releasehttps://web.archive.org/web/20200711052328/https://www.dassaultfalcon.com/en/MediaCenter/Newsd/Pages/PR%202009/Falcon-7X-Fleet-Leader-Passes-2,000-Flight-Hours.aspx
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The airframe or component with the longest time in service, compared to others of the same design.
fleet leaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fleet leader
post-nut clarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post nut clarity
Senses: examples: text: The term “post-nut clarity” was introduced to the world on the podcast, “Call Her Daddy” in 2018. Host Alexandra Cooper and former host Sofia Franklyn explained that “post-nut clarity” is when, after a man reaches sexual climax, he urgently contemplates his life for worse or for better.
ref: 2022 September 6, Neha Seenarine, “Post-nut clarity’s dreadful aftermath”, in The Quinnipiac Chronicle:
glosses: The brief sense of calm and mental acuity experienced by a person after ejaculation.
vidchat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪdˌt͡ʃæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: vidchats
Etymology: From vid + chat.
Senses: examples: text: After school, Payton started a vidchat with the cute boy from his printmaking class.
text: At a table near the window, with a view of downtown DC, Pierce had his laptop open and was ready for Wilson to come on the line for vidchat.
ref: 2010, Sigmund Brouwer, Flight of Shadows, Crown Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Towards the end of the issue, we see Billy and Kimberly on a vidchat with their friends Jason, Trini, and Zack.
ref: 2019 June 27, Matthew Aguilar, “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Reveals Major Change To Rangers”, in Comic Book, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2020:
text: If you're comfortable with this, I'd rather not go on and on texting...I'd prefer to maybe do a low-stakes pandemic phone call or vidchat. How's that sound?
ref: 2020 May 25, Michael Stahl, “Help! I think I'm falling in love over Zoom”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2020:
glosses: A videocall, especially a casual one.
vidchat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪdˌt͡ʃæt/
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: vidchats
form: vidchatting
form: vidchatted
form: vidchatted
Etymology: From vid + chat.
Senses: examples: text: We vidchatted and shared makeup looks until I got sleepy.
text: We met online, exchanged pics, exchanged fantasies (mostly mine), exchanged racy pics (mostly hers), chatted, vidchatted. Then maybe vidchatted some more.
ref: 2013 April 9, Ska Hammer, “How I Came to Have My Own Panties”, in Crasstalk, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018:
text: This is all good news because who doesn't want their high school nemesis vidchatting in the middle of the workday to ask for money for your five-year reunion?
ref: 2015 April 28, Tess Koman, “You Can Video Chat People From Facebook Messenger Now”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2016:
text: So far, we've only texted. I've never talked to him on the phone, and we've certainly never vidchatted.
ref: 2020, Aron Lewes, The Darker Ages, Self-published, →ISBN, Chapter 16:
glosses: To engage in a videocall.
Synonyms: topics: science-fiction
literature
publishing
media
word: vidcall
word: videocall
Hyponyms: word: facetime
word: skype
Droitwich Spa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, which serves the town of Droitwich.
vidchats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vidchat
vidchats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vidchat
vidchatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vidchat
vidchatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vidchat
Marrable
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
peewahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peewah
Raroia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An atoll in French Polynesia, the end of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition.
bridal wreath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridalwreath
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bridal, wreath.
glosses: Any of several plants with white flowers.
Spiraea prunifolia
glosses: Any of several plants with white flowers.
Francoa sonchifolia
glosses: Any of several plants with white flowers.
Tetilla hydrocotylifolia
glosses: Any of several plants with white flowers.
Clematis brachiata
glosses: Any of several plants with white flowers.
Deutzia crenata
Linslade
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban town in Leighton-Linslade parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9025).
Leighton-Linslade
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England.
Related terms: Leighton Buzzard
Linslade
chest-high
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The Milky Way is overhead on November 2 2015, while chest-high ground mist rolls in to give the shot an ethereal feel.
ref: 2020 July 1, “Feature Pictorial: Ribblehead Viaduct under starlight”, in Rail, page 71, photo caption:
synonyms: word: letter-high
topics: baseball
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
coordinate_terms: knee-high
waist-high
glosses: Reaching up to a person's chest.
tooshie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tooshies
Senses: examples: text: Tooshie is a collage of humor, faith, stories and the psychology of food/body image issues.
ref: 2014, Cherrie Herrin-Michehl, Tooshie: Defeating the Body Image Bandit, →ISBN:
text: “I didn't see his tooshie in my bed.” Technically true. She'd dug her nails into it, but she hadn't seen it until he'd gotten up for his shower. ⸺“Whose tooshie?” ⸺“No one's!”
ref: 2017, Allyson Charles, Why Did It Have to Be You?, Lyrical Press, →ISBN, page 239:
glosses: Alternative spelling of tushie.
tough tushie
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: tough tooshie
Senses: examples: text: I’m climbing stairs! you may say, or “I got to the gym everyday!”^([sic]) Tough tushie. Even if you work out every day, the deterioration begins the second you sit down.
ref: 2020, Kelly Turner, Sitting is Killing You So Get Off Your Butt Diets in Review:
glosses: get over it; grow up
tough tooshie
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tough tushie.
Bradford-on-Tone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1722).
buffalo thorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffalo thorns
Senses: glosses: A tree, native to southern Africa, of species Ziziphus mucronata.
bushman grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Afrikaans boesmangras.
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of the grass genus Aristida sensu lato growing in southern Africa.
Eyres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eyreses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Eyres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eyre
ADEM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADEMs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
Loader
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Loaders
Etymology: Variant of Loder.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
calander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calanders
form: calandra
form: colandra
form: kalander
Etymology: From French calandre. Compare Dutch klander and Medieval Latin calandrus. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros, “cylinder”). Doublet of calender and cylinder.
Senses: glosses: The weevil Phlyctinus callosus.
babylon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæ.bɪ.lɒn/
ipa: /ˈbæb.ɪ.lɑn/
rhymes: -æbɪlɒn
Forms: form: babylons
Etymology: Popularized by Sacha Baron Cohen in his satirical television show Da Ali G Show (2000-2004).
Senses: glosses: A female breast.
babylons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babylon
gameparks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamepark
game parks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of game park
kaffirboom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaffirbooms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kafferboom.
kaffirbooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaffirboom
kafferbooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kafferboom
bud off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buds off
form: budding off
form: budded off
form: budded off
Senses: examples: text: A young Martian, there can now be no dispute, was really born upon earth during the war, and it was found attached to its parent, partially budded''' off, just as young lily bulbs bud off, or the young animals in the fresh-water polyp.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 209:
glosses: Of a bud, to split from its parent and form a new plant, etc.; of a plant, to have a bud split off and form a new plant.
buds off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bud off
budding off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bud off
budded off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bud off
housewifes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housewife (see singular entry for notes on usage)
housewifes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of housewife
Winter of Discontent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: winter of discontent
Etymology: An allusion to the opening line of William Shakespeare's play Richard III ("Now is the winter of our discontent").
Senses: examples: text: Nor is the government facing a strike by tanker drivers, as was the case in early 1979 during the winter of discontent.
ref: 2021 September 23, Larry Elliott, “Petrol disruption will fuel fears of new winter of discontent”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A period during 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, when the Labour Party's efforts to control inflation led to widespread strikes by public-sector trade unions demanding larger pay rises.
Related terms: Arab Winter
Chigro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chigros
form: Chigroes
Etymology: Blend of Chinese + Negro
Senses: examples: text: The Chigroes are a tough, forgotten race. They look down on the Negroes and the Chinese look down on them.
ref: 1957, Ian Fleming, Dr. No:
text: If I had my life over again I should undoubtedly marry a Chigro (Chinese negress) for they are the loveliest and merriest girls I ever set eyes on.
ref: 1963, Stuart Petre Brodie Mais, Gillian Mais, Caribbean Cruise Holiday, page 17:
text: Mary was a Chigro — half Chinese, half Negro — born in Kingston, Jamaica. In her it was a spectacularly successful combination for she was as beautiful and athletic as she was intelligent and industrious.
ref: 2000, Philip Kerr, The Shot, page 42:
glosses: A person of mixed Chinese and black ancestry.
Chigros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chigro
Chigroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chigro
liberty bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liberty bonds
Senses: topics: business
finance
synonyms: liberty loan
glosses: A war bond sold in the United States to support the Allied cause in World War I.
liberty bonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liberty bond
escharred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more escharred
form: most escharred
Etymology: From eschar + -ed.
Senses: examples: an escharred ulcer
glosses: Covered with eschar.
Mann-Whitney U test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mann-Whitney U tests
Etymology: Developed by Henry B. Mann and Donald R. Whitney, who described it in a 1947 paper.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A nonparametric test of the null hypothesis that the probability that a randomly selected value from one population is less than a randomly selected value from a second population is equal to the probability of being greater. It can be used to investigate whether two independent samples were selected from populations having the same distribution.
eye-filling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eye-filling
form: most eye-filling
Senses: examples: text: Save the C-notes for eye-filling megamusicals or, maybe, a good-for-you drama of intellectual aspirations, preferably with a script from England and a star from Hollywood.
ref: 2007 August 2, Ben Brantley, “Titters, Snickers and Guffaws, With a British Accent”, in New York Times:
glosses: visually impressive or overpowering
lagenar macula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lagenar maculae
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A vestibular sensory organ located at the apical tip of the cochlea in birds, fish, and amphibians.
lagenar maculae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lagenar macula
Greenspoon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Greenspoons
Etymology: From German.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Coordinate terms: Green
Greenspan
Gruen
Gruenauer
Gruenbacher
Gruenberger
Gruenhut
Gruenmann
unresolutely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unresolutely
form: most unresolutely
Etymology: From unresolute + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unresolute manner.
devil's staircase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devil's staircases
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Cantor function; a type of monotonic increasing function.
synonyms: word: Cantor function
extra: a type of monotonic increasing function
SBCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SBC
Devil's Staircase
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A waterfall in Wassen Creek, Devil’s Staircase Wilderness, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, United States; a multi-tiered low cascading waterfall.
glosses: Ellipsis of Devil's Staircase Wilderness: a geographic region of Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, United States, ; a protected 30,000 acre old-growth forest region in the national forest, containing the Devil's Staircase waterfall.
Synonyms: sense: Devil's Staircase Waterfall, Devil's Staircase Falls
word: Wassen Creek watefall
sense: old-growth forest region
word: Devil's Staircase Wilderness
vestibular system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vestibular systems
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: The sensory system of vertebrates that provides the brain with information about motion, head position, spatial orientation, and sense of balance.
vestibular systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vestibular system
B'ham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Birmingham.
glosses: Abbreviation of Bellingham.
pock-fretten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pock-fretten
form: most pock-fretten
Senses: examples: text: He is a thin, tallish man, a little pock-fretten; of a sallowish complexion.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
text: The suspicious street boy now, despite his pock-fretten skin, coming into a youthful handsomeness.
ref: 1988, Melvyn Bragg, Rich:
glosses: Marked with pustule scars; pockmarked.
oons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oon
oons
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Alteration of wounds.
Senses: examples: text: Oons, woman, said I, the lady may be in a fit: the lady may be dying—Let me go up.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXXXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
text: [H]e no sooner comprehended the nature of this shower, which in a twinkling bedewed him from head to foot, than he exclaimed, “Blood and oons! I'm afloat?”
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Expressing anger, surprise etc.
ELCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of extracorporeal life support.
Pans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pan
Pans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Peter Pans; plural of Pan.
Whitecroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in West Dean parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6206).
Austrianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒs.tɹi.ə.nɪz.əm/
Forms: form: Austrianisms
Etymology: From Austrian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The heterodox school of economic thought based on methodological individualism that originated in late-19th and early-20th century Vienna.
glosses: A word, phrase or linguistic feature originating from or specific to Austrian language usage.
Austrianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒs.tɹi.ə.nɪz.əms/
Senses: glosses: plural of Austrianism
park-and-ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: One of the remotest Cambridgeshire stations is enjoying an uplift in business from commuters capitalising on its cheaper park-and-ride benefits, as an alternative to Ely.
ref: 2020 July 1, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Anglia: Manea”, in Rail, page 25:
glosses: Alternative form of park and ride.
raw_tags: as a noun modifier
speed date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speed dates
Senses: glosses: A date in a speed dating event
speed date
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speed dates
form: speed dating
form: speed dated
form: speed dated
Senses: glosses: To take part in speed dating
speltering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spelter
speltering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A process which directly combines copper and metallic zinc to form an alloy.
rhoeadin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhoeadins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rhoeadine.
rhoeadins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhoeadin
Commandant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Commandants
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Title for the officer in charge of a commando or district.
Coolie Christmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: This is "Coolie Christmas," as it is popularly called here. Natal has over sixty thousand immigrants from India, and if we can believe our ears, it would seem that a good share of them have been beating tom-toms day and night for the last two weeks.
ref: 1902, Rev. Frederick B. Bridgman, “Durban — Its Fakirs and Its Christians”, in The Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad, volume 98, page 348:
glosses: Either of two festivals associated with Indians (in the sense of pre-partition, colonial India).
Muharram
glosses: Either of two festivals associated with Indians (in the sense of pre-partition, colonial India).
Diwali
horseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horseable
form: most horseable
Etymology: From horse + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Agriculture does not require chariots to the degree of cattle nomadism, moreover fields, pastures, or springs are better defensible on horseback in an area too hilly and rugged, horseable perhaps, but without chariots.
ref: 1983, South Asian Studies, number 15, page 71:
text: Now, about bikers, hikers, and horsers: (oh hell - I can't shut up :) / The really tought^([sic]) hiking trails are unbikable. Most hiking trails are bikeable. Some are even horseable.
ref: 1993 June 7, Peter Epstein, “Re: No bikes on the trail?? Sez who??”, in rec.bicycles.soc (Usenet), message-ID <1993Jun7.180352.17837@ObjecTime.on.ca>:
text: A stable at the Rath Lake, South Karanas zone would rent you a horse. You could use this horse to go ANYWHERE in ALL the Karanas. When you leave the Karanas the horse returns to stable. / This could be expanded in many ways... More stables... More Horseable areas, like the Commonlands for example.
ref: 1999 June 6, David A Henry, “Re: Horses in EQ”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet), message-ID <Pine.SUN.3.96.990609140941.6808H-100000@caris>:
text: I've seen what you are alluding to. I call it trail sanitization. / No matter what you call it, it sucks when perectly^([sic]) rideable/hikeable/horseable trails are pummeled into mediocrity because a segment of the user community can't handle them.
ref: 1999 December 6, Pete Fagerlin, “Re: trail damage”, in alt.mountain-bike (Usenet), message-ID <RJX24.1587$lL.34725@nnrp3.rcsntx.swbell.net>:
text: Is there any horseable water around--lake, pond, stream? If so, maybe you can work something wet out. You could also build an equine swimming pool, but probably not at the same time as paying for grad school ;-).
ref: 2000 June 19, Deborah Stevenson, “Re: Jazz has arthritis =( -- advice sought”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet), message-ID <Pine.SGI.4.10.10006191215270.21076-100000@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>:
text: Thanks for sharing the info. We are actually (finally!) on our way to eastern TN and will be property hunting with a vengeance in the Knox/Oak Ridge/Kingston areas. If you know of some way cool horseable/tillable property that might come on the market for less than a half mil, feel free to pass the word.
ref: 2008 February 2, lynne...@gmail.com, “Re: When You're Nice, Nice Things Happen To You”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet), message-ID <d5ebdf18-2719-4554-afc9-bddea474526d@c23g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>:
glosses: Suitable for a horse.
prescriptivistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prescriptivistic
form: most prescriptivistic
Etymology: From prescriptive + -istic or prescriptivist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps once more the somewhat prescriptivistic nature of most grammars of the time accounts for the reluctance to regulate language choice suggested by Heath and Mandabach.
ref: 1983, “Language Planning: The State of the Art / Juan Cobarrubias”, in Juan Cobarrubias, Joshua A. Fishman, editors, Progress in Language Planning: International Perspectives, Mouton Publishers, →ISBN, page 10:
text: For a few verbs, continued wavering between past participles is reflected in Fabra’s prescriptivistic Gràmatica catalana (1969).
ref: 1999, Richard Laurent, “Chapter 4. Past Participles in Western Romance”, in Past Participles from Latin to Romance, University of California Press, 6. Evidence from Occitan and Catalan: 2. Catalan: 3. Spread of Past Participles in -gut, page 290:
text: The point here is not that Moore did not recognize the essentially prescriptive character of moral language—as it was maintained by Hare—but, more likely, that we are facing two entirely different conceptions and definitions of ethics: one is prescriptivistic and the other one is not.
ref: 2014, Michele Borri, “Some Elements for a Critical Review of the Concept of “Naturalistic Fallacy””, in Sofia Bonicalzi, Leonardo Caffo, Mattia Sorgon, editors, Naturalism and Constructivism in Metaethics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, Comparing and Contrasting the Naturalistic Fallacy with Hume’s Law (section 3), page 38:
glosses: Synonym of prescriptivist.
synonyms: word: prescriptivist
Shaq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Shaquille.
neighboresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neighboress
prescriptionistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prescriptionistic
form: most prescriptionistic
Etymology: From prescription + -istic or prescriptionist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: It was felt that many such questions could be profitably discussed—but only if considered in connection with specified segments of the tissue of psychological action, if dissociated from the prescriptionistic tone of much recent analysis, and if approached as problems in the genesis of creative knowledge-seeking action, rather than as extrinsically presolved issues in the “logic” of science.
ref: 1959, Psychology: A Study of a Science, page 11:
text: So far, rational reconstruction is prescriptionistic, but not arbitrarily so. The rational reconstructor will try to show that there is no way of distinguishing between explaining and other forms of human activity (for example, reasserting), unless some of what have ordinarily been called explanations are excluded as pseudo explanations.
ref: 1967, Edwards, Paul, editor, The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6:
text: The third characteristic is a prescriptionistic view of language of and communicative behavior.
ref: 1991, Limiting Bias in the Assessment of Bilingual Students, →ISBN, page 161:
text: Such utterances are not expressions of passion (expressionistic interpretation) only and I give no advice of the utterances (recommendation) (prescriptionistic interpretation).
ref: 2011, Gerhard Preyer, “Part II: Practical Reasoning”, in Intention and Practical Thought, Humanities Online, →ISBN, 4. Evaluative Attitude: (ii) Cognitive and Evaluative Attitudes, page 113:
glosses: Synonym of prescriptionist.
synonyms: word: prescriptionist
South Heath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Great Missenden parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9101).
glosses: A hamlet in Great Bentley parish, Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1119).
descriptionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of descriptionist
Great Missenden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP8901).
Related terms: Little Missenden
Old Dragon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Old Dragons
Senses: glosses: A former student in The Dragon School, Oxford
descriptionistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more descriptionistic
form: most descriptionistic
Etymology: From description + -istic or descriptionist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: So the first argument results from the reconstructivistic attitude towards legal language and the second one from descriptionistic attitude.
ref: 1986, Studies in the Theory and Philosophy of Law, volumes 1–2, page 111:
text: Poincaré’s leadership in the antirealist “descriptionistic” movement is explored in Heilbron (1982).
ref: 1999, Mara Beller, “Chapter 8: The Polyphony of the Copenhagen Interpretation and the Rhetoric of Antirealism”, in Quantum Dialogue: The Making of a Revolution, the University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, The Appeal of Antirealism: Some General Considerations, page 176:
text: I must admit that I use—in a methodologically unencumbered way—methods developed in the mainstream of the descriptionistic analytical philosophy of language and within reconstructionism.
ref: 2013, “Chapter 1: Introduction”, in Małgorzata Kiełtyka, transl., Juristic Concept of the Validity of Statutory Law: A Critique of Contemporary Legal Nonpositivism, Springer, translation of original by Andrzej Grabowski, →ISBN, page 3:
text: Descriptionistic approaches to poetical tropes go back to Aristotle (Poetics XI, 1457b), who considered metaphor as a kind of analogy assuming that, in the metaphor, the words pointing out a comparison (“as if”, “looks like”, etc.) are omitted, although they are implied.
ref: 2015, “13: Semantics of poetical tropes: Non-Fregeanity and paraconsistent logic / Basil Lourié and Olga Mitrenina”, in Donum Semanticum: Opera lingvistica et logica in honorem Barbarae Partee a discipvlis amicisqve Rossicis oblata, →ISBN, Descriptionistic approaches, page 181:
glosses: Synonym of descriptionist.
synonyms: word: descriptionist
gather pace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪs
Forms: form: gathers pace
form: gathering pace
form: gathered pace
form: gathered pace
Senses: examples: text: "The programme is gathering pace. We're entering an important phase of the project as we begin real-world testing on our network ahead of the trains entering passenger service later this year," said SWR Commercial Projects Director Alex Foulds.
ref: 2020 July 1, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: SWR begins main line testing of suburban Aventras”, in Rail, page 12:
text: The Lionesses were given their biggest test of the year by a talented, albeit injury-hit, Brazilian side but delivered more silverware as their momentum continues to gather pace before this summer's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
ref: 2023 April 6, Emma Sanders, “Women's Finalissima:England beat Brazil in dramatic shhotout”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: gather speed
pick up speed
glosses: To start to happen more quickly; to accelerate.
Related terms: gather steam
pick up steam
gathering pace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gather pace
gathered pace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gather pace
gathers pace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gather pace
Foulds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
daba grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dobbo grass
Etymology: From Xhosa idobo (“long, coarse grass”).
Senses: glosses: Miscanthus capensis, a long African grass used as thatch.
Romy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Diminutive of Rosemary.
glosses: A female given name.
Female equivalent of Roman.
glosses: A female given name.
Alternative form of Romi.
Klyuchevskaya Sopka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Ключевска́я Со́пка (Ključevskája Sópka).
Senses: glosses: A volcano in Kamchatka Krai, Russia and the highest point on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
fare-paying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: All 111 trains (89 five-car and 22 ten-car sets) were due in traffic by now, but so far none has carried a fare-paying passenger.
ref: 2020 July 1, “Network News: ORR authorises GA Class 720/5s to carry passengers”, in Rail, page 12:
glosses: Relating to people who pay a fare for a journey, usually on public transport.
Related terms: farepayer
dagbreker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dagbrekers
Etymology: From Afrikaans dagbreker.
Senses: glosses: Any of the chats of South Africa.
kaffir doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaffir doctors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of witch doctor.
synonyms: word: witch doctor
dronkgras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Afrikaans dronkgras.
Senses: glosses: A plant poisonous to livestock, including:
Melica decumbens
glosses: A plant poisonous to livestock, including:
Equisetum ramosissimum
fitting-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Deverbal from fit out.
Senses: examples: text: The first sets for this testing will move straight from the factory, while those at Worksop will return to Derby for internal fitting-out before being dispatched to Wolverton.
ref: 2020 July 1, “ORR authorises GA Class 720/5s to carry passengers”, in Rail, page 12:
synonyms: fitout#Noun
fit-out#Noun
glosses: The process of installing fittings, furnishings etc. in the interior of something.