cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
roseberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roseberry
spermatocystitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spermatocyst + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the seminal vesicles
aston
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: To astonish.
aston
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Aston Broadcast Systems, a supplier of software displaying such graphics.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: A lower third.
muskball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muskballs
Etymology: From musk + ball.
Senses: glosses: A ball containing musk as a perfuming sachet.
muskballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muskball
corivalship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corrivalship.
Italian Social Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: fascism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
synonyms: Republic of Salò
glosses: A collaborationist state that existed from 1943 to 1945.
Harnisches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Harnisch
enhypostatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enhypostatises
form: enhypostatising
form: enhypostatised
form: enhypostatised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of enhypostatize.
enhypostatised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enhypostatise
enhypostatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enhypostatise
enhypostatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enhypostatise
enhypostatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enhypostatizes
form: enhypostatizing
form: enhypostatized
form: enhypostatized
form: enhypostatise
Senses: glosses: To hypostatize.
enhypostatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enhypostatize
enhypostatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enhypostatize
enhypostatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enhypostatize
fail of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fails of
form: failing of
form: failed of
form: failed of
Senses: glosses: To come short of accomplishing (a purpose); to fail to do.
gleeps
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: The telephone burst into a prolonged and unnatural clangor.
"Gleeps!" said John. "They gone crazy too?"
ref: 1947, Authors' Gold, page 57:
text: 1966, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Batman S01E01 - Hi Diddle Riddle; line spoken by extra in disco scene
Gleeps! It’s Batman!
text: “Gleeps,” said Hartley. “I didn't think about police.”
ref: 1997, Nancy Means Wright, Harvest of Bones:
glosses: Expression of surprise or alarm; yikes.
NEX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I'm going to the NEX to do my Christmas shopping.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of Navy Exchange, a department-store chain operated by the United States Navy exclusively for the military and their families, allies, and certain other individuals.
hiemation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin hiems (“winter”).
Senses: examples: text: The biting November winds told the season had come when little could be accomplished; and, too, this was the time of the year when Cleve sought his hiemation in the metropolis.
ref: 1914, Mack Stauffer, Humanity and the Mysterious Knight, page 102:
glosses: Hibernation.
a woman's work is never done
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From a traditional rhyming couplet, found in at least two forms:
: Man works till set of sun,
: Woman's work is never done.
: From rise of morn to set of sun
: Woman's work is never done.
Senses: glosses: Housework, which is generally considered women's work, is never finished.
examples: text: "Six o'clock, and working still! […] They say a woman's work is never done," remarked Ik Stanton, dropping into the easiest chair in the studio, "and for this reason, were there no other, your muse is evidently of the feminine persuasion."
ref: 1878, Edward Payson Roe, chapter 1, in A Face Illumined:
text: As Professor Myerhoff writes: "The adage 'A woman's work is never done' calls attention to the continuity of woman's tasks on a daily basis."
ref: 1979 April 1, Charles E. Silberman, “A Proper Way to Live”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Jul 2019:
text: According to the old maxim, a woman’s work is never done. It certainly never counts, a least not by the economic formulae that figure out the wealth of a nation.
ref: 2010 October 30, Antonia Zerbisias, “Feminomics: calculating the value of 'women's work'”, in The Star, Canada, retrieved 07 Jul 2019:
text: They say a woman’s work is never done. If certain Brexiteers have their way, that might be truer than ever. […] [A] no-deal Brexit would mean a disastrous shortfall in care staff, which would force women out of the office and into unpaid social care roles, looking after elderly parents.
ref: 2018 August 7, Harriet Marsden, “Why should women do the hard, unpaid work after Brexit?”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 07 Jul 2019:
glosses: Women generally work long and hard, especially as they often are responsible for housework and care roles in addition to paid work.
Related terms: double day
it's a man's world
one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen
watchlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watchlights
Etymology: From watch + light.
Senses: glosses: A light used to illuminate a night-time vigil.
watchlights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watchlight
boss up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bosses up
form: bossing up
form: bossed up
form: bossed up
Etymology: Possibly devised as a gender-neutral form of man up.
Senses: examples: text: When life gets you down, boss up and take control.
glosses: To strive to reach one's goals through effort and determination; to start working hard.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
plumbing
glosses: To modify a corner in sheet lead to avoid leaving a hole in the angle.
glosses: To manage a household and its servants.
boss up
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Dutch pas op from Afrikaans.
Senses: glosses: Take care; look out.
trimac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trimacs
Senses: examples: text: Could you give information on flowerhorns? I have heard that they were formed by crossbreeding blood-red parrot cichlids to trimacs. Is that true?
ref: 2006, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, volume 54, numbers 9-12, page 19:
glosses: trimac cichlid
trimacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trimac
transformatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transformatory
form: most transformatory
Senses: glosses: transformative
agrammatisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrammatism
agrammaticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrammaticisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of agrammatism.
agrammaticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrammaticism
shade ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shade balls
Senses: synonyms: bird ball
glosses: A small plastic sphere floated in large numbers on top of a reservoir, pool, etc. to slow evaporation, block sunlight, or deter birds from landing.
shade balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shade ball
bird ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bird balls
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shade ball.
synonyms: word: shade ball
bird balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bird ball
cup moss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cup mosses
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cup lichen.
synonyms: word: cup lichen
cup mosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cup moss
cup lichen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cup lichen
form: cup lichens
Senses: synonyms: cup moss
glosses: Any of the genus Cladonia of moss-like lichens.
cup lichens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cup lichen
scrape-penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrape-pennies
Etymology: Compound of scrape + penny. Attested in 1584, in the writing of Thomas Lodge, author and physician.
Senses: glosses: A miser.
scrape-pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrape-penny
antivertex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)tɛks
Forms: form: antivertices
Etymology: From anti- + vertex.
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The point exactly opposite the vertex.
antivertices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antivertex
sodomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sodomic
form: most sodomic
Etymology: From sodomy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, as Sigmund Freud discovered over fifty years ago, and as psychoanalysts witness in their daily practice, sodomic acts such as homosexuality, are generally the manifestations of a neurosis […]
ref: 1955, Charles Schoenfeld, God and Country, page 105:
synonyms: sodomistic
glosses: Of or relating to sodomy.
sodomistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sodomistic
form: most sodomistic
Senses: synonyms: sodomic
glosses: Of or relating to sodomy.
dead-and-alive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dead-and-alive
form: most dead-and-alive
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dead-alive.
synonyms: word: dead-alive
nitery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niteries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of niterie (“night club”).
gentler sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the gentler sex
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gentle sex (“women”).
gentle sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the gentle sex
form: gentler sex
Senses: examples: text: A patriotic virago, armed with a brace of pistols, enacted prodigies; and a young man, who distinguished himself in a remarkable manner, has since proved to be of the gentle sex.
ref: 1830, William Carpenter, Anecdotes of the French revolution, of 1830, page 49:
synonyms: fair sex
antonyms: stern sex
sterner sex
glosses: Women generally.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gentle, sex.
stern sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the stern sex
form: sterner sex
Senses: antonyms: gentle sex
gentler sex
glosses: Men generally.
sterner sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the sterner sex
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stern sex (“men”).
ncDNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nDNA (“nuclear DNA”).
half bindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half binding
half-tide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The tide halfway between flood and ebb.
half-tide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "[...] her middle structure was like a half-tide rock awash upon a coast."
ref: 1919, Joseph Conrad, Typhoon:
glosses: Left dry during such a tide.
hDNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hDNAs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of human DNA.
glosses: Abbreviation of heteroduplex DNA.
glosses: Abbreviation of hybrid DNA.
Coordinate terms: ssDNA
dsDNA
mDNA
Related terms: cpDNA
dsDNA
eDNA
mtDNA
ncDNA
nDNA
ssDNA
nightchurr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightchurrs
Etymology: From night + churr, jar (“a sound, chirp, cry”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nightjar.
nightchurrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nightchurr
octapody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octapodies
Etymology: From octa- + -pody, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, “foot”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: A metre or verse of eight feet.
Synonyms: octonarius
Coordinate terms: monopody
dipody
tripody
tetrapody
pentapody
hexapody
heptapody
octapodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octapody
pocket computer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket computers
Etymology: From pocket + computer.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small portable computer with a screen capable of displaying only a few lines of text.
pocket computers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket computer
soap test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soap tests
Senses: glosses: A test for determining the hardness of water by shaking it up with liquid soap (not detergent).
soap tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soap test
horse-operatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horse-operatic
form: most horse-operatic
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of, the genre of horse opera.
soaplock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soaplocks
form: soap-lock
Etymology: From soap + lock.
Senses: glosses: A lock of hair brushed apart from the rest.
glosses: A rowdy.
soaplocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soaplock
devaloka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devalokas
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit देवलोक (devaloka).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: In Indian religions, a plane of existence where gods and devas exist.
Cieszynski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cieszynskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Cieszyński.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Inaba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Inabas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 稲葉 (Inaba).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Tajiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tajiris
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 田尻 (Tajiri).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Kimishima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kimishimas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 君島 (Kimishima).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
I declare
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Well, I declare, I have all along thought you would object, and that's the reason I've been afraid to ask you.
ref: 1886, Popular Recitations, page 17:
synonyms: I do declare
glosses: Expressing surprise or admiration.
I do declare
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: “Well, I do declare now, if you haven't got a work-shop,” said Farmer S., “and all your tools seem to be in such excellent order, and you have a turning lathe, and a grind-stone, on friction rollers, and a set of planes and saws, […]
ref: 1855, The New England Farmer, volume 7, page 490:
glosses: Synonym of I declare.
synonyms: word: I declare
backstabbier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of backstabby: more backstabby
backstabbiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of backstabby: most backstabby
snaughles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snaughle
snaughled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snaughle
Samejima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Samejimas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鮫島 (Samejima).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
resetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reset (“to receive stolen goods etc.”)
Sakagawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sakagawas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 坂川 (Sakagawa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
rosy drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: rosacea
war footing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war footings
form: wartime footing
Senses: examples: text: on a war footing
text: move to a war footing
text: After all, it was less than a year and a half ago that Obama promised, in an address at National Defense University, to remove America from the "perpetual war footing" it had assumed since the September 11 attacks.
ref: 2014 September 11, Uri Friedman, “Is It Peacetime or Wartime in America?”, in The Atlantic:
text: The RMT union has told Network Rail and train operators that it has moved to a "war footing" over planned service and workforce cutbacks.
ref: 2021 September 8, “Network News: RMT on "war footing" in response to workforce cutback threats”, in RAIL, number 939, page 15:
text: The EU is also now trying to put the European defence industry on to a war footing. Joint procurement of weapons by the European Defence Agency has been introduced for the first time.
ref: 2023 September 30, Patrick Wintour, “‘No turning back’: how the Ukraine war has profoundly changed the EU”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A state of preparedness for waging war.
Related terms: on the warpath
Sakashita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sakashitas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 坂下 (Sakashita).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
pimpinellin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Pimpinella + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A furocoumarin found in Heracleum maximum and other plants.
Derived terms: isopimpinellin
Nabeshima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nabeshimas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鍋島 (Nabeshima).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Derived terms: Nabeshima ware
isobergapten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + bergapten.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular furocoumarin.
sphondin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A furocoumarin found in Heracleum maximum.
isoimperatorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + imperatorin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A furocoumarin found in Heracleum maximum.
Sakazaki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sakazakis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 坂崎 (Sakazaki).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Sakasaki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sakasakis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 坂崎 (Sakasaki).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
sepiostaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sepiostaires
Senses: glosses: cuttlebone
sepiostaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sepiostaire
Shimazaki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shimazakis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 島崎 (Shimazaki).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Shimamura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shimamuras
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 島村 (Shimamura).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Hoshina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hoshinas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 保科 (Hoshina).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Shimabara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shimabaras
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 島原 (Shimabara).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Shimahara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shimaharas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 嶋原 (Shimahara).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Shimauchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shimauchis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 島内 (Shimauchi).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Club Med dermatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the holidays offered by Club Med, during which people may take part in drinking games involving lime slices.
Senses: glosses: A form of phytophotodermatitis resulting from rubbing limes or other citrus fruits against the skin.
wikipedia: Club Med
Shimakawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shimakawas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 島川 (Shimakawa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
draw rein
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws rein
form: drawing rein
form: drew rein
form: drawn rein
Senses: glosses: To slacken the speed, or stop entirely, when riding a horse.
Darek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek.
Kinjo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kinjos
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 金城 (Kinjō).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
thrashing-floor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrashing-floors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of threshing floor.
thrashing-floors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrashing-floor
Sakahara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sakaharas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 坂原 (Sakahara).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
backdonations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backdonation
backdatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backdating
backdater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backdaters
Etymology: From backdate + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who backdates.
backdaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backdater
back-door pilot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back-door pilots
form: backdoor pilot
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A film, miniseries, or episode that serves as a proof of concept for a new full television series, but may be broadcast on its own even if the full series does not come to fruition.
glosses: One who participates in anal sex.
back-door pilots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back-door pilot
Bakuvian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːviən
Forms: form: more Bakuvian
form: most Bakuvian
Etymology: From Baku + -v- + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Bakuvian plato located in the south, has a synclinal composition and is formed by the late-Pliocene-quaternary limestones, clays, sands and conglomerates. Bakuvian plato has a shape of terraced amphitheater, directed to the bay of the same name.
ref: 2002, Aliyev Ch. S., “Distribution of radioactivity on landscapes of Absheron peninsula”, in N. Birsen, Kairat K. Kadyrzhanov, editors, Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution, page 66:
text: Because of Azeri wealth and Bakuvian pride, buildings like this one had been preserved and meticulously renovated over the past ten years. 'I am Bakuvian, born and bred. This is my city! Like Ali and Nino!' Fuad wore, for effect, a red fez with a red fez with a swinging gold tassel.
ref: 2012, Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star:
glosses: Of or relating to Baku.
Bakuvian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːviən
Forms: form: Bakuvians
Etymology: From Baku + -v- + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The vast majority of Bakuvians identify themselves as Muslims but tend to see Islam as a badge of national identity as much as a strict religious code. Nearly two centuries of Russian rule added a strong European cultural element including a wide acceptance of alcohol as social lubricant. Although the small percentage of women who opt for Islamic dress is growing, a far greater proportion of Bakuvian ladies favour lavish make-up and toweing stilettoes over flapping chadors.
ref: 2017, Lonely Planet, The Cities Book:
glosses: An inhabitant or native of Baku.
Setoguchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Setoguchis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 瀬戸口 (Setoguchi).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
backdoor pilot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backdoor pilots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of back-door pilot.
backdoor pilots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backdoor pilot
Absheron Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A peninsula in eastern Azerbaijan, the location of Baku, the capital and the most populous city of the country.
Bakuvians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bakuvian
algotrading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Automated computerized trading in financial markets.
Setogawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Setogawas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 瀬戸川 (Setogawa).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
wooldriver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wooldrivers
Etymology: From wool + driver.
Senses: glosses: A person who buys up wool to sell it at a market.
wooldrivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wooldriver
what though
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: What though we can no longer perform signs and wonders by his influence; by faith we can yet remove mountains of sin and ignorance, and cast them into depths where they shall be seen no more.
ref: 1837, The Church of England magazine, page 300:
glosses: But what does it matter; notwithstanding.
Shimura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shimuras
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 志村 (Shimura).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
what-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Lizzie […] will find a home at the Porters, and a friend at the Porters. She knows Miss Abbey of old, remind her, and she knows what-like the home, and what-like the friend, is likely to turn out.
ref: 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC:
glosses: Of what kind.
Takarada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Takaradas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 宝田 (Takarada).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
rizom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rizoms
form: rizome
Etymology: Perhaps related to "rhizome"?
Senses: examples: text: Rizoms of Oats, [...]
Rizomes, the spearsed ears of Oats in the Straw, a Rizome head, a chaffy sparsed head
ref: 1688, Randle Holme, The academy of armory, book 2, chapter VI:
text: … the Corns in the Husk. / Some, in stead of an Ear, have a rizom (or plume) conteining the Corns by bunches, as, Oats, …
ref: 1659, Johann Amos Comenius, Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus, […], XVII, Corn
text: The corn, or fruit, at the top of an oat-stalk is not generally termed the ear, but the rizom; and in old heraldry it is sometimes blazoned an oat-stalk, bladed and rizomed.
ref: 1828, William Berry, Encyclopædia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A plume or ear, as of oats or corn.
rizoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rizom
phlyctenar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phlycten + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of relating to a phlyctena.
phlyctaenar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phlyctenar.
phlyctenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phlycten + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of relating to a phlyctena.
phlyctaenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phlyctenous.
pleaseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleasemen
Etymology: From please + -man.
Senses: glosses: An officious fellow; a pickthank.
pleasemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleaseman
wolfaboos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolfaboo
yellow centaury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow centauries
Senses: glosses: The plant yellowwort.
yellow centauries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow centaury
tub-fast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tub-fasts
Etymology: From tub + fast.
Senses: glosses: The treatment of venereal disease by sweating in a hot tub.
tub-fasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tub-fast
tub-gig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tub-gigs
Senses: glosses: A kind of tub-like carriage once used in Wales.
tub-gigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tub-gig
ispaghul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ispaghula.
isabgol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ispaghula.
Anzai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Anzais
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 安西 (Anzai).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
stygo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx, stem styg-), boundary river of the Underworld.
Senses: glosses: Dark and damp, like the Underworld
cream of tartar tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cream of tartar trees
Senses: glosses: The baobab tree (Adansonia digitata).
sour gourd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sour gourds
Senses: glosses: The baobab tree.
cream of tartar trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cream of tartar tree
sour gourds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sour gourd
in spite of someone's teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Poor Would-be became a debauchee through mere bashfulness, and a foolish sort of modesty, that has made many a man drunk in spite of his teeth.
ref: 1823, The British Essayists: Connoisseur, page 137:
glosses: in someone's face; in defiance of opposition from someone
ink bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ink bombs
Senses: glosses: An explosive device which releases an indelible ink designed to stain a person illegally opening a container of cash.
glosses: A wad of paper or tissue soaked in ink to be thrown at someone; common among school children in the days of inkwells.
ink bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ink bomb
nindan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nindans
Senses: glosses: An ancient Babylonian unit of measure equal to 12 cubits, approximately six metres.
nindans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nindan
lamplighter group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamplighter groups
Etymology: The group can be viewed as acting on a doubly infinite sequence of street lamps …,l_-2,l_-1,l_0,l_1,l_2,l_3,… each of which may be on or off, with a lamplighter standing at some lamp l_k.
Senses: topics: group-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The restricted wreath product mathbf Z₂≀ mathbf Z.
lamplighter groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamplighter group
doubly infinite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: biinfinite
turpaulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turpaulins
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of tarpaulin.
turpaulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turpaulin
track-boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: track-boats
Senses: glosses: A boat towed by a line from the shore.
track-boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of track-boat
hand screen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand screens
form: hand-screen
Senses: examples: text: She took me to her Boudoir, seated me on the soffa, fetched me a hand screen, and entered into a most spirited conversation, with all her old facility, and pleasantry, and singularity.
ref: 1816, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 505:
glosses: A small screen held in the hand, used as a fan, or to protect one's face from light or heat.
hand screens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand screen
death seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death seats
Senses: glosses: The front passenger seat of an automobile, whose occupant is thought to have a high risk of death in the event of a collision.
death seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of death seat
death on
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: She's death on the fashion, Mercy is. Why, that last gown of hers, cut out a piece of calico a neighbor brought from the East—you'd ought to see it.
ref: 1901, Evelyn Raymond, The Sun Maid: A Story of Fort Dearborn:
text: She's a Canadian half-breed, and she has a sweet tooth and a bitter tongue. The only joys that lighten her dusty pilgrimage through this vale of tears are eating candy and giving cheek to her superior officer. She's death on candy, […]
ref: 1913, Robert Blatchford, Tommy Atkins of the Ramchunders, page 106:
glosses: Very keen on or good at (something).
mountain shrike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain shrikes
Senses: glosses: Lanius validirostris, a small bird endemic to the Philippines.
mountain shrikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain shrike
grey-backed fiscal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey-backed fiscals
Senses: glosses: Lanius excubitoroides, a species of bird in the family Laniidae.
Eurasian wrens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eurasian wren
ungirdle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ungirdles
form: ungirdling
form: ungirdled
form: ungirdled
Etymology: From un- + girdle.
Senses: glosses: To remove or unfasten the girdle of.
ungirdles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ungirdle
ungirdling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ungirdle
Eurasian treecreeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurasian treecreepers
Senses: glosses: Certhia familiaris, a species of bird in the family Certhiidae.
give someone the gears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives someone the gears
form: giving someone the gears
form: gave someone the gears
form: given someone the gears
Senses: examples: text: Then Mr. Melnyk pointed out that we probably wouldn't have electricity. Someone else said she'd take a blanket so she could sleep and stay warm. Then a guy asked if he could share it. Mr. Melnyk gave him the gears […]
ref: 2014, Dianne Linden, Peacekeepers:
glosses: To scold or criticize someone.
Eurasian treecreepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eurasian treecreeper
white-throated dipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-throated dippers
Senses: glosses: Cinclus cinclus, an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.
tokenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tokening
Myers' cocktail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Used by physician John Myers.
Senses: glosses: An intravenous mixture of vitamins and minerals used in naturopathic treatments.
ridgeband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ridgebands
Etymology: From ridge + band.
Senses: glosses: That part of the harness of a cart which goes over the saddle.
ridgebands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridgeband
lay one down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays one down
form: laying one down
form: laid one down
form: laid one down
Senses: examples: text: Martin laid one down to get Buckley over to second.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To bunt (sense 4)
wood warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood warblers
Senses: glosses: Phylloscopus sibilatrix, a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains.
in one foul swoop
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Mondegreen variant of in one fell swoop, where "fell" (of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage) is misheard as "foul" (disgusting) or "fowl" (a bird).
Senses: examples: text: The acquiescence of the party as the result of hasty and immature deliberation, is indicative of a supreme contempt of comrades, and vitiates in one foul swoop the conditions that regulate the movement.
ref: 1915 November 18, The Labor Call, page 10:
text: All their suspicions had evaporated in one foul swoop by Neil's announcement, and was now confirmed by a document that if they signed, asked them to become trustees of Neil's charity.
ref: 2013, Chris J. Berry, The Celestial Window, page 22:
text: I need to get it all out at once, inflicting the damage in one foul swoop before facing the fallout left in my wake.
ref: 2017, BJ Harvey, One Shot, page 59:
glosses: (Achieved or completed) with a single action; in a single stroke.
Western Bonelli's warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Western Bonelli's warblers
Etymology: Named after the Italian ornithologist Franco Andrea Bonelli.
Senses: glosses: Phylloscopus bonelli, a species in the Phylloscopus genus of warblers.
wood warblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood warbler
Eastern Bonelli's warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eastern Bonelli's warblers
Etymology: Named after the Italian ornithologist Franco Andrea Bonelli.
Senses: glosses: Phylloscopus orientalis, a species in the Phylloscopus genus of warblers.
yellow-browed warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-browed warblers
Senses: glosses: Phylloscopus inornatus, a leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae) which breeds in temperate Asia.
knee-cords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A very spirited affair it looked with its red body and yellow wheels, bouncing about on its high C springs [...] with its four horses going full stretch and two postilions in knee-cords and top-boots laying into the horses in a lather of dust and excitement.
ref: 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 16:
glosses: knee-breeches made of corduroy
green sandpipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green sandpiper
scorpion grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorpion grasses
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A forget-me-not or mouse-ear flower (genus Myosotis).
scorpion grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scorpion grass
squiese
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: squieses
form: squiesing
form: squiesed
form: squiesed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of squeeze.
squiesed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of squiese
squieses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of squiese
squiesing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squiese
Laomei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lao-mei
Etymology: From Mandarin 老梅 (Lǎoméi).
Senses: examples: text: As spring swings into the nation, an increasing number of tourists and photographers have flocked to the coast of Laomei Borough (老 梅) in New Taipei City, drawn by the “Green Stone Trenches” geological wonder.
ref: 2015 April 8, Lee Ya-wen, “Geological wonder draws tourists and photographers”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2015, Taiwan News, page 5:
text: In recent years the the^([sic]) Laomei Green Reef has become a popular tourist attraction along Taiwan’s beautiful North Coast. The Green Reef is situated on a beach next to the Laomei community of New Taipei City’s Shimen District (石門區).
ref: 2018 June 17, Josh Ellis, “Laomei Green Reef (老梅綠石槽)”, in Josh Ellis Photography (Blog), archived from the original on 24 Aug 2019:
text: The trailhead can be conveniently accessed from New Taipei City Highway 17. The local road connects with Provincial Highway 2 (Coastal Highway) at the Laomei (老梅) community in Shihmen District.
ref: 2019 February 11, George Liao, “Qingshan Waterfall Trail in New Taipei offers magnificent views and delightful hiking experience”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2019, Travel & Cuisine:
text: Laomei Green Reef is located on the North Coast near the Laomei Community in Shimen District.
ref: n.d., “Laomei Green Reef”, in Tourism Administration, M.O.T.C. Republic of China (Taiwan), archived from the original on 11 Aug 2020, Scenic Spot Search:
text: The district itself is divided into nine villages: Shanxi (山溪里), Shimen (石門里), Laomei (老梅里), Jianlu (尖鹿里), Maolin (茂林里), Caoli (草里里), Qianhua (乾華里), Fuji (富基里), and Demao (德茂里). Shimen has one junior high school, Shimen Junior High (石門國中), and three elementary schools; Shimen (石門國小), Laomei(老梅國小), and our school Qianhua(乾華國小) -the smallest among the three.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “About Shimen District”, in Qian Hua Elementary School [乾華國小], archived from the original on 16 Oct 2020:
english: 乾華國小
translation: 乾華國小
text: Coastal rocks near Laomei Community in Shimen District, New Taipei, are seen covered in green algae, a seasonal attraction that draws visitors in spring, when the algae remains green until the arrival of summer.
ref: 2022 April 16, “Seasonal attraction”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2022:
glosses: An urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
phlyctenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phlyctenoid
form: most phlyctenoid
Etymology: From phlyctena + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a phlyctena.
phlyctaenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phlyctaenoid
form: most phlyctaenoid
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phlyctenoid.
semiochemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From semiochemical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, semiochemistry.
Jianlu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chien-lu
Etymology: From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 尖鹿 (Jiānlù).
Senses: glosses: An urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Maolin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mao-lin
Etymology: From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 茂林 (Màolín).
Senses: examples: text: In Maolin, outside Kaohsiung, millions of striped blue crow butterflies create a purplish haze in the forests.
ref: 2006, David C. King, Taiwan (Enchantment of the World), Children's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 43:
text: Meinong's small bus station is in the centre of town at the junction of Jhongshan and Jhongjheng roads, with buses to Kaohsiung (daily 5.35am-8.45pm every 30min; NT$131) and seven daily services to Liouguei in the Maolin National Scenic Area.
ref: 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 356:
text: The second-highest precipitation was recorded in Pingtung’s Majia Township (瑪家) with 648mm, followed by Kaohsiung’s Maolin District (茂林) with 542mm, the bureau said, adding that all three locations received more than 1m of rainfall over the past three days.
ref: 2021 August 8, Yu-huang Weng, Tsai Ching-hua, William Hetherington, “Storm hits Taiwan with flooding and landslides”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2021, Front Page, page 1:
glosses: A mountain indigenous district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
glosses: A town in Jing County, Xuancheng, Anhui, China.
glosses: An urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Caoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: tsouʹlēʹ
Forms: form: Ts’ao-li
Etymology: From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 草里 (Cǎolǐ).
Senses: examples: text: Originally named Alilao, Caoli Fishing Port is located next to Danjin Road in Caoli Neighborhood of Shimen District in New Taipei City, which is quite close to the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant (No. 1).
ref: 2017 November 13, “CAOLI FISHING PORT”, in Fisheries and Fishing Port Affairs Management Office, New Taipei City Government, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2022:
text: The district itself is divided into nine villages: Shanxi (山溪里), Shimen (石門里), Laomei (老梅里), Jianlu (尖鹿里), Maolin (茂林里), Caoli (草里里), Qianhua (乾華里), Fuji (富基里), and Demao (德茂里).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “About Shimen District”, in Qian Hua Elementary School [乾華國小], archived from the original on 16 Oct 2020:
english: 乾華國小
translation: 乾華國小
text: The incident occurred when the Chun Ji No. 8 fishing boat lost power and had another fishing boat tow it back to Caoli Fishing Harbor in New Taipei's Shimen District. As they approached the harbor, the Chun Ji No. 8 suddenly capsized.
ref: 2022 January 29, Luke Sabatier, “Captain missing, 4 migrant workers injured as fishing boat capsizes”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2022:
glosses: An urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Demao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: dǔʹmouʹ
Forms: form: Te-mao
Etymology: From Mandarin 德茂 (Démào).
Senses: examples: text: Located next to the White Sand Bay in Demao Neighborhood of Shimen District in New Taipei City, Linshanbi Fishing Port is built on the western side of the bay under the shelter of Linshanbi Cape. It has a wharf of 140m and a berth of 0.7 hectares.
ref: 2017 November 13, “LINSHANBI FISHING PORT”, in Fisheries and Fishing Port Affairs Management Office, New Taipei City Government, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2022:
text: The district itself is divided into nine villages: Shanxi (山溪里), Shimen (石門里), Laomei (老梅里), Jianlu (尖鹿里), Maolin (茂林里), Caoli (草里里), Qianhua (乾華里), Fuji (富基里), and Demao (德茂里).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “About Shimen District”, in Qian Hua Elementary School [乾華國小], archived from the original on 16 Oct 2020:
english: 乾華國小
translation: 乾華國小
glosses: An urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Asbury Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
Derived terms: Asbury Parker
slangdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slang + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The world of slang; slang words and expressions collectively; the use of slang.
Boudicean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Boudicean
form: most Boudicean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Boudican.
slangfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slangfests
Etymology: From slang + -fest.
Senses: glosses: An occasion on which a great amount of slang is used, or, a text which uses a lot of slang.
slangfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slangfest
anti-slang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-slang
form: most anti-slang
Etymology: From anti- + slang.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to the use of slang.
sounding-stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sounding-stones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sounding stone.
sounding-stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sounding-stone
re-handicap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-handicaps
form: re-handicapping
form: re-handicapped
form: re-handicapped
Senses: glosses: To assign a handicap again.
re-handicaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-handicap
re-handicapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-handicap
re-handicapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-handicap
haematoxyline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haematoxylin.