cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Denglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛŋɡlɪʃ
Forms: form: Denglisch
Etymology: Blend of German Deutsch + English.
Senses: glosses: The German language modified by the addition of items of English vocabulary.
Synonyms: Engleutsch
Germish
Germlish
Engleutsch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of English + Deutsch (“German”).
Senses: glosses: Denglish
Germish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of German + English
Senses: glosses: Denglish
Tanglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋɡlɪʃ/
Etymology: Blend of Tamil + English.
Senses: glosses: An informal language formed by deliberately combining elements of English and Tamil.
glosses: A variety of English spoken by native Tamil speakers, influenced by Tamil in pronunciation, syntax, or vocabulary.
Related terms: english: English influenced by Thai
translation: English influenced by Thai
word: Tinglish
depressogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more depressogenic
form: most depressogenic
Etymology: From depress + -o- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: This study examines the causal relation between depressogenic schemata and depression.
glosses: Causing or tending to cause depression.
depressogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depressogenics
Etymology: From depress + -o- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Any material that causes depression.
serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SGOT
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme found in heart and liver tissues.
Synonyms: aspartate transaminase
AST
aspartate aminotransferase
ASAT
narrow minded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more narrow minded
form: most narrow minded
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of narrow-minded.
apastron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˈpæstɹ(ə)n/
ipa: /æˈpæstɹən/
ipa: [ə-]
Forms: form: apastrons
form: apastra
form: apoastron
Etymology: From English apo- (prefix meaning ‘away from, separate’) + Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron, “fixed star”), modelled after aphelion. Ἄ̆στρον (Á̆stron) is derived from ᾰ̓στήρ (ăstḗr, “celestial body (including a star, planet, meteor, etc.)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to burn; to glow”)) + -ον (-on, suffix forming nominative, accusative and vocative singular nouns).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
antonyms: periastron
glosses: The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
Hypernyms: apoapsis
Coordinate terms: aphelion
apoareion
apocynthion
apogalacticon
apogee
apohermion
apojove
apokrone
apokron
apolune
aponigricon
aposaturnium
aposelene
semimajor axis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semimajor axes
form: semi-major axis
Etymology: From semi- + major axis.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: semiminor axis
glosses: Half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Half of the distances between the two branches of a hyperbola.
major axis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major axes
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through the center and foci, with its ends being the widest points of the shape.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The diameter of a circle.
Derived terms: semimajor axis
Related terms: minor axis
cannonballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cannonball
cannonballs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cannonball
careening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of careen
careening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: careenings
Senses: examples: text: The most logical explanation for the telltale randomly oriented magnetic rock materials is the recurrent careenings of the globe.
ref: 1967, Cataclysms of the Earth, page 86:
glosses: The motion of something that careens.
careened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of careen
careens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of careen
clergyperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clergypersons
form: clergypeople
Etymology: From clergy + person.
Senses: examples: Holonym: clergy
glosses: A cleric; especially, an ordained (male or female) Christian minister.
semimajor axes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semimajor axis
dichotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichotomy
major axes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of major axis
bibler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biblers
form: bibbeler
form: bibbler
Etymology: See bib (transitive verb).
Senses: examples: text: Mr. W. H. Cummings defends the character of Purcell from the remarks of Mr. J. F. Crowest, who in his anxiety to prove that wine has always stimulated music, makes Purcell a bibler.
ref: 1889 August, “Echoes of the Month”, in The Musical Herald and Tonic Sol-fa Reporter, number 8, page 184:
text: Somehow the popular idealism pictures the bibler as a stout hearty individual of merry moods and good vigour, while the typical total-abstinence fanatic arises in our minds as one of colourless vitality and sombre physiognomy.
ref: 1902, George Otis Draper, Searching for Truth, page 418:
text: It was also said that the son was a bibler and the father a total abstainer.
ref: 2015, Dr. K. L. Moudgill, The Jeevanias: An Indian Family Saga from the British Era:
text: What must have been thought of drunkenness during the reign of Tiberius may be inferred from the fact that this emperor, surnamed Biberius (the bibler), appointed Pison Prefect of Rome for having passed two days and nights with him at the drinking board, witnessing the feats of inglorious Novellius Torquatus, who was surnamed Tricongius from his ability to swallow three congii (about three quarts) of wine at one draught.
ref: 2020, Daniel Malleck, Drugs, Alcohol and Addiction in the Long Nineteenth Century:
text: At a comparatively early period in the history of the school the tendency which within the last forty years abolished the First and Second Forms seems to have been in existence, no First Form figuring in the school list of 1678, in which its place is taken by the Bibler's seat —the Bibler being a boy deputed to read a portion of Scripture in the Hall during dinner.
ref: 2021, Ralph Nevill, Floreat Etona:
glosses: A great drinker; a tippler.
petun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French pétun, from Tupian.
Senses: glosses: Tobacco, especially in the context of its early acquisition from Native Americans by the French.
aspartate transaminase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AST
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of amino groups between biologically active compounds, especially between aspartic acid and glutamic acid
Synonyms: AST
glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
GOT
aspartate aminotransferase
AspAT
ASAT
AAT
Hypernyms: enzyme
Coordinate terms: pyridoxal phosphate
PLP
Derived terms: AST
aspartate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæspə(ɹ)teɪt/
/əsˈpɑː(ɹ)teɪt/
Forms: form: aspartates
Etymology: From aspartic + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The conjugate base of aspartic acid, or any salt or ester of it.
Derived terms: aspartase
aspartate aminotransferase
aspartate transaminase
insulin aspart
isoaspartate
polyaspartate
warrantable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more warrantable
form: most warrantable
Etymology: From warrant + -able.
Senses: glosses: Justifiable, just, proper.
glosses: Authorized by warrant or right.
examples: text: a warrantable deer
text: They are the droppings of the beast pursued. The harbourer keeps them in his horn, to show to his master, and can tell by them whether it is a warrantable beast or otherwise, and what state it is in.
ref: 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter II, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):
glosses: Of animals: having reached a sufficient age to be hunted.
Derived terms: warrantably
descrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of descry
Bumfuck, Egypt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: BFE
form: bumfuck
form: bumfuck nowhere
form: Bumfuck, Nowhere
form: Bumfuck, Ohio
form: Bumfuck, Idaho
form: Bumfuck, Iowa
form: East Bumfuck, Kansas
Senses: examples: text: One screwup and he could be splitting rocks on a chain gang somewhere in Bumfuck, Egypt.
ref: 1991, William H. Labarge, Hornet's Nest, page 96:
glosses: The middle of nowhere.
Synonyms: word: See: Thesaurus:remote place
word: BFE
word: Bumblefuck
word: Woop Woop
word: beyond the black stump
word: back o' Bourke
ham shank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ham shanks
Senses: glosses: ham hock
glosses: A wank; an act of masturbation.
Synonyms: Barclays Bank
hand shandy
wank
redistributive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more redistributive
form: most redistributive
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to redistribution
labyrinthe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more labyrinthe
form: most labyrinthe
Senses: examples: text: It was to be added at the same time that even if his silence had been labyrinthe—which was absurd in view of all the other things too he couldn't possibly have spoken of—this was exactly what must suit her, since it fell under the head of the plea she had just uttered to Susie.
ref: 1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove:
glosses: labyrinthine
Related terms: labyrinth
contraposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrapositions
Etymology: From French contraposition.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q".
examples: text: The expression “Allon” indicates the unique character of this relationship: that of being together in contraposition. I belong to the Allon, and yet detach myself from it.
ref: 2012, Erwin W. Straus, Maurice Natanson, Henri Ey, Psychiatry and Philosophy, page 76:
glosses: Opposition; contrast.
Related terms: contrapose
contrapositive
implication
tornade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tornades
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of tornado.
sorra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorras
Senses: glosses: sorrow
sorra
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: 'Sorra a friend I have - sorra a friend, Masther Richard; and I did not spake to the priest this year or more, and I darn't go near him,' said the poor Palmerstown lass that was once so merry.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
text: Sorra a bite she ates but she drinks the mixture with it.
ref: 1879, Chambers's Journal, volume 56, number 2, page 589:
glosses: nary (a); no; not one
rocher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rochers
Etymology: French
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A quenelle (in the sense of food moulded into an elliptical shape) made using one spoon rather than two.
galop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galops
Etymology: From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.
Senses: glosses: A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
glosses: The music for a dance of this kind.
galop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: galops
form: galoping
form: galopping
form: galoped
form: galoped
form: galopped
form: galopped
Etymology: From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.
Senses: glosses: To dance the galop.
squids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squid
squids
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present of squid
slan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: slans
Etymology: From Slan (1940) by A. E. van Vogt, a science fiction novel about persecuted—yet physically, mentally and morally superior—telepathic mutant humans. In the novel they are named after their alleged creator, Samuel Lann.
Senses: examples: text: The idea of a national government, covering all the slan race and nobody else, is seen in the many drives for a general fan organization.
ref: 1944, John Bristol Speer, “F - Fascism”, in Fancyclopedia:
text: Here, at least once a month, the slans from Michigan gathered for sneak previews of forthcoming WARPS, to criticise some Rappian manuscript which Art was polishing for pro submission, or to talk about various subjects as fans are wont to do, and drink beer, pop, consume beans, dogs, chips, or eclairs.
ref: 1950 September, Charles Stuart Metchette, “Michigan Memories”, in Spacewarp, number 42, pages 72–77:
text: Fen gather in clubhouses called slanshacks, "slan" meaning a biologically mutated superman.
ref: 1955, Arthur Koestler, The Trail of the Dinosaur and Other Essays, page 143:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of science fiction.
Derived terms: fans are slans
slan center
slanhood
slannish
slanshack
Related terms: Homo superior
paralysant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəlaɪzənt/
Forms: form: more paralysant
form: most paralysant
Etymology: From French paralysant, from paralyser (“to paralyse”).
Senses: glosses: Causing paralysis.
paralysant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəlaɪzənt/
Forms: form: paralysants
Etymology: From French paralysant, from paralyser (“to paralyse”).
Senses: examples: text: Other mythographers say that […] where the saliva of Cerberus fell on the ground, up sprang the witch-flower aconite – which is a poison, a paralysant and a febrifuge
ref: 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 48
glosses: Any substance that induces paralysis.
sit around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sits around
form: sitting around
form: sat around
form: sat around
Senses: glosses: To spend time sitting idly, not doing anything important.
sodomitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /sɒdəˈmɪtɪk/
Forms: form: more sodomitic
form: most sodomitic
Etymology: From Latin Sodomiticus.
Senses: examples: text: the dog-priests, called Enariae […] indulged in sodomitic frenzies in the Dog days at the rising of the Dog-star, Sirius.
ref: 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 48
glosses: Engaging in sodomy; characterised by or involving sodomy.
mesolect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesolects
Etymology: From meso- + -lect.
Senses: examples: text: [...] one characteristic of the mesolect seems to be that it contains, not merely forms from the polar lects, but forms which in function, if not always in phonetic shape, are peculiar to itself.
ref: 1973 Sep, Derek Bickerton, “The Nature of a Creole Continuum”, in Language, 49(3), page 642:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociolinguistics
sociology
coordinate_terms: acrolect
basilect
glosses: A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect.
Derived terms: mesolectal
Related terms: code-switching
matrilect
day after
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: days after
Senses: glosses: the next day.
Related terms: day after tomorrow
nappyhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nappyheads
Etymology: From nappy + head.
Senses: glosses: The hair of a person of Negro/African descent.
nappyheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nappyhead
graine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graines
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of grain.
gome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
homophone: gum
Etymology: From Middle English gome (“man”), from Old English guma (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), shortened variant of *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”). Cognate to Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Latin homō. Doublet of hombre, homo, ombre, and omi. See also human.
Senses: examples: text: A gome gais to ane garet.
ref: a. 1500, The Knightly Tale of Golagros and Gawane:
text: The King was glade of that golde, that the gome brought.
ref: 1515, The Scottish Field:
text: Whan the stalwart gome strade ower the spait An' clasp'd me in the flude.
ref: 1820, Scots Magazine:
glosses: A man.
Related terms: bridegroom
Bayer system
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Johann Bayer, German astronomer.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A method of stellar classification in which stars are assigned Greek letters (α, β, γ, etc.) in decreasing order of brightness.
wikipedia: Johann Bayer
Synonyms: Bayer designation
blagueur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blagueurs
Etymology: From French blagueur.
Senses: glosses: A joker (person who makes jokes).
black drop effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black drop effects
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An optical effect, occurring during the transit of an object in front of the Sun, by which light is bent around the object, causing it to look stretched out.
kicky-wicky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kicky-wickies
Senses: examples: text: Parolles: He wears his honour in a box, unseen
That hugs his kicky-wicky here at home
Spending his manly marrow in her arms
ref: c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
text: What a laughable request the bride urges so earnestly !—to wit, that her kicky-wicky may bide cosily at home.
ref: 1909, W. J. M. Starkie, The Acharnians of Aristophanes, Macmillan and co., page 209:
text: ‘And pray what is the significance of kicky-wicky?’
Jack took it and his face grew paler still with anger: this was...a most private letter
ref: [1991, Patrick O'Brian, The Fortune of War, W. W. Norton & Company,, →ISBN, page 195:
text: Manly marrow must be protected at all costs: expend it on kicky-wickies and you will not only lose your masculinity but very likely become somewhat kicky-wicky yourself.
ref: 1986, James L. Calderwood, The Properties of Othello, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: Spouse.
valences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valence
teret
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teret
form: most teret
Senses: examples: text: To the stars Nature hath given no such instruments, but made them round and teret like a globe.
ref: 1622, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix; clearing foure truthes, against atheists and infidels:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of terete (“round”).
ustav
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ustavs
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оуставъ (ustavŭ). Cognate of устав in modern Bulgarian and modern Russian.
Senses: examples: The handsomely fashioned writing is of the type described as polu-ustav (semi-uncial), which is midway between the stately ustav and the cursive, . . . —A. Aronson, Rabindranath Through Western Eyes
topics: biology
epigraphy
geography
history
human-sciences
literature
media
natural-sciences
palaeography
paleogeography
paleography
paleontology
publishing
sciences
glosses: The earliest style of Cyrillic writing developed from Greek uncial in the late 9th century, predominant in the 11th–14th centuries.
examples: While most of the service books are employed only in the conduct of public devotion, the psalter and the ustav are widely read works that are found in every household. —David Scheffel, In the Shadow of Antichrist: The Old Believers of Alberta
qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: A church statute prescribing daily prayer, feast days, and fasts.
Synonyms: topics: palaeography
paleography
epigraphy
paleogeography
paleontology
geography
natural-sciences
history
biology
human-sciences
sciences
literature
publishing
media
word: uncial
sense: Eastern Orthodoxy
word: typikon
sense: Eastern Orthodoxy
word: typicon
Derived terms: topics: palaeography
paleography
epigraphy
paleogeography
paleontology
geography
natural-sciences
history
biology
human-sciences
sciences
literature
publishing
media
word: poluustav
topics: palaeography
paleography
epigraphy
paleogeography
paleontology
geography
natural-sciences
history
biology
human-sciences
sciences
literature
publishing
media
word: polu-ustav
topics: palaeography
paleography
epigraphy
paleogeography
paleontology
geography
natural-sciences
history
biology
human-sciences
sciences
literature
publishing
media
word: semi-ustav
milk saucepan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk saucepans
Senses: glosses: A small saucepan, often coated with Teflon etc, having a wide lip; typically used to heat milk for drinks
minimises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of minimise
minimising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of minimise
minimised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of minimise
lollygags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lollygag
lollygagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lollygag
lollygagged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lollygag
meacock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meacocks
Etymology: Probably a blend of meek + peacock, or from meek + -ock (“diminutive suffix”). For cock in a diminutive, see also niddicock.
Senses: examples: text: Petruchio: How tame, when men and women are alone / A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: Viola: a woman’s well holp’d up with such a meacock. I had rather have a husband that would swaddle me thrice a day, than such a one that will be gull’d twice in half an hour.
ref: 1604, Thomas Decker, Thomas Middleton, The Honest Whore:
text: Earl: A man that as much knowledge has of war / As I of brewing mead ! ... A bookish nursling of the monks—a meacock !
ref: 1876, Henry Taylor, Philip Van Artevelde., A Dramatic Romance., In Two Parts., Henry S. King & Co. (London), page 86
glosses: An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man; a meek man who dotes on his wife, or is henpecked.
orbe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orbes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of orb.
orangest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of orange: most orange
air tanker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air tankers
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: waterbomber (broadly synonymous)
text: In this, the airliner made contact with an air tanker and "topped up" its incompletely filled tanks with fuel enough for the contemplated journey.
ref: 1945, Sydney E. Veale, To-morrow's Airliners, Airways and Airports, page 254:
text: Sometime later, they made a rendezvous with a Victor air tanker for a top-up of fuel and then resumed patrol while the tanker headed back.
ref: 1989, Julian Jay Savarin, Trophy, page 157:
text: If the only air tanker available is 300 miles away, it can still be over your fire in a fairly short period of time.
ref: 2002, Robert W. Klinoff, Introduction to Fire Protection, page 188:
related: word: airtanker
synonyms: AT
hypernyms: aircraft#Noun
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vehicle#Noun
craft#Noun
glosses: An aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air, usually either fuel, fire-retardants, or water.
Derived terms: word: AT
english: large air tanker
translation: large air tanker
word: LAT
english: very large air tanker
translation: very large air tanker
word: VLAT
Related terms: english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: tanker aircraft
air tankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air tanker
suicider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suiciders
Etymology: From suicide + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who commits suicide.
examples: text: Most often discussion would take place during the planning stages or while the suicider is making his preparations, that is, before suicidal steps have actually been taken. […] A suicide intervener in real life (if he had the nerve) could have a similarly calm discussion with a suicider who had taken an overdose […]
ref: 1995, Gavin Fairbairn, Contemplating suicide: the language and ethics of self-harm, page 172:
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: social work
glosses: One who is planning to commit suicide.
sublimest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sublime: most sublime
get a jump on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets a jump on
form: getting a jump on
form: got a jump on
form: got a jump on
form: gotten a jump on
Senses: examples: text: If you'd like to get a jump on the holiday season, many craft stores already have holiday patterns out.
glosses: To start early, especially before something begins or before others begin; to get a head start.
Related terms: get the drop on
windhover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windhovers
Etymology: From wind + hover, due to the bird’s habit of hovering by beating the wind with its wings; compare windfucker (attested earlier).
Senses: glosses: The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).
Synonyms: kestrel
staniel
windfucker
windsucker
asado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asados
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish asado (“grilled”), from Latin assātus (“roasted”), past participle of Latin assō (“to roast, broil”), from assus (“roasted”) + -ō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-. Partially borrowed from Tagalog asado from the same origin.
Senses: examples: text: On the weekends, the park is full of visitors who come to hike the trails, swim at the base of the waterfalls and enjoy the scenery while grilling up some asado and playing volleyball.
ref: 2012, Romy Natalia Goldberg, edited by Nicole Arriaga, Paraguay (Other Places Travel Guides), Other Places Publishing, →ISBN, page 156:
text: King Chef (2F Main Mall, 0932 323 1871) serves healthy food and authentic Cantonese cuisine in a fine dining setup. For Father's Day, treat the whole family to its dim sum platters! It has a roasted platter which includes soyed chicken, roast duck, barbecued pork asado, fried five-spice roll, and soyed cucumber with century egg. Another option is the steamed dim sum platter, where you can devour a spread of hakaw, pork & shrimp siomai, Japanese siomai, beancurd roll, and Taosi spareribs.
ref: 2022 June 18, “Go on a Binondo food trip this Father's Day at Lucky Chinatown”, in Manila Bulletin, Manila: Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2022:
text: Among their flagship products is siaopao, a delicious and popular steam bun snack that is stuffed with a variety of ingredients, including seasoned asado chicken or pork and hard-boiled egg.
ref: 2023 April 6, Andrew Coppolino, “Filipino Restaurant Month celebrates cuisine and culture in local community”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2023:
text: Grilling is a feature of almost every culinary culture, and it's all reflected in L.A.'s interlocking communities. Filipino skewers. Japanese yakitori. Middle Eastern kebab. Argentine and Chilean asados. Thai satays. And of course, Korean barbecue. All contribute to the great cacophony of how we cook with fire in Los Angeles.
ref: 2023 June 22, Daniel Hernandez, “The best way to grill in Los Angeles”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2023:
glosses: Any of various dishes made from grilled or barbecued meat originating in Latin American and Philippine cuisine.
goalkicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goalkickers
Etymology: From goal + kicker.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One who kicks goals.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: Someone who kicks for penalties and conversions.
defensive midfielder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defensive midfielders
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
synonyms: midfield anchor
glosses: A midfield player who specializes more in defensive duties.
Related terms: attacking midfielder
attacking midfielder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attacking midfielders
Senses: examples: text: Brajan Gruda came off the bench to score an 89th-minute goal to give Brighton their first win of the Premier League season, while condemning Manchester City to back-to-back defeats.
The German attacking midfielder finished calmly to seal a comeback success after he rounded James Trafford, who had made a brilliant save to deny Jan Paul van Hecke moments earlier.
ref: 2025 August 31, Adwaidh Rajan, “Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2025:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
synonyms: AM
glosses: A midfield player who specialises more in attacking duties.
Related terms: defensive midfielder
number ten
spine-tingling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spine-tingling
form: most spine-tingling
Senses: examples: text: Inside the ground, they saw parachutists land on the Nursery Ground before the spine-tingling spectacle of the national anthems.
ref: 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:
glosses: Scary, exciting or exhilarating.
black-bag
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: black bag
form: blackbag
Etymology: From the term black bag meaning a case containing burglary tools.
Senses: examples: text: Watergate turned out to be a black-bag operation by former CIA employees.
text: Holden's SEAL training had covered clandestine penetrations, but never black-bag jobs
ref: 2011, Jerry Ahern, Decision Time: The Defender, →ISBN:
text: Con Keeler was past his fortieth birthday and a veteran of more black-bag jobs than he could count.
ref: 2012, Paul Lieberman, Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles, →ISBN:
text: In an interesting coda that perhaps presaged the black-bag jobs of the Watergate era, an unknown person or persons broke into Dr. Parr's office on New York's Forty-second street in 1926, gained access to the safe, and stole President Grant's, Mrs. Grant's, and President Chester Arthur's dentures.
ref: 2015, James Wynbrandt, The Excruciating History of Dentistry, →ISBN:
glosses: Involving sophisticated clandestine methods for gaining unauthorized entry and obtaining information.
black-bag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: black-bags
form: black-bagging
form: black-bagged
form: black-bagged
form: black bag
form: blackbag
Etymology: From the term black bag meaning a case containing burglary tools.
Senses: examples: text: He'd been tapped, bugged, and black-bagged under Nixon and Clinton, and under the present conditions all the cops needed to listen in was a thumbs-up from an Eagle Scout or better.
ref: 2004, Loren D. Estleman, Poison Blonde: An Amos Walker Novel, →ISBN:
text: Nothing jimmied. Nothing damaged. She'd been black-bagged by a pro.
ref: 2011, Adrian Phoenix, J. F. Lewis, Jeri Smith-Ready, Urban Fantasy Collection, →ISBN:
text: Before dawn, NEST black-bagged Ivan's building — not the Nuclear Emergency Search Teams, their shadows whose S stands for Strike. They pulled all hazmat out of the medical imaging office, substituted fake material, and broke the machines so nobody will wonder when they don't work.
ref: 2011, Harlan Coben (Ed.), The Best American Mystery Stories 2011:
glosses: To break in to a place without authorization as part of a clandestine operation.
examples: text: When witches and demons caused enough trouble, the Union had a tendency to black-bag the baddies and toss them into a detention center.
ref: 2016, S.M. Reine, Once Darkness Falls:
text: It'll be tough to black-bag him. They may have to go all the way.
ref: 2017, Scott Reardon, The Prometheus Man, →ISBN:
glosses: To kidnap in order to make someone disappear (as opposed to kidnapping for ransom).
marsh horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsh horsetails
Senses: glosses: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum of horsetails (Equisetum palustre).
common horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common horsetails
Senses: glosses: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum arvense.
Synonyms: field horsetail
field horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field horsetails
Senses: glosses: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum arvense.
Synonyms: common horsetail
branchia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchiae
Etymology: From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).
Senses: glosses: A gill or other organ having the same function.
Derived terms: abranchious
branchial
branchiferous
parabranchia
phyllobranchia
pseudobranchia
trichobranchia
shade horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shade horsetails
Senses: glosses: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum pratense.
Synonyms: meadow horsetail
shady horsetail
meadow horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meadow horsetails
Senses: glosses: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum pratense.
Synonyms: shade horsetail
captainship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captainships
Etymology: From Middle English capitainship; equivalent to captain + -ship. Piecewise doublet of chieftainship.
Senses: glosses: captaincy
wood horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood horsetails
Senses: glosses: A horsetail of species Equisetum sylvaticum, of cool, moist habitats in the Northern Hemisphere.
captainships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Again, in the same queen's time, there were many Irish lords who did not surrender, yet obtained letters patents of the captainships of their countries, […]
ref: 1826, T. Comerford, The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Account of Time, to the Invasion of the English under King Henry II, page 321:
glosses: plural of captainship
blackfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblakfɪʃ/
Forms: form: blackfishes
form: blackfish
Etymology: From black + fish.
Senses: glosses: An Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
glosses: Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
glosses: A pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.) and occasionally also used for various other whales).
glosses: Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
examples: text: The creek was reputed to contain blackfish and Nathan […] arranged the extraordinary collection of American lures he had inherited from an uncle.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 337:
glosses: Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick (Girella tricuspidata), and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
Derived terms: Alaska blackfish
blackfish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblakfɪʃ/
Forms: form: blackfishes
form: blackfishing
form: blackfished
form: blackfished
Etymology: From black + fish.
Senses: examples: text: Earlier (Caldwell and Caldwell 1971a), we concentrated on the blackfishing at St. Vincent, the fishery with which we were most familiar, and listed known localities of fishing for blackfish and other species in the southern Caribbean.
ref: 1975, Canada. Fisheries, Marine Service, Review of Biology and Fisheries for Smaller Cetaceans, page 1106:
text: Long Island Sound, Block Island Sound, Rhode Island Sound, and Narragansett Bay have many spots where blackfishing is productive year after year.
ref: 1984, Field and Stream, volume 89, page xxx:
text: Blackfishing from the beach. I've done my research. Hundreds of shipwrecks line the Jersey coast, and many of them are close enough to reach with a long cast on a dead-low tide. These wrecks hold tautog, porgies, sea bass, flounder.
ref: 2014, Nick Honachefsky, The Jersey Surf Diaries:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblakfɪʃ/
Forms: form: blackfishes
form: blackfishing
form: blackfished
form: blackfished
Etymology: Blend of black + catfish (“(to create) a fake online profile”)
Senses: examples: text: Judging from not only various records of campus life but also the numerous Instagram accounts of women appearing as "black" personalities — a phenomenon known as "blackfishing" — many do not know better.
ref: 2019, Wil Haygood, “Why Won’t Blackface Go Away? It’s Part of America’s Troubled Cultural Legacy”, in The New York Times:
text: On Sept. 28, Tumblr user wickedghastly posted allegations that the rapper has blackfished her fans. “Literally if you just look at images of her you can physically see her morphing herself over the years into looking Black,” wickedghastly wrote.
ref: 2020, Kris Seavers, “Newsletter: Princess Nokia accused of blackfishing”, in Daily Dot:
glosses: To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
raw_tags: of a non-black person
Related terms: blaccent
blackface
catfish
wokefish
monitrice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monitrices
Etymology: Borrowed from French monitrice.
Senses: glosses: doula (one who provides support during pregnancy and childbirth)
mwalimu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mwalimus
form: walimu
Etymology: From Swahili mwalimu.
Senses: examples: text: Drawing on their African heritage, many Comorians also consult mwalimus or fundi (medicine men and astrologers learned in the use of sacred texts and knowledge) and marabouts (holy men) for divination, healing, and protection from evil […]
ref: 2006, Thomas Riggs, Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices: Countries A-L:
glosses: A teacher in parts of Africa.
cooped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːpt/
rhymes: -uːpt
Senses: examples: text: If it be winter, or settled wet weather, the hen must, if possible, be kept indoors, or else be cooped under a dry shed or outhouse.
ref: 1904, Lewis Wright, The Practical Poultry Keeper, page 52:
glosses: simple past and past participle of coop
cooped up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coop up
oversteer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oversteers
Etymology: From over- + steer.
Senses: glosses: The condition in which the rear wheels of a car don't follow the desired curve while cornering, the rear wheels losing a degree of traction and so skidding off the required line into a spin.
oversteer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oversteers
form: oversteering
form: oversteered
form: oversteered
Etymology: From over- + steer.
Senses: glosses: to lose the control of one's vehicle in a corner due to rear wheels sliding and not following the front wheels
glosses: to steer a vehicle too far in one direction.
cabotages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Professor Levine distinguishes two kinds of cabotage: "primary cabotage" which can be compared with ninth freedom cabotages and "long-haul limited cabotage" which can be compared with eighth freedom cabotage […].
ref: 1992, Pablo Mendes de Leon, Cabotage in Air Transport Regulation, page 104:
glosses: plural of cabotage
variegated horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: variegated horsetails
Senses: glosses: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum of horsetails (Equisetum variegatum).
rough horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rough horsetails
Senses: glosses: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum hyemale.
great horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great horsetails
Senses: glosses: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum telmateia.
tagliatella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tagliatelle
Etymology: From Italian tagliatella.
Senses: examples: text: In general, the number of eggs in the dough of a raviolo or tortellino is 50 percent less than in a tagliatella.
ref: 1985, Fred Plotkin, “On Becoming a Pasta Cook”, in The Authentic Pasta Book: Regional Italian Recipes for Great Classic and Contemporary Dishes From Great Chefs and Fine Home Cooks, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 63:
text: Moreover, the Accademia Italiana della Cucina has defined the correct width of a tagliatella as 8 mm (1/12,270th the height of the Torre degli Asinelli in Bologna) and its proper thickness as 0.6 mm. An official reference tagliatella, cast in solid gold, reposes in the city hall at Bologna (Kasper 1992, 78–79).
ref: 2000 August, David Alexander, “The Geography of Italian Pasta”, in The Professional Geographer, volume 52, number 3, Malden, Mass.; Oxford, Oxon: Blackwell Publishers, →DOI, →ISSN, page 557, column 2:
text: For centuries the exact width of the tagliatella was argued over, until 1972 when a gastronomic law was passed whereby one tagliatella has to measure one 12,276th part of the height of the Torre degli Asinelli – i.e.8mm! Before it enters the pot, it must be no more than 6.5 or 7mm, so as to allow it to swell to its required 8mm in cooking. Or so the jury finally decided! Anything wider or narrower is NOT a tagliatella, and will have another name!
ref: 2003, Karen Anand, Karen Anand’s International Cooking: Bringing Global Cuisine with Simple Recipes to the Indian Table, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, →ISBN, page 54:
text: An aliquot of buckwheat flour (generally from 20% to 30%) is added to fine and coarse semolina, and the dough (about 35% moisture) is formed into a tagliatella-shaped pasta form (Pagani, Lucisano, & Mariotti, 2007): the final product is very porous and rough, about 2 mm thick, 0.8 cm wide and 7 cm long.
ref: 2013 May, Lorenzo Fongaro, Knut Kvaal, “Surface texture characterization of an Italian pasta by means of univariate and multivariate feature extraction from their texture images”, in Food Research International, volume 51, number 2, Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, page 694, column 1:
text: Spaghetti alla Bolognese? What the hell are they??? In Bologna we have no idea since we are used to eat^([sic]) “tagliatelle” with Bolognese meat sauce, ragù, one of our typical dishes. The shape of a tagliatella, thicker and larger than spaghetti, is the best to pick up and taste all the ragù!
ref: 2013 summer, “Archived copy”, in Use-it Bologna (Use-it Europe), archived from the original on 29 Jan 2024:
text: One tagliatella may lead to another, and when the plate is empty, you clean it up using piadina to sponge up the sauce.
ref: 2023 August 2, Davide Marino, “Romagna on the table: 5 dishes you can’t miss”, in Travel Emilia Romagna, Emilia-Romagna Region Tourism Board, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2023:
glosses: A piece of tagliatelle.
water horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water horsetails
Senses: glosses: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails) (Equisetum fluviatile, syn. Equisetum limosum).
dwarf horsetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwarf horsetails
Senses: glosses: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum scirpoides.
dummy up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dummies up
form: dummying up
form: dummied up
form: dummied up
Senses: examples: text: The carpenters dummied up a set of simple props for the rehearsals.
glosses: To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
glosses: To make a fake version of something; to make a counterfeit.
examples: text: When he couldn't think of any more good lies, he just dummied up.
text: Everyone was discussing the new teacher, but when she entered the room they all dummied up.
glosses: To suddenly stop talking; shut up; to keep a secret; to refuse to talk.
dummied up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dummy up
dummied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dummy
plutonomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of wealth.
Synonyms: plutonomy
Related terms: plutonomic
plutarch
love bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love birds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lovebird.
congeneric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From congener + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Several congeneric species have been reported there as associated with decomposing plant matter, mushroom culture and corn processing plants, all under circumstances which indicate scavengerism.
ref: 1957, Illinois Biological Monographs, numbers 25-28, page 123:
glosses: Of or pertaining to congeners (organisms of the same genus)
Derived terms: congenericity
congeneric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: congenerics
Etymology: From congener + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of congener.
smart off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smarts off
form: smarting off
form: smarted off
form: smarted off
Senses: examples: text: He despised being away from the rest of the student body and would occasionally act out in defiance by smarting off or by being uncooperative.
ref: 2002, Ken Lockette, "Surviving the Soviet Legacy, in A World of Teaching: Personal Journeys Through the World's English-Speaking Classrooms, eds. John A. Hansen, Evan M. Smith, page 44
text: It's not my job to straighten out his every mess, especially since he seems to like playing the wise guy and smarting off every chance he gets.
ref: 2005, Jack Myers, Row House Days: Tales from a Southwest Philadelphia Childhood, page 264:
glosses: To show disrespect verbally; to smartmouth.
smarted off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Ben had smarted off to the principal and Lester had backed him up. Nobody smarted off to Mr. Clontz and got away with it.
ref: 2002, Celia H. Miles, Mattie's Girl: An Appalachian Childhood, page 62:
glosses: simple past and past participle of smart off
smarting off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smart off
smarts off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Ryan, who is feeling no pain, smarts off, "Who died and left you in charge?"
ref: 2005, Deborah Johnston, Lambda Blue, page 196:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smart off