cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Julies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒʊˈlaɪz/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːliz/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Octobers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑkˈtoʊbɚz/
ipa: /ɒkˈtəʊbəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of October
Novembers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: nō-vĕmʹbərz
ipa: /noʊˈvɛmbɚz/
ipa: /nəʊˈvɛmbəz/
ipa: /nəˈvɛmbəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of November
adjointness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjointnesses
Etymology: From adjoint + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being adjoint.
glosses: The result or product of being adjoint.
Derived terms: self-adjointness
adjointnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjointness
irresolvableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From irresolvable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being irresolvable.
nocturnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nocturne
resolvableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From resolvable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being resolvable.
operativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operativenesses
Etymology: From operative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being operative.
glosses: The result or product of being operative.
operativenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of operativeness
unaffectedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unaffected + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being unaffected.
spoak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of spoke.
simplified expressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simplified expression
STTR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of small business technology transfer.
without doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of without a doubt.
mittimus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪtɪməs/
Forms: form: mittimuses
form: mittimi
Etymology: From Latin mittimus (the opening word of such a document), first-person plural of mittō (“send”).
Senses: examples: text: Away George, away, raise the watch at Ludgate, and bring a Mittimus from the Iustice for this desperate villaine.
ref: 1607 (first performance), [Francis Beaumont], The Knight of the Burning Pestle, London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Walter Burre, […], published 1613, →OCLC, Act III, signature F2, verso:
text: But she pertinaciously refused to make any response. So that he was about to make her mittimus to Bridewell when I departed.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter X, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:
topics: law
qualifier: archaic outside the US
glosses: A warrant issued for someone to be taken into custody.
examples: text: Next, sometimes the same clerk, but often a second clerk, who may not have been in the courtroom, types up the mittimus, the formal court order that directs corrections offers^([sic]) to commit someone to prison, and something could get lost in translation there.
ref: 2013 March 31, Mark Morgenstein, “Suspect in prisons chief's death may have been freed 4 years early”, in CNN:
glosses: A writ for moving records from one court to another.
glosses: A formal dismissal from a situation.
oven-proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oven-proof
form: most oven-proof
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ovenproof.
rectorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From rector + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a rector.
rectorial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: rectorials
Etymology: From rector + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: It is also worth mentioning in passing – Sandy's full account does not include this aspect – that rectorials then included an event the like of which health and safety today would never now sanction – an organised and ferocious battle in the Marischal College quadrangle between the respective supporting groups on a two-by-two elimination basis.
ref: 2011, Sandy Hobbs, Willie Thompson, Out of the Burning House, →ISBN:
text: In 1993 Sir William Kerr Fraser, who as president of the SRC in 1951 organised the flour-spattered installation of the nationalist John MacCormick as Lord Rector of Glasgow University, told me that rectorials weren't what they were in his day.
ref: 2013, Arnold Kemp, The Hollow Drum: Scotland Since the War, →ISBN:
text: This is in direct contrast to Edinburgh, where local shopkeepers and places of entertainment have been known to keep their calendar by university terms and know exactly when graduations, rectorials, and rags take place.
ref: 2014, Joan Abbott, Student Life in a Class Society, →ISBN, page 382:
glosses: The events associated with the appointment of a new rector.
bordeaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bordeaux
form: bordeauxes
form: bordeauxs
Senses: examples: text: Twelve fungicides; bordeaux mixture, strong, weak and with soap, bordeaux powder, modified eau celeste and ammoniacal copper carbonate, alone and with soap. As between the stronger and weaker bordeauxs an intermediate was [considered].
ref: 1908, Annual Report of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, Burlington:
text: The bordeauxs seem to have been the most efficient fungicides, with the proprietary lime-sulfur mixtures a close second.
ref: 1909, Reports of the Board of Trustees of the University of New Hampshire, volume 4, page 388:
text: If these commercial materials are used to make a bordeaux or a copper-lime mixture for grape sprays, [...]
ref: 1961, John Roberts McGrew, George Willis Still, Control of Grape Diseases and Insects in the Eastern United States:
text: For under Charlemagne, in particular, this industry greatly expanded, as the wine masters of Gaul began to produce their own high quality burgandies and bordeauxes in the very regions in which those modern wines now derive their names.
ref: 2006, Gene W. Heck, Charlemagne, Muhammad, and the Arab Roots of Capitalism:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bordeaux (“fungicide; wine”).
douanier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌduːɑːniˈeɪ/
/ˌdwɑːniˈeɪ/
Forms: form: douaniers
Etymology: Borrowed from French douanier.
Senses: glosses: A French customs officer.
rectrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rectrices
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rēctrīx (“one who directs”). By surface analysis, rector + -trix.
Senses: glosses: A governess; a rectoress.
glosses: A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.
Related terms: rectricial
rectrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rectrix
talcum powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talcum powders
Senses: glosses: Perfumed talc (sometimes with the addition of boric acid) for adsorbing moisture on the skin.
Related terms: baby powder
tenderheartednesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenderheartedness
tenesmuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenesmus
tenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenia
taenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taenia
tengus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tengu
strike lucky
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strikes lucky
form: striking lucky
form: struck lucky
form: struck lucky
form: stricken lucky
Senses: glosses: To have unexpected good fortune.
Related terms: strike me lucky
strike it lucky
strike it lucky
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strikes it lucky
form: striking it lucky
form: struck it lucky
form: struck it lucky
form: stricken it lucky
Senses: glosses: To have unexpected good fortune.
Related terms: strike lucky
five-finger exercise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five-finger exercises
Senses: examples: text: It was the singular room which Carlyle had constructed in the hopes that he could shut out all the noises of the universe, the crowing of cocks, and the jingling of a young lady's five-finger exercise in particular.
ref: 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 20, in A Duet:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical composition for the piano, designed to require the use of all the fingers of the hand for the purpose of skill development.
examples: text: Batman Begins, the 2005 film that launched Nolan's series, was a mere five-finger exercise. This is the full symphony.
ref: 2008 July 9, Richard Corliss, “Batman Is Back—TIME Reviews The Dark Knight”, in Time:
glosses: An activity which is undertaken for the purpose of skill development.
five finger exercise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five finger exercises
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of five-finger exercise.
fackins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fackings
form: feckins
form: fegs
Etymology: Corruption of fay, faith ( + -kins).
Senses: examples: text: I suppose he hath left me mourning; but, i’fackins! if that be all, the devil shall wear it for him, for me.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 152:
glosses: Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
Under Secretary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Under Secretaries
Senses: examples: text: Witness to this is the appointment by the Minister of Transport of an Under-Secretary who will concentrate on Channel Tunnel affairs—and Mr O. F. Gingell is evidently expected to have a plateful of work for some long time to come.
ref: 1964 June, “News and Comment: Channel Tunnel finance”, in Modern Railways, page 371:
glosses: Alternative spelling of undersecretary.
Under Secretaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Under Secretary
piercee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piercees
Etymology: From pierce + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: More adventurous piercees go as far as the genitalia (one popular penis pierce is known as a 'Prince Albert').
ref: 1995, Alt Culture: An A-z Guide to 90's America:
glosses: One who receives or has received a piercing.
Related terms: piercer
tattooer
tattooee
piercees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piercee
marry come up
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: marry guep
form: marry gep
form: marry quep
Senses: examples: text: O Gods Lady deare, / Are you ſo hot? marrie come vp I trow, / Is this the Poultis for my aking bones?
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v], page 63, column 2:
text: I thought th' hadst scorn'd to budge a step / For fear. (Quoth Eccho) Marry guep.
ref: 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto III.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 64:
text: "Marry-come-up," cries Slipſlop, "People's Ears are ſometimes the niceſt Part about them."
ref: 1742, Henry Fielding, “What Passed between the Lady and Mrs. Slipslop, […]”, in The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I, page 47:
text: Marry gep, if it had not been for me, thou hadſt been yet but a hearing Counſel at the Bar.
ref: 1676 December 11 (first performance), [William] Wycherley, The Plain-Dealer. A Comedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for James Magnes and Rich[ard] Bentley […], published 1677, →OCLC, Act III, page 42:
text: Marry, come up, indeed; tie it yourſelf, you have as many Hands as I; your Man's Man will have a fine Office truly: Come, pray, ſtand out of my ſpitting Place.
ref: 1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “Dialogue I”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […] B[enjamin] Motte […], published 1738, →OCLC, page 39:
text: Marry come up with ſuch gentlemen! though he hath lived here theſe many Years, I don't believe there is arrow servant in the house ever ſaw the Colour of his Money.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume II, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V, page 180:
text: Marry quep of your advice, for an old Scotch tinsmith, as you are!
ref: 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 109:
text: Marry, quep! if you call this wasting time. Sir Egerton, we wonder what is employing it.
ref: 1835 March, “The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges, […]”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, London: William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols and Son, →OCLC, page 233, column 1:
glosses: An expression of contempt.
shado beni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Shado beni is similar to cilantro but has a stronger flavor. Look for it in ethnic grocery stores that feature Hispanic or West Indian foods. If not found, it is not a problem—just substitute with cilantro (add a little extra cilantro if you want the stronger flavor you would have gotten with the shado beni).
ref: 2011, John Cavazos, Ann Marie Cavazos, “Main Courses and Cooked Sides”, in The Daniel Fast Made Delicious, Lake Mary, Fla.: Siloam, →ISBN, section I (Healthy Eating on the Daniel Fast), page 35:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chadon beni.
Menologium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Menologium of Basil II is an important work for understanding the medieval Byzantine church.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of menologium, particularly in reference to (Eastern Orthodoxy) specific editions of the menaia or synaxaria or (Roman Catholicism) biographical records of members of religious orders.
Synonyms: english: chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy
translation: chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy
word: Menologion
menology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menologies
form: Menology
Etymology: Partially from meno- (“month-”) + -ology (“study, account”) and partially from anglicization of Medieval Latin mēnologium and Byzantine Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion), q.v. Doublet of menologion, menologium, and menologe.
Senses: examples: text: ...in Afghanistan, we find two systems of month-names. One of these... is of Indian origin..., while the other is borrowed from the Mohammedan menology...
ref: 1907, Louis H. Gray, “On Certain Persian and Armenian Month-Names...”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 28, page 332:
text: The Romans themselves believed Romulus had given them a 10-month lunar calendar, but modern scholars consider the actual original state of Roman menology uncertain.
glosses: The study of months; the names and system of months within a given calendar.
examples: text: In the Mart. of Donegal, this is the day of St. Comgall (Comhgall), placed in the Menology on the 27th June, as having no day.
ref: 1892, Richard Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales..., p. 645
text: The menology of the tenth century has the formula ...
ref: 1935, Stephen Langdon, Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars, page 86:
text: The duration of the rites of mourning over nine days is... supported by references in a Standard Babylonian menology...
ref: 2003, Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic..., p. 53
text: The Menology of St Symeon mostly repeats earlier accounts but includes some small additions as well.
glosses: Synonym of menologium, a monthly record, particularly in Assyriology and certain Christian contexts.
synonyms: word: menologium
extra: a monthly record, particularly in Assyriology and certain Christian contexts
examples: text: Their readings from the holy Scriptures and from the fathers, from the menologies of the church and the teachings of its principal pastors, are a great, continually swelling hymn of praise to the rule of providence and to the progressive actualization of the eternal plan of salvation.
ref: 1992, Waltraut Stein translating Edith Stein as "The Prayer of the Church", Great Catholic Writings, p. 45
text: The menologies of St Symeon mostly repeat earlier accounts but include some small additions as well.
glosses: The content of a menologium, a liturgical calendar or hagiography.
menologe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menologes
Etymology: From French ménologe, from Latin mēnologium, q.v. Doublet of menologion, menologium, and menology.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of menologium, a monthly record, particularly in certain Christian contexts
synonyms: word: menologium
extra: a monthly record, particularly in certain Christian contexts
unindent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unindents
form: unindenting
form: unindented
form: unindented
Etymology: From un- + indent; Originated in the 1980s when computers made it simple for a writer to position text on a page.
Senses: examples: text: I had to unindent the first line of each paragraph so that my essay would fit onto one side of paper.
glosses: To remove the indentation; to move a block of text closer to the left margin.
menaion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menaia
Etymology: From New Latin mēnaion, from Ancient Greek μηναῖος (mēnaîos, “lunar”).
Senses: glosses: The annual fixed liturgical cycle of services used in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, containing a list of the services and large collection of liturgical texts for an entire month. Twelve volumes are usually offered for the year, as a set known as the menaia.
Synonyms: Menologium
menology
Derived terms: english: a book which contains services for each type of celebration with blank spaces for the name of the saint being celebrated.
translation: a book which contains services for each type of celebration with blank spaces for the name of the saint being celebrated.
word: General Menaion
english: an anthology which contains the texts for those Great Feasts of the Lord
translation: an anthology which contains the texts for those Great Feasts of the Lord
word: Festal Menaion
word: the Theotokos which fall on the fixed cycle
word: and optionally feasts of the major saints
ambilevous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæmbɪˈliːvəs/
Forms: form: more ambilevous
form: most ambilevous
form: ambilævous
form: ambilaevous
Etymology: First attested in English in 1646: from Latin ambilaevus (ambi- (“both”) + laevus (“left”)), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀμφαρίστερος (ampharísteros, “with two left hands, awkward, clumsy”) from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) + ἀριστερός (aristerós, “left”).
Senses: examples: text: Again, Some are Ἀμφαριστεροὶ as Galen hath expreſſed : that is, Ambilevous or left-handed on both ſides; ſuch as with agility and vigour have not the uſe of either : who are not gymnaſtically compoſed : nor actively uſe thoſe parts. Now in theſe there is no right hand : of this conſtitution are many women, and ſome men, who though they accuſtome themſelves unto either hand, do dexterouſly make uſe of neither.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
text: Whereas the ambidextrous person is regarded as one who is capable of using both hands with equal dexterity, there are others, referred to as ambilevous, who use both hands equally awkwardly.
ref: 1953, The Pediatric Clinics of North America, W.B. Saunders Co., page 607:
text: The ambilevous (the opposite of ambidextrous) child is unable to use either hand more skillfully than the other, but is equally awkward in the use of each.
ref: 1960, Harry Bakwin, Ruth Mae Morris Bakwin, Clinical Management of Behavior Disorders in Children, Saunders, page 330:
text: I as a right-handed person do not have the option of becoming genuinely ambidextrous, literally one with ‘two right hands’. And I surely must guard against sinking into one is who is doubly left-handed, or ambilevous. (We may notice the prejudice uncovered by etymology.) But I can, by will and practice, lessen the native inferiority of my weaker side.
ref: 1998, Yoav Ariel, Shlomo Biderman, Ornan Rotem, Relativism and Beyond, →ISBN, page 262:
glosses: Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
Synonyms: ambisinistrous
menaia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menaion Often refers to a set of twelve volumes of meniaon.
Menologia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Menologium
ambilævous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ambilævous
form: most ambilævous
Senses: examples: text: Ambilævous, Having left hands only; that is, clumsy.
ref: 1879, Henry Power and Leonard William Sedgwick of the New Sydenham Society, The New Sydenham Society’s Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences: (based on Mayne’s Lexicon) (1881 republication), volume 1 (The New Sydenham Society)
text: …ambilævous; hence, uncommonly awkward.
ref: 1955, Joseph Twadell Shipley, Dictionary of Early English, Philosophical Library, page 37:
text: […] we notice the nonsense: ‘Accomplished as the criticism in this book may be, it cannot be definitive’; we notice the ludicrous remarks: ‘let it be said firmly now that I cannot think of any living Australian novelist who …’, ‘when Amy commits adultery, it is in the context of the rose bush’; we notice the bad grammar and the worse, the unbelievably ambilævous, prose of poets who are lecturers in English literature …
ref: 2001, Delys Bird, Robert Dixon, Christopher Lee, Authority and Influence, University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 54, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ambilevous
abyssal fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abyssal fishes
Senses: glosses: Any fish that lives below a depth of 2000 meters.
alarm substance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alarm substances
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A chemical emitted from the skin of a fish after an injury that warns nearby fish of danger.
chocolatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: chocolatines
Etymology: From French chocolatine, from chocolat (“chocolate”).
Senses: glosses: pain au chocolat
brainstormings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brainstorming
one country, two systems
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Coined by Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989 Deng Xiaoping in 1982 as part of the Red China proposal to reunify Taiwan. Calque of Chinese 一國兩制 /一国两制 (yī guó liǎng zhì).
Senses: examples: text: The principle of “one country, two systems” was first proposed by Deng Xiaoping in the early 1980s as way to reconcile the communist mainland with historically Chinese territories—Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau—that had capitalist economies.
ref: 2017 June 29, “Has “one country, two systems” been a success for Hong Kong?”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
glosses: Policy for the reunification of China as one country, but with areas like Hong Kong and Taiwan with separate economic and political systems.
INBD
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of inboard.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of inbound.
INBD
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of it's no big deal.
visually impaired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Partly or wholly blind.
Synonyms: vision impaired
VI
sight impaired
Related terms: blind
deafblind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: deaf-blind
Etymology: From Dvandva compound of deaf + blind.
Senses: synonyms: dual sensory impaired
glosses: Unable to see and hear.
Derived terms: Yemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndrome
Related terms: deafblindness
housetrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaʊsˌtɹeɪn/
Forms: form: housetrains
form: housetraining
form: housetrained
form: housetrained
form: house train
form: house-train
Etymology: From house + train.
Senses: glosses: To teach (a domestic pet) to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
Synonyms: word: housebreak
Related terms: word: house-trained
remailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remailer
drive-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drive-offs
form: drive off
Senses: glosses: The act of stealing fuel from a self-service filling station by driving off without paying after filling the fuel tank; the act of bilking.
glosses: The act of leaving a filling station with the fuel pump hose nozzle still inserted into the fill spout of the fuel tank.
glosses: A contest or comparison of cars or drivers.
glosses: A place where one can conveniently pull off the road.
Synonyms: sense: leaving a filling station without paying after filling the tank
word: fill and flee
sense: leaving a filling station without paying after filling the tank
word: fill and fly
sense: leaving a filling station without paying after filling the tank
word: gas and dash
sense: leaving a filling station without paying after filling the tank
word: gas and go
sense: leaving a filling station without paying after filling the tank
word: pump and jump
sense: leaving a filling station without paying after filling the tank
word: bilking
okara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈkɑːɹə/
Etymology: From Japanese 御(お)殻(から) (okara).
Senses: examples: text: Okara adds texture to soups, stews, casseroles, savory pancakes and baked goods, or it can be made into beanburgers.
ref: 1989 November, Drew DeSilver, Jan Gahala, “What is that stuff?”, in Vegetarian Times, →ISSN, page 44:
text: Okara is the residue or soy pulp that remains after the production of soymilk and tofu. Although typically considered a waste product in the U.S., okara has been shown to have many promising attributes.
ref: 1998, Vincent E. A. Rinaldi, Utilization of Okara to Produce Extruded Cereal Products:
text: The dietary fiber content of okara is greater than 50%, so its energy content is only half that of wheat flour. Okara alone has some antinutritional qualities; however, fermented okara may have definite dietary advantages.
ref: 2004, Colin W. Wrigley, Encyclopedia of grain science:
glosses: A food made from soybean pulp; a by-product of soy milk production.
bouncing Betty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bouncing Betties
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A land mine which is propelled a meter or two into the air before exploding to increase the amount of damage inflicted on surrounding troops.
Synonyms: bounding mine
coughs up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cough up
coughing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cough up
coughed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cough up
shampoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shampo
poyo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: palm wine
birthday cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthday card
price list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: price lists
form: pricelist
form: price-list
Etymology: From price + list. Compare West Frisian priislist (“pricelist”), Dutch prijslijst (“pricelist”), German Preisliste (“pricelist”), Danish prisliste (“pricelist”), Swedish prislista (“pricelist”), Norwegian prisliste (“pricelist”).
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A list of items for sale with their prices.
political correctnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of political correctness
branchial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹæŋ.ki.əl/
Etymology: From New Latin branchialis, from Latin branchiae.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling gills; of or pertaining to the embryonic branchial arches and clefts from which the gills arise.
Derived terms: abranchial
basibranchial
branchial arch
branchially
ceratobranchial
epibranchial
extrabranchial
hypobranchial
infrabranchial
interbranchial
mesobranchial
metabranchial
orobranchial
parabranchial
peribranchial
pharyngobranchial
postbranchial
prebranchial
pseudobranchial
suprabranchial
branchial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹæŋ.ki.əl/
Forms: form: branchials
Etymology: From New Latin branchialis, from Latin branchiae.
Senses: glosses: A branchial arch.
borlotti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borlottis
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of borlotti bean.
pomper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒmpə/
ipa: /ˈpɑmpɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pompers
form: pompering
form: pompered
form: pompered
Etymology: Possibly an alteration of pamper (“To feed luxuriously.”).
Senses: glosses: To pamper; To feed luxuriously.
rocky road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocky roads
Senses: glosses: Any of several forms of candy containing lumps of chocolate, marshmallows and nuts.
examples: text: Who needs a pint of rocky road when you can head to the kitchen and work out your heartache with a whisk and a bottle of wine?
ref: 2010, Erin Bolger, The Happy Baker:
glosses: A variety of chocolate ice cream with marshmallows and almonds.
examples: text: It's been a rocky road for Caledonian Sleeper, but one that shows signs of recovery, albeit slow.
ref: 2020 January 2, Richard Clinnick, “After some alarms, Sleeper awakens”, in Rail, page 48:
glosses: A rough time, course etc.
shopping malls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shopping mall
silent alarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silent alarm
shopping baskets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shopping basket
shopping bots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shopping bot
sex slaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sex slave
private candidate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: private candidates
Senses: glosses: One who enters an examination without being enrolled as a student at the educational establishment where it is given.
Related terms: external candidate
private candidates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of private candidate
safe havens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safe haven
sailorwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sailorwoman
blue book exam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue book exams
form: blue book examination
Etymology: From the color of the book cover, chosen by Butler University in Indianapolis to match its school colors.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A type of test that normally includes one or more essays or short-answer questions, used at many postsecondary schools.
wikipedia: Butler University
blue book exams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue book exam
past paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: past papers
Senses: examples: text: Use the past papers to practise when revising.
topics: education
glosses: An examination paper from a previous year.
past papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of past paper
surrealists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surrealist
neotribalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + tribalism.
Senses: glosses: The sociological concept that humans have evolved to live in a tribal society and thus will naturally form social networks constituting new "tribes".
bad boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bad boy
subteens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subteen
Dario
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Darios
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Dario and Spanish Darío.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
scatterplot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scatterplots
Etymology: From scatter + plot.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of scatter plot.
scatterplot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scatterplots
form: scatterplotting
form: scatterplotted
form: scatterplotted
Etymology: From scatter + plot.
Senses: glosses: To plot using a scatter plot
scatter plot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scatter plots
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A type of display using Cartesian coordinates to display values for two variables for a set of data.
swains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swain
dissertate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪsəteɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɪsɚteɪt/
Forms: form: dissertates
form: dissertating
form: dissertated
form: dissertated
Etymology: First attested in 1766; borrowed from Latin dissertātus, perfect passive participle of dissertō (“to argue, discuss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), frequentative of disserō. Doublet of dissert.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, if a miracle ever sat up and slapped him in the face over his small beer and muffin he'd […] dissertate in Latin on the experiential impossibility of its existence.
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 203:
glosses: To make a dissertation; to discourse.
Derived terms: dissertative
dissertate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪsəteɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɪsɚteɪt/
Forms: form: dissertates
form: dissertating
form: dissertated
form: dissertated
Etymology: Back-formation from dissertation.
Senses: examples: text: Mark stayed up until 2 a.m. dissertating last night.
glosses: To write one's dissertation.
penem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penems
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 2,3-didehydropenam
Derived terms: carbapenem
work over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: works over
form: working over
form: worked over
form: worked over
Senses: examples: text: The estimated figures are not bad, but somebody will have to work them over.
glosses: To improve a prototype, or first draft.
examples: text: He'll talk, once we work him over.
glosses: To physically attack in order to cause injury.
examples: text: The desk sergeant worked him over pretty good and finally turned him over to the detective squad.
ref: 2007, David Rogers, The Printer's Devil, page 175:
glosses: To subject (a person) to a severe scolding, interrogation, beating, etc.
Synonyms: sense: improve
word: polish
sense: improve
word: rework
sense: physically attack
word: beat up
back-burner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more back-burner
form: most back-burner
Senses: glosses: Having low urgency; not currently important.
back-burner
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: back-burners
form: back-burnering
form: back-burnered
form: back-burnered
Senses: examples: text: Cops closed them all with a code: NHI. The unsolved crimes had been back-burnered until a reporter revealed that the letters stamped on the police files were shorthand for No Human Involved.
ref: 2008, Linda Fairstein, Killer Heat, page 191:
glosses: Alternative form of backburner.
leukorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukorrheas
form: leukorrhoea
form: leukorrhœa
form: leucorrhea
form: leucorrhoea
form: leucorrhœa
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + ῥοία (rhoía, “flow, flux”). By surface analysis, leuko- + -rrhea.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Thick, whitish vaginal discharge.
Synonyms: word: fluor albus
Derived terms: leukorrheal
Vincenzo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Vincenzo.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Vincent.
quatuor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quatuors
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A quartet.
bitch slaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitch slap
disuniate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭsʹyo͞o'nē-āt
ipa: /dɪs.juˈniˌeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: disuniat
Etymology: From dis- + uniate.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:disuniate.
glosses: of or pertaining to disuniates.
disuniate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭsʹyo͞o'nē-āt
ipa: /dɪs.juˈniˌeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: disuniates
form: disuniat
Etymology: From dis- + uniate.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:disuniate.
glosses: an adherent of the Eastern Orthodox Church, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, who did not assent to the 1596 Union of Brest-Litovsk.
quartettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quartette
fingerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingerers
Etymology: From finger + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, the rose appears to be the focus of interest for not only the fingerer but for the fingered, since the bouquet's holder is modestly casting her eyes upon it rather than upon her partner.
ref: 1991, Diana Fuss, Inside/out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories, page 250:
text: Diedra smiled back like a first-time daughter fingerer, wiping her hand on the towel
ref: 2001, Phil Phantom, “{ASSM} Stubborn Slut”, in alt.sex.stories.moderated (Usenet):
text: The girls were having lots of fun rolling around on the bed, though Kacie was a much better fingerer and occasional eater.
ref: 2001, Cool Sexy Guy, “Story: Cheerleading Camp”, in alt.sex (Usenet):
glosses: One who fingers, especially in the sense of sexual stimulation.
Synonyms: bean flicker
fingerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fingerer
lingerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lingerer
portrayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portrayers
Etymology: From Middle English portraer, portrayer, portreyour, purtrayour, purtreoure, purtreyour, from Middle French portraieor, pourtraiour; equivalent to portray + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of portray; one who portrays.
portrayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portrayer
otherness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: othernesses
Etymology: From other + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: As Floya Anthias argues in her chapter, there is a need to fight against all those constructions of difference and identity that exclude and devalorise, and against all those social practices that construct identities and differences in naturalised, collectivised and binary ways and in terms of hierarchical otherness, unequal resource allocation and modes of inferiorisation (see also Anthias 1998a).
ref: 2002, Floya Anthias, Cathie Lloyd, Rethinking Anti-racisms: From Theory to Practice, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: The quality of being different or distinct.
glosses: The result or product of being different or distinct.
Synonyms: alterity
difference
otherhood
Related terms: otherdom
hear the grass grow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hears the grass grow
form: hearing the grass grow
form: heard the grass grow
form: heard the grass grow
Senses: examples: 1855, Thomas Bulfinch, Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, ch. 31 "Northern Mythology",
Heimdall is the watchman of the gods. . . . So acute is his ear that no sound escapes him, for he can even hear the grass grow and the wool on a sheep's back.
glosses: To have an extremely sensitive sense of hearing.
examples: text: A suburban arena that was so sepulchral you could hear the grass grow.
ref: 2005 August 28, Tony Francis, “St Neots dreams dashed along the road to Cup final”, in telegraph.co.uk, retrieved 01 Aug 2008:
glosses: To hear very well due to being in an exceptionally quiet environment.
examples: text: He was quick to appreciate Blankenhorn's engaging personality and intelligent use of his skills. Chief among these was a remarkable ability to keep track of developments—to ‘hear the grass grow’.
ref: 1995, Hans-Peter Schwarz, Konrad Adenauer: a German politician and statesman, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 397:
glosses: To be very aware or discerning; to pay attention to every small detail.
analyzeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more analyzeable
form: most analyzeable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of analyzable.
wallower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallowers
Etymology: From wallow + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of wallow; one who wallows.
examples: text: At each end of the water-wheel is a vertical shaft with wallowers[…]
ref: 1847, Edward Cresy, An Encyclopaedia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lantern wheel; a trundle.
wallowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallower
fuselages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuselage
Cholon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Chợ Lớn.
Senses: glosses: the Chinatown of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
glosses: Cholon (a ward in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
ack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: acks
form: ACK
Etymology: Clipping of acknowledged.
Senses: examples: text: They had to begin at the beginning: learning the Morse code, flag-wagging, a succession of acks, and practice on the buzzer.
ref: 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 173:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The letter A as used in signalling and other types of communications.
qualifier: data communications
glosses: acknowledgment signal
Derived terms: ack emma
ack-ack
ack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /æk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: acks
form: acking
form: acked
form: acked
Etymology: Clipping of acknowledged.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ACK.
ack
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æk/
rhymes: -æk
Etymology: Clipping of acknowledged.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
radio-communications
glosses: acknowledged
ack
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æk/
rhymes: -æk
ipa: /æk/
rhymes: -æk
Etymology: Imitative. Sense 2 is first attested in the latter part of September, 2021 on /qa/ - Question & Answer, from which it appears to have originated.
Senses: glosses: Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.
examples: text: ACK!
ref: 2021 September 22, anonymous author, 4chan, /qa/:
text: >...ACK!
ref: 2021 September 23, anonymous author, 4chan, /qa/:
text: Hahaha Nooo dad why won't you accept me for my true self noooo ....BLURK.. ack ack
ref: 2021 September 23, anonymous author, 4chan, /qa/:
text: Ack!
ref: 2021 September 23, anonymous author, 4chan, /fit/:
text: >Im so glad i transitioned
>Time to look myself in the mirror
>...
>...
>...ACK!
ref: 2021 September 24, anonymous author, 4chan, /qa/:
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Mocking a transgender person by imitating the sound of choking during a suicide by hanging, evoking the notion that transgender people frequently commit suicide.
emma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛmə/
Forms: form: emmas
Etymology: From Emma.
Senses: glosses: M in RAF phonetic alphabet
Derived terms: ack emma
pip emma
toc emma
FAO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “International sunflower oil prices rebounded by more than 15% month-on-month, primarily underpinned by renewed uncertainties surrounding the exportable supplies out of the Black Sea region,” the FAO said in a statement.
ref: 2023 August 4, Anna Cooban, “Global food prices bounce following collapse of Black Sea grain deal”, in CNN:
qualifier: UN
glosses: Initialism of Food and Agriculture Organization.
FAO
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of fao (“for the attention of”).
signalese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From signal + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: The signalese for 'S/L' I could decipher, but the NMI defeated me, until I learned that it referred to the fact, an oddity to Americans, that I had 'No Middle Initial'.
ref: 1967, Lawrence Wright, The Wooden Sword, page 164:
text: The signal "dit-dah-dit- dit-dit" which, in signalese meant "wait", was heard a lot while we attempted to decipher what it was the operator on the other end
ref: 1990, Ken Bradstreet, Hellcats:
text: The commodore's staff prepares the necessary message using a standardised jargon used by the Navy, sometimes referred to as 'signalese'.
ref: 2006, Ian Pfennigwerth, A Man of Intelligence: The Life of Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker, page 47:
glosses: Words and abbreviations used by radio operators and other signalmen to clarify the letters being sent and received, such as the RAF phonetic alphabet.
othernesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of otherness
donnish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more donnish
form: most donnish
Etymology: From don (professor) + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The proctor was a gentlemanly, straight-forward looking man of about thirty, not at all donnish, and his address answered to his appearance.
ref: 1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], chapter XII, in Tom Brown at Oxford: […], part 1st, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, →OCLC:
text: The truth is, unless a man can get the prestige and income of a Don and write donnish books, it’s hardly worth while for him to make a Greek and Latin machine of himself and be able to spin you out pages of the Greek dramatists at any verse you’ll give him as a cue.
ref: 1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XVI, in Daniel Deronda, volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II (Meeting Streams), page 321:
text: The savagery with which Michael Hofmann can wield a hatchet has earned him unlikely fans outside the literary circuit. A recent issue of Viz ran a cartoon of the critic, poet and translator urinating all over a phone booth, while two donnish FR Leavis types nodded appreciatively from a safe distance.
ref: 2016 April 9, Philip Oltermann, “Michael Hofmann: ‘English is basically a trap. It’s almost a language for spies’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Characteristic of a (university) don.
examples: text: The new engineer had a donnish air, and found it difficult to communicate with the workers in the factory.
glosses: Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical.
raw_tags: of a person
Derived terms: donnishly
donnishness
undonnish
malpaís
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malpaíses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of malpais.