cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
debus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: debusses
form: debussing
form: debussed
form: debussed
Etymology: After debark (“to disembark”).
Senses: examples: 1990, K C Paval, "Indian Army After Independence", New Delhi: Lancer.
The leading battalion […] arrived in the vicinity of Kushtia around 1400 hours and debussed.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To get off a bus.
western pleasure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A western-style competition at horse shows that evaluates horses on calm, responsive manners and a relaxed, slow gait.
kneeboarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kneeboarders
Etymology: From kneeboard + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who surfs with a kneeboard.
Synonyms: word: kneelo
kneeboarders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kneeboarder
snowkiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From snow + kiting.
Senses: glosses: The outdoor winter sport of gliding on snow or ice by means of kite power.
dirt jumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The sport of riding a bicycle over jumps of dirt or soil and becoming briefly airborne.
cuestick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuesticks
Etymology: From cue + stick.
Senses: glosses: cue; the stick used to propel the ball in snooker, billiards, etc.
cuesticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuestick
cuju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtsuːd͡ʒuː/
Etymology: From Mandarin 蹴鞠 (cùjū).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Chinese ball game involving kicking a ball through an opening into a net.
Related terms: kemari
praepostors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praepostor
rogaining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from the first names of three of the founders: Rod Phillips, Gail Davis (née Phillips), and Neil Phillips, + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A sport of long-distance cross-country navigation, involving both route planning and navigation between checkpoints using a variety of map types.
Related terms: rogaine
autograss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + grass.
Senses: glosses: motor racing on natural surfaces such as grass or mud
rogaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rogaines
Senses: glosses: A session of the sport of rogaining.
Derived terms: cyclogaine
metrogaine
paddlogaine
snogaine
rogaines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rogaine
finswimming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fin + swimming.
Senses: glosses: An underwater sport involving swimming with the use of fins.
monofin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monofins
Etymology: From mono- + fin.
Senses: glosses: A single fin for both feet, worn in finswimming.
monofins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monofin
wallball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wall + ball.
Senses: glosses: A particular ball sport in which the ball is thrown against the wall
spongebags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spongebag
Etymology: From sponge + bags.
Senses: examples: text: For festive occasions, the waistcoat and gloves can be grey, buff or patterned - a grey top-hat is usually worn in preference to black and spongebags can be worn instead of striped trousers.
ref: 1967, Mary Bosticco, Etiquette for the businessman at home and abroad, page 7:
glosses: Formal trousers.
Synonyms: spongebag pants
spongebag trousers
spongebags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spongebag
tennikoit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tennikoits
form: tenikoit
form: tenikoits
form: teniquoit
form: teniquoits
form: tennikoits
form: tenniquoit
form: tenniquoits
Senses: synonyms: ring tennis
glosses: A sport resembling tennis, played with a rubber ring instead of a ball.
glosses: The ring used in this game.
patball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pat-ball
Etymology: From pat + ball.
Senses: glosses: A particular children's ball game played against a wall with a tennis ball.
examples: text: Opposite him sat Peter Thorneycroft and the patball went on and on and on. It's as though one hadn't left off last July - the same sort of professional debating, two heavyweights in a clinch because neither wants to knock the other out […]
ref: 1981, Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, The Backbench Diaries of Richard Crossman, Holmes & Meier Pub:
glosses: A back-and-forth situation.
glosses: The ball used in the game of patball.
examples: text: Don't you know that your very best friend is being made somebody's patball?
ref: 2003, Lindsey Davis, The Accusers, Century, →ISBN:
glosses: A pawn, a football.
Derived terms: patballer
wheelstand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheelstands
Etymology: From wheel + stand.
Senses: glosses: A wheelie.
wheelstand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wheelstands
form: wheelstanding
form: wheelstanded
form: wheelstanded
form: wheelstood
form: wheelstood
Etymology: From wheel + stand.
Senses: glosses: To perform a wheelie.
wheelstands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheelstand
woodball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wood + ball.
Senses: glosses: An Asian sport resembling croquet.
matball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mat + ball.
Senses: glosses: A sport resembling kickball, but with larger bases (often gym mats) that can be occupied by more than one player.
zurkhaneh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zurkhanehs
form: zorkhaneh
form: zoorkhaneh
form: zourkhaneh
Etymology: From Iranian Persian زورخانه (zurxâne, literally “house of strength”) (Classical: زورخانه (zōrxāna)).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Iranian gymnasium where varzash-e bastani ("the ancient sports") is practiced
zurkhanehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zurkhaneh
jacquet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French jacquet
Senses: glosses: A game resembling backgammon.
gluemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glue + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of glue.
gluemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gluemakers
Etymology: From glue + maker.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of glue.
gluemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gluemaker
Tullo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tullos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Tullo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
transavantgarde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans- + avant-garde.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: An Italian form of neo-expressionism
Valentini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Valentinis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Valentini.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An ancient people of Sardinia
glosses: A surname from Italian.
Related terms: Valentina
Valentine
Valentino
shpritz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shpritzes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spritz.
shpritz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shpritzes
form: shpritzing
form: shpritzed
form: shpritzed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spritz.
ontotheological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From onto- + theological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ontotheology.
Derived terms: ontotheologically
ontotheology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From onto- + theology.
Senses: glosses: The ontology of God and/or the theology of being; a tradition of philosophical theology first prominent among medieval scholastics, notably Duns Scotus.
chairholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chairholders
Etymology: From chair + holder.
Senses: glosses: One who holds the role of academic chair.
Related terms: chairholding
chairholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chairholder
denotators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denotator
prosaists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosaist
postpositivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + positivism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A metatheoretical stance that critiques and amends positivism, saying that theories, background, knowledge and values of the researcher can influence what is observed and that human knowledge is based upon human conjectures.
Synonyms: postempiricism
postpositivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postpositivists
Etymology: From post- + positivist.
Senses: glosses: An adherent of postpositivism.
postempiricist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postempiricists
Etymology: From post- + empiricist.
Senses: glosses: An adherent of postempiricism.
postempiricism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + empiricism.
Senses: glosses: postpositivism
postempiricists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postempiricist
postpositivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postpositivist
South Efate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Nuclear Southern Oceanic language of the Malayo-Polynesian language family, spoken on the island of Efate in central Vanuatu.
postfoundationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + foundationalism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A theory of epistemology denoting a rejection of an assumed or given authority for a specific action or belief, but arguing, in dialectical fashion, for a rationale for action or belief.
postfoundationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postfoundationalists
Etymology: From post- + foundational + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of postfoundationalism.
antifoundationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + foundationalism.
Senses: topics: epistemology
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosophy that rejects foundationalism.
nonfoundationalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + foundationalism.
Senses: glosses: A philosophy that rejects foundationalism.
nonfoundationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfoundationalists
Etymology: From non- + foundationalist.
Senses: glosses: One who rejects foundationalism.
postfoundationalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postfoundationalist
nonfoundationalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfoundationalist
Maimonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Maimonian
form: most Maimonian
Etymology: From Maimon + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Mosheh ben Maimon (משה בן מימון), mediaeval philosopher, astronomer, physician, and rabbi.
Fichtean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fichtean
form: most Fichtean
Etymology: From Fichte + -an.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814), German philosopher.
Schellingian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Schellingian
form: most Schellingian
Etymology: From Schelling + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854), German philosopher.
dualistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dualistically
form: most dualistically
Etymology: From dualistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a dualistic manner.
nondialectical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dialectical.
Senses: glosses: Not dialectical.
Frankfurtian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Frankfurtian
form: most Frankfurtian
Etymology: From Frankfurt + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: It's only when he dislikes the particular sensibility expressed in a show (like “Father Knows Best”) that Mr. Marc starts wielding that old Frankfurtian bludgeon.
ref: 1989 April 30, Martha Bayles, “Taking Sitcoms Seriously”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Relating to the Frankfurt School of neo-Marxist interdisciplinary social theory, associated in part with the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt am Main.
Krugmanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Krugmanian
form: most Krugmanian
Etymology: From Krugman + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Paul Krugman (born 1953), American economist.
riten.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: musical notation
glosses: Abbreviation of ritenuto.
Vasari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Vasco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Vasco; see there for more.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Short for Vasco da Gama (“Indian city”)
Derived terms: Vasco da Gama
deanonymize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deanonymizes
form: deanonymizing
form: deanonymized
form: deanonymized
form: de-anonymize
Etymology: From de- + anonymize.
Senses: glosses: To remove the anonymity from; to render something personally identifying.
deanonymizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deanonymize
deanonymizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deanonymize
deanonymized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deanonymize
Venturi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Plural or patronymic of Ventura.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Venturi effect
Venturi tube
Verano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Veranos
Etymology: From Spanish Verano, from Basque Berano.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Verdone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Verdones
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Verdone.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Versace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Versaces
Etymology: From Italian Versace.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
glosses: Versace, the Italian fashion house.
Related terms: Versaci
Versace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Versaces
Etymology: From Italian Versace.
Senses: glosses: An item sold by the House of Versace
Vette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vettes
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: "[…]I can drive if your 'Vette isn't ready — you drive the next time. By the way, did you know that nobody at school even knows you have a Corvette?"
ref: 2005, Terry Trueman, No Right Turn, first edition, New York, N.Y.: HarperTempest, →ISBN, page 67:
glosses: A Chevrolet Corvette.
glosses: A Chevrolet Chevette.
DIMEFIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of diplomatic, information, military, economic, financial, intelligence and law enforcement.
Vivaldi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vivaldis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Vivaldi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Voltaggio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Volterra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Italian Volterra.
Senses: glosses: A town in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.
Derived terms: Lotka-Volterra equation
Volterra integral equation
Volterra series
Voltri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A quartiere in Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
six-sided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having six sides.
decrucifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decrucify
decrucifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decrucify
decrucified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decrucify
decrucifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decrucifier
microdispensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + dispensing.
Senses: glosses: The technique of dispensing liquid dosages in volumes of less than one microlitre.
antiremoval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiremoval
form: most antiremoval
Etymology: From anti- + removal.
Senses: glosses: Opposing the forcible removal of Native American groups from their traditional homelands.
intolerators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intolerator
dependency ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dependency ratios
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
figged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fig
figged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡd/
Senses: examples: text: a figged pudding
glosses: Containing figs.
unprefigured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + prefigured.
Senses: glosses: Not prefigured.
prefigurable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prefigure + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being prefigured.
unmessianic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmessianic
form: most unmessianic
Etymology: From un- + messianic.
Senses: glosses: Not messianic.
crapplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crapplications
Etymology: Blend of crap + application
Senses: examples: text: By contrast, I've never seen a Windows machine perform well after being on for more than about 5 or 6 days straight; if it doesn't outright crash, it loses all of its memory and has to be restarted, PLUS it is susceptible to the same hardware lockups, power failures and crapplications as Linux is.
ref: 1999, William Wueppelmann, “How to downgrade to Windows 95?? Win 98 HATES my guts.”, in rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons (Usenet):
text: Most people don't realize how many background crapplications they have running thanks to the different stuff that they have installed.
ref: 2002, n3kkb0, “Rocksim and WindowsXP”, in rec.models.rockets (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An unwanted or poor-quality application.
Related terms: crapplet
crapplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crapplication
refurbishings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refurbishing
powerchair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerchairs
Etymology: From power + chair.
Senses: glosses: A motorized wheelchair.
powerchairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powerchair
episkyros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἐπίσκυρος (epískuros)
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek ball game in which players on two teams attempted to throw the ball over the heads of the other team.
orthoptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to orthoptics, the study and treatment of muscular irregularities of the eye.
orthoptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthoptics
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The isoptic whose given angle is a right angle.
isoptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoptics
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The set of points for which two tangents of a given curve meet at a given angle.
isoptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoptic
overness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: I do not suppose, however, that those who think that the overness of some experience or segment thereof is incompatible with maximal fullness of life would be bothered by such overness.
ref: 2001, Gregory E. Ganssle, God & Time: Four Views, page 73:
text: Brownies in the Philippines illustrates American anxieties regarding the "overness" of the supposedly — and, more important, successfully — concluded Philippine-American war.
ref: 2005, Sharon Delmendo, The Star-Entangled Banner:
glosses: The quality of being over (finished, elapsed, concluded).
examples: text: On what do this underness and overness of supply depend?
ref: 1875, John Ruskin, Arrows of the Chace: Volume II:
glosses: The quality of being over (above or excessive).
Related terms: all-overness
compartmentalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compartmentalisation
compartmentalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From compartmentalize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being compartmentalized.
qop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of qoph.
gematrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From gematrical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gematric or gematrical fashion; in terms of, or by means of, gematria.
gematrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: gematric
Derived terms: gematrically
betweens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of between
Bridgets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bridget
antisnake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisnake
form: most antisnake
Etymology: From anti- + snake.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or countering snakes.
anticosmetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticosmetic
form: most anticosmetic
Etymology: From anti- + cosmetic.
Senses: glosses: destructive or opposed to beauty
antimakeup
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimakeup
form: most antimakeup
Etymology: From anti- + makeup.
Senses: examples: text: It is not only to makeup which this argument objects (after all, there is also a Western feminist antimakeup discourse) but also to any improper exposure, including that of the head.
ref: 1995, Jane Marie Law, Religious Reflections on the Human Body, page 70:
text: On the first night of the antimakeup crusade, policewomen kept close watch over the city's train stations. "Now go right back and wash your face," one of the policewomen told a rosy-cheeked 16-year-old coming out of a restroom.
ref: 2010, Allan T. Duffin, History in Blue:
glosses: Opposing the wearing of makeup.
antiservice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiservice
form: most antiservice
Etymology: From anti- + service.
Senses: examples: text: In subsequent years, these recruits rose to positions that enabled them to hold the postal service together despite the antiservice policies of many postal managers.
ref: 1968, Gerald Cullinan, The Post Office Department, page 141:
glosses: Opposing the military services.
antiblushing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + blushing.
Senses: glosses: Preventing blushing.
antiblush
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + blush.
Senses: examples: text: It is a solvent for nitrocellulose and vinyl chloride-acetate resins and may function as an antiblush agent in lacquers.
ref: 1954, Arthur K. Doolittle, The technology of solvents and plasticizers:
glosses: Preventing blushing.
torball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: German Torball, literally "goal ball".
Senses: glosses: A sport for the blind and visually impaired, played by two teams of three players with a ball with bells inside.
kemari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蹴鞠(けまり) (kemari), from Chinese 蹴鞠 (cùjú).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Japanese ball game, still played in modern times, in which players cooperate to try to keep a deerskin ball in the air.
Related terms: cuju
tchoukball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: German Tchoukball
Senses: glosses: An indoor ball game for two teams of twelve players (seven on the court at any time), in which points are scored by throwing the ball so that it hits a frame and bounces outside of a semicircular region.
wall game
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A game similar to association football and rugby union that originated from and is still played at Eton College.
Related terms: field game
field game
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A game resembling football, but with a smaller ball and rugby-like scrums, played at Eton College.
Related terms: wall game
genderfucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genderfuckers
Etymology: From genderfuck + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A friend took me to Lakeland's only gay bar for a Mardi Gras party. It that one room was our whole community: leather men in beards, outrageous drag queens, gender-fuckers, genuine farm hands in cowboy hats, bank clerks and teachers, […]
ref: 1983 April 16, “Community Notes”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
glosses: One who genderfucks (fucks with gender); one who subverts traditional notions of gender identity and gender roles.
genderfuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genderfucker
for the ages
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The comparison may seem unfair to Churchill now that he is a man for the ages by reason of his glorious bravado when the world, including Hitler, knew that his heart was heavy with dread.
ref: 1953 October 28, Westbrook Pegler, “Fair Enough”, in Palm Beach Post, retrieved 12 Sep 2013:
text: It wasn't a speech for the ages. It was barely a speech for the evening.
ref: 1968 January 23, James J. Kilpatrick, “A Speech For The Evening”, in Evening Independent, retrieved 12 Sep 2013:
text: Centenarian George Abbott's revival with attitude makes a '50s baseball musical one for the ages.
ref: 1994 March 14, William A. Henry III, “Theater: Damn Yankees Is Back At Bat”, in Time, retrieved 12 Sep 2013:
text: [T]his year’s Fashion Week is turning out to be a weeklong party for the ages, with so many events, hardly anyone can keep them straight.
ref: 2013 September 6, Jacob Bernstein, “No Sleep for the Wicked”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Sep 2013:
text: It was a clash for the ages as the battling All Blacks were full value for their effort. They can hold their heads high after it looked like South Africa was in control halfway through the match.
ref: 2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online:
text: Every guest is appalled and fantastically humourless about the experience, even at this distance. You cannot help but wonder at cultural divides and how differently the British might have approached – or at least recalled – such events, at least in the early days. For us, surely, it would be a story for the ages. You could dine out on it for ever, so to speak.
ref: 2026 June 24, Lucy Mangan, “Poop Cruise review – a fascinating look at a toilet disaster that still haunts passengers 12 years later”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Especially memorable and noteworthy; deserving to endure for a very long time.
Related terms: for the book
for the ages
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Little did Mr. Quiney think, when he wrote that letter, that he was writing for the ages.
ref: 1916, Elbert Hubbard, “William Shakespeare”, in Little Journeys Vol. 1: Good Men and Great:
text: Some men build hastily and quickly so that their work serves only its transient purpose, and is soon forgotten. Others build for the ages.
ref: 1947 Feb. 28, "Quality Endures" (advertisement), Ellensburg Daily Record, p. 3 (retrieved 12 Sept 2013)
text: President Franklin Roosevelt loved Camp Pendleton, and decreed that the old ranch house . . . should be preserved for the ages.
ref: 1968 March 12, John Chamberain, “The People's General Risks His Stars”, in Evening Independent, retrieved 12 Sep 2013:
text: Day-Lewis lets us see how the war and the presidency have aged Lincoln while teaching him to think for the ages.
ref: 2012 November 8, Ty Burr, “Movie Review: ‘Lincoln’ carries the weight of history”, in Boston Globe, retrieved 12 Sep 2013:
glosses: In a manner that produces long-lasting effects; for posterity; for a very long duration.
areawise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From area + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In terms of area.
genderwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From gender + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: The statistics on gifted children were presented agewise and genderwise.
glosses: In terms of gender.
tweethearts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tweetheart
fadings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fading
midheavens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midheaven
Llullian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Llullian
form: most Llullian
form: Lullian
Etymology: From Llull + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Ramon Llull (c.1232–c.1315), Majorcan writer, philosopher, logician, and Franciscan tertiary, who wrote the first major work of Catalan literature.
mnemotechnics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: mnemotechny
nonenrolment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + enrolment.
Senses: examples: text: Parents may be fined for the nonenrolment of their children in a school.
glosses: Failure to enrol.
unwhimsical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwhimsical
form: most unwhimsical
Etymology: From un- + whimsical.
Senses: glosses: Not whimsical.
gristles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gristle
playware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From play + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: This astonishing breakthrough into the previously dormant market for computer-based playware for girls ushers in a retooling of technology[…]
ref: 2000, Justine Cassell, Henry Jenkins, From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games:
text: By crafting playware that not only appeals to the needs and desires of postindustrial kids but also tethers the latter to a New Age capitalist imagination, Japan is emerging as a toy maker and toy marketer of millennial times.
ref: 2006, Anne Allison, Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination:
text: What is the pedagogical potential of such so-called 'playful media' as computer games, playware, and personalised, location-based media technology (e.g. pervasive games)?
ref: 2010, Bo Kampmann Walther, Heidi Philipsen, Lise Agerbæk, Norbert Wildermuth, Lars Bo Løfgreen, Anette Grønning, Cynthia Grund, Jesper Pilegaard, Designing New Media, page 9:
glosses: children's toys that take the form of electronic hardware or software
teach to the test
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: teaches to the test
form: teaching to the test
form: taught to the test
form: taught to the test
Senses: glosses: To teach in preparation for a standardized test, focusing narrowly on the material that will appear in the test.
protolinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + linguistic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to protolanguage or protolinguistics.
misimprint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misimprints
form: misimprinting
form: misimprinted
form: misimprinted
Etymology: From mis- + imprint.
Senses: examples: text: That is, by way of this initial imprinting the young animal becomes a socialized member of its species. Animals misimprinted to other species show a variety of abnormal social behaviors as adults.
ref: 1977, Dorothy Rogers, Issues in child psychology, page 62:
glosses: To imprint wrongly.
misimprinted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misimprint
misimprinting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misimprint
misimprints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misimprint
wingover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wingovers
Etymology: From wing + over.
Senses: glosses: An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb followed by a vertical flat-turn (the plane turns to its side, without rolling) and a short dive, levelling out to fly in the opposite direction from which the maneuver began.
wingovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wingover
Caerlaverock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cumbric *cayr + the equivalent to the Welsh given name Llywarch. The second element may also be a now-lost river-name.
Senses: glosses: A civil parish of Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (but historically in Dumfriesshire).
weedscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weedscapes
Etymology: From weed + -scape.
Senses: glosses: A landscape dominated by weeds.
weedscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weedscape
pendulum clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pendulum clocks
Senses: glosses: Any clock that uses a pendulum to regulate its movement.
Bianchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bianchis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Bianchi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Biasca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Riviera district, Ticino canton, Switzerland.
Bignami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bignamis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Bignami.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Marchiafava-Bignami disease
vacuum bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacuum bag
debureaucratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more debureaucratic
form: most debureaucratic
Etymology: From de- + bureaucratic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to actions or things that tend to dissipate bureaucracy.
want-to
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “This is not your ordinary disaster,” said Joe Pelle, the sheriff of Boulder County, where two of the deaths were reported, when he was asked about rescue efforts. “All the preparation in the world, all the want-to in the world, can’t put people up those canyons while debris and walls of water are coming down.”
ref: 2013 September 13, “Colorado Towns Are Left Stranded in Deadly Floods”, in New York Times:
glosses: Intention, desire.
Synonyms: sense: intention, desire
word: wanna
Related terms: going-to
got-to
have-to
like-to
ought-to
gotta
gunna
hafta
oughta
would have
could have
should have
woulda
coulda
shoulda
energid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: energids
Etymology: From German Energid, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός (energós, “active”) + German -id (= English -id).
Senses: examples: text: The fate of the cleavage energids seems to be determined by the regional nature of the periplasm, because elimination of some of the migrating energids by ultraviolet irradiation produces no structural deficits in the embryo; other energids replace them (Seidel, 1932).
ref: 1982, Robert R. Provine, “15: Embryonic and post-embryonic development”, in William J. Bell, K.G. Adiyodi, editors, The American Cockroach, page 402:
text: Nuclei and associated cytoplasm are referred to as energids. Upon reaching a critical density, the energids migrate to the periphery of the egg. The arrival of the energids at the surface is sometimes visually apparent as bumps along the surface. At the periphery, the energids continue to undergo several rounds of division.
ref: 2006, Lisa Nagy, Miodrag Grbić, “Embryogenesis”, in Timothy D. Schowalter, editor, Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, 2nd edition, page 317:
text: Rather, the embryo develops in a plasmodial state, containing eventually hundreds of energids, i.e. nuclei with jackets of cytoplasm. Some energids remain as vitellophages in the endoplasm, while most energids enter the yolk-free periplasm at the surface.
ref: 2012, Klaus Kalthoff, “Analysis of a Morphogenetic Determinant in an Insect Embryo (Smittia Spec., Chironomidae, Diptera)”, in Stephen Subtelny, Irwin R. Konigsberg, editors, Determinants of Spatial Organization, page 98:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A nucleus and the cytoplasm with which it interacts, considered as a unit.
energids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of energid
cratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cratic
form: most cratic
Etymology: From the suffix -cratic in words such as aristocratic, from French -cratique, from Ancient Greek -κρατικός (-kratikós). See -cratic for more.
Senses: examples: text: If we go on to consider the reaction in a solution so dilute that the interionic forces make a negligible contribution to the communal term in ΔF, we may refer to the cratic term, instead of the communal term;
ref: 1962, Ronald Wilfred Gurney, Ionic Processes in Solution:
text: Binding is however favoured by the non-salt dependent free energy, the ion-release cratic free energy and by decreased ion-ion repulsion.
ref: 1999, K. Zakrzewska, R. Lavery, “Modelling DNA-protein interactions”, in Computational Molecular Biology, edited by J. Leszczynski, →ISBN:
text: In the case of electrostatic entropy this is just what is expected if it represents the cratic entropy of mixing of the couterions released on binding with the ions in the bulk solution: it should be positive and independent of temperature.
ref: 2012, Peter L. Privalov, Microcalorimetry of Macromolecules: The Physical Basis of Biological Structures, →ISBN:
glosses: Relating to counterions.
examples: text: Arthur Stinchcombe, for example, pioneered what we call the cratic approach when he defined legitimacy as a 'power reserve'.
ref: 1980, José Guilherme Merquior, Rousseau and Weber, →ISBN:
text: The second personal factors influencing the phenomenon of the erosion of power is connected with the characteristics of cratic (power) motivation, also called the need for power.
ref: 1987, The Polish Sociological Bulletin:
text: Anyone who seeks power is almost necessarily compelled to seek state power as well; to this extent the cratic inevitably refers to the political.
ref: 2004, Vittorio Hösle (translated by Steven Rendall), Morals and Politics, →ISBN:
glosses: Relating to political or organisational power.
Ciani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cianis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ciani.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Crespi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Crespis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Crespi or Catalan Crespí.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
going-to
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: going-tos
Senses: examples: text: Their to-do lists can be impressive, inspiring and sometimes intimidating. Sadly, though, the vast majority of these 'going tos' end up in the trash heap of 'should haves', 'would haves' and 'could haves'
ref: 2010, Shaun Belding, Win at Work: Navigate the Nasties, Get Things Done and Get Ahead:
glosses: Promised future actions or achievements.
Eurobarometer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Euro- + barometer.
Senses: glosses: A system of public opinion surveys conducted regularly in the European Union
ciswash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ciswashes
form: ciswashing
form: ciswashed
form: ciswashed
Etymology: From cis- + wash, by analogy with whitewash.
Senses: examples: text: Numerous media outlets recounted how the noble gays and lesbians fought that night – never mentioning trans folk… carrying on that long and painful tradition of ciswashing queer history – especially Stonewall history.
ref: 2013 February 18, Cristan Williams, “Interview With an Actual Stonewall Riot Veteran: The Ciswashing of Stonewall Must End!”, in The Transadvocate:
text: Throughout the 2-minute trailer, I watched the passionate and diverse history of our movement be whitewashed and ciswashed.
ref: 2015, Matt Comer, "'Stonewall' film attracts criticism", QNotes, Volume 30, Number 8, 14 August 2015 - 27 August 2015, page 17
text: Let's stop ciswashing and whitewashing Stonewall, and use it instead as an example of how we need to fight racism, transmisogyny and poverty in our culture.
ref: 2015, Leela Ginelle, "Let's Remember What Stonewall Actually Was", PQ Monthly, August/September 2015, page 15
glosses: To ignore, deny, or minimize the gender identity of a trans person or trans people, or the role that a trans person or trans people played in an event.
Related terms: cisnormativity
trans-erasure
banck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bancks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of bank.
bancke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banckes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of bank.
sheboons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheboon
skintern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skinterns
Etymology: Blend of skin + intern.
Senses: examples: text: "We were talking about this at dinner the other night, about how some interns show up in some of the skimpiest clothing," a female press secretary said. "One of the boys called them skinterns, which I thought was hilarious."
ref: 2005 June 22, “The bad rap of Capitol Hill interns”, in The Hill:
text: They're known as “skinterns.” Those who think "belly shirts" are career wear. If the devil wears Prada, the skinterns wear nada.
ref: 2006 July 5, “Showing off a bit of skin”, in The Washington Times:
text: Though “skinterns” do provide ample entertainment and a welcome distraction for many young staffers, the situation actually points to a disturbing reality lurking behind the heavy gilded doors of the Capitol: by appearing scantily-clad in their attire, women self-designate themselves into inferior roles and open themselves up to objectification.
ref: 2009 September 28, Shayna Murphy, “Scantily-clad interns give working girls a bad name”, in The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts Amherst:
text: Meanwhile, the barely there selection of a skintern might actually cause potential donors on the street to take a second look, and, possibly even open their wallets -- just hopefully not in expectation of sexual favors.
ref: 2010 July 15, Annie Werner, “Where the 'Skinterns' Should Work”, in Village Voice:
glosses: A female intern who wears very revealing clothing in an office setting where more conservative attire is the norm.
sensie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I didn’t take bush but me have good sensie. Here come a wicked youth ah deal with poli. The dreadlocks in the ghetto dem ah shout out collie.
ref: 1979, Barrington Levy, “Collie Weed”, in Shaolin Temple:
text: Me say sensie was found upon the grave of Solomon.
ref: 1992, Super Cat, “Coke Don”:
text: Got sensie all in my spirit. I’m too chill and they too heated.
ref: 2012, Phre$h Prince, “Holy Water”:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sensi.
law of noncontradiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: law of non-contradiction
Senses: examples: text: The statement "this piece of chalk is not a piece of chalk" violates the law of noncontradiction.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The principle that no statement may be simultaneously true and false at the same time and in the same sense.
Synonyms: law of contradiction
Coordinate terms: sense: principle in logic
word: law of excluded middle
sense: principle in logic
word: principle of explosion
law of non-contradiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of law of noncontradiction.
principle of explosion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The principle or axiom of classical logic and some other logical systems stating that if a contradiction or a false proposition is proven to be true, then it proves that everything is true. In symbols: ⊥→P
Synonyms: ex falso quod libet
Coordinate terms: vacuous truth
paraconsistent logic
vacuous truth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vacuous truths
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A proposition which is true only because it is a conditional statement with a necessarily false premise, or which asserts a property of all elements of an empty domain of discourse.
Related terms: principle of explosion
vacuous truths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacuous truth
variac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvɛəɹiˌæk/
Forms: form: variacs
Etymology: From the trademark Variac, presumably from variable AC.
Senses: glosses: A type of variable autotransformer in which the output voltage is varied by twisting a dial.
fondleslab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fondleslabs
Etymology: From fondle + slab, introduced by the IT news site The Register.
Senses: examples: text: Seagate wants to get the UM HDD into Android-powered fondleslabs pronto, though the drive would be just at home in Ultrabooks and other skinny laptops.
text: Fondle-slab to be miniaturised, gain killer voice app ... Our secret reader poll in past weeks suggested that the likeliest names for the iPad would be the Fondle-Slab™ or iStroke™. In the event those predictions turned out to be wrong, but we feel that Steve Jobs may not overlook such marketing gold in future. It seems a racing cert that legions of Apple fans will enjoy full satisfaction from their fondle-slabs and pocket stroker devices for many years to come. ®
ref: 2010 January 28, Team Register, “Next from Apple: The Pocket iPad. Fondle-slab to be miniaturised, gain killer voice app”, in The Register, retrieved 14 Sep 2013:
text: What with Apple's iOS leading the tablet pack and a herd of Android-based fondleslabs poised to enter the market, it's enticing to read of an Ubuntu-based tablet that's rumored to hit the market in early 2011.
ref: 2010 December 28, Team Register, “Ubuntu tablet rumored for early 2011 launch: Another OS to enter fondleslab fray?”, in The Register, retrieved 16 Sep 2013:
text: Fondleslab A touchscreen device, particularly a tablet computer, to which its owner appears unnaturally attached.
ref: 2011 October 12, Peter Groves, “Fondleslab”, in Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law, retrieved 16 Sep 2013:
text: Fondleslab Selfie
ref: 2013 August 20, Matt Jones, “Fondleslab Selfie”, in Magical Nihilism, retrieved 16 Sep 2013:
glosses: A large, portable touchscreen device, particularly a tablet computer.
testudinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more testudinous
form: most testudinous
Etymology: From Latin testūdō + -in- + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of testudineous.
indicator function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indicator functions
Senses: glosses: A function which is equal to 1 for all points in its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points in the domain which do not belong to that given set.
rapscal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rapscals
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of rascal.
Related terms: rapscallion
trolley trasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trolley trashers
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A flight attendant.
Giubiasco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and former municipality in Bellinzona district, Ticino canton, Switzerland.